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Post by missouriboy on Dec 30, 2018 22:03:15 GMT
Perhaps they should have a peek at the video I just posted on "Active Geology of the Earth" ... then they would feel much better.
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Post by nemesis on Dec 31, 2018 13:11:32 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Dec 31, 2018 20:20:54 GMT
Perhaps it's just a tad bad.
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 2, 2019 6:19:18 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 2, 2019 8:12:03 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Jan 2, 2019 13:36:55 GMT
He's got MY vote. Can I stay at your place Sig (if it gets warmer) or yours Naut (if it gets colder)?
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Post by Ratty on Jan 2, 2019 13:39:00 GMT
Is Trump ahead on points?
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 2, 2019 18:31:05 GMT
Is Trump ahead on points? In a negotiation the intent is that both sides walk away with something - cf Nash Equilibrium. If it is treated as win or lose then the negotiations will falter and probably fail. The art is in the selection of the 'wins' for both sides.
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 2, 2019 23:25:28 GMT
I couldn't let this one pass.
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.” Benjamin Franklin
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Post by icefisher on Jan 3, 2019 7:19:59 GMT
Is Trump ahead on points? In a negotiation the intent is that both sides walk away with something - cf Nash Equilibrium. If it is treated as win or lose then the negotiations will falter and probably fail. The art is in the selection of the 'wins' for both sides. I think Trump, as a graduate of the best business school in the nation, is well aware that the biggest remaining issues surrounding the expanding wealth gap is a combination of ignorant trade policy and an ignorant immigration policy that has done nothing but enrichen those owning intellectual property rights, flood the markets with cheap labor, and continued the longterm hemorrhaging of US wealth via a massive trade imbalance. A renegotiation point in the new NAFTA demands that certain percentages of jobs be filled by workers making at least $15 per hour in one of the first, that I am aware of, demands that if trade is going to be free nations must not abuse their work forces. I don't know if its enough but it is something. As it stands now contrary to what many believe trade deals that don't ensure workers are treated fairly has been increasing wealth gaps not just in the US but all over the world. Merit is the key word. Merit based immigration, merit based free trade. Its just a huge battle to overcome the single focus of the privileged heirs of aristocracies and dictatorships to self enrich themselves at a cost to the masses simply is not a formula for a better world. Good jobs and good livelihoods for the workers of the world is the only answer for stability. We learned that as a nation in the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century and now seem to have forgotten the lesson through being blinded by greed.
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 6, 2019 13:48:29 GMT
So the Chinese manufacturer Apple has fallen on (relatively) hard times. That is because behind the curtain the Chinese Economy has hit a wall called Donald Trump. "Chinese Professor Censored After Admitting Real GDP Growth Is Below 2%
Stirring up unpleasant echoes of the market chaos that swept the world in the opening days of 2016, Apple's decision to cut its quarterly revenue guidance for the first time in 16 years - citing slowing iPhone sales in China as the primary culprit - reinforced concerns about slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy that could have wide-ranging repercussions for global markets. This wasn't the only factor prompting fears over slowing Chinese economic growth: a batch of soft economic data including consumption, manufacturing surveys and retail sales indicators has undoubtedly helped contribute to the paranoia. As we argued on Friday, when prognosticating the direction of global markets in 2019, all eyes will be on the USA's largest trading partner. For the first time since it overtook Japan as the world's second-largest economy back in 2011, China has displayed surprisingly weak economic data that have somehow obscured the widely held, if rarely discussed in public belief that these data, which are compiled by the Chinese state, are largely suspect. Contributing to its goal of maintaining order and stability at home, the Communist Party is widely believed to doctor and goalseek its data to present a rosier picture. Apparently, the notion that this is probably happening has become so widely accepted that investors often lose sight of it......."more at:- www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-05/china-censors-economics-professor-who-claims-real-gdp-growth-below-2
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 8, 2019 4:52:53 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 8, 2019 8:43:59 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 10, 2019 16:51:26 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 11, 2019 1:37:15 GMT
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