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Buchannan announces retirement “now that my grand daughter has met an entrepreneurial minded young man I believe it’s time for a new generation to take over…” as head of the “working class party”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/pat-buchanan-retires-gop

Pat Buchanan retires as GOP increasingly channels his 'America first' themes

As Republicans struggle through a rocky transition from being the party of business to that of the working class, a conservative pundit whose own trajectory anticipated that transformation 30 years ago is hanging up his pen.

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Opening above 4040 and closing w/in first hour of tomorrow sets us up for a new range.

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Short rounds voice never changed from adolescence lol. https://youtu.be/WIFvInRA2xQ

Ke Huy Quan Wins Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | 2023 Golden Globe Awards on NBC

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“Get our stuff!”

That was very nice.

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Why are these millenial fintwat pundits always so negative on the US?
https://youtu.be/M9nFbsEiIpc

Andreas Steno & Whitney Baker: Is This the END of US Dominance?

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@johnserwach @protecttruth @plutus @rubecube12 And you can be wrong since forever, and it *still* sells. 😘
Why the Pence classified documents spell trouble for Trump

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The garage documents i can see being packed by an aide, probably of little or no consequence. Documents can be given, and then later classified (frequently) - without knowing what they are, it’s difficult to say, but even Ms. Lindsey came to Biden’s defense.

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Yet Donny was chomping at the bit to come to the defense of Pence. Yes, so in keeping.
https://youtu.be/Gt7oqNjAuvc

JUST IN: Trump Responds After Classified Documents Are Discovered At Mike Pence's Home In Indiana

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Gotta make up after wanting him hung.

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Classified shows direct Donnie/RasPutin tryst. No one wants to talk about it publicly even Biden. They wanna have it at their fingertip should the country fall into peril.

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@ForeignSubstance Are you getting some snow there ? I heard its quite cold in S Korea.

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Korea completely different weather vs. Japan lol.
Korea is like freakin Maine. Japan is much more temperate ex/ Hokkaido.

@plutus @johnserwach @protecttruth @rubecube12 We had fierce winds Tue evening here, but it was a dry front. -3 that night, but only -1 now. Our coldest time is very late Jan to ~Feb 10, about a month later than, say, Chicago.
@plutus @johnserwach @protecttruth @rubecube12 Usually, if we get snow in Tokyo, it comes in this timeframe. But exceptions are possible of course. What happens is warm moist air starts gently moving north with the season, and lows can drag moisture up over the cold air; rain falls, then turns to snow at lower altitude.
@plutus @johnserwach @protecttruth @rubecube12 We almost *never get snow from the north or west in Tokyo. It comes from the south, which is counterintuitive, like many things in Japan to Westerners. 😂 On the Japan Sea side, or way up north, a whole different climate regime.

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Most of the snow here comes from south/southwest as well -

@johnserwach @rubecube12 @protecttruth @plutus You can probably thank the Gulf of Mexico. 😂
@johnserwach @rubecube12 @protecttruth @plutus The wind tipped over my BBQ rig on the rooftop Tues eve. So that was an insane blow. Almost like a typhoon, but cold and dry. About 20 min b4 sunrise now, and beautiful. Can see Mt Fuji so clearly. Zero clouds. But a chilly day today. Maybe 7 C but only for a couple of hours.

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We’ve got a break in our snow right now- building tops hidden in the mist.

@johnserwach @rubecube12 @protecttruth @plutus Black & white cameras work just fine. 😂
@johnserwach @rubecube12 @protecttruth @plutus New box will arrive today, maybe soon. Currently its at the 北関東中継センター. 👍

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Hopefully you got the I-9 w/ 4090 gpu😉

@johnserwach @protecttruth @plutus @rubecube12 😂 😂 Got the i9, but only 3080. Life is a series of struggles where you have to compromise. 😂

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Hope it has good cooling - (seriously)

and I hope the lag on the charts isn’t too bad

/s

@johnserwach @protecttruth @rubecube12 @plutus Hope I don't have to do a painstaking Windows rebuild. Created a universal restore CD, & can add drivers. Crucial, no problem. But the chipset drivers for the MB may be. Acronis found them, but balked about some EPIDGroupCertLegacy.cer file missing. This "error" prevents completion.
@johnserwach @protecttruth @rubecube12 @plutus So I went ahead with only the Crucial drivers on the CD, but the drivers for EVERYTHING on the SSD where the backup resides. I hope I can restore my Windows system & get it to boot, but less confident cuz of that "error".
@johnserwach @protecttruth @rubecube12 @plutus I know I should probably ask Acronis support about this, but my previous experiences with them have been (how shall I say?) experiences in futile redundant suggestions that don't work.
@rubecube12 @protecttruth @plutus @ForeignSubstance when all else fails, try Reddit!

@johnserwach @rubecube12 @protecttruth @plutus If all else fails with Acronis, thinking I could use a command prompt to copy the chipset drivers into System32 Drivers/DriverStore

Then a reboot should not fail.

#FamousLastWords

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Seems like a tremendous amount of@hoops to jump through when you could’ve just gotten an external ssd, installed windows, nbooted to the external and transferred over but… ok!

@johnserwach @protecttruth @rubecube12 @plutus Do I follow? You mean before I flashed the damn bios? 😂 I'm all ears here.

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Follow ?????

No, I mean right now. I don’t have a time machine (don’t believe the rumors)😂 - the goal was to save the data (I think) so throw it in an enclosure even and boot up a laptop and pull your data back then reinstall windows on the ssd and then put data back on the drive (if you want)

@johnserwach @plutus @protecttruth @rubecube12 I can, and will, do this if necessary. Zero chance I will lose any data. Q is only if I will have to reinstall programs all day long. But any files, I've got 'em.
@johnserwach @plutus @protecttruth @rubecube12 In one way ... I wouldn't mind terribly too much starting with a clean system (since I have any needed data). No doubt I've some registry bloat I could do without. 😂
@ForeignSubstance @plutus @protecttruth @rubecube12 yes- it’s always nice to finally get a refresh- looks beautiful out here—

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For someone who's so deeply contemplative to throw out something so trite & gratuitous as comparing Pelosi to