07-14-26 victor
carib, Was the 20% tax a mere shakedown tactic?
and coming from the President of the usa!
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07-14-26 victor
interesting how wealthy guys in the usa are turning against israel.
this guy was arrested in spain yesterday.
now there is political pressure, from the left, to stop his extradition to the usa.
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La izquierda del PSOE pide a Sánchez que no extradite al activista millonario detenido en España
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James Cox Chambers Jr. (known as "Fergie"), an estranged heir to the Cox Enterprises fortune, is a prominent activist who states that "Israel does not deserve to exist" and describes it as a "false state." As of July 13, 2026, he was arrested in Ibiza, Spain, on an international warrant requested by the United States under the Trump administration, which accuses him of financing Hamas and laundering money to support pro-Palestinian militant activities.
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07-14-26 panasonic
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon reports that the bank's $2 billion annual investment in artificial intelligence now yields an equivalent $2 billion in direct savings and measurable benefits.
While AI has enabled job cuts of up to 30% to 40% in discrete areas like marketing and specific banking operations, Dimon cautions that these efficiency gains will not dramatically shrink overall operational budgets or inflate profit margins.
Because AI adoption is highly competitive, banks are largely reinvesting these savings into improved customer service rather than bottom-line margin expansion |
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07-14-26 carib
Was the 20% tax a mere shakedown tactic?
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07-14-26 victor
| Iran’s Fars news agency is reporting that the sound of explosions has been heard in Iran’s Qeshm Island, in the Strait of Hormuz. |
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07-14-26 victor
| Iran’s Tasnim news agency is reporting that a projectile has exploded near a water and electricity facility on Iran’s Kish Island. |
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07-14-26 victor
no more 20%.. how can anyone trust anything that dt says?
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Oil is flowing like never before, thanks to the awesome Power of the United States Military. A special salute to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, and Commander of the United States Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper. Because of them, and all members of the Most Powerful Military anywhere in the World, BY FAR, the Strait of Hormuz is open to ALL Ship traffic except for Iran — and that is because of their lying, violent, malicious leadership, which is taking them down the path of TOTAL DESTRUCTION. We will therefore have a FULL Blockade, but only on Ships coming to and from Iranian ports, or carrying anything have to do with Iranian cargo. Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States. Those Investments will be MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future. As everyone is aware, we have the largest Dollar Investment into the United States, of any Country in History, but these new Investments will make that Number even larger, and we will see Factories, Plants, and Equipment pour into the United States at Historic levels, which will create additional millions of High Paying AMERICAN Jobs! America is WINNING again, winning like never before. The days of Iran killing hundreds of thousands of people, including 52,000 protestors, are OVER and, most importantly, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP |
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07-14-26 carib
Ortega sostuvo que la recuperación del país será más difícil sin la movilización de nuevos financiamientos, lo que requiere «normalizar progresivamente la relación de Venezuela con socios financieros internacionales».
«En este sentido, la reestructuración de la deuda constituye una condición indispensable para restablecer el acceso del país al financiamiento», subrayó el alto funcionario.
Con información de EFE |
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07-14-26 panasonic
| Spal, IBM software biz slowing down sending shivers to the sector, hardware still holding ok. |
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07-14-26 spal
Carib - thanks. In your context the grousing about the US and what it is engaged in should be fairly limited.
I side with you and wish there were more clearer eyed interpretations offered, particularly by world leaders.
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07-14-26 carib
El vicepresidente de Economía, Calixto Ortega Sánchez, informó que el proceso de reestructuración de la deuda externa de Venezuela ha avanzado en medio de la emergencia nacional ocasionada por los terremotos del 24 de junio. El alto funcionario precisó que estos avances se desarrollan de acuerdo a los objetivos establecidos por la administración de la presidenta (e), Delcy Rodríguez.
Durante su participación en el Consejo Nacional de Economía celebrado este lunes 13 de julio, el también presidente del Banco de Venezuela (BDV) y Gobernador de Venezuela para el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) explicó que se ha avanzado en la hoja de ruta establecida para el proceso de restructuración de la deuda soberana.
«Durante las últimas semanas hemos mantenido intercambios técnicos intensivos con nuestros socios y con las instituciones financieras internacionales«, resaltó y agregó que ajustando el marco macroeconómico y el análisis de sostenibilidad de la deuda con la incorporación del impacto económico que ocasionaron los terremotos ocurridos recientemente.
«Esperamos publicar estos trabajos en las próximas semanas y estos constituirán una base sólida para avanzar en un proceso de reestructuración ordenado, transparente y creíble que permita crear el espacio fiscal necesario para la reconstrucción del país«, añadió. |
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07-14-26 carib
| It's what happened to both the roman and the british empires, after all. |
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07-14-26 carib
MAGA could turn to MASA.
