jas007

I think you have a selective memory problem and do not understand how money printing and inflation go hand in hand, how inflation develops, and the relationship between bank reserves, credit expansion or contraction, and inflation or deflation in the economy. And you certainly have a problem with taking phony government statistics at face value. In any event, there's usually a time lag involved as the new dollars leave the banking system and bleed into the consumer and business economy. As so, the trillions of new dollars that came into existence during Biden's term are, to this day, affecting prices. Inflation can be "sticky," as they say. Prices go up, but merchants are often reluctant to lower them for any number of reasons. I could go into that, but you can look it up. And I think I explained to you the other day about Chinese-made machine tools. Assuming that we're talking about high precision CNC machines tools, there is no "big chunk" of them that come from China into the USA. Even in China, only 6% of the CNC machine tools they use there are made in China. They don't even use their own machines, for the most part, as the ones they manufacture are not known for precision or accuracy. Instead, they primarily use CNC machine tools manufactured in Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and the USA. They use Chinese-made CNC machines to manufacture low and middle grade parts where precision and accuracy are not so important. But according to you, even though China knows better than to use the CNC equipment they manufacture, for some reason US manufacturers are clamoring to get their hand of a a supposedly "big chunk" of Chinese machine tools? LOL And even if you're talking about manufacturers in the USA who routinely use low-end Chinese machine tools, the immediate need for a "big chunk" of those is questionable. They're not the kind of thing that you use once and then throw it away. They can last for years before needing replacement. This trade war stand-off will be over long before US manufacturers are hurt by a shortage of low-end Chinese machine tools.

First of all, before Trump took over, the Biden Administration was issuing phony statistics on just about everything. They wanted everyone to think everything was "fine." That's why the phony numbers mow need revision, after the fact. The lies are being corrected. If you don't know that, you should.

Well, it's not that far fetched to blame Biden. Trump hasn't been around long enough to cause too much trouble. Anyway, the issue isn't who caused the problem, the issue is that some people didn't even know there was a problem. Of course the economy is in trouble. All you have to do is look at the news every day. It's not rocket science.

Every time I get that, and every time it gets thrown into the trash, along with a packet of some liquid spice they send. A real waste. Who puts ketchup on a pizza?

I'm not worried about the stock market in the least. I can't time the short to intermediate term, but for longer periods, all is well. Better to have stocks than increasingly worthless dollars.

That's what they say. An historical fluke. And now were's all headed back to the norm. A feudal society where you're either a lord or a peasant. .

The figures are real, no doubt. What's surprising to me is that people didn't already know the economy was in trouble. Take a look at the US stock market right now. You'd think they just announced the end of the world. Whatever. Anyone who didn't know the economy is in trouble deserves to lose all their money.

That's about the way it works. Then again, what's money these days? Try looking at the prices for a stupid house in Miami Beach.

That's fine. No harm in doing that. I just need to figure out what's what in terms of 2FA and how hackers work these days. Multiple platforms makes sense. Right now, I've got one brokerage account that even I can't access until I go back to the USA. Fine with me, because I don't want to sell anything in that account anyway. As for my other accounts? It's all in stocks, and if anything transpires, I get an alert. And it takes one day to settle any trade, and I look at the account daily. So, nothing can happen that I can't counteract.

I'm all for jail time for the culprits, but how likely is that? It's not just COVID. It's deeper than that. COVID was just part of a larger agenda. Think depopulation. There are people who actually think that the world needs to lose seven billion people or more. It's no big secret. They've been around for decades, but they finally put a plan into action.

Everything I have is Apple. A Mac Mini, a MacBook Air, two iPad Pros, and an iPad mini. Plus an IPhone. It's all hooked up to the same ecosystem. The same passwords for everything. And I always use a VPN.

For sure. If someone thinks Twinkies are a health food, who am I to tell them otherwise? What they eat is up to them. People mean well, they just don't know. Remember the Woody Allen movie "Sleeper"? The owner of a health food store in the 1970s wakes up from a coma 200 years later, only to find that all the foods he once thought were unhealthy are actually good for you. Steak, hot fudge, fats.

I use Apple, so I guess my email password is the same as the password for my Apple ID. And that is something Apple makes up. It's a very strong password. But the hackers even have a way around that? Something in the back of my brain seems to remember that I should use facial ID and not just a password? Or maybe I shouldn't use 2FA at all? I need to look into that.

