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Re: The Trump Presidency (was "Presidential Poll")
« Reply #3750 on: March 02, 2018, 12:54:33 AM »
I'm not comfortable with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc deciding who gets throttled/censored and who not. Even if it's about an a***ole like Trump. Slippery slope and all that. One of the potentially very bad side effects of Russiagate.
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« Reply #3751 on: March 02, 2018, 01:47:25 AM »
Google/Facebook/Twitter changes hit independent media specifically hard. There is no reason to believe that every next change will be focused on crushing non-corporate media.

"Editorial: Google's Threat to Democracy Hits AlterNet Hard"

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In June, Google announced major changes in its algorithm designed to combat fake news. Ben Gomes, the company’s vice president for engineering, stated in April that Google’s update of its search engine would block access to “offensive" sites, while working to surface more “authoritative content.”

This seemed like a good idea. Fighting fake news, which Trump often uses to advance his interests and rally his supporters, is an important goal that AlterNet shares.

But little did we know that Google had decided, perhaps with bad advice or wrong-headed thinking, that media like AlterNet—dedicated to fighting white supremacy, misogyny, racism, Donald Trump, and fake news—would be clobbered by Google in its clumsy attempt to address hate speech and fake news.

https://www.alternet.org/media/editorial-googles-threat-democracy-hits-alternet-hard

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« Reply #3752 on: March 02, 2018, 05:03:29 AM »
wsws.org was another one detrafficked by google. But facebook change was more recent.

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« Reply #3753 on: March 02, 2018, 02:23:50 PM »
This will leave a mark: Trump announce tariffs on steel and aluminium.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43249614

Guess the poor slobs picking metal outta dumpsters for resale will be slightly better off.

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Seems as though Trump was aiming at China, and shot Canada - - again.


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-01/which-countries-will-be-hardest-hit-trumps-tariffs

With airplanes, solar panels, and steel falling under Trump's tariffs Canada may need new trade partners.
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and add timber to the list, just reading:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/with-lumber-in-short-supply-record-costs-set-to-juice-home-prices/ar-BBJKFaf?li=BBnbfcN

"That run-up began with a trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada, which provides about a third of U.S. timber, leaving many dealers hesitant to restock at elevated prices. The Trump administration eventually instituted tariffs of 20% or more on Canadian sawmills.
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“People are screaming for their wood,”"

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« Reply #3754 on: March 02, 2018, 03:00:46 PM »
I wonder where Christmas dinner will be this year???


President Trump Asked Chief Of Staff To Remove Ivanka And Jared Kushner – Report

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/president-trump-asked-chief-staff-054041828.html

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It is unclear if President Trump is asking them to leave out of compassion or, as the Times hints, concerns over Kushner’s potential legal issues over various business dealings. The Times story also reports that President Trump has spoken to Kushner and Ivanka Trump and asked them to stay on at the White House, but has privately claimed they “never should have come” to work there. Thus, he has asked Kelly to be the instigator of their departure.
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« Reply #3755 on: March 02, 2018, 03:29:14 PM »
Well done Donnie....well done.  The two areas that has been good news for Donnie are:

(1)  Unemployment remains very low
(2)  Stock market has been up....not as much as "O's" first year...but a very good year.

So....what's an idiot to do?  Try and ruin both with an international trade war.  What a GREAT IDEA.  Well done sir.... ;)

And what better way to get back at CHINA....than to announce a TARIFF ON ALL IMPORTS REGARDLESS OF COUNTRY......when China is only the 10th leading importer of steel....and is well behind Canada on importing of aluminum (60% of aluminum imports are from Canada).

I think the market is in for a rocky ride until this fall/late summer......when "you know who" is possibly escorted out of office.

The effect of tariffs....is to raise prices of the products coming in for consumers.  And the likely effect from the various countries around the world will be to slap on tariffs of its own on imports of US products into those countries.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-weighs-whether-retaliate-over-065010483.html

The other likely effect will be to raise inflation....which Mr. Stock Market .....will NOT LIKE.

Well done Donnie.....well done.

 
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« Reply #3756 on: March 02, 2018, 03:49:58 PM »
Remember....pressure forces people to make bad decisions.  Even on a GOOD DAY without pressure, Donnie can't make good decisions.  But from here on out.....he is going to be under INCREDIBLE PRESSURE....and make more bad decisions.