Make America Small Again. |
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07-14-26 spal
| IBM now down 26%, biggest drop on record for IBM |
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07-14-26 carib
Spal: my answer to your question is simple: because it is bad to allow the current fanatic iranian regime to have actionable nuclear weapons (in this I agree with Trump) and given the USA is THE global superpower, it is normal it takes the initiative to help.
Ultimately, again in my opinion, the task of implementing "regime change" in Tehran.. belongs to the iranian people, but unarmed civilians need external help.
The whole thing, apparently, was a big fuck-up.
If, on the other end, the USA decides to abdicate from its post WWII role of global policeman, and withdraws to the role of a regional power, leaving potentially the global role to China, then the answer would be different.
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07-14-26 victor
Warren Buffett stops Gates Foundation donations following Epstein revelations
July 14 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett has stopped donating money to the Gates Foundation, ending a two-decade philanthropic partnership following revelations about interactions between the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. |
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07-14-26 spal
maybe even sever ties with israel.
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07-14-26 victor
spal, but it's there and dt can't deal with it.
and it doesn't change the fact that israel continues being unhappy with the dt admin.
or the fact that dt leaves in a few years, and likely the new admin will get out of this iran war.
and depending on who wins, maybe even sever ties with israel. |
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07-14-26 spal
| Meanwhile - International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) is experiencing its worst trading day in nearly 40 years, with shares plummeting more than 23% in early trading |
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07-14-26 spal
| Spain is like some kind of irritating little bug in this situation. |
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07-14-26 victor
spal, it doesn't change the fact that israel is unhappy with decisions made by the dt admin.
it doesn't change the fact that spain doesn't need hormuz.
or that dt has been threatening spain, with no results other than sanchez' initial commitment of 2.1% on defense. |
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07-14-26 spal
These are at core mostly incompetent, clueless and incapable people, driven by envy.
Time to call out these jokers. |
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07-14-26 spal
| Western hegemony ... honestly who needs facile dopes who constantly go around spouting on and on about this. |
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07-14-26 spal
The far-left in Spain is structurally rooted in anti-imperialist, anti-globalist, and anti-U.S. ideologies. In their worldview, the United States and Israel are viewed as actors of Western hegemony, while sovereign nations resisting them (even authoritarian ones like Iran) are treated with a degree of diplomatic deference.
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It is a lefty thing. Ok. Fuck them. |
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07-14-26 spal
| Why exactly does Spain have a better relationship with Iran over Israel? |
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07-14-26 victor
spal, it is an israel problem as #1.
spain has good relations with iran.
should be clear enough as to why not. |
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07-14-26 spal
| And remember you are asking for regime change - which apparently is a tall ask. |
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07-14-26 victor
Israeli sources have accused American officials within the White House of leaking the plan to Erdogan to help the Turkish president get to Trump in time to stop the operation before it could be rolled out.
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No strikes on Iran's heart, energy sector complicated plan
Another piece of the plan which Trump vetoed was Israeli strikes on the heart of Iran's and the regime's energy sector and remaining economic power.
Trump allowed Israel a bit of leeway in this area, but then slammed the door shut in the most public way possible.
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07-14-26 spal
usa+israel+ kurds+ xyz + abc.
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Why then the US? Be clear.
And I do not accept the Savo answer ... "because they started this".
Be clear why is it a US problem and not an EU or Asia problem?
Why?
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07-14-26 spal
| Panas - yes there is a lot of that. |
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07-14-26 victor
| spal, it's obviously a combination of: usa+israel+ kurds+ xyz + abc. |
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07-14-26 panasonic
"They are confused and incoherent at the moment"
If you ask me, leftist's long-term plan is to build a base of voters loyal to them to perpetuate in power. |
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07-14-26 spal
and still, CCCP gets a free pass from EU.
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Yes. The EU needs to start talking clearly. They are confused and incoherent at the moment. |
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07-14-26 victor
But from an Israeli perspective, if the US had acted differently, everything might have gone differently.
Hayman had told PBS, “Regarding Ahmadinejad, there was a sequence of special operations, very, very unique that was supposed to happen. And Ahmadinejad was a part of that sequence. The rest of the operations are not fully disclosed to the public, except for the Kurdish invasion.”
