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Global price of a Big Mac as of July 2024, by country Taiwan is the place for a Big Mac about 1/2 the comparable expense v the US.

Wrong as usual. "The U.S. Dollar Index tracks the strength of the dollar against a basket of major currencies. DXY was originally developed by the U.S. Federal Reserve in 1973 to provide an external bilateral trade-weighted average value of the U.S. dollar against global currencies. U.S. Dollar Index goes up when the U.S. dollar gains "strength" (value), compared to other currencies." Since Biden was inaugurated the US dollar has climbed 10% v the basket of currencies it is ranked against. From 90 to 100 today. That would be a stronger greenback by 2.5% a year. You can send your apology to President Biden. You would do yourself a great favour by turning off FOX. Stop watching Hannity and Tucker Carlson.

Sorry about your losses.Try to be positive about it. You helped a Nigerian rise above poverty. Just think of trump supporters that also got scammed.

You've met SC's full expectations with this thread. You're basing your premise upon .1%(a tenth of a percent) of a single point of a single IQ test. The margin of error is probably 2-3%. Several different IQ tests would likely reverse the findings of this single test by several points. I'm surprised that this supposedly reputable source that you used would even present such a statistically insignificant difference as a fact to be presented as meaningful consideration.

He needs to get several dozen mares and a couple breeding stallions. So he can ride the colts when they get old enough replacing the older horses when they die on the trail.

Trump’s Tax Proposals Would Cost a Staggering $10.5 Trillion over only 10 years. It currently stands at $34.5 trillion

Oh god, do you blame them?

Nah! trump would be more direct. "Donald Trump repeatedly raised the possibility of invading Venezuela in talks with his top aides at the White House, ... “We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary.”...Quoting an unnamed senior administration official, the AP report said the suggestion stunned those present at the meeting, which included the then national security adviser, HR McMaster, and secretary of state, Rex Tillerson. ... “We have many options for Venezuela, this is our neighbour,” Trump said. “We’re all over the world and we have troops all over the world in places that are very, very far away, Venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and dying. We have many options for Venezuela including a possible military option if necessary.” A new trump administration won't have any no men in the circle of advisors.

Well the blame really belongs to the British they came up with the idea of a Jewish state. Then sold the whole idea to the UN. Arab states all rejected it and they wanted to appeal to to the International Court of Justice.But they needed UN approval to do so and that was rejected by the UN. Britain was the administrators of Palestine. So the UK(now) and the UN came up with a suggested map: Which was again rejected by the Arab states. I don't think there was ever a finalized map but i could be wrong. When Israel declared independence Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria all attacked Israel. Israel kicked their collective asses and the rest is history. So the blame really belongs to the UK and the UN. for the whole mess.If it can be called blame as such.

MAGA leaders are cheering as they all own stocks. Should they win tax cuts for corporations will double those wins. For the MAGA base stock ownership is something they only dream about. Along with the weekly lottery win. trumpty is probably cheering the 1/2 % interest rate cut because his office space is 20-30% vacant.

Evidently Iran wants Harris to win as stolen-hacked trump campaign documents were offered to the Harris campaign staff. Meanwhile Putin and Russia are all in for a trump win with multiple troll farms working 24/7. In other news the US stock markets are at record highs, inflation at four year lows, full employment, gas prices at new lows, a 1/2% interest rate cut. Sorry Brent but Bideneconomics is clearly working wonders.

There is no nice, humane way to kill or injure the enemy in war. Although the US is a leader in developing weapons designed to prevent collateral damage.

That is not what your link shows. It shows 423 total of women, boys(358) and "unknown" killed in the west bank. There is no separate listing for female children. The women not listed as children. In the Oct attacks last year by Hamas there were 1139 Israelis killed plus 251 taken hostage in that single attack.

Perhaps but Hezbollah, Hamas, the IRGC and Artesh all put civilians and children into the front lines to achieve military objectives. I get your point but positioning civilians in front of military operations is a part of their procedures.What has received little press is the tens of thousands of civilian casualties caused by Hamas because they have insisted on holding the captives. Operating in hospitals and schools.

Part of that is his obvious political animal appealing to his base. i.e. the "illegal immigrants eating pets". But the rest is downright staggering. When his free thinking is verbalized, his rambling ideas are flowing from his mouth. Its stunning how stupid he is. Its not caused by some sort of obvious physical agent like drugs, alcohol, etc. He makes MTG look smart. His just announced crypto is a part of his smart. But its obvious that it arises from his psychopathic side:"psychopathy is characterised by an extreme lack of empathy. Psychopaths may also be manipulative, charming and exploitative, and behave in an impulsive and risky manner. They may lack conscience or guilt, and refuse to accept responsibility for their actions."

Be thankful that Florida doesn't get allot of hail. Hail is a rising concern in the insurance industry. "Inflation is driving up the cost of materials and labor to repair roofs and cars. Adding to insurers’ costs is increased development in areas affected by severe storms." $60 billion annually. Hail has caused higher damage costs in the U.S. this year than hurricanes and floods put together. Research suggests climate change will make hailstones larger. With $2.8-billion in payouts, Calgary’s August hailstorm becomes Canada’s second most expensive weather event

If it continues Ron DeSantis will be the insurer for every single home in Florida. Wait a minute, "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said that state-backed Citizens Property Insurance is “not solvent” and could be in trouble if a storm hits the state. DeSantis’s comments come as the federal government conducts an investigation into whether the insurer has enough money on hand for a natural disaster. Citizens Property Insurance, Florida’s ‘insurer of last resort’, was formed in 2002 to provide windstorm and property coverage to state residents who could not obtain insurance elsewhere." From Feb 29, 2024 story Insurance Business report.

Do you have any concept about the damage that you do to your credibility by making statements like that? Oh! forget it, I just noticed that Brent made the statement. Nevermind.

This is the reason why President Harris will and should bring a more balanced approach to Israel. What Kamala Harris really thinks about Israel and Gaza Article for VOX dated July 25, 2024 To date the US state department has sanctioned individual Israeli settlers involved in these attacks.Which is a total joke. The US needs to hold a press conference stating that Netanyahu is personally accountable for the safety of these Palestinian farmers. That all aid will be halted if this continues. The real backbone to this problem is Iran. Iran is meddling in many Arab countries in the region and all the Arab countries are concerned.So they have aligned closer to Israel as a counter to Iran. At the same time toned down the support for Palestinians. Mostly because Hamas is the winner if they support the Palestinians.

Touche.When the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts they never asked the local Indians for the deeds of the tribe. Now the US has nuclear weapons and Indians from coast to coast have......."Over 20% of Native American reservation households make less than $5,000 annually while only 6% of the overall US population has an annual income of less than $5,000.[17] The average Native American family (3.41) is larger than the American national average,[12] yet only 30% have health insurance.[12] The quality of life for many Native Americans are often comparable to that of developing nations.[17]"

Egypt and Jordan both made peace with Israel.Subsequently both have lived in peace with the Jewish state. Hezbollah and Hamas have both pledged to kill every Jew and destroy Israel without negotiation. Which is the aim of the Iranian Mullahs who fund and control both groups. The absence of an independent voice willing peace for Palestinians is needed to achieve security for Palestinians. Independent voices willing to talk peace in the Gaza strip are killed by Hamas. The Centre for Peace Communications Staff and Board of Directors Here. Has created a series of cartoons which is necessary to keep anonymity due to the treat of death by Hamas. Its entitled Whispered In Gaza Explanation here. Where independent Gaza citizens talk about getting rid of Hamas and achieving peace:" Below from a WP article on the group and its voices from Gaza dated Oct. 20, 2023 or 13 days after the Hamas attack on Israel that led to the current war. "If you doubt there are Palestinians who oppose the terrorist regime that Hamas has created, visit a project called “Whispered in Gaza” online. You’ll hear 25 powerful narratives that were recorded over the past 18 months. The Gazans’ names are changed and their faces drawn by animators, but their message has the unmistakable power of truth. Here are some of those Gaza whispers: A pharmacist called “Basma” explains how she had to close her shop because of harassment by Hamas officials. A journalist called “Maha” says she was “muzzled” and threatened by Hamas and gave up her work. “Layla” describes how Hamas operatives forced her to close a counseling center because they were afraid it might encourage unhappy Gazans to protest the regime. “Othman” says bluntly: “The so-called ‘resistance’ has become a business.”

The pagers would not be carried by any civilians. The limited explosive power ensures that only the owner would likely to be injured. The limited explosive power would specifically limit injury to innocents. The US government, both US political parties, the UN, the nuclear armed Israel state, most Arab countries, all the major western countries and the history of Jews dating back to about 1,000 B.C. disagree. "Around 1000 B.C., King David ruled the Jewish people. His son Solomon built the first holy Temple in Jerusalem, which became the central place of worship for Jews. The kingdom fell apart around 931 B.C., and the Jewish people split into two groups: Israel in the North and Judah in the South"

The pagers were distributed to a terrorist organization for the sole purpose of communicating orders of command, orders of war. The pages are not for innocent civilians to learn about what time supper is served. Civilians are using cell phones not taking command instructions to shoot rockets at civilians via pages. Not receiving pages to show up to build rockets or drive trucks into Syria to haul explosives. It was a brilliant, targeted strike at an enemy combatant funded by Iran. Whose sole purpose is to support Iranian terrorist interests. Hezbollah has zero interest in helping the Palestinians in Gaza or the West Bank. If they did they would have done more with the 30,000 rockets that they have in Lebanon now. Taken more actions against Israel over the last eight months. Instead they have listened to their Iranian masters biding their time till Iran has their nuclear weapons ready. If you want to rationalize Israel terrorism upon the innocents and put them on a leash. Here it is: Seizing the West Bank: Extremist settlers in power - BBC World Service Documentaries Its a 59 minute BBC video and is reason alone for the US to cut funding and limit support to Israel.Its also very difficult to watch.

Absolutely agree. I don't see evidence of that. IMO its more of birds of a feather flocking together. " Her former boss James O’Keefe, the ousted CEO of Project Veritas, described her in the foreword to Loomer’s 2021 memoir, Loomered, as “[not] wired like other people.” It’s as if, he writes, she is in possession of a brain that “doesn’t process information like the rest of us.” O’Keefe also notes that “she appears to be functionally immune to fear, to shame, and to embarrassment.” All she would have to do is flatter trump and they would be going at it like rabbits in the warrens that they both call home.

IMO education and advanced degrees will change broadly as a result of AI. Philosophy, history and the so called liberal arts will have to emphasize critical thinking skills. Partially because mathematics and mechanical problem solving are natural areas of address for AI. But AI will also exploit the gullibility and trust of people W/O a broad area of skeptical thinking.