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Please. Interest rates advance for a few reasons: 1. Decreased confidence in the currency. 2. Depreciation of the currency, usually based on bad economic policy or simply printing more. (Recognize that?) Also called inflation. 3. A market determination that the economy is going to advance, creating more demand for money. Some reasons are bad, 1 and 2, and some reasons are good-3. If someone feels strongly about one thing or another, you can make a fortune betting on your view, so do it.

That Iranian general was preparing a plan to kill scores of US servicemen.

Not if you try.

Re the tunnel/southern invasion, for the past three years and 51 weeks we haven't done nearly enough to send a message that this is not acceptable. We have vast capability at our disposal to send a message that tunneling is a very bad idea, and other means to detect them before they are operational. Regarding the Red Sea/Houthi problem, start by allowing the carrier task force which has been serving as a dart board under this admin to do what the task force commander requested, and was denied by the national command authority. This crap they are launching comes from Iran. It is stored somewhere, briefly, in Yemen before it is deployed. Those actions are directed by someone. Interdict the supply from Iran. Demolish any storage sites. Immediately destroy the launch facilities. Reach out to those who are directing it and end their existence. In short, quit fuching around with these punks.

What is te first sentence of my post that your quoted. Here, I'll repeat it for you: "and I'm not recommending an invasion into another country." We don't need to enter Mexico to interdict these tunnels, and by virtue of the fact they end on the US side of the border, they are our property. We simply block them up on our end, which isn't very hard to do at all. First you find them, which have have complete capability to do, then you end the drug, illegals and human trafficking that is going on as the result. The problem is that we haven't demonstrated the will to commit resources to do it. It's the same idiocy of defending against drones and missiles in the Red Sea by shooting 1.2 to 2.5 million dollar missiles at them. We are fighting the arrows instead of the archer, and it's time to take a sensible approach.

I get your point, and I'm not recommending an invasion into another country. What I am pointing out is that when your country is threatened, and you have the capability to eliminate the threat, it is not only wise, but a gov responsibility to do so. We have not demonstrated we take this drug, illegal immigrant, trafficking thing seriously at all, and we need to do so. We have the skill and resources to eliminate all of these tunnels. We have simply chosen to focus on other things, like flying illegals all over the country. Very bad gov policy. Pure negligence.

Good news on discovering the tunnel into our territory. Meanwhile the Israelis launched a 150+ man mission deep into Syria that involved three low flying helos, a bunch of fighter cover and deceptive strikes, and destroyed a long range missile production facility hundreds of feet underground. Facility destroyed. Everybody out safely on the Israeli side. Incredibly complicated. We celebrate finding a hole into our own land. The difference? Desire, commitment and leadership.

Again, simply discgraceful. New low.

I simply can't believe this action, or how decrepit this administration has become. This man destroyed currencies, demolishing people's purchasing power in order to make a personal fortune. After a few successes, the Thai baht comes to mind, he was going after the Mexican peso when the US Fed intervened. Just a horrible human. A disgraceful, money motivated award. It can't get worse.

Solar and wind farms are extremely real estate thirsty. NASA figured out this problem years ago, and solid oxide fuel cells at the need site made far more sense and require no grid. They are getting quite close to being comparable to grid electrical costs, and much, much cleaner.

Bud Lite 'em.

We had ours for twelve years. Had to replace the control board once, at about the ten year mark. Never had any other problem. Wouldn't change for any other option.

What I view on this is meaningless. What is germane is that you stated that Carter used superior moral judgement by not allowing his faith to oppose abortion, though he opposed it personally. If you view human life as existing in utero, there can be no justification. If you don't, you don't. Can't have it both ways.

None. Not sure your point. Raised three through college. How many did Jimmy adopt? Horrible president. Just horrible.

If this is true, and I'm not going through a paywall to see, this is a serious violation.

I am completely aware, and those injustices have nothing to do with this issue, nor the false claim that any of those were an accurate response to faith. Viewing abortion as a moral decision that indicates advanced morality is ridiculous. Some people view abortion as the taking of human life, just as some viewed slavery as the same. Others did not. To each his own, but it is nonsense to claim that Carter has some high ground on this. The man was a horrible president. Fraudulent, as was his deceptive "common man carrying his own bags" bullstuff when they were always empty and his aids brought the real bags well behind him and away from camera view. Again. Fraud.

