From your own source, Tsy 10 Year was at 2.45 in Jan 2017 and the Tsy 10Y was 1.73 last week. In your world, that is an increase. In my biased conclusion, I would call that a decrease (and a substantial one at that).Mort Walker wrote:^^^If one doesn’t look at the what the Treasury rates are over time, you can draw your own biased conclusions and call them as facts.
As long as countries want to sweat and make items to earn paper $s whether printed on quality paper or toilet paper, US can continue to print. When US economy is supposedly doing great, cutting interest rates mean there is something wrong in underlying economy which got exposed recently when Fed pumped more money to keep banks books look good. Time is ripe for some kind of reset in terms of small recession.Mort Walker wrote:^^^The rates fluctuate. They have been up recently and back down. Again, the Fed setting interest rates low to keep US debt servicing low is problematic, but to blame this on Trump is a stretch. I do agree that the federal deficit and spending are too high and unsustainable. Conflating the trade war with Treasury yields and the repo rate as policy is wrong.
Little Greta Thuneberg wants to take that away too!Mort Walker wrote:^^^At this time in history that toilet paper happens to be the international trading currency.
The founding fathers wanted a benevolent Roman Emperor (Marcus Aurelius) and to ensure no monarchy they preferred two terms by agreement. FDR broke the agreement in WWII and got elected for three terms. Soon after the war two term limit was put in the Constitution. Just in case they also put in power to impeach with Representatives and actual impeachment by Senators only. This ensures no Praetorian coup. Besides many former Army officers have been elected President since George Washington.A_Gupta wrote:The American system is rather different from the parliamentary system of India. So e.g., the US Federal Government cannot force the reorganization of a US state like the Indian Parliament did with J&K.
In the current legal interpretation of the US Constitution and laws by the Department of Justice, the President cannot be indicted for any wrongdoing while he is in office. The only remedy to wrongdoing by the President is impeachment. Impeachment is primarily a political process not a legal one. The result is that the President has a very wide latitude to do wrong or disgrace his office until there is sufficient political will to impeach him.
The US system really relies on the almost unfettered powers of a President with the assumption that he is of good character. As long as that assumption is true, not being bound by rules and regulations is a good thing. Anyway, the point is that it is a different system with different norms and is not always easy to understand.
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Your attempt to draw linkage with trade war is weak. Most US treasuries are bought by institutional investors and then by external entities. Whatever suits your political narrative, please stick with it because it reflects a flawed ideology.komal wrote:Mort Walker wrote:^^^The rates fluctuate. They have been up recently and back down. Again, the Fed setting interest rates low to keep US debt servicing low is problematic, but to blame this on Trump is a stretch. I do agree that the federal deficit and spending are too high and unsustainable. Conflating the trade war with Treasury yields and the repo rate as policy is wrong.
DT, trade war, Treasury yields, and what is happening in the repo markets are all unrelated. Who can argue with that.
I'll warn you once again - this thread has NOTHING to do with supporting or opposing a US administration. It also has nothing to do with your or anyone else's real world consequences of someone supporting an administration.komal wrote:^
Fascinating to see the posts by those supporting this administration. Alas, for them, those of in the real world have to face the consequences of the actions of this Presidency.
The content of your posts, describing the money market seize-up was good. You turned it into partisan post with stuff like "Fascinating to see the posts by those supporting this administration."komal wrote:Have deleted all posts that I am able to delete. I misunderstood. I thought this thread was aobut "Understanding the US - Again". The U. S. money markets seized this week and was trying to offer an explanation to those interested in such matters. The impact on India is also not insignificant.
Apologize sincerely if I offended anyone's sentiments.
Andrew JacksonMort Walker wrote:^^^US Grant and Dwight Eisenhower come to mind immediately.
That’s 3/45.
Let me try to be constructive here, because I think you're capable of better commentary, despite multiple posts comprising lame political namecalling ilke 'goopers' and 'trumpers'. You're aware you sound rather funny when you then say 'sorry if I offended sentiments' ? There's no 'if' involved - you broke forum rules, and were censured for it, multiple times!komal wrote:Have deleted all posts that I am able to delete. I misunderstood. I thought this thread was aobut "Understanding the US - Again". The U. S. money markets seized this week and was trying to offer an explanation to those interested in such matters. The impact on India is also not insignificant.
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On average, workers this year are contributing $6,015 toward the cost of family coverage, with employers paying the rest.
Despite the nation’s strong economy and low unemployment, what employers and workers pay toward premiums continues to rise more quickly than workers’ wages and inflation over time. Since 2009, average family premiums have increased 54% and workers’ contribution have increased 71%, several times more quickly than wages (26%) and inflation (20%).
articles in the UQ Guardian about that?The MEA may need to issue a travel advisory or warning on travel to the US. As US election rhetoric rises, violence against people from India and Indian origin persons will only increase.
