Look, a Tariff is a Tax placed on Consumers and Businesses of the Country imposing the Tariff as a disincentive to purchase Imports from a particular provider. By definition. Now there are other offensive (especially to Free Traders) economic actions that one can take like Blockades (depriving someone of a necessary Input) and Embargos (refusing …
June 2019 archive
Jun 05 2019
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Jun 05 2019
Think I’ll Go Down To Drucker’s Kate
Yeah, been itching to do some serious Biden Bashing. Plagiarism charge hits Biden climate change plan By ZACK COLMAN and NATASHA KORECKI, Politico 06/04/2019 Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign came under fire on Tuesday for putting out a $1.7 trillion climate change plan that appeared to copy a handful of passages from previously published …
Jun 05 2019
The Breakfast Club (Ethics Of Strangers)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …
Jun 05 2019
Six In The Morning Wednesday 5 June 2019
Australia reels from worst rampage killing in decades for a country thought to have solved this issue By James Griffiths, CNN Updated 0627 GMT (1427 HKT) June 5, 2019 On the long, bloody list of US gun violence, it would barely be a blip, but the killing of four people in northern Australia has caused shock in the country most …
Jun 04 2019
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Jun 04 2019
Not Cartoon
Watch: Ahead of Trump’s UK Visit, Sky News Releases Ad Showing Trump as Giant, Looming Balloon
Jun 04 2019
The Breakfast Club (Sacrifice)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …
Jun 04 2019
Six In The Morning Tuesday 4 June 2019
Donald Trump to hold talks with Theresa May amid protests Donald Trump is to meet Prime Minister Theresa May for “substantial” talks on the second day of the US president’s three-day state visit to the UK. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will be among the senior ministers present at the talks, where issues such as climate change …
Jun 03 2019
The Breakfast Club (Important Book)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …
Jun 03 2019
Six In The Morning Monday 3 June 2019
Donald Trump arrives for three-day UK state visit US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have arrived in the UK for a three-day state visit. Air Force One landed at Stansted Airport at around 09:00 BST (04:00 ET). Mr Trump will meet members of the Royal Family, and is expected to discuss climate …