#agricultural machinery offices

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

November 26, 2024

Heather Cox Richardson

Nov 27, 2024

Today presented a good example of the difference between governance by social media and governance by policy.

Although incoming presidents traditionally stay out of the way of the administration currently in office, last night, Trump announced on his social media site that he intends to impose a 25% tariff on all products coming into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!” Trump claimed that they could solve the problem “easily” and that until they do, “it is time for them to pay a very big price!”

In a separate post, he held China to account for fentanyl and said he would impose a 10% tariff on all Chinese products on top of the tariffs already levied on those goods. “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he added.

In fact, since 2023 there has been a drop of 14.5% in deaths from drug overdose, the first such decrease since the epidemic began, and border patrol apprehensions of people crossing the southern border illegally have fallen to the lowest number since August 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. In any case, a study by the libertarian Cato Institute shows that from 2019 to 2024, more than 80% of the people caught with fentanyl at ports of entry—where the vast majority of fentanyl is seized—were U.S. citizens.

Very few undocumented immigrants and very little illegal fentanyl come into the U.S. from Canada.

Washington Post economics reporter Catherine Rampell noted that Mexico and Canada are the biggest trading partners of the United States. Mexico sends cars, machinery, electrical equipment, and beer to the U.S., along with about $19 billion worth of fruits and vegetables. About half of U.S. fresh fruit imports come from Mexico, including about two thirds of our fresh tomatoes and about 90% of our avocados.

Transferring that production to the U.S. would be difficult, especially since about half of the 2 million agricultural workers in the U.S. are undocumented and Trump has vowed to deport them all. Rampell points out as well that Project 2025 calls for getting rid of the visa system that gives legal status to agricultural workers. U.S. farm industry groups have asked Trump to spare the agricultural sector, which contributed about $1.5 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2023, from his mass deportations.

Canada exports a wide range of products to the U.S., including significant amounts of oil. Rampell quotes GasBuddy’s head of petroleum analysis, Patrick De Haan, as saying that a 25% tax on Canadian crude oil would increase gas prices in the Midwest and the Rockies by 25 cents to 75 cents a gallon, costing U.S. consumers about $6 billion to $10 billion more per year.

Canada is also the source of about a quarter of the lumber builders use in the U.S., as well as other home building materials. Tariffs would raise prices there, too, while construction is another industry that will be crushed by Trump’s threatened deportations. According to NPR’s Julian Aguilar, in 2022, nearly 60% of the more than half a million construction workers in Texas were undocumented.

Construction company officials are begging Trump to leave their workers alone. Deporting them “would devastate our industry, we wouldn’t finish our highways, we wouldn’t finish our schools,” the chief executive officer of a major Houston-based construction company told Aguilar. “Housing would disappear. I think they’d lose half their labor.”

Former trade negotiator under George W. Bush John Veroneau said Trump’s plans would violate U.S. trade agreements, including the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) that replaced the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement that Trump killed. The USMCA was negotiated during Trump’s own first term, and although it was based on NAFTA, he praised it as “the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It’s the best agreement we’ve ever made.”

Trump apologists immediately began to assure investors that he really didn’t mean it. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman posted that Trump wouldn’t impose the tariffs if “Mexico and Canada stop the flow of illegal immigrants and fentanyl into the U.S.” Trump’s threat simply meant that Trump “is going to use tariffs as a weapon to achieve economic and political outcomes which are in the best interest of America,” Ackman wrote.

Iowa Republican lawmaker Senator Chuck Grassley, who represents a farm state that was badly burned by Trump’s tariffs in his first term, told reporters that he sees the tariff threats as a “negotiating tool.”

Foreign leaders had no choice but to respond. Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum issued an open letter to Trump pointing out that Mexico has developed a comprehensive immigration system that has reduced border encounters by 75% since December 2023, and that the U.S. CBP One program has ended the “caravans” he talks about. She noted that it is imperative for the U.S. and Mexico jointly to “arrive at another model of labor mobility that is necessary for your country and to address the causes that lead families to leave their places of origin out of necessity.”

She noted that the fentanyl problem in the U.S. is a public health problem and that Mexican authorities have this year “seized tons of different types of drugs, 10,340 weapons, and arrested 15,640 people for violence related to drug trafficking,” and added that “70% of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country.” She also suggested that Mexico would retaliate with tariffs of its own if the U.S. imposed tariffs on Mexico.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau did not go that far but talked to Trump shortly after the social media post. The U.S. is Canada’s biggest trading partner, and a 25% tariff would devastate its economy. The premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, seemed to try to keep her province’s oil out of the line of fire by agreeing with Trump that the Canadian government should work with him and adding, “The vast majority of Alberta’s energy exports to the US are delivered through secure and safe pipelines which do not in any way contribute to these illegal activities at the border.”

Trudeau has called an emergency meeting with Canada’s provincial premiers tomorrow to discuss the threat.

Spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington Liu Pengyu simply said: “No one will win a trade war or a tariff war” and “the idea of China knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to flow into the United States runs completely counter to facts and reality.”

In contrast to Trump’s sudden social media posts that threaten global trade and caused a frenzy today, President Joe Biden this evening announced that, after months of negotiations, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the U.S. and France, to take effect at 4:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday. “This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities,” Biden said.

Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel shortly after Hamas’s attack of October 7, 2023. Fighting on the border between Israel and Lebanon has turned 300,000 Lebanese people and 70,000 Israelis into refugees, with Israel bombing southern Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah’s tunnel system and killing its leaders. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Israeli attacks have killed more than 3,000 people and injured more than 13,000, while CBS News reports that about 90 Israeli soldiers and nearly 50 Israeli civilians have been killed in the fighting. Under the agreement, Israel’s forces currently occupying southern Lebanon will withdraw over the next 60 days as Lebanon’s army moves in. Hezbollah will be kept from rebuilding.

According to Laura Rozen in her newsletter Diplomatic, before the agreement went into effect, Israel increased its airstrikes in Beirut and Tyre.

When he announced the deal, Biden pushed again for a ceasefire in Gaza, whose people, he said, “have been through hell. Their…world is absolutely shattered.” Biden called again for Hamas to release the more than 100 hostages it still holds and to negotiate a ceasefire. Biden said the U.S. will “make another push with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and others to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza with the hostages released and the end to the war without Hamas in power.”

Today’s announcement, Biden said, brings closer the realization of his vision for a peaceful Middle East where both Israel and a Palestinian state are established and recognized, a plan he tried to push before October 7 by linking Saudi Arabia’s normalization of relations with Israel to a Palestinian state. Biden has argued that such a deal is key to Israel’s long-term security, and today he pressed Israel to “be bold in turning tactical gains against Iran and its proxies into a coherent strategy that secures Israel’s long-term…safety and advances a broader peace and prosperity in the region.”

“I believe this agenda remains possible,” Biden said. “And in my remaining time in office, I will work tirelessly to advance this vision of—for an integrated, secure, and prosperous region, all of which…strengthens America’s national security.”

“Today’s announcement is a critical step in advancing that vision,” Biden said. “It reminds us that peace is possible.”

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[whencyclopedia]

Josef Mengele

Josef Mengele (1911-1979) was a Nazi doctor who performed horrific pseudo-scientific experiments on detainees in the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was a medical officer from 1943 to 1945. Thousands of Mengele's victims endured bizarre and unnecessary operations without anaesthetic, and the 'Angel of Death', as he was known, killed thousands more using lethal injections.

Mengele literally had the power of life and death over the inmates of the Auschwitz complex, specifically at the Birkenau camp. Obsessed with genetics and creating a master race, it is important to note regarding Mengele's experiments on humans, "that very little, if any benefit to science was achieved" (Shirer, 979). Mengele escaped identification immediately after the war, but as awareness grew of his crimes, he fled to South America where, although obliged to move countries several times, he managed to escape justice. Mengele's remains were exhumed and identified in 1985; he had died of natural causes in 1979.

Early Life

Josef Mengele was born on 16 March 1911 in Günzburg, Germany. Josef's father, Karl, owned a factory producing agricultural machinery. The factory was a success and curiously, given later events, there was a branch in Argentina. Josef studied philosophy in Munich and then took a medical degree at the University of Frankfurt. He joined the fascist National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), or Nazi Party for short, in 1937. Mengele worked in the Nazi Institute of Hereditary Biology and Race Research and further developed his interest in racial theory by studying the works of such Nazi ideologists as Alfred Rosenberg (1893-1946). When the Second World War (1939-45) began, Dr Mengele joined the Waffen-SS and became a medical officer. He served on both the Western and Eastern Fronts – winning two Iron Cross medals – but also continued his research into race theory and particularly genetics. In 1943, Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), head of the SS, appointed Mengele to the staff of the most notorious of all Nazi concentration camps: Auschwitz.

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[kamogryadeshi]

Photo of the consequences of the Russian attacks on Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv on May 27, which killed a woman.

Her name was Natalia, she was on the first floor of one of the industrial buildings that came under Russian attack. The woman received shrapnel injuries, the medics were unable to save her, Serhiy Bolvinov, the chief of the police of Kharkiv region, said.

"Natalia was at the enterprise that manufactures agricultural machinery. 11 people — the total number of injured at two industrial facilities: the enterprise where the deceased was located and the enterprise for the production of sweets. Some have light injuries, some have moderate injuries," said the policeman.

A 47-year-old woman was killed and the injured were employees of the enterprises, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported. According to preliminary data, the Russians struck with three universal interspecies planning ammunition D-30 from the territory of the Belgorod region

[object-vault-9]

Question I have about the vault itself, do you have an idea of what it looks like? The whole interior layout and everything? I've been wondering for some time now...

Ohh I should really sit down in a map maker and put it together ! A lot of the inspiration for the layout comes from Vault 101 and Vault 76 in the fallout games, plus a huge agricultural inspiration is from Vault 33 This is gonna be long and have pictures from the games/show/my comic/etc so it'll be under a break, might include some rambling about the way the vault used to operate too ! Very rambly/unorganized for now

Vault 9 is built into a cliff face, and behind it is a mountain range.

