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  1. So you invested your staff into preventive maintenance , which in itself saved the company on expensive repair bills. And through some twisted logic these consultants told your boss you were expendable. What a bunch of leeches. And your superiors where idiots in taking such advice.
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  2. These AirBnB investors can’t see anything but instant gratification through profiteering. Good landlords like steady tenants that pay rent on time and keep their homes neat. High turnover brings in people who are not vested into their communities. This is how a neighbirhood experienced rapid decline. From gentrification to the abyss. Well let three idiots get stuck with a mortgage they can’t float. Greed shall be punished.
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  3. Become a digital nomad and move overseas. The world can be your oister.
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  4. Slave owners and land owners did as such for centuries. That is how the big house and lavish lifestyles were paid for.
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  5. The odd part is , if yiu vidit an Italian gunmaker’ s factory floor, everything is bright , aired , excellent settings. One can only wonder what these Indian dudes would do if given the same setup. They are gold.
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  6. Most of the Brazilian grown wheat is done at the State of Rio Grande do Sul prairies ( except for the Serra Gaúcha region known for its winemaking , it reads as Gaúcha Mountain Range ) , which borders Argentina. So , in the plains, they are either grazing cattle ( the Hereford European variety mostly ) , or growing cash crops , wheat being one of them. In the Deep South , most farm land are smaller acreages , comprised by and large of family farms, whose output is sold through agricultural cooperatives. A lot of those Gaucho families ended up North , and in places such as Mato Groseo, Goiás , and even Northeast. In the central part of Brazil , there is warmer and humid climate, over the cerrado plains. The cash crop of choice is soybeans , for animal feed, food production , and exports. We get our wheat supply , mostly for domestic consumption , either grown at home , or imported from Argentina and Uruguay. I am not sure what strain is grown in Brazil, but the Southern climate is cold during winters. There are not deep florests there , so air humidity , while not dry, does not hinder traditional wheat harvesting. The cold winters are augumented by a bone cutting windshield , known as “ minuano “. If you know anything about Brazilian Gauchos is that they can grow anything they want out of scant resources. They are the types that hold down , face the odds, and get most of any land they get their hands on. On the dry Northeast States , plagued by droughts , with plenty Northeast migrant families leaving barren land behind , Gauchos would buy those plots , and before you know they would be harvesting water melons. And then there is well funded Brazilian research on agricultural and animal research. I am sure , in Rio Grande do Sul , Universidade de Santa Maria does a swell job in turning out quality research and grads. Yet, the most advanced production on research and grads are in places such as ESALQ ( Escola Superior de Agricultura Luís de Queiroz ) , on Piracicaba -SP, and Universidade Federal de Lavras , on the state of Minas Gerais. Those two alone can match or beat any American University with an Agricultural Science Program. Hands down. So Peter , you are overdue to get your arse in Brazil.
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  7. México is getting American and Canadian money. NAFTA , low cost manufacturing. The rest of the continent isn’t.
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  8. No other carmaker in the world would put money into a low volume nameplate operation like this. Geely is buying goodwil, and sticking the foot into Europe. American, Japanese , and European carmakers take notice. The Chinese want your markets.
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  9. O’Leary operates a discount air carrier. So they skimp on amenities and bicker every fee increase that comes at them. That is a given with low airfares operators. Just as it is a given Walmart squeezes its suppliers, and force employees to go to the government for health care, food stamps. . He pulls out his slots, someone will move in, for as long as there is money to be made out of Germany routes. There always a next discount carrier , or a rebranded Carrier with striped down amenities. And passengers will take the bait and then complaint about it. This videomiscall about people nagging.
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  10. Notice these folks at More Perfect Union do no employ stock footage in their edited videos. They are really commited to the message they craft.
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  11. A Vietnam vet once told me. .. the folks who seen combat don’t talk about it. When you spot one bragging all about the action they were into, well… those were the ones “ In the rear with the gear. “.
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  12. They will run a sweatshop elsewhere. Given them time.
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  13. He meant what bench he sat one. Or what county. Please stop the badgering folks. This is a legit inquiry.
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  14.  @RumblesBettr  knock on wood. You never know when it might hit you. Be happy for him that he overcame his. He conquered his demons, at last.
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  15. I would start learning Portuguese , move to Sao Jose dos Campos -SP after managing to get an interview with Embraer. They might not match the salaries at Boeing , but quality of life will be superb and your cost of living will be just fine. As for your SS benefits and accrued pension money , keep the lawsuit going on the former , and don’t get your hopes up on collecting social security worth to meet your living expenses.
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  16. Grandpa was a wise man.
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  17.  @JoniAntonio  that used to be the narrative. Not anymore by a long shot. America is slowly is turning itself into what they did to others. And the irony, no outside influence is to be blamed for.
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  18.  @alantoamos1924  US Federal debt is tallied at USD 30 trillion . And then , Social Security disbursements and Medicare entitlements for the next 30 years is set to surpass USD 110 trillion, at present value. Social security abd Medicare are fully funded, however … 1.All of those 110 trillion are in US debt , bonds , notes . Or simply put , on IOUs. 2. The above referenced figures are not accounted for , as they should, using GAAP accounting standards. Money is being swept under the rug by the Federal Government. 3.Your tax dollars are earmarked to cover debt service payments only. 4. Over nine million Americans live abroad. Permanently. Even if you discount military personnel, embassies , corporate personnel , there is a lot living abroad. The overwhelming majority are , retireees…..escaping US high cost of living. 5. I am not your bro. Learn to write properly.
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  19. Gosh I wish I had that many calls ago.
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  20. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now , btw.
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  21. A daring proposition. I wonder who pays his salary.
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  22. Pontiac G8:was a Holden Engineered gem. All other Pontiac made models at that time stunk. Shared platforms with Buick , the Buick models were known for reliability. Pontiac equivalents were lemons.
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  23. From Brazil , where we have , in my metro region , Starbucks stores. For a coffee , I can go way better on price and quality grinds to a mom and pop shop. So I avoid Starbucks. For America, cozy mom and pops might not be able to compete against Starbucks buying scale , or wages , but they are not corporate owned, nor a franchised unit. As Ralph Nader often said , Corporativism is killing America.
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  24. You got Brazil on spot at this turn.
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  25. People who are obsessed with numbers , tend to miss big on evaluating of one’sworth . They are poor value assessors. They are everywhere , in all walks of life. Understanding value takes a lot more than just crunching numbers.
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  26. Simple. Live in a gated community. And make your contributions to the Annual Police Scholarship Fund.
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  27. The moment you uttered “ The Politicians in California “ , is the moment you delegated solving your problems to someone else. Don’t
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  28. Quoting Ralph Nader ….” Hillary Clinton , thrrr is not a a war she did not liked “.
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  29. Benjamin at his best in his element. Sampling bad food , sleeping in rotten hotel rooms , chasing derelict monuments , trading quips with locals, chatting up to cabbies , stumbling onto odd characters , boarding trains. Dude is one of a kind.
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  30. Not sure if would work in Africa. It takes plains m seasonal climate , prediction go rain fall, a mesh of roads and rail roads , and those bribe seeking officials at borders would have to go away. Wheat planting and harvesting requires combines , and other specialized agricultural machinery. It’s not about labor costs. It’s about infra structure , arable land , subsidized interest loan programs , and a low cost of doing business. You have to overcome a whole litany of issues that are pertinent to different African countries , sometimes with conflicting interests amongst themselves , and that is just before the first seed is ever planted in the ground. Even with the Chinese dolling out money like there is no tomorrow , they have to have all ducks in the row. And even if the Chinese managed to get people talking to one another , then you have to pray other powers are not spilling discord to sabotage China’s efforts, a dogging problem in Africa over decades.
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  31. The timing could not be any better. Just about when Rivian is seeking to raise capital in a stock that has been severely underperforming. And the only division that has serious bankroll A.k.a Amazon ) and brings in steady orders being the one that rolls out delivery panel vans. I understand the woman takes issues with the Neanderthals at the line. My sympathies to her. ( I will take her at face value as she might be telling the truth, I suppose ). All of such it makes the idiots at management and HR look as total incompetents, as they could not screen out a sicko ( a criminal background check would do ). Corporate America at its finest, sinking one ship at the time.
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  32. In so many ways , you work on your craft. A good employer seeking to net good talent would’ve seen your dedication to study as a sign of a an employee that cares about his /her trade. Good problem solving skills , seeks to climb the ranks. You did not miss a thing. You dodged a bullet.
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  33. For those concerned about stretching the dollar… Avoid processed foods. If there is a farmer’s town nearby , that is where you should go in the first place. Medicines won’t make you healthy. Quite the contrary. Sound diets and exercise will improve your health. At last resort , if you must , there are local chain grocers. Most of the apparel sold at Walmart is low quality. It won’t last. It won’t look good after it’s been used. It’s cost x price. The lowest price does not equate to the lowest cost of ownership. That can be extended to housewares. Be frugal about everything else. Americans buy and hoard too much junk. Learn about other cultures. The Dutch, specially around Amsterdam , move mostly around in bikes. That would put you away from those “Retail Power Centers “ where most Walmart stores lease.
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  34. Publish a list. Or do post a video with their names.
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  35. He is coming clean. That is good news. Shame on the French Government for letting this to escalate.
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  36. Clever.
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  37. Mr Hicks.. A few factors against 3D concrete printing … 1. Cement and concrete walls are subpar as an insulator medium , cold or hot climates. Clay bricks perform way better in any climate. 2. A builder can’t reinforce the concrete walls with gravel. At best around rebar. So the composite reinforcement on concrete walls is absent. 3. Concrete reverberates upon impact. If one is driling holes or knocking walls , the entire building structure is to be felt in a very unpleasant way.
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  38. About time. It is time for workers to take over.
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  39. Off the bat…. Auto parts manufacturing Appliances Apparel Rubber products & eslastomers ( including tire manufacturing ) Plastic materials ( sheets, pellets )
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  40. To soon
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  41.  @tira2145 it is a grandfathered agreement drawn when Walt Disney was alive. Which makes Disney responsible to run their own law enforcement , sanitation , zoning , on their own nickel.
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  42. Well, MLK had his extra marital affairs . It is all public knowledge. But he was commited to social change. There are no saints or sinners. And as for Malcolm X, we don’t know all that well.
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  43. You are indebted to investors.
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  44. Unions are not the major force amongst the farming community. They are almost non existing due to automatization. Coops are big amongst farmers.
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  45. They should be granted escorted protection. Secret Service Style.
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  46. And creative . And formative.
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  47. Buying Chrysler means either buying the brand owned by Stellantis , or buying the holding itself. Citroen , Peugeot , Fiat, Opel, Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Ram, Vaxhuall .
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  48. Checks and balances. Old timey folks in Rhode Island used to say the same.
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  49. Reagan and Clinton had what we call Charisma. Folks were tired of inflation , Jimmy Carter’s preaching morality over the TV. The days Unions carried the ballot for their candidates is over. And your voted candidates might take your money , yet both sides os the isle dial from the same dollar.
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  50. They had an European presence ….Opel and Vauxhall . Which , by the way, they managed to bleed dry to prop up US GM component exports, just as they done to Holden. All so the executives in Sterling Heights , MI could cash out on their bonuses and vested options on North America operations. GM claims that, for ten years , Opel run losses, hence their hurry to sell it to Citroen/Peugeot PSA . Well once the French bought Opel and Vauxhall , it took them just a year to operate Opel on the black. The bleed stopped. It gets worse , Opel was the source on nameplates engineering for Latin America. Which went to Daewoo , which folded, and now it is done by S.A.I.C. The brass at GM Headquarters is made of greedy self serving incompetents. They will drive the company bankrupt not soon enough.
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  51. They certainly approved for billions of dollars towards Israel each and every year.
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  52. The problem with Uber is that they gouge drivers on fees beyond reasonable . And Lyft. Nothing being wrong with being an independent contractor. Third an all effort to shake down taxes out of every able bodied worker. It is a squeeze.
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  53. So was Rome.
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  54. Nubian Square? . It was Dudley Square with the centerpiece being the grocery corner stored named “The Nubian Notion”. Whose Cape Verdean owner was shot by a gang member.
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  55. Same as Bolsonaro. There was a photo shoot Bolsonaro next to Trump looking like a girlfriend more than a stateman. If he only could only lower his head a bit …
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  56. They recruit from within. They don’t post Want Ads. They get stacks of files from the armed forces to canvass from. You ain’t getting that call.
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  57.  @sabinal17 Switzerland , for beginners. There are remote places in Scotland yiu can have all the single malt, and zero crime rates. Denmark. Norway. Japan. Uruguay. Chile. Paraguay . New Zealand.
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  58. You meant , they denied RFK , the protection from the Secret Service.
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  59. Aid comes tied with concessions. Friends of friends are in to take advantage of such concessions. I think, despite the hardships , Natives are better off without giveaways. They value what little they own and rather keep that little they own. .
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  60. And the Chinese businessmen are there cutting deals in the wake of US departure. It was aired on Al Jazeera.
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  61. Yiu have a compelling point. Just short of one thing. ….. Hit the space bar every now and then. Write as you would be speaking with someone, and wanted their attention.
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  62. Yup, but not much felt in it. This documentary does justice in a whole new level.
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  63. This from one living in Brazil for the past ten years….. Brazil : Hoping to catch some train going somewhere that can be a market for our commodities. Way Before this BRICS became the hype of the moment , we used to trade outside the dollar on a barter system, whenever the chance presented itself. This materialized with Iraq in the early eighties. We took their crude , and then we shipped VW Passats , frozen poultry , and sent engineering firms to build infrastructurethrrd. M Russia : Bankrupt and irrelevant India : Our competition. We haven’t trade any significant amounts with them, and likely won’t. China : Hoping to hijack the dollar to have the world to bankroll their unfinished projects. Since the Renmibi or yuan is worthless outside China , this group formation is probably their best hope to get their agenda going. South Africa: The Chinese are courting them since Australia soured on them and joined the US. Yet, the US represents a sizeable market for South Africans ( De Boers, Wineries, Tourism ).
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  64. There story telling was as good as a award winning movie script. For a documentary chanced being boring , and yet came out quite entertaining. Backtracking events , enhanced the narrative. And the real life participants on their voice overs was just the icing on the cake. The footage seemed a bit worn, but again, back then there was no 4K cameras and enhanced editing software unless you paid through the nose to get AVID stuff. Please keep on churning stuff out of your library, nowithstabding the low click counts. It matters a lot, specially with such compromised quality editorial.
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  65. He was a shock jock running gossip and tawdriness on the commuting drive. What else could expect him to dish out but obscenities?
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  66. I haven’t heard them saying the US would kick some extra investments in Latin America other than Mexico. So since nothing is left to us South of Central America, we might as well assume we will be dealing with the European Unit and Asia for resources , markets , capacity investment and trade. And increase custom tariffs to made in America exports. The Monroe Doctrine no longer applies to us. America, your world has suddenly got a whole lot smaller. . We ain’t your banana republic anymore.
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  67. You meant Bayer. Monsanto is no more. All those class action lawsuits. They sold the company.
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  68.  @ryankuypers1819 you are confusing national defense against wars of invasion. To anyone’s account , no US territory has been invaded since the Pilgrims set foot in America. All of the propaganda verbiage can’t refute that. Outside the Civil War, and the Mexican-American War, all US involvement on wars has been waged abroad. Europe , Pacific , Vietnam , Middle East , Afghanistan. Those were expansionist wars ( including the Mexican-American War ). Doing the deed for powerbrokers , not for the American People.
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  69.  @InsiderBoy in a perfect world this would work. But …. Your government then is left with the burden of hiring more staffers to supervise immigrants. To which becomes a game of cat and mouse
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  70. She’s got moxie.
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  71. I am glad I kept my Brazilian Citizenship. Lula drew a line in the sand where Israel is concerned. Non alignment. And we maintain trade relations with Russia and Iran while offering asylum towards Syrians, Palestines, Ukranians, Haitians, Venezuelans refugees.
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  72. Understanding finances and cost of money and learning from it as an useful parameter. Using “ Financial Engineering “ to structure how a company operates , is a recipe for disaster. If someone uses a hammer , everything for them is a nail.
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  73. I am a graduated Mechanical Engineer ( 93 , US University Degree ), and because I can apreciate good architecture practices , I don’t go about diminishing the importance of their work as you just done. Taking away “ glorified interior decorators “ , architectural work towards building structures is complex and multi faceted. The structural calculations and site inspections might be carried through a Professional Engineer ( usually a Civil Engineer ), and yet Architects are trained well enough to understand a building’s structural design requirements, so they can incorporate them into the master project. Mechanical Engineers might only come in through HVAC installs and dimensioning , at best. Architects are often tasked to follow through on site with the project development to make sure what went into the design stage is implemented, be it aesthetics or funcional . An important trait seen in well trained Architect is the Aesthetic eye , which is a lifelong ever in development skill. That is the art component in the trade. No school , software , can teach you that , and most certainly no Engineer can attain this. Enginneers carry their pocket calculators. Architects carry their sketch pads and Pencil.
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  74. You meant council members or council men and women. Counselor is that person you meet for substance abuse , anti social behaviors. But I got your point , and it is a valid one.
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  75. 1. I used to think Tucker Carlson was just another shill for being a Fox figure. Getting a whole new outlook on him. And a deal of respect. 2. Never cross the three letter agencies. They will find a way to make you pay, then or latter . Their budgets , how they operate , it’s sacrosanct 3. Long live Tucker Carlson. He’s got balls
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  76. You are right. I remember once seeing a Russian Reality Show ( with all that drama that goes in it ) at a tank refurbishing facility where they gut the armory and redid hidraulics , wiring, controls , the tracks. Obviously it was for show , they won’t tell you how much looting has taken place on those contracts. The practice in the US was known as “pork barrel “ ( the $10,000 latrines ).
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  77. New Balance became the trendsetter not because endorsements nor advertisement. That started coming in latter. They built their legacy on shoe fitting and decent workmanship in shoes. They would start a cathegory poorly ( golf shoes as an example ) but then build it up to standards ( baseball cleats ). Their fitting , if you bought the right size and fit , would be perfect , even if at the expense of looks. And their apparel held up to standards , not professional athlete standards , but sportswear for the casual practitioner durability and comfort. New Balanve used to be, at least around New England , the shoes your white middle class women and men past their thirties wore. Yet they were consistently durable and comfortable. A New Balance shoe , with the help of a knowledgeable store clerk , could be bought to fit your feet width and counteract your sole and heel wear pattern. They were as close as you could get a Doctor Scholls on athletic footwear.
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  78. What the original poster is trying to say is, and you EV fanboys don’t grasp … When you add all those EVs to scale , it matters little how many space heaters you can turn up over 9-1/2 hours a day. You still dealing with increased demand for power. And when that power is compounded by 1000’s more EV car owners, then you have scalability issues of gargantuan proportions. Power thaf has to be generated at the plant, cycled, carried through high tension cables , and delivered to homes or charging stations. It is not just wire gage to overcome. It is meeting demands. And it is getting a fail safe delivery. When Texas went with rolling blackouts in the dead middle of a winter storm do you think solar panels would save the day ??? So save your little snappy math you pocket holder calculator jocks.
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  79. We Work = Glorified Glamed Office Space Sublet. It has existed way before. Regus did this , and a lot of commercial landlords used this expediency to move iddle office space. These Saudis were gullible for punishment. If any of them ever worked for a living , one would dismiss this crackpot idea.
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  80. Nonsense. The type of land that lends to wheat growing is in the southern tip , by Rio Grande do Sul. At best, they would grow it by the Midwest on Cerrado, where soybean, rice , and other varieties already have harvests. Or are geography and culturally challenged. Blame your educational system and Reaganomics.
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  81. Not bright , but smart and humble enough to listen. And he reads a lot . He comes prepared. But he does not get in the way.
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  82.  @nikodechela1  ok , I will take your word for it. After all, investment in public transportation in the US is lame.
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  83. You need to hookup with Whitney Webb. She is a heavy hitter on investigative journalism. She is living in Chile. Chick publishes some books , a thousand pages is child’s play for her. She gives out interviews on coin forums. Her interviw on Jimmy Dore was balls to walls fantastic.
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  84. Nope. There is a reason they are called forever chemicals.
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  85. Strong agriculture breeds strong manufacturing. Food production, machinery building , storage , roads , trucks , trains, steel mills. That is the ABC of civilizations.
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  86. They do the same cooking in Azores , Portugal . Specifically at São Miguel Island by the Furnas Villlage. Stew Pots brought in by 6am and picked up by 1pm. Tied into a twine , the pot must be tightly wrapped. A civil servant drops the rope a few feet deep.into,the vapor. In the pot , the choices boil down to potatoes , sweet potatoes , pork sausage, cuts of pork and beef, cabbage , eggs. No direct contact with the water. In
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  87. Wishful thinking and a fools dream. You are hoping for a miracle.
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  88.  @paulmartinson875  Don’t tell the porn actresses themselves. They might not be keen on your notion of what is proper or disgusting. . And besides , Porn Actresses don’t make as much as they used to. The industry has diluted the pay rate to both genders. The days of San Fernando Valley are gone. Discussion is a moot point.
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  89.  @warfarenotwarfair5655 . What tax payer ? The amounted of collected Federal levies barely covers interest payments.
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  90. Noticed that too. And I am not even Dutch.
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  91. BYD bought and retrofitted Ford’s Motor Olant in Camaçari BA Brazil. I am sure they are going after Ford franchised dealerships. Made in Brazil is a big deal for Brazilian car buyers. They want access to spares when needed. As for Renault’s lack of success with its own KWID , that model is based of a legacy ICE econobox. Not a smart buy , probably not a great range , in a country with a scant number in points of recharge.
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  92.  @DennisMerwood-xk8wp  you meant Boeing self certified and FAA ractified.
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  93. The Green Line , specially line E is antiquated. And there is no way to upgrade it as it meshes with city’s vehicular traffic at points. One hour commute from Brighton Center to Downtown. Within that same distance, in São Paulo, Brazil , it would take a third of the time, with more stops , to get from origination to destination. Then the red line has plenty breakdowns, so I heard. This for a line that suffers no interruptions on its pathways. They might need better signaling. Or throw vans at the routes. Also, no New Bedford or Fall River rail line extensions. Metro west gets commuter rail. South Coast, scantly. Massachusetts towns do not have populational density to scale up public transportation affordable and profitable at the same time, while meeting overdue capital improvements . That means money has to flow from DOT , through State and towns. Cut your defense budget by a quarter and the money will be there. It also means there is an urgent need to make rail traveling more enticing. The MA commuter rail trains are comfortable. Yet There is a need to go into a single fare system between commuter rail and subway. One pass, multiple exchanges at no extra cost. They do this , then ridership will slowly increase. I know this because our São Paulo Brazil Commuter Rail and Subway under this revenue sharing system and it works. And that taking into,account some subway lines are run by private concessions.
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  94. Drugs and consumerism , I highly doubt. You got the taste of hard work. Early in life. If you were not maimed , it is a blessing in disguise. You are battle tested. And yes, workplaces , toxic ones. They are plenty around. You deal with them. There are a few tube channels to teach you how to avoid them.
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  95.  @EmnM2010  fair said. Always keep in mind, there is education and then there is schooling. Schooling is what you get in classrooms, or any other form that generates some certificate. Education is what you learn through doing and getting mentoring. The later seldom found at any school.
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  96. Lex Luthor is pure evil. His former wife got a nice payday , thought.
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  97.  jordie4423  it is a USD $1,5 billion pegged to Chinese Currency. The big if is whether it was built to last, which often Chinese builders fall short to deliver . And who collect dues on freight and shuffling people around. Railroad building projects anywhere in the world are sunk cost projects that take up many years to recover. What matters is what they bring in tangible results. Since you do not know the numbers , nor you are capable to execute revenue projections , your political bias has little to no value on this discussion. One does not have to sing the Commie Song to realize the positive results on these type of projects.
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  98. Folks in North America became complacent. You don’t see these issues with the European Union.
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  99. You are a wise man, grasshopper.
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  100. In Brazil, the 1988 constitution enacted a single payer non profit health insurance. It’s called SUS. A system of last resort. When patents were not broken for drug therapeutic treatments such as AIDS retroviral drugs , our impoverished but functioning single payer health care system negotiated prescription drugs with generic and OEM drug makers My late father , who developed Alzheimer , a Medicare beneficiary , cost us out of pocket over USD 500 a month for prescription drugs. We moved back to Brazil, and the same prescriptions cost us Zero Reals. And a once in a month hour long wait for refills at the State run dispensary. And some drugstores do carry free common prescription drugs through a federal program. They figured they might get the shopper to buy other for profit shelf items. The quality of care is far from perfect , but it functions as a last resort way to get health care.
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  101. He was a journalist by training. Journalists investigate. Just as detectives.
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  102. Well, make sure you hear and gather all of your dad’s stories, recollections , and thoughts. One day, long after his passing , they might be useful , not for your own financial gain, but rather to inspire novice engineers and tradespeople.on how to do things right. Treat everything he confides as pieces of heirloom. This is actually how Native American tribes passed knowledge , from elders to young ones. Even if you are on the trade, it is worth saving.
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  103. Because office workers don’t want to work under a dungeon without natural light. Hence the term Corner Office being a perk.
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  104. They have beautiful factory buildings. It is a damn shame.
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  105. I meant spot on.
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  106. Stop blaming corporations and big government. Consumers also have the fair share of blame. 😊
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  107. Very useful video. And I really like how Pete takes the time to lay out the facts. His speech is deliberate and with excellent voice intonation and tempo. He is like the Fred Couples of vlogging presenters or anchormen. Jimmy should give him more airtime and edited materials.
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  108. Well , your fruits , vegetables , and dairy are not coming out as cheap as they were used to be. Combines can only accomplish so much. A lot of the labor still goes into harvesting and tilling.
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  109. I would told them ….” , I got a book of them, which I actually follow , but I keep my notes on my black book at home , and locked up. “. And watch their reaction.
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  110. Firms delivering glass bottled milk ( aka milkmen ) are in nearly extinction.
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  111. Don’t forget. Snap on Tools is in Kenosha.
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  112. Straight out of “:The Jungle “ from Upton Sinclair. Political clientelism on Chicago Wards , the inhuman working conditions at the stockyards.
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  113. If you are going to start with this nonsense , why not attack the Greeks owning Pizza Parlors in New England? Or Dinners between PA and New England? Or the Patels from India owning most limited and economy service branded hotels ? Or Vietnamese owning Doughnut Shops in California ? It’s the nature of the migrant mindset. If you run something profitable , others will find out from the graoevine and jump at it. Enough with the xenofobia already
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  114.  @DennisMerwood-xk8wp  Boeing never provided simulator based training to anyone. That is a fact. After these two incidents , 737 max fleets were grounded indefinetivelly until the problem was addressed. Which required code patches. American pilots were lucky and spared. It became widely known at that time. Get your head out of the hole in the sand.
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  115. Somehow the Russians always leave their towns empty and let the invading troops return empty handed. And perishing over the way back through a brutal winter.
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  116. Compost requires more work, but it provides tangible results in terms of yelds. And rotating crops too. All takes an extra amount of work. The featured farmer does not seem the type person who is inclined to do the extra amount of work. This is how soil structure and nutrient makeup becomes poorer.
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  117. You have to deal with Brazilians to begin with, and coupled with the notorious Brazilian Bureaucracy , it could make it very difficult in opening the floodgates. They claim to be hospitable , but in many cases they practice just the opposite It was fashionable to host Ukranians , but they did in limited scale, and local Ukranian Churches did most of the lifting They done ok , in letting in Syrians and Palestines , due to the heavily based Arab diaspora ( mostly Syrian-Lebanese ) Haitians, Afghans, Venezuelans, Bolivians have bore the brunt of the unwelcoming treatment. The Chinese just came in, and they are still seen with indiference and resentment by some. The Koreans made it a long ago, and they are thriving. The Cuban Doctors brought in by Dilma got turned away by Bolsonaro.
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  118. Flórida is not a Commonwealth State. Meaning , hospitals do not pool money to fund underinsured admissions. In Massachusetts there used to be all state hospitals contributed about 1-3% of their gross income towards a common slush fund that took care of emergency admissions for underinsured and indigent patients. People in Florida with housing vouchers want to transfer them to Massachusetts so they could benefit from the State’s health care infra structure.
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  119. There aes plenty out there. 😊 Bernie Madoff did far worse. They are out there.
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  120. Who “wore sandals “. Such footwear was more adept as climbing those pile of rocks than those armed forced issued boots . But yo u have a good point, and the punchline was hilarious.
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  121. Now we’re talking. At last, some factual input. Thx.
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  122. They already practice rotational growing techniques in Brazil. Two of the world’s top universities in Agricultural Science are in Brazil. ESALQ and Lavras.
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  123. Light shafts come way short of a courtyard building such as you have uptown. It is meant to allow for air circulation and some dim lighting , at best. Now, if you have a core shafted building with a large floor plate ( a typical floor plan in a large corporate tenancy type of building ) , you can even parse your units throughout the building perimeter, by keeping the elevator hallways in a concentric inner ring shape and scatter your units throughout the outer perimeter of the building. On the video they explain how a C- Plate would be impractical for these type of projects. For the neophytes here, a C-plate is a floor plan that has three out of four exposed perimeters with office windows , whereas the fourth leg of the perimeter is only used to the stairwell , elevator shafts. Using a corporate lease tenancy building , this is the range of 2,000 to 4,600 sf. A core shafted floor plate has a larger floor footage , usually around 5,000 plus sf , and elevators , stairwell , and no hallways ( except for a cut through at the elevators , if that many ) , all fit into the center core of the building. In both cases , on office usage , the riser cables , heavy duty plumbing ( including fire ) is around the shaft.
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  124. Just say to Dad and Mom…. Greed makes guilible people stupid.
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  125. Not sure I get the part of staying human, but for most part I know the feeling of overcoming distances by foot. You mind starts to feel less cluttered with thoughts. You start thinking better. And you absorb a lot more of what goes around you. When you are driving , you are constantly tense , on the lookout. You can’t think of anything but the road ahead.
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  126. In Brazil’s largest metropolitan areas , it’s Carrefour or Casino , not the failed Walmart , that reigns in. Those are French companies. But even then , what it looks like a mover within their stores is grocery retail , not merchandise retail. The Electronics retail section always look empty. Same for apparel. And in the grocery field alone is ultra competitive. In the home improvement specialty, there are a number of scattered chains , but the closest you have to a Home Depot or Lowe’s is Leroy Merlin , again a French based company. Because the French Chain Retailers depend on foreign markets more than they do at home , they work carefully to adapt to markets they serve. Americans , on the flip side , think of their overseas subsidiaries , as an extension of what they do in their home country. So inevitably , they fail. A good example would be Wal Mart US management insisting on bringing lawn mowers to be stocked at their São Paulo stores. When every Brazilian single family dweller barely cultivates a plot garden, never mind a grassy lawn. And that a considerable portion of the population lives on apartment buildings.
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  127. And not every office building is suitable for repurposing. The are floor plates that do not lend too well to be rearranged on viable housing units. And then some buildings are costly to,operate as is. When parsed amongst residential tenants , the cost structure make residential units unaffordable.
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  128. It’s comimg back. Look at all of the upheaval.
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  129. If you want to network, then pickup the effing phone and start dialing. That is how it used to be done. All one in this medium manages to attract are clue recruiters ( usually with an Indian name ) and hangers on with nothing of value to offer.
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  130. Just about 95 % of the energy towards transportation use is based upon oil refined subproducts. Gasoline for cars Diesel for trucks and rail freight, and the water shipping haulers . Kerosene for aviation And then there are plastics. About 3/4 of the world’s auto fleet has to run on gas powered vehicles. There is no recharging infra structure out there , and it won’t for decades , if ever at all. You don’t see the Saudis panicking for a good reason
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  131. And anyone returning from the battle fields might add up fuel to the discontent.
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  132. Early 2000 I called that same company when selling telecom gear in the gray market. No longer in the business , never got anything going with them.
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  133. The barista is enjoying the undue attention alright. Don’t be surprised if protection rackets come out of shadows. In law enforcement can’t get it done , then there is a good outlook for criminal enterprise rackets to move in. One wonders who it might be.
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  134.  @FreedomFighter1776  yes, but how many people have access or the savvy to those kinds of investments ?
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  135. Henry Ford figured it out. He sold cars people wanted and could afford. He had no MBA.
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  136.  @weslleypinto they are clueless. They still think we speak Spanish , and that are jungles everywhere.
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  137. Well, American Russians tend to be a smarter bunch. They place a huge emphasis in education. You are different , that is all. Being a Russian is actually an advantage.
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  138. A bit of a stretch. Conspiracy theory. But I get your point.
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  139. You have to give to the Chinese , they played the long game with Africa and they knew where to stack their chips. Meanwhile , Americans were wasting resources and time with an unwinnable Middle East.
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  140. So they are loosing money in passenger trucks , each one of them, and they are making promises to factory floor workers ? And execs are getting bonuses for losses , just so they meet mandate targets on delivered vehicles ? And Rivian is seeking to raise more capital as it burned through cash ? Sounds to me workers are getting swindled by the executive suite, who will have their golden parachute clauses triggered and the company will go belly up. Get yours now, or cut loose if you can , the way the Federal Government is going with your entitlements on IOUs it won’t be anything left for your disability . And tell Jeff Besos to figure his investments at someone else’s expense.
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  141. At the very least you expanded on your remark. Most here shoot from the hip on a single sentence. And kudos for you for breaking into readable paragraphs. We have some rant bugs here who are off the charts.
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  142. Só Disney acted as a responsible corporate citizen , a rarity these days. And foolhardy Demagogue De Santis jumped in to earn brownie points with his constituency.
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  143. Say who ? You ? Have you seen a Chinese EV firsthand ? Have you ever been to a Chinese EV assembly plant ? Sure, keep getting your feel good koolaid from your media.
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  144. For as long as war is not in your backyard , you can’t expect most people to care for it. When the Vietnam war raged on, nobody care until,were their sons in the battlefield. Until then, Students might protest and were dealt by the police , people evaded the draft as they could. Meanwhile , the world at large looked in with curiosity. Different countries, same playbook.
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  145. Take their money. A fool and his /her money beg separation. They are chumps. Figure a way to get their money.
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  146. Because it is an institution. Not a person. It is an entity.
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  147. For Peter , on Brazilian rail. Just for your notes…. The original rail lines implemented were British Engineered , first to date , 1854, inaugurated by D. Pedro II, the very first tracks , Estrada de Ferro Petrópolis, connecting the Rio’s shipping port from Porto Mauá towards Fragoso, and had about under 10 miles. Fast forward , the first successfully laid tracks ran from the City of Campinas , São Paulo , through Jundiaí ( today still a logistic hub ) , through São Paulo ( Luz Rail Stop , a Victorian British built relic , today a commuter rail and subway transportation hub ) , spearheaded the growth in cities such as Santo André and Sao Caetano ( latter ABC manufacturing hub ) , and descending upon the slopes of Cubatão basin ( Brazil’s second large scale steel mill then financed through government bonds , plus a number of chemical and fertilizer manufacturing plants ) , towards the Santos Sea Shipping port. Later became known as RFFSA’s Santos-Jundiai. Built and financed by British investors , whose concession was latter , post war , transferred to the Brazilian Federal Government. Another separate track width was latter built towards Sorocaba’s manufacturing hub ( Toyota eventually built a large assembly plant there many decades past then ). It left another Magnificent rail stop in São Paulo, actually a few single digit miles from São Paulo’s Luz Rail Stop. It was known as Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana. North end to end destinations were first viable to haul coffee beans , and passenger lines were latter incorporated to these lines. Todays they still haul , through private leases , Orange Juice Concentrate, rolled steel plates , soybean, corn. On the way towards Sorocaba there is Votorantin , a town that lodged a large scale Cement processing plant , part of an old money conglomerate known as Indústrias Votorantin holding.. The late abd second generation owner , Antonio Ermírio de Moraes became the embodiment of a Brazilian Robber Baron , also a well know Filantropist, whose contributions bankrolled the growth off network non profit Hospitals , the Beneficiencia Portuguesa. Today’s Brazilian rail is fragmented , some times due to desinvestiment, other times featuring regional growth in regions such as the far north near the Amazon , or by the Cerrado’s hinterlands ( State of Mato Grosso) , through São Paulo and Paraná. There is much to do to rebuild the entire system , who started failing apart by the late 70’s. Changing the lines , a good read on Brazilian of late XX century , politics and history , I do recommend Thomas Skidmore’s books. He I’d , or was , a well known Brazilianist.
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  148. Chinese car makers can simply export CKD kits towards Mexico for a vehicle’s final assembly . Somehow I figure their attorneys read the revised NAFTA agreements to sort out what locally made means. The biggest problem is not exporting to Mexico. It is gaining NHTSA approval to have them sold in the US. And setting up franchised dealerships. Given how the big three have been screwing dealers lately , they could make an end run at those dealers. And if they embrace the aftermarket, unlike Tesla , they win hearts and wallets from Americans. That and the retaliatory measures they can do. Such as shutting Tesla’s factory in Xanghaj and keeping the plant. . Now Elon’s visit to China starts making more sense. He must’ve performed many oral services to party bosses in China.
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  149. Whatever he can get, he won’t find replacing domicile with what is left after the sale.
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  150.  @SM16Basketball  I daresay he would not invest in Tesla did he not know the outcome. And the outcome then was not EVs being a runaway success. Far from it. The outcome would be a piece of those USD 20 Billion to be granted by the U.S. Department of Energy. And going around Daimler Benz Claiming he was getting a piece of that money before ever filing the petition for it. He played with a marked deck of cards. There was no risk.
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  151. The core ethnicity that came into Milwaukee were Central Europeans , mostly slavics. And everyone else. And Minnesota’s Nordic Europeans.
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  152.  @digitalrailroader GM Korea is no longer. It all comes from China.
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  153. The problem with hauling gold to convert into usable currency is that you always end up getting fleeced by the local pros. You never get full value when sitting at the table across your central bank official , or worse, dealing with traders.
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  154. Fuji in Brazil , early to mid eighties , had a photo and film processing lab in São Paulo. Specifically the city’s south side by the river , around Santo Amaro. I did a quick temp there. But as an observant I was , I took notice to a few subtetlies … 1. Management , all strictly Japanese , or Nissei at the lowest , wore green lab overcoats. Everyone else, including gang supervisors , who were mostly Brazilians , wore different uniform colors. 2. At lunch break , management assembled in a see through meeting room. We , the peons , could only speculate what they talked about. They seemed to go extensively on passing samples around, shop talk , and shooting breeze. 3. I was tasked on maintenance with some Italian kid. They had these huge machines where negatives were washed into baths. We processed negatives and print. 4. Those days , motion video was super 8, 8mm. So honeymooners , in print and in motion , sent their recordings through independent mom pop retail outlets , scattered throughout the country. From remote regions in the Amazon , to large urban centers , no one processed film at the store. Most of these stores were run by Japanese and their descendants , mostly Nissei. They would sell film, process print orders , wristwatches , Knick knacks. 5. Our lowly rank, most of them were kids , age 18-25 , all non Japanese. . As soon as something spicy came out of the parcel envelopes and got processed everyone in our group got a wind of , and congregated by the “ screening room” , a small room where lights were turned off and all kinds of color comments would fly. All X Rated stuff, no less. 6. One young Nissei who was closer to us , Akira , was about to leave the company, impatient with the poor outlook on any promotion. As soon as management got a wind of it, they called him in, and gave him the promotion. 7. One of the many prints we got a wind of , a group of Japanese managers had hired a stripper to perform at their shindig. Everyone of them got a turn at hauling the saucy dancer at their arms, smiling , as if he was holding a big reeled in fish.
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  155. There is a reason runners are out there thinkering.
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  156. Woman ballers are not your eye candy types. Not by a long stretch. They might as well to promote games to the L of LGBT or the average guy who fancies domineering Donna’s.
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  157. With the end of a one government and two systems , there is no way HK property market rebounds. And once the sales transaction goes into the record , there is no way they seller can whisk the money out of the country. Unless there is cash under the table paid on the side. So yes, the lenders are closing in. Lots of distressed sales popping up.
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  158. Nonsense. It rains because deep florest generates enough humidity to be evaporated and converted into rain. It is a close loop cycle. And as florest patches are cleared , top soil get# washed away , thus hindering florest regeneration. That is how desertification works , in Brazil or anywhere else. A São Paulo State map of late XIX Century showed about 90% florest coverage whereas now it barely makes 5% , mostly by the Atlantic Florest at the coastline. Perhaps your friends are profiteering from land clearing and want to self justify their behavior and actions. But sure as heck it does not make them whole.
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  159. Here is an odd piece ….. Most of the Chinese furniture exports are made with poor quality lumber , except for European Exports. Here in Brazil , they used to scavenge quality structural lumber from construction sites teardowns ( mostly hard redwood known as peroba) for the European market.
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  160. They are this bad. Didn’t you see Elon’s demands for his compensation package ? Obscene. The only ones getting any decent comornsation are coders and engineers.
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  161. None. Brazilian wheat alone is not enough to meet Brazilian domestic demand. We have to make up shortages by taking Argentinian and Uruguayan surplus.
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  162. Brazil. Most Chinese manufactured goods imported into the country were low quality knock offs. Some items overall quality have improved whereas others haven’t. Still shody : Hand tools. Considerably improved: some consumer electronics such as smart phones and laptops. The first wave of smart phones had a awful reputation , often dubbed as Chingling phones. To be seen : Autos and trucks. The direct imports vanished as result of lack of spares and reliability. The few remainder and new entrants are either setting up plants (BYD , Great Wall ) , or gone the joint venture way ( Chery ).
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  163. You can’t drink oil. And crops depend upon clean underground water. There are issues with water scarcity in the Midwest ( upper and lower ), West Coast.
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  164. Burgers from Anerican fast food chains taste like bird feed, with exceptions to Five Guys and In and Out. And burgers are not in my diet. So what is the big deal ? It I lived in China, the last thing I would eat is beef. If I live in Argentina , or Uruguay , then it would be beef. To each its own. Chinese cuisine is just fine, no need for burgers.
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  165. Hush up money sanctioned by the board.
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  166. Só, according to your rationale , the majority who resides on those crime ridden communities should be penalized for a minority who commits shoplifting. May you never have to live on those such communities then, as you would have to experience the taste of your own medicine. Very condescending of yours.
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  167. These folks are driving late model full size trucks and SUVs , lining up by the road stopping lane , ti collect handout food from a pantry . Americans …. Cry me a River. And Vice is giving coverage to this. The industry of pity and the poor me. What a racket.
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  168. It is odd. Engineers can read and put together spreadsheets. They are not foreign to itemized coat analysis. They can break down , and for most part reason where there cuts have merits as designs and manufacturing technology evolves. Moreover , they can thinker with designs that address improvements and cost reductions. Engineers , machinists , pipe fitters … To block this collective knowledge in detriment of aleatory cost cutting , or cutting to the bone , is asinine.
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  169. Deposed king, empowered king. Brazil always had foreign car brands and always will have them. And any foreigner car maker in Brazil will have to run local plants and develop a sizeable dealership network. Or else it will fail. The Chinese had their car brands in Brazil since the early 2000’s , always plagued with lack of reliability and spares. And they are coming back with two nameplates, BYD and Great Wall. Chery survived because it gave up going alone and leaned on a Brazilian partner to license its manufacturing and distribution , the same that successfully brought Hiundai . And even then, its share of the market is miniscule.
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  170. Engineers , machinists , decent software engineers. The power of the followership.
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  171. Livestock feeces, and that include cow dung not only can be fertilizers , but also provide fuel for biodigestors. The stuff which becomes burning gas. And generates electricity.
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  172. Leona Helmsley 2.0.
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  173. Yup, and since they were thirld world countries , blame the “inept pilot “.
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  174. Good point.
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  175. Not Joes fault. It was a uncle Bernie’s fault. He’s a good talking game , but going all the way in, no chance.
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  176.  @java4653  downtown is not meant to be a free for it all. It’s for the moneyed empty nester folks who work there. Your wishful thinking ain’t going to help yourself to land plush digs at subsidized rates. The days of rent control aren’t coming back. I would start to getting used to Jersey City , Yonkers , White Plains , The Bronx, Corona . Anything on the island , and that includes Harlem , is going to command top rental rates. Get over it.
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  177.  @paxundpeace9970  that is called mixed use. However , the same folks who live at these towers won’t necessarily be leasing up office space within. This is a conversion meant to enable downtown financial workers to walk towards their office space. At a best , you can earmark a conversion that bunches market rate residential units , and short term or extended term lodging. All separated by different stacks of floors , and serviced by different elevator shafts. And maybe sharing a grand common lobby. Which , by just looking at the renderings , is what they intend to do. My educated guess, there is.
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  178. Republicans and democrats dial for the same dollar. Ralph Nader coined this phrase.
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  179. You meant manufacturers.
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  180. You did well.
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  181. None of his featured videos broaches politics , if only ever so slightly. He avoids the temptation. He is a public persona. Better avoid to get into political debate. It would only hurt his prospects at speaking engagements. Leave local politics banter to locals. Besides , Californians only have themselves to blame for their fate.
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  182. The Chinese did not buy the port. They paid a billion reais for the concession of utilizing the container terminal , where they hold a 90% stakehold. They went to Santos first , but Santos needed some dredging , and the local port authority , as usual , was dragging feet on the needed work. So they waited , and waited , and threw the towel and went to Paranaguá. That is the story.
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  183. That squat position is actually easier one their backs. And sandals , you give them shoes , they might save at home.
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  184. Sponsored by Ibredola, a Spanish Corporation. Seriously , FT. 😊
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  185. Only, in the case of Brazil , most of the soybean crops are grown in the center / southeast regions , specifically Cerrado ( State of Goiás, Mato Grosso , Mato Grosso do Sul ) , Paraná . Very little is coming from the Amazon region , at best from the State of Rondônia . Capillarity in road infrastructure , rail lines , silage, all at minimum, are obstacles to industrial scale in the region. True , Brazil relies heavily on Fertilizers ,crops like sugar cane, soybeans , corn , eat up over 70% if fertilizer consumption in Brazil. And Fertilizer Provessors do import 23% of fertilizer raw materials from Russia. On the flip side , water pockets availability overmatches what is available in Continental US, a fact you never bring up.
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  186. Yup. They sent the “ best and the brightest “ to tell us all.
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  187. Well, usually they let you in at a reasonable selling price over a period of time. Mostly under a year. By then , to meet Walmart’s volume requirements you had to spend money to run up to capacity. Then , barely finishing your growth adjustments , and them knowing you are deep in debt , they would then play hardball on price negotiations, knowing they have you by the balls. That is how they operate.
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  188. On the quasi continental US, geography isn’t even part of the curricula at the public school systems nationwide . The American system has national standards , but funding is highly regionalized , so curricula consistency beyond reading and math is very uneven. Reading maps , knowing trivia country / Capital , a knowledge infused at home , very seldom is practiced on US households. That being the ABCs , it then evolves to GEO economics , climate patterns , type of vegetation and all of that is highly individualized knowledge only driven by one’s desire to learn. Geopolitics is the advanced form of this learning curve. Just don’t feel bad, and ignore the sneering remarks of “ Americans are Geography Iliterate”, mostly spouted or sneered from Europeans. If only Mr Zeihan’s rise in popularity soars , then American Educators might pay more attention to Geopolitics and start to consider Geography as a standard mandatory curricular subject . Your admission is a positive step, no less.
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  189.  @aliannarodriguez1581  Ambev comes to mind. Once they took over Anheuser Busch , they started a wave of payroll slashing , and the once in charge CEO went brazenly bragging on how they learned their tactics from Americans. Granted Budweiser was just as bad then as it is now. But not for one moment they said…. “ We can do better than this … “. It came on the Wall Street Journal, and I did not see this well, and to this day , their arrogance sticks to my crawl. Amber being owned by 3G Capital managed to ruin a perfectly good business , just as they did to other companies they control.
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  190. There are a very few places in the world geothermal works. Usually in places once known for volcanic activity. It takes a lot of heat generation to move turbines. In the Azores Archipelago Portugal , specifically Saint Michael Island , their power is geothermal. Any place known for hot springs might be a candidate. Outside of such places , it is impossible to make it feasible. So it is a niche power source.
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  191. Your pontification is on spot. The 1st reply to your answer is infantile. Degrees don’t make a man. Character and being fair does .
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  192. And yet they increased the budget on this fiscal year.
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  193. The fallout on Embraer being taken over by Boeing was a blessing in disguise. If they could only get a two isle project on the board. I am sure the FAA will throw every wrench at their certification.
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  194. Thanks for bringing into perspective.
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  195. At the very least, you managed to parse your thoughts into separate paragraphs. Chunky ones, but lumped into separate paragraphs. The number oh people in this medium who rant endlessly into a single big thread lump is overwhelming and enerving. Thank you for making yourself readable.
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  196. Folks in the financial district do. It cuts into their commuting. Those are the types that spend more time at the office.
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  197.  @DennisMerwood-xk8wp  he must be alluding to the pitch self compensation written into the navigation by wire code , only pilots then were unaware of this change, nor receive any training to override such compensation.
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  198. Homosexual behavior been around since the dawn of times. Romans and Greeks had gays and lesbians amongst them. You can sanction, put up barriers , demonize …. None of which will change behavior. This is nothing short of ostracizing non conformists. And gays and transexuals are easy target. Singling our has been Very much used through totalitarian regimes.
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  199. NYSE needed l9ys of floor space , so they drop more servers in NJ than in Manhattan.
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  200. Now that is a perspective worth saying.
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  201. Pump baby, pump.
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  202. I had a book from him. Good call.
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  203. All I see is here a bunch of EV fan boys criticizing a shrewd car buyer for keeping his ole trusty on the road. Self justified American Consumerism is how I see it. The 1986 trusty keeps him on the road and is serviceable. He keeps a garage mechanic earning, while you self indulging hipsters go bragging about service free cars. That engine oil is going to be processed for as long there are crude pumped out the ground. And a 1986 year model means conventional mineral oil , which once used , will go as a recycled burner in a heating tank. So old timey, keep running that rig and pay no mind to all of this noise.
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  204.  @neideparente1449  first off , this is a very biased opinion with racial undertones. Shame on you. You are basing it on preconceived notions. A lot of computer coding that takes place in the US comes from India. That requires literacy , including math . Not from Brazil, nor Mexico, and certainly not from Russia since the war broke out. India. Second, consumer electronics are made from scattered parts of the globe. Your ICs and chips might come from the US, Taiwan , South Korea. Your glasses from Japan. What they are relocating to India are component assembly lines , a low value added and low skill set. Third. Obviously English composition isn’t your forte .
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  205. Brazilian Favelas earned the ignominious honours to be synonymous to Slums. What is done is done. The term Favela becomes an adopted universal reference as what a slum is like. The irony of all, you can’t even shout favelas in Brazil anymore. It is politically incorrect. You got to call them “ Comunidades “ as per communities. Go figure it
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  206. It’s Barack no Drama Obama. Get it right.
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  207. Good recollection. I was not aware of that.
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  208. Schooling is about development. Intelectual , physical. Most charter school facilities are spartan at best. Seldom any feature athletic facilities. Yet, they take public funded money to run their rackets.
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  209. And greed got in the way. Unintended consequences.
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  210. You read Karl Marx , haven’t you ? Whoa Nelly, they are looking out for you.
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  211. They called Hillary Hotline.
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  212.  @fourthdeconstruction  You probably haven’t set in Brazil, or at least in a long while. Some Brazilian favelas have power lines , running water , sewage. They might be informal settlements , devoid of planing or elaborate architecture. But they are not as downtrodden as your wild imagination might conceive.
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  213. They would be selling every piece of dirt in the Brazilian Amazon Florest. A worthless piece of paper since land deals in Brazil have to be checked through a certain Brazilian Governamental,Agency. It’s like selling the Brooklyn Bridge to Greenhorns.
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  214.  @Louis-dm2ct  Opel product development never surfaced in the US. It went to Brazil. The Rekkord became the Opala. Kadet became Kadet. So did the Corsa. And there was no Mokka.
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  215.  @mbd501  Daewoo is long gone. Bankrupt. When GM passed the hat for Government handouts they also took money from the Chinese , through S.A.I.C. as a condition to put money on GM , made some specific demands. One being , all GM cars engineered through Daewoo would have to forgo Daewoo R&D and relinquish all engineered vehicles towards S.A.I.C. Outside North America’s engineered vehicles ( Chevrolet , Buick, Cadillac, Hummer ) , everything else goes through China.
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  216. Why didn’t he pass the torch to someone younger than him ? He had his bid he so long yearned for. He served his term, got his taste. Who is he being proper up for ? This is an honorary job. Get anyone else to fill his shoes. And Trump too. All empty promises. Same old retoric. All of this so RFK can’t have his bid. It is lame. I am not wasting my trip to the nearest US consulate for this.
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  217.  @beshinerondozai4185  but they don’t employ locals. At least the Americans let locals in. The Chinese do not for most part.
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  218. Just noises. Nothing to it. No unfolding of events. A few Presidential handshakes , lots of photo ops. The dollar took a hit in Brazil , dipping below the 1:5 ratio it has been for years. Last I read it was at 4.9. Blame on the expansion of the monetary base, which has a lag to hit overseas forex markets.
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  219. No one , except gas stations , go in business for thin margins. There might be a loss leader but they make up on the rest. A $10,000 frame does not cost that amount out of the factory door. Or it won’t be sitting at the floor tying up working capital. And my educated guess says , accessories and apparel make up for any other lackluster margins on essentials such as tires , brake shoes. Once a retailer , you will be pleading poverty to no end. May I suggest you carry yourself a hankie every time you are to haggle on that high ticket item. And present it to them. No word exchanged. You are welcomed.
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  220. So, he is going to give the goods on the very same organization that provides him with his nuggets. Yeah right.
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  221. Funding levels by the US Postal Service is about four times that , by design.
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  222. Give her a break. A job in the State Department is a highly coveted one. For her to call it quits , it is a career decision. She deserves to be lauded for her decision.
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  223. I would not be such a doomsayer , but the standards have fallen and there is a lot of work to put it back together. Get yourself some Ralph Nader religion. He preached his whole life about consumer and citizen activism.
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  224. This is an informative video , for Chrissakes. You are the one to act upon the information that is given to you. You wabt action, get a hold of any Ralph Nader published book.
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  225. And Cuban , Venezuelan , and Dominican kids will beat Americans to the Majors . The same ones who played stick ball on streets and vacant lots. And the majority of American kids who make it will come from rural communities. Not the burbs or exhurbs. These suburbanite parents are getting fleeced by these so called youth sports enterprises. All those nicer facilities, and equipment availability , and ushers to come up with talent that seldom ever materializes. The Latinos say, it takes ganas. It means , it is a all or nothing proposition. Spoiled middle class kids from the burbs don’t have it.
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  226. He is not relaxed. As for me , he looks contrived. Mark is asking the right questions , but the kid is not at ease. The Feisty French hall Mark interviewed twice was far more at ease , for the sake of her occupation, than this subject is. Notice his hands together. That is a tell tale sign of a contrived individual.
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  227. That is neat. Oddly enough, Sprint HQ is in Lenexa , KS.
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  228. Since Palestinians are being forced out and stripped out of their sovereign rights , it is only fair to grant them migrant refugee status whenever they decide to settle. DThe Americas would seem to be a natural landing pad for most of them ( Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina , the US. ). Also notice the loaded pitching made into those “New Residential Dream Communities “. Real Estate Developers are selling some piece of dirt, brick and mortar , which looks like some densely packed lifeless beehive. That and the fact their own government can’t guarantee new dwellers their security makes me wonder why Israelis still are being sold into migrate towards these developments, right at the cusp of some powder keg . It certainly has nothing to do with destiny, or divine fate. They are being mislead.
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  229. Brazilians alone consume lots of wheat. Anything made of wheat for retail ( beer , bread , pastries , fast food ) is turned into cash. We do not export much of it. We actually import from Argentina , Uruguay.
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  230. Johny , I’ve seen the Better Help complaints. Your channel is way to good for you to soil your reputation with a blemished advertiser. You need an account development rep on your staff. Someone who makes prospecting calls to bring in episode sponsors. Minor league pro baseball teams have done this through game sponsor advertisers and merchandise give away. . Perhaps Betterhelp has a few of your aired episodes covered through a contract , which is fine. Now if this is all true, to no fault of yours , then , limit their exposure. Get new sponsors. Fill in your ad quotas.
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  231. Wow.
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  232. It is a lucrative racket. Indian hoteliers love military bases. Great cash flow. Not huge rates , but keeps the rooms filled up.
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  233.  @tonespeaks  lithium around everywhere. …, Afghanistan, Chile, Australia , Argentina , Bolivia , parts of the USA. All known and documented reserves. This is not everywhere. And then there is additional need for cobalt , copper. Again, not everywhere. Just alone in those metals , you have exploding commodity prices. Limited known supply against soaring demand. Toyota sells cars the world over. Reliability is a given. No BEV car brand can offer that. Specially in places where charging infrastructure is non existent. Which is pretty much 3/4 where the world population lives. Outside a limited geography in North America, Asia and Europe , BEVs are a no go.
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  234.  @josephwolf7552  interesting. Perhaps some class action lawsuits would be in order. I presume , in such a case, one group needs to have a common claim. Or a number of related claims that result from deliberate poor health care delivery from the same facility. Since most of these takeover buccaneers work with other people’s money , it is likely they would rather drive the hospital through unsolvency to shield away behind bankrupcy laws. In an ideal perfect world setting , then hospitals would be picked up in bankrupcy court by practitioners themselves at pennys on the dollar. Nothing is sweeter than drive a billionaire to the poorhouse. That is the only language they understand.
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  235. Toyota “offers “ their Corolla base model at USD13,000 in China. The very same model can be had for USD 25,000 in the US. You need to attend English Writing Classes . Your sentence structure is awful.
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  236. You also forgot he signed HIPPA into law. That is the standards that permeate the Health Care Industry as far as right to privacy while streamlining the standards for data integration throughout the industry. One data set , with protocols that allow for clinics , farmacies , Diagnostic Labs , Hospitals , and Practicioners to share the data across in a single entry. Huge savings .
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  237.  @TheDuravida  wars cost largest sums of money. They don’t have a strong tax base. Outside 3-4 cities , there is not much in terms of diversified economies. Their defense contractors can’t come up with anything that works in the battlefield. Whatever is shipped out , is expensive and less effective. They had German businesspeople do actually make their agribusiness to go anywhere. In fact, they offered land go Afrikaans so they could get people to produce anything. Anywhere you see in their vast wastelands , infrastructure is either non existent , or falling apart. Debt to GDP means squat, if you don’t have an economy that generates strong currency.
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  238.  @TheDuravida  There are plenty of commodities rich countries that can’t generate wealth. Commodities are subject to wide price variations and often don’t yeld any amount of distributed wealth as countries where manufacturing and intelectual property rights make up for the bulk of generated wealth. Also mining and oil prospecting are directly and adversely affected by capital inflows. The Russian prorated war will suffer from capital inflows, whether through reserves or foreign capital injection. Classic examples … Commodity Rich , Low Wealth Distribution Venezuela ( crude , they can barely refine what they extract ) Any Sub Saharan Country short of South Africa Russia Federation ( scant manufacturing, if you account for foreign subsidiaries that were shutdown ) Commodity Poor , improved wealth distribution Japan Germany Switzerland Portugal Singapore South Korea Israel Yes, the Russians are going broke. Thanks to a completely unnecessary war. Banking on Russian Federation to be an equity partner with other countries within the BRICS block won’t bode well for neither one of the proposed members. It’s the equivalent of Germany having to bailout Greece through the European Union for Greece’s own misdeeds. Not a good outlook.
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  239. There ar3 a positive and negative twists to this …. Positive. At least they did not clog your kitchen drain pipes with food leftover, grease. Negative one, You had to scrub the dishes clean yourself. Negative two. You are a Airbnb slumlord. You had it coming. It goes with the territory. Negative three. You are lucky they were no Brazilians in the gang . They would bring in their guest and run a tab on your water consumption bill. Between their daily showers and water runoff.
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  240. It is not a monopoly issue. It is a regulatory and oversight issue. You are way off the mark. It is the FAA not doing its job and kowtowing to the almighty Boeing Corp.
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  241. They move the goal posts and then justify through unforeseable factors.
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  242. Since when you felt ashamed ? Have you been practicing law , or this is just some words you could put together ?
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  243. Well, the college professor at UC Davis gives it out.
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  244.  @420247paul  you mean .., they do not welcome your investments. They will squander your dollars. Keep your hard earned money at home.
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  245. I just walk out . No notices. Let the dog bark at someone else. Done consistently over the years. Let them eat themselves out. It always happens.
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  246. Too much tribalism and petty politics. Grab Lawrence of Arabia and watch. Aside the romanticism in the plot , and Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif superb acting , the playbook is the same as then. Internal dissent plagued Arabia’s common interests , and the British used it to exploit to their own advantage. The British went to rule that part of the world until the Americans came to seize what the British managed to gain.
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  247. Now , all of the bulldozing of old clustered dwellings and raking of productive farmland comes to haunt those party officials who pushed for these building projects. They have a lot of explaining to do towards people around them. Those two form of evictions should tell enough to everyone else, where rights to property stand in China. You can’t turn those unsafe buildings into subsidized public housing , because you will then step onto the rights of people who bought those apartments in the first place. And even if you did , then it would surely depreciate the value of those buildings through accelerated wear and tear. Somehow these officials , enablers and leaders haven’t thought it out through.
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  248. It is not strong. It is powerful. And stop singing prayers to Jesus Musk. It is lame.
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  249. Funny you mentioned this. When Embraer was founded in the late sixties , with a blessing from the Brazilian Military Brass , under the dictatorship regime , they realized they would need trained personnel. So in the same Town , it was granted , with all necessary funding available , that a Polytechnic School would be needed to generate engineers. We had the voke system already in place nationwide , known as SENAI ( Serviço Nacional da Indústria ). And in the same town there was a technical high school dedicated to graduate technologists ( then ETI Everardo Passos , now ETEC ), funded by the State. The university polytechnic became the ITA ( Instituto Técnico de Aeronáutica ). With engineering programs specialized in building planes. All of these institutions enrollment free. Both ITA and ETEC admissions were by a fierce and competitive entry exam. Odds in by 1:1,000 got entry. Not the best, money not being a deterring fact. Now you know why Embraer makes fine world class airplanes.
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  250. American employers of late have been portrayed as cynical and exploitative. Towards Americans , there is. On average , they tend to treat employees of their foreign subsidiaries a lot better,lately.
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  251. Good deed. Twitter and Facebook , we can live without them. I do.
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  252. Usually precast in single family dwellings. On multi family buildings It’s reinforced concrete with steel rebar and mesh plus wooden poured forms.
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  253. American engineering it is not a fault here. It is rather the display of poor corporate stewardship. A non engineer is at the helm of Boeing. Your remark could not be any more inappropriate. Why don’t you go back the decline of British Auto Manufacturing for a change? Some tool.
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  254. You have points. If only you could break your paragraphs into a smaller set of sentences ….
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  255.  @jebbo-c1l  the US economy is underpined on consumer spending, at a 70% clip. Out of its total productive output ,only 10% of it is through exports. And out of those exports , most are royalties and intellectual property transfers. Meanwhile , Germany, Italy , Japan, Korea, Central Europe , Malasya , Portugal, Spain , France, Vietnam , China economies derive most of their economic output to durable goods exports. Brazil , Argentina , Chile, Colombia , Greece, Russia , Ukraine , cash out in commodities exports.
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  256. At the very least they could provide benefits. Such as subsidized cafeteria , home rental vouchers , group buying health care plan. They have quite a sizeable workforce. Sure they can negotiate with suppliers in better terms. Who is their food concession contractor ? Marriott?
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  257. They call em Hostile Architecture. The nerve of them. 😊
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  258. Yes, the one who will sell State Owned Enterprises. Fat chance.
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  259. All of the sudden , someone and everyone is finding lithium in their backyard. Sounds like a tail of Jethro finding oil on his patch and moving the family to Beverly Hills. Stop dancing you fools.
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  260. The Brazilian building frailty issue has a lot to do with poor soil enginnering first , and poor structural design practices. In multi dwelling buildings , seldom the builder digs through the bedrock , at best they pile concrete stumps into clay. No shock dampeners , low quality rebar, no rúst proofing coating. And Brazilian home buyers have a shallow approach towards evaluating property . They tend to focus on features and status , rather than the fundamentals. They avoid handiman’s specials that require work. They guillibly buy pré construction. The only floor plan they actually see are the unit they are buyng in. In my years conducting property showings in Brazil and the US , I can tell you Brazilians have never looks into the common garage parking unless they want to see their parking spot. Builders in Brazil get away with murder because Brazilians let them. And Civil liability in Brazil is a joke. No Brazilian attorneys will do contingency cases. In América , médical malpractice and building construction liability are lucrative practices.
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  261. Good point.
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  262.  @Leftatalbuquerque  My dear Canadian poster… My clueless guess about the stretch on arable Canadian land on Canada that does not cut into the Nation of Tribes includes Alberta ( part of it ) , Winnipeg , the heavily agricultural use lands in Atlantic Provinces ( including Saint Edward Islands , New Foundland , and Nova Scotia ) . Not sure about The Pacific Coast, and I plead ignorance about the Canadian Rockies. Most of those 360 km from the American border are either in Agriculture ( Quebec ) or being claimed to urban sprawl , as 80% of Canada’s population lives there. Parts of Ontario that once held florest, even 40-40 years ago , are grown to be infill urban sprawl. That is Mississauga, Windsor, for sake of an example. That above amounts to the little I know about Canada , and I stand to be corrected. Now onto Brazil…. Patches of land that are being razed for illegal logging and cattle ranching are in Amazon , on public land , and yes , that alone spells ecological disasters . One of the menbers of the actual cabinet is blocking oil drilling at the Amazon River basin, against the wishes of Petrobras. Search Marina da Silva. She might look like your garden variety cleaning maid , but she is one though cookie on environmental policies. The Amazon basin , with its top soil, is not suitable for wheat harvesting. The overwhelming stock of Brazilian cash crops are grown in the following states : Rio Grande do Sul ( where’s most of our domestic wheat comes from ) Paraná ( what, soybeans , coffee is long gone , corn ) Santa Catarina ( orchards ) São Paulo ( clay soil good for Sugar Cane , orange orchards , other fruits , corn , dairy and other varieties , potatoes , bananas , tea ) Mato Grosso ( North and South ) /Goiás ( beef cattle , soybeans , rice , beans , sorghum ) Minas Gerajs ( Coffee , dairy cattle ) Espírito Santo - tropical fruits Bahia - tropical fruits , cacau , dendê Oil , coconuts, cashews The entire Northeast coastal States. Which is sun baked , and a few years ago , growing anything in its hinterlands ( read Sertão and Caatinga ) was a challenge. Now, with ditches at the São Francisco River, local agriculture has grown by leaps and bounds. The Amazon ( Amazonas, Para , and Maranhão ) is awful , even with built roads. You have issues with logistics , not all roads are paved or are in dire need of reoairs , and then half of the year pours rain every day of the rainy season. Can’t grow any type of wheat variety there , period. Most of the land boat to cities like Manaus and Belem come in by boat, and they bring in native harvested fruit species, nuts ( the Brazilian nut you buy at your grocery store is called Castanha do Pará ) , and fresh water fish you haven’t fathomed to exist )). May I suggest that your passport ready, book your flight ticket , kiss your dear ones goodbye , budget and plan to spend at least a year crisscrossing the country. Until then , you will have no clue and you are out of your debt. Not your fault. You just need extra polishing.
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  263. Well…. It’s military, and it is spartan. And for military personnel , it is free , after all. You are taking for granted what other forces around the world don’t have, and for them , only high ranking officers would have. Now , I get it, there is a lot of pork barrel in US government procurement contracts. Either through rate gouging ,or providing substandard goods and services , in things outside weapons , and systems. It just the way it goes.
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  264. That and the fact Realtor is not an occupation , but rather a trademark belonging to an association of real estate brokers.
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  265. I get my entertainment by seeing things the way they are. Make believe does not excite my senses at all. Observing locals as they toil does. But Disney being the only game in town for a steady paycheck in the showbiz , these folks are ripe for abuse. They need representation. They’ve earned the right to a safe work environment , fair wages , benefits .
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  266. Titus is contagious, that’s for sure. The man is a trail blazer.
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  267. The Haitian couple. God rest her soul. And no, the tunnel did not collapse. A tunnel ceiling concrete plaque suspended by a rusty and under dimensioned fasteners gave in and fell. Soil around the tunnel was clay and a lot of water from humidity seeped throughout various parts of the tunnel. The plaque crushed the car , and spare her husband, on the driver’s seat.
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  268.  @snarky_user  you nowhere close. You started talking about Africa , which was your implied suggestion. And all of the sudden you are talking America. American freight railroads work, period. African Rail , it took the Chinese to build them, because nothing out there works.
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  269. He lumps with the European Union. Which Ireland is part off. Lobby him hard enough , and he will give due attention.
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  270. His touting of free speech is very convenient and self serving . He won’t dare to openly criticize the Chinese Government , as Tesla has operations , including a factory , in Xangai. But in the flip side , he ran a smearing campaign against the Brazilian government , and under ulterior motives.
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  271. Well, a number of these discharged personnel acquired skills that are not necessarily useful to the society. Otherwise will manifest useful into organized crime. It has happened a lot.
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  272. They are clueless for most times. They search key words , and most don’t have the faintest ideas about the contracted position job description. Lately they have been using Indian recruiters.
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  273. For as long as he can read the comments and fact check them to further adjust his predictions , no damage is done. He has made adjustments over his bullish outlook in Argentina in recent past after our collective outcries. After all no one is perfect. Even Nostradamus. Least of all, we watch him for his broad strokes in subjects he masters , and his narrative comes minced in with hard data we could barely muster to gather in the past. No one besides him broached in these subjects before , so at least we have, free of charge , our daily feeds to nourish our conspiracy theory brains. And , just as important, we don’t need to be bothered by sponsorship inserts , funding pleas, and for now, , those annoying pop up ads. Let’s just hope he continues to earn his money on keynote speech circuit and books.
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  274.  @theyux1  Entertainment Industry has lost a chunk of its operating base to Metro Atlanta and Louisiana. Tech Insustry …they are scouting for sites. Elsewhere but California. There is talent out there. Agriculture. You can’t irrigate , you can’t harvest or plant. That is where imports come in. Tourism. Who wants to be there in such a state of disarray? The allure is gone.
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  275. Navy , nor navel. He is not checking pretty girls midriff. Navy.
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  276. And Mary Ibarra became their madam.
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  277. Looks like they might need the perfect excuse to go back charging for transactions in their client’s brokerage account. It feels like a clawback tactic. So Bloomberg is airing all of this for what ?
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  278. Big Farm overrun small farmers over decades ago. Small farmers are a minority in the country.
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  279.  @ЕвгенийИванов-ъ3з  the South side ones are issued with more up to date equipament and uniforms.
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  280. Dock the money we’ve been sending Israel for years. Then take that money and earmark towards any Palestinian who is willing to settle abroad. You know…Canada, USA, Brazil, Australia . Poll the countries who are willing to take them , and redistribute the refugees. Expect them to come up with figures towards housing, medical screening and treatment , job training and welfare stipends. Wire these countries with the forked up money. Make sure to monitor on how it is spend. Expect graft to take place in this process. Not simple, but fair.
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  281. Hmmm , some old New York taxicab medallion fleets used to post escrow money as bond to avoid paying insurance premiums. Self insured as they called themselves.
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  282. Yup. Meanwhile the charging infra structure is virtually non existing , with limited growth prospects. . Tesla created its demand by building the charging infrastructure on their own, bankrolled by shareholder investment. The Americans have Tesla charging stations virtually every retail power center in the burbs and smaller towns on the coasts and upper Midwest , covering their consumer demographics. For a vehicle that takes at least half hour of recharge time. The bulk of consumers willing to shell out money for an EV is within large metro regions , and there in lies the problem….. lack of available real estate to install EV charging stations. And never mind theft on charging stations in public locales , namely curbside. And the costly undertaking of installing solar in your car port. And the fact no one in right mind will subside electricity consumption to recharge these vehicles. Toyota is the only one who figured Brazil and is selling hybrids from their model lineup. The Chinese car makers will end up like Chery. Shutting down their shiny new plants. Or deep discounting a and depending on local partners as Chery did.
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  283. Well it takes an Irishman to shake all of Peter’s nonsense generalizations. And despite the lumpy paragraph , he broke into numbered topics. It must be his editor. Spacing would be nice. Brexit. I think most European countrymen have some gripe with how business is conducted through Brussels and the British leaders were quick to capitalize on that. Can’t fault the British for voting Brexit. Things such as exporting quotas were a straight jacket , specially for dairy farmers.
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  284. It is already taking place in the US
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  285. Thanks. I will be in the market soon.
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  286. You are seeing too far into it. That role yiu just mentioned is filled in by local law enforcement. At best , maybe the National Guard. Save your left wing vitriol.
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  287. If you are going to bother in lecture us all, at least break it down into readable paragraphs. Your big chunk is unreadable.
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  288. He has alimony checks going out. All those exes.
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  289. I suppose you can explain all of the Brazilians who stash US Dollars at their home safes how this new fangled thing called BRIC currency will be the new order of global currency exchange. Or, for that matter , all currency exchange houses , or Forex traders.
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  290. It is called Social Contract, Martun321. Between management and workers. All stakeholders. And shame on you for being such a management proxie.
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  291. The cables. From the State Department. That is his caffeine. As for boyfriends or girlfriends , who cares ? Come to think of, he has that Oscar Wilde panache. But then again, who cares ? We will chatise him for his narrative faux pas. Just for fun.
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  292. Bring your own set of tools. You setting up a stand and come up short of thr needed hardware?? Shane on you!
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  293. Amazon? What hole did you crawl from under ? Brazilian wheat has been harvested for domestic consumption by decades and has been done so in Rio Grande do Sul prairies and then later expanded to the Midwest at the Cerrado plains. The strain research is aimed at getting better yields at the cerrado region. Meaning Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Goiás. Those are already rice and soybean growing regions for decades already. Reaganomics and American Public Education.
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  294. Way off in Brazil Peter. Until you spend some time around here , your assessments will be flawed. Dependency on Foreign Capital. To some extent , true. About 2013, what took 10 years in left in one year. It has taken another 10 years to recover. Yet, builders still build , frontier cities are being developed, new eldorados pop now and then. Yet the financial services sector is realizing there is money in the mattress and way too much money in real estate. It is called savings ratio, and this propels investments down the road. Brazil is a Federalist Country. There are no state lotteries or state income tax. Money goes up the pyramid before it trickles down. So the federal government control the purse strings. No secession would work under these circumstances. Because it is a politically stable country , with religious freedom , rule of the law , and a huge single consumer market , before you explore Latin America , it bodes well for anyone who learn how to invest in its consumer market. It is a net food exporter. Raw or processed. One of the large meat processing conglomerates ( Cartel like ) in the US is Brazilian. We move time to place like Iran , Saudi Arabia, China , European Union, Japan. Quietly, it is taking I migration. Palestinians , Syrians , Egyptians , Chinese , Africans , Ukrainians , Italians, Germans , are all showing up on our shores. Pakistanis are begging to get arranged marriage papers. We have a diversified economy with financial services, manufacturing , mining, agriculture, retail , real estate. Our health care is growing on domestic demand, and quietly on medical tourism. Cities like São Paulo, Santo André, Campinas, Ribeirão Preto, Piracicaba, São José do Rio Preto, Curitiba, São José dos Campos, Taubaté , Porto Alegre are leading the way in the health care sector. Our domestic pharma, go check the FDA logs for violations. Not many, if any at all. Lots of plants moving in to the State of Goiás. Get your head out of the hole.
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  295. Besides , Pre War buildings have more architectural appeal. Most of them already have been converted.
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  296. Low production runs on a highly specialized vehicle. We are not talking luxury cars here. No Bentley or RR pricing. It needs to be reasonably priced for the trade. Your British car maker might’ve as well bailed out. Geely saw the opportunity to make its name in Europe. There are no profits on volume here. But the visibility is nowhere better. This is free publicity on a breaking even operation. They bought a coach builder and are using their know How in the EV Power Train. Geely is the underdog outside China. It needs to beat BYD , VW Group. Geely also owns Volvo. Again , not a profit play. This is “ Chinese Trojan Horse “ assault.
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  297. It started with Reagan Union busting tactics. And it has downright progressed with every other president since. Republicans and Democrats. As Ralph Nader would put, both parties dial for the same dollar nowadays. What he meant …. The Union war chest for campaign contributions aren’t what they used to be and your democrat ticket holder is no longer returning your calls. You need a third party.
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  298. Well, give Canada a rest. Their population’s demographic pyramid is inverted. They need able bodies to pay for their own retirees pensions. And all that free health care. They only forgot the plan for housing that meets demand. Oh well.
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  299. I used to subscribe to that theory. Nowadays , for me , it’s web and tides. Ups and downs. If you study American history , you start seeing the patterns. Right now America is on a downslope. It might meet its doom, buy it is hard to be precise.
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  300. He is communicating a whole lot better than during campaign. I took him for another grandstanding politician. Let’s see if he follows the course he traced . Falklands , good luck getting it. Israel, he is being pragmatic , he knows where the money comes from. He’s right , no point to cling to ideological principles.
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  301. The meat cartel does not stop at the Chinese. Look up JBS Foods , Tyson …
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  302. Satellite links have built in latency. Transcontinental fiber loops have far less latencies. To each its own. Financial data and voice are sensitive to latency , hence fiber. Video broadcast is more tolerable to latency. Which can be compensated in part with CDNs, outside the live stuff that needs to be aired. All one needs to see is watch a field reporter in some remote war zone. Or even Stateside. They will pickup on a few extra microseconds to get back on location. Those extra microseconds might cost a few billions of lost dollars on delayed stuff. How slower it is ? You are celebrating your team scored goal in a match in England while the players have already moved past the celebrations.
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  303.  @donkeysaurusrex7881 well… he borrowed Trump’s policies on trade. So “Chinese Masters “:are a bit of a stretch. And most of his bankroll from his Senatorial tenure were banks and credit card issuers. All from Delaware.
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  304. As the great Ralph Nader would say… Both parties dial for the same dollar.
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  305. I would suggest you to pick up a dusted copy of “Unsafe at any speed “, by Ralph Nader. Writen late 60’s. The granddaddy of the consumer rights movement -activism. Then study the history of Volvo and Saab cars. Whose companies pioneered many of the safety features that are standardized in today’s passenger car models. Before they became mandated. And then , watch his biography through “Ralph Nader, an Unreasonable man “ , produced by the now maligned Harvey Weinstein. . Ralph Nader and his Nader’s Raiders is the sole responsible, in North America , for processed food labeling , OSHA safety regulations , clean drinking water regulations ( not the technology ). An Harvard graduated lawyer who never practiced corporate law, no less.
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  306. The diners featured on this video piece are mostly under 20, which are the target demographic for QSRs ( read fast food joints ). In France or anywhere else. And these franchisors perpetrate the same playbook of dirty tricks , targeting children, teens , and migrant groups. One diabetic and obese kid at the time. Sell it cheap until you get them hooked. Casual , easy for teens to grasp. So here is their growth. Nowhere in the footage I see middle aged folk, or under 30 and over , which I surmise they rather spend time at a neighborhood bistro.
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  307. Fiat struggling brand ? Only in North America.
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  308. Take the kids on a camping trip. They will learn a lot more. And appreciate what is given to them.
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  309.  @chris_hawk  always. Your American grand dad probably went through the ordeal. I met my fair share of “ I was growing up during the depression “ types. They had stories to tell. It’s America. Ebbs and tides.
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  310.  @JuanRamónSilva-Piano  what I said , as faith would have it , he developed a work ethic before book smarts. Which ,oddly enough , might build upon one’s development arch throughout their career. My Engineering classroom had a few classmates who actually had jobs and paid mortgages before they earned their degree. At least two out of three were already grey haired. One thing is child labor. Which needs to be prevented, the expense of a person’s early formative years. The other is an adolescent who , out of options , might need to find employ. The most important aspect of early employment is to avoid a child birth out of a wedlock , or being a breadwinner for a house hold. Once you in it , your prospects are limited. Other than that , early employment isn’t as bad as people fathom.
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  311. Well, part of the fringe benefit package Brazilian Auto Assembly ( and Rubber, auto parts ) blue and white collars workers got , mostly 1st and 2nd shift , was being bused from the plant to several drop offs near home ( usually a 10 min walk at most ). I lived , and came back to live , in a region that held the most assembly plants. Employment and pay rate is not nearly as it used to be. Be they still get busing. I did while working for an auto parts manufacturer. The only thing workers kicked in was a token amount at the plant cafeteria , for your daily lunch or dinner tray. They would get meal Stubbs And medical staff on premises ( usually a general practitioner and nurse ). Today, outside manufacturing , most salaried employees get meal and transport allowances through a stored value card.
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  312. The name plate Kadet made to Europe and Brazil throughout the 80’s revived by Opel excellent small car engineering.
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  313.  @ricardokowalski1579 wrong. The Kadet was a German engineered sub compact. Opel made it. Then the Brazilian GM subsidiary brought along. The Chevette debuted as Chevette in the US and Brazil.
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  314.  @Rides.Roasts.and.Retrievers  now , there is a good reason to run away from the dollar as a trade reserve currency. BRICS might be the sum of all idiots in the same boat, but conceptually it is a way to buffer away from America’s fiscal management.
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  315. He’s got it. Nailed to the wall.
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  316.  @beachcomber2008 go tell that to the coders and engineers who put it all together. And while at it, make sure middle management is going along with the narrative from the grand Pooh Bah.
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  317. It does not fit his short take format. He is more like a wham, bam, see ya mam. And all that snow. His Keynote gigs probably pay better then YouTube.
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  318. Trump was a loudmouth and Biden is not far behind. Data centers do not employ that many people. But they compete for every watt from your local utility.
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  319.  @derrickscott9469 so you were baptized in the fire. It is not a regret. It is a badge of honor. When you face those layabouts , then you have a chip on your shoulder. You are battled tested and alive.
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  320. Ok , Negron. Satisfied dear ?
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  321. Interesting how company culture can be built. Those meetings might go along with peering and mentorship. Just like a tribal council and then a elders to novices. And drumming up those concepts until they become ingrained into the ethos. Good posting.
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  322.  @tigertoo01  please stop the preaching …. You are barking at the wrong threes. The dude is happy with keeping his old steady rustbucket running. More than likely he does not log big mileage , it is a given he is not a steady commuter. If he had to log plenty mileage , then an EV would made sense, granted he could afford one. There is nothing wrong with validating his / her personal feel good attitude. If anything else , it is a token appreciation for one’s thriftiness , and kindness to others. That is uncle Joe or auntie Elsie. Let them be. As my late distant cousin would say… “ Good for you “. And there is not only one pill for all issues concerning motoring and a clean environment. Look at what Toyota is doing. They were the precursor on lithium batteries , even before Tesla and BYD , and they are not giving up on Hydrogen fuel cells. And there are a lot of reasons behind their decision. Some have to do with the markets they are on, others with how things actually work in Japan. So if you like the savings on riding your Tesla , then “ Good for you “. But just show some courtesy with the old timey.
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  323. General Motors did something of similar fashion to street car companies. The bought one in LA just to trash it.
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  324. It’s a short video , for Chrissakes. Give it a rest.
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  325. Perot made his money out of defense contracts. First with EDS , then Perot Systems. It does not matter what he said , it certainly does by his deeds. He was a mulcher and hypocrite.
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  326. Central Flórida is perfect for Disney. All those hotels in Kissimmee , restaurants. Good year round climate.Trained employees. Not an easy uproot.
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  327.  @Myriadys  ok Councilor. But not Counselor. Spelling Bee 101 buddy.
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  328. Interesting.
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  329. What warranty? Never found one in the box.
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  330.  @fredanddebramacdonald2445  Opel not Opal. Get it ??? And the Brazilian equivalent of the Opel engineered Rekkord is Chevrolet Opala. Reaganomics. Americans can’t spell it right anymore.
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  331.  @irimeyilmaz956  they could if they wanted to. VW, GM , Fiat, Renault , Citroen, all sell,under 1,000cc engines , either 3-4 cylinders. And some of these models are quite peppy. The Turbo Charged version of a Four door three volume passenger Sedan , built by VW , on a 3 cyl has close to 150 HP. It is roomy and has A/C. They would rather gouge American consumers and plead poverty with their margins. That is their game.
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  332.  Tracchofyre  the only reason the gold standard was abandoned , had to do with the French Central Bank demanding shipments back, as the USA were spending like drunken sailors in Vietnam. So Nixon intervened and declared the dollar free of the gold reserves. It was a gambit that worked then. And there isn’t enough gold around the world to back every trade and retail transaction out there around the earth. . So then and now , Gold’s true value is it’s end use for jewelry, electronics. The fact people and nations hoard gold makes it more valuable than it should be.
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  333. Puerto Ricans need no handout. They can come and go as they please. For Dominicans , it is the ticket out of misery. Focus is a powerful weapon.
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  334. You forgot Brazil to that list. There is public hearth care and private health care.
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  335.  @emilywendling  I would not go that far … it works with some. Not all of them . The important part is , whenever possible , keep the family together. Retirement homes are not the answer. Take care of yours as they cared once for you.
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  336.  @adgurl01  Makes total sense. I recall having seen a video about some Scandinavian families living in a closed circle. Granny taking care of kids and their offspring taking care of one another. Not an easy undertaking , but certainly less ostracizing than in sending elders to Nursing Homes, or condemning them to social isolation. Gosh I also heard this is practiced in Buthan.
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  337. There is a book about that. Title reads ….” The power of the followership. “. Can’t remember the author. It’s all about the bees in the beehive , and how they are in fact , not leaders , the ones who make things work. Look it up.
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  338. Your assumptions are moot. #1 is correct. #2. It is a pie in the sky concept . You can’t grow , in a industrial scale , crops that not just feed an overwhelming portion of the population, they also are indispensable for livestock feed and fuel using Mom and Pa network of backyards.
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  339. Your narrative and pace are unique , one of the best I’ve seen. No hype , just a passerby taking notes. At first , when I saw your first videos , the format was awww chucks. Not high brow. Yet it stuck it out. You are consistent on your narrative style. The cheesy jingles , at first I figured , he does not want to pay for soundtrack. But now it comes as authentic. I came across a bunch of wide eyed Brazilians gawking at America’s typical suburbia. Which exists . But their thinking , by the movies , that is a representative of the whole country. I told them , go see Nick Johnson’s to get a real balanced view of Main Street USA. And props for you for doing the actual driving footage. So many others out there are putting up stock footage, it is becoming commonplace.
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  340.  @DurzoBlunts  wheat is grown in the Southern prairies , homer. On land bordering Argentina and Uruguay. For its top soil, climate , and topography. Get out of your cave yokel.
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  341. The hipocrisy of it all. A suburbanite living in an area close to florests , who drives everywhere in his fossil fuel vehicle , complaining against “ Energy Corporate Conglomerates “.
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  342. It’s other folks retreading , mostly shot from his Guest Speaker engagements. He had no control over this, hence him creating his own Chanel. Which, despite the numbers in subs , is relatively new.
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  343. Then someone enabled / facilitated his actions. It takes a motivated individual with poor judgement and enablers to pull this off.
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  344. It takes someone with poor judgement and strong motivation, plus enablers to pull this off. They will probably never get to the enablers.
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  345. I haven’t clocked a paycheck since 2010. Graduated with an engineering degree in 1993. I’ve been busy since then. Just now I am out of the loop for my mother’s sake. Corporations are simply evil. Indentured servitude. Loss of your personal well being. Little wonder there so many disfuncional marriages in the USA. At a distance , I like what I see as the general attitude on Labor x Management in Europe. And learned to see American firms with contempt.
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  346. Since John Reed left Citi, the bank has gone from one disaster to another. They left Brazil in 2013 or 14. So they’veen on a declina a long time ago.
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  347.  @JigilJigil  these are remarks given to the press. To appease its core readers. As far as fit and finish , I’ve seen Chinese car models here , and they are just fine. And most EV automakers source their battery packs from a single Chinese company. Got watch some daily Autoline News. You are overdue. Your set of data is biased .
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  348. You mean goats. Goats get rid of knoxious weeds. And pop. And do not trample .
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  349. They can barely manage to supply the Ukranian frontline with shell artillery, with a backlog of orders , and Congress less inclined to keep on funding that war . Then there is Taiwan, Israel. And now this. So much for Mr Zeihan’s assessment , the “ US Military was cleaning up old inventory from Reagan days “ , or something to that effect. These wars are adding more trillions to the existing staggering US national debt. These will cost dearly to Americans at home. As matter of fact , they are already costing.
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  350. Yup . You bring Brazil under discussion , a ton of them show up out of the bushes . It is a given. . Good for click rates. As for your BRIC outlook , 100% on target. And yiur outlook is eye opening as to some factual information. Thank you. Marriages of conveniences end when conveniences fall apart. This is just another excuse to a bunch of self agrandizing government bureaucrats to catch up to traveling and find a listening ear. And hang on to their jobs.
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  351. I worked in plants , 40 years ago, they had subsidized meals. A generous tray lunch and morning breakfast . An auto parts plant and a gun and ammo manufacturing plant. In a so called thirld world country.
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  352. Nude males were once the domain of Playgirl , and the buying public were gay males. Online porn killed all of its appeal. Playboy needed the advertisers to take the space on female nude folds. No financially feasible. You also had to maintain edited articles , then centerfold spreads , then the special featured girl, then the playmate of the month . All in a packaged format of X number of pages to be stacked, perused at newsstands. Running a print media company ain’t easy.
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  353. She left afterwards. The publishing company went into insolvency. Playboy may still be sold overseas through licensing agreements. She was proven not be in the mettle. Hugh lived his last days on rented property , one that was once his own. Every piece of asset in the hands of receivership.
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  354.  @JV-tg2ne and I assume you have the possession of such writings as evidence.
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  355. Those South China islands are the equivalent guerilla warfare. People tend to forget , that is how Japan gave us hell before surrendering on WWII. They only surrendered after we dropped the bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The US Matines had multiple battlefronts to reckon with in the Japanese controlled Pacific Islands. The Chinese might not have a Navy as mightier than the US , but they still can be some persky customer . And they are building their Navy up. I would not be as dismissive to their abilities until met in the battlefront.
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  356. Never mind America. The Basque Gunsmiths in Northern Spain are short on labor. Send them up there. Eibar in Spain.
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  357. Who auctions those bonds ? Just so I can close the loop. Thank you.
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  358.  @CarlosEduardo-wo4ff  The Argentines begged to be in for the ride. Not the other way around.
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  359. Pré med courseware should be restricted towards Biology and Biochemistry. Students who want the easy way around , got for humanities. Pathetic.
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  360. Oh by the way…. And since you mentioned Medicare & Medicaid outlays …. The unfunded liability to meet those obligations plus social security over the next 30 years , at present value, is about north of 100 trillion dollars. And since the Federal Government does not follow GAAP here , not many are talking about this non funded liability. You ought to make a video on this alone.
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  361. And I almost forgot … All of those accrued payrol deductions on Social Security and Medicare are invested 😊 on Federal Government I.O.U.s. Bonds, zteasury Bills and Notes.
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  362. It takes a Russian woman , in Babushka years, to confirm publicly , that George W.Bush was a naive and useful idiot. Every other peer of her in the State Department knew, but no one has the balls to tell it all. She did not played nice , as her peers might condescending did so. Straight to the point. Very Russian like of the female gender kind. No wishy washy arguments as some of her male peers blurred out. I mean I like the intuitiveness and assertiveness of Susan Glasser and Julia Ioffe , but this Russian Mama comes swinging out of the gate. You got yo love ‘em.
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  363. Most work in dairies nowadays is carried by Sikh Indians in Italy’s Parma region. Other then be willing to work and for less, many came through rural backgrounds , thus being adaptable to the environment. Ask any dairy farmer in the region , they will tell you authentic Parmesan would not be possible without Sikhs.
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  364. People are strange. Old saying in my language goes as this ….. some people long for the devil to take them and God to end their lives. Or selling their souls to the devil as we used to call.
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  365. Right now, traditional energy grids work without batteries , at any built in loss factored . Batteries are cool, but there are a few companies to profit from the multiplication; of storage points. So they have their vested interests to incentivize the multiplication of regional storage points.
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  366. With all of their resources , you would think they would spend the money to get raw footage for this edit. Now, you could’ve seen this as an opportunity to go out and start à média outfit producing your own content and selling content to out of the country media companies.
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  367. Yiu are talking composting. Composting takes time. You can’t simply recycle soil compost to the same year harvest. The compost and soil mix takes a full year to be ready for fertilizing use. These farmers live on a harvest by harvest basis. There needs to be someone , a business , who can handle composting in behalf of local farmers. Meaning collect animal manure , let it rest on a pile, and then distribute.
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  368. You are forgeting Embraer in that list. Which is way ahead of Comac in reliability standards. And in Germany , labor unions and management get along just fine. It is a thing called Social Contract , have you heard of it lately? .
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  369. We do not grow wheat in the Amazon. It is in the Rio Grande do Sul and Cerrado. Time for you to start visiting your local library , if it has not been targeted for fund cutting. Or try Wikipedia. A little homework before you spout your American spooned nonsense is overdue.
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  370. It takes a court order , FBI could have them.
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  371. The top soil might be just great for pineapple growers. As it is for Azorean ( Portuguese Islands on the Atlantic ) growers. But once you sample the Azorean ones, there is no comparision. Heads above the competition. Same volcanic top soil, and with a twist. Grown over a year in greenhouses. Sweet as a honey dew. Dole, eat your heart out.
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  372. Old adage in sales that can be used in getting recruiting calls. Always pre qualify your solicitors. Including your recruiters and hiring managers. You want to weed out the, in quoting Tony Hopkins , …. The Evasive Ed’s Domineering Donnas Freddie Freebies. Grinding Greg’s Mopping Moes Identify the ones above ánd cut them loose. Play your game. Let them play theirs.
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  373. Gold is not an asset that produces dividends. It is not even an asset you can park your money. It is not a productive asset such as real estate , a piece of equipment, livestock. It is just an speculative instrument. I’ve seen people who went destitute by investing in precious metals.
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  374.  @KAMZA.  thanks. I had forgotten this one.
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  375. I’ve been to company’s group interviewing sessions that resemble recruiting for a cult. My gut instinct immediately takes over and I stick out as the contrarian just because I don’t sing cumbaia. I was often invited to leave. It is not just American corporations are pure evil cults with their stupid little rituals. It is that a lot of Americans comply, who knows , they loved to be hetded like cattle to the pen. Corporate culture is the invisible whip they crack at the modern fancy ship galleys , or sweatshops , if you prefer. And handling the cattle , psychological whip in hand , there always the manager. And behind him/her , there lies “ the visionary , charismatic “ Massah of Slaves “. I got my engineering degree , paid by the the tax payer, and went to drive taxicabs and other gigs.
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  376. This is a pro union channel, the moniker gives up. Why in the world would they be fair and balanced ? Class struggle means wealthy x underprivileged. The odds one getting wealthy are not in the working class favor. There are more working stiffs than self made men in this world. This channel covers all the angles on how the underprivileged are getting the shaft. Its message is a twist of the o,d slogan , “ Workers of the World , Unite. “
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  377.  @theodoroseidler7072  that’s right. And what would be SKF without the best steel alloys money can buy ?
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  378. All of these companies , and SKF , and Saab ( Scania division ) have large manufacturing operations and brand presence in Brazil. Volvo came a tad bit later. Despite Ford Motors flight , Saab-Scania , Mercedes Benz , and VW remain in Sao Bernardo do Campo-SP. Volvo is nested in Curitiba-PR. Atlas Copco makes screw rotary compressors for high demand pressure specs. Alpha Laval , if memory helps me, made equipment for batch food processing . ABB makes electrical devices for power grids and high tension installs. SKF makes ball bearings. Sandvik makes ceramic based cutting tools and insets for metal cutting. Ericsson makes telecom switching gear from PBX switches to telecom public exchanges, including mobile switching. And for a while they also made mobile handsets. Their regional headquarters is in São Paulo’s north side by the Tiete River. Did I get it all right ? Do I earn brownie points ? Will I get a Swedish blond knocking on my door as a prize L Just kidding. .
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  379. Teslas are being reported to be inconsistent with quality. Give it a try to BYD if it comes around.
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  380. There is more than flowers there. And the stems are bursting out of the beds. Between the soil, whatever compost she is using , and her green thumb , there is a lot to see there. Next edited shot, if you are still there, do a Sweep with the camera , and shoot as background , and then run your talking head on a different channel on ter foreground. If you please. The Chinese, you made plenty obvious before. Nothing new there. Your mother’s garden …. You can get a lot more insight on one person by seeking what they do with their plants.
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  381.  @N0Xa880iUL which is waning.
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  382. So Chicagoans won’t be rewarded with exclusive bike lanes anytime before the lease is up in 65 years. Oh well …. There will be other places to live and share your tax dollars. So much for beautiful park landscaping, awe inspiring architecture, and gastronomy. So long Chiraq.
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  383.  @lougiacobbi725  true. But it would still require Chicago to make restitution payments to the ones relinquishing their land claims towards eminent domain .precisely when there are no funds available to make good on appropriations.
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  384. The elder rather want to live in courtyard structures that looked like slums but afforded themselves more social interaction . The same structures that were razed down to give way to high rises. Apartments in high rise buildings exacerbate isolation.
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  385. Old as he has become , he still kicking and screaming. He is Mr Consistency through and through.
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  386. Lots of casinos there. Huge on hospitality. That’s Biloxi in a nutshell.
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  387. This stands as an obvious initiative, and it is a repeat and rinse Brazilian Officials did during the 50’s. Setup shop here provide jobs and taxes , or go sell your cars somewhere else. That is how we developed a domestic auto parts manufacturing sector , large enough they ended up bought by Americans. Biggest obstacle to EV adoption in Brazil isn’t tax levies on imports . It is the lack of any charging network where it needs to be . This obstacle is compounded by a number of factors, namely 1. Charge time , at best , takes up at least half hour on a full recharge . There are barely any charging stations on large metro areas , let alone a network , in a magnitude as Tesla’s. 2. If ever was the possibility to deploy a charge network , large cities lack adequate real estate to house charge stations. 2.1. Apartment buildings ? Unless brand new and devised by the developer , though luck getting the condo association to ratify it. 2,2. Curbside ? Suuuure. Wait for the looting. 2.3. Your carport ? Wait until you see the install costs estimate or the lease terms. 2,4. Strip malls or power centers ? They are non existing in Brazil. No stroads, and parking in Brazilian medium to large cities are at premium. 2.5 Fuel Stations. They can barely hang at 5% margins on refuels , and they are giving away prime real estate so some hombre can recharge for free ? Pay up my asking rent or go someplace else Mr Charge Network Operator. 3. Charging on Tesla is a highly subsidized endeavor. I do not see Brazilian Utilities , who own the monopoly on power delivery and transport , giving their electric power for free. Demand increases, so will do their rates. Good luck having Aneel to stop them. Toyota go it right. Hybrids. The Chinese… they are still trying to figure out how things work here in the plantation. My money, they will get burned, or will take them patience and money to get around these roadblocks. We will see…
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  388. His pied-a-terres in Washington DC and Switzerland.
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  389. Media makes money off negatives. Big surprise.
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  390. The early versions of the Golf would be equivalent to the American VW Rabbit with its boxy shape, and never seen in Brazil. Ever . The early Brazilian Golf version never came to be , only a few years after, incorporated into the platform second generation. The all time sales leader, the Gol , without the F , was shaped like the US version VW Scirocco, minus the trim level. As a matter of fact , the VW Golf was never a hit seller in Brazil , given its hefty price tag. The rather spartan Gol took ter podium. Always a bare stripped trim level. So please , stop the self aggrandizing and do your job.
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  391. You almost got it right with the paragraph spacing. A second hit on the bar would’ve done it. I understand your level of self indignation. But it does no good to yourself to get all riled up. America is not Scandinavia. If you come to terms with that , either you live in it , or pack it up to leave abroad. The numbers show a massive number of Americans do so. About nine million, including military personnel, State Department’s figures.
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  392. If it was so effective or easy, many would be adopting regenerative farming. We are talking cash crop monocultures. Not enough resources, time , or results for this. It is a pie in the sky for grain farmers.
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  393. Not the kind of advice his tax attorney would give him.
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  394. Ohh poor baby. Getting overlooked by daddy Sam ?
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  395.  @MarcosElMalo2  correct., and agreed upon. Just wanted to point that Graft in procurement isn’t just a Russian thing. America has a USD 815 billion per annum DoD budget. Russia, not even a 10th. There is a large sum to hide line itens. And yes, the Russian defense barely sees the equivalent in invested Rubles. They are a joke. As for how fair DoD contracts are, cost overruns alone do not account for the amount of waste that goes in procurement. When George Bush Senior took office , they had to make cuts on defense that triggered M&As and consolidation. Taking aside subcontractors , major contractors are fewer , which means you have all the perfect conditions for price fixing. On the fair side of things , the Veterans Administration has negotiated procurement contracts for medicines at market prices , while the Medicare program has gotten bills passed that restrict their ability to even negotiate on the same level, even thought Medicare procures a lot more than the VÁ Hospitals combined. That much in thanks for scutterbutting votes at the houses, at wee hours of a Monday , to vote a bill that blocks Medicare in enjoying the same privileges the VA has. Republican Congressman Bill Tauzin from LA championed the bill. The same sleazebag that blocked the competitive Telecommunication Act championed under FCC by Bill Kenard ( Clinton Administration ). Full disclaimer, I voted Obama twice , Trump once, and if Bill Weld would have won the Republican Primary , then he would get my popular vote. So I do not toe party lines.
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  396. When he said social spending , the lion share goes to “Entitlements “. The lump sum of retirement and medical care under the Social Security Administration and programs like Medicare is about, at present figures, for the next 30 years , over 100 USD trillion dollars. Most of the contributions deducted from payroll become converted into Treasury Securities ( Bills, Notes, Bonds ). A lot of I.O.U.s. And none of it guaranteed in the Constitution. Over 2/3 of the Federal budget is earmarked for “ Entitlements “ and Defense. All tax levies barely cover to service the Federal Debt. These entitlement liabilities are not even listed as such , meaning it does not follow GAAP Accounting Guidelines. Hence why they call them unfunded lisbilities. The Social Security is fully funded, at current levels . That is the tug of war ….Entitlements , Special Programs ( Housing, Efucation, Agriculture , Transportation ) x Defense.
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  397. The irony of all … Trump ( whom I casted my vote on him once , so mea culpa ) , was very adamant in cutting EPA’s operating budget. The same EPA became of existence thanks to a bill signed by Nixon. Well, back then we had Ralph Nader who influenced policy on these matters as an engaged private citizen activist. We slept atitude wheel and choose to ignore the old man.
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  398. Correct. It’s always the precursor of an expansion. Do your own homework at home, and while at it , mature the brand for overseas. Their home market alone provides the bankroll for future expansion.
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  399.  @hp4415  funny they said the very same thing when the first Japanese car brands shipped to the USA. Read Akio Morita , Made in Japan.
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  400.  @wigwam3270 funny you say that. No one in Japan buys American made cars. Meanwhile African warriors can be seen atop of a Toyota pickup on your Six O’Clock news. Not a Ford, or a Chevy. Why , you may dare to ask. Because they are reliable. Never mind State subsides.
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  401. Nice aerial shots. The in street footage, day and night with the aerials sit well with your narrative. And running around places isn’t cheap , given the fuel, meals , lodging costs . Personally I have a real beef with these also runs who load stock footage with armchair jabbering. You are the real deal kiddo.
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  402. Water, huh……. Water is a valuable commodity. It will be stored in a drawer for a looong time.
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  403. They pay you when you get enough traffic on your published video.
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  404.  @CaliSteve169  it is a French Italian aircraft maker. A turboprop.
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  405. Correct. One Summer Street. Above the store. Very non descript.
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  406. BRICS common trade currency is a pipe dream. It won’t make past the get together stage. Here is why …. 1. From all sponsoring states , three are failed with economies on the edge of teetering bankrupcy. They are all hoping for a lifeline. One of the invitees is a notorious deadbeat when it comes to honoring its contracted debts. 2. One wants to sequester the alliance to better negotiate trade tariffs with the United States. In fact this such one is already trying to get in the American consumer market backdoor through NAFTA. 3. Two of the charter participants never traded amongst themselves. And they compete in every market the other does. Zero reprociticy. Not to mention one has continuously brought underhanded sandbagging commercial practices. 4. None of the participants have a currency that can grease global commerce. In recent past the Sterling Pond did as such. And then became the US dollar. There is simply not enough currency around to replace the US dollar. 5. You need currency reserve status. The Yuan , against their wishful thinking ain’t it. In fact, they are fighting like mad capital flight as we speak. All they wish for is to control the world order. This is a FAD , it won’t last.
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  407. Since when Elon Musk cared about anyone ?
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  408.  @taran5209  Social Security and Medicare. About over 110 trillion dollars at present value, owed towards the next 30 years.
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  409. That is where Vocational and trades education is short of targets. This College for all is ruining the country.
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  410. This is typical of some bragging CEO Founder on Other People’s Money’s with stealth grow and Private Equity Bankroll with no core expertise on shoemaking . Stellar craftsmanship demands skilled factory workers and a path to respectability by putting every earned dollar into the finished product first. Throwing conspicuous amounts of money into marketing is often a red flag for phonies selling their junk.
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  411. That is an interesting take. 😊
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  412. Nations can sneak past the US and tradevoj barter settling on the US dollar while it holds any semblance of value. It has been done before. Brazil , back in late 70’s to early 80’s bought 80% of its crude on the open market . The Brazilian government then brokered a deal with Iraq , where they sent VW made vehicles ( Passat sedans ) plus frozen poultry in exchange to Iraqis crude. Volkswagen even webtbas far as assembling a special edition model for the deal . Later, some construction contractors joined the fold by building roads , sewer treatment plants. They sent in their engineers , shipped materiais. Everyone got paid. .
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  413. Pack your bags and go.
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  414.  @gjsoriano1  well , Lobby is common space. Office crowds in and out flows are controlled by turnstile and elevators badges, FOB cards, or finger print scan. Not something residential or lodging dwellers want to be imposed upon. Hence the lobby segregation. As for the mix lodging and residential , it is a perfectly adaptable environment. You add personnel. One desk exclusively for the residential concierge , and your check in counter for lodging guests. Most residential dwellers won’t be fazed by the added lobby traffic, which won’t be that considerable on extended stay. Further segregation, beyond floor stacks , can be accomplished by pre assigned elevator cars with some kind of digital readout ( key code , finger print , FOB ). People who rather have an exclusive lobby can go elsewhere at a higher rental rate. A flexible lodging and residential can improve cash flow , a plus when tenancy rates might not be at best.
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  415. Travel to a third world country and get a Taylor. Order a lot of items for your formal wear. It works.
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  416. Excelent piece. You made it simple to clearly see the overarching picture on this never ending conflict. From this catholic , to you , being a former Mormon , your background was not bad , after all. It made you to look more objectively. No bias, no baggage. Besides , you and your team are very anal about the material you put out. You are as perfect as it gets as a narrator for this never ending saga. What I do not hear anywhere is why the Israelis have not reached their pockets to settle Palestinians elsewhere . After all , they take in all those billions of dollars appropriated from the US congress year in, year out. There are Palestinians making a new life for themselves in Brazil ( São Paulo mostly ) , the US , Canada , Australia, Jordânia. A little financial help would be a goodwill gesture. What gives ?
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  417. This is a golden opportunity for Mahindra. And a bonehead move by John Deere.
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  418. Neat idea with the dog food pan stand.
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  419. Hey, not everyone is in the bandwagon. Lada , the Rusky car maker , is staying put with their ICE , pre EFI lineup. And in Brazil , all car makers are maintaining their ICE models. Let’s not forget Japan , who figured fuel efficiency and alternative fuels are the way to go. I personally would love to see their Kai Cars on my side of the pond. I can see why Europeans are hell bent for EVs. Refueling costs there are pricey.
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  420. Welcome to LA ! Shouts the pimp at the bus terminal to unsuspecting corn fed beauties. Here honey , let me give yiu a ride to scenic San Fernando Valley. Where all A listers live.
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  421. Fewer people at the assembly line, and more people into coding, materials science. If you want to grow Union ranks , assembly lines ain’t it anymore. Get a clue Mr Union Boss. Blocking coding to be done overseas is the biggest challenge in preserving well paying jobs Stateside. As the car makers shift into EVs , retooling their plants will be in tall order, which will lead to fewer hands slapping assemblies on the factory floor. Look at Tesla. They already figured out their factory floor tooling , which employs a few to program the machinery and robots. Even the chassis frame is a single cast body part. Not a junction of robot welded body parts. Which further translates into fewer people at the toolroom making dies and stamps . Right there goes a huge write down on sunk costs on acquired equipment, hence eliminating a lot of redundant labor. Meanwhile they are continuously throwing money on software development , bug fixes. That is still a labor intense part of building their models lineup. If you care about your card carrying members standard of living , get funding from automakers to put them for training on how to code.
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  422. Your boss knew a thing or two. Thanks for the reminder.
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  423. In a perfect world yes. But we do not live in a perfect world , mind you. Perhaps on day it will come to your expectations.
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  424. Go tell that to the Brits. The Sterling Pound was the reserve currency up until the 50’s.
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  425. No they won’t. The Chinese are increasing exports and plant builds where they are welcomed. Which also translates into taking over markets once owned by American manufacturers. They are not playing currency. They are entrenching into Europe, Eurasia , Russia , the whole Latin America , Africa. They might’ve lost the battle, it this is an war of atriction.
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  426. Just a tactic tomstirr up,comments. And you fell for it.
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  427. The impact on dredging the ocean bottom is far worse then we ever managed to our topsoil, river streams , and florests. The damaged done by North Atlantic Commercial Fishermen are a living example of what goes when you rake at the bottom. Scalloping trawlers rake the bottom of the ocean for shell seafood. To a point they not only extinguish the species , but other creatures as well. And there is no such a thing as clean mining techniques.
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  428. A Brazilian strip clube operator met the same obstacles from politicians and law enforcement. Though he never lost his property . Oscar Maroni, who runs Bahamas. He in part had it coming as he bucked the establishment, when he could gain a lot more by staying quiet. He also built a full service business hotel next to his club, but could not ever get the occupancy permit. His foes at city hall alleged the high rise interfere with airplanes landing , as the hotel sat close to a domestic hub airport. Reports from engineers refuted such trumped up claims. But the hotel remains shut and going derelict. In all, a former psychoanalyst , a bon-vivant, and a controversial figure who dated his entertainers . Who got sandbagged badly.
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  429. I actually miss Bush Sr. He was consistent on his stances. No going where the wind blows. True , he was an Inteligwnce man , but he held his ground.
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  430. Lula seized the moment, and ran with the oportunity when no one had the courage to step up to the soap Box. You can’t negotiate in good faith when the other party to the agreement keeps on breaking promises held. Netanyahu has broken every covenant from agreements since Camp David , brokered by Jimmy Carter , and Bill Clinton’s subsequently brokered peace agreements, to which Netanyahu was part of. What the Israeli government has done with Palestinians is far worse than South Africa’s apartheid leaders done. The Gaza Strip might as well be Soweto if not outright worse. This is the same Lula who in 1978, at a helm of the strikes, defied the Brazilian Military Dictatorship Junta in defending auto and metal workers agains wages losses in the town of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. Then and now, Lula never minced words . Way back , his discourse to the masses of assembled union members might be laced with profanities , but boy was he ever the right person at the right time. The Brazil we have today is the Brazil where Jewish, Arabs , Asians , Europeans , Gays , and so many others prosper and trade under the freedom not afforded to Palestinians in their own homeland. And Lula’s knows the numbers by account of exiled Sirians and Palestines, mostly living in São Paulo. Sometimes , to be heard , it takes adding salt to the wound. Lula did as such , and he made himself heard loud and clear. To be amongst the top ten largest economy in the planet and not use your weight for gains that matter it would be a colossal failure and a wasted opportunity. And the Lula we all know is not the type that misses out to latch on real moment defining and game changing opportunities. He might be fading , his voice is hoarse , his health problems all public knowledge. He is diminute in physical stature. He lacks finesse in his discourse. He only has nine fingers . He has been prosecuted under false pretenses on wholesale perjury. He is not a saint, having been associated with graft. He is misunderstood at times in his own country . But does he ever deliver when the moment begs for a closer. JLuis Inácio da Silva , a.k.a. Lula has shown all of us it takes balls of brass. A real mover and shaker , nonetheless. And as for Netanyahu, with his empty threats, his hurting puppy attitude, let us Brazilians remind you that Israel needs more Brazil than Brazil needs Israel. You want tic for tac diplomacy , we can go the nine miles with economic sanctions. And when sending asylum seeking Palestinians to Brazil , at least have the decency to pay for their settlement ( education, medical , housing , job placement, counseling ) and freight .
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  431. And they have to kick in some money too.
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  432. Chevy Bolt isn’t sold throughout Latin America at all. And Wuling won’t sell there either. From a South American. Your pontification is baseless.
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  433. Warehousing people with mental illness might not be the answer to their problems , but neither was to cut funding to those existing facilities. So they justified one action by pursuing the wrong course or lack thereoff. So from Ward of the State to burden of municipalities seemed to be the unintended consequence.
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  434.  @kimlizotte694 your prayers have been answered. Tell him to sign up for the Peace Corps. A better way to serve. And gain overseas exposure.
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  435. You forgot to mention corn fed beauties. You know, the garden variety 9f belles from your neck of the woods. I wonder if in Georgia they would call em Peach Fed Beauties.
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  436. Former Boston cab driver. Since I left the trade in 2013 and moved overseas , I never once took an Uber ride. Always the local cabbies. Besides, fares here are affordable enough. Shopping locally and using licensed taxicabs was a matter of principle for me. . Local cabbies know they way around, have an insight on local matters , which make them valuabk4. And are not shady characters. Plenty reports of Uber drivers holding up passengers , others committing sexual harassment to women I knew of. . The licensed taxicab driver is beholden to its license. Which is paid for and cab be revoked at a moment’s notice. And mostly are fully insured. I have no respect and only contempt for Uber drivers. Their plight as modern sharecroppers is their choice at the expense of their own ignorance and guilibliness.
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  437. Rush hour from Logan to downtown before the Ted Williams tunnel ….30-40 minutes for a 5 mile stretch under the Harbor. When the new Southie Tunnel came online, 5 minutes. The old way, you had to wiggle through the busy North End tip by Hanover Street. The only inconvenience The Big Dig brought , during its construction phase , were the nearly daily changes in routes throughout downtown Boston. Suddenly, I am looking with a newly found appreciation towards America’s favorite boogeymen , Mitch O’Connell.
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  438. Change of tides. Rising of the proletariat. Advertisers pressures. Chairman XI has no saying over provincial matters. One party does not mean one unified voice. There are still alive dissidents.
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  439. Elderly on retirement incomes go for these price slashes. You don’t even have to advertise. Matter of fact, my local chain based grocer would have an extra freezer by the wall filled with date expired dairy products. A few doors over you can check the same yougurt label for a whole lot less. You would be surprised what inflation can do on people’s shopping habits. Seagulls , that is funny.
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  440. Embraer is headquartered in the town of Sao Jose dos Campos , State of São Paulo. It has since expanded its footprint in the State , and further beyond in the US , with a facility in the state of Florida. Its precursor , like many other contemporaries , was making small prop planes. Like a Cessna plane. Crop sprayers , small chartered single be dual engines. The company was handpicked by the Brazilian Military Brass in the late 60’s over other small sized domestic manufacturers , who competed against Embraer at that time. The nod towards Embraer made it easy for Government procurement contracts and the much needed bankrolling to engage into bigger aircraft programs. At that same time , once they were the handpicked ones, they built a regional turboprop freight and passenger aircraft to carry cargo and people to far flung regions, the Bandeirantes. They also got orders for a training and recognizance single engine aircraft , the Xavantes. The Brazilian Air Force needed more than that, so fighter jet orders were filled in by a French aircraft builder , Marcel Dassault. Eventually , Embraer got into the jet propulsion with orders for its civilian charter jet builds. And cargo transport planes. And since then , it has experienced incremental grow on orders and building towards large frames.
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  441. He probably got bumped from some large media conglomerate and know bringing his brand of devil’s advocate to the tube. He is interesting and entertaining , but his format is repetitive.
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  442. Answering a riddle with a question. This is the smartest and well edited post reply I’ve seen in ages. You should get a door prize from the WSJ.
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  443. That is the DOJ and FBI job.
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  444. There is a reason why Bertone and Pininfarina booked the well paid gigs they got. No AI , just pen, paper , and then clay. Maybe some CAD renderings these days. When you are a genius , all of this tech gibberish becomes superfluous. Italians can’t build a car that will last trouble free. But sure as heck they can design cars we desire.
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  445. For those who haven’t left the country over the decay of the US, take solace on words by the once famous activist , muckraker journalist, and writer , Upton Sinclair. In his book preface , “ The Jungle “ , he brings to attention that “ You don’t have to accept América the way it is. You can impart change by your own initiative. “. And Mr. Reich , although wearing party colors ( he is a card carrying democrat ) , sums up perfectly fine what it takes to change. So don’t bail out , unless you must. Go and do your bit.
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  446. Massachusetts is a Commonwealth Chartered State. Hospitals in Massachusetts have a self funding pool to cover uninsured patients that are admitted under emergencial circumstances. I am not sure the rate, somewhere about 1 to 3% of their gross revenue goes into that pool. You can’t have property under your name. Nor a fat banking account. Or investments. The pool is to cover indigent people. Just go about finding out yourself on this. I left in 2013 , living in Brazil ever since. I actually left before Obama Care, so I am not sure how it goes as of now. My admission bill ( tests , ambulance between wings , room , nursing ) , all tore up. Signed a card and I was free of any burden. Pericarditis. Similar simptons to a cardiac arrest . But for your own sake you ought to dig on this deeper. And enroll into your local community health center.
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  447. The moment you add a robot to the frame welding ,it ceases to be “artisanal bike production “ as the Portuguese Title falsely implies. The shop might be owner operated , it could be CAD drawn for documentation purposes , yet the Portuguese title is misleading.
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  448. I would no go that far. At least , every now and then we get some nuggets. As for his politics , we are intelligent enough to draw our own conclusions.
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  449. Easier said than done. There is blackmail comes in handy. Watch Nixon , from Oliver Stone. The scene where Nixon visites his CIA Director, coming from a tennis match and tending his flowers. They got the goods on everyone with hands on the switch. Edgar Hoover, who created the FBI was a master of blackmail. Everyone of them mastered it. .
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  450. I can enumerate a score of towns in the States of São Paulo , Minas Gerais , Santa Catarina , Paraná in Brazil where you can afford to us a home , earn a living , having kids you can manage. And by that, all that infra structure that goes with it. Health Care ( Public and Private ) , Education ( Public and Private ), public safety , sports programs. But you won’t move a finger to know about them, well after all , you sad sacks all live in the “ First World “ , and this poor Latino is in a “ Third World Country “ , right. So please accept my hankie for your commiserating souls.
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  451. These projects are slowly getting funding. Medford Green Line extension , extending the Commuter Rail through New Bedford.
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  452. I remember reading the Globe about the whole controversy between the State Project Overseer, Karasiotes, and the Master Building Contractor , Bechtel. The Globe took no prisioners and lashed out at the State Agency. It made for some very interest reading back then. It is sad the Globe is no longer as mighty as it once was. I ferried them along back then from Morrisey Boulevard to all parts of the city ( Rachid , a Muslim American ITOA cab driver was then near and dead to the Globe beat reporters and hauled a lot of them around ) , and they were excellent tippers and very kind to us drivers. We got the Herald too, but the folks at the Globe had the finger on the wound. The folks from the Phoenix were nowhere close to the party, as far as I can remember.
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  453. You are walking amongsf the most expensive square feet in the City , and you don’t get it. …. Here is a reasonable explanation, of a few … You add walking down the road with rowhouses at the right along curbside peddlers. And then sprawling gated mansions at the left. The houses on the right side might be grandfathered and were there before the neighborhood became posh. So it will take an astute and ruthless real estate developer to buy them out and transform them into highrises with pricey apartment units. You are sitting on the border line between haves and haves little. With twenty million , give of take , that is the possibility. Large suitable lots are hard score. The house owner or the high rise developer had to scrape or push their weight around to get to that lot.
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  454. Not ever. They are rolling liabilities.
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  455.  @davidzavala337  frugality is a virtue.
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  456.  @USandGlobal  because for the very same reason , if you mention Indian Provinces , they will be mightily upset. They will rectify saying States. And Provinces sound provincial , provincial. As of a lesser entity. He is supposed to know as a geopolitical analyst. Big faux pas
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  457. Most residential buildings are properly insulated. They even have those idiotic green certifications, LEED. A glorified rubber stamping to make some consultants earn ridiculous amount of money, by toying with someone else’s holdings.
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  458.  @nadinegriffin5252  old fashioned gal.
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  459. He mentioned oil. Maybe grains. And coal. And ore of some kind. 😊
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  460. New overlords with some cheesy built infrastructure. And a Jane come lately throwing dinner parties . That is all there is to see. Both want something for nothing. What the Chinese haven’t learned , and the former Colonial Powers did is…. After while , you are dealing with the same issues as the former reigning power did. Internal strife , tribalism , native resentment , social inequality, and having to bribe your way to the top. Pretty much systemic and ingrained. And you maintain status quo , as cost of doing business. Until the superpower becomes a struggling power , and suddenly the bill to pay becomes a lot more expensive. These trolls have no clue , nor skin in the game. They are just getting paid , and their drivel is old news.
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  461.  @jamessimms415  that is an awful thing to say at the expense of someone else’s tragedy.
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  462. You meant Bayer. Monsanto is no more. They were gobbled up by Bayer , liabilities and all.
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  463. I am nowhere near Africa to know it any better. The problem there , from looking outside in , is that you have a fragmented continent, and every border crossing you have to pay your bribes. On awfully maintained roads. So much so , small freight is carried by old Russian planes , flown by old Russian Pilots. If it weren’t for the Chinese throwing a lifeline through infra structure investments, that whole continent would be in the dark ages. And then there is sabotage. You want to derail China’s strategy for your own gains in Africa , all you need is to arm malcontents and everything goes back to colonial times. Successful scale agriculture requires solid banking , commited research , physical infra structure , the right people , access to water , the right legal framework , and sound trade policies. All of the best land in the world won’t make a difference if these factors are not aligned. And íf you see Netherlands , you will know what it takes to succeed in productive agriculture. The Chinese are making a run in Africa because they full well know they can get away with full land title ownership and working around on ter other missing pieces. They can’t own farming land in Brazil. So at best, they can win concessions for ports and terminals.
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  464. It could happen. He has some track record.
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  465. There is plenty HOAs and with that comes dues. And nosy neighbors. And limited interaction to younger generations. The ancient tribes had their villages. And granted, people want to be part of communities , by and large. At least in ancient native tribes kids lived amongst elders. This might work for people with money. For the rest of the 95 percentile , those ever increasing HOA dues are a drain in their household budget. I see how this might pick up in the Sun Belt States and in desert areas. The larger concern is ….Unless they fund every piece of infrastructure on their own nickel, they will be picking subsidies from Counties and States as usual. Which mean poor folk subsidizing well off folk quality of life.
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  466. And the elderly lady at the bar, she is a trove of wisdom. That pupil enlargement , I would not know. She loves to yack, but she has some wisdom.
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  467. Duh, there is one. It is supposed to be the FDA for the USA. Same agency the interviewee works for.
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  468. Quick weekend late edition huh? I see more Palestinians coming to Brazil as refugees. They have been coming lately. 😊
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  469. The consulting racket , through the ages, since medieval times ( remember Machiavelli, or was he from Reinassance ? ) , has been full of fortune tellers advising kings in exchange to a comfortable living. Only difference , we are in the age of keynote speakers and YouTube ers. Far more lucrative than to be on a beck in call for a single despot . They do not have to be right all the time. It is like batting average. If you are s .300 , you are hall of the fame bound. He is interesting. He brings in topics worth noticing. Some of his factual data is worth airing. But no one gets right 100% of the time.
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  470. This is a dated pre COVID documentary. Yes , medallion prices are halved. I get it. But everything else seems out of place.
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  471. Plus the $120 trillion on unfunded liabilities. Owed to social security and Medicare recipients. And don’t forget cities and states debt.
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  472. Most REIT tend to be specialized into one or two Real Estate Categories. There are … Student Residential Reits ( not sure on market average performances ) Multi Dwelling Residential REITs ( doing well as far as I know ) Data Center REITs. ( highly Capital intensive , specialized , only a few select funds do it , very profitable given its barrier of entry ) Industrial and Warehousing REITs ( should be doing well ). Office REITs ( severely underperforming across the board ) Managing each of these separate cathegoties , and single family housing , is a challenge in each of its own. Thus the need for specialization. You can challenge Blackstone’s performance on this criteria alone and on its lack of transparency, if portfolio data is not made available . But not on your own general assumptions and competition hearsay. Your outlet is not made up by analysts , nor it shows you have hired anyone to sift through Blackstone’s RETs marketing prospectus, let alone hard core data. Some pie chart won’t cut it. It is not your game. At the very least you should have done some one on one online expert interviews as other specialized news outlets do. This is a lame piece.
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  473.  @pinschrunner  finally. Thaaank you.
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  474. I meant changed. My apologies. Damn iPad.
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  475. You mean there was. It is no more.
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  476. The Chinese haven’t bothered with building carriers as much as the US does. , which may change in the future. Their budgeted shipbuilding money is in frigates and destroyers. Those they can use to escort their hauling of crude back to China as well as any crucial shipment of their exports. A client of mine once told me , himself in Luanda , Angola then , that every time a Chinese Oil tanker dropped anchor to be filled with crude , two frigates escorted then tanker in and out. This a long while ago. Their Navy , then and now , are being used in support of their mercantile activity, primarily. They haven’t yet made to the beligerantes naval power status , which could eventually happen. Building, staffing and maintaining large plane carriers costs serious money, even if you account for Chinese crews. They would rather build islands and reinforce claims in the South China Sea, seeing it as a more cost effective strategy. The US has an advantage in building their fleet others can’t match for now. They have a strong bond market to bankroll their initiatives. Also , by default, the US Militwry Industrial Complex syphons out allocated resources that could be diverted to universal health care , free education , rebuilding their infra structure , budget for a stronger HUD.
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  477. Can you spare some of it to this down on its luck American ?
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  478. Very small towns in America would convene to Town Hall Meetimgs. Can’t do on large metro areas. This longstanding tradition has been lost.
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  479. That is how preconstruction works. Imagine yourself buying a shirt on a lay-away plan. You tell the merchant to hold onto that shirt , and get yourself into a scheduled payment plan. After all, you are Tony Manero, you work at the local hardware store , and you need to upgrade your wardrobe for those Saturday nights . Money is scarce then. This was a very common practice in the US , around the 70’s. Same with pre construction. Builders acquire or lease land , supposedly secure financing , arrange for architectural services , spend money on promotional marketing , get approved by the zoning board to build, put up a show room, and sign up buyers to a pre payment plan that might cover 30% of the purchased unit retail value, parsed through cinstruction. The rest is to be paid upon delivery and a confirmed issued certificate of occupancy. The once ready units now need to be completed by buyers on their own nickel . Flooring , lighting fixtures , in-unit HVAC , cabinetry, closets. Chinese builders operate on other people’s money. They are supposed to secure lines of credit , or get securitized, or have their own cash reserves. Chinese oversight for this stage is done poorly , they are way behind on regulatory and compliance affairs. Other people’s money then become buyers prepayment cash outlays., therefore , builders do not secure for such sources of non buyer originated funds.
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  480. The narrative , including the experts is …. Hey, we are loaded with resources. We cannot extract these resources alone on our own . Come take advantage of it, and while at it, we will see who is more generous towards us. The highest bidder gets to dance.
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  481. You do an excellent job as helping candidates to separate the wheat from the chaffe. As a movies I ran through these same very traps. And the odd thing there is never one can say that will change these bad hiring habits. They are always on some fishing expedition to suck in the eager and ambitious. You should consider working with unions to educate their membership brethren.
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  482. Not in the case of NYC. The city has all density it needs to derive property tax revenue. It does not have valuations to adjust its tax assessments of yore. So it cannot levvy as much as it used to.
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  483.  @actionjksn  You made a reply based on your perceptions of ideologies you spouse. I am no communist or socialist, nor I could care less about either ideologies. As matter of fact , I never lived in any socialist country. Nor would I wanted to live in any. All I said was …. In Socialist and Communist Countries , infra structure projects with high up front sunk costs stand better chances to be greenlighted whereas in Countries with strict market based economies they most likely won’t get funded. On market driven economies , these pet projects might not be approved as there would be no projected rate of return under in any case scenario. Even at the expense of leasing out the concession to bidders. A good example is the widespread knit of passenger rail lines in China. It is touted most rail lines won’t show any return for decades , if ever at all , but the Party Bosses wanted , and they made money available to such. Whether China is a totalitarian Country or not , or there is widespread graft , or if the rail bridges will fall apart in a matter of few years on the account of a poorly built tofu structure , it does not matter. What really matters is that the average Chinese can board a passenger train affordably so , to cross the country. And the local party bosses have construction sites in their city or province to provide employ. And that there is enough pork barrel to go around. And that the cadre leaders look good to appease the populace. Same principle applies to Utility Power Generation. It is granted a “Green Project “ might stand a better chance to be approved in places where market based is not the only law of the land. And by the way , the Hoover Damn might never get approved if weren’t for FDR’s New Deal program, and even after all the backroom deals with Democrats. The Country’s ultra wealthy wanted no part of the New Deal package. Roosevelt threatened them with the imminent danger of the rising tide of Comunism in America. The American Communist Party had then a strong following back then. Upton Sinclair run the ballot on the Communist Party Ticket. That same dude who wrote a Muckracking expose on the Chicago Meat Packing Industry. And the Roosevelts ( both, Teddy and Frank ) were no Saints . FDR made some pacts with the Devil to get the New Deal passed. Eleanor Roosevelt knew about it. And she hated Frank for that , more than his dalliances with his mistress. Those are facts. So get off your soap box.
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  484. Excellently edited. The reported propping up the laptop in public places , while on purpose , got me the chills. The experience of traveling by train for those who can afford to ignore time spent in transit , priceless.
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  485. Get a bicycle then. The C line was as slow as you could get from Brighton to downtown anyway.
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  486. There are places in the earth where commodity crops are not originated by patent seeds . Garbanzo or chick peas is one of them. Its harvest feeds a lot of mouths in the Middle East. In Mexico , a lot of different corn varieties used to be grown, well before NAFTA, which by the way, destroyed small farmers in rural Mexico. In Brazil , no bananas arrive at the grocer or farm market stand with stick on labels from Chiquita . That might change. And you can spot at least three varieties bring stocked at any time. Part of the answer to counter attack these conglomerate goes through the regionalization of crops, cultures , farming techniques. And moving away from supermarket chains, franchised and chain fast food restaurants.
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  487. And it failed. Getting your currency in dollars is the perfect channel for capital flight.
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  488. Let me wage. Peter next stop , Alaska. Any takers ?
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  489.  @77Tadams  college students room together. I did rentals in Boston. Only grad students rent solo. Undergrads will live in dumps if needed be. Twice I settled a bunch a Harvard post grads in a four bedroom apartment on the inner city , land of the homie and the brave, both around Eggleston Square. . And they knew where they were getting into. Even the Sistas would not take their vouchers there. The first group, all do gooders , rode bicycles. Three guys and a gall. They looked like the Mamas and the Papas. Harvard School of Social Service. We got creative with the ever promiscuous art students. They did not mind. Total urban adventurers. This , son, Is textbook gentrification 101.
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  490. Doing hand drills with a football ?? Little wonder they stink. Hall is supposed to be in foot ! Who is the idiot coaching ?
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  491. Now that is a life lesson. And rhymes.
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  492. A good half hour from the toll gates to the financial , a licensed hackney from early 90’s till 2012. Stop and go. To put into perspective , once the Ted became functional , max ten minutes.
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  493.  @DaveMak5150  it is a run to the hills. Everyone who does business with the department of defense is there. They are bleeding their commercial aviation business to dry.
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  494. Buy an old OBDII vehicle. If has an infotainment , don’t. Too many bells and whistles , don’t.
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  495. Well not just America. Switzerland , UK, Latin America.
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  496. If there is one thing Brazilian food production and R&D has proven over decades is to be imperivious to changes over domestic politics. Better yet, the Brazilian Agricultultural Industrial Caucus has managed to have their people in all spheres of Brazilian politics and even in lobbyist groups in the United States , of all places. They even managed to bankroll the last Moron in Power to occupy the Presidential Palace , now dethroned. And they put up some serious offensive against the incumbent before and after the elections. And they were no chicken shit. Serious money. You need to catch up upon your readings son. This is the very reason some of the best University based R&D Programs the world over are Brazilian based. Places like ESALQ and Lavras pay no dues to any other University or entity outside Brazil.
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  497. Interesting
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  498. Johny and his devil advocate’s brand of reporting never gets old.
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  499. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  500. Older building featured light wells, higher ceiling clearances , larger window frames, whose panes opened up. Newer office buildings have either a C plate or a core shaft plate. As for fire safety , older buildings have wider emergency staircases within. Newer buildings have chamber staircases. Night and day.
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  501. So the massah did not want you to pahk the kah in they yawd. Did they crack the whip during shifts ?
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  502. Jim Farley public announcements are a collection of comedic disasters. And so by Ibarra from GM.
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  503.  @todoldtrafford  not fascist at all. Using labeling to detract opposers of your philosophy is a low underhand blow. So please put an end to it. And in answering to your question , there is a difference in a common good , and private rights of use. Under such axiom, one cannot use one thing he/she/they owns against society’s common good. Just because you own a building , it does not mean you can transform it as a operating brothel if zoning , local laws says you can’t ( that is pandering ) . Or operate a bar in a dry town. Or store explosives in a residential dwelling.
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  504.  @todoldtrafford  only buying those shares do affect a corporation’s cash on hand position. Cash on hand = cash reserves. They are meant for rainy days. Not to overpay shareholders and executive suite compensation.
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  505. You’ve gone for the record. You got it. Scale back and pick the countries with depth and nuance. Which translate into large landmass countries. Brazil, Russia , Argentina , Australia, the US, Spain, Central Europe . Lots of regional unique characteristics. Stop chasing records and pursue quality, and narrative.
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  506. Jimmy is what he is. And you are what you are. Just leave at that.
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  507. Lesson to be learned. You won a landmark victory. Be proud of it. But be no complacent. You won the battle , there is still a war to be fought. Monterrey, Mexico is not far, and robotics are encroaching on your line of work. The plant in Monterrey is overwhelmingly big. And their pay rate is a fraction of what you earn. So make sure , from now on, that every vehicle rolling out the assembly line matters. Germans are obsessed, consumed by perfection. Be your own German in your blackness. From a guy who grew up around an unionized VW Plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo in Brazil. And seen it decimated from 40,000 workers in the early 80’s , down to 6,000 nowadays. Hoping for the best. You all earned it.
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  508.  @stratmancruthers  now , that is a very smart and wise pontification.
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  509. Geothermal has limited geographical scope. Former mine wells. They can’t generate enough heat to sustain turbines. Why bother digging for more holes yo get to same insuficient results ? Places where once there might be volcanic activity. That works. Take the Portuguese Archipelago of Azores, specifically Saint Michael Island. They are powered by Geothermal. Hot springs. Which are , by default , places once known for volcanoes. Outside those areas, pie-in-the-sky.
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  510. These recruited kids are stupid as they show. Never mind the patriotism , you got free room and board , in an expensive to live town. as San Diego. And three squares a day. One being a machinist , a decen trade. In short, a future. He could make this paltry $15,000 in 4-5 months. If he was being harassed by some Commmie. He could use this as a way to get his family of of China. For $15,000 I would get the satisfaction to kick some commies in their balls. Or giving them the wrong data. Or ignore them altogether.
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  511.  @Leah-ju8ht  Somewhat correct. Amônia plants used to be located in Cubatão , Camaçari , Capuava. We run them out of town. Dirty business. We need them , we do not want them in our backyard.
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  512. @ILovePancakes24 I can see it. They do not add value to the economy.
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  513. Feel good about yourself for standing your ground . Pain is a lucrative business , plenty snake oil salesmen ou there. The fact you chosen to deal with excruciating pain is no small feat. Kwai Chang Caine ( David Carradine’s character in the Kung Fu TV series ) , has nothing on you. It was the episode he either gets hit by an arrow or get shot. And he conjured to overcame pain. We all hope you are doing better nowadays. And be reminded to offer solace to others in the same predicament as you were. Your personal experience is much too valuable.
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  514. People seeking to live in these enclaves haven’t awaken to the fact that once they are out of the money, they can’t keep up with the high cost of living in these places. The sky high HOA dues, ever increasing property taxes, the cost of maintaining these houses. Once the tides change, these cost will eat one up alive. It’s fire sale. And as far as rubbing elbows with the rich and successful , well, there are not there for you. Very self centered a…holes. And the simple pleasure to walk accross the street to buy your groceries or have a meal in the counter ….no such a thing.
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  515. He meant to say per capita. An indication , perhaps , that BYD is at task there. America bias at its best.
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  516.  @rricardobs  it is not Brazilian. It is Brazilians. As per “ the overwhelming majority of BrazilianS support Mr Morais. One Brazilian , two Brazilans. Got it ?
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  517.  @rricardobs  you are welcomed. Any time.
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  518. Pie-in-the -sky
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  519.  @bunsw2070  nope they could not. If you are getting paid to say yes , you can come up with a thousand excuses to justify it would work.
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  520. Put it this way….. Let’s pretend Mr Reich is the rockstar , and he is the highlight act for a big concert. Outside the venue, on the curbside / parking lot , your garden variety of peddlers will hawk, scalped tickets , beer out of the trunk of a car, food, joints , copy cat T-shirts . Brazenly. Get the picture ? That is precisely what is taking place.
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  521. I do not live in Pittsburgh. Never did. But if you watch the new wave of Urbanists on this very YouTube ( Not Just Bikes , City Beautiful, Oh Urbanity , City Nerd, and many others ) , they will go at length to explain in so many different ways that downtowns are the positive net cash cows on property tax revenue suburban sprawls can’t match . Even further , they will claim downtown subsidizes the Burbs if both are within the same municipality. So it stands to reason these elected officials can’t do math , nor are they treating the very cities they represent as their own business. Because investing into things that make downtown and adjoining areas economically viable makes sense. In America of the old, and by old I meant Pre War , it was not uncommon people in public office actually owned a business within city proper or downtown. And most of them were of the conservative ilk, when it came to their politics and core beliefs. It could be a barber, a merchant , a local bank. But in the age of the corporativism, and both isles dialing for the same dollar , no one seems to be in line with community constituencies anymore. It is not Republicans or Democrats. Corporativism and public debt monetization are the causes for cities benign run to the ground. Bad politicians are just the consequence.
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  522. Interesting how you lay out the Chronology on Robert McNamara. He was also the advisor , as a Defense Secretary , during the JFK presidency , and advised Jack Kennedy against escalation in Indochina , then Vietnam. The fact he had prior military training validates even more his accomplishments as a civilian.
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  523. The “ Ralph Nader , an unreasonable man “ documentary I suppose. The irony of all, it was produced by the maligned Harvey Weinstein “. Call it a redemption piece.
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  524. There is enough greenbacks covering transactions throughout the world on trade and electronic payments. No other currency offers such liquidity. The problem is the dollar’s worth against the will of the FED in issuing more currency. The more US currency it is issued to pare down debt , the weaker it be omes its perceived value.
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  525. Sunday night dining is not much of a tradition anywhere. In Boston, taking the girlfriend out for dining Sunday evening ( not nights ) was still the tradition. Guys would go out Saturday nights , but make up by taking their girls out for early dinner on Sundays.
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  526. Azteca, not Mexico. And they had many varieties of corn, harvested into these days. Which NAFTA managed to impoverish by driving small farmers in Mexico into insolvency, and then replacing it with their single bred variety of American corn. Hence the surge in US migration of Mexicans.
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  527. Software consulting is not management consulting. You can call yourself a consultant. It is deserving. Three piece suit sleazes are not consultants, no matter what their business cards say.
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  528. Some handlers they hired. I have a newly gained respect for that woman who turned in her resignation at the State Department over weapons shipments to Israel while the Gaza massacre rages on. As for the rest of them …. Mulchers , hanger ons, all sucking at the big government teats.
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  529. Yup. High rise on the outpost makes perfect sense. Dwellers enjoy better protection from the harsh environment, shared resources. I did not go far into the whole episode …. I assume Peter is a People’s person first , so hardly much look into the the building’s infrastructure ( sewer , plumbing , disposal , broadband ) Had it been built past the 70’s , then it would feature multi level basement garage parking.
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  530.  @RajDeelish  Auto assembly plants do not employ as many as they once did. And your component sourcing , outside BYD way of doing things , is globalized these days. That and the fact EVs assembly require fewer hands on deck.
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  531. Modern version of sharecroping. On the old days , at completion of harvest time, the landlord would cheat the sharecroppers out on the General Store credit bill. Uber does the same pillage through an app , and on the gullibility of passengers who otherwise think they get a great deal. The very same customers who on e despised cab drivers. And the false pretension of convenience.
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  532. What Bill says , the Chicago HQ , away from Seattle , was a bad idea. Which came into fruition when they merged with McDonnell Douglas. Being able to mind the store at the manufacturing shop affords management to spot trouble before it grows out of hand, and good decision making. Away from the action in some glam ivory tower.
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  533. Ford Motors Co did own New Holland for a while.
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  534. There will be another leader. There is always someone in the wings. Unless Peter speaks mandarin and is in the know through local sources , who by the way are unwilling to spill secrets , he does not know any more than you and me. Those State Department cables, well, I take them with a grain of salt.
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  535. This is the near South Side. Not the farther South Side. Toni white southside. Please correct me.
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  536. Interesting , as she was shunned , and brought out colors in her attire , she still wears a bonnet. You can take a girl out of the Amish , but you can’t take the Amish out of a girl. Through her introspection , and externalizing her thoughts , she appears to be legit. What I see here is a reincarnation of Ann Hutchinson in spirit.
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  537. Non profits don’t publish their financials , like a public company. Only board members get to see the numbers. And their accountants.
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  538. You said it right , Mr Reich … It is unregulated , no depositary insurance. No controls , no capital provisions , no risk management. The FDIC was created by New Deal Politics. Along with Social Security, Glass Steagall. 😊 It may be time for you to explain, at length , the meaning of New Deal. You’ve done it by parsing it in previous videos , yet you need to bring it in a comprehensive manter. Not everyone reads your books.
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  539. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars.
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  540. Well.. I am neither one of the sides, and the way I see … This Gaza Strip holds about 1,8 million inhabitants , in under 365 km2. Facing the sea. Then there is the West Bank ,5.665 km2 (2,183 sq mi) with 2,9 million dwellers. Landlocked . That is nearly Hong Kong density for both places. To build housing , places of business , worship, land to harvest. Not a whole lot. Both sides have an ax to grind and are holding down their ground fiercely. Peace talks have been going for years , and realistically to no end in sight. This was overdue to not end well for any of the contenders. Palestinians don’t have a place of their own to claim, as of it right now. And Israelis can’t no longer enjoy being safe in their own promised land, despite their good standard of living. These are facts. The US no longer is inclined to be the custodian of conflicts. Wars for territories , famine, water are about to pop everywhere around the world. This and Ukraine are just the beginning. The smart ones will realize it might be time to migrate. And build their own future elsewhere. Well off or impoverished , no one is safe.
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  541. Ladies and gentlemen…. And that is a man born with a silver tongue. He can speak unlike a few And yes, he is candid on his exposed thoughts.
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  542. Thomas Sowell is an African American Scholar. Why would he fabrucate lies ?
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  543. If you are caught in the Gulf Area ( Florida, Mississipi , Alabama ) during a storm ( a seasonal occurrence there ) and your getaway car is an EV , you are a sitting duck.
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  544.  @DennisMerwood-xk8wp  there is a reason that model got grounded after those two reported tragic events. No one wanted to risk being next in this Russian Roulette. First in Europe , and immediately after in the US. And for the record , American pilots were not fully reported on this buggy navigation feature. Would they became aware of this , their union would come with a lawsuit. They were spared by luck.
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  545. So Italians are practicing safe sex
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  546. Cisterns.
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  547. They already do. A late client of mine, while on contract in Angola told me , every time a Chinese oil tanker came in to be filled up, it was escorted by two Chinese frigates. In and out.
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  548. Johny does make content worth watching. No need for clickbait. And besides , there is Ireland, which suffice ps in itself.
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  549. Well, the one manufacturing sub sector that employs plastics and ciuld not be exported to China were medical devices. FDA rulling , every change in design must have blueprints approved by the FDA. Now they can do it cheaper.
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  550. You conspiracy theorists could not at least break down your lumpy vitriol? Parse your sentences , break down paragraphs. Did you skip English Composition 101 ?
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  551. You did not bother to listen to the video narration , did you? About that part of Chinese growing field soils being highly tainted , the Chinese farmers dumping fertilizers in water streams, …. Clean up the was buildup , will you ?
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  552.  @theintrovertedaspie9095  I don’t. I haven clocked for a paycheck in ages. Fifteen years. My engineering degree is gathering dust.
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  553. From what I read here ….. The chain was in decline over subpar product and service quality. The holding company dumped the chain. A private equity picked it up, tied loans to the chain ( that is how it is usually done ) , and then milked it for what it was worth on management fees , furthering the decline in fare and service quality. Add it up some change in demographics , and a drop on households disposable incomes. This all you can eat shrimp or crab legs , IMHO would not make a difference on the chain demise . The original owners where in the seafood business. Shrimp is a fungible commodity. Cheap from southeast Asia. And they did not give the lobster away, which has to be caught locally , and needs to be fresh off the boat. Private equity is playing a mirrors and smoke game to defuse blame. They are the ones that hammered thr last nail in the coffin.
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  554. The US weapons procurement program is a bit different from China or Russia equivalent, on the account of corrupt practices. Where in Russia or China embezzlement, delivery of substandard goods , and thievery is common practice , in the US , price gouging, contractor steering on bids , and waste on program developments are the norm. The US DoD actually keeps civilian personnel for RFP procurement and inspections. I actually met one retired worker. If a weapon does not perform as expected on the field, is often at expense of an engineering flaw. Never to shody work. A couple anedoctal references. There is a comedy flick featuring Kelsey Graeme and John McGinkey out there one oversight Nina weapons program for some tank. . . And Sixty Minutes aired an episode on price gouging on spares. These price gouging practices have gotten worse. When Bush Senior took office, a wave of Merger and Acquisitions swept Weapon Manufacturers ( Martin Marietta, Grunmsn Northrop ) , thus eliminating competition at the higher echelon. For a short time, the military budget shrank, which forced industry consolidation. Still , retired US military brass gets their cushy jobs on the board of these contractors. But syphoning money from weapons programs is still too risky and self destructive. I don’t think they’ve gotten this low, just yet.
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  555. I left America in 2013 after 28 years there. Every vibe I get from there tells me the country is about to implode . Am I seeing this wrong ? 😊
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  556.  @ClownCarCoup  to explain that to Mexicans. After they signed off on NAFTA. And to the brass at GM and Tesla, with installed capacity in China. The world does not revolve solely around America anymore.
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  557. Someone else is running a tab under your name. That is all there is to.
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  558. After “ so, if you are buying land out west …” could go after hitting the tag a couple times. Interesting well written posting but it was too lumpy.
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  559.  @yudogcome5901  interesting. At least they found a captive market. And there is some sunk cost in its development and tooling.
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  560. Three Frauds, these partners. The odd part is , they ‘ve shown their true colors when they bought Anheuser Busch. A company with a mediocre product , tall order upon seizing it was to trim payroll massively. No word about improving a dog product , in expanding new beers. Just cut costs. This so happened way before they bough J.Heinz. And the worse part was, they claimed to have these tactics learned from their American Peers. Their arrogance was off the charts. This not being a footnote print in the Brazilian Business Press. It was on the page of the Wall Street Journal. Now they are back again, this time around , for defrauding Brazilian investors and lenders. On the tune of billions with one of their subsidiaries. Bernie Ebers couldn’t done better.
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  561.  @DaleHartley  you get moxie. But for the love of God , parse your sentences , please. Hit the space bar every now and then.
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  562.  @nikidelvalle  so does not Uber drivers. They do not carry liability insurance at all.
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  563. Old fashion way of doing business. It is called word of mouth. Way back, local,taxicab companies hung their free dial phones at hospital lobbies. And plastered their numbers on visible spots by grocery supermarkets , bus terminals. Hotel desk managers had your number to request hail calls.
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  564. Everything clicked on this one…. 1. Perfect sound diffusion 2.Very enticing subject matter 3. Great flow of the Narrative as usual. 6.He did not mention the floral French African currency , which is the controlling factor in these economies , the CFA Franc. Yet , given it is an afterthought , I am sure he knows about the currency role in French banks . As matter of fact he might’ve mention in past videos or keynote speeches. 7.The jabs at the French government cadre were amusing if not outright in the money. Peter Zeihan videos at the morning break are an habit forming. Just as welcomed as morning breakfast.
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  565.  @usainengland  Bravo. I never knew that of P.T.Barnum , although I knew of himself being candid. I will make sure it I ever get around Bridgeport CT again, to stop at his museum. Oddly enough , not a single piece of movie writing over his life.
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  566.  @Spe3D3m0n  the hiring standards in Langley are bottom of the heap.
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  567. Oh, and by the way… Blackstone, if I am not mistaken , bought off from the late Sam Zell it’s entire office portfolio , Equity Office , not long ago, way before Mr Zell passing. Your pie chart only shows a scant 3% of the portfolio asset composition rolled into office buildings , which strikes me as odd. That should be the first red flag. And you did not pick it up. I guess, you lost your mojo after your favorite punch bag, a.k.a Donald Trump hit the door on his way out . Some coincidence isn’t.
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  568. You meant to say he peppers his narrative with tidbits of truth , but the overall underlying narrative has a hidden agenda. You need to elaborate on your conspiracy theory. Or who he works for. Not that you might be wrong , but if you come out with such statements , then you will need fo assert the basis for them. And yes , America loves gurus.
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  569.  @Peter-be5lo  Chinese builders do shody work as they employ aluminum sandwiched pouring molds to pour concrete in erecting walls. Outer shell and room separating walls. Hence why they build up so fast. No cinder blocks, nor clay bricks. They cut corners. Your 9th floor neighbor is installing fixtures or reorganizing his room lay out by the middle of the night , count on the entire building feeling and hearing it. And it ain’t like he gave notice to anyone. They deserve each other.
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  570. Mac Donald’s Franchisees are , mostly, the modern version; of a sharecropper. Which it was a system widely used during medieval times. On one side land owners collecting rent. One the other side , people who toiled in the land and shared the harvest results and took deductions against their share of the harvest beyond owed rent.
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  571. Though racket , but you are still alive, and hopefully not maimed. You are battle tested. Which makes you better than those cuddled layabouts at your peer age. You’ve been baptized in the line of fire. Be proud of it, no matter what others say. I was lucky, delivered papers. But there aren’t papers to deliver anymore. Retail is slashing headcount by the millions. So McDonald’s it is.
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  572. Worked in a factory that did these rounds , back in the 80’s. Presses were way more obsolete ,imports from WWII. These are a progressive deep drawn presses. Maybe Waterbury ones. The dies made in this company’s took room. The reject grooves in the shells , and the end flange , I am surprised thry are still being machined.
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  573. Peter , the fiber loops from North America to Brazil have end points in Miami ( NAP of Americas ) and travel seaside up until it reaches the PoPs in Brazil ( Fortaleza CE I believe. Maybe Natal, RN ). And then they descend towards Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian loops from Brazil reach Europe and Africa , on separate route concessions / consortiums. The North South loop is a multi homed subsea link. Several carriers are in it. My educated guess , Telefonica from Spain , Century Link( former Global Crossing / Level 3 ), Claro / Telmex /Embratel , and other participants. They do not cross Central America.
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  574. Go tell that to Russians and Turks. They unloaded their US debt holdings, way before the war broke. BRICs might be a pipe dream against the US dollar hegemony , but it sets a bad precedent against trading on the dollar. Like a spark that ignites the fire. I would not be so magnanimous about the “ let others finance our profligate spending “.
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  575. The Jury is out. They are moving their EVs all over the world. As for Chinese car buyers , their sales were propped up thanks to heavy incentives on pricing and waiver on licensing vehicles , which in China cost an arm and a leg. Despite all the hype in Brazil, I have not spotted any Chinese EV , except for one fleet van here and there. Most daring taxicab drivers will risk overpaying for a Hybrid Corolla or Prius. And they have a chunky price rebate out of the door. No one is betting on Chinese EVs. The most sold Chinese nameplates are Chery Tiggos , an ICE model lineup. Maybe they are doing well in Europe. As for what my eye can see, plenty of hype. Which is how Chinese go about their numbers.
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  576.  @tim211292 old car salesman catch phrase …” you won’t find a better deal from Maine to Spain “. It was at a Chrysler Dealership, btw.
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  577.  @MrKockabilly classified docs , if ever there is one , won’t be released any soon. Johny works with verified sources.
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  578. Meanwhile, lines of visa seekers in China with NYC and CÁ bound Wealthy defectors stretch a block at US Condulates every day. And they are back buying overpriced New York Real Estate with renewed gusto. I would love to think your outspokenness is making these State and City Officials uneasy. It ‘s always people out quitting and the unsuspecting chumps coming in with their hoarded money. Louis , you are ruining NY ‘s money grabbing racket ! Lol.
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  579. Keep on your backyard. No land grabbing please.
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  580. It was called merchandising . A legitimate c’mon down. By your friendly neighborhood merchant. Back when lower Manhattan was a working ckass ghetto , vendors put out merchandise by the front door to lure customers in . And thievery , back then, was just as bad as nowadays.
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  581. It is a clash of forces within the Federal Government on who gets their fair shake in the budget pie. Right now the lion’s share goes to the Department of Defense. It takes a long battle to get more of those dollars allocated to Transportation , Health, HUD, Health , Education, Agriculture , Urban Development. With a diminishing budget , it has become a. Zero’s sum game.
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  582. All of the above companies are in Brazil. Bunge , by the way, was originally an Argentinian company.
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  583. The Tempe, AZ community on Kirsten Dirksen’s “Sun Belt car free utopia” YouTube video looks more enticing. This one in Florida is nothing short of a gated burb with amenities. Boring and self repeating. That and the fact insurance rates , HOA dues , and property taxes are soaring in Florida.
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  584.  @venusvirgofly you go girl. Boy , am I a sucker when I see a gal standing up tall ?
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  585. It does. FT is granting the podium.
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  586. Credible. Reminds me of that movie , when the band member kid is practicing his saxophone. Upon being approached by a couple infants , he fires back, “ I am black and I am praaaawwd “.
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  587. No one is campaigning for cutting government ranks payroll. All they have are empty promises. Even this “analyst “ won’t say that out loud. Get rid of dead weight and the outlook will improve. By the way, the analyst has awful eyeglasses and insurefable English speaking skills.
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  588.  @danieldelrancho5749  sorry. No copyrights on that account. The word is out. People will use Favela ad nauseum.
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  589.  @jamesbalentine8490  like you were riding along Thomas Jefferson to know this is unlike Thomas Jefferson ? Some Time Machine you have at your basement.
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  590. There is no way he scratches this rash and comes clean. He is toasted.
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  591.  @BoqPrecision  Bayer nowadays. Monsanto bailed out. They had those class action lawsuits coming.
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  592. Some analyst or appraiser you are huh ?
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  593.  @windsong3wong828  you meant India needs to build an EV charging infrastructure. Reads a lot better.
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  594. Are you ranting …. Geez wheez, yiu ciukd use some parsing and paragraph breakdown
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  595.  @wrecklessgarage5058  Yes, electrical and structural designs, and project follow through are under the thumb of electrical and civil engineers. Mechanical HVAC systems are under the signature of mechanical engineer. Architectural designs, blue prints , facades , and architectural details are the sole domain of architects. Engineers are a disaster on these specialties. They could no produce anything of appeal or comfort if their lives depended upon their “ expertise “.
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  596. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars. Btw Jimmy Carter openly criticized Israel while in office. See what it got him. Totally sandbagged. He went out to apologize . And these days , even the Rev Farrakhan has gone to extend an olive branch towards Israel. Between a non interventionist policy and supporting Israel, RFK has to pick his poison. Leave Israel for Lula, the Brazilian President. Who has no skin in the game and loves a pulpit.
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  597. Salsa Johny. Puerto Rican Salsa.
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  598. Whopsy doozy. You are working in retail. What else would you expect on pay rate ? Learn a trade. This is not a career move.
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  599. Quoting Ralph Nader … “ Hillary did not have a war she did not like. “
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  600. He already stated so many times bitcoin is a fad. If you are looking for a guru go get fleeced elsewhere.
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  601. A court judgement in New York City penalized Honeywell for a 2010 USD 2 million dollars to a Petrobras ( Brazilian oil company ) graft taking employee to land a supply contract. In 2023. The fine levied was USD 100 million dollar ( or 50 , I can’t remember ) . The oil company was a centerpiece of an indictment against the country’s then serving president , and now exonerated and back in office. Nothing against thr incumbent , but graft at that level , often involves the recipient to kick money upstairs. Honeywell was not the only company involved in this cash for contracts rings. Others did not fare so well , and are in receivership. Honeywell got off with a light fine. Maybe, we, as prospective employees , should hit the libraries to do homework on companies we consider joining.
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  602. The problem with US alliances is that you are always forced to toe their line. And , sometimes , such submission can be costly , see Japan and their 90’s financial crisis , Toshiba’s demise. Hence why Brazil foreign trade policy does not ally with US foreign policy and its collection of embargoes. They trade with Iran, Russia, China. It can be damaging to its manufacturing , hence why more Brazilian companies are incorporating in US soil. As for the UK, I would look into Mexico did with bilateral agreements. With NAFTA in their back pockets , Mexico stitched a bunch of bilateral trade agreements that enabled themselves to become a manufacturing hub for Asia and Americas. Their politicians and one party system might’ve been corrupt , but they are not stupid. Even in the UK side of the pond, there is Netherlands , a trading powerhouse. All I am saying, it is not doom and gloom as Peter proclaims. It just needs to be worked at . It takes resolves, smart leaders and going out to the world as the old empire used to in centuries past.
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  603.  @robsengahay5614  Chicago , well USA , Counsellor is that social worker that deals with counseling , whether it is stress , addiction, behavioral issues. Councilor , actual councilman or woman , is that elected city representative that handles city matters through voting in a chamber.
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  604. If there is one good thing Peter showcases is his ability to maintain excelent voice intonation. Regardless of how the sound bytes come out. The narrative pace is actually fine, maybe a tad slower for us , so we can process his narrative better. Yes, I know , he is in jsome kind of frantic pace between his globetrotting and putting out quality editored videos. I do like his videos lengthwise , though.
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  605.  @aratilishehe correct. Although the deregulatory trend started under Carter , trucking and aviation industries where his . Reagan deregulatory mandated struck at the core of public company financials. Namely executive compensation structure , and capital markets.
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  606.  @PauloGaetathe_original  the only reasonable expectation is that the plane frame needed to be redone. Given the fact Boeing severed its most accomplished generation of engineers , there is no end to their downfall. I would expect competitors to lure their exiting engineers and tradespeople to improve their own programs.
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  607.  @its-all-good  that is Mexico. We don’t have this in Brazil. Yeah , I know , you’ve been watching dating beyond borders.
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  608.  @ewandrodefaria6275  I second your opinion. Motion to stir Peter to Brazil approved.
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  609. Rooting for Jesus Elon. Brazilians always idolize a savior. Get a job
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  610. The run of the mill Japanese paycheck earner kicks in proportionally more than their fair share on hoarding Japanese Government Debt. More than Americans can accomplish.
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  611. For every Chipper Jones out there , there are thousands of Kenny Loftons plying the trade. Chipper got paid , not albatross paid but handsomely paid. Kenny Lofton moved around , not on salary dumps or being toxic. GM s summoned his services as often as they were needed.
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  612. You got yourself a clever infomercial personality.
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  613.  @AfonsoBucco  affordable might be it. Give it a try.
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  614. Definetively true. Rank and file have a skin in the game. Unioninzing is an expression of such collective set of people to have a say on how a company is run, how they are treated , and how workers are fairly compensated. Union membership and leadership might at times be abused to justify a sense of self entitlement and facilitate abuse of power , but in principle it is the only means to ensure a balance of power against the adversarial might of the capital and its representatives.
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  615.  @GigaCraft-420 hatchbacks are sold the world over. That is your defunct Ford Fiesta , VW Golf , Toyota Yaris , Toyota Prius in US nameplates. It is no one’s fault Americans would rather drive land yatchs.
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  616.  @TheJohn222222  which applies to all cars made nowadays. They aren’t making CJ 2 Jeeps anymore and you are not budgeting for a Bentley. Helooo McFly ?
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  617.  @TheJohn222222 unless you are buying a frame on chassis car , it is exactly what you own , even in America. And by frame on chassis I meant. FWD SUVs with truck like platforms , full size pickup trucks , Cadillacs up the 80’s , police cruisers ( Ford Crown Vics and their Mercury equivalents ). Everything else nowadays is thin sheet metal and plastics. You must be an American , I surmise.
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  618. After all , Toyota stance on Hydrogen wasn’t all that far fetched. Just because Musk dismisses it does not mean it has its own merits. Besides , he is full of it anyways.
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  619. Many ?.. Are you insane ? None of them !
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  620. Move overseas. Komrade Putin was begging South African farmers to farm the Russian wasteland. Once they get rid of that thief in charge and his sycophants , things might improve. Brazil too. The state of São Paulo is auctioning off land. Banco do Brasil hás farm credit lines. Why you would bother to buy land to start a farm in America is beyond me. Unless land is generational owned , you are out of luck.
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  621. You got that right. Good places to work provide decent facilities. Fair employment right to know in their bulletin boards. Cordial employee environment. Which brings at the second company in the US I was employed by, a decent one for work for. Textiles. From Denmark. Years around town I would meet former colleagues , still working there. They actually had a decent HR person there , Claudia Mullane. The floor managers would setup the job tasks for the day in a whiteboard. You walked in, you knew what you had ahead. The acting president , Jim Ragsdale , was an affable guy. This going back in the mid 80’s. Starting pay was not huge, but then again it was textiles and steady work.
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  622. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  623. Ralph Nader’s raiders actually championed for food labeling, and purity , this going back late 60’s. Which became law during the Nixon administration. They started this whole undertaking by taking on the Federal Trade Comission , which at that time , turned a blind eye on snake oil advertisement on Radio and TV. Those Nader’s mentored college kids did published research matérial and took the US Government to the task. May I suggested you all to read his biography, ironically produced by Harvey Weinstein , “Ralph Nader, an unreasonable man “. Free on YouTube. A must watch.
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  624. It is kind of odd. I’ve read the local online rag “Renovation in Print “ and it seems to me folks from the North are snapping up old structures such as shotgun houses and giving them a new life through renovation and preservation work. I heard half of tilsentown moved out of SoCal to NOLA and Atlanta. I guess you have the inner track on public works spending , only the new arrivals haven’t cued in on the memo.
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  625. You are right. If he keeps $3.50 out of $7.00. Dude is bad at math or outright dishonest . To go on public and speak at “ how Amazon is screwing me “ , using his own figures for his own product he should have the exact figures in front of him. He shot estimates. Jeff Bezos’ racket is his own damn business, not everyone else’s. Just as it is his toy flakes racket. There are areas where Amazon really muscles in, I heard about disposables and fast movers , like toilet paper. But even if such was true , with his margins on fulfillment and commissions , why bother to stockpile on his own ?
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  626. Well then …. 1. We need numbers to validate yiur claims. 2. Everything sailing on seven seas is chartered by the Navy. I do not see infantryman meaning the deck. There are not army colonels , or sargents , or generals meaning those ships for sure.
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  627. Ralph Nader , the eternal optimistic. He is always about on what can be done.
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  628. Short circuit in his train of thought. Some wires got crossed.
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  629. That’s might come from haters. I don’t care for his wrongs, for there are plenty armchair experts surfacing to post corrections on his musings at the excuse of cheap shots wannabes. That is the beauty of the web. And you have to take into account his vision is American centric . One does not get invited to the lucrative Guest Speaker Circuit by being a doomsayer. And most Americans ( and Brazilians too ) , have a very self centered notion of how the world functions and will take what the news feeds give them. So he is in his comfort zone. Also, I plead ignorance on his sources , but your typical DC bureaucrat gets his / her cushy assignment , collects feeds from the host country and sends them to their bosses. It is about the gig for them , not to get the accurate picture. For that , they need to be on the ground, and outside Rio-Sao Paulo-Brasilia. Outside Missionaries , these cats don’t stray from their comfort zones. I take his daily shots for what they are worth. He is overall exceptionally decent for what comes up, specially on American Policy Making , Energy Markets, Defense , and his reads on Demography ( for what they are worth , you can’t trust census data so much ). And he is well rounded in world history. And he has no leaning to right or left, no politics , no panfletary garbage, which makes him a good sound bite. His field competition is almost non existent, so he is the rockstar for now.
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  630.  @sammierose1150  you don’t. You have to invest in it. Get a 8-5 job.
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  631.  @sammierose1150  and if you need money tomorrow , as ASAP , then your only choice is work two jobs , hustling , and scrapping to save money. Which is what your grand parents did throughout the Great Depression. So go back to your tribal elders and listen to them.
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  632.  @rosolinomangiapane2049  good question. Good Hustlers always keep several irons on the fire. And they do various jobs . Just like your building contractor at home.
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  633. Switching from Babushkas to Senoritas. Benjamin always in good stead with ladies.
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  634. Billington and Rio Tinto, huh ? I take some compeling back room deals were made brought by the powers to be in America so the Aussies could turn their back to the Chinese, after the money they left on the table. Deals like these take time to put together. Notice John Mc Cain’s signature in this. Some patriot he was. Selling Arizonians down the river. Well, at least Bernie Sanders got some redemption on this one. Stall those S.O.B.s from mining concerns, their lobbyists , and let their attorneys to earn their fees. . Make them pay dearly , and beware this is a fight to go all 11 rounds . And then some.
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  635. They spec out concrete slabs to bear loads they see fit. If isn’t up to snuff m then they might reinforce floors if all possible. If it does not meet their load bearing requirements , they might go elsewhere.
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  636. There are some Haitians in the game. . But the overwhelming majority is Dominican. Names give it all out.
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  637. Correct. VW’s largest market is China. Annually about 700,000 BMWs are sold in China. And roughly about 600,000 Mercedes Benz.
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  638. China can attempt to dump EVs , the only problem is …. Outside with countries with a mature EV Charging Infrastructure , no other country has the capacity to create demand for such vehicles. They can ship till the receiving ports , but that won’t materialize into dealership orders. Outside the US , where sprawling dealership lots on suburban stroads accommodate inventory , no other country does have this operating model. It is show room, service department and not a whole lot of cars on hand to be sold. In Brazil , for instance , charging EV infrastructure is virtually non existent , EVs ownership are an Uber rich privilege , and there aren’t enough Chinese branded dealerships around. The only existing brands , well, Chery had to be bailed out by a Brazilian industrialist and retailer ( Caoa Group ) as their only factory was operating at 10% for ICE rollouts. JAC Motors, Lifan, Great Wall Motors , BYD , seldom any of their models are spoted around. Chery, they brand has consumed massive amounts of advertising to gain any traction. When people around here think EV , that for hybrids , and that is Toyota. Nothing else .
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  639. Cheap money, and plenty of it , on the wrong hands, made for stupid bankroll with idiots at the gate. Now the bulk of the so called cheap money is going to re shore manufacturing , only that for it to work … 1. It can’t be on hands of quick buck artists such as private equity and VCs. 2. It only will show at the hands of large corporations. Which will send to finance their Mexico plants. 3. Middle and small manufacturing based business will have to content to milk the Federal Government for grants as source of cheap capital. 4. All of your “tech” funding will be funneled towards manufacturing. Never mind social media , or ordering food through an app kind of nonsense 5.Office REIT will lose out big. Housing will get most of it. Since consumer loans will become more expensive, more renters then mortgage paying households will be commonplace.
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  640. Tip O’Neil was probably downing his Sunday doughnut and coffee by his favorite Donut Shope around Belmont, when he uttered this gramatical sacrilege, while tending to his locals . He got it done, while you are pestering about some gramatical nonsense. They Pahk the cash in that Havid Yard. Live with that.
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  641. Quebec has it for base and peak. And they sell surplus to New England.
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  642. State Street is a custodian bank. Some custody.
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  643. Clever of them.
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  644. Ah Boston. From North to South shore you will have those affluent coastal property owners fighting tooth and nail against wind turbines. They are too concerned on their property values and could care less about the environment. The Kennedys did whatever they could to block Cape Wind to install turbines in Hyannis, by the Cape Cod.
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  645. You forgot rice and beans caballero.
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  646. Reshoring, lower labor costs elsewhere , and foreign companies got tired of having intelectual property stolen. Not to mention being overruled in every legal claim against theft.
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  647. Minnesota , I betcha you did stop by any State Fair to grab a bite and stroll Omaha, NÉ . Lovely. A true gem. A dream place to live. Love your format. Looking for your counterparts in Brazil , found these …. JJ 88. He wanders through Brazil’s Southern States ( Paraná , Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul ) , mostly small towns , meeting local folk and interviewing them. He runs the gamut through the interviewee’s family heritage , their homes, and outdoors. You occasionally see some ethnic Polish Wedding footage , all clad in old country’s costumes. Matheus Boa Sorte - He is mostly a Northern tip kind of guy, same shtick , with the added culinary subject. Again , folksy small town. Estates, little farms , places with maybe less than 10,000 pop. Salt of earth types.
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  648. They spend more money eating out than on cars. New car purchases in France still a bourgeois thing.
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  649. They aren’t that smart then. The State is running low on groundwater. Let them have it.
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  650.  @Munyabrwn  Whoever controls distribution has the upper hand. You can dig as much as you can possibly do , but it takes foreign capital and access to markets. Anything short of this is wishful thinking.
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  651. It is the convenience for people on the go. And instant gratification. Yes, the food is horrible, and unsavory.
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  652. Diesel car culture was strong in Europe , where refills are quite more expensive. Diesel cuts into the already expensive fuel bill And there is no cheap unleaded there. It’s blue gas at 98 octane. No ethanol mix either. So the German Brass misread the US market and thought they could get away with it by covering up emissions. After all, their American counterparts were cheating CAFE mandates with Trucks and SUVs. Also, it is a well known fact , at every other State , some certified fuel emission testers found ways to cheat around emissions testing. When they could not generate repair orders on failed tests , yiu could get a pass by kicking up some extra , so they could fudge testing. Hence so,e States revisions to the newly revamped 5 Gases , now including Nox testing. The Germans were not alone in it. They just got caught. Lord knows who and what for blew the whistle.
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  653. That is a bit lost lately. It used to be yiu saw these values manifested in places. A small community town hall meeting that is what instilled sense of fairness, community , exercising democracy. That is going by the wayside. As recent as a couple years ago there was this bookeeper serving several small adjoining Midwest communities who got caught syphoning money away. Too much consumerism , self indulgence , and instant gratification are eating away of what used to be core values of the average American. Also, the notion of common good and private is becoming the private supersedes the common. A good example …waterfront properties by the sea. Onto the beach strip. Those tracks of land are not supposed to be deeded. Yet, there are people who call them private property, with beach rights. Pay inequity from the C Suite to the floor. Small stuff like that.
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  654. It was his choice of words. Americans have a different sense of proportion and dimensions. Him being from Kansas , well 80 km it is a sliver by their own definition . Fifty miles is a commute by most Americans standards.
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  655.  @Real_OSHA_Unsafety_Engineer  we had them in Brazil, back in the 90’s , for a short while ( I was away then ). With the Brazilian market place you have to setup assembly plants or it won’t work. Nice sturdy car thought. It looks ageless and meant to be repaired without expensive tooling and diagnostic sets.
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  656. Alberto Santos Dumont experimental flight took place in Paris. The Wright brothers first flight took place in North Carolina. So stands to conclusion the former took place with greater fanfare. Besides, commercial aviation took place in the USA, not Brazil. The first Brazilian commercial aircraft were only made in the 60’s. By then , the American Aviation industrial complex was in the jet age. Brazil’s first planed were turboprops. And while aircraft manufacturing in Brazil is a great feat, they still buy the avionics and turbines from overseas. Namely a choice between Rolls Royce Engine, G&E , or Pratt Whitney. So stop your pride gushing bravado and get back to the end of the line. Stay real.
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  657. You will be surprised the amount of money is in pouring drinks. On the flip side , bartenders are night owls.
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  658. Yiu do no owe to Ukraine. That is the interest payment on the US Debt. The Ukraine money is helicopter money , out of issued US debt.
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  659. Com Corleone said … keep your friends close , and your enemies even closer.
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  660.  @Padoinky  valid points.
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  661. That was the antitrust in behalf of MCI against AT&T for not letting them connect truck radios to the wireline. Way before LD became a marketplace. It took them ten year to get a judgement. The battle was waged before the late Bill McGowan took the reins and he carried along. At the end MCI got more than it bargained for. It gave him and everyone else to jump in … 1. Network unbundling ( a later unfolding ) 2. The growth of domestic wholesale market where you could start a Long Distance carrier by just buying up minutes in bulk. 3. The break up of AT&T into Regional Bell Operating Companies ( RBOCs ). No longer AT&T could handle end to end services alone . 4. The rise of equipment colocationnat RBOCs came in later. As a spur of this veridict.
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  662.  @ultimoguerreiro82  They can’t make the distinction between the Cerrado and the Amazon basin. For them is just one big lump. They get their news feeds from the same clueless sources. Just for sake of an argument , go back to 70’s footage and they take an entourage dancing salsa or merengue as samba music and dancing. There is a whole lot of piled ignorance and chronic public defunding ( Reaganomics ) , so Geography is not their forte. Even their “ consultants “ and government sponsored ataches can’t make proper distinctions.
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  663.  @DurzoBlunts  on your mind. Like you really cared to scour satellite images and had the geographical regions right to begin with.
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  664. Agree. But someone needs to set the record straight. And a few are due for having their tushies spanked.
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  665. Finally someone with some sense.
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  666. Good because Latin America does not care. We are dealing with both. And your market just got a whole lot smaller.
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  667. Typical,America’s first mindset.
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  668. Where this Shapiro gets his money ? He sounds like a mouthpiece for someone.
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  669. C’mon people. Let him have his moment and savor the irony . They certainly earned the right to speak up. Pale faces took them out by the pen and the sword. And these tribesmen were certainly better custodians of the land. Unlike many people nowadays.
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  670. @@PeterAngles-xu7tl 40% is within reason. That pays for personnel, rent, utilities , insurance ( which he claimed having ) , alarm service, computers & software maintenance and upgrades, getting inventory on shelves , tools , some advertisement. He will be lucky to clear 10%. And remember , he reached his pocket for $40k to upgrades and repairs in the building. If he leases , you can bet your bottom dollar is a triple net lease, so the landlord 8s not making any repairs other than roof and walls. Try to be on his shoes.
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  671. And taking their money abroad.
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  672. Nine million living abroad. Including military personnel. Those are State Department figures.
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  673. One way to spot a lie or a liar is to have the perpetrator to repeat its story over and over , and watch how foes he/she behavior whole at it. The series homicide was good at these situations. The police interrogator , the savant skilled Frank Pemblenton ( played by the late Andre Braugh) is lecturing the tag along rookie , Bayliss ( Kyle Secor ) on how to pick a liar apart “ in the box ( interrogation room ). Before he goes for the punchline ( selling a slice sentence to someone who has no interest in the sold product ), he goes through the number of ways he spots a liar at his behavior during interrogation. Worth watching it , it’s on your YouTube. The screenwriter actually portrays police interrogation tactics through this series and also onto “ The Wire “ series. Both series, for instance , bring up the Lie Detecting Machine ( an unsuspecting paper copying machine ). On The Wire series , after the interrogating detectives played the suspected gun man, an inner city kid, to get the truth through fhe “ Lie Detector “ , the more seasoned detective emphatically says to his rookie participant ( or was it to Bunk Moreland ? ) …. “ Americans are stupid people … they believe anything they are told to. “. On a grand scale , It’s old tactics. Goebbels initiated this with repeating the lie until people took it for some truth.
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  674. There is a disconnect. Chinese companies expanding abroad while there is disinvestment in China. Robbing from Peter to Pay Paul. The years Chinese industrialists kept syphoning money away abroad through Hong Kong and Macau should be the writing on the wall. For those left behind , whoever can afford , it’s time to jump ship.
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  675.  @ArielAlvFal so many lies , not much.
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  676. Don’t chant the victory just yet. Watch the entire video.
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  677. There is plenty lumber out there.
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  678. The Philippine Navy has not been sucessful at keeping the Chinese fishing trawlers poaching Philippine’s waters lately. In fact Philippino fisherman can’t even fish their waters, being bullied over by the Chinese Navy vessels.
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  679. Buying unfinished units is a thing in Brazil too. If one buys a new apartment , one will teardown anything built in to modify to its own tastes. Or then the developer sells the usual bare units. The buyer then adds its choice of flooring , cabinets , tear the original kitchen countertop , appliances , chattel , bathroom shower stall , lighting fixtures. Get out of your “ American Boxed Mindset “. Out there , all you expect in a new home is chattel , and you pay for it.
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  680. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  681. At 30,000 feet ?.😊
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  682. They have a licensing deal with former Peugeot to make some basic model passenger car.
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  683. That is the beauty of five year plans and the State being overly commited to its goals. Everything else in China can be falling apart , but Capital Intensive infra structure projects is where China shines at.
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  684. We could use a few good tailors in Brazil. Most of the existing ones are aging towards retirement. Crossbirfer migrations don’t always bode well in terms of prospects to to refugees.
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  685. Well, you make sense from the energy mix. But those kids in the Congo are still going to be subject to toxic mining. And so in other parts of the world. EV’s ain’t clean as touted to be.
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  686.  @judobreakdowns7616  i would follow Toyota , if only their shares traded . They were the first with Lithium Ion batteries. They are still bullish on ICE and they’ve got hydrogen powered vehicles tech down to a science when no one has it. Brazil is getting substantial investments on a Hydrogen Production Plant , possibly a few doen the road, only I am not sure what for. Large cities in Brazil do not have the spare real estate for EV charging stations. And out there you can’t simply plant EV charging Stations without the risk of getting vandalized. As for ICE , outside North America , excluding Mexico , China, and North America , that is the only viable option. Even the affordable EV Chinese brands in South America cost a little fortune for local’s discretionary purchasing power. For me , all debunking from Elon Musk against Toyota Hydrogen Tech sounds like fear. One does not out down or diminishes other’s unless either being cocky or disguising fear.
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  687. Chinese investors are cutting deals in Afghanistan as we speak. It came on Al Jazeera
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  688.  @Essentially_Nobody  Which reinforces my point , thank you. São Paulo’s hintetland , as I mentioned , since it has lost most of its florest coverage , has average higher temperatures ( Ribeirão Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Campinas, Bauru and many other regional MSAs within the State ) than the communities around the Atlantic Florest range, not to mention less rainfall accumulation throughout the years. Worse , there has been a drop on water levels by the Paraná and Paranapanema River basins over the last give years. Whenever someone claims there is no such a danger the Amazon Florest to lose its florest coverage and Bio Diversity , you can suspect the source. They most likely to in the economic chain to logging, cattle ranching , soy monoculture. Their opinions lack depth and are full of bunk science.
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  689.  @jamesvick6070 it’s a Iranian societal issue. It is for them to deal these affairs on their own. They do not need Americans imposing their values upon them. In due time they will break through.
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  690. Playboy had the media division. Including cable . That is where the money became made . Streaming sales . Hustler also invested into online porn, had the video publishing , but never had a brand presence in the adult entertainment business. Playboy faded. Larry Flint flipped his money into cassinos . As matter of fact , Larry Flint, at one time , was banned from entering Las Vegas Hilton owned casinos on the account of unpaid gambling debts he racked up there. Then, naturally , he became entranced with Casinos, and built his own smaller ones whenever he could. So Larry , before his passing , came at the top.
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  691. And Municipal Pension Funds have been targeted by Wall Street speculators , to bankroll their acquisitions , for decades.
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  692. Pathetic. Same old garbage foos , new logo. Way to go losing franchisees. Corporate is full of idiots.
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  693. Every now and then some desperate Pakistani pays through the racket of a Brazilian Mail Order Bride. Whose visa processing paperwork falls into the stack and gathers dust. Now, a lot of Russia is sparsely populated. Putin himself, a few years back , invited Afrikaaners , who are farmers by trade and business , to settle in Russia in exchange for land. No takers. Going back to Pakistanis , I reply then …Russia is a whole lot closer. Get yourself a Russian Bride. Chinese farmers are doing so, and as such happy about it , you might as well try. And not only they look great, they are actually smarter. None of them will pay heed.
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  694. To the Victor the spoils …. Now we know why America and China are ramping up to Military confrontation. Same as been in the past. Wars over markets and resources. Taiwan is just an excuse. Me, grabbing popcorn and watching it unravel.
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  695. Brazilians always take US dollars. Not Renmibi.
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  696. And 750,000 Americans living permanently in Mexico endorse. All but a part of 9 million American Expats , minus stationed military personnel.
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  697. 1. Someone in NY State has an axe to grind. And you are the lame duck. 2. Send it to the State of Texas. Have them to deal in your behalf. When the fight gets mighty , send in big brother to the scuff. 3. Tic for tac. You exposed them, they keep on sending you useless intimidating mail. 4. Post everyone of these notices in your website. They will eventually throw in the towel. 5. Find out the bastard behind these moves. Sue him/her.
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  698. Shell can only make sense on this initiative if they file to become an utility company in every market they are in. And since they don’t own the transport lines , they can generate their own power, unless paying for transport. They will need to do so, in order to get extremely competitive wholesale rates. So they can then plant their EV Chargers into Franchisee’s or their own corner fuel stations. And then either pay rent or split revenues at retail rates. Once a critical mass of EVs are out there , it becomes a captive market. Then Shell, and other legacy utility companies will go with spreadsheets towards State or Province Regulators claiming they need to up their retwail rates to meet their overdue Capital Expenses ( CAPEX ) to upgrade their networks capacity to meet adjusted demands. At this point , with a severe drop on fuel usage , tax levied on fuel will drop. So the government will tack another percentage atop of retail rates. Since , fuel is already overtaxed. And your garden variety EV car owner will be beholden to the interest of utility companies. Paying just as same on mileage as he/she paid to refill.
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  699. A couple errors. 2nd paragraph. They can’t instead of they can. On the 6th , the rectified one should go as …” so the government will need to tack a surtax atop of the existing electrical metered consumption “.
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  700. For some time , Chinese fishing trawlers we’re buying our coastal catch high seas , depriving us Brazilians from our seafood in quantities. Brazilian commercial fishermen were then given Federal subsidized loans , and once found double dealing , it did not sit too well with the Brazilian Governmrnt , then under Dilma administration. The Chinese fishermen will poach sovereign waters everywhere unless your coast guard capture their boats and blast them. They do not play by the rules. They have been pillaging África for decades.
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  701. From what I heard , Huntsville , AL is still quite affordable.
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  702. I suspect it comes from Akio Morita’s way to do business going back after WWII. If you read his Book, “ Made in Japan” you get the idea of how important was to win customers. He also hated his products to be commoditized. He sued a New York wholesaler who was deep discounting his pocket radios , and personally went there to actually retrieve the merchandise back, in a Saturday cold morning by the wholesaler’s loading docks.
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  703. The Lebanese skinny gal is so zany. She is a firecracker.
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  704. Go tell that to that hippie.
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  705. This goes across the world. It ain’t an American thing exclusively.
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  706. I haven’t touched cereal in decades. As I kid I occasionally ate the stuff. Look at all companies that make packaged processed cereal. They all located by the Midwest. All they exist for is to create a market for cash grain crops and factory output. My daily breakfast , is home baked wheat bread with cheese and bacon, yougurt, coffee & milk, and blended fruit. No OJ from the bottle. In Latin America , Cereal boxes are fancy food for the affluent. Candy food.
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  707. Huh , now I know why John Harris changed from his Grungy looks to a clean, groomed one …. Sponsors ! No harm done Dude. You are still our cup of coffee. But no large corporate sponsors , please , stick with your brethren. We love your content just as it is. Anything short of what you bring to our screens , any large Fortune 500 sponsorship , we will start to drop you.
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  708. White men always sneaking up on us Indians . “ The outlaw Josey Whale “.
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  709. We can’t get back there fast enough.
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  710. At that altitude ? No. Thin air grasshopper.
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  711. One talks about de-dolarization , and then advertises for a service that bills USD 5,00 per month As for China and their partners …. Hubba Ubá Ubá , three fools in a tub. And such a filthy tub. Monetary expansion is not just an America’s thing. It is also a China thing. 😊
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  712. Well, it is a bridge and an expensive toll charge now. Good call.
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  713. It is called zoning and being environmentally responsible. The more floors you pile up , the greater consumption of resources and infra structure. Water, sewer capacity , power demand. Traffic on streets.
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  714. Only in Switzerland. Don’t expect to be as civilized anywhere else.
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  715. They can’t. US dollar supremacy runs uncontested. At best , menbers can barter amongst themselves. Their currencies are worthless. This has a political agenda. And a bunch of bureaucrats are traveling on their countries nickel.
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  716. Nations have been trading over centuries. And particularly more so since WWII. The US is not a mercantile power as China , Japan , the Netherlands. They are net importers , with exception of royalties , farm output , entertainment , tech royalties , financial services. At some point , Brazil and Argentina will squabble because one , even under Mercosul , is short changing the other , be it under the guise of currency floating rates , dumping , etc. Certain things never change. Marriages of convenience end when such conveniences cease to exist. Sony is a successful global conglomerate , and managed to get there , by shipping pocket transistorized radios , back in the 60s , only because Akio Morita setup shop in the then world’s biggest consumer market, America. Same with Toyota. That is trade.
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  717.  @derekasato9035  Because they do not need the BRIC-A-BRAC Bandaid. Chile has a huge trade surplus with Japan , China , Brazil, US. There is history there. They do not need to ruin a good thing. “. Sorry China , we will take your noveaux riche money , but we can’t break out trading contracts. “ Chief Chilean Exports …. Seasonal fruits Mined Copper Ore Seafood ( Brazilians , Chinese , and Japanese buy loads of their farmed and wild salmon). Bottled wines Lithium Brine Side note. When Cézar Chavez went touring US college campuses against harvested California grapes , way back in the 80’s and 90’s , for its wide use of pesticides , American Grape Farmers pressured the US Government to levy duties on Chilean wines and raw grapes as a countermeasure. And so much more. Chileans are set.
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  718.  @derekasato9035  Algeria , Morocco, Tunisia , huge on their former European masters. Most of your lesser Extra Virgin Olive Oil sold as Italian is actually grown and processed in Tunisia. Again , they do not care about BRICS.
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  719.  @derekasato9035  finally someone dropped some facts worth reading. Thank you bro.
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  720. FEDEX isn’t an union shop. UPS is. Hence why they get away with this sort of practices. And I am not affiliated with unions.
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  721. Good point. The only if or maybe , being the present value on that figure. I’ve seen all kinds of figures been bandied around. In 2010 , Harry Markopoulos mentioned the lump sum at USD 120 trillion.
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  722. Yet it failed miserably in Brazil. So much for the hype surrounding Wal Mart. They wanted to implement their American strategy here. Never worked. That in large metropolitan markets. The French , by Carrefour and Casino , beat them everywhere they went.
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  723. There are more lunatics on the streets. They can’t be sheltered on hospices because there is no funding for them. Union organizing is in the rise. Over nine million Americans are permanently living abroad. And 750,000 alone in Mexico. The sheer majority , retirees. Runaway inflation. You better quit drinking koolaid.
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  724. Billing entail a contract for services rendered . Or them signing your invoice. Turn your heels and head out for the door. It is easier.
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  725. They will start comsidering taking up “ clients “
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  726. The Aero Willys. Jeeez. Thanks for mentioning. An upper middle class showboat for our Brazer standards. Upright , tall, lots of ground clearance , cushy , padded dashboard , shift lever in the steering column. If I recall , a straight flat six cylinder. Fog lights at the grill. And as an extra feature , besides the radio, Venetian blinds on the rear window. I stand to be corrected , but I guess Willys Overland ran an assembly plant in the then remote town of São Bernardo do Campo , off the highway that connected São Paulo to the port city of Santos , then a major overseas shipping hub, dating back to the heydays of coffe export boom. The Willys São Bernardo plant then cranked out the Aero, the CJ Jeep, the Rural , a two door four wheel drive SUV , and a charming and sturdy pickup truck based upon the Jeep platform. Ford Motors then ran a plant in the outskirts of São Paulo by the rail tracks , in a city neighborhood named Ipiranga. With less land footprint. When Ford took over Willys , then it moved entirely from São Paulo to São Bernardo , where it had a lot more space to expand. The Aero Willys could be as much as a boulevard ride , as it was suited to Brazilian precarious roads then, for its sturdiness. It sold quite well. Eventually the Ford brass opted to discontinue it , and replace with the Ford Galaxie and Landau Ltd 500.
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  727.  @Daniel31415  which inevitably leads to inflation
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  728.  @sc100ott  that is for municipalities to keep. Every cent of it. The thread is all about Federal Government Debt.
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  729.  @mikesmith7249  indentured slavery.
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  730. It shows that the home shoot is better for your standing against holding a camera from Arms length. Still , the outdoor back drops were marvelous. The only thing left to correct was your home shot where you were tilted leaning towards the camera and it was very perceptible. Yes , you are not some stiff anchorman , we get it from the ponytail and the goatee. But you need to correct your shooting stances. You are doing this frequently enough to give it better video quality. Also , you have a perfect voice pitch and tempo, and yet, at times , you speed up and end up tripping on your speech. Slow it down, be more deliberate. So here is a suggestion, if it is any worth to you, or you care to read. …. Shoot your favorite backdrops as you travel . Save them for your editing with sound, making sure you block wind sounds through filtering ( the later can be done through editing ). When you have your topics to air , then shoot stills , even at your hotel room, for as long as the backdrop is blank. If you stay at your typical Economy or Limited Service Hotel , this is highly attainable. Also carry a height adjustable static camera tripod. They don’t have to be top of the line. That stuff gets to be lost , stolen or broken , so an aluminum and plastic will do indoors. For outsoors go the extra money for a gimbal. For all shots , ditch the GoPro and invest into a decent Mirrorless camera , if you haven’t done it already. No point and shoots, no smart phones. You can afford them. Leave the recorded topic of the day and your choice of scenery backdrop for editing later. You are welcomed.
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  731. These Oligarks “ have “ to feel pretty stupid…. Reaganomics , shrinking education funds, and … can’t write.
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  732. I feel for the poor Mexican Laborers who eked out to get their little patch there. I antecipate Robber Baron Elon Musk will get some proxy entity to either drive them out of there or make the place inhabitable , with a promise of jobs. Without knowing the place , by looking at the dwellings , I can see a lot of Mexican-American farmhands and renegade folk living there. It might not be the prettiest , but it’s their corner of the world.
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  733. They don’t poop ice cream. They are just like you and me. Despite their self conceptions of being the chosen people.
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  734. Not any sooner. They will continue to land in Florida.
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  735. Chalk Obama to that list. Got in as Senator with a million , left out with 40 million . Man was born with a silver tongue , same as to move swampland in Florida , used cars , or Bibles. And I voted him in twice , at bequest of my sister. And then go Trump. Once. There needs to be some list out. So that we voters can’t cut them out of office. Once out of post, one becomes worthless on talking policies, and not insider info. If Julian Assange went through great trouble to his expose , why not someone else to air these crooked fat cats.
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  736. You are forgetting that Jesus Elon Musk and his PayPal mafia are making end runs around Latin America central governments and going straight to local municipalities to promote “Carbon Credits” for cash. They owning such purchased carbon credits , a pitiance , enables them to control entire regions , and position themselves towards unhinged land grab for forests , water systems , underground riches. Part of the deal is they will monitor by satelite all regions under agreement. All his posturing to be the earth’s savior is smoke screens. He was certainly promised the earth by the previous administration and later denied by the new admistration and has been running his mouth afoul against the current administration. Just because he did not get what he wanted.
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  737. Well, Jimmy Carter tried. He walked the talk. All others … well, they are so full of it.
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  738. All those years throwing his hat in the ring and he never kissed the bride. He was a flat tire then. And he is a demented flat tire now.
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  739. Jimmy Dore has not even scratched the surface yet. John Deere prevents equipment owners from servicing their own equipment themselves. There are options out there , btw. The Indian based Mahindra is making inroads in the US, and then there are companies like Fiat Allis , Massey Ferguson.
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  740. Lula is a swell president for domestic matters. As for foreign affairs , he is a disaster. The man can’t even speak English for crying out loud. His sycophants and enablers are not the brightest bulbs in the room. The country is run by the agribusiness lobby. They want their exports paid in US dollars. All of this BRIC thing is about the Chinese yanking the chain.
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  741. Jewish folk has been doing the same for ages. It is called Kosher.
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  742. Property taxes are levied on assessed values. An office building has more economic value in terms of collected rent than a vacant parking lot. The bill per square footage also plays a role on what levied taxes become. And building at replacement cost, specially if either comparative cost or return on investment through rent are low makes no sense at all. There are reasons to live idle lots in a business district. Office floor space demand can vary wildly. And residential repurposing is met with zoning ordinances , and the fact you are dealing with higher maintenance costs , if you are left with residential tenancy.
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  743.  @dustintacohands1107  Watch the documentary then. Al Jazeera. One Chinese businessman bought an entire building, and turned it into a hotel. Other, buying stones , has Taliban ‘s handpicked guards escorting him around. And a third , gazing upon a wasteland , is telling how his city will look like , out of a pile of rocks. What you are missing …. 1. When the US sent weapons to the Mujahedin fight against the Soviets , they also sent men from the US Survey Services. Underneath that pile of rocks lies untold riches on minerals. The entire country is a huge mine pit. And China wants all of it. 2.. Old adage. …British are travelers , Americans are Tourists. Take comfort , Americans won’t last. 3. You don’t see Chineses Party Bureaucrats or Military men. Just yet. You see businessmen , just as Americans would sent Missionaries and Carpet Baggers.
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  744. Nitty picking a bit much huh ? Yes , even I think they are full of hot air.
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  745. Meanwhile Embraer is run by Engineers. They might have a Brigadier on the board. But the core is engineering . The school that feeds them , ITA - Instituto Técnico de Aeronáutica, is based in the same hometown , Sao Jose dos Campos -SP. And they are hard to gain admission. They can go head to head against any America Engineering College .
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  746. I am no EV advocate by any means. But Mr Nardella said , “ these startups are not going to make it. “. The video headline writes in bold “ The EVs are not going to make it”. That is a lame clickbait headline, worthy of old fashioned muck racking journalism . Shame on you Fox. And he is not dismissive of EVs , he is just pointing out the broad figures , which translate towards , at least in the US, the benchmarks are way short on making EV adoption by car buyers a compelling one. Good point from him, and again the same old and tired chatter by anchor people.
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  747. A couple pointers , not sure if Better Union would be interested in it. 1 . Big pharma tend to look to setup manufacturing in countries where regulations for better practices or SOPs are skirted. Case in point , India, Argentina , and China. In the case of Argentina , this is hard to investigate , yet , they do clinical trials there in Children. They use subcontractors to handle pre trials. Children get killed with no liabilities imposed on perpetrators. It is a cottage industry there. An Indian drug maker could not get their approval for a second drug they introduced in Brazil ( the first one passed ) through the regulating body, ANVISA. The Indian drug manufacturer then folded the Brazilian plant at a drop of a dime and moved to Argentina. Where they managed to get approval for both medications. 2. The second , going back to India and China , all one needs is to peruse FDA logs on violations. Both countries feature plenty companies rife with violations. Whether fudging lab prep findings , to lack of equipment , or broke equipment, impure water . The list is rife with violations. Finished product and active ingredients. 3. It is a bit of partisan thing, but here it goes. …. Back in early 2010 , Brazil ‘s acting president gave an order to break up patents on life saving drugs. Retrovirais to fight off AIDS was notoriously targeted. . For humanitarian purposes , so that the public health agency could bulk buy and distribute them free of charge through SUS , The health agency. He being a former Union leader , back in late 70’s gave plenty ammunition by the US State Department. To target him as a commie. He was no saint , but he took the fight to make wealth redistribution and have the Federal Government to roll out programs towards the working poor.
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  748. Or else, catch smuggling in high seas will take place. Chinese trawlers were notorious for buying up the catch at high seas in the Brazilian coastal 200 nautical miles sovereign limit. Off Brazilian commercial fishermen. The catch never made on shore.
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  749. The topic is all about to what lead MLK assassination. Not over the principles of MLK views of the civil rights movement , nor what whites saw it then. . The latter is a backdrop to the former.
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  750. Question to Peter to file and save for next quick takes ….. You say the Russians are all out on commitments to Ukraine. It has been said that Russia, China, US , Canada , and some European countries are committed to military presence in the Artic due to the polar cap shrinkage and Northern Passage. So what is the outlook on these commitments. ? Are Russian militar budgets stretched thin as it stands ? Thanks.
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  751. Poor return on investment. Infra structure , education , Public health provide better outcomes.
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  752. So you are displacing a Messiah to enthrone another. Brilliant.
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  753. Some prophetic remark. An incomplete non structured incongruous sentence uttered by someone with no clue in matters that affected the region.
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  754. I can tell how Californian policemen and patrolmen will bemoan doing the State’s grunt work so the big boss can get elected. And while rounding up troops, he is certain to give a good Ra-Team, Ra-Team to marshal his police force and confront barricades of fearless drug addicts. . Hopefully the patrolmen unions will be en force to bargain some overdue demands. Or simply boo him out the room and give him a decent tongue lash. Time of reckoning in La La Land.
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  755. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  756. All that money the Congress sends to Israel , year in and out , could be garnished against the cost of settlement for Palestinians who wish to leave. Work an agreement with US, Canada, Brazil, Australia do take their fair share of migrants. These, outside Jordan , have largest contingent of Palestinian emigres. The Mexicans do no want to come as many as they used to. NAFTA gave them opportunities to stay , so most of the migration will be from the countryside to cities. . I would guess border crossings come mostly from migrants leaving Central America, Venezuela, China. So stop blaming Mexicans. You should be so thankful US small business owned agriculture and food service survived because of them. America will have to allow refugee migrant status to citizens from Afghanistan, Syria , Lebanon, Pakistan. Their interventionism undoing cause economic turmoil. It is time to pay up. Michigan will gladly take them. They can literally complete Detroit’s rebirth.
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  757. Jay Leno bought a Estate in Newport RI. I am sure he was aware of this bill before it was voted into law.
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  758. Different Country, same issues. When Americans sent weapons to Mujahedins , during Reagan , they also sent the U.S, Survey team. That pile of rocks in arid land has the same or more resources as Zimbabwe does. Watch Charlie Wilson’s War with Tom Hanks, Phililip Seymour Hoffman , and Julia Roberts. They were there. Osama Bin Laden’s hunt was just an excuse to land claim. Afghanistan is Eurasia. That is Russia and China ‘s backyard. The Americans get involved with their fiefdom , there is a proxy war , only you won’t see Chinese or Russian taking up fight , but definitively providing resources. You leave the fight to motivated locals. Some land grab wars are won ( Texas, Arizona , New Mexico , California all formerly belonged to Mexico ) , some are lost ( Vietnam, Afganisthan ). That is how goes.
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  759. Funny. Harry Markopoulos stated the same. Couple of his interviews on DP/20 he goes just about this.
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  760. The British never bothered to lay tracks in Portugal. This goes back over 120 years.
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  761.  @AleRees  you are welcomed.
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  762.  @MrVitorao  quoting a passage in the Movie “ City of Industry “ when Skip goes about buying a handgun from some homie and can’t be bothered to read the gun papers to ask where they come from …. And the brotha ( gun seller ) replies , nodding in disbelief and sarcasm ….” Reaganomics , MF can’t read “. See , that is your opiniated average American , spouting nonsense , only because he/she can be bothered to check facts and reality. They are spoon fed with nonsense and media gibberish talk. And they go out to all corners with their garbage as if they owned the truth. Stooopid Amerrikans.
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  763. Please elaborate. Even if you have to say in Italian.
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  764.  @ronald3836  and I am sure you would provide chronological references as to such “expulsions “. And by the way, Brazil has increased asylum grant to Palestinians.
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  765. Only when you retire the tranched debt contract. It is not a stock that pays dividends. It is a private bond.
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  766. I don’t see bushes. Just trees. Jump ? You’re sick.
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  767. Boy , did the CIA really screw it up back in 1973 on Chile. Now they have to deal with a Social Democracy leaning Government just as Allende was back then. To add injury to the insult , the person who wrote lithium as a Governmrnt protected mineral reserve was their ally, Gen Pinochet. And the competition is there cutting deals for in country processing , China . On what is the best yeld on world’s reserves. Yes , they might have Argentina , but knowing Argentinians , one wonder how long it will take for them to turn things upside down. And Bolivia ain’t no cake either. Kharma is a b….
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  768. Shody manufacturing. And poor quality control. Assuming they replaced contract manufacturers and did not even bothered to burn test the newly shipped units , this could happen. That and the fact they will ship hardly after being made. Under Steve Jobs this would never take place. The dude was a maniacal control freak and a stern taskmaster. A true tirant. Bumba perfectionist at heart. Tim Crook , no way close to being worthy of a leader. Stock buy backs , that is what he cared for.
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  769.  @rossmanngroup  I will take your word for. Thanks.
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  770. The gentrification and buying in comes to savings and lending. They get the hustle part pinned down. You need more community banking from them to them. Just as Indians do in Atlanta , or Vietnamese do. If they don’t own their piece of dirt, they might end up in the desert. An odd element is … while everyone else is bolting California , these dudes are staying put. Someone with money to chase money needs to get thr light bulb in the head moment. The Asians are getting ahead in the game already.
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  771. Adidas Milano cleats were soft and suited to the foot feeling the ball. And its uppers were made with real leather.
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  772. On number one …. You fail to take into account the noteworthy German’s on the job aprenticeship program. And the flow of migrants , notably from Turkey, Poland , Greece. On number two. That situation can change at any time.
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  773. Restructure ? Go tell your retirees about your grand idea. They paid into the system. They want their money back.
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  774. So the drill training is the backdrop to the story. Got it.
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  775. Go tell a single mother she can collect her Section 8 voucher , in facing against ever rising rents. Cut the military rather…. That is a USD $ 820 billion a year budget line item.
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  776.  @cosmicelectron  every nation needs a defense budget. That is beyond question in this conflicting world . But America ‘s defense is an oxymoron. It is a war machine that only provides a net 10% of America’s GDP and yet takes a quarter to a third of the Federal Government budget. It is a lousy return in the investment, just alone in net gain for jobs. And the purposed gains abroad are pitiful. They waged war in Afghanistan, at a time of time spend and trillions of dollars in the hold , and Chinese business men are reaping benefits. Talk about adding injury to insult. These defense contractors can gain a new leaf if only then switched from defense contracts towards infra structure contracts. America needs to sing. To a new tune. Some groups are overstaying their welcome. If they don’t change , their shortfall will be painful to Americans at large.
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  777. The city has interesting architecture. In fact many of New York City Beaux Arts building decor were imported from New Orleans , way back. The detail and upkeep on some of the so peculiar New Orleans stock “shot houses “ denotes pride of ownership , amidst dilapidated housing. Then your employment comes from Oil & Gas ( highly skilled ) , the Port ( less blue collar labor and more white collar clerical ) , does not do blacks out there much help. Probably, if it weren’t for jobs on hospitality , black folks would not find work at all.
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  778.  @duancoviero9759  good to know .thx
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  779. Correct. De commissioned central office switching centers.
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  780. Brazil 80’s to 90’s as a classical example of your pontification. It took drastic measures to stabilize the inflation and value of the local currency. Which had to change denomination name , from Cruzeiro to Real ). Now , despite graft scandals that pop every now and then , we have into law ( Lei da Responsabilidade Fiscal or Fiscal Responsibility Law ) that limits Government spending ability. I recall the stabilization was executed late 90’s under the unheralded Fernando Henrique Cardoso two terms administration. They has to cut spending , auctioned off Government run companies ( Banks , Steel Mills , Mining Companies ) to stop the bleeding.
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  781.  @rainbowodysseybyjonlion  there is a difference between inflation and runaway inflation. And no nation , even the US , is imune to this.
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  782.  @thomas735  they meant Mexico. That is what is meant by reshoring manufacturing. Anything involving labor intensive production.
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  783. It is Monopoly money. Theirs. They don’t have a decent deep blue water navy as América does. So Rails and Ports are where they invest, if they want to increase their number of dots around the world. Most of their vessels are frigates. Which are suited fo escort oil tankers, large cargo ships. The rails com0liment the ports. Every landing point they own is a potential military base.
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  784. Workers have no consulting representation. Not in Brazil. Our unions have access to a think thank that evaluates cost of living through research. When the government lies in behalf of the owner class on inflation indexes , used on collective bargaining contracts , our unions can use the numbers provided by the DIEESE - Departamento Inter Sindical de Estatísticas e Estudos Sócio Econômicos ( Inter Union Bureau of Social Economic and Statistical Isdues ). Yeah, keep on calling us third world.
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  785. The Kennedy assassination was a coup. He signed the order to pull the troops from Vietnam. Nixon got sandbagged from pulling tne troops from Vietnam. Jimmy Carter and his “Human Rights “ talks did not fit well with the company. Trump bucking the advisors and not listening to them coat him his re-election.
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  786. At the pinnacle of the Roman Empire, Rome had the Coliseum, today laying in ruins. Rome felt. The Roman Empire is no more.
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  787. There is a Reason why Ireland has become an wealthy nation lately. The same one that exported Irishmen and whiskey. The whole country is a huge corporate tax shelter for US corporations.
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  788.  @jerkfudgewater147  hitmen ????? Are you insane ? What kind of nonsense is that ?
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  789. Trump is a certified idiot , and I voted him in in his first term ( Hillary did not inspire much trust ). Would not walk to polls over re-election bid , only if they let Bill Weld win over the primaries. And I voted Obama in twice. My own admission of misjudgment. Disclaimers out of the way … If he wanted leverage on his way out , he could pay an intern overtime , or for that matter anyone he could trust , and scan all of those stacks of documents, and turn them back before he left office. No, the clown-in-charge had to order those documents to be carried out and stored at Mar-O-Lago . No consultation with an attorney about its consequences. Just dump them into his broom closet. And some people still think he is some sort of savior. Reaganomics. Reagan de funded education and now we have this , a former clown headmaster and his rag tag army of believers. Yeah, people believed in Jim Jones , and David Koresh. America’s leader was a trust fund baby and a failed criminal. You had it coming.
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  790. The number of Palestinians granted refugee status in Brazil ( and in Canada and the USA ) should alone be a measure to how barbarian the Israeli forces are. The Brazilian Diplomacy Corps represents by the Itamaraty has those numbers. So Lula is speaking from knowledge of the matter. And the Lula of the old is becoming the New Lula, vintage 1978 , when he lead labor strikes against industry captains in the town of Sao Bernardo do Campo-SP for better wages , those decimated by inflation. Then and now, he does not hold punches, and give him a pulpit that he will climb to it to speak with gusto . If anyone paid attention , he read no notes nor memos, unlike present and previous American counterparts . Even with his coarse voice, dimmed by age and occasional illness, and less that perfect command of the Portuguese language , let alone the lack of English speaking hability , he speaks from the gut. As he did then, way back then laced with profanity, before thousands of hard core members , in a crowd large enough to fill an small stadium. One cannot acuse Lula of being on CIA payroll. Meanwhile , Israeli leadership mocks US pleas for peacekeeping, even while being recipient from US aid in the billions, year in and out. As for the veiled threats made by the Israeli Prime Minister , guess who needs who the most. Becoming a proeminent, comimg of age nation grants Brazil the privilege to call the shots as it see fit, , disaffected be damned. Brazilians will carry the Persona no grata status with a badge of honor.
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  791. In some many ways …. Americans are becoming CBAs Cheap Bas…ds of America. And drive through or not, drop a dollar in the Jar , honey. These people live under poverty wages. And no benefits.
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  792. Correct. It was supposed to be FCC.
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  793. So you are a groupie to Mr Musk’s moral crusade. Splendid. May I remind you Mr Musk is all about Mr. Musk first , and then his shareholders , and then his family. He was just defeated by a judge in a Delaware Court ( where Tesla is incorporated for tax savings purposes ) when a minority shareholder rightfully sued Mr Musk over his demands for what looked liked an obscene request for executive compensation. He wanted 25% of Tesla’s voting stock. Or vested options. For a company which he did not started. Himself and early investor who cashed out big after the company went public. Undeterred , Mr Musk is trying to change the Tesla’s State of Incorporation to Texas so he can override the Judge’s veto. His Twitter buyout has turned to be a financial disaster. He overpaid for it, the company loses money, and his antics have proven to further alienate advertisers and collaborators. Short and sweet, his X ship is sinking. Someone needs to pay for his lack of better judgement. And if his greed was not enough , his stance in China is ambivalent to say the least. A country with a worse human right record , and not a word from him. Which reasons do the fact he operate an auto assembly plant there , and exempt from mandatory Chinese joint venture. Get a decadent Rock and Roller if must. You won’t be invited to Mr Musk entourage. Even if you threw yourself at him.
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  794. Signing up for the ElonnMusk Groupie Fan Club ? The line stretches around the block. I don’t think he cares about how we feel about him. All he cares is to obtain himself concessions at expense of the common good . He has done it to China, the USA. My opinion he is a smug self serving bastard, thinking he is God’s gift to mankind.
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  795. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  796. Good points. A couple things being missed. #1. Hit that space bar now and then, please. Your post came out way too lumpy. #2. Thank Harry Truman, a decent human being above all . Not many US Presidents since him had that degree of integrity and the authority to think on their own.
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  797. Tesla’s nameplate cars have undergone deep discounts to move unsold inventory. China’s local manufacturers are eating Tesla’s lunch on market share gains . And boy wonder Elon has just gave the perfect opportunity to have its car building know how stolen by locals.
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  798.  @Simon-jr2oe for a skilled player, these clubs could make a difference. Although , a legit skilled pro will go with Miuras for performance and feel sake.
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  799. CBS might’ve beaten Johny to the story, but his analysis has far more depth and on a stringshoe budget if compared to the mighty CBS. They sent some eye candy reporter to interview a fleet commander in a carrier , interviewed an admiral on ship building and maintenance order lag, and met a few fat cats from congress. Johny dug deep on documents and maps and squeezed out as much as he could on his research and possibly some networking to come up with unfiltered edited material. Kiddo , you are a hard core journalist , let no detractors say otherwise. Balls to the walls best.
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  800. Thanks . It is Luis Inácio “Lula “ da Silva. Lula is his nickname thus becoming incorporated into his legal name in 1982 when he ran for the Congress. He then won the ballot by a landslide. He was an union leader back then.
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  801. You are repeating the same nonsense as others here did. It has nothing to do with Governments. It has with people who enable such.bad governance in the first place. To povo tem o governo que o merece.
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  802. Valid point. And if they don’t rush , you can bet your bottom dollar they won’t come. Monterrey is giving a run for their money. You can get training and benefits by staying put. Why migrate ?
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  803. Has has not paid government owed bills. It takes a full year cycle to see it through. Stop trumpeting self propagandized victory!!!
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  804.  @zacholiphant1064  that makes sense. Regional markets for wheat. They still have to figure out the lack of precipitation and sazonality. But that is an interesting development to see.
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  805. Good point.
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  806. Say goodbye to quality architectureand long lasting structures. Good thing I left America.
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  807. All of these companies , and SKF , and Saab ( Scania division ) have large manufacturing operations and brand presence in Brazil. Volvo came a tad bit later. Despite Ford Motors flight , Saab-Scania , Mercedes Benz , and VW remain in Sao Bernardo do Campo-SP. Volvo is nested in Curitiba-PR. Atlas Copco makes screw rotary compressors for high demand pressure specs. Alpha Laval , if memory helps me, made equipment for batch food processing . ABB makes electrical devices for power grids and high tension installs. SKF makes ball bearings. Sandvik makes ceramic based cutting tools and insets for metal cutting. Ericsson makes telecom switching gear from PBX switches to telecom public exchanges, including mobile switching. And for a while they also made mobile handsets. Their regional headquarters is in São Paulo’s north side by the Tiete River. Did I get it all right ? Do I earn brownie points ? Will I get a Swedish blond knocking on my door as a prize L Just kidding. .
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  808. Learjet , Bombardier, Cessna , Embraer.
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  809. Well, at least you extended your thoughts enough for your outlook to make sense.
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  810. Well, Russians were actually wiser in dumping their US Treasury holdings way before the invasion.
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  811. Midas can do wrong right ? And shareholders let him keep a seat at Tesla. He is supposed to run his companies to profitability. Not sink the ship on a self sabotaging rampage. I don’t see the C Party endorsed C-Suite at BYD do get away with these type of things. For way less m they canned Jack Ma. Someone must buy Elon out and tell him to get lots. The EV bandwagon is treading water as it is and this clown wants tomair “ his vision” ? What an attention grabbing moron he is. Visionary founder certainly he is not.
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  812. You remind me of that kid in the Movie Car Wash. the owner’s son wanting to commiserate with the brothas and play cool.
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  813. @brentmorrison3392 it is not a municipal expenditure. It is rather a Federal Expenditure. If it ever took place.
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  814. ⁠ @xhy12 Debt markets raise funds for municipalities issued bonds. The cost of money is weighed against various financial instruments and opportunities. On tight money supply , money will chase either best returns or stable returns. A Muni Bond rating is evaluated for its ability to be repaid. The higher the risk, so it is the yeld. It you have a debased currency , and the bond has a ceiling on yelds , then it becomes harder to consider allocating funds towards the purchase of that said bond. So in a way there is only a fixed amount of cheap money to be lent around. And I manipulated will choose the end use of such money according to expectations based upon risk and return. As an example, at one point in time more money will be chasing beef production than on Muni Bonds.
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  815. The old days, Azorean dairy cattle herders would also feed Lupini beans ( also known as tremosso ) to their heifers. It has been said the milk would come with more fat and a better taste. Brine preserved tremosso still consumed as a bar snack over beers. That and Portuguese fava beans. Só head out to Fall River , MA or New Bedford , MA to learn more about it.
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  816. Generalizations aside, British are travelers , American are tourists. Australians fall into the British Mantra of seeing places for a prolonged time. Ben, since you are this far in the Andean / Pacific / Caribbean , you might as well cut into Brazil.
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  817. That is your month of catharsis.
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  818. No they did not. In case you missed , Trump triggered the tariff war escalation. It has been a tic for tac ever since. And most American manufacturing based jobs won’t resurface in America. They are bound for Mexico.
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  819. Interview with Hades huh ? 😊
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  820. At one time, GM did it right by the aftermarket, and by extension , independent auto repair shops. So most American car makers , one way or the other, all the big three. You could then buy a Scan Tool ( mostly Snap On, OTC, or Vectronix ) , and go about diagnosing and repairing your customers vehicles. In addition , every OEM branded their spares for the Aftermarket. GM with AC Delco , Ford with Rotunda. And wiring diagrams , and after two year lapse in electronic format, with TSBs , through Mitchell and Alldata. If you wanted an OEM like scan tool , only after OBD-II conectivity standards were enacted by the Federal Government. GM , which at once owned Vektronix , availed it’s tool to the aftermarket ( Tech-1 and Tech -2 ). So right there , two things stood to notice and could be applied to today’s similar issues … 1. Federal Governmrnt ought to mandate and enforce that OEMs have access to repair data , using open standards. 2. Manufacturers can license , or direct sell, diagnostic handheld tools to independent repair shops , tied to OEM training. 3. So if one wants to work on John Deere’s equipment , he/she can undergo training and certification and then , sell at a reasonable price , the tools to effectuate diagnostic. Now with John Deere, there might not be room for any service center to operate other that John Deere’s own dealerships. You , after all , are asking JohnDeere dealerships , to relinquish a steady profit maker, in service fees. And farm equipment is a cyclical sale , and the stuff , other than parts counter inventory , does not fly out of the door every day , unlike franchise auto dealership stores. So Mr Rossman , you might need to draw a line here. We ain’t taking MacBooks . We are talking , never mind small tractors , state of art Combines. So you can’t just wage a wholy war on these guys. Because it will get you nowhere. This might be an opportunity for Mahindra to gain on John Deere. But it won’t be a battle won by you. Stick with Apple , Samsung , HP. Pick your fights. And I do not represent John Deere nor their dealerships
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  821. The other day I spotted an Egyptian couple and their baby at our local public health clinic. And not long before , two young females , a Palestinian and a Syrian one taking their toddlers to the local health clinic. On occasion , some elder ladies with children in tow visit our local farmers market. I am in Santo André SP Brazil. The town over has a mosque , by São Bernardo do Campo . I make sure to ask for their nationalities and let them know they are welcomed here. The burka wearing afemales are taken aback of how scantly clad or tight fitted oversexed Brazilian women can be. It’s a cultural shock for them. Yet in here they can prosper, as their predecessors, mostly Syrian and Maronite Lebanese have done. Israel excuse for landgrab is blatantly obvious. Then , the least they can afford to do is to ship Palestinians where they can settle and provide them money for a headstart. Money they have aplenty, thanks to the generous stipend Uncle Sam sends year in and out.
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  822. Home batteries and panels are not a cure for all. First , there is the implementation cost, which puts a lot of households out of the picture. Then, you need a home with an indoor garage to install your inverter and battery pack. And then, you need spacing between homes to allow for the capture of sunlight at its best. Coal and gas generated power plant 9utput will be in demand for a looong time. Multi tenant buildings can overcome the above obstacle due to size of its footprint and the possibility to spread costs.
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  823. Thank Nader for pouncing on the FTC by the late 60’s then. 😊
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  824. Gorgeous skyline ? Are you trippin? They bastardized the whole waterfront in behalf o real estate development. And this is coming from a real estate man.
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  825. Perot was an hypocrite. His companies milked for Federal contracts like any other . EDS and Perot Systems. The bulk of their business was in GSA contracts.
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  826. Well, it takes a special kind to head those places.
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  827. Lived in New Bedford, MA for 28 years. Refused a boat job in the first week I was in the country , bid my time and went to college. Seafaring was and is an extremely dangerous occupation. During fishing season , a boat crew would spend up to ten days offshore, towards the Canadian border by George Banks , working 6x6 rotating shifts. Meaning work six hours on deck, sleep six hours. Which can throw your biological clock off the kilt. Back in the 80’s a fisherman could bring home, after the splits , about USD $5,000 per trip. Two to three days on short and then back fishing. Shellfish, mostly Atlantic scallops , required cleaning and bagging on deck. A lot of cuts on hands. Brutal work for the deckhands. Fishing quotas and catch sizes became the norm quite soon , and a Coast Guard ship was stationed permanently on the pier. Partially to enforce quotas , and then to stem the drug shipments that were carried out by fishing vessels. A $5,000 could turn into a $8,000 if you allowed smuggling on vessels. Suffice to say, many unprepared young men out to the sea became addicted to cocaine. The use of cocaine sped up the deck work on chucking shells. The old salts stayed away from the stuff , but everyone looked the other way. You implement a system of fishing leases out there , you are going to force fishermen to become drug mules , no ifs or buts. Or more accidents. Or boat capsizing through storms. Putting out a boat takes up a lot of up front investment. And then there is maintenance , fuel costs , supplies. That alone is a real regional economy, or supply chain. There are no short cuts in this life. This is not a trade where you can have some feudal share cropping system.
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  828. Now you know why Chinese oil tankers refueling by Angola are escorted by their navy’s frigates.
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  829. Old dog with old tricks. BP spill in the Gulf and poisoned water in Flint MI . In both disasters he flew in , sampled the poisoned well and said ….” This. …. Is mighty good . I have eaten / drunk it myself. The second time over, the homies could not believe what they heard. The man had a silver tongue. Same as used to move Florida swampland , sell used cars , or deliver the salvation through the Bible.
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  830. Recoleta and Belgrano. That is about it. And by the way, this is where their high priced prostitutes ply their trade. And Portenos show up late to work. And big pharma use children as guineas pigs for their drug trials. Many unpunished deaths. Argentinians with money flock Santa Catarina, Brazil. They park their gains in dollar in Punta Del Este , Uruguay.
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  831.  @Zach-ju5vi . Correct. For as long as it isn’t hazardous work. Definitively not in a slaughterhouse. And in agriculture , there are issues with pesticides and herbicides. And no factory based work. Anything that deals with OSHA , it is a no no. Everything else , is fair game.
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  832. @@guyincle126 i hasn’t much until now. The 20-30:years is past Ronald Reagan who managed to undo years of labor organizing made almost impossible for working folks to defend living standards. That and the fact most manufacturing and tech service jobs got exported overseas. There were a few bright spots , thought. Airline Flight Attendants , for one, have strengthened their bargaining rights and gotten rid of a lot of the sexism that permeated the class. And the baristas , well , the US is way behind Canada on this. There, even retail positions are unionized. Which includes food service.
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  833. @@guyincle126 I will digest that
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  834. I don’t get it. Why these exposed figures could not hire working prostitutes? . They’ve done it before. It’s called consensual engagement. Was this the next high or the upper hand, the next scratch mark in their handle ? I’ve met a few of these youth obsessed pervies . They are lifeless souls. Like zombies. Most of the time, some foggies. Their prime is well past. They talk about their encounters or describe a women in such tender age as they were talking about roast chicken. In places like Brazil, Colombia , there are underage women who will participate on these sort of things , willingly. What goes in their minds , Lord knows. Not a shred of awareness or inner conscience from the men , so I noticed. For a women, it’s a meal ticket. But to induce one, against her will , by deceit , at a age these girls are highly succetible….. that is soulless and criminal.
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  835. She just resigned. A career decision no less. She did not exposed the State Department, so no need for a witch-hunt. It is what we call, leaving quietly. Or almost as she went public . Kudos for her to take up her standing. I hope she lands well elsewhere.
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  836. In a way, with his “ probably “ means he does not have certainty. That is not just a problem with one expert, it is with all of them. He reminds me of the wheather forecasting man at the news hours. They used probably and partially a lot. Military maneuvers are supposed to be secretive. Any expert making predictions on the subject is bound to get outcomes different than their projections. It happens at all times.
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  837. Chinese businessmen dealing with the Taliban is already documented. There is an hour long Al Jazeera documentary on YouTube .
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  838.  @robertunderwood1011  on cash crops , at the current rate , the answer is no. On the flip side, the way soil is cultivated right now , as far as use of herbicides, pesticides , fertilizers ,, water consumption , this is how topsoil becomes depleted. Poor soil management is what led to the dust bowl in the first place. All they are doing is pumping nutrients to they can grow cash crops. Think of this way…. If one has to pump the topsoil with all of the above junk, at some point it will be worthless for subsistence agriculture, let alone industrial grade agriculture. It is the perfect recipe for making once arable land into deserts and wastelands. Good to watch. The goat lady of Wyoming. On the Wyoming PBS. She goes at length on weeds and land management , under her point of view.
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  839. With Peter is going to go with this Chinese Doom possibility , he has to analyze and sum the disconnect between Chinese based enterprises and investments abroad and what goes in the proliturbo. Chinese companies and private entrepreneurial investors are setting shop all over the globe and not a consideration from Peter on this. The automotive industry, for instance , is expanding at rapid pace. Maybe it isn’t on his wheelhouse , but it is some sort of disconnect. What’s the deal , oh Great Oracle from Denver ?
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  840.  @cooldudecs  I don’t see it. Most Chinese multinationals are operating outside the USA. The US Government tries to freeze assets on where Chinese companies operate , outside the US , and they would face backlashes from host countries. In fact , the Chinese are creeping up in places American presence has left a void….. In Afghanistan, just as I predicted last year , Chinese entrepreneurs and investors are setting up,shop. There is an hour documentary on this aired at Al-Jazheera. Buying property, building outpost cities over that pile of rocks. And Chinese carpetbaggers trading for stones. It is all known , including by the US Government , who sent the US Survey team before aiding Afghani Mujaheddin in the 80’s , that country is filled to the brim with rare earth metals. And then there is Ford Motors Co , who had three operating plants in Brazil. The last one, a State of of Art Plant in Camaçari ,BA is already bought by BYD. Ford now has to supply its existing dealers with inventory by a truck plant in Argentina and Mexico. Not even spares are left in Brazil. And BYD made clear it wants the remainder Ford Dealerships. In the UK , all those iconic black Taxis are now EVs built by Chery Motors , a Chinese Car Maker. Which also bought the rights to MG brand. And they are sprouting everywhere in Europe. The US base in Saudi Arabia unpacked and left last year. You don’t see the Chinese Government antagonizing with Iranians and Saudi. They are dealing with them. Unheralded to most. Chinese own a considerable stakehold in the Venezuelan Oil Company PEDEVESA. While the sanctions are intact against Russia and Iran , Brazil is trading with Russians ( importing Potash and fertilizers ) , and Iran ( exporting beef and poultry ). And they bartered in the 80’s on VWs passenger cars towards Iraq for their crude. And the BRICs deal, as ill conceived and doomed as it might seem , it gained traction as most other nations have grown suspicious and tired as of America meddling with other countries by weaponizing the US Dollar. After seeing what the US did to Russia , the writing has been on the wall. Peter’s feel good speeches might find resonance in your average American silent majority , but outside America , UK, Australia , and Japan , is a whole new ballgame. Aside all China internal problems , including demography and social unrest , they are making strides at expense of America Global Dominance.
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  841. The credit processing might cost $10. The rest is paying the salaried clerk to do the work , granted it is not a broker , who is on commission. Mind you , to be thorough , a screener will look at employment , income, credit , references , banking statements. An application fee potentially blocks in candidates from filling multiple applications all over in hedging their odds. These candidates then have to pick their winners parcimoniously. Also, by charging a fee, you can deter potential deadbeats and people with derogatory creditworthiness at the tracks. Slumlord, landlord, corporate landlord, nice landlord , low rent, hight rent , the fact of matter is , when you are granted tenancy , you are in fact loaning money from the landlord through a term lease. It is the landlord asset , given to you in exchange for your monthly payments , plus wear and tear.
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  842. One reply here…. “ But our Tesla 3 only weights “. There is always some Joneses wanting to justify and defend their buying decision. Now, under the same lenses , public transportation is a fine concept , but trains will ride empty , just as buses in cities ride nearly empty and transit authorities lose money, year in and out. What is missing here…. 1. Public transportation is not capilar, is not a door to door route. Not that all convenient , specially if you live in a sprawling burb. 2. The pathetic Tesla owner has the same consumeristic urge as an ICE vehicle buyer. They want their set of wheels. They want to load stuff they just bought on the trunk. They want to go from A to B at a drop of a hat. Not bound by scheduled train timetables. And certainly not wait for a ride. 3. Time is.precious , except for kids and retirees. They have all the time in the world. For the rest of our mortal urbanites and suburbanites , time is money. If you want to have people to maintain their existing lifestyle , then a compromise would be what the Japanese do. Maximize even more cars fuel efficiency. In Japan it means Kai Cars. Toyota tried this in the US and failed. It was the Scion line. They brought cars with zero appeal and bigger engines. If you are going to risk failure, at least bring in the real package. Some people might embrace it , after all. They tiptoed , hence the fiasco.
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  843.  @tonyrmathis Mr Trump has tax liens , because he is a deadbeat. And let’s not forget that he was behind on due notes with Deutsche Bank.
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  844. In Brazilian parlance , Lula has “ corpo fechado “. It is a catch phrase which means the African Gods have shielded him against murder attempts. Lula’s might not practice these cults ( similar to Cuba’s Santeria ) , but the common folk believes in these divine powers. Lookup on candomblé and Umbanda.
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  845. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars. Btw Jimmy Carter openly criticized Israel while in office. See what it got him. Totally sandbagged. He went out to apologize . And these days , even the Rev Farrakhan has gone to extend an olive branch towards Israel. Between a non interventionist policy and supporting Israel, RFK has to pick his poison. Leave Israel for Lula, the Brazilian President. Who has no skin in the game and loves a pulpit.
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  846. Between deposits and going into production there is a long layoff. Norway ain’t Russia. Mining has to be approved by a Scandinavian way of Democracy that can go either way . In Russia everything is opaque and anything goes. If there are a few to profit , environment be dammed , it is all fair game.
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  847.  @effexon  I think I can make sense of your reply. I assume you meant to say …. For all of the Refurbishing Rusky does , they still have to procure outside home , as they have no expertise and manufacture in all things that go into their thanks. Electronic hardware , specialized tires , among other components , all need to be sourced outside . Same for aviation. Not sure what kind of turbines Russian hardware vendors do, as turbine manufacturing & engineering is a very limited market ( GE, Pratt Whitney , and Rolls Royce , at least for commercial aviation ) .
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  848.  @TheVeritas2100  correct. https://youtu.be/LPvpqAaJjVU
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  849.  @TheGruntski  he is some sort of “consultant”. Out of his debt. He is often ensnared on these little details , under different issues he covers. Every now and then someone in the audience pulls the cover open. It happens all too often on his open forum. YouTube is a fertile field for “experts “ to own the audience, for as long as the audience will take the center stage person for its face value. Still, he is entertaining thought. And, past the groupies singing his praise , I do read the dissenting voices and boos .
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  850.  @jamesw1659  and there is more to it…. Contractors rarely amortize the cost of tooling and development over the manufactured item lifecycle. They all use the same linear amortization as used in standard depreciation . Which is also a practice used by builders who build residential units high rise buildings. Say your project calls for 100 units. From pre construction sales , in a span of 24-36 months you know from experience as a developer that you will be able to get 30% under contract , unless you are in a hot market, low financing costs , etc. Your price = cost + gross margin , will not be parsed amongst 100 units , but rather the 30 you will sales forecast tells you. The rest will come at 100 % pure profit for as long as you have unsold units. And there is an inescapable detail aired on this “60 Minutes “ special. The soaring price markups on specific line items that were been sold at X and all of the sudden have a multi fold increase in the very same item. And let’s not discount the fact CBS is far from being a sensationalist outlet , specially when their core advertiser are Fortune 500 companies. There is some credibility into that.
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  851. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now , btw. It’s a thin path to thread.
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  852. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on the cheap to claim land title and deed. Him and his PayPal Mafia are making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim land rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of the evils and your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  853. Here is why BRICs common trading currency is doomed to fail … Russia and South Africa are going the way of a failed State. Plummeting currency value, loss of manufacturing base . China lacks transparency at their numbers ( currency with no reserve or trading value, fudged economic and demographic data ) , is prone to intelectual property theft. They are too having internal strife. India is Brazil’s competition on manufacturing and exports. And they are getting more of their fair share of in country direct investments, more than Brazil. They will cut into our exports markets . Brazil has had issues controlling Mercosul alone , thanks to Argentina’s rogue behavior. They can’t manage to handle their fair share in their BRICs block. BRICs ain’t Euro , or Euro Dollar.
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  854. Good. Now go back at making even better care. The Mexicans are at your coattails and Monterrey is far bigger of a plant than yours. You won the battle. The war still being fought. Don’t waver.
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  855. Lottery is the poor man’s tax who can’t do the math.
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  856. Try telling the friendly folks at the Industrial military complex and their lackeys . The same ones who plotted JFK assassination and sandbagged Jimmy Carter.
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  857.  @grimaffiliations3671  utility companies do a lot of green washing. They source a token amount of green energy and then , when you are oblivious , they buy plenty of their energy mix from power plants running on cars, or worse coal. California is the poster child of such practices. For as long a small amount is green , they earn their Mickey Mouse certification and stash on thermal power plant sourcing.
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  858. I meant gas
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  859. Elon’s X has been losing money way before this spat. Some inherited , some self inflicted. He lost a lot of National Account Advertisers because he diluted the platform safe guards and could not keep his trap shut. This whole controversy is good for business. He might attract a few more advertisers to his fold. This whole thing about censorship Mr Musk so claims is a moot point. For one, he does not criticize the Chinese at the Proliturbo. If he dares so they will take his factory in Xanghaj and freeze his profits repatriation. As of now they are just happy to drive him out of business by having their carmakers to undercut him on vehicles pricing. The judge might be wrong or not , it is none of my business what he deliberates. But if he meant to make a point , he would ordered the service shutdown. That would bring Mr Musk Lawyers to the table. Squabbling with Mr Musk will only validate his frivolous claims. And Mr Mu
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  860. Are elections coming due ? Seems like a case of collective demagoguery.
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  861.  @danielwhyatt3278  There is a lot more to it in London. “The knowkedge” is the benchmark licensing exam every London taxicab driver must under go to earn its badge. On average , it takes three years of study to pass the one on one oral exam. Otherwise , In the US largest metros , it is a touch and go. One week in evening classrooms, one written exam, and you are in. London defeated Uber in the courtroom. Thanks to pressure from existing licensed drivers.
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  862.  @MSDGroup-ez6zk . I would not bet a dime on Brics. Only fools rush in.
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  863. It helps Chile is a Pacific Nation.
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  864. They pushed Evo Morales aside on trumped up charges of corruption. The playbook of his ain’t perfect either.
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  865. Sure. The same who sanctioned loggers and cattle ranchers to clear the Amazon. And gave a blind eye to the pandemic. Whose son went to steal a legitimate bought and paid piece of property by influence peddling , just because he fancied the property. The man whose lack of self dignity was on full display while besides Donald Trump. Honestly , if you shot Trump’s private parts with a two barrel shotgun , yours truly would lose all his teeth. The man who publicly gave the lip treatment on gays , women , northeastern migrants. You may claim Lula was in the graft, but no one ever accused him to be on the CIA payroll. Your Messiah , well I have my suspicions.
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  866. Interesting the “ board and batton” clapboarding, as it is the most common wood cladding in Rural Southern Brazil ( particularly the States of Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná , and Santa Catarina ). Thanks.
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  867. So you only take that Bentley Mulsanne on special occasions ? Geeszzz
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  868.  @WHSmith-zk2ox  keeping up with Jay Leno, huh ? I had a steady moonlighting mechanic in Rhode Island , who dreamed up if gigs such as those. Another dude who kept a barn was or is , Herb Chambers , the New England dealership mogul , he has his barn on Old Saybrook , CT. So I’ve been told. Me, I have not owned a rustbucket since returning to São Paulo , Brazil. My legs , cabbies , and public transportation to my biding.
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  869.  @bernamariegerard8909 nope.
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  870. They wanted all for themselves and might end up having nothing at all. Beyond serving their Chinese Expat community it is a chance to introduce Chinese culinary to Africans. A lost opportunity with this attitude. And , yes, Chinese folk don’t take too well over haggling. I am sure Nigerians feel they have a god given right to haggle everywhere they fancy spending their money. It’s a two way street.
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  871. Your green grocer is a middle man. He is the one getting up on wee hours so his shelves and gondolas carry the stuff yiu want at the corner. The world owes you a giving , right ?
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  872.  @Takudza stupid strategy with disastrous results. The Japanese brought inexpensive models to the US in the 60’s. They earned customer loyalty through one’s very first new car purchase. There are no longer any Ford Man, Chevy Man, or Mopar head. They are dying dinosaurs or thr types you see at car meets. Not your average commuter .
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  873. Between Unions “ Devil may care attitudes “ towards capital , and Reagan Union busting cohorts , things unraveled to an escalade of events that sent US manufacturing overseas. That was this tell tale of a assembly line worker turned one book writer at a GM Truck manufacturing plant about situations that took place on tne floor. The most shocking was about line workers playing , stoned , rivet wars on the line. And then , there was a quarterly profit driven culture by American industrialists that forgoes any notion of a social contract. The German bosses made compromises for the sake of workers welfare and their loyalty to the betterment of their output. Their American counterparts opted to the Cowboy Capitalism.
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  874. There are a number of women under the ranks who could make it better in Russia. Better than their always inebriated , bribe taking make bosses.
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  875. There are problems with this idea. Billing systems are known for flaws. You could be shut out of a car you are making timely loan payments. Leave it to the repo man. Yes, lenders rather pay less to the repo man. For a theft prevention measure only , it would be fantastic. Now , Ford has been out of the ball for years. First , the plant withdrawal from Brazil. Imports from Mexico and Argentina won’t cut. And by the way, the last standing Brazilian plant was acquired by BYD. Sayonara Ford. Then , getting rid of sedans and hatchbacks. You don’t see Toyota pulling off this type of nonsense. Then this business of alienating dealers on MSRP and EV franchise fees . That reads , Ford is cash strapped and making dealers to pay for its shortfall in upping the EV program. Never mind Ford’s brass have been whoring locales thry had plants for tax subsidies , long after the grandfathered subsidies have been expired. Good bye Ford.
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  876. As per Peter views , or what the Salvadorean general population feels about the crackdowns and mass incarcerations , there are not a single solution that might solve the street violence now without fostering of a narco state later. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Salvadoreans want safer streets now, so they will take and deal with unintended consequences later. What it is a known fact, and Peter isn’t the one to throw salt at an old wound , is that the breeding grounds for this state of affairs has in part roots at deportees from L.A. gangs, and the U.S. backing of Central America military juntas. It would be only fair the US Government lent help to sort this out through some society reintegration program as this would be in the best self interest to Americans and Salvadoreans. And rest assured migration to Mexico , now under NAFTA’s newly acquired riches will only accelerate migration North, if not to the USA, at least Mexico bound. El Salvador needs more jobs and more programs , if near future colapse is to be avoided. It is time to do the right thing. 😊
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  877. And if was not enough , China’s crackdown on Hong Kong Protesters three years ago had nothing to do with freedom or some administrative take over. It had all to do with Capital Flight by Chinese businessman sending dollars abroad. Time to close the loophole, the commies said to themselves. Macau did not suffer under crackdowns. Because gambling brings in more dollars than they siphon abroad.
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  878.  @CulturalXplorer19  we are not pushing , BRIC trading currency . The Chinese are imposing upon all other countries. You have not quotable sources and probably expressed your baseless opinion as you see fit. . As we call in Brazil , you are a “ palpiteiro de botequim “.
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  879. If Argentinians were half as smart, they would start barters associations. Argentina is out of world trade, so count imports and taxed exports out. Which leaves a few e port commodities. And manufactured goods, well when was the last time you seen a Made in Argentina stamp ? The problem is …. Argentines will screw each other , so never mind a barter system that works. They can always jump ship. There are plenty of them in Brazil, Spain , Mexico.
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  880. Spoofing I suppose. Old tactic used by scammers when pretending to be your friendly bank’s email. Going back 20 years. Troll factory. Every totalitarian country has one.
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  881. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  882. A side anedocte , this one told me by an elder Puerto Rican lady who lived in the island , and then migrated to Boston …. I asked her …. “Why Poor Puerto Ricans talk their Spanish so fast and choppy ? “ To which she replied me while tending her garden patch in lovely Jamaica Plain , Boston …. She owned her home a few blocks away , and this cute two decker rental for retirement income by the Forest Hills subway and train stop. The words being mine, but an exact account of how it went …. “ we poor Puerto Ricans worked the sugar cane fields at harvest time. Under a scorching sunshine. So it was in early in the wee hours of the morning before sunlight , and out early in the day for the break. “. And she added ….. “ we Puerto Ricans , being gregarious people, we live out banter. So we toiled and talk , toiled and talk. Real fast “. There is some wisdom of true into this. Puerto Ricans never stopped being quick on their feet and hustling. Even in America. Always snappy , and quick, and spontaneous and transparent. And quick to burst at times. And the colors they wear , always a standout, clashing . Bright. Screaming . Tacky but oh so exuberant. They are indeed an interesting bunch.
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  883. No it does not l it increases inflation. The more the federal government doles out , the more it has to run the presses to pay for all of this.
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  884. In Brazil, your entry level Renault/VW/Fiat/GM out of the dealership will set you back at USD 16,000 . They will work just fine. And people complain about it. That goes for a four banger sedan with a puny 90HP power plant , A/C , stereo, airbags , Infotainment. But then again, the Brazzer earning power is supposed to be way below what Americans earn. If any solace, they do assemble entry level models. This being a 3 million a year market populated by…. France : Renault / Peugeot , Citroen Japan : Honda / Toyota ( a well equipped Corolla goes for USD 20,000 here ) / Nissan / Mitsubishi / Subaru ( imported ) South Korea : Hyundai ( a couple assembly plants , their entry level, HB 20 sell well as it does for their SUVs . ). Kia. US: Ford is gone. Stellantis does ok with Jeep , Chrysler non existent . GM moves well , they are the cheapest motoring you can get. Germany. VW is the all time hot seller since the 60’s. Several models. Mercedes Benz shut down their auto plant. Their Truck plants still running. BMW sells ok , surprisingly. Audi faded away. China: Chery , for years , was in the basement. Since they partnered with a Brazilian superchain operator , they started to sell. JAC is nowhere to be seen. BYD and Great Wall are starting operations with assembly plants , and likely to gobble up Ford dealerships.
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  885. While they might not be savvy business strategists , with an eye on rates of return, and portfolio building , these projects they invest are meant to increase dots around the globe to match American ones. They are developing outposts. Military and commercial. Supplemented with rail lines and roads. These are sunk cost projects. The host country can’t pay , then they will assume control of the port , rail line. . And these targeted nations are countries with poor infra structure. So these host nations need power , roads , ports , rail lines. All of it is done with their own money. Their construction companies never subcontract or pay outside sources. They will beat Indians to Markets and sources for energy and raw materials.
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  886. Until you can have someone under your payroll , on those fair wages you heralded , be advised to keep your trap shut. Your remarks well written, to the point , are well intentioned , and mostly unwelcoming.
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  887. Monocultures impoverish soils. And drain water resources. That is corn.
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  888. Valid point.
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  889. Most rail lines ride over tracks with rights of way ownership. They lay fiber on those. That is how Sprint became a carrier. As for wireless , ….On a 5G Network you need more spots than 4G , so you might be limited to 4G speeds, granted the rail lines have towers over the track’s length. Night travel is a time to unwind and unplug. Not to be at beck in call to your masters , you serf.
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  890.  @changedname22 it is not much worst. It should read as it is far worst. Get it right.
