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Chris

@reefermadness.bsky.social

Politically homeless, would love to save the world from itself

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Original Cat Dude@jon639.bsky.social · 9h ago

READ how US co.s flee to Malta to STOP PAYING US TAXES. 👉 LinkedIn, Abbott Labs, Crocs, Victoria’s Secret, Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo flocked to Malta, setting up hundreds of shell co.s to exploit its near-zero tax rate. 👉 Trump withdrew US from the global 15% corp. tax www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/b...

How Malta Became a Tax Haven for Crocs and Other U.S. Companies (Gift Article)

The Mediterranean archipelago is a hot destination for U.S. companies seeking to shield profits from income taxes.

nytimes.com

Chris@reefermadness.bsky.social · yesterday

I went down to Dallas road to see the Snowbirds one last time. I was a bit freaked out to see military and police with assault rifles guarding the event. It's not been the norm in Canada.

Chris@reefermadness.bsky.social · yesterday

This is crazy. I've been investing for retirement for 30 years. This isn't investing, it's gambling. And less regulated than Vegas. Options. Leveraged investments. Crypto. All speculation that will facilitate greater inequity. finance.biggo.com/news/ffef6d3...

South Korea's Stock Market Deleveraging Storm: 1.2 Million Accounts Face Margin Calls, 360,000 Retail Investors Wiped Out — BigGo Finance

South Korea's stock market is experiencing a full-blown deleveraging storm triggered by leveraged trading. As of July 13, over 1.2 million leveraged…

finance.biggo.com

Chris@reefermadness.bsky.social · 2d ago

If Russia is a gas station with nukes, the US is a tech oligarchy with nukes. Actually that's not a fair comparison because Russia doesn't go around the world coercing, threatening and bullying countries that regulate and tax its petroleum products.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 4d ago

Anyone meeting with Netanyahu on friendly terms after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him over war crimes and crimes against humanity has no place in government, in any country and at any capacity. Vote them out.

Chris@reefermadness.bsky.social · 4d ago

Saying people voted for Trump because they're uninformed or racist is like saying the air is smokey because fire is hot. The answer is useless because it doesn't get to cause and effect that can be controlled.

Chris@reefermadness.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ford waves a white flag. After decades of focusing on selling big gas guzzlers even as the market was changing around them, North American automakers are in huge trouble. This is the curse of the incumbents. ca.yahoo.com/finance/news...

Exclusive-Ford CEO tells employees Chinese automakers could enter US market in next decade

By Nora Eckert DETROIT, July 30 (Reuters) - Ford CEO Jim Farley told employees in a town hall on Thursday that the company is preparing for the possibility that Chinese automakers could enter the

ca.yahoo.com

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6d ago

Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

Yale Environment 360@yalee360.bsky.social · last wk.

In a first, Germany drew more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels last year.

In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels

Together, wind and solar generated 44 percent of Germany’s electricity, while fossil fuels generated roughly 43 percent, according to data from the Energy Institute, a think tank based in London. The figures represent a major milestone for the German “Energiewende,” or “energy turnaround,” a national push to ramp up renewable energy and phase out gas, coal, and nuclear power. 

e360.yale.edu

papaesoco.bsky.social@papaesoco.bsky.social · last wk.

open.substack.com/pub/dropsite... And, I need to add, the Murder, Land Theft, Torture, Rape are All Paid for with American Taxpayers hard-earned Dollars! We are Complicit in the Rape, Torture, Genocide, Ethnic cleansing and Land theft perpetrated by Israel. Gaza, West Bank, and now Lebanon!

Israeli Settlers Set Up At Least Six New Colonial Outposts After Friday Killings in the Occupied West Bank

Israeli soldiers and settlers have unleashed a campaign of terror on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank with home raids, shootings, assaults, mass detentions, and house demolitions.

open.substack.com

Chris@reefermadness.bsky.social · 2w ago

Four models describing how nations react to rampant inequality and economic precarity: 1. Reform (FDR) 2. Violent revolution with eventual success (French revolution) 3. Violent revolution where new corrupt elite relaces old (Russian revolution) 4. Centrists side with authoritarians (fascism).

Chris@reefermadness.bsky.social · 2w ago

AI companies: AI will end world hunger, fix climate change, produce unbelievable wealth and create utopia. But first, just trust us as we steal your data and thoughts, wreck the world economy, unemploy a billion people, drive up the cost of water and power and worsen climate change.

Chris@reefermadness.bsky.social · 2w ago

What Tom means to say is: "we are timid centrists afraid to face the actual problems. We'd like to help struggling people but will always prioritize preservation of our wealth and status. At the first sign of a progressive government, half of us will support fascists as we did in 1930s Germany"

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2w ago

"We are adults who respect the rule of law and the Constitution, can run the country and will get you back to work in good-paying jobs while bringing down prices and trying to make life affordable. Also we are not far-left lunatics."