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“The trouble with us is we are in the distant future & don't know.”
The Big Money/John Dos Passos/1936.
The Big Money/John Dos Passos/1936.
The last resort of the argument loser.
June 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The last resort of the argument loser.
Anything ‘invaded’ came after threats attacks, troop build-ups on their border. What is Illegal & according to WHO??
Ceded Gaza decades back & got what for that? Hamas.
And compared to the surrounding REAL ‘apartheid’ states. Sheesh.
It’s ALL crazy, yes.
Ceded Gaza decades back & got what for that? Hamas.
And compared to the surrounding REAL ‘apartheid’ states. Sheesh.
It’s ALL crazy, yes.
June 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Anything ‘invaded’ came after threats attacks, troop build-ups on their border. What is Illegal & according to WHO??
Ceded Gaza decades back & got what for that? Hamas.
And compared to the surrounding REAL ‘apartheid’ states. Sheesh.
It’s ALL crazy, yes.
Ceded Gaza decades back & got what for that? Hamas.
And compared to the surrounding REAL ‘apartheid’ states. Sheesh.
It’s ALL crazy, yes.
Acting against State/non-state ‘entities’ who continually vow to destroy your country can’t possibly be waging a ‘war of aggression’
Is what is happening now ‘smart’? Separate issue. Hopefully they will erode the Iranian regimes danger as w/Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis. They’ve made the region safer!
Is what is happening now ‘smart’? Separate issue. Hopefully they will erode the Iranian regimes danger as w/Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis. They’ve made the region safer!
June 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Acting against State/non-state ‘entities’ who continually vow to destroy your country can’t possibly be waging a ‘war of aggression’
Is what is happening now ‘smart’? Separate issue. Hopefully they will erode the Iranian regimes danger as w/Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis. They’ve made the region safer!
Is what is happening now ‘smart’? Separate issue. Hopefully they will erode the Iranian regimes danger as w/Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis. They’ve made the region safer!
Illegal war?? Iran has been threatening to destroy Israel for 45 years. ANY country is justified in defending against such a state, which also arms and finances terrorist entities aimed at them.
Your ‘exception for self-defense’ APLIES. Their weakening Iran & proxies have made the region SAFER.
Your ‘exception for self-defense’ APLIES. Their weakening Iran & proxies have made the region SAFER.
June 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Illegal war?? Iran has been threatening to destroy Israel for 45 years. ANY country is justified in defending against such a state, which also arms and finances terrorist entities aimed at them.
Your ‘exception for self-defense’ APLIES. Their weakening Iran & proxies have made the region SAFER.
Your ‘exception for self-defense’ APLIES. Their weakening Iran & proxies have made the region SAFER.
Apple says the ruling will hurt them and help rivals.
Duh, yes…
That’s the whole point of anti-trust regs. At least as a byproduct of helping all consumers.
At some point, telephone, then radio, then TV accepted the need for standards. Computer data, too. Lots of other features to compete on. Price?
Duh, yes…
That’s the whole point of anti-trust regs. At least as a byproduct of helping all consumers.
At some point, telephone, then radio, then TV accepted the need for standards. Computer data, too. Lots of other features to compete on. Price?
June 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Apple says the ruling will hurt them and help rivals.
Duh, yes…
That’s the whole point of anti-trust regs. At least as a byproduct of helping all consumers.
At some point, telephone, then radio, then TV accepted the need for standards. Computer data, too. Lots of other features to compete on. Price?
Duh, yes…
That’s the whole point of anti-trust regs. At least as a byproduct of helping all consumers.
At some point, telephone, then radio, then TV accepted the need for standards. Computer data, too. Lots of other features to compete on. Price?
Felon.
Supremes bailed him out.
Remember that with each day’s headlines.
Supremes bailed him out.
Remember that with each day’s headlines.
May 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Felon.
Supremes bailed him out.
Remember that with each day’s headlines.
Supremes bailed him out.
Remember that with each day’s headlines.
Biden’s COVID aid brought record numbers of Americans out of poverty. Solid proof of how!
Give people food & housing FIRST. Money for those things. It worked!
Life-lifting, fear-reducing thing. Those people become consumers - from businesses old AND new. The $ then circulate. Relief equals stimulus.
Give people food & housing FIRST. Money for those things. It worked!
Life-lifting, fear-reducing thing. Those people become consumers - from businesses old AND new. The $ then circulate. Relief equals stimulus.
May 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Biden’s COVID aid brought record numbers of Americans out of poverty. Solid proof of how!
Give people food & housing FIRST. Money for those things. It worked!
