13 Friday Sep 2019
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Since a majority seem to have extreme difficulty with numeracy and literacy, I’ll simply provide THIS LINK, and this chart:
Here, again…
13 Friday Sep 2019
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$900 Billion wasted. 147,000 dead. And, nothing to show. As I mentioned in my TPC column this week, the Taliban is winning, bigly.
Yet 18 years later, after the U.S. spent nearly $900 billion and more than 147,000 people died, the Taliban are growing more confident of returning to power. The militant group controls or contests half of the country, more territory than any time since they were toppled in 2001. And they’ve come close to a deal with the U.S. that could give them even more power, even after President Donald Trump abruptly put the talks on hold.
Well, thank God we have no domestic problems.
12 Thursday Sep 2019
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1965, the year that keeps on giving:
Meanwhile: The nation’s white population has grown only 0.1% since 2010 and is projected to decline over the next decade.
Between the lines: The white population’s declining slice of the population pie is widely blamed for the rise of white nationalist extremism and anti-immigrant sentiment. But the demographics also show that diversity and immigration are key to future U.S. economic growth.
They give themselves away with the last part. It’s domestic, pre-1965 “extremism” that’s the trouble; the diversity is just here to help. Enjoy that electricity while you can.
11 Wednesday Sep 2019
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Eighteen years ago. And, nothing, nothing, nothing learned – except to never trust the state. Here’s a fun story:
The U.S.-led coalition says American warplanes have dropped 36,000 kilograms (40 tons) of bombs on an Island in the Tigris River “infested” with members of the Islamic State group.
The coalition said F15 and F35 warplanes took part in the bombing on Qanus Island in the central province of Salaheddine, north of the capital Baghdad.
Tuesday’s attack is part of operations carried out by Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led coalition against IS, which was defeated in Iraq in 2017.
Maybe “defeated” has a cool new meaning, something borrowed from the Queer movement, about “operational fluidity” or some such bullshit. Iraq never had anything to do with 9/11, other than the pathetic aftermath. And, for the coming domestic unpleasantness, especially for all y’all AR-15ers with the cold, dead hands, 80,000 pounds of bombs is roughly the payload of a single B52. Parity? No.
9/11 features into the background of “The Substitute,” moving along at a swimming pace. You’ll see soon. And, more imminently – barring another scheduling conflict – I’ve got a 9/11 engineering bit coming to TPC.
10 Tuesday Sep 2019
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Measuring (low estimate) derivative totals against GDP. Or, this is bad enough.
Total potential debt for the U.S. by one all-encompassing measure is running close to 2,000% of GDP, according to an analysis that suggests danger but also cautions against reading too much into the level.
AB Bernstein came up with the calculation — 1,832%, to be exact — by including not only traditional levels of public debt like bonds but also financial debt and all its complexities as well as future obligations for so-called entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and public pensions.
Putting all that together paints a daunting picture but one that requires nuance to understand. Paramount is realizing that not all of the debt obligations are set in stone, and it’s important to know where the leeway is, particularly in the government programs that can be changed either by legislation or accounting.
All perfectly healthy, huh? When will CNBC’s “buy, buy, buy!” turn into “bye, bye, bye?”
10 Tuesday Sep 2019
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Mustache, begone! Not a minute too soon.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he asked Bolton to resign after he “disagreed with many of his suggestions.”
“I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning,” Trump said on Twitter.
In other news, Baphomet has a new chief advisor.
10 Tuesday Sep 2019
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I thought…
Nevermind. It was the Lumbee…
09 Monday Sep 2019
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Better ban vans quick, as they found out in Baltimore today.
‘No bomb’ found in van with 1,000 gallons of gas in downtown Baltimore parking garage, precautionary sweeps continue…
Baltimore emergency officials evacuated a large area of downtown on Monday after an abandoned van loaded with 1,000 gallons of gasoline was discovered in the parking garage of one of the city’s most venerable companies, officials said.
Shortly after 11 a.m. police received a call about a suspicious vehicle in the parking garage of 100 E. Pratt St., home to T. Rowe Price, one of the city’s largest private employers. Officials quickly began an evacuation from several high rise buildings that sparked Sept. 11 anxiety and turned the heart of the city’s business and tourist district into a crime scene tied off with yellow tape.
Thank God it wasn’t a bomb! Or a white nationalist with a fully-automatic military assault cannon. Now, now… Russia! could still be behind this.
I have been saying this for a while now: #VanControl! Think of the children.
It is a little embarrassing, but I forgot to include gasoline in my big list of things they need to ban for safety. Addendum: ban petrol! I think we can all agree that nobody outside of the police or the military needs vans or unleaded gas. Hunters and sportsmen can make do with gold carts and steam power, just like the Founders envisioned. No-one wants to take away your 3rd Amendment protections! We just need a little common sense gun control van control, etc. All garages are equal! How can one possibly justify such high-capacity gas cans? Waiting periods at the pump! Bump pump? Background checks. I saw a red flag and I’m saying something. Blah, blah, blah.
Anyone heard from ISIS lately? Rep. Ilan (D-Somalia) aside, I don’t think they’ve been active since the LVNV shooting and/or cover-up. I was starting to think they had read and adopted Napoleon’s “not interfering with” ideology regarding the late-stage US Empire.
Or, could this be a sad attempt to divert attention from the Patriots’ great start on their record seventh SB run?
Hell, it’s Baltimore – we’ll probably never know. I’m just glad no hedge funds were harmed in this LARP.
UPDATE: It was just diesel fuel and alleged theft, of diesel fuel. #DieselControl!
09 Monday Sep 2019
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From me. You know how extraordinary this is…
After careful consideration, and another painful, perhaps drug-addled visit with my surgeon, I hereby endorse THIS GUY,
for President of the… No! NO! Wait, I endorse THIS DUDE,
for President of What’s Left of the Whatever States of You Know. He’s got it. I don’t know who he is, that he’s really running, or anything else, but WOW! This is the man to solve the stuff! ROCK THE VOTE, MAN!!!
GAWD, I hurt…
08 Sunday Sep 2019
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