Trump Always Chickens Out (“TACO”) trade has been getting a lot of press. The trade is on the basis that whatever Trump does which is negative, won’t matter because the US will bounce back. This is probably the stupidest thing I’ve heard. The fact that people let Trump do stupid stuff makes the US a …
Monthly Archives: May 2025
Meta/Facebook/WhatsApp/Insta… can you risk it?
Questions have arisen about seemingly random foreigners being stopped at US airports and asked to hand over their phones, tablets and computers, and are then found to have found anti-Trump comments. Could be conspiracy theories, but people are saying that Meta (the owner of the ubiquitous applications are letting the US government trawl through their …
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No to Brooks, yes to ASICS shoes
I’ve owned many pairs of Brooks Adrenaline GTS runners, but it time to move on. ASICS have an equivalent alternative so no need to sacrifice to boycott US products.
Which US car is better than its foreign rivals?
Although a lot of people dream of owning a F150, they aren’t the best vehicle of their class. Also, apart from Canadians very few are sold outside the US because they are impractical. Even in Australia, a land of wide open spaces, they aren’t practical. Ditch the Ford and GM products and buy the Japanese …
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Airbus or Boeing?
Easy to choose as we know that Airbus has recently taken a technological leap from the Boeing standard. Also, Airbus is exposure not to just one country but a raft of Western European democracies which are being economically trashed by the US too. Also, investing in European aerospace will help with development of European military …