The balance of power is shifting as SpaceX is developing a cost effective way of building infrastructure in space. Russia probably is well aware of this and is re-aligning itself with a competing power.

> Antisemitism is such a tired strawman. Am I accused of sinophobia if I critique the CCP? Of course not. But critique of Israel is so often interpreted as 'antisemetic'.

In one you criticizing a ruling party, in the other you are criticizing the only majority Jewish country in the world.

Your statement itself isn't anti-Semitic but highly ignorant of the key differences. I don't intend to change your views nor biases but I hope you are able to reflect on what you wrote.

Interest rates will not go up like prior decades. The long-term trend is down-ward sloping. Only inflation can push rates up and that can only be achieved by reversing globalization and making the cost of labor go up.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/working-pa...

Upstate New York is wealthy in water (a lot of it went unused). NYC is wealthy in economic activity that is taxed at a high rate to provide the State with resources. Are those resources allocated in a manner that is fair and equitable? I don't know.

This paper was surprisingly easy to read and understand.

I don't understand why Google is losing so much money on their cloud services.

$573M will be minimally felt at the organization level. It is less than 5% of global revenues.

5% of total revenue is a MASSIVE charge. Most companies in the world have profit margins lower than that. They will absolutely feel that in their financial statements.

This is not a retail merchant. This is a big five consultancy. I can assure you their margins are well above 30%.

I'm all for it but I feel like I'm missing how will they come up with the money to pay for this?

bitcoin!

I think he is completely right. Journalism today looks more like advocacy.

Free-speech liberalism are at odds with the political establishment. The liberal camp has been decimated recently with the rise of both the authoritarian right/left.

From my perspective, what is happening in the US right now is somewhat similar to what happened in the Latin American countries in the 60s and 70s.

I'm very happy I discovered https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news It gives me access to articles written about the same subject from both perspectives. What I think it super interesting is how journalists omit certain facts to further their point of view.

Lol at "both perspectives". As if there are only two. And no one raised hackles at alternative perspectives. They were raised at alternative facts.

Having them on the app platforms isn't good for business. Advertisers have threatened to boycott Apple and Google if they don't remove them.

I suspect it has more to do with the next generation of policy makers about to be sworn in, and what regulation they would look to enact.

BS - half the country supports Trump, that's 50% of the business if you look it from advertising point of view.

Trump supporters are unattractive demographics for advertisers because they're overwhelmingly old and rural, advertisers want to win over Gen Z and Millenials who are going to pay for decades, and not to mention the US is not the only, or even the primary market for most of these companies and being associated with Trump is particularly abysmal everywhere else.

If you want to market to cosmopolitan, affluent, educated and diverse urban consumers, which everyone does, associating yourself with Trump isn't exactly a winning strategy