My read is that the US Attorney has been told to indict Schiff, and instead of refusing and get fired, is intentionally trying to get a no bill from the grand jury in order to end the matter. So they are showing the flaws in the case in gory detail.

I connected a WiFi enabled solenoid valve to a hose and set up a script on my phone so when the camera detected a squirrel it got blasted with the hose briefly. It was very effective.

Tim Cook has revealed that this is also who he is. The conclusion is inescapable. He is nearing the end of his career and generationally wealthy. He could retire. He has affirmatively chosen to do this instead.

Keith congrats on making a post that will live forever as a legendary self-own

For posterity

Septic pneumonia is one of the absolute most terrifying things. You can go from thinking you just have a cold to a life threatening illness in the blink of an eye.

God I have circa 22/23 premium Dell business laptops from work and an XPS 15 I bought myself around the same time and they are the biggest pieces of shit laptops I've ever used. And I don't say that lightly.

There were also a host of other senior execs fired from Fannie Mae in recent weeks, including the CEO and head of the single-family business. The company was already in total upheaval internally BEFORE his latest tantrum. The GSE talent pool is not necessarily deep.

The Marvelization of the Craig series was stupid and painted them into this corner by cannibalizing parts of the universe. Just like every other tentpole film franchise...

It sounds like he may be purging their *internal audit* function and the background sniping from industry has escalated to "eroding confidence in the companies." Real bad stuff.

Exactly. Like it or not, the Chinese system has the capability to rationally allocate resources. A capability that the US incinerated for transitory investment returns like burning the furniture for heat.

I think this is correct. But it also seems like Dems are pulling their punches on his obvious physical and mental decline.

Guys like Ezra Klein are now primarily engaged in a meta exercise where their public output is primarily about mollifying the techlord and right-wing sickos that populate their group chats and control their social/economic status.

Don't forget the war in Afghanistan...

Structured asset backed financing is fine... if the collateral is good. The problem is that the deals happening right now are collateralized by GPUs that rapidly depreciate and distant future income streams that are highly, highly speculative.

and then it punishes you for being a weirdo with relentlessly stuttering playback