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  891. The logging hypothetically ahould take place in the far north. The clarity took place in the South. Two unrelated climate and estuary systems. And by the way , the largest recipients of contraband logging , with forged certificates , are northern hemisphere countries. You know , the USA , European Union , Asia. It takes two to tango. And you are an hypocrite.
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  892. Good. We can count on South Africa and the pacific side of LATAM.
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  893. Huh , because they are turncoats maybe ? Comes from the late crime boss Patriarca , from Providence ….” Never trust a Kennedy “.
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  894. Contractual language for motion pictures might undergo several changes . Such as in “ Mr /Ms So and So and his /her likeness “. I foresee a sleuth of lawsuits coming against studios. Franz Drescher brought up AÍ. My educated guess , the Movie Entertainment Industry has money into this technology.
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  895. He being a Senator from sleepy Delaware , well a few things he might’ve committed to memory.
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  896. Debt default does not only downgrades credit rating , therefore increasing interest rates for future bond issuances. Which would land the US to Argentina’s Status. A perennial Stiffo. It also cheats your own retirees from the buying power of their pensions and medical benefits. The entire sum of accumulated payroll deductions over an entire adult’s working life is sunk into US denominated debt , all in bonds , notes. Maybe you ought to make plans to have dad and mom ( or worse , your in laws ) to live with you. If you can afford to mortgage yourself .
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  897. There are people who went to whose hospitals to perform voluntary medical work. Under non profits. None of them, once pulled out , brought up weapons being concealed in the very same facilities where they operated. And if there were to be weapon silos , those places would have to be built to withstand shelack. The rendered photos have shone obliterated buildings. You are going a little too far under your assumptions. So stop your macho chest thumping . You look lame.
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  898.  @RogueSkull sure. By stepping into other people’s toes. By taking credit where not due. By misleading on information over fiducuary matters. We have contemporaries like him… Bernie Ebbers Ivan Boeski The head Execurives at Enron. Bernie Madoff.
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  899. You don’t have to go that far …. Go read FDA logs for fun. China and India are the biggest violators on all kinds of warnings, when it comes to manufacturing medicines and active substances. Lack of adherence to best practices and SOPs. Misreporting Shody lab equipment. Broken Poor water quality. It’s all in black and white.
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  900. The ripple effect won’t be felt within 40 years. And the counterbalancing comes from immigration. Whose off springs will get married and bear more than one child.
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  901.  @lucashoikers  típico Brasileiro. Sempre acreditando no primeiro idiota Salvador da Pátria que aparece por estas bandas.. Ninguém age por motivos altruísticos. Vai ver se ele se mete a besta a tomar liberdades com os Chineses.
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  902.  @davidhebert1911  US Presidents have not steered didle squat in ages. Since FDR. The ones who do , either get burned at the stake or shot ( Jimmy Carter and JFK ). Reagan read teleprompters. Obama courted favors . Bush Jr was as clueless as one gets. Bill Clinton might’ve done any damage , but his escapades did not help him much. And him and wifey were as crooked as one can be. Credit Card Joe, well, he is from Delaware. Banks have his number. They all toe the line.
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  903.  @lucashoikers  injustiça e você ficar discutindo aqui. Vá trabalhar
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  904.  @janesell3057  quanto drama. Não há totalitarianismo. Ou tu pensas que se não insultares teu chefe, cliente , autoridade local não terás que ouvir a música? Totalitarianismo há na China , e veja lá se o “ Jesus Elon “ da um pito nos Chineses. Não dá . Ele dá palpite aqui , e não lá que é pior. O tipo não passa de um espertalhão se vangloriando de paladino da justiça e liberdade de expressão. Um cara de pau e hipocrita. E brasileiro que é tolo vai atrás do que este espertalhão diz.
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  905.  @flowrepins6663  bom , o fórum está em Inglês , o conteúdo é editado em inglês. Sobre o brasileiro e sua língua. …. Eu fui descobrir se um professor da rede que tudo o que se lê esta no pad . O Estado assim quer. Agora como raios irá alguém se expressar em seu idioma, claramente e com ideias próprias , se sequer pega num livro ?
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  906.  @davidhebert1911  yes , Credit Card Joe is going senile. But consider the alternatives….. On the primaries , on the Republican ticket , Trump beat Bill Weld . The later a fiscal conservative and constitutional attorney who managed to balance Massachusetts budget over two consecutive terms. Trump, all promises l no execution. On the Democrat ticket , Mumbles Bernie Sanders. All talk and no action. Can’t close the deal. Sold his brethren down the river to keep his senatorial job. In all fairness , solid representation is not exercised by voting on candidates. It’s a fallacy. People cast votes for the ones who might solve their predicaments. Because, at the individual level, they are not willing to put their time to see changes done for the common good. Well, It does not work that way. There is a reason why the Dutch enjoy a government that acts upon their common desires. Because they exercise their common will. They ride bicycles all over Amsterdam because they once figure if streets were to be made safe for their kids , they would have to get involved. And the government leaders responded to their will. Now, that is democracy.
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  907. Surgically precise.
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  908. The Clinton’s only had one daughter. She must be cold as a fish.
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  909. Vetted ? There is no such a thing. When the floodgates open , all bets are off.
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  910. It is done elsewhere. In the auto parts retail,aftermarket there used to be a multi tiered wholesale to retail and buying groups. In São Paulo, Brazil , there are a large number of regional chains and even franchised group buying stores ( Bifarma comes to mind ). Even CVS bought itself a small chain. Lots of discount chains. And even independents operate on less affluent neighborhoods. This nonsense about logistic is just double speak large consolidated chains use as an argument to justify their model is the only one that works.
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  911. Since Nixon, the US has done diddle squat in the region. It’s always the same news…. A New US President gets elected , Latin American leaders go to DC for the customary ring kissing , do a few speeches at United Nations in NY that nobody listens to ( all bravado for their local press ) , and then things go back to the old same. When Latin American leaders do their deals with another US sworn enemy, folks on Washington get a little pissy , air a few words of admonish, and we in the plantation ignore them. Most of the US money kicking down lately are private equity deals. Cable TV networks , fast food restaurant chains ( through a local master franchisor ) , some manufacturing firms. Since the late 60’s , most large capital inlays have not come from America anymore.
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  912. Your ledger is from 1930.
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  913.  @johndewey6358  keep on dreaming. Cheap assets with poor outlook on returns. Meanwhile they will rob you blind and show up late for work. It is not a leadership issue. It is a bottom to the top issue.
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  914. This was a common practice in medieval Europe. It’s apprenticeship. Things have changed, even there. Dramatically.
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  915. And there is more. Unless your wife is Chinese ( most kitchen positions are male only in China ) they have enough Chinese folks around to actually take up on these jobs, while getting paid. There are off course , ships at the ports with illegal labor coming from far east.
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  916. Those illegals who snuck into “ your country “ run your dough making bakeries , milk the cows in the wee hour while you are asleep , pick up crops under the baking sun so that you can have affordable fruits and vegetables. Every small business in America , specially the ones in the food production and processing , depend on them for their very own financial survival. There are plenty anedoctes about them in this very tube. May I suggest you stop your rant and see about these examples. Watch “ How does it grow “ , the New York Times Food videos with Anit Pryia and so many others.
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  917. Yet he goes on the road. Kudos for him. That is being close to his roots. Keeps his ears on the ground.
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  918. That is a fire back . Take that white European man. Meanwhile, Africa is bursting to the seams with population growth.
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  919.  @jlh55 most Americans lack historical perspective as your saw it. So they go right toeing party lines “ blaming the Dems “. The matter of fact was, when Reagan defunded Mental Institutions , at State and later Federal sphere, most people ignore the act, as if they had nothing to do with it. Maybe , the mental care workers made a fuss about this , but they were largely ignored. At the time he got elected for office , education also went progressively defunded. Reaganomics. Meanwhile , Asian nations maintained or increased education spending. It takes a while for good or bad governance to show its results. Folks in American tend to see things in the short term.
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  920. Both went for land grab.
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  921. You had your day bro. The one who gives it , is the same one who takes taketh . Ain’t no Buddha to bail you out. The smart ones above you took the money and ran. Expensive overseas real estate , factories on Mexico. The American financiers were your masters. Never lose sight of that. The British , the Americans , your party bosses.
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  922. That used to be the case after FDR up until Jimmy Carter. Trends got reversed since Reagan to scale down compulsory tax payments from the “donnor class “. Democrats and Republicans dialing from the same dollar has been coined by Ralph Nader since he went on campaign. That and the help from Tax Attorneys reversed what billionaires paid in taxes since the early 80’s.
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  923. Rio Grande do Sul a right wing bastion ? What are you getting in your coffee ? You may call rural gauchos conservative and provincian. But right wing ? On your wild dreams.
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  924. No it did not. It went into Treasury Securities , technically. So, the deducted contributions were syphoned into Government I.O.U.s. The other people’s pockets you are mentioning is Medicare Fraud , which is rampant. In Florida alone is a 100 billion dollar a year industry.
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  925. I recall a former farmhand for the SF Giants , who got his law degree, Garret Brosius , leading a class action lawsuit against Major League on the account of these exploitative practices. Every major league team covers on field payroll at the minors , from the lower levels and up. Affiliate minor league teams only meet payroll for administrative and ballpark personnel. Players coaches, are given minor league prorated pay rates , outside the 40 man playing roster. In the paper a $50,000 a year contract looks good , only it is only paid a portion of it. The lawsuit wrang some concessions , but it also forced the minor league development programs towards contraction , mostly at the lower levels. Which sends borderline talent into independent ball leagues. With lower pay rate. It’s a losing proposition. Only 5 % make it to the show. And yet, young fortune seekers bank to the odds.
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  926. A company that had a near monopoly in the commercial,aircraft squeezing every dollar for profitability ? At expense of safety and workers earnings ? This is pathetic. Socialize the company then.
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  927. Name reported sutuations.
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  928.  @becapegorete8482  racism is hate speech.
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  929.  @diongenoud5663  “ run by bad guys “…… Is that your take on partisan politics? That is pretty much black & white , don’t you think:? So by going under your general assumption, your candidate is Batman and the opponent is the Joker, right ? Your leader is your Messiah to the promise land and the other is the personification of evil right ?
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  930. Unless you can provide anedoctal facts or events to your claims , you are making up stories and misrepresenting/ reality.
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  931. Rusky must do as African warlords did. Buy lots of Toyota pickup trucks and tack machine guns at the bed. There was a thing such as Toyota wars in Chad when Ghadaffi tried to grab some of their country. Imagine a truck full of Rusky and a machine gun navigating all those bad roads.
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  932. Electrical Engineers ? Never mind them. Mechanical Engineers know this from elementary thermodynamics. Sophomore courses.
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  933. A lot of old mill buildings waiting for developers to repurpose into apartment buildings . It is not posh, but considering the short commute into NYC , it is a steal. All the other towns past before White Plains are , with the exception of Stamford , very expensive. Hence the moniker , Gold Coast.
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  934. Rusky is getting affluent
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  935.  @warfarenotwarfair5655  most of the “other countries “ either have mandatory militar service , or a draft lottery. Speak of your self . You know nothing about other countries.
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  936.  @mutkaluikkunen3926  AI takes coding as well.
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  937. Nick… This would be the opportunity to put some blues tracks on your footage. And tell us how good Chitlins are. Damn bro, you blew it.
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  938. The Dutch have even lower rates of ownership. They are quite happy at it. And healthier. And their cities livable. And their economy strong enough to support their people’s quality of life.
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  939. He was retired. No way to ruin his reputation. Mo Green’s Special.
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  940. The Old bygone French Legion did not just have French Soldiers. And it survived long enough. In fact every leader in the French African Franc zone that dared to leave the system got assassinated , by hire , from within the French Legion ( so I’ve been told ) ranks. This is how , post colonialism , the French kept his grip for so long in French Speaking Africa, and Caribe. In fact , they still do. Every military superpower needs to keep its own for hire militia groups.
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  941. Noticed it. All of them watching passively. They rather stand and watch than to mess with them.
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  942. People tend to ostracize organized rackets , and the Yakuza , so I’ve been told , is on decline. So please enlighten us with what you meant by swift retribution. Thank you
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  943. Is this to become that moment a Sputnik was launched into the Stratosphere ? I think is about time America stop relying on strongarm tactics and get busy making a better version of itself. They are out to the races.
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  944. Nooo thank you. Good riddance.
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  945. Try to break your sentence into spaced paragraphs if you want to be read.
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  946. About 70% of the US economy runs in consumer spending . Try stop this wrecking train.
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  947. In Atlanta , the facility by Swanee, north of Atlanta , houses more servers , I recall it was run by Qtech. Not far from the mall. Google used to run its servers there , occupying 1/3 of the floor. They eventually bought land in Lenoir , NC and installed their own IDC.
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  948. They have their reasons to dismiss claims.
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  949. They ought to get read of the C-Suite altogether. They are not working at all as stewards. Or at most reduce the powers and the compensation package of these figure heads. Company would be better run by commitees , Japanese management style. With seniority. And consensus. Shareholders have given the safe keys to thieves. Hence the disastrous results with self serving executives. This is an oppportunity to Embraer to seize. Eat Boeing’s lunch , get larger planes on thr drawing board.
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  950. He is probably looking into right now. Most likely picking quotable sources and going through cables. At least he edits what he puts out there , based on what he gathers. He walks talking as if he was shooting from the hip, but in actuality he does some homework.
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  951. I voted trump first time around. Could not stand Hilary. I knew he was a deadbeat and full of himself. But as infantile as he was, he told like it is. Ditched advisors. Made his own decisions as he went along. For the second tour I was on a glimmer of a hope for Bill Weld. Constitutional Lawyer , Fiscal Conservative , shored up budgets while a he ran as governor in Massachusetts. Bernie Sanders was all talk , and no consequence. And Joe , a yes man since he was a senator. Bought and paid by his cronies in Delaware. Never kissed the bride in all the primaries he entered. This last one was a gimmie. True to the fact, no US President ever ran the country. I am glad I left. No regrets.
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  952. He brought in the bacon, honey. Like most of them did. And don’t you forget about that.
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  953. Do you have any idea of what would cost to build it all underground. ??? Not to mention cooling costs.
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  954. Seriously Mr Zeihan. With your YouTube audience and Alphabet checks trickling in , you can afford a cheap and light retractable tripod. Cheaper than a gimbal. Why, for the name of God , are you still holding your camera at arm’s length ? It ain’t like the wind will blow or tilt the camera over. On a positive note , the subject and its coverage was impeccable today.
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  955. Elon can invest as much as he wants in Argentina . The problem is getting the return on his investment. He will lose his shirt. So we in Latin America will be pleased part with his money. Just another stupid billionaire thinking he can run the world.
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  956. Yes, there is some true into that. But as a troll in apprentice , you need to parse your paragraphs. You lumped your sentences. It looks unreadable.
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  957. On that $3,000 bill here is what It might include…. - Deferred maintenance. Costs need to be parceled out. - insurance rates for the building alone, as this might be a waterfront unit , soared - if building has more then three stories , then an elevator maintenance contract needs to be factored in as mandatory - eith inflation , personnel costs kicked in at a higher rate And with the assessment comes higher property taxes. Poor due diligence at buying. It was an emotional buy, not a rational one. You are wooed in on the amenities and location, no check list, a few years go by, and now this. I feel bad for the elder , but he did no practice oversight, nor did his homework.
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  958. Oh , and by the way. The water bill is footed by the condominium association, in most vertical structures. This might be the case in this story.
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  959.  @wgemini4422  correct. In so many ways, it’s not just generating power. You have to cycle power through transport by the way of high tension lines throughout a wide footprint. And to bear load capacity up to peak demand , a local utility provider needs to uphold frequency to facilitate power delivery. In the days a utility company handled end-to-end power from generation through delivery , they could simply streamline planing and invest where needed. Not anymore …, With deregulation , and price undercutting , transport has become severely undercapitalized. Every section of power delivery, from generation up to transport , and short of substations and the last mile , has become commoditized. It is not a cloud, and 99.999% of consumers simply don’t get it.
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  960.  @diogotxx  please quit this “ living in a poor country “ schtick. It is lame and full of self pity. There are places far worse than in Brazil. This is more of an excuse to not be better.
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  961. From São Paulo , Brazil. The rail and subway systems are run by separate authorities. Even some subway lines ( the nesses usually ) are conceded to private operators. We do not have issues with poor stop scheduled frequency ( at the yellow line , the platform clocks time to arrival ) , the infra structure is way more modern ( first line unveiled early to mid 70’s ), however , since COVID petty crimes soared at the subway and commuter rail lines . Holdups , stickups , pushouts , harassment, and all, mind you , within turnstiles. The hired patrol is woefully equiped. Most are a bunch of keystone cops, or fat bodies. When there is a spike in petty violent complaints , only then they send armed on duty well built city cops . So it takes violence to escalate security. And it is rather porous , as our Mickey Mouse security detail is so ineffective that peddlers selling candy , trinckets , and pandering get away by doing it inside the cars. Good thing you rolled in your bike , after all that is what the Dutch do, day in and day out, regardless of their social standing.
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  962. Domineering Dona. She is a ball of fire. Give her a whip and she will be thrilled.
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  963. Good topic. Writing for a feature series isn’t like it used to be. There are no Sidney Sheldons out there with a beck in call publicist, making the big bucks. Writing for featured series has become a collective endeavor. If you pick up interviews by actors from sucessfull series , be it The Sopranos, The Wire , Homicide Life on the Street, Mad Men , the ensemble cast will all repeat themselves saying how great the scripts are. They seldom ever mention how great the cast is….So it takes equal parts, excellent screen writing and professional actors. I recall once sleeping over at LAX , on a standby flight that might come first thing next morning. Next to me , and we talked through the night , was this paraplegic kid , from the west coast , whose father owned a plumbing supply business. The kid was working his way around trying to break into the entertainment business as a screenwriter , shuttling between LA and San Francisco. This is not a job , no matter how talented you are , that you can just apply for and start with benefits. It takes time, and dues paid to be on these gigs. So these streaming service providers need to figure a way for these folk to get paid , or there won’t be creative talent to make these shows and movies compelling enough as a decent product. Streaming or TV , it does not change the fact that if there isn’t worthwhile reward , no talent will come up through the system.
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  964. We already have figured out this decades ago. You haven’t quite discovered gun powder grasshopper.
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  965. Getting their own tools make them more efficient. Specially when they are paid by the job
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  966. Chris Moltisanti agrees with you.
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  967. Family companies have families feuds. You are just the contemplating serf.
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  968. Battery is made with metals that are extracted in far more remote places with little to none environmental safeguards. For as long as it isn’t on American’s backyard , who cares, right. ?
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  969. I’ve seen this Vega’s Dude videos a couple times and he seemed legit with his bullet points dos and don’t in Vegas. Having seen him in your video brings in more respect for him. He sounds to be on his game, and being very insightful. This is one of your best interviews thus far. Dude is a player.
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  970. Milking trailer park dwellers for their last dime. American Capitalism as Its finest in a race to the bottom. Slum landlording with a New veneer. No shame.
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  971.  @carlos68033  saving who ? He is a self serving SOB. Do you think he cares about you or your pals ? Get real.
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  972.  @fernandomadrona5266  there is no comunism in Brazil. At best , some full of themselves prima donas. Stop smoking reefa. Go see what your wife wants.
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  973.  @phnix6242 are you insane ? Right out of the gate he cut the Twitter staff in half when he bought that overpriced Mickey Mouse platform. Gone were the folks who monitor the platform. And with that bonehead move , half of his advertisers left for good. Jesus Musk is making you all sing his praise.
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  974.  @carlos68033  Totaliaranism ? Saving the Country ? Jesus Elon ? Typical Brazzers , always looking up to some Messiah.
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  975. See reply to the main post.
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  976.  @marcolima4996  most Tesla owners think he is Jesus. Actually a good tag coined by John Cadogan. And the way Brazzers idolize every savior coming their way , not a far stretch. These are the people who think Bill Gates is a visionary , when he is under suspicion to have sex with underage girls. And his company was under indictment from the Department of Justice and the European Union for underhanded business tactics. And voted on Collor. Who raided their savings. Because he was a savior and some macho man.
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  977. Well, as they say …. The grass is always greener at the neighbor’s. So you surmised. To be fair to you , let’s pretend you work as a writer in an editing room at a local newspaper or newsroom. You go out there , assigned to cover a controversial publuc figure , and produce writing a piece that attacks such public figure. You could be right in principle. But your editor, up in reviewing your piece , will kill your story until you can corroborate your written allegations with facts , sources. Until you can do so , they are not factual, they are merely allegations. What your editor just did is not called censorship or denying you or your readers the right to free speech. It is rather called , protecting your News/ Media Outfit from a Libel Lawsuit. Your hero , Messiah, Jesus , well he bought Twitter as of last year. And just as he took the reigns of the said platform , he did away with the entire Monitoring Department. For reasons no one can conjure or make any sense. Cost savings , new appproach , who knows. In a way , he let the cats out of the cage , unlocked the nuthouse doors , and in the process , allowed dishonest people with an Ax to Grind to say anything they wanted on his platform , without having to face consequences of their own , and further with the license to slander public figures. That is called libel, the very same stuff Newspapers and broadcast media are liable to be sued for. Getting the concept, so far ?
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  978. A couple errors from the editor. Up reading , I meant upon reading.
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  979. He does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing.
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  980. Because they are at scale on battery production. They have a fully verticalized system from mining through final production of batteries as I understand.
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  981. So Nikon and Cannon , no no.. Sony , yes. Thanks
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  982. DurzoBlunts summed up right. Each crude is destined to its own refinery . Hence why the Koch Brothers were upset over the late Venezuelan loudmouth , Hugo Chávez . They built and operated the only refinery to process Venezuelan Crude. They are the main reason the US Governmrnt embargoed Venezuela.
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  983.  @rainycitygirl it is becoming more economically draining for the US to “ maintain “ global security. Secure global security is a cacophony. Otherwise , the argument has strong points.
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  984. At least you are original on your post. Rhymes.
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  985. Thank you Boeing for handing over your civilian book of business to Embraer. The entire town of Sao Jose dos Campos could not be more pleased with thr gimmie.
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  986. And to think Trump wanted to build a wall to contain Mexicans. What an idiot. Just listening to Omar teliimg his story is soothing to the ears. The language , the pitch, the tone, the accent . It ressonates so well. Every time you see a Mexican worker toiling , be harvesting the fields on that “ How does that Grow “ channel , or that NYC Bagel maker by that Indian gal vlogger …. It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy. Those buggers grow on you.
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  987. He is into land grab. Free speech. Yeah right. He uses his platform to get what he wants. To detract foes and hide behind free speech and libel lawsuits. He literally ousted Tesla’s the facto founder to claim himself the founder.
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  988. Well at least Bernie Sanders got this one out and right.
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  989. I reckon at your attempt to communicate in English. Which is ok. Rather try to break down your sentences if you want them to make sense. And then avoid translating as if using your language a reference. At your skill level, yiu should not attempt to be clever. It will only backfire. Keep it simple.
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  990.  @rais1953  does not read so. Yiu stick like a sore thumb.
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  991.  @rais1953  go back to your original posting. And read it yourself. Native language means squat. And a linguistic degree , well , you misspent your daddy’s money. .
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  992. For as long as the rail lines and buildings can outlast debt payments , Laotians should do fine. Meaning. .. no tofu projects.
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  993.  @vlhc4642  mostly bad. Misspent. All in entitlement programs , welfare , wars, pork barrel, bribes. Not a cent on concrete , iron , copper.
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  994.  @xiphoid2011  not predatory lending. A billion, even for Laos is more of a lifeline than a burden. Far from chump change, thought. There will be increased investment and general consumer output. Which is a pattern when Yiu throw a few infra structure dollars. Freight pays the bill. Train fare might end up being subsidized. All you need is some uproar bybthe populace and the Chinese party bosses will buckunder pressure. Also , this is not a dollar denominated debt. Chinese money is Monopoly money. Not tradeable. And BRIC is doomed to failure. The downside … Laotian will be under Chinese subjugation. As they already are.
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  995. Food and beverage. Get it right.
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  996. This is from America’s playbook on how America stole California , Arizona , New Mexico , and Texas from Mexico. Create a skirmish under false pretenses to justify invasion and annexation. Just lookup on James Polk, the US President.
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  997.  @smallmalaysianboy8025  That is a valid point. They call BRICs currency for the sake of their ulterior motives , as to rock the boat. Or to throw turd in the wall to see if sticks. Meanwhile .. They are being courted by Mexican Officials to bring their plants to Mexico. That is a backdoor to NAFTA. The State of Nuevo León is enticing them with a Chinese designated industrial park l. That and Hong Kong bashing. Nothing to do with freedom , and all to do with capital flight in dollars. And Brazilians , as usual , playing the sucker in the middle.
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  998. Poor and middle class folk are always the ones guilible for punishment. And this dude went right into the “flock of sheep” to “ sow and reap “. Brazilians are not as sharp when it comes to due diligence. This is not the first time folks fall for crypto scams or Ponzi schemes out here . And if you hear these pitchman give the dog and pony show , they are not that sophisticated either. They gain traction with these groups just because they “ speak their language “: Financial education is not thought out here , last of all, on these pockets.
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  999. Only they had the Dutch as Afrikaner’s in the way.
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  1000. He bought an Estate in Rhode Island by Newport Shores. He can rub shoulders with Herb Chambers by Connecticut.
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  1001. Peter’s episodes always start with ….. “ This is …… . I met someone from here who can bring me in , show us around “. He does not go stumble upon a locale and go bouncing around, camera in tow . He finds the types above local yokels, the ones with knowledge of how things work, who lives where, who runs what, the inner circle types who are willing to bid time. Then he toes the line , yet ask the pertinent questions as if he did not know any better. Never ever, at least on camera , someone has reacted in a defensive way against Peter. He acts very respectful. I am he does the homework on his screenplay . He would probably look a lot better on a Panama hat than that baseball cap. But I will take what he does more than any other vlogger.
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  1002. The Obama administration sent drones to Syria . Short of Jimmy Carter , no one has clean hands from bloodshed. And Obama inherited the economic team from Bush. Both dial for the same dollar.
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  1003.  @stickynorth  you got a point. Kai cars. Last mile. A more capilar transportation grid.
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  1004.  @CrimsonVine-v3  and faster than a car travel for the same distance.
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  1005.  @alfrredd don’t give them ideas. Before you know , the entire American highway might be under a toll system. Back to medieval times.
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  1006.  @ChanceCourt  because they are busy going nowhere fast. And US cities are not built for pedestrians anymore.
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  1007. Both companies are founded and run by Taiwanese. TSMC runs a foundry inTaiwan. Not sure about NVIDIA.
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  1008. Some old timey I met from Chile has told me some Israelis are buying large land holdings in Patagonia , Argentina. Right about the same time Germans are buying land for their comunal enclaves in Paraguay. So not all Jews are buying into this “ Holy promised land “ shpeil anymore. There are dissenters out there. As for me, there is a difference between spotting military doing the rounds in the streets toting machine guns, and your regular uniformed officer with a gun in the holster. The former means, this is not a place you can stroll care free.
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  1009. The “ South American airframe manufacturer” , as someone posted here , well in the same town they call home , way back in the 60’s they algo gained a polytechnic institute to feed them engineers. And state wide there were always federally and manufacturers sponsored vocational schools churning out tradespeople. The Polytechnic is known as I.T.A or Instituto Tecnico de Aeronáutica , in Sao Jose dos Campos . It is tuition free, but getting in there , one has to beat thousands on the admissions exams to gain entry . Only the brightest get in. The Voke Schools are known as SENAI short for Serviço de Ensino Nacional da Indústria . They are all over the state and the country. You want to become a plumber , electrician , machinist , tool & die maker , programmer , there is your place to go. And to booth , the town of Sao Jose dos Campos , has the Higher School equivalent to a Tecnhical Instituto known as Escola Técnica Estadual Everardo Passos , or shortly ETEC. They used to be ETIs , or Escola Técnica Industrial, same purpose , different acronym. Also free . The irony of it all, it took a Military Dictatorship Regime , harbored by the CIA and the State Department , to get Embraer going , to provide the orders, the backing , the infra structure. The initial orders were no match to Boeing l The old turbo props then come to mind , the Bandeirantes, a regional airplane to locales that could not feature real airport bring us back to those heady days. And the Xavantes, a training and recoignissance two seater with a likeness to WWII fighter jets. . They still can’t make a jet fighter worth a lick , but then again , Brazil is not on continuous warpath. The Brazilian Air Forces buys its jets from France and Sweden, and that is just fine. So the focus has always been on smaller single commercial airplanes to haul people on regional hubs . And the best part is , Embraer did not get swallowed by Boeing , a last minute scuffle a few years back allowed Embraer to remain autonomous and charter its own course , some sixty years in the making. Going to the fringes , cutting deals too insignificant to the larger airframe makers, avoiding to buy in into embargoes.
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  1010. Constitucional Professor had some excellent points. Erin hit the náilones with inflexion point.
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  1011. Some municipalities did it. Only it is a sunk cost endeavor width a high up front investment. And then you have to turn drivers to bid for your system as opposed to Uber. It takes a lot of commitment to make it through.
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  1012. The late Joe Kennedy the Senior Scion of the Kennedy Clan , back in the early 60’s went to the Mafia to get the Unions to back John F. Kennedy’s bid for the U.S Presidency. Which the bosses granted. That meant organized labor and cash. Not any sooner JFK was in office , him and Bobby Kennedy went after Hoffa, the Mafia , and the Unions. Raymond Patriarca , then head of the New England Italian Mafia, quoted , once said ….” You can’t trust a Kennedy “. RFK headed a non profit in New England to provide low heating bills for poorer Massachusetts families. He then swore never to get into politics. This way back in the early 2000s. Now, if you run a non profit , or for that matter run for office , you know where the donations will come from. So don’t be surprised this Kennedy turns against the Israeli Lobby once elected. Remember , once a Kennedy , always a Kennedy.
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  1013. Wishful thinking. Just because you want it it does not make so. Get in the line to be packed on Economy Class and stop whining.
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  1014.  @LeonidAndronov track engineering is a lot more complicated than that. Even commuter rail lines need to program for buffer time.
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  1015.  @Sp3llw0rk they got big political support with railroad barons. Way way back then , when there were no airplanes. Airlines grew and had deeper pockets.
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  1016.  @stephaneg.8623  ain’t that a shame. Here in the plantation we can’t even come up with a psychopath dictator leader worth his salt. Even at that , we produce bush league dictators. Damn it.
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  1017.  @stephaneg.8623  Credit Card Joe a Socialist ? Are you serious?. From Delaware ? A never kissed the bride at the altar runner up ? They had to give him the throne on a silver platter. A lifer Senator. You are clueless.
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  1018.  @coyotelong4349  dude there is a saying in Brazil the only reason the Left has really not taken the country over has to do with the fact they were far more incompetent than the Right When the Generals took over , mid sixties , the poster boy for the right was a Carlos Lacerda , a men with plenty showmanship and theatrical antics , but no mover and shaker. The military brass at least figured to do away with the clowns , hence why they shut down the congress. For the right and left. The right was spared prision and persecution but was just as ineffective. The men in Green, Blue, and Pearly Whites ran the show from mid sixties up to late seventies. The same middle class who clamored for their saviors then when into despair when their little rebel sons started to act up and gotten pulled from their homes.
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  1019. Factory farming is the only way to grow grain cash crops. Half of it is animal feed. America sore not have a weather pattern to keep livestock out to pasture year round.
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  1020.  @andersonpereira7042  have ever read any of such charges , court documents , to arrive at your conclusions ? Or you just made this up , based upon your impressions ?
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  1021.  @ofranzcastela_IG  oh there goes again. Another commie basher in disguise. Dug from the graveyard. In case you have not noticed , Communist Regimes are vanished since 1989.
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  1022.  @evelynsavin2776  good lord. Is that the extent of your penmanship ? Under his prosecutional powers , name any transgression against the Brazilian Constitution. Mind you , I am not sure of any , but I bet you have no knowledge of any either , and yet you are running your mouth , just like a good parrot you are. Go join the ringleaders , as a good cheerleader you are.
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  1023.  @Ricardosotter21  “ go anything anywhere “ has absolutely no meaning whatsoever. If I figured what you meant to write correct , I would rewrite or to replace by “ do or say as he pleases”. It is not Bro. Nobody here is your homeboy. And “You don’t know what’s going, “ …. Somewhere along you dropped the “on “. Try better next time.
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  1024. He does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat.
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  1025. Just to make it clear , the retail rates in the existing regulated utility industry are negotiated and set by government regulators. Wholesale power rates aren’t regulated. Utility companies can go around and , under the pretense of increased demand , adjust their wholesale rates. Say goodbye to free EV recharges at your Tesla station. The only way EV car makers and charging networks can get out from under the wholesale power price squeeze is to build their own utility companies. From the power plant, through transport , and up their last mile. A very costly proposition. Once again, EV enthusiast , you’ve been had.
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  1026. R There is more for binge watching.
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  1027. Only the partners are the ones in power. The rest of the population gets entirely overlooked . But not to worry. There are proxy wars for that. Which the African continent has been subject for years. Lebanon used to be a stable country. The Switzerland of the Middle East. Lots of money going through. Only it was based on a caste society. We all know how it ended.
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  1028. Trump has been mastering the media for decades. This is his game. Joe Biden does not stand a chance. I doubt even if he has the energy to campaign. Neither of them will deliver whatever they promised. It is beyond their grasp. Good presidents , bad presidents , we are at a junction executive power is of no consequence. Government agencies run this country.
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  1029. Detroit, saving for Flint , is on a comeback trail. Water issues will take ages to sort. Not much one can control. The rest of it ( homelessness , drug addiction , taxing the golden goose , criminal cartels , lack of affordable housing ) well , sometimes it needs to get worse before drastic measures are brought in. It is just how it works. Califórnia became a victim of its own success , and a lot of things were taken for granted. As matter of fact, the whole sunbelt is suffering from excessive migration. What goes in California may as well happen at other states. Some people Will get the memo . In North Carolina , there is this town , Cary. The local quip is that C.A.R .Y. stands for …Central Area for Relocating Yankees. It so became a magnet for the Northeast snowbirds , because people would bolt for Florida , only to realize Flórida wasn’t all they thought it would be. These arrivals would be called Half Backs , as they head South and made their trip back Half way towards North. That is part of the deal with California. It became the end destination for too many Eldorado seekers. Eventually it had to deal with its own reckoning.
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  1030.  @juandiegoceleminmojica8790  not sold in Brazil at all.
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  1031. A lot of pondering and soul searching.
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  1032. Buttigieg. Think about the press it will get.
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  1033. Quoting Ralph Nader ….” Both parties dial from the same dollar onncampaign contributions “.
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  1034. Water conservation, storage, and reclamation projects, otherwise , would yeld better results in ZA land. Green tech also, since damns water levels could be compromised with South Africa’s droughts. And right now, 10% of South Africa’s GDP earmarked towards the Private Security Industry is sick. This needs to be reversed.
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  1035. For your tone of voice and your type of narrative , you are talking way too fast. You barely come up for air. Slow down and pause. And get a frickin tripod , for heaven’s sakes. And groom yourself better. This was a bum rushed speech. Even the backdrop was horrible. Americans pulled out their Saudi base last year. As much you said this in broad strokes , you never specifically mentioned them pulling their Saudi base last year. Fact dropping enhances your narrative. Too sloppy.
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  1036. Well put , grasshopper. Please do not share your wisdom to bondholders , won’t you ?
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  1037.  @protorhinocerator142  the right way to say is spot on.
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  1038.  @jimroscovius Peter paying Paul
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  1039.  @kellykat8057 in the Firm of Government ( Treasury ) Securities.
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  1040.  @jimroscovius it also bears 100 % risk against the principal.
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  1041. Either he has good cables on war correspondents , from the sources ( not AP ) , or he needs to contemplate strapping gear and be at least by local bureaus. Having him in gear , reporting from the frontline , bullets zipping over his head would make for the perfect backdrop. Don’t y’all think ?
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  1042.  @siarnaqfrost4968  Housing is a HUD program , therefore federally funded before it hits local state sponsored housing authorities. Food Stamps through the department of agriculture. Transportation and Education were left out of your list.
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  1043. Social Security and Medicare are entitlements. They are not constitutionally guaranteed. The amount owed to upcoming retirees to be disbursed over the next years , at present values , are estimated last 120 trillion dollars. All of the money invested in, or most of it, is in US Debt, Treasury Securities. They don’t even are accounted as Debt under GAAP accounting standards. All of the above according to Harry Markopoulos, the man who nailed Bernie Maddoff.
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  1044. I meant… 1. Past USD 120 trillions 2. The Federal Government does not follow GAAP accounting standards in cathegorizing owed entitlements. 3. They call Non Funded Liabilities.
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  1045. Now you know why Europeans ban our food stuffs.
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  1046. I hate to pop your balloon , but trades around the dollar have been taking place going back 40 years. They hav not just scaled up yet. But they will. The mere idea central banks have to shore up their reserves by purchasing US dollars is highly detrimental to these very countries. It’s dead weight. And bankroll the American way of life is adding insult to injury. Give them a system they can rely upon, with the right incentives , and they will dump the US dollar.
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  1047. Power distribution and cell phone size evolution have nothing in common. And you should realize it once you see a substation transformer up,and close. You generate more demand it can supply, that transformer will snap shut. That is by design.
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  1048. The US Federwl Government is the only country that taxes its citizens abroad. So US based Charities and donations have become institutionalized tax shelters for their children.
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  1049. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars.
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  1050. Do you have any idea how taxing and what it takes to be there ? It is all sponsor money.
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  1051. And by the way, Americans pay more for imported olive oil on a dollar base , than the rest of the world.
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  1052. US carmakers were given a fair choice with CAFE mandates. They rather choose a legal loophole on SUVs. They got complacent. The world loves SUVs , albeit not as much as América does. But in practicality , not many places are left where your garden variety auto buyer can afford them. Subcompacts , and at best crossovers, are bought in a disproportionate rate. So they built cars for American consumers , and willingly shot themselves on the foot by not building for the world beyond North America. BYD models can be already spotted in a few Brazilians cities. Spotting Ford made models , in a country they moved in when they were assembling SKU model Ts., is becoming a rarity. And the irony of all , last standing Ford plant, in Camaçari -BA, is now a BYD plant. Ford had a long-standing large plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo , and Taubate , both in São Paulo. They went to Bahia to get away from under the unions and on tax breaks thrown at them.
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  1053. This is the sum of all misdeeds to people who served. In the old days, poor people joined the armed forces or became priests. Nowadays , unless you can get the Armed Forces to pick up your tuition , no thanks. What once would be under covers , has become impossible to disguise , thanks to the very social media they just paid. Returning veterans who seen combat developing PST leading towards addictions due to the hortos they witnessed. A legislative branch of the Government that favors the donor class through graft and bribery . Endless wars that makes civilian victims unto the millions. Being discarded out in the street once a soldier is used up,
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  1054. There aren’t enough to go around.
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  1055. This might be a arbinger of things to come or…. First month in office , And”look ma , see what I just accomplished “ kind of statement. To early to soon. Let’s see how he performs with a couple years under his belt. That is pretty much what any seasoned banker would expect. Unless the US Fed or George Soro$ dumped dollars in Argentina with a “ maturity date “ to redeem, there are no shortcuts or miracles. Until the numbers are audited over a period of time , we all know how Argentina is with other people’s money. Let’s wait and see. We all know he is a show boat.
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  1056. If you dismiss the “official inflation rate “ and let the actual cost of living dictate returns , those yelds are not as good as advertised. Hence why retail and institutional investors are not buying. And Sovereign buyers are not to trust the Fed , specially when the dollar is used as a weapon. Your baby boomers are no biting either. They are jumping ship .
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  1057. None of his predecessors were , by the way. Short of Teddy Roosevelt FDR, Kennedy , and Jimmy Carter. The first two got away with murder. Kennedy got assassinated. And Jimmy got sandbagged.
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  1058. Vertical residential buildings provide a better financial return to the builder/ developer. It also fosters individualism over a sense of community. People who,live in apartment high rises hardly know their neighbors.
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  1059.  @obsidianjane4413  that is in part by the building design flaws. You are not seeing your neighbors , other than HOA mandatory meets, or a chance encounter at the elevator . On the courtyard or circle , you will cross your neighbors unwillingly.
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  1060. Nobody let him out. He had trumped up evidence against him. That is what lawyers do. Released on miscarriage of Justice. And your opinions won’t matter anyways. Go elect your least of evils as you always do.
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  1061.  @NonEuclideanTacoCannon  there is a reason they are lumped as stakeholders. With workers and consumers.
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  1062. You mean those tofu public works infra structure projects ?
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  1063. These snitching kids are not saviors or heroes on any sort. They were plain and simple naive and had a misguided sense of what they do. The right thing to do, in each and case , if one does not agree in principle on what is being done in behalf of the US Intelligence , was to hand over their credentials and walk away. No harm done , no risk being persecuted. What they do is just as same as it has been done by other powers through the ages. And will continue to be done by other government agencies , maybe China one day. Leaking classified documents…..Who they think they were ? Mata Hari or Eva Braun ? You don’t like what you see at the sausage factory , then change your career path. People do this all of the time. You ain’t there “ for the free world “. You are getting a paycheck or being a contractor for Uncle Sum. It will be long until a kid is handed over any responsibility anymore. They ruined for their class, that is a given.
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  1064. Good point. But to read yiu need to parse your thoughts. “ I am no pilot engineer …”. Hit the spac3 bar a couple times. Then “ Now for the Airbus plane …”. Before that sentence , a couple taps on the space bar. Write as if yiu were to speak to someone else. People here seldom read long posts , and by lumping yours, you just gave them the reason not to read yours , notwithstanding your good take. Take care brother.
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  1065. I meant … to be read. My bad.
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  1066.  @optimusprime4443  good penmanship grasshopper. That is all. The craftier you are, the more folks will pay attention at what you write. Simple as that.
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  1067. Israel ? Are you for real ? Brics is a common currency consortia. Not the United Nations. The Brazilian central government is already availing funds and debt moratorium. All the help is to come from within the country.
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  1068. Credit Suisse has been on a bend for quite a while.
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  1069. There isn’t enough US consumption to make ground on tax levies. The rest of the windfall comes from exporting goods. Problem with that , if you tax exports , they become uncompetitive on pricing.
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  1070. By know he knows windy backgrounds affect sound quality …. There is this Expat forum , and we get flooded with middle easterners and Eurasians request to migrate , get visas , green card wives. Hint, a large country in South America. Russia and China, outside their large metropolitan areas , are lacking able bodied males. And so is Canada. If I worked for any immigration bureau in any of of these countries , I would be thinking of importing labor from the Middle East. If I am a twenty domething chap , non drinking , the prospect of engaging in marriage with an industrious and good looking Rusky woman , I would sign up. I know for a fact Chinese rural workers are doing it.
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  1071. Same format as ever….. A bunch of idiot experts yacking their “expertise “, your bland and uninspiring narrative , plus stock footage. CNBC is so lame.
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  1072. A big S.O.B. But a real man.
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  1073. Attending College was cheaper then. Public Universities there is. These days , Wokes can’t come close in numbers. They are just loud. Same as the 99% encampments. And most College population these days is concerned about student loans and getting a job that pays or waiting tables. In the 60’s and 70’s America was flush with gained and accumulated wealth, as a dividend from a post war boom. Nowadays , outside your digital nomads , every other American abroad is a pauper. There are even pandering Americans , the types you would only find amongst hippies in Urban America. Those and retirees scrapping to get by. Then it was a draft. Now is voluntary enlistment. People are trying to draw parallels , but the circumstances nowadays have stark differences. What will come next is anyone’s guess.
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  1074. FBI detail
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  1075. You must be an American. These builders are bound to build to buyers through a covenant of intentions contract. No transfer of deed. They allow prospective buyers to make payments , against an intent to purchase contract . It is a rather risky proposition , but it affords prospective buyers home ownership, and , upon completing the payment plan , a 25% stakehold on the nest finished project. It is a dumb proposition as buyers are not claiming full generational ownership , they are , after all buying a 70 year leasehold. Not a smart way to acquire generational transfer of wealth and assets. The smart way to go about these transactions, is to buy mid construction , when most of the common amenities and infra structure are already built in. You are still on a speedy lay away schedule , but you already are in the safer side.
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  1076.  @EroticOnion23  no it does not , when done properly. The problem with China is their lack of past history and consumer knowledge. In democratic societies, where rule of the law prevail , these events seldom ever take place. You need to be reminded China is a communist governed society, with no governance transparency. Pre construction contracts are registered in Registry of Deeds. Only there is no deed of units until they are legally completed , inspected , and transferred from seller to buyer. It works for most part in Brazil.
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  1077. It goes back to Don Draper meeting the Hilton CEO “ asking one for free “. Which Don replied , “ ….What you want me to tell you ? It is my job , and you would not be in your position if you done things for free. “ The polite favor was … “ I don’t think people want a mouse associated with a hotel. “. That’s free sample. The rest comes for pay.
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  1078. There are folks flying DC-3 planes in the Yukon and Canada. And the planes keep on ticking. It is not about the trust in many cases. . It can be a sensor failure , poor de icing , failing controls.
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  1079.  @Radiogirl1931  B-52s I surmise.
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  1080.  @Radiogirl1931  ok. Thanks.
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  1081.  @lazygardens  you are going over board. No baristas. Just a concierge will do. And the building super. These days , most condo associations , or even single owner buildings ( a.k.a. Fee Simple ownership ) outsource security, maintenance , janitorial labor as to not to get tangled up on workman’s claims. And before you try to hit me with your social agenda , this is a very miniscule enclave , the tip of New York City. So yes the adresseable tenancy demographics is realistic.
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  1082. There are places you can go to complete your accredited diploma earning studies …. And none of them involve Diploma Mills , nor soon to be bundled student loans. It takes some bankroll thought. Overseas higher education , it can be offered from a tuition free up to a five year program at a lower six figure cost. And many of those earned diplomas can be transcripted and granted equivalency in the US. There is , It you are willing to jump through hoops to get the transferred diploma fully accepted by US certification boards and employers. Now, do not expect a summer job program, you are in your own on student accommodations , feeding yourself, and it takes some serious pull to land a decent underpaid internship, granted you are authorized to work for hire. Off course, none of which would be discussed here, thought. Or
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  1083. Well, in fairness, I wish she carries the torch. In reality , sometimes people change stances. After all , she gets votes from her district. Not everyone there is in the repair trade. In speaking in the matter of right to repair , did you see that 60 minutes aired about defense contractors who do not allow the armed forces to repair some of thrif own gear ?
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  1084. It was a deposition. He should have been escorted in and out of the courtroom. Secret Service , no less. When you cross companies with ties with the MIC it is a given they will try to shut you down . They did for Kennedy , then a plant employee , with no clout would be an easy mark.
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  1085. A licensed taxicab driver has a license to prevent him or her for committing any type of abuse against passengers. Once caught as an offender , there goes the license , never mind the driver , we are talking vehicle operating permit. Uber drivers have no such bind. That is where hold ups, sexual harassments can potentially thrive.
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  1086. None of these illegals can vote . It would take them at least a five years clearance to petition citizenship. Even as green card holders , they could not cast a vote. As for the number of illegals , once under employ, they all get deductions taken out of their paychecks. Your pops and mom, they will need them toiling so they can collect social security checks and use Medicare. That is why they were let in. Social Security levels of funding is about to be under in ten years. Medicare is not too far off. And Americans have over 100 trillion dollar# in unfunded liabilities coming over the next 30 years , over those two programs alone. Compound that will a massive cash out from your baby boomers. This is how this administration figured out to make up for the foreseable shortfall.
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  1087.  @Marc-f2l  they don’t tell you. Secretly , they will slip funds to whomever vote their way. This was actually a story , published by the now extinct Providence Phoenix back in the early 2000s.
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  1088. A Job in the State Department is nothing to sneeze at. Eventually one become desiluded and moves on.
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  1089. Chevette was a Chevette from day one. It got phased out to give way to the Kadett.
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  1090.  @spoonikle they already made their money upfront. Then , they are cutting off their losses.
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  1091. And he drives an Audi, wears dapper suits. … Good question,, Peter, “ what are you getting out of this ?” If you are to get the real picture from Chicago, strolling downtown with some high priced attorney ain’t it. Besides , his trophy wife is some sort of PR, right ?
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  1092. @@tazdingo5297no . Debt covenants in Student Loans are tight. Interest against unpaid monthly installments and fees kick in against the principal.
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  1093. Ed Beame ?
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  1094. Ebbs and types.
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  1095. They send kids to do a man’s job.
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  1096. Second , it is not “capich “. It is Capicce . Get it right numbnuts. And yes, it is a Republic.
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  1097. And they still around. All over the world. Thanks for the heads-up. At least i won’t buy through them.
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  1098. Biggest buyers of Japanese denominated government debt are Japanese citizens. And they buy a lot of it. They have more faith into their system than Americans ever will have.
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  1099.  @CrackBabyZaches  you can always leave the reservation . There are places in the world where you will drive an ICE car , own a home. Or leaving the cream puff in the driveway and taking public transportation.
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  1100. You are still yapping your dissent. Any dressed men in a black car knocking at your door ? Nope. This is a spat between two prima donas. It is nowhere a freedom of speech matter.
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  1101.  @clifflayne9073  Moraes is a Judge. Judges and Ministers are appointees. By the bench and through a Presidential nod. Learn the fundamentals , will you ? What you think, say, feign, or fart does not matter. Their pissing match is well above your pay grade. Jesus Christ you Brazzers are lame.
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  1102.  @sErend1pTY000 até que enfim alguém entende algo. A quantidade de disparates dita aqui é abismal. Obrigado.
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  1103.  @mayannaribeiroferreira67  he was an appointee. As for him to send his detractors to the slammer … Nobodies can shout as loud as they may. Nothing of consequence will happen. . Jesus Musk can’t, he is a pública persona . And these matters get sorted through attorneys. Not through the media.
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  1104.  @TELEVISIONARCHIVES  folks voted Reagan in because they had enough of Jimmy Carter. The Malaise speech. Inflation. Little they knew what they voted for, but at the time they realized it was too late. And Reagan had charisma. Jimmy Carter , in principle , was right , but voters wanted none of his medicine. And he had zero charisma.
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  1105.  @ShrunkedDude and both dial for the same dollar. Elon must be paying some serious dough to these layabouts.
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  1106.  @matteste Nixon was actually far more liberal than Reagan. Nixon is on the record for having created the EPA. He certainly was not alone on the issue of public welfare. At the time , consumer activism , mostly lead by Ralph Nader and his followers , was at its highest point of achievement. And he certainly influenced Jimmy Carter on bills passed that benefited the middle class and the working man. The watershed moment reversing and slowly dismantling all the progressive F.D.R.’s New Deal policies took place during the Reagan Administration , and has systematically taken place through Republican and Democrat administrations ever since.
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  1107. There is always Greek, Spaniard , and Portuguese olive oil to source. Italian olive oil is harvested in Tunisia nowadays. Plenty cheap land, favorable climate , no environmental regulations , and cheap labor costs. This is a big deal because America buys most of its olive oil from Italy. The Greeks, Spaniards , and Portuguese take their olive oil seriously. The Greeks are fanatical about it. There is a reason longevity in Greece is above world average .
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  1108. Come to think of … These shipments of stiffs are to make up on the shortfall on Social Security deductions. Baby boomers are taking their money out , the next gen did not come in enough large numbers, US debt coupons are coming up short from near zero interest , Americans are reluctant to take any job thrown at them. And birth rates are plummeting . I am sure the US census and the US Department of Labor has all the numbers to justify their open gate doors. This is nothing new, pre war (I) migration was meant to cover the shortage of labor. They came in droves . Someone has to kick in Social Security Deductions. As for me, a former and naturalized emigre, I jumped the ship a long ago. Little I knew this was coming due.
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  1109. The subject girl is your typical college grad wanting in the corporate job market. Meanwhile , if you have a trade skill , you are getting hired. Construction trades, maintenance trades , nursing , coding. Non corporate , sometimes underpaid , yiur firat steps towards a career. She is like able . But not that smart. Roll up your sleeves , and forget the 9-5 punch out , as they are dead honey.
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  1110.  @jghenry2967  good point. The Emperor is naked , says you.
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  1111.  @MarcosElMalo2  no dude. It is a New Hampshire Ski town where there is a hotel where world leadeds met after WWII
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  1112. And I watch “ not just bikes “. Love how the Dutch bear to be a collective pragmatic society. It ain’t easy for the rest of the world.
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  1113. Waffle House cooks are the shit. They are gritty but they can also have a decent sense of humor.
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  1114. Rio Tinto is out to swindle Apache folks from their sacred grounds over a hill made out of copper.
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  1115. 1. Judicial Cases in higher courts , takes years to build, before subpoenas have yet to be issued. Henceforth , the time it takes to get a case docket is open ended. And the higher the Court’s Circuit , the more intricate it becomes , the higher are the stakes. Look on how long it took the Justice Department to bring Microsoft under an Anti-Trust Suit. Years. Or for the sake of a better sample, it took well over 10 years for MCI to try its case against AT&T in a clear case of exclusionary practices. And another ten under Bill McGowan Stewardship. MCI won, by the way. Both of the aforementioned cases are naturally outside of your knowledge , it is assumed , as you are using your Six Month window as a benchmark of how expeditious due process takes. In any court , before the case makes to trial dates , there is a lot of maneuvering and stalling . 2. Security detail assigned to a Supreme Court Judge , in a country where Judges are assassinated at will on the far reaches by bucking criminal enterprises is a fair asking. You are not on his shoes to make a fair assessment of his personal security needs . Look at what has been the fate for judges ruling against the Camorra in Italy. All Blown to pieces. All of them riding with police escorting everywhere. 3. An investigation on Mr Musk dating back five years? . Now your credibility is in the toilet. Twitter , the platform under contention in this imbroglio , was purchased, by Mr Musk, as of last year. The controversy on the platform lack of censorship stemmed to the fact Mr Musk ordered large personnel cuts at its Monitoring Department, immediately after his acquisition. . Such cuts are at the crux of the matter in this very contention. They turned censorship loose , at bequest of Mr Musk, mind you. So by Mr Musk undoing , anyone could say anything , without any shred of decency or credibility, or fear of being reprimanded, or taken off the platform. On a high politicized platform, mind you. . Go try to air the same rubbish they run on Twitter or X on mainstream media , and see where it gets you. In any society. Libel lawsuit at the very least. 4. “Denied to ordinary people, even elderly people. “. Bravo , you are qualified to write a tear jerker , if only you could put together some sentences. Oh well, you can’t , can’t you ? Higher courts don’t listen to any case , until, there is, they meet their own set standards towards proof of burden, and lower courts were proven unfit for a final ruling. Obviously you are at obliviois on how the Legal System works and the odds it takes to get a grievance heard by a Supreme Court Judge. And finally, Even if a Supreme Court Judge overreached on his scope of duties , you and your opinions are of no consequence on how they conduct their affairs. All your palaver and you could not deliver anything of value. Son, you wasted your time.
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  1116.  @EAMission  Well….. based upon your terse and convoluted sentence construction,I am the one who ought to probe about your lack of English Composition skills. “ The investigation case in what he puts Elon Musk was open 5 years ago by themselves ( the Supreme Court ). “. The entire phrase is dubious at best. Your prospects as a Party Troll are slim to none. You better try another line of work. Maybe pushing a broom, if you ever get migration papers . Oh, by the way , I have an US Engineering Degree , and have done many Resquest for Proposals Stateside. Writing is what I do. From what I read on your online diatribe , you got dimples.
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  1117. He has done numerous times.
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  1118. Outside Venezuela and the Middle East known reserves we have … Brazil Guyana /Suriname fields to match Venezuela’s reserves Argentina Parts of Eurasia Russia, off course Nigeria Angola Mozambique Mexico Canada US ( Baken , Oklahoma, Texas , CA )
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  1119. Now that is some real insightful tirade.
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  1120. And Comrade Putin couldn’t come up with this … all those desperate Pakistanis. Ruski women will do anything to marry a non inebriated prospective husband.
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  1121. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1122.  @entrance554  outside Israel he is imune. War crimes are not within the powers of local jurisdictions. He then needs to be extradited by his own government to be held in judgement , which I recall it was hekd in Hague.
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  1123. They had one exact British Taxicab Carriage , all clad in yellow , licensed as a Boston Taxicab by the early nineties. Run under the Checker Cab Company’s colors , then wholy owned by Frank Sawyer and daughter. The rig had a medallion plate number One (1). Driven by an old chap exclusively. Everyone one else got non assigned Chevy Caprices back then. Frank Sawyer, by the way , was not originally a Sawyer. He was a Russian Jew Communist Refujnik who amassed quite a fortune. He single-handedly owned Checker Cab ( 177 medallions , from number 1 through 177 ) , Town Taxi ( 100 medallions ) , and Brookline Red Cab ( can’t remember the amount ). He was also on the board of Avis Rent a Car, and owned quite a large collection of parking garages in the city. Gainsborough x Saint Botolph ( where the Checker Fleet parked ) , Ipswich Street by the ballpark , the now hotel and luxury apartments by the Park Plaza, and the land by Chinatown , over Kneeland Street , nos a W Hotel. There are scores of stories on the lad , but it will take replies from you all.
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  1124. Rent control is a disaster. New York landlords , exhibit number one.
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  1125. It is an opportunity , the way I see. Now you know who is taking soft money from Israel. Pennies on the dollar. They bring a bag with a few million and take a few billion.
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  1126. People with perfect eyesight don’t grasp it. Grasshopper here is trained to pick up in the subtlest changes in noise , you 20/20 folks can’t. Even from modern ICE vehicles. And I mean no sarcasm. Grasshopper has a legitimate point.
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  1127.  @Mis_Uszatek  the moment you blurred “ my Tesla “ you gave your bias away. EVs outside your cocoon are not and will not be omnipresent for several reasons … 1. They become expensive to acquire outside the US. Not even Chinese built ones are that affordable. 2. Planting EV charging stations to overcome range fobia is an expensive proposition , requires a lot of up front sunk cost capital expenditures. You need a solid capital and equities market to meet these sunk cost demands with a tolerance for risk. That is how your boy wonder Musk got his bankroll to plant his recharge stations everywhere …., through an IPO. Try that in Latin America, Africa , Middle East , parts of Europe and Asia. Not happening. Period. 3. Real Estate is scarce on many of the world’s large metro clusters. Sure , you can avail plant plenty of those stylish designed EV stations at your sprawling strip malls on US suburbia. After all, it brings car parked to real estate in declining use, right ? But …. Outside North America , Mexico not included , no service station owner in its right mind will switch to EV fully knowing they are tying a car 20-30 minutes for little to no money at that pump for some scant spending at the C-Store. And American conceived suburban sprawls here in Latin America are a rarity. And the few dupes who bought in the hype, well, they are waiting in lines to be recharged. My next alternative fuel cell powered car might be a Toyota. They get it. Hybrids and Hidrogen. In and out. Elon doesn’t.
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  1128. Argentinians and Brazilians have research stations down there. Not just the Anglos or other Europeans. Or would you think we were to be left behind, huh ?
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  1129. Só Piete Morgan goes out in the air chanting old cliches fed by the mainstream media on loaded questions . If he was at least half as intelligent , and asked questions as three years old do, or as Dectetive Columbo would, then it would be forgivable. “ I’m ignorant on the other side’s argument of this war. So please enlighten me. “. He got taken upside down upon his dumb retoric. He is an idiotic talking head , and gets paid to be the court jester. What a tool.
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  1130. They should’ve stick with BEV delivery vans where it makes economical sense for fleet buyers. And Amazon as their bankroll. Anyone who depends on a truck for a living , needs reliability BEVs can’t match. That buyer can opt for a hybrid truck if spyraling fuel costs are a factor into the buying decision making. Therefore , their adresseable market is limited to consumers who can afford a luxury vehicle but would rather drive a truck or SUV. A very miniscule market at that. On taking fleet orders they would have a predictable book of business, limit production costs , limit overhead , and avoid the cost of servicing retail customers on after sale issues. History is filled with makers of great products who went bankrupt. Luxury carmaker brands are only standing as they have a track record , dealerships to service their clientele, perceived brand value. Going through cash in a period of higher cost of money, their C suite will have to dance a lot to get into new money.
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  1131. Not streets of São Paulo. Streets of LÁ.
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  1132. Hike is a fuel for brain activity. Your mind becomes clear during and after a stretch walk.
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  1133. The first thing you ought to do is do the homework on the company interviewing you. Get past through the fluffy stuff. Dig for dirt. Once you spent time researching , mostly on the web, your mind will, start figuring the why’s. Keep handwritten notes as you do your research. They will provide you for inspiration on your questioning. One important question ( forget the “career path “ type of questions , more than often you will be lied to ) is …. How the money is made at your business ? Also spot for litigation cases involving the protracted company. Your business school library might have these search resources , you should use them. The first one helps you to ascertain if the company is in solid footing. It also identifies where critical paths lies ( where people are promoted more often ). Also look for photos , on halls , at the hiring manager’s desk. And memorabilia or the decor totchkes. Motivational posters are bad omen. They tell you this is a Ra, Ra troops sort of place.
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  1134. Good news if you are a Dutchman. For everyone else , yay. No that game changer. Some people would rather have the comfort and safety of a car.
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  1135. We are getting them in Brazil. Great Wall, Shery, and BYD. Chinese nameplates have common occurrence of defects. The first wave nearly buried them. They are coming back.
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  1136. Forget Japan as a country. This from someone who lives by a larger historical Japanese Enclave, the Greater São Paulo, Brazil. The Japanese tend to be gregarious to close knit ties and are private and reserved. On the whole grand scheme of things, their approach to the external world , they tend to be inclusive and pragmatic. Thry go along to get along ,but in private quarters they would rather cultivate their customs and habits. Up to three generations , that is how it goes. For as long as there are no mixed marriages. They can be reserved to outsiders , full of quirks , but they open thrift doors in the same token. Call them reserved pragmatics .
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  1137. Do default to a loan shark and see what happens. You will either be found dead on a back alley or capped at your knee caps. These lenders …no ones money in it
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  1138. And the broad cheek analyst with Cartel is a smart one. He has come with a fair outlook. He is saying …” hey , let us keep a fair share of the wealth four ourselves by creating our own royalty “. Only problem with that is , instead of the the Royal Saudi Family and a relatively controllable native population , you have rulers through election or coup attempts , and your population is out of control. That is a recipe for corruption at the ranks and leaving that said population out of the loop, as they just did with the new edit against artisanal mining. Meanwhile the established power , China , and the up and comer, America , at least in this part of the world , are drumming up to see who controls Africa and other parts. There will be war.
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  1139. I do not see the connection, but then again , Hillary is suspect for a number of “suicides “: the Clinton’s former Department of Commerce , Ron Brown “commited suicide “. And so did a lawyer who sourced hookers for hubby Billy Bubba . She mastered the art of “ arranging suicides “.
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  1140. And by the way…. Mr Harris , you look a lot better with trimmed hair and beard. The grungy looks did not bode well.
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  1141. No offense, and I voted Trump first time around only, The Donald makes a lot of lofty promises. Big unclassy loudmouth bastard. My second go around would be Bill Weld, a MA Constitutional Attorney who was the true fiscal conservative and balanced the budget in his two consecutive terms in the State House. The crowd at the party went with thd Donald. Bill Well got sandbagged.
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  1142. Boomers commuters don’t just drive. They take the commuter rail lines, the subway lines. And your retiree might just pickup local part time work. So it is not a precipitous drop in demand. And it isn’t as América has solved its mass transportation systems overnight. There are the ones left who get up and go. Telecommuting has more impact on demand than a retirement shift.
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  1143. For the ones who claim , “ I told you so” , be mindful that if you were to board on a plane to fly abroad , then you had to show proof of vaccination. Don’t be so smug about being an anti vax jihadist. Most of us had no choice. And right or wrong , hundreds of thousands of deaths , COVID related or not , took place at that time. And true to be told, one shot isn’t all that much oh money , over what big pharma makes on their therapeutic line . But recurring shots , well that is a racket worth lying for.
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  1144. I meant buy the diagnóstic tools at reasonable pricing.
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  1145. Your tax levies can only meet debt service. They only bring “tax payer dollars “ to appease voters. The 800 lb gorilla in the room is the bond market and the US Government ability to raise capital. Your dollar no longer matters to them since a long while ago.
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  1146. There a substantial difference in numbers. Ukranians are outnumbered and about to be underfunded. They are defending their homeland.
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  1147. Never mind mushy grounds and sinking roads. Permafrost means permanently frosted With rising temperatures all of that dormant underground bacterias will come into play. God only knows what might come out of it. Annexing Ukraine was purely land grab . That is one billion dollars a year not paid on pipeline rights of way rent to Kiev. Plus taking over Odessa as a port city. And seizing arable land.
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  1148. Oh. Ok. So now German players will be on air wearing Nike made see through racy exotic wear. Made out of discardable fabrics. Just as Nike has just done to Major League Baseball with their see through pants.
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  1149. Chilly , not Chile.
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  1150.  @DemPilafian  interesting fact revisiting
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  1151. The gal at 10:07 brings safety. Outside a stray bullet , yes it is safe. Places controlled by the drug trade do self policing. The last thing drug kingpins want is police intrusion.
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  1152. Never say never.
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  1153. Henry Ford made the lives of his workers better under his heralded pay rate. And the 48 hour workweek. Your messiah assumed control of twitter , cut payroll , and demanded twice the output with half of the staff. His lack of filtering by eliminating the monitoring department cost his company an exodus of advertisers. For all it is worth , he assumed command of the galleys and cracked the whip at the mind of those who stayed. That is the equivalent of a slave master.
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  1154. It is not the Secret Service. They are just body guards.
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  1155. Trump might be full of it. But he is nobody’s fool and certainly has no dementia. They ought to save face and get Buttigieg on the ballot. At least they can get the gay vote. Because they already lost the rust belt.
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  1156. Sweden’s alloy steels were , at one point , the best the money could buy.
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  1157. He is keeping it close to his vest. You ought to figure your strategies on your own. And yet , you are listening to him.
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  1158. Car purchasing is an emotional buy. There is no logic or sense to it. It’s adults getting their new toy. The tricks they play at dealerships. …
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  1159. The pundits used the same argument when America invaded Afghanistan. No oil. But under that pile of rocks lies untold riches in mining . Only they forgot to post it on memo. Nobody ever saw the US survey services to appraise those piles of rock as they lent support to the Mujahedin fighters to expel those pesky Russians.
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  1160.  @MVargic not all white South Africans are well off anymore. There are poor while folk in South Africa.
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  1161. In 1988 CA minimum wage was $4.25/hour . Adjusted for inflation today, close to $11.00 /hour.
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  1162. Don’t forget Saucony.
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  1163.  @a.h.i267  they just slapped a 100% surtax on Chinese Imports. That and getting your vehicle registered….
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  1164. Paraphrasing Ralph Nader …” both sides of the isle dial from the same corporate dollar. “. Reagan busted the unions , as bad as they were with graft , they were the only keg standing on quid pro quo democracy. Unions made campaign contributions to their candidates. Heck , even Nixon had to reckon with unions and make concessions.
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  1165. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1166. The Brazilian Government tried this tactic against the IMF lender consortium way back in the early 80’s. Or at least hinted though, heavily influenced by left leaning leaderships . They never executed it. At the time it was USD $100 billion . Successive administrations kept making payments. Bad idea.
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  1167. Oh and by the way.. that is what Bolivian leaders kept on doing through the 80’s and 90’s. They changed presidents as often as I change my filthy briefs. Generals after Generals. All way up to Evo Morales. You are clueless on world affairs. You must’ve skipped history classes , huh ?
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  1168. Retrofit projects worth undertaking are expensive by nature. The subject building has intricate art deco interior designs. And then there is the facade. Art Deco , and landmarked, which means no shortcuts. Building lobby doors are crafted in brass. Window panes demand sound profit ones. Then the redoing the elevator shafts , running pipes , wiring. Nothing under this project spelled prefab. Affordable housing is all about prefab structures. On cheaper land. That is how the math work for what you get from either buyers or renters. So stop,spouting
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  1169. COMAC. It’s all of that corruption on contracts ? Fat chance. I daresay , Embraer before Comac. .
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  1170. It takes a Dutchman to see the obvious. After all the Dutch are pragmatic and see the long game. Just a side note to reinforce your point. … Brazil. Great Wall bought a Mercedes Benz plant in Iracemopolis , SP. I do not see their cars around. Chery Motors has been licensing their production to a Brazilian partner (Caoa ) , the same entity that licensed Hiundays in Brazil. Chery has an iddle plant in Jacareí,SP , but since partnering with Brazilians , they consolidated manufacturing and worked their kinks in quality and spares availability. The jury is still out , as they are not meeting sales numbers. Once you burn Brazilians , it takes a great while to patch up . And the icing in the cake … BYD, after a few years making buses in Campinas SP , snagged Ford Motor’s last surviving auto plant in Camaçari , BA for their passenger car production. Ford is gone, relegated to import trucks from Argentina , and shipping the rest of their lineup from Mexico. It is a known fact BYD is poaching existing Ford dealerships. Lifan is gone, JAC you don’t see many around.
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  1171. Canada is underpopulated. It is not just labor shortage. It is a lack of where to draw taxes to fund social programs.
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  1172. Interesting observation. Not vouching for these foggies but… 1. Pipelines need to be built. Lots of sunken cost. Rights of way bought, building costs. Time to collect dividends might take a while.These are monopolies , but dividend money is deferred. Old timeys want to know about distributions. Not upsides. 2. Rail business is fully depreciated and a quasi monopoly. And they are not investing in the rail tracks , where a lot of money is spent in maintenance and payroll. For as long as rates are controllable , the rail cart business is very profitable. Car and train maintenance is a whole let expensive that rail lines.
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  1173. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring. Dream on.
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  1174. Well maybe the Mexican Government would take California back ? After all, it was stolen from them way back .
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  1175. Oh well, Medical Tourism. Mexico ain’t such a bright spot for these tourists and those retirees , after all.
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  1176. American Industrialists …. Always playing the paranoia card to American consumers. Hook, line and sinker. Yup, a Chinese car maker is going to spy through its vehicle electronics on American Sensitive Security Targets. Who will , by the way , be cruising in a brand new BYD. I can’t wait for a Pentagon ordered SCI Fiction movie on Evil Chinese playing remote control with Chinese car drivers in the good ole USA. Lots of car crashes and fireworks. Oh no, wait…. The Chinese are bankrolling tilsentowj. And for a reporter to ask such question….pathetic. The Chinese Executive Woman must be giggling within to such nonsense. She expected better from an informed news reporter. Or is she ?
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  1177. You can tell them apart by the uniforms. Even without the shoulder patch. The North side is not as well equiped as it’s Southern counterparts. South Korea’s demographics time bomb problem has its solution right there. Integration. Only leadership and enablers stand in their way. I am sure the North rank and file is aching to be part of the South.
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  1178. Former Massachusetts governor, Bill Weld , comes to mind. He lost the presidential Republican primaries to that fool , Trump. Bill was a consumate tight wad. And as an attorney , his specialty was Constitutional Law. Fair but firm.
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  1179. The Irony of it all. It took a Lebanese American , Ralph Nader, to straighten up the FTC with his Nader’s Raiders. And now , another Arabic woman is in charge of FTC’s charter going after big corporate monopolies. And I am not even an Arab. Is she hard nosed or what ?
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  1180.  @TENNSUMITSUMA  there were others . Yet, She being in a high profile position draws attention. Not a first one , but chairing the FTC and bringing corporate America to its knees , people take notice. Ralph Nader’s father was a Lebanese Maronite imigrant. We have several high profile Arab descendants in Brazil , whereas in the US is not as common. Just Google Paulo Salim Maluf Adib Jatene Salim Farah Maluf Anyone with the surname Jafet in São Paulo. Juca sec Kfoury. Actually the Khoury surname has unfolded into several spellings through the years. Such as Khoury , Kfhoury , Cury
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  1181. Só Putin not letting Chairman Xi into a vodka binge was a mistake. No overtly support from China from a man with hidden agendas.
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  1182. Just so you know , Opalas are Coupes and Sedans. That bronze sports wagon you rode are Caravans. The original aspired power trains were made into 4 - cyl 2.5 L engines , and inline 6 at either 3.8 L and 4.1 L engines . The original design, engine , were , as everything else GM made up until early 2000 were derived from Opel engineered cars . German Designed , but not over engineered. For nameplate reference, Opel did not feature the Sports Wagon, but the Opala line up is an Opel Rekord. The Gol is a watered down Scirocco. Out of the Gol platform , there were variations. Voyage , later sold as Fox in the US, was a three volume coupe, Parati , a sports wagon, and Saveiro , a mini pickup. The whole reason being these cars thrived was merely economics, and at some point , the terrain / roads. Ford’s only alternative to performance in Brazil was the Ford Maverick , a pony car. You might see them sporadically , but they fetch higher prices.
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  1183.  @nicomeier8098  only if your outlook/ forecasts played as you envisioned. Which never does.
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  1184. So… At best he looked at his odds and threw the towel. At worst he did not mean anything he spoke for during his campaign. All the more of the reasons to recognize in Ralph Nader , a non candidate now , who went through the bitter end to make a point and never wavering , a true leader with principles and core beliefs. In retrospective , what Ralph did, in campaigning for a third voice , was the equivalent to a platoon securing a hill during battle , fully knowing the odds were not on their side.
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  1185. It reminds me those weird designs Italian car makers come up every now and then. You all know …. Those that send Doug de Muro reeling with sarcasm and dumbfoldness. Too bad we can get a vlogger who does that on Boeing to the point the general public gets it. So Boeing got rid of experienced engineers who know the ins and outs of making safe to travel commercial aircraft , replace by nine dollar an hour yes man contract engineers …. What a bunch of clowns.
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  1186. Easier said tha; done. Modern office high rises have floor plates that don’t bode well for residential use. That a a zillion issues , many dealing with public tastes and building codes. You can do these conversions in some older office buildings , specially the pre war types. New ones , it’s a round peg in a square hole.
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  1187.  @stevepailet8258 that is no more. He left Gotham for Texas. And the State of New York still serves him notices.
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  1188.  @pohkeee  you are correct . To me recollection Fordlandia ( Henry Ford ) harvest the sap of Rubber Trees ( Serungueiras ) , and Eucalyptus for paper pulp production ( some American Megalomaniac dude named Ludwig ). Both ended in colossal failures. They bought , paid , invested, and then we bought back for pennyies on the dollar ( maybe not so on Ford’s deal ). I am no Gaúcho , but until you see them clearing some land , odds are against the wannabe colonizer. Those f..ers are born and bred to grow stuff out of nothing. You can drink all Yerba Mate and brag about your sexual prowess , but you can’t match them.
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  1189.  @debs-jf5bd  as I said about Africa. As for the USA , lived and travelled there for 28 consecutive years.
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  1190.  @JimBeansSaloonCream  well, you are entitled to your opinions. I see successful agri enterprises in Africa , but they are often regional and small scale operations that are suited for domestic consumption. At commodity production level , I am yet to see anything that impresses me. The exception to the rule are places like South Africa , where they take their winemaking business seriously, and produce a export bound quality wines.
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  1191. Well, Mark Twain aside , there are documental reports of Arabs owning small factories. And the region was served by a railroad. And the region being inhabited by all kinds , including Jews, and other Arabic speaking groups. Including Armenians . And at the time , before the Middle East was carved up, Arabs were mostly known for its various nomadic tribes. Like Bedouins. Istael became a the facto state in 1948 , well past Mark Twain’s time on earth. A lot had change since Mr Twain’s notes and that recent past.
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  1192. Stick to Subarus. 😊
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  1193.  @badkarma1289  they have guards and common grounds , you are paying condominium fees no matter how they are disguised. Unless they have retail paying rent to subsidize the ongoing maintenance costs. So there are HOAs.
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  1194. And they call HOA dues Bondsout there. Different name , same thing.
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  1195.  @badkarma1289  from what I see , your village enjoys the same privileges as Disney World and other enclaves across Florida , all on exemptions. Which does no make it any whole. It’s basically poor folk property taxes subsidizing upper middle class folk dwelling life styles. Little wonder the country is going hell in a handbasket.
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  1196. So the hens got together and all gave great speeches about how the dollar will reign supreme . And the nerve of them to call Lula an autocrat. The man was catapulted back by the popular vote. These Congress types are a bunch of arrogant bastards. So it is safe to assume a three letter agency is plotting to take him down. And just a year passes by, and their ally in the Middle East , Saudi Arabia , ditched the longstanding petrodollar agreement to freely negotiate with China. So much for grandstanding.
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  1197. As much as I loath YouTube pop up ads , they are indispensable to generate revenue for Alphabet. Which provides monetized content and freedom of information to and from people like you Louis. Let’s be fair , shall we ?
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  1198. What you meant to say is , they are not as outstanding citizens , despite their awchucks veneer.
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  1199. There is one thing no one mentioned …. Not all US debt is bought by the FED. You have bond dealers to move paper. So the value of the bond is propped up by its own demand.
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  1200. Hey Kenyan brothers. We have two huge garment districts in São Paulo Brazil. By Bom Retiro and Brás neighborhoods. C’mmon down.
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  1201. And a trail of suicides. … former US Secretary of Commerce , Ron Brown , Billy Bubba’s former prostitutes fixer, confidant and attorney. A number of Hubby’s Daliances , those kids in Mena …. Well you get the idea. She is Machiavellian and a frigid b…. Little wonder hubby kept stringing lovers
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  1202. Idon’t see Africans gushing for their benefactor’s largesse anywhere here. Nor Chinese “Company men “ beaming with pride with China being “ the New Era Benevolent Superpower “. This investment cycle from the new rich from the aspiring in development nation is an old one. The British did it, so the Americans. It’s just hedging the surplus generated by capital accumulation and funneled to specialized institutions. And most of these gambling gambits end up bust. The Chinese thought they were better than anyone. It turns out they can hardly manage their own internal affairs. And they thought to be deserving to run the world. The only proven way to incentivize growth by large capital investments is to funnel domestic savings to fund these projects. Countries with a strong internal rate of savings manage to improve their own lot over time . The Chinese were like that. So it were the Americans. Africa , save for one country or another , don’t have that. Hence they were all hat in hand , their leaders siphoning money for their own trust funds , while the population gets cheated out of a future. And State run economies have proven , for ages , to engender colossal failures. The writing was on the wall. Always. Only fools thought things would be different this time around.
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  1203. This is the very reason why there is medical tourism and it works. Brazilian-American who left the reservation a long time ago. Public funded healthcare can be a grind and a drag, yet at the very least, remediates health care delivery for the working poor and destitute. And there is private insurance funded healthcare here too.
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  1204. Boy am I glad the Boeing takeover of Embraer got called off ? Toxic company, toxic culture. Meanwhile Embraer keeps on increasing its lineup for larger fuselages. Maybe one day they will buy out Boeing, or at least its civilian aircraft division.
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  1205. Bill Weld got rid of a lot of Welfare rolls back when he served two consecutive termsas State Governor. Springfield became a bedroom community for north of Hartford , Windsor Locks , East Granby.
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  1206. Thaaaank you. You said it all.
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  1207. And JBS foods in’t backing down right ? Did not they get caught with infected poultry shipments over to Japan ?
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  1208. Good thing Keith Ludwig’s grandeur of a tree farm in the Amazon went bankrupt. Otherwise he might be instrumental in speeding its demise Only he was replaced by others. Number one is Susano. Klabin is the 4th in the rank. Cenibra , Eldorado , and Bracell ( Singapore ) are way ahead of International Paper. And it makes me wonder why Americans want to topple Putin. All those taiga florests…. In the same token I started to make sense Brazil did not know tow to America’s imposed sanctions in Russia over the Ukrainian war . All that potash , and all those forest reserves in Russia. Friendship earns privileges.
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  1209. Doing it at the airport. Peter still has not quite an household name. No groupies , no frenzied crowds. But he is the toast of town on some keynote circles. Enjoy your near anomity while you can Mr. Zeihan.
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  1210. Not sure of whether size and might means anything. But when backed against the wall , despot leaders go all out on the nationalistic war path , even if it is not to the nation’s collective best interests. This is showdown time. Watch Johny Harris analysis , just fresh out of the oven.
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  1211. Austrália , América , Europe, Africa , they all had their tune to partake Chinese Money. It’s out turn to get into some of their money before we send them broke on their way home. And , as usual , Americans want to ruin our party. Not fair. Our hookers , our crooked politicians , our workers , they all deserve their share of this new Chinese money. If they had, so do we deserve a shot. And since you haven’t shown your love with dollars latelly , as spurned lovers we are , we figured as well by inviting the Chinese to our ball. And contrary to Africa , in most of South America , loan trap diplomacy does not work. Our asking price is higher. You pay in cash for our concessions. Out here , if you bribe, there is a line , or better yet , a pyramid , on the receiving end. It will cost you a lot more to get anywhere. So building a school building , or a soccer stadium won’t move a needle with us. Besides , you can’t bring your own labor. You have to source labor locally. No cheap gift giving. You can try this with Venezuela , Ecuador , at least for now. Only be advised your gift will be squandered through graft. And as for currency , we are not taking yours. At worst , some barter. At best , Euros or US Dollars. We might be considered or seen as pauper in the plantation, through your lenses. But we ain’t cheap. And when you show up, you will need to be flush in cash. We expect as so. As for Americans , they had it cheap for years. Even the Europeans treated us better. So your price is gone up. So pay up or shut up.
