didn't know silicon valley bank was so important for start-ups....now there's some sort of contagion, people taking their money from regional banks to the big banks.
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system seems pretty resilient and different from 2008. thoughts?.
@mikeflood: it won’t get fixed, it only gets worse. Biden guaranteed all deposits, even those above $250k (the FDIC limit) at SVB, now every bank that’s insolvent will declare bankruptcy, get bailed out by the government and assets taken over by their “parent” bank companies.
First National got its rich customers bailed out, the bank was then taken over by JP Morgan, JP Morgan received $13B in deposits and got a $50B bonus from the Fed to do it.
This is the Obama bank bailouts all over again.
i was reading an article about the pomp and circumstance around the first coronation in nearly a century.. made me think of the revelation book (the red one, not the bible) and the picture of the two headed beast with a sword and if i have some time today i will see if i can’t find it and age it a bit, it seems the sword is a bit dull and the two heads are now both octogenarians with severe dementia, kind of funny to see that instead of “swift judgment” we’ve come to internal decay.. what do you canadians, english, scots, irish and australians think about your new leadership?.
@New Day: not so quick, the British still view Republic of Ireland at least partially as U.K., people of the Republic can vote and become MP in the British parliament and vice versa Brits can vote in Republic of Ireland.
The Brits never officially recognized the independence, unlike other territories like India. So it’s only independent de-facto, from the viewpoint of the crown, they legally still have full ownership of the area, as they do all the rest of the commonwealth, only civil uprising and lack of resources preventing the exercise of the power.
@stan: lol, no, I mis-remembered, it’s the beast with the two horns of a lamb that’s Anglo-America. My point being that the beast is a bit aged.
i was reading an article about the pomp and circumstance around the first coronation in nearly a century.. made me think of the revelation book (the red one, not the bible) and the picture of the two headed beast with a sword and if i have some time today i will see if i can’t find it and age it a bit, it seems the sword is a bit dull and the two heads are now both octogenarians with severe dementia, kind of funny to see that instead of “swift judgment” we’ve come to internal decay.. what do you canadians, english, scots, irish and australians think about your new leadership?.
I was reading an article about the pomp and circumstance around the first coronation in nearly a century.
Made me think of the Revelation book (the red one, not the Bible) and the picture of the two headed beast with a sword and if I have some time today I will see if I can’t find it and age it a bit, it seems the sword is a bit dull and the two heads are now both octogenarians with severe dementia, kind of funny to see that instead of “swift judgment” we’ve come to internal decay.
What do you Canadians, English, Scots, Irish and Australians think about your new leadership?
i used to post here under the name nobleheart but forgot the old password, so put up a new account (nobleheart1).
was a jw (2002-2011), ended up writing a da letter.
i am a christian (since leaving the org).
The problem is that most of them aren't even AWARE of these points anymore, or how to answer them. They got rid of the "little brown brother" a long time ago, they're just robot sales people now, it's all about conformance, not substance.
So ask them a difficult question, the first thing they'll ask is where did you find that and a canned answer that if it's not in the app, it's not acceptable. Why, because that's what we learn. Substance we grew up with has gone, nobody remembers it, everyone with a shred of knowledge and decency has left the org.
i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.
apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.
his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..
@JeffT: I honestly think it is too late for that, Obama and Biden have both stoked the flames of faux racism, no way to put it out at this moment, police officers are abandoning their posts, people are taking things in their own hands.
Which in the end will be the end of the US, the large corporations have also abandoned good business dealings in favor of DEI everyone from the bank to the beer and are failing as a result, which results in handouts which requires money printing.
If another Biden/Obama-style person gets elected and they continue with the idiotic energy and fiscal policies the US is done for in less than that person's 2 terms, rural America is going to resemble the Wild West, and the cities are going to resemble Mad Max and a large civil war between the two.
i was listening to the news and there is this big brouhaha about someone shooting someone through their front door.
apparently the person tried to open the door of an elderly person, scaring the homeowner and they shot a gun injuring the person.
obvious castle doctrine case.. which made me remember a rather overzealous old pioneer that used the same tactics when he knew the homeowners were home but didn’t want to come to the door, he would start opening the storm doors and try to see if the door was unlocked so he could yell inside.
