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  1. Jbt, stvarno je to Riječima Financial Timesa: The stupidest chart you’ll see today Trade tariffs by Dunning-Kruger Calculating reciprocal tariffs is hard. It takes years of determined study to get a PhD in trade economics. And you need teams of these types of wonks to come up with policies that will work. Scratch that. All that’s needed is an idiot, an AI chatbot, or some combination of the two. ... Here’s what the White House and its crack team of trade investigators seems to have done: Take the US’s goods trade deficit with any particular country, and divide it by the total amount of goods imported from that country. Cut that percentage in half, and there’s the US’s “reciprocal” tariff rate. I kako ja sad da se zajebavam na račun ovoga? Glupani su bukvalno pokvarili ironiju 😭
  2. Majmunizam i renesansa: WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - A top employee of billionaire Elon Musk who is now working in the U.S. Justice Department previously bragged about hacking and distributing pirated software, according to archived copies of his former websites reviewed by Reuters. Christopher Stanley, a 33-year-old engineer who has worked at both Musk's social media company X and space-launch company SpaceX, is a senior advisor in the Deputy Attorney General's office, according to a former Justice Department official and a staff directory listing reviewed by Reuters. ... Stanley boasted about hacking into websites on at least two of the forums, according to archived posts, one of which dates to when he was 19. At the time, he said he had put his hacking days behind him. But a YouTube video he posted in 2014 shows his involvement in the breach of customer data from a rival hacking group, when he was 23. In response to questions for this story, the Justice Department did not directly address Stanley's current role or his past but said he had an active security clearance that predated his employment at DOGE. In a statement to Reuters, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had "full trust and confidence in Chris’s ability to help the federal government."
  3. Beonegro

    Bliski Istok

    Nemam, ali ima nekih posrednih indicija, Amerikanci su poslali još aviona u regiju, dok su Francuzi (koji su ključni igrač u pregovorima u smislu da od svih zapadnih država imaju najveći kredit kod mula) su danas imali sastanak savjeta odbrane na temu Irana, a Makron iznimno rijetko saziva savjet odbrane. Doduše Netanjahu je tek stigao u Budimpeštu na četvorodnevnu posjetu, pretpostavljam da se ovo neće desiti dok on nije u zemlji, ako se uopšte desi, naravno.
  4. Beonegro

    Bliski Istok

    Izgleda da se Amerikanci i Izraelci spremaju da bombarduju iranska nuklearna postrojenja. Što zapravo i nije mega-iznenađenje imajući u vidu da su Iranci krenuli all in na pravljenje bombe otprilike od početka ove godine (od poraza Hezbolaha i Asadove ekskurzije u Moskvu).
  5. Nije ni rasista, ni pedofil, ni silovatelj, ni osuđivani kriminalac, ni teoretičar zavjere, pa da bude u milosti trumpista...
  6. Sprema veliku radnu akciju za obnovu i izgradnju Ukrajine 🙄
  7. Nema free market, Sjedinjene Države su stvorene da bi zajebali Evropu, konkretno Veliku Britaniju, Francusku i Španiju. 😁
  8. Fashion czar mu je bio zauzet, imao je mali porodični event u kojem su prominentne uloge igrali MTG i njen omiljeni strap-on iz Mandingo super size kolekcije, neomašćen.
  9. US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally Da se pusti Kaja Kallas da odgovori, ona je odlično savladala jezik kojim govori stoka 😁
  10. Šta je zdrav razum u odnosu na dugotrajno praćenje i razumijevanje...
  11. I ti ćeš kume ovako, samo sutra
  12. Kao gospodin hitler što je onomad dobio Nobelovu nagradu za mir jer je pomirio SAD i SSSR
  13. April 1 (Reuters) - More than 50% of Ukrainians are critical of U.S. President Donald Trump's peace efforts, fearing they are likely to lead to a partly unjust or completely unfair end to Russia's war on their country, a Ukrainian pollster said on Tuesday. ... The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) said it based its findings on a survey of 1,326 people on Ukrainian-held territory from March 12-22. It said that 32% of respondents expected "rather an unjust peace, although with the fulfilment of some of Ukraine's demands", while 22% expected a "totally unjust peace". Only 3% said they believed Trump could bring about a just peace with 15% expecting a "rather just peace, although with some concessions to Russia", it added.
  14. Još lijepih vijesti za naci boja: Tesla registered in March 3,157 car sales in France, 911 in Sweden and 2,211 in Norway, dropping respectively 36.83%, 63.9% and 1% from last year, official data showed. In Denmark, registrations totalled 593, down 65.6%, and they fell by 61% to 1,536 in the Netherlands. Quarterly sales were down 41.1% in France, 55.3% in Sweden, 12.5% in Norway, 56.4% in Denmark, and 49.7% in the Netherlands. Očekuje se da će za Teslu ovo biti najgori kvartal po broju prodatih vozila od 2021. naovamo 🤩
  15. NBC’s Kristen Welker asked Trump if one potential avenue to a third term was having Vice President JD Vance run for the top job and “then pass the baton to you.” “Well, that’s one,” Trump responded. “But there are others too. There are others.” “Can you tell me another?” Welker asked. “No,” Trump replied. Kakav živi spomenik gluposti
  16. Reverzna evolucija a.k.a. majmunizacija MAGA glasača: Before the election our YouGov polling showed that just 12% of Republican voters thought that Canada was “unfriendly” or an “enemy”. In the most recent survey, which took place between March 22nd and 25th, that share more than doubled to 27% (these negative feelings were increasing before the election, too). Similarly, last year 17% of Republicans viewed the EU as “unfriendly” or as an “enemy”; that has now grown to 29%. Perceptions of Russia are moving in the opposite direction. After its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Americans were united in condemnation: around 85% of registered voters thought that Russia was “unfriendly” to or an “enemy” of America. That share remained steady until the presidential election in 2024. Then views split along party lines. Now 72% of Republican voters think Russia is a foe. Over the same period the share of Republicans who think Ukraine is hostile rose by ten percentage points
  17. Posledica gumi defekta opet prijeti Zelenskom i Ukrajini: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants to back out of a critical minerals deal, warning the Ukrainian leader would face big problems if he did. "He's trying to back out of the rare earth deal and if he does that he’s got some problems, big, big problems," Trump told reporters. "He wants to be a member of NATO, but he's never going to be a member of NATO. He understands that."
  18. Nismo odavno imali ništa iz crkni sirotiljo (sa posebnim naglaskom na ženskoj sirotilji) opusa, pa da se ne osjete zapostavljenima: March 31 (Reuters) - Reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said on Monday the Trump administration would cut federal family planning funding as of Tuesday, affecting birth control, cancer screenings and other services for low-income people. Planned Parenthood said that nine of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as Title X, which has supported healthcare services for the poor since 1970. The Wall Street Journal reported last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services planned an immediate freeze of $27.5 million in family planning grants for groups including Planned Parenthood. Kakva jebena incelčina, kakav masturbacioni propust njegovog oca, kakav čovjekoliki talog zloglupila.
  19. Ovo samo po sebi neće, moguće da će im otkinuti neki procenat ovih koji su im prišli nedavno, za njihove hard-core glasače ovo je vjerovatno podmetnuo Makron da ih ocrni. Ono što može da se desi je da se stranka pocijepa oko kandidata na predsjedničkim izborima 2027. Retailleau (Retajo) i Republikanci su za mene predstavnici bogate desnice i establišmenta, nisam siguran da je RN nacional-gologuzija u velikoj ljubavi sa tim ljudima, bez obzira što su u poslednje vrijeme zaoštrili retoriku prema Arapima (pošto realno glasači RN mrze Arape, neki od njih vjerovatno mrze i crnce, mada u mnogo manjoj mjeri, ka ostalim imigrantima su prilično indiferentni, pravi anti-imigrantski pokreti koji mrze sve imigrante i koji su u fazonu Francuska Francuzima su baš neke marginalne grupe, možda ovi identitarci od velikog Srbina Gujona). Mene zanima da li tu nešto može da ugrabi pacov Zemour i njegova verzija fašizma sa primjesama cionizma, pošto se on profilisao kao favorit ovih ludaka koji su došli na vlast u SAD i imaće njihovu podršku, s tim da tu predstoji borba za poziciju lidera između Zemoura, njegove ribe Sare Knafo (inače oboje su sjevernoafrički jevreji i za posao white power lidera ih oboje malo jebe lični opis) i Marion Marechal (Marinijine sestrične, koja je bila predsjednički kandidat ispred te stranke).
  20. Ne nego dronove na nuklearni pogon sa nuklearnim naoružanjem koji će biti u vazduhu mjesecima ili godinama bez prizemljenja kao uvijek spremni deterrent...
  21. Gomila. Sodexo je na primjer jedan od najvećih contractora američke vojske. Ovi moji imaju oko 1500 zaposlenih u juesovej (i sa nekima od njih imam večeras sastanak na temu đe je ba zapelo), pri čemu mi za francuske standarde čak i nismo neki sega-mega kolektiv.
  22. Nema ko štedi, nego ko otima 😄 How the Trump family took over a crypto firm as it raised hundreds of millions LONDON/NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - As World Liberty Financial raised more than half a billion dollars, President Donald Trump’s family took control of the crypto venture and grabbed the lion’s share of those funds, aided by governance terms that industry experts say favor insiders. Launched last fall, World Liberty’s goal is to allow people to access financial services using cryptocurrencies and without intermediaries like banks in what is called decentralized finance, or DeFi. But it has yet to launch a public platform and has reported only a small staff, a review of the project shows. Even so, World Liberty said in mid-March it had raised $550 million selling so-called governance tokens. Most of those sales took place after Trump’s election win in November, Reuters calculations show. The tokens, which go by the symbol $WLFI, give holders the right to vote on changes to the project’s underlying code and to signal their opinion on its direction and plans. They cannot be traded. As its fundraising got traction, World Liberty disclosed in January that the Trump family had taken control of the business, a review of changes in the fine print on World Liberty’s website shows. Two of its co-founders, crypto entrepreneurs Zak Folkman and Chase Herro, were replaced as the controlling parties of World Liberty by an entity in which the Trump family holds a 60% stake. The changes have not been previously reported. Overall, the Trump family now has a claim on 75% of net revenues from token sales and 60% from World Liberty operations once the core business gets going. The arrangement means the Trump family is currently entitled to about $400 million in fees. After World Liberty's co-founders take their cut, the crypto venture will be left with 5% of the $550 million raised to date to build the platform, according to Reuters calculations. The arrangements, including the Trump family’s large share of the project’s revenues and the non-tradeable nature of the governance tokens, make World Liberty unusually centralized for the industry, according to a survey of the practices of the five largest DeFi lending platforms and interviews with four U.S. academics who study the crypto industry. "It's hard for me to see any economic benefit to the owner of these tokens," said Jim Angel, an associate professor at Georgetown University who has written about DeFi regulation. David Krause, a longtime finance professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee who recently published a study of World Liberty, said that the structure of the project “pretty much excludes public investors or token holders from any meaningful financial participation.” A White House spokesperson referred questions about World Liberty to the Trump Organization. The Trump Organization's chief legal officer and the president's two older sons, who are executives at the company, did not respond to requests for comment. The Trump Organization announced in January that the president's investments, assets and business interests would be held in a trust managed by his children and he would play no role in day-to-day operations or decision-making. The family's business also retained an attorney to serve as an ethics adviser to "avoid any perceived conflicts of interest." Folkman and Herro did not reply to Reuters questions in person and in writing. In a post on social media platform X on March 14, World Liberty said it “is a DeFi project with a tremendous mission to build and democratize a new financial system for the benefit of millions.” At a conference in February, Herro said the plan was to open crypto investing to everyday Americans such as teachers, dentists and firemen. His business partner, Donald Trump Jr, the president's son, has complained about the family being excluded from traditional banking in the aftermath of his father's first term. CRYPTO PRESIDENT The Trump family’s investment in World Liberty ties the personal fortunes of