Steve’s Barking:Another crazy ideas for an armistice in the Russo Ukraine conflict

 Ah yes this crazy blogger has a couple of  off the wall ideas to have an armistice between Russia and Ukraine.

 (1) Why not have Crimea be a sovereign country for at least ten years with free trade between both Russia and Ukraine.

 (2) Have a free trade agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

 (3) Ukraine can join the EU for trade and monetary reasons but would not join NATO nor any military alliances.

 (4) Russia can use Odessa as a port and the Black Sea as a an open water way.

(5) The land area should belong to each country as before the conflict.

 (6) A non aggression pact should be signed.

 (7) 10 Years after the Armistice there should be a plebiscite as to if the Eastern Ukraine wants to stay with Ukraine or join Russia.

* Just another crazy suggestion by this foolish blogger.

Steve’s Barking; How China can weather the storm

 There is a major down turn in factory production in China because of American tariffs. Well because China is a so called* communist country it can pay its later off workers enough to survive and to buy internal goods without worrying too much about outside forces. As far as goods that it receives  from the U.S. such as food stuff it can buy that in trade with other countries while eventually selling much of the excess goods it produces in the long run.

* The People’s Republic of China is as much of a capitalist country as most European countries and the US with private ownership. 

Steve’s Barking; Question, why didn’t the Neanderthals live a longer life’?

 Scientists tells us the Neanderthals lived a very short time, the average age of the Neanderthals lived to 35, and we in the most model societies  live almost to our 80s. Now the Neanderthals did have the modern stress that we have now, they ate healthier, all natural food with no preservatives.

* I really wish I didn’t have to say I’m joking, but I don’t know if the three people who read my blog all take it seriously 

Steve’s Baking; What does JD Stand for in JD Vance?

 What does JD in JD Vance stand for?

 Jurist Doctor?

 Juvenile Delinquent?

James David?

Steve’s Barking:It looks like Russia won the war with the U.S. without firing a shot

  I maybe crazy but we’re I’m sitting it appears that Russia has infiltrated the US, even as far as the presidency. They are dancing in the streets in the Kremlin figuratively because the president of the United States and VP are doing their best to give the Kremlin everything it wants . Telling Ukraine that it has to give to Russia all the area that it took when it invaded. It is telling Greenland to become part of the U.S. or at least a be Owen by the U.S., stating that we needed it for our protection against China ( I’m trying to figure that one out and Russia even though it part of the Netherlands (which is in NATO) and we have troops there. Now these crazy blogger thinks the only country that the U.S. owning Greenland is Russia. Now I’ve been told that the only country not having additional tariffs on it is Russia, hmmm , strange things are happening,. The old nemesis of the United States is turning into its closest ally., though it may not seem so right away.

 The problem for Russia and the U.S. is that because of Tarrifs the rest and the threatening of the several countries the rest of the world will in all likelihood have to have new trade alliances and military alliances weakening the U.S. and Russia.

 It would not surprise this nut in the next year or two the Peoples Republic of China and Taiwan  come to some sort of an agreement.

 It would not surprise me if  the infiltration of the US by Russia blows up in Russia’s face , and it would only make the U.S. not a power but a weak link.

Steve’s Barking; Does Hamas really care about the Palestinians?

 It doesn’t take much to understand that Hamas ( or its allies) are holding kidnapped hostages and that Israel is going to continue annihilate the people of Gaza. If I’m not correct and if the holding of Israeli hostages is not a power a play and that Hamas true cares about the Palestinians in Gaza why isn’t there negotiations to end the death and destruction in Gaza to free the hostages and return the bodies of the dead hostages to Israel?

 * Does Hamas hold all the hostages?

 * Is there a power play among various Palestinian factions or Muslim groups?

 

** Would Israeli response to the cutting off of arms free from the rest of the world to them be more violent then what we see now?

 

Steve’s Barking: Dems say give me money, that’s what I want!

