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ISC census shows a drop of 2.4% in pupil numbers. The Times tries to hype this up but the ISC previous claimed numbers would drop by 25%.
My estimate was 3-5% by next year.
www.thetimes.com/article/893e...
My estimate was 3-5% by next year.
www.thetimes.com/article/893e...
Private school exodus of 13,000 dwarfs ministers’ predictions
The drop in pupil numbers, being blamed on VAT being added to fees, is the biggest since the Independent Schools Council began tracking the figures in 2012
www.thetimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
ISC census shows a drop of 2.4% in pupil numbers. The Times tries to hype this up but the ISC previous claimed numbers would drop by 25%.
My estimate was 3-5% by next year.
www.thetimes.com/article/893e...
My estimate was 3-5% by next year.
www.thetimes.com/article/893e...
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Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
April 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
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happy fifth anniversary of Mad King Donny telling the country to inject bleach day to all who celebrate
April 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
happy fifth anniversary of Mad King Donny telling the country to inject bleach day to all who celebrate
When is the ‘emergency’ declared and how does one engage a good welder…
The ultra wealthy are building bunkers to insulate themselves from the world they're rapidly destroying.
It's why we have to work together because it really is a 0.1% vs the 99.9% situation
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
It's why we have to work together because it really is a 0.1% vs the 99.9% situation
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Survival of the Richest
Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.
www.newyorker.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
When is the ‘emergency’ declared and how does one engage a good welder…
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Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
April 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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The idea that the Trump administration is doing tariffs to benefit working people is hilarious. These corrupt billionaires don’t give a single fuck about working people.
They want to get rid of taxes on the rich and make working people pay for the government through tariffs. It’s a shakedown.
They want to get rid of taxes on the rich and make working people pay for the government through tariffs. It’s a shakedown.
April 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The idea that the Trump administration is doing tariffs to benefit working people is hilarious. These corrupt billionaires don’t give a single fuck about working people.
They want to get rid of taxes on the rich and make working people pay for the government through tariffs. It’s a shakedown.
They want to get rid of taxes on the rich and make working people pay for the government through tariffs. It’s a shakedown.
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The kids are fighting:
April 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The kids are fighting:
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Of late, I often find myself thinking of the late great John Weeks and his repeated warning, in the last decade or so of his life, that neoliberalism leads to fascism. This was written in 2014. www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europ...
April 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Of late, I often find myself thinking of the late great John Weeks and his repeated warning, in the last decade or so of his life, that neoliberalism leads to fascism. This was written in 2014. www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europ...
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a 'your possessions and money don't actually matter' approach is sure to work with Americans, a public notoriously amenable to sacrificing for the greater good, as Jimmy Carter's second term attests.
April 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
a 'your possessions and money don't actually matter' approach is sure to work with Americans, a public notoriously amenable to sacrificing for the greater good, as Jimmy Carter's second term attests.
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Wake up wake up
April 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Wake up wake up
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This may be the most beautiful sign I have seen at one of these (even though the subject matter is so ugly). The artist who painted it said she started it feeling angry and it was therapeutic. Especially love the bling. #HandsOffLA
April 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This may be the most beautiful sign I have seen at one of these (even though the subject matter is so ugly). The artist who painted it said she started it feeling angry and it was therapeutic. Especially love the bling. #HandsOffLA
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I think this the first time Brexit has appeared as an attack line in a major English speaking political campaign.
Mark Carney: “I have seen this movie before. I know exactly what’s going to happen.”
April 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I think this the first time Brexit has appeared as an attack line in a major English speaking political campaign.
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Said it before, gonna keep saying it: the atmosphere doesn’t give a fuck about politics www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Said it before, gonna keep saying it: the atmosphere doesn’t give a fuck about politics www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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there have been three major economic collapses in my adult lifetime and guess which party has been in charge each time? it's almost like their policies don't work.
April 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
there have been three major economic collapses in my adult lifetime and guess which party has been in charge each time? it's almost like their policies don't work.
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Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today:
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today:
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
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"Manufacturing jobs" have that connotation because of unions. "30-and-out" retirement w/ a defined-benefit pension, health insurance for yourself & your spouse -- thank the UAW, the USWA, and so on.
April 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Manufacturing jobs" have that connotation because of unions. "30-and-out" retirement w/ a defined-benefit pension, health insurance for yourself & your spouse -- thank the UAW, the USWA, and so on.
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let's review the wealth destruction in sycophantic tech CEO land, shall we ? picture below as a reference tool from the Inauguration:
AAPL: -8% today, -18% ytd
AMZN: -9% today, -18% ytd
GOOGL: -3% today, -20% ytd
META: -8% today, -8% ytd
NVDA: -5% today, -22% ytd
TSLA: -6% today, -34% ytd
AAPL: -8% today, -18% ytd
AMZN: -9% today, -18% ytd
GOOGL: -3% today, -20% ytd
META: -8% today, -8% ytd
NVDA: -5% today, -22% ytd
TSLA: -6% today, -34% ytd
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
let's review the wealth destruction in sycophantic tech CEO land, shall we ? picture below as a reference tool from the Inauguration:
AAPL: -8% today, -18% ytd
AMZN: -9% today, -18% ytd
GOOGL: -3% today, -20% ytd
META: -8% today, -8% ytd
NVDA: -5% today, -22% ytd
TSLA: -6% today, -34% ytd
AAPL: -8% today, -18% ytd
AMZN: -9% today, -18% ytd
GOOGL: -3% today, -20% ytd
META: -8% today, -8% ytd
NVDA: -5% today, -22% ytd
TSLA: -6% today, -34% ytd
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Remarkably since 2020 the USA has become a net food importer.
April 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Remarkably since 2020 the USA has become a net food importer.
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The US stock market has lost over $2 trillion in the last 20 minutes.
Nice, nice. Nice.
Nice, nice. Nice.
April 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The US stock market has lost over $2 trillion in the last 20 minutes.
Nice, nice. Nice.
Nice, nice. Nice.
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It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.
April 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.
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Wow this is wild.
James: "The Trump team didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
James: "The Trump team didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Wow this is wild.
James: "The Trump team didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
James: "The Trump team didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
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I'm not sure that all the US economic and political elites who have signed up to Trumpism 2.0 understands where this sort of economic self-immolation ends up politically.
April 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm not sure that all the US economic and political elites who have signed up to Trumpism 2.0 understands where this sort of economic self-immolation ends up politically.
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Could the Brexity people who said that the EU was a free trade villain and the US would be the UK's free trade saviour please STFU forever
A blanket 10% tariff on the UK; 20% on the EU; 34% on China; 46% on Vietnam; 24% on Japan; 26% on India; and much more.
This is the biggest increase in trade barriers globally in decades — quite possibly since WWII.
This is the biggest increase in trade barriers globally in decades — quite possibly since WWII.
April 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Could the Brexity people who said that the EU was a free trade villain and the US would be the UK's free trade saviour please STFU forever
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The standout madness in the general madness are the enormous tariffs on South East Asia which, if these stick, is going to magnify China's sphere of influence. Geopolitical lunacy.
April 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The standout madness in the general madness are the enormous tariffs on South East Asia which, if these stick, is going to magnify China's sphere of influence. Geopolitical lunacy.
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Could I please ask the press to stop reporting Trump’s rather arbitrary numbers of the tariffs other countries impose as though this were real? The WTO has a tariff database. You can look up the real numbers there.
April 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Could I please ask the press to stop reporting Trump’s rather arbitrary numbers of the tariffs other countries impose as though this were real? The WTO has a tariff database. You can look up the real numbers there.