Pete Harbeson
pylimitics.bsky.social
Pete Harbeson
@pylimitics.bsky.social
Writer, dog dad, grandparent, living physically near Boston and digitally at https://www.pylimitics.net, where Chocolate, a dog, doggedly dictates doggerel ditties for me to post.
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Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff

Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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April 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird
April 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.

So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.

So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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🎶 Because the list (the list) does not exist
Because the list does not exist 🎶

~ Hall and Oates on tariff deals
New on @MSNBC: The White House will not release the list of 75 countries that have reached out on trade deals, despite requests from NBC News.
April 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The More You Know…💫
April 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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If the agent of an embittered KGB officer somehow won the US presidency and entered into the office bent on destroying the USA in its national influence, network of alliances, and the American people’s quality of life, what would he be doing differently?
April 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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April 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"In Buddhist texts, consciousness is said to be a field, a piece of earth on which every kind of seed is planted. ...The quality of our life depends entirely on which seeds we garden and nourish in our consciousness."
Wendy Johnson, "Gardening at the Dragon's Gate"
April 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Trump Magazine
Trump Vodka
Trump Airlines
Trump Steaks
Trump Water
Trump Mortgage
Trump Travel
Trump The Game
Trump Casinos
Trump University
Trump Foundation
The Trump Economy

Any questions?
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”

—Victor Hugo

We’re entering the “worse” phase.
April 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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You can smell the fear in this post.
April 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Well this seems like a fantastic plan.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
April 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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This one should be an award winner
Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.

by Stephen Miller
April 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Trade deficit. I have bought food from say, Chilis. They have never bought food from me.

There is a trade deficit with Chilis. I’m still doing fine.

The trade deficit argument SOUNDS compelling, but it’s a straw man with no relevancy
April 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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100% yes. 👇
April 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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April 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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I can tell you whether there is a god or not, if you are lying to try cover up Israel's War Crimes.

You are going to hell.
April 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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What privatisation has done to you.
April 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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American Bible Belt Evangelical Christians have gone all-in with Donald Trump, and in doing so they've had to sell their souls and abandon their namesake.

Jesus has been rendered nonexistent in their midst, deported from their gatherings.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-loving...
White Evangelicals' Deportation of Jesus
It's easy to be fooled by loud things.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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I don’t know who this guy is but I liked his sign! (NYC)
HandsOff
April 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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THIS. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM