Scripting News: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
We won't make anything here and we won't buy anything.#
We'll have nice 2025 computers, phones, cars, medicine, lumber, energy, but all the shit we import will break and be used up and we won't be able to replace it.#
The rest of the world will wonder why they cared so much about the US, as the world gets along just fine without us.#
And that $1 trillion military budget, forget it -- not only did they fire everyone at the IRS, but no one is making any money so there aren't actually any taxes to pay, and there sure as hell aren't any tariffs because no one can afford to buy anything produced anywhere, in the US or the rest of the world.#
We become a very sad, poor, sick, uneducated country, but -- Trump will be on Mount Rushmore and his face will be on the $20 bill, which no one sees because no one has $20.#
And thus, dear friends, America has become Great Again!#
Linkblog items for the day.
BYD launches first EVs with ultra-fast charging starting at $30,000. electrek.co
Scott Knaster's first book about debugging Mac software was an instant lifesaver for early Mac developers. substack.com
Trump says 'I know what I'm doing' before stepping back from global tariffs. theguardian.com
"We oppose reckless funding cuts and restrictions that imperil the research enterprise of our universities, hospitals, and laboratories, which contribute enormously to our prosperity, health, and national security." amacad.org
Predictability and trust is key to American business, and it's disappearing quickly. wholelottanothing.org
It's time to change the American national anthem. youtube.com
Companies See China as a Safe Harbor Amid Trump's Tariffs. nytimes.com
Philanthropy Coalition Launches Solidarity Campaign. nonprofitquarterly.org
Of course there is a Wikipedia page on "cooties" -- which we all learned about as kids because our friends had cooties, or at least that's what we told them. wikipedia.org
Apple sells 250 million phones a year, but how many in the US? They could just let the prices in the US go up, thanks to TrumpTariffs, and sell phones for the same old price elsewhere in the world. theatlantic.com
"Trumponomics has already proved worse than even its harshest critics imagined, and the worst may be yet to come." substack.com
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