08-23-26 carib
PS. I agree Biden's biggest mistake was not to identify a strong successor, and then decide it was time to retire.
People should not take very heavy duty executive positions, in my opinion, older than 65.
But then there is vanity.. |
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08-23-26 carib
Victor: we have access to the same polls, on-line.
I just asked your prediction, and you asked mine.
Then, early november, we will see what actually happens. |
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08-23-26 carib
| “It is an irony of history that strategic failure in Iran will haunt [Trump] too. He never wanted to become Carter and now he is becoming him.” |
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08-23-26 victor
savo, this is how irresponsible biden was, in wanting to run for re-election.
had he won, he would be very sick right now.
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Ex-President Joe Biden's cancer has spread, is very painful, son says
Updated August 9, 2026
Aug 8 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread beyond his bones and is very painful, his son, Hunter Biden, said in an interview with the BBC.
“The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further,” Hunter Biden told BBC's "Newsnight," according to video posted online on Friday. “It’s very painful and it’s very debilitating in many respects.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-president-joe-bidens-cancer-has-spread-is-very-painful-son-says-2026-08-08/
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08-23-26 victor
carib, according to the hill, there are 8 gop seats that could flip in the senate.. 8.. which is a lot.
one of them is tx.. but other than that??
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Senate rankings: 8 GOP seats that could flip in November
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6026446-senate-gop-seats-flip-midterms/
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08-23-26 victor
savo, but that doesn't mean anything
DT is not in his right mind
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what do you mean it means nothing??
biden was not in his right mind..
and he didn't do anything regarding vz. |
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08-23-26 victor
| carib, what's so special about the tx senate race that you singled it out? |
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08-23-26 carib
Facts about the past, if analysed impartially, are objective,
but opinions about them remain subjective.
Perennial confrontation of subjective and diverging opinions about the past is a waste of time, unless it includes the unveiling of previously unknown facts.
Discussion and predictions about the future are useful, because the job of investors is largely based on correct predictions about the future. |
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08-23-26 carib
Victor: forecast is not equal to certain.
And I wrote "rebus sic stantibus".
The future is by definition uncertain. |
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08-23-26 savo
the only thing his advisors could come up with was more sanctions... same as in iran... after 6 months of a needless war to please the bloodthirsty israelis and destroying a lot of military equipment which they now have to replace borrowing more money or printing more funny money ... he went back to the original book and only book they have... sanctions... trade disruption... economic damage... etc...
The good thing about veni is that the country was so weak that no clever crook around him came up with the idea of bombing veni. Had veni been stronger... they would have. |
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08-23-26 savo
yes victor... but that doesn't mean anything... he gave the go ahead as he has given the go ahead to every dumb move his advisors have recommended on the economy.. on tariffs... on war.. etc.
This did not come from him or his advisors... it came from veni.
DT is not in his right mind..every time he opens his mouth either he lies or he says stupidities.
This is a dangerous president.. for the country and for the world...
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08-23-26 victor
savo, be fair.
dt had to give the go-ahead for the us military to capture and extract him from vz. |
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08-22-26 savo
the only positive: maduro.
and that wasn't him...
it was Delcy, Jorge and Diosdado who were fed up with Maduro
DT was doing his usual stupidities... sanctions.
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08-22-26 panasonic
A robot has outperformed humans by running faster than Usain Bolt's 100m sprint world record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in China.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cgljl9zp47xo |
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08-22-26 victor
carib, what makes you so certain that talarico will win?
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Democrats have not won a Texas U.S. Senate seat since 1988, but the 2026 election presents a highly competitive race where the Democratic nominee holds a narrow polling lead. James Talarico secured the Democratic nomination on March 3, 2026, defeating U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett with 52.4% of the vote in a fiercely contested primary.
Current polling averages from August 2026 show Talarico leading the Republican nominee, Attorney General Ken Paxton, by approximately 1.6 to 2 percentage points (47.2% to 45.6%). Prediction markets currently assign Talarico a 52% chance of winning, marking the first time in decades that a Democrat is favored in a Texas statewide Senate contest.
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08-22-26 victor
carib, but lose Texas
what is going on in texas to think that dems will win? |
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08-22-26 carib
| rebus sic stantibus.. Republicans will lose the House, and might keep the Senate (but lose Texas) |
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08-22-26 victor
carib, i don't really know.
house: democrats win, guessing.
senate: few seats are in play, buy maybe dems gain a couple of seats?
but karoline leaving.. why would she leave?
does she want to get away from dt before the midterms?
does she know something?
your forecast? |
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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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