Completely disagree. He was uniquely and historically unpopular. This is not the path to re-election: What the country thought of Carter Terrible inflation. Terrible economy. Terrible Commander in Chief. I find it quite odd to state that "he didn't let his faith get in the way of the ...moral arc of justice."

The stock market is a forward looking entity. Check out the S&P chart when it became apparent Biden was toast. In addition, when you have high inflation, it is wise to get out of $'s and get into other things, like stock. The last years have been good for those who are so invested. Not for those who hold cash and live month to month. I'm not being political. It is what it is.

He wasn't a "victim of circumstances," he was a victim of his incredible naivete and bad instincts, and being a phony. I remember quite well when he ruled that all military spaces must reduce their thermostat s to 65 degrees. We froze our butts off trying to work and live in that. Just stupid. Everyone wearing coats all day long inside, and at night when you were the duty officer. Late addition. He also mandated that all thermostats be changed on a specific date, so 65 in the winter, I don't remember the summer setting for AC. Didn't matter what was going on in your area weather wise, you simply had to do it, Pure idiocy. None of that was as bad as his hands on issues with the military. Atrocious commander in chief, not even aware of the issues. Stupid, and unwanted negotiator of the Agreed to Framework with North Korea which guaranteed them a nuclear weapon, and that was done outside the approval or even knowledge of the Clinton Admin.

For what it's worth, here is an unedited commentary by the pilot of the F-18 that was shot down by our own cruiser, the Gettysburg. It's tough to understand if you don't know the "language," but quite funny. As reminder, it was a two seat F-18 flying a tanker mission, carrying external tanks to give fuel. He also had an aim 9x sidewinder missile on board, which he mentions. Anyway, four minutes, but quite funny. F-18 pilot relates experience getting shot down by our own ship last week

For those that weren't around or have no knowledge of the economic situation during the Carter term, to claim that he "laid the economic ground work for the Reagan yeas" is preposterous. During the Carter Admin, the term "misery index" originated, which was combining very high interest rates with annual inflation figures, and it exceeded 20%. What laid the economic ground work for the Reagan expansion was a hawk Fed Chairman, Paul Volker, who kept Fed Funds and the Discount Rate high during Reagan's first two years and eventually brought things down to levels that led to investment, confidence and growth. You could buy guaranteed bonds for 12% in those days. Crazy. And please, don't claim that because it was Carter who appointed Volker he somehow deserves credit for this. The man was an economic, military, leadership, and confidence disaster. What he did do, which is seemingly anathema to the Biden group, is occasionally admit responsibility for failure.

It isn't the simplistic media that portrays his as a failure. He was a gross failure. He didn't "lay the groundwork for the Reagan years." He laid the example for how not to run things, that Reagan instinctively knew, as gov of Cal. He was a disingenuous phony and failure as president, who was decent afterwards. Stupid "election verification" status. I never understood how that had any credibility. Very bad re Israel, but he did great work for Habitat.

He was a good guy, but we don't hire people becasue they are good guys. We hire them because they can do the appointed task. As president, he couldn't and he didn't, and he did real damage.

Reticent to comment on him now that he is gone, but he has been wrong on so many things. Great work for Habitat. Great work in many humanitarian projects. But, he was a horrible president. Despised by the military, despite his history of service. Grossly uninformed, which resulted in huge losses of talented individuals, and significant capability decreases. Reagan pretty much fixed that. Always thought he was smarter than everyone else, and he disregarded valuable advice. His anti Israel policy, mostly post presidency, was completely delusional. He never seemed to understand the true nature of the middle east, seeming to think they are all good guys who can be convinced to coexist. Not true. Not yet. Completely screwed up the US Embassy seizure in Tehran, and authored a horribly senseless rescue attempt resulting in significant loss of US lives. That was his show. The staff that served him knew was a fraud, and have stated that. Faking carrying his own luggage and more. Negligent as the one who controls the nuclear response potential if the US was attacked. He refused to allow the nuc codes, known as the "football," to be carried into Plains when he was there, removing a rapid response which is required. His "election certification" efforts were way over stated nonsense. Nice guy. Devout Christian, but a horrible leader. Apartheid. Have you seen any stats on how many Jews live in Lebanon/Egypt? Compare that to thirty years ago. Then, contrast that with how many Muslims live, vote and thrive in Israel over the same time frame. There is your evidence of apartheid.

Not sure what you are asking for here. I provided a link above, which shows his demonstrated absolute ignorance on anything related to the job as FAA Administrator.