Recent content by Alistair

Within 300yds, I don't see much benefit in going above an 8-10x top end. Not really necessary. For the bottom end, I personally want a true 1x. Big FOV, easy mount, no oddness when shooting both eyes open, or when doing moving target stuff. I think therefore a 1-8 is probably about as...

Yeah, just glanced at the s&p, assumed something had kicked off. Good lord, the entire us economy trading like a penny stock. Hope you all loaded up on the dip.

That's a bit more meaningful, but still not enough imo. Add in all the other commonwealth nations, maybe you're getting close enough to economic MAD for the US to take note. India being the important one, of course. It's also a real shame that the UK doesn't come with lots of influence in the...

Eh, not nearly influential enough to matter. Canada, UK, EU, maybe. If you can pull Japan, S. Korea, Australia, NZ, India in as well, sure. China joining would also change the calculus. But with the best will in the World, Canada and the UK are bit players, there's no way that the US is going...

Point. I think Japan and the EU are likely to be the most likely to pull that trigger. Likely the EU, primarily. I bet the UK is a bit sad to have Brexited now. Heavy tariffs on US financial services could have been great for London...

Further context on this. 47% of jp Morgan's revenue comes from overseas. 50% of microsoft's revenue comes from overseas. 67% of Apple's does. 71% of Google's does. 90% of Facebook users are outside the US and canada. There's lots and lots of scope to bleed the US if other countries wish...

Informally it's a risk to doing business in China yes. But it's it's formal policy? No tech firm could operate there at all. So, so much lost ad revenue.

Worth remembering that the US is not an economy based on tangible goods. It is an economy based primarily on services, and intangible goods, and IP. The stuff that has fuelled the US economy ever since someone thought that 'the internet' might be a good idea. Trump has focused on goods for a...

Considering the parent case, and the ballistics, the 9.3Parabola seems appropriate.

Huh, you're right. Getting bites really is easy with the right bait! I'd point out that you probably post on this thread just as much as I. I'm merely suggesting that if you choose to do so, at least make the post factual, supported, and able to add something to the conversation. Doesn't mean...

I guess it is. Personally, I live in hope that one day you'll actually contribute something of value to the thread if I call out your posts enough. Based on your response here, it seems that today ain't the day though! I also see some value in presenting some objective sources and facts to all...

The RMG Research poll, I'm assuming? The only poll out of the 4 completed in April to show a positive approval rating. I guess that one got cherry picked and shared around MAGAland then? I'd also notice that even the RMG polls have moved from a +10 on 3/6-3/13, to +7 on 3/18-3/27, to a +4 on...

I (not at all an expert) don't see a reason why the tarrifs couldn't be used to justify say income tax tax cuts tbf. It's just one tax revenue source vs another. If the true 'tax take' from tariffs really is 600bn though, it'd have to be quite the tax cut. 600bn = $1700 a year in tax increase...

I tend to agree. I also can't help but think that if Harris had got in, and done exactly the same thing as Trump is currently doing on economic issues the headlines on Fox would be "The administration introduces the largest tax increase on US consumers since ww2. The economy tanks". All the...

Hmm, then I'm stumped!