Recent content by UrbanCowboy

That was such a blunder. We had negotiated the heck out of deal to put China in a corner and Trump didn't like that he didn't get credit for it so he trashed it and here we are.

Another day, another massive swing in the stock market. This is totally an awesome thing that is very healthy. Like how a really healthy heart stops and starts and changes rhythm constantly in a super healthy 85 year old that totally doesn't have high cholesterol. So healthy. Each one...

Yup. We're driving up costs for no reason other than 'trade imbalance bad'. What is really hilarious for me to think about is that if it was Biden that had done this, Trump would be on the sidelines saying how this is bad for America.

The way I interpret Trump rejecting the EU offer is that he thinks the US needs a positive trade balance with every country, which is, quite frankly, insane. Like real bananas, delusional. Even if it were possible to do, you'd have to 'unmake' the current world and particularly American...

You really don't want to go down that rabbit hole. For a lot of reasons.

Almost no one has an income of $10M per year. And before you say 'billionaires', they aren't getting an income, they are getting stock options and borrowing against those; good luck taxing that, because it's debt, not income.

My reaction on seeing that 3rd person reference: This feels like it's not heading in a great direction.

Would love to get @Rob B. and @Stillwaterman take on this. If you are making moves that benefit your adversaries - you're probably making the wrong moves.

I'm sure you know this because of your extensive international contacts and experience in foreign relations. Economic instability is the number 1 way to topple a government. And you don't even have to invoke Godwin's law: Lenin, Napoleon, Mao, Caesar, Mehmed II (and the fallout of countless...

My first thought was "the gold standard drop happened in 1971", didn't even need to look at the charts. (But then I did anyway because I'm a nerd).

Well... he's not wrong

Political opinions aside - you have to be pretty ballsy to be a high profile activist that is also undocumented.

It probably would have been better if Germany had won the 1st world war. Then no Hitler and possibly no communism. Probably get like a proto-EU 100 years earlier.

I like how Ukraine will have to give up part of it's territory and Russia will allow no peacekeeping forces afterwards. Making a 'deal' is super easy when you just capitulate on every term. Brilliant.

Someone called it out somewhere, I can't remember where, but they said Trump withholding aid to Ukraine and starting trade wars with allies and isolating ourselves isn't proof that he's working for Russia - but it IS exactly what one would expect from someone acting for Russia. Like I'm not...