Questioned why the plan to replace Khamenei with Ahmadinejad failed, Hayman replied: “Because the centerpiece of all the sequence should have been started with the Kurdish invasion. According to what was published is that Erdogan, who really considered the Kurdish as a strategic threat to the stability of Turkey, convinced Trump that it's a bad idea to give the Kurds a state. And backing the Kurds goes against the interest of Turkey. And I think that had something to do with the decision of Trump to cancel this operation.” |
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07-14-26 spal
Vic - you are avoiding the direction question.
My question to you is simply - who should enforce regime change in Iran and why.
Is this goes unanswered I have nothing at all to say to you on this. |
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07-14-26 victor
| Between foreign reports, public confirmation by former head of Military Intelligence Tamir Hayman, and The Jerusalem Post's own Western sources, it has been known now for some time that the Mossad sought to replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. |
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07-14-26 victor
| spal, who has been at war with iran? australia? |
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07-14-26 panasonic
| Spal, the "crazy" part is Iran built enough capability to reach ANY European country, and Russia is bombing daily Ukr, all sponsored by the same guys that arm North Korea, and still, CCCP gets a free pass from EU. |
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07-14-26 spal
Vic - I said simply ... who do you think should do this. And why.
Straight answer. |
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07-14-26 victor
spal, it was the idea. regime change. and still is, maybe.
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Israel’s Regime-Change Plan for Iran
Here’s the wild back story behind a failed plan to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s next leader.
Published July 13, 2026
A few months ago, a team of my colleagues learned about a seemingly crazy plan. The man who had been groomed by Israel and the United States to take over as the leader in Iran after the war was one of the most hard-line, anti-American, anti-Israel presidents of Iran in recent memory: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Remember Ahmadinejad? The one who, when he was president from 2005-13, regularly called for the end of Israel? The Holocaust denier? Yes, that Ahmadinejad.
The plan failed. But those same colleagues are back this week with another investigation that gives us more details about the plan and sheds light on just how the U.S. and Israel came to see it as plausible. Today I write about the remarkable inside story of Israel’s yearslong operation to cultivate Ahmadinejad.
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07-14-26 spal
| So go ahead and do it Vic ... who do you think should do this and why? |
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07-14-26 victor
| without regime change, it's a bad deal. |
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07-14-26 spal
He said ... ok ... so what.
Vic ... it depends only on what you have the courage to do. |
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07-14-26 victor
spal, it goes back to what carib said.
no plan for regime change. |
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07-14-26 spal
it will be another drag on the world economy... more taxes... more printing.. more inflation... more debt.
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Ranting and complaining ... how European. |
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07-14-26 spal
Trump and his clueless advisors provided Iran the perfect excuse.
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So what?
Deal with it.
Of course you (the moral choir in Europe) can't and won't ... out of weakness and fear. |
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07-14-26 spal
Trump and his clueless advisors provided Iran the perfect excuse.
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So what?
Deal with it.
Of course you (the moral choir in Europe) can't and won't ... out of weakness and fear. |
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07-14-26 spal
spal.. the strait was open before DT launched his war.
Hence the strait is now closed or however it is because of the US...
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This is like a kid on a play ground who points to someone and saids "he started it"
Look Savo it was going to happen one day by hook or by crook. It is craven and negligent to think this is all on the US.
Take a trip to the UAE ... ask around. What were the proxies for?
You think this is a game? |
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07-14-26 victor
pana, 2 more guilty ones..
everyone is guilty but sanchez :-))
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El hermano de Sánchez y Gallardo, condenados a nueve y 18 años de inhabilitación por prevaricación |
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07-14-26 spal
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says also agrees that charging fees for what is in reality international waters and thus under the control of no single nation "would be fundamentally wrong".
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Of course ... but this means that you MUST go to war against Iran - otherwise you are just moralizing into a vacuum while the world changes around you.
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07-14-26 savo
spal.. the strait was open before DT launched his war.
Hence the strait is now closed or however it is because of the US...
An alternative explanation is that iran always wanted to manage the strait and charge tolls... but never had an excuse to do it.
Trump and his clueless advisors provided Iran the perfect excuse.
Good luck with this war... it will never end.. like Afghanistan.. and others... it will be another drag on the world economy... more taxes... more printing.. more inflation... more debt. |
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07-14-26 victor
| how about the usa not go to war with iran? :-)) |
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07-14-26 spal
spal, dt said a few months ago that hormuz should be free.
so?
How does that not make Lula a demagogue?
Lula's statement on piracy is simply aimed at stirring the pot. How about Brazil go over there and clear the strait?