a sitting U.S. president to an asset class that sits at the outer edges of both risk and regulation. Trump has promised to be the “crypto president,” who will popularize its mainstream use in America. He has said he backs crypto because it can improve the banking system and increase the dominance of the U.S. dollar. At the same time, the Trump family, long rooted in skyscrapers and country clubs, has opened beachheads in crypto, quickly gaining hundreds of millions of dollars. A so-called meme coin promoted by Trump has generated at least $349 million in fees for entities connected to the president, according to crypto data firm Chainalysis. The prospect of Trump and his family benefiting from deregulation has drawn criticism from his political opponents and some government ethics experts who say it creates the potential for conflicts of interest and influence peddling. "You've got the guy in charge who is responsible for his own regulation," said Ross Delston, a former U.S. banking regulator who has acted as an expert witness on anti-money laundering issues for the government. Delston also pointed to the potential for people buying $WLFI tokens to earn political favor. It would be “the perfect vehicle,” he said, for governments or oligarchs overseas “to funnel money to the president." World Liberty has attracted well-heeled buyers: Almost 70% of the money raised came from wallets that spent at least $100,000, and more than 50% was buys of $1 million or more, according to a Reuters analysis of publicly available information on transactions. While buyers of $WLFI gave their names to the venture, the identity of nearly all of those big spenders is hidden from public view by anonymous crypto wallets. Among a handful of buyers that Reuters was able to identify, several said they bought into the token because they believed Trump’s involvement would help it succeed as a business. ‘LET’S GO PURSUE IT’ World Liberty’s beginnings lie in the convergence of two obscure figures on the crypto scene and some of the most powerful people in American politics. Folkman and Herro entered Trump circles via the family of New York real estate mogul Steve Witkoff, a longtime Trump friend who is now also his envoy to the Mideast. The two crypto entrepreneurs had already collaborated on several companies together focused on making money from online ventures. Their business background includes past instances of dissolution, litigation and unpaid debts, according to corporate records, state filings and U.S. court documents. Early in his career, Folkman offered seminars on how to “date hotter girls.” 😂 Steve Witkoff said he was introduced to the pair by one of his sons, when speaking about how the deal came together on a crypto podcast hosted in September by the Trump family. After meeting the two crypto businessmen and hearing them speak about the difficulties of getting credit in traditional finance, Witkoff said he thought of the Trumps. He set up a meeting with Donald Trump and his two oldest sons for Herro and Folkman to describe the opportunities of DeFi. The Trumps, Witkoff said, were smitten: “We said, ‘Let’s go pursue it.’” Witkoff did not respond to requests for comment. Despite Trump’s backing, token sales were slow at first. According to a U.S. regulatory filing by the company dated October 30 - around two weeks after World Liberty sales had begun - the venture’s total amount sold was only $2.7 million. Then, on November 25, less than three weeks after Trump won the U.S. election, Justin Sun, a Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur who was fighting a U.S. securities fraud lawsuit, announced that he’d sunk $30 million into $WLFI - the amount the company said it needed to jumpstart operations. “His amount was pretty meaningful at that point,” said “Ogle”, a World Liberty security adviser who only goes by that pseudonym and has appeared in video interviews with his face obscured by a bandana and sunglasses. Sun has said his investment has since risen to $75 million. As well as its single-largest known investor, he has become an advisor to the project. Meanwhile, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in February paused its case against him, citing public interest. Sun didn’t respond to a request for comment. The SEC declined to comment. TAKING CHARGE Initially, Herro and Folkman were listed as the “sole directors and members” of World Liberty Financial Inc, the main entity developing the platform, according to World Liberty’s terms and conditions, last updated in October. On January 19 and 20 - the day of Trump’s inauguration - World Liberty raised almost $300 million in a frenzy of token sales, according to a Reuters analysis of blockchain data. Around that time, its website was updated to say WLF Holdco LLC now controlled World Liberty Financial Inc. And DT Marks DeFi LLC – Trump’s company – now held about 60% of WLF Holdco. It did not disclose who owns the rest. The president’s son, Eric, also gained a seat on WLF Holdco’s board of managers. Reuters could not ascertain the terms of any deals between Trump and his partners that led to the changes. Angel, the Georgetown professor, said the corporate structure had put several layers of entities between Trump and World Liberty, protecting the president from any potential legal action should something go wrong. “He can say: ‘You can't sue me because I'm not involved’,” Angel said. AN OUTLIER The five largest DeFi lending platforms, as ranked by data site DefiLlama, all have governance tokens that give holders voting rights. But unlike World Liberty, those five platforms either allocated the majority of their governance tokens to be given away for free to users, sold them to venture capitalists in return for money to build the platform, or paid them to partners in return for building the project. World Liberty governance tokens lack another critical feature of those issued by other DeFi platforms – the ability of token holders to vote for the platform to pay them a share of its profits. World Liberty has told token holders any vote to breach its existing deals with Trump and other backers would have no force, according to a 13-page description of the business released in October. Folkman told a New York audience on March 18 that the company is working on three main products, including a “lend and borrow” market that would be announced soon and a personal finance application. World Liberty also said in March that it is planning to launch a stablecoin, known as USD1, that will be backed by assets such as U.S. Treasuries and redeemable for a dollar. One company that World Liberty has collaborated with is Ondo Finance. The startup, founded in 2021 by former Goldman Sachs employees, lets users buy blockchain-based tokens backed by U.S. Treasuries and other assets such as money market funds, thereby earning interest. The two companies said in a statement that they would collaborate to “advance the adoption of tokenized real-world assets.” “They're all in early stages, but we're exploring what they're doing at a very high level,” Nathan Allman, Ondo’s CEO, told Reuters. While World Liberty has also used some of the money it raised to invest in other cryptocurrencies, it has yet to launch a DeFi platform. Two software developers listed on World Liberty's website are based in Romania, according to their social media profiles. Octavian Lojnita was previously a developer at Dough Finance, a Herro and Folkman project that collapsed last year after being hacked, according to Lojnita's online profile and the publicly available source code of Dough. The online handle for a second developer at Dough matches that of Bogdan Purnavel, also at World Liberty. Lojnita declined to discuss his involvement in World Liberty. Purnavel referred questions to World Liberty. The coding for contracts posted to the project’s blockchain – a public-facing database – shows that World Liberty “appears to still be in development, with several functionalities not yet implemented or fully operational,” according to a review in late March by CertiK, a cybersecurity company that audits projects for security flaws.
  23. Francuzima su od ovoga bukvalno proključali mozgovi, oni su od revolucije naovamo naštelovani da su svi jednaki (član 1 Deklaracije o pravima Čovjeka i Građanina iz 1789: Ljudi se rađaju i ostaju slobodni i jednaki u svojim pravima, Društvene razlike mogu biti zasnovane samo na opštem dobru.) i ovo što je američka ambasada tražila je u suštini protivno ustavu (Deklaracija je dio preambule postojećeg ustava iz 1958. godine).
  24. Marinija Le Pen i osmoro euro-posranika iz njene stranke proglašeni krivima za pronevjeru sreCtava iz budžeta EU, očekuje se da će joj sud izreći zabranu kandidovanja na javne funkcije u trajanju od 5 godina, odnosno da neće moći da se kandiduje na preCjedničkim izborima 2027. Iskreno, ta žena je toliko puta gubila predsjedničke izbore da nisam siguran da je za njenu stranku ovo loša stvar.
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