USA has been in a cold war with China for years. Picked up some when China started exporting green tech.

From the article,

The international laws and norms Trump has barged through had already been loosened by previous US administrations. The operation most closely resembles the 1990 invasion of Panama and forced surrender of its strongman, by the first Bush administration.

That was followed by the younger George Bush with the invasion of Iraq on false grounds, and his administration’s broad use of rendition of torture. Barack Obama failed to hold his predecessor’s administration to account and pursued his own legally questionable drone assassination campaign against suspected terrorists.

These are arguably discrete acts of hypocrisy by earlier presidents, who claimed exceptions from international laws in the pursuit of US interests, but mostly embraced global norms in the knowledge that the “rules-based system” overwhelmingly favoured America.

comes across as a resounding call to complacency, and is a rhetorical technique widely used by the fascists.

Nope. It’s just another warning that people will hand wave aside and ask what’s the point here and shoot the messenger.

What unfolded overnight in Venezuela will cause immediate anxiety to governments like Iran and Denmark, against whom Trump has expressed enthusiasm for taking radical action.

In recent days, Trump has said the US would come to the defence of Iranian anti-government protesters, and his officials have kept up a drumbeat of threats to take control of Greenland by any necessary means. Last month, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service labelled the US as a security risk, a declaration that would have been unthinkable just a short time ago for a Nato ally.

It accelerates the slide from a mostly rules-based world to one of competing spheres of influence, to be determined by armed might and the readiness to use it. One American commentator, David Rothkopf, called it the “Putinization of US foreign policy”.

Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow. Vladimir Putin thinks the same of much of eastern Europe.

So are Republicans pulling/stealing funds for building the wall on the southern border or is it from military housing with black mold? Hard to keep track for some reason.

How much is Texas spending/stealing on Operation Lonestar this year?

Because that real action would solve the imaginary problem.

About 25 years.

Was it a software fix last time too?

Ha, nope. A headline like this is not even worth clicking.

They just said they don’t want to wake up. Too busy writing comments to pay attention.

As Mother Jones’ Julianne McShane reported, the congresswoman has still made attempts to reconcile with Trump. And as the Times pointed out, Greene admitted that she only spoke out against Trump when his attacks targeted her.

There it is.

Ukraine gave up their nukes 30 some years ago after US and Russia agreed to both protect their security…

So this “security” promise is pretty hollow

Yup

Russia has said it won’t accept the deployment in Ukraine of troops from NATO countries.

Same for New Jersey.

There is no get out number. That’s the whole point.

This is not an investment. It’s a bet on a company not finishing the race dead last. There has never been a push for AI and androids like this. Never. The bets will keep happening until there is a winner.

Right now China is winning because all the chips used for betting are made in China from rare earth metals. The actual stuff that keeps modern society functional. Not stock market speculation.

In response to my article last week titled “EV Enthusiasts Are Losing The Battle In The USA Right Now,” Mike Shurtleff provided a short but pointed response. Here was his comment:

“EV Enthusiasts Are Losing The Battle In The USA Right Now” …BUT WINNING THE BEV WAR …GLOBALLY …RIGHT NOW!!! Get out of the way Luddites!!!

Tesla has a $37k 3 Standard now. The average new car transaction price is $50k. For an EV it’s $58k. Cybercab comes out next fall.

NIMBYS won’t allow it.

People made this all about Trump so people forgot how many are involved. If Trump gets in trouble so do hundreds of other rich people. Half of Congress goes to jail.

Yes, this is the way it’s been for decades.

China.

How the U.S. is Handing Over Venezuela’s Oil Sector to China
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/How-the-US-is-Handing-Over-Venezuelas-Oil-Sector-to-China.html

So, where does all the oil go? In past years, Caracas was able to strike agreements with Rosneft or with Indian buyers. But as the U.S. introduced secondary sanctions, and now secondary tariffs, there was only one buyer left, the only one that does not fear Washington’s threats: China.

Has nothing to do with trucks. Everything to do with affordable EVs even tiny EVs. This is why China has been making them for so long. Also why they get high safety scores.

Look up “cell to chassis” CTC.

Or not.

All four represent competitive districts that could make or break the GOP’s narrow House majority in November. Democrats have been slamming each of them as complicit in the impending lapse of the funding, which first passed in 2021 under President Joe Biden in a bid to cap premiums for “benchmark” plans at 8.5% of income.