Trump vows peace in Middle East 'one way or the other'
- 0 Followers
- 0 Following
- 1 Posts
US Financial Markets become positive before the truce is announced. Is it a sign of information leaks?
US Financial Markets become positive before the truce is announced. Is it a sign of information leaks? - Lemmy.World
US Financial Markets stop their losses and turn positive [https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/djia?mod=home_markets] before the truce in the conflicy with Iran is announced. The gain might seem small, but it is an average, it is interesting to note that at the same time shares of oil companies, like ExxonMobil [https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/xom?mod=search_symbol] stopped their progress and turned into red. Are, those, signs of some information leaking out from government sources before the official announcement?
The “Golden Dome” is an idiotic idea from an idiotic person.
It is not a new idea. it is an old story that keeps going on under different guises. Is it the classic old military-industrial complex? I don’t know. But I know that here Trump was hired to set up a huge vortex of money to spin around. I see him more as the marketeer in this story.
How much money did the US waste in Reagan's Space Wars?
How much money did the US waste in Reagan's Space Wars? - Lemmy.World
Apologies to the supporters of Trump’s Golden Dome [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_system)], but the parallel with the old Star Wars [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative] of the Reagan’s era is hilariously strong, almost a perfect match. In some news I even saw exactly the same rhetoric. It is full of journalists claiming that it will trigger an arms race and lead to the militarisation of space, looks like nothing changed since then. The Wikipedia page I linked about the Star Wars is quite optimistic. It emphasises the benefits obtained by the research it funded, but I am a bit sceptical, I suspect that those benefit are a bit overstated in comparison to the costs. One thing that I note is that the government could shoulder the costs because it was not so indebted as it is today. So, since it seems that they are going long the same way I wonder if it is known exactly how much money they wasted back then.
Western industries like to cry foul. But if they did not do anything since these bans started about 20 years ago it means that they are happy with it.
I find absurd that many political groups including the Pirate Party moved to Discord. People who that claim to be fighting for the rights of user privacy then invite you to join Discord. Looks like they have been assimilated by big tech.
When was the last time you used cash?
Yesterday evening when I bought some groceries. I didn’t buy anything else since.
Now imagine you must use cash, because Visa, MasterCard, Google Pay, and Apple Pay refuse to work inside of the EU
Giving up suddenly 50% of their revenues? I doubt so.
Trump tariffs: is a retaliation against payment systems feasible?
Trump tariffs: is a retaliation against payment systems feasible? - Lemmy.World
After long debates [https://www.dw.com/en/eu-response-to-trumps-tariffs-a-delicate-balancing-act/a-72166642] the EU is deciding a very weak response [https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/04/09/eu-proposes-25-tariffs-on-us-goods-excludes-bourbon-to-protect-wine-exports/] to Trump’s tariff. Which show that the union is still behaving like a US colony. The obvious is that the actions still overlook the core of US exports and the base of their wealth, digital services. The most widespread money bleeding comes from the payment systems. Visa, Mastercard, Google pay, Apple pay and so on. They get a cut on the majority of financial transactions happening in Europe. It is like a Tobin tax that pays private corporations. Is it technically feasible to target those systems with any political action as a response to the tariffs levied by the US? Actually the same question applies to all the other countries targeted by the US where those payment systems are as much widespread, how much should the US be worried about such a possibility?
Is Trump planning the partition of Ukraine?
Is Trump planning the partition of Ukraine? - Lemmy.World
Suddenly after Trump took office he started talking about brokering a peace deal in Ukraine that would imply territorial concessions to Russia. On this line he also bypassed Zelensky and held direct talks with Putin [https://www.dw.com/en/trump-says-putin-agreed-to-ukraine-war-talks-immediately/a-71588707]. It is not clear what is in the peace plan, but it emerged several times that he asked Ukraine to sell off their mineral resources [https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-zelenskyy-plans-to-meet-trump-officials-in-germany/a-71573011]. So, in the end, part of the Ukrainian territories would go to Russia and the mineral resources of the rest would go to the US. Isn’t that a blatant partition?
No memory of your own? Already reprogrammed?
The protest were widely reported back then.