Some further thoughts on the radical US-destructiveness of the Trump tariff regime.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
>Christopher Lasch and the Distemper of Our Time: A Chronicle Foretold
Why Christopher Lasch, who died over 30 years ago, is the historian of our times…or perhaps our first psychohistorian?
Longer-Dated Treasuries Sell Off Sharply, Increasing Interest Rates: The Exact Opposite of What Trump Says He Wants
Mr. Market, in the form of longer-dated Treasury yields, is not on board with the Trump tariff scheme.
Trump Thinks Tariffs Can Bring Back the Glory Days of US Manufacturing. Here’s Why He’s Wrong
More on the false premise that Trump can restore the US as a manufacturing powerhouse.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Stealth Revealed
Our warfare focused Coffee Break: The promise, problems, and profitability of stealth technology
‘We’re Turning Into a Dictatorship’: Trump Tariffs Seen as Ploy to Further Consolidate Power
Senator Chris Murphy called President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs “a political weapon designed to collapse our democracy.”
What Is Blackwater Founder, Erik Prince, Doing in Ecuador a Week Before the Country’s Presidential Elections?
Prince is making bank as a security advisor for US-friendly governments in Latin America while trying to raise funds for coups against less friendly ones.
Why America Is Acting This Way on Trade: A Globotics Shock, a Failed Social Policy, and Middle-Class Fury
An attempt to divine the political roots of Trump’s trade and tariff policies.
Blockbuster Deal Will Wipe Out $30 Billion in Medical Debt. Even Backers Say It’s Not Enough.
A program that purchased medical debt at a deep discount, while effective, still reinforces a predatory system.
Coffee Break: Across the Pond With the Starmer Government
Britain really needs a new government as the current Starmer government appears to be leading the country off a cliff with their policie
Focus on Market Rout from Overvalued Levels Diverting Attention from Real Economy DOGE, Particularly Social Security and Depth of Tariff Damage
The focus on the market rout pervesely distracts attention from Trump’s massive and probably durable real economy destruction.
‘Greater Türkiye’ Faces Major Headwinds Abroad and at Home
Restless nationalists play role in protests at home while Türkiye runs up against US-backed Greater Israel in Syria. The great unknown: will the millions of Takfiris in Türkiye step into the ring?
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