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  1212. He is well spoken , has an excellent voice intonation, stay on facts , he is not into panfletary talk , and a softening mood. He is good. And you are a nobody. Leave a that.
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  1213. Good. You put your differences aside. Or politics aside. He might not be a saint , but he knows how to seize an opportunity when it stares at his face.
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  1214. Do something about Brazil and you see them coming out of the woodwork.
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  1215. Ross Perot was an hypocrite. He too suck on the big teats of government. Though his contract company. Both EDS ( later sold to GM) and then Perot Systems. Just because one preaches about morality does not make one morally correct.
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  1216. They do not realize that service techs do visit dealerships auto parts counters to keep the lines open on TSBs and diagrams. By purchasing parts at the dealership. Aftermarket part stores can’t match this. They are good to save money on commonly replaced parts.
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  1217. Just went to read the Wikipedia entry on the subject. Thanks.
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  1218. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars. It’s called pragmatism. Btw Jimmy Carter openly criticized Israel while in office. See what it got him. Totally sandbagged. He went out to apologize . And these days , even the Rev Farrakhan has gone to extend an olive branch towards Israel. Between a non interventionist policy and supporting Israel, RFK has to pick his poison. Leave Israel for Lula, the Brazilian President. Who has no skin in the game and loves a pulpit.
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  1219.  @tomtetomtesson2477  you keep on plugging your references to a lame collage video , which pretty much amounts to poorly edited propaganda. Choc filled with static stock images. Every time someone posts a praise for its beloved post Mortem dictator. Anyone can modify the narrative to suite its motives. And that includes that lame duck video you keep on bringing. Not a single person narrating to a camera , but rather some voice over moron. I do not know Kadaffi myself , I can’t vouch for his character , deeds , or intentions , yet the testimonials by his own people posted here do suffice to give him some measure of credo. We all know he refused to play ball by the US Petrodollar Exchange. And that he might’ve been a strong arm ruler , or dictator. And there is such a thing as a benevolent dictator. But you come up with bile and an axe to grind. Who is paying you to do this anyways ? Aren’t you ashamed of yourself Mr Troll ?
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  1220. I don’t think he hates your cousins for pulling 70k /year. Good for them. But the overwhelming majority of their age peers does not pull that kind of money. And even if they did , these kids are being robbed of their future by not being exposed to quality education and time at ripe age. And I assume they are working in agriculture , where there is an acute labor shortage. Most undocumented , non English speaking migrants are there.
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  1221. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on the cheap to claim land title and deed. Him and his PayPal Mafia are making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim land rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of the evils and your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  1222. Jump in the next wagon going to the frontier Sister. You are being boxed in.
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  1223. Because their foreman’s and execs are Americans.
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  1224. If you are broaching pesticides , then you might want to research the management of knoxious weeds through goat grazing. PBS Wyoming has a good feature on this with goat herders. Lani Malmberg might be your point gal. She actually did her thesis , and went at task by starting a contract grazing on her own. This might be full of nonsense , but it is worth confronting. And it is on VOX wheelhouse.
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  1225. Keynote circuit engagements are lucrative but a tiresome hustle . And he has milked them. Dude is just smelling the roses. He ditched his colorful suits and ties.
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  1226. No they don’t respect. Go see what Africans themselves experience in China. Treated as second rate citizens. The Chinese advantage ain’t respect. Rather is, they play the long game better than Americans.
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  1227.  @jimmylabb5868  Russians , Brazilians do just as same. You want equality , that is limited to Europe , specially the Scandinavian and the Dutch. And New Zealand and Canada.
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  1228. Silvio Dante would have an issue with it
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  1229. Agree on Al Jazeerah , and I am not even from the Arabic speaking / Muslim World. Their interviewers , from time to time seem to be a bit abrasive. But they are often on the cutting edge. Yes BBC turned itself into a laughing stock. They opened up a Portuguese Speaking news branch mostly reporting on platitudes and uselesss coverage. I suspect their Portuguese newsstaff is full of aspiring interns. I spotted France 24 , not bad , but haven’t zero it on it. The American Media is full of squaking types , and that includes CNN. CBS occasionally comes with decent stuff , on featured pieces such as 60 Minutes, IMHO. In the US , Most local and regional news outlets have disbanded their foreign bureaus , sourcing out to AP or the old defunct Reuters , all under the guise of cost cutting measures. The rest is under a conglomerate such as Gannet or Knight Rider , or Belo.. And domestic coverage is mostly a repeat from what is aired from a single source. All there is out there is the NYT, The Post, The Boston Globe, the San Francisco Observer. Even local coverage is being eaten under budget slashes. And the so critical weeklies, The NY Villlage Voice, The Phoenix , New Times , all but gone ). Social media ain’t news. Most digital platforms could care less to staff themselves with real trained reporters.
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  1230. Used cars is where the profits are.
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  1231. Now you are back to something you are good at. No, I retract… you are excellent at. Geopolítica, maps. There is a redeeming value on what you do. There is Peter Zeihan dispensing generalities, and in doing so , skipping on details. . Then Caspian Report, which is nice , but is just a monologue and armchair analysis. But the only one bringing media pieces , maps , research , editing it together , and explaining in a way that is educative ,….it is your team. Doing it through investigative reporting. No one else. No one out there does that, in the age of falling print news , and debasing quality of broadcast and cable. Stick to your guns. Forget some corrup Eurasian misbehaving princess. The world is full of these idiots. If going about them supports your narrative, then fine. If not, it is not newsworthy, nor the trouble of investigating it.
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  1232.  @nkristianschmidt  there is norganized crime syndicates running contractors in Brazil. Don’t go projecting your little world onto us. At worse there is graft , rigged biddings , and it goes case by case, not widespread .
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  1233. Didn’t he maintained , for a long time , an office in Hong Kong ? Something like Hayman Capital Management ?
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  1234. Regulations means fear of capital flight. Same as in Argentina , same as in China. He lets Bitcoin fester , and suddenly every Argentinian with money in the mattress will play the game with the intent to get their money out of the country. Milei might be a whaco , but he ain’t nobody’s fool. He wants to bring and keep every dollar in. No speculative wild swings under his thumb .
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  1235. Boriquen are engaged in taking over America. They started with New York Bodegas. They are moving up.
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  1236. Give them time. They will catch up to the Chinese. It’s called noveaux rich. Money have no owners , only spenders ( Onar Little from the wire ).
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  1237.  @中国螃蟹哥  sorry. No Chinese spoken here. English please.
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  1238.  @markopecinovic4475  interesting.
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  1239. If your only offer in months for that door whose asking is $20,000 a month come to a “ meager “ $10,000 , then the market is telling you two things …. 1. You should be thankful someone came up with a legitimate “lowball offer”. 2. Your piece of dirt and bricks & mortar ain’t worth what you think it is. Run the application to see what kind of tenant you will have. If comes up clean , then take what is being offered. If it looks suspicious , then turn them loose.
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  1240. Every empire has had its share of kingdom palatial advisors. That is a cushy jig, when you get the King’s ears. You get to hobnob with movers and shakers, the spread tastes better, people will listen to you even if they can’t corroborate your fireside stories. Lots of parties to attend. Nicer backdrops. It is a long list of past luminaries on this racket … Machiavelli Henry Kissinger Robert McNamara Robespierre Benjamin Franklin José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva ( for all those homer Brazzers ) …. And the list goes on and on As for me, I realize these types won’t make your life any better or worse , regardless of outcomes they forecast. Meaning they are full of it, and you are better off by sticking your nose to the grindstone.
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  1241. Toyota Motors Ltd. , the company that pioneered hybrids , is not going all out in EVs. Quite the contrary , they are bucking EVs in detriment of hydrogen fuel cell engines. Japan is a net importer of oil. And gas. So there is no way they can ramp up electricity production to meet the demands on an all out EV fleet. They made cars to be more fuel efficient , such as kei cars. . Matter of fact, Countries like Brazil are getting investments to produce liquid hydrogen. You still can keep the fuel stations , there won’t be any need for strip malls and power centers, and you can refuel on Hydtogen.
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  1242. It is not a matter of his parents deserving to be punished for lending Sammy Boy legal and tax advice or being bad parents. If one can’t prove the parents direct involvement in the holding and subsidiaries , or overseeing duties such as having a seat as non executive directors , then you have no case against the parents. So hold your pitchforks against daddy and mommy. Sammy boy and his conspirators , namely all who were involved materially in the day to day operations through their holdings , are all otherwise liable for legal punishment.
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  1243. And his parents , while might not being fired from their tenured positions at the University , will definetively be asked to retire and collect pension. Definetively they won’t have stufents to sign up for their classes or take up academic projects under their tutelage. Chances are, they already are maligned and ostracized. Once again, no fiduciary or material involvement with Sammy Wonder Boy , no liability grounds against mommy and daddy. Kid will do the max prescribed by the ruling judge , and his cronies took deals for lesser sentences to sandbag Sammy Wonder Crypto boy. A fair outcome would be to shame those Sports Figures ( Tom Brady, Big Papy ) who promoted him for pay. But they too are beyond reach.
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  1244. Does anyone here realizes this whole thread has enough material for a stand up comedian ?
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  1245. In times of scarce cheap money , as of now , all those pie-in-sky cloud & tech companies are suspecting . Before you book any interview , or if needed during the interview ,make sure to ask this simple question …. “How does your business earn its money ? “. Or for that matter , “where the money comes from ? “. They have to explain to you in a way you can understand and figure if it makes any sense to you. You are looking for ways your prospective employer generates cash flow. Anything short of a sound business practice , it is either money laundering, or some of those sketchy startups due to fold. And try as often to answer questions with another question. And open ended questions ( not simply yes or no ). For those who, right out of the bat, start asking for the moon … One one way to do is to resort to the old , if I do this for you, would you do that for me ? The game is , up the ante until they come to their senses and either are fair to you or stop at their tracks. Also pay attention on body language and how their answers are formulated. You want to spot a liar. In closing , pack a hankie at your shirt or coat pocket. As soon as they start pleading poverty , gently pull it out , looking warmly into their eyes , and hand the hankie to them. And if they don’t get it, explain calmly where you come from, it is good manners to offer a hankie to one who is crying. Remember lads and lasses , this is a game. Don’t get mad, just play the game at their court. If you don’t get the job offer , at least you had some amusement at their expense , and a good war tale to tell your friends over beer.
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  1246. It won’t change a thing regardless of what state you are bound to. That is America nowadays.
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  1247. Just as predicted ( and posted around ). The Americans left in defeat, and the Chinese would quietly arrive cutting deals. Americans did not aide mujahedins fof the the goodness of their heart . They sent aide, and the US Survey Services team. The Chinese waited their turn patiently , and there they are.
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  1248. Theodore Roosevelt. A man with brass balls.
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  1249. He makes a tidy bank from financial firms paying steep subscription rates on those proprietary terminals. His clients want to trade on US debt , he ressonates. His media empire makes a fraction of his gross income. He is singing the tunes and has a double tongue. That is being a billionaire.
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  1250. So it is a truck , I reckon.
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  1251. One word …Afghanistan. Last year , Al Jazeera put together an hour long documentary. It featured Chinese businessmen, escorted by Taliban armed to the teeth guards , cutting deals, buying real estate in Afghanistan, haggling and inspecting over gem stones. . One Chinese man just finished repurposing a building in to a relatively modest hotel , the Ritz Carlton of Kabul. Other, staring at a pile of rocks afar in the rugged and dry terrain , went out to say to the cameraman ….here we will have a residential building with apartments , there an office building , some stores here , a factory building on that plateau. Fast forward , those structures , plus road , have been just built. Tofu building or not , they are taking over. And while at it , not messing with local customs, as Americans did. This last paragraph is important. “ Not messing with local customs and mores “. You show up with your “ diverse corps “ and your idiotic ideologies , you are going to lose at least respect from the conquered. The same people who Americans helped to expel Russians turned against Americans. Granted , no one wants to stand foreign powers to dictate their own affairs. All diversity talk came upon as Hillary Clinton, at her hubby inauguration , opened her filthy sewer and started campaigning for Universal Health Care and Gays in the Military. The first earned her a seat in the Senate through New York, when she went mum on universal health care. Gays in the military gave way to “don’t ask don’t tell “. Look, there is nothing wrong with gays serving the military. One’s vocation and desire must be taken into account. But not at the battle front. In the rear with the gear, fine. Out in the trenches, it affects the troops morale. They have to understand they will serve their country, but rather in a different capacity.
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  1252. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars.
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  1253. A lot of marketing and lip service has been given to what developers want to call luxury’s. If a would be tenant or retail buyer wants to see past smoke and mirrors , that said tenant needs to be able to understand value. Some times , a seasoned and well meaning broker can help the prospective renter / buyer with this. Most of the time, not , as they go about jabbering the stuff they drank from the company koolaid. The last person you want to see is the property rental manager. Unless you have your broker at a beck and call right along. Thr flood that European blonde experienced would be picked up as she would understand what she saw at the basement / garage, where most of the core hidraulics is laid, and at the riser shaft floor service opening. And then at the apartment level , if she understood different piping materials , piping layouts. Now these details become more evident when you shop commercial buildings , to lease or buy, where understanding building core infrastructure is paramount to transaction decision making . Residential renters or retail level buyers are not afforded such advisory luxury. So either they develop an eye for this , or they are prey to inescrupulous builder’s short cuts. Whether you are buying a single family, a tenement building , or a condo unit within the building , a look at finishing materials , workmanship , and that basement five cent tour is a must. The eye candy test is the last item on the list , so it behooves one to pick up some points on fundamentals or architecture.
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  1254. When desperate , the populace brings in whoever promises the land of milk and honey. And they are getting a loudmouth for it.
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  1255. Well…. The largest Indian air carrier just wrote a big order. About 500 passenger planes. The slight majority to Airbus. Then Boeing. Zero orders to Embraer. I call this , they appease to their masters. You can’t have BRICs with a partner like that. India is about India.
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  1256. Curiositycloset2359 has a point. At that time, 1970, the French Government dispatched a ship to recover their gold bullions , deposited at Fort Knox , KY. The squeamy French knew better. That is the very same French who did not pay us war debt , and later relinquished Indochina as a repayment alternative. We got Vietnam. They dumped it on us.
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  1257.  banpotandblm  that was a perspective drawn during the 50’s and 60’s. Those retirantes. That change dramatically after government incentives ( SUDENE ) , and the Rio São Francisco damns. A lot change since , but the gauchos invaded the northeast. Way back in thr 80’s.
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  1258.  @HoradrimBR  English please. This is not a compadre chit chat. The others need to benefit from the exchanges too. Don’t be a homer!!
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  1259.  @diegoyanesholtz212  interesting. Ceará sounds like a place. I wonder what the topology is like there.
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  1260. Walks and homers did well for the Red Sox. They had a few patient hitters , Many Ramirez being one of them. Another in Bill Mueller . But it was not all religion. Mark Bellhorn struck out a lot.
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  1261. It is ugly a the top. And Mr Musk is due for some spanking.
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  1262. Berkshire Hathaway. That is Warren Buffet’s money. All his cash sitting aside a couple years back , there is where he putting out to work. Place look like just another boring exurb. Stroad commercial strips , trailer clusters, boring lookalike suburban residential enclaves with prefab fancy homes. Americans can’t help themselves. I am in Brazil for the past ten years, and braziers think the world about this America. Little they know about it. After 28 years in the US I had to leave. At least I afford to walk towards grocer , postal office, stationery, drugstore , farmer’s market , taxicab stand, lunch counter, free health clinic. I do envy the Europeans.
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  1263. Hey CNBC investigative journalists, here is a good scoop to you all. Start reading the FDA logs , there are aplenty citations from the FDA against drug and active ingredient manufacturers against Chinese and Indian companies. You will find consistently misreporting , not adherence to SOP’s best practices , inadequate equipament and facilities, lack of sanitary and clean room conditions. I took a stab about three years ago, and the number of citations was beyond appalling. Dig in and you will find good material for TV and streaming media publishing. You are welcomed.
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  1264. Something tells me , if this is your stereotypical field officer, then Adam Neumann ( formerly chief liar from WeWork ) , might be himself , a former card carrying member from this organization. Their training program must be that good. That Japanese dude from SoftBank got fleeced by a former “operative “. Be all you can.
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  1265. He is trying to garner popularity. Look at the movies he has been signing up lately. He is no longer relevant. He has to make himself relevant. Celebrities do that kind of things.
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  1266. Simca was a Chrysler nameplate. The Renault Dauphini , or Gordini, was a Ford nameplate which led to the Ford Corcel.
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  1267. The spokesman, Kirby isn’t ? Well, he is doing what he is being paid for. That is what his job description entitles him to. I serves no purpose form him to say otherwise, no matter how evil or complicit who he represents. He needs to tap dance no matter how grim is the genocide. He is fair target. Nonetheless , It does not make him the reincarnation of Goebbels. He is pale, lifeless , your typical white emblematic middle class American , if you want to go wild with it. He looks like the mortuary dude you greet at the funeral home. I liked the fat mama Trump brought up. At least he was a little more creative. She looked like an airport security woman ready to deck you if you dare to buck her. Folks , you going after the wrong proxy. Try get onto the lobbyists for APAIC. Those are the real enablers. They are worth embarrassing. At their home doorsteps. Press corps at the White House are a waste of time. They are posers.
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  1268. Well, I would take that with a grain of salt. But thankful for the heartfelt remark.
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  1269.  @CharveL88 got it. He is some consultant. And a Keynote circle speaker. Doom and Gloom prophets have their audience. But they do no appeal to folks who run things. I don’t think being a half cup empty goes well with the crowd that pays his engagement fees. . You got to take public personas with a grain of salt. I am bemused by Peter. Does not mean I revere everything Peter the Prophet says.
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  1270. And Wladimir Putin did promise not to invade Ukraine. Yeah, tight.
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  1271. Natives can be bought and sold. There is a reason there are tribal councils. So that no shady deals can pass through without the elders’ vetting. And these Apaches ought to go to these Tribal Casino owners to ask for legal funding. I wonder if there is such a thing as some tribal nationwide council or confederation.
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  1272. What this retired officer is saying is on point. Second generation borne in America from migrant parents are the most loyal citizens they can recruit. It’s very noticeable on gateway cities and neighborhoods across the US. Fresh out of the boat migrants have their allegiances mixed from their mother countries. Nothing wrong with that. The only motivation there is are three square meals a day, medical, uniforms , and some training. What it looks like is there aren’t many Americans willing to enlist because, outside ROTC and financial aid , there are no matching opportunities for young recruits in the military.
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  1273. For as long as the focus is on Russia and China, South America should be left alone. Which is good and bad in its outlook. Good. America gone, We are left alone to dictate our fate. No longer the mighty big brother up North. Bad . China influence is growing within. They are abusive. And just as the US were , conivent with government corruption.
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  1274.  @zabba7461  railroad tracks carry rights of ways. I know we have an oversupplied amount of dark fiber around , but those tracks are perfect for fiber optics. Cincinnati used to be a Cincinnati Bell town. And rail lines also have great power grids.
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  1275. Not a chance in hell. At most, if they have to bring in cargo and oil ships to haul in their cargo , they will be escorted by their own frigates. Which is what they already do in Africa. If the American , in all their might , couldn’t manage to get set in years , don’t expect the Chinese to receive any better concessions , just as they are coming to age. And besides , China is no longer flush in cash. They have serious issues at home , and they will cost them dearly. Belt Road projects are falling to the wayside , for lack of funding.
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  1276. They don’t cut through eminent domain. They reuse and repurpose. Most IDC’s tend to converge in areas with strong power grids. Which is the opposite of what requires to power a residential track. So, by default , they go after industrial sites , granted it is on elevated terrain, way above flood plains.
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  1277. Licenses biding prices have gone up on the account too criminal enterprises money laundering schemes. And these specialty financing companies are mostly bankrolled by organized crime money. Traditional brick and mortar lenders , aka retail banks , don’t lend to medallion owners. The issued medallion license is owned and issued by the City’s Department of Public Utilities. So the license cannot be collaterized against debt. Taxicab medallion lending is nothing short of a glamorized loan shark transaction. And yes, they can recoup the license.
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  1278. Hinterland Brazilian Gauchos are known to be the most resilient people. When they migrate to frontier regions , they are known to turn wilderness up into thriving towns and productive regions. You see them in states such as Goiás, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Para . They turned drought stricken regions in the Northeast into productive farmland.
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  1279. The French used to build Mirage Fighter Aircraft . The Swedes , Saab Fighter Aircraft. I don’t see them way too happy to pony up money so Americans can ship their F16s for a war that, if won, will have an American base in Ukraine.
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  1280. We ? aren’t you taking some liberties here ? Don’t count me in . Go follow your Messiah on your own. And work on your English
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  1281.  @KITO1966  starting with the “ We in Brazil. “. Is this the extent of how you elaborate in the amount of people ? Who “;we “ ? You and your drinking chums ? Freedom fighter? Fighting for who ? A monkey would’ve done better with sentence construction. Very coarse , scant , not to mention you make claims no one granted yo-yo the right to make.
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  1282.  @pogguthing3740  ohh I see. So now you are going to resort to obscenities. Typical Brazilian behavior when at the wrong end of a losing altercation. . Can’t argue and lashes out.
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  1283. Poor Michael Bolton and Shamir. Never stood a chance.
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  1284. Alright , you made your well known point. Granted , there are a lot of people out there that needs education, rather than indoctrination. So there is a merit and usefulness in it. Now, on the maps , not a whole lot of trace routes to Latin America. Which should lead to a in depth subject of what the curent standing between the US and America. A hint… a lot of Brazil’s advanced weapon purchases comes from the European Union . You can pinpoint a few US contracts , such as Raytheon’s SIVAM in the Amazon basin. Fighter jets , they used to be sourced through France’s Dassault . Now it has become SAAB. Armored tanks made locally. So ammunitions. The light shell ammo for trench combat , used to made by a joint a consortium between UK’s ICI and USA’s Remington. The running execs ran the company to the ground and then bought it back under a different name. Shipyards , local,companies. A lot of tech transfer through contracts. So dig it deeper and please give us a lowdown. Thx
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  1285. Since when you became a US Government mouth piece ? She went there to make sure the Chinese go back in buying US Debt , or else the US Department of Commerce will tariff the bejesus out of them. If she went that far, granted. One does not go into someone else’s home and dictate terms. Do you think she had the cojones to add insult to injury ? Hat in hand more likely. Chinese car makers have been attempting to gain a toehold in the US market for decades. The NHTSA won’t give them a clean bill on any models they make over crash tests . So as result, Chinese auto parts manufacturers have been flooding the US market through aftermarket chains , namely Autozone and Advance. And they just got around making better product. Ten, fifteen years ago , if you were a professional mechanic , you went to program buyers such as Car Quest , NAPA and other regional chains, to get quality stuff short of OEMs. True they’ve been dumping their vehicle surplus on Europe lately. That is what buying into the port in Greece was for . In Brazil , their BYDs are starting to roll around , only tepidly , but out in the plantation you must open up a factory plant. So they went and bought Ford Motor’s facility in Camaçari , BA. And are taking a run on converting Ford Dealerships. Chery Motors are only selling because a Brazilian industrialist who runs all Hyundai dealerships in the country took them under the wing and is running their plant. Their newly minted factory in Jacareí-SP was running iddle at 15% for quite a while before the joint venture marriage. Get your facts straight. Your arse crack is showing.
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  1286. Lame video full of animated templates and commonplaces.
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  1287. The Chinese lent to Argentina ??? Now they are really deep creek.
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  1288. It is not about Censorship in Brazil. The said Judge gets all kinds of pot shots from the populace. No one gets called to the Mat. Otherwise when a Public Figure slanders folks who hold the keys to power in Brazil , he is due to some reckoning. And worse , social media networks are an instrument to manipulate people in general. Mr Musk must comply to the laws in countries where he does business. Take pot shots are our Judiciary and Executive Branches , you are liable to retaliation. You won’t see him making the same claims in China. . They would shut his state of art Xhangaj plant in a heartbeat.
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  1289. If you are going to make a statement, at least outline some points to support your bold theory. Two to three paragraphs would do. Thanks.
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  1290. Just a man or women with camera on hand.
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  1291. She loves a soap box. Demagogue. Jimmy Carter was the last to try Single Payer Universal health care. Got sandbagged by Ted Kennedy. The Clinton’s got hush money when that vile B… tch when spouting for Free Health Care and Gays in the Military.
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  1292. Trudeau could no woo Chinese investments when that Huawei Executive was apprehended in Canadian Soil. Quit smoking that weed.
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  1293. The floozie who once “worked “ at São Paulo’s extinct La Licorne Go Go Night Club will surely miss him. He wired her flowers from stateside. Dude was a serious womanizer.
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  1294. A Mexican airline just filled in a new order for civilian aircraft. Not Airbus , nor Boeing. All twenty E2 Embraer planes. Despite NAFTA. Would be nice to get the Indian Air Carrier , but they rather appease their masters. And Embraer KC360 is taking Lockheed’s C3 to the cleaners.
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  1295. A lot of sunk costs into such projects. It is more of a social payback. Not great in market oriented economies. In once communist and socialist systems it might work , as they have less concern for rates of return. And micro grids it might be feasible. In specific regions. Places in Africa, Middle East , Eurasia , some coastal communities. Locales where grids are not fully integrated , rife with political and economical instability.
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  1296. Good question. I do not know the answer. It is worth a Post doc thesis A lengthy YouTube video A book. Let me know when you get started on this quest. My guess, the lucky man on the turn was an elder. Take Biden. He has been tossing his hat on the ring on how far back, if you count the primaries he disputed ? Since the eighties , right ? The powers behind the throne could not find anyone else they could trust. So he got the nod. The corporate or nomenklatura aparatchnik does not need leaders. They need yes men.
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  1297. You meant Elvis ? That guy is an act. He has proven diddle squat. Just another clown in a sucession of clowns. And lithium deposits in Argentina is nothing new. Their government or private business / bankers do not have bankroll to invest in lithium mine. Someone from outside with deep pockets and a whole lot of patience will have to do it. And deal with Argentinians , who as a group are in a whole new level on how to screw things up.
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  1298. You meant Elvis ? That guy is an act. He has proven diddle squat. Just another clown in a sucession of clowns. And lithium deposits in Argentina is nothing new. Their government or private business / bankers do not have bankroll to invest in lithium mine. Someone from outside with deep pockets and a whole lot of patience will have to do it. And deal with Argentinians , who as a group are in a whole new level on how to screw things up.
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  1299. Magician has a splendorous and cozy home. They earned it. On not having expensive, titillating , well choreographed shows anymore , I would guess , visitors are not spending in gambling as they used to. Gambling paid for all of it, then. Not anymore. Vegas now is about nickel and dimes.
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  1300. FAA as other American government regulatory agencies is severely underfunded and understaffed. They handed over oversight to Boeing themselves.
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  1301. Not to pile on. It reminds me of Naomi , the angry waitress on the Flick “Waiting “ with a Brian Reynolds’s. I totally dug that role. And she played to perfection. Maybe you ought to show yours the movie.
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  1302. The Federal Government defaults , the first ones to feel the pinch are US retirees on their Social Security checks …. and Medicare quality of care will hit bottom.
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  1303. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1304.  @DoctrZhivago nope, it isn’t. They are just wearing standard field equipment and uniforms. These are checkpoint soldiers and officers. So would you expect them to wear gala uniforms or presidential guard uniforms ?
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  1305. You are repeating what Ralph Nader has been saying over sixty years.
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  1306. Taking fri:a Jewish gal is quite a compliment.
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  1307. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on the cheap to claim land title and deed. Him and his PayPal Mafia are making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim land rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of the evils and your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  1308.  @fredfred2363  it is called the cult oh celebrities. Bunch of sheep.
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  1309. I’ve followed the series , and for a while , I’ve taken as it was ended. Love the narrative. It is not for the footage , which is fine. The narrative had its stead. Chronologically. It is what gets you hooked for the entire episode’s length. It helps I drove by there before and after the 0toject continuously. So there is a connection after all. Please keep on adding other editorial projects you might have on the archives towards the pipeline.
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  1310. You are contagious. Awchucks dude does America. Even the cheesy singing comes as authentic. No fire works , no clickbait.
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  1311. Let me guess … Xi will propose a Chinese Recovery plan with Ukraine ( call it a Chinese Marshall Plan ) . Putin gets to keep Crimea and Xi keeps Odessa, and no repayments goes to rebuild from Russia’s pocket A moratorium on Ukraine’s NATO membership. Xi steals Ukraine under Russia’s nose and blocks the US from entering the conversation.
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  1312. When money is cheap and aplenty , scores of people come out of the woods with “visions “. America has this snake oil salesmen culture that pervades every other endeavor when there is money to be made. Go back to Peter Lynch and Buffet investing disciplines. Invest on what you know. If an investment instrument is not borne out a company or product you do well know , don’t invest in it. And do your math and be attentive to pick on character flaws you pick from folks at the helm. And Krypto is not regulated , has no underwritten insurance , bears no intrinsic weighed value, and it can be explained by a lay man. It is a scam. Which makes the ones who bought into this pueril rich kid , idiots with lots of money. Krypto for bananas, that is an elevator sales pitch.
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  1313. Spoke like a real Upton Sinclair. Nicely done.
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  1314. Mulroney Government threw them a few concessions back in the 90’s. Wasn’t that enough?
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  1315.  @JSDudeca  Provincial Bargaining chips I reckon. I recall then Brian Mulroney had to deal with the Québécois Separatists and the Oka Tribal protests.
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  1316. All it takes is that Chinese auto makers roll a couple auto assembly plants in Australia , and everything will be hanky dory.
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  1317. Funny…. The British Railroad Barons , upon building railroads in Brazil, at the turn of the XIX Century, built villages so rail yard workers would have housing while under their employ. There is the village around the São Paulo’s ABC industrial belt named Paranapiacaba. Transatlantic cruisers provide housing ( there is no other choice there anyhow ) and meals to the entire staff. Not cozy cabins but accommodations. The Industrialist who brought Hershey milk chocolate created his own town in Pennsylvania, so workers could have a place while toiling on his plants. Disney is a whole self incorporated section near Orlando and Kissemee and they spare land for housing their workers ? That is lame.
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  1318.  @kennedy6618  they won’t make it here. No charging infrastructure in place, no adjustments to the grid , electricity rates will shore up , urban real estate is expensive . And no one will be waiting 20-30 min for a recharge. Most households , if you have a carport , there is not enough area to generate electricity. That and the fact a lot of the residential real estate is apartments . The ones who are buying into EVs are going Hybrid. That means Toyotas.
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  1319.  @kennedy6618  dream on. EVs in Brazil, country wide , are a no go. No charging infrastructure available anywhere . And the utility companies increase rates with step up demand. They do this every time. So no subsidy to recharge costs. That in the fact Brazil is a country with continental dimensions. Imagine the uptake on putting EV charging infra structure in places there is not enough demand. The folks who are buying battery vehicles are not sinking money into EVs , but rather in hybrids. Which are self charging, this dispensing charging stations. . And will satisfy fuel savings expectations. Unless the Chinese put up their money for charging infrastructure and invest in electrical generation capacity ( on companies they do not own ) , they will lose their shirt just as they when the brought their ICE vehicles to Brazil. The only EV sales here are for fleets , where they have the facilities to handle charging and might buy bulk rates on electricity. And it is no surprise the cost of servicing EV batteries is a huge stick shocker. Brazilians are stingy on spending money on expensive repairs. And the wholesale fuel supply in the country is a Cartel. It is Royal Dutch Shell ( Raizen ) , Petrobras , and Ypiranga. No way they will let such a good racket to slip . I am Brazilian, live in Brazil . You are nothing short of a wishful thinkerer and have no clue .
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  1320. Ford is retreating from being a global car maker, to a North America’s regional car brand. They left Brazil, Russia, China, India, and fare shrinking in Europe. Get the most while you can, as you won,t see much after this contract. The damage is already made. Ford it 😊is on the way out.
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  1321.  @peredavi  European businessmen and farmers in particular , live subsidies but hate Brussels. It is a fact.
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  1322.  @Loj84  it is not more immoral than speculating in financial markets. Vested landlords are the ones who converted wealth from a source and sunk into land, buildings , units, warehouses. And the crafty ones actually created something of value. One example were Greeks landlords around the Boston area. Most of them made their fortunes in pizza parlors through sweat equity. And other types of restaurants. These guys do not play the markets. So real estate became a store of acquired wealth and future cash flow. Every time they took upon investing in a triple decker , they took special attention to remodel their kitchens. In the days of granite countertops and standard stainless steel appliances , they can up with stainless steel countertops and backlashes. A more hygienic approach to food prep they brought from the restaurant business. And as much as they would no splurge on a subzero for a fridge , their range / stoves were of better quality.
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  1323.  @petebusch9069  well.. there are times it makes sense to rent, other times to buy. People go against the math out of their sheer need to own something. Very peculiar in migrant communities who came from destitute backgrounds.
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  1324.  @77Tadams  not at the expense of your neighbors. The process of screening term lease rentals and shot term rentals is completely different. The former emphasizes screening , and laid out dos and don’t s at the contract. You try that on short term rentals and you loose the “ guest “. Owners all well aware of such differences. Single family homes , except for those in vacation destinations , are not suitable for short term as this model incurs into a lot of maintenance , which is deferred towards the tenant upon term leases ( tending the garden , keeping it clean ). As for apartment buildings … In São Paulo , Brazil , a lot of short term tenancy is redirected to flats , typically ranging from studios towards two bedrooms. And then there are apartment units , high can range from one bedrooms to up to four bedrooms, and accommodate term leases ranging from 12-30 months. The overwhelming number of condo associations under the latter category , prohibits , under their by-laws , short term rentals. Dwellers ranging from renters and owner occupied units , they rather have a stable environment , which becomes less susceptible to crime and disruptive neighbors. On the flip side , Flat apartment buildings are flexible in terms. Owners do not care much about who the tenant is. In fact , there are flat buildings that are nothing short of a den of prostitution. Incall escorts choose those as the term length suits their occupation. And front desk management will look the other way. In fact , the developer# market here is going on small floor plans , as if we did not have enough of those already. So if you want to profiteer on short term rentals , then go for the product designed for such. Don’t try to shield yourself on some free market diatribe to impose your ways upon others.
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  1325.  @77Tadams  prostitutes love Airbnb’s. Or anything furnished they can afford to pay against their projected bookings.
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  1326.  @someonenotnoone  someone bought real estate fronting with either their money or O.P.M.s , upgraded it ( granted not all do it ) , and provided shelter against monthly payments. It is a fair exchange in my book.
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  1327.  @77Tadams  yes, if the rental unit , or house is in a vacation destination. When it is not , then there are rules against depriving renters that earn a paycheck because you can gouge more out of the rent on short term rentals. Sometimes these rules are city ordinances. Sometimes they are condo or coop by laws.
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  1328.  @Loj84  if you do something right about short term rentals , then buy a building, not just a unit. And if you can’t play the short term rental on your own dime, there is real estate syndication. Create a product.
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  1329.  @Loj84  public housing is not something that can be developed overnight. The process is long , full of meetings , constituencies , and the funding is entirely different from what goes in the private sector. And then , dolling out vouchers is a long wait , your voucher lottery can take up 3-5 years. A lot of housing authorities are rife with corruption . As for the building site, it is often a community land grant or government owned. Assuming a HUD housing project template. It is complicated.
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  1330.  @ArbiterofMoths  May I suggest the Midwest. Or move abroad. There are options out there.
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  1331.  @ArbiterofMoths  well, there is more to it. Cost of money , housing stick, demand. The folks who made in real estate often bought what others deemed undesirable. Not so much on foresight , but rather by buying what they could afford. Jamaica Plain and Roxbury in Boston , are prime examples. Or even the South End in the mid seventies. Back in the 70’s , no one white would dare to set foot in the South End , below Columbus Avenue towards Albany Street. If you bought there and as a Caucasian , it meant you either were an artist , or a gay man. Labeled as an “ Urban Adventurer “. You could then buy a brownstone ( the entire building ) , with maybe 3,000 sq ft , for USD 70,000-80,000 . Good for three floors plus basement and attic. Now , you are lucky to score one for USD 5,000,000. So what changed ? Employment patterns , job markets , shifting urban demographics. It is not all about reading tea leaves. It takes being observant , and being in the right place and time with money to do it.
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  1332.  @77Tadams  you can rent anything. Now when it comes to residential dwellings , there are rules. You can’t just make end runs on short term rentals on places that are not meant for such. These rules are being skirted , but they do exist. They are ordinances , HOA/ Condo bylaws , zoning rulings.
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  1333.  @tsubadaikhan6332  If Claire had bankroll , backers , she would laid out plans to build structures for short term rentals. It is called a flat building. British railroad builders used to build housing for their workers. That model is dead.
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  1334. Read the financial scandals with the parent company , 3G capital. Private equity. Swindled Warren Buffet. Hollowing out subsidiaries. And they plant an idiot who parrots poorly your American PR Playbook. They lead a merchandise discount retailer that has been in business for over 70 years to the doldrums.
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  1335. Lack of long term foresight. This stems mostly from a culture of instant gratification from Americans towards the world over.
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  1336. This is my first negative. So you love hiking and the great outdoors. That is fine. But by now you should be aware wind interferes with sound quality. It is enerving. I left at 1:41 out of 7:59.
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  1337. That and the fact your entrepreneur is not part of your public corporation. He runs an enterprise. Mostly a privately held. And you can take his gibberish for what it is worth. Self serving at best. The “ best people “ are usually the cream of the crop who are employable by corporations. Certainly not kids. College Educated types , by and large. The “Planet “ is just a hollow slogan. He is full of it. Beware of ideologues.
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  1338. Sweep under the rug. Meaning a bus ride ticket to NYC.
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  1339.  @etbadaboum old man Biden. Credit card Joe from Delaware. That man, all those years throwing the hat in the ring for the primaries never “ kissed the bride “: he won on a gimmie. On the platter. He is a yes man. A moving , stumbling , mumbling creature.
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  1340. Idiotic comment. Brazil has a free for all public health system. Called the SUS . The US does not. Brazil freely trades with everyone. The US won’t. Brazil does not wage wars abroad. The US does. Brazil’s public upper education) is virtually free. The US’s isn’t. Every Brazilian Military Expedition is Humanitarian . . Unlike US led ones. Brazilian Military Defense is meant to defend Brazilian borders alone. The Arabic immigration towards Brazil,( Lebanon , Syria , Palestine ) has been going well over a Century. America ostracize Arabs Brazil is a water rich country. Thr US used to be. The Brazilian Governmrnt keeps on promoting subsidized home ownership programs ( Minha Casa Minha Vida and other State based prograns ) through lower interest loans and household income tiered payments . The US Freddy MAC loan guarantee does not even comes close to that. Brazil promoted through tax cuts , the making of affordable vehicles under 1000cc engines , aka carro popular. The Farmácia Popular is a program that allows the dispensation of free medicine to most known ailments such as high blood pressure , gland dis function. , insulin , and other ailments towards people with lower incomes. The Brazilian commercial airplane maker , Embraer , 8s getting rave reviews around the world’s specialized media . People are being fearful to travel in a Boeing.
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  1341. Well, since you brought the coal banner. It is a well kept secret that PG&E , in California , greens up their retail bills with “ clean renewable “ energy , when in reality they purchase some green certificate from a token solar farm, and mix it up with plenty of power from coal and gas fired power plants. Kind of what is done with blended spirits.
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  1342. Bring Palestinians and Ukrainians there and you shall see this place shining.
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  1343.  @erik_griswold  Boston Haul road did not pass by the Flower Market, which is by Albany Street on South End, at the opposite side of the I-93. The Haul Road came off I-93 Northbound , and rolled parallel to it towards the one of the Tunnel many entrances.
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  1344.  @erik_griswold  no mention it. You’re welcomed.
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  1345. This is actually how the Cosa Nostra selected their rank promotions. From within. It’s like a Soprano’s episode when Tony Soprqno let Uncle Junior be the boss. They are sitting eating lobster and Bad Bing , and this discussion. Larry Boy Parisi suggests to put out to a vote and Jimmy Altieri shuts it down with a “ paramilitary organization “ , not a committee.
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  1346. Setting up your tent to pitch Ponzi schemes huh ?
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  1347. He has edited a Texas video a long while ago. Stop being lazy and dig it up.
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  1348. Dong Dong. That explains. Another Chinese plant.
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  1349.  @CedarHunt  you nailed it bro.
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  1350.  @dongdong9560  not any soon. Just because your wishful thinking , it ain’t so. Get off your high horse
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  1351.  @LuckyDuckie115  I think it leaps to 85% if you account for electronic money ( aka plastic pegged transactions. ).
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  1352.  @aslampervez2294  It is awful. It creates confusion. Consumers care about cost of money , as of interest rates. And added exchange tariffs. They could care less the medium , only as far for its wide acceptance. They stash, trade , and pay in US Dollars. Nobody in its right mind wants to take your Monopoly money. Every form of electronic payment is pegged to the dollar.
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  1353.  @ChinesePresident11  Big pile of nonsense. The FED does not print currency. At most , at a rate of 25% in circulation is paper. The rest is all electronic. They add zeroes to the balance sheet. It is out there as public domain. Let me guess, you skipped economics 101 at your diploma mill , haven’t you ?
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  1354.  oldschoolpk  Since Nixon it has been proven there isn’t enough gold out there to back up the combined amount traded in the markets, consumer retail transactions , or foreign exports and imports. America went broke with Vietnam and Nixon simply ditched the gold standard, so the Treasury could’ve issued debt through the FED to cover its debt covenants shortages. And everyone bought in , lock , stock , and barrel, so they would not miss the gravy train in trading with the USA, under the military protection only the mighty US Navy could provide over the seven seas. The only one country who came in to claim their stored gold vaulted in Fort Knox , KY was France. Everyone else left it sit . Stop skipping your history classes at your diploma mill.
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  1355.  @aslampervez2294  They won’t issue a tender note . It is at best , an off the books barter arrangement. They are putting up the bank to centralize trade transactions. It is a straight jacket controlled by the Chinese. And Dilma at the Helm , no wonder Lula is so vested into this. She was impeached , you know. Brazilians did barter back in the 80’s. With Iraq.
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  1356.  @ChinesePresident11  There won’t be a common currency such as the Euro. More likely a transaction clearinghouse to skirt transacting into dollars by chartered country members. The Brazilian economy , its forex market , and foreign trade is strongly anchored through the US dollar. So are the other participant’s . The US dollar is the grease to transactions done the world over on settlement , payment forms. What these dignitaries want is to follow China’s hollow promises to a “ new currency “ , theirs. What no one knows is that China is piggy tailing NAFTA to maintain its dollar reserves from leaving the country. As a consequence , There are plenty Chinese industrialists snapping up ground lesses in Mexico to erect manufacturing plants. And they are getting funded by Chinese based banks. So in short , the Chinese are selling their “partners “ down the river to gain leverage in negotiating reneged trade agreements and tariff rates between the US and China. They are bleeding dollars. They won’t collaterize their fair share in US dollars. Brazilians are better off trading in US dollars and curtailing US and China Allies under the guise of true free trade.
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  1357. Yup. I watched the female ( and long haired male ) Irish representatives in the European Parliament. She was lobbing fire bombs at Israel. Way before Lula. That chick has got moxie.
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  1358. They are not slaves. At best sharecroppers or severely 😊underpaid laborers.
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  1359. It ain’t like these displaced workers can round up their nest eggs, and get into a boat. They will need to get through Hong Kong to cash out their worthless pile of money. At best, they can take severance pay, hand it over to their parents with their children left behind , so they can find something else by Africa , Southeast Asia , Russia , Latin America. Forget Europe , Australia , and Anglo North America. A 300 thousand jobless contingent is a huge economic refugee displacement. I doubt the party bosses will have anything else to throw at them. Not even back to the countryside will cut it. I doubt the party bosses ever cared for their own serfs.
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  1360. British Journalism as a whole has been a sellout to their masters. Hey, they are on the land of tabloids .
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  1361. That was this former assembly line worker at GM plants , mostly truck, who actually wrote a book in his accounts T the line. They used to play gun shooting with riveting tools while under influence.
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  1362. Yup. Don’t forget Chinese fighter jets flying over Taiwan. It is open season in America.
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  1363.  @אתהברטון she got skills.
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  1364. Disheveled looks is en vogue in Argentina. The Chicas vote and they love their boludo sweet talking bad boys.
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  1365. Elon Musk is a phony John. He “ defends free speech “ when it suits his own interests. He will be mum in China , after all he runs a factory in Xanghaj. And then goes bashing in Brazil , where the newly elected administration refused to honor the previous one’s promised gimmie concessions. And now, him and his PayPal mafia are making end runs in Latin America , around central governments and dangling cash at local municipalities to buy Carbon Tax Credits in their behalf. . Hence why he went bashing the Brazilian Government and the Judge who ordered to take down accounts that openly practiced libel against government and judiciary officials. He is posing as a savior of freedom of speech when in fact he is running a cunning land grab for forests , water , and the riches under ground.
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  1366. Section 8 landlords are discriminating types too. Low FICO scores are a legal loophole to deny tenancy , even when you have a voucher to cash out. And that is not even for any chance one can get an underpriced rental in a reasonable decent neighborhood. Such listings, if by any remote chance available , are never advertised. Once one is issued issued a voucher , there is no guarantee you get a rental so where one can use that voucher.
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  1367. Mexicans do not need to migrate to seek economic redemption anymore. All they need to do is to settle on Monterrey. The little Chinamen crossing your border, along with Venezuelans and Central Americans are migrants. They are harmless. As matter of fact , Chinese industrialists are buying large tracks of land sight unseen in Nuevo León State to setup shop and ship to the US, duty free, thanks to NAFTA. It was published on the NYT.
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  1368. Neither did I.
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  1369. Do you know who really uses Social Media to create social unrest ? The CIA. Every social media platform executive kow tows to the Deep State. And by the way, no social media platform in the US gets away with denying the US Government their right to pry on one’s records. They pose to us Brazilians as defensors of privacy and individual rights , but in the US they do dance to the music set by American Inteligence. There is a reason why the Chinese block American made social media and replace with their own. They endured centuries of foreign powers meddling in their affairs. And the American Government hates the Chinese Proliturbo. Because they can’t have their ways there. So be thankful your Government , right or wrong , acts in behalf to exercise its own sovereignity.
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  1370. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  1371. These are State Labor violations. You see anything shady , then report to your corresponding State Labor Board
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  1372. Because it is not practical. No one is going to verge on learning about Jesus Musk in 10 hours. It is a condensed piece , not a biography, not a thesis , not a series on Jesus Musk. And Johny, by the way, this is just another robber baron you are talking about. Nothing lofty about what he does. It is bad enough he drums his own gong. You do not need to go that far. Stick to your guns. You are good at your game. You are not a biographer.
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  1373. The NYT article is inacurate. Not “ a portion of the fuselage blew out “ as stated in the article , but rather, a side emergency door was tore off from the fuselage. Huuuge difference. Still same sloppiness , maybe poorly sourced component.
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  1374. Boy do I love negroes taking up the fight to bring Unions. Negroes and women. You can’t help feeling empathetic to them. They might not be the most glamorous , but I get a soft spot for them. Those black mamas , they invoke a maternal feeling.
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  1375. What he meant was…..EV startups are not going to make it. Not EVs. A few might make , most will fall by the wayside. And as for climate change , well, we all know how these things work. From the same type of people who shouted about the “ The Martians coming to Earth” , and” those Commies are evil and eat children for lunch “. Hype always follow the money. In the process they will blow up some Native American reservation’s sacred grounds for the sake of digging copper, cobalt , and lithium mining pits and polute and enslave land and locals in far flung places we can’t see.
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  1376.  @julialane6645  please elaborate Juliana. Thanks.
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  1377.  @Xerdar36  anywhere. Give them time.
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  1378. Kubitscheck was then wooing multinational auto manufacturers to open up assembly plants in Brazil badly. At the time, back in the 50’s , Brazil had one or two manufacturers , FNM ( Fábrica Nacional de Motores ) whose showcase piece passenger vehicle was a straight up copy from an Alfa Romeo ( the Bertone ? ) . And a horrible flat nose hauler ( trailer truck ) , with a clumsy gear change . . That and BMW’s Isetta , then known as Romi Isetta ( a manufacturer of machine tools ). All other nameplates were mostly CKD kits to be imported and assembled into the country. Ford Motors Co had a warehouse in São Paulo’s garment district ( it is still there , a nice piece of property ). Ford then later expanded by the rail tracks in Ipiranga , and then São Bernardo do Campo. Along came VW , also in São Bernardo do Campo churning out VW Bettles and later the VW Van ( aka Kombi ) , and General Motors , by neighboring São Caetano do Sul. Chrysler used some French model nameplates ( the Simca Chambord ) , Ford bought the Willis Overland Jeep lineup , and introduced a French Import , the Renault Dalphine. The Ford name plates then became a SUV ( Rural ) , the Jeep , a pickup truck , and then a passenger sedan ( Aero Willis ). BMW kicked around with licensing a local firm , Vemag , to make the two stroke DKW sedans and sports wagon ( a real head scratcher ) . Mercedes Benz came later with the truck chassis platforms for hauling trucks and buses. So Juscelino Kubitscheck , or JK , became an influential power broker , as a President to modernize Brazil. And that included roads , auto plants , and everything that came along with it. So the goal , which btw was fully accomplished , was to modernize Brazil by motorizing it, by enabling a budding middle class into auto ownership.
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  1379. Large communities of Palestinians , from my knowkedge , thus far … US - Greater Chicago by the Southside. Detroit , Hamtramck a Muslim enclave. Brazil The greater ABC region by São Paulo’s MSA . Including São Bernardo do Campo and Santo André. Mosque by São Bernardo do Campo São Paulo’s downtown. The neighborhoods of Bras and Cambuci, both have mosques. Canada. Montreal and Toronto. Palestinians are granted freedom to celebrate their fate and prosper on these locales. 😊
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  1380. Lena, Your presentation is valuable and worth listening. But something is amiss. I tell you what. You need to make it si paler for the average Joe can understand. So you will become more quotable. You are too straight laced. Go watch some Johny Harris videos. You sound like the Money GPS dude… on skirts. You are smart, good looking. You need to develop yiur own presentation signature. Way too much stock footage.
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  1381. Heirloom architecture . I like that.
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  1382. And do you realize local cops will pull you over from roaming your rust bucket into their zip code , right ?
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  1383. In Brazil the Chinese can’t simply do their loans as they do in Africa. Chinese banks are in Brazil to lend to their own projects. For one thing , whatever concession is sold by the Brazilian government , the payment must be tendered either in local currency or US Dollars. No Mickey Mouse Chinese currency. They bid on Rio’s International airpoirt , Galeão , only to nos give it back , as they have lost money on the deal. Most other concessions they’ve done are ports. And they are biidding and winning contracts on urban rail systems , mostly to supply hardware. They can’t use their own construction companies neither, for large tenders. Either they buy an ailing Brazilian contractor , and by law must hire locally , or else , no cake. Brazil ain’t a shit kicking economy. Out there , you must shell out serious money.
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  1384. Rússia sold all of its American Denominated Debt months before the invasion. Now, historically, wars can break a country. And Russian is not exempt from this axiom. But as of now , they got the goods to generate trade. Brazil, for instance , could not get enough of Russian Fertilizers and Potash. Mining and gas e traction never ceased ti be available.
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  1385. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  1386. Your Carrier Hotel has to spend the most of its earmarked capex budget to get the most of any facility. Scattering resources all over the place is counterproductive. Besudes, you would end up with a number of less than ideal sites , not as hardened as you wish them to be. Not to mention your ongoing costs to maintain disparate facilities would make your business unsustainable.
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  1387. You meant , ugly vertical fortresses. With condo dues. And you still have to get out of yiur gates for the morning walks.
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  1388. So the writing is in the wall for Armenians. They will be exporting emigres. That is news worth reading for a real estate man. Thaaanks Peter.
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  1389.  @dizzug4058 Americans are hooked on the same drug….instant gratification. They did not have the patience with Jimmy Carter , why would they vote for a phony and bland Hillary ?
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  1390. Biden’s foreign trade policies are a Trump’s copy and paste. With a gentler face and a back slap.
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  1391. You better to step up on the troll factory. Or your boss won’t keep you around for long. And Africa ain’t aCity. It is a continent . You’ve been playing hooki on Geography classes , haven’t you ?
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  1392. And do what there? Housing demand follows growth economic activity.
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  1393. They are carving out their niche with municipalities. Which is nice. Good for them. Just stay free and clear from failed cities and counties , or you will be in line to collect on overdue performed contracts. Chicago Miami San Francisco Los Angeles And do your diligence on those city issued bond ratings. Get your crushed data from Bloomberg.
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  1394. Sato is right. True, Japanese companies decision making is by consensus and seniority. He is toeing the line. No Carlos Ghosn antics here. In Japan , you don’t rock the boat. You row the boat in unison. The World isn’t North America , nor Europe. If you take Eastern Asia out of the equation , only a quarter of the world stands to get uniform electrification to met the demands to fuel EVs. Once you solve hydrogen transport and processing , then you can repurpose traditional fuel stations to pump hydrogen. No costly teardowns. Brazil has some serious and funded Hydrogen Plants in the works. The world outside America has no space for strip malls. Hence no place to drop EV charging stations. Curbside EV charging stations would be abused, just as ones planted in high rise basement garages.
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  1395. Lex Luthor is eavesdropping in our exchanges. Creepy.
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  1396. What tenants ?
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  1397. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1398. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars. Btw Jimmy Carter openly criticized Israel while in office. Between a non interventionist policy and supporting Israel, he has to pick his poison. Leave Israel for Lula, the Brazilian President. Who has no skin in the game.
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  1399. The Portuguese legends were horribly synched and under explained. Please correct. You are doing injustice to the making of fine crafted pool cues.
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  1400. London is the financial center for money laundering. Not the financial center of the world.
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  1401. He was worse than Reagan on teleprompters. The man is unfit for the job.
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  1402. One has to live and study a host country before they spout their opinions. He is out of his debt on Brazil. I like him , but no consultant is perfect.
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  1403. Lots of Syrians and descendants in Brazil. This is what the Danes ought to do…… Strike a deal with Brazil. Syrians + cash considerations + favorable trade terms= Syrians in Brazil. Just like in Baseball trade. Trade players , cash consideration , and a PTBN The cash needs to stay with the ladies so they can have a head start in their new adopted land. If Brazil is not a taker ( shame on them ) , then your next dial to Canada. Get it done. These poor women need a chance to make their own future . Hijab or no hijab , they are to be valued by their virtues. Married , widowed or single , they will be highly coveted by their industriousness, their desire to belong , and by plenty of marriage minded males. 😊
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  1404. I love Angela Merkhel for what she became and represent. But Putin speaking German , and Angela Merkhel being from East Germany , he might’ve sweet talked her and German businesspeople. Got to remember, German agribusiness was seriously vested into Russia . And Germany was hooked into Russian gas.
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  1405. You got that right.
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  1406. Would that be Dwight Einsenhower ?
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  1407. You look better just as bald. I know it is your merch , but your facial structure lends better for baldness than most anyone else.
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  1408. Do you have the faintest idea of what cost to fit a mechanic with information & diagnostic tools to make it happen ? Who is going to bankroll the mechanic , by the way ? Pie in the sky idea from a fool.
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  1409.  @rwhunt99  subscriptions cost money , lots of it. And there are staggering initial costs to buy equipment. And then there are parts inventory. Because no shipper is going to be liable for theft at the doorstep on FOB. Techs make money servicing several makes and models. That is what generates turnover for the shop he is working under. And then you need a plant, which has to comply with EPA. As I said before , your concept is pie in the sky
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  1410. Even without Evo Morales , they were a surprise. The largest base of Bolivian emigres is in São Paulo , Brazil. They carried the city’s garment district on their backs , working under Jewish and Korean bosses. Were not for them , the Garment district would not exist as we see today. Check the neighborhoods of Bom Retiro and Brás.
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  1411.  @Spido68_the_spectator  no they can’t , hence the moniker hostile takeover. When a corporation is controlled by shareholders , not taking the highest bid for its stock is akin to inflicting damage upon the shareholder class. These shareholders can in turn sue through class action litigation against the executive suite and board of directors using the company as collateral.
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  1412.  @middleagebrotips3454  In theory it works. In real life , it does not. A 51 voting right grants the federal government the rights to name its executive board. Political appointees are not known for their business acumen. In fact many are inept. This is one of the many instances cronyism festers. On the flip side activist investors , takeover artists working with OPMs can be disruptive to the welfare of corporations.
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  1413.  TheMarcosvolta  and you clearly do not know how to argue or answer questions. Your atitude is very condescending .
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  1414.  @aycc-nbh7289  that is one way to look at it. Otherwise it is hard to control who owns what. Proxies are made for that. The best way about stemming this tide is to stipulate ironclad rules of equity percentages and differentiated stock voting rights. Far from perfect , but that is what is called for.
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  1415.  @arkamukhopadhyay9111 you are not accounting for proxies. True Trojan horses.
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  1416.  @aycc-nbh7289  well done. But remember , you have two distinct paragraphs in your answer. Cut in half. Thanks , nonetheless.
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  1417.  @Spido68_the_spectator  you meant roses. Going further , Most publicly held companies do maintain an investor’s relation department. It is a nice way to get someone to suck up to institutional investors. It ads no value whatsoever to how a company is ran. Just added dead weight. But it shields the executive suite from putting up with the idiots on Wall Street, and shareholders.
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  1418. Hear what ?,, YouTube is alphabet. Most global media is still in its infancy. Except for Al Jazeera , the Aussies , Americans , British , still dominate the game. The rest are copycats. The Germans are evolving , as they are the less hyped from the bunch.
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  1419. Mc Donnell had plants all over St Louis Missouri.
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  1420. It reminds me the Bolshevik revolution started over a never ending war and famine. History repeats itself again.
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  1421. They did as advertised. I do not see your points. Union bashing huh ?
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  1422. In São Paulo , Brazil, your omnipresent weekly neighborhood farmer’s market ( a.k.a. Feira Livre ) features late arrival retail customers. These markets operate from 6-7AM to 1PM. These savvy buyers come for end of the market bargains, known as “xepas “. You can haggle on price or quantities as vendors become desperate to move items off their stalls , hence cutting losses to next day spoilage and not having to haul back unsold cargo. On the US , if I was a baker, or ran an eatery , I would be backing a truck at the grocery store loading docks on a regular basis to get my hands on expired merchandise. There are no expired labels on what goes in my freshly baked loaves. And I would save plenty money on procurement.
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  1423.  @Threshk  Do as the Brazilian emigres do. Rotate beds in the bunker.
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  1424.  @vitalys9986  it takes a time lag to catch up.
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  1425.  @scottpetty4568  trends take a time lag to catch up between cause and effect. Give it time.
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  1426.  @scottpetty4568  they switched alliances and rethoric from pro China to pro America rather quick.
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  1427. HOA or Condo Associations might be ruled by boards , but they do hold regular monthly meetings, where condo owners are formally invited to participate . I am pretty sure , when the super and the elected board came up on meetings on items within the common areas that needed repair and upgrades , the members adamantly objected. This is a very common trend amongst condo buildings with a substantial elder population , all on limited incomes. That is what deferred maintenance does. It costs a lot more down the road. And now , Florida boasts the highest bid rates on roofing, so they are paying abnormal bid rates to get it fixed, if they use asphalt shingles. Also , to meet safety mandates , the condo association will need to parse out the assessed costs towards owners. So you have a rate jump that can last 1-3 years, until the costs are fully recovered. And with the increase in assessed property values , higher property taxes increase as well.
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  1428. Too son to call a miracle. Anything said now is crapshoot. Besides Elvis has stopped making some payments.
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  1429. He is a company men. What else would you expect him to say ?
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  1430. Because rice, beans, plaintains , chicken , and longaniza. They eat better than Cubans.
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  1431. It does. US consumer spending fuels imports from the world over. There is a reason why Chinese industrialists are setting up plants in Mexico to circumvent duties and join the NAFTA parade.
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  1432. All of it comes to no surprise. 1. Fireworks. If there was one thing they used to be good at , it was pyrotechnics. Not anymore. 2. Painted pigs. All one need to see is to read FDA logs . The section covering active ingredients for drug manufacturing , which are exported to the US , is choc filled with citations . Mostly atributed to India abd China. Thoroughly documented in these citations there are hundreds of notices on how Chinese and Indian drug companies fudge logs , have broken lab equipment unserviceable for months , fail to follow recommended SOPs , use tap water ( India and China lack quality sanitized water from their water authorities ). 3. This spray mania is catching on. Crop fields, livestock , what else might come next ?
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  1433.  @jacobgordon7998  the click bait title is akin to the old newspaper clipped or visibly laid out at the newsstand where by passers would poke their noses. First page was meant for headlines as to induce newspaper impulse sales. If you take New York dailies as templates , the Post, Newsday would abuse of this gimmick far more than The NY Times. Itis all good. After all , the YouTube format does not provide enough space for context , or what is in that video. You see the headline and click through until you realize the content is not up to snuff. The more patient ones will sift through the comment section for nuggets.
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  1434.  @coops1992  no it does not, to your surprise and perceptions. May I enlighten you then …. Brazil is a neutral non aligned trading partner , this going back towards the 60-70’s. We get away with it as the US have a lot of vested interests in Brazil , so we can play the rebel spoiled child. We do not toe the line with Washington on Foreign Policies. With regards to Canada, there are some Canadian interests in Brazil. We squirmish with Canada on some trade ( we bought Bombardier train carts but we battle against them on Embraer’s markets for mid sized airplanes ). Brookfield has a large commercial Real Estate holding in Rio - São Paulo, building residential , and managing commercial real estate, plus they engage in a lot of infra structure mega projects competing against the Chinese ). . Aluminum smelting and power generation also used to be run by Canadians. Who we trade mostly nowadays. China. Grain and meat exports. Steel ore. Coal. Import consumer electronics and some automobiles. Chinese automakers are supplanting wanning US automakers by opening up assembly plants. Russia. For a long time we canibalize our potash production to the point of compromise our local production, to rid ourselves from toxic pollution. So for those and other minerals , we are still dependent on Russian exports. Iran. They buy a lot of beef from us. When Bolsonaro , on his Trump suck up diatribe went out to insult Iranians , our bankrolling Agri Business lobby told him to shut up. He toned down. They actually , from press accounts , buy more beef from US than the US does. The US. We buy a lot of lifestyle services and consumer brands from them. There is not a single shipment derived from this. All in royalties . We move a lot of beef , concentrate OJ among other lesser known commodities to the US. In fact , our food industrialists are in deep cahoots with DC lobbyists , buying up American food conglomerates , grazing land . US Auto manufacturing is on its way out, thought. Mexico. With NAFTA in its backpocket , Mexicans went out to stitch billateral trade agreements. As result of that , Mexicans made more damage to our auto assemble plants than China , Korea or Japan combined. India. They are foes. When Lula broke medical patents for humanitarian reasons , Indians capitalized huge upon us. They thrive and flood the country with substandard generic drugs , albeit we maintain a decent domestic drug manufacturing industry. Our stuff never gets cited under FDA rules as Indian’s does , but our exports are limited , thanks to Indian underhanded tactics and sandbagging. We are breaking ground on the European Union trade agreements , and we do export a lot to Japan ( mostly frozen poultry ). We did barter deals , Iraq being a case in point , in recent past. Before the Gulf War , we actually traded oil deliveries against VW made Passats to Sadam’s Regime. Outside Raytheon ( SIVAM program ) , we seldom ever buy weapons from Americans. We bought fighter jets through Dassault from France , Saab from Swedes , but most of our defense manufacturing is in the country for strictly defense contracts . We do not maintain bases abroad. V
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  1435.  @Shineon83  he is smug and knowledgeable. Can’t give him credo if he never set foot in Brazil. Consultants are Al alike. He is entertaining and big picture thought.
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  1436.  @ronarnett4811  I second
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  1437.  @nesseihtgnay9419 we don’t. It is just foreign crapola. We have a reputation monkey see monkey do , but we are not that bad. Brazilian culture can be quite insular.
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  1438.  @snakeplisken4119  Maybe. There is a lot of illegal smuggling of hardwood into US ports. Have you ever been to Brazil lately ? Sounds to me you are talking from the hip , otherwise.
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  1439. Get the median salary from other sources , add 10% over and submit to them. If they can’t meet your terms, then make yourself unavailable. Escorts ( call girls ) do this all the time. There are plenty willing Johns to take them on asking rates.
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  1440.  @samanthahardy9903  I see. You are not a 1099. But there are pimps, madams, and brothels. They take a percentage for protection against johns and all the legal issues with soliciting and pandering. And client selection . You need to trade your time for a paycheck, fringe benefits , and stability, and a work environment you are comfortable with. I get it. The point I made was … if they are going to ask you for upfront work, then ask for upfront retainer. Prostitutes ask upfront money to get the conversation going. There is , before a sexual act. Cab drivers take you around on a metered ride. Outside the Metro Limits , say 25 miles , it is a flat rate , and it is money up front. The point of asking upfront money is to evade scammers and cheapskates. Even contractors do this ( 50/50). I would suggest you to catch a few videos on Mad Man. Specially involving Don Draper (Conrad Hilton meet ) , Peggy Olson ( shaking money from Roger on a Friday afternoon for weekend campaign work on Mohawk Airlines ). There are some nuggets there. Sometimes you have to push these Freddie Freebies over the cliff. And you will land your dream job , if you get bold. Trust me.
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  1441. Working as a Secretary of Labor under Clinton has made wonders to your perspective and outlook on Capital x Labor . Many others who might’ve taken the same job would not suit up for your information crusade. Yes , this is after the fact, but at least you took the soap box to clear up the air. Between that and Academia you are putting your knowledge to good use. You deserve the kudos. And for as any money that trickle from your videos , at least you are reinvesting into the editing, and paying someone to do it ( although, I yet to see any pop up on your videos, guess corporations hate you ). Just please no sponsorships or merchandise sales. Your format is perfect. You may be little in stature , but you are a giant in willpower and inner motives. Keep climbing in your soap box.
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  1442. Mislead. Not misleading.
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  1443. Well, jail time.. hard to fathom. Ostracism , yes I will take it. He is emboldened by his support base, hard core zionists. And those dollars wired year in and out. And his shopping spree on US made weapons. It is a racket, and he is the master racketeer.
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  1444. A legal recourse , after you were a victim of malpractice, is a moot point. You already bear the scars of a poor outcome. Now, a legal resource against over billing , that might just force you to file for bankruptcy. Never mind the lawyers. Your health and your pocketbook is all it matters. Lawyers is what has made the US Health Care Industry expensive in the first place.
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  1445. All that green energy won’t meet the demand’s the US economy needs. I heard there is a lot of green washing in California’s green energy sources. Hillary Clinton lost her bid , but she could at least leave the folks working in the WV mines alone. But she chose to bash these poor working folks for her political gain. Some people have no empathy.
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  1446. You still haven’t got out of the supermarket , Dude. Try out the farmer’s market. There you can order your cereals and beans to go in a brown paper bag. Or plastic bag. Oh wait, I forgot. Americans seldom shop at the farmer’s market.
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  1447. The editorial content of these shows is already abusive. Dangle the prize carrot to non unionized guild actors over some repetitive winner takes all race . What did they expect when these producers signed in ? Fairness ? This is a dying format anyways. . Fight fairness on content for streaming , where there is growth, and the labor abuse is far worse.
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  1448. Third paragraph means to “ non unionized pretending to be actors over a winner takes all rat race. “. Apple text editor is the pits.
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  1449. This is a shakedown from the Chisox ownership to lower rent and property tax levies , the latter carried by the tenant ballclub. Nothing more to it. That and add the low turnout at the turnstiles, provide enough motivation for this sordid ploy. They got their new ballpark , some ball mall, therefore is is not a landmark , nor has historic character. They have a poorly located real estate ( by a highway and parking lots ), and want to copy what Atlanta accomplished moving over to Norcross so they can capture revenue from season ticket white folks, leaving faithful black folks out in the lurch. The Cubs pay the same tax rates, yet because they own the ballpark, whom they footed most of their renovation bill , they are staying put. And folks still call it Wrigley field. And the ballpark fills in its seats , notwithstanding Chicago financial woes and population flight. Thanks in part from the tourist trade. Which Chisox has no way in that revenue stream. A ploy Ladies and Gentlemen.
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  1450. Your invites come as result of you being earnest and respectful of others in many different manifestations. Your brand of documentary journalism is consistently excellent as they trust you with their inner sanctum. That is great currency. So you are allowed to see their surroundings through their lenses enhanced by your ability to paint the picture by asking the right questions. Keep on rolling and do not change a thing. And airing Saturday is just fine.
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  1451. Wrong. India generic drug manufacturers do not give away free pills. They export them for dollars. And these very same companies a repeated offenders in a number of FDA cited violations. Lack of adherence to higienic SOPs , fudged documentation, lack of purified water. . All of it on public FDA logs. Indian and Chinese drug manufacturers are the pits.
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  1452. A matchmaker. Not quite Heidi Fleiss. So she gets together with Epstein , and both scheme the racket.
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  1453. Was she having her fill of sex ?
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  1454. I got more respect for arts majors. At least they are trying to learn a skill. No being groomed for being brown nosers.
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  1455. So the “Brother “ became some “custodian “ of unsophisticated investors. These are the people , along their advisers , who do not trust banks. Not knowing banks are not places one invests money. Banks are meant to store money meant to be spent. And for a very few some, banks are O.P.M.s.
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  1456. Money does make one uncultured. You can buy noveau rich culture. That is the root of the problem. Chinese , Mexicans ( they too drive sports cars and were loud ) they all behave badly when flush with cash their daddies never grew up with. Culture is a generational thing. Ancient China had culture. The commies just choose to wipe it out , and they still do ( Northern China )to detriment towards the Han Majority. Your US Chinese Expats are mostly Han from China’s coastline. And be reminded post war Americans were once loathed the world over for their spendthrift , loudness , and lack of manners. Overpaid , oversexed , and overhere, so said the British during and past WWII. At least, in Brazil , they brought the two piece bikini to Rio’s beachfronts , which we managed to shrink. Now try to go to a Chinese beachfront and watch Chinese women and man sunbath. Yeeeehwwee, disgusting.
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  1457. A Hilux means he does not live Stateside. Recharging service stations are not everywhere.
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  1458. A collection of me too morons. The builder bailed out .. Fine . Finish up your unit on your own. And then pool the money amongst dwellers - owners and put together money to install elevators , and to afford an elevator monthly service contract. And then do your own place. Geez. Communism made people dumber , and capitalism did not make them any smarter. Stop pleading misery m for chrissakes. !!!!
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  1459. Don’t blame Reagan for your ills. He gave you exactly what you wanted without you having to pay for it while the good times rolled. You wanted Jimmy Carter out. You got it. You wanted de regulated industries. It started out with Jimmy Carter. You thought Union bosses were corrupt. The Gimpy did the dirty work for you. You wanted to profit in the equity and bond markets , you had it. You applied for that well paying job with a defense contractor , they hired you. Americans got their slice of instant gratification pie. Now it is time to pay the piper.
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  1460. He has immunity. Same as Castro had. No DA is going to touch him. Wishful thinking.
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  1461.  @dianehall4959 Brian Mulroney ?
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  1462. In four years. Some “Reagan Revolution “
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  1463. Brazilians do not grasp what actually is a Ponzi scheme. For them , any get rich quick scheme is a pyramid scheme. For America pens, at least the ones who understand thr baseline essentials , a pyramid scheme is a multi level marketing scheme. Like selling Amway Soap and toiletries. The money isn’t in soap. It is in moving up people in the chain by recruiting other. The profit is in “ selling the method “. What they see as a pyramid scheme is what we call Ponzi scheme , where you take money from an unsuspicious investor and pay him out with the proceeds garnered from other “investors “, without ever having invested the money. Ask anyone there who is Charlie Ponzi, or Bernie Madoff , no one will know who they are. And those aforementioned fleeced American and European Investors. It took a financial analyat with a degree of competence in Math to pick up on Bernie. Harry Markopoulos.
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  1464. The same MG controls the making of London taxicabs. MG is a wholy owned subsidiary. China’s crown jewel is BYD.
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  1465. Interesting. I always thought the Federal Reserve conditioned the trade of any local currency for dollars tied to the Buyer’s Central Bank purchasing US Debt. I know US Sovereign Debt purchases only accounted for a fraction of bond sales. The other came from US institutional buyers, US investors , and the Federal Reserve.
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  1466. Unions can provide on the job training. Along with trade schools. What you are alluding to is called mecatronics.
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  1467.  @outkast40 UAW is the union get used to it.
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  1468. It must be a flood policy on the condo association. Which is kicked up to condo owners to chop in and pay up. So, 10th, 15th floor , it won’t matter. The policy is to cover common areas such as basement garage, if any, lobby, lawn, elevator shaft. Most likely.
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  1469. I meant to say , to chip in and pay up. Complain all you want, that comes with living in Florida.
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  1470. I liked Harry Markopoulos analysis better. He made a couple interviews on DP/20 , on this very YouTube , that are a wake up call. Peter knows squat about financial analysis. Harry does.
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  1471. Mr. Zeihan …..There are a few others that can set the wheat from the chaffe as you do. Your outline is big picture perfect , punctuated with facts. Yet…. Your pace of speech is a tad to fast. Try relaxing a bit. I would suggest you getting a foldable tripod , your camera tripod , so that you can deliver your keynotes in a more relaxed and paced stride. And you wander your eyes sideways. Try some effort in maintaining eye contact to your camera. Unlike Ronald Reagan , a teleprompter guy , you do a lot of your short takes in an improv way. Which is telling how versed you are on your subject matters. But folks loved Reagan because he talked to them, not at them. Give it a try.
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  1472. No, you can vote with your arse. As for getting your arse out of America.
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  1473.  @jasonhaven7170  I do not see it. In my 39 years in the US and beyond my departure , negros are still treated as second class citizens , harassed by law enforcement , huddled into HUD programs for housing , denied access to better loan terms on financing their homes , and are a substantial part of the prision population amongst incarcerated males. In Brazil, equality has been making strides since the 70’s. We do not have negro riots on the streets. They have access to public health care as anyone. And housing , we do not need “Fair Housing Laws”:because housing isn’t unfair. We do not grant section eight vouchers. They need , as anyone else, affordable housing , they get the loan terms they can afford through Caixa Econômica Special Programs. And overwhelmingly , law enforcement ranks are made of negroes. The negro problem that persists is more of social class than racial, and its burden is felt throughout all . All there is is a persistent stigma on race and color , and outside Africa ,nevertheless country has it. No one can claim higher moral ground. You picked the wrong topic .
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  1474. Where all the money to support Israeli defense comes from ? From Israel Tax Levies ? The pro Israel US Congress caucus makes sure billions of dollars are sent in year in and year out to Israel. No the US has no military base in Saudi Arabia , right ? And fighter jets are expensive.
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  1475.  @ismailbulshale9883  Spain is under a severe drought. And Portugal has become expensive. I hear Israeli individuals are buying large plots of land on Patagonia.
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  1476. Maybe some bored gopniks da ?
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  1477. Granted it works doesn’t that makes you a little too paranoid ?
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  1478. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out.
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  1479. How many states domicile processing plants of named companies in these anti trust law? If forty out of fifty file lawsuits , then there is a compelling reason for these corporations to back off. Also notice they were sharing wage pay scales amongst themselves. We’re they sharing rates paid towards their contract growers as well ? All of that implies they are geographically closer to one another. Processing poultry , pork , or beef isn’t a career choice where employees from a diverse geographical pool jump ship for a higher pay rate. So that leaves very few states with consolidated processing plants.
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  1480. A lot of green washing in California. Nowhere near 50% comes from Renewable sources. A lot is actually from thermal plants. Once you hit a certain percentage , it is deemed green. And it can be billed to the general consumer as green. California Insider brought in an utility export who went over this.
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  1481. Not quite. To some level minded folk, it rubs the wrong way to a foreigner with no skin in the game interfering in their domestic affairs. It is akin to one try to give parenting lessons to parents on how to rear their own children. It does not take a dignitary to see it through. It’s called meddling on other people’s affairs
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  1482.  @GlobuloBranco  o que explica meias sentenças e horrível comando do idioma inglês . Porém, o fórum foi iniciado por um canal de mídia australiano. Nada mais adequado do que se expressar em inglês. Afinal eles tem que praticar em algum lugar.
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  1483.  @Kelbercosta777  eu não. Fale por si só.
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  1484.  @Kelbercosta777  1. Brazilian with N , not M. And in capital letter. 2. And Brazilians as a whole is not a representative quantification. If you want your retort to have some weight , try something such a as “ The Majority of the Brazilian Population does not side with the …..( whoever is your disaffected persona ) “.
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  1485.  @liloxd123  you need help. With your sentence construction. Your plea reads like the shout from a Guatemalan peasant . There is no substance on what you just wrote.
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  1486.  @evertonrodrigues5988  Ok Red Skin … who your tribe suports ? Haw.
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  1487.  @fabianadefreitas2365  absolutamente. Porém a crença em um Messias é um direito constitucional do Brasileiro , assim como telenovelas , o pastel de feira ( aos Paulistas ) , e o palpite de botequim.
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  1488.  @cleanup8984  Lefty is the nickname to a Mob Hitman. And how do you know he is a lefty ? Have you seen him spanking the monkey ?
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  1489.  @Kelbercosta777  e apenas uma correção de frase. Eu não sou jurista ou advogado para julgar os atos de tal juíz. Ou tomar partido . Mas fica patente que os detratores aqui adoram um drama. De novelas bem escritas na década de 80 , caímos para dramalhão mexicano. Que horror. E é claro , vejo o Sr Musk pelo que ele é. ..opportunista e arrivista que age conforme seus interesses , indiferentemente aos outros. E arrogante. Brasileiros achavam que Bill Gates era um visionário. O mesmo Bill Gates que está no livro de um proxenetismo e prevaricador , por ter sexo com menores de idade. As pessoas aqui tem uma noção superficial de valores.
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  1490. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  1491.  @fabianadefreitas2365  a briga tem motivos ulteriores. Nada mais do que grilagem disfarçada de libertarianismo. Elon está de olho em sequestrar créditos de carbono para eventualmente os trocar por direitos de posse. Água , florestas , recursos submersos. Em troca oferece uns trocados a municipalidades desesperadas. Whitney Web tem isto bem explicado. Leia e assista o que ela declarar. Há uma ótima entrevista dela no Jimmy Dore show.
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  1492. Africa and Eurasia were mostly seen as a piggy bank for future withdrawals by superpowers. Only that the Chinese leaders figured out risk against opportunity , and went all in. After all , they have no one to answer but their own cadre. Most investments in Africa through loans are seen as at 100% risk by Western Powers , and therefore not underwritten. Only small scale token humanitarian projects with sunk money by agencies and non profits such as U.S. AID and you Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In South America , after the British left , much of the basic infra structure projects were bankrolled directly by local governments , and some IMF loans. Once the roads were paved , the lights went on ( matter of fact early investments in electrification in São Paulo and Rio were made by Canadians ) , and water & sewer came in , that is when Americans and Europeans started to get funding for the region through direct investments and approved loans. So don’t expect Other People’s Money ( even Eximbank ) to come any soon and bankroll your initiative. The Portuguese bankrolled themselves in Angola and Mozambique and lost all of their sunk investments there. You need to knock other doors for funding. The French got smarter, as they granted independence to their former colonies without a fight , but managed to get all African currency under French Bank Deposits and Stewardership. And now , with China rolling in , their leader goes to China to appease Chinese leaders and keep their little racket intact.
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  1493. Good thing for Brazil. The Banco do Brazil’s stock and trade is Agro Financing. And with commodities pricing outlook , well the near future is rosy.
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  1494.  @guncoservicesllc6921  there are a few. Bunge y Borne , Cargill , Arch Daniels. I would not rule out the evil defunct Monsanto, now Bayer. Honestly , soybean is a plague in so many ways. There places in the world where civilizations draw vegetal proteín from healthier choices.
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  1495. Whitout denying the crimes he has been charged with , it is very unlikely he winds up serving time for them, imho. He might end up being forced to plea guilty to some charges , lose his political rights to serve office , maybe being striped of his presidential pension. As bad as he was, these indictments have some political ulterior motives, some witch hunt. He made a lot of enemies, and some of them want to make sure he is gone for good. Which if one considers what his business owes to Deutsche Bank , these charges will be small potatoes. He better have some money stashed overseas , as there is no greater humiliation ending up poor and destitute , as for someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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  1496. No steady cam gents. My bet he just asked one of his your groupies to tote the camera and then gave her a few bucks for the time. Notice on previous videos he held the camera at arm’s length.
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  1497. Good point. But there is also the law of diminishing results. Toyota is going with Hidrogen. Which is far more feaibkd outside North America.
