Alan H.

Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment

GDP is calculated in a way that makes it seem economically sound to destroy the planet.

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Trump will gladly give them our money, and no doubt join their chorus of BS. AI is not "essential infrastructure" or "necessary for national security." What we want we can get on the cheap once they crash. We can dictate terms. They are not too big to fail. They need to fail.

Reports are that Musk is in trouble. He now has to pay top dollar -- 13%+ -- 500 bps above market -- for loans. (The merger of SpaceX and xAI was more likely his way of hiding debt than any plan to build AI in space.)

Musk is an arrogant buffoon in a race to nowhere with other arrogant buffoons.

Elon Musk warns the U.S. is '1,000% going to go bankrupt' unless AI and robotics save the economy from crushing debt | Fortune “We just need enough time to build the AI and robots to not go bankrupt before then.”

On the eve of the AI bubble bursting, Trump-class con man Elon Musk reveals it's actually going to SAVE the US from bankruptcy. What a joke. This spiel is just him angling for a bailout. AI was never essential. It is a Dot-Com style fever. Musk is a crook.

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The peak is behind us.

MAGA thought Donald was against elites. They couldn't stand the smarmy condecension of what is now called the Epstein class. Now they find out he just wanted to be one.

His base is shrinking, and will soon be only the Proud Boys and other fascists. The ICE faction.

The Epstein class is a subset of the one percent. Those without a moral sense, for whom cozying up to a child rapist and sex trafficker are not deal-breakers. (The reason Trump does not want the files released is more likely their connection to Russia than to pedophelia, imo.)

Ресторанный кризис в России: средний класс исчезает? Цены в российских кафе бьют рекорды, а заведения закрываются одно за другим — эксперты говорят о схлопывании рынка и исчезновении среднего класса.

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??? The only parts of government that would shut down are in DHS. What? TSA, CBP, ICE, Coast Guard, Secret Service and FEMA. Those essential to public safety would be required to work without pay.

Are masks and trashing the Constitution such priorities to the GOP that they will cut off their pay?

Paragons of the Epstein class.

That would be double the casualties? 2.4 million? 700,000 dead. Sergei, please reconsider.

I detect the Moscow to St Petersburg klan of MAGAs are particularly upset.

AI Sparks Billions in Losses for Shadow Banking Sector

"Concerns that artificial intelligence could lead to a surge in loan defaults among software companies have caused massive losses for shadow banks, with billions wiped from their value."

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This is the Ossof we need. Thank you, Georgia, for both of your senators.

Elites standing up is not their nature. This is the Epstein Class, essentially immoral and out for profit. Deaf to the pain of others. Have to recommend Anand Giridharadas. Desperately needing them to do anything is desperately needing water to flow upward.

"Pro-life" is just a poster for a movie about death. I wish those folks would read the reviews before they buy their tickets.

Seems like AI in the hands of profiteers can only reduce demand and exploit energy for the short term. AI in the hands of climate sustainability is one thing, or for public health and education. AI to make baubles is eating sweets in a house that is on fire.

Trump is so fake. It didn't deteriorate, because there never was one. Mamdani was not fooled, but apparently Politico was.

Bypassing the judicial system, replacing it with fascist enablers. Be clear, the companies could refuse, but knowing the Zuckerbergs and Ellisons and Musks of the world, all they need is a formal looking paper and they're all in with the Gestapo state.

I think that's the way it is every time for every team.

YouTube video by Terry Moran Anand Giridharadas: What the Epstein Documents Reveal About Power in America

The Epstein class, people practiced in not hearing another's pain, in profiting no matter who is in power, for whom sex trafficking of girls is not a deal-breaker.

Anand and Terry (and a lot of immigrants) know what it truly means to be American.

youtu.be/CdTuwRn8818?... via @YouTube

Nope. No goons on the streets with heavy weapons in Canada. Hasn't been in fashion in any year in American history. But up is down, white is black, am I right?

These are universally uninspired.

Good work, Pramila. Monopoly is not efficiency, it is manipulation. The absence of competition gouges consumers.

Likewise, when big companies are the dominant buyers (monopsonies), they manipulate the terms offered to smaller operations. This should be illegal. Prices should be the same for all.

The Russia Russia Russia hoax
is a close cousin to
The Affordability hoax
The Epstein hoax
and all the other hoaxes that were true.

YouTube video by Times News Epstein Was 'Effectively Involved In Russian Organised Crime' | Christopher Steele

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Gh...

No wonder the Donald was so concerned about damage to his "friends."