One of the things that is going to continue to put pressure on Donnie....is everybody is wanting to get out of Dodge (the White House).  Everyone is leaving.  And nobody wants to come in.  THAT....is a big problem....and it makes him look like an incompetent manager.   ;)

If this exodus out of his administration and out of the federal government in general turns into a LARGER FLOOD..... he really is going to look like the idiot he is.  And it will put more and more pressure on the Republicans in Congress to admit that Donnie is not up to the task.

At least he will have Sara Huckabee to turn off the lights for him....




 

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« Reply #3757 on: March 02, 2018, 04:11:54 PM »
That didn't take long....

Electrolux puts $250 million U.S. investment on hold over Trump tariff hike

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/electrolux-put-250-million-u-123801133.html

Mr. Market may force Donnie to re-think his tariff policy.....  I believe we are likely in the "second leg down" in this market.  Markets NEVER move straight up or down.  And we are way overdue for a "longer pause/pullback".  And there will likely be some significant countertrend rallies like the one that ended earlier this week.

But Donnie's tariff policy is definitely going to give Mr. Market a harder push down.... 
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« Reply #3758 on: March 02, 2018, 05:21:06 PM »
My guess is....Tucker won't be coming over for Christmas dinner....no matter where it is.  :)

Tucker Carlson Turns On Trump: 'Imagine If Barack Obama Had Said That'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tucker-carlson-turns-trump-apos-095039632.html
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« Reply #3759 on: March 03, 2018, 09:30:54 PM »
let's see if a bit of fun is ok here ;)

what did the Nazis do when they could see that the war is lost and they cannot conquer the world on the battle field anymore?

they activated their sleepers by funding them to ultimately become president and conquer the (former) world leading nation from the inside.

mission accomplished

 ;)

even though it's possible it's not probable it's basically a scenario that run through my head spontaneously and i thought it's a bit of fun to share it.

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« Reply #3760 on: March 04, 2018, 04:28:15 PM »
Couple things to note:

1). Donnie looks to be "all in" regarding tariffs.  If Donnie continues the tarrifs .... there will be retaliatory tariffs from other countries.

2). The tariffs will serve to further pry the US from its European allies... and that now looks to be one of the effects that both Traitor Don and his boss Vladi want.

3). RE the additional sanctions that Donnie imposed on North Korea a couple weeks ago... its funny that no sanctions were levied on Russia..... even though Russia is helping North Korea work around those sanctions through Russia's port of Vladivostok which is right next to North Korea.  Richard Engell had a report on that last night

4). If Donnie keeps steel and aluminum sanctions on for most of this year... Mr Market (S&P 500) will have a good chance of heading BELOW 2,000 and could possibly get to a "38% retracement" which is in the 1,800 area.

5). We look like we are heading towards a test of just how much pain the Congressional Republicans can take by this summer.

6). I see Benjamin N. from Israel is visiting Donnie this week.  I don't know anyone who needs a war more than both Donnie and Ben.  Iran and Korea remain hot spots..... and if Mueller gets too close, Donnie will be looking for a war to start.... and a reason to suspend the Mueller in investigation.

7). The only way Donnie quits..... is if he KNOWS he doesn't have the votes in the Senate...and we clearly have a lot more work to do before that happens.  But a much lower stock market and more idiotic weeks like last week will get a lot of attention in Congress.



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« Reply #3761 on: March 04, 2018, 07:23:10 PM »
I have a speculation (hypothesis).

Trump is not a Republican. Trump is not a Democrat.

So what is his agenda ?

I imagine him eating chocolate cake and a drinking coke while his new best friend, Steve Bannon is drinking something stronger. Trump has come to realise that any budget he puts forward to put the boot into the functions on which the State relies will be ignored by Congress. Bannon seizes the moment and reprises his  "Destruction of the Administrative State" BINGO!

Now Trump borrowed his brain from Pooh-Bear (the Bear of Little Brain), so the plan has to be simple enough to be on a credit card sized prompt in large letters. So we are limited to three main actions.

TAX CUTS designed for the haves. Experience tells us that most of the loot from when the Golden Eagle shits will end up in the Cayman Islands, Foreign Hotels and some luxury yachts etc etc.
Meanwhile, the Federal Deficit goes up by leaps and bounds.

TRADE WAR. Ensure that the possible lift to the economy does not happen by indulging in a trade war that hurts the US economy more than the target nations.
Result - Federal Deficit increases yet more.

