Kevin Hanrahan

"We will work towards [ending the war] in the days and weeks to come" doesn't sound as if sanctions on Russia are coming in 48 hours. This is obviously a huge shock and was in no way predictable.

REPORTER: Why did you fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics?

TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong

Motherfucking wind farms…

the onion 2 months ago

Frum: What a tariff is, is the equivalent of hitting yourself in the head. And he’s saying to the world: “We will not stop hitting ourselves in the head unless you all agree to hit yourselves in the head.”

Astonishing story. Huge questions over the company culture that allowed this. www.ft.com/content/c0e6...

"Too many kids doing computer jobs, we need to get them back in factories."

There is really no way to exaggerate how deranged this shit is.

if you’ve ever wondered why “escaping small scale subsistence farming” has been humanity’s primary group project for the majority of our known existence, it’s because small scale subsistence farming sucks real bad

Report raises questions about viability of Irish farming The State agency responsible for agriculture and food development has been teasing out the findings of its 2024 National Farm Survey, which raised the question: Who will be farming our land in the com...

The research offered a comprehensive window into the statistics and financials behind the running of nearly 90,000 farms

In the early 1990s, Ireland was getting more than 40% of its electricity from coal.

Last week it closed its last coal plant: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump has made it abundantly clear that he treads carefully around nuclear powers, but has no scruples when it comes to non-nuclear ones. Nuclear proliferation in the Middle East seems rather more likely now.

Uncanny

I am so glad "why tariff banana" thought is reaching members of Congress. It's the most obvious example of how insane this administration's trade policy has been—officials like Lutnick can't give a good justification for it because there simply isn't one

📸 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗮𝘂𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝘀 📸

We welcomed a diverse range of key stakeholders from across the agri-food sector at our Inaugural Conference last Tuesday for a day of learning, understanding and discussion amongst the attendees.

#AgriFoodRegulator #Fairness #Transparency

It is weird that of all the possible slogans, Irish bigots chose "Ireland is full" when, very notably, Ireland is basically the only country in the world with fewer people than it had 200 years ago

Stolen Pallor

Jenner & Block just won summary judgment declaring President Trump's executive order targeting it unlawful and null and void.

Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Welcome to Donald Trump's trade policy. Nobody knows anything.

90/n

US beef prices extend surge as ranchers face thinnest herds in 70 years A years-long drought in the American west has dried up grazing lands and created a shortage of calves

US beef prices extend surge as ranchers face thinnest herds in 70 years

https://www.ft.com/content/ffd23343-473a-448b-8de7-e509e04a7576

🌍 To feed a growing population sustainably, agriculture must produce more with less. This is called sustainable productivity growth.

To do this, the agriculture sector must boost innovation and align productivity with environmental goals.

Learn more👉 www.oecd.org/en/topics/su...

The deal apparently includes 13,000 tonnes in tariff free beef access to the US for UK farmers, and 13,000 tonnes in tariff free beef access to the UK for US farmers.

No one's standards change.

By way of context the tariff free quota Australian beef gets into the US is 448,214 tonnes per annum.

The Church has elevated a pious freedom-loving liberal from a first-ever country, in a region that is suffering under an evil authoritarian regime.

The year is 1978

A tweet from Robert Prevost, the new pope, from February 3, 2025, saying "JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others."

Looks like the new Holy Father isn't a fan of JD Vance.

Good news for all Europeans living in border regions!

Thanks to #BRIDGEforEU, approved by the European Parliament today, cross border obstacles will soon be made a thing of the past.

Added bonus, it unlocks 6mln potential new jobs in Europe: no brainer!

There is an important asymmetry.

Most countries are engaged in only one trade war. The United States is engaged in 192.

So folks in other countries can easily shop elsewhere, but American's can't. The trade war hurts us more than them.

Allowing Immortal Regiment marches in European cities is not a manifestation of democracy. It is a direct invitation for Russian tanks.

Forgive me for being so blunt.