Posted in: Toyota 1st-half global output drops 7%; 1st fall in 4 years See in context
Hopefully Toyota is not in the same dire shape as VW.
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Posted in: Japan 2024 rice production expected to exceed demand, ease shortages See in context
A big benefit of global greening.
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Posted in: Fewer Australians will accept lockdowns in future pandemics, report says See in context
Governments and their lackeys in the media that ignored, deplatformed and delegitimatized the expert authors of The Great Barrington Declaration all need to be shown the door.
Nobody trusts "experts" anymore because the only experts people were allowed to hear from were government or certain drug company spreaders of lies and disinformation.
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Posted in: Canadian opposition party says it wants to topple Trudeau's government in Parliament See in context
Blanchet is blowing smoke. The even farther left than Trudeau, NDP will continue to prop him up.
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Posted in: Keir Starmer warns UK budget this week will reflect 'harsh' economic reality See in context
Raising taxes is always politically risky.
"Investment in the health system, schools, railways and other big infrastructure projects."
Investment is just another word for spending.
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Posted in: Japan to offer more than ¥470 bil for G7 Ukraine loan package See in context
@TaiwanIsNotChina
Russia is a free democratic European country that is a vital source of energy and raw resources to Europe and peace in better than war.
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Posted in: Japan to offer more than ¥470 bil for G7 Ukraine loan package See in context
At some point, NATO is going to have to figure out how to make a long term peace pact with Russia which will require a complete turnover of NATO leadership after Ukraine has lost this proxy war.
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Posted in: World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns See in context
@virusrex
Go read the latest USDA WASDE report. Global food production is forecast to rise again in '24-25.
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Posted in: World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns See in context
Global greening is ushering in an era of giant global surplussed of food.
And a warmer planet certainly means fewer deaths because of cold weather which kills more people than hot weather,
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Posted in: Georgia's pro-Western opposition disputes crucial election result that could decide its EU path See in context
Lets look at some data points for GDP growth forecast for 2024
German -0.1%
France +0.9%
Euro Area +0.8%
EU +1%
Post Brexit UK +1.1%
Russia +3%
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Posted in: Georgia's pro-Western opposition disputes crucial election result that could decide its EU path See in context
@Joe
Typically, strong growing economies have high interest rates and week anemic economies have low or ZIRP interest rates.
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Posted in: 3 die after falling from 18-meter scaffolding in western Japan See in context
A sad workplace disaster. Three young men dead. It is dangerous work. Regardless of safety protocols industrail accidents is dangerous work sometimes occur. That is why people, virtually all men, get paid more than shop assistants.
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Posted in: Georgia's pro-Western opposition disputes crucial election result that could decide its EU path See in context
@ClippetyClop
That is a good question. The economies of the EU are failing and Germany is deindustrializing while extremists in the Netherlands and the UK are placing hard rules against farming.
The Russian economy is booming.
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Posted in: Celebrations subdued in Tokyo's Shibuya district on weekend before Halloween See in context
@NOMINATION
I was thinking something similar; if they want people to stay away, advertise it as a "meet a mate" night.
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Posted in: Lower-priced new cars are gaining popularity in U.S., and not just for cash-poor buyers See in context
@JeffLee
Mitsubishi is the only company still selling subcompact cars in North America.
I agree, they are great cars, especially if one live in a city.
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Posted in: Lower-priced new cars are gaining popularity in U.S., and not just for cash-poor buyers See in context
Nothing says economic decline like a a 56-year-old nurse who has to finance a new bottom priced car.
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Posted in: Google urged to step up efforts to demonetize climate falsehoods See in context
Well, in that case, I guess the entire Canadian government will be kicked off of Google search.
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Posted in: 1 dead, 12 injured after bus carrying Japanese tourists crashes into truck in Malaysia See in context
Looking at the image, I can't help but wonder what the point of high vis camo clothing is.
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Posted in: Commonwealth presses King Charles to atone for Britain's brutal past See in context
@EvilBuddha
Good point. All of the descendants of the Irish indentured servants are probably asking for their reparations, including me.
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Posted in: Commonwealth presses King Charles to atone for Britain's brutal past See in context
History is thousands of years old but it was the British Empire that banned slavery in all its colonies in 1834.
You are welcome, world.
Human trafficking, i.e. slavery was rife in Lesotho until about only 10 years ago.
Joshua Setipa has a few reparations to pay himself.
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Posted in: Canada to cut immigration numbers, government source says See in context
It really takes a special kind of incompetence from the Trudeau regime to ruin the most efficient immigration system in the world, make it one of the worst and turn the populace from being very pro-immigration to being against immigration. The huge increase in the reported hate crimes against Canadians of Jewish faith that the Trudeau regime has let run has also taken the shine off of support for immigration.
The vast majority of Canadians still strongly support immigration, just not so much the folks who bring their problems from home to Canadian streets.
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Posted in: GoFundMe bets social media can unlock Gen Z giving. A Meta partnership and new tools will test that See in context
GoFundMe folded like a cheap shirt under a little pressure from Justin Trudeau, of all people, so I would be very careful with that company.
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Posted in: Digital wage payments start in Japan via PayPay in cashless drive See in context
@wallace
Yes, I agree, cash is best.
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Posted in: U.S., Canada warships pass through Taiwan Strait See in context
Was the American warship towing the Canadian one?
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Posted in: Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan's rice crop See in context
@Nicolò
Once again, facts matter, one cannot make up fake facts to fit a narrative.
First, herbicides are pesticides.
Secondly, regarding the use of pesticides on cropland, which includes rice, the US uses 2.5 kg of a.i. (active ingredient) per hectare.
Japan on the other hand, has one of the highest rates of pesticide use on the planet; 11.8 kg of a.i. per hectare.
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Posted in: Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan's rice crop See in context
Not only does global food production continue to increase but it is now happening with less and less use of land. The land use for agriculture peaked about 20 years ago. In fact, global food production is still increasing at the same steady rate as in the past 70 years.
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Posted in: Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan's rice crop See in context
@Desert Tortoise
Again that is false. Global farm output is increasing.
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Posted in: Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan's rice crop See in context
Plenty of fact-deniers downvoting facts today but that is the world we live in; never let facts get in the way of a narrative.
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Posted in: Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan's rice crop See in context
Oh, wait. Perhaps PTownsend meant something different than I though when they said "Climate change is affecting farming and food supply everywhere." Perhaps they were saying that climate change is causing global greening which is increasing food supply globally?
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Posted in: Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan's rice crop See in context
@NB
That is a categorically false statement from PTownsend. Facts matter.
India is forecast to have a record rice harvest. Global milled rice production is projected to increase from 521.52 MT in 23-24 to 530.44 MT in 24-25.
The total global supply of grains was 3556.86 MT in 2023, 3601.96 MT in 2024 and is projected to be 3613.69 MT in 24-25.
Cotton productions shows the same trend over the past 3 years and the global supply of oilseeds was 749.86 MT in '23, 777.48 MT in '24 and is projected to be 818.67 MT in 24-25.
If you eat bread in the morning, the 10 year average global production of wheat in 761.08 MT and is projected to be 794.08 MT in 24-25.
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Posted in: SoftBank posts ¥1.18 tril profit for April-Sept period
Posted in: Trump asks Mike Waltz to be national security adviser; Huckabee to be ambassador to Israel
Posted in: Trump asks Mike Waltz to be national security adviser; Huckabee to be ambassador to Israel