China quietly exempts some U.S.-made semiconductors from tariffs

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“Levies on certain U.S.-made microchips have been dropped, importers say. Meanwhile, China denied President Trump’s claims that talks to reduce...”

Cracks are appearing in the inscrutable wall.   reports that the tariff exemptions include pharmaceuticals and aircraft parts.  There may be other exempted US goods. China's economy had been slowing for some time before Trump's tariffs were imposed.  Xi Jinping will have a difficult time...

Congressional Republicans Might Set Off the Debt Bomb

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“Their new budget framework is the most irresponsible in modern history—and will put the American economy on a very dangerous trajectory.”

Here we go again.  Here's another rehash of the same Libertarian lies and Neoliberal nonsense we've heard for half a century.  These arguments illustrate why the Republican Party had to be destroyed.  The status quo Republican Party, created by Ronald Reagan, devoted itself to selling out the...

If America won't build the future, China will gladly do it

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“The US isn't the only nation capable of technological progress.”

People can't the see forest because there are too many trees.  China is an industrial economy that depends heavily on engineering. China gets its science from the United States.    The United States government has been researching thorium reactors for over 70 years.  The United States government...

11 Earth Day Deals on Products Wirecutter Loves

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“Buying refurbished can help you save some green while going green. Not all refurbs are created equal, but these sales earned our deal experts' seal...”

On this Earth Day 2025 let us all join the progressive left in demanding the free and unrestricted importation of cheap, disposable consumer goods.  Let us all lift our voices in celebration of micro-plastics in our brains.  Rachel Carson would be so proud of the progress that has been made....

Trump's tariffs, in perspective, unquestionably put 'America First'

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  2 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  6 days ago

“We must view tariffs not as a permanent solution, but as applied leverage.”

Should Donald Trump continue the Biden administration's trade policies?  Would that be fair? Biden maintained and increased Trump's tariffs, particularly on China.  Biden attempted to subsidize the US auto industry while locking out foreign competition; at taxpayer expense.  And Biden had to...

There's a Reason the World Is a Mess, and It's Not Trump

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  2 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  one week ago

“Global economic stagnation underlies today's disarray.”

We've heard this crap for the last five or six decades.  These economic theories have been wrong from the beginning.  Globalization was always destined to fail because increasing productivity and economic growth depends entirely upon unsustainable inflation under these economic theories.  It's...

A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He's Also Paid to Promote It

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“Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.”

Maple-gate!  As usual the NYT conveniently ignores that Dr. Seeram has received funding from both the Canadian and US governments, in addition to funding from the maple industry.   There have been recent claims that nothing is sacred now.  But that's been true within the scientific community...

Well, Well, Well, Look Who’s Still Doing Absolutely Nothing

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“Sen. Chuck Schumer pledged “extraordinary action” should Trump ever defy a Supreme Court order. “Extraordinary action,” to Schumer, is apparently a...”

The progressive left has been reduced to rambling rants that drift from scapegoating to backbiting to searching for triggers.  Manifestos from the hippy retirement home doesn't seem like a path forward. The media made a small ado over Sen. Corey Booker bloviating the longest of any Senator in...

Can China Fight Deflation and Trump's Tariffs at the Same Time?

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“China is facing a double whammy: corrosive deflation and tariffs that threaten to block trade. Chinese workers will be the biggest casualties.”

There are more gig workers in China (at 200 million) than the whole labor force of the United States (at 168 million).  The size of the Chinese labor force was estimated to be 772 million in 2023.  China has such a large labor pool available that concerns over productivity aren't important....

Many College Degrees Are Now Useless—Here's What Is Worth Your Money

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“This article explores why many college degrees are losing value and highlights the paths—skills, certifications and fields—that actually lead to...”

When reality bites.  Or, those Harvard degrees just ain't worth what they used to be.