08-22-26 carib
Victor: you forecast of mid-term results?
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08-22-26 victor
so dt doesn't want canada to trade with others??
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En nuevas declaraciones a los medios, Carney ha denunciado que EE. UU. intentó limitar la capacidad de Canadá para cerrar otros acuerdos comerciales, una estrategia que el primer ministro ha impulsado desde el inicio de su mandato para diversificar las relaciones comerciales y reducir la dependencia de Washington. Esta exigencia de última hora podría haber sido una de las razones para desestabilizar el acuerdo. |
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08-22-26 victor
"last spring, i warned that america is trying to break us, so they can own us.."
https://x.com/MarkJCarney/status/2091216789745143956
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08-22-26 victor
" what the Trump administration had demanded was a “bad deal”."
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looks like nothing is working for dt lately.
no canada 51st state. no greenland. no panama.
no iran deal..
not even the trade embargo on spain. disappointing. :-))
and karoline leavitt has left her job, supposedly because of her kids. i doubt that.
the only positive: maduro. |
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08-22-26 carib
Canada was “at war” over trade with the US after President Donald Trump “miscalculated” by escalating his tariff attack, Prime Minister Mark Carney said.
Carney delivered a defiant address to the nation on Saturday after suspending trade talks with the US overnight, saying that what the Trump administration had demanded was a “bad deal”.
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08-22-26 carib
El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, destituyó al diputado Antonio Ecarri de la presidencia del Grupo Amistad Parlamentaria Venezuela-Estados Unidos.
“La razón es clara: sus acciones han sido irresponsables y han vulnerado el ordenamiento jurídico que estamos obligados a defender“, expresó Rodríguez en un comunicado publicado en sus redes sociales.
La controversia surgió luego de que Ecarri asegurara este viernes que trabaja junto con el economista estadounidense Steve Hanke en una propuesta para avanzar hacia la dolarización formal de la economía venezolana, después de que Rodríguez negara que el Parlamento haya contratado al académico para diseñar una estrategia monetaria.
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08-22-26 carib
| Kantian ethics, three centuries old.. |
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08-22-26 carib
| Victor: I am aware of that, but my opinion remains unaffected. |
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08-22-26 victor
spal, make it right
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seriously? so you are the one keeping score? funny indeed. |
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08-22-26 spal
BTW when someone saids "I would do the same" - they say that as an endorsement and to somehow legitimize the activity with their personal credibility.
Otherwise it would be stupid that they said it.
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08-22-26 spal
what do they do? they run (and swim) to reach spain ASAP.. ASAP.. ASAP.
i would to the same, if i were those guys.
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Somehow I had a vision of you swimming for Ceuta ... it was as funny as it was facile.
If you would do this it said something about you, but does not make it right just because you would do it.
Anyhow this is getting boring. |
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08-22-26 panasonic
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08-22-26 victor
| spal, nothing to do with what i said. |
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08-22-26 victor
pana, i see. sure, you are right.
but sanchez is a sleazebag all the way to the stretch. and he's betting on these immigrants to become citizens and vote for him, in 2027 or IN THE FUTURE.
if sanchez loses in 2027, he's not going away like rajoy.
he's keeping himself in congress, maneuvering for his return to moncloa, in a future election. |
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08-22-26 spal
| And by doing the same does that mean you identify as an African immigrant? Maybe you do - there are stranger things. |
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08-22-26 spal
Not keeping score - you just said you'd do the same ... my point is so what that does not make it right.
But if you would do the same ... then bully for you. |
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08-22-26 panasonic
Vic, read what I wrote:
"IF" he (and Supremo and his voters) want...
Which clearly is not the case, and not helping him served as a warning, put controls or... |
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08-22-26 victor
carib, it's also an economic issue for the govt, as Hacienda is "richer" than ever..
my esteemed miriam, who likes to pretend she cares about the working-class, wrote a lengthy article..
the title provides a good summary.