The vault was built for much more people that currently live there, and large portions of it are ominously empty. You can genuinely get lost in there, even Timer/Shovel/Mousetrap can even get turned around in there and they were born and raised there. Had Car Key survived he was intended to be the one that knew the layout almost perfectly, being the head security officer (and lone survivor of the security teams prior to the opening of the vault). If I were to draw less visited parts of the vault, portions of it would be roped off. The largest open areas in the vault are the farm (above) and the cafeteria

Vault 9's structure and culture when established was less individual, there were not a lot of rec rooms, rooms were all bunks to hold multiple people, etc. A lot of stuff involves some degree of depersonalization, etc. So thats why despite there being so many empty rooms presumably, most characters are shown to share rooms when their rooms are shown. Lcukily, especially with a colorful cast of characters from different backgrounds and over a century past its establishment, people are more encouraged to be themselves here There's a few rooms set aside for professions, there's the clinic, plus a larger room beside it for long term patients, though with the small population Mousetrap keeps people close to better monitor them There are classrooms, pretty much always empty, Spade/Shovel/Timer/etc are among the last to "graduate", and school years were not hosted every year due to the diminishing amount of people being born. So while Timer is a little older than Spade and Shovel, and Push Pin was a little younger, they likely all attended the same "grades/classes" together. Usually the family will teach basics (basic math/reading/writing) before the official vault curriculum, with classes starting for older students (like 10+) instead of starting at kindergarten

The intention of Vault 9 was mostly on self sustaining populations, so most people were intended to be involved with the care of the farm over anything else. Other roles were security/education/medical/culinary/etc, as well as leadership roles like a peoples court and the overseer The armory is very small and depleted/half destroyed, and there is only one or two quarantine/prison rooms

The floor structure is built in a way that the further down you go, the less likely you need to be there, this is my vague idea of it but with floor plans some things might be rearranged The surface level is only the door, airlock and door controls. Some storage is kept up there too Second floor down/B2 is the largest area. Farm, cafeteria, public rooms, clinic, classrooms, etc. There's a small library Third floor/B3 down are the living quarters, as well as the overseers office, peoples court, and locker rooms for showering and stuff. The overseers office is the best furnished room in the vault, and it had personal living quarters for the overseers family that were nicer too Fourth floor/B4 are guard armory/small training room/most storage/certain aspects of vault maint, etc. Fifth/B5 is storage and machinery for the most part. The boiler/furnace/etc, there's also a work shop down there and where Hehe/Apricot/CoG hang out. There's also the columbarium and morgue down there

Lowest level, heavy clearance, is where the power is. It's still nuclear power, the intention is to keep it buried so a failure might destroy the vault but cause less damage on the surface

I'll revisit this soon and have drawings and floorplans hopefully

[yourreddancer]

Heather Cox Richardson

November 26, 2024

Heather Cox Richardson

Nov 27

Today presented a good example of the difference between governance by social media and governance by policy.

Although incoming presidents traditionally stay out of the way of the administration currently in office, last night, Trump announced on his social media site that he intends to impose a 25% tariff on all products coming into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!” Trump claimed that they could solve the problem “easily” and that until they do, “it is time for them to pay a very big price!”

In a separate post, he held China to account for fentanyl and said he would impose a 10% tariff on all Chinese products on top of the tariffs already levied on those goods. “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he added.

In fact, since 2023 there has been a drop of 14.5% in deaths from drug overdose, the first such decrease since the epidemic began, and border patrol apprehensions of people crossing the southern border illegally have fallen to the lowest number since August 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. In any case, a study by the libertarian Cato Institute shows that from 2019 to 2024, more than 80% of the people caught with fentanyl at ports of entry—where the vast majority of fentanyl is seized—were U.S. citizens.

Very few undocumented immigrants and very little illegal fentanyl come into the U.S. from Canada.

Washington Post economics reporter Catherine Rampell noted that Mexico and Canada are the biggest trading partners of the United States. Mexico sends cars, machinery, electrical equipment, and beer to the U.S., along with about $19 billion worth of fruits and vegetables. About half of U.S. fresh fruit imports come from Mexico, including about two thirds of our fresh tomatoes and about 90% of our avocados.

Transferring that production to the U.S. would be difficult, especially since about half of the 2 million agricultural workers in the U.S. are undocumented and Trump has vowed to deport them all.

Rampell points out as well that Project 2025 calls for getting rid of the visa system that gives legal status to agricultural workers. U.S. farm industry groups have asked Trump to spare the agricultural sector, which contributed about $1.5 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2023, from his mass deportations.

Canada exports a wide range of products to the U.S., including significant amounts of oil. Rampell quotes GasBuddy’s head of petroleum analysis, Patrick De Haan, as saying that a 25% tax on Canadian crude oil would increase gas prices in the Midwest and the Rockies by 25 cents to 75 cents a gallon, costing U.S. consumers about $6 billion to $10 billion more per year.

Canada is also the source of about a quarter of the lumber builders use in the U.S., as well as other home building materials. Tariffs would raise prices there, too, while construction is another industry that will be crushed by Trump’s threatened deportations. According to NPR’s Julian Aguilar, in 2022, nearly 60% of the more than half a million construction workers in Texas were undocumented.

Construction company officials are begging Trump to leave their workers alone. Deporting them “would devastate our industry, we wouldn’t finish our highways, we wouldn’t finish our schools,” the chief executive officer of a major Houston-based construction company told Aguilar. “Housing would disappear. I think they’d lose half their labor.”

