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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 03:34

This past month has been consumed with the fact that there’s something in the sky! By now, you know a lot about the Chinese balloon and its fate. The U.S. sent F-22 fighter jets with F-15s and others in support, to blow it out of the sky with a Sidewinder missile. It’s a good thing […]

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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 02:30
And is it too early to start drinking? You might want to put off watching this Jon Stewart clip until after noon. Firearm death stats for kids here. This tweet featuring lies and lying liars is easier to take somehow. After my post below, I’m a bit wrung out. We have a lot to worry about. OTOH, rewatching this clip helps: We have won victory after victory after victory to get here.
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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 02:25
Note: this is an unedited draft chapter section from my inflation manuscript. I am not too happy with this, but perhaps getting savaged on the internet might give me some additional things to add. This section follows more detailed discussions of equities and residential real estate.
We will now conclude this chapter with some general comments on the relationship between inflation and the overall financial markets. What we see is that there are some areas of direct linkage between inflation (as measured by a consumer price index) and some financial assets, other assets have a more complex relationship. As a result, making generalisations is difficult – equity prices are not going to move the same way as the prices of cheesy snacks at your local convenience store.…
Bond Economics
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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 02:21

How often do you proclaim ‘Thank God it’s Friday!’ after a gruelling week at work? For those of us whose lives are structured into five-day work weeks, weekends are our chance to rest, pursue hobbies and leisure, and spend time with friends and family. We’ve never known anything else.   But the weekend is a relatively […]

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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 01:23
Right-wing Labour MP’s ‘Fu Manchu’ and Chinese spy abuse to British-Chinese journalist punished by Parliament – so will Starmer deselect? Don’t hold your breath Right-wing Labour MP Neil Coyle has been suspended from the House of Commons for using racially-charged language in a drunken verbal assault on journalist Henry Dyer. As Skwawkbox reported just over […]
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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 01:00

EDITED BY PETER ORNER AND LAURA LAMPTON SCOTT

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Jean’s son Diego shows his schoolwork in the Dominican Republic.

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Jean Marseille recorded these dispatches on his phone while surviving on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from October through December 2022. As the chaos that followed the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 devolved into further lawlessness, Jean witnessed first-hand a city in free fall.

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Dispatch #1
Dispatch #2
Dispatch #3

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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 01:00
Gov. Wokety-woke DeWoke: Selling America by the pound Death by a thousand cuts is too euphemistic a phrase to describe what Gov. Wokety-woke DeWoke and his Florida GOP accomplices are doing there: Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other members of the Florida executive cabinet or legislature to register with the state or face fines. Brodeur’s proposal, Senate Bill 1316: Information Dissemination, would require any blogger writing about government officials to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics.Florida bill targets union due collections for public school teachers In the bill, Brodeur wrote that those who write “an article, a story, or a series of stories,” about “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature,” and receives or will receive payment for doing so, must register with state offices within five days after the publication of an article that mentions an elected state official.
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Sat, 04/03/2023 - 00:00

Don’t make people take their shoes off when boarding your yacht. You should not be using teak without providing boat shoes anyway.

You don’t have to go to all of your friends’ galas. Just be sure to send a check for the cost of your plate if your RSVP is a no.

Always split the bill evenly. However, if you’re on a potential investor’s megayacht and stop for dinner, you should at least offer to pay.

When talking to someone about a celebrity, let’s say your dear friend Madonna, always assume they know who you’re talking about and use their nickname. It’s insulting to refer to her as Madonna when you all call her Maddie. It implies that you think your conversation partner doesn’t know Madonna intimately.

Only wake up your waitstaff if there’s an actual emergency. And no, wanting a little bowl of ice cream is not a true emergency.

Not everyone should wink. Talk to your surgeon about an eye shape that would work better if your lid winks in an upsetting way.

Whoever’s PJ you ride on gets first dibs on rooms in the villa. No exceptions.

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Fri, 03/03/2023 - 23:11

I arrive outside the Amazon warehouse in Coventry around 6AM on a chilly Tuesday morning. It might be cold, but I’m feeling the warmth of the picket line. It was even colder last month when Amazon workers in Coventry made history by engaging in the UK’s first formal Amazon strike. This time the atmosphere is […]