Lazy8 wrote: 
I wondered about that. Seems like there's a lot of "value-added" dairy happening, but maybe that's just the trend toward hipster food. I like that there are cheesemakers all over the place, but I also wondered whether the cost of entry was now low enough that anyone can give it a go.

 Steely_D wrote: 
It is roughly equivalent to the concept of stare decisis in the judicial system.  A court will be extremely circumspect when considering the reversal of a precedent. The system itself loses credibility if reversals of precedents were common.      

 black321 wrote:

 black321 wrote: 
That's the part that would ruin our international relationships: each President simply rejects the agreements made by the prior administration. That's not good negotiation skills; it's chaos.
Absolutely rethink each agreement as they come up for discussion, but for goodness' sake don't just welsh on the extant contracts we have with other nations. That's wrong.

 black321 wrote: 
I doubt there's a single factor that's responsible.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

 R_P wrote: 
regardless, US aggregate trade imbalances arent due to tariffs, but cheap labor. 

Another rather basic fact is that the US has a population of ~327 million people, whereas Canada has around 35-36 million. That's one 'imbalance' that will necessarily be reflected in trade.

 R_P wrote: 
first comment...to the point he's trying to renegotiate.  Though i agree where we need, to some extent, stick by past agreements, even if they were bad for the US.
and last comment....i tend to agree, and dont like the tweets.  Still, I think he has a point.  

 black321 wrote: 
It's all so convoluted, no one article can get all the factors straight. At least, I'm pretty sure the US government still has price supports on dairy. So US farmers can afford to produce more for less, which is unfair to Canadian dairy farmers, except they probably also get price supports... 

 black321 wrote: 
Learn to respect, A, the sovereignty of other countries (i.e. the regulations they feel they need to protect their consumers, like on hormones and milk) and B, the deals that were made in the past. Trump does neither. If you believe that past administrations were incapable of concluding deals that were beneficial or trade-offs for both parties, than Donnie has just the top-notch economic degree for you via his defunct university.

Not as comprehensive, but not a bad summary of tariffs.  Seems Donnie has a point

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44438908

 Steely_D wrote: 
It's actually karmic punishment for the Toronto Maple Leafs having the audacity to get into the NHL playoffs for the third year in a row.

 Steely_D wrote: 
I'll second that!!!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/world/canada/g-7-justin-trudeau-trump.html


The ink had barely dried on the communiqué after the G-7 summit meeting in Charlevoix, Quebec, when President Trump berated Mr. Trudeau on Twitter from Air Force One, accusing him of being “very dishonest and weak” and of making up “false statements.”

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
"Investigative Journalist who tries to give you information others don't want you to have."  That is always a red flag — to me.  I'm the one bringing you the news that others are trying to hide from you.  The ol' "you won't read this anywhere but here" self-promotion.

One of her indictments of the media is the Detroit Free Press prematurely calling Michigan for Clinton, instead of Trump.  Those, of course, are election night projections, and are understood as such.  A mistake, sure. A big one. Hardly evidence of bias.         

 Beaker wrote: 
I assume someone can easily compile a similar firehose of bullshit for "right-leaning" news outlets, even without relying on Fox. But in all cases, it's the fault of the internet. If more than one reporter has access to the data or the interview etc., it's a race to be first. Having only a daily deadline for a morning paper seems quaint.

Watched Spotlight yesterday, about the Boston Globe investigation of the Catholic church priests scandal. There was huge pressure from the reporters and competition to write the article when they had the priest. Then when they had the Cardinal. Sitting on the story, they might see it all evaporate or the competition break it, but they wanted to put it all together in one big feature. It wasn't that long ago, but the "publish now" voices would have won the day. They probably would have put each day's notes online without even going thru the editor until later.

Some good news?  At least for the short-term.  The tax cut (not reform) put the economy on steroids...just wait till your hair falls out, and your balls shrivel up (deficit/debt).

Opinion: Trump economy is doing fine, to the chagrin of the dismal science