The company “was once forced to close down, like other companies across a number of industries, because it could not compete against large quantities of goods that China was exporting at artificially depressed prices,” Yellen said.

regardless of what you think of him, Deng Xiaoping was the guy in a way that pretty much no other human is gonna be for the unfolding of the 21st century

One party where a basic platform is defined and differences are expressed vibrantly on top of that is better than two parties that brand themselves as different but only offer a couple of aesthetic differences and concessions to keep people mad at the opposing party and not the underlying structure

This is an amazing, for the sole reason that everyone who is 17 and change now will turn 18, be able to smoke, the law will bump to 19, they won’t be allowed to smoke any more, but then they’ll turn 19 and they’ll be able to smoke again until the law raises to 20…

this thread is wild

can we remember, everyone:

1. discussion on who is winning has no bearing on discussion of who is in the right, and vice versa

2. Russia, Ukraine, and NATO can all be evil and wrong for separate and true reasons

3. criticizing NATO does not amount to supporting Putin

4. criticizing Putin does not amount to supporting NATO