That’s actually not at all what the 2nd Amendment says.

I hate to be a negative Nelly but, just to set some expectations, it’s worth remembering the JCPOA took years, involved (uniquely) all perm UN Sec Council members, and independent monitoring agencies.

What we have now are a couple of real estate developers trying to get a handshake in Islamabad.

* UNemployment rate, obvs.

Nope, that’s bang on.

I’m not an Economist so maybe someone can help me out: would a 20-30% employment rate be good or bad for a telco that generates ~75% of its revenue from its ~150M retail customers?

I’ve read all of Iain M. Banks’s Culture novels, and it’s basically a socialist utopia where no one uses money.

Not exactly the kind of place where a capitalist who thinks he should have a $1T pay package would fit in.

You’re not going anywhere until you’ve cleaned that keyboard, young man.

Sure, people are complaining now but one day you’ll be thanking the @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

If it doesn’t include Vincent’s parable about how in Paris a quarter pounder with cheese is called a “Royale with Cheese”…
…I’m going to be very disappointed.

Soooo…. Trump has agreed to nearly all of Iran’s demands then.

Always
Be
Projecting

ME

Donald Trump unable to name one verse from "favourite book" The Bible YouTube video by Kris Griffiths

Also:

m.youtube.com/watch?si=elp...

Trump Has History Of Underestimating Inflation—And Demanding Lower Rates Donald Trump first became president eight years ago, but he never stopped thinking like a real-estate tycoon.

It always comes down to his wallet.

The whole Powell thing is because he’s carrying a huge wedge of floating rate debt, getting screwed on the rate and can’t do a damn thing about it.

www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

It reminded me of this interaction in the debates.

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Is this what Ag Sec Brooke Rollins meant by “one other thing”?

If only Donald Trump had some experience in real estate development.

Then he would’ve known that you have to get the proper permits *before* you start work.

See also:

“hinged on whether Washington was prepared to meet Tehran’s demands”.

The hinge is doing some real load-bearing work in that article.

It’s unfathomable - Soros’s “reflexivity” trading model was built on a very rational macroeconomic view of the world.
This guy seems untethered from reality.

Would have loved to see this follow up…

bsky.app/profile/andr...

I keep on wanting to say, “Cool. Now run the model again but this time with the Rational Actors flag turned off.”

One person familiar with the talks noted that if the European companies pulled out, US operators were the most likely to take over the concessions, an outcome that would be worse for Beijing.

The Panama move doesn’t seem that smart.

Also:

“Just to clarify, you say you don’t follow the president and barely look at things he posts. Is that right?”

I keep a couple of ounces of Brent Crude in my pocket at all times.

a man is standing on a boat in the middle of the ocean holding a spear . ALT: a man is standing on a boat in the middle of the ocean holding a spear .

He is factually correct. I learned about it on an excellent Kevin Costner documentary.