Rick Hird

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Sony
Sony soundbar systems get huge discounts for Memorial Day weekend
Digital Trends
More often than not, people tend to gravitate toward beautiful 4K TVs when they’re looking to improve their home theater. But without a decent …
News
Archaeologists Uncover Hidden Chamber in Nero’s Pleasure Palace Under the Colosseum
The Daily Beast - Candida Moss
If you stroll through the neighborhood of the Colosseum in Rome today, you could easily think that that the Colosseum dates to the origins of the …
China
‘Whiff of U.S. recession’? It’s in the air again amid China trade fallout
MarketWatch - By Jeffry Bartash
The U.S. economy has taken a turn for the worse — and it doesn’t look as if things will get much better anytime soon. A mountain of evidence in the …
Computers
Best Memorial Day sales 2019: Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart deals
Digital Trends
Memorial Day is a time for friends and family to gather together and be grateful for all of the wonderful things they have. Despite being primarily …
China
Trump's farm "subsidy" scam may not work so well this time.
dailykos.com - Murfster35
So, daddy’s widdle man whipped out his wallet, pulled out daddy’s credit card, and treated his farmer buddies to another free lunch today, huh? …
IHS Markit
US Manufacturing Index Hits 9-Year Low on Growth, Trade Fears
newsmax.com - Katia Dmitrieva
U.S. factory activity took a hit this month as the tariff war with China and an overhang of inventory dampened orders, adding to signs the economy …
Dow Jones
How tariffs are hurting US lumber
CNN
China is US lumber's biggest customer but uncertainty around the US-China trade war is having a trickle down effect on the industry.
China
Former JC Penney CEO: China trade deal needed by end of year or retail's 'got a real problem'
CNBC - Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
The U.S. needs to work out a trade deal with China by the end of the year or the retail sector will be in big trouble, former J.C. Penney CEO Allen …
Liberal View
Trump's $16B payment to farmers sounds like a lot ... until you look at what they are really getting
dailykos.com - Mark Sumner
On Thursday, at an event that turned into a prolonged train wreck of Trump making personal attacks on Nancy Pelosi and adding some names to his death …
Tariffs
Tariffs Raise the Price of a Beer? Say It Ain’t So!
Barron's - Al Root
Higher beer prices? The trade war with China just got real. “The Section 232 aluminum tariffs are a $350 million annual tax on beer,” Beer Institute …
Business
China Raises Threat of Rare-Earths Cutoff to U.S.
foreignpolicy.com - Keith Johnson
With a simple visit to an obscure factory on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping has raised the specter that China could potentially cut off …
Melania Trump
President Trump Opened His State Visit to Japan by Needling the Japanese on Trade
TIME - JILL COLVIN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE / AP
(TOKYO) — President Donald Trump opened a state visit to Japan on Saturday by needling the country over its trade imbalance with the United States. “Maybe that’s why you like me so much,” he joshed. Trump
U.S. Politics
Trump's legal losing streak
Axios - Mike Allen
Strike 3 for President Trump in federal courts this week: The latest: A federal judge in Oakland yesterday "blocked President Trump from building …
Donald Trump
Court Blocks Chunk of Border Wall Funds, Citing Trump’s Remarks as a Reason
Rolling Stone - Peter Wade
President Donald Trump’s attempts to fund his much-touted border wall were thwarted, at least partially, by a Friday evening ruling by U.S. District …
Liberal View
Trump’s big, stupid mouth just blocked construction of his border wall
ThinkProgress - Ian Millhiser
Friday evening, a federal court blocked much of the funds President Trump hoped to use to build an illegal wall along the Mexican border, and …
Vladimir Putin
President Trump Treasonous Effort to Expose the Identity of CIA Mole in Putin’s Inner Circle | Wall Street Rebel
wallstreetrebel.com
President Trump is 100% right in thinking the investigation wasn’t initiated because of George Papadopoulos bragging to an Australian diplomat. …
Android Q
Google working on new way to run Android apps in Chrome OS called ‘ARCVM’
9to5Google - Kyle Bradshaw
For the past few years, it’s been possible on many Chromebooks to install the Play Store and run Android apps. This opened the door for Chromebooks to become more than just glorified web browsers. Now,
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping says China is embarking on a ‘new Long March’ as he signals that the US trade war is far from over
Business Insider - Rosie Perper
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on the country to "make a new start" and signalled that the trade war with the US is far from over. During a speech in China's southeast Jiangxi province,
Military
Putin orders 76 new Su-57 stealth fighters in a desperate attempt to rival the US
Business Insider - Ryan Pickrell
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to order nearly five times as many fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighters as originally planned to replace older fighters, strengthen Russian airpower, and
Huawei
Donald Trump: Huawei a security threat, but also trade deal pawn
Business Insider - Jake Kanter
US President Donald Trump has made his first meaningful remarks on the Huawei firestorm since his administration blacklisted the Chinese tech giant last week. The president was speaking at a news conference
Huawei
The US China Tech Cold War: Everything that's happened
Business Insider - Alexei Oreskovic
A Wall Street firm figured out how much money Google will sacrifice by cutting off Huawei A longtime industry expert explains why Trump's attack on Huawei could end up hurting Google and other US tech
Tom Watson
Labour must back second Brexit vote or lose next election, Tom Watson warns
The Guardian - Toby Helm
Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson today warns that his party will lose the next general election and any chance to form a radical, reforming government unless it quickly rewrites its Brexit policy and
Huawei
Huawei ejected from Wi-Fi Alliance, SD Association, and other standards groups
androidpolice.com - Corbin Davenport
Huawei has had a rough week — it was added to the US Entity List, and soon it will be cut off from most of the manufacturers and companies it relies …
Memorial Day Weekend
The best Memorial Day sales of 2019
CNET - by Rick Broida
See the best deals from Amazon, Best Buy, ThinkGeek and more, with products ranging from game consoles to security systems to TVs.
Locomotives
Marx William Crooks locomotive
dfarq.homeip.net - Dave Farquhar
In 1959, Marx attempted to cash in on the popularity of TV westerns by creating an 1860s style locomotive. Today, the Marx William Crooks locomotive …
China
How China Sees Trump and the Rapidly Escalating Trade War
The New Yorker - Dorothy Wickenden
In May, President Donald Trump instructed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to impose a ban on foreign-made equipment, much of it from China, that might pose a security threat to the U.S. Huawei, the Chinese
Tariffs
Trump’s $16-billion farm bailout means you’re paying for his tariff war twice
Los Angeles Times - Michael Hiltzik
We’ll say this for President Trump: When he misunderstands something, he misunderstands it more than anyone else in creation. Take the business of tariffs. Trump is unshakably convinced that his tariffs
China
Risk of entrenched U.S. trade war with China is rising, economists say
CBS News - Rachel Layne
• Many economists, once optimistic for a U.S.-China trade deal, now lean towards skepticism one will happen soon • Some are even saying the world's two …
Geek
Here’s Everything Coming to Amazon Prime Video in June 2019
Geek - By Stephanie Valera
If you need your summer binge-watching plans sorted in advance, Amazon Prime Video is here to help. In addition to blockbuster movies (Captain …
Military History
The Madmen Who Flew B-52 Bombers at Wave-Top Heights
defensemaven.io - Warrior Maven
Warrior Maven Video Above: How Could the F-35C Carry More Weapons? What Would it mean? 160 feet from tip to tail. 185 feet across. 240 tons of metal, …