Profile picture
David Fickling
@davidfickling
, 3 tweets, 2 min read Read on Twitter
Shocked they missed the opportunity to really hammer home a Ferris Bueller reference here
In real life the economics teacher was played by Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein who had this response to the Mueller report: spectator.org/madness-of-the…
Also the guy who inspired Ferris Bueller himself works at the law firm that handled Trump's response to Mueller and is a potential nominee for the Southern District of New York bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to David Fickling
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @davidfickling see all

Profile picture
David Fickling
@davidfickling
So, I'm pretty astonished by the results of this. I know it's only a Twitter poll, but my guess would have been pretty much the opposite of this:
If forced to pick a number I would go for between 30% and 45%.

Higher than 67% seems insane to me. Those sorts of numbers are basically never seen in democratic elections.
Either people are discounting the premise of the question, ie. assuming the imaginary election isn't really free and fair; or as @MartinShanghai suggested, the wu Mao faction has been voting; or people have a really strong belief that mainlanders truly are brainwashed.
Read 7 tweets
Profile picture
David Fickling
@davidfickling
If, miraculously, free and fair elections were held in China tomorrow, what share of the vote would the CCP win?
I have some Thoughts around the whole "representation of Chinese popular opinions on Tiananmen" debate that's been roiling Twitter this week, but I'm really interested to see what people's views are on this first.
I realize the question is a sort of absurdity.

If you prefer to think of it as "What if you could do a huge opinion poll on people's views of the CCP that produced genuine non-self-censored responses", then do that.

Guessing a more specific number? Stick it in the comments.
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
David Fickling
@davidfickling
Here's the reason I suspect this doesn't work with China.

With Mexico, Trump's trade advisers don't really care.

They're just following orders and hoping they can make things go away in a manner acceptable to his ego.
So a deal where Trump gets to pretend he's extracted big concessions, AMLO gets to promote his National Guard policy, and the threats all go away in return for some vague promises works for all sides.
With China, the trade advisers really want concessions. They, not Trump, are the extremists.

Trump would be happy to announce "the biggest oil and agriculture deal this nation has ever seen" & exaggerate some vague promises from Beijing to continue its ongoing economic reforms
Read 4 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
@pdacosta
"#Economics has long been the purview of men; almost all the names in early economic thought were men, with the notable exception of Joan Robinson, a member of John Maynard Keynes’s inner circle of Cambridge economists." - @LipstickEcon americanprogress.org/issues/women/n…
"More recently, women economists have risen to prominence, such as Janet Yellen, the chair of the Federal Reserve." (Trump replaced her with a less qualified man: businessinsider.com/trump-picked-p…)
"Still, women make up only just more than 30 percent of new PhDs in economics and their proportions are lower further up the career ladder: Only 15 percent of full professors in economics are women." businessinsider.com/gender-and-rac…
Read 14 tweets
Profile picture
Getting High in Dubai
@HighinGet
1/1
 Calvinism and TULIP, what is it?
Decided to write this thread tonight while #ExposeChristianSchools is trending because Calvinism is at the heart of right-wing politics and TULIP has shaped so much policy since the Reagan era.
So here we go:
2/2
 Here are the points and I will deal with them from a political point of view rather than theological 'cause you can read about that yerself.
1. Total Depravity
2. Unconditional Election
3. Limited Atonement
4. Irresistible Grace
5. Perseverance of the Saints
3/3
 Total Depravity
A different way of saying original sin and that humans are a 'slave to sin' or 'a slave to the flesh.' This is why evangelicals believe you can 'teach' people to become LGBTQ, which is a result of sin.
Read 36 tweets
Profile picture
sarah
@gsazza
I am embarking on rewatching all MCU movies in order, ready for Infinity War. Prepare for me to once again begrudgingly acknowledge Cap 1 is actually a good movie. I will attempt to keep live tweeting to a minimum but cannot promise anything.

Wish me luck, friends.
IMMEDIATE LIVE TWEET this happens less than five minutes into iron man 1 fuck me and this connected universe good bye (before john slattery was howard 👍)
pre afghanistan tony is such a fucking hot mess like people who limit tonys trauma to avengers/iron man related stuff dont fucking understand tony at all get awaY FROM MY SON
Read 531 tweets
Profile picture
amber sumter
@ambersumter
So I’ve been wanting to be play this game..Finally going to do it...
1. (#Damon & #Elena) #Delena |You want a love that consumes you. You want passion and adventure, and even a little danger..#TVD
2. (#Liam & #Steffy) #STEAM | No one can stop us. You know why? Because we are written in the damn stars.
Read 134 tweets

Trending hashtags

#William #Michael #Bal #FamilyMatters #Tristian #Tyler #AmyAcker #climatechange #Chuck #HittheFloor #stillrethinking #Ian #WitchHunt #Mickey #Nancy #Descendants #DawsonsCreek #Benna #Brady #Killon #Steffy #Greg #Delly #wachau #Carly
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!