Kim
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It puzzles me that I haven't seen any commentary on the effect of tariffs on the overall tax base of the US.
Clearly the money goes to the treasury from the buyers of goods and provides money to finance more tax cuts for the rich. #Trump, #tariffs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Clearly the money goes to the treasury from the buyers of goods and provides money to finance more tax cuts for the rich. #Trump, #tariffs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
China and Canada retaliate after Trump trade tariffs come into effect
Markets tumble as US president’s levies against Canada, Mexico and China come into effect
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It puzzles me that I haven't seen any commentary on the effect of tariffs on the overall tax base of the US.
Clearly the money goes to the treasury from the buyers of goods and provides money to finance more tax cuts for the rich. #Trump, #tariffs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Clearly the money goes to the treasury from the buyers of goods and provides money to finance more tax cuts for the rich. #Trump, #tariffs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I wonder whether this will light a fire under the catholics, or under the evangelicals??
Probably not...
Mass Deportations ‘Incompatible With Catholic Doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy Says at His DC Debut| National Catholic Register www.ncregister.com/news/cardina...
Probably not...
Mass Deportations ‘Incompatible With Catholic Doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy Says at His DC Debut| National Catholic Register www.ncregister.com/news/cardina...
Mass Deportations ‘Incompatible With Catholic Doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy Says at His DC Debut
The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis appointed Cardinal McElroy, 70, as archbishop of Washington, a high-profile see that includes about 667,000 Catholics in the District of Columbia and fiv...
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January 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I wonder whether this will light a fire under the catholics, or under the evangelicals??
Probably not...
Mass Deportations ‘Incompatible With Catholic Doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy Says at His DC Debut| National Catholic Register www.ncregister.com/news/cardina...
Probably not...
Mass Deportations ‘Incompatible With Catholic Doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy Says at His DC Debut| National Catholic Register www.ncregister.com/news/cardina...
An interesting perspective of the Israel vs Gaza, Palestine, Iran(and everybody else) confict that places Israel, Gaza and Lebanon as the placeholders of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran. The Iranian missile factory in Lebanon underscores it
#freepalestine
#gaza
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#freepalestine
#gaza
johnmenadue.com/netanyahu-as...
Netanyahu as an American stooge - Pearls and Irritations
The war about Israel and its right to exist is not really between Israel and the leading terrorist militias.
johnmenadue.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
An interesting perspective of the Israel vs Gaza, Palestine, Iran(and everybody else) confict that places Israel, Gaza and Lebanon as the placeholders of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran. The Iranian missile factory in Lebanon underscores it
#freepalestine
#gaza
johnmenadue.com/netanyahu-as...
#freepalestine
#gaza
johnmenadue.com/netanyahu-as...
Considering the accuracy of the 'experts' predictions in previous years, it's probably better to just allow the year to unfold and deal with 'stuff' as it happens. From a personal perspective there's nothing you can do about it, anyway.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Rate cuts, Trump and China: Experts predict the economic year ahead
2025 offers no quick fixes to the economic problems of the past year, according to experts, but expect an easing of interest rates and inflation that have made life more difficult for millions of peop...
www.abc.net.au
January 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Considering the accuracy of the 'experts' predictions in previous years, it's probably better to just allow the year to unfold and deal with 'stuff' as it happens. From a personal perspective there's nothing you can do about it, anyway.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
China's lead in electric vehicle technology development is so large, that the only response of the western nations is to impose tariffs and find excuses to avoid the impact on local manufacturers. All because capitalism got so greedy it forgot to innovate.
#EV, #China
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#EV, #China
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Best of 2024: Why do Chinese EVs meet so much resistance? - Pearls and Irritations
There was a time when the world looked to China to reduce its emissions. China was one of the globe’s worst polluters.
johnmenadue.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:23 AM
China's lead in electric vehicle technology development is so large, that the only response of the western nations is to impose tariffs and find excuses to avoid the impact on local manufacturers. All because capitalism got so greedy it forgot to innovate.
#EV, #China
johnmenadue.com/best-of-2024...
#EV, #China
johnmenadue.com/best-of-2024...
As I learn more about how the colonial history of Australia has dispossessed the indigenous, I become increasingly angry, including at my own contribution, as an inheritor of the land that was stolen.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
In a world of disadvantage and exploitation, is stealing always wrong?
When Senator Lidia Thorpe shouted to King Charles that "this is not your land" she highlighted the issue of theft, and Australia's very complicated history with it.
www.abc.net.au
December 27, 2024 at 11:23 AM
As I learn more about how the colonial history of Australia has dispossessed the indigenous, I become increasingly angry, including at my own contribution, as an inheritor of the land that was stolen.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Photographed the Helix Nebula in Alstonville, NSW. First clear night for ages and had to travel to/from Brisbane to find it. ZWO S50, 421 x 10 sec images stacked and stretched in Siril.
December 1, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Photographed the Helix Nebula in Alstonville, NSW. First clear night for ages and had to travel to/from Brisbane to find it. ZWO S50, 421 x 10 sec images stacked and stretched in Siril.
Operation Hope Australia is raising funds to support food and water distribution in Gaza.
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Gaza - You can send aid - Operation Hope Australia
The images we have seen from Gaza are of relentless suffering and unyielding despair. The Human Catastrophe in Gaza Nearly two million Palestinians are trapped in ongoing missile strikes, destruction,...
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November 24, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Operation Hope Australia is raising funds to support food and water distribution in Gaza.
operationhopeaustralia.com/programs/gaz...
operationhopeaustralia.com/programs/gaz...