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The Best Friend China Ever Had

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 28, 2025

Donald Trump's stupidity helps one nation and one nation only: China. One thing I noticed in Mexico in my recently completed two months there was the sheer number of Chinese cars that have shown up on the market. The Chinese build cars that fit what...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 431

By Erik Loomis

On March 9, 2019

This is the grave of William Kelley. Born in 1814 in Philadelphia to a Quaker family, Kelley's father died when William was 2. That led to some very hard times.

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Sometimes You Get What You Ask For

By Erik Loomis

On July 7, 2018

None of this is going to move Trump voters away from voting for their lovely white supremacist, but at least they are getting what they ask for. Here are the.

On Avoiding Kneejerk Politics

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 3, 2018

Over the last few days, I've become really frustrated with liberals all over the internet about a couple of issues that boil down to "if fascists attack something, we will defend it." We first saw this with Georgia Republicans taking away Delta's tax breaks over...

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American Jobs and Trade Policy Under Trump

By Erik Loomis

On January 1, 2017

United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard makes a good point about how Trump's political rhetoric about "bringing American jobs home" completely contradicts actual Republican policy. Will it matter when Trump's promises.

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Should Tariffs Be Part of Our Economic Conversation?

By Erik Loomis

On January 7, 2016

Even among progressives today, the idea of tariffs are usually shunned and made fun of like an old racist uncle you have to tolerate at Thanksgiving. Tariffs are what steel.

dneus You can’t avoid it, because these people will redefine “strong” and “cool” as necessary to root for the villains. We live in a country that thinks Donald fucking Trump is strong and cool.
Human error · January 30, 2025
CL Minou Jorge of Burgos.
Human error · January 30, 2025
dl id rather have Puck as Secretary of Transport
Human error · January 30, 2025
BigHank53 Welp, that’s certainly smack-dab in Crazytown.
Human error · January 30, 2025
OldDogNewerTricks And they switched runways for the jet. Over at Balloon Juice there's a very informative post with links to info like the air traffic controllers audio mapped over the flight path data. Horrible,...
Plane crash in DC · January 30, 2025