A mistake on a piece of official Donald Trump merchandise might be funny to some. But it wasn’t a laughing matter for the Rhode Island couple who paid more than $600 for the Trump-branded watch. One letter was left off… Read More ›
Politics
Détrumpez Vous!
Detrumpez Vous! is an application that allows you to scan the barcodes of your products, primarily food items, to discover whether the company’s capital comes from the United States. It gives you the means to know who you are giving… Read More ›
A woman is…
The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, in a decision which could have far-reaching implications for who can access single-sex services and spaces. It came about after the Scottish government… Read More ›
Old fashioned simple thinking in a modern complex world does not work Donald
Despite Trump’s plan to use tariff pressure to bring more manufacturing to the U.S., analysts estimate moving even one-tenth of Apple’s supply chain to the U.S. would cost $30 billion and take three years. If Apple passes increased costs to… Read More ›
The poorer your people are, the more power you will have
Trump’s ‘liberation day’ could mean recession in the US and pain worldwide Senate approves Republican plan for trillions in tax breaks and spending cuts Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs And on and on… Surely we can all… Read More ›
Fighting back against tariffs
Trump’s tariffs are of course nonsense and use made up figures to calculate the so called tariffs other countries charge the US. They then presented charging just over 50% against the dreamed up numbers as a good thing. Ignoring the… Read More ›
It feels like a homecoming
At Heathrow, back in UK for a few days. It feels like a homecoming. I feel physically and mentally lighter, at a distance from the toxic environment in Washington. I didn’t realize how much it was affecting me. O/c, the… Read More ›
Shamefully premeditated
I have watched Trump closely over the past 3 days and it is more obvious than ever that every discussion is about ‘Trump’. He is a man child with the thinnest possible skin who bases everything on how it makes… Read More ›
There is a BIG gulf…
He’d rather have his name emblazoned on a building he doesn’t own than own a building that doesn’t bear his name. To Trump, the name on the sign is more important than the deed. So too, now, with the name… Read More ›
He’s a solipsist
Trump’s solipsistic character was on full display on 20 January in the Capitol Rotunda. After stating, absurdly, that houses had burned “tragically” in Los Angeles “without even a token of defense”, the president seemed to turn philosophical and then appeared… Read More ›
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