First and foremost, this article is inspired by this piece of absolute bullshit by Senator Banks from Indiana. Making visa overstays a crime is unnecessary. The law is fine as it is. It’s a civil infraction. That’s enough. But the part of the article I find absolutely horrendous is he accuses the 9/11 highjackers of …
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Should you join a currency union?
We live in a globalized world where travel is more accessible than ever, global GDP per capita has never been higher, infant mortality is dropping every year, and life expectancy is up globally. This is a very different world from 50 years ago. There are a few major conflicts in the world today, particularly in …
Tariffs, visas, and espionage
Tariffs The European Union is reinstating tariffs on Ukrainian exports. They continue to restrict Ukraine’s ability to strike Russian military bases with weapons donated by the European Union. Espionage 900,000 Russians are working in the European Union. Germany just charged three of them as acting as a backdoor for Russian intelligence. It is unknown how …
2025 documents to enter the United States
I’m a long-time Nexus member, which is a program for expedited travel to and from Canada, which also gives me membership in TSA Precheck and Global Entry (expedited US customs at airports). If you are eligible, it is worth joining. I am on reddit and I am part of the Global Entry, TSA, Nexus_TTP, and …
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2025 predictions
What a couple of days it has been… Ukraine has destroyed a substantial portion of Russia’s air force and today they successfully attacked the Kerch Strait Bridge. We are clearly in the last steps of this war, and it will be over by the end of the year with Ukraine regaining all of its territory. …
Fix Doctor Who Season 41
The finale of Doctor Who Season 41 (Series 15) was… odd. Wish World worked. That was a very solid episode. We had Mel, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, with the Rani and Conrad as the villains. It’s an excellent episode. It ends with the Doctor falling in a very climatic and emotional way. I’m not a fan of …
How to consistently win elections
The answer is to maintain the keys to power. Most politicians end up getting cocky after being in office for years and make mistakes. But the one exception to this rule is in Singapore. PAP has remained in power in Singapore since independence. From a fairly lazy point of view one might assume this is …
Left-wing Anglo politics is bonkers
There are two main issues with supposedly left-wing movements in the Anglosphere. It is understandable and good to want to fight for social justice. It is good to stand against transphobia, racism, sexism, and other evils. But wen it comes to economic and climate issues the left-wing doesn’t make any sense. Let’s start with climate, …
Centrism as the answer
Response to this video: Simon lists a few examples to show the rise of radicals, and I’m going to throw in one more for good measure, in the argument that there is a global populist wave and this is going to be succeeded by a return to normalcy. Also, is there a reasonable politician or …
At-will employment is broken
At-will employment, which requires employees to go to the office, relocate away from home, and usually to states with limited workers rights is inherently broken. Employers are able to layoff employees at any time for any reason, with a very imbalanced relationship. Best part is that if the company is big enough and the economy …