EXECUTIVE REGULATION and ACTION E.g.s  Putting Pruitt and Tillerson in charge of EPA and State ensures they will rot from within - and they are.

There is other stuff but these are the three pillars

By 2019 the Economy is tanked, Fed revenues are down and the deficit is up. Management capability in key agencies is reduced .Congress has no option but to gut the Government Budget.

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« Reply #3762 on: March 05, 2018, 02:12:26 AM »
GOP "… tremble as you read these words …":

Title: "GOP fears midterm backlash from Trump’s tariffs"

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/04/trump-tariffs-republicans-backlash-midterms-435476

Extract: "The clash suggests that what might be good politics for Trump might not work for the entire party."
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« Reply #3763 on: March 05, 2018, 02:33:40 AM »
This man has no class whatsoever:

Title: Trump Jokes Melania Might Leave Him at Gridiron Dinner

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-jokes-melania-might-leave-him-at-gridiron-dinner

Quote from Trump: “So many people have been leaving the White House. It’s invigorating since you want turnover. I like chaos. It really is good. Who’s going to be the next to leave? Steve Miller or Melania?”
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« Reply #3764 on: March 05, 2018, 06:49:09 PM »
Whoops?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/05/trump-canada-mexico-steel-aluminium-tariffs-aluminum

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Top Republican Paul Ryan splits with Trump over trade tariffs
‘We are extremely worried about the consequences of a trade war’
President calls for ‘new and fair’ North American free trade pact
Trump announced import tariffs on steel and aluminium
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« Reply #3765 on: March 05, 2018, 07:08:17 PM »
NAFTA Was once sold (in the US) as Canadian resources coupled with Mexican labor and American know how.
As a Canadian I always doubted the value added by American know how.


Perhaps a new paradigm mating Canadian resources with Mexican labor would suffice? MCFTA?
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« Reply #3766 on: March 05, 2018, 07:13:32 PM »
Trump will do what he has to do. And he has 60 000 people that die from an overdose, he has millions of people in jail for almost nothing. So to hell with the mexicans and the canadians.

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« Reply #3767 on: March 05, 2018, 07:54:04 PM »
Further to my previous post regarding Trump and Bannon's Cunning Plan to wreck the joint,
a supplementary additional action will be to ensure that vital infrastructure will not be repaired, let alone upgraded, especially when it is a vital link in the US economy.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-hudson-river-amtrak-tunnel-american-economy/

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Economic risks keeping Americans up at night include the hastily rewritten tax code and the possibility of a global trade war set off by U.S. tariffs. Consider another cause for insomnia: President Donald Trump’s opposition to a new rail tunnel linking New York and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River.


The current link is shot, corroded by age and chemical-tainted flood water. That’s unnerving enough for the 820,000 passengers a day travelling to New York City jobs or some other U.S. Northeast destination. For those farther afield, there’s the chilling fact that a tunnel predating World War I is key to 20 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.

“We don’t build this, and these tunnels fail, the whole economy will collapse,” Schumer, who like Trump is from New York, told transportation planners in December 2016. “There will be a deep recession in the New York metropolitan area and a recession probably in the whole country.”
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Some might think that a 1.5 trillion USD infrastructure programme with only 200 billion USD of Fed funds, expecting broke State and Local Governments to stump up the rest, is designed to fail?
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« Reply #3768 on: March 06, 2018, 12:37:21 AM »
Democrat holds slim lead in Pennsylvania Special Election:  Poll

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A new poll from Emerson College, released Monday, shows Lamb with 48 percent of the vote, compared to GOP state Rep. Rick Saccone's 45 percent. Only 7 percent of voters are undecided ahead of next Tuesday's election.


UH OH.  The Democrat wasn't supposed to even be CLOSE in this race.  This is not good for Traitor Donnie....  Twitter alert.... look out. ;)  The Democrat's don't have anything to lose here....but the Republicans certainly do.

Texas primaries are "on deck".  We will find out how the turnout goes for both Republicans and Democrat's in those primaries.  I can't see the Dem's picking up hardly any seats in the House in November....BUT....there are about 3 that have been highlighted by Steve Kornacki.....AND.... I would drink a Margarita or two IF Beto O'Rourke were able to knock off Ted Cruz in the senate.  In fact....I might have 3.  :)  Note...the Cruz race is still LIKELY Republican.....so it would still be a BIG UPSET if Cruz were to eventually lose.

