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There is no indication the the Fed has been politicized, and if there was, the markets would react in a violent manner never seen. The Fed does what it does, uses the data it does, and marches on, apolitical.

This gets brought up every couple years. Russia is going to be in deep economic chaos for years. This idiotic foray into the Ukraine is going to kill them economically. China has very limited natural resources, so I don't think we need to worry about them. India is deeply dependent on Russian military trash, which gets killed in every engagement, and the most recent Russian debacle suggests that they might need to change suppliers, as the current supplier can't even support it's own. I have never been less concerned about the economic component of these countries.

I believe that of total energy last year, fossil fuel was 82%. Ten years ago, it was 83%. Not a great gain after huge investment in non fossil fuel sources.

I'm not sure what you are referring to by use of the "the Fed." Generally, that is the term used to describe the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve, has a dual mandate. The first is to maintain maximum employment, and the second is price stability with moderate long term interest rates. They are not specifically concerned with energy costs, except as a part of the total calculus in inflation.

Here's a Bills related story on the same theme. During the Super Bowl years, one of our very well known offensive linemen was not at the weight Marv wanted him to be and Marv would tell him every year that he needed to gain weight. His last two years here, at weigh in before training camp, he had his wife sew weights in a baseball hat and he would wear it at the weigh in, giving him an additional five pounds.

This woman should be quarantined. World class stupid. We share an important alliance with North Korea,, in case you didn't know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbQbEjqygUo

I have flown her twice, from NY to Sau Paulo and from Sao Paulo to Miami. She is really fit, and her German genes are apparent. Strong features. My guess, having seen this a hundred times, is that the cultural difference was too hard to overcome. Folks from Brazil who marry folks from the US doesn't work.

You are truly "special." I was merely pointing out the level of non enforcement of immigration laws in this country. You second sentence, the italicized for unknown reasons one, is another idiotic premise from the random error generator which seems to be stuck on error.

I think you have a significant problem processing information that you read. That problem leads to really bizarre speculations, premises and conclusions. I pointed out that after 9-11, the Immigration and Naturalization folks, when asked about how these folks got in the country, pointed out to us that the system had no idea where two million kids on student visas were, as there was no record of them abiding by the visas and leaving. That is one small snapshot of how poor this issue is managed. That is just student visas. I can tell that you have no idea of the many visa programs that the US has in place, but that is just one of them. From that, you conclude that I want them "rounded up," "hurt," and "shipped back to where they escaped from." Those are your words. They didn't "escape." They were grated student visas for the purpose of study. It is taking too much time to reply to your weird suppositions and obvious lack of knowledge than is worth the effort. I'm not sure you're aware of it, (actually I am), but whatever cause/viewpoint you may be promoting is suffering from your "stuff." To be more clear, you are a net negative to your causes, and not by a small margin.

Ya. That's it.

Do you live in some uninformed vacuum? Are you even aware of existing law and the non enforcement? Here's one clue, because I'm not going to do your homework for you. The void between what you know and what is real is too great for a volunteer poster to spend time on Not just the immigration thing, but on so many levels. Post 9-11, the US INS Service reported that there two million individuals that had overextended their student visas and were unaccounted for. Two million........And that's just student visas. We are absolutely not enforcing immigration law. and to suggest that we are is lunacy.

Major whiff again. I am not part of anything related to January 6th, nor Trump. The best way to shut down illegal immigration is to enforce existing laws instead of turning the issue into a political game, and to support efforts to solve the gross failures of the governments that eject their people onto our taxpayers. I'm not "you guys." Your knowledge is lacking. Your judgement is bad. Your posts are ridiculous.

So instead, we fail to enforce our borders and lure them to Texas, California and Florida, instead of insisting they solve their own government problems for their long term success. Oh ya. Those folks are "fleeing for their lives," or seeking "political asylum, " though they haven't gone through the process of applying for it. By the way, do you understand the use of the words "humane," and "humanely," vs. the words "human" and "humanly."

Of course you did. The claim in analogous to saying that someone received a car, without mentioning what they paid for it, or that U2 pilot Gary Powers was simply returned to the US. These omissions are not unnoticed, and disingenuous.

Did you intentionally neglect to mention the rest of the story? The "release" was a trade. The hostages were released because the US released Maduro regime family members convicted of drug charges, including the "narco nephews" of Mrs. Maduro who were convicted of attempting to smuggle cocaine into the US from Haiti. It helps if the entire story is told.

Thanks amigo. I'll be OK, but goodness, how can someone be so ill informed of this? Anyway, life jacket accepted.

How is someone to "prove" this? Are you at all aware of the asylum process? If they were seeking political asylum do you think there might be evidence of this? There isn't. "Fleeing for their lives?" No evidence of that either. It is an industry that has been in place for decades, has prevented domestic reform in the countries that are so ill-governed, and has recently accelerated as the US Gov exhibits gross negligence by not protecting our people from it. It needs attention. It needs our gov moving in the best interests of our country, and it isn't happening for reasons that are grossly apparent. You are apparently unaware of any of this. You don't know the illegal systems and processes in place. That is grossly apparent.

Are you intent on making yourself look uninformed and foolish? It seems so. You first stated they were "fleeing for their lives." That is idiotic. Now you seem to have absolutely no idea of how "seeking political asylum," a phrase you just recently introduce, seems to work. If they were "seeking political asylum," they would follow that process. It is lunacy to think that is an issue with illegals. Your last sentence, where you suggest regarding my view on legal immigration, is equally idiotic. I am not interested in educating you, but having watched this thing for years, you have demonstrated absolutely no idea or even interest in the massive industry this is, and it has nothing to do with political asylum or fleeing for their lives. I don't know where you get information that informs your views, but those views are sorely lacking and grossly uninformed.

Left out Quito, Ecuador. Montevideo, Uruguay. Asuncion, Paraguay.

Ten years of dealing with US Immigration folks working out agreements. Ten years of experience between the US and: Caracas, Venezuela. Cali and Bogota Colombia. La Paz and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Lima, Peru. Santiago, Chile. Rio de janeiro, Sao Paulo, Recife and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. San Salvador, El Salvador. I've forgotten a few, but my view is well formed.

You are exposing the fact that you are grossly unaware of this situation, and have no exposure to it. There is a very small percentage of people who are "fleeing for their lives." That is nonsense. This is an economic situation, politicized, exploited and needs to be cured at the source.

I completely agree. I should have said he has nothing to do with the "decrease in price." My oversight. That is totally the result of recession/slowdown fears. Biden set an environment that is completely contrary to supply.

Want trash? Check out NATO European member's air force status, ex UK.

I haven't been there in a few years, but spent many Sundays there during my career. The two I remember are Shoeless Joes/ El Alamo in the Recoleta area, address 1175 Uruguay. Another option in that area was Casabar. If you're staying at a decent hotel, the concierge could probably provide more current info. I sure can provide restaurant recommendations though.

In my considered view, we are watching the end of Putin. Thanks to the American taxpayer, and American intelligence capability, which seems to be clearly leading to Ukrainian success. No thanks to NATO.