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Sorta, why are you calling recycling receptacles trash receptacles ?
Why not find some trash receptacles ?
Erik strikes me as a bonehead. Hey look, another Magat has come outta the closet:
ok, with the kennedy news we are going to have to have those Painfully Awkward Conversations
cheryl is an intelligent, caring, loved by many = good person but
married to kennedy.
The Stunning Transformation Of Cheryl Hines
https://www.thelist.com/1383487/stunning-transformation-cheryl-hines/
I saw (heard) what you did there - luv a good word play, thanks..
Yup, health. One of those necessary evils.
Especially, as we age.
Always thought it a boring conversation
When I was younger.
A week long inflammation of Sciatica or
Muscle strain brought on by my curiosity venturing into
The popular old person's new found love affair with
Pickleball
Another rude awakening to add to 'those' other apres 40 things.
The "Ideas" program on CBC radio never disappoints and suggest you just bookmark the damn thing, lol.
Be well, cheers bud.
GOD as well
https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/05/14/god-an-ageing-product-outperforms-expectations
God gets mixed reviews on Amazon. This is perhaps surprising. His marketing campaign (now in its third millennium) has been strong. His slogans (“God is Great!”) are positive. And indeed many shoppers effuse. “Wonderful!” reads one five-star review beneath His best-known work, the Bible. “Beautiful,” says another. “Amen,” adds another satisfied customer...
One study found that in 2016 American faith-based orgs had revenues of $378bn... God may be reat; His full-year results are greater..
You guys that have an interest in music and science
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas
Those last two minutes should be packaged up for the masses in appropriate forms - really good stuff.
Shut the fuck up Newmed - idiot!,
You are a good guy, cheers bud ;)
You're a cutie, Jacy. And a very nice guy.
Especially, with the extra hair almost salvageable and
Recognize as well - no false modesty
Part and parcel of a good guy.
eom.
New message
That convo about good looks/attractiveness for procreation
Reminds me of a lyric
It's only the children of the fucking wealthy who tend to be good looking. An ugly fart attracts a good-looking chick if he's got money
Appealing to a certain demographic of smart but stuck on Repug voter that when faced
With overwhelming evidence that cool bands want Dem
Modern Lovers are obviously cool but that vote of cool listeners is locked ;)
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Dropkick Murphy's 2:33! ;)..
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/dnc-2024-roll-call-full-song-list-1235980050/
A Russia-linked network uses AI to rewrite real news stories
CopyCop churned out 19,000 deceptive posts in a month
IN THE 1980S the KGB had a well-worn method for pumping disinformation around the world. “We preferred to work on genuine documents,” recalled Oleg Kalugin, a former KGB general, “with some additions and changes.” That method has not changed greatly, but technology has accelerated the process. In early March a network of websites, dubbed CopyCop, began publishing stories in English and French on a range of contentious issues. They accused Israel of war crimes, amplified divisive political debates in America over slavery reparations and immigration and spread nonsensical stories about Polish mercenaries in Ukraine...................
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/10/a-russia-linked-network-uses-ai-to-
rewrite-real-news-stories
Oh yeah, the Dems this Dems that - don't vote for them.
Very cool. Another fine quality of "young women" is there reliability.
Is there a young women demographic into economics
And, it's bullchit detractors?:
Tax revenues have increased along with higher rates of employment and higher wages for low-income workers. The data presented here should serve as a potent counterweight to the notion that the U.S. is on the verge of debt and deficit crises or can no longer finance its operations in the open global market.
The American economy is not on the verge of a systemic crisis because of government debt.
But as long as a debt ceiling exists, there is always the chance of a miscalculation on one part of the political authority that will plunge the United States into default and a financial crisis.
The debt ceiling is a relic of the past that should be put to sleep. Permanently.
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.. music is your special friend 5:10
seriously, are you a bot?
It's quite possible. Or, one of the many other forms now; useful idiot, foreign adversary plant, etc,..
Or, in the true iPub tradition and business model - a Pumper or Basher
True, mostly boring but .. like this one - generates posts. Need posts (forget why).
Enjoy!, my friend. Truly must be energizing (for a political junkie)
Especially for someone very engaged and discerning as you, be safe..
[.. trying to think back for me,.. um.. tough one - maybe,.. a Siouxsie and the Banshees
Or Gang of Four concert on acid, not sure.. um.. not really a throng but any one of those
Nympho buds, um.. this is tricky - don't know how to get past my groucho philosophy lolz]
It's a party here and I haven't felt this type of energy for a long time. 😃
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism
has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Azimov
- wilful ignorance
Harris seems poised to minimize the damage that inflation has been doing to the Democrats.