 The best things in life are free but youn can give them to the birds and bees, give me money, that’s what I want. (Beatles)

 Looking at my inbox I see the please, please, please, give me money. No matter who in the Democratic Party sends me an E-mail and all the Email  ask for money. They may say that they want my opinion , but my opinion is no good unless I send them money.  A lot of the E-mail ask direct for money to fight the Republican  agenda, as though the money I send them is going to do any good in fighting the Republicans. Some ask for money direct to fight the Republican opponent that has not been chosen yet. And of cause I get E-mails from candidates far and wide who are running for office and the only thing they tell me about themselves is that they need the money to fight the Republicans not saying that they have a Democratic opponent. 

 Ah but if you think that I get request from Democrats only for money think again, I have have received several request in the mail (regular) for money from a conservative Republican whom I will not give his name.

 The past presidential race the Democrats had a quarter more  dollars then the Republicans, and if you include dark money the Democrats still had more money then the Republicans.

Steve’s Barking: Where have you gone Bethlehem Steel?

 Where have you gone Bethlehem Steel, the nation sends it lonely eyes to you.

  Now that we the United States has decided in our wisdom to put tariffs  on steel costing those who want to build new manufacturing plants an arm and a leg. We in the United States do not have the capacity to produce more steel. The Steel that we do produce is inferior then that produced in other counties for the reason that when the American Steel companies had the chance to upgrade their steel making factories to a more modern factories with the enormous profits that they were getting in the 50s and the 60s they didn’t do it.

 Now as I recall there was a lawsuit filed against the tariff that was on steel because the steel produced was inferior then those of foreign manufactures.

 Now as I also recall from one of the many college courses that I took, you lay tariffs to collect revenue and the other reason is to protect an industry, which at the present time the steel industry in the United States is just about at capacity so you are not protecting it.

* Bethlehem steel was a top notch steel company in the US that is no longer in business and the major steel company US Steel, steel making capacity is greatly diminished.

Steve’s Barking; America default? Maybe a self fulfilling prophecy?

 One keeps hearing about the deficit of the US government has and it’s true. But the problem is can we pay off our debt and if we don’t pay off our debt, can we still live off our taxes and continue debt? 

 One of America’s biggest problem is Social Security that has been underfunded and now we’re paying the money that is owed to the Trust fund. It doesn’t take a genius to understand that if America had eliminated the cap we wouldn’t have to worry until years in the future about paying off billions and more. 

 America is firing many of its government workers (even though they are firing workers who will not be receiving pensions) the pensions may not be able to cover all it’s obligations in the near future.

 America under the present administration is just about giving away it important assets such as timber and oil leases ( drill baby drill) 

When America goes into an economic decline of its labor force( recession ) the tax base shrinks, less money into the treasury.

 If there is less discretionary funds buying bonds and foreigners and governments not buying American bonds, another red flag.

 If the Federal Reserve doesn’t buy the old bonds an other red flag.

 

* All these things do not have to happen to have a default, and it isn’t the amount of debt that important, it’s the ability to pay.

 

Steve’s Barking; Reverse tarrifs

 Why not have a reverse Tariffs on all goods and services leaving a country. Holy hell Batman what a crazy idea. Why would anybody in his or her right mind suggest a tax on anything leaving a country? 

 To raise money, the real reason that Tarrifs was invented in the first place.

 I know, I know that there is a great belief that Tarrifs are a protection of goods from one country, but if you use your brain you might understand that Tarrifs are really an inflationary product. Just think of the United States getting cheaper goods then most the rest of the world relative to wages and benefits, plus the  fact that the U.S. a relatively low unemployment rate compared to most of the rest of the world, before the new tariffs were put in place and the threat of higher tariffs. 

 One doesn’t want to tax its citizens, so maybe a a not to high reverse tax may help reduce the amount that it’s citizens pay. It also isn’t an inflation ( cost of goods) to that country.

Steve’s Barking; Another look at American Tariffs and how it may effect countries

 How hurt will the world economies be hurt by U.S Tariffs?  It might not be as much as people think.

