Ritesh Jain shares a thread, quoting an analysis, arguing that China is refusing to import goods it can make itself, shifting toward domestic high-tech production, and accumulating gold through its trade surplus.
1/ Brilliant read: China wants to import nothing it believes it can make better & cheaper. It refuses dependence on foreigners for a day longer than necessary. 2/ Today, China still buys semiconductors, software, aircraft, and complex machinery. But like a resident doctor, it’s learning to make these goods itself. 3/ Soon, China will produce and export these high-tech products independently. 4/ Tesla employs 85,000 workers, but BYD has 125,000 engineers. The US now mainly exports chips and soybeans to China. 5/ China is accumulating gold globally with its trade surplus. This signals a strategy…
Dr. Brent A. Williams argues that BronxCare, a high-volume urban hospital, struggles to attract U.S. graduates for the same reasons rural programs do. He responds to a post noting that 43 of 44 recent BronxCare pediatrics residents attended foreign medical schools.
BronxCare is a high-volume, high-poverty, urban hospital that serves a complex pediatric population.
Many U.S. graduates simply rank other more desirable New York or out-of-state programs higher. Rural programs face similar location and lifestyle drawbacks.
Noah Smith reacts to a Watcher Guru report that a former senior Federal Reserve official was blackmailed by a Chinese spy after sending nude photos from a government phone via an Asian dating site.
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Former Senior Federal Reserve official was blackmailed by Chinese spy after using Asian dating site and sending nude photos from his government phone.
Churumuri shares a Financial Times account of Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran's ties to New Delhi and the risk of corporate raiders if Tata assets are exposed. The post adds commentary on Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry, the RBI and a Tata Sons listing.
"In the long run, it is only the Narendra Modi government that can protect the Tatas from being taken over by rapacious outside business interests," writes Coomi Kapoor in @IndianExpress
Yes, but what if the Awesome Twosome want precisely that to happen---to open the door for "India's most gifted businessman" after Tata Sons is listed on the bourses at gunpoint? #GujaratModel
👉🏾Ratan Tata intimating PMO upon ousting Cyrus Mistry 👉🏾 N. Chandrasekharan & Co meeting Amit Shah et al to resolve differnces 👉🏾 RBI taking a firm stand on Tata Sons listing---and filing a caveat 👉🏾 Maharashtra…
SK comments on lawyer A.M. Singhvi entering the Tata Sons dispute as lead counsel, a development contrasted with Harish Salve's earlier role for the other side. The post quotes Singhvi's statement on shareholder rights.
Ever since Harish Salve entered the scene as the legal eagle on Tata Sons side I’ve been wondering who will enter the gladiatorial ring for the other side. Now we have the answer.
Having worked closely with Ratan Tata earlier, being aware of his legacy and not only knowing personally all the principal actors on both sides in the current so called Tata dispute but also having deep, genuine and abiding respect for and excellent equations with all of them, my first reaction, as I enter the fray as the lead lawyer for one side, is one of sadness and regret that these issues could not be solved amicably. But in the ultimate analysis, fundamental rights of shareholder-owners cannot be nullified in the manner in which they have been. To stultify shareholder ownership rights …
Jeremiah Johnson summarizes a Christopher Rufo podcast episode in which a guest makes openly racist arguments against Indian Americans. The post is critical of the content and its framing of immigrant assimilation and homogeneity.
I went through and watched Rufo's episode on "The Indian Question" so you don't have to. It's exactly as gross as you think it's going to be.
The typical exchange is something like this:
Rufo: But isn't there actually a sophisticated justification for hating Indians, isn't it secretly about this other factor? The Other Freak: No, no, let me be very clear, we think they're gross and weird and disgusting on a personal racial level, that's the whole thing Rufo: Chagrined smile, concedes the point, moves on
The other freak explicitly makes the arguments that:
* Even though they look assimilated, the Indian American Texas students aren't assimilated because he can notice that they're different. Basically "my racism against them is proof they haven't assimilated" * Racism is actually good, it's good that immigrants should be subjected to "vulgar defamatory racism" (his words) as part of the 'hazing process' of becoming American * It's bad when immigrant groups struggle or use welfare or are poor, but it's also bad when they succeed like Indians do because that's 'cutting in line' for jobs that should have gone to Appalachians * "I don't want to live near non-white people" is a good and normal thing for white people to say and believe, and any attempts to discourage this are leftist shaming. * By the way, I don't owe you an explanation for why I hate living near anyone with dark skin, I just do, so fuck off. * "some of my best friends are indians" * Rufo asks "Is this whole thing just a vehicle for white nationalism?" Other freak "No, that's unrealistic, but god I wish" * At one point, Rufo turns against meritocracy because the Indians are too good at it. * Vivek's tweet about hard work and doing extracurriculars was worse than Bo French's tweet because it criticizes America
It's honestly shocking how much of the conversation is just outright admitting it's a pure racial story and driven by nothing but race. They abandon the idea of high-skill immigrants, they abandon assimilation, they abandon meritocracy, they abandon the idea that we should strive for achievements or growth, all to service the baseline of "I feel icky when I have to see lots of Indians".
