wfrost
@wfrost.bsky.social
Amateur Sinophile & Economist, Deflationstan, Chess, Relegation in MLB, Rortystan
100%. Why isn’t this just common sense?
Economists say deflation is bad. But if my salary is stagnant, then I'd be happy to live in a deflating economy...
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
100%. Why isn’t this just common sense?
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Republicans are now negative double digits on immigration.
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
Republicans seek severe immigration crackdown over D.C. shooting: "Deport them all. Now."
"We must IMMEDIATELY BAN all ISLAM immigrants and DEPORT every single Islamist," said one Republican senator.
www.axios.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Republicans are now negative double digits on immigration.
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
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there's an old stereotype of china as outcompeting america because of masses of cheap labor. but as michael pettis puts it, contemporary chinese firms don't act as if labor is free. they act as if capital is free
“Yang Jiemin, VP of the state-owned company behind the port, said its highly automated operations require 60% fewer workers than traditional ports. It underscores one advantage Chinese companies have in deploying AI versus the U.S.: no independent labor unions.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-r... (🎁🔗)
Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy
China’s factories and ports are learning to make and export more goods faster, cheaper and with fewer workers.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
there's an old stereotype of china as outcompeting america because of masses of cheap labor. but as michael pettis puts it, contemporary chinese firms don't act as if labor is free. they act as if capital is free
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Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Senator Ruben Gallego didn't mince words. Read the full daily bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Senator Ruben Gallego didn't mince words. Read the full daily bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
Should MLB have an unsportsmanlike penalty other than ejection?
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Should MLB have an unsportsmanlike penalty other than ejection?
Thanks Donald “Inflation” Trump.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thanks Donald “Inflation” Trump.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
A lot has gone wrong in this country since Showbiz Pizza changed its name to Chuck E. Cheese
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A lot has gone wrong in this country since Showbiz Pizza changed its name to Chuck E. Cheese
We really need deflation in the red lines.
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We really need deflation in the red lines.
This should have always been the plan.
Two Step Peace Plan: Step one: leave. Step two: leave faster.
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This should have always been the plan.
This should be the easiest “No.”
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This should be the easiest “No.”
Americans are not allowed to call Europeans socialists until MLB implements relegation.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Americans are not allowed to call Europeans socialists until MLB implements relegation.
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
DONALD “INFLATION” TRUMP IS BUSY BUILDING A GOLD PLATED BALLROOM AND TAXING GREAT AMERICAN BUSINESSES. HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO A GROCERY STORE. SOON BEEF PRICES WILL BE BIGGER THAN HIS EGO. PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT THE “GREAT ORANGE INFLATION”
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
DONALD “INFLATION” TRUMP IS BUSY BUILDING A GOLD PLATED BALLROOM AND TAXING GREAT AMERICAN BUSINESSES. HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO A GROCERY STORE. SOON BEEF PRICES WILL BE BIGGER THAN HIS EGO. PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT THE “GREAT ORANGE INFLATION”
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can anybody tell me whether the current position of the United States Government is 1) we wrote the Ukraine surrender plan we presented or 2) we did not write the Ukraine surrender plan we presented
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
can anybody tell me whether the current position of the United States Government is 1) we wrote the Ukraine surrender plan we presented or 2) we did not write the Ukraine surrender plan we presented
MTG vs AOC in 2028? Epic battle of the female hypocorisms.
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
MTG vs AOC in 2028? Epic battle of the female hypocorisms.
Socialism.
Ah, that explains MTG's odd resignation date; the Congressional pension vests after five years.
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Socialism.
UBIs = Highly Productive Capital Investments
There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
UBIs = Highly Productive Capital Investments
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Heather Cox Richardson highlights Zelenskyy's speech to the Ukrainian people, a rhetorical masterpiece that US media characteristically ignored.
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Heather Cox Richardson highlights Zelenskyy's speech to the Ukrainian people, a rhetorical masterpiece that US media characteristically ignored.
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MTG knows what’s going to happen next November…the GOP is toast.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
MTG knows what’s going to happen next November…the GOP is toast.
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Very interesting Financial Times interview of Branko Milanović, although I think that rather than globalization having killed neoliberalism, as the title implies, it is neoliberalism that may killed globalization.
www.ft.com/content/b3a9...
www.ft.com/content/b3a9...
Did globalisation kill neoliberalism? With Branko Milanović
A new, less co-operative global era has begun
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Very interesting Financial Times interview of Branko Milanović, although I think that rather than globalization having killed neoliberalism, as the title implies, it is neoliberalism that may killed globalization.
www.ft.com/content/b3a9...
www.ft.com/content/b3a9...
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We’ve got one more chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025. Make some calls to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social flip a GOP district in 11 days: mobilize.us/indivisible/...
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We’ve got one more chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025. Make some calls to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social flip a GOP district in 11 days: mobilize.us/indivisible/...