And yet we are where we are. Someone somewhere is doing some serious research into how we managed that.sudeepj wrote:I dont understand Hindus thinking they are so strong in the public arena.. Reality is, CAIR/ISNA are outspending us thousand times to one. They have tens of lawyers on staff.. Even Khalistanis are better off at community organization and pushing/pulling the levers of democratic politics than Hindus.darshan wrote:CAIR shows up at everything where there's any hate crime whether muslim or not.
What if Hinduphobia starts piggybacking islamophobia and returns the favor? Let CAIR spend money and setup stages like following and learned entities raise hand and ask but what about Hinduphobia
Slowik: Peace activists hold forum on Islamophobia and other forms of hate
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Mort Walker wrote:^^^Has the killer been caught? I can’t tell from the news reports.
And you know what happens to cop killers in Texas.Nalla Baalu wrote:Yes, according to the news reports, pepetrator was nabbed later that afternoon.Mort Walker wrote:^^^Has the killer been caught? I can’t tell from the news reports.
The undercurrents in weimar 2.0 are interesting indeed and it always bears to understand the genesis of the situation at hand. A question i would like to pose to the members is, why is understanding the us important? maybe in the past when this thread was envisaged it was clearer, though i do not know if the original charter included pointless political waffle thrown in with news of indian-americans; allthough these are great, they may not actually help us understand the nation. We know that the land of cowboys and wagoneers loves shooting, be they blanks inside horses or live at humans, but such is not a recent phenomena, irrsepective of the victims fitzpatrick score.This story begins with the rise of the religious right in the 1970s. Alarmed by the spread of secular culture—including but not limited to the sexual revolution, the Roe v. Wade decision, the nationalization of no-fault divorce laws, and Bob Jones University losing its tax-exempt status over its ban on interracial dating—Christians became more politically active. The GOP welcomed them with open arms. The party, which was becoming more dependent on its exurban-white base, needed a grassroots strategy and a policy platform. Within the next decade, the religious right—including Ralph Reed’s Christian Coalition, James Dobson’s Focus on the Family, and Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority—had become fundraising and organizing juggernauts for the Republican Party. In 1980, the GOP social platform was a facsimile of conservative Christian views on sexuality, abortion, and school prayer.
https://nypost.com/2019/09/28/wanted-pa ... -in-texas/Mort Walker wrote:^^^Has the killer been caught? I can’t tell from the news reports.
How come Indians despite being such rich community in the is so easily outspent?JE Menon wrote:And yet we are where we are. Someone somewhere is doing some serious research into how we managed that.sudeepj wrote:
I dont understand Hindus thinking they are so strong in the public arena.. Reality is, CAIR/ISNA are outspending us thousand times to one. They have tens of lawyers on staff.. Even Khalistanis are better off at community organization and pushing/pulling the levers of democratic politics than Hindus.
Agreed. Having lived in the US for some time, I also wonder what's the utility of "understanding the US". Trust me, this is a dying culture that we do not need to be emulating. We Indians in general need to get over this fascination with America. Besides, for our part the only entities we need to understand are the ones running US foreign policy. Ignore the noise (politics, social issues, etc). US foreign policy is completely separate from whatever the prevailing politics are. The entities that control US foreign policy are going to get their way regardless of what party controls Congress or what president sits in the White House. This has always been true but was clearly demonstrated in 2017 when, just weeks after being sworn in, Trump reversed his strident opposition to the Syrian intervention and ordered air strikes. Even the mighty ego of Donald Trump was no match for the Deep State. Who are the Deep State, you ask? I would say for America the Deep State is their own military industrial complex, the intelligence community (Cold Warriors), their own global energy companies, the Jew Lobby, and the Saudi lobby. These entities basically call all the shots, at least in terms of foreign policy. Notice I'm completely ignoring public opinion and political parties here.ricky_v wrote:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... us/598843/The undercurrents in weimar 2.0 are interesting indeed and it always bears to understand the genesis of the situation at hand. A question i would like to pose to the members is, why is understanding the us important? maybe in the past when this thread was envisaged it was clearer, though i do not know if the original charter included pointless political waffle thrown in with news of indian-americans; allthough these are great, they may not actually help us understand the nation. We know that the land of cowboys and wagoneers loves shooting, be they blanks inside horses or live at humans, but such is not a recent phenomena, irrsepective of the victims fitzpatrick score.This story begins with the rise of the religious right in the 1970s. Alarmed by the spread of secular culture—including but not limited to the sexual revolution, the Roe v. Wade decision, the nationalization of no-fault divorce laws, and Bob Jones University losing its tax-exempt status over its ban on interracial dating—Christians became more politically active. The GOP welcomed them with open arms. The party, which was becoming more dependent on its exurban-white base, needed a grassroots strategy and a policy platform. Within the next decade, the religious right—including Ralph Reed’s Christian Coalition, James Dobson’s Focus on the Family, and Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority—had become fundraising and organizing juggernauts for the Republican Party. In 1980, the GOP social platform was a facsimile of conservative Christian views on sexuality, abortion, and school prayer.
