mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Socialism isn't even realistically on the ballots though is it, whether GOP or Dem? 041
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The following European countries are closer to North America than UK: - France (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) - Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland) - Iceland (member of European institutions) - Norway - Portugal - Spain - Eire 020
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Any such in/out referendum isn't happening. Needs consistent polling at >67% for likely rejoin terms before feasible from both UK and EU sides. Focus should be on incremental closer ties and time to demonstrate each closer step was good. Long road back is the only one that has a chance of lasting. 020
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is just a ruse to get himself played on SNL's cold open this week ahead of Schmitt. 001
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The technology to cut the scams exists within Alphabet, yet Alphabet is willing to make money off the back of scammers. And their invocation of "trust" and "safety" is a pretense. Evil! 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 24/09/2026YouTube allows ads that are clearly scams. Google's Trust & Safety Team reviews complaints against these ads and denies the complaints. Gemini identifies these ads as indeed scams and explains Google's Trust & Safety Team's denials are bogus. Alphabet owns YouTube, Google and Gemini. Bonkers! 100
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 21/09/2026But it's not a road, the metaphor breaks down. I think the LibDem spokesman has it the right way - explore ways of deepening the relationship and see what flourishes. There is no road to predefined destination in Canada's latest moves. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Generosity = speculative investment with the hope of a wild Return on Capital from a couple of shady characters who have the means to make the bet. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 12/09/2026AFAIK Christopher Harborne hasn't even bothered to return to live in UK - he's just registered a residence address in UK for electoral purposes & under the laws as currently written there is no min # of days required for him to actually live there. UK Government weak, weak, weak! 1101
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 12/09/2026non sequitur Since you mention it though: Gustav Krupp, Fritz Thyssen, etc. 010
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Elon Musk's best Return on Investment comes from political "donations" 170
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Level the playing field? Yes, state-funding for political parties. Keep unions and rich individuals from undue influence for the price of annual coffeeshop coffee per person. More fool the centrist politicians who haven't advocated this already. More fool the voters for allowing vested interests. 181
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"I don't agree with him on everything" - Why don't USA reporters get specific about politicians support for / from Musk, like Nazi salutes, interference in foreign elections, nudification AI, incitement to riot in UK, etc. etc.? 0130
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 03/09/2026UK press should keep getting all over this. Ben Delo is a convicted felon. That he was pardoned by Trump doesn't magically make him not a convicted felon. That he was pardoned by a convicted felon makes his pardon morally vacuous. Also another £4m = party of corporate, rich-man interests. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Come on, it's obvious that 'free speech' is used as an offensive weapon, when convenient, on the way in. Free speech is very much not a fundamental tenet here. 010
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Somewhere between 'all gone' and 'all fine' looks more like it. Negative trend though. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 02/09/2026So, at roughly 75% the 5 year high? Is this really a crisis then? 110
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Not a comment of your first sentence, but your 2nd and 3rd are highly selective: e.g. April 2, 2007 New Century Financial Corporation filed for ch11 bankruptcy in USA. 3,200 Ees fired. In 2006, the company was second only to HSBC Finance in issuing USA subprime mortgages. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Do you really think people expect taxing billionaires will solve all government financing issues? I don't. So do the tax things Dan says will make the biggest difference to raise money.... AND ...tax billionaires, if only to (a) take a positive moral position, and (b) dampen popular resentment. 020
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Imprisonment in UK for similar, but is USA justice up to par? www.euronews.com/2025/07/15/t...euronews.comMen who felled iconic Sycamore Gap tree jailed for four yearsSarah Dodd, a lawyer specialising in tree law, said it was the first time in the UK that someone had been sentenced to prison for illegally felling a tree. 022
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Conclusion: All contributed. Putting it all on DJT is not the full picture. Reagan started it all! 030
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 22/08/2026%age incr. each 4 year president term: Ronald Reagan (T1) 82.7% Ronald Reagan (T2) 56.7% Barack Obama (T1) 54.6% George H.W. Bush 54.4% Donald Trump (T1) 39.1% George W. Bush (T1) 38.5% George W. Bush (T2) 33.9% Joe Biden 30.4% Bill Clinton (T1) 22.7% Barack Obama (T2) 21.4% Bill Clinton (T2) 5.8% 100
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Expanded: Donald Trump 29.0% Joe Biden 21.1% Barack Obama 23.3% George W. Bush 10.0% Bill Clinton 3.5% Reagan & Bush Sr. 7.5% All Pre-1981 Presidents 5.6% Or: Recent Dem 47.9% (in 20 years) Recent GOP 46.5% (in 25.5 years) Older 5.6% 110
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Right. I think what I stated are facts. There are reasons and interpretations that can be put to those facts. One interpretation might be that USA has privileged low taxation. This has been GOP-led since Reagan, and Dems followed them despite earlier protestations. Covid didn't help. 010
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Donald Trump is responsible for 29% of the total U.S. national debt; Joe Biden 21%; Obama 23%. 100
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 21/08/2026In November 1999, Donald Trump proposed a one-time, 14.25% "net-worth tax" on wealthy Americans (>$10m net worth) to completely wipe out the U.S. national debt. 010
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 20/08/2026No, it will be the fault of the Dem-Majority house next year. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Maybe that's fair. Biden is more down to covid than GOP? Rather than austerity, I'd want to look more to the long-term bipartisan willingness to privilege low tax. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Donald Trump is responsible for 29% of the total U.S. national debt; Joe Biden 21%; Obama 23%. This is a structural issue. It is fair to say GOP are not especially financially responsible vs Dems. But National Debt is on USA as a whole, not just one half. 100
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Yes, Reform UK still has a board structure favouring the leader, but what influence over its subsidiary does 50:50 owned holdco have to upset the balance of power in Reform UK? I'm not sure it is critical except doesn't it mean that ZY is now firmly entrenched within Reform even if not at NF status? 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 20/08/2026How does the 50:50 limited by guarantee structure of the new Reform holding co affect the balance of power between NF and ZY? - they each have 50% in the holdco to my understanding. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 14/08/2026John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison - all proud wig-wearers. 040
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Following presidential example, it's poor man's equivalent of inserting your name on front of The Kennedy Center. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 14/08/2026If Reform can survive the move on from Farage I don't think they've reached their ceiling. 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 14/08/2026How do they get from here to there? New leader required - not happening before a General Election? Don't see Reform/Restore voters returning in volume - but why vote Tory vs Lib Dem if 'only Tories can beat Labour' is no longer true? 100
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's a crazy line. He was the majority shareholder - all Reform's candidates and workers were ultimately under his direction. Zia Yusuf currently serves as the home affairs spokesperson for Reform UK but is not elected as an MP nor a candidate in any election. He is certainly a politician though. 041
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If he's successful, isn't that a spectacular return for him? 5% wealth tax would give a 3/5th of a year payback period. If you meant 1% wealth tax, it's still good investment at 3-year payback 110
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 11/08/2026@sangitamyska.bsky.social speaks 👍 with lots still left unsaid 🤐 #GlobalMediaGroup #Gaza #Israel www.youtube.com/watch?v=am0v...youtube.comTHE ISRAEL INTERVIEW MEDIA WANT TO BAN: Sangita Myska Doesn’t Hold BackYouTube video by Double Down News 031
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Why would him personally buying stocks be official act of his presidency? Does he really have immunity, or is no-one willing to test it? 000
mji29 @mji29.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Memo is from 1971... Marginal Individual Income Tax Rate: 1971: 70% (above $100k in 1971 = c.$825k in today's money) Now: 37% (above $641k) Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate: 1971: 48% (Top rate) Now: 21% (Flat rate) 0105
