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As troubling as the election chaos has been, employment and living costs will rise if Trump wins. Aside from Sinophobia, the actual economic costs will increase with a return to the Trumpian ...
by annieli
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Dec 29, 2023 at 09:11 PM PST
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The United States can export excess US Wheat to countries in Africa.This can solve crises of famine. I have been reading the excellent diaries written by RO37 about Ukraines's successes in the Black Sea and Ukraine's ability to begin limited shipping of wheat to countries in the Horn of Africa (Somalia and Ethiopia). And I want to say that I deeply...
by bluesophie
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on Thu Oct 05, 2023 at 09:18 AM PDT
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Republicans are still going on about “flat-screen televisions” in 2023 Heritage Foundation document. Why are conservatives still obsessed with the modern version of this commonplace telecommunications device? It is impossible to buy a CRT television outside of maybe a yard sale. The only kind of TV sets you can buy for the past decade or more are...
by watermelonpunch
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on Mon Sep 11, 2023 at 06:28 PM PDT
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“No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.” ― P.J. O'Rourke...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Tue Aug 22, 2023 at 04:25 PM PDT
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The US and China are engaged in a chip war, with both sides trying to gain an advantage in the development and use of cutting-edge technology. The US has focused on restricting China's access to advanced chips and the equipment used to make them. This...
by TobiasMook
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on Sat Jul 22, 2023 at 07:08 AM PDT
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All I needed was a replacement detergent drawer for our washing machine. And somehow I ended up at the Mountains of Madness with H.P. Lovecraft as my customer service rep. We’ve got a front-loading stackable washer — that we don’t stack. The soap...
by Robert Dobbs
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on Fri Jun 30, 2023 at 10:04 PM PDT
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Terri Rupar
Political Editor, Originally published by The 19th
What do you want to know about politics? We want to hear from you, our readers, about what we should be reporting and how we can serve ...
by The19th
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on Fri Jun 23, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Xi has found his man in Russia China-Central Asia Summit heralds the end of Russian leadership in the region Iliya Kusa, Foreign policy analyst at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future May ...
by Joseph2482
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on Wed May 24, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Finally, we have someone other than the Feds or an academic addressing the China problem
Rubio warns China is trying to topple dollar’s global dominance
by Alexander Bolton - 05/17/23
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by Joseph2482
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on Thu May 18, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine clouds picture for China’s central and eastern European trade expo Kinling Lo in Beijing Published: 14 May 2023 Estonia and Latvia also quit the mechanism last year, while other central and eastern European countries are...
by Joseph2482
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on Sun May 14, 2023 at 11:09 AM PDT
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This Week We Take Action: Medicare for All is being introduced simultaneously in the House and the Senate. People are mobilizing to raise awareness about a new Pacific Trade Pact being negotiated by the Biden Administration. RSVP for our Sunday Town...
by Progressive Democrats of America
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on Fri May 12, 2023 at 08:26 AM PDT
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Mixed trade figures for China add up to more fiscal stimulus SCMP Editorial Published: 12:22am, 12 May, 2023 The import figure is a worry, (imports fell 7.9 per cent in April 2023), and not just because it failed expectations. Since China sits in the...
by Joseph2482
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on Fri May 12, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Chinese engagement or ‘divide and conquer’? Foreign Minister Qin Gang heads to Europe Hayley Wong Published: 10:00pm, 9 May 2023 While in Berlin on Tuesday, Qin pledged to work with “relevant parties”, including Germany, to seek a ceasefire for the war...
by Joseph2482
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on Tue May 09, 2023 at 10:52 AM PDT
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World can live with US-China competition that stays clear of violence
Shirley Ze Yu�
Published: 9:15am, 8 May, 2023
After decades of toil by hundreds of millions of Chinese who helped to ...
by Joseph2482
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on Tue May 09, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Buffett and Munger lash out at "stupid" U.S.-China tensions
Javier E. David
Investing legends Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on Saturday urged the U.S. and China to settle their ...
by Joseph2482
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on Sun May 07, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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“He knows nothing, and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career” ― George Bernard Shaw The undeclared but likely contender for the GOP crown, Ron DeSantis, took a global road trip, ostensibly to promote Florida’s trade....
by TheCriticalMind
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on Sat Apr 29, 2023 at 03:33 PM PDT
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What does China hope to gain from its post-Covid diplomatic push? Kawala Xie in Hong Kongand Dewey Sim in Singapore Published: 20 Apr, 2023 But she, Taylah Bland, a China expert at the Asia Society Policy Institute, said China was not seeking to...
by Joseph2482
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on Sat Apr 22, 2023 at 10:38 AM PDT
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China’s plan to erode the US dollar’s world trade dominance China is waging a hybrid war against the US and Europe, the West, without the shooting. Russia has been waging an all out hybrid war against the West for decades. The difference is China has...
by Joseph2482
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on Fri Apr 21, 2023 at 09:12 AM PDT
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For much of the global south and undeveloped world this maybe to late Janet Yellen warns that US decoupling from China would be ‘disastrous’ Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington “The US will assert ourselves when our vital interests are at stake,” the...
by Joseph2482
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on Thu Apr 20, 2023 at 11:42 AM PDT
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