Personally, I don't see a problem. If some things cost a bit more, so what? Welcome to 2025. It's a worldwide phenomena. It's called inflation, and it's not going away anytime soon. Normally, I try to eat healthy, but today, I treated myself to a pizza, delivered. A little over 300 baht. What would it cost in the USA? $40? I think I got a deal here in Thailand. Ditto for rent, utilities, and just about everything else I buy.

In a sense, it's not their fault. They are well and truly brainwashed and actually believe their own nonsense. Once upon a time, I knew this subject inside and out, but it has been a few years and I've forgotten much of it. It's history. I do worry, though, about all the people who may be dropping dead over the next few years. And they don't know what's coming.

Don't forget who built U-Tapo airport and why it's still important. Anyway, since WWII, the Thais have a long history of cooperation with the USA. And for the USA, Thailand is an important partner in the region. A strategically important airport and a foothold in SE Asia. All necessary to counter China.

Is LK Metro public or private? I remember back when I first stayed in that neighborhood almost 20 years ago. Businesses started to expand their operations into the street and there was some discussion about whether that was legal and should be allowed. Fast forward to 2025 and that seems to be totally OK. Not only do you have your business, you have a big portion of the street, as well.

One of my cousins is an infectious disease specialist. He spent the entirety of his professional career dealing with viruses. He's on the faculty at a major medical school in New York. He's a well known expert. I could post more than a few YouTube videos of people interviewing him. Anyway, I haven't talked to him for years, so I don't know what he thinks about the COVID thing. My guess its that even he was fooled at first. People have been conditioned to "trust the science." Even doctors fall for it. It's a recipe for disaster. If there are people at the top with bad intentions, bad things can happen.

So it's your contention that doctors don't earn money from drug companies? LOL As for what doctors "know"? Most of them go with the flow. They look at recommended treatments and follow the recommendations. They have computers for that. The computers tell them what to do. Most are incapable of thinking for themselves. And that's the problem in a nutshell. Still, not all is lost. There are doctors who know better and who tell the truth. Fortunately, no one has managed to shut them up. As for anonymous posters on a message board? In my case, I'm not giving anyone advice. Just discussing what some doctors have said.

And don''t forget, those are phony numbers, no doubt. Everyone they could possibly classify as dying "from COVID" was so classified. And, given the questionable testing, they didn't really know anyway. I was older, I looked at the numbers, and I still took my chances. Better that than to take a jab I knew was trouble. At least I had a chance.

I'm afraid there's not much point in arguing with him. Partly, I think, because for him, the damage has been done. He was jabbed. So of course, that was the right move! Time will tell. Some people think that, for the jabbed, their time on this earth is limited, especially if they received a booster shot or multiple booster shots. "Long COVID," or vaccine damage to the immune system? Excess deaths in the civilized world are already through the roof. Just ask any insurance company executive who will tell you the truth. It's a disaster.

Yes. The drug companies selling anti-cholesterol medication make a lot of money from those drug sales. Why would they suddenly start telling the truth? Anyway, I have friends who take those meds, but it's not my place to give them medical advice. So I don't. I just send them a picture, once in a while, of the streak and eggs I have for breakfast. It's too bad, though, what's happening. There's fraud just about everywhere you look. The entire "Food Pyramid" is wrong. it's upside down. The stuff at the top should be at the bottom. Or did they recently make some adjustments? You can bet RFK Jr. has a few enemies at this point. People working 24/7 to label him a "conspiracy theorist." Lots of money is made selling people seed oils, processed food, ultra-processed food, high fructose corn syrup, chemical additives in their food, etc. They don't care who they hurt in the process, so long as the $$$$ are there.

I think you miss the point about who "caught COVID." How did they know? By way of a phony PCR test? As for the people "requiring" ICU admission? Sick people, usually old, usually with multiple medical problems, and usually deficient in Vitamin D. And they were very sick. That's all we can say. Test any of them with a phony PCR test and they're likely to test "positive." The healthy people? They didn't show up in the emergency room in the first place. The whole vaccinated/unvaccinated thing is a red herring. Without a valid way to test who is who, no one really knows, other than sick people showed up at the hospital, sometimes after having been turned away earlier when their condition was not yet "serious." "Trust the science." Some people believe "the Science" belongs in jail.

Before anyone believes this nonsense, do a little research. Nothing could be further from the truth.

He's talking about the Bubonic Plague that wiped out about half of the European population in the Middle Ages. Obviously, nothing whatever to do with COVID, but I'm sure he knows that.