Harris’s Economic Plan Could Impress a Lot of Voters
"Harris leads Trump in new poll of NC, in drastic reversal"
Aug. 16, 2024
By Peter Coy
Opinion Writer
In Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, Kamala Harris did a pretty smooth job of reframing one of her biggest negatives — high prices — into a potential positive. If she can sell her message to voters, I think it will strongly improve her chances of winning in November.
Harris told the crowd that inflation is back below 3 percent for the first time since 2021. But she realizes that reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics don’t win votes. So she acknowledged that prices of essential items such as bread and ground beef are way higher than before the pandemic.
The plan that she presented wasn’t about how to lower the rate of inflation. It was about how to lower the cost of living.
There’s a difference. The rate of inflation — the increase in the prices of a broad range of goods and services — isn’t fully under the president’s control. Inflation is more strongly influenced by the Federal Reserve, which sets short-term interest rates, and by global economic forces, such as the pandemic-related interruptions to global supply chains in 2021 and 2022.
[And wars.]
(The president isn’t entirely out of the inflation loop, of course. Generous pandemic aid from Congress, signed into law by President Biden, did contribute to the inflation spike.)
What the next occupant of the White House can more strongly influence is the cost of living, which is the bottom-line cost to households. Inflation is a broad economic phenomenon, while the cost of living can be affected by targeted interventions, like capping the cost of insulin.
In Raleigh, Harris detailed some of the interventions she favors to address the cost of living. They include incentives for housing construction; cracking down on “corporate landlords,” big supermarket chains and Big Pharma; restoration of the expanded child tax credit; and a more generous earned-income tax credit for families without children at home.
Harris also painted her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, as a friend of the rich who won’t help ordinary people deal with the cost of living. She got a big round of applause for saying, “If you want to know who someone cares about, look who they fight for.”
High prices still sting, but polls .. https://blueprint2024.com/polling/harris-vance-poll-deck-8-15/ .. are showing that voters don’t blame Harris for them as much as they blame her boss. With inflation having fallen significantly from its peak, and with a plan to make voters feel that she can ease the pain, Harris seems poised to minimize the damage that inflation has been doing to the Democrats.
Peter Coy is a writer for the Opinion section of The Times, covering economics and business. Email him at coy-newsletter@nytimes.com. @petercoy
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/opinion/kamala-harris-economic-plan.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/opinion/kamala-harris-economic-plan.html
https://investorshub.advfn.com/Tornado-Alley-PROG-1556
Sharing some early morning reading thought might be of interest here. Kinda wish my writing was as good as my reading; think drive for show and putt for dough - Im terrible putter. Maybe itès drive for show putt for DOE, lolz.. .
Is the U.S. going broke? Not remotely.
Jul 06, 2023
Key takeaways
* It’s common to hear the U.S. is going broke and cannot afford its spending.
* But U.S. finances are relatively healthy within compared to total assets.
* Total government debt comprises about 23% of total nonfinancial assets of $143.6 trillion—a manageable amount.
Economics The Real Economy
It is common to hear that the United States is broke and cannot afford to continue spending and borrowing at its current pace.
Indeed, that was the argument put forward by some to justify the fourth debt ceiling standoff over the past 12 years.
While one can make a credible argument to pull back on government spending during a time of inflation, it is simply not true that the U.S. is on the verge of a debt and deficit crisis.
In contrast, the financial health of the United States is relatively healthy within the context of the total value of U.S. assets.
A much different picture appears once one looks at the underlying asset base of the private and public economy.
The total debt of U.S. governments (federal, state and local) is $33.6 trillion, with the federal portion accounting for $31.4 trillion. At first glance, that figure underscores the argument to cut back on spending and the need for a periodic crisis to create the conditions for spending restraint.
But once you consider that figure within the context of the total economy, you obtain a very different outcome.
Total government debt comprises about 23% of total nonfinancial assets of $143.6 trillion. That implies that the U.S. economy—despite large nominal private and public debt—sits on an asset base four times larger and an economy that generated a nominal gross domestic product of $26.4 trillion through the first quarter of this year alone.
When viewed within that context, as well as the annual growth of GDP, $33.6 trillion in government debt, as high as it seems, is manageable.
The plain fact is that the U.S. regularly issues Treasury notes that generate strong domestic and global demand. Investors and other countries line up to purchase U.S. securities.
Not only does that unmask the flawed arguments that look to justify a standoff over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, but it also illustrates the risk around even a technical default on just a part of the roughly $31 trillion American fixed income market.
That’s not to say we should ignore government policy or the mismanagement of government finances. In fact, using fiscal policy, whether higher taxes or lower spending, to cool off the economy during a period of elevated inflation is entirely reasonable, but even today, that’s not being used.
GRAPH -- Total U.S. nonfinancial assets and total government debt
Is a recession on the horizon? Read more perspectives on economic headwinds facing the middle market from RSM US.
