Microsoft Blows Chunks

The end of the Windows 10 phone is closing in on us.  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4485197/windows-10-mobile-end-of-support-faq

It's like getting punched in the throat, you spend a ton of money on a phone then they drop it after making all kinds of advertising claims.  It was even the go to phone on Hawaii Five Oh so for a while it was cool.  But then they tucked tail and ran because they couldn't or wouldn't compete with Android and those Apples in their New Balance.

I think Microsoft should reimburse everyone who bought one of their phones looking forward to all the great things they promised.  Now they want you to install a ton of their apps on your Android and Apple phones to pretend you still have a Microsoft phone.

I'm buying my next laptop without an OS and installing Ubuntu.  I'm going to punch Microsoft in the throat and see how they like it.  Lower their overinflated stock

Walmart to raise prices

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Walmart says higher tariffs on China goods will increase prices for U.S. shoppers, what it should say is Trump is trying to recover the lost income from the tax breaks he gave himself.

Walmart said the company will also try to obtain products from different countries and work with suppliers to blunt the impact of higher tariffs.  I'll bet once WalMart and many others raise their prices that even if the tariffs go back downt the prices will stay high with the excuse they bought them at higher prices.  Which would be a big lie.

The higher tariffs have barely been applied, the merchandise that will garner the higher tariffs have not even reached the shelfs, but Walmart is already chompping at the bite to raise prices.  Already publishing the punishing news that prices will go up. 

Will I pay more for only goods from China?  or will they distribute the cost increase across the board?  Can I avoid goods made in China?  I bought a TV from Samsung it says assembled in Mexico,  what tariff do I pay? It's probably filled with parts from China.   

Let's ask the big question,  when is something made in China?  when is made someplace else?  Will China try Transhipping?   I'll bet you all thought this was simple just don't buy things from China.  Who goes to jail if they are Transhipping?     Do you know why Trump's red ties are so long?  It's because his factory in China saw him and they thought making them long would be a good thing.  So Trump ended up with a ton of ties that are too long.  We call those IR's like Trump they are Irregular.

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What's a Tariff and how will it affect you

Tariff is very simply a tax on goods being brought into a country.  The importer (receiver) pays the tax when items arrive at your country.  So a Tariff from China means that when China ships something to you and it arrives you pay the tax to Customs.  That cost gets passed on to you the consumer.   Now remember the cost of the item has gone up,  this means the sales tax you pay will go up too.  So really you are getting double taxed.
Will your things go up 25% if made in China?  The answer is NO!  Most companies will spread the cost increase out amongst all the items they sell.  This won't eliminate the cost increase but it will keep it from looking worse than it is.
If I've lost you at this point feel free to write me and I'll see if I can clarify.

But what about China's tax on US goods?  yes they will have to pay which means they will just buy from someone else as we will buy from other countries.
The joke is on Trump and the pain is on America, many of the companies in other countries are owned by China.   So China will produce more off shore too.  They are very flexible like that.
Example.  I just bought a TV assembled in Mexico from a company in Korea made with Chinese parts.  Still with me?

Why is Trump doing this?  Very simply put it's called Insider Trading.  If you know what the market will be doing before it does it that's called insider trading.  If you manipulate the stock it's called "Stock Manipulation" just another crime for Trump.  So if I cause the price of Soy Beans to drop, then run out and buy stock that's illegal.

Are we good so far?  Bottom line we pay more tax......

Blogging about Blogging

Today I got an email that wanted to tell me about things I should do in order to blog.  Okay so looking for ways to improve my blog I went, and was bombarded with ads for blogging, where to blog, what to write and how to write it.  I learned something very important especially about my blog which is a special blog.  See my blog is not about what you might think, what you might want it to be.  It's about what's on my mind at the moment.  And being tricked into going to blog that just hammers you with popups and other obnoxious forms of advertising well that's what's on my mind.

This blog may never be famous, but it lets me get off what's on my mind and what's left of it.  What you won't find here is advise on how to blog.  If you want to blog then just do it.  Someone will find it interesting,  some will find it annoying, others will just post troll messages trying to pick a fight.  I guess that's what Trolls do.  They live under bridges and poke at you from time to time just being annoying.  #sex,  I stick that in to see how many times my blog will get noticed since I mentioned #sex.  Now that I've got the blogger thing out of my system I guess I can just continue on and write about anything no matter if it's important.

I would however like to write about time travel next, and discuss if we go back in time what would I be doing instead of this?  Imagine if I don't like my story I can just start over.

Again I have no idea where this blog is going but I'm hanging on tight.