james22

What was that experience like? You're out now?

A leaked Whitehall assessment has revealed that the UK's rush to achieve net zero could wipe 10 per cent off economic growth by 2030 and potentially trigger a financial crash. https://www.gbnews.com/news/net-zero-crash-britain-economy-government-document-leaked Risks aren't unique to Trump. Pick your poison.

Since EU President Ursula von der Leyen announced weeks ago that Europe is commencing a new “era of rearmament,” the atlanticist press has been churning copy in a frantic effort to explain what living without subsidized defense means. It looks like a bunch of pundits Googled, “How do major industrialized countries pay for their own defense?” The tone is what an editor breaking the news about Santa Claus to forty-year-olds would shoot for. . . . It’s a museum moment, watching European readers hear the concept of choices explained for the first time. https://www.racket.news/p/subsidized-europe-cries-in-despair

I believe there is a much more comprehensive vision than is understood.

Let me be the first to break it to you: there are an infinite number of wrong things in this world. We've only finite resources.

When you've lost The Hill . . .

You understand this was published by The Hill (!), right?

Sadly, Trump is right on Ukraine I rarely agree with President Trump, but his latest controversial statements about Ukraine are mostly true. They only seem preposterous because western audiences have been fed a steady diet of disinformation about Ukraine for more than a decade. It is time to set the record straight on three key points that illuminate why Ukrainians and former President Joe Biden — not merely Russian President Vladimir Putin — bear significant responsibility for the outbreak and perpetuation of war in Ukraine. First, as recently documented by overwhelming forensic evidence, and affirmed even by a Kyiv court, it was Ukrainian right-wing militants who started the violence in 2014 that provoked Russia’s initial invasion of the country’s southeast including Crimea. . . . Second, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky contributed to a wider war by violating peace deals with Russia [known as Minsk 1 and 2] and seeking NATO military aid and membership. . . . Third, Joe Biden too contributed crucially to the escalation and perpetuation of fighting. . . . Biden raised false hopes in Ukraine, needlessly perpetuating a war that has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands in the last two years alone during which the frontlines have shifted by less than 1 percent of Ukraine’s territory. . . . Even more tragic, whatever peace deal emerges after the war will be worse for Ukraine than the Minsk accords that Zelensky foolishly abandoned due to his political ambitions and naïve expectation of bottomless U.S. support. https://thehill.com/opinion/5198022-ukraine-conflict-disinformation/

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Exactly. This too shall pass.

You're going to want to pace yourself, John, it's going to be a long four years.

Sobering.

Because it turns out even the most successful fisherman DOES NOT knows that there are things he should not think about.

“You spent seven years learning every little nuance of the fishing trade before you were granted the gift of learning from this great captain?” I ask. “Yes.” “And even then you had to sit at the feet of this great master for many months before you felt as if you knew what you were doing?” “Yes.” “Then why did you think you could become a banker and speculate in Financial markets, without a day of training?” https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2009/4/wall-street-on-the-tundra

That would mean something if any other country was doing as well.

https://x.com/search?q=Mar A Lago Accords&src=typed_query

This used to be an entertaining game: https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/ But now we know. Covid answered the question.

Only makes sense on a finance forum to bet on outcomes. Just like we ultimately judge investors by their returns. How about the loser takes 30 days off from the board? Would up the signal-to-noise ratio over time as those with bad takes will have less opportunity to share them. Might even solve the board's problem with politics. If always challenged to bet, maybe most won't be so quick to volunteer their opinion. And would suggest the more reliable sources of information. Do those betting on X or AP tend to win more often?

Did a Center-right, pro-business Greenland party that favors independence from Denmark win the election? Yes. What betting has to do with your "criticism" is put a little skin in the game. If you believe your take, take the bet.

LOL Would you like to make a bet as to Greenland's status four years from now?

Sure: But entertaining.