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L'Estat cada cop és més ric amb una classe mitjana cada cop més empobrida
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08-22-26 victor
carib, not an economic one
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working-class locals will likely disagree with you.
for them it's an economic issue, as it's all about keeping wages low thanks to immigrants. |
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08-22-26 carib
My rules would be very simple: legal immigration for non criminal working people should be easy.
Illegal immigration should lead to deportation.
Political asylum should be available, but on very limited circumstances.
Both the EU and the USA need immigrants, but the host should be able to decide whom to allow in, and whom to keep out. |
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08-22-26 carib
Panas: that does not answer my question.
IMHO the spanish immigration laws are way too lax.. but this is a legal and political issue, not an economic one. |
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08-22-26 victor
pana, Schengen doors are shut down
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not happening.. other than italy, temporarily.
sanchez applied the same to italy, btw.
and it affects italians more than spaniards, as italians travel more to spain than the opposite.
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Spain consistently ranks as the number one foreign destination for Italians traveling outside of Italy during the summer holiday season. |
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08-22-26 victor
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08-22-26 panasonic
Carib, it is my understanding that EU showed the middle finger to Sanchez when he asked for help during the crisis, which is good, if he (and Supremo and his voters) want to become a country with wide open borders, makes sense that Schengen doors are shut down.
Spain is the land of the Woks, strange people btw, they support a nuclear Iran with long range misiles, that will eventually point to them when resist Muslims beating gays, lesbians and women without burka in their streets, crazy days. |
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08-22-26 panasonic
| Vic, as long as measures are implemented to prevent further escalation, Supremo is probably right. |
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08-22-26 carib
To which extent is the spanish economy doing relatively well.. because of the additional influx of migrants?
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08-22-26 spaldo
_justify?? who is keeping score?_ True ...
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08-22-26 victor
pana, in today's news.. (which i would be reading if i were trying to cross).
the PP wants to force sanchez and his people to go to the senate to give explanations on ceuta.. to force his hand.
the Supremo just said No. it's not urgent.
so sanchez can continue handling this matter as he wishes, for now at least..
and without providing any explanations to anyone.
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El Supremo rechaza la petición del PP para forzar la comparecencia de los ministros en el Senado
El tribunal desestima conceder la medida cautelar solicitada por “no acreditarse la especial urgencia legalmente exigible para proceder de esta manera con sacrificio del derecho de audiencia de la parte contraria”
La Sala de vacaciones del Tribunal Supremo ha dictado este sábado un auto en el que deniega la medida cautelarísima solicitada por tres senadores del Partido Popular, en nombre de éste, en relación a la no comparecencia de varios ministros en el Senado durante este mes de agosto tras la crisis migratoria desencadenada en Ceuta.
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08-22-26 victor
| spal, justify?? who is keeping score? |
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08-22-26 spal
i would to the same, if i were those guys.
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Which still does not necessarily justify it. I think you know that. |
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08-22-26 victor
Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States :-))
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Tucker Carlson just met with Lightweight “Former” Congressman, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie “Traitor” Greene, LOSERS ALL! Tucker’s “Views” have fallen through the floor, and will only get worse. Nobody cares about him any longer in that he has become totally irrelevant, and happens to be, surprisingly, a very Low I.Q. individual. He could barely get out of College, and maybe he didn’t, but only really dumb people can’t make it through that wonderful four year time in life! Tucker wants to run for political office, but he should be required to take a cognitive test. He’s got no chance, but could probably take a couple of points away from whatever the Republican ticket happens to be! Tucker is a loser, and always has been! Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green turns to Brown under stress!), a highly neurotic young woman, went from Ultra Conservative to a Liberal “Fool,” all in a matter of weeks, because I refused to return her phone calls — Not because I didn’t like her, just because I had no time. She was way down in the Polls in Georgia (because I took away my Endorsement), and would have had no chance at winning, so she, just like everyone else, “QUIT!” Thomas Massie has turned out to be a failed politician, and a real JERK. He thought it was really wonderful to vote, “NO,” on everything, no matter how good, strong, or proper the Legislation would be. What a team this would be, THREE LOSERS, and a pocketful of change! The only chance they have is to join the Radical Left Dumocrats, and try breaking into the Primary System. To all of them I say, PRAISE BE TO ALLAH! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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08-21-26 victor
pana, before the Supremo, sanchez opened the doors to regularize all those illegal immigrants..