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  1498. Some people seek work as a way to get paid for it . Some people merely seek being in the payroll.
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  1499. Who is the idiot to figure Nebraska needs a solar panel field ? That ain’t the sun belt. It is the rust belt. Americans are such a dupes.
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  1500. Mahindra, Case , Fiat Allis , Massey Ferguson.
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  1501. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  1502. He is not showi,h results on spending cuts. He is just not paying bills coming due.
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  1503. Loved your semantics. Someone ought tell Louis to go to law school.
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  1504. Roadshow for greenbacks. And no, he won’t take US bonds.
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  1505. Daddy wanted him to get serious about work and stop wasting their family fortunes on a playboy.
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  1506. And you need to slow down on barbitúrics. Way too much drama honey.
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  1507.  @joseluispcr  your English needs polishing . As for China , it is called the Big China Firewall. Which can get bypassed through VPNs.
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  1508. @ligaoeste101 A Venezuela dependia de apenas uma base econômica. Petróleo. Os Bozos foram brincar com os Irmãos Koch , que são os únicos a refinar aquela gosma e se deram mal. Foram extorquir os dois para tornar a PDVSA um cabidao de empregos. Por aqui tentaram o mesmo com a Petrobras. Porém se deram mal. Pois a empresa tem capital aberto nos USA. E o lucro deles vem de distribuição, em sua maioria. Na época fizeram um class action lawsuit. Houve acerto de contas.
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  1509.    not had been. It I have been
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  1510. Wrong. China is a single party system. Brazil isn’t. Every idiot has the right to spout its mouth in Brazil. . In China , one boss , one system. Which as bad as it might sound , facilitates decision making. They have rail lines conecting every corner at their country. Many times at loss. Now try this in democracies like Brazil or the USA. It would never get to such point.
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  1511. Canadian invasion ..l Tim Horton’s coffee shops . Yeah , that didn’t work so well. Actually I liked their stores. The coffee was lame , but it was served in ceramic cups , not paper , at the premises. And the menu was decent. Better than Dunkin Donuts. Canadians buying beach homes in Southern Maine. .. was it Old Orchard Beach ? Those pale skinny Québécoise gals sunbathing , eeehhww What else ? Hmmm what else. .. owww yes , them Canuck’s purchasing beach homes in was it
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  1512. I actually liked Brian Mulroney. , even as he was aligned with the Conservatives. He made concessions ( Quebec ) , dealt with crisis ( Ohka Tribesmen riots ).
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  1513. It does not work in real life. After all , you don’t want brownfields on your community. So it becomes someone else’s opportunity and future problem to undertake manufacturing. Chemicals are a good example. If Union Carbide , or DuPont can’t process it at home , then an eager someone’s else will do. Apparel manufacturing , brand name makers will always subcontract to the cheapest needle around, since you want to pay the least and corporations want to maximize profits. Even in China , they are shipping their apparel making output to Etiópia. And your clothing has left China a long time ago. Nowadays is Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Bangladesh …. Not everyone can afford to have it tailored made at Saville Row. The list is endless.
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  1514.  @KratostheThird  correct. WWII. By default , when someone mentions pre war it is assumed WWII. Very often used in NYC ‘s residential buildings.
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  1515.  @KratostheThird  well, the changes were put in place during the 50’s with Ike’s Federal Highway Act. And by then , thereafter , people were all about the burbs. Wheels were set in motion then. . It you were a contrarian , you would be preaching in the wilderness. A funny observation was that the only white folks who were coming down to the city were the beatnik, artsy , and gay types, from the 50’s through the 70’s. The Contrarians and non conformists. Or being politically correct, to keep one’ s license to peddle real estate unblemished , “ The Urban Adventurers “. I once worked for this lady who ran a Real Estate Office in Somerville , MA , and back in the 70’s the white flight was already past done. No white man would dare setting foot in Boston’s Sourh End, or for that matter , any further past Back Bay. She bought a three story plus basement and attic brownstone on South End for merely $ 77,000 , where the same would fetch easy 5 million dollars nowadays. While attending college , btw. Roxbury, Jamaica Plain ( a.k.a. Yamaica Plain or Jamaica Spain ) where the equivalent to be out in the reservation. Which also applied to Charlestown and parts of Somerville ( along Highland Avenue ). Cambridge and Somerville became The Communist Republik of Cambridge. The South End became “ colonized “ by gays and artists at first. And then the yuppies in the 80’s moving away from Back Bay. Right now Jamaica Plain is highly coveted by folks in the health care , leaving lesbian couples, and the artsy fartsy crowd out in the lurch ( we called Hyde Square as Dike Square ). Even in the 2010’s you crossed the wrong line ( the Orange ) in JP , you where in gangbanger territory. And never mind Roxbury or Dorchester , so domesticated nowadays. Back then it was the Hood. Which is at odds to the fact there were large Victorian residences with fenced lawns. I always though , these negros have so good and have no idea. Moving to the burbs , that was insane.
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  1516.  @KratostheThird  they say Detroit is coming through a reinassance
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  1517. Thx. Jeep used to have a plant there too.
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  1518. This is how it always starts.
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  1519. First of all. Stop that nonsense of Brazilian sugarcane to be the magic pill to corn low yield crop for fuel. Every time a corn as fuel discussion starts , some Brazilian homer has to chime in, as if they had their magic juice. Sugar cane is already harvested in Louisiana and Florida. And Cuba. And it is water thirsty. And you can expand to Mississippi , if soil permits. It takes clay soil to make it work.
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  1520. Are you on the payroll or on the take? . Or do you work for one of these tech companies ? Drinking on company koolaid huh ?
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  1521. Did not VOX run a featured video on the lady Tree of New York ? So what would take Phoenix’s people to actually do something about this ? Geeez. Poh poh poor me!
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  1522. Do I find it odd every interview with Australian Law Enforcement Officers , there is a very soft spoken ranking officer at the end of the microphone ? Is this common behavior there ?
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  1523. That is some very clever thinking on a get even comeback Civil lawsuits would fly out of the city’s courthouse from the “wronged parties “ , but your point is worth examining , grasshopper.
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  1524. Well…. Credit Card Joe never kissed the bride on the altar all those years of throwing his “ primaries “ hat in the ring. They finally conceded his turn , and this is what Americans get. He might as well enjoy his unremarkable time at the throne. If you have a job or contract in DC , don’t sign mortgage papers yet. This is the sign of times. Empires rise and fall.
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  1525. Lame documentary. Same experts and stock footage. Comatose . Want to make it interesting , then name names. I am out at 1:54.
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  1526. Don’t pay mind to the self repeating troll. As for your frustration , there is always the possibility to pay your dues and live abroad. There are 9 million Americans doing so , and if you discount base personnel , it still accounts for quite a lot of Americans.
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  1527. Try to find little things in life that will lift you. Enjoy life as you have it.
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  1528. That is a pipe dream. The more square footage you can lay panels , the more photovoltaic power is generated. That is what a home roof is for.
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  1529. Free charging stations have been a way for EV manufacturers named Tesla to bait car buyers into buying their vehicles. Once you’re in , eventually “free” will give place to metered rates. . Utility companies already change power consumption rates based on supply and demand. This being an industry that failed to deregulate to allow competition. Yet charging station networks are not regulated like utility companies , just as much as you don’t see fuel stations having fuel prices being regulated. The charge by usage EV networks are already losing money on their rates. So don’t act surprised if all of the sudden you are paying just as same as your gas pump refuel for a recharge that takes a lot longer to get it topped off. Oh, and by the way, Elon will also sell you the recharging the battery pack, the charging connectors , and will mark up on converters and private label solar panels. All for your inconvenience at the recharge stations . On a side note , California green sourcing utility bills are a straight lie. They go out and buy all the power generation need , but a token percentage on green power , from Gas and Coal fired power plants. You’ve been had.
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  1530. Hey Peter ..,. Seen this one lately ? Fresh out of the oven. https://youtu.be/plHRRFHZ_f0
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  1531. Your speech and narrative are simple to understand and clear. You master the fundamentals very well. Not poetic. But no Stock footage , and the shots and you narrative blend well. I am not sure if we are witnessing América’s decline, but you have gone plenty places, enough to paint your picture. In the past , we could see the worst in América through the pen of Upton Sinclair, Steinbeck and others. These days through the lenses of vloggers. Keep on working your craft.
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  1532. Life ain’t fair. And wars ain’t pretty. At least Germany came out strong and Democratic after this ordeal. And better than other countries. And you had Merkhel , when others had Bozos running office. As far as tacking flack for Lampooning the Israeli leadership , everyone else gets the same treatment.
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  1533. PDVSA , the Venezuelan oil company , is beholden to Chinese sunk money.
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  1534. A disclaimer would be nice. None of such happened.
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  1535.  @0x0michael  yes I did. And for that matter anyone who knew Hillary’s act would. And over the second term I would vote Republican , only if William Weld won the primaries. Which he didn’t. In case you are oblivious to , Bill Weld practiced Constitutional Law, was a tightwad , and ran office in Massachusetts for two consecutive terms cleaning up the Dukakis fiscal mess. A fiscal conservative who respected civil rights. And I voted twice on Obama , who turns out to be nothing short of a demagogue and a messenger boy for the establishment . Just ask Flint MI residents on the tainted water crisis. Or the folks at the gulf when the BP spill came to happen. And btw , I knew Trump was a crook. And if you are to claim Trump was beholden to the Russians , let me remind you Bill Clinton was entertaining Chinese businessmen for dinners at the White House. Not Chinese Government envoys. Businessmen. Let me remind you the number of folks who “ committed suicide” and were part of the Clinton’s inner circle. The Monica Lewinsky scandal was merely a diversion while Bubba was selling classified secrets. American Presidents do no run the show. Special interests do.
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  1536. He is making a lot grandstanding noise. We’ll see. And the economist being an interviewed is a homer. Some peepsqueak in a suit with a job. Seriously Mr. Stossel, you could find a better subject. Former two term Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso quashed a runaway inflation in triple digits quietly and without the fanfare. And he was not an economist. Using almost the same measures as Miley promised to implement. Miley promised the sellout of state run companies. So far, he admits he might not be able to accomplish it as the courts and congress will stall him. Fernando Henrique did stabilize the local currency, which became the real. The US dollar in Brazil is tradeable but never became the everyday legal tender. The only promise Fernando Henrique made under his electoral campaign was to strengthen the Democracy. Every other improvement was accomplished and coordinatet through compromises and incremental and timely fixes. We will see.
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  1537.  @ShaggyRodgers420  the same people who will fund wars for mining land grab. Or do you thing they were fighting for the freedom of Afghsmnid at a two trillion dollars clip ? And all of that end run on carbon credits with satelite monitoring in Latin America by Elon and his PayPal mafia is for the “ betterment of the world “ ?
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  1538. ⁠ @sport2175  don’t assume electricity rates are going to be as affordable as they might .. Assuming critical mass adoption gets under way , utilities ( and by extension charge networks ) will increase rates to meet capex expansion demands. And not at generating. Transport capex cost eill eat up most of three earmarked spending. And less fossil fuel usage means a shrunk tax base. Whose shortfall will need to be made Itu elsewhere. They will get creative all right. Recycling fees on your electrical billing , taxes. And since you cannot simply do a fuel,station hop for a cheaper gallon , you will “ spread your cheeks “ soon or later. Give it time. It’s coming.
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  1539. The point is valid. You would need to provide examples.
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  1540. When you are ill, you have short temper and no patience to play nice. Hence Putin’s treatment to his subordinates. He knows enough how it works , and he no longer contemplates making nice to get things going. He is running out of his own time.
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  1541. On second thoughts … I like her drybsense of humor.
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  1542. That “ Putin claims Russia is not able to produce something of value itself so they steal what they can themselves “ is a hit on the screws. You could not say any better. Their economy barely produces any wealth , other than what is gathered from the ground , so they steal whatever they get from mining. I may add… They squandered whatever dividend they acquired from the Soviet Subsudized schooling, and now they are falling way behind. Perfect.
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  1543. Importing fruits mean … 1. Making it more expensive. From a fewer supply sources. 2. Forcing harvesting way before ripening. That affects nutritional characteristics of the fruit. 3. If you are wholesaling from the East Coast, it means It has to go through Delaware. Not flown in. It means by Sea. Midwest through NOLA. That throws the costs per unit all over the place. 4. Fruit will become a luxury item brought in by monopolies. Some of which are consolidating overseas.
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  1544. True. But don’t forget … those buildings and roads built by Chinese firms are often built on underpriced bids , when there is a tender. And when there is no tender, as a gift , they are built with the same low quality standards. As seen in other parts of the world , their builds fall apart, just look into the hydro plants they built not long ago. Cracks in the damns. As with the former colonial powers , they are buying your resources with trinkets. And giving the gift of graft to whoever is in power. Americans are not any better. Hosting lavish dinner functions at their home is just a Jane Come Latelly feeeble attempt from a come from behind player to play nice. Africans are being fleeced as usual.
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  1545. Between written posts about Hindu Indians and back healing tips , I stuck with the later.
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  1546. Like James Veetch. That could parlay into a stand up comic gig if you have the chops.
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  1547. More commodities shipped to the EEUU at lower rates. Tropical fruits , vegetable oils , frozen seafood , concentrates . South America will grant lower tariffs on imports such as pharmaceutical drugs, luxury autos , spirits.
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  1548. Don’t tell that to migrants who made it to Brazil.
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  1549. This is as close as a Journalistic scoop as it gets. And they were the first to the scene. It may not develop into anything at all, or it might grow into a groundswell. Just wait.
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  1550.  @MartinMaarva  it might be small now. Americans lost Vietnam because they ran out of funds and protests grew over time. Just like Florest wild fires. Starts small and it grows from the bush to entire deep florests.
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  1551. That is a plausible theory. But Brics has a lot of issues to be sorted amongst themselves even before they consider being sabotaged by the US dollar cartel. Time will tell.
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  1552. AIPAC money coming your way, Ms Cortez ? Noooo , that would’nt be befitting of your status as an agitator , no ?
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  1553. Pick up “ Charlie Wilson’s War with Tom Hanks and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Watch attentively. You will get the answers to your riddle.
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  1554. You made a valid point. Chrysler never spent eniugg money on product improvement. All Chrysler branded cars had awful transmissions, weak engines, and cheap finishes . And as a manufacturing assembly concern, it kept changing its suppliers year in and out, a nightmare to service and auto mechanics.
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  1555. Well… About 800,000 Americans are living permanently in Mexico. The largest contingent of foreigners living abroad , if you include military personnel , government personnel , and private sector hires plus all retirees and nomad freelancers is about 9 million , according to the Department t of State.
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  1556. Mommy is not giving baby Mosher enough attention? . Uhhh poor baby. Taking out the kids on thr yard. So brave. He is sure to get lots of attention.
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  1557. Stackable containers are storage. Not living structures.
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  1558. Bernie might be good for his district voters in Vermont. AOC might be good for her district whenever the hell it is ( Bronx , Queens ). Neither one of them belong on national politics. They have no clout , no bargaining power . They are ward politicians and district patronage is their end game. On Domestic Policy and Foreign Affairs issues , their track record is lame, a lot of grandstanding , and that is where it ends. All of that noise is about getting their PAC and soft donations money. This is an old game since the disbandment and weakening of trade unions. Who used to back Democrat ticket holders. Hilary Clinton did play the same con game . Does anyone here remember herself and hubby with “Gays in the Military “ and “ Universal Free Health Care for all “ ? Just about after hubby came out of the Presidential Inauguration. A few months pass by, and she , a Little Rock resident , got a Senate Seat through New York. Once owned by Alphonse D’Amato. Who was unceremoniously moved out before the Senatorial elections , and smeared by Playboy. All of the sudden , she gets “Don’t Ask , Don’t Tell “ for gay recruits , and not a word about free universal health care . Republicans and Democrats , fellow posters , dial for the same dollar, quoting Ralph Nader.
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  1559. And at best they are angling to get a chair in some committee. That is what their soap box politics entitled them to.
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  1560. Several agencies in the beltway , the Fed , lobbysts , pick your poison.
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  1561. Local utility companies are monopolies. And they are supposed to be regulated by your state’s utility commissioner or regulator. So the right pressure is on the state’s legislature. Organized. All their technical jumbo jumbo, you can teardown using someone who might have retired from their billing department. And for those solar powers “ I am free from these worries “ , your installer who holds you to a monthly or yearly maintenance contract has means to put a mechanic’s lien on your property, if you stop making payments on such contracts, so beware. Also bear the fact utility companies are building fat due to the fact they will need to upgrade their load bearing capacity against the increasing forecasted demand for EVs. And those rates will never dial back.
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  1562. Great grand entry soundtrack kiddo.
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  1563. Oh, and by the way… didn’t Pakistan had a female prime minister , Benazir Bhutto? So they managed to assassinato her, right. Ok, I get it . The country is cursed. I get it. Should take better care of your females next time.
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  1564. With all of the discontent , it is a growing trend.
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  1565. Afghanistan is a pile of rocks rich in mining prospects for any nation with strong manufacture . Americans knew what the earth held there. I would not be surprised if they sent the US survey tem there way back when they supported them against the Russians. The failed was was meant to keep in feeding defense contracts and control the country hidden riches. They have a new diversion to siphon defense funds. The new bogeyman is either Russia or China. Old foes. In time they will get around Afghanistan, if no one else beats them to it. It is a matter of time. And two trillion might sound a lot to you , but for as long as the US issued debt spigot is gushing , it ain’t a big deal for the ones with the finger at the switch. The average América pin will get shafted , though. As it is right now.
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  1566. Oh Miami , land of drug money laundering , America’s fraud capital , Latin America’s getaway for sleazy businesspeople & government officials , shady real estate brokers, swampland developers , what else ?
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  1567. Nahhh . Poster boy for AARP. He is perfect.
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  1568. They were in Texas. Why they did not make to Mexico….
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  1569. There is a reason why the Brazilian Government caps the amount of farm land foreigners are allowed to buy. Elon Musk and his PayPal Mafia are out there buying Carbon Credits in Latin America and baiting cash making an end run around Central Governments towards municipalities. So far they are getting Argentina in their pockets. They will use these carbon credits to acquire land, water rights , and other below ground riches. Whitney Webb has reported on this.
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  1570. English please. You see, you are giving ammunition to you detractor by using Portuguese. And not communicating to 99% of posters.
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  1571. If you are bashing Elon, I am with you. Him and his PayPal mafia are making end runs on Latin American municipalities with their carbon credits. Basically land grab. After led into false promises by the previous Brazilian administration , the newly elected one denied him any credits due in the future. Large landholdings, and therefore farmland and other natural resources are within the domain of the federal government. By law, they cannot be granted to foreigners. So as a spoiled child Mr Musk is, he let the cat out through his social media platform to create dissent. Called our Supreme Court judge, and the elected President , fascists. I am not sure if they are so, but I can see where his intentions lie. They are out there dangling the money carrot to plunder under the guise of “ green philanthropists “.
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  1572.  @mountainsriversandtrees1474  third world dictatorships ???? And you must be all above such in your “ first world oligarchy “ , aren’t you?.
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  1573. Never got the Globe to bring Reagan linked to the tunnel. . But again, at the outset, I was barely out of the boat. And not too soon , Teleprompter reading Reagan was on his way out and replaced by comatose Bush ( probably one of our best president in foreign policy , yet a total disaster in domestic affairs ). Regan’s idea of pork barrel was “Star Wars “, that pie-in-the-sky plan to create some aerial shield against missiles that never got off the ground . Such an hypocrite. Bush actually, in fairness, cut the defense budget , which lead to increase in consolidation and M&A s amongst defense contractors. Clinton actually capitalized a lot on the big dig, even through was not his initiative.. I remember him making a few more trips to Boston around then . Construction was at full steam and he campaigned a lot through the region, collecting campaign funds.
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  1574. Geothermal power only works in place there was once volcanic activity. There isn’t enough Kcal in the ground , outside those areas , to convert in worth while KW.
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  1575. A city ordinance can make building open parking lots more expensive. It is the equivalent of buying up air rights to build. Only then , there is no air rights to buy. Just horizontal space rights to use. The equivalent air rights , whose , Chicagoans and New Yorkers have a general notion ( specially architects ). Town officials and legislature can pass laws regulating horizontal space just as large dense metros do with vertical space. So either they tax at the permitting process or levies taxes at the built overage parking space. An exemption would be granted if the builder opts to insert garage parking underneath the building structures. So a two story retail plaza would be fitted with two stories above curbside and one to two stories under street level. The goal of these fines or permitting fees is to make more expensive than to build underneath. So builders would be forced to adjust to new building codes. And provide an additional revenue stream to our cash strapped municipalities. And if one investor is set in maintaining the existing strip mall or retail power center structure , tax him her to the point they will have to dig up parking underneath and roll a garden atop of the parking garage structure. Alternatively , provide the owner an exemption if the modifications meet city newly enacted regulations. For those not familiarized with this setup , the Boston Public Gardens , adjacent to the Boston Commons , by Arlington Street and just before Commonwealth Avenue , uses this expediency. A lush public garden at curbside level , with a pond and trees , and fee based garage parking below street level. Say a retail structure , all combined storefronts , features 20,000 sf of horizontal leasable retail space in a 100,000 sf corner lot. Let’s assume , unloading and warehousing add another 10,000 sf overall built space , between open air and walled structure. Now , the remainder 70,000 sf is taken by paved parking lot space , including your hut , charging stations , etc. You then have 70,000 of surtax space in new structures. In a grandfathered structure , you start increasing tax rates on those 70,000 sf. overages.
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  1576. General statement. Generally lower what ??? Overall Extraction costs ? Per ton Costs ? Recycling has built in costs too. You still have to drill and dig the ground to get to the mined stuff. And transport and process the unearthed stuff. And you will have to destabilize countries where the stuff is found. And exploit labor at the cheapest cost, so you can roll on your Tesla. And destroy ecosystems to pull the stuff from the ground.
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  1577.  @poppinc8145  with dwindling tax collections , give it time. Eventually they will be forced to cave in. Or become a Detroit. Even the commies in the West will have to figure out that with shrinking tax rolls , fewer programs they can milk. Between the NIMBYies and the Plutocracy at city hall , they have to see the cow udders are going to dry up and be an end to fat times.
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  1578. It happens all of the time. Maybe not at that ratio , tu it happens .
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  1579.  @UUBrahman  that is a very clever answer , grasshopper.
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  1580. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on the cheap to claim land title and deed. Him and his PayPal Mafia are making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim land rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of the evils and your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  1581. It makes one to appreciate the Russian made Lada Niva 4x4 even more. You can faukt them to slaughter Ukrainians , but they managed to buck the tends and manufacture cars that are easy and affordable to be serviced.
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  1582. Americans are so paranoid. From a former New Englander ….. Don’t be so dramatic about these hordes of migrants. Think of them as the Social Security and Medicare that will make up the shortfall for you, dad, mom, grandpa . Everyone of them. Then think about the ongoing inflation and how cheap your food supply needs to be. These are your farmhands that are being missed in Rural America. A long ago, I had a sleep through thin ice. My truck skid into my next street neighbor curbside parked car. I buzzed in to exchange insurance information. My neighbor appreciated me being earnest. His father was Russian. Me being a Brazilian. We had some conversation with his wife present. He told me ….” One day you are going to be sitting at your porch , counting your money and wondering ….who are the next ones coming down so I can take advantage of it. ? “. So take advantage of what is being given.
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  1583. In the dealership industry , when a buyer wants to trade his/her car, still with owed payments , sales and F&I staff label such prospective customers as being upside down. Anyways , it is a bad deed to buy a depreciating asset. I knew of a Dominican landlord , a retired engineer from the Boston area , who owned several multi tenant buildings. But did not own a car. We brokers would be driving the cheap bastard all over. He is rich. We were poor hustlers.
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  1584. Peter, If snow falls , then a brimmed hat is in order. A fedora , maybe. You had snow all over your bushy eyebrows. Just saying.
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  1585. And Afghanis are welcoming Chinese investment , mostly from private investors. Desolate places that look like piles of rock and sand, just about two years ago, as of now look like sprawling mini enclaves with buildings and road. I remember an Al Jhazeera documentary about a Chinese businessman saying , ….”here we will have housing , there factories and obverse there a school building. “. This right after the stationed American forces lift off from the country. One would think that man was on drugs. But then , low and behold , two years passed by, and the city he envisioned is up and running. The interesting hidden fact is …. When the Congress approved for weapons so Afghanis could fight the USSR , the US Government tied the aid to sending US survey team to Afghanistan. They found plenty under those piles of rocks. Hence the “ fight the Taliban and hunt for Osama “. They did a great favor to the Chinese who realized the country’s underground riches. Like a scorned lover who turns to the next man available , the Afghanis turned to the Chinese.
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  1586. Damn bean counters
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  1587. Yes, it is expensive to go on site and shoot video, and gather stories, and edit … True. I assume you know how awfully boring is to watch some dude yacking away Cliff Notes like verbiage on stock footage. They are a dime a dozen out there. Don’t let detractors bother you kid. You are doing a swell job. We don’t mind “ this video is sponsored by “ disclaimers and your merchandising. Whatever it takes to get it done. And quite bluntly , seldom any of us would know if you are right or wrong on the record. As long you put out quality edited material , we won’t judge. But keep it as accurate as possible , please. We take you from being a library/ map rat and we take your stuff is kosher.
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  1588. He loves to kick buckets and we love to be amused by his grittiness and in your face sarcasm. Dude has to be Greek.
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  1589. I was longing for a quip like this. I betcha it comes from America.
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  1590. It is also the only leverage workers get to regain control of the company. So be a serf to the corporate overlords somewhere else.
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  1591. He always looks tired and slow.
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  1592. The door is left ajar. Let’s us billionaires ransack the house.
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  1593. Don’t blame the unions. This was a deliberate corporate leadership at its worst. Boeing has had unions for decades, and quality is just fine.
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  1594.  @harrychu650  well , the Union collective contract is up with Boeing , and guess what’s on the table. More worker saying on how production runs.
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  1595.  @harrychu650  obviously you are not an American , and never punched a clock in America. And I have no regard for your opinions.
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  1596. Had I seen it was a two hour interview I might’ve skipped it. I did not bother to see the time mark. It is Professor Sack on the Telly, I’m listening. But then again, how often can one get a full unabridged narrative from Professor Sacks ? On a present moment world event!. Few if any can make it correct and as compelling as he does. He knows his mettle , he is disharming , has candid views , and it can be a challenge to find holes in his narrative. And Mr Carlson , well , he practiced the art of listening at its finest. No scripted interview , leaning towards the interviewee, letting the narrated answer to run its full course so to allow viewers to grasp and make sense of the subject at hand . And above all, Mr. Carlson’s tempo was impecable, he picked the junction points for a new question only when the topic within the narrative presented itself. That is how I know it was not an scripted , non adversarial interview. No one is to get anyone here. No hidden agendas. Untangling himself from Fox , in hindsight, might’ve been the best thing it ever happened to him. Give him editorial free reign , for as long as it lasts. Before , I might’ve seen him as just another talking head for the estebliahment media. Then, he might’ve become a household name, now he legitimized himself as a true journalist.
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  1597. Honey, no one cares about you being Jewish other then yourself. It’s a political rally against the slaughter of Palestines on Israeli occupied territories. That is it. Most American Jews don’t even care about Israel anymore. For generations. They might’ve visited the place at best. They have a bigger fish to fry. For them , Israel is merely a distraction. Only the elder ones have a connection. And not every Muslim goes to Mecca. Maybe once.
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  1598. On my way to NYC from New England , I often left my car in the Golden Coast. Every commuter rail train station from New Haven , before crossing NY State Line , has an open adjoining parking lot. I paid the per diem rate @ $5.00 into an envelope , dropped at the unattended Guard Check through the slot , and took my train to the city. Peace of mind.
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  1599. You do not get invites to the keynote speaker circuit by being a doom prophet. Nor be a good YouTube sub . At least the US has sorted through its deficiencies through immigration. Maybe yiu want to shed some light on China immigration. Into China. Not emigration.
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  1600. The documentary follows your pattern for excellent editing, and story telling, and subject research . And I have done a lot of business with Boricuans ( Puerto Ricans ) to appreciate them enough. I know the grim aspect of the story calls for your soundtrack choice. But being about Puerto Rico, couldn’t you insert some Salsa Música somewhere ? Jeeez Johny.
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  1601. Mr Boyle. You do not need stock footage. Actually one can turn on your video and simply listen to it. Yiur videos are as thorough and relevant as one can expect. Stock footage always comes accross as cheesy.
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  1602. That is a very interesting conclusion grasshopper. Good point.
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  1603. You paid for a lobbyist ??? Meaning someone has taken money from you to bet against the system ? The odds were never to be in your favor. I get it , you are acting on principle. It’s not what just matters for you. It’s the whole right to repair issue. The big question is , do you have the unanymous and overwhelming support of farmers to wage this battle in their behind ? And what about corporate farms ? Do you think thry will join ranks with smaller independent farmers? Against you , John Deere , their dealerships paid lobbysts , bought congressman, The Farm Bureau ….. You need to focus on smaller battles first. Win your right to repair on consumer electronics and then manage this to be carried over on other fields where right to repair. You want to win the whole war, without having won a single battle ! Stick to one battle , and then once you win it , emboldened , you move beyond your self interest. That farm bureau bureaucrat , his voice at the call, he was tap dancing in front of you the voice intonation gives it out. Only because he knows you are a vocal public figure. Out your back, he is probably backstabbing you.
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  1604. Me to. Once.
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  1605. This bank must’ve gotten squeezed on the spread between the one charged on loans , raised bonds, and the cost of new money coming in from the FED. That and their rate of default. Startups are risky endeavors , VC firms know this already. Out of a 100, 2-3 succeed , the rest are write offs. Commercial banks can’t deal with these delinquency rates. A bank named Sillicon Valley sounds like a typically chartered local lending institution. Lending to startups , with no tangible asset guarantees , well they had it coming.
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  1606. Somw engines are retrofitable. A visit to a specialized machine shop will do.
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  1607.  @aycc-nbh7289 you are forgetting Embraer. Don’t laugh. They are coming for Boeing’s lunch. And they did not get bought out.
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  1608. Your math is entirely off. Since when doping a metal substrate with an infinesimal amount can impact upon the final price of an EV vehicle ? Reaganomics. Can’t read, write, or do the math. Never mind reasoning. America at its finest.
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  1609. Never mind Lockheed this should be a market for Embraer only if they were not such whimps.
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  1610. True. They offset such risks by using some tricks. .. 1. Load balancing data traffic over MANs 2. A datacenter site with converging multiple power grids 3. Mulyihomed fiber loops from different access and entry points. 4. Wireless backhaul using private spectrum.
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  1611. Rússia is trading with China without a single dollar pegged into the exchanges. And most Chinese shipments of motor vehicles to Brazil also are not covered on dollars. Actually the Brazilian Government bartered with the Iraqui Governent pre Gulf War. Crude in exchange for VWs ( the Brazilian assembled Passat. ). Deal lasted about 3 years. It was so successful that it included , at a later date, poultry and engineering and construction. Thr Mendes Júnior contractor profiteered handsomely on the deal with damns and roads projects. Iran imports bovine meat from Brazil, actually , there are more shipments towards Iran than bound towards the USA. And Brazil imports all of the potash they can from Russia, to supports its industrial agribusiness.
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  1612. I guess you answered the question. If you have easements , then paths are doable. If not , run parallel to city auto traffic.
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  1613. Buffalo, NY was not included into this feature. That is a Frederick Olmsted city on a garden designed concept. Why ?
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  1614. It is not investigative reporting. It is his brand of Devil’s Advocate. Which is fine by me. Investigating Journalism , not even close.
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  1615. Apples to oranges. An ambulance blaring or a fire truck honking at your rearview mirror , you sure as heck will squeeze out of the way. Even under jammed gridlocks. It is called common sense.
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  1616.  @savannahsmiles1797  almost. There is always the newbie through the door who has no clue and only finds out until later . If you see most job advertisements , you will get the idea. They are crafted to get you through the door.
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  1617. Modern HVAC is a postwar invention. Which means , before WWII , American households had to resort to other means to stay cool in the summers. Architects of the old had other design tricks up in the sleeve. In the old days , heating costs were not as expensive. Which brought homes designed with higher floor to ceiling clearances and larger window frames. Just take a closer look into those old Victorian homes , and those converted factory and office loft apartments. You will start to notice those subtle differences. Turn off any A/C and slide up those windows , while standing in the middle of the room in a hot midsummer day. Yiu will realize grandpa and grandma didn’t suffer that much. And Florida , well, before air travel, only the wealthy could afford spend winters there. Catskills , Poconos, the beaches , the Berkshires , Upstate New York were people got away from the heat.
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  1618. Nor sure if any accurate. But there were these two aussies shooting footage in around Siberia. As of now. Their local mall , In Siberia , was huge , the stores were fully stocked , and plenty wandering shoppers or window shoppers. The storyline is, “ sure, we are in a war , but who cares ? “. As if the embargo made any difference .
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  1619.  @SignalCorps1 . Wrooong. Tapioca pão is made in places where consumers are not demanding. In São Paulo, and other southern states , consumers won’t touch blended stuff. They rather cheat with potassium bromide .
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  1620. A living model pushed by real estate developers into unsuspecting middle class dupes to part with their money. . And ir is not “ a living model “, it is rather “:a way of life “. And a large number of Brazilian big city dwellers still opt to live in curbside facing rowhouses.
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  1621. It won’t happen. Rather the real weighed value of these entitlements will be worth a lot less on their buying power.
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  1622. Rates up is long overdue. You can’t bankroll US Government debt without debt buyers. To entice US Treasury Securities back in the fold , the payouts on notes and bills need to have a whole lot higher yelds than what the Treasury has been issuing thus far. There is need to finance wars, social security disbursements in an already massive retirement wave , the infra structure bill. And on top of that , the imminent threat of other countries to move away from the dollar. If you can’t lift the federal tax rate ceiling , then issuing debt is the only other way. This is why you see runaway inflation. The whole talk about “ supply chain issues “ is malarkey. A few out there spread out this lie ( including the parrots at mainstream media ) , and Americans , as usual , globble it all up. Until the US Federal Government learns, as a whole, to get into the balance the checkbook mindset , see saw rates are here to stay. And Americans will be beholden to what the FED dictates. It happened in Brazil through the 80’s and 90’s. Eventually they sold the hemorrhaging parts and made balancing the budget into law. And as for that “Reserve Currency “ palaver , well , the British had it until mid 50’s . They lost it. The idea the US Dollar too can’t lose hegemony is full of holes. America needs to live within its means. Jimmy Carter , a man with purpose and principles , used to say publicly that when he ran the country. Nobody paid attention to him. Everyone bought instant gratification from Reagan and Wall Street.
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  1623.  @Collinsv8  thanks.
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  1624. Mr Carlson… You forgot New Zealand. Small faux pas.
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  1625. Good. Let’s take this to the European Union. They stood up to Microsoft on Antitrust legislation, then did the same to Apple on their proprietary power wire conector, and I am sure they would love to put a squeeze and some hefty fines on Alphabet, Inc’s underhanded money grab tactics.
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  1626. It is a well know buyer’s self justification for their purchase. Everyone has or had this moment, short of any frugal miser. Just tap your mate on the back, and softly say, …”it’s ok , I understand “. And then say no more and walk away. Yiu have just screwed with his mind.
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  1627. Mambo Jambo by just another savior in the soap box. Little wonder the US dollar won’t go away any soon, BRICS notwithstanding . Places like Argentina , with its dysfunctional economy , keeps on creating demand for the dollar. All of this amounts to Argentines enabling the American Way of Life, America’s Military Dominance.
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  1628. Quoting Ralph Nader ..,, they all dial for the same dollar. Don’t kid yourself. They all grandstand from the same soap box.
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  1629. Let the mainstream media smearing campaign begin. They could drop the poorest.
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  1630. Good point. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars. Btw Jimmy Carter openly criticized Israel while in office. See what it got him. Totally sandbagged. He went out to apologize . And these days , even the Rev Farrakhan has gone to extend an olive branch towards Israel. Between a non interventionist policy and supporting Israel, RFK has to pick his poison. Leave Israel for Lula, the Brazilian President. Who has no skin in the game and loves a pulpit.
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  1631. And you need some sort of account executive manager to go after advertisers. Someone local . If you are going to bite big projects , then stay focused in your strength as journalist. Get someone to bring in sponsors.
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  1632. You took the time to pontificate , and that is commendable. But try, for heavens sake, to space out paragraphs , will you ?
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  1633. Noticed that. I betcha he hires dominatrix women to whip and lash out on him on how much of a spineless turd he is.
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  1634. Call it the sugar candy cane home. That will annoy the newly arrived daring homeowner.
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  1635. I remember a couple old style Drugstores. One in New Bedford, MA and the other in Henniker, NH. Both had lunch counters , the prescription counter, and some merchandise. Both were inviting , fully staffed, in the city’s main drag. A visit to any chain drugstore is a surreal one. Places are bland, lifeless, dull, all share the same layout.
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  1636. Am
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  1637.  @CameronLestagez  do not blame the Japanese. Americans self destructed themselves. The Japanese just took the gift. All they needed to focus was to build better cars
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  1638.  @SkyRiver1  meanwhile the Japanese drive Kai Cars , granted to meet parking regulations in Japan , and use Kai trucks yo haul,stuff. American and their land yatchs.
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  1639.  @beckyconstantinides2546  what you just alluded to is the Law Principle of the Commons , or what is the guiding principle on Commonwealth States. Good foresigh grasshopper.
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  1640. I am surprised Embraer is not capitalizing on this to get a two isle commercial plane on blue print. The Russian and the Chinese are at it. Embraer gets rave reviews ( lord knows if is bought ) from the trade press , on their E2 airplanes. They missed out the Indian Carrier order for 500 planes , about 45 % going to Boeing, the rest all Airbus. We buy a lot of their phony generic drugs , and not quid pro quo on getting their aviation business. If Lula could only step up and those Indians were not such suck ups we could at least grab a 100:on that chunk. Embraer quality corps of engineer comes mostly from the aeronautical engineering programs at ITA ( instituto tecnológico de aeronáutica ) , and the trade folks at the floor plant , mostly from the local SENAI ( A network of Voke Schools funded by the private manufacturing sector and the Federal Governmrnt ). The middle tech rank , comes from the local polytechnic school ETEC Everardo Passos. All in the town of Sao Jose dos Campos. We should be eating Boeing’s lunch. And they have a plant in the US.
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  1641. It is widely known. There are factory built like buildings. The one in Swanee , Atlanta . Then in Charlestown Boston ( an old dairy plant converted ), One Summer by Boston is built atop of a Department Store ( Filene’s ). And then the one by the Fenway , which featured a movie theater. The reason they are highly heralded is due to the Data Center ‘s holding company aggressive marketing. And then a string of power back up generators are a dead give away. You can tell them apart easily , once you know what the tell take signs are.
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  1642. Ineffective demagogue waiting for her payout day. The well oiled health care hobby has a mountain of dollars to keep things the way it stands.
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  1643. Gosh, and Embraer does not capitalize on those Boeing “mistakes “. It was about time to have a blueprint on a two isle plane to meet the 737 series. What a blunder.
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  1644.  @ryankuypers1819  the Russians abandoned the strategy of territorial expansion after WWII by annexation and spreading the communism doctrine. Meanwhile , countries that want to lean towards Socialism , not Comunism , just social justice , were severely punished by the American Intelligenve and military apparatus. Which includes … Chile Brazil Argentina Uruguay Venezuela Panamá El Salvador Nicaragua Indochina. Burma Puerto Rico Peru Síria Lebanon Palestine Philippines Some help we get from Americans . Fighting Comunidm has been good business for the Americans. Only they dont’t stand to deal with the fracas at their very own backyard.
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  1645. They make decent fighter jets by Saab. That is one division, plus the heavy duty cargo trucks ( Scania ) GM could not destroy. Perhaps because they never had their fingers in it.
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  1646. New Hampshire collect levies by… Operating liquor stores. Lottery Revenue Highway toll roads. and towns rely on property taxes. No State income tax, though. They are doing just fine.
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  1647. Go tell dad and mom about your grand idea. Wait for the answer. They paid into the system. They want their fair share out. Americans .l.. such whinoes
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  1648. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1649. The sales is being originated in Texas. That is where sales tax would be levied . New York has no claim to it.
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  1650. Retail chain stores leaving this consumer market place is good news if one thinks through. Once retail rental rates drop then the disfranchised independents move in. Only difference then is the cashier is behind billet proof plexiglass by the door side , and valuable merchandise is no longer at the reach within the isles. That Afghan/ Pakistani/North Korean storekeeper keeps a gun within reach and he is willing to use as necessary. These are the folks who actually took up in fighting in their home country. So they have no bones about dropping a few low life thieves. Then , the protection rackets move in , to collect protection money. And, while at it, they will dabble into the debt collection business. Law enforcement also drops in, with kickback payments to either look the other way on write ups , or to do detail security work. Let’s the ole good times roll again. Again , this being San Francisco of old , then it might be a place for Dirty Callahan to come about.
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  1651. For as long as the building outdoor isn’t shown , it is fair game. Plenty videos. Just search them.
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  1652.  @myoldvhstapes  Downtown LÁ and NYC financial are not in the same league. All office vacancies aside , Manhattan is a whole lot more dense than downtown LA, whose core is in the Jewelry District. As for Luxury LÁ , there are buildings with large apartments. And then , there are the shoe box stacks. The Luxury moniker , yes , it is a stretch. But everything in the Real Estate Development world is about hype , pretense life style over selling. This is true everywhere else around the world.
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  1653. Send them to Brazil. They will not get pushed around as they do baçk home. Never mind the factory owner’s working capital. You are looking at valuable human capital. Workers , management , ownership. If they can make in the Gaza Strip, they sure as heck can make in São Paulo. Get ‘em here.
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  1654. Ouch! Mr Harris , you just opened a legal loophole to be exploited by ball players. Now, they can counter claim they bought a suplement at the counter and evade penalties and suspensions. For us , average Joes and Janes , good and sound nutrition , not found in processed food , by the way, trumps these supplements. They are key to longevity and good health. Good choice of topic, by the way.
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  1655. The eyes in that women on 1:25 . Is she fierce or what ? That is, right there, is the strength of Russia. Their women. Driven, determined, pragmatic. Poor Russian men…. They don’t stand a chance. These women will turn the regime upside down and will run the country. Give it time.
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  1656. He stating the obvious. The “Argentine Savior “ has not figured this out just yet…. Duuhhh. The Argentines are in for a serious awakening. Their economy need to export more than it can actually produce to bring in dollars that would cover enough to grease their financial system. Knowing the Argentines work ethics , their lower tolerance threshold for collective sacrifices , the fact their government are taxing exporters, I do not see it unless overwhelming sacrifices are made. Argentines could not run a right wing neo liberal Mauricio Marci out of town any sooner , they sure as heck will do away with Elvis sitting a the throne in no time.
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  1657. They won’t. You can bet smart buyers will twjebon unfinished buildings for pennies on dollar , though.
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  1658. You can use this in a civil case. Ralph Nader’s attorney got him an awarded sum agaimst then GM CEO Jim Roache
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  1659. Brazilian’s income tax system is done online. Free. No State Taxes to file.
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  1660. Louis took off where Ralph Nader left off. . The Crown is now yours Mr Rossman. Mr Nader hit 90 , he has faded , no matter how obstinate he still is. You are his heir apparent. Yiu shall be knighted.
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  1661. Just start watching and reading anything said or published by Ralph Nader. Contrary to many doomsayers profiteering from the fall of American Empire, Mr Nader’s discourse is about civic engagement and activism to regain control of America’s fate. It has been a constant in his pursuit since the late 60’s.
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  1662. Chisox ballpark is near highways , not far from public transit. Relatively safer area. They don’t call it Mall Ball for any other reason. However , It lacks the appeal of the Cub’s north side. Most of the tourist trade is on the North side. That is all. Magnificent Mile, Lincoln Park , Wriggleyville, Museums Galore, Hotels. Can’t beat it. It is not a bad neighborhood at all. Matter of fact , if you are going to call the race card , Comiskey/ Guaranteed rate is by the Irish section of the South Side. It is near the city south side. The housing projects are farther south. White Sox ownership wants white ticket holders through their turnstiles. Which is an afront to ticket paying black folks who trek to the ballpark and pay for tickets , concessions, merchandise.
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  1663. If the C Suite wanted Engineering talent , then Huntsville AL would be the place to go. Not South Carolina. It was a self serving cost cutting move without contemplating the consequences.
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  1664. Ford will be gone. GM will be SAIC, their bankroll. Ford has retreated from India , Brazil, China , Russia . Meaning no Ford Plants there anymore. They are stilling clinging to their teeth in Europe , and nowhere in Africa or Asia. And in North America , they are only making trucks and SUVs. If there is an EV Company to give Tesla a run for its money , it is BYD., from China. They are taking over Ford’s last operating plant in Brazil. Ford Motors Co has become a governmrnt subsidy whore , begging for handouts to stay put. And in the US alone, they are faced with insurmountable pension liabilities , and the Ford Motors Red Carpet Leasing ticking time bomb.
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  1665. This Kennedy , if memory does not fail me , used to run a non profit in Massachusetts , to provide heating for impoverished households in the State. I recall it was Commonwealth Energy, is something along those lines. He then swore off politics , which surprises me seeing him running for office now . Such a turn of events. I understand his position on Israel. It’s a pragmatic approach , since many of his past donnors and soon to be campaign donnors , are wealthy Jewish folk. People tend to forget that Jimmy Crow and the rise of KKK surged at the time southern landowners were given money not to grow crops, during the Great Depression. And FDR needed those Southern Democrat votes, mostly carried on a string by white landowners . As these farmers gotten their bailout money, they were not kicking down money to Negro sharecroppers working the Southern Farmer landholdings. These sharecroppers , including some whites amongst them , rebelled and organized themselves within the confines of their black churches. Eleanor Roosevelt became aware of such and pleaded her husband to right this , but he wanted none of it. He had to do the pact with the Devil to keep the New Deal from falling apart. At the time , the resistance from the Wealthy Class was formidable against the New Deal. As for Ukraine , at least he shows not to be beholden by the MIC money.
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  1666. American leaders bribed Europe and Japan after WWII with Free Trade and Militar Protection over the Seven Seas. Plus they threw in the Marshall Plan as a deal sweetener. For as long as Europeans joined Americans in their crusade against Communism. That allowed European Powers to keep their African protectorates and Latin America as a free for all. Kennedy’s plan Aliance for the Progress was meant to be an equivalent to the Marshall Plan, and yet it got quashed with his assassination. The Chinese Leaders got the playbook from Americans and were better at bribing Africans, , beyond just throwing money at some of their very same corrupt African leaders. They did their own version of the Marshall Plan. They actually committed to infra structure projects. So African leaders are now wined and dined by Americans , will take the free ride in around and out of DC ,while they are saying … talk is cheap , show us the money. As the Chinese do. Don’t blame the Chinese. They just copied your playbook. And they were going at task. And once they win the hearts and minds of Africans , they have that market for themselves. Even at the expense of European powers.
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  1667. Toyota is going big on it. And there are a few scattered investments on Hydrogen production plants the world over. I know about one of such projects in Brazil. Problem with Liquid Hydrogen is transport and storage. Which is beyond Toyota’s reach, as this is a costly undertaking anywhere . And me mindful Japan as a country might have issues in scaling up their power grid. So Hydrogen might work in Japan. Not necessarily elsewhere. Maybe in Third World countries.
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  1668. General Motors did the same to discredit Ralph Nader , by planting women to try in seducing him . Right after he published the ever so popular expose book on auto safety , “ Unsafe at any speed “. Americans , by the sixties was about to change its perception of morality , but the old dogs were playing their dirty tricks by the old book. The biographic documentary is out on YouTube , Ralph Nader, an unreasonable man “. Ralph Nader , ever the suspicious man, and ascetic , turned the tables on GM’s CEO , Jim Roache
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  1669. You take that $740 and roll into some IRA and there is a compound growth. Go see if Warren Buffet is guilible enough to live in a place like that. These gated communities were only built to wring cash out of noveu rich fools.
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  1670. It has been rebuilt. And thanks for the side note.
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  1671. About time.
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  1672. Táxi fleets do this. They post a bond. And keep attorneys on a beck and call , on the account of lawsuits. With homes , it is complicated. Those roof clay tiles will fly over with the wind gusts you just saw on the capture. Damaging theirs and someone else’s property. And with roof replacement rates sky high in Florida , I am not sure they are fully covered on 100k. Yes, I realize they were savvy, but not that much . They were better off selling their Florida home and moving to some Georgia or North Carolina small town far out from the coastline. The joke around Cary- NC is that CARY stands out for Central Area for Relocating Yanks . They are also called Half Backs , on the account of people that moved from the North to Florida , and then turn their ankles back north , but not far north.
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  1673. You maybe right l but they own the Cassino. People are drawn to cassinos. They do stupid things with their money while at the casinos.
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  1674. He was in the rear with the gear. Ok.
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  1675. Civic pride isn’t ingrained amongst Colombians. Strewn trash is everywhere. At the least, poor Russians managed to keep their towns cleaner.
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  1676.  @ArizonaDevil-ep9ux  well, the type of construction that you take up , if single home residential , cheap money being gone , is going to cool off. Monst money , I assume, will be on 5x1 infills , for rental units. , and at those you will have to work under a developer with access to money. And these types will pay you a much smaller share.
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  1677. There is no future in retail,which is a shame. There are people out there who rather browse before they buy. And with the e-tailing scans out there. As for being a facilities coordinator , try getting a job as a super in these new 5x1 s.
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  1678.  @ArizonaDevil-ep9ux  well good. But it pays to explore other ways to be employable. There are more Multi Tenant Units out there than Industrial . And Government procurement has its ebbs and flows.
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  1679. Elon ​​⁠ Elon is going to take up your plight, right ? In behalf of all Brazilians clamoring for “freedom. “. I don’t think so. He does what he does to get what he wants. It’s been his rap since he came upon the US. Always looking an an angle to be self agrandized and be in evidence at the expense of others. Here is a list for you. I hope your English is sharp. 1. He took a position as an investor at a company that would become the precursor of PayPal.. The management , sans Elon , decided to go with PayPal technology. Only Elon did not control such technology. So he tried to buck tne shift. His workers commited mutiny against him to get rid of Elon . Which they accomplished. He still collected USD 188 million as payout from his investment at the company. 2. Tesla original founders , who actually created the battery operated vehicle were American entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Elon sought to oust Mr Eberhard from Tesla , so he coulf crown himself as Tesla’s founder. Which he won after a bitter legal battle. 3. As a young South African Citizen , before he migrated to Canada, he evaded mandatory military service on trumped up medical exemption ( bone spurs ) certificates. 4. It is important to realize his father owned and operated an Emerald mine. Money buys influence and let’s you off the hook. 5. “Ow , but Elon took risks by investing at Tesla” . Now that is a falsehood . Around the time he made his investment in Tesla ( again he was not the founder as he often claims to be ) , the US Department of Energy was tasked to give out grants to anyone who could come up with an electric car. The total amount 9f grants were to be in the vicinity of USD billion dollars. 6. Elon Musk lied to early investors at Tesla. Bafore Tesla was issued an IPO , they needed working capital,besides that grant. So he went to the Board at Daimler Benz for money. They grant him the investment only if he could land on those Department of Energy grants. Tesla Legal Department has not yet filed to petition on those grants , but Mr Musk lied to the board assuring they were in line to receive those grants. 7. Tesla mistreat factory workers , breaks labor laws. Many cases under legal complaint for Tesla firing workers who petition for Union Representation . 8. Abusive practices at Tesla. Rampant and unchecked racism at Tesla , even after filled grievances. Lack of adherence to safety practices ( OSHA the Brazilian equivalent might be CIPA ). Workers getting hurst , both direct employees and contractors. The U.A.W has a whole book on Elon. 9. Elon has people spying on workers. Several employees being unfairly ostracized and fire . Bathroom breaks controlled. This is a culture perpetrated from the top. 10. Seeking excessive compensation . Elon’s request for a 25% voting stock on Tesla was brought in a lawsuit by a minority investor. The judged ruled towards the investor. Tesla id incorporated in a Delaware. ,a measure to skirt high corporate taxes in California. Elon is trying to move the company incorporation to Texas so he can have his obsecene compensation package block overturned. 11. China Hipocrisy . Tesla won a concession to operate withou a joint venture in China. A first. No other foreign automaker has it. No word from Elon about twitter in China , a country where it is forbidden , nor about any human rights and censure issues in China. Some savior right. Brazilians are being used for the gain of a billionaire who could care less about them. HE is a poser and full of it.
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  1680. A couple errors. The grant was about twenty billion dollars.
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  1681. And his father bankrolled his early investments and education. Which he minimizes or outright denied. Throwing dad under the bus. Such a class act.
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  1682. And they called the late former Boston Mayor “Mumbles “ ( Menino ). This one takes the cake.
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  1683. You don’t have to be a Comunist to know about this exploitation of labor , resources , leveraged gains. It’s all on Karl Marx’s works. The Capital is the most unabridged version. The Abridged version is on the Comunism Manifesto. And it is not a political system doctrine. It is an examination on how economical systems work upon the capital accumulation bad resource exploitation ( including labor ). It touches societal , political , economic issues. Reading Karl Mark works won’t make you a commie. But it will take time, as it is not written in an user friendly manner. There is no such a thing as it’s fair to let one grow wealthy unless it takes away from somebody else. What social democracies do accomplish is to limit how much the capital takes away from labor , either through unions , os government sponsored welfare. Microsoft appropriated from intelectual property ( Xerox , Palo Alto ). Alphabet’s Google’s first million came from an Indian investor, way before thry went public. Obviously , in any situation, you need the breaks. Family wealth and connections , access to capital , squeezing every drop of resource it comes your way. And avoiding mental mistakes along the way. And all kinds of gimmes. The odds are always stacked. You can find success , even from bootstraps , but not in the scale of these examples. They are the one in a million odd.
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  1684. I am listening to the first “sister “ , and by what she says I can only infer that ….She is lacking attention and shows little sense of self’s worth. She is starving for attention and a strong desire to belong. And then I see the possessed pastor using words and frantic pacing. I can only see a charlatan that only can justify his being to take advantage to the vulnerable within his brethren. He puts on quite a show. Someone failed that poor woman in grooming her to life.
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  1685. I met an elderly lady who toted Amway stuff. Out of kindness to her I bought off her a couple toothpaste tubes on two separate occasions. After she she worked hard. She tried to recruit me in , but I said no thanks. Her sideline was far more lucrative. Selling contact lenses . Mostly to working girls , who she , by her secret admission to me , she secretly despised as lazy with low moral fiber. She been an elderly person, could not herself enter the lucrative business of running a brothel. As for myself , I found these girls an object of adverse circumstances. Lots of them were single mothers , and with diminished schoolingand low prospects . It’s either frittering away at a telemarketing job, or adm assistant , or retail clerk. All for low pay. It’s either turning tricks or starve with a mouth to feed. Some were even married to unsuspecting husbands. Quite a few sexually precocious. I actually spent more time listening to her stories than consorting with them. While they are simple minded, with no skills, yet their resolve in handling their life was fascinating. Putting up with johns to act like 😅 jerks , the opposite of charming princes, and real CBAs. Now the odd part was , Avon ladies were told to be raking into serious cash on gold mining towns , selling to again , working girls.
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  1686. Nós, here is a chap with common sense. I second after you.
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  1687. Most of these WNBA franchises are in NFLcities, exception to Connecticut. I am not sure what the gates bring in , but it used to be low attendance averages across the league. Maybe that has changed. But if not so, they need to relocate into smaller markets which would bring up gate revenues, and further increase TV rights or streaming revenue. So instead of New York City, then New Jersey. A team or two in North Carolina. Albuquerque New Mexico. They are already in Indianapolis. Richmond , VA. Portland, ME. Syracuse NY. Or a Buffalo , NY. Montreal should get its team . St Louis, MO. Fresno, CA , or Sacramento, CA. Austin, TX. Dover, DE. Baltimore ,MD. Providence, RI. Huntsville, AL. No point for competing on dollars earmarked towards other franchises on major cities. Then the money would follow.
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  1688. Thirty minutes yacking about why Americans fear communism. You could simplify by saying .. 1. Anti Communism agenda is good for business. It kept the Industrial Military Complex in business. 2. American military might enabled free trade with non communist nations. That was the bribe agreement from Bretton Woods. Guns for butter. 3. It made aligned nations a fair game as far as markets for American way of life through the exports of trends , consumer habits , manufactured goods , American mídia and movies , and capital. If you not aligned , either you are a terrorist nation, or a commie country. Waste of my time.
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  1689. FDR also gave incentive money to Southern Land Owners to not grow crops while courting them to vote on his New Deal. Most Southerner Land Owners were registered Democrats back then. Only these land owners were not kicking a fair share to none towards their sharecroppers out of their collected money. Mostly of these sharecroppers were negroes, with a scant few whites amongst them. . Eleanor Roosevelt , the ever so humanitarian and distraught wife , plead good ole Frank , to look after this injustice. F.D.R . , courting Southern Democrat string votes, would not want to hear none of it. He willfully chose to ignore. Negro sharecroppers would then meet at their local congregations , mostly baptist , to share their grievances and organize. They were brutally met with lynching mobs, cross and churches burning , and this is when KKK became known to act as henchmen for these bankrupt aristocrats. Some swell fellow, FDR. His silence and willful omission cost countless African American lives.
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  1690. 2080 ??.
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  1691. You meant sue the aircraft maker
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  1692. But do not take his red Swingline stapler ! Of all things , let him keep it. And no basements.
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  1693.  @collinlee5927  you are the one who signed up for it, willingly.
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  1694. The nuggets are in the comments. Never mind the old foggies. It takes work to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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  1695. And they build these houses, on Southern CA, clad on wood clapboard ? It does not add it up.
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  1696. Whose hiring manager was Lumberger.
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  1697. It is not about being funny. He or she just brought up something relevant. Nothing wrong with that. The missing fact that escaped he/she , is that a lot of those labor subversions do not take place on public owned companies. They are, rather , practiced and grossly abused downstream , by their subcontractors and suppliers. If you can blame these public companies , is that they put a squeeze on contractors or suppliers to come up with lower bids and pricing. A practice a company like Walmart often resorts to. And so many others ( apparel makers are notorious for this ). It anyone is going to stop these race to the bottom practices one needs to put checks in every step of the way within the supply chain. This has been done with Agriculture ( if not defrauded there is ) on Fair Trade Programs. Enforcemrnt of fair practices to stop wage theft , unfair wages , and child labor requires auditing and certifications. It is a straight jacket , but needs to be done.
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  1698. She looked dweeby as a young college coed. In contrast, Billy Boy was a chick’s magnet. Odd couple.
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  1699. Why, … Are you a Brazilian voter or resident ?
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  1700. You are still going to pay through your nose. Even more so. There will be no haggling. Controlled inventory the manufacturer ca no longer dump at the dealer and it means fixed pricing.
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  1701. Se hope your stocking up shelves and fridge isn’t your actual shopping list. For starters , too much processed and packaged foods. That large yard , well grow vegetables and tend chicken. Baby formula ? Aren’t mothers breastfeeding ? And diapers , well I assume they aren’t meant for you. But in my days , my arse pooped on old cotton sheets that were washed over. I get your narrative. Single earning households aren’t the reality anymore , so some of my suggestions might be in naught. And that old VW Beetle , true, American and Foreign car makers purposedly avoid selling entry level models anymore. And never mind going Dutch and riding a bike and taking public transportation everywhere ( even their Primer Minister does ). And btw , Mini Coopers are a plague with maintenance. So you are s victim of Corporate America first, but your ingrained habits second. If you want to give the middle finger to Corporate America , just whining won’t cut it. Change your habits. That will turn the system on its head. Everything else is banter.
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  1702. Well, count your savings , pack up , and c’mon down.
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  1703. He is a loudmouth full of antics. People follow saviors in times of despair and vote them in. Now , it is Peter Zeihan’s claim there isn’t enough liquidity in the Argentinian economy to afford the peso being replaced by the dollar. So right then and there you know Mr Milei’s claims are hollow. As for Mr. Milei distaste for Lula , and Mr Luís Inácio da Silva being leftist. Yes to a certain extent , Mr Luís Inácio da Silva runs a social Democrat agenda. But far from being a closet commie. All the years he had been a public personal, first as a union leader and then a congressman, and finally a president , he has been a pragmatic walking a tightrope. Most changes in Brazilian labor and social laws precede Lula. The actual Brazilian labor laws swayed when Almir Pazianotto , then the a labor union attorney turned into a Labor Secretary , and then were put into law during the 1988 Constitution redraft. As for Mercosur , Argentina has been sabotaging it since its inception through lopsided dumping and other uneven handed tactics. If one wants to understand how things in Argentina never work, see a socccer match. The Argentine squad is always resorting to unfair play, dragging feet, to get things turned their ways.
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  1704. It used to called yellow journalism. Os muckracking journalism, as it is known through the ages. Just because they had those fancy artsy fartsy digs in Brooklyn full of libbies does not make them hollier than thou. They were full of it then and now. X They were getting some nice assignments , but just as any journalist that crashes into the party and has not been on point as a correspondent for quite a while in location, they could really not be objective. You need to be on the subject, not just in and out of scene. And then they had this odd type of not newsworthy reporting ( the one investigating Brazilian women fetish for large derrières comes to mind ), all a bunch of oddities. If you can read it through , you know they are fishing for eyeballs for the sake of fishing eyeballs. Print daily newspapers do that kind of garbage. Home Cooking , Home improvement , your weekend , bla, bla , bla. I get it , it is expensive to maintain good newsroom staff, facilities, reporters on assignment. And YouTube or cable does not bring in the money as it used to be. Yet if you look at VOX , at least they were more honest with their content. They ditched borders because it was expensive to maintain. And they stuck with their original format of picking a subject apart , research it , edit it for appeal, and simplify for lay audience.
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  1705. Not only she is decently looking she knows her mettle. Russian gals tend to be like that. And the editing of the subject title is done impeccably well.
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  1706. Good to know. Lula needs to extend economic help to Johannesburg.
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  1707. Well put, Peter . To the point. Enough with the xenofobia already. Can we be reminded the Japanese and Japanese Americans , all legally living in this country during WWII, had their holdings confiscated by the US Government and sent to concentration camps ? Isn’t time to learn from our past mistakes already ? Let the Chinese in America be.
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  1708. George Stephanopoulos is a turn coat. He turned against Bill Clinton, who actually gave him a job. Remember the Lewinsky scandal ? And ABC is a shadow of it what once was. Their newsroom is up for sale for any money thrown at them.
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  1709. Take care of corrosion. The rest will outlast the frame.
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  1710. There was some Brazilian dude bragging on how he paid USD 100,000 to bring one to Brazil. Some poser. BYD already bought Ford’s plant in Brasil, and occasionally I spotted a BYD here and there. Tesla , on the other hand , has no service centers, no charging stations ( which by the way are acutely sparse to virtually non existent ). So I take this rich dupe wanted peer approval. No one gave him a nod. And he will have a target on his back. Folks out here who consider electric will buy an hybrid to be on the safe side. And will pay through their noses.
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  1711. One word. Immigration. No, not Asian immigration. African immigration.
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  1712. NUMMI was a GM-Toyota joint venture in Northetn CA. So Toyota could afford union pay rates , after all. And Tesla is an Union Buster Company. I know for sure , for as long as I may care, a Tesla won’t be in my driveway.
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  1713. It is by design. There is a lot of CAPEX money chasing these facilities. They need to be properly fitted to meet stringent standards for security , power , and resilience against natural disaster#. . If you scatter your spending on way too many sites , then you either run out of funds, or you weaken the existing sites to below baseline standards. And there are only a handful of sites , given all variables in play , that can sustain such facilities. Needle in the haystack.
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  1714.  @ralphholiman7401  it already does. Hence the bond market.
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  1715.  @charleshill7184  true. But reissued debt is offered at higher yelds. And everyone , from a mortgagee to the US Government , needs to refinance , or roll over old debt. And therein lies the trouble.
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  1716.  @ulf5738  Social Security Deductions are syphoned into US Denominated Debt. All of it .. on I.O.U.s.
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  1717. Lancha = powered boat.
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  1718. You meant Credit Card Joe. He had his senatorial seat from Delaware.
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  1719. That and leaks on their pipelines provoked by criminal gangs.
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  1720. And you are to provide jobs to these Africans, right? Because their economy can’t.
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  1721. And who would that be ?
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  1722. Bad idea showing up. About USD $ 70 billion of it. I would collect your welfare checks quietly if in your shoes.
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  1723. Hoteliers are not that guilible.
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  1724.  @D_e_n_i_s_e_B thank you. At last someone with a shred of common sense.
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  1725.  @zathur99  de acordo.
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  1726. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1727.  @nitro6002  And I endorse it.
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  1728.  @nitro6002  so true about the unnecessary deriding. I’ve seen it done with his face off against a Brazilian Judge. Just textbook Elon. And when such Judges did not budge , demanding uncensored malicious remarks on his platform to be taken down , Mr . Musk went on a personal level attack , inciting the Populace against the Judged and an elected President claiming himself publicly being a victim of Totalitarianism. I can’t tell whether the Judge is overreaching , nor I voted in the general elections. But I will grant the Judged could be a lot more draconian if he wanted against Mr Musk interests in Brazil. And that such differences could be sorted in private , without fanfare. To 0ut into perspective , Mr Musk would not dare to pull his stunts in China. A country with far more severe censorship than Brazil . And a system that granted him the right to operate without any joint venture , his automotive enterprise, a first amongst his peers . His silence there speaks volume for who he is.
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  1729.  @nicolettileo  Robespierre and the Jacobins. Indeed it runs deep.
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  1730. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1731.  @MrArtVein  you are clever and articulate indeed…. But it could help a little better if you managed to break your whole lump of thoughts into parsed paragraphs. And please don’t give me the “ I wrote it from my smartphone “ blaber. Hit the space tab every once in a while. Will you ?
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  1732.  @shamha1626  maybe. But other companies would be on the electric battery vehicles. And Toyota has been on the Hydrogen Engines much longer than Tesla has been in existence. And Toyota has been thr one to bring Hybrids to the market.
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  1733. Ohh and by the way…. The Cruzades were conquering wars from Catholics against Moors ( read Muslim ) using pretense wholy war motives . The irony of all, they could not conquer the Moors. In fact the Moors conquered the Iberia Peninsula for some time. In Architecture, Music ( listen to Flamenco and Fado ). So, please , drop this holier than thou nonsense. You don’t dump ice cream from your annal cavity just ask much as I do. You are not amongst God’s chosen few. And old , New Testament , “ You shall not kill another man or women. “.
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  1734. Which places you right in the hands of the pork, beef , and poultry cartel. Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS USA Holdings (Brazilian, which bought Swift ) , and National Beef. That 85% of your beef, pork, poultry output right there. Unless you can source it at a local farm , or farmer’s market , you will be getting the raw deal. Bleed Red, White, and Blue all you want. That won’t change the fact your meat dollars are going to these conglomerates, unless you want to pay through your nose to get quality stuff. And pork is a commodity driven market. Small operators don’t stand a chance on making a profit.
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  1735. Ain’t no government to aid you. Get on with the program. Let them balk. They were gritty and got what it was coming from them.
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  1736. Brasília might be one of those towns built out of grandiose goals by “ a visionary “ to bureaucrats. It ain’t a city built organically by the people who inhabited it. You look into Buffalo’s NY City Grid ,with the parsing of Public Parks and downtown’s collection of Art Deco Buildings. Montreal with its layers from the river up to the hill Boston with its cow path grid , and the emerald green belt. Two out of three had the finger of Frederick Olmstead Law , and the oddest thing , at least in Boston and Buffalo , is that at the time of their landscape carving , there weren’t Helicopters to see the city from the top down. And yet , he produced two gems. Buffalo’s park system and Boston’s Emerald Necklace. So every chance to conceive a master plan , people dropping concrete has a say over people who lived there , or to recreate places you want to live on with well thought out cityscape. Brasilia is a joke.
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  1737. It is a way to say “ I quit over this nonsense “ with grace. Taking the high road. Smart move. Gal has moxie.
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  1738. You can bet no burglar will circle the property , that is a sure thing. And no bears turning trash cans.
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  1739.  @leonardos2925  get rid of “ player “. It is an overused and meaningless jargon word. Drug kingpin also employ the term as in “ playah “. And when you say leveraged , it should mean “ capitalized “ as in capable to meet buyers’ demands to fill their order books. And it is not a bottleneck. Again jargon. Use shortfall or unmet demand . It sounds better. Don’t pay attention to what your bilingual Brazilian peers say. Nor the Business news wire talking heads. They are all monkey see , monkey do. In writing in a foreign language, is tempting to copy commonplaces and jargons. Avoid to fall to such temptations.
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  1740.  @raulcarlos  satisfactory. So the Embraer bigwig is not tipping his hand.
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  1741. Chick is histérical.
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  1742. The whole arming the Saudi , who can’t manage to function in the battlefield reminds of how Roman Generals rose through the ranks by conquering territories. I assume legion commanders were promoted through the ranks through merit recognition by the success of their occupying campaigns. I once inavertedly shook the hands of some royalty member by accident ( one is not supposed to ). They had silky soft hands. Not callous ones. They never had to work for a living or dig a trench once in their lives! Now how in hell they can lead regional security not being battle tested ? At the very least, hate or love the Israelis, conscription is mandatory to all genres there. If you think the Israeli rank and file is going to march under orders from Saudis to do the dirty and grunt work, you got some wild imagination. It ain’t happening.
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  1743. Voted on the Donald’s nor because he would by any savior. It just Hillary always felt like a phony. Second term over I would consider Bill Weld if he made past the primary. Two terms in Massachusetts and he balanced the budget. Constitutional lawyer , Fiscal Conservative , but Liberal on Civil Matters. But then again, the US Presidency is just as effective as the Kingdom of England. US Presidents toe special interests line, with seldom a once in a generation leader.
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  1744. Landlocked, poor, completely ignored by Regional Superpowers. Then a bunch of Australian expats start turning things around under villagers main property holding, the buffalo.. Buffalo Welfare , husbandry, dairy … Where the Chinese , Americans , ever heard on these parts ? Noooooo. I am sure they will come around to reap the riches they never created.
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  1745. You are partially correct. There are still concerns about buildings structural integrity as well as the quality of common plumbing , electrical , common areas finishes. Those are a builder’s responsibility.
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  1746. Roadshow to gather funds for the Israel War chest . This is going to be priceless for a photo op. All those congresspeople on smiles and handshakes to appear on record so American voters can see who is helping to syphon their tax dollars away from domestic programs. I betcha this big powow is going to air on boring C-Span , which nobody does watch. Someone ought to take notes and then make a video for us all to see.
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  1747. History is full of idiots like him, who think they have a handle on anything done outside the US. It ain’t so. Here in the plantation , we would love to part with his money to get whatever cackomaniac ideas he might have , for as long as he comes with cash. And we will agree with everything to what he says. After a while , they all run with their tail between their legs, and sent back home broke. Typical American Arrogant and full of himself. They can’t help themselves.
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  1748. Hybrid cars are meant to be great on saving fuel. Way back before 2013 , a shift refuel on a taxicab ( about 120 miles , give it or take it ) would take $45 on a Ford Crown Vic and about $ 12 on the same mileage under a Hybrid Toyota Camry. The way hybrid engines works , if you coast at low speeds , you are running on batteries. A take off, hill climb , or a highway cruise goes on gasoline. The true savings are realized on city traffic stop and go, where most fuel is burnt less efficiently.
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  1749. Flood en with tickets.
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  1750. Not sure if inambu throwing salt in the wound but… In Providence , RI , there is a famous bike shop residing in an old brick clad factory mill. If I had that much inventory , I would ditch the store front ( which I assume he is paying rent ) , and get relocated to a factory mill or one of those industrial business parks. I am sure, in the short run , this would affect walk in retail customers , yet square foot industrial rates are cheaper than retail rates. And he would maintain your door to existing and new customers. It’s a keep the finger and loose the rings predicament. Pick your poison.
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  1751. If it is ever a dispute , it is not up to you to make such nonsense statements. Leave to Brazilian and Uruguayan bureaucrats to settle this.
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  1752. There are Green buses. They are called trams or trolleys. We had them in São Paulo, Brazil for ages. They run off the overhanging wire. On occasion they stall and the driver steps out to a quick adjustment , and then back on his seat. These are main lines drawing lots of passengers through the itinerary. The secondary bus lines ride on a diesel bus. BEVs for buses might not be so bad , fuel costs are a huge consideration in their budget , and they can afford to plant rechargers in their depot garages. BYD , before purchasing the last active Ford Motors Plant in Camaçari -BA , had or has a plant on Campinas -SP, mostly for fleet vehicles. Fee operated BEVs make sense. For the consumer market , it far from being a viable option.
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  1753.  @alexk6745  agree.
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  1754. For all bad things the Brazilian Military Brass did under the 60’s and 70’s Dictatorship, sanctioning funds to bankroll Embraer during the 60’s above all contenders was a saving grace. That and setting up the ITA Polytechnic School in Sao Jose dos Campos. The second saving grace was the buyout of Embraer by Boeing to fall apart at the 11th hour . All so Boeing could counter Airbus and Bombardier. It set Embraer in its course to become a commercial aircraft maker on its own.
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  1755. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1756. You won’t get results there. Farmer’s markets, bodegas , coop places. Don’t give these corporations your money
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  1757.  charlesmajor-nz1sm  hu ho. Another crypto peddler. Go away.
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  1758. Landlocked, poor, completely ignored by Regional Superpowers. Then a bunch of Australian expats start turning things around under villagers main property holding, the buffalo.. Buffalo Welfare , husbandry, dairy … Where the Chinese , Americans , ever heard on these parts ? Noooooo. I am sure they will come around to reap the riches they never created.
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  1759. They had these mandates on telephone companies. And if an incumbent phone company could not service a given market with less than desirable tekedensity , it gave up the concession to others that could. These replacing rural phone companies were given annual subsides to operate , and meet their annual capital expenses. The subsides were billed at large phone companies to consumers and earmarked towards rural telephony and data services. In the USA they are called RUS Telcos. The same principled ought to be applied in less dense markets for transportation services. . It’s called Mandatory Universal Service. Since Uber rakes billions on their markets , a percentage tax , say 1% , would meet the mandates to subsidize your community transportation needs.
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  1760. Americans trying to figure out who will be the next big cahunas. This is lame. Haven’t anyone figured the presidency in the US, with all this pomp and circumstance , is just as effective as the Grand Marshall of some parade ? Presidents haven’t run the Country since FDR.
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  1761. It’s called a lay a way plan. Very common on new delivered projects. If you watched Saturday Night Fever, Tony Manero puts money away on a dress shirt he fancied at the retail clothing store. To be kept and retrieved by him once payments are fully made. Same concept. Only fools rush in. Why ? As a prospective buyer , you are supposed to purchase your unit/ option mid construction , when floors , walls , common areas are already under completion. So you know what you are getting for the money. You will then , still on a lay away plan , make payments on schedule , up until certificate of occupancy is issued. And by then , you are up 25-30% against the unit’s purchase price, adjusted by inflation . The rest is COD or a bank note. This is how it is done outside the US. Get out from under your cocoon.
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  1762.  @serebii666  There is no escrow in Brazil. The buildings department must come in with a site inspector. And then, after a thorough inspection is completed and filed , the certificate of common occupancy is issued , signaling banks the unfinished units are fit for upgrades and occupancy. There are bribes for short cuts , thought. But nothing glaring , and buyers have recourse on units and common areas as they hold three delivery inspection. Escrow in Brazil is actually forbidden on the retail end of the business. Lots of funds commingled.
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  1763. Those walk throughs with Commercial Real Estate Brokers were priceless. They had some comedic value. You, Louis Louis Rossman, created a plot out of thin air, on the go. No script. The guilible brokers were sucked in the plot unaware they were the goats. The least those chumps could have done was to solicit the floor plan to the landlord or management company , and maybe take their own pictures , and while at it , carry a tape measure , pencil and paper, God forbid they need to draw a raw sketch. . For that kind of asking rate, and they being on commission , they can afford that much of an effort. I know I do, on my neck of the woods. It wasn’t they were just being plain deceiving and dishonest. Those glorified door openers were flat out incompetents. And to be on camera babbling back their own usual trained monkey yack at you , priceless.
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  1764.  @jonesy736  apples need to be in cold storage. You did good. Ignore the naysayers. Enjoy.
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  1765. The sum of Federal Tax levies collected barely make a dent on US debt interest payments nowadays. The whole Mr Taxpayer sense of entitlement is misleading.
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  1766.  @KRYPTOS_K5  This is a factual redirect to Mr Zeihan who needs to be corrected on a specific piece of information aired. . Based upon available fiber route maps and my own past experience in the trade. . And the posters in this Chanel often pick up on Mr Zeihan miscues, just as I have done. Personally , his body of work aside , I am not keen on the word of consultants of any shape or form.
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  1767. Water front property. In Flórida’s Gulf Coastline , of all places A validation of one’s individual lack of better judgement. This isn’t Thailand , or Netherlands , where people manage to live under and over the water.
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  1768.  @TRAZ4004 or buyer’s justification.
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  1769.  @Richardofdanbury not quite. There is a lot of dissipated heat generated in ICE power plants that makes its efficiency less than desirable , if compared to EV power plants. Power plant = Engine. Yet the question is not how powerful or efficient EVs are. It is rather what does it cost to maintain the EV infra structure up and running to meet the demands and expectations of EV owners. The latter is quite high.
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  1770.  @Richardofdanbury  Internal combustion engines dissipate a lot of heat through friction . There is a reason engines have radiators , which are no other than heat exchangers. There is heat dissipation through engine blocks , oil crank cases , radiators. And then there is the byproduct from combustion through tailpipes. Again, waste. If you account the amount of Kcal or BTUs generated by fuels in its raw form , against the output these engines generate , by Bhp , there is a lot on wasted heat to account for. That is a fact. So , using conventional thermodynamics axioms , ICE engines are far less efficient against EV engines. Electrical engines , in turn , don’t waste nearly as much taking KW input against Bhp output. The problem is not efficiency. Or how much horsepower either one generates. The real problem lies in …. 1. Generating enough stored or transported electrical power to meet the demands of a 100% EV fleet. Existing electrical grids can’t handle such exponential demand. So an all out EV fleet make up isn’t practical as of now anywhere. Hence why Toyota isn’t bullish on EV engines. 2. Way to long recharge times, not short enough to make practical to EV owners. As of know EVs take way too long to recharge , as compared to ICE refuel times. 3. Mining or oil extraction and refining wreak havoc against ecosystems , wildlife. Either way, it is a wash. In one side you have open mine pits , soil degradation, mine runoff. On oil prospecting and transport you have spills , tainted water and soil ( fracking ). So either ways , no one is any better than the other. Both contribute to political instability the world over. 4. Supplies. Battery technology, as of today, depends upon trace minerals and rare earth elements of unknown supplies. And as usual , the sources of these substances are in the hands of a few vulnerable political systems. There is a reason the US Armed Forces spent 20 years in Afghanistan . And the US intelligence pushed Evo Morales out. Lithium and cobalt supplies. 5. Real Estate. Not everywhere outside the US there are enough of strip malls and oversized parking lots to plant EV charging stations. And if ever were, in some countries these pods would be target for vandalism and theft. So the model does not automatically scales up outside the US. Prime example is Urban Japan. A double whammer on available grid power and real estate. Hence why Toyota isn’t all that bulish on EVs. Their brass sees the variables and constraints. I don’t have Buddha’s to follow , nor I glorify the next smart mouth that comes out in the crowd, least I do not parrot the silent majority. I think facts, pros and cons, and I drum under my own beat. And I could care less about your how many years of experience your expertise brandishes.
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  1771. It wasn’t for lack of examples. Japan went through the same high during the 90’s. Some Japanese politician went bragging then , and his voters begged him to shut up. I guess the proliturbo types don’t follow history.
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  1772. Brazil and Mexico can come up for the shortfall.
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  1773. Simple minded folk. Not an ounce of malice. Hospitable and congenial. They might be poor, but everyone has their own home and food on the table. And the village looks neat and inviting. What else could they miss ? . This is as close as being an explorer meeting natives , only these natives are your average civilized folk. It’s Benjamin in his crusade to Mosaics , forging his path places most of us mortal tourists would not concede ourselves to venture , and yet he affords us to peek into these folk’s daily lives. You are some Trail Blazer , Benjamin.
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  1774. As for the US , a car maker can only sell its portfolio of models if they pass NTHSA’s battery of safety tests. Chinese car makers can make the safest vehicles on earth and yet have their testing to be failed , as this agency is controlled by the federal government. There is a reason Geely bought Volvo. Which if remained under Ford ownership would’ ve been canibalized as GM did to Saab. Thr Chinese were smart enough to let Volvo do its own thing. And in exchange learnt a great deal on auto safety, and the building of a quality brand. The way for the Chinese to gain entry in the US automotive market is to buy into American brands. S.A.I.C. Owns a stakehold in GM already. Chrysler is no longer an American company. If you get your spare parts at any Autozone store , chances are , the discount stuff is all made in China. You see, all that bravado on tariffs goes nowhere . Is for voters. And outside of America, Chinese car makers are making inroads.