Senate Key Race Alert:  Texas Is No Longer Solid Republican

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/texas-senate-race-rating-likely-republican/index.html
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« Reply #3769 on: March 06, 2018, 05:55:07 AM »
They needed that new tunnel a decade ago. Right now though, they better look at fixing whats there already.

Those tunnels under the hudson going into NYC are a disaster waiting to happen. Sandy beat them like a rented mule, and they don't have the money to fix, and whats more important they can't really shut the things down, because they carry too much traffic. I go into the big smoke a few times a year, take the PATH ot NJIT in from Newark, and delays are awful, they have crews in there all the time standing in the little recesses in the walls, literally working between trains, and working all night. Scheduled train and subway times are a joke, i take a good book with me. Going in i never know when i'll be able to leave, luckily i have friends to crash with.

If even one of those tunnels goes bad, NYC has a huge problem.

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« Reply #3770 on: March 06, 2018, 03:23:51 PM »
If Donnie continues down the steel/aluminum tariff route.....other countries will counter.  That didn't take long:

EU Proposes Retaliatory Tariff of 25% Against U.S. Goods

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-targets-u-shirts-motorbikes-075649280.html
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« Reply #3771 on: March 06, 2018, 04:10:07 PM »
As an aside: What would a tariff war mean for CO2 emissions?
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« Reply #3772 on: March 06, 2018, 04:21:25 PM »
Brilliant tactic from Trump, just crashing the world economy and thus saving mankind

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« Reply #3773 on: March 06, 2018, 04:32:10 PM »
That's not what I'm trying to get at. I'm just curious.  :)
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« Reply #3774 on: March 06, 2018, 05:25:49 PM »
The "Trump onion" continues to be peeled back....layer by layer.

Lawyer implicates Trump in porn-star payment, intensifying scandal

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/lawyer-implicates-trump-porn-star-payment-intensifying-scandal?cid=sm_fb_maddow

I wonder what "Stormy Huckabee" is going to say about this one?
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« Reply #3775 on: March 06, 2018, 06:00:43 PM »
RE:  Stormy Daniels payoff and reimbursement to Cohen by Trump

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The Wall Street Journal reported that Michael Cohen’s $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels has been flagged as suspicious, and that Cohen later complained to friends that Trump still hadn’t reimbursed him for it (link). Why is this important? Congressman Ted Lieu, who has a legal degree, put it this way: “That makes the $130k payment to Stormy Daniels a felony in violation of federal election law.”

See how fast the onion can get peeled back once it gets going?  You haven't seen anything yet.  March and April are set to be VERY BAD MONTHS for Traitor Don.  8)

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« Reply #3776 on: March 06, 2018, 09:49:12 PM »
Thanks for that, Buddy. I suspect that the whole kerfuffle (or cofufeh? :) ) about Sam Nunberg was actually a (largely successful) attempt to distract the media from the very significant Cohen to Daniels payment...just a thought.
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« Reply #3777 on: March 06, 2018, 11:59:35 PM »
Gary Cohn is leaving the White House.

Whoops
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« Reply #3778 on: March 07, 2018, 01:26:50 AM »
The Trump administration:  Like a SMOOTH running machine.....

One good thing is.....the parts never wear out.  They are discarded before they wear out.😳
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« Reply #3779 on: March 07, 2018, 05:47:52 AM »
Since there hasn't been much movement OUT of the Trump administration for almost 6 HOURS now... it appears that McMasters is on his way out... and might be replaced by... JOHN BOLTON.  Bolton is to the RIGHT of Atilla The Hun.... and has never seen a war he didn't like.  Calling him a neocon doesn't do him justice.  Neocon's are MODERATES compared to Bolton.

And on the financial side.... apparently Larry Kudlow is interviewing for Cohens job.  Hiring Kudlow would be like signing Johnny Manzel to be your quarterback.  The Johnny Manzell who was drafted in the first round several years ago... only to be a total bust, and booted off the Cleveland Browns.  And Cleveland SUCKS.  But Larry makes a great cheerleader.... and between his chums at CNBC and his old pal Maria Bartoromo who is now at FOX....at least he will have some "softball interviews" for him.

So....as bad as the Trump administration is... it's about to get WORSE.  MEASUREABLY WORSE.  And in this crappy administration...THAT is saying something.