Clear there is a cost. |
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07-14-26 victor
pana, i don't, really.
for me, it's just a transaction. |
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07-14-26 victor
| spal, dt said a few months ago that hormuz should be free. |
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07-14-26 panasonic
More on the M-gang:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mamdani-forgot-he-s-just-a-mayor-the-state-department-had-to-remind-him/ar-AA27SWtZ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LGTS&cvid=6a563555bf4746829ffeee9c9cda7dea&ei=19 |
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07-14-26 panasonic
| Vic, what happens in colores stays in colores, you can have an opinion, we won't share it with anyone :-)) |
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07-14-26 victor
| pana, i don't like or identify with either side. |
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07-14-26 spal
| He talks from a base of a degenerate minority of Portuguese crooks who have squeezed Brazil as the ultimate exploitation economy for hundreds of years. No one cares what he thinks. |
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07-14-26 panasonic
"what i want is indifferent"
To me, having an opinion makes it more productive when we discuss, but it's ok. |
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07-14-26 spal
| Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ... is an idiot. |
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07-14-26 spal
Will the oil barrel price stay high until mideterm?
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$70-80 is not high - it is manageable. There is oil going through Yanbu, China has moderated its demands and there has been sone demand destruction. The various strategic reserves still have some juice left in them.
The reality is that Iran are acting like regional belligerents - it is interesting to see their recent restraint with GCC neighbors ... they seem to have the conceit that they are the local "boss" and so can't push their neighbors to the brink.
The reality is that their economy is on the brink now and the US convoys can get oil through the strait.
It is degenerating into a local issue - with the long term aim that Iran and its proxies must be put back into the bottle.
Europe does need to get its head out of its ass though.
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07-14-26 victor
| savo, this was voted today.. Rechazo a la senda de déficit |
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07-14-26 victor
savo..
Miriam Nogueras, portavoz de Junts en el Congreso, ha anunciado que su grupo no apoyará los Presupuestos Generales del Estado para 2026.
Rechazo a la senda de déficit: El 14 de julio de 2026, Junts votó junto al PP y Vox en contra de la senda de déficit público (0,1%), el primer paso legislativo necesario para aprobar los presupuestos.
Nogueras ha reiterado que no se sentarán a negociar nuevas cuentas hasta que el Gobierno pague los presupuestos de 2022, 2023 y 2024 que no han sido ejecutados en Cataluña.
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07-14-26 victor
pana, what i want is indifferent.
but i recognize that he's willing to do ANYTHING to keep himself in office.
la ley de nietos is precisely for such.
by helping descendants of exiled republicans gain citizenship, in theory they would vote PSOE. |
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07-14-26 panasonic
| Vic, you want that Sanchez stays or goes? |
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07-14-26 victor
savo, the only reason sanchez doesn't have a budget is because the independentist miriam keeps denying him the votes..
for which she takes the wrath from the left. |
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07-14-26 victor
pana, both, good and bad.
yes, but sanchez represents the present and the immediate future: still one more year. it is his rally. |
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07-14-26 panasonic
Growing some balls?
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-europe-coalition-putin-d813eb18fba24a57f7cb2000b302ef4d |
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07-14-26 savo
regarding sanchez... i think that the best thing that could happen to him is to not have had a budget for several years. In that way he avoided the weird requests from the left of his party.. and his nutty independentist and former terrorist allies.
Whevever he gets a request from them the answer is simple... we do not have money because we do not have a budget. |
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07-14-26 savo
victor... portugal real estate is an interesting story with which i am becoming more familiar as I travel frequently.
spain is i think a different animal... real estate is very depressed in 90% of the geography and booming in the coast.
Looks as if every north european, south american... and now north americans too want to live in the spanish coast.
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07-14-26 panasonic
Vic, on Spain's real estate market...again not sure on your personal opinion, mixed signals on your posts.
If you scroll back, you said time ago that Sanchez was over, and I replied he is a cat with 7 lives, it favors him the massive inflow of foreign money into the economy, and do reiterate my view, I don't see it slowing down. |
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07-14-26 panasonic
Vic, "paranoid or maybe i am the one wearing blinders".
Not sure, since you are the one that posted on states blocking merger, is it good or bad in your opinion? |
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07-14-26 victor
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has criticised Trump’s announcement that the US plans to impose a 20 percent tariff on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
“Back in the day, that used to be called piracy,” Lula said in remarks delivered in Sao Paolo, Brazil, on Monday.
“A major country like the United States, which I believe has long fought against piracy, cannot now become a pirate itself,” he said. |
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07-14-26 victor
pana, btw, these leftist guys in the usa remind me of sanchez.
some years ago: sanchez is the worst of the worst!!
we are done with this guy!!
reality check... posted today:
El precio de la vivienda seguirá acelerándose en España durante los próximos años. La agencia de calificación S&P Global Ratings prevé que los inmuebles se encarezcan un 9,1% en 2026, lo que convertiría a España en el segundo país europeo con mayor subida, solo por detrás de Portugal (10%). Además, anticipa que liderará el crecimiento de los precios entre 2027 y 2029.