 Let’s say that China or for that matter any country normally sells a hundred units of a product to the United States, and the United States businesses buys that unit at a hundred dollars and there by sells unit at a hundred and ten dollars, let’s say the new tax on that product is 50 percent and is passed along to the American consumer, if the American consumer needs that product they will buy it at the higher cost. If the product is essential and there is very little that the American consumer can do to replace the foreign manufacturer will still sell that product in America though not as much. 

 I was thinking that possibly the foreign manufacturer will only sell maybe 70% of what they would normally sell the product that still 70 units. A country such as China can give incentives to the local consumers to buy the product there by not hurting the manufacturers as much as one would think.

* Much of what is being taxed can not easily be replaced by American manufacturers. It’s just the cost that may lessen the amount of those goods being sold.

 ** The results of the tariffs will not be seen until late June, early July to test my theory.

*** There are several high end products that may be hit harder then the lower end products.

Steve’s Barking: If the stock markets going down why is gold and crypto currency going down on 4/7/2025?

 If the stock market is going down gold and crypto currency should be going up, shouldn’t it? Were are the sellers of stocks putting their money? Are the sellers of bonds and crypto covering their shorts? Are they selling their safe havens to buy stocks which they feel are cheap? Or is there something else that’s a lot more scary?

Steve’s Barking; Will Tesla be around in 2035?

 Will Tesla be around in 3035 , ten years from now or will it go the way of the Rambler,and the Studebaker. As of right now people are pissed off at Elon Musk and that had put off people buy Tesla. Tesla’s Cyber truck is not delivering on the promise. New car companies and old car companies are manufacturing better and more modern cars. Its robots cabs are way behind Wamo and its self driving system is a joke. 

 Recharging systems from other companies seem to be faster then anything Tesla is putting out!

 Now I know that there are analyst who predict big things from its robotic division, of cause these analysts no jack about robotics, and judging from Tesla’s self driving cars neither does Tesla and for that matter they are behind in the robotics field.

 Musk’s AI and star link are not part of Tesla corporation, so even if they do well it will not help Tesla.

 So in conclusion, will Tesla be around in 10 years or will it go the of the Nash Rambler?

Steve’s Barking; Irish need not apply

 When we talk about Immigration in the United States tend to talk about illegal immigrants from Latin American countries. We seem to forget how the Chinese were discriminated against in the mid to late 19 century. We seem to forget the prejudice that they faced how was the legal for the Chinese at one point to immigrate to the United States. We seem to forget about Catholic Germans who were tried to be a barred from coming to the United States because of the fictitious notion that they were ruled by the pope. We seem to forget how Italians were discriminated against and even the biggest mass Lynching in the United States was Perpetrated against the Italians in New Orleans. We seem to forget the discrimination of Jews during a civil war by general, Ulysses Grant( even though he apologized later in life) We also seem to forget the discrimination Of the Irish and the United States by the wasps, who, if they own businesses, would not hire them by saying the Irish need not apply.

Steve’s Barking: ADP jobs report vs labors jobs report

 According to ADP there were 155,000 new jobs in March.

 According to the Department of Labor there were 228,000 new jobs in March.

 The Federal Government laid off 275,240 people in March.

 No mater how you slice it, there is a negative number of employment in March in the U.S.

Steve’s Barking ; Round file the U.S. constitution

 We the people of the United States believe in our constitution. Well this idiot took a look at the constitution the other day and I happen to notice that section8 of the constitution plainly states to lay and collect taxes duties are the province of congress .now my understanding is that the duty of congress to lay tariffs ( Webster dictionary states that tariffs are a tax). Well that being the case there is no way that the president by executive action can lay tariffs. Because congress isn’t doing its job and suing to do their job the rest of the constitution is in doubt. 

 I know there are constitutional lawyers who claim that e president is the chief executive of the U.S. ,  but no he doesn’t have the right to do things like lay taxes, or take action against other nations without the advice and consent of congress. 

 Because we don’t follow these simple written original parts of the constitution this crazy blogger states that we have actually round filed the constitution.