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« Reply #3780 on: March 07, 2018, 07:30:58 AM »
The state races are going to be interesting. Both sides have game face on. Finally the democrats realize the republicans are only a few states away from holding a constitional convention.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/377083-flood-of-legislative-candidates-points-to-enthusiasm-in-both-parties

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« Reply #3781 on: March 07, 2018, 07:35:56 AM »
Banks really hate the tariffs. But some democrats like it,  I can see why.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/06/trade-democrats-tariffs-rust-belt-442822

Meanwhile, bloodsucking vampire octopus (Taibbi has a way with words) is sad that one of it's tentacles had to retract.

"“Gary Cohn deserves credit for serving his country in a first class way. I’m sure I join many others who are disappointed to see him leave,” Blankfein tweeted ..."

freely translated as:

"Goddammit Gary. You had one job, to keep the monkey under control, and you blew it."

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/377078-goldman-sachs-ceo-disappointed-by-gary-cohns-resignation

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« Reply #3782 on: March 07, 2018, 08:52:29 AM »
As an aside: What would a tariff war mean for CO2 emissions?

That's hard to assess.

Tariffs typically reduce global growth, so they could reduce CO2 emissions (and reduce GDP too).
On the other hand, tariffs on solar panels reduce solar installations, which would increase (or more accurately reduce the reduction in) CO2 emissions.

So in the end it may be a wash.
This is our planet. This is our time.
Let's not waste either.

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« Reply #3783 on: March 07, 2018, 10:39:03 AM »
If Trump goes ahead with his trade wars and it spirals out of control other countries may move away from the US$ as a reserve currency. The end to the "free loans" enjoyed by the US would lead to higher interest rates. Prices would rapidly rise. .... Political unrest?

The USA has lower foreign reserves than say Indonesia. It is not in a great position to play games with its largest shareholder = China.

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« Reply #3784 on: March 07, 2018, 11:13:30 AM »
If Trump goes ahead with his trade wars and it spirals out of control other countries may move away from the US$ as a reserve currency. The end to the "free loans" enjoyed by the US would lead to higher interest rates. Prices would rapidly rise. .... Political unrest?

The USA has lower foreign reserves than say Indonesia. It is not in a great position to play games with its largest shareholder = China.

The Federal Reserve is currently slowly reversing QE, i.e. gradually putting its massive Treasury Holdings back on the market. Tax cuts mean borrowing to finance government expenditure will increase by a lot in 2018. The Fed has a lot of big auctions of Government debt to undertake.
Any country - e.g.s China, S.Korea - might retaliate in a Trade War by ceasing to place part or all of their new cash (from Trade Surpluses) in US Treasuries and  / or disposing of part or all of their existing US Treasury holdings.

The effect at the least is upward pressure on interest rates (everywhere), and at worst a crisis of confidence in the Financial markets that most likely would immediately become world-wide. The US may lose its status as the no.1 Safe Haven.

The world is awash with debt - worse than 2008. Trump is playing with fire. When Goldman Sachs is scared so should we be (no matter what we think of a system where Goldman Sachs has such clout).

CO2 emissions - many poorer countries will not have the money to invest in renewable energy if the world goes into recession and the financial markets can't provide low-interest loans. Clapped out fossil fuel based plant, machinery and transportation will be used until it collapses.

Alas, Paris 2015, I knew thee well.

Too many Doomsday scenarios when looking at the world - risk analysis of them all would produce a result of more than 100%, i.e. at least one or more ooh-nasty must happen.
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« Reply #3785 on: March 07, 2018, 11:38:36 AM »
The Federal Reserve is currently slowly reversing QE, i.e. gradually putting its massive Treasury Holdings back on the market. Tax cuts mean borrowing to finance government expenditure will increase by a lot in 2018. The Fed has a lot of big auctions of Government debt to undertake.
Any country - e.g.s China, S.Korea - might retaliate in a Trade War by ceasing to place part or all of their new cash (from Trade Surpluses) in US Treasuries and  / or disposing of part or all of their existing US Treasury holdings.
Say by building ghost cities, making huge investments in infrastructure at home and abroad, or by increasing their gold holdings at a terrific pace?
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« Reply #3786 on: March 07, 2018, 02:21:18 PM »
The Federal Reserve is currently slowly reversing QE, i.e. gradually putting its massive Treasury Holdings back on the market. Tax cuts mean borrowing to finance government expenditure will increase by a lot in 2018. The Fed has a lot of big auctions of Government debt to undertake.
Any country - e.g.s China, S.Korea - might retaliate in a Trade War by ceasing to place part or all of their new cash (from Trade Surpluses) in US Treasuries and  / or disposing of part or all of their existing US Treasury holdings.
Say by building ghost cities, making huge investments in infrastructure at home and abroad, or by increasing their gold holdings at a terrific pace?
Terry
Yesterday's news, Terry.

