Pinned
Trump's list said Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a French-owned island off the coast of Newfoundland, with a pop of 6,000 has a tariff of 99% It doesn't. It had a massive trade surplus in 2024, because someone declared $3.5m worth of goods sent back to the USA, where it originated.
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"In 1930 Germany is a liberal democracy with elections, parliament, & the rule of law. Just four years later, freedom of speech is over, most of the political opposition is in jail, & the government is in the hands of murderers. This is the story of how democracy died"
#Trump is a Nazi
#bbcpm
#Trump is a Nazi
#bbcpm
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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NEW - UPDATE POST
Did the CPS make a fundamental mistake with the charging decision in the Chinese spying case?
How the CPS may have asked the wrong legal question and so made a wrong charging decision
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/did-the-cp...
Did the CPS make a fundamental mistake with the charging decision in the Chinese spying case?
How the CPS may have asked the wrong legal question and so made a wrong charging decision
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/did-the-cp...
October 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEW - UPDATE POST
Did the CPS make a fundamental mistake with the charging decision in the Chinese spying case?
How the CPS may have asked the wrong legal question and so made a wrong charging decision
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/did-the-cp...
Did the CPS make a fundamental mistake with the charging decision in the Chinese spying case?
How the CPS may have asked the wrong legal question and so made a wrong charging decision
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/did-the-cp...
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Non-Substack version now at davidallengreen.com/2025/10/what...
What the Chinese spying case witness statements reveal
16th October 2025 The Crown Prosecution Service appears to have made at least one serious error, while the government’s position now makes sense * Yesterday this blog sought to make sense of …
davidallengreen.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Non-Substack version now at davidallengreen.com/2025/10/what...
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One interesting spot is that the CPS seems to have got the law wrong for the first witness statement and asked the witness to give evidence to the non-applicable National Security Act rather than the applicable Official Secrets Act.
Whoopsie.
Whoopsie.
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
One interesting spot is that the CPS seems to have got the law wrong for the first witness statement and asked the witness to give evidence to the non-applicable National Security Act rather than the applicable Official Secrets Act.
Whoopsie.
Whoopsie.
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NEW
What the Chinese spying case witness statements reveal
The Crown Prosecution Service appears to have made at least one serious error, while the government's position now makes sense
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-c...
What the Chinese spying case witness statements reveal
The Crown Prosecution Service appears to have made at least one serious error, while the government's position now makes sense
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-c...
October 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
NEW
What the Chinese spying case witness statements reveal
The Crown Prosecution Service appears to have made at least one serious error, while the government's position now makes sense
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-c...
What the Chinese spying case witness statements reveal
The Crown Prosecution Service appears to have made at least one serious error, while the government's position now makes sense
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-c...
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In the USA, many people believe crude oil comes from dinosaurs, while others dismiss this as another government lie, like faked moon landings or hidden history rtc.
Both are, of course, wrong.
The whole dino myth started with a marketing campaign by Sinclair Oil, as shown in this TV commercial.
Both are, of course, wrong.
The whole dino myth started with a marketing campaign by Sinclair Oil, as shown in this TV commercial.
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In the USA, many people believe crude oil comes from dinosaurs, while others dismiss this as another government lie, like faked moon landings or hidden history rtc.
Both are, of course, wrong.
The whole dino myth started with a marketing campaign by Sinclair Oil, as shown in this TV commercial.
Both are, of course, wrong.
The whole dino myth started with a marketing campaign by Sinclair Oil, as shown in this TV commercial.
In the USA, many people believe crude oil comes from dinosaurs, while others dismiss this as another government lie, like faked moon landings or hidden history rtc.
Both are, of course, wrong.
The whole dino myth started with a marketing campaign by Sinclair Oil, as shown in this TV commercial.
Both are, of course, wrong.
The whole dino myth started with a marketing campaign by Sinclair Oil, as shown in this TV commercial.
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In the USA, many people believe crude oil comes from dinosaurs, while others dismiss this as another government lie, like faked moon landings or hidden history rtc.
Both are, of course, wrong.
The whole dino myth started with a marketing campaign by Sinclair Oil, as shown in this TV commercial.
Both are, of course, wrong.
The whole dino myth started with a marketing campaign by Sinclair Oil, as shown in this TV commercial.
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If you know, you know
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you know, you know
I rushed this website out on April 9, and rushing to get it done led to a number of shortcomings in the design of the front-end that I've spent the last couple of weeks working on, at the cost of not delivering content. I've now finished that work, and will add new content soon.
April 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I rushed this website out on April 9, and rushing to get it done led to a number of shortcomings in the design of the front-end that I've spent the last couple of weeks working on, at the cost of not delivering content. I've now finished that work, and will add new content soon.
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Just back from my first holiday to China. Quiet time to visit.
