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https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-24-trillion-breakup-with-visa-and-mastercard-has-begun/ Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun February 9, 2026 ECB President Christine Lagarde has called for Europe to break its dependence on American payment...

That may be true. It wasn't true 10 years ago.

I think he is saying this for one of two reasons: 1. He is getting us ready for the dictatorship he think he will have. 3. He is clueless and thinks he is a dictator.

Trump will not be able to fire Noem, Bondi, or Lutnick over incompetence or scandals (I suppose if bulletproof evidence could be found but that almost does not exist in the misinformation age). He chose them for loyalty not competence. If they remain loyal, he won't get rid of them. If he...

Well, I am the last one to speak for them (Although I spent almost a year in South Dakota with almost everyone I knew thinking I was a Mormon except the Mormons, talk about social isolation).... anyway.... I would say that this post might not make them the happiest: But, again, I don't think...

Yep, when they started with banning food dyes, real sugar in coke, and beef tallow fries as their metabolic health achievements I knew we were in trouble. But, much of the public likes that as there is perceived benefit with no effort involved .

The sad thing is they did have an opportunity to to some real good. If they would have harped on the metabolic diseases issues and that the answer is real foods and exercise/activity not more medications they could have helped. Instead, they cut off scientists, put in a bunch of quacks, and...

Brilliant.

Honestly, and I hope this isn't offensive, I'm always fascinated when people of faith in a religion, no matter which one, that makes no objective sense to people who are not of that religion discuss the errors and strange beliefs of other religions. And, yes, by nature of my personal...

One of the media should do a comparison of the rate of crime in people that have received a Trump pardon vs the rate of crime in immigrants who Trump claims are committing so much crime.

That bimbo has had well more than her 15 minutes of fame.

Here is the article, 2019. They discuss several possible aspects. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/employment-and-growth/a-new-look-at-the-declining-labor-share-of-income-in-the-united-states

The other option would be to look at what we have done to decrease the share of compensation that goes to labor and see what can be done to correct it (you know, MAGA) instead of saying "sorry about your luck, why don't you just work 65 hours a week so they can have more jets instead of seeing...

Takes one to know one.