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  1. Yea it’s a dangerous place to be in. I think partly to blame is the lack of honesty about the “Heater” economy that was pumped by folks who were looking to spin the economy/inflation for Biden, when talking about jobs and labor market and job growth (not saying that was you). When the majority of the growth (80%) is in garbage jobs like low pay service jobs at holiday inns and McDonald’s of the world and (20%) a handful of speculative and bubble companies, you get situations like yesterday where depending on how nvidia’s Q4 went, either the market will completely tank or will be okay. Thats a dangerous position to be in! The lack of the white and blue collar jobs that the middle class historically depended upon is dangerous. They are endangered. And so the billionaires have outsized influence (and the digital labor revolution, if it comes, will be the death knell).
  2. I mean, Melania Trump is same. Aesthetics in a vaccuum and she's top 1% of women her age. I'll say it. I don't have to like it, but it's my truth as a red-blooded, cisgendered (older) man.
  3. It's a hard methodology to be strict about I guess, because her personality and just general personhood is such an ick.
  4. I think she is a normal looking person and just fine. I'm just pontficating (and agreeing with you it was a thinly veiled washing her out) on what the general consensus probably is!
  5. the /s signifies sarcasm, my Brother in Christ.
  6. Honestly her show is no different than 90% of the other also-ran, nobody-cares about shows. She wouldn't draw the ire she does if she wasn't all three of a) black b) unnatractive woman c) overly/everything is race/race-baiting. So I agree she was the victim of the times (but her ratings drop gave a very convenient storyline and narrative to fire her and did her no favors): You can be any 2 of those 3 and succeed. You are all 3 and that's what sunk her. Try the exercise for yourself: Unnatractive Woman & Black - Whoopi Goldberg, current talk show career Unnattractive Woman & White- Most female talk shows that exist in all formats currently (that one thread we have notwithstanding) Black & Overly Race/Race-baiting- Our very own Emmanual Acho seems to do okay. Don Lemmon found a platform and success after leaving CNN. White & Overly Race/Race-baiting- See: FoxNews Business Model since Obama Unnatractive Woman & Race-baiting- Laura Ingraham, Candace Owens Show She had the fatal flaw of being all three and America can't hold that in for too long. Eventually America will cough.
  7. Makes a lot of sense. Almost too much sense. Wait a minute, are you one of those intelligent, college-educated commies?
  8. The tollway scams are hot and heavy right now.
  9. Vegas64

    Getting old sucks

    That's crazy. Anyone got any hip stories now? Was talking to my old boss who got a hip done. We are getting really old, man.
  10. Baker Hughes is a weird company for me to evaluate. They are an OFS company, but also a...checks notes...tech company? They still have GE DNA? At any rate, they just unceremoniously canned their CFO in a pretty public and transparent way.
  11. Also no msnbc thread can’t be jumped without this gem:
  12. Katie Garfield with Bloomberg TV is good. Matt Levine with Bloomberg as well (podcast). BloombergTV is the best and my go to. Then CNBC, then stabbing forks in my eyes and ears.
  13. I mean, if Europe is losing their nerve, what hope do we have in the States?
  14. Feels like a stretch to say “nah, Nielsen media company ratings are fake, this is racist” When those numbers should be, ostensibly, easy to fact check and verify (or nullify). Right? Also not understanding the outrage of Brown’s firing. If you are not a MAGAT and still have a job, the axe has just not hit you yet. You should be preparing for an exit proactively.
  15. Vegas64

    Getting old sucks

    Can you explain further for those of us who are looking into this? What do you mean mixed results? Pain and Issue relief but then created some other issues? Why does your doctor not recommend it?
  16. From chatgpt (so don't know how reliable) but it sounds like it was a rating cliff dive post the Trump win. I am guessing we just don't have the stomach to hear about his horrors on a daily basis and that volume and ratings would pick up mid terms or next election cycle: 53% crash in ratings is pretty damning.
  17. What would you, a specialist, say to someone who has a general thesis and market bet that goes something like this: "AI / Gen AI boom that started in 2022 is simply a stepping stone and a use case bandaid until Quantum Computing is GA in 2030-2035 timeframe.
  18. It appears there was a leak of the EU omnibus that is going to neuter big time the Sustainability mandates and regulations in Europe (e.g. CSRD, CSDD, etc.) and will have a nice ripple effect across the pond.
  19. Not cutting deep enough the first time is a common mismanagement of layoffs. It makes sense if you think about it; better to be conservative than do what Elon does with his companies and destroys them with a nuke bomb of layoffs.
  20. https://x.com/coexistinc/status/1893687675573453014
  21. These fantasy football loser bets and punishments are going way to far.
  22. Oof! https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/us-economy-strength-rich-spending-2c34a571
  23. This is why the linkedins is full of "ex-Google" or "ex-Microsoft" as if it's some sort of signal and heuristic about their inherent worth and value, I guess.
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