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Keith’s negotiating prowess

9th May 2025 well_chuffed 1457 Comments

Keith’s expertise is certainly not in negotiating and especially not with the Donald. Despite shouting from the rooftops how wonderful our new trade deal with the US is (remember only possible because of Brexit) the [more…]

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Making Sense of American Craziness

24th April 2025 Going Postal 2355 Comments

The idea that England and America are two countries separated by the same language is often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, but there are other attributes that separate us as well.  We in the US [more…]

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Some Straight Talk to the Anti-Free Traders

23rd April 2025 Patrick Barron 2217 Comments

Oh, I know. You aren’t REALLY against free trade per se. You just demand a “level playing field”. Those Chinese cheat by raising tariffs against our goods and subsidizing key industries that they want to [more…]

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They call him the Great Disruptor

17th April 2025 Going Postal 2043 Comments

It’s been interesting (but entirely predictable) to see the world reaction to Trump’s tariff speech. I suppose that hysteria is warranted, because what Trump has done is indeed unprecedented and likely to have seismic effects, [more…]

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David Hume’s Insight Explains America’s Economic Decline

16th April 2025 Patrick Barron 2468 Comments

Since he was a young up-and-coming property magnate in New York City, Donald Trump has been fixated on what he believes to be foreigners’ cheating on international trading terms to the detriment of the US. [more…]

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The Art of the Deal

14th April 2025 well_chuffed 2486 Comments

Creating chaos is part of the Donald’s Art of the Deal. It has been succinctly explained by Andrew Torba. Start with an extreme position to create room for compromise Use attention grabbing statements to control [more…]

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The Case Against the F-35

10th April 2025 Patrick Barron 2237 Comments

In the past few months several reputable aviation magazines, such as Combat Aircraft Journal Magazine, have stated that the F-35 is not combat capable. Its April issue had many reports related to the progress of [more…]

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Chaos

7th April 2025 well_chuffed 2299 Comments

Since the Donald was sworn in as the 47th President there has been little but chaos in his administration. Steve Bannon intimated that changes would be coming fast and haphazardly, mainly to keep the Democrats [more…]

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Prior Savings Is the Ethical Requirement for Retirement

3rd April 2025 Patrick Barron 2177 Comments

Retirement is seen almost as a right by most people in the West, especially America and Europe. Make it to your sixties and most people expect to retire from the daily grind of earning a [more…]

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