US law permits US control over any company in the world that uses US technology.

Ok, thank you. There was a lot of unspent covid relief allocations, fussed over without anyone in congress trying to force the spending. It would seem impossible to impose quality of spending criteria.

No genocide in Ukraine. Liberated regions will stay Russian, no NATO path, neutrality commitment. Can trade with EU/US if it wants, though Russia has expressed resistance to this. Likely referendums for what country oblasts wish to join, though Ukraine would resist this latter point, but just betrays what hated nazis they are in east and Odessa. Peace.

The only deflationary policy whatsoever Trump has is peace in Ukraine. Everything else ruins the country. That said, the Ukraine war is extreme evil and of zero benefit to ordinary Americans. Russia doesn’t buy arms from US, and Ukraine only accepts gifts. Russia is only side in this war that has ever offered reasonable peace. Provocation and disinformation was deliberate.

that seems to be Israel’s SOP

this is not binary solo :P

complete non story.

Doubt Bezos has done enough to outbribe SpaceX. He should have gone all in on Harriss even if that is somehow a longshot now.

Trump may win election because he is more progressive on Ukraine. Only path to Ukraine existing with Odessa, until a referendum, is peace. It is Biden/Harris neocons that want to diminish Russia to the last Ukrainian.

Recent post around here said “democrats will shift to the right if they lose”. Yes that overton window will be “only get 1 year prison if they accuse the father of rape” shift.

Executive branch has 100% control over actual spending. Congress could approve $10T for Israel, and executive can spend it as fast or slow or none as it feels like. Congresses only power is setting a ceiling on spending.

Green or socialist party (better. not funded by GOP even if you don’t buy into socialism generally) in California or other non-swing state. Awesome. In swing state, destructive.

Harris and Bernie are both 100% pro genocide. Just at a slower pace than Trump, who will more explicitly fully support Iran war. Bernie is 100% correct that Trump is worse, but any position that declares Hamas as more evil than IDF, “Israel has a right to defend itself platitude”, is a pro genocide position, because to Israel, every child and hospital is a Hamas target.

Major failure of Biden Administration on China. Only promotes “delete America” resolve. Trump made a deal with China last term, and surely if a hotel or 2 can be thrown in, another deal is likely. Neither will reindustrialize America.

This is mostly a help Mexico and Canada oligarchy policy. Brazilian coffee will go to US friendly countries to be roasted for example. Same as any other US imports.

got through 40 minutes… but too long.

sign of a desperate collapsing empire for US to vote for Trump, who threatens BRICS and everyone else with massive tariffs.

Biden has been exceptionally skillful in strengthening the devotion level of colonies to US even as majority of the world moves away. Germany loves US’s bombing of Nordstream, FFS, and Australia spending equivalent share of GDP of US of $8T for imported nuclear subs to protect its trade with China from China, as a gauge for level of submission. US colonies are accepting recession to help prop up US economy.

Trump’s style of overtly embarrassing everyone else can’t work as well. And certain collapse of alliances is certain to follow. Military coups in Europe will result if they don’t. US collapses without its colonies.

That said, the key thing here should be ensuring that the people of Ukraine benefit from their own resources

Lyndsay Graham is one of the loudest neocon parasites. Even when he says this in front of Zelensky, you can be sure it is to help destroy Ukraine so that Blackrock can bid the lowest possible amount for them. There was plenty of opportunity prior to war for west or Russia to bid “fair prices for benefit of Ukrainian people” for resource development. Ukraine corruption meant that below fair prices were still possible then. Rock bottom prices is what is most likely now.

Strawman article. Money multiplier is mostly from fiscal policy.

For monetary policy, all money not stored under a mattress is money that stays in the banking system. Bank profits/capitalization does impact credit appetitite, and a certain path to profits is provided by a Fed doing QE, where buying bonds becomes a sure thing that Fed will pay more than you did. Buying bonds is a bank activity that competes with credit, but fractional reserve helps give a sends of prudence to reinvesting low deposit rate funds, and having high fees for accounts, to maximizing reserve leverage at low risk.

Redistribution from rich to poor, and oligarch to employee, is what boosts the money multiplier. Poor spend everything by definition, and employees feel confident in spending, such that all money flows back up to the oligarchs. Oligarchs trading paper does not boost economy/multiplier as much.

No. It is aerodynamics vs weight balance. Low speed, weight matters a lot. High speed takes major power to overcome air resistance especially if geometry is like a Harley instead of a motosport race bike. Electric motors are most efficient at top RPMs.

Ebikes are doing well. Surron style “small motorcycles” and Cafe/scooters seem to do well in North America.

45-60kph top speed is really the sweet spot for an ebike. With most travel about 30kph. The step above that needs 1500w charging, but batteries are almost always optimized for performance instead of charging rate. 2-3 hours to full is not that great, and a heavier bike getting 1500wh might get just 80km range over 2 hours.

It’s normal for all ebikes to have 1 hour of range at full speed. Fewer practical use for this at motorcycle speeds. An EV like Citroen Ami ($6000 car at 45kph max speed) will have more range and practicality despite parking hassles than an expensive e-moto.