EvilBuddha comments

This isn't really anything new. U2 has been filling up stadiums in India for years.

I attended a Sting concert in Delhi in 2004, which was held in an open ground, not a cricket stadium. But Delhi has more open spaces as compared to other cities.

U2 first came to India in 2019 for a concert in a cricket stadium in Mumbai, and in Mumbai the streets literally have no name.

Wong's People's Action Party

Oh come on, everyone who is aware of Singapore politics knows that the PAP is still controlled by Lee Hsien Loong, the elder son of LKY.

Lawrence Wong is merely a puppet, and anyone who dares to question LHL will be sidelined, just like it was during LKY's era.

That is why Lee Hsien Yang, the younger brother of LHL who dared to raise his voice about how PAP was being run (also about the 38, Oxley Road saga) was sued into bankruptcy and forced to flee to the UK and seek asylum.

Pritam Singh can avoid the same fate by owning up to the government controlled judiciary and refusing to stand for elections. Workers Party has made inroads into PAPs vote bank so expect more such lawfare before the elections.

I am guessing that the numerous cricket stadiums will double up as concert venues going forward. And all major cities have cricket stadiums.

Trump administration officials have also made clear in recent days that they expect European allies in NATO to take primary responsibility for the region as the U.S. now has other priorities, such as border security and countering China.

A sensible stand. Trump is one of the most pragmatic US President.

And why should US continue to spend billions for the security of rich European nations? It is China which wants to supplant the US militarily, economically and geopolitically, not Russia. If there is a detente between the US and Russia, the US will be free to focus on China. And Russia also will not need to depend on China that much.

The Trump administration should cut a deal with Putin immediately and remove all sanctions on Russia.

Huh? No, not even close. For 2024 the US International Trade in Goods and Services was $266.5 Billion in exports, $364.9 Billion in imports yielding a $98.4 Billion trade deficit.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, February 5, 2025

Those are the figures only for December 2024. The annual trade deficit in 2024 was $918.4 Billion.

https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/us-international-trade-goods-and-services-december-and-annual-2024

For a trained economist getting that wrong is beyond belief.

The decline of ODIs has led to fewer of such ODI tri-series.

The Black Caps remained undefeated in the series so they will be the team to beat in the upcoming Champions Trophy.

The thing here with the former is they will never hand over the coding and full technical package or allow domestic production, unlike the latter.

Absolutely.

US wants operational control if it sells the F-35 to India, and India should stand it's ground.

India should go for SU-57 instead of handing over it's sovereignty to the US.

Out of all the countries with which the US has a trade deficit, India is at number 9 or 10. To put it another way, India is not Canada or Mexico.

Trump is going after India with a view of gaining preferential market access for American firms.

India is the largest bike market and the largest whisky market in the world, and that's why Trump keeps on harping about India's tariffs on imported bikes.

India consumes more whisky than the US, France and Japan combined but a very small portion of it is Jack Daniels so I am sure something can be worked out.

Though I personally prefer Russian vodka, Russia being our old friend but vodka is considered a ladies drink in India.

Good for Australia winning in Sri Lanka after 14 years. Even if this Sri Lankan team is at its weakest in decades but they can still give a fight.

Good for Sharma but this return to form will be used to extend as an excuse his run in test cricket.

The stars should be judged by the same standard that everyone else is.

India's aviation market has scope because of the failure of India's bullet train project which has gone nowhere in the last 10 years.

Otherwise it's not easy to compete in the aviation sector and many airlines have folded up in the last 3 decades.

Why does Lahore still have its cricket stadium named after Gaddafi?

The purists may not like watching Steve Smith bat because of his trigger movement but his 36 test centuries prove that technique matters less than big match temperament and mental toughness.

Trump has mocked Canadian sovereignty repeatedly since winning the November election.

Simply loving this. Trump is showing Trudeau his place in the world.

as his government vowed the country's sovereignty was non-negotiable

Trudeau accused India of violating Canadian sovereignty but guess he now has bigger problems on his hands.