it's been going on for a while.
word spreads.. especially now with internet.
everybody in africa knows that spain has been regularizing illegals for X time.
then just a month ago they hear about what the Supremo decided.
what do they do? they run (and swim) to reach spain ASAP.. ASAP.. ASAP.
i would to the same, if i were those guys. |
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08-21-26 panasonic
| Ceuta is a new ingredient, seems to me is not the same, but you know better ;-) |
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08-21-26 victor
pana, you always ask the same! :-)
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08-21-26 panasonic
| Vic, will Sanchez (politically) survive this one? |
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08-21-26 pillz
| Bessent’s tactics. “Anytime you try to control 30-year yields, it’s always going to be the market that wins, unless you’re the Fed that has the unlimited balance sheet. You can’t do that as the Treasury secretary.” |
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08-21-26 victor
the present immigration crisis in ceuta started right after this:
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El Tribunal Supremo determinó el 8 de julio de 2026 que no se pueden aplicar las "devoluciones en caliente" (rechazo en frontera) a los migrantes interceptados en el mar que intentan entrar a nado en Ceuta y Melilla. |
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08-21-26 victor
pana, "the Ceuta project"
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what's happening in ceuta is not a conspiracy theory, but the result of a recent ruling by the Supremo on whether such immigrants can be returned immediately, without due process..
devoluciones en caliente.
and the Supremo said they could not be returned without due process, en caliente..
1-2 days later, traffickers sent the 1st wave of such immigrants to ceuta.
the Supremo is now being asked to reverse its decision..
similar to dt asking SCOTUS to reverse its decision on citizenship. |
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08-21-26 spal
WWIII update directly from CCCP labs.
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I can see our news feeds are working well.
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08-21-26 panasonic
| WWIII update directly from CCCP labs, "the Ceuta project" a total success. |
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08-21-26 panasonic
"Be this read into the colores minutes and lore"
:-)) |
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08-21-26 spal
| raping the public - which of course explains the attraction to the Trump family. |
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08-21-26 spal
Forced mechanical buying via short liquidations did 90% of the work. Bitcoin remains BS, but great for games, raping the public and manipulations.
Be this read into the colores minutes and lore. |
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08-21-26 spal
Vic on Bitcoin - look past the narratives which are usually a miasma of misunderstandings and the handy shibboleths that dull jornos can google.
The fundamental engine of this 18%+ rally to $77,600+ was a massive, mechanical short squeeze in the derivatives market, not discretionary spot buying. |
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08-21-26 victor
Why bitcoin prices are suddenly rallying big-time
The bitcoin bulls are back.
Over the past 48 hours, the price of bitcoin is up about 18% to more than $77,600 as of the time of this writing. Bitcoin prices hadn't traded above the $70,000 level since late May prior to this latest push, per Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data.
"The strong trigger in bitcoin was driven by Treasury's move to buyback bonds at the longer end of the yield curve," Bernstein strategist Gautam Chhugani explained in a note today. "We are not macro experts, but we do know bitcoin historically has had a positive reaction to liquidity expansion. And this year's apathy towards bitcoin and crypto markets was a combination of tighter markets post Iran conflict, with rising risks of inflation and a very strong AI/semis trade pulling all the liquidity away."
The US Treasury surprised financial markets this week by announcing it will double the maximum size of its long-term bond buyback operations from $2 billion to $4 billion per session. This intervention directly targets the 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year Treasury sectors after benchmark yields spiked to 20-year highs due to nagging inflation and war-driven energy price pressures.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday he has a "big toolkit" to continue addressing the rise in bond yields.
By stepping into the secondary market to purchase debt, the Treasury aims to inject liquidity, stabilize falling bond prices, and pull down soaring borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
Bessent's promise to unleash his big toolkit appears to have only emboldened the bitcoin bulls overnight into expecting more liquidity, which they have tended to reward with higher digital asset prices.
