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September 12, 2019 Great Stuff
As the Trade War Turns Big news: The hike in Chinese tariffs has been delayed! There were also reports from Bloomberg that tariffs could be rolled back in some cases, due to an interim China trade deal. (This interim trade deal was later strenuously denied by the White House.) Everybody rally? Last night, President Trump […]
September 11, 2019 Great Stuff
Fear Did Not Win I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing on this day 18 year ago. It’s one of those memories that’s forever burned in my brain … like January 28, 1986. On September 11, 2001, I was working as an inventory database specialist at a small manufacturing plant in […]
September 4, 2019 Great Stuff
Another Brick out of the Wall Chalk one up for the little guy. Who says protests don’t work anymore? Tensions are easing in Asia this morning after Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam withdrew a controversial extradition bill. The bill, which would have allowed extradition of Hong Kong citizens to mainland China, was one of […]
August 26, 2019 Great Stuff
This Is the Song That Never Ends Yes, it goes on and on, my friend. Some countries started singing it, not knowing what it was. And they’ll continue singing it forever, just because… Boy howdy … we had one heck of a weekend. It started off with President Trump’s backlash against increased tariffs from China […]
August 23, 2019 Great Stuff
Friday Four Play: Jerome Powell Says “As You Wish” … Almost Fans of The Princess Bride know that the biggest classic blunder is getting involved in a land war in Asia. The second is betting against a Sicilian when death is on the line. After the events of this morning, I think we really must […]