Intro LO: Given the American president's common use of reverse psychology, his threat to shutdown the American government should imply that he will - once again - reverse course, and blame Democrats for his decision. UPDATE(s): Axios title: ⛔️ The shutdown begins By: Mike Allen Date: 1 October 2025 "It's official: The federal government shut down at midnight....
Recently, someone blamed me for not apologizing. My reply was simple: why should I apologize for your wrong conclusions? I only apologize when my intentions are/were wrong. I will not apologize towards people, who are misreading what I did, said and/or wrote. My explanation is also in this quote: “True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret...
Intro LO: In a market economy, lower consumer demand is compensated by lower (eg, manufacturing) supply in order to maintain consumer prices. Lower demand without lower supply, will cause high inventories, and the need for price reductions in retail and wholesale. Latter is called (price) deflation. Clearly, China does not quality as a market economy given the very...
A few weeks ago, I experienced intrusive thoughts, which lasted for about a week. I thought about checking with its Sender but I was sure that Sender would deny sending those intrusive thoughts. Moreover, I felt that I was to blame myself for the receptiveness of those intrusive thoughts. "It seems to come out of nowhere — a strange, disturbing thought or a...
"Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'" The above is an excerpt from a 1907 article by Mark Twain in the North American Review (NAR) literary magazine. Twain refers to...
Recently, I noticed two interesting articles on China, Russia, and USA: Axios, 2 June 2025: Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative NYT, 9 June 2025: A secret document reveals Russian worries about China Europe is not a nation but a semi-federation of 27 independent nations (i.e. the EU-27) and does therefore not meet my...
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