Las previsiones, publicadas este lunes, sitúan a España muy por encima del ritmo previsto para el conjunto de Europa, donde el incremento medio será de alrededor del 4% este año y se moderará hasta el 3% en 2027. Para los próximos ejercicios, la agencia pronostica que la vivienda en territorio español aumentará un 7,4% en el 2027, un 6,2% en el 2028 y un 5,4% en el 2029, porcentajes que la situarán como el mercado residencial con mayor crecimiento entre los doce países europeos analizados, seguido de Polonia y Portugal.
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07-14-26 victor
pana, i don't know, i don't think i am as paranoid as you are.
or maybe i am the one wearing blinders. |
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07-14-26 victor
carib, Will the oil barrel price stay high until mideterm?
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let's see how many day it will take for dt to state that the war is over, and that there is a deal in the making. :-) |
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07-13-26 carib
| Will the oil barrel price stay high until mideterm? |
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07-13-26 carib
| Predictions of Senate control after mid term (besides the ranting)? |
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07-13-26 panasonic
Vic, if a democrat right now opposes the gang he/she are tagged of hidden republicans, facists and served for lunch.
Sounds familiar? |
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07-13-26 panasonic
| Vic, I wish could share your optimism :-)) |
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07-13-26 victor
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07-13-26 panasonic
Vic, best chance to survive is merging, but yes leftists "say" they defend people's interests.
Free markets won't survive once Mamdani gang takes the W/H. |
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07-13-26 victor
States Sue to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Defying DOJ
A coalition of 12 states filed an antitrust lawsuit on Monday to block the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros., defying the Department of Justice, which approved the deal last month.
The coalition, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alleges that the $111 billion transaction violates the Clayton Act by lessening competition in three distinct markets: wide-release theatrical distribution, “top-grossing” theatrical distribution, and basic cable licensing.
“The unlawful merger of these two entertainment behemoths would lead to higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the U.S.,” Bonta said in a statement on Monday.
The suit argues that the combined company will control 27% of the wide-release theatrical distribution market, 30% of the submarket comprising “anticipated blockbuster films,” and 27% of the basic cable bundle. The states argue that such consolidation will harm theaters and cable and satellite providers that rely on competition among distributors.
Paramount and Warner Bros. are two of the five remaining legacy studios. Together, all five — including Disney, Sony and Universal — control 86% of theatrical distribution and 90% of blockbuster distribution, the states said. Warner Bros. and Paramount are also the second- and third-largest basic cable distributors, respectively.
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07-13-26 panasonic
| Carib, pause after first attack opened doors for a large scale purge, now the only door left is Xi, me see zero pressure on him, brilliant. |
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07-13-26 victor
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07-13-26 carib
| Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is under house arrest by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence arm after Iranian authorities uncovered a significant portion of his contacts with Israel, The New York Times reported on Monday, citing four senior Iranian officials. |
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07-13-26 panasonic
"extraordinary how China"
And media only focused on the micro-political aspect of conflicts, losing completely the wider picture.
Now, for conspiracy theorists like us, is this ignorance or serves to their bigger purpose of getting the votes to perpetuate in power? like happening in EU. |
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07-13-26 savo
extraordinary how China without firing a single shot is managing to have US and EU military stocks depleted using Iran and Russia as a proxy.
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07-13-26 savo
| or is it that they do not have the money to replenish the military stocks? Considering that taxes have not been raised how is the US paying for this war?.. more debt? and who is buying that debt?.. the FED? |
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07-13-26 savo
| now we know why the Satanist States launched this war. |
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07-13-26 carib
| Is it a message to Beijing? |
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07-13-26 spal
Trump announces that the blockade of Iran has resumed.
The US will also now charge a major 20% toll to any vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz. |
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07-13-26 savo
my argument some time ago... they are printing like mad to contain precious metals and commodities prices through the futures market...which is not the real physical market.
Asia will continue taking delivery... and one day the whole fantasy will be exposed and collapse.
As Bernanke said that subprime was "contained"... the same thing will say Warsh about commodities. |
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07-13-26 spal
Enter the doomsters on X now emboldened:
🏴☠️
@calvinfroedge
If you want to know why people like me are so salty and seemingly happy that the world is headed off a cliff due to the Iran conflict, it's because they suppressed every free market mechanism that would have prevented a crisis and in doing so made a crisis all the more certain |
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