Former trade negotiator under George W. Bush John Veroneau said Trump’s plans would violate U.S. trade agreements, including the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) that replaced the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement that Trump killed. The USMCA was negotiated during Trump’s own first term, and although it was based on NAFTA, he praised it as “the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It’s the best agreement we’ve ever made.”

Trump apologists immediately began to assure investors that he really didn’t mean it. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman posted that Trump wouldn’t impose the tariffs if “Mexico and Canada stop the flow of illegal immigrants and fentanyl into the U.S.” Trump’s threat simply meant that Trump “is going to use tariffs as a weapon to achieve economic and political outcomes which are in the best interest of America,” Ackman wrote.

Iowa Republican lawmaker Senator Chuck Grassley, who represents a farm state that was badly burned by Trump’s tariffs in his first term, told reporters that he sees the tariff threats as a “negotiating tool.”

Foreign leaders had no choice but to respond. Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum issued an open letter to Trump pointing out that Mexico has developed a comprehensive immigration system that has reduced border encounters by 75% since December 2023, and that the U.S. CBP One program has ended the “caravans” he talks about. She noted that it is imperative for the U.S. and Mexico jointly to “arrive at another model of labor mobility that is necessary for your country and to address the causes that lead families to leave their places of origin out of necessity.”

She noted that the fentanyl problem in the U.S. is a public health problem and that Mexican authorities have this year “seized tons of different types of drugs, 10,340 weapons, and arrested 15,640 people for violence related to drug trafficking,” and added that “70% of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country.” 

She also suggested that Mexico would retaliate with tariffs of its own if the U.S. imposed tariffs on Mexico.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau did not go that far but talked to Trump shortly after the social media post. The U.S. is Canada’s biggest trading partner, and a 25% tariff would devastate its economy. The premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, seemed to try to keep her province’s oil out of the line of fire by agreeing with Trump that the Canadian government should work with him and adding, “The vast majority of Alberta’s energy exports to the US are delivered through secure and safe pipelines which do not in any way contribute to these illegal activities at the border.”

Trudeau has called an emergency meeting with Canada’s provincial premiers tomorrow to discuss the threat.

Spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington Liu Pengyu simply said: “No one will win a trade war or a tariff war” and “the idea of China knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to flow into the United States runs completely counter to facts and reality.”

In contrast to Trump’s sudden social media posts that threaten global trade and caused a frenzy today, President Joe Biden this evening announced that, after months of negotiations, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the U.S. and France, to take effect at 4:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday. “This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities,” Biden said.

Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel shortly after Hamas’s attack of October 7, 2023. Fighting on the border between Israel and Lebanon has turned 300,000 Lebanese people and 70,000 Israelis into refugees, with Israel bombing southern Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah’s tunnel system and killing its leaders. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Israeli attacks have killed more than 3,000 people and injured more than 13,000, while CBS News reports that about 90 Israeli soldiers and nearly 50 Israeli civilians have been killed in the fighting. Under the agreement, Israel’s forces currently occupying southern Lebanon will withdraw over the next 60 days as Lebanon’s army moves in. Hezbollah will be kept from rebuilding.

According to Laura Rozen in her newsletter Diplomatic, before the agreement went into effect, Israel increased its airstrikes in Beirut and Tyre.

When he announced the deal, Biden pushed again for a ceasefire in Gaza, whose people, he said, “have been through hell. Their…world is absolutely shattered.” Biden called again for Hamas to release the more than 100 hostages it still holds and to negotiate a ceasefire. Biden said the U.S. will “make another push with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and others to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza with the hostages released and the end to the war without Hamas in power.”

Today’s announcement, Biden said, brings closer the realization of his vision for a peaceful Middle East where both Israel and a Palestinian state are established and recognized, a plan he tried to push before October 7 by linking Saudi Arabia’s normalization of relations with Israel to a Palestinian state. Biden has argued that such a deal is key to Israel’s long-term security, and today he pressed Israel to “be bold in turning tactical gains against Iran and its proxies into a coherent strategy that secures Israel’s long-term…safety and advances a broader peace and prosperity in the region.”

“I believe this agenda remains possible,” Biden said. “And in my remaining time in office, I will work tirelessly to advance this vision of—for an integrated, secure, and prosperous region, all of which…strengthens America’s national security.”

“Today’s announcement is a critical step in advancing that vision,” Biden said. “It reminds us that peace is possible.”

[misfitwashere]

November 26, 2024 

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

NOV 27

Today presented a good example of the difference between governance by social media and governance by policy.

Although incoming presidents traditionally stay out of the way of the administration currently in office, last night, Trump announced on his social media site that he intends to impose a 25% tariff on all products coming into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!” Trump claimed that they could solve the problem “easily” and that until they do, “it is time for them to pay a very big price!”

In a separate post, he held China to account for fentanyl and said he would impose a 10% tariff on all Chinese products on top of the tariffs already levied on those goods. “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he added.

In fact, since 2023 there has been a drop of 14.5% in deaths from drug overdose, the first such decrease since the epidemic began, and border patrol apprehensions of people crossing the southern border illegally have fallen to the lowest number since August 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. In any case, a study by the libertarian Cato Institute shows that from 2019 to 2024, more than 80% of the people caught with fentanyl at ports of entry—where the vast majority of fentanyl is seized—were U.S. citizens.