1) EVs everywhere, Tesla visibly swamped
2) Influencers rule all, even rural farmers do direct sales online
3) Facial recognition is ubiquitous, feels like it could spread to West
4) Parallel internet really limits understanding of China
1) EVs everywhere, Tesla visibly swamped
2) Influencers rule all, even rural farmers do direct sales online
3) Facial recognition is ubiquitous, feels like it could spread to West
4) Parallel internet really limits understanding of China
April 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just back from my first holiday to China. Quiet time to visit.
1) EVs everywhere, Tesla visibly swamped
2) Influencers rule all, even rural farmers do direct sales online
3) Facial recognition is ubiquitous, feels like it could spread to West
4) Parallel internet really limits understanding of China
1) EVs everywhere, Tesla visibly swamped
2) Influencers rule all, even rural farmers do direct sales online
3) Facial recognition is ubiquitous, feels like it could spread to West
4) Parallel internet really limits understanding of China
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US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs
US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs
Price of cocoa – chocolate’s key ingredient – has climbed over past year and tariffs on imports will keep prices high
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs
I’m currently reworking the front-end of this website as it was kind of hacked together to get the site out quickly. So sorry for no content updates.
April 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m currently reworking the front-end of this website as it was kind of hacked together to get the site out quickly. So sorry for no content updates.
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Where’s @richtreynolds.bsky.social? 2nd home game absent?
April 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Where’s @richtreynolds.bsky.social? 2nd home game absent?
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Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
April 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
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Just cited in a paper we’re writing (although now rewriting final para given Trump’s climb down, at least for a few hours). 🙏
April 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just cited in a paper we’re writing (although now rewriting final para given Trump’s climb down, at least for a few hours). 🙏
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"There's nothing that you've said in your answers or non-answers to me today that would give Americans any assurance..." Rep. Lloyd Doggett pressed Trump's trade Rep. Jamieson Greer on the implementation and justification of the administration's sweeping global tariffs.
youtube.com/shorts/5_Kil...
youtube.com/shorts/5_Kil...
Dem. Rep. presses Trump trade rep: Trump’s ‘lies continue to cost Americans dearly’
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"There's nothing that you've said in your answers or non-answers to me today that would give Americans any assurance..." Rep. Lloyd Doggett pressed Trump's trade Rep. Jamieson Greer on the implementation and justification of the administration's sweeping global tariffs.
youtube.com/shorts/5_Kil...
youtube.com/shorts/5_Kil...
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www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/b...
At the same moment that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was defending Trump’s stiff tariffs during a House hearing, Trump said on his social media platform that the administration will delay the additional tariff hike on dozens of countries by 90 days —
At the same moment that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was defending Trump’s stiff tariffs during a House hearing, Trump said on his social media platform that the administration will delay the additional tariff hike on dozens of countries by 90 days —
Trump’s top trade official says president’s tariffs are necessary to fix trade deficit ‘emergency’ | CNN Business
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday continued to defend President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade agenda as even higher tariffs went into effect for dozens of countries and trade tensi...
www.cnn.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/b...
At the same moment that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was defending Trump’s stiff tariffs during a House hearing, Trump said on his social media platform that the administration will delay the additional tariff hike on dozens of countries by 90 days —
At the same moment that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was defending Trump’s stiff tariffs during a House hearing, Trump said on his social media platform that the administration will delay the additional tariff hike on dozens of countries by 90 days —
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Hot damn, Steven Horsford just set fire to Trump's U.S. Trade Representative Jameison Greer over Trump's idiotic and costly tariff play.
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hot damn, Steven Horsford just set fire to Trump's U.S. Trade Representative Jameison Greer over Trump's idiotic and costly tariff play.
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WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well?
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
April 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well?
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
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Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
April 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
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The US has now the least qualified economic policy making in the developed world.
An ignorant and seemingly dement leader has not evolved beyond the 1890s.
He accepts no facts or economic realities & nobody can impose any truth on him.
The US is in a terrible disaster.
An ignorant and seemingly dement leader has not evolved beyond the 1890s.
He accepts no facts or economic realities & nobody can impose any truth on him.
The US is in a terrible disaster.
April 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The US has now the least qualified economic policy making in the developed world.
An ignorant and seemingly dement leader has not evolved beyond the 1890s.
He accepts no facts or economic realities & nobody can impose any truth on him.
The US is in a terrible disaster.
An ignorant and seemingly dement leader has not evolved beyond the 1890s.
He accepts no facts or economic realities & nobody can impose any truth on him.
The US is in a terrible disaster.
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You have clearly invited me to share with you one of the finest ambassadorial despatches in the British Foreign Office's capacious archives, after sharing that image and particularly its caption. I'm sure you know this famous message already, but if not, enjoy. Perfectly formed joke between friends.
April 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
You have clearly invited me to share with you one of the finest ambassadorial despatches in the British Foreign Office's capacious archives, after sharing that image and particularly its caption. I'm sure you know this famous message already, but if not, enjoy. Perfectly formed joke between friends.
April 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I managed to wade through all that, although I won’t claim to understand it. But the conclusion was fascinating. Great job!
April 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I managed to wade through all that, although I won’t claim to understand it. But the conclusion was fascinating. Great job!
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"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"You boy! What tariff is it today?"