Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Is it any surprise that the economic numbers reported out of China are all positive when those numbers are reported by and censored by the CCP? Of course GDP will surge and unemployment will fall. Turtles all the way down... Don't quite understand the furor over X (formerly Twitter). Many people are complaining that the platform has become "crazy" since the attacks on Israel. Yet I haven't experienced that. Feel like if you follow reasonable people you'll have a reasonable and useful timeline. At least that's been my experience. Who are these people following?... ESPN has released the logo for its new sports book ESPN Bet. It’s one of the dumbest ideas I can remember. They are just begging Fan Duel, Caesar’s and other casino sites to spend their ad dollars elsewhere. Like on CBS Sports or FS1. OK they asked for it… When you try to square the dire real estate news about China's domestic market with the optimistic economic news from the CCP - they just don't jibe. Who are you going to believe - the CCP or your lying eyes?... BTW - I don't follow any of the recommended accounts from an algorithm. Otherwise I'd be following Bill Gates on X... The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said, “Information from Hamas should be treated the same as information from the Kremlin.” An idea the NYT can’t seem to wrap their heads around yet still want to be considered “trusted” news sources… Am I wrong but did Cher also promise the leave the US if Trump won in 2000 too? We kept our side of the bargain already!... How surprised do you think the first caterpillar ever to turn into a butterfly was?... Funny because its true!… Waiting for Sam Harris to blame the bombing of that hospital in Gaza on Donald Trump... Who knew? The word “laser” comes from the acronym “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.” One of those definitions you tend to remember one moment and forget the next…
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