Mastodawn

Smári McCarthy Apr 24, 2025

This is a good analysis, specially when you bear in mind that the US government has announced at least 95 different tariff policies over the last 45 days.
https://www.molsonhart.com/blog/america-underestimates-the-difficulty-of-bringing-manufacturing-back

America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back — Molson Hart

On April 2nd, 2025, our president announced major new taxes on imports from foreign countries (“tariffs”), ranging from 10% to 49%. The stated goal is to bring manufacturing back to the United States and to “make America wealthy again”. These tariffs will not work. In fact, they may even do the opp

Molson Hart

Smári McCarthy Apr 7, 2025

Never before has such a substantial, sustained and significant market crash been as easily and unequivocally attributable to the decisions of one single person. And we haven't necessarily seen the bottom yet - most of the effects will take weeks to manifest.

Smári McCarthy Mar 28, 2025

Liam Proven Mar 27, 2025

Why I recommend against Brave

https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/

<- this is serious. Said it before, I will say it again. Do not use the Brave browser. It is a corrupt product which is insecure, repeatedly steals from others, founded & run by an immoral & unethical bigot.

DO NOT USE BRAVE.

Why I recommend against Brave

If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on

LibreNews

Smári McCarthy Mar 25, 2025

Kosovo, Korea, Vietnam, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya.

These are a few of the occasions when Europe has "bailed out" the US in their many military misadventures and geopolitical faceplants.

Somebody needs to give JD Vance and Pete Hegseth a history lesson.

Smári McCarthy Mar 24, 2025

Erik Jonker Mar 24, 2025

Crazy story....😆
"The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IVJpB2t9BYyxpzU4sooa69M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
#trump #hegseth #yemen #theatlantic

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

The Atlantic

Smári McCarthy Mar 14, 2025

Aure Free Press

Mar 13, 2025

Instead of F-35, Portugal turns to Europe in search of new fighter

The change in the United States government’s policy towards NATO has prompted the Portuguese Defense Minister to consider an agreement unlikely
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #BreakingNews #Breaking

https://www.airdatanews.com/instead-of-f-35-portugal-turns-to-europe-in-search-of-new-fighter/

Instead of F-35, Portugal turns to Europe in search of new fighter - Air Data News

The Portuguese Air Force is no longer expected to acquire the 5th generation F-35 fighter from Lockheed Martin, all due to the review of the US position

Air Data News

Smári McCarthy Mar 14, 2025

Aure Free Press

Mar 14, 2025

CHINESE MILITARY

China conducted tests of new landing barges designed for unloading armored vehicles from civilian ships onto unprepared sections of the coast.

Several of these specialized vessels, equipped with extended ramps more than 120 meters long, have been spotted at the Guangzhou shipyard.

These barges, which function as floating piers, allow military equipment, fuel tankers and logistics to move from ships to beaches without the need for ports
#AureFreePress #China #BreakingNews

Smári McCarthy Mar 12, 2025

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Mar 12, 2025

Tax season in Iceland.

Simple instructions (most people only need these) are available in seven languages: Icelandic, English, Spanish, Polish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and Arabic.

> Framtalið er aðgengilegt á þjónustuvef Skattsins og má nú nálgast einfaldar framtalsleiðbeiningar á sjö tungumálum, íslensku, ensku, spænsku, pólsku, litháísku, úkraínsku og arabísku.

This is a 400k people country. The largest of these minorities is Polish, about 25k people.

That is all.

#Iceland #Immigration

Smári McCarthy Mar 9, 2025