Very few undocumented immigrants and very little illegal fentanyl come into the U.S. from Canada.

Washington Post economics reporter Catherine Rampell noted that Mexico and Canada are the biggest trading partners of the United States. Mexico sends cars, machinery, electrical equipment, and beer to the U.S., along with about $19 billion worth of fruits and vegetables. About half of U.S. fresh fruit imports come from Mexico, including about two thirds of our fresh tomatoes and about 90% of our avocados.

Transferring that production to the U.S. would be difficult, especially since about half of the 2 million agricultural workers in the U.S. are undocumented and Trump has vowed to deport them all. Rampell points out as well that Project 2025 calls for getting rid of the visa system that gives legal status to agricultural workers. U.S. farm industry groups have asked Trump to spare the agricultural sector, which contributed about $1.5 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2023, from his mass deportations.

Canada exports a wide range of products to the U.S., including significant amounts of oil. Rampell quotes GasBuddy’s head of petroleum analysis, Patrick De Haan, as saying that a 25% tax on Canadian crude oil would increase gas prices in the Midwest and the Rockies by 25 cents to 75 cents a gallon, costing U.S. consumers about $6 billion to $10 billion more per year.

Canada is also the source of about a quarter of the lumber builders use in the U.S., as well as other home building materials. Tariffs would raise prices there, too, while construction is another industry that will be crushed by Trump’s threatened deportations. According to NPR’s Julian Aguilar, in 2022, nearly 60% of the more than half a million construction workers in Texas were undocumented.

Construction company officials are begging Trump to leave their workers alone. Deporting them “would devastate our industry, we wouldn’t finish our highways, we wouldn’t finish our schools,” the chief executive officer of a major Houston-based construction company told Aguilar. “Housing would disappear. I think they’d lose half their labor.”

Former trade negotiator under George W. Bush John Veroneau said Trump’s plans would violate U.S. trade agreements, including the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) that replaced the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement that Trump killed. The USMCA was negotiated during Trump’s own first term, and although it was based on NAFTA, he praised it as “the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It’s the best agreement we’ve ever made.”

Trump apologists immediately began to assure investors that he really didn’t mean it. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman posted that Trump wouldn’t impose the tariffs if “Mexico and Canada stop the flow of illegal immigrants and fentanyl into the U.S.” Trump’s threat simply meant that Trump “is going to use tariffs as a weapon to achieve economic and political outcomes which are in the best interest of America,” Ackman wrote.

Iowa Republican lawmaker Senator Chuck Grassley, who represents a farm state that was badly burned by Trump’s tariffs in his first term, told reporters that he sees the tariff threats as a “negotiating tool.”

Foreign leaders had no choice but to respond. Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum issued an open letter to Trump pointing out that Mexico has developed a comprehensive immigration system that has reduced border encounters by 75% since December 2023, and that the U.S. CBP One program has ended the “caravans” he talks about. She noted that it is imperative for the U.S. and Mexico jointly to “arrive at another model of labor mobility that is necessary for your country and to address the causes that lead families to leave their places of origin out of necessity.”

She noted that the fentanyl problem in the U.S. is a public health problem and that Mexican authorities have this year “seized tons of different types of drugs, 10,340 weapons, and arrested 15,640 people for violence related to drug trafficking,” and added that “70% of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country.” She also suggested that Mexico would retaliate with tariffs of its own if the U.S. imposed tariffs on Mexico.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau did not go that far but talked to Trump shortly after the social media post. The U.S. is Canada’s biggest trading partner, and a 25% tariff would devastate its economy. The premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, seemed to try to keep her province’s oil out of the line of fire by agreeing with Trump that the Canadian government should work with him and adding, “The vast majority of Alberta’s energy exports to the US are delivered through secure and safe pipelines which do not in any way contribute to these illegal activities at the border.”

Trudeau has called an emergency meeting with Canada’s provincial premiers tomorrow to discuss the threat.

Spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington Liu Pengyu simply said: “No one will win a trade war or a tariff war” and “the idea of China knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to flow into the United States runs completely counter to facts and reality.”

In contrast to Trump’s sudden social media posts that threaten global trade and caused a frenzy today, President Joe Biden this evening announced that, after months of negotiations, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the U.S. and France, to take effect at 4:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday. “This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities,” Biden said.

Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel shortly after Hamas’s attack of October 7, 2023. Fighting on the border between Israel and Lebanon has turned 300,000 Lebanese people and 70,000 Israelis into refugees, with Israel bombing southern Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah’s tunnel system and killing its leaders. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Israeli attacks have killed more than 3,000 people and injured more than 13,000, while CBS News reports that about 90 Israeli soldiers and nearly 50 Israeli civilians have been killed in the fighting. Under the agreement, Israel’s forces currently occupying southern Lebanon will withdraw over the next 60 days as Lebanon’s army moves in. Hezbollah will be kept from rebuilding.

According to Laura Rozen in her newsletter Diplomatic, before the agreement went into effect, Israel increased its airstrikes in Beirut and Tyre.