Life-lifting, fear-reducing thing. Those people become consumers - from businesses old AND new. The $ then circulate. Relief equals stimulus.
Give people food & housing FIRST. Money for those things. It worked!
Life-lifting, fear-reducing thing. Those people become consumers - from businesses old AND new. The $ then circulate. Relief equals stimulus.
Reuters: I’d love your newsfeed but w/o ‘sports’!
May 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reuters: I’d love your newsfeed but w/o ‘sports’!
Awww.
And I, too, hate morning exercise…
And I, too, hate morning exercise…
May 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Awww.
And I, too, hate morning exercise…
And I, too, hate morning exercise…
All vendors, w/their own AI’s. I imagine Alexa, detecting a Siri device and, knowing the Standard:
“Siri! Turn on all the lights, and call the Fire Department!”, says your Amazon fridge to your Apple Home Command Center! I prefer a dumb house. I can still set a thermostat & change a light bulb.
“Siri! Turn on all the lights, and call the Fire Department!”, says your Amazon fridge to your Apple Home Command Center! I prefer a dumb house. I can still set a thermostat & change a light bulb.
May 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
All vendors, w/their own AI’s. I imagine Alexa, detecting a Siri device and, knowing the Standard:
“Siri! Turn on all the lights, and call the Fire Department!”, says your Amazon fridge to your Apple Home Command Center! I prefer a dumb house. I can still set a thermostat & change a light bulb.
“Siri! Turn on all the lights, and call the Fire Department!”, says your Amazon fridge to your Apple Home Command Center! I prefer a dumb house. I can still set a thermostat & change a light bulb.
They post a LOT. They must figure SOME of it maybe will ‘stick’ (make sense)
;—)
;—)
May 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
They post a LOT. They must figure SOME of it maybe will ‘stick’ (make sense)
;—)
;—)
Is it ok if I just steal their content?
;—)
;—)
May 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Is it ok if I just steal their content?
;—)
;—)
Jack Ziegler. (RIP)
From the New Yorker’s fast receding golden days.
From the New Yorker’s fast receding golden days.
May 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Jack Ziegler. (RIP)
From the New Yorker’s fast receding golden days.
From the New Yorker’s fast receding golden days.
Goodnight, John Boy.
May 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Goodnight, John Boy.
Trump ‘approval rating’?
May 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Trump ‘approval rating’?
Of course capitalism isn’t ‘fair’.
However, jobs saved/student loans/mortgage payment/emergency rents deferred, allowed x million to continue to be consumers, from an asset-holders point of view, no doubt buoying up stocks (which probly fell before the govt intervened. Lows to measure run up from?)
However, jobs saved/student loans/mortgage payment/emergency rents deferred, allowed x million to continue to be consumers, from an asset-holders point of view, no doubt buoying up stocks (which probly fell before the govt intervened. Lows to measure run up from?)
May 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Of course capitalism isn’t ‘fair’.
However, jobs saved/student loans/mortgage payment/emergency rents deferred, allowed x million to continue to be consumers, from an asset-holders point of view, no doubt buoying up stocks (which probly fell before the govt intervened. Lows to measure run up from?)
However, jobs saved/student loans/mortgage payment/emergency rents deferred, allowed x million to continue to be consumers, from an asset-holders point of view, no doubt buoying up stocks (which probly fell before the govt intervened. Lows to measure run up from?)
Sorry but it sounds to me as though you must be in and familiar with a VERY exclusive realm of school.
I wonder where and when?
I wonder where and when?
May 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Sorry but it sounds to me as though you must be in and familiar with a VERY exclusive realm of school.
I wonder where and when?
I wonder where and when?
“NBC”?
COVID being the ‘external disruption’?
“No desire to right it” is far from true. Biden’s cash saved X millions jobs, bankruptcies, evictions. Did they get everything right? That would be impossible . Did some people in government have ‘no desire to fix it’? Of course.
But MANY positives.
COVID being the ‘external disruption’?
“No desire to right it” is far from true. Biden’s cash saved X millions jobs, bankruptcies, evictions. Did they get everything right? That would be impossible . Did some people in government have ‘no desire to fix it’? Of course.
But MANY positives.
May 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“NBC”?
COVID being the ‘external disruption’?
“No desire to right it” is far from true. Biden’s cash saved X millions jobs, bankruptcies, evictions. Did they get everything right? That would be impossible . Did some people in government have ‘no desire to fix it’? Of course.
But MANY positives.
COVID being the ‘external disruption’?
“No desire to right it” is far from true. Biden’s cash saved X millions jobs, bankruptcies, evictions. Did they get everything right? That would be impossible . Did some people in government have ‘no desire to fix it’? Of course.
