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oink! Soybean farmers getting

artappraiser — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:50:37 +0000

In reply to Tariffs: the Time Bomb That Could Shatter the GOP

oink! Soybean farmers getting $4 billion or so:

Trade wars are expensive to win. https://t.co/0uOUbQ7XOG
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) August 28, 2018

Yeah, I saw that tweet. Such

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 02:17:11 +0000

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Yeah, I saw that tweet. Such a set-up for my piece. But you can't publish the same piece twice. Unless you're a NYT columnist, in which case you get to write the same thing over and over and over again.

I believe she's already among

artappraiser — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 01:31:31 +0000

In reply to Tariffs: the Time Bomb That Could Shatter the GOP

I believe she's already among the GOP shards, but I nonetheless thought of your essay when I saw it:

Possibly Trump’s stupidest tweet ever

Op-ed by Jennifer Rubin @ WashingtonPost.com, August 16

President Trump has issued shameful tweets, offensive tweets and self-serving tweets. Rarely, however, has he sent out a tweet that better conveys his abject ignorance about the country and economics than the tweet he posted Wednesday:

Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump

Our Country was built on Tariffs, and Tariffs are now leading us to great new Trade Deals - as opposed to the horrible and unfair Trade Deals that I inherited as your President. Other Countries should not be allowed to come in and steal the wealth of our great U.S.A. No longer!

11:04 AM - Aug 15, 2018

No, no, no [....]

Unless Trump wants to retreat to a 1776-sized economy or relive the Great Depression (care of Smoot-Hawley) it’s best we not follow the outdated mercantilist philosophy that was supplanted fortunately by Adam Smith who deplored tariffs [....]

thanks for pointing to MW's

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 01:51:45 +0000

In reply to Hey! Did ya read that?

thanks for pointing to MW's new comment, miss comments sometimes on older blog entries

Hey! Did ya read that?

barefooted — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 01:27:19 +0000

In reply to Thank you, Obey. It's great

Hey! Did ya read that?

Yeah, I read it. What's your point?

Ask the bartender.

Trump is America's Baghdad

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:18:51 +0000

In reply to well Michael, I see you have

Trump is America's Baghdad Bob. He'll be declaring a glorious victory as the Republican Palace collapses behind him.

Thank you, Obey. It's great

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:14:24 +0000

In reply to Well well well...

Thank you, Obey. It's great to see you back at dag. Sorry for the delayed response.

You may be right about this round. Trump has already won some concessions from the EU, and China may still cut a deal. That said, he has already damaged the agriculture markets and antagonized the Midwest. I predict that we'll see ripple effects in the midterms no matter what happens.

More to the point, conservatives' shift on tariffs didn't start with Trump, and it's not likely to end with his presidency. Pat Buchanan was railing against global trade back in 1990s, and Trump campaigned against trade deals in the 2016 primaries because he recognized that it was already a issue among the Republican base. If he is successful in subduing China, conservatives' infatuation with tariffs will grow even more intense, and his successors will attempt to repeat what Trump did. In short, this game won't end quickly, and it won't end well for the GOP.

PS You mistake dag's style of intellectual pretension. Forget the Pimms. We're slurping cheap beer at a grimy bar while scribbling poetry in the margins of a dog-eared Bukowski novel.

The non-Russian collusion

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 23:03:58 +0000

In reply to Oh, i'll google something for

The non-Russian collusion (Saudi/UAE/Israel/Trump)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-...

Thanks!

Obey — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:49:45 +0000

In reply to Oh, i'll google something for

Thanks!

Oh, i'll google something for

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:58:00 +0000

In reply to mmm. Just what I've been

Oh, i'll google something for you. Be careful - no sprouts in Brussels despite its reputation.

Here's a start, even though a bit dated.

https://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/saudi-arabia-said-to-plan-nuc...