When he announced the deal, Biden pushed again for a ceasefire in Gaza, whose people, he said, “have been through hell. Their…world is absolutely shattered.” Biden called again for Hamas to release the more than 100 hostages it still holds and to negotiate a ceasefire. Biden said the U.S. will “make another push with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and others to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza with the hostages released and the end to the war without Hamas in power.”

Today’s announcement, Biden said, brings closer the realization of his vision for a peaceful Middle East where both Israel and a Palestinian state are established and recognized, a plan he tried to push before October 7 by linking Saudi Arabia’s normalization of relations with Israel to a Palestinian state. Biden has argued that such a deal is key to Israel’s long-term security, and today he pressed Israel to “be bold in turning tactical gains against Iran and its proxies into a coherent strategy that secures Israel’s long-term…safety and advances a broader peace and prosperity in the region.”

“I believe this agenda remains possible,” Biden said. “And in my remaining time in office, I will work tirelessly to advance this vision of—for an integrated, secure, and prosperous region, all of which…strengthens America’s national security.”

“Today’s announcement is a critical step in advancing that vision,” Biden said. “It reminds us that peace is possible.”

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closed to @acridtongue / janus & eunha / in the shadows

It was folly to attempt reconnaissance without Eunha - he knows that now. The photographs he'd managed last time spent in the brush of this senator's marbled home were fine... but regrettably blurry seeing as he'd been chased by a damned Rottweiler. This time, their target is the gleaming high-rise of TerraTech Technologies, a monolith among architectural monstrosities, its facade of synthetic agriculture and bioengineering brilliance concealing, he suspects, a trove of clandestine skeletons.

With a replicated key card, they infiltrate the building, weaving through the shadows that drape each floor. TerraTech's pride lies in machinery fueled by the rare mineral zentarium, the extraction of which has scarred the earth. Where those in power falter to provide painful consequences, the Executioners vow to bridge the chasm of justice.

They've made their way to one of the uppermost floors, and they slip into a smaller office, the kind likely to harbor secrets of grave import, guarded with a zeal that betrays its significance. Outside, under the moon's watchful eye, security guards pace with vigilant steps.

Janus busies himself with shoving laptops into a knapsack - they will have someone break into them later, perhaps do some real harm to the server, find some truly repugnant information to broadcast.

"Eunha." He steps towards the enforcer, eyes bright and alight with resolve, holding out the knapsack. "Should they discover us, should they pursue, take these and flee. Your nimbleness, your agility, are our best hope. You'll be able to outrun any of them. Understand?"

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File: Fullmetal Alchemist - Alchemy

SCP#: ACI

Code Name: Book of Alchemy

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-ACI is held at Site-AR within the office of Malcom Wyllt. It is held within a safe that can only be accessed by his fingerprint, retina scanner, and an 8-digit passcode known only to him. The safe's security can only be bypassed by another Level 5 Clearance Foundation staff member. 

Description: SCP-ACI is a normal hardcover book closely resembling ones made in the early 20th century. SCP-ACI itself is not anomalous but instead the inscriptions inside it are what hold the anomalous properties. The illustrations and descriptions of SCP-ACI tell how to create alchemy transmutation circles each one having properties that are slightly different form one another. Please see Addendum X-27 for details

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Addendum X-27

The following is a list of transmutation circles found within SCP-ACI and what they are best used for.

Small Circle - self-explanatory for small scale transmutation of matter. such as to create small tools or perhaps create flowers from fertile soil. Normally measures in 20-30 centimeters. 

Normal Circle - most commonly used for larger purposes of transmutation like creating slightly more complex tools as well as creating or fixing furniture. Normally measures in 50-70 centimeters.

Big Circle - Used in more large-scale transmutations for more complex structures, an entire garden, or even more complex alchemy circles as well. The possibilities are only limited to the size of the circle which is anywhere between 90-200 centimeters. 

Large Circle - Largest possible alchemy circle allowing the most powerful, the largest, and the most complex forms of alchemy to exist. Exists in sizes of 4 meters to 10 meters. Often the hardest to create perfectly and thus are rarely used. 

Matter Manipulation Circle - Most basic type of circle able to change the shape of matter such as turning a common stone into the shape of a pyramid as well as being able to turn led into gold.

Chemical Chain Reaction Circle - Releases the common energy of all alchemy into targeted elements and matter allowing instantaneous chemical reactions as the name implies. Most commonly used to make fire and explosions out of air alone. 

Heavy Condensing Circle - Used to heavily condense materials affected by the energy within the circle. It is able to condense any material into any shape desired and is able to condense them as much as physically possible. mainly used for weaponry purposes. 

Organic Manipulation Circle - Considered dangerous if used incorrectly by most sections within SCP-ACI. Common practices include healing, instantaneous blood transfusion, instantly growing flowers or plants in a garden. Great for medical and agriculture purposes. 

Advanced Reconstruction Circle - As the name implies can be used to create complex machinery with all the parts and materials needed. Allows for instantaneous construction of large buildings down to the very last detail. most commonly used in Big and Large Circles. 

Artificial Biology Circle - First of the forbidden sections within SCP-ACI they are used to create chimeras between animals. Most forbidden is how it's shown that its possible for humans to be turned into animal chimeras as well.