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  1775. The US Weapons and Spares Contractorw make their money , and the kickback fat , by over billing on procurement contracts. The goods are delivered on spec , most of the time. The DoD keeps personnel for inspections and RfPs . I actually met one of them, a retired one , a few times. They are mostly civilians , not ranked uniformed types. He was pretty confident in the quality of delivered goods. As for non weapon itens , just see your army store and inspect the goods yourself.
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  1776. I assume you precrecirded Brazil sometime on this series. Yes , Brazil has a navy , but not large enough to patrol the Atlantic and protect its maritime trade. Then there is also the transpacific road linking the Andes through Southern Brazil which is being completed to facilitate trade with the Andes and the Pacific. The Chinese will bring their shipping through Paranaguá port , on the Paraná state coastline , and through Maranhão. So will do the Koreans and Japanese. We are on bilateral agreements with Mexico , shipping to here will be their expense , possibly escorted by the US Navy. Now, more than ever, the purchase of US Steel by Nippon Steel makes all the sense in the world. Localize production to catch up with the rise of US manufacturing. The Japanese outbid the next by a factor of two , so obviously they see the value in such acquisition.
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  1777. And the gem in the rough, this is a male talking , by the way, is the under rank women who run things in Russia, at all spheres. Not the heavy drinking wife beating males , who rob the populace blind through graft , and take trophy looking mistresses. With all due respect to the straight and narrow male exceptions out there. From the Babushkas running the train terminals , up through the ranks , Russian gals are , fat and ugly to 10s are the ones who are calling foul and run things efficiently. There are a number of female underlings that do not get a whole lot of press.
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  1778. Will ever North Korea and Sourh Korea have a “crumbling Berlin Wall “ moment ? I suspect that for as long China stands as a superpower it won’t happen. My money says China is the one propping up the existing “ North Korea’s Royal Family “ power stronghold. The Chinese building version of Imperialism, let no one be fooled by their “ Good deeds Policies “ across the world is just a textbook page of what American Imperialism once was. Our São Paulo’s Korean influx and taking over the Garment District , where the Jewish once held steady , had a number of North Korean Nationals. They did pretty good for themselves, as the Jewish slowly moved away from the neighborhood. And they kept the neighborhood from going sour. The sweatshop factories are slowly in decline , and the Bolivians taken up the brunt of work in a cottage industry sort of ways , when the bulk production isn’t going to Paraguay , our South America version of Maquillas manufacturing. We could use North Koreans this side of the pond. That much I know.
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  1779. Flag waving is a fair game for both sides of the aisle when atop of the soap box. It is called demagoguery. It is hollow. Samuel Johnson on e said …. "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."
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  1780. If they wanted so much that parking space to spare , why didn’t them just dug underneath the building structure ?
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  1781.  @texaswunderkind  true. Foundations , water infiltration issues, building costs. Meanwhile they keep just piling acreage to solve the parking problem. On the flip side , Open air parking lots are heat sinks. And , under severe winters , thet cost a pretty penny to run snow plowing. Cash starved municipalities could tax anything beyond a factor off the leasable or useable floor space for the iddle use of land. Similar to what is already done in Chicago and New York on air rights surtax. Make land expensive artificially , so to force developers to make better use of land. In short , curb how much recess and setback you can avail. You exceed the zoning treshold , then you are liable to pay the overage tax. Some office parks in sprawling Suburban America already have parking structures.
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  1782. That is where templates such as “ Fair Trade Programs” come into place. Even with fraud in these programs a possibility , it pays to submit corporations to be part of these , if consumers are to trust thrust their spending dollars on them. Corporations are sensitive to image perceptions. It’s their Achilles Heel. They might not hire minors , but their suppliers and contractors might do. Hence , Faure Trade needs to be extended to them. Consumers are the dog. Corporations are the tail. The tail does not wag the dog. It’s the other way around.
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  1783. Venezuelan oil has been drilled by decades. And the local Oil company has always been a State Owned Enterprise. By decades. The problem became the new regime bloating payroll with incompetents, and doling out money towards political,clientelism, social programs. . The Koch Borthers built refineries for Venezuelan Crude. And kept on buying the crude from a State Owned company. When the price per barrel shot up, everyone out there were living off the riches. The Koch Brothers did not own the drilling platforms. They made their profit refining at X cost, not Y cost. I surmise these Venezuelans renegue their deal with the Koch brothers at the market high. The Koch brothers can influence US policy makers, specially if they were not getting their ways with their Venezuelan crude supplier.
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  1784. Wasn’t Vice bankrupt !
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  1785. This vintage Lula 1978 , the same that lead the strikes against industry captains before his following as Union Boss. Under the dictatorship auspices. Lula is the type of man that can seize the moment as an opportunity , as he lives for the pulpit. . Never the clever orator , but never one that reads from a script. Back then, his engagements before his core Union menbers was laced with profanities. But people hekd their ground to listen to Lula. In Brazil , a person who is brave , and take chances as he does , unscathed , is said to have the “ corpo fechado “ , meaning , body in ironclad. No one can do him any harm. Twice in detention , he came back even stronger , despite formidable opposition. He is not of an imposing stature, has only nine fingers , but when he talks , he shoots from the hip .
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  1786. So you did a Peter Lynch gut analysis. Good for you. .
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  1787. He makes a living being a devil’s advocate. Quite clever of him. No need to be smart , just ask the right questions.
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  1788. South of Laconia and Belmont. Don’t forget that.
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  1789.  @jasongreene303  Belmont is slightly North of the Loudon Race Track, on the same strip. And further South from Laconia, at the end of the strip. Outside of the track, Lake Winipesake , and the Bike Week, there is not much to see out there.
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  1790. Mc Donald’s employees , for most part, are working under the employ of a franchisee. Corporate is an entirely different environment. Labor laws are to be enforced by the State the business reside. You want fair labor laws to be enforced , you need to call your State Labor Board to send inspectors and levy fines. So stop whining , get off your arse , and upon seen anything shady, then report as you see fit.
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  1791. There will be a flood of oven baking orders.
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  1792. Do you realize Bolsonaro covertly attacked Brazilian gay people, do you ? It all starts with a targeted minority group. Which , by the way, is exactly how the Nazi Aparatchnick went about their business using Jews as scapegoat for the ills with the Weimar Republid finances. You need to study your own story. And please l leave your provincial politics at home. No one here cares about your ill thoughts on the man.
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  1793.  @chillxxx241  by selling out his country. And enduring serfdom to the money masters.
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  1794. The Brazilian migrant flux stems from, amongst others , the Arabic World. Palestinians , Syrians are the latest. The trend started into the late XIX century from Lebanese, mostly Maronites , and then progressed through all sects of Islam following. The greater São Paulo metro region host three mesquites : Sao Bernardo do Campo, Cambuci , and Brás ( Garment District. ). More often , I bump into Muslim wives taking children for public Health clinics and grocery shopping. Despite being in stark contrast with the more over the top Brazilian sexed women , Muslin devout women are steadfast and no one bothers them.
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  1795. He could be bought and paid by big oil. But then again Toyota is going big on Hidrogen. Now , National Treasure ? Way too many groupies around. He is entertaining as a Devil’s Advocate. And he cast doubts on national hype issues. Beyond that , he is not any better than any other journalist.
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  1796. Given most of In-and-Out stores are located in California, this tells me it might not be the only store they will ever close. It is troublesome. A private company , owning all of its stores … this is the proverbial canary in the mineshaft.
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  1797. They done the same in a well run municipal utility in Santo André , SP Brazil. The SEMASA. Hitch got swallowed up by SABESP,, a regional utility , and the later on the sale block to be snapped up soon. The city run SEMASA serviced a town of over 650,000. Same town collected over 1 USD billion in a fiscal year.
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  1798. Not only she is good looking , she is actually smart and has moxie. She could go on quietly and decline interviews , but rather chosen to set the record straight as she sees it. Some gal .
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  1799. Your broad strokes are fit to a tee. Well done. You committed a few faux pas on minor details , but then again, who else doesn’t? We are used to this. Good work. Very conclusive statements. I would dare say better than Peter Zeihan.
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  1800.  @ferrumignis  the majority of people who buy pickup trucks don’t buy them to haul stuff. See sport trucks , better yet, see the comfort and styling features on these trucks. They are being bought as personal transportation vehicles.
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  1801. Most of their chest vault is filled with US debt. Treasuries, bonds , bills. The non GAAP accounted liability between social security benefits runs up to ( Social Security and Medicare Debt ) , 100 trillion dollars over the next thirty years , at present values. Lots of IOUs. None probably from these college loan debt instruments. The smart ones are gone , collecting their entitlements overseas. Mexico, Italy , Portugal, Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador, Netherlands , France , Australia. They are living it now in the moment.
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  1802. That and diner cars. Airplane food is horrible. And you are packed like sardines in a tin can while flying.
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  1803. Ambev is owned by some Brazilian private equity. Total scumbags. Upon taking over Amheuser Busch they laid off on the thousands amongst long time employees and were bragging about “how they learned this from Americans “. Not to be undone, they recently were mired in a scandal for running one of their held Companies , Lojas Americanas , a chain based discount merchandise in Brazil . Supliers filled for Chapter 11 , as the retailer was way past due on their invoices. Lending banks too we’re holding the bag on past due bank notes. And to add the cherry on the top , they acquired the rights for the Burger King chain , along with Heinz Co, the maker of Ketchup, where they swindled Warren Buffet. They are the worse. I would encourage a boycott on them.
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  1804. So the porn actres does not count …
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  1805.  @RichardTavilla  he cheated on his ex wives. Allways some starlet or Eastern Block wannabe model. And NYC is choc full of high priced escorts. He is no saint, but far from being a pedophile. And why the hush money then ?
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  1806.  @RichardTavilla  again the partisan talk.
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  1807. They are paying hefty dividends to shareholders , and there were mentions of stock buy backs. These folks are profiting immensely. There are shareholders , and then there are stakeholders. Employees are , along with government contract payments as customers , stakeholders. So buying up the competition leads towards busting unions, and while it is great for the bottom line , it is bad for the people who run their boots to the ground at these targeted companies. Salt of the earth folks , the bees in the beehive. They are shielding themselves from labor grievances at best. At worse , liability claims from customers , as they become the only game in town. And never mind if you are a minority owned contractor. They will push you out and keep the contracts. They will make an offer you can’t refuse.
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  1808.  @id10t98  Take your savings and move abroad. Don’t expect US payrate thought. Better have some nest eggs of your own.
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  1809.  @jakkarro294  Interesting. Be reminded they are held at bay by grandfathered contracts. Once the contract expires , then it will get bittersome and nasty. Local Union chapter will be hardballed then. Your post has some value. Just don’t rest on your own laurels.
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  1810.  @Trobertsdsgmach1  There was a mention of Tilcon. Huge in RI and MA. And all those quarries in NH. Possibly under the same corporate umbrella.
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  1811. That applies to the Donald too.
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  1812.  @TronaId_Dump  good point.
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  1813. And to think that “Nader’s Raiders “ were instrumental in pushing for whistler blower legislation that passed in Congress. All the progress made up to the mid 70’s have been erased.
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  1814. People think is a free ride and they can undercut by going directly to the manufacturer. Americans in particular are fools. Here are the facts … - Servicing brands requires the subscription of information services that go into the thousands of dollars. Diagrams, TSBs , parts catalogues , job costing systems. -Inventory sitting at the yard ties up capital. That is availability for immediate delivery. Most dealerships outside America do not offer such luxury. You have to wait weeks or months for on spec delivery. All they have are showrooms. - inventory for OEM parts at the shelf tie up capital. Specially that item the aftermarket parts store can’t justify carrying. - Service techs , well quality debatable. Anyhow , good or lame , that is factory training to service your brand new under warranty vehicle . - want to buy in a nice looking facility. Well, if leased , these stores run up thousands of dollars.
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  1815. Nuggets are in the comments. It’s like going to a town hall meeting. The idiot / con artist out front might be useless , but the folk sitting around you , might have a few gems. People love to follow saviors, leaders . But there are always the non satisfied attendees. You have to seize the crowd. You never glean anything valuable with keynote speakers. Not make hay in networking. And seek to the elders. They are often ignored. But their wisdom.
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  1816. No gimmies. Folks at the top don’t give the store away.
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  1817. The American people did not pay for this. Your treasury issued debt paid for this. Your taxes don’t amount for any more than to service the debt that is being accrued.
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  1818. Sounds as if someone there with a pool has a vendetta against you , or they want to shut you up.
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  1819.  @thomasclementz8149  I hope so. From a real estate broker. Not counting the chickens yet
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  1820. All of this so RFK can’t run his ticket towards a primary bid under the Democrat Party ballot. They know Biden can’t sustain a debate , even if preped. They giving it away towards Trump.
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  1821. True but not infallible. Go study the demise of VARIG , an employee owned defunct Brazilian airline.
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  1822. Ninguém vai ler um comentário em português nestes vídeos.
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  1823. Other than the fact these sultanates are loaded with hoarded wealth to spend , there are no reasons to visit a bunch of glassed skyscrapers in the middle of desert. And seeing a place where the working poor have to be huddled out of sight it makes it even worse , just as a dystopian society. You go to Cairo, Casablanca , or Morocco , Argélia , you get the vibe , for the good and the bad. And yes , you get hustled. These dream places , with air conditioning , American fast food transplants , gleamy soaring office towers , they are insipid, pastheurized.
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  1824. Agree with you , even not knowing the fallout inside out. For those who advocate Embraer’s merger, partnership , or outright buyout , either they are misled , or they have ulterior motives. The fallout was the best thing it ever happened to Embraer. It allows the company to charter their own organic growth , while maintaining its steady pace, one market at the time, and one platform at the time. There is a beauty in creating various cash cow through different aircraft frame types. One program funds the other. That and the fact the corporate culture does not get tainted as it happened to Boeing. And the fact the Brazilian Government might be a stakeholder in it , it helps to provide some level of stability and keep institutional investors at arms length.
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  1825.  @RM-el3gw  So said you. I don’t think anyone at Embraer wants your recipe for poison.
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  1826.  @Darkwhitte  why would the good folks at Embraer to buy in on such liability? McDonnell Douglas was as bad as it came as a warning o; roads not to travel.
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  1827.  @patjohnston4047  it is a publicly traded company , and the Brazilian Government owns a stakehold in it.
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  1828.  @Austine1452 gathering media support I suppose. For all intents and purposes. Some plausible reasons …. 1.Exposes are popular , and none the better than sovereignty and national pride. You can take to advertisers and show your strength in numbers. Replies are a stronger metric than clicks and upvotes. 2. This interference might smack indignation amongst the editorial brass. So they might want an about face with the country leadership to a call to arms. The equivalent of do something damnit 3. To demonstrate the power of media in creating change in face of collective apathy. 4. Austrália is realigning with the USA. Along with the UK, New Zealand, Japan. And part of the European Community. 5. There are similarities in the USA’s CBS equivalent as for editorial content. All legitimate and fitting reasons.
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  1829. Russian strategists , if there is one ever, are not the brightest bulbs around. While they are spending all their I’ll resources on taking over Ukraine, China is at their back, waiting on the wings , to scoop all of that contiguous territory. If China is moving along to seize Buthan, has territorial claims against India, is upsetting Vietnam , Philippines , then it stands to be obvious they are in their pre imperialistic drive to incorporate strategic territories to their core. The Russian borders will become fair game to the Chinese expansion drive.
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  1830. Canadá might have built a better society , but illegals soon figure there are more ways to earn a living in the USA, and the further south they travel, the warmer it becomes. And let’s face it , migrants from warmer climate will prefer warmer places to settle. Besides, the legalization process in Canada takes longer to obtain. And these illegals are not smart enough to realize how expensive medical care is in the US. And they do not realize what a country populated under 35 million souls can afford them. Last but not least , housing in Canada is prohibitively expensive everywhere within a 300 belt off the US border.
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  1831. Not an e-tailer myself. Most won’t. It’s what we call a “ high barrier to entry “ business. All the steps / check line items you just described are high upfront costs, as of know . Once you handed over the keys to the gatekeeper , there is no going back.
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  1832. 1. Chevrolet is a name plate from GM. 2. GM. Is soon to be a subsidiary to S.A.I.C. A Chinese car maker. They will stay put. 3. Ford. The family namesake rather be managing charities through their endowments. They will be gone shortly. 4. Chrysler is a brand name within the Stellantis Constelation. They arr Europeans.
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  1833. Yangyang huh ? Could not be bothered tochange his handle? It’s all well. In the troll factory.
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  1834. They need to stand on their own legs. It has become a protectorate. If there is one thing that will divide Jewish relations with mainstream America is this. They need to go to their synagogue and demand changes on funding Israel. It is becoming embarrassing.
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  1835. If you book through the airline of choice it might show.
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  1836.  @travman1987  drilling or digging , it is still needs to be mined. Your argument is moot , no matter how you twist
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  1837. They already showed up. Do you think they would miss this one ?
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  1838. Well, if there is a problem to be solved , then there must be a solution out there. The problem with the EVs are not the batteries. The manufacturers are the problem. They won’t allow the car owner to seek a battery skate that replaces the faded one, or the creation of an aftermarket for batteries. Most of these vehicles are going to be solid from the chassis up. Hence they should outlast one, two , three skates. The software is the grip that seizes the car and make aftermarket swaps impossible. In a way , it is similar with teiecomunications equipment. You don’t have an activation code , your chassis won’t work. Even if all components ( backplan , boards , CPU ) are OEM. Lucent , Nortel and others used to sell those Digital Central Office Switching exchanges , minus peripherals , for well over USD 3 million. I like what NIO does ( battery swap ) , but even then , it is not feasible in a large scale setting. I also do like what some Indy installers in California do. They take up VW Beetles and Vans and electrify those vehicles. The Van is even better , as it has a higher Center of Gravity which makes it prone to roll overs. The skate , in part, solves the stability problem. And the rear engine compartment is perfect for the electrical motor. But I am digressing.
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  1839. Now, here is journalism worth seeing. John Harris back to being himself. Investigative , research, maps . You are doing good kid. And I do not use Facebook, nor Instagram. They are personal data collection tools. There is no free lunch with them.
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  1840.  @gallectee6032  fair enough. No one has a clean nose. But Facebook is a pandora box to exploit identity theft.
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  1841. Both Venezuelan leaders were caricatures . Short for clowns. Talk loud a great game. It brings me back when the King of Spain, in some public forum told Chavez the keep his trap shut ( porque no se calla ? ). It went viral then. The Guyana you mentioned is Suriname, isn’t it ? Same place as that lunatic Jim Jones conducted the mass suicides with his followers in the 80’s Until recently , this going back some 25 years, that place was used to setup shop for American Audiotext operators ( read 1-900 dial a smut ) with their credit card scrubbing operations and incoming calls relayed from their IVR switches back to America. They would process payments , outside the reach of US Law Enforcement , and calls would then be relayed to America where girls in their bedrooms , or some call center in LA would be talking dirty to some old leech granpa in the US. And cows roamed free on the capital streets . So they struck black gold , good for them. They deserve some money coming through that country. So Exxon and others can drop polluting the Amazon jungle and concentrate on off shore fields. I know this boom is attracting Brazilians and Venezuelans to find work there.
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  1842. Stop the flag waving. The biggest corolation of Ponzi schemes are coming from the USA. Unserviceable Municipal debts Social security funding and future obligations Federal debt Wars that can’t be repaid Consumer debt Droughts in the West and Midwest Medicare Fraud
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  1843. The only ones getting out of Gaza are the ones that can buy their way out. Some Egyptian Traveling Agents are making a mint out of Palestinians with enough cash to move out. And the Israeli Governmrnt is not spending a dime on re settling the ones who would relinquish their homeland. There are Palestinians in Brazil , Canada , USA , Jordan . Those are destinations they would rather be.
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  1844. And the folks at Sao Jose dos Campos-SP Brazil thank heavens by not been absorbed by Boeing. And for the opening to new markets abroad. I am talking about Embraer.
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  1845. Your postulating is a spot on match to Gregory Peck speech at the shareholders proxy fight versus Danny de Vito as Larry the Liquidator on “ Other’s People’s Money. “. …” When a Country makes nothing “ as “ we are a Country that produces nothing but tax shelters ….”
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  1846. Oops. He is a day too late. Dolphins were spared when commercial Tuna Fishermen in the Pacific Coast were banned from using fine meshing nets pulled from a trawler . Which drove fishermen towards rod fishing. Which does a damage on fishermen’s back. I personally knew one who moved back to New Bedford , MA that became confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. A lot of the caneries were based in San Jose , CA. Which has now become a tech hub. The city has a large Portuguese settlement , whom it worked in the fishing trawlers and caneries. So most of them made out ok, as they bought land with their savings. If you used my argument to your simpleton neighbor , you deservedly will humiliate him, by calling an idiot without argumentative facts.
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  1847. Everyone needs a driver to talk to , and get them from A to B. Besides local drivers have the scoop on local affairs. They become indispensable.
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  1848.  @john2g1 demagogues in chief more likely. Nixon was far more progressive than Clinton. What Clinton did by botching civil right laws left the ACLU up in arms. And Obama , that stunt in Flint Michigan was exact the same as the one he pulled over the BP spill in the Mexican Gulf. Over Louisiana The water and the seafood that he said to take without fear. Both were gifted orators like no other.
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  1849.  @Si_Mondo  it is not Barrack. It is Barack
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  1850.  @MSDGroup-ez6zk  it is a ten million units a year market. Nothing to sneeze at. Find any other country outside China , India , and the entire EU with those numbers. “ The Grapes are Green”:said the Fox.
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  1851.  @samyi8512  only the imported ones. Which are bought as a status symbol.
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  1852.  @dfaro8453  Try getting it licensed through the local DMV. Moronic remark.
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  1853. Whaaat ? I can’t hear you son ! Ahhhww you meant outer space aliens ? Martians ? Ok . Got it.
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  1854. They reuse old office buildings more than you can fathom. Underscript, good structural integrity. Location is key. If there is a convergence of power grid , fed by separate substations , you can bet your bottom dollar it will be scouted by folks in the data center industry.
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  1855. They have droughts . Huge problems with their pistachio crops. Small Farmers going belly up. Car making , they run their own brand , an old licensing deal with Peugeot before PSA and Stellantis. For some basic model. And despite their ongoing squabble with the Saudis and Israel , and past war with the old Iraqui regime , I suspect this whole “ terrorist state “ moniker is overblown. They are more concerned in running their day to day affairs than to meddle on other nations business.
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  1856. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  1857. Americans and their conspiracy theories. Russia is actually doing fine with the sanctions. A tour at a mall in Siberia will give you that. They aren’t falling apart.
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  1858.  @stephenderry9488  Russian women aren’t just capable. They are resourcefull. They put up with chauvinistic Russian males up to a certain point. They might look docile and feminine , and expect the man always to foot the bill, but when it comes to roll up the sleeves because their drunken mates can’t get around to , just watch and see. And during the Soviet era , many joined males under STEM programs. They might look like Lillie’s , but they ain’t any of it.
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  1859.  @close_all_tabs  Chinese farmers are taking up Russian women to be their brides. And What amuses me the most are male Pakistanis desperate to find a much older mail order bride from Brazil, pay to get out of dodge , and rubber stamped out of an entry visa from the Brazilian Consulate ,when Russia is closer by and they can get wed.
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  1860. A tell tale of one industry cities. Chicago , Milwaukee, Pittsburgh thrived . Gary did not, as it lived and died for the steel mill.
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  1861. Soda is carbonated water and syrup. If you make yours, and pour it , are you liab”e to collect taxes ?
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  1862. Well,… he said the smart and cheaper money would go to bankroll the manufacturing plant re shoring to the US and Mexico. Well said. So, for as long as it does not get wasted into pie in the sky social media and mobile apps for food delivery/ dating/and other nonsense , I am fine with it. Let those Uber kids out of college to get a job that impacts the production of goods. As for green tech, funding really needs to be evaluated in a case by case basis , with no governmental subsidies. There is no prize reward for being the first on the race.
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  1863. That what NAFTA is for. They are already leasing up land in indústrial parks in Monterrey. Mexico has already stitched several bilateral trade agreements. Way back when they were invited into the group.
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  1864. Empty promises.
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  1865. Agree. Glorified Billboard. If one can run an hour and half on featured older flicks , then there is room for a more in depth analysis right here on YouTube. And TV won’t do . Not enough editorial freedom to write as one sees fit.
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  1866.  @amateurbarnaby  it makes sense.
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  1867.  @TuhunluunBionoid  Chinese fishermen trawlers poaching territorial waters is nothing new. It happens everywhere in the globe. If there is one thing American fishermen never did was go poach fishing grounds. Actually, US New England fishermen have been caught by the Canadian Coast Guard ships poaching the Canadian Side of George’s Bank which lead to catch confiscation. And I am not sure on what goes on the pacific.
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  1868.  @pewwf0  it is the frigid cold winters that affect vehicle performance adversely. As far as these machines catching fire, that is what cooling systems are made for. They just nee$ to adapt their vehicles for the Indian market.
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  1869.  @polaris1985 this is an over generalization. I would think rather that rolling EVs would contribute to reduce smog in India’s overpopulated cities. The big concern is not space, but rather the resilience, or lack thereof , of their electrical grid . I am no apologist for EVs , in fact I feel they are not a panacea, and in some places , rolling them is impractical. And I loathe Elon Musk. But China and India need to get along in better terms , if BRICS financing is to consolidate.
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  1870.  @liesterminator2  that is bashing. Let Indians try their hands at it. Very unkind and over generalized remark.
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  1871.  @chjin1796 I think he or she is adressing self combustion fire flare ups as a concern , and not the vehicle’s performance in itself. Which is an engineerimg iasue.
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  1872.  @zackchow6669  you meant Government claw back tactics or taxation.
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  1873.  @polaris1985  well do as te Japanese do. Shrink vehicle’s size. India is Suzuki’s largest market . Suzuki leads ICE Kei Car registrations in Japan. They should be selling more of those in India. As for charging , true, there might not be plenty enough carports in India’s largest cities for every household that has a registered car. So build vertically…. If every high rise being developed in India can accommodate extra amount of parking beyond what’s deeded for dwelling residents , and as such it warrants solar panels and lithium ion battery pods , then this becomes a profit center for the developer , all recurring revenue , in perpetuity. They are then leasing out space plus power . Which is, precisely what you get in a data center when you colocate your IT gear out of your monthly payments If I were you, and could figure out how to get this done, well , you would be minting your own money and never have to take a job from anyone. There are no problems , my dear Indian lad. There are unsolved opportunities. .
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  1874.  @windsong3wong828  knowing a little about India’s government bureaucracy morass, waiting upon what the government will do will be the last thing you want see . Figure a way around regulations. That is how fortunes are made , grasshopper. Have the mindset of a hustler , a pirate , a smuggler . That is being an entrepreneur.
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  1875.  @chjin1796  by the way you out together your sentences. … 1. You must be Chinese. No big deal. 2. You are some EV expert or work at these EVs auto plants. 3. I do not detect mechanic speak in your dialect. Ok . Got it. Yiu made your point. Go latch on someone else.
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  1876.  @chjin1796  translating tools can’t help you making a pan argument point in a compelling way.
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  1877. Staffers. Clinging to their meaningless jobs. Yes man and women. There are plenty out there.
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  1878. Another third rate country using the dollar as their legal tender. You got that right.
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  1879.  @MundaneDave  campaigns run on money. And delegates. The public outcry means little, even these days.
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  1880. I never set foot in the island but I can see you have compelling eye openers. Yet, this partisan vote , both isles dial the same dollar. Notwithstanding, voting on yiur ethinicity makes sense. Only beware of carrier climbers doing your bid for expediency sake. They come from all colors and walks of life.
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  1881. Louis Rossman is becoming the second coming of Ralph Nader! The mantle is yours Dude. And I live to see it ! Goddamit.
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  1882. The clash of the clowns. They could not sort this in private. I do not see Mr Musk dishing out barbs at the Chinese Proliturbo. The minister acting as an offended Ofelia. A war of words. In the minister wanted to make a point he would have the platform DNS blocked , which would drive more folks to a VPN. Point made. What I see, from both sides is a self promotion pissing match of two big egos.
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  1883. You caught up,on that one. So did I.
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  1884. The Riches were always there and known by superpowers. They were kept as their Piggy banks for future drafts. Take Afghanistan for example. When Americans bankrolled Mujahedin fighters against the Soviet Union , they were sure to sent the US Survey Services to map ou the land riches. Many years later , they found the perfect excuse to cash out on their plundering with Osama Bin Laden witch hunt. Only Obama was in hiding by Pakistan , not Afghanistan. Yet the riches were in Afghanistan. It is cheaper and more convenient to bribe country officials and throw some money at local wars. It keeps the orders coming for the Militar Industrial Complex.
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  1885. It reminds me of those autograph seeking groupies and sports fans sticking the neck next to the sports figure/celebrity being interviewed on the spot. “ There mama, look at me in TV!”
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  1886. Solid Clay Bricks actually have better refractory properties than cinder blocks or even wood clapboard. A clay brick home maintains cool summers and warmer winters, if the other designing factors are kept in check. Just travel further North towards Canada , and you will see a lot of brick clad homes.
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  1887. Argentina’s number one cinder block chained to the ankle in deep sea is … About 40% of the country’s payroll is made up of public servants , whether they are on a Provincial Government , City Government , and Federal Government . Dead weight. And in Buenos Aires , they punch in , at earliest , 10:00 AM. These are the folks who dine at midnight and go out. Not a candidate has brought this up, as it would mean suicide at the casting ballots. So you have a bunch of idiots with empty promises, including Elvis Presley Miley , the clown master. Argentines with means and common sense will continue to migrate …Spain, Florida , Brazil’s Southern States , Mexico , Chile. If you are a real estate investor , and a gambling person, Buenos Aires is a place to carpetbag. Beautiful preserved old buildings. São Paulo’s historical downtown is filled with non franchised hotels /lodges , owned by Argentines. All of the lithium mines , and oil wells in the world won’t save Argentinians. Get out while you can.
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  1888. Not CIA. NATO. CIA still the bogeyman. Tolerated but loathed. No one likes company men meddling with their local politics , sniffing at their State Secrets .
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  1889. @@JamesDeWalt909 maybe. But these Chinese makers are moving into Europe and Latin America , overtaking waning US automakers . Ford is gone, and ironically so, BYD overtook Ford’s last closing plant in Brazil . Lock, stock , and barrel. And they are targeting Ford Dealerships for flag conversions. And then there is Chery, Great Wall. No global presence , no economies of scale. No funding for new product lines.
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  1890. Sending ammunition and weapons is half of the battle. The other half is not arming the Enemy. Russian guided Missiles fitted with circuitry assembled with American made chipmakers ICs are on production as of now and through 2023 Shipped by American chipmakers or Semiconductor Brokers these chips end up in the hands of shell companies the world over. There is a good video from Johny Harris just out of the oven on YouTube.
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  1891. Import Africans. And folks from the Middle East.
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  1892. Matheus. Netanyahu has just been steamrolled by a freight train named Lula. Literally called the little man from Israel a punk, a liar , and a psychopath without using names. The entire world envy Lula , and Muslims around the world must be thinking Lula is a rockstar. That is a huge chunk of the worlds population . Leaders from more than half the European Union , Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa endorses Lula. He made Biden look like an ineffective wimp. The Irish representative in Brussels is down with Lula. Talking about a comeback player , that is Lula. From the prision cell to the pinnacle. This is a moment for the ages.
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  1893.  @Uma-parede a oposição brasileira ao Lula é mesquinha e provinciana. Detém a mentalidade da classe média que apoiou o golpe de 1964. O capital político do Lula lhe da o direito de arrebatar estes momentos e valorizar o Brasil no cenário global. O Bolsonaro é odiado mundo afora. Capital político zero. Todo o lobby pecuarista jamais conseguiria o dividendo que o Lula está obtendo. O nosso maior comprador de carne bovina é o Irã. O puxa saco do Bolsonaro insultou os clérigos do Irã. Só para agradar o Trump. O lobby agro teve que chamar ele no tapete e mandaram ele calar a boca. Muçulmano consome carne bovina e caprina. A Índia , sua maior companhia aérea tem um pedido de 500,aeronaves para a Cai Cai Boeing e a Airbus. Nada pra Embraer com o seu reverenciado E2. Os caras nunca irão nos respeitar. Deixa o barbudinho soltar o verbo. E a nossa chance de ser reconhecido.
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  1894.  Tupinikimsincero em guerra o débito colateral é sempre de civis. Bravura de soldados israelitas ? Os mais relevantes e progressistas pensadores e jornalistas americanos são inequívocos com a covardice da gendarmerie israelita.
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  1895.  @ms-jf1iz  is this your argument? During the 60’s and 70’s the CIA trained Brazilian policemen on torture techniques. And then Chile. So Mossad types are choir boys ? Don’t you have anything else outside your text book to say ?
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  1896.  @furyzxzx  so did the Irish through endorsement from the Irish representative on the Euro Parliament in Brussels for Lula. So did Colombia’s President. I bet the entire African continent is down with us. And since about an estimated two billion people around the world are Muslins , figure some of them heard of Lula’s talk heard round the world. In Portuguese !
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  1897.  @dhalsinhc  grupos militantes radicais fazem parte de lutas , para melhor ou pior. ETA Basca, IRA Irlandês ….Se você se for preocupar com o que vão achar de você , , se te apoiam , se as tuas macacas de e auditório são feias , você nunca fará nada na vida. Lula chutou o balde e mandou ver. Doa a quem doer. O cara não é perfeito, mas na hora H ele disse a que veio. O que o Hamnas acha ou não de Lula , ele está pouco se lixando. O cara vem lidando com Trokistas radicais nas fileiras de seu partido desde o começo dos anos 80 , tua acha que ele vai se incomodar com guerrilheiros palestinos. ? Larga a mão de dar ouvidos a picuinhas de Maria vai com as outras e manda eles pentearem macaco.
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  1898.  @Carla-yd2hr  Carla querida. Você quer separar o joio do trigo em um conflito controverso que dura décadas. Isto vem desde o pós guerra ( a segunda ). Os ingleses começaram tudo . O caldo já entornou há décadas. Em termos genéricos Grupos radicais nunca acabaram como paladinos da justiça. Nem Hamnas nem Mossad . E e extremamente difícil quantificar quem financia quem. Os Americanos da CIA afirmam que é o Irã que banca o Hamnas. Logo eles com o histórico de depor democracias l financiar grupos , fabricar candidatos. Olha o exemplo da Colômbia , aonde grupos armados radicais controlavam o tráfego de drogas e subjugavam populações civis locais a seus desmandos. E a a Irlanda do Norte. E o ETA basco. Guerra e negócio. E o que chamamos de guerra suja. Não há Santos. O que importa é que Lula foi la , pisou no calo , e soltou o verbo. Quando muita gente nem tinha coragem de dizer em receio a represálias. Ele mandou tudo as favas. Eu sugiro que vc leia ou ouça Chris Hedges , um jornalista e acadêmico que esteve nas trincheiras do Oriente Médio , Bósnia , América Central.
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  1899.  @MateusPereiradeAlmeida  Isto é sabido. O estado israelita foi uma promessa da chancelaria Britânica e um de seus líderes a líderes zionistas da época até então a Palestina era uma região estável, com instituições , manufatura bancos , comércio, estrada de ferro. Moravam lá Judeus , Árabes. O vizinho Líbano, era como uma mistura de Suíça com Riviera no Oriente Médio. Cristãos Maronitas, Armênios, Drusos , Muçulmanos , todos convivendo harmoniosamente. . Depositava se as largas quantidades nos bancos fenícios na base da confiança e aperto de mão. A guerra civil no Líbano acabou com tudo. Na época , pós guerra ( WWII ) , até então , quase toda a África do Norte e Oriente Medio ( exceção a Argélia ) estavam sob domínio Britânico. Os quais prometeram aos palestinos da região um assentamento pacífico de refugiados israelitas. E que eventualmente quebraram suas promessas. Eu conjuro que foram ordens dos Rotchilds , que eram banqueiros britânicos. Mas conjuro. Quando os Britânicos perderam o Canal de Suez em 1956 , tudo o que era deles foi se perdendo gradualmente , ora para os Estados Unidos , ora para a União Soviética. O Congresso Norte Americano até hoje envia bilhões de dólares a Israel anualmente sob o pretexto de ajuda financeira. O governo israelita atrai refugiados judeus do mundo inteiro com fábulas de prosperidade , segurança , sejam um de nós, e por aí. Brochuras com imagens de gente vivendo em complexos de apartamento como se estivessem em Xangri la. Quando vc quer todo o bolo para si e os seus não divide, e aí que começa a ruir.
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  1900. What an idiot. And he wants to run for the White House.
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  1901. Boeing is not an “ airline “. It is a aircraft manufacturer.
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  1902. The Blonde conveniently declined to mention the largest holders of Japanese public debt are Japanese citizens.
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  1903. Forecasted. Not promised. Otherwise a good point.
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  1904. And there is a thing called expensive money. All the silly money poured in startups in recent past is about to disappear. Money left is for building the plant….in America or Mexico. As for Everything else , good money it needs to chase profitable companies with decent cash flow.
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  1905. Shame on WSJ. For airing this tendentious piece. As if everyone here did not grasp basic finance. Totally an infantilized narrative. These debt covenants are not to be fully repaid . The Chinese financiers and party bureaucrats ( both are the same , just a fancy title to gloss over ) are just currying favors to keep Laos in the fold. If borders them, they are motivated to extend their rail lines. With that , they stretch their geopolítical tentacles. This is a sunk cost project. Notice Burma and Buthan , just as poor as Laos , did not get the invite. No rail lines to them , as far as I know of. What the Chinese bureaucrats and top leaders see is just an opportunity to control the economic and land development of an extension of their empire. The Russians have done the same through Ukraine. They ran the gas pipeline through the country , and before the war broke out , they were in the hook , on rights of way rental payments , to the tune of USD 1,5 billion per year. With the war, they have the perfect excuse to stiff the Ukrainian government in owed rent. With the Chinese , debt covenants are structured so they take over the rail line if the Laotian Government goes into default on loan repayments. So the Chinese go from sinking their Mickey Mouse money while paying no rent , and are primed to collect management fees , collecting freight revenues, interest payments , assuming Laotians don’t meet their targets on cash flow and debt amortization. One billion, six billion dollars are converted exchange figures. Repayments and sunk costs are all pegged to the Chinese currency. This deal is all but too common in the US. It’s the equivalent of debt securitization. The difference being , under a securitization structured deal, every first collected dollar goes towards the lender. The Chinese know this is how it will end up , only they structured the contract to allow the Laotians to allow themselves the repayment option. The moment the Laotians get behind payments , the Chinese will revert this as a securitization deal. The other difference …. The Chinese are not selling this investment in the open market as a bond offering or something similar. They are keeping it to themselves , after all this deal is way too good to share with others. Laos economy will explode and the Chinese will reap. Alone. Don’t blame the Chinese. They took their cues from American Financiers. China as a country might be set to implode. But China Inc. , that is a whole new ballgame. Do you want to know the logic behind this rationale ? Americans left Afghanistan in haste , fully knowing the country’s riches ( from way back early 90’s when military aide came in tow with the boys from the US Survey Services ). Barely the last American plane took off and Al Jazeera had just put out a documentary on how little Chinese businessmen,no party officials yet, are flocking into the country to secure investment deals , sometimes with the blessing of the Taliban. Building placed out of the nowhere. Democracy be danmed. America ain’t what used to be.
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  1906. Yes he does drive himself to the office. Either a Lincoln or a Cadillac.
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  1907.  @wholeNwon  I don’t care about Warren Buffet any more than you do. I don’t follow him either. But at least I can crush your nonsense class resentment to pieces. And the fact I’ve been to places and seen the way things are done, because I observe things well. Your counter argument … ‘ Off course you are wrong “. Typical American … Obsessed with public figures Bitter Self absorbed. Broke Glad I left the Country
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  1908. You got played dude. This is Apple’s PR stunt. Next step….. “ Your application has been denied on the grounds of ….bla , bla , bla.
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  1909. If there is one noticeable aspect of US military , asides from weapons , logistics , systems , that stands out , at least for me , is … Uniforms. The US armed forces have the best looking and wear resistance uniforms than any other nation’s armed forces. They are well pressed , fit well. And if so helps most active duty personnel is fit. Even in fatigues. I came to realize this after seen how lame dressed were Russian officers and conscripts, and Chinese officers. Out of shape, cheap fabrics , and they looked like your Mall security officer. German WWII officers also had some noteworthy apparel. It goes without saying , you can project yourself by the way you look.
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  1910. Does anyone when the EPA published strict CAFE mandates on emissions and fuel efficiency ? What did the Big Three don? They lobbied for a legal loophole on truck chassis platforms. And they won. Which mean , the old Utility Vehicle , became the more consumer appealing SUV. Car ride feeling on a truck with car like amenities , and the American consumer bought it , hook line and sinker. So US automakers came into a junction and sought a way out. And now they are reaping the dividends on their reluctance to adhere standards Japanese, Korean , and European car makers already followed. The Chinese too arrived at that same road junction. They admitted , we stink at making world class ICE cars and trucks. So the private section went all in on EVs. Therein lies the difference. Complacency x daring to take risks.
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  1911. I’m for one love when John Cadogan calls out Elon Jesus. That Aussie has some sense of humor.
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  1912. Gold and silver do not have inherent value on itself. You cannot add value to the economy by hoarding either one of them. It only benefits speculators with a commodity.
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  1913. This is a take that went well in all of its facets. 1. No background distractions. Peter likes to hike, but a solid presentation demands pace and delivery. The great outdoors are only great if you are a tourist guide. Otherwise it becomes a huge distraction with conditions, noise , focus. It definitively affects pace. 2. Tucker Carlson. I never care to watch one sentence. He is a talking head. We are overloaded with information , bad information is the least of what I need. 3.Russian outlook. Now you got it right. No little factoids you did not research. Don’t get me wrong , I like your unescripted talk , but you can be overly confident while talking from the hip. 4. American leadership shortcomings. You got it right. It is important to bring this to light. It validates your talk as legitimate. You are not to be a company man. 5.you read the comments after all. Despite going on record saying you don’t. Which makes you a bit of a cocky bastard , notwithstanding a good one. You are all right, despite your occasional faux pas on local,specific facts you are not aware of. On the grand scheme of things, you bring value, specially since it is free, other than our viewing time. Thank you.
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  1914. Which makes you bad at math. After a leased is paid a taxicab driver would keep a whole lot more after expenses.
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  1915. All Venezuela has to offer is low grade crude. Before they went to their ways of revolutionary idiocy , the only refiner that took their crude were run by the Koch Brothers. Meanwhile , the Guyana struck oil and gas reserves richer than Venezuela’s. And thanks to stupid government politics , their local Oil Company , PDVSA , started hiring based on political ties , driving away professionals who managed to get things done. So now, all Venezuela has to offer , aside to low grade crude reserves , are drug gangs, hookers , and lots of starving paupers.
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  1916.  @Myriadys  what is fair is fair.
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  1917.  @btorretta  the point of having a school is to have them organize for all of this. Charter schools are nothing short of profiteering from education at expense of tax dollars. Money grab at its finest.
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  1918. I know of Greek pizza parlor owners who buy their storefronts and everything above them. In fact , some will buy the stores in their blocks to prevent competitors from getting their pizza parlors into the area. Why can’t Asians buy the real estate their store is at ?
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  1919. Hey Mr Zeihan …. One of the only few countries in the Western Hemisphere , outside the US and Canada with continental dimensions , single language and currency is Brazil. Yes, I know you haven’t given great raving reviews on the Country’s Demography as it is skewered and I want to remind you data from US Department of State , and Brazil’s IBGE Census are garbage. The issue is not the size of the base of pyramid , but rather earning power across the pyramid. The Geography, you are getting not quite 100% ( the plateau in the mountain range towards the sea border is not as challenging as you made out to be , aka Serra do Mar and Atlantic Florest ). Besides , more sea ports are being built in the North to add existing ones … Imperatriz , MÁ Belem, PA Suape Vitória , ÉS Santos , SP ( needs dredging , lots corruption at the docks , issues with Port Authority Rio de Janeiro ( undergoing commercial gentrification ) Tubarão ,SC ( expanding ) Paranaguá, PR ( expanding capacity and dredging , the Chinese have put money where mouth is ) Rio Grande and Pelotas, RS . Lots of upside. Dormant . On a flat land estuary. The politicians. Both sides of the aisle and other coalition parties made up of morons. Not as bad as Argentinians. BRICS alliance. A pipe dream doom to fail , Lula’s ideologues and the Agribusiness lobby on the far right both are misguided Well… We almost agree on fundamentals , we might have our differences are a matter of factual opinions. But you are a rockstar with earned kudos , and I am a armchair Joe Nobody. But it would be really awesome if you could sum up Brazil under your lenses. So, whaddya you say , huh ?
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  1920. So Peter , is Brazil anywhere in your traveling plans ?
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  1921. Peter…. If you are going to drop short topics for clicks , you need to start thinking about the brainpower your videos gather ( myself not included short of anything related to Brazil ). Create a member section , call it your inner circle , membership with privileges, Peter’s advisory group . Shoot the topic and the outlines to your inner core followers and see what it comes out of it. Or do a video edited preview. And then sift through the garbage and collect what is of value to go into the cutting ( or re editing ), for the final edited video at large. That would be a much shorter pool of know it alls to eliminate long tedious reads ( which you claimed you never read ). And on those reads , there are always good nuggets you missed. Things you can apropriate or incorporate. There has been a one too many times folks caught on your mischaracterizations. Although this is pocket change, a side gig against your keynote engagements and book advances , there is no point to leave loose threads. After all it is your work and reputation. You done a swell job otherwise , in making geopolitics 101 accessible to most average folks. No point in alienating them with a few faux pas. As for your antics with clothing , sunglasses , background takes , and your casual style , they are all good. They are thr antithesis to the buttoned up crowd. Very clever of yours , whether it was intentional or by accident and circumstance.
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  1922. Good point grasshopper.
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  1923.  @ClownCarCoup  That is chump change compared to his Keynote engagements and book advance monies can net him. That is why you see him to travel so often. Typical keynote speaking booking is some membership due association in a trade convention. All of this is to pad and validate his status at his consulting gig. My educated guess …Once he realized his recorded public speeches were not only being distorted , they were also not netting him any money, as the pandemic dragged on , he got religion and started his own channel. Notice, most of his shots are one man shootings himself videos at arm’s length. No props , no graphics , no studio setting. Serious money only after you cross the one million sub rate. Until then , it’s pocket money and a side hustle.
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  1924. There are 750,000 expats living in Mexico , according to the State Department. Lower health care cost, and affordable cost of living, those being the chief reasons.
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  1925. Ralph Nader warned us.
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  1926. You must be the tenth asking this question. The company generates profits. At the US consumer market. The Chinese are not loosing sleep over this. They can source their pork elsewhere. Brazil, Russia , Mexico. Once there are facilities in place , and know how, pigs can be raised and slaughtered anywhere.
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  1927. The Bandeirantes was a 70’s turboprop aircraft. Maintained through spares but no longer in production.
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  1928. With this plea deal he no longer can sue neither the British or US Governmrnt and seek damages for wrongful imprisionment. And the US agencies implicated n this can save face. Julian Assange paid the price for his expose. But at least he regained his freedom. He looked aged beyond his years.
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  1929. The State has been hit by an historically overwhelming rainfall precipitation. Not just the Capital. The mountain range too ( Serra Gaúcha ). The flooding in the capital , Porto Alegre , has been hit harder because it sits in the far end of an estuary, and a Lagoon. Lagoa dos Patos. Going forward , they will need help figuring out levees and gates. While balancing environmental concerns. They could use so,e help on this from Dutch Engineers.
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  1930. I had one of those Johny Harris naysayers channels pop up on my feed list. Looked up on his sub and click rate , stop running the video , posted a negative , did not even bother making any comment , nor watching the rest. Just another loser chalked up. Johny’s team goes through documents , maps ( his obsession ) ,does the occasion on location footage , and they do some well thought out editing. There is value into that. His sponsor stops are way to lengthy , and annoying , but hey, someone has to pay the bills. Keep on cranking the bakery Johny. You are alright.
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  1931. Trump got his supply from Eastern European former call girls turned models. There has been a pattern with him. For all the obnoxious person Trump is and was , I doubt he would be caught in those situations.
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  1932.  @crazycomments2082  true. Agree in principle. Stay clear from commies and right wing nuts. They are out there recruiting . Both sides are certified loonies. Your pontification was in spot , thought.
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  1933. How many times can I repeat myself to you mooks ? The American armed forces , or DoD , do no contract gear that is sold to civilian enterprises or domestic telecom carriers . They have their own vendors. There is a company in Victor , NY that specialize in such core gear. Switches , routers , radio base stations , multiplexers , amplifiers. You want to eavesdrop , hire Madam Ming and her Girls and setup shop half mile away from military bases. The German Nazis did that during WWII. Anyone from a grunt to, five star general , they are fair game when it comes to carousing. Booze and girls.
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  1934. These relocation experts are not bright bulbs. They had those derelict communities, with lots of empty industrial buildings , past Hudson Valley Parkway over the Hudson River Bridge. No, they had to take them to some suburban community, where migrant cast is unwanted. Social workers and non profits are in charge and they want your beachhead.
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  1935. He did. A while ago. Go search.
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  1936. Supply and demand. That is what markup over MSRP means. Manufacturers will do whatever they can to cut overhead. They are not in the retail game. You will be lucky to get a showroom , no inventory , and minimal service dept, if any at all. Typical American whinoes.
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  1937. There are not universities for everyone in Europe. You have to pass an exam, I am sure. So it is not a free for all. They suplement their education with trade vocational training , which ensures a decent living for those who can’t attend universities. University learning in Europe is not a cottage industry. There are no Diploma Mills out there. No you do not need a college degree for coding inn computer.
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  1938. These analysts are so comatose. 😊
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  1939. Your pontification and presentation was on spot, and the train of thought complete and seamless. You just missed one thing….. Break down your paragraph lump into sentences ! Here … “ when it hid B737Max …” is a new sentence. Space it out from the previous. And then .. “Look at Airbus order book …”. There is another sentence. Which begs to be separated away from the previous. You do all of this , and more people will read you. Nobody wants to read someone else’s rant. Which is what lumped sentences look like. And don’t give me the excuse …,” I wrote on my smart phone. “. Every device has a keyboard with a spacing tab .
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  1940. And “;Short Termism …” is another sentence. Easy on everyone else’s eyes.
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  1941. You would rather , “It is not just Boeing “ instead.
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  1942.  @momsspaghetti4064  well, the aftermarket and OEM market are also to blame. A lot of shady practices in the replacement industry. Large carriers maintain profitable routes and sublet hub to secondary locations. Those secondary routes are where cost cutting takes to the extreme.
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  1943.  @cageordie  you got mil specs to fall back to. Non defense manufacturing does not.
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  1944.  @xx133  you have a point.
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  1945.  @torehaaland6921  correct.
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  1946. Meanwhile , some repair shop in Shenzen is getting the workaround. Ain’t America Great ?
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  1947. Well, the soap box is theirs. Don’t blame them. Blame the idiots that enabled them. These foggies , televangelists , political leaders, sports figures , celebrities , Same cloth.
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  1948. How ironic. A few years back, a movie starting Danny de Vito and Gregory Peck featured some corporate take over by a New York’s M&A’s firm. The subject acquired target was a wire manufacturing plant in Rhode Island. The wire plant was bought and tore into pieces, through a hostile takeover , for a more profitable chopping and sell off The acquirer, played by Danny the Vito , aptly named as “Larry the Liquidator”. The plant managing executive and major shareholder was played by Gregory Peck. The Movie Title , “Other People’s Money.” The movie climax is at the shareholder’s annual meeting staged proxy fight where both men make their claims, where a company’s fate will be decided upon , and it is worth revisiting. There are pieces out there on YouTube. The movie came out in 1991, at the height of the Junk Bond era , followed by the wave of M&A takeover deals. Soon thereafter , there would be a flood of Private Equity deals throughout the country. Restaurant chains, retail, food and beverage branded manufacturers , and not long afterwards , Hospitals. Same cost cutting measures across several industries. Nobody saw it coming. Until it hit home. Started with plants , now hospitals. Then and now, other people’s money. And by the way, it isn’t just rural hospitals. Urban hospitals are being subject to the same draconian buyouts. I recall Carney Hospital in Boston ( specifically Dorchester ) , a large community hospital , then run by Caritas , a non profit , being acquired by a private equity. I would suggest to see how things are run there nowadays.
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  1949.  @its-all-good  Mexicans are superstitious. Brazilians , to a certain degree. Yet Nowhere any close to what Mexicans are. No such a thing as to what side of the sidewalk they walk. Go walk Avenida Paulisfa and see if they care as to whether they are on curbside or building side. They might be pulling your leg. Besides , you can take what Brazilians say with a grain of salt. This goes back to the late Charles de Gaule , who once said …Brazilians can’t be taken seriously.
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  1950. That is his business. It is a going concern. With a payroll.
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  1951. @@billflyer8652 like many in office , congressmen and senators , they have their constituents and wards , and their leased and staffed office within their voting district. Even if he rolled in a train, daily, from the train station to the Hill , he had to be chauffeured. And most of these fat cats kept their pied-a-terre in DC. So please allow me to challenge your insight. I think it is flawed , page.
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  1952. I’ve been told some Dutch Prime Minister actually rode his bycicle in the way to the Parliament. But again , he is Dutch. And , I might be wrong , but that was the guy who upset farmers badly enough as they collectively dumped manure in the Parliament Building.
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  1953. So half of them can smoke or inject it. Are you insane ? That is the equivalent of putting out fires with a canister of gasoline!
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  1954. Émerson Fittipaldi, the former Formula One racecar driver , in his winning years, was known for running behind the lead racers. He certainly did not always have the best car setup to lead a race wire to wire. So he waited in the wings , at the top pack , gambling that others would end up with car trouble as they did. He then would close out winning the race. Not the fastest, but the savvy .
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  1955. And do you all know how they get away with these deals ? Because local print and media outlets are either controlled by corporations ( Gannet , Belo , Knight Ridder ) or bankrupt. There is no way they would get away with these gambits if investigative reporting sprouted out within their district constituencies at the local daily. No breaking news @6pm or next day on front page.
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  1956. Americans are so naive. Where do you think Amazons gets the money to fund their own truck fleet, buy their own planes , lease fulfillment centers all over the country , pay Mr Bezos ex wife divorce settlement , buy and maintain a money losing newspaper , build its own robots , pay programmers , own digital platforms , keep its own slaves under payroll, and afford its founder to live like a pharaoh ? Back in the Wild West of e-commerce , a seller would buy e-commerce in a box or hire programmers to build its own. Mr Bezos was clever enough to figure he should make his own built platform available to third parties. Where I am , in Brazil, Mercado Livre ( eBay property ) runs e-commerce. And then there is Amazon. And then there are the Chinese ( Shopee ), and the locals . FedEx is around , so are UPS, DHL , and the local postal . But no Amazon vans or planes . American companies on retail mostly fail out here ( see Walmart ). You fed your own monster. Now deal with it.
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  1957.  @SneakyBastard-oi4eb  Here is about your Messiah. Self serving to the core Jesus Elon … https://youtu.be/MJRC9JOnIGo?si=jKFYA4jg1o9_TY-w About his obscene pay package. Do you really think he cares about democracy in Brazil ?
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  1958. Yup k got root for your messiah. And like any good self serving televangelist here is a nugget about his executive pay package. Undeterred that one minority shareholder sued him for his obscene demands on compensation and won over Elon in a Delaware Court, he now wants to transfer Tesla Incorporation to Texas , where he can make another end run on getting paid more than what he deserves https://youtu.be/MJRC9JOnIGo?si=jKFYA4jg1o9_TY-w That your Democracy Savior.
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  1959. See my comments at the top of this forum.
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  1960. You are rooting for the wrong guy. In America a lot of people already know the scumbag he is. See my long list at the top.
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  1961. Well, they started building these facilities in land bought out by rural areas. Chief reason being cheap power, lower cost of grazing land , plentiful available water ( data centers consume of cooling water instead of running power hungry HVAC ), and tax breaks. They could afford to string fiber to these outer reaches at their own dime , so it was a non issue. Google , for a while , ran dark fiber all over the US to support its own scattered data centers. As soon as they built one idc , they would cut loose from leasing up colo,space.
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  1962. Sometimes having the King’s hear might not be a good think , after all . Once your reputation is set , keynote speaking engagements are far more lucrative while they last. And being a representative democracy , at least for appearance sakes, when there is a change of guard , heads roll. Once a favorite then an outcast. He is better off being invited than being ensconced in some think thank. And he is making some coin thanks to Alphabet largesse. You can indulge into this money making through media if you are a government bureaucrat. No hiking , no jet setting. Dude is living the life.
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  1963. That’s is as close to a custom fit as you can get. Take that , Rawlings, Louisville Slugger.
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  1964. If you have the money and usage to justify , hybrid. If not , gas fueled.
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  1965. 😂😂😂😂😂
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  1966. They charge Palestinians to get across. Gouge is the word.
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  1967. They spoof phone numbers. Since IP telephony came into being , it has become a lot easier to deceive. A cumbersome way to see this is type the phone number in Google as you speak.
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  1968. Interesting that Peter lines up data on production outcomes. His forecasts might not be from the hip , after all. I assume he does his homework in advance prior to editing and has access to sound reliable sources.
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  1969.  @robbrown4621  Brazilian brewers overcharge for craft brews. And their local product isn’t that great anyways. 😊
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  1970.  @robbrown4621  Sam Adams haven’t been brewedin Boston for ages. What they kept in Boston , around Jamaica Plain - was a small experimental brewing operations. The bulk of brewing and bottling is made in Pennsylvania. At a much larger facility. They could not get issued a license in Boston. Their plant attracted rats.
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  1971.  @iketheranter9126  sure it does. At the expense of your fellow Americans. No universal health care, for profit diploma mills , privatized correctional facilities , crumbling infra structure , devastated towns , indebted municipalities , runaway drug addiction , Florida Retirees living on dog food , a diluted public education system , war veterans on the limb. Ain’t life great in America ?
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  1972. You meant Century Link the Carrier, aka Level 3 , right ?
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  1973.  @ShainAndrews  I just want to clarify. Century Link being the former Level 3 and Global Crossing. You mentioned Century Link.
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  1974. That and the Southern tip. That is where wheat production started. Rio Grande do Sul. Most of these Amazon Florest are from clueless Americanos. Reaganomics and Unions , their public education has gone nearly bankrupt. Geography is not mandatory in their curricula.
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  1975. It is a distressed sale, so it won’t count. And NYC operating budget ballooned ever since. Now, collect enough of those on record and one the news transactions , there will be enough evidence to challenge their position in the courts.
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  1976. Collected tax barely covers interest payments. All of the rest of budgeted expenditures , short of payroll deductions ( social security and Medicare are self funded and collected deductions are sunk into bonds, notes , and bills ) , are covered by US issued debt. We had in the past gotten out of debt burden, notably post war after Eisenhower , debt used to finance the war effort and later to fund the highway act. And then under Bill Clinton, we had debt ,budget balanced nonetheless . We are not at an abyss of calamity , just yet. The difference was…. We got paid to finance the war through reparations in payments and territorial appropriations ( France ceded Indochina, then Vietnam, to the USA in lieu of payments ), and the Highway build out brought in enourmous dividends. Now, most of the debt was incurred to bankroll wars and class welfare. Little to none was putto work into productive or sunk investment. And once again, Social Security and Medicare are marginally fully funded ( the present value for the next 30 years of disbursements amounts to over USD $110 trillion , including fraud ). All of the accrued money in Government I.O.Us. We can’t afford to default on those debt covenants , or else we are to become an Argentina. The only way to get under this debt load is to cut non self funded government programs, or to allocate funds where it most makes sense and has a pay back structure. And for those claiming the dollar is the reserve currency , so we can print it at will , eith non consequences to bear , well then. British Sterling Pound was once the world reserve currency. It collapsed after WWII, officially after England lost their Suez Canal dispute. BRICs is a fad. The participants track record on continuity, funding, stability , and transparency does not land credo to most of them. The US dollar is still the only currency to cover world payments and trade exchanged. But it is the symbolic act of daring to transgress that makes it threatening to the US dollar hegemony.
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  1977. There is a lot more to driving a motor vehicle than taking cash out or checking grocery items at the supermarket. And by the way, it works in Suoermarkets because Americans over purchase packaged and canned food items. Elsewhere is an hybrid system with real cashiers. Spot most baby boomer to millennials shopping cart and it is filled with junk. And by the way. Other think identity theft at banks and automated checking lanes , where your money is stolen , the liability on driverless cars is as lost human life. This ain’t apples and apples .
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  1978. International Court of Justice. Got it.
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  1979. It is like when you try justifying yourself that big pick up truck you just bought at the dealership on financing , when in fact all you needed was a subcompact ( no longer made available through US carmakers ).
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  1980. I will keep incogni in mind. We were missing your release , I figured as much as you spent time on homework and editing, “ baking the goods “. I was getting tired from Peter Zeihan’s from the hip half ass edits, filled with anedoctal inaccuracies . Your release is a respite from all of that junk. Keep on plugging , rabid journalist vlogger.
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  1981. Correct.
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  1982.  @superdingo9741  and now the PayPal mafia and former junk Bonds pushers are in its . Watch Whitney Webb.
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  1983. Most Israelis living there do. It is called indoctrination and economic largesse. The idea of having soldiers patrolling all over with guns do not compute on their minds.
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  1984.  @humanbeing1675  Opel , formerly a German subsidiary once acquired and then divested by General Motors Corp. Go check your references before you are out spouting nonsense.
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  1985.  @fredanddebramacdonald2445  Buicks are only made outside the US in Canada and China, to the extent of my knowledge. . There was never any automotive company named Opal. Only Opel, an once acquired and then divested subsidiary of General Motors , based in Germany. They might run factories in Europe outside Germany , but it would be the extent of it. Opal with an A at the end , as Opala , was the nameplate for a model made by General Motors do Brasil , assembled in São Caetano -SP , and sold through 1968 up to the early nineties, therefore already discontinued . It was a rebadging with some further enhancements from the Opel Rekkord. General Motors , back then , made a practice to use the Germany subsidiary as a base for Brazilian models , which then received slight cosmetic modifications. It was offered as a Sedan, Coupe , and a sports wagon ( three door badged as Caravan instead of Opala ). All models were equipped with various trim levels , depending upon the production year. From the sporty two door coupe or sports wagon , named SS, up to the stodgy four door Sedan, later labeled as Diplomata . Engines varied from an entry level four cylinder 2.5 liters up first a 3.8 inline six and then a 4.1 inline six. The nameplate , specially the sedan and sports wagon ,are iconic classic cars amogst Brazilian enthusiasts and collectors. A lot of tuners buy them and upgrade them for drag racing and they are often spotted on tuner car meets. Being an Opala enthusiast is being part of a clique called “Opaleiros “, and the model became an equivalent to the Brazilian version of muscle cars.
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  1986.  @fredanddebramacdonald2445  what you might be alluding to is that Opel might’ve offered some of its European made models through select Buick dealerships.
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  1987.  @AfonsoBucco  not “ a good entrance car “. Rather “ a good entry level model “.
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  1988.  @mbd501  Ok, that is new to me l Yet Buick models are excludively sold in China , US, and Canada , that I know off. Carmakers rather spend money on keeping a plant open when they can sell some of its output on its home market, and then compound it with exports.
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  1989. He’s got an excellent team, I will tell you that. His footage was on point , between the drone shots , close shots. Interviews. And waxing poetic to his narrative. But you have to give credit to the cutting desk and soundtrack editor as well. They made the magic happen , choreographicking sounds , music , narrative and stunning imagery. He spoils us when you compare against other yacking noise on a mic and throwing stock image composite at us.
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  1990. It is a dragnet. It only took time to find out who the collaborators were. A guy l like Assange does not get his cables unless there were others feeding them. This expose came around 2008 , so I assume they were thorough in their investigations to uncover the network of whistle blowers. The CP charges , just to make sure the boat is sunk and stays sunk . Sandbagging at its finest. They tried the same in Assange. One crosses the Agency, right or wrong , one will get his /her arse handed over. No ifs or buts. There is a good movie quote on “Missing” a movie directed by Costa Gravas , featuring Sissy Spacek, John Shea, Melanie Mayron , and the late Jack Lemon. The distraught father ( Jack Lemon as Ed Horman ) , searching for his disappeared son in 1973 Chile , at the American Embassy , confronts diplomats and a CIA agent over his son whereabouts and the killings surfacing. To which the Agent ( I believe Jerry Hardin playing colonel Sean Patrick ) replies , after quoting the NY Mafia’s executions and why not even the police dare to cross the Italian Mafia . ….” You play with fire, you get burnt”. No chance Assange gets his day or will ever be free. Not for as long as CIA is around.
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  1991. You can import them from Mother Russia. They called them LADA s.
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  1992.  @TheJohn222222 that is up to NTHSA to verify. Not you.
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  1993. People chastise Vladimir Putin on the Ukrainian invasion , but once sanctions hit Russia , Lada rolled back their old models, all carbureted fuel. And you could get yourself a neat spanking brand new Lada Niva. Neatest piece of driving machine on 4x4.
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  1994. Wishful thinking . You want your slice of a pie , then go fight for it. Americans , Europeans , they won’t let you have it.
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  1995. The badge and engineering was straight out imported from Germany’s Opel. There was no Brazilian Engineering to scale up then. Germany and the US held the keys. And then Korea’s Daewoo. And now , China’s SAIC.
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  1996.  @geoffrobinson  pie in the sky. Another scam.
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  1997. It is called sharecropping and it has survived times. It stratifies people within society.
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  1998. Trump was in the lookout for those once. He said “ bring them in, if they perform , I will pay for them. “.
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  1999. The beauty about Geely is that nobody drives a Geely. They drive Volvos , MGs. So they can fit perfectly as an OEM supplier and control a few car brands where these batteries can be found.
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  2000. That means dealing with the wealthy property owners by the Long Island coastline. Who do not want to have the eyesore of seeing those turbines on the ocean sight lines, for fear of decreasing their property values. We had that issue in Massachusetts . The Kennedy clan fought tooth and nail not to have wind turbines by Hyannis . I recall the concessionary was Cape Wind LLC. Go check it out.
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  2001.  @bbmw9029  I understand. But residents in coastal communities are often the well off types , and they vote. If it is within their sight line, it matters little whose public domain ownership houses those wind farms. It’s called NIMBY. These wealthy folks have their people in all kinds of public offices as an exchange of patronage. They get the wind of it , it sure as heck it ends up in the ballot , and town hall meetings , where special voting sessions ensure there will be no windmills on these communities’ shore lines. They would rather pay higher electricity rates than to take in clean power. And I get something else for you. In California , there is a whole green washing industry that sends “ certified clean power “ to your electricity bill. When in reality you are getting a lot more coal fired power than you ought to fathom. Out of sight, out of mind.
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  2002. No Peter…. These 18-45 Africans , only a scant minority paid taxes. The overwhelming majority got paid under the table or were engaged in an informal economy. Those who collected a paycheck, the majority of it, got paid so little , their contributions barely mattered. Now you now why graft is so widespread there, from the top down. Slow down on your characterizations.
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  2003. Lifting up the skirt???? Peter is getting naughtier.
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  2004. You are correct. As for high quality and Chinese made EVs not being compatible, well, they decided to master EV on R&D and production to conquer world markets. All at the same time American car makers are slowly and steadily retreating from world markets , focusing solely on profitability , in an industry driven on low margins. And an industry that makes only money on volume and platforms. Where niche car makers make proftis by charging a premium. Give it time, Americans will buy Chinese made automotive technology, whether they want it or not. See G&E appliances , branded G&E , but wholy owned by Haier, a Chinese appliance maker. If you want to buy an American made appliance nowadays , and a good one, that is Viking , SubZero. Not G&E , not Frigidaire. At best Korean brands like IG, Samsung.
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  2005. Have you flush the toilet and cleaned the seat ? That is your wife nagging.
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  2006. Your Jesus , Elon Musk, ain’t your savior. He is in with the ringing circus because he has some vested interest in the country. So it is in his best interest to turn the tables. Go see how he acts towards China. He won’t dare do open his mouth there , or he stands to loose his factory and the right to operate without a joint venture. As other car makers do. In the largest car market. And his track record on US labor is abysmal. Union busting to the worst. While taking every red cent in subsidies he can suck of from the US Government. And if it isn’t enough , he wanted to fork over an obscene executive compensation , thankfully denied by a judge over a minority investor ‘s law suit. Your judge , if he really want to go all in against Jesus Musk , would have blocked Twitter and order Anatel to revoke his Satellite Service right to a license. You haven’t lost your right to pout like a spoiled child , and the judge is using the courts to buck a case of slander, which is under his prerogatives. Get a job you bum.
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  2007. I spotted about three office skirts and the department boss sucking up.
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  2008.  @thomasherrin6798  where did you come up with this..? The farther South you get from the Equator , the colder it becomes. And last I heard , we are not selling our debt to force you in trading in our currency , so we can ship you some of our currency for yours. It is the other way around.
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  2009. And no hair cut.
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  2010. Keep it rolling.
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  2011. And there is the reason mediterranic people live longer life’s …. Starch and vegetable protein … garbanzo or chick peas is their choice of crop. That in particularly strong amongst Middle Easterners diets. Meat and Dairy. Goats are browsers . They don’t graze , given the choice of forage. All the knoxious and poisoning stuff cows won’t touch, they go at it. Which means these weeds capture trace minerals you won’t find in beef and cow based dairy. There is a reason why sick child is prescribed in taking goat milk. Extra virgin olive oil and butter cook better than canola , soybean and corn oil. At least you won’t risk heart attacks , obesity , diabetes , arteriosclerosis. Extra Virgin Olive oil has anti oxidants. And while we are pushing our crappy American way of life , we bombing the living hell out of Syria. The place that would , along with Greece , Portugal , Iran, Lebanon teach us how to eat healthy. Stooopid Amerrrikans
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  2012. As far as I can see , a Brazilian Judge ordered the good folks at X to shut down accounts that he felt were underhanded attacks therefore subversive . Fair enough. After all , one is dealing with local authorities. Who hold power over matters of law. Right or wrong on the presiding authority , when an authority of a host country asks you something that specific , at best you comply. At worst you litigate. That is how it is done. Behind close doors. So both sides can reach compromise and save face. No running spats over the press, or media. Ever. Now , my flaming posters , how would your boss or client behave if he felt offended by remarks made from yourself about the way he runs his business ? Wouldn’t you agree that he has a chance to severe business with you , or fire you ? Or retort ? I will take this a little further … Do you think Mr Musk will dare to make the same type of remarks in China against members of the CCP Proliturbo ? A Country where his platform is banned ? No he won’t. Do you know why ? Because the moment he dare to do so, is the very moment the Chinese will shut him down and seize his expensive mega factory in Xhangai. On the largest car market in the planet. Which was granted to operate without a joint venture agreement , a first one in China. Different places , different stances right ? Mr Musk has shied through his callous actions to be a self serving hypocrite. His past deeds and his erratic behavior validate my points. I do not care if the judge is wrong or right. I am not in a position to exact judgement. But taking pot shots at an appointed official? Seriously ?
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  2013. I believe , short of Carrefour , a supermarket chain , there is a French Law that blocks the formation of chains on what is staple to French people. Legal framework actually helps them to sustain their store fronts. In Brazil , for a while , Bromide was used extensively . Bakery operators here will do anything to cut corners , if no enforcement and legislation is out to curb abuse. Yet, bakers still find ways to cheat on bread. Worse , bakeries have become convenience stores that will stock cigarettes , pour liquor and beer at the counter , packaged goods, run a lunch counter. And their baked selection is scant and poorly made. Every now and then you will find a pure play bakery , but that is a rarity. The bread selling racket here is meant to make you wealthy first. Providimg quality baked goods is a distant second.
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  2014.  @musiczkl98  obviously you haven’t set foot outside La, La land if not ever, at least in ages . Just by using such as passé term as favela it makes your remarks completely out of touch. . The country has expanded inwards over the last fifty years. And so housing programs. No one out here takes section 8 vouchers, unlike America . They are given low internet subsidized loans to buy their first home, as humble as it might be. They are not life tenants. It is the old program called “ Minha Casa Minha Vida “. The favela settlements were rural to the cities migration waves where the arrivals had no means to buy or rent. A lot of tne places where migration was a driver no longer need to resort to . They actually stay put. Typical American , spoon fed with stereotypes.
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  2015.  @caiooliveira4019 indústria de entretenimento americana ajuda a propagar o mito. E a maioria que vê o eldorado nos Estados Unidos emigra de bolsões de pobreza.
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  2016. It is called sharecropping. There is the land master and then the sharecropper . You can go as far back as ancient India, through thr Jim Crow era in the South, or medieval Europe. Same practice over again.
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  2017. 1. Brazil has signed off a trade agreement in 2023 with the European Union. 2. Brazil does not have enough good land ? Are you for real ? Brazil central by the west Cerrado, ( states of Goiás , Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul , Rondônia ) where soybeans are grown , and it is cattle country. Northeast , formerly the drought stricken land by Vale do São Francisco River, Bahia ( Recôncavo Baiano, Southern Bahia ) , State of Espírito Santos (along South. Pampas Gaucho , Parana’s West ( include Maringá , Londrina,Cambará , ) , the entire state of Santa Catarina ( Blumenau, Brusque , Concordia , ) , the State of Rio Grande do Sul ( wine making around Bento Gonçalves , cold climate fruit orchards in Vacaria and Pelotas , open wheat growing by the Pampa Gaúcho , and I could go on ) Southeast São Paulo regions ( Alta Mogiana , Paranapanema basin,Ribeira Valley tea plantations, citrus and orange by Limeira/ Bebedouro/Serrtaozinho , ) . Then the state of Minas Gerais coffee growing regions Two major research and educational institutions , ESALQ in Piracicaba-SP and UFMG Lavras-MG. The Amazon legal, where Japanese descendants practice regenerative agriculture , the state of Maranhão ). And that is all I can remember out of the top of my head.
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  2018. I live within a two to five minutes walk towards…. - Three bakeries - Three drugstores - Two large grocery stores - Farmer’s market every Tuesday Morning . And there are others rotating throughout the week nearby. - A few eateries , including a BBQ joint , Pizza Parlors. And yet I see those daredevil motorcycle food delivery drivers zipping all hours of day and night. Glad I do not live in the US anymore. Yet , eating take out is rather pathetic for me. You can’t monitor your intake , you won’t stay healthy.
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  2019. It was a lease. Back room deal.
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  2020.  @robertsteele474  there are bigger issues than the mental state of your honcho in charge. American presidents are irrelevant nowadays.
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  2021. Endowment funds have specialized firms to do their homework in exchange for consulting fees.
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  2022. Simple solution , which Argentinians refuse to oblige…. Dump the dead weight from the bloated Government payroll. And stop taxing the bejesus out of business. They have to pay surtaxes even to exports that could net them hard currency. U S dollars. Stop living in the past. Invest in the future. And this to Portenos. Get up early to work. And stop cheating your trading block partners ! The jury is out. They deserved what is coming to them.
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  2023. Kennedys are not to be trusted. Being turncoats run through the clan. Jimmy Hoffa as living example of such.
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  2024. You have a point. And you parsed your paragraphs correctly. But you missed on one thing…. You forgot to hit the space bar once or twice between paragraphs. Which makes your whole post look as lumpy. Readers tend to associate lumpy threads with rants to no end. And by thinking as such , they skip your post. So redraft your content and present it over again. Until they give in. Sounds fair ?
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  2025.  taponmyprofiletoreachout_t  no I won’t . Not interested in being scammed.
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  2026.  @rosolinomangiapane2049  I learned about a girl who did gigs in Rio Brazil. She started out with an US company contract , and eventually landed gigs with Brazilian companies doing similar projects. It is just not about the work, you need to build relationships across the trade with not just bigwigs but mostly peers.
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  2027.  @sammierose1150  If you can parlay remote work gigs do it.and get out of dodge. You will save huge on housing, food costs . Runaway I Inflation in the US is a long term outlook. We are talking a ten year stretch. Your federal taxes are no longer translated into government programs in transportation , housing , education. The collected amount in federal taxes only pays the actual interest in government debt. And that debt does not include liabilities in social security and Medicare. That is a 130 trillion dollars due through the coutde of 30 years. If you can’t land remote work gigs, your standing affords you the fate of a 9-5 toiling job under some slave master back home , and putting up with roommates in overpriced rental markets. And petty company politics. And soaring education costs. Moving overseas for a job isn’t an option to begin either. Your pay rate , if you land that job , is considerably less than your US pay rate. The only thing to offset that lower rate is a lower cost of living. Just in Mexico alone, there are 850,000 US expats , a sizeable chunk of that figure on retirees. They benefit from lower health care , housing , and food costs. No one is going to hand you over projects that pay well , allow you to work remotely , unless you have the skills set and connections that enable you to be a digital nomad. The figuring out part is upon you to make it happen.
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  2028.  @yana6118  it depends in what market this rental rate is being offered , and what does it bring. Remember.. 1. The dollar isn’t worth what used to be. All that helicopter money , and Tarp , well it has to be repaid. The days of American exceptionalism are over. Strong dollar , gone for a while. It might take up to 10 years to get back to some level of normalcy. Cheap money is to rebuild the plant, finance reshorimg. Get used to inflation. 2. If you are in NY, Boston, DC, that might as well be the going rate for a studio or 1BR in a decent area, no frills. Stretch out your footprint envelope , as even inner city is getting pricier. Exurbs …. It is on the rail line, it is fair game. 3. What you call paying taxes , well that only covers interest in the US Government debt. America is about 185 years to catch up with their debt obligations. Clean slate. And never mind 30 trillion dollars. That is only the accounted amount. 4. The Federal Government has not used GAAP accounting rules for what it owes . The unaccounted figure , unfunded liability , that is a USD 130 Trillion for the next 30 years on Medicare and Social Security. All of that compulsory contribution money is on Government IOUs or your Debt Issued Notes and Bills. 5, There are, in Mexico alone , 850,000 Americans living either part time , or permanently. The bulk in retirees , digital nomads, San Diego Commuters. They all there for quality of life and savings on food , housing , health care. The drainage has been going on over 10 years. After Mexico , Ecuador , Italy, Colombia , Costa Rica , Portugal , Greece, Uruguay , and some in Brazil. Where I am right now. 6. I am a real estate broker in São Paulo. They are coming.
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  2029.  @todddammit4628  that is… Manufacturing Retail Health care Repair & Construction trades Lab work. Hospitality and food service. Transportation and freight. Some engineering and design work Security ( digital if you work on a NOC ) Agriculture and kandscaoin*
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  2030.  @Michael.Shayne  apartments beckon condo association dues. Pull up your calculator , and you will find out that in the course of your tenured ownership you already paid for a second one on condo dues alone. Get a fix it upper triple deck in the impoverished section of town , feed some cookings for your hood gang bangers on occasion , and collect rent upstairs. You will get away with a lot for little dished out. Just don’t get stingy with improvements. Slumlords are hated everywhere. You are welcomed.
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  2031. Yo Bernie. Kiss that AIPAC money goodbye. Or you just did not mean it ?
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  2032. Thank you for ditching that Indian kid with his repeated repertoire. Now you brought in a man wiry credo. And Pete , get a fedora for Chrissakes. You are a grown man wearing a baseball cap. Dress like the distinct man you are. With some garb and aplomb.
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  2033. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  2034. Thx
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  2035.  @RidwanGosal  rail lines in places where there were none, always bring in dividends. You just can’t quantify it on a short term basis. It takes years, if not decades , to realize changes and reap benefits. It’s a sunk cost type of investment.
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  2036. She can do all of the investigations she is entitled to, but until some bláck book surfaces with all names in it , it is all in naught. So Epstein was killed by orders from the powers to be. Whoopsie doddle do. What a big surprise. It helps her sell books. It’s a scoop of the decade. But no names. Keep on digging honey. And get back to us with the black book.
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  2037. It adds up. Every little bit matters.
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  2038.  @vitolu6727  it depends on whose narrative you are getting. If was this scant market, none of these brands would covet it. Always take what other ones give you with a grain of salt
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  2039. Mackenzie ia a presbiterian university in São Paulo, Brazil. Mc Kinsey is a firm filled with yes men and women.
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  2040. Wasn’t it USD $ 1,2 trillion ?
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  2041. It would be easy if these companies presented some lines of code in print and asked you to write remarks on picked up errors. And take to the hiring manager.
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  2042. The powers to be think he is perfect. So do I. Secretary if the State : “ Here Mr President , please sign this. Yes right there on the dotted line. And then sign this one too”. The President “:What are these am I signing for ? “ Secretary : “Owww , it’s nothing Mr President , just a few minor things we need your approval for , no big deal “. The President : “ oh ok. So then I better sign these off “ ( without reading ) Since when we need a President to think on his own ? It complicates matters beyond necessary. It gets on the way. Our leader , Free World , World Leaders. Yeah right. Dwight Einsehower played golf.