England lost to Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup so obviously they will want to avoid playing Afghanistan by giving flimsy excuses.

Trade wars are just a complete waste of money and gain nothing for everyone involved.

Ok. So why didn't Biden reverse the tariffs that Trump slapped on China during his first term.

By the way the Biden administration kept the tariffs that Trump applied on Chinese imports during his first term.

If tariffs on China were as harmful to the US as the leftists claim they are, why didn't Biden remove them?

One of the few good things done by the Biden administration was to continue Trump’s tariffs on China.

The trade war, which cost billions and is still affecting farmers to this day.

The same folks who have no problems in sending billions to Ukraine are now suddenly worried about tariffs on Chinese imports.

The US liberals (many of whom secretly admire China) will soon come here to cheer for China because of their hatred of Trump.

The fact is that China’s economy depends on exports more than the US economy. Tariffs might cause some pain to American consumers (and that too only if US importers are unable to find any alternate sources of imports) but it is a small price to pay for making China fall in line. And yeah, China can retaliate with tariffs of its own but I am sure there are other countries which will be eager to import American oil, coal, farm equipment and autos to reduce their own trade surplus with the US.

The fun is just beginning.

Nonsense.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-praises-south-africa-a-vital-voice-despite-neutral-stance-on-russia

Really?

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/u-s-south-africa-ambassador-russia-00099604

Apart from humanitarian programs, it gives the US influence in the region. China will now swoop in to fill the void.

US already had lost influence in South Africa when the Biden administration continually berated South Africa for refusing to criticize Russia for the Ukraine war.

It was the Biden administration’s fake rhetoric which pushed developing nations away from the US.

No point blaming Trump for something initiated by the Biden regime.

Love the headline.

India should humiliate England again and again. And then say thank you at the end for bringing cricket to India.

but a leader who's announced his resignation has essentially no more left to give, and that's when a politician is at his or her most dangerous.

Trump is in his second term so he has no more to give either. Trump is also mightily p***ed off at the Canadian liberals who have turned their country into a hole and want the US to go down the same road.

If among his last actions, he decided to throw a huge middle finger at Trump, that would be the greatest way to sign off.

This is Trump throwing a goodbye kiss at Trudeau. Trudeau should not let the door hit him on his way out.

Last time Australia visited Sri Lanka they got whitewashed. This time they are the ones dishing out the thrashing.

Concussion substitute LOL.

There was a time when batsmen used to face fearsome fast bowlers like Lillee, Thomson, the West Indies giants without helmets.

The last time Australia were in Sri Lanka they got whitewashed 3-0.

This time they seem to have other plans.

400 million people in attendance is a recipe for disaster. Even the gods would get scared seeing the sizeable crowds.

Importers in the US can't deduct it from the price. It is applied by the US government after the product is purchased and the buyer has to pay it.

The importers can negotiate the terms with the exporters to deduct the tariffs they pay to the US government from the price and pay the balance amount only to the exporters. In this case they will not pass on the tariffs to the American consumers as most are suggesting, but to the exporters.

Some importers already have such terms written in their contracts, for example the article shared above.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/world/canada/trump-tariffs-windsor-autos.html

If the US buyer doesn't like the price the seller can sell their goods somewhere else.

Only if they find the market. The US is the largest consumer market and therefore the market power favors the American importers against those who export to the US.

It doesn't work like that.

Have you ever been shopping?

It works exactly like that.

For example, go through the below.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/world/canada/trump-tariffs-windsor-autos.html

George Papp is the chief executive of Papp Plastics, whose headquarters sits near the imposing new suspension bridge. He said his U.S. customers, mainly automakers, would simply invoke the terms of contracts he has with them and deduct the cost of tariffs from the amount they pay him.

SKY needs to play a captains innings, otherwise there will be questions raised about his spot as well.