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Economic and financial shocks
https://rsmus.com/insights/inflation.html
It is particularly important to note the long-term consequences to the economy and society of creating conditions in which another financial crisis occurs.
The 1928 stock market crash became a bank run, and then came the Great Depression. High-risk mortgage securitization eventually brought down financial centers across the globe and created the Great Recession.
Government finances were still dealing with the consequences of additional unfunded spending when the pandemic brought on another shock to the global economy.
There have been two jumps in government debt relative to nonfinancial assets since 1980.
The first jump started in the 1980s during a period of high military spending, tax cuts and in an era in which growth averaged 3.5%.
- Total government debt*
Then an era with increased revenues followed, resulting from the 1990s tech boom and a jump in productivity, causing a period of strong tax revenues, balanced budgets and fiscal surpluses.
The Great Recession and the slow recovery after the 2008 financial crisis caused the second jump in government debt relative to nonfinancial assets.
It is also important to note that the economic recovery that followed the financial crisis was slower than it would have been otherwise because of fiscal austerity caused in part by the 2011 debt ceiling agreement.
"U.S. government finances have improved compared to total nonfinancial assets."
The budget and deficit spending
U.S. government finances have improved compared to total nonfinancial assets. And in terms of the budget, expenditures have been receding as the pandemic income assistance programs ended and the economy went into overdrive.
GRAPH - Government deficit spending*
Tax revenues have increased along with higher rates of employment and higher wages for low-income workers. The data presented here should serve as a potent counterweight to the notion that the U.S. is on the verge of debt and deficit crises or can no longer finance its operations in the open global market.
The American economy is not on the verge of a systemic crisis because of government debt.
But as long as a debt ceiling exists, there is always the chance of a miscalculation on one part of the political authority that will plunge the United States into default and a financial crisis.
The debt ceiling is a relic of the past that should be put to sleep. Permanently.
RSM contributors
Joe Brusuelas
Chief Economist
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https://rsmus.com/insights/economics/is-the-us-going-broke-not-remotely.html
The article is also linked here:
livefree_ordie, My point you make in your first sentence. Who cares what 'you can be sure of'. In fact you can't be sure of that. Fact is Trump defunded. Period. Why? Can only think because he knows his base likes to see him cutting funds. Specially funds for the UN and other world efforts. He fed you the the isolationist dribble you people love. Still does. It's not good for anyone any more.
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Hey Golf, it has but I did it in ten. Spent the next two blowing it on penny stocks and have to start again..
Looks like sunny daze ahead however, if you are into it or have an interest in following the parties economic platforms,
The two seem clearly laid out now according to this analyst:
You contradict yourself sir. I assume you believe like George Carlin that these entrenched and powerful players - The Powers That Be
Are relatively insurmountable at this time. Only, incremental changes that would make some progress [.. root word of Progressive ;] towards not pie in the sky equity
But small trickle down redistributions like say, I don't know - lowering price on Pharma products.
Unless you are a true believer in the Democratic Party's ability to achieve said pie in the sky
In which case, you would fall in the category of extreme left (which I read about in Wikipedia ;).
Enjoy your Sunday watchin' basketball (dumb Canadian invention that game imho ;).
Yeah, don't want a "stupid" person in such an important position of power - let's look at some alternatives,
This guy at least says he knows a lot
And actually "more than most" often "more than anybody!"
Donald Trump is the dumbest president in American history
— Amelia.M (@Amelia84M) August 17, 2024
Never Trump. #TrumpRally
RIP Corey #TrumpIsALaughingStock #TrumpLies pic.twitter.com/VQ5cmg28tD
.. you guys are really milking the cow jokes
yeah, cuz they are all in on it as well
Seems to me one opinion writer or another would have posed the same theory by now.
My demands for excellence will never be diminished by some whining - suck it up buttercups
lol, just kidding! ;).. and couple updates to the ongoing story not the least of which is sound evidence of the smokin couch!
OpenAI said on Friday it had taken down accounts of an Iranian group for using its ChatGPT chatbot to generate content meant for influencing the US presidential election and other issues.
The operation, identified as Storm-2035, used ChatGPT to generate content focused on topics such as commentary on the candidates on both sides in the US elections, the conflict in Gaza and Israel’s presence at the Olympic Games and then shared it via social media accounts and websites, Open AI said.
Investigation by the Microsoft-backed AI company showed ChatGPT was used for generating long-form articles and shorter social media comments.
An older man wearing a navy suit and red tie lifts his hands up. An American flag is in the background
FBI investigating Trump campaign’s complaint it was hacked by Iran
Read more
OpenAI said the operation did not appear to have achieved meaningful audience engagement.
