China within a matter of years will pose an existential military threat to the United States. At 1.34 billion inhabitants, it is four times larger in population than the US with its 311 million. Once a nation industrializes, a greater population means greater wealth and power rather than just too many hungry mouths to feed. […]
President Trump’s Best of Weeks, Worst of Weeks
It was President Trump’s best of weeks and his worst of weeks. It was his best of weeks in that The President instantly won the hearts of conservative Republicans by pardoning Scooter Libby, the innocent casualty of a previous lawless Special Counsel, Lawrence Walsh. President George W. Bush should have pardoned Libby but didn’t; The […]
Europe’s troubles, Putin’s hope, a justifiable Trump tariff intervention
We’ve been hard on the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs, which were supposed to hit the primary troublemaker, China, but instead are threatening US allies. But one move by the administration is justifiable and consistent with the administration’s otherwise shaky claim that the steel and aluminum tariffs are defense related. In the face of […]
Tariff exclusions create complications for Trump and Republican allies
Our trade expert L.C.’s weekly trade report follows: President Trump’s March 8th proclamations of tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum — but with tariff exclusions for Canada and Mexico — have created considerable political and economic complications for the President and his Republican allies. Trump issued the proclamations under Section 232 of […]
Mainstream media are lying about Mueller’s indictment of thirteen Russians
As usual the mainstream media are lying today about the implications of Special Counsel Mueller’s indictment yesterday of thirteen Russians for interfering in the 2016 presidential elections. The Washington Post is one of the most flagrant of the lying media. Here are the headlines and subheads of its two front page articles on the subject […]
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