The Reflecting Pool will remain in its current state of disrepair because Trump has moved on. He has the attention span of a fruit fly. It did not work out and he has many other destructive projects to pursue.
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When Tyranny becomes Law, Rebellion becomes Duty
BofA: Amid soaring diesel prices, Food at Home CPI could rise to 7-8% over the next 6 months, up from the current low single digits (2.1% in August).
The "Yie Ar Kung Fu" arcade game I played at a Howard Johnson's while on a family road trip from NYC to Orlando.
Retro Blast 💫@retroblastpod.com · 2d agoWhat's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer. So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
The S&P 500 is negative through its 13th trading day of September. Since 1950, when SPX is down at this stage, the full month has rebounded just once in 34 tries (1953, pre-index launch). The rest of September finishes positive only 38.2% of the time. 📉 From @Bluekurtic
“.. a striking rebuke of the technology from a state that, more than any other, stands to benefit from the industry’s continued growth. More than three quarters of registered voters (77%) said advanced AI is likely a threat to humans ..” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
“.. The US president’s main message was about ‘diesel, diesel . . . diesel’ and urging Zelenskyy to order his military to cease their drone and missile attacks, a senior Ukrainian official who was on the call told the FT.” @financialtimes.com ⛽️ www.ft.com/content/adb8...
Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. by midday Sunday, the president appeared to have reversed himself again. There would be no U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
1/2 NYT: "Economists in China — even those closest to the state — have openly warned that the government is pouring too many resources into a technology that creates relatively few jobs, while doing too little to save the broader economy." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/b...
In China, A.I. Is Moving Forward While the Economy Lags Behind (Gift Article)
As Xi Jinping arrives in the United States this week for a state visit, China’s advances in artificial intelligence will be in the air. Less discussed: China’s economy in its worst shape in decades.
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I had not realised until reading this column by Ruchir Sharma on South Korea's wild stock market that "left-wing" President Lee Jae-myung had sent strong buy signal to the public by selling his own apartment with a plan to plough the proceeds into stock ETFs. www.ft.com/content/6f0c...
Why the world’s hottest stock market is a national liability
South Korea’s wild stock price swings are hurting the country’s image
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I hope the global financial system is listening.
Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 12h agoThe Trump administration is preparing to sanction the ICC as a whole and cut it off from everyday financial transactions, insurance providers and IT services and products, which would leave the court unable to operate, Reuters reports.
This is AI FWIW. It actually says it in the video.
Blue Wave@votebiue.bsky.social · yesterdayTell me this doesn’t give you chills. Japan opened the 12D theater. It is beyond your imagination.
I try not to repost dumb memes but I went to look at the reaction on Truth Social to Trump's post saying gas prices were higher under Biden and someone posted this and I was amused. 
Hey Pete Hegseth, you incompetent religious extremist: Maybe you should have "Rapid Responses" to Iran instead of memes on social media. And, more important, follow the Constitution for a change and keep our government out of promoting your crazy version of your particular faith.
This weekend, US troops “were loading bombs onto warplanes” for a new front in the war. “The wave of attacks was just about to begin.” And then, just like that [snaps fingers], Trump changed his mind. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help (Gift Article)
The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran.
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70% of Americans say more Americans working in factories would be better for America 33% actually say they'd be better off working in a factory
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
Adam Bonin@adambonin.bsky.social · yesterdayIncredibly disappointing ad from Mary Peltola (D-AK) saying she neither supports "kids getting surgeries to change genders or men in girls bathrooms." Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
EM & Japan have crushed the S&P 500 YTD. Schroders
People should be mad they’ve been manipulated but also I hope people wonder why even in conditions that allow participation that there’s less than 10 *out* collegiate trans athletes that this group could find. There’s over 200,000 division 1 college athletes, for example.
Imani Gandy@angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d agoI just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
‘Debt sold by a venture building a data center to be leased by Jane Street has quickly soured in secondary trading. Yields on the bonds have risen to around 11.3%, more than 2 percentage points above where the debt first sold in August.’ www.theinformation.com/articles/jan...
Jane Street-Linked Data Center Debt Sours
Secretive Wall Street trading firm Jane Street has become famous in the past couple of years for its sizable AI-related spending, as it has struck big cloud deals to handle its AI computing needs and ...
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“People may not fully grasp just how wound up the market and the economy is in all of this,” said Jim Morrow, chief executive officer of the Boston investment firm Callodine Capital Management. “There are just so many things to unravel if it starts.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI’s Wobbly House of Cards Puts Markets and US Economy at Risk
The heads of America’s leading AI development labs have started a national conversation about tapping the brakes on a technology that’s offering so much promise for society, while at the same time sho...
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PALACIOS: “.. ICE has become a bigger issue for the housing industry in recent months, as noted in this broad regional commentary from homebuilders we surveyed in early September:” $XHB
Democrats: Straight people pretending to be gay Republicans: Gay people pretending to be straight
T. Greg Doucette@gregdoucette.bsky.social · yesterdaylol wut www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebe...
surprise! (not) look where gasoline and diesel prices have spiked the most over the last week, something about a refinery?? (sarcasm)... Great Lakes feeling the pinch- refineries, refineries, refineries!
Studiously impartial C-SPAN calls for the Trump administration to immediately restore White House access to the journalists of CNN, MSNOW and Politico.
Hitler and top Nazis reviewing a triumphal arch circa 1939.
