Mastodawn

Trump: "I took my physical. I got all As. Everything. But they said to me, 'would you like to take a cognitive test?' I said, 'Is it hard?' They said, 'yes.' I said, 'Well, I'm a very smart person. Who was the last president to take one?' 'No president has ever agreed to take one' ... I aced it."

Stijn_VeeHaa Nov 4

Enkel wie terug in de tijd kan reizen, ontloopt pensioenknip-Jambon https://www.sampol.be/2025/11/enkel-wie-terug-in-de-tijd-kan-reizen-ontloopt-pensioenknip-jambon

Enkel wie terug in de tijd kan reizen, ontloopt pensioenknip-Jambon

De pensioenknip-Jambon treft loopbanen die allang achter ons liggen. Alleen wie z'n verleden kan herschrijven, ontsnapt aan de knip.

Stijn_VeeHaa May 5, 2025

The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/

The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked

TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.

404 Media

Stijn_VeeHaa Apr 17, 2025

We are living in a fucked up world https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04/17/we-are-living-in-a-fucked-up-world/

The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future

Stijn_VeeHaa Apr 14, 2025

Chartbook 373 "We create our own reality" - Trump's delirious negative-sum populism, or how the Empire comes home. https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-372-we-create-our-own-reality A. Tooze at his finest is always worth sacrificing your coffee break for.

Chartbook 372 "We create our own reality" - Trump's delirious negative-sum populism, or how the Empire comes home.

As Trump’s erratic and extreme trade policy shakes the world economy, the basic question of this week is the classic question of realistic political analysis: Who benefits?

Chartbook

Stijn_VeeHaa Apr 10, 2025

The madness of King Trump https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04/10/the-madness-of-king-trump/

The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future

Stijn_VeeHaa Apr 8, 2025

Where did all that money go? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04/08/where-did-all-that-money-go/

The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future

Stijn_VeeHaa Apr 7, 2025

Podcast:Government debt need never be repaid:Richard Murphy
https://castbox.fm/episode/id6158945-id795296515

Government debt need never be repaid

<p>Time and again, we hear people saying that government debt must be<br><br />repaid. They are fundamentally wrong. Repaying that debt would create<br>...

Castbox

Stijn_VeeHaa Apr 4, 2025

The world needs to realise that we are at war with a fascist tyrant in the USA https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04/04/the-world-needs-to-realise-that-we-are-at-war-with-a-fascist-tyrant-in-the-usa/

The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future

Stijn_VeeHaa Apr 2, 2025

Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness - Paul Krugman https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/stop-looking-for-methods-in-the-madness

Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness

There’s no plan, secret or otherwise, behind Trump’s tariffs

Paul Krugman