Human Soul Resurrection Circle - Considered the absolute worst by many self-inscriptions within SCP-ACI there are even blood written over the descriptions of the circle stating, "THE DEAD CANNOT COME BACK!" all over them. Describes a practice of alchemy on the human soul, more specifically the ability to resurrect the dead. Due to the fact that the circles and instructions on how to properly draw them are scribbled out or drawn over, testing on this particular circle is impossible. Though many Foundation staff argue it's for the best. 

Human Soul Binding Circle - Within the forbidden section. Shows how it's possible to trap a human soul into an object or even an artificial body. Sort of obtaining immortality in a way with no longer having to eat or breath to survive but also not being able to feel or sleep either. Can be used as both a form of punishment as well as a possible weaponization. 

Advanced Soul Manipulation Circle - [data expunged]. All research is being conducted by the Department of Alchemy. All research has been transferred to the Department of Technology, Alchemy, Science, Magic and Warfare. 

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SCP-ACI has a section that shows the math behind equivalent exchange regarding all forms of matter. Whoever wrote SCP-ACI was able to treat all elements as math problems and can process their ability to transmute into different elements or chemicals through something called "the Law of Equivalent Exchange". In simple terms the law states: something cannot be made from nothing. In order to create something, another thing of equal value must be exchanged and is then lost. Naturally there is no reason to refute this as it is no different to the laws of nature and physics of our world. However, what is surprising is how this Law of Equivalent Exchange is descried as a law of tested science. It's as if the world where SCP-ACI originated form is actually a world where this form of instantaneous transmutative alchemy is commonplace. 

SCP-ACI was discovered in 1940 by Mobile Task Force Tau-9 "Book Worms" during one of their research missions within The Wanderer's Library. One of the agents within a Tau-9 unit found SCP-ACI and was interested by its inscriptions. However, upon testing one circle out as a joke it ended up working turning the lead within her pencil into a nugget of gold. Because of the dangerous knowledge within SCP-ACI and how it can be easily replicated, the Tau-9 units quickly snuck SCP-ACI out of the library and into Foundation custody. 

After reviewing the circles and their anomalous properties on alchemy it naturally fell into the hands of the Department of Alchemy. This of course eventually lead SCP-ACI to the DA's successor the Department of Technology, Alchemy, Science, Magic and Warfare when it was established in 1975 with Malcom Wyllt as the director. Naturally the DTASMW used SCP-ACI to increase their knowledge, researching capabilities, and even as the first step to create artificial magic spells. Of course, there were setbacks at first with Alchemy still having limitations the DTASMW wanted to get past but that all changed when Dr. Alvik revealed the hidden possibilities of SCP-AFD-4.3.

By combining the Alchemic knowledge within SCP-ACI and the anomalous properties SCP-AFD-4.3 had on the human body the Foundation finally was able to create its own nearly limitless supply of thaumaturgy, no longer bound to any anomaly or religion. This quickly led to the creation of Mobile Task Force Hecate-Alpha "Real Magic" in 1995 right after Mobile Task Force Delta-3 "Solomon's Hand" was dissolved in 1990. Of course, many of the Delta-3 units that didn't retire came to Hecate-Alpha afterwards to further improve their magical capabilities and knowledge.

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Unlocking Business Opportunities: A Guide to Business Loans in Bihar

Bihar, one of India's most vibrant and historically rich states, has seen significant economic growth in recent years. With a surge in entrepreneurial spirit, the demand for business loans in Bihar has skyrocketed. Whether you're a startup enthusiast or an established business owner, securing a loan can provide the necessary funds to fuel growth and achieve your business goals.

What is a Business Loan in Bihar?

A business loan in Bihar is a financial product offered by various banks and financial institutions to help entrepreneurs fund their business needs. These loans can be used for a variety of purposes, such as purchasing equipment, expanding operations, managing working capital, or even meeting short-term cash flow requirements.

Businesses in Bihar have diverse needs, from agriculture and food processing to manufacturing and retail. Each sector has its own set of challenges, but with the right business loan, these hurdles can be overcome.

Types of Business Loans Available in Bihar

When it comes to loan in Bihar, entrepreneurs have access to several types of financial products, including:

1. Term Loans

Term loans are one of the most common types of business loans in Bihar. These loans are given for a fixed tenure, with a set interest rate and repayment schedule. They can be used for long-term investments such as infrastructure development or purchasing machinery.

2. Working Capital Loans

If your business needs funds to cover day-to-day expenses, working capital loans are ideal. These loans help maintain cash flow, covering expenses like payroll, inventory, and other operational costs.

3. Secured and Unsecured Loans

Secured loans require collateral such as property or equipment to secure the loan, while unsecured loans do not require collateral but may come with higher interest rates. Both options are available to business owners in Bihar, depending on their financial profile.

4. Government-Supported Loans

The Indian government, through various schemes such as the Mudra Yojana, has made loans more accessible to small businesses in Bihar. These schemes support businesses in their early stages by offering lower interest rates and flexible repayment terms.

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4. Submit Your Application

For online loans in Bihar, simply fill out the online application form and submit the required documents. For traditional loans, you may need to visit the bank or financial institution in person.