Or by owning the world solar power industry instead of trying to secure fossil fuel supplies (as just one example - (who bought IBM's PC business a few years ago?). China is learning from past mistakes a bit too damn quick for the West's comfort (or understanding).

The guy who wrote the Article is trying to get Washington to WAKE UP

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2018-03-05/china-s-renewables-investments-a-not-so-secret-energy-weapon

China's Energy Weapon Comes in One Color: Green
Investing in renewables helps blunt U.S. influence.


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The phrase "energy weapon" tends to conjure up grainy images of Americans sporting bad hair and disco fashions waiting in line for gasoline. Might the 21st-century version involve solar panels and electric cars instead?

Amy Myers Jaffe, a director at the Council on Foreign Relations, argues along these lines in a recent essay for Foreign Affairs. China, having little to show for a $160 billion splurge of acquisitions, loans and investments aimed partly at securing foreign supplies of fossil fuels, is pivoting instead toward a greener form of energy geopolitics.

By investing in technologies such as solar power, batteries and electric vehicles, China is building both a shield against extortion by fossil-fuel exporters and a means of reducing other countries' dependence on fossil fuels in general. Both could help blunt the influence of its great rival and aspiring energy dominatrix, the U.S.

China attempting to seize leadership in developing alternative energy is, to use a technical term, a no-brainer. And on several fronts:

Pollution: The price of rapid industrialization has been the fouling of China's environment (just as it was for the West last century). Only 2 percent of China's population breathes air that meets the World Health Organization's air-quality guideline on particulates, according to the International Energy Agency.

Independence: While China is estimated to have substantial shale oil and (especially) gas resources, don't expect an Asian version of the Permian basin to spring up anytime soon. Chinese dependence on foreign fossil fuels is already higher than it ever was for Americans -- and going higher. Depending on the U.S. Navy to keep vital sea lanes open to deliver these cargoes is perhaps unwise.

Capabilities: On the other hand, China does know a thing or two about manufacturing and giving its domestic industries a nudge or two with favorable financing and political backing.

etc etc etc

I don't read much Russiagate, Trump Presidency or Corporate Democrats stuff as they are essentially a side-show to what is changing and will change the world. When someone like Cohn leaves, it matters, one of the last grown-ups still standing leaves the White House. The rest are air-heads.
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« Reply #3787 on: March 07, 2018, 03:11:31 PM »
Within 2 years of leaving the oval office.....THIS....will be the fate of Trump Enterprises:

Female-led investor group scraps deal for Weinstein assets

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/female-led-investor-group-scraps-002452130.html

The Weinstein company is toxic....and they aren't able to sell the whole corporation, because there is too much "unknown liability" in the corporate entity.  Instead....it will now be picked apart....asset by asset in liquidation.

That is what will happen to the Trump companies as well. 
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« Reply #3788 on: March 07, 2018, 03:29:41 PM »
US trade gap rises to $56.6 billion, highest since 2008

Is everyone tired of "all that winning" yet?  ;)

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit rose in January to the highest level since October 2008, defying President Donald Trump's efforts to bring more balance to America's trade with the rest of the world.

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the trade deficit rose to $56.6 billion in January, up 5 percent from $53.9 billion in December and the highest since October 2008's $60.2 billion trade gap. The trade deficit — the gap between what America sells and what it buys abroad — has risen for five straight months.

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« Reply #3789 on: March 07, 2018, 04:02:08 PM »
How much longer will it take Tillerson to figure out that HE isn't the Secretary of State?  Kushner is....