@Diogenesister: again, we don’t know the complete story. According to the evidence at hand, the property was clearly marked private and the youngsters were looking for a party, according to the homeowner shining bright lights, revving their engine and driving wildly.
It takes time to get, load and shoot a gun. People make mistakes, I think in both cases, if the ‘victims’ were actually innocent (which we know historically has been rarely true once the trial starts), they were tragic, I’m not sure without intent they could be classified murder.
Especially with crime skyrocketing everywhere and police refusing to handle it because BLM/Antifa terrorists, we’ll see more and more of it, just a few days ago, someone ‘repossessed’ their stolen truck when the police refused to do anything even though they had a GPS-location, those people were in Texas, so they weren’t charged.
i was listening to the news and there is this big brouhaha about someone shooting someone through their front door.
apparently the person tried to open the door of an elderly person, scaring the homeowner and they shot a gun injuring the person.
obvious castle doctrine case.. which made me remember a rather overzealous old pioneer that used the same tactics when he knew the homeowners were home but didn’t want to come to the door, he would start opening the storm doors and try to see if the door was unlocked so he could yell inside.
@GoUnion: Read the full details (both sides) on the case, the attorneys are now changing their tune from "through a closed door" to "the door was opened" and according to the homeowner, the other party was pulling on the storm door to get it open. According to neighbors, they were likewise scared when someone came to their door banging and trying to open the door.
i was listening to the news and there is this big brouhaha about someone shooting someone through their front door.
apparently the person tried to open the door of an elderly person, scaring the homeowner and they shot a gun injuring the person.
obvious castle doctrine case.. which made me remember a rather overzealous old pioneer that used the same tactics when he knew the homeowners were home but didn’t want to come to the door, he would start opening the storm doors and try to see if the door was unlocked so he could yell inside.
@GoUnion: In this particular state, if you trespass on property and attempt to open a door, the homeowner has the right to defend their property. The only open question to the jury is legally whether shooting through the door was legitimate and the trespass amounted to breaking/entering in this particular state.
I know for example in Texas, this would've been an open and shut case, even here, the police didn't charge the homeowner and let them go after questioning until hours later, when there were riots and the local DA went after them for political reasons. It's very likely this case will still get thrown out unless they, like the Floyd case, can intimidate the jury in a particular direction with the threat of gang violence.
Note that in EU/CA/NY/Canada and a few other states/countries you may not enjoy this right, in most states and countries however, a right to home defense is universally accepted.
Hence my note, that I saw egregious behavior in my time going "in service", some of which I now think is a major violation of law and even decency/privacy, but back then we did believe "Jehoober would not allow us to get shot".
background: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5684019822854144/vicarious-liability-court-appeal-dismisses-appeal-from-religious-organisation-following-sexual-assault.
the judgment (unanimous): https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2021-0089-judgment.pdf.
press summary: https://www.supremecourt.uk/press-summary/uksc-2021-0089.html.
Interesting though that the court did hold:
- The Supreme Court agrees with the lower courts that the relationship between the Jehovah's Witness organisation and Mark Sewell was akin to employment
This will have MAJOR repercussions down the line
i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.
apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.
his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..
29% of people approve of Biden vs the current average 48% for "candidate" Trump.
Moreover, most swing states (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia etc) Trump is hitting 55-60% vs Biden.
It's going to be an interesting primary on both parties, not sure if there will be Dems that try and primary Biden but according to rumors before his announcement, even Kamala and Buttigieg were thinking of taking a stab at it (the only DOT appointment you've ever known the name of because he's doing such a poor job).
I think ANY Republican can win at this point, like Biden in 2018, just wheel a dead man like Weekend at Bernie's and as long as they can keep it on message, they win.