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Top Philippines Export Products 2024: Key Sectors, Data & Market Trends

The Philippines export products reflect the country’s diverse and growing economy, which is deeply integrated into global trade networks. The biggest export of the Philippines includes a range of manufactured goods, agricultural commodities, and natural resources that cater to international markets. As per the Philippines export data, the country’s total export sales in December 2024 stood at USD 5.66 billion, reflecting a slight decline compared to the previous year.

Key Philippines Export Products

One of the Philippines biggest export categories is electrical machinery and equipment. According to the latest Philippines export data, the country exported electrical products worth USD 40.6 billion in 2023, making up 55.6% of total exports. These exports cater to major global markets such as the United States, China, and Germany, where demand for semiconductors and integrated circuits continues to rise.

Another key segment in Philippine top exports is machinery, including computers. This sector contributed USD 6.3 billion to the country’s total exports, with insulated wires, semiconductor devices, and office machine parts being the leading components. Countries like Brazil, Malaysia, and Hong Kong are major buyers of these exported goods from Philippines.

Natural Resources and Agricultural Strength

Copper is also one of the major export products of Philippines, with the country shipping USD 2.51 billion worth of copper and related products. The Philippines exports unrefined copper, copper foil, and alloys to key markets in South Korea, China, Japan, and Malaysia.

In addition to industrial goods, agricultural export products of the Philippines play a vital role in sustaining the economy. The Philippines is a leading global supplier of fruits, especially bananas and pineapples. The country’s coconut oil industry is also thriving, making it a dominant player in the international vegetable oil market. Other notable Filipino products for export include coffee, sugar, and seafood, all of which have substantial demand in foreign markets.

Market Trends and Future Prospects

Despite some fluctuations in Philippines export data, the country remains a strong player in the global trade market. The demand for Philippines export products is expected to grow, particularly in sectors such as technology, renewable energy, and processed food. To enhance its export capabilities, the government continues to invest in infrastructure, trade policies, and foreign partnerships.

Philippines Export Data 2024-25

According to Philippines export data, the country’s total export sales in December 2024 were valued at USD 5.66 billion, marking a 2.2% decrease from USD 5.78 billion in December 2023. The overall export sales showed yearly declines of 8.6% in November 2024 and 0.5% in December 2023.

List of top 10 Export Products of the Philippines

Electrical Machinery and Equipment (HS Code-85)

According to Philippines export data, in 2023, exports of electrical machinery and equipment were worth USD 40.6 billion, accounting for 55.6% of the country's total exports.

The main export of the Philippines in this category includes semiconductors.

The top export destinations include the United States, China, Japan, and Germany.

Machinery, Including Computers (HS Code-84)

The Philippines exported goods worth USD 6.3 billion in this category.

Includes integrated circuits, insulated wires, semiconductor devices, and office machine parts.

Major export markets: Brazil, the United States, Malaysia, Germany, and Hong Kong.

Copper (HS Code-74)

The Philippines biggest export in metal products includes copper ore, valued at USD 2.51 billion.

Includes unrefined copper, copper alloys, and copper foil.

Key buyers: South Korea, Singapore, China, Japan, and Malaysia.

Optical, Technical, and Medical Apparatus (HS Code-90)

The Philippines exported optical and medical equipment worth USD 2.51 billion, accounting for 3.4% of total exports.

Key export destinations: Japan, South Korea, the United States, Vietnam, and Colombia.

Ores, Slag, and Ash (HS Code-26)

The country exported ores, slag, and ash worth USD 2.2 billion.

This major export of the Philippines includes iron, zinc, copper, molybdenum, manganese, metal, nickel, and aluminum.

Top importers: China, Japan, Singapore, India, and South Korea.

Fruits and Nuts (HS Code-08)

The agricultural export products of the Philippines include bananas, coconuts, and pineapples.

Export value: USD 2 billion.

Major buyers: China, Japan, the United States, and South Korea.

Gems and Precious Metals (HS Code-71)

The Philippines exported gems and precious metals worth USD 1.4 billion.

Includes gold, silver, and platinum.

Key markets: Hong Kong, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.

Animal/Vegetable Fat, Oil, and Waxes (HS Code-15)

A significant Philippines export product, valued at USD 1.3 billion.

Includes coconut oil, palm oil, and other vegetable-based oils.

Main importers: United States, Netherlands, Malaysia, and Germany.

Plastics and Plastic Articles (HS Code-39)

The Philippines exported goods worth USD 1.1 billion in plastics and plastic articles.

Includes packaging materials, industrial plastics, and household plastic products.

Export destinations: China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States.

Vehicles (HS Code-87)

The Philippines exported vehicles worth USD 942.2 million.

Includes motorcycles, passenger cars, and auto parts.

Major markets: Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, and the United States.

Conclusion

The biggest export of the Philippines showcases a nation with a dynamic economy and vast trade potential. From Philippines biggest export of electrical products to thriving agricultural export products of the Philippines, the country remains a competitive force in international markets. By focusing on expanding trade networks and enhancing production capacity, the Philippines aims to solidify its position as a leading exporter in Asia and beyond.

For businesses and investors looking to explore Philippine top exports, platforms like ExportImportData.in provide valuable insights into Philippines export data, helping traders and companies make informed decisions about exported goods from Philippines. With continuous growth and diversification, the Philippines' export sector is set to achieve new heights in the coming years.