Among other things, this episode cuts to the heart of longstanding foundational political disputes that are simply unreconcilable, but which can longer be brushed aside. Namely that some people (perhaps most people) prefer to live in a homogenous society, and as America tips toward a majority-minority country, that fundamental preference is under threat.
For a long time, liberals, who have more cosmopolitan preferences, have been able to pathologize the desire for homogeneity and subdue any explicit political effort to maintain a white …
Kim-Mai Cutler responds to a New York Times interview in which Zohran Mamdani said he changed his mind about the role of the private market in housing construction. Her post is a brief quip with no further argument.
David Keyes says a Mossad agent named Shama Hakol planted a listening device in a ring belonging to Iranian leader Khamenei and is now back in Israel. The claim is unverified and is presented as a personal account from a friend of the agent.
The Mossad agent who planted the listening device in Khamenei's ring is named Shama Hakol. Shama is one of my closest friends. He undertook enormous risk for this mission. Now that Shama is back in Israel, I can finally reveal his story. Hero.
Patrick Collison recommends a Financial Times piece by John Burn-Murdoch arguing that low taxes on low earners make immigrants costlier to the UK than elsewhere.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick criticizes a podcast episode by Christopher Rufo on the so-called 'Indian Question,' arguing it promotes ethnonationalist ideas. The quoted post describes the episode as discussing a preference for homogeneous society amid America's demographic shift.
Among other things, this episode cuts to the heart of longstanding foundational political disputes that are simply unreconcilable, but which can longer be brushed aside. Namely that some people (perhaps most people) prefer to live in a homogenous society, and as America tips toward a majority-minority country, that fundamental preference is under threat.
For a long time, liberals, who have more cosmopolitan preferences, have been able to pathologize the desire for homogeneity and subdue any explicit political effort to maintain a white …
Wilfred Reilly argues that qualified U.S. applicants with high MCAT scores are denied medical school slots while foreign doctors fill residency gaps, and asks whether defense of this goes beyond guild interest.
This is a point for the nativists. We do not, to put it mildly, have a surplus of qualified, affordable docs in every area.
But, every year, something like 30K MCAT takers with scores above the ACCEPTED Black mean - i.e. top 48% - are denied even a med school slot. Later resulting gaps are filled by foreigners: good, nice people...but by no means better qualified than the 2nd tier of Midwestern white applicants.
Jim Axelrod shares a CBS Sunday segment profiling a 29-year-old who wagers as much as his salary on sports bets daily. Interviewees described sports betting as America's next opioid crisis.
A 29-year-old pest control salesman says he bets on sports every day, wagering between $80,000 and $120,000 a year — as much as or more than his $97,000 salary.
Dr. Brent A. Williams argues that training more U.S.-born medical students would be costly and would not guarantee that graduates choose family medicine in rural Alabama or pediatrics in the Bronx.
Yes of course we can educate more US born medical students (expensively), but that does not mean that more are going to choose to be a family medicine doctor in rural Alabama or a pediatrician in the poorest part of The Bronx.
Josh Metcalf shares a chart listing the 30 most Republican metro areas in the United States, posted by popular demand. The post offers no methodology beyond the image.
A post cites US population percentages by ethnic group and questions why Indian Americans, at 1.5 percent, provoke strong reactions. It responds to a podcast episode by Christopher Rufo on demographic change and political preferences.
Non-Hispanic White people are 56% of America. Hispanic Americans are 20.5% Black Americans are 13.5% Native Americans are 2% and Indian Americans are 1.5%
1.5%? That’s what’s freaking these dudes out? Bonkers.
Among other things, this episode cuts to the heart of longstanding foundational political disputes that are simply unreconcilable, but which can longer be brushed aside. Namely that some people (perhaps most people) prefer to live in a homogenous society, and as America tips toward a majority-minority country, that fundamental preference is under threat.
