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Obnoxious. Unsuitable. Subversive. Disruptive. Insurgent. Resistance. located in Texas. I write software. "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." *unsolicited DMs will be deleted
Is there an economist in the house? I'm trying to make sense of markets today. S&P, Dow, Nasdaq all up significantly today, but the yield on 30 year treasuries are also running hot? Maybe @kairyssdal.bsky.social you can address this on the show today?
On the other hand, there is a "train" of USAF C-17s flying to the northeast (England maybe?) but at the same time three 767 refueling tankers flying the opposite direction. Hmm.
I was doing a little doomsday scrolling to see if there is any military action cooking in the Middle East and I came across this bad boy. A C130 listed as being with the Egyptian air force flying at a "modest" 100400 feet. Say what?
Fascinating to watch the markets and track it against things tRump says in real time. Each of those sudden declines or climbs are reactions to things he has said about Greenland.
I'm thankful for competent people like Eerik out there who do the work that they do in order to hold people/governments accountable. I felt it was important enough of issue that despite this being a lengthy document it should be shared with this community. /7
..that their sources are accurate. No matter how this turns out it is another stain on the competency of the Trump administration and their (in)ability to handle foreign policy. IMHO this proposal is probably DOA in the Senate. /6
..obvious that it was not crafted by the Trump admin but rather has originated with Russia. Somehow it got submitted to the press as the actual document that had been given to Ukraine. It will be interesting to see how the press reacts to the new twist to this story and if the press claims... /5
The original story behind this proposal, as I understand it, was that it was crafted by the Trump administration and that Trump had instructed Zelensky that he had to sign it before Thanksgiving. As others, including Eerik, have now gone into detail analyzing this document it became painfully... /4