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[whiskybravo]

We’ve spent plenty of time in small European towns, often being the only Americans around.  But we are city people and feel very stimulated there.  And guess what plenty of locals to talk too and likely with more sophisticated perspectives.  No, give me the Four Seasons.

[Blake Hampton]

2 hours ago, dealraker said:

Our loves: Hike a bit, do culture, history, and enjoy the beauty of the outdoors.  Then hit the pub late afternoon and chat it up with locals.  It’s an obsession now, we can't seem to find any small place in Europe that doesn't fascinate us to no end.

I’ve never been to Europe, but it would definitely be interesting.

 

You ever bring up politics and the sort with them? If you do, what do they have to say about America currently?

[NnnnotSoSmart]

Does anyone in their right think the Parisians are going to stop drinking?  

 

Good luck with that.

 

Paris restricts alcohol consumption and sales as Europe's heatwave shifts east

 

French authorities have announced public alcohol consumption and sales bans in Paris, in a bid to ease pressure on the capital's hospitals during the heatwave.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy0pdq89zno

 

 

 

[dealraker]

3 hours ago, Blake Hampton said:

I’ve never been to Europe, but it would definitely be interesting.

 

You ever bring up politics and the sort with them? If you do, what do they have to say about America currently?

 

3 hours ago, Blake Hampton said:

I’ve never been to Europe, but it would definitely be interesting.

 

You ever bring up politics and the sort with them? If you do, what do they have to say about America currently?

We've only discussed politics In detail with one man and then his family as we've formed a friendship.  He has spent time in the US, he's an OBE designation rear admiral in the British military who deals in high level nuclear issues.  Our bond was concerns about DJT and it went from there.  We met him on a train in Switzerland.  For whatever reason he found us to be interesting and it was his motivation that's energized the friendship, but we completely enjoy the connection.  

[patterson]

Newsom is proposing that “every American owns a stake in the future being built by AI through a national public equity fund that takes a major stake in the new economy.” https://gavinnewsom.substack.com/p/its-time-for-a-national-billionaires. Sanders suggests a much more aggressive plan that's unlikely to gain traction. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/opinion/artificial-intelligence-bernie-sanders.html.

 

As we know, over the past decade or so, the Republicans have moved away from supporting relatively free markets and have embraced protectionism, pushing the Fed to lower rates, and taking equity stakes in companies that the administration deems vital to the national interest. At the same time, the Democrats, far from a free-market party to begin with, have moved further to the left on economic issues (see the recent NY primary winners).

 

I don’t think proposals like Newsom’s will play well with primary voters who don’t want the government picking winners and losers or subsidizing AI, and I hope other Democratic candidates don’t pick up on this. On the other hand, I am concerned that (in my view) bad economic ideas will proliferate in times like these, particularly once primary season gets underway and if the AI mania is still in full swing by then.

[LC]

1 hour ago, patterson said:

I am concerned that (in my view) bad economic ideas will proliferate in times like these, particularly once primary season gets underway and if the AI mania is still in full swing by then.

 

AI infrastructure as a resource could be compared to oil - do you think Norway's wealth fund is a similarly bad economic idea? 

[Spekulatius]

6 hours ago, LC said:

 

AI infrastructure as a resource could be compared to oil - do you think Norway's wealth fund is a similarly bad economic idea? 

It’s a bad analogy, because the oil in Norway was already there. There is no AI sitting somewhere above or below the ground waiting to be unlocked -it’s has to be build first. If you don’t build it, there will be nothing.

Edited 49 minutes ago by Spekulatius