The majority of the identified social media posts received few or no likes, shares or comments and the company did not see indications of web articles being shared across social media.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/16/open-ai-chatgpt-iran
FBI investigating Trump campaign’s complaint it was hacked by Iran
Several news outlets have reported receiving internal campaign documents, including dossier on Vance
Schiff said the US intelligence community “moved much too slow to properly identify the hacking and dumping scheme carried out by Russia” in 2016 and “should act quickly here”.
He also said that in that year, “the Trump campaign welcomed Russian interference, took advantage of it and then sought to deny it, much to the detriment of the country.”
On Saturday, a spokesman for the national security council said the Biden administration “strongly condemns any foreign government or entity who attempts to interfere in our electoral process or seeks to undermine confidence in our democratic institutions”.
So now the major media is tip toein' as are the campaigns and can eat buttercups as well; the couch sounds,
Listen up you usefull idiots-we are on to you and penalties are severe,
.. One complexity is that it can be harder to disentangle foreign interference from domestic free speech. Some countries may use Americans to seed or spread their messages. Sometimes those Americans will be willing collaborators, but sometimes they will be unwitting, perhaps even engaged to write for websites which they do not know work for Moscow or someone else.
And there are new worries because there has been a step change in the technology on offer to those seeking to interfere thanks to artificial intelligence and deepfakes.
These potentially allow more tailored approaches to individuals over social media, and the creation of more convincing faked content. This could lead people to doubt what is real and what is not.
However, in other elections around the world this year, the general consensus is that these techniques have not been deployed as much as some feared.
But America’s election is by far the most consequential globally (and also likely a tight race) meaning new techniques might be deployed for the first time. And given the political atmosphere this time is more combustible and polarised than in the past.
A further risk, too, is that even the claim that there has been foreign interference can be politicised and used to cast doubt on an election result.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86ljyv38vxo
That was a much appreciated comment(s) Conni - brought back some memories,
The first time homemoaner is so prescient today as well - good on you!.
Have to agree (and if only I could) a vote for Kammie is so over the top inspired (cumpair'd..)
Thanks again, cheers and dancin' to ur insightful thoughts..
Cool delerious1, thanks for the invite - see you had some quality traders here with
Questionable tastes in music lol ;).. I find that essence rare.
Going to give a follow and hopefully find some good pick$
Cheers!
https://www.facebook.com/decadeclub77/videos/317026705473766/
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/127414/
Maybe, a buying group testing the waters
To see if there are any 'newbies left in this world any more' ;)
Nice Zardiw,.. still, an experience not to be missed ;)
Or as the CEO in Margin Call said.....out of the position/market.......lol
https://www.tiktok.com/@kelseylambmusic/video/7252881147267386666
Excellent analysis and observations Louin.
I'd just add having once been a newbie
Once one learns the game
One can quickly discern
What the value and intention of posts and posters
.. as one posters' excellent handle says it "FiltertheNoise"
Since someone mentioned Russian misinformation/disinformation
Do read this tidy little article outta da Economist Magazine
Disinformation: Breaking the News
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/10/a-russia-linked-network-uses-ai-to-rewrite-real-news-stories
Point is whether bashers or pumpers with the assistance of AI it will be harder to discern
Yes OMO, so many tunes so little time!, one of the best, thanks..
.. on a personal note, my inspired post needed an inspired footnote ;).
Wondering now, if they are Disco'in in Moscow..
Ukraine’s defense forces destroy Russian Su-34 in Kursk Oblast. https://t.co/5SkEuFduLN
— Reporting from Ukraine (@RFUEnglish) August 15, 2024
Do catch up Louin, but with almost 2000 posts I think Amit should have enough to go on - let's anticipate his/her report.
.. I want a new world, I want it with you.
Want your new love, to see me through.
So honey don't you stand and stare,
I like your clothes and I like your hair
Lol, I know that to be true from my readings but those women are likely too selective
Being a guy and knowing other guys no one should be left behind.
I know you are speaking to the data and not personal experience
I've read enough these many years to know you are much desired by many posters
Smarts is very desirable and a steady demeanor as well and of course
There are those two pics of you online - strikingly good looking!.
Peeps reading this are thinkin' those two should get a room
Never say never ;) - if I can figure out the logistics
Including convincing da wife - would it be ok if I brought her?.
Kind regards 🙂
Kinda true, but the old ones are supposed to have achieved a substantial level of wisdom.
They negotiate that old getting with a good handle on what the alternative is.
Stats on Seniors with an active sex life are good = it's the only thing that makes sense really.
When the music stops you want to be sitting down.
No prejudice like the lawyers say but I would - especially if they were yours. You can be a bit thick sometimes 😀.
Are really going to speak for all women?.
Gross generalization.