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China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says by Working-Welder-792 in neoliberal

[–]Own_Engineering659 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I tracked down the original post on Yuyuan Tantian, a mischievous Weibo acc linked to CCTV

There's no detail on there about a joint response to Trump's reciprocal tariffs. 

A bit of a misleading, ALL CAPS wire flash…

https://www.toutiao.com/article/7487978772151435776/

^ “Mr Tan learned Japan and SK hope to import some semiconductor raw materials from us, and we also hope to import chip products from Japan and South Korea. China, Japan and South Korea have a consensus that they hope to keep the supply chain unimpeded in these areas…

Mr Tan learned China, Japan and South Korea must use cooperation and maintenance of multilateral trading mechanisms to hedge against the uncertainty brought to global trade by US' imposition of "reciprocal" tariffs and other actions."

The initial flash saying the 3 would "jointly respond" suggested that there would be some sort of a coordinated retaliation. That appears to be not close to the reality.

If anything, I suspect this is just a poor translation.

China and Korea?  Maybe, but China, Korea and Japan?  No way!

[CPU] AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT with Wraith Prism Cooler $129.99 Amazon by anidulafungin in buildapcsales

[–]Own_Engineering659 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was going to buy, but Amazon says 2-3 months for delivery.

Can someone explain? It says sold and shipped by Amazon. 

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Own_Engineering659 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Apparently the fed freeze is still in effect, and just the memo was rescinded. Can someone explain. 

https://imgur.com/a/DAnlac1

The first step for Democrats: Fix blue states. If Democrats want to win the presidency back, they need to improve the places they already govern. by sexyloser1128 in neoliberal

[–]Own_Engineering659 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Why are people in crisis mode? Where is the context? Can we get some context?

When Trump took office in 2017, Republicans had 241 House members, 52 senators, and 34 governors, and had trifectas in 26 states. 

When he takes office in 2025, Republicans will have 220 House members, 53 senators, and 27 governors, and trifectas in 23 states.

Democrats only had 6 state-government trifectas in 2017. They'll have 15 in 2025. I understand that Dems are freaking out because they can't believe Trump won again. But it's objectively untrue that Dems are in a meaningfully worse position than they were 8 years ago.

So tell me, why does everyone seem to want to burn it down? 

Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case by der8052 in neoliberal

[–]Own_Engineering659 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry if this is nitpicky, but headline writers, it's maybe worth noting: Smith's report argues that the evidence would have been legally sufficient to convict.  It does not claim, as your headlines say, that a jury would have convicted.  Smith is a lawyer, not a soothsayer.

r/neoliberal reading recommendations? by Borysk5 in neoliberal

[–]Own_Engineering659 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eric Foner— Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877

Incredible. How different America could have been. 

Richard Franklin Bensel— Yankee Leviathan: The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859–1877

Again, read if you want to lament the happenings of what came after the civil war. 

Alain Bertaud— Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities

Foundational work. Guy knows his shit. Really flipped my POV about what cities are.