Panda Hungry – China Buys Soybeans,
Exempts Pork and Beans From Additional
Tariffs…
Posted By: earlybird, 9/13/2019 8:18:19 PM
In a quite admission of food dependency, China purchased 600,000 tonnes of soybeans yesterday (link), and simultaneously announced that U.S. pork and soybean imports would be exempt from further tariff increases. The surface message Beijing is selling, surrounds their magnanimous panda narrative of reaching out to diminish trade friction. However, below the surface everyone knows China cannot feed itself and if food prices keep rising they could likely have growing unrest.Beijing’s decision to not enhance tariffs of pork and soybeans is very self serving. Particularly because China owns Smithfield foods, the largest producer of U.S. pork. In essence China has lessened tariffs against their own company.
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If You Want To Know How Insane
Environmentalists Have Gotten,
This Funeral Is A Good Gauge 6 replies
Environmentalists Have Gotten,
This Funeral Is A Good Gauge 6 replies
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It has also, apparently, inspired funerals. We’ve seen it before, such as the famous video of environmentalists losing it over a fallen tree. (Video)But according to CNN, a funeral was recently held in Switzerland for a glacier called Pizol, which has now completely melted.
At a 2017 briefing, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said:
If you’re looking for an example of a campaign coordinating with a foreign country or a foreign source, look no further than the DNC, who actually coordinated opposition research with the Ukrainian Embassy.
Very few people believed her. (Snip)Fox News’ Dan Bongino and The Hill’s John Solomon were two of the earliest to recognize the coordination between corrupt pro-Hillary Clinton Ukrainians and the Democratic National Committee. Although Clinton lost the election, the effects of their interference can still be felt today. Especially for Paul Manafort.
To gain a better understanding of what happened, it’s helpful to know the backstory.
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In the video below, Presler shows what the camp looked like before they went to work.
Yes, this is a real homeless camp in Los Angeles. @realDonaldTrump #LosAngelesCleanup pic.twitter.com/vxRltzlOeD
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) September 21, 2019
Nine hours later, the results speak for themselves.
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(Snip) Either White House Legislative Affairs and the Department of Justice have gone completely rogue, or the White House is merely testing the appetite of the Senate for action.
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Dowager Dowd cries impeachment again
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Readers of the New York Times expect self-righteous outrage no matter how ignorant and misplaced that anger may be. She delivers.
Fortunately for her the latest attempt to sabotage Justice Brett Kavanaugh fell apart within 24 hours of the Times's World Exclusive last Sunday.(Snip) She is obsessed with writing Orange Man Bad columns. It matters not that every one of them is wrong. She fills a need for people who cannot accept an outsider as president.
[Background] As I’m wiping down the white-board to outline the corrupt purposes, intents and connections, suddenly it becomes obvious. The Ukraine story is Obstruction 2.0. (Snip)To assemble a quick elevator explanation of the Muh Russia obstruction construction,(Snip) CTH previously said:
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While assembling the more recent deployment of Adam Schiff’s Ukraine story, I recognize something familiar:
To get impeachment Schiff needs obstruction.
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Deplorables got it right
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It is an article of faith among the Washington Establishment that supporters of President Donald John Trump are dumber than rocks. And yet we deplorables were right while the experts were wrong.
Hmm.
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(Snip)Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman wrote, "Now comes the mother of all adverse effects — and what it brings with it is a regime that will be ignorant of economic policy and hostile to any effort to make it work."So we are very probably looking at a global recession, with no end in sight.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
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Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
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Yes, this is a real homeless camp in Los Angeles. @realDonaldTrump #LosAngelesCleanup pic.twitter.com/vxRltzlOeD
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) September 21, 2019
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