For a long time, liberals, who have more cosmopolitan preferences, have been able to pathologize the desire for homogeneity and subdue any explicit political effort to maintain a white …
India Observer posts a video claiming a US Secretary of State said the US will not allow India to develop to a point where it can compete with America. The post asserts the US will not repeat its China policy with India. The quoted remark is not sourced in the post.
A post criticizes U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau for remarks in New Delhi that India would not be allowed to develop to the point of competing with the United States, which the author calls a surrender by weak politicians.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall any American in history standing on Indian soil and threatening India’s growth. This happens when weak politicians surrender the nation's greater cause for self-preservation and political gain. Sad.
🇺🇸🇮🇳 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau in the middle of New Delhi told Indians that India will not be allowed to develop to the point where it can compete with the US.
Noah Smith states that Indians face more discrimination than other groups at elite American universities. He shares a quoted post citing Columbia admissions data showing South Asian applicants had markedly lower admission odds than similar white applicants.
I'll note again: the modern analog of the Jewish quota applies chiefly to Indian Americans.
In Columbia's admissions data, East Asians applicants scoring 1550 had 18% lower admission odds than similar whites. Similar South Asians, however, had odds 57% lower. twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/2102470668243632…
Expose H1B Fraud posts a video claiming Rochester General Hospital in New York hired 82 resident doctors, with 80 on H-1B or J-1 visas and only two Americans, alleging USMLE cheating among some source countries.
Ramit Sethi lists government-linked everyday services, including the FAA, weather service, GPS, public education, and 30-year mortgages, and argues Republicans overlook this. He shares a 60 Minutes quote from a conservative Texas resident worried about a nearby data center.
A Republican realizes that politics actually affects him
I've talked to literally thousands of Republicans who have no idea that the government has played a MASSIVE ROLE in:
- The truck they drive (why is every pickup enormous? Is it really true that ALL truck buyers prefer huge trucks? Why can't you buy a small, cheap one?) - The education they received (how did you receive a public education? Why are student loans so expensive?) - The food they eat (why do you rarely get sick eating out? - The house they live in (why can't you build an ADU? why do you have to maintain your front yard? Why can't you have a courtyard?) - The clean air & water they have access to - The mortgage on their house (why does a 30-year fixed mortgage exist here and almost nowhere else?) - Their health insurance they get through their job (why is it tied to your employer at all?) - The electricity on their rural property (who ran power lines out there when no private company would?) - And many more: Not crashing on airplanes (FAA), their 401(k), predictable weather (NWS), GPS on their phone (DoD)
But no, they insist they're rugged men who did it "without anybody's help"
“This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me,” says Dave Lowe, a lifelong conservative Republican who lives near a proposed data center in Texas.
The account Rising serpent argues that 31,000 Americans are rejected from U.S. medical schools yearly while the AMA lobbies to admit more foreign doctors. The post quotes Mary Bowden, who notes 25% of U.S. physicians are not American and questions the AMA's position.
31,000 Americans are rejected from American medical schools every single year. But the American medical association wants to import thousands of foreigners instead. Let that sink in.
25% of US physicians are NOT American, yet somehow the AMERICAN Medical Association is lobbying to let more foreign doctors in. American Hospital Association I get - they want cheap labor. But AMA?
Noah Smith reacts to a quoted post about homogeneity and immigration politics, calling the figures involved 'creeps' and questioning why anyone would want to live under them. The post is a brief, emotive response with no substantive policy argument.
Among other things, this episode cuts to the heart of longstanding foundational political disputes that are simply unreconcilable, but which can longer be brushed aside. Namely that some people (perhaps most people) prefer to live in a homogenous society, and as America tips toward a majority-minority country, that fundamental preference is under threat.
For a long time, liberals, who have more cosmopolitan preferences, have been able to pathologize the desire for homogeneity and subdue any explicit political effort to maintain a white …
Richard Hanania responds to a post about a Christopher Rufo episode on the 'Indian question,' arguing that most Americans prefer a wealthier, non-racist society. He challenges the view that preferences for homogeneity should prevail.
Among other things, this episode cuts to the heart of longstanding foundational political disputes that are simply unreconcilable, but which can longer be brushed aside. Namely that some people (perhaps most people) prefer to live in a homogenous society, and as America tips toward a majority-minority country, that fundamental preference is under threat.
For a long time, liberals, who have more cosmopolitan preferences, have been able to pathologize the desire for homogeneity and subdue any explicit political effort to maintain a white …
