Tim Phipps
@ducs2r.bsky.social
Retired professor of resource and environmental economics and former Associate Dean of Research. Degrees from UC Berkeley and UC Davis.
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A guy who claims to have a degree in economics, yet doesn’t understand tariffs or risk pooling. I wonder who took his exams for him.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A guy who claims to have a degree in economics, yet doesn’t understand tariffs or risk pooling. I wonder who took his exams for him.
Most people are good and some are exceptional like your husband and your mentors. But just like the current administration, you have to be careful of the monsters. And we have to, as a society, protect the young and the weak from those monsters.
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Most people are good and some are exceptional like your husband and your mentors. But just like the current administration, you have to be careful of the monsters. And we have to, as a society, protect the young and the weak from those monsters.
Same as my former chair. He was a charmer and would tell each faculty member he was doing great things. None of them were true and eventually everyone caught on and he would leave for another university. About a 5 year cycle. Like Trump, he had a black hole in his heart he could never fill.
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Same as my former chair. He was a charmer and would tell each faculty member he was doing great things. None of them were true and eventually everyone caught on and he would leave for another university. About a 5 year cycle. Like Trump, he had a black hole in his heart he could never fill.
My first chairman when I was a 29 Year old assistant professor was married, had a former student as a mistress for 5 years and then divorced and married another one of his students. He looked like Sam Sheppard and was a charismatic teacher. And one of the worst people I ever met.
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My first chairman when I was a 29 Year old assistant professor was married, had a former student as a mistress for 5 years and then divorced and married another one of his students. He looked like Sam Sheppard and was a charismatic teacher. And one of the worst people I ever met.
I’m so sorry. It happens more often than it should. I was my college’s social justice liaison. Out of 120 professors 3 had harassment issues, and one had multiple incidents. I finally got him fired. My wife went through a bad time with a married prof when she was 20 and it messed her up for years.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I’m so sorry. It happens more often than it should. I was my college’s social justice liaison. Out of 120 professors 3 had harassment issues, and one had multiple incidents. I finally got him fired. My wife went through a bad time with a married prof when she was 20 and it messed her up for years.
As a retired economics professor, this makes me sick. My students were like my sons and daughters. Any professor who makes sexual advances to a student should be fired on the spot. And certainly not appointed to a cabinet position.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
As a retired economics professor, this makes me sick. My students were like my sons and daughters. Any professor who makes sexual advances to a student should be fired on the spot. And certainly not appointed to a cabinet position.
Tell that to my Ranger and SpecOps buddies. They live on ibuprofen and Red Bull when in combat zones. Of course, JD would know nothing about that.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Tell that to my Ranger and SpecOps buddies. They live on ibuprofen and Red Bull when in combat zones. Of course, JD would know nothing about that.
Exactly what I thought. Confusing the two dishonors vets. Which he does all the time.
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Exactly what I thought. Confusing the two dishonors vets. Which he does all the time.
And in his case, he should add, “without whining and blaming someone else.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And in his case, he should add, “without whining and blaming someone else.”
I grew up in the SF Bay Area in the 60’s and 70’s and was a huge Raiders fan. Of course I liked the 49ers too, but I loved the Raiders and hated the Steelers. That was such a great rivalry. And Stabler was a favorite. Now I live near Pittsburgh, lol.
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I grew up in the SF Bay Area in the 60’s and 70’s and was a huge Raiders fan. Of course I liked the 49ers too, but I loved the Raiders and hated the Steelers. That was such a great rivalry. And Stabler was a favorite. Now I live near Pittsburgh, lol.
Let him. All by himself in his cosplay SWAT gear. Bring the puppy killer too. We are ready.
November 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Let him. All by himself in his cosplay SWAT gear. Bring the puppy killer too. We are ready.
He says as he cancels funding for all research areas.
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
He says as he cancels funding for all research areas.
I lived in DC 8 years and the demolition breaks my heart. I can’t imagine how you must feel after working there during the Carter administration. Better people, better days.
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I lived in DC 8 years and the demolition breaks my heart. I can’t imagine how you must feel after working there during the Carter administration. Better people, better days.
He probably short sold soybeans before the tariffs and added to his hedge fund. That makes him a soybean farmer.
October 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
He probably short sold soybeans before the tariffs and added to his hedge fund. That makes him a soybean farmer.
Basically, he is subsidizing beef cattle production for a country that competes with US producers. It is exactly the opposite of a tariff as it stimulates imports and hurts US farmers.
October 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Basically, he is subsidizing beef cattle production for a country that competes with US producers. It is exactly the opposite of a tariff as it stimulates imports and hurts US farmers.
I am an economist and was a small part of the US negotiation technical support in the Uruguay Round when Reagan was president. His, and the US position, supported elimination of tariffs and movement to free markets. Trump saying Reagan loved tariffs is wrong. He is rewriting the history of the GOP.
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I am an economist and was a small part of the US negotiation technical support in the Uruguay Round when Reagan was president. His, and the US position, supported elimination of tariffs and movement to free markets. Trump saying Reagan loved tariffs is wrong. He is rewriting the history of the GOP.
Best use of FUBAR I have ever seen. I don’t recognize my own country, it has become the antithesis of everything I used to admire.
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Best use of FUBAR I have ever seen. I don’t recognize my own country, it has become the antithesis of everything I used to admire.
Where is your tie? 😉
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Where is your tie? 😉
Brilliant. It is always a good sign when artists are active supporters of our cause.
October 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Brilliant. It is always a good sign when artists are active supporters of our cause.
Now if they could only do Fuck the Police. Seriously, great song to end with.
October 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Now if they could only do Fuck the Police. Seriously, great song to end with.
That is the only way to increase beef production in the short term. We always called that eating your capital—not a good thing.
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
That is the only way to increase beef production in the short term. We always called that eating your capital—not a good thing.
I was an academic economist who worked closely with government economists at ERS, EPA and BLS. The shutdowns were always such a pain, with manuscripts tied up, research funding delayed and difficulty communicatIng. You have my sympathy.
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I was an academic economist who worked closely with government economists at ERS, EPA and BLS. The shutdowns were always such a pain, with manuscripts tied up, research funding delayed and difficulty communicatIng. You have my sympathy.
I think I would contest that review.
October 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I think I would contest that review.
Nixon did the same thing and had the IRS keep secret files on his ‘enemies’. I briefly worked for the IRS in 1974 and they brought us in, on overtime, to shred those files after Nixon resigned.
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Nixon did the same thing and had the IRS keep secret files on his ‘enemies’. I briefly worked for the IRS in 1974 and they brought us in, on overtime, to shred those files after Nixon resigned.
“How did the arrests go today soldier?” Well, sir, we got 10 frogs, two chickens, a huggy bear and a dinosaur.
October 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“How did the arrests go today soldier?” Well, sir, we got 10 frogs, two chickens, a huggy bear and a dinosaur.