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[Leicesterpool]

Russell Brand just announced his next show at Parkhurst. Long tour which may last five years at least. 

 

Never liked always came across as a tosser. Annoying how he raped his first victim way back in 1999 and since then he's been in the public eye growing his reputation. 

Edited 4 April 2025 by Leicesterpool

[Zear0]

"Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the US will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions," it said in a statement.

 

Real damage being done now.

[SkidsFox]

Oil prices are slumping, and it looks as though interest rates will decline too. Trump's real plan?

[Sly]

So the penguins get taxed but Russia doesn’t? 

[Jon the Hat]

10 hours ago, Sly said:

So the penguins get taxed but Russia doesn’t? 

What does the US currently buy from Russia?

[Dahnsouff]

Maybe oil? https://www.kyivpost.com/post/49931

[st albans fox]

26 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

What does the US currently buy from Russia?

I think this is the point 

It should be nothing 

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said:

Maybe oil? https://www.kyivpost.com/post/49931

no direct imports 

[st albans fox]

11 hours ago, SkidsFox said:

Oil prices are slumping, and it looks as though interest rates will decline too. Trump's real plan?

If inflation rises then the fed will struggle to bring those down 

[leicsmac]

42 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

What does the US currently buy from Russia?

 

15 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

I think this is the point 

It should be nothing 

Still roughly 3 billion worth of goods last year, apparently. Not sure what specifically.

 

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/russia-and-eurasia/russia

 

Edit: interesting blog article on the matter: https://www.russiamatters.org/blog/why-was-russia-spared-trumps-tariffs

Edited 5 April 2025 by leicsmac

[Sly]

Russia is still exporting, albeit not directly I’d imagine.

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkje35gd3eo.amp

 

It would appear that the kind of political divides that we're seeing in the Anglosphere are not simply limited to there.

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

 

Still roughly 3 billion worth of goods last year, apparently. Not sure what specifically.

 

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/russia-and-eurasia/russia

 

Edit: interesting blog article on the matter: https://www.russiamatters.org/blog/why-was-russia-spared-trumps-tariffs

Interesting

huge imbalance in favour of Russia which would put their tariff not far off 50%

but you’d assume whatever it is being imported is vital to USA and therefore they dont want to inflate its cost 

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Interesting

huge imbalance in favour of Russia which would put their tariff not far off 50%

but you’d assume whatever it is being imported is vital to USA and therefore they dont want to inflate its cost 

Likely so. However, that hasn't stopped the tariffs against other nations with (presumably) equally vital imports.

 

I'm just going to apply Occams Razor here and go with the simplest explanation: that this current US administration considers the current Russian regime at least a potential friendly and an example to follow.

[leicsmac]

In other news, mobile phone footage shows the IDF are full of it regarding the murder of emergency workers last week.

 

Quelle surprise.

[urban.spaceman]

It’s someone else’s fault. 
 

US treasury secretary blames DeepSeek AI for market declinepublished at 13:19

13:19

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS

The US market may have dropped sharply last week, but for US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Trump's tariff policies aren't necessarily to blame.

“For everyone who thinks these market declines are all based on the President's economic policies, I can tell you that this market decline started with the Chinese AI announcement of DeepSeek,” Bessent said in an interview with Tucker Carlson posted on Friday.

DeepSeek, a rival to models like ChatGPT, launched its latest version in January. Bessent implied it's behind the drop in major US tech stocks, often called the Magnificent 7.

“I'd say it's more a Mag 7 problem, not a MAGA problem,” he told Carlson.

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

It’s someone else’s fault. 
 

 

US treasury secretary blames DeepSeek AI for market declinepublished at 13:19

13:19

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS

The US market may have dropped sharply last week, but for US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Trump's tariff policies aren't necessarily to blame.

“For everyone who thinks these market declines are all based on the President's economic policies, I can tell you that this market decline started with the Chinese AI announcement of DeepSeek,” Bessent said in an interview with Tucker Carlson posted on Friday.

DeepSeek, a rival to models like ChatGPT, launched its latest version in January. Bessent implied it's behind the drop in major US tech stocks, often called the Magnificent 7.

“I'd say it's more a Mag 7 problem, not a MAGA problem,” he told Carlson.

Never apologise.

Never explain.

Never admit fault.

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Never apologise.

Never explain.

Never admit fault.

Na

Ne

Naf

[The Doctor]

On 03/04/2025 at 19:57, leicsmac said:

Following the decision to place tariffs on McDonald Island, not far off Antarctica:

that's fine, their chocolate is shit anyway 

[The Doctor]

21 hours ago, Zear0 said:

"Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the US will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions," it said in a statement.

 

Real damage being done now.

you'd think after Luigi assassinated one of the owning class they'd think twice before messing with Nintendo again

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, The Doctor said:

that's fine, their chocolate is shit anyway 

As are their crisps and most of their drinks products, hot or cold.

[The Doctor]

3 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

As are their crisps and most of their drinks products, hot or cold.

penguins make crisps??

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, The Doctor said:

penguins make crisps??

Yeah, but they're shit.

[urban.spaceman]

Potentially big https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx48gq0y77o 

[Sampson]

****ing finally! Be a Labour leader already. And aim to rejoin the customs union while we’re at it