Jared Kushner leads US delegation to Mexico for visit with president

http://abcnews.go.com/International/jared-kushner-leads-delegation-mexico-visit-president/story?id=53575215
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« Reply #3790 on: March 08, 2018, 02:06:04 PM »
Swamp the drain!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-we-found-in-trump%E2%80%99s-drained-swamp-hundreds-of-ex-lobbyists-and-dc-insiders/ar-BBJZ2A2
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Here’s what we found: At least 187 Trump political appointees have been federal lobbyists, and despite President Trump’s campaign pledge to “drain the swamp,” many are now overseeing the industries they once lobbied on behalf of. We’ve also discovered ethics waivers that allow Trump staffers to work on subjects in which they have financial conflicts of interest. In addition, at least 254 groups affiliated with Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and at least 125 staffers came from prominent conservative think tanks, many of whom are on teams to repeal Obama-era regulations.

Drilling down even further, at least 35 Trump political appointees worked for or consulted with groups affiliated with the the billionaire libertarian brothers Charles and David Koch, who also have a network of advocacy groups, nonprofits, private companies and political action committees. At least 25 Trump appointees came from the influential Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank founded in 1973, and at least two came from Heritage Action, its related political nonprofit. Heritage says the Trump administration, in just its first year, has enacted nearly two-thirds of its 334 policy recommendations.

We also found — for the first time — dozens of special-government employees, or SGEs, who work as paid consultants or experts for federal agencies while keeping their day jobs in the private sector. This rare government gig allows them to legally work for both industry and the Trump administration at the same time.
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But but Hillary and Huma Abedin...

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« Reply #3791 on: March 08, 2018, 06:30:35 PM »
When talking about how Donnie treats the Russians..... or talking about Vladi...... here is a "fun fact" to keep in mind:

Rosneft’s and Gazprom’s CEOs, Igor Sechin and Alexey Miller, worked together from 1991 to 1996 in the Foreign Affairs Committee of Saint Petersburg under the guidance of Vladimir Putin.


Gee...what a surprise.  Who would have guessed?  And the US having Tillerson as Sec of State.  It's quite the club....  ;)

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/44-Things-You-Didnt-Know-About-Oil.html
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« Reply #3792 on: March 09, 2018, 01:06:50 AM »
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/politics/south-korea-north-korea-trump/index.html

North Korea is offering to suspend its' nuclear testings. I think Trump can/should demand denuclearization if they meet. That would be a great accomplishment.
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« Reply #3794 on: March 09, 2018, 08:36:37 AM »
And the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau : Trump appointed Mulvaney who has just requested zero dllars in budget for it.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cfpb-mulvaney-funding-20180118-story.html

Warren will be very mad. That's her creation.

The former director, Cordray, is tunning for governor in ohio.

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« Reply #3795 on: March 09, 2018, 02:23:17 PM »
RE:  Meeting with Traitor Don and Kim Jong Un.  Kim Jong Un has NOT left North Korea since he took over power after his father's death.

So it will be interesting:

1)
  Does the meeting actually take place?

2)  Where does the meeting take place?

I am NOT one of the many who think meeting with KJU is a bad idea.  Communicating is a good thing.  The trouble I have....is that we are sending in a 7th grader.....who has a WEAK cast around him.  THAT...is not a good thing.

And of course....Donnie is more than happy to change the subject from RussiaGate/Stormy Daniels. 





 
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« Reply #3796 on: March 09, 2018, 02:46:14 PM »
Trump gutting National Endowment for Democracy and International Republican Institute. Neocons are sad.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-national-endowment-for-political-meddling-democracy-ned/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-administration-wants-to-dismantle-ronald-reagans-infrastructure-of-democracy/2018/03/04/8b94d7f6-1e54-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html

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Even a blind pig finds a truffle now and then.
Looks like a modified TPP got enacted by the remaining parties, with some execrable provisions now stripped out.  I haven't found good detail about all the items stripped.  But prolonged patent protection for some medications was--and that's a good thing for the world.  It might now be a worthwhile treaty, if the "Investor–State Dispute Settlement" court system has been removed.

There seems to have been some suggestions that the Trump administration might rejoin the TPP.  This could be another truffle for the blind pig.

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« Reply #3798 on: March 09, 2018, 10:16:32 PM »
Tariffs announced, canada and mexico get a pass during NAFTA renegotiation. That's something Trump wants to hold over their heads to extract concessions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43337951

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« Reply #3799 on: March 10, 2018, 03:13:30 AM »
China hasn't reacted to EU steel and iron tariffs at all, but it is possible that they will react to Trump's steel tariffs. This could get interesting...