I come from an era when women were actually just women and men were actually just men. How crazy is it to know that in a long long time ago the word "gender" had meaning
Read an interesting article in @wiwo, its a German Market / Economic magazine. They had an interesting article about the US and its issues wrt debt and interesting payments.
Let's start with the simple...
How low can we go? The USD-CHF is at a record low. If you go back to the 1970's you needed 4.2 CHF ish for a single USD. Essentially the USD has lost 80% of its value over that time period.
This tells me that the market participants are not buying the US success story and there is a reason. Trump has been harping about Powell not lowering the interest rate. The reason as was pointed out in the article, the US needs to refinance a bit of 9 Trillion USD's this year.
Interest payments already consume more than the military, and with this refinancing it could seriously blow up the budget. Currently it appears that the US deficit will hit 9% of GDP. That's not sustainable.
While the stock market believes it is 1999 all over again the foreign bond buyers are saying something else and getting out of dodge.
IMO here is the prediction, Trump will force out Powell, lower the interest rate to refinance. But that will be a shite-show of epic proportions. All of that just so the billionaire oligarchy can have its tax cuts! It is mind blowing to say the least.
$USD #USDCHF#fed $DXY #trump
@simpatico771 The human mind is the most important tool we have in everything, including battle. Being able to freely think for yourself and react independently while working in a team is essential.
@slashinvestor Israel has nukes. Too many people? No matter - for Israel it is destroy or be destroyed. "Never Again" is the motto. As I said, restraint for now, but not for long.
@buzz339 Nope not at all. There are simply too many people opposing Israel. How long has Israel been fighting? How many decades? Israel is going down a fools errand. BTW did you see the Saudi declaration of brothers for Iran? That says it all.
Iran and Yemen are despicable countries. With Israel attacking both I put the odds of Israel surviving as a country 50 - 50. You can't attack all of your neighbors who massively outnumber you and expect victory.
What this means is that Trump is going to have to get involved and become a war monger president. OR he does nothing and watches Israel go down in flames.
Bibi is making sure that Trump will follow him to the road of hell. I do not respect or like Iran and the despots, but this is the wrong approach by Bibi and Israel.
#Israel
What if @realDonaldTrump were to announce that China tariffs would immediately be reduced to 20% and then escalate thereafter by 0.5% per month for next 12 months, and then by 1% per month for the next 12 months, and then by 1.5% per month for the next 12 months and so on?
To the extent that China modifies its unfair trade practices, the increases could stop and potentially be reversed depending upon the degree of improvement in its trade policies.
This approach would incentivize companies to relocate their supply chains from China while enabling them to continue to operate profitably during the transition.
China would be incentivized to make a good deal with @realDonaldTrump as promptly as practicable while the risk of a dramatic shock to the US and global economies would be greatly reduced if not eliminated.
🚨 Ramallah Protest: Palestinians Denounce Ongoing Genocide in Gaza
▪️ Demonstrators in Ramallah, including Mustafa Barghouti and Sabri Saidam, rallied against renewed Israeli attacks that resumed on March 18
▪️ Over 50,600 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 2023—mostly women and children
▪️ Calls for accountability as ICC arrest warrants hang over Israeli leaders
@anadoluagency Look at the bright side - we stopped the genocide in Israel, the people that actually do good for the world. Without the people of Palestine, the world will not suffer.
Here are the timestamps for the 50+ topics discussed by Elon Musk a few hours ago in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (The livestream was interrupted near the end, but we managed to recover part of the missing segment.)
1:06 Vote early
4:08 A fork in the road
5:45 Who is running the country?
6:51 Personal security
7:51 Citizen journalism is the future
11:56 Space & future of civilization
16:25 Travelling to Mars
19:24 Mars as the new New World?
21:03 College isn’t always necessary
23:37 AI future, abundance & truth
25:50 D.O.G.E.: Spending & transparency
29:44 Government agencies
31:31 Early vote numbers are encouraging
35:15 Inspire kids with real things
38:16 Million-Dollar Prize
41:42 Birth rate is a fundamental crisis
45:18 Expansionism vs Extinctionism
47:13 Overprescription of mental medication
52:24 Wokeism as a secular religion
53:56 Support fertility therapies
54:38 The teaching of Christ
58:39 Study physics & aspire to be less wrong
1:02:57 Gov efficiency will unleash era of prosperity
1:05:12 Expediting legal immigration
1:07:32 Chick-fil-A should manage legal applications
1:08:09 January 6 was not a violent insurrection
1:11:51 In the US you can't prove fraud
1:16:00 Let's not forget the US is a Republic
1:17:11 America-PAC as the anti-Soros-PAC
1:18:14 Arm-wrestling
1:19:18 Tesla does a ton of manufacturing in the US
1:21:44 Tax code should be simplified
1:24:08 All federal spending is taxation
1:25:00 Approval of new drugs & therapies
1:28:51 Mail-in ballots should be removed
1:30:50 From one Elon to another
1:31:49 How to fight against lobbies
1:37:25 Honesty to understand reality
1:39:33 It could be the last election
1:43:07 Get the government off people's back!
1:47:45 Battery technology is hard
1:51:55 Jesus was a real person
1:52:42 Voting should not happen on computers
1:56:46 Why we need regulation for AI
2:01:12 Sun energy is all that matters
2:03:21 Show people the 𝕏 platform
2:04:39 The woke religion is extinctionist
2:06:16 Pursue truth – Reality is merciless
2:08:21 Less regulation for affordable housing
2:10:43 How it feels to be the richest man
2:13:22 Send money to other countries?
2:16:18 Nuclear power is safe
2:18:14 𝕏's free-speech policy & other platforms
2:20:43 Personal robots helping in neurodivergent cases
2:26:04 Study physics!
🚨 The Israeli army killed 19 more Palestinians and injured 91 others in over the past 24 hours
💢 The overall death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza has risen to 42,519, with 99,637 injured since Oct. 7, 2023 v.aa.com.tr/3367322
Elon Musk @elonmusk
"Very few Americans realize that, if Trump is NOT elected, this will be the last election!"
Joe Kunkle @ OptionsHawk responds "We get it dude , you want a job Getting hard to figure out where Trumps ass ends and your head starts" -Can you believe this idiot
I don't know, but for some reason... I don't think this should be able to happen. Maybe we will learn something for engineering future bridges. My heart goes out to everyone affected. 💔 🙏.
I apologize for posting something so horrific, but I think we need to create awareness and do a better job. youtu.be/7JDeBPuFQS0?si…