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  2043. Every piece of footage you see , farmlands, roads , cities and compare former Soviet Satélite Republics and Warsaw Pact Countries to actual Russia are a stark contrast. The former are always neat, clean, functional. The later is always falling in disrepair , and impoverished. By sheer size and might , it should be the contrary if you take into account Russia’s resources and might. But the contrary is what I see. Something deeply flawed is happening to Russians , and it isn’t just their leadership.
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  2044. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  2045. Read about PayPal Mafia. Which Elon Musk is part of. They want your air, water, florests , underground riches. And you are being used.
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  2046. All I see are way too many ways for costly malfunctions. You are beholden to the dealership’s service department , you guilible comfort creature. You own it , your arse is ours.
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  2047. Toyota sells cars the world over. In places where charging stations are a pipe dream, and a long ways to come. These captive brand customers couldn’t give a cow’s lick to EV vehicles. They rely on Toyota for their motoring needs, because Toyota makes above average reliable cars that are value priced. And they provide a decent gap in hybrids, that are just as reliable as their IC counterparts. Places like Brazil are getting sizable investments in Hidrogen produduction. Which is precisely where Toyota is far ahead on clean next gen fuel cell technology. So Toyota brass is on a wait and see as far as where clean vehicles will go. They have cash to play catch up if only EV is the only viable alternative. And besides , they already dabble on battery tech. And Matsushita is a Japanese company. And let is not forget mining is an environmentally dirty business. Rare metals need to be dug out of pits , or brine , and pollute downstream water and water deposits. Tesla can’t make a dent in emerging economies. And the Chinese car makers are getting a head start in these markets, and Europe. So Elon can pout as much as he wants , hire a few “ influencers “ , yet at the end of the day , he is still full of it.
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  2048. American food conglomerates bough local companies overseas. Quid pro Quo. Often buy a locally recognized foreign company is a whole lot easier than building market share.
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  2049. It depends on geography. They might make sense in Europe, China , and Continental US if the grid is there to supply. Elsewhere , not a chance.
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  2050.  @robertagren9360  there needs to be enough to meet the demand. Or else,
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  2051. There will be blackouts. Electricity isn’t a free ride.
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  2052. Precisely your point. I missed the “ big corporations seizing the cash flow “ part , but , yes cheap money at the hands of idiots no more.
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  2053. You disappeared out of my feeds. This one came out of nowhere . I missed your old neurotic Jewish self. And yes , you stand correct on this issue. I might as well buy an old car and maintain it. Thanks a bunch.
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  2054. LFP print publications relied mostly on print sales , or what became sold at newsstands. Then, his stuff got repackaged and repriced at the secondary market ( used magazine sellers , adult shops ), money he never saw a dime of it. His magazine publication was unsuccessful in attracting enough advertising revenue. LFP also fared poorly on subscriptions. Even with the plastic bag packaging , and the black cover , this is not a piece of mail you wanted at home on annually renewed subscription plan. Tastes and lifestyles change. You get married , then kids come. Playboy publications were advertising revenue rich, and did well on subscription renewals. Heck, a dentist could have those , and so other establishments. It was an easy to browse rag. What made Playboy broke is that they divested too early into failed enterprises. The failed playboy night clubs , Hefner’s high flying lavish lifestyle. They made well with the digital video and media company for a while , until that market became saturated with other competitors. LFP made well in its later iterations , with some short tenure on raunchy videos, but Larry was not only more astute on distribution , but he also parked his money on smaller legal casinos. Both made well on merchandise , but Playboy leaked a lot of revenue on having their bunny logo copycated all over the world.
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  2055. Kids are on the streets. The well off…. Well…. Their stock portfolio might have defense stocks. Which they will convert into US debt. Remember the old “don’t trust anyone over 30 years old “? It is coming to fruition.
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  2056. I was thinking Buttigieg. No, I am not gay. But this would make for good press.
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  2057. The way these idiots claim it was a billion dollar company is misleading. It never was. If such company could claim to be a X billion dollar they would have to hold X billions of dollars in the form of assets, at least on their statements of assets and liabilities. And they would need to be checked by outside auditing. Analysts , media coverage, all other chatterboxes , all became enablers to these type of scams. But they did not. They all parroted from the same school book. Americans are so full of it.
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  2058. A 10% of America’s GDP comes from defense budget. Which is about USD 801 billions per year. There will be wars coming.
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  2059. True story, this dude must’ve passed away by now. He used to take discarded tires from a large discount retailer , some mega billion big box chain. They had one location he focused on , three States over. He had this 1970’s Ford F150 , bent at the junction between cabin and truck bed. Black dude. His sidekick looked like Winton Marsalis, the jazz trumpet player. He would come periodically to this store to get his truck filled up with discarded tires, to the point you had to rope them to the bed. He sweet talked store management to believe the tires were meant to help local charities. And then dump the tires on Latino tire and auto repair shops for cash. He rented a garage which was pulled to the roof with perfectly usable and slightly worn tires. On the inner city. He made his money mostly on wholesale. Little if any on retail. Opened up an ice cream parlor, so inner city kids would have a job. He was a loudmouth but as a customer ( I collected payments on a tire changing machine I sold him on installment plan ), despite being an stroker and grinder , I actually took a liking to him. He was some character.
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  2060. The “End of Globalization” is an American Centric mindset. Americans , mostly motivated by paranoia , believe in such crap. This assumption is borne out of the general assumption Americans are the biggest consumers , and the rest of the world provides and obliges. The rest of the world does not see that way. Now , BRICS are a pie in the sky scheme , and it is bound to fail due to unfair trade practices , imbalance on trades. But the seed is there , and other countries will engage in bilateral agreements and trade blocs over time. And Mexico is one taking a huge advantage of that with NAFTA in its back pocket. Using Brazil as example , its largest importer of bovine meat is not the USA, but rather Iran. The same Brasil, back in the 80’s trades VW Passats to Iraq for crude on a barter exchange , which opened doors to bring in Brazilian Engineerins firms that paved roads and built damns for Iraquis. That and shipments of frozen poultry. And the same Brasil who is trading for Russian potash in exchange for frozen Orange Juice.
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  2061. Loaning is buying debt , or bonds. Investing is buying equity, as in stocks . Two different instruments.
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  2062. A couple thing Japanese manufacturers still best their American counterparts. They operate on smaller floor square footage. Thry are more efficient. You don’t see a lot of robots. Every process tasked sees human interaction. Precise , efficient.
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  2063. Come to Brazil then. There is a huge coastline for residents only.
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  2064.  @stephensdygert7600 funding by AIPAC supporters started into the 50’s. And by then Israel was not the mighty weapons maker it is today. There was a reason they went after British Military Leadership after WWII. Right around that time some Zionists were buying land holdings ( legitimately then ) in Palestine. As far as the State of Israel , that place was a protectorate since after WWII.
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  2065. Tourists fancy to visit Public Rome old structures , some of which lay in ruins. It would be interesting to see what correlation between Rome’s decadence and the Roman Empire nearing its collapse. The Coliseum, in all of its grandeur , fell hard , as feeding slaves to the beasts , gladiators slaughtering one another , and chariot races could no longer entertain the blood thirst populace. Today they give way to the races and soccer stadias. Circus and Bread then and now. It is not all doom and gloom. Rome still there , so do London, Lisbon, Istanbul., Paris And New York City certainly will be standing in some shape or form.
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  2066. Wise guy huh ?
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  2067. So Yale went along with the charade , and acted “politically correct “ against real due process, and no internal confidential investigation. In short , they jumped the gun. And they are famous for their law school. I hope they cough up the money , Yale University and from the accusing party. I would love to be the one deliverying the notice to both complicit parties, and seeing their faces upon being served .
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  2068. Wise words uttered on wrong times. Kids are angry out there. You are liable to get a tongue lash from many a crowd.
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  2069. I am sure Stalin did not care on how much money it sunk into Moscow’s subway system. It need to be grandiose , so be it. And the stations better reflect it, or someone might be sent to the gulag. You get the idea by looking into the murals portraying the comrades , the workingman. They need to show grandeur or else Siberia.
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  2070. A company that had a near monopoly in the commercial,aircraft squeezing every dollar for profitability ? At expense of safety and workers earnings ? This is so pathetic. I thank heavens Embraer was not acquired by Boeing. And hope they do not follow their path.
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  2071. Go tell that to Texas Regulators.
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  2072. And rest assured , this is the perfect storm for organized protection rackets. One in every large metropolitan area. They will make the Cosa Nostra pale by comparison. It’s coming.
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  2073. Wow. He must be the second coming after Jesus.
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  2074.  @cristianoskasmirski8446  I did not vote. No point being part of the ringing circus. I do not follow leaders.
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  2075. Elon Musk does not care about Brazilians or Brazil. He cares about land grab , and Latin America is under his targeted efforts. Land Carbon Credits on thr cheap to claim land title and deed. Making an end run around Latin American Governments towards municipalities. Promises of buying carbon credits for cash so latter the can claim rights. Over your clean water , underground riches , air. He is not your savior. You are being used by his “ magnanimous “ public posturing. Your judge , as draconian as he might be is the lesser of your concerns. Elon’ s land grab is at tne heart of this public spat. Brazilians are too guilible and naive to see through this.
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  2076. Hillary’s hotline. She has the personnel on her Rolodex.
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  2077.  @fatesend8637  Correct. The Cape Winds LLC against Barnstable County , I am not sure how it got sorted out , but it got ugly upon the time it was proposed , and it hit a nerve around Hyannis , MA. It so became because those wind turbines would be dotting the shorelines facing “ the Kennedy’s family compound. And everyone else else went along and against Cape Winds plan. It is odd as they have these wind turbines all over the European North Atlantic coast lines , but in the US Northeast , as a legal operator for these wind turbines , one has its work cut out on legal battles. Public domain waters be damned. And the irony of all is that most of these opponents might have solar roofs at their homes , in a place solar is hardly economically feasible , on net power. And across the country, precisely in California , folks get dupped by green power statements in their electricity bills claiming clean power source, when in reality , the bulk of that generated power is coal fired. All it takes is a tiny percentage in clean power to to get certified as “green “.
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  2078. So it was Nero.
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  2079. You meant parolees ? Damn!
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  2080.  @johnbonacci128  air marshal ? Now you got me lost.
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  2081. That won’t cut it. Cheaper to bribe a public official and keep your end of profits. What you suggesting has been done, but never at 80% clip. It’s called royalties. There are other places to mine. They will let you sit on your pile of dirt until you are ready to posh ball. And they control the distribution of mined ore. Until you give in to their terms , you have no market for your ore.
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  2082. Whatever office floor worth repurposing , multiply the amount of plumbing by at least six. And you can’t reuse sprinkler head plumbing. Then do the same with electrical. And then replace window panes. Most modern office floors window panes are shut and run on central HVAC. Unlike sending the men to the moon , where you have a Congress allocated budget that resembles a bottomless money pit, in the Real Estate Development World , the project must make financial sense to turn a profit.
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  2083. Só that Citgo sign on Kenmore Square within the Red Sox Ballpark sight line was not Venezuelan Propaganda , after all. Citgo gas stations were always a repair shop and the gas station. Never latched on on the C-Store craze. I vividly remember a few ones , one in particular in Johnston -Providence line. Run and owned by a chubby short Italian American with a stammering voice you could hear across the street corner. Corrado Dottor, a swell fellah and a character. Kept the place spic span clean and drove his younger brother nuts, always bossing him around. And then it was this Portuguese American dude , who had to put up with his domenerring hitching Italian American girlfriend. Good memories.
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  2084. Same Tauzin broke the changes implemented to allow competition in the telecommunications services, last mile broadband .
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  2085. Uhh I beg to differ. Embraer is climbing up.
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  2086. He made a few dismissive forecasts about Brazil. Which I caught spot on. 1. He claims Brazilian soil being so inherently poor that its industrial scale agriculture depends entirely from fertilizers. Rebuttal : There are grades of soil in a country with near continental dimensions. And different regions tend to specialize into different crop systems. That stems from climate and soil variations. 2. The mountain range ( a.k,a. ) is a huge obstacle to the flow of commodities . Well , we have roads and rail lines to handle the flow on those regions. 3. Brazilian population is ageing. No it isn’t overall. Only in regionalized pockets. South and Sourheast yes. Northeast , North , and Central is quite the opposite. And then , I one reads reads the thread postings after his videos , he or she will find rebuttals to his assertions from people who claim direct knowledge on the matter.
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  2087. The Sunk Cost of ICE R& D , other than model remake and slight improvements , has been expensed out for most part . EVs are another story. Some people would rather not foot the bill. They are called consumers.
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  2088. Blame it on Nixon. Oh no, Checkers ate the budget projections. Oh well.
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  2089. Wrong. Just a new superpower nation taking a position of advantage to do what others have done in the past. Ransack resources through graft. Europeans built infra structure in the past too. That is often conveniently forgotten in today’s narrative. Typical Chinese trolls hijacking western media platform. And the gift of Chinese investment is often done cheaply , shody constructiion work as result. Which then leave Africans to deal with the bill and the aftermath. Just as seen elsewhere. Russians , former European colonial powers , Americans , Chinese , all of them come , bribe, strongarm , pillage , and go. Everyone wants a piece of Africa.
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  2090. The Kevala éxecutibe , the PG&E Clean Energy Manager , and the Grid specialist provided even kneeled and factual based input at a decent pace I could absorb and make sense of ., The CNBC silver haired mouthpiece was too high strung , and kept just parroting the obvious. Very annoying. Overall the piece eas worth watching, if you wanted to see the facts behind what I already anticipated. More than ever, Toyota’s bet on Hydrogen fuel powered vehicles are starting to make more sense.
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  2091. Subsidies , that is what this program is all about. And since they kicked China to the Curbside, your Wal Mart run through the cash register got a bigger spike on those cheap trinkets. And all that corporate federal welfare boondoggle means , more printed currency with diluted buying power. And to export all of that generated surplus of subsidized goods means US exporters will resort to dumping just as they done with agricultural output. At the US consumer expense who is expected to pay full rate. Because we at the plantation ain’t paying what you do.
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  2092. At this point the humane decision would be to allow Palestinians to leave and settle elsewhere. With settlement money provided by Israel. But Palestinians can’t make into Egypt and elsewhere as Egyptians are taking money from those who can afford to pay up. But Israeli tactic is to scorch the land and take no prisioners. And do as far as they can get away with it. Out here in Brazil, there are some Palestinians who settled , mostly in the greater São Paulo ( City’s West Side and near downtown , and the ABC region particularly Sao Bernardo do Campo and nearby Santo André. ). There are three mosques in these aforementioned regions. They use the Public health clinics , and you see their wives shopping groceries in their conservative attire, or couples taking their infants to a doctor’s appointment. It is a heart warming sight. In contrast against oversexed Brazilian women with their skin tight cladding. Sao Bernardo do Campo is , by the way, Lula’s town. So I assume he has witnessed who Palestinians are , and his declarations are on spot.
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  2093. Those hired interns, they call them policy makers , are the ones who wrote this piece. The era when congressmen and senators wrote their own speeches is long past us. With a very few exceptions , most members of the house and the senate can write or impromptu deliver a speech. They are all intellectually challenged. I wonder if the Roman Senators had the same handicap as the empire succumbed .
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  2094. New Zealand ?? Of all places ? With that population density ? . I guess auto ownership gives people a false sense of self entitlement. Don’t one wishes they had their own version of Terry Tate , the office linebacker ? Plenty rugby playing mean out there.
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  2095. The irony of it all is they got Jimmy Carter. Not exactly what the powers to be wanted for all that dirty work . Dead as door drop dead Gerald Ford would never be bought by American voters. All that talk about Human Rights and non involvement from Jimmy Carter at that time might have them left wondering on “ where did we get it wrong ?” And as far as Tricky Dick Nixon goes , well they must hated him for all the wrong reasons. Him and his chum , Kissinger , did just as the men from the company wanted , and yet got sandbagged, if Tucker Carlson is on the money. Kharma is a bitch.
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  2096. Nice suit.
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  2097. Correct. PG&E stands for Pacific Gas & Eletric.
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  2098. I noticed the unusual number of request by Pakistanis to get a visitor’ s visa to the Brazilian consulate in Islamabad , and I do not even work nor I live there. A lot of mail order bride or “ green card bride “ arrangements through Brazilian women. I suspect there is some criminal enterprise going on , and they are taking advantage of these poor lads. They all seem to be desperate to get out of Dodge.
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  2099. Só Biden is beholden to the Israeli Congress Lobby and Lula is the voice in dissent. Sweet.
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  2100. Workers at the Beretta factory are still making hand guns and hunting guns. Same amongst Spaniard gunsmiths. And British gunsmiths. And the workforce there can opt to be represented by unions. And they do enjoy a decent standard of living. American bosses are a paranoid bunch. Obsessed in making their options and getting their bonuses. At the expense of workers.
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  2101. One of the best interview interaction on the Silver Screen was a flick called “ The Croupier” with Clive Owen. When a London casino manager is about to hire the subject character, out of a personal recommendation , just pay attention on how the interviews goes. … From both parties , clean exchanges , some skill testing ( gather chips , shuffle back jack cards ) . The manager inquires something to the extent off… “ Why you want a croupier job ? The interviewee says , I just need the money. The manager , on the spot lays out the rules. Any questions ? To a prompt reply from the hired one …. “ how much it pays ? “. Clean exchanges , to the point questions , rules on the table. Watch and see how it is done.
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  2102.  @mletouutube mining for metals on open pits has far more negative environmental consequences. I guess the lives of Bolivians , Congolese , Afghans , Chileans , are of no consequence to you. And those Apache tribes in Arizona being strip of their reservations because of the copper they sit atop has no consequence to you. And all of that demand for watts on your grid comes out of thin air. But out of your eight l out of your mind , right ? Not on your backyard.
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  2103.  @Real_OSHA_Unsafety_Engineer  Lada Nivas went back into production. Same as the old ones. Easy to repair , I’ve been told. Something about the shortage of Computer Chips in Russia. Smart move from Putin.
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  2104.  @mletouutube  oil is going to be prospected one way or the other. And refined. And distributed. Your cool new EV takes as much plastics as an ICE car. That is a crude by product. It will take a lot more copper than its equivalent ICE vehicle. That is dirty mining. And rare earth minerals. And that lithium from salt brine mines pollutes ground water deposits just as fracked oil does. First Law of Thermodynamics. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to another. In an isolated system the sum of all forms of energy is constant. It means , in practical terms , your EV car will need energy from some source. The only steady sources of electric energy are Hydropower ( with adverse effects to the environment ), Thermo Power Plants ( coal, natural gas, oil ), or nuclear. Wind and solar are not steady enough for baseline power. Their throughput varies. You want to self justify the money you pluck to buy your shiny new EV, that is your problem. Not mine and certainly not others.
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  2105.  @mletouutube  Tesla does not allow independent aftermarket repair shops to handle their vehicles. It is a closed loop racket. And battery recycle is a falacy. It does not work enough on the small scale , there are good reasons to believe it won’t on large scale.
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  2106.  @codycast  the mining company has stolen the tribal lands under false pretenses. There are civil suits on the dispute. Forged sales documents.
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  2107.  @Phenx  so you are going to cling to some obscure factoid as “ who was the first in flight “. You then have a serious inferiority complex son. The Americans dominated commercial aviation since then. The rest is history.
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  2108. Whining. Get it ? Otherwise you are right on thr idea.
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  2109. Anyone who is you consider to invest into these new age currencies work needs to study the history of currencies through the ages. If you haven’t then, you are guilible for punishment and had it coming. Most currencies existed because of general acceptance as a tender for transactions. Like it can be exchanged for goods at the general grocery store. And then stability of such currencies. You have countries switching to the US dollar because of their home currency wild flutuations in value and supply. You would not invest into your Venezuelan Peso, then why in heavens would you hedge on a currency that swings in value wildly ? Even if it is upwards. The whole idea of investing in a currency because there are no intermediaries , it’s romantic to downright pathetic. There is always one party that will control supply .Exchanges, Central Banks , Miners. They are all fancy names for the same intermediaries , or bookies. There is speculation ( krypto ) , and investments ( real estate, bonds , stocks , buying a cow , machinery ). The later can be misused or create wealth. The former creates nothing. It is just a Ponzi scheme.
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  2110. Some characterizations painted by the sidekick were incorrect. 1. There is no manufacturing left in the US. Quite the contrary. The correct characterization is …manufacturing makes up a whole lot less of the aggregate economic throughput as it once was. 2. The Yankees won in 2009. 3. Countries are moving away from the US dollar. Not quite yet. Look at Argentina. They want US Dollars more then ever. And they are Aline. Other smaller economies depend on US dollars to trade their surpluses. Even the Chinese , ironically co- sponsors of BRICS, are ostensibly combating the flight of US dollar reserves away from China. That is what the crackdown on Hong aKong was all about. Hong Kong shifted from an administrative region that brought in dollars to one which was syphoning away US dollars. There might be less transactions arbitraged on US Dollars to settle oil contracts , this is become evident. But oil deals are only a fraction of the workd trade. Otherwise , the US Government using its institutions to block the flow of dollars through sanctions and embargoes , will force other countries to seek safer forms of settlement. And a lesser disposition from other central banks to buy US debt along with currency swaps. And BRICs might not be the answer to the US dollar . All it takes is one Treasury / Central Bank manipulating its currency value to undermine the system’s credibility.
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  2111. No he won’t. His racket. You want em , go find them by yourself.
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  2112. That is Nestle and Coca Cola. They get away with these public water right deals. It has been reported in recent past. Water for almost nothing.
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  2113.  @nickg2561  it would be ok by bottlers only if they did not seize what is public for their own private profit. That is not the end purpose of bottlers. They are getting something for nothing and processing to sell for a whole lot more. I live in a metro region ( ABC , greater São Paulo , Brazil ) that featured an industrialist that processed copper into sheets , bars , wire. Some self made Italian man ( Salvador or Salvatore , company’s name Termomecanica , still there after his passing. ). On the grounds of one of his two plants there was clean ground water. He setup a paved parking lot with faucets and a sink bed so that locals could bring in their empties to take drinking and cooking water. For free. Fences would be open during daylight hours , up until 6 pm. Public was was clean for consumption, yet with a strong taste of chlorine , a must for sanitation treated water. Even after his passing , the free for all continued. Now , when Nestle or Coca Cola go about seizing public water rights , on backroom deals , and then fence access to wells , that is an outrage. In Bíblic times , it is well descript that people gathered around public wells to carry out water for their household consumption.
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  2114. Brings back 1973. Back then , the coup was all about Allende nationalizing the copper mines. Which Americans were none too happy to hear.Hence Pinochet taking over. They had jets over La Moneda and tanks in front of it, ready to blast Allende. The irony of it all, not long after in power , Pinochet decreed that Lithium , then not a hot commodity as today , was meant to be classified as a national resource ( I heard it had to do with Chile’s nuclear program , I could be wrong ) , and therefore could not be mined without approval from the State. Fast forward to Gabriel Boric , a former leftist student activist , who nationalized Lithium mining to allow State control of mining concessions. And BYD is under agreement to setup lithium processing , and perhaps battery production. If those are not a string on unintended consequences , I don’t know what it is. And Kissinger being alive to see it all makes it more than worth savoring. That is the part Peter Zeihan leaves out. He avoids getting into controversy , which is understandable. Getting clarity on what goes on and avoiding politicizing makes for a clean analysis. Good short take Peter.
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  2115.  @tbarnum6315 you stole my line. Those overhead charges.
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  2116. If you only could import a Lada. Komrade Putin ordered the Niva back into production after the sanctions. It used to be that you could get them in Canada.
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  2117. What the Chinese have done to its Southeast Asian neighbors is no different to what the US has done to Latin America. The tactics might’ve been different , but the applied principles were the same. Economic and political sabotage, bribery , they ran the entire gamut.
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  2118. The alternative is to borrow the fundamentals for the old bartering system , in global trade transactions. There were precedents to this , ubensknown to most people. Back in the 80’s , Brazil was a net importer of crude oil. Pre war Iraq was flush with it. So the parties came to meet and worked out an agreement , involving a third party ( the Brazilian Volkswagen subsidiary ). Brazil would import crude , and in its turn, export VW made Passat sedans. Then Petrobras , the government majority owned oil company , paid VW in the Brazilian denominated currency. The deal later was subsequently augumented with Frozen Poultry and Engineering Services ( Mendes Júnior beat out Bechtel on bids for roads , dams ). Same payment structure , as I stand to be corrected .
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  2119. Why in the world an Battery powered Electric Vehicle needs a pedal in the first place ? Who is the idiot that signed off on the design of this monstruosity? No choice of colors , limited cargo bed volume . They are giving way too much money to idiots. On the old days , carmakers executives remained car and truck guys. They need to pull the money off him.
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  2120. Excellent pick of a host. He sounds like a mover and shaker. That is smart video narrative.
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  2121. Puritans ???? Beacon Hill was once called Mount Whoredom. And rightfully so. There is a bronze statue perched atop of Beacon Street overlooking the commons near the Park Street T stop. . An officer mounted on a horse , spade raised forward. . Word was, Boston being a seaport town , sailors and prostitutes carried venereal diseases, and were aplenty by the Harbor and the West End. Back then , no penicillin, these diseases were a plague to armies , and did more damage than the tallies from being wounded in combat. At the time of the American Civil War , garrisons were lodged Continental in army issued tents around the elevation , and were to be taken for regimen training out west , probably by some farmland out in Concord. The good old Captain Hooker, who by then commanded the garrison ( around the yet to be built State House , later to be designed by Charles Bulfinch ) , set out to solve this predicament. So he went about recruiting the cleanest soiled girls he could find. The chosen ones were to setup camp by the elevation now known as Beacon Hill. As recruits marched out west for their regimen of combat training , the girls followed in tow when summoned up. The local genteel, in mockery and disdain , shout out …” there goes Hooker’s girls. “ Hence why prostitutes nowadays are also known as hookers. The odd thing , Boston first Red Light District was settled at the foothills of Beacon Hill, by Cambridge Street side. Many a sailor was thrown downstairs by getting too frisky with the Burlesque dancers . Whom were often seen grabbing a bite at the local eatery that served the city’s best hotdogs. The girls then were carefully looked after the zealous eyes of mobster henchmen, right at the lunch counter . Look but don’t touch. The whole area was then razed down and redeveloped for Government Office buildings , all built modeled after brutalist architecture. Then then Red Light District moved over to a few blocks within Chinatown. By the early 2000’s Tufts had other plans for the enclave , which accommodated then , its Dental & Medical alongside the New England Medical Center. As of now, a few luxury high rise residential buildings dot the vicinity , and all of what is left of those saucy days is a urine fetid alley by La Grange Street, with a couple white collar adult clubs.
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  2122. Not a chance with Tata. They have nothing of value to offer. That and the fact it would dilute the Brazilian Government’s control over the company. And the largest Indian carrier issued a large order , 40% towards Boeing , and 60% towards Airbus. Not a single aircraft order towards Embraer. So much for this BRICS nonsense, when Indians still rather suck up to Americans and claim BRICs brotherhood to Brazil but give nothing in return.
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  2123. That comment is borne out of your American Centric ( or European ) ignorance. If you care to read my post on this video , most Brazilian wheat production comes from the Country Southern tip , at the prairies. Get out of your hole, homer.
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  2124.  @thalesmoraisbragalyra8731  he is a homer. Why waste time in him ?
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  2125.  @leotre148  it is just for fun. It takes a lot more to educate them. Fundamental education defunding is showing their “superiority “ bare.
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  2126.  @lrn_news9171  the Serra Gaúcha. The n there are Palmeira das Missões, Cruz Alta, São Luiz Gonzaga, Giruá, Joia and Santa Bárbara do Sul, all wheat growing regions.
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  2127. Electric battery minerals mining is a dirty business. A lot of the cobalt mining comes from Congo, on open pits , and child labor. And your brine where lithium is extracted consumes a lot of water. And let’s not forget that the majority of EV owners can’t get sílica battery panels to cover their private suburban dwellings without getting a lien on their properties since solar panels servicing contracts are drawn that way. And never mind the extra costs to get a battery pack, or else overnight charge won’t happen. And let’s not forget thaf fleet electrification demands extra amount of electric power generation. If the power feeding your grid can’t get enough of hydro damns , then it’s coal, gas, nuke. First Law of Thermodynamics baby. What you consume has to be generated and converted somewhere. Japan is not a hydro powered country. There are nuclear reactors for that. Yes, a 100% of their fuel is imported , hence why 60% of their car buyers driver Kai Cars. Do more with less. And most urbanized areas are well serviced by trains. Meanwhile , countries like Brazil are investing massive sums into hydrogen production. Not on electrification. A market Toyota is in. The brass at Toyota isn’t stubborn. They just pragmátic. They are not about to write off losses on the account of public euphoria and generated hype over EVs . Let the fools rush in.
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  2128.  @tonytaylor4545  North Korea x South Korea. Reunification where North Korea leadership loses its hegemony. Which is exactly what happened in the German unification. No bloody battles . Folks from East Germany were eager to join West Germany. Taiwan would end up being controlled by China. They are the big dog around the corner. The malcontent might just leave. The smarter ones already figured it out and left. Brazil has had no US military base in the country ever. And they do just fine. Lost a couple pieces of land in litigation, Petrobras lost gas facilities in Bolivia under Evo Morales , and yet no war took place. And Brazil is a regional power in LATAM. See, American military dominance was an agreement under duress from Bretton Woods. Guns for butter. The US bribed the surrendering participants with free trade, grants and loans ( Marshall Plan ) , and the assembled defeated nations gave the US free reign on policing the world. That supremacy through a grandfathered agreement is being put into test every time the US Government desestabilize other regimes , and impose trade sanctions. Brazil still trades with Iran and Russia. In fact it did so through right wing pro USA administrations. Germany and France maintained side deals with Iran well past the fall of Rheza Pahlavi in areas such as telecommunications and auto manufacturing. The Italians had a transfer of technology deal between Fiat and GAZ auto plants in Russia. Despite what the US claims “:autocratic regimes “ national economies across the globe want to trade without any interference from the US. Free regulated trade brings in prosperity to its participants. You have a lot of wishful thinking son. Disruption is coming.
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  2129. Hey folks …. He has to build the empire’s Pyramids , so wage slaves that can work 48 hours a day are needed.
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  2130. The garden variety Brazilian who dreams of having a “ Savior “ in Elon Musk might not be aware of his intentions. He is out there showering municipalities in Latin America with contracfs promising money in exchange for these regions’ Carbon Credits. He has done quite a run in Argentina. All that for the Region sweet Lithium mines, be assured. Right know , Chile , Bolívia , and Argentina are on his target. He and his cohorts from the “ PayPal Mafia “:are engaged in these schemes to eventually claim Latin America land and water resources as well as underground riches. Such world Saviors ! Latin America resident and writer Whitney Webb has some takes on these schemes. She has exposed everyone’ ulterior motives. If you think Elon is your “Freedom Fighter “, think again. That man has done nothing in his life ever to prove he is a well meaning lad. Land grab , ladies and gentlemen. That is what all of this circus is all about. Stop bashing your judge. As draconian as he might seem to be , he is not out there selling you down the river like the former elected president did. Obviously , most Brazilians do not follow financial news.
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  2131. There are 3/4 million Americans living in Mexico. Good place if you plan to use that geriatric care degree.
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  2132. 1. Quoting Ralph Nader … Republican and Democrats dial from the same dollar. 2. You forgot Obama on your list. He broke records on his campaign contributions to run for office. 3. From FDR to Jimmy Carter , the wealthy donnor class contributed to its fair share of taxes. Under Reagan ( Reaganomics ) , that fair share has been gradually diminished through Democrat and Republican incumbents. 4. The actual annual Federal Tax Colection Levies barely cover Federal Debt Interest Payments. Raising the collections alone won’t do it. Yiu will need to cut into a lot of programs. 5. Sell your holdings and get used to living abroad. And by the way, US Citizens , by Law , do get taxed on their overseas incomes above a certain threshold.
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  2133.  @johnb9587 Ambev Executives have been self sabotaging their own company since they took over Anheuser Busch. They are totally out of synch with how to run a brewery in a very competitive market. And even before then , the beer was loss poor watered down. They used their acquisitions as a giant piggy bank. And tan their held subsidiaries dry ever since. You couldn’t find any more arrogant types than their executives.
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  2134. It’s not up to Biden to do something about it …. It is up for the people who live in these communities to do something about it. The moment you acept professional politicians to solve your problems is the moment you are doomed.
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  2135. Way back when they made the DC line of turbo props. Called Douglas Aircraft.
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  2136. Not his campaign manager, nor an endorser. But he has to pick his fights. He ran a non profit in MA for years , and you do not stay in business by attacking your donnors. Then and now, as Presidential nominations run on dollars. Btw Jimmy Carter openly criticized Israel while in office. See what it got him. Totally sandbagged. He went out to apologize . And these days , even the Rev Farrakhan has gone to extend an olive branch towards Israel. Between a non interventionist policy and supporting Israel, RFK has to pick his poison. Leave Israel for Lula, the Brazilian President. Who has no skin in the game and loves a pulpit.
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  2137. Good penmanship
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  2138. Your salt of the earth Japanese paycheck earner buys a lot of Japanese Government denominated debt. It comes from them having faith in their own government. More than what any average American can fathom. American leaders are often tied to scandals , and come out unscathed. The very same would force Japanese counterparts in resignations and suicides. Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Bill Gates , Bernie Madoff , Ivan Boeski , Michael Milliken. Shall we go on?
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  2139. The diced tomatoes , chopped onions do not go into the boiling stew pot ever. This is a side dish, where you can add bell peppers. And it is not cooked. It is raw. All chopped, marinated , seasoned. And there is no beef ever to go into a feijoada. It never was. The meat portion is strictly from pork. Pork belly , bacon, the pigs ears, feet, tail , and your choice of sausage. And Portuguese sausage is smoked , whereas yours look like fresh and cooked. And there is only one variety of sausage. And part 9f the meat is not added into the simmering beans until layer. The above are thr ABCs of cooking a feijoada. Throw that recipe into a trash can.
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  2140. Quite a narrative. And you broke into paragraphs , my pet peeve with other posters. As for your self admission , my empathy to you.
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  2141. Since the laws of compensatory damages have changed to limit indemnizatioms , it all has become a matter of what it will cost to settle. These Boeing executives are amoral, and so are their shareholders.
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  2142. And this CNBC so called documentary is shallow at best . A more useful vídeo would provide viewers with an insight of how the business earned its fees , who got paid and how much ( percentage wise or in absolute dollar figure ), where the assets, if any, were placed . Zero informative value, a glam piece at best.
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  2143. There is no Siberia on the US, unless you consider Alaska. There is an idea.
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  2144. Did I miss anything or did he changed the naneis his company ? It used to be called Horman Capital , or something like that. Sounds to me he had large sums of money in China and lost quite a bit of it. Which pretty much explains his beligerant stance. Where I think he gets it right. If the Chinese Government dumped about USD $400 billion on US treasury securities , is building military base hospitais , asking for blood , and running shipyards at full steam , then his assessments and call for action are on the mark. But I still think he has an axe to grind. That much is obvious to me. All that patriotic vitriol , nonsense.
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  2145. Chile , Uruguay, even Bolivia all done well, thank you. You are clueless and a closet racist.
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  2146.  @claycassin8437  GE is a shadow of once it was , tanks to Mr Welch’s cut and run mandates. The GE engine plant is all there is left worth of value. The company is no longer in the Fortune 500 list, as it was before Mr Welch took mandate. Under Mr Welch tenure they acquired what became GE Leasing which greatly exacerbated GE’s downfall. It nearly sank the entire holding. And the insurance company, again acquired during Jack Welch reign , inflicted a great damage upon the company. Harry Markopoulous , the man who busted Bernie Madoff , brought this up. Certain aspects of poorly policy making take time to rear its ugly face , long after the executor has left the building. There is a reason Toyota still a great company, and the big three are a shadow of themselves. Poor stewardership and short term thinking contribuintes greatly into those outcomes. Oh, and by the way , Jack Welch was known for being a self agrandizing , self promoting uncaring asshole.
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  2147. In Brazil , the police is to be perceived as violent in densely populated urban metropolitan areas. And so the nunbers validate. Now , as far as shaking down street civilians , on trumped up charges , at least for the past ten years , I haven’t seen or heard none of it. Maybe they let the petty criminals do it and then tax them. That situation I got once from a career burglar. An isolated account. But uniformed men doing shake downs under false pretenses …..Never. It used fo be , then I saw as a kid, that cops shook down money on violations you would rather have the punishment go away. Traffic cop stops were all that much frequent. But nowadays with candid camera and traffic surveillance cameras , that racket has been taken away from the rank and file.
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  2148. A ton based on thousands of kilograms as opposed for pounds. Stupid American Media needs to dumb down for stupid America audience.
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  2149. Thry grow potatoes and beets there. Khrushchev was an idiot.
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  2150. It reminds me that Detroit Tigers Heckler. Very intense. Give it to them.
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  2151. Get an Ukrainian Refugee Women to Titus. Not a 10 or else she will grow wings. A homely face , or even a pretty one will do. He is a likable and swell fellow. Quirky but grows on you. Reminds me of modern day Johny Appleseed, only anchored to his surroundings.
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  2152. It could be. A good way to compare falling empires is going through telltales. Since Rome accounts are too far out , it would be fitting to read the tell tales from the British Empire. In the early 1900’s the ruling class lived through self indulgence and out of touch with reality around them. So after WWII they started losing their colonies , mostly India and Africa.
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  2153. Most people don’t grasp first law of thermodynamics. It’s not in their school curricula. And car companies need the next buzz to make people back at their lots. So Americans eat out the crapola, as usual. Minced with the old ,” not in my backyard “ mindset. Hey, after all they are only negro children in somewhere in the middle of Africa , right ? Who cares ?
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  2154. Was’t Robert Kennedy Jr the one who ran that energy non profit in Massachusetts , Citizens Energy? To provide heat for impoverished households at lower cost ? If he is the one, his voice is a lot hoarse than it was. He looks the same, only a few years old.
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  2155. Older. Sorry.
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  2156.  @rloomis3  ok cool. They looked so alike. Thanks.
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  2157.  Detrumpificator4377  Providence, RI ,has a thriving roasting in premise coffee culture. It all started with “ The Coffee Exchange” by Wickenden Street and then it grew all over the city and now state wide ( Portsmouth , Newport , Pawtucket , Warren ). At the Coffee Exchange , circa 1984 , you could buy your grind roast by the pound on your choice of on premise batch roasted bean varieties from Ethiopia , Colombia , Brazil, Kenya , and other places around the world. Or you could order the brew of the day to sip at a cozy premise , your choice of sweetener ( aguave, brown sugar , refined sugar , honey ) , read free newspapers , indoors or outdoors , all under reasonably and competitively priced . Resold Baked goods, thought, were a bit pricey. On average , quoted to me by a Dunkin Donuts Night Shift manager, your regular cup of coffee , yelds a gross margin of about 1000% , before store, franchise , tax and payroll expenses. Meaning , Cost of Goods Sold. Good money pushing this legal drug.
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  2158. Wrong . First experimental flight in North Carolina by the Wright Brothers. And serious aircraft manufacturing in Brazil got the nod in the 60’s , while the USA had it for decades already. Keep your pride gushing and those useless civic classes in Junior High to yourself.
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  2159.  @jakefisher5488  no Brian Cordero is right. Same reason why Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post. It is the equivalent of buying firepower to detract your foes in public. You can defend yourself or coerce someone to get what you want through media. Classical case in point … a well know media mogul from Brazil ( Assis Chateaubriand, and his Diários Associados ) , during the 50’s went soliciting donations to fund the building of an arts museum , on what was to become tne MASP. One of his calls was to the executive suite of DuPont ‘s office in Brazil. The good folks at DuPont refused to chip in. The following week , Mr Chateaubriand ran a front page headline about some “ Scientific investigation between the use of nylon in women hosieries and the perils of developing cancer “. The execs at DuPont eventually complied cough up the money. As for you , Just calling someone a demented , without supporting arguments is lame and infantile. Learn your manners. Just because not everyone follows Jesus Musk does not make them demented.
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  2160. About time ! Let the Saudis deal with their prized horses feed on their own . Arizona water to Arizona’s citizens. I don’t even live in Arizona and see this as a progressive measure. That is democracy at work , something Saudis do not have.
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  2161. Unfortunately the answer is no. Pathetic as he might be, he is under the same protection as you have. It’s called HIPAA , which , made into law during the George W. Bush administration prevents public disclosures of one’s medical condition. Anyone , a doctor , a pharmacist , a clerk divulging his medical condition is liable under a lawsuit. If Mr Biden does not want to tell it all, so no one else will. You are entitled to squat.
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  2162. I assume you havevsime Midas touch , don’t you ? Nixon has said Gold don’t matter.
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  2163. Got my Engineering Degree in 1993. Thanks to Senator Claiborne Pell.
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  2164. Why is such a big deal whose elected El Presidente wins ? Aren’t them supposed to toe the line for whomever bankrolls their election ? Since when they or we have a say in how the Country is run? It’s just a circus with a parading cast , we are the expectators, who bough tickets , and fhe corporate media as a ringmaster !
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  2165. Ok. Let’s see… According to Statista , Nitrogen Fertilizer Producers , by country …. 1. China ( by a factor of two against #2 ) 2.USA 3.India 4.Russia So antagonizing China and Russia ( with embargo on the latter ) is really paying off, isn’t ? A pragmatic leader , such as the late Bush Senior , who actually understood foreign politics , would thought of this. And Russia would kept their influence over Warsaw Pact Countries. And Ukraine would never get invaded. But someone had to screw it up.
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  2166. Hiring manager. You want to be read, then try parsing your sentences and paragraphs. All of it looks like a pile of griping and mopping in a single and long sentence. Meaning a long rant.
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  2167.  @Marqan  it looks like a big lump. Keep it simple and readable , if you may .
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  2168.  @KoryBrooks  your quip posting is laudable. But it has been meant , by documentarians , “ you can have any color yiu want for as long as it WAS black. “ . No record of Mr Ford having said that. No foul done.
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  2169. If memory does not fail me, Dr.King was educated as a seminarist , he studied theology at Boston University ( correct me it I am wrong ) , before he came into proeminence , and about the same time he met his soon to be bride , Loretta, who would become Loretta King. He lived in an apartment by Massachusetts Avenue , near Symphony Hall , between Columbus Avenue and Gainsborough Street, by the left side , bound towards Cambridge. In front of the building he rented the apartment there is a bronze landmark plaque on the curbside. Right now , that block , and the neighborhood then known as Roxbury and now as South End ( ohhh, the forces of gentrification ) would be unthinkable of housing MLK , as it become extremely expensive to rent. Along the same curbside MLK dwelled , at a brownstone basement , the greats of Jazz and R&B jammed into smoked filled tight corners . Around Massachusetts Anenue , by the staircases, towards the City Hospitwl , you could spot the brothers breaking rhythmic from boomboxes into the early nineties. The whole stretch of Tremont Street towards Melnea Cass Boulevard ( known as Ruggles ) plenty negro owned establishments , including lounges and barbershops dotted the curbside. Most of that area now is taken by real estate especulatórias and developers, and Northeastern University. It became sedated and sanitized . If you still want to grasp what it was to be a negro in Boston , the lingering remaining mystique, sounds and flavors are in places such as Grove Hall, Codman Square , Mattapan Square , Eggleston Square ( the golf course where the great Bobby Jones practiced is thereabouts ) , Uphams Corner , Blue Hill Avenue, and wanning over Dudley Square
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  2170. The Mexican market for Italian firms is evolving. NAFTA is going overdrive. Italians are missing the boat with Mexico , India , , Brazil, even the US. The new Riches in Russia were doomed to fail at some point , Ukraine War Sanctions or not. Go begging to get around the blockade to be lifted looks bad , makes you look as a beggar.
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  2171.  @pedropalotes7638  México is demographics every marketer dreams off. With earning power on the rise , plenty of jobs , young consumer population. Nobody gives a damn about who is the Grand Poobah. Only local yokels give a hoot about whose ring is to kiss. The Chinese are getting religion on that . With aim in the NAFTA’s consumer market , they are being courted by the State of Nuevo León to setup shop there. They are being offered land leases on purposed developed industrial parks for them alone. They Italians won’t setup factories, their economy is no pt driven for abroad expansion , saving a multinational or two. They want export. If there is miney there to be made by the noveau rich, they will be there. Is that simple.
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  2172. You hit on the screws. Easy money.
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  2173. You are correct. It is all about who owns world markets. Yet, the US auto market is nothing to sneeze at . Year in and out, Americans buy ten million vehicles. The European market is just about the same as in the US. The Chinese market stands twice about that. Brazil,hovers about the 2-3 million per year mark. Japan is about 3 million per year. So, in relative numbers , Americans and Europeans do matter on the tally. The Chinese are contending with trade restrictions and working around the edges. Getting smaller markets with lower entry barriers and eventually to seize the US market.
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  2174.  @yeahright4659  the Chinese were wise in subsidizing consumers. The waiver on costly issued license plates on ICE purchases went away on EV purchases. And then throwing money at R&D through grants and low interest loans towards EV carmakers and battery development . Now whatever incentives they threw in, it helped to foster domestic growth, and bought Chinese manufacturers plenty time to perfect their output. So now they are posed to conquer global markets.
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  2175. So they Chinese will take that region over because they need them. Poor Chinese , they are about to find out what hornet’s nest that region is. We are going to see a lot more of these middle eastern folk, mostly Muslim , coming to ou4 shores , because they have no other places to go. Some places, it is business as usual ( Americas ), some places are becoming unwelcoming to Muslims ( Europe ). China could get some of them , after all , housing there is plentiful. This is about to become interesting.
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  2176. Elon Musk is an hypocrite. He gives the silent treatment on China and then goes on a rampage against Brazilian authorities. He got the red carpet in China, no other automaker operated in China without a Joint Venture agreement. He did. Honestly , I could care less as to whether the Brazilian Judge is right or wrong. But you don’t go out of your way to insult your boss or your client , specially in the ways they run their affairs. You stand to lose your job or client. And these operators of digital social platforms are hypocrites. They grandstand on matters of security when requested by Brazilian Law Enfircement Agencies , and yet they kow tow to America’s intelligence. Exhibit #1 , Meta a.k.a Facebook. Mark Wahlberg totally sucking up to the US Government. And Brazilians thinks this self serving a..hole is their savior. What a bunch of Sheep. He is the same guy who wanted a 25 % equity on Tesla and was sued by a minority shareholder , losing his claim for higher in the courts And you morons are giving play time to this false ? Truly pathetic.
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  2177. Being a commercial fishermen tops them all. And nowadays , their right to fish has been confiscated. Investors are buying up fishing water rights . The old share cropping system, just as we had under Jim Crow. As for whistler blowers, please do not tell to Harry Markopolous. The man who nailed Maddoff. He became a financial fraud investigator.
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  2178.  @ToddSauve Nice comebacker dude.
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  2179.  @MelaniaSideWigga  according to the Department of State , 9 million Americans live abroad. Stationed military personnel does not make 10% of it. And about 750,000 in Mexico alone. The #1 demographic group is made up 9f retirees. Then corporate. Then digital nomads. Your billionaire class is staying put thanks to tax shelters and a 24% personal income bracket. And the fact the Treasury taxes incomes above certain bracket to American citizens living abroad. If weren’t for those circumstances , they would be living abroad in places like Italy , Mexico , Portugal , Brazil, the UK , Uruguay, Netherlands , Switzerland , the Caribbean. There is a reason why residency visas for investment became so popular lately . Mr Not Really, try to refute these facts.
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  2180.  @victoneter  coulda woulda shoulda. Fat chance. It is always up to the middle class to pony up. In America and elsewhere.
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  2181.  @MelaniaSideWigga  US corporations do technically take their money abroad for lower tax brackets. See Ireland. Individuals are not as tempted since the IRS taxes expats overseas incomes. It’s well known.
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  2182. Oh Delaware. Home of Tax Evading Corporations. And credit card companies. And poisoning DuPont.
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  2183. Those were my exact thoughts! The Chinese premier is seeing blood in the water and is approaching for landgrab. He is sticking his hands in Russia’s pocket. Putin is being hamstrung and he is desperate. Crime makes people stupid. The thief is being swindled.
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  2184. I am sure a quick google glance would’ve solved it. It gives the appearance he is winging. Good point.
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  2185. Hookers have more wisdom than your soon to be prospective co workers.
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  2186. Cult of leadership. He is an empty vessel. Deng Xiao Pin at least had a plan.
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  2187. If they can print the money they borrowed to pay themselves out , so more one reason why , we in the so called “ Third World “ can ditch your Mickey Mouse monopoly currency to tender global trade , right ?
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  2188. At 28:33 , don’t expect the jolly good times to endure long. The strong demand for US dollars and issued Debt is what bankroll large Federal spending budgets.
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  2189. So he bribed his board and now is shaking down his company . Is he worth all that trouble ?
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  2190.  @rik6T6  no, they are ballers , not eye candy. That much respect they do deserve at least.
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  2191.  @rik6T6  you are indeed obsessed with firm bouncing Tara’s, aren’t you ? Go grab a rag and head towards the stall.
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  2192. Well, with all that congressional theater Ralph Nader took Jim Roche, then GM CEO , to court. He won the Civil suit for being merely followed around. In an attempt to be discredited ( they planted soliciting women ) , for his book , “ Unsafe at any speed “. The civil suit awarded money went in part to Mr Nader savings , the other , he started a PAC , Nader’s Raiders. That got us , amongst many victories …, Clean Water Act, Food Labels , Whistle Blower Act, OSHA. This guy deserves a spanking for all to see.
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  2193. That and the fact Social Security funds have been stashed under Government Denominated Debt. Treasury Securities. I.O.Us. Which look sensible to stave off the dollar’s stored value against built up inflation , but does no good if the US Government defaults on its debt covenants.
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  2194. Correct. But this discontentment can gain a life of its own. And there are reports of discontentment at the ranks of the Russian Nomenklature. Mostly staffed by … Russian Women. On matters on how things are run by men. Drunk womanizing, chauvinistic men. Lots of busy bees not happy. Home lending with no creditworthiness criterias to benefit real estate developers is one of such affairs. Opposed by a women n the upper ranks. Quashed by some male in the Proliturbo. It’s not the principle of the matter that counts. It is the end result. It always starts somewhere. It is a spark.
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  2195. Brilliant.
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  2196. When children got sick , goat milk was often prescribed. Milk from Free range goats is and was actually better than cow milk. Cows graze, goats browse. All those knoxious and poisoning plants the goats munch have different root structures that capture different trace minerals within soil’s various depths. But you can’t scale up milk production with goats , who , in order to produce quality milk , need to be shepherded on the open range. Pound by pound , cows yeld more milk per animal. So it become suitable to industrial agriculture. In ancient times, nobody drank cow milk , nor feed off cattle beef. The goat and the lamb was the meat of choice. Bovines were meant for traction.
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  2197. It’s called pragmatism. He used to run a non profit. One does not spits at the plate being eaten.
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  2198. Japanese Kai cars sum up as the perfect example of why EVs alone won’t solve mobility worldwide.
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  2199. Lex Luthor is pure evil.
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  2200. Good for me. Lots of draft dodgers coming down the pike looking for a place to stay. I hope their daddies and mommies provide them witj geneoutw allowances.
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  2201. Laminate flooring is installed on rentals. You had options. #1. Use bamboo flooring . It comes from Vietnam. Just mind guests to take the shoes off at the doorstep . Bamboo is way softer. High heel shoes will leave marks. Bamboo is cheaper than pine then. #2. Use silicate based porcelain tiling floor ( A.K.A. Porcelanato ). It is gleamy, you can buy in wood lookalike patterns , it is durable , whitstand heavy load bearing pressure , and it is scratch resistant. The downside being , it is a cold floor. #3. Don’t ever use any wood if you ir your tenant has dogs. Never mind the scratches and bite marks . Dogs and cats leave micro particles that are picked up by people with furr allergies. Laminate does not wear well. You did yourself a favor by ripping it out.
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  2202. Americans don’t have the habit of curbside shopping , a.k.a. Farmers Market. When get into the Farmer’s market habit, which is somewhat time consuming by my own admission , suddenly…. 1. You minimize the consumption of packaged and processed food as its essentiality wanes over time. 2. You begin acquiring healthy eating habits. Chick pecking at stands and yacking with vendors will provide you with nuggets of information , even when advice is more of a sales pitch. 3. Food shopping becomes an active engagement . You not just rolling your shopping cart through isles within a white light enclosed building. 4. The stuff you don’t get at the farmer’s market , you start wondering who has it. That your treasure hunt. 5. Your retired in-laws suddenly have more of uselfulness. In Asia , particularly in China and Vietnam , grocery shopping is carried in a daily basis by the mother in law. 6. By practicing the sport of grocery shopping , you just gave your middle finger to corporate América. 7. Farmer Markets attract street food carts and tents. Ready to eat food for your outing. 8. Vendors tend to cater to regular customers. Also , if you are used to collect money for pizza or take out , the same concept applies to bulk purchases. Potatoes , fruits , some grains can be bought this way for your Street group. Some vendors buy in bulk from wholesalers , some are grangers who actually grow the food themselves , and there is the possibility of forming cooperatives.
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  2203. Nick, that first downtown footage was Main Street USA . Sublime Time Capsule caught on video. I dug Wikipedia and it was not much said besides its music production heritage. Not a single line on what keeps the tone afloat. It ain’t like you are on Grand Ole Opryland , or in Memphis.
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  2204. LinkedIn is a place bunch of totally strange idiots show up un announced at your doorstep asking to be part of your clique. And where sleaze head hunters go on the prowl to poach other company’s employees. It is a feeble attempt to palm up networking without nothing to show for. Movers and shakers are not in there, that is for sure.
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  2205. He made the point already. All he forgot to mention was these visionaries do not create things on their own. Most of them steal. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs stole the trade secrets ( bought for pennies on the dollar , to be fair ) from Xerox in Palo Alto. A lead female researcher opposed blatantly to the sellout , but the idiots at the c suite gave it away for a pittiance.
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  2206.  @ArielAlvFal  about time someone sets the record straight. But the Drama Queens need to cling to every piece of non factual information to taint some narrative and make a soap opera out of it.
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  2207.  @williamthierry5976  who are you to make demands to the Portuguese Government ? Some armchair embassy attaché wannabe ?
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  2208.  @alecrim888 interesting. People jump at conclusions for naught. We have a room full of armchair diplomats here. Wannabes more likely.
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  2209.  @donjb4697  which is standard operating procedure.
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  2210.  @janesell3057  se você vai discutir Justiça e Liberdade terá que ser mais específica em aplicação de leis e como estas são interpretadas em tribunais. Lei constitucional. Ou continuará com suas generalizações ?
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  2211. Which Brazilian Company ? Cosipa, Gerdau ….?
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  2212. You could no pinpoint which one of the many Brazilian steel mills I suggested the Japanese would invest. Reads to me as you have no clue , and your remarks are short of armchair analysis. Shooting from the hip.
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  2213. The Chinese are moving into Mexico too. They want in on dollars brought in by NAFTA. All that talk about BRICS currency is smoke and mirrors.
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  2214. For Fried Chicken joints in America, look no further towards places run by Afghanis . All run some like moniker usually a Kennedy Fried Chicken. Their internal wars of who owns the right to be a franchisor are hilarious . Food then was so and so, but no worse then KFC as the owners minded the stores. As for corporate or franchised chains , my money on the next declining is Popeye’s. The franchisor is involved in financial fraud , and is the same entity that ruined Burger King, Budweiser. Best fried chicken I ever ate , was a restaurant in Atlanta , run by folks of color. Pan fried , not pressure cooker , with decent side dishes. You could tell their love for the craft. And most of these pressured fry cooking processes really on vegetable oils that are your heart attack waiting to help. Good and healthy deep frying requires either pork fat, butter, or olive oil. And none of those come cheap. And there is nothing that can replace a good cast iron skillet on your health. And never mind poultry welfare and quality. High volume fry chicken really on cheap poultry. Industrial raised , grain feed poultry can’t deliver on quality , taste you can get from pastured and grain feed free range broiler chickens. The numbers won’t add up. You are getting what you pay for.
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  2215. Try Duck go Duck.
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  2216. He is right. See what these refugees done to New York City. Soon enough they would be running stoves in the guest rooms. And burning the Castle to the ground. And the surrounding communities pestered by small petty crimes. Let them be someone else’s problem.
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  2217. Owww ok. Monopoly money.
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  2218. Not Ford for sure. Country after Ci7ntry, they are in self defeat.
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  2219. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  2220. There is a point on this. The late Yan Matzelinger comes to the point. The negroe ( mulato ) , son of a black woman , born in the Dutch Guyana , whose father was a white Dutch engineer. Who did not grant paternity but was fair enough to arrange for the young boy to learn a trade. After some traveling as a merchant marine private , Mr Matzelinger , who learned the machine trades , settled in Lynn , Masssachusets. Mr Matzelinger worked multiple jobs , as a moonlighting machinist and at a shoe factory. At that time , shoe soles were stitched to their uppers by hand. Craftsmen who did the task were called shoe lasters. They were well paid and controlled the rhythm of the factory floor. Mr Matzelinger was a keen observer of how machines worked. So on his off hours he went on thinkering how to automate the lasting process. He eventually succeeded. And after registering patents for his breakthrough inventions , he was able to live well of his patents , and real the fruits of his hard labor. Yet, all the hard work took its toll and Mr Matzelinger eventually succumbed , not making past his 30’s. As a benefit for mankind , the world that can afford shoes , witnessed under his lifetime. Mr Matzelinger would never self agrandize his merits. He attended Church Functions, had white and young women as confidants , and attended social functions.
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  2221. He has diplomatic immunity. Same as if Castro came in your country to address a UN session. Geneva convention. Check it out. It is not about liking or hating the man. It is about the quid pro quo system in place. Want to do something, then write a letter to your congressman or congresswoman. And make sure they know you won’t cast a vote for them if they show up to kiss the ring.
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  2222. The Democrat Party was never a left faction. This about beind the the standard bearer of the left wing is a myth. People tend to ignore the Democrat Party was the Plantation Slave Owner Party. The Jimmy Crow party. Today , it is a centrist liberal party. And since Reagan , one cannot tell Republicans from Democrats apart. Both are funded by the same donor class. Both dial from the same dollar. It became FDR’s New Deal party because the post war popular implemented policies. FDR actually negotiated with the Southern Democrats to pass the new deal , and as such , the money landowners got not to grow crops and was supposed to filter down to negro sharecropper farmers never got to them at the bottom. The landowners kept the money for themselves. Negro sharecroppers and a few scattered whites organized around their Baptist Churches , hence the lynchings and cross burnings. Eleanor Roosevelt plead her husband to address this wrong but FDR never heeded her advice. The Democrat party morphed into the Union backed party up North thanks to Ward Voter Recruitement Politics. It has always been a party that morphed into the circumstances.
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  2223.  @google_is_a_criminal  then make a counterpoint. If yiu have any, there is …..
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  2224. It has happened in America’s past. Between a mad scientist working for the US Government and a muck racking journalist and member of the American Communist Party ( himself later in the presidential ballot under the USCP ticket ). His name ….Upton Sinclair The expose …..” The Jungle “. In the book prologue , Upton Sinclair confessed, upon infiltrating himself in Chicago’s stockyards , he was not set out to expose the meat packing industry. He wanted a story , and it was about the plight of Chicago migrant workers toiling in the meat packing plants. His crafted hero was a Lithuanian emigre , who lost his family , worked in the stockyards , and then became a ward organizer for some local politician . He wrote , and I quote …..” I was set out to get the hearts and minds of American readers , and unwillingly I got them by the stomach. “. The public revolt became an outcry that lead to enactment of food purity laws , the creation of the FDA and USDA label of approval. You don’t have to go that far, or read The Jungle . Ralph Nader has done the same . It is to himself and his raiders the credit of content labels on processed food, the clean water act, OSHA. Since the mid 70’s , post Vietnam War, Americans have become too complacent and self absorbed. It is time for more Upton Sinclair and Ralph Naders to come through the ranks.
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  2225.  @sacedive  abs in the process ruin small farmers. Have you ever wondered why your groceries have become more expensive ? Droughts, lack of farmhands , higher cost of money, …. Not everything can be harvested through a combine. And by the way , Mexico is becoming more affluent. You will miss the cheap labor Mexicans once supplied.
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  2226.  @sacedive  most of these folks don’t even know such a request can be made . They can’t write or read English.. The city ought to work with the state to relocate these migrants to farm work by upstate. Blame the city for I’ll coordination.
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  2227. So Ron Paul is the man to read. Got it.
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  2228. Agree . Only the party pooper , Argentina , is going against the grain. Always the Argentines.
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  2229. They have all kinds of protections in place. The one in Swanee GA , north of Atlanta , features metal and concrete posts at the end of the access ramps. Roofline is often trussed. Perimeter is often reinforced. Most of these buildings operate Network Centers monitoring a number of variables through screens.
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  2230. That is considered schooling. The granted diploma means squat. On job education brings more tangible returns. Schooling and learning are distinctively two different things. Your granted student degree is only as useful when put to use. Besides , you can code and have never earned a computer science degree.
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  2231. Because they all trade on the dollar. They might disagree with the US presence , but heck, no one bribes as good as Americans do.
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  2232. Nikola’s founder took the cue and disappeared with the money. No need for further arguments on the validity of making battery powered freight trucks of any size. The embelezent itself tells anyone how faith much Nikola’s founder had in the future of BEV trucks. Only GM executives did not see it coming.
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  2233. They call them staffers. Yes men and women.
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  2234. Countries.
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  2235. Those lines in Poland for heating oil and coal are a result of Gazprom cutting their supply. Russian retaliation either way. California power rationing comes from a shortage from its hidropower sourced electricity during the drought. As for the EV x ICE debate and a potential spike in eketrictal power demand , I am down with Toyota’s approach. They spread their bets on multiple power train sources , including hydrogen. And by the way, Brazil is getting serious investments in hydrogen production facilities.
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  2236.  @Morassabe  makes sense. Somehow Komrad Putkin has courted refugee South African Farmers with free land to grow crops and no bite. No decent roads , no soil good enough to till. As dire their situation became , they are not that guilible. He has not thought things through. And his adviser cadre must be full of suckups. I read about a woman who sits on as Banking Regulator who plead him to stop letting banks grant zero interest loans for shody real estate developers dumping overpriced and poorly built apartment units at the expense of creating a banking and real estate bubble. He pays no heed to such a woman.
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  2237. Good lord. I am glad the Embraer takeover fell apart.
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  2238. Reaganomics.
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  2239. Yes it did. Fat Howard Taft , for example. Plenty more.
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  2240. Perfect narrative and perspective. I would be easier to read if you chopped from two to four reading blocks or paragraphs , without subtracting a word, or coma. That would be easier on someone else’s eyes. I went the distance , others might not be so willing. Your historical take is something that Peter should know beforehand and bring it up, but he rather choose to make a topic for clicks. You , on the other hand , rectified by saying …. “:well it ain’t so Peter . Here is why “ …
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  2241. Even Warren Buffet concedes this is a problem. And so Ray Dalio.
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  2242. Só,all those James Bond movies are full of crapola.
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  2243. Peter always pick the soundtrack while shooting landscape. And then it is all about the conversation.
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  2244.  @assim2213  o Brazil não exporta medicinas em escala. Basta ver prontuários de sanções do FDA. Só da China e Índia. Talvez exporte para mercados de menor relevância.
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  2245.  @Nick-bh5bk  the Chinese could care less about some fuselage assembler. They already have their own. They care about stealing avionics , jet propulsion tech. That is where Americans and Europeans excelled. In Avionics we had Dassault ( France ) , TRW, Hughes Raytheon. , and a few others. Brazilians too import these technologies as subsystems to value add their Embraer assembled planes. The Chinese wooed GE a few years back to China as a pre condition for them to participate in the Chinese Market. Everyone else in the industry chastised GxE executives for letting the Chinese have access to GE’s manufacturing know how. Meanwhile , Pratt Whitney and Rolls Royce , who alongside G&E , dominate turbine design and manufacturing know how , toed the line and did not give in. GE brass were desperate already then.
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  2246.  @joaobordini3903  I left Brazil at that stage. I has my internship in the ABC at an auto parts manufacturing. They lost their bid to bonehead leadership and lack of foresight. People in the region blamed the Unions , but all of that could only muster a relocation to a different state , not overseas. Besides l labor laws then were already changing in earnest. Almir Pazzianoto was making the life of industry robber barons some even handed sentences. And Brazilians were never a fair fight to compete. They hid behind tariffs and protectionism. They has that coming for them.
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  2247.  @caiolugal  correct. That is where Govermrnt and University funded basic research comes handy. ESALQ, Lavras are the equivalent of US life sciences power houses such as the National Institutes of Health , in Bethesda MD, and CDC in Atlanta, GA. And some universities. Yale is huge on biotech , and so it is Boston University. And places like UConn. And military tech as in Natick , MA. Actually , you can criticize the Brazilian Military for past transgressions in recent past, but some of their sponsored programs have yielded positive outcomes. The Brazilian Brass was instrumental in the creation of Embraer, the TransAmazonica , and I would guess they gave the nod for Agro Tech. Now this is not a validation for our former Idiot in Chief ( who managed to be expelled from the corporation ). But as a whole , caveat emperor , they got a few things right.
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  2248. Bank notes only kick in after the certificate of occupancy is issued by the developer. At that point , you took deed, went in for inspection , and signed of transfer of deed. Pre construction you only paid on a lay a way plan against the agreed upon selling price, on promissory notes between you and the builder. No bank is taking payments at such stage. On these matters , you are a newbie, leave it at that.
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  2249.  @chrisanonym3473  traditionally, at least in Brazil , the mortgage funding is contracted by buyers themselves. In order for the lender to issue and process a mortgage paperwork and pay off the builder , the building has to have an issued certificate of occupancy. Such certificate is only granted after thorough inspection by the local building department inspector. All common areas and amenities equipment are to be delivered completed and finished before inspectors pass muster. The inspector is only concerned plumbing and electrical is delivered into the walled in unit ( with lighting sockets and outlet points all wired through ) , and that said unit has doors , window frames , ceramic floor tiling by the cooking area and bathrooms. The bathroom must have toilets , basin sinks , and shower or bathtubs . No stalls. If balconies exists , then they must be fully fitted. These days , larger units feature BBQ grills ( when approved by the fire department ) with cleaning countertop sinks. At the balcony , a must is to have HVAC piping and wiring. All units must have a choice of wall tiles by the kitchen and bathrooms. Buyers contract, on their own, flooring ( parlor and bedrooms ) , lighting fixtures , kitchen cabinetry, closets, all appliances ,and HVAC. All of that is past inspection. Hence units are sold nearly bare in Brazil.
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  2250. Finally an ad popped on Peter’s channel. Jeep.
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  2251. Trading barbs is a long standing American tradition in politics. Nothing new here. The only change is the ring circus participants are of the female kind. I’d rather watch the British Parliament session. At least they show a fair share of witcisms.
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  2252. Both sides os the aisle have nothing to do on this , short of any Federal Violation. Yes they bought and paid by campaign contribution dollars. Yet … These violations are State Labor violations. You see anything shady , then report to your corresponding State Labor Board
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  2253. That is more of a specific subject , run with numbers, charts , rates of return. Not suitable to a broad strokes summary as he does. Not something to put up and get click through views. You will need to find subject matter specialists.
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  2254. This reads me as that movie featured by Matt Damon, Danny de Vito ,Mick Rourke, and Danny Glover ….” The Rainmaker “. Only that the protracted corporate villain “ Great Benefit “ , did declare bankrupcy to stiff a court decision. After they acquired clinics that dealt with Leukemia. It pretty much sums up.
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  2255. And sorry, me again…. Johny, this might not be as impactful as MLK , but maybe the folks at VOX can sink their teeth on. The short Life of Jan Matzelinger , a mulato son of a negro woman and a white Dutch engineer from Suriname. He was the man that turned shoe lasting from an artisanal step into a high volume process that made shoes affordable. Through sheer perseverance, hard work, moonlighting , into a short lived success, before he succumbed to tuberculosis. Between his work at a shoe factory in Lynn , Massachusetts , and his moonlighting gig at a machine shop. Quiet and soft spoken. Get it done, please.
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  2256. Do you realize X or twitter condones publication of sex for hire advertisement ? That is the same type of ads that were banned on Craigslist and Backpage through a class action lawsuit ? And that political hate ads in Brazil were also flagged and asked to be pulled down , and Elon defiantly refused to do so ?
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  2257. West Coast. Gateway to the Pacific. Lots of data crossing the Pacific between America and Asia.
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  2258. And folks , if I may …. Don’t pay attention when your pandering politicians and the media bring your tax payer dollars being poorly spent. Your tax levies add just enough to service the US Debt. That is just plain demagoguery, same pattern repeat ballplayers use on their shower interviews. The 800 lb gorilla in the room is the bond market. And Peter mentions on this short ,” the US Government ability to raise capital in order to function and meet its obligations , Social Security and Medicare included. That is the money that actually speaks louder. There is a reason more then 800 million live in Mexico and other places , nowadays. American expats , including military personnel , executives , retirees , self exiled expats, digital nomads , that sum is about 9 million, give or take , nowadays. Folks are jumping ship.
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  2259. If NY wants buildings occupied , then cut red tape on repurposing and throw in tax incentives for conversions aimed at buyers. That what São Paulo , Brazil has done with its derelict historic downtown. What NY is doing is passing the buck with feeble non enforceable measures.
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  2260. You can always get an old Volvo.
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  2261. Sure, he is a compulsive misogynist liar. He was a deadbeat, womanizer , crass, greedy inescrupulous real estate mogul. And these guys lie through their teeth. But think for a moment. He used to ignore memos and advisers , while in office. Shallow as he may be, this is s trait of people who actually think for themselves. The other option is the actual POTUS , owned and manipulated by the powers to be. And a mentally challenged empty vessel. JFK was a serial philanderer , womanizer and a daredevil. Nixon was a serial backstabber. Jimmy Carter could not function on Washington politics. All had one thing in common…. They got sandbagged. Kennedy paid price with his life. Nixon pulled out the troops. Kennedy had issued an order to pull the troops from Vietnam. Jimmy Carter was all about human rights and negotiating. Do you see a pattern here ?
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  2262. No, he is just a reporter.
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  2263. Elon está cheio de segundas intenções. Esta postura é um pretexto para lançar a mão de recursos na América Latina. Ele está se lixando aos brasileiros. Achou que estava avançando com o Bolsonaro , e puxaram seu tapete sob Lula. Os Argentinos e Chilenos estão sob sua mira em conta de suas reservas de lítio. A Máfia deles PayPal, da qual,Elon faz parte , está promovendo a compra de créditos de carbono e comprando municipalidades locais com promessas de dinheiro ao comprarem tais créditos. Eventualmente eles irão querer passar fatura. Elon nunca ajudou ninguém. Desde quando adolescente. Sempre tomou dos outros o que não lhe pertence. Este vende até a mãe.
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  2264. You forgot to mention Al Gore invented the internet.
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  2265. They are Born Again Brethen , yes it is safe to assume they follow their Grand Poobah Uncle Borso. Which is, if you think of, a tell tale of a sucker. If you are a Willy Nily follower of some political messiah , then you are a mark for a con men.
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  2266.  @thatbrazilianchap  Voto de Cabresto or Political Clientelism. Nothing wrong with faith , but toeing the faith line is akin to a blind man leading another blind man into the cliff. Reminds me deceased Brothel Owner , Dennis Hof , from the Bunny Ranch in Nevada , used to gather his working girls over refreshments and party favors every Monday morning to go about topics that affected girls . How to make more money from John’s , financial planing. No sales pitch, just plain basics of investing. These faiths don’t promote free thinking and self reliance to make people to think for themselves. Being part of a closed clique alone won’t get you there. Not long ago , there were these investment clubs made up of groups of elderly ladies who discussed stock pics over tea and cookies. I don’t see this amongst Brazilians .
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  2267. Major league owners have no access to ballpark generated revenue at the minors . It’s a player development contract between the major league coub and its minor affiliates.
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  2268. You can paint a ship’s galley gold , it wil still be a ship’s galley. These mega billion corporations spend all of this money on fancy architecture , it’s still a working office disguised as a playpen.
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  2269. He is not zoned out. He is near catatonic state.
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  2270. It was. Until the Nixon administration had to figure a way to pay off Vietnam war debts. The b8ggest stiffing ever.
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  2271. Nice to know. But it is out of context in this discussion. And the topic deserves to be expanded. Save for when Medicaid topic comes up.
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  2272. That would be akin to product endorsement. And in his case, it is his expertise. Not what he wears.
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  2273. Johny , Could you chalk up your notes on what these Carbon Credits markets are all about ? I learned the PayPal mafia is making an end run in Latin America for land grab. You ought to talk to Wittney Webb, she seems to get a good grip on the unfolding events and the power brokers on this .. Thx
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  2274. Could you just parse the paragraphs ? Would that be too much to ask for ? English 102 dude.
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  2275. Most people who voted for Trump could not associate the similarity with Reagan. You have to walk through the succession of presidents since Reagan to dissect the decline. Clinton commited an assault of civil liberties( habeas corpus ) , signed off on NAFTA ( architected during Bush ) , invited Chinese businessmen to the White House , his secretary of commerce “commited suicide “. Obama deported illegal aliens by the thousands ( now you know why your produce has gotten more expensive, Trump just nailed the coffin on agribusiness ) , sent drones to Syria , bailed out financial speculators, and the list goes on. So Democrats and Republican Elected Presidents all had a hand in the continuous decline of leadership standards. Nixon would be a liberal by today’s standards. May I suggest you watch Ralph Nader. No longer a candidate, the old man still kicking.
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  2276. It is so hard to get the spelling hard ? Why takes three letters. On a single line sentence. And it is “ used to have malls” . Reaganomics. People can’t read and write anymore.
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  2277. Setting up your little tent across the street huh ?
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  2278. So he is all about subsidizing the wealthy. That is who vouchers bankroll. School operators. Private ones. Now try to get your kid in any of those. Sure thing he will , if admitted , get into a watered down program.
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  2279. Soybean is a monoculture. And along with it , it brings all sort of problems. No matter how many end uses it had or field yelds it brings . - it is associated with carcinogenic herbicides ( Roundup ) - it’s processed oil is the chief cause for arteriosclerosis. - it is not a healthy feed for bovines. On the contrary. - it is associated with the devastation of the Amazon Forest. It is a cash crop. There are better seed based or pod based alternatives out there. .. Garbanzo Portuguese Lupini beans Portuguese Fava Beans Lentils Corn And plenty more
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  2280. To get into Egypt , refugees have to pony up the money.
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  2281. Brics ain’t the saving life board people make out to be.
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  2282. If they are circling the wagons with these jurisdiction maneuvers , it is then an admission of guilt. They know what they have done is wrong and they can feel the pressure. So they are giving the honorable P.M. an out.
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  2283. Quote from the late Andre Braugher , as Detective Frank Pemblenton , towards rookie apprentice Detective Bayliss , played by Kyle Secor , both siting at a bar stool. From the series , “ Homicide, Life on the Streets”. This is their first case together as a duo. The sought criminal murdered an old perv in a Baltimore low rate motel. Victim name is Burger. The murderer got away in the victim’s car, a late model Ford Thunderbird. There is a police stakeout sighting on finding the car and keeping an eye to it. Bayliss asks Frank why would he think the murderer would go back to the getaway car . To which Frank replies ….” Crime makes people stupid “. Bayliss is stunned . “ Can I quote you on that ? “ To draw the parallel with this Boeing saga …. So, the criminal enterprise kingpin , this Boeing CEO , no less , gets someone to hit whistle blowers at his bequest , and he is to continue to run a crime syndicate under the veil of a former prestigious company ? Stumbling upon mistake after mistake? Mumbling nonsense before a Congress or Senate hearing ? Seriously ? It is time for people to turn him in. They need to have their underlings to roll on him. Oh, on a side note. Boeing ‘s machinist union is going after them with the upcoming labor contract. Pensions forfeited and stolen under their noses, the regime of undue pressure to meet deliveries at the expense of safety.
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  2284. Poster boys for the American Empire. Same bellicose palavery. Want something fresh , go back to JFK, Jimmy Carter , Roosevelt. No drama Obama had a thieving silver tongue , same type that moved bibles , used cars , or Flórida swampland. Only , he was a clever orator, a man made for the pulpit. Heveas an educated activist. Trump was a Buffon, but amusing on being so obvious. No filter on him whatsoever. America loves salesmen.
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  2285. And Clinton himself broke the promise. From one fatso philanderer to another. They both must’ve been inebriated when such vows were made.
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  2286. Selling families into slavery or tearing apart families is not something anew. During the African slave trade , British and Portuguese profited immensely from this practice. The only difference then would be that families did not take up negro children for adoption . And before you go an all rant against those cruel bastards ( Portuguese and British ) , let me remind you the selling African adults and children into slavery was initiated by African tribes that captured their rival losers and took them to slave markets at coastal regions to be then shipped abroad. So the Russians are no better or worse than British , Portuguese , Americans… the business of conquering brings the worse within conquerors and its enablers.
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  2287. Shody building practices will get in the way. They won’t be functional fog long.
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  2288. Never mind insolvencies. If any of these borrowing countries decide to stiff China and going further into nationalizing their structures , what do the Chinese will do ? Send troops ? Plead their case to the IMF ? That’s Anti-Colonialism 101. Never lend to these countries. If western powers were reluctant to lend, there is a good reason to it. Chinese leaders were all too guilible for punishment.
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  2289. Escrow would not work in China. The scoundrels would make those deposits disappear or dip into funds. China is the land of Guanxin. Lots of shady characters doing patronage. The poor investor would’ve gotten swindled. Annual income taxes. Your ever so competent social credit savvy central and provincial governments are riddled with corruption. Let’s face it. China has corruption and graft running from top down throughout the country in every sphere and province. It takes more than sound leadership to reverse China’s fortunes , Singapore style. It takes compromise from the bottom up and the top down. Like the Netherlands.
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  2290. Tossing mud at the competition huh ?
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  2291. Thank goodness his drive to monopolize food production is in America only. Let Americans deal with this creep
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  2292. That is what is missing from this narrative. It is lopsided , despite ballplayers hardships.
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  2293. Biden May be guilty for omission but he is not liable for the massacre.
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  2294. Gerald Ford once told Ed Beamer, a former NYC Mayor , to “ Drop Dead Ed” at Mr Beamer pleas towards the Federal Government for bailout money. It made the headlines on NY Dailies , The NY Post , if I am not mistaken. Then Jimmy Carter actually have Ed Koch , NYC’s newly elected Mayor. Biden needs to grow a pair and tell Newson , and the Mayors from LA , San Francisco , and San Diego to Drop dead. Guaranted , if Billl Weld won the Republican Primaries , being a tightwad he was , he would deny funding for those mulchers.
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  2295. You forgot baggage loss. American Airlines was notorious for that.
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  2296. Railroads are built in places overseas where it would not be a payback in monetary terms, anywhere in a near term. . You can do this in China. Japan. Europe. Where populational densities justify. In China it was a matter of unifying the country. It was built for the sake of a social dividend. In America, your investors would be running spreadsheets , but no one would see profit. They rather complain about the massive sunk cost to connect LA to San Francisco. Even the busy Northeast corridor suffers upon disinvestment. They do not get the social investment.
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  2297. We have one in São Paulo , Brazil. Not a highly visible one by downtown . Rua Boa Vista next to a bridge.
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  2298. It’s odd. I don’t get Jimmy Kimmel feeds like I used to when Trump was in the White House lampooning the POTUS. Very strange. Is it the algo , or they are really mum on this. This is material gold for comedians and the press.
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  2299. The so called consumer driven economy works on a hype. The imminent global warming. It is a hoax. It used to be “ The Martians are comimg to invade earth. “. Then “ commies eat children for breakfast “. Or something to that extent. By the time a portion oh the populace is locked on EVs , utility companies will run to State’s regulatory bodies to ask for rate increases , claiming they need money for capital capacity upgrades. The only reason Mr Musk has not filed to have his supercharger network turned as an utility company is to avoid being regulated. They just posted an 1.8 billion in revenue last fiscal year. And that is before he opens up the network to other makes .
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  2300. This is how stupid Elon Musk is. Or whoever heads at his fleet sales department. And let’s extend the shared stupidity award towards Hertz Executives in charge of fleet purchasing . Tesla is awarded an order for EVs of such magnitude and could not be bothered to include their fast chargers , at least one, at each of their rental yards, as part of the deal. That is what we call “a deal sweetener “ , or “the icing in the cake” And that is the kind of deal that could be extended towards Hertz’s retail customers. Bring the car empty and we will handle it for you. . No surcharges Let Tesla lose potential fleet business from all other rental companies . And while at it, be reminded that the Big Three used to make up their shortfall in year to year sales on fleet sales to car rental companies. Pathetic.
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