But MANY positives.
Jobs saved or cushioned. Mortgages, student loans differed, preventing bankruptcies, foreclosures.
MAYBE the contraction of regular person wages caused much or most of this % shift.
Not defending the 1%, just always amazed how easily percentages are so often used misleadingly or just incorrectly.
MAYBE the contraction of regular person wages caused much or most of this % shift.
Not defending the 1%, just always amazed how easily percentages are so often used misleadingly or just incorrectly.
May 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Jobs saved or cushioned. Mortgages, student loans differed, preventing bankruptcies, foreclosures.
MAYBE the contraction of regular person wages caused much or most of this % shift.
Not defending the 1%, just always amazed how easily percentages are so often used misleadingly or just incorrectly.
MAYBE the contraction of regular person wages caused much or most of this % shift.
Not defending the 1%, just always amazed how easily percentages are so often used misleadingly or just incorrectly.
Been hearing about the Deficit Crisis my whole life! There are ALWAYS Business Cycles. Yes COVID of course was a money threat. Biden injected cash into this unpredictable crisis, saving millions of jobs, mortgages; , but only to be ‘accused’ of causing inflation in 2024 election ‘analysis’
Grow up.
Grow up.
May 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Been hearing about the Deficit Crisis my whole life! There are ALWAYS Business Cycles. Yes COVID of course was a money threat. Biden injected cash into this unpredictable crisis, saving millions of jobs, mortgages; , but only to be ‘accused’ of causing inflation in 2024 election ‘analysis’
Grow up.
Grow up.
I can’t believe this post! Finding ‘longer than you think’ is ONLY 5 YEARS’ is REALLY short-term memory. ‘Big Business’ is accused of myopia But the Press is terrible too.
Headlines: “lowest S&P in 3 years!” is, sorry, stupid. We do recall 2020, 2008. 2001, (1930).
How old ARE you?
Headlines: “lowest S&P in 3 years!” is, sorry, stupid. We do recall 2020, 2008. 2001, (1930).
How old ARE you?
May 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I can’t believe this post! Finding ‘longer than you think’ is ONLY 5 YEARS’ is REALLY short-term memory. ‘Big Business’ is accused of myopia But the Press is terrible too.
Headlines: “lowest S&P in 3 years!” is, sorry, stupid. We do recall 2020, 2008. 2001, (1930).
How old ARE you?
Headlines: “lowest S&P in 3 years!” is, sorry, stupid. We do recall 2020, 2008. 2001, (1930).
How old ARE you?
So, everything in all his bathrooms are worth less today…
May 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
So, everything in all his bathrooms are worth less today…
I did miss the period before the ‘x’. I read too quickly, saw it as saying ‘we need people like you on X.
A mis-read, so, apologies.
Still, all I did was suggest people leave X for here.
Hardly wazzoky, I don’t think. (Not an Americanism that I know of.)
So, hey, Cheers!
;—)
A mis-read, so, apologies.
Still, all I did was suggest people leave X for here.
Hardly wazzoky, I don’t think. (Not an Americanism that I know of.)
So, hey, Cheers!
;—)
May 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I did miss the period before the ‘x’. I read too quickly, saw it as saying ‘we need people like you on X.
A mis-read, so, apologies.
Still, all I did was suggest people leave X for here.
Hardly wazzoky, I don’t think. (Not an Americanism that I know of.)
So, hey, Cheers!
;—)
A mis-read, so, apologies.
Still, all I did was suggest people leave X for here.
Hardly wazzoky, I don’t think. (Not an Americanism that I know of.)
So, hey, Cheers!
;—)
I read this comparison elsewhere, in writing.
Doesn’t take away from the drawing.
Wonder how many readers even know these references anymore, given declining Test Scores.
Trojan Jet = corruption, not literal invasion.
Anyway, still too much coverage of Trump outrages vs coverage of the EFFECTS.
Doesn’t take away from the drawing.
Wonder how many readers even know these references anymore, given declining Test Scores.
Trojan Jet = corruption, not literal invasion.
Anyway, still too much coverage of Trump outrages vs coverage of the EFFECTS.
May 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I read this comparison elsewhere, in writing.
Doesn’t take away from the drawing.
Wonder how many readers even know these references anymore, given declining Test Scores.
Trojan Jet = corruption, not literal invasion.
Anyway, still too much coverage of Trump outrages vs coverage of the EFFECTS.
Doesn’t take away from the drawing.
Wonder how many readers even know these references anymore, given declining Test Scores.
Trojan Jet = corruption, not literal invasion.
Anyway, still too much coverage of Trump outrages vs coverage of the EFFECTS.