This literal wh*re of babylon needs to be understood for the simple reason that if its degeneracy and mind programming are not stopped,we are all looking at a miserable and soulless future, a hell on earth if you will. For the indian msm and the "trend-setters" love nothing more than to ape the hanger-ons of the western society, and the internal culture is too stilted and removed from the core to make a run for any sort of alternate worldview, that is, unless you include the noble calling of stalking. Thus, the majority remain in stasis alternatively craving and loathing the gaudiness of the western cultural banquet and to ease this fetish it is necessary to highlight every now and then the type of freedom and bravery on offer from the common mendez or shannequia, and the prevalance of the cultural ethos and worldview.
Our numbers are never going to be so great that we become a major player aside from being mr. moneybags. The jews are operating on a different league because of indoctination of kids in holocaust classes, and incidents like uss liberty are simple ignored. With so much of self guilt and hatred, every one becomes a zionist goy, a soldier in the service of israel and you simply cannot match that much matrix.
The latams will keep crossing borders in droves no matter the dimensions of physical structures in their path and the blacks are also there in huge numbers, it is to them that the estados will belong for their sheer numbers and breeding proclivity.At best the indian community may have power in a brazil type mulatto situation,but then again that is where the world is headed.
Agreed sir and i would like to expand on this line of reasoning. The functionaries of the deep state have a remarkable conitnuity in thought and action, and that could be attributed to the similar upbringing and background, but what happens when the diversity hires and the perpetually oppressed ascend to power? Surely there is no sop or manual on how to defraud nations and your own people for a few shekles more. Might not their own racial memory guide them towards some counter course of action, or when the post 9-11 public assume office, will there be continuity in thought? That crowd grew up amidst rallies and counter-protests, and vacillated between extereme hatred towards one government from their elders, and slavish fawning towards another. Or the christian apologists who have the image of their highest priest slobbering over illegal's feet,will they too continue to wage war on humanity for oil?Y. Kanan wrote: Agreed. Having lived in the US for some time, I also wonder what's the utility of "understanding the US". Trust me, this is a dying culture that we do not need to be emulating. We Indians in general need to get over this fascination with America. Besides, for our part the only entities we need to understand are the ones running US foreign policy. Ignore the noise (politics, social issues, etc). US foreign policy is completely separate from whatever the prevailing politics are. The entities that control US foreign policy are going to get their way regardless of what party controls Congress or what president sits in the White House. This has always been true but was clearly demonstrated in 2017 when, just weeks after being sworn in, Trump reversed his strident opposition to the Syrian intervention and ordered air strikes. Even the mighty ego of Donald Trump was no match for the Deep State. Who are the Deep State, you ask? I would say for America the Deep State is their own military industrial complex, the intelligence community (Cold Warriors), their own global energy companies, the Jew Lobby, and the Saudi lobby. These entities basically call all the shots, at least in terms of foreign policy. Notice I'm completely ignoring public opinion and political parties here.
A lot like how Pakistan is run by the ISI, the military, and the imams while politicians are largely ignored.
I wonder this myself. Exactly how does this work? Red phone in Ovary Office (so named after POTUS Clinton I) rings 3 times in quick succession. Signal as given in the Orientation Manual For New POTUSes, for Deep State.Who are the Deep State, you ask? I would say for America the Deep State is their own military industrial complex, the intelligence community (Cold Warriors), their own global energy companies, the Jew Lobby, and the Saudi lobby. These entities basically call all the shots, at least in terms of foreign policy. Notice I'm completely ignoring public opinion and political parties here.
Sorry that would be our friend the Retired Nigerian Emperor whose brother the Field Marshal left him $50B in a bank account, to be transferred to me."Go to the nearest WalMart and buy cash cards worth $5B. When I call in 2 hours, better read the numbers out to me. You have 119 minutes."
Chris, I've worked in the federal government now for nearly 3 years. I know what the deep state looks like. I know the difference between a whistleblower and a deep state operative. This is a deep state operative pure and simple. People who haven't been in the Federal government, who never worked in the white house may not appreciate this but the situation is you have a group of unelected bureaucrats who think they need to take down this president. I attend inter-agency meeting, Chris, I know for a certain fact that if i dont invite the right people, the meeting will leak.If i dont say the right thing, they go to the Hill. If we propose a policy idea that they dont approve off, they work with the Democrats to block it. They leak this President's phone calls, they publish hit pieces, they publish fake stories. They been doing this continuously for nearly three years and their motives and their agenda is clear. This is about do you want a democracy in this country or do you want a deep state. Its a binary choice for the American people.
Excellent. I will add an extension to your point 2 - We need to go further and understand any faultlines so that they can be exploited as and when needed.A_Gupta wrote:The question is asked: what's the utility of "understanding the US"?
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2. Like it or not, the US is and will remain a superpower for a while, and if Indians better understand the internal political compulsions in the US, they will better understand US foreign policy.