Further helping sentiment this week around bitcoin is a White House meeting with President Trump and top digital asset players at Coinbase (COIN) and Robinhood (HOOD). (Disclosure: Yahoo Finance has a partnership with Coinbase.)
Trump called on Congress to pass a "fair version" of the Clarity Act and declared that America will remain the "undisputed leader" in bitcoin and crypto.
Chhugani said, "The industry now expects either Clarity Act to pass in the September session or a new set of rules and exemptions by the SEC/CFTC. In fact, without Clarity Act, the industry will see accelerated rule making to support a series of new products - 24*7 perp futures on commodities/equities; compute derivatives including compute perp futures; on-chain tokenized equities trading 24*7 in the U.S.; and continued federal support for prediction markets."
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08-21-26 victor
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08-21-26 spal
Shares of fertilizer companies are trading higher as fading expectations for further U.S.-Iran negotiations to allow free maritime transport through the Strait of Hormuz mean that shortages of potash and nitrogen fertilizer may persist for longer.
12:40 PM CDT, August 20, 2026 |
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08-21-26 spal
alteraron gravemente el orden de la economía de mercado socialista
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Interestingly worded. But certainly a severe punishment - kind of like Bernie Madoff when you think about it. |
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08-21-26 savo
| for bigger crimes nobody went to jail in the land of the crooks after the 2008 crisis |
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08-21-26 victor
Condenan a cadena perpetua al fundador de Evergrande, símbolo de la crisis inmobiliaria de China
Hong Kong
CNN
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El fundador del gigante inmobiliario Evergrande, que alguna vez fue uno de los hombres más ricos de China, fue condenado a cadena perpetua este jueves, según medios estatales. La sentencia constituye el episodio más reciente de la caída de quien alguna vez fue símbolo del auge económico del país.
Hui Ka Yan se declaró culpable en abril de múltiples cargos relacionados con su etapa como presidente de la mayor empresa inmobiliaria de China, entre ellos fraude y uso indebido de fondos.
La sentencia culmina la dramática caída de Hui —también conocido como Xu Jiayin—, quien pasó de un origen humilde, durante una convulsa era política, a alcanzar los niveles más altos de influencia y riqueza.
Evergrande Group está asfixiado por la deuda desde 2021 y acumula pasivos por US$ 300.000 millones. Su crisis, junto con la de otros gigantes del sector, ha sido un componente central de la conmoción inmobiliaria que ha puesto a prueba a la segunda economía más grande del mundo y ha amenazado con contagiar a los mercados mundiales.
Además de la cadena perpetua, Hui también fue condenado a entregar sus bienes personales y se le privó de todos sus derechos políticos, informó la agencia oficial de noticias Xinhua, citando el veredicto emitido por un tribunal de Shenzhen, una metrópolis del sur del país.
El Grupo Evergrande fue multado con 8.820 millones de yuanes (US$ 1.230 millones), mientras que Evergrande Real Estate recibió una multa de 7.000 millones de yuanes (US$ 1.041 millones), informó Xinhua. Se trata de algunas de las mayores multas penales impuestas por el gobierno chino a empresas.
Hui y el Grupo Evergrande fueron declarados culpables de varios cargos, entre ellos fraude financiero; inflar activos y ocultar pasivos; captar ilegalmente depósitos del público; fraude en la recaudación de fondos; y divulgación ilegal de información importante.
Las sentencias marcan un momento clave en la crisis inmobiliaria que continúa afectando a China, que ha golpeado la confianza de los consumidores en el país y ha generado un problema para un gobierno que basa su legitimidad en el aumento de la prosperidad.
“Las conductas delictivas del Grupo China Evergrande, Evergrande Real Estate y Hui Ka Yan alteraron gravemente el orden de la economía de mercado socialista, vulneraron los derechos de propiedad públicos y privados y socavaron la integridad de los funcionarios públicos en el desempeño de sus funciones”, señaló el veredicto.
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