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Andreas Ortmann

@impartialspectator.bsky.social

EconProf: I post occasionally on whatever tickles my fancy: Science, the Econ tribe, politics, music ...

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We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

08.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9656    πŸ” 2576    πŸ’¬ 482    πŸ“Œ 141

True.

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Now there's an interesting fact. If the Polish white is as good as the Czech, I'm in.

08.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.

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PETE: β€œBlowing up boats off the coast of Venezuela, renaming the DOD the Department of War… Trump came in saying he’s peace guy, but he’s posting β€˜Apocalypse Now’ memes about making war on Chicago. He’s not exactly a peacenik.”

01.10.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1139    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 14
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You have to hand it to the generals. Unlike so many other people in this country, they know how to conduct themselves in public. They know they are supposed to be apolitical. So they greeted Trump's political speech with silence. And you could have heard a medal drop when Pete Hegseth finished.

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BREAKING: State of Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard to Portland. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Fair point. Well, the dingbat can always start a second career as beauty contest contender, I guess. Oh, wait ...

28.09.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brutal.

28.09.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9795    πŸ” 2715    πŸ’¬ 1008    πŸ“Œ 212

One thing I noticed about this is that Nexstar and Sinclair deleted all their social media posts regarding them preempting Kimmel too ... Disney definitely came down hard. Which, I guess I have to hand it to them.

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Many people and institutions that fight back are winning.

This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.

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β€˜Animal Farm’ Never Gets Old Orwell’s classic turns 80.

"Modern American parallels are certainly not the only reason to reread Animal Farm. But they are a good reminder that Orwell’s fable was never just about the Soviet Union."

26.09.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

BREAKING: Per MSNBC, Nexstar has ALSO CAVED and will stop preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! Way to go, everyone!

26.09.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 26909    πŸ” 4973    πŸ’¬ 784    πŸ“Œ 314
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Climate turning point Three excellent essays last month point to a turning point in climate with, I think, a broad political ramification.

Good and important read.

www.grumpy-economist.com/p/climate-tu...

21.09.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same here. Waiting for the next notification though because I never created an account in the first place and surely never uploaded anything. It's a curious business model.

18.09.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, shocking development. And you do not even have to live in the US to see that.

18.09.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Admire this short and eloquent article, pointing out that we need better and better time machines. πŸ‘‡

It's a great and difficult challenge for economists to work on optimal time paths of climate-relevant incentives (emmission permits, push&pull of tech innovation, ...).

#EconSky

18.09.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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18.09.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 488    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 9
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Hiding the truth.

16.09.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 28739    πŸ” 12648    πŸ’¬ 1484    πŸ“Œ 825
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Endless Corruption: β€œMr. Witkoff and Sheikh Tahnoon had become diplomatic allies and business partners, testing ethics rules while enriching Trump, his family + inner circle… At the heart of their relationship are two multibillion-dollar deals.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

15.09.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 337    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 11

Release them files!

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Grok says the shooter followed Laura Loomer on Twitter

Do with that what you will

12.09.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 507    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 7
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I had a soufflΓ© that came out like this once. Such a disappointment.

12.09.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2740    πŸ” 357    πŸ’¬ 255    πŸ“Œ 50
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How about that.

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Kash Patel Replaced by Startled Deer Informing Patel of his decision in a brief phone call, Trump reportedly said, β€œSorry, Kashβ€”we’re going deer.”

BREAKING: Kash Patel Replaced by Startled Deer
@borowitzreport open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

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This is the guy who is supposed to be in charge.

12.09.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15015    πŸ” 3480    πŸ’¬ 3021    πŸ“Œ 722
Loyalty questions FBI

Loyalty questions FBI

Some of the loyalty questions Kash Patel is asking FBI agents.

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