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Following are excerpts from a current BBC commentary::
US President Donald Trump's apparently coercive threat to force Western allies not to oppose his proposed annexation of Greenland, or face further damage to their trade with the US, is without b…
After Trump Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Hitting Back
Old_Joe
Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
Europe’s dependence on the United States for NATO security limits its options. Its strongest re…
Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
Europe’s dependence on the United States for NATO security limits its options. Its strongest response would be a trade “bazooka,” and other options are possible.
In a single post …
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON, Jan 18 (Continued)
Bloomberg reported today that the draft charter for the proposed organization makes Trump the board’s first chair and gives him the power to choose a successor. He would decide what countries can be member…
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON, Jan 18
After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J. Trump’s bizarre demand for Greenland, he has responded with what economist Paul Krugman called “a howl of frustration on the part of a mad dictator who has just…
Following are excerpts from a current BBC commentary::
US President Donald Trump's apparently coercive threat to force Western allies not to oppose his proposed annexation of Greenland, or face further damage to their trade with the US, is without b…
From the above: "Nobody sees this as a rally drive by the fundamentals,” said one market participant in London. “It’s more of a retail investor bandwagon.”
I dunno... that sure isn't @rono 's take:
Industrial demand is huge. Silver is the best cond…
Following is the opinion paper in The New York Times originally referenced by @Mark:
Not since the British occupation of Boston on the eve of the Revolutionary War has an American city experienced anything like the blockade of Minneapolis and its su…
Following is the opinion paper in The New York Times referenced above by @Mark:
Not since the British occupation of Boston on the eve of the Revolutionary War has an American city experienced anything like the blockade of Minneapolis and its surroun…
"A 29.83% gain in six weeks—not too bad!"
Thanks, @Observant1, but all the credit goes to @rono. I did have the guts to increase my original couple of thousand original stake on a couple of pretty good dips, but other than that rono is The Man.
@S…
Some six weeks ago @rono woke me up to the special situation in silver. As most of you know, we, being in our 80s, have all of our serious money in Treasuries, CDs, and US govt MMKT funds. This may (or actually, given our current government, may not…
We can only hope. At this point I no longer have any idea where a countervailing force would come from to put a stop to the egregious Federal governmental lawbreaking.
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Washington Post:
“The Cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment,” U.S. District Judge William Young declared.
A federal judge Th…
EPSTEIN???
The Master of Misdirection has done it again!
• Send thug squads to shoot at American civilians, nobody thinks about Epstein.
• Sic DOJ goons to prosecute the Fed president, nobody thinks about Epstein.
• Invade Venezuela, nobody think…
The Master of Misdirection has done it again!
• Send thug squads to shoot at American civilians, nobody thinks about Epstein.
• Sic DOJ goons to prosecute the Fed president, nobody thinks about Epstein.
• Invade Venezuela, nobody thinks about Epst…
JAN 13: HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department, Navy Secretary John Phelan, and the Navy Department for violating his First Amendment rights, the Speech and …
JAN 13: HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department, Navy Secretary John Phelan, and the Navy Department for violating his First Amendment rights, the Speech and …
Paul Krugman, January 15, 2026
"When Trump won the 2024 election, I feared — rightly — that our democracy would soon be in great peril. Between gerrymandering, a corrupt Supreme Court, a compliant Republican Party, and a tsunami of political donati…
I've got a little list — I've got a little list...
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed — who never would be missed!
There’s the “investor”, who has never made a mistake…
And whose politics are really ha…
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show
A year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a global survey …
Following are edited excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
Months after the partisan clash that led to the longest shutdown in history, lawmakers have agreed on spending bills that look far different from what the president wanted.
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Huh, a lack of migrant workers is driving up prices, you say? Hmmmm.
Your health insurance premiums are increasing by +50% because we no longer receive ACA credits, you say? Hmmmm.
A masked, untrained ICE gestapo agent with complete immunity is…
Following are edited excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
Weather, supply, tariffs, labor and changing consumer habits continue to drive up the cost of groceries. President Trump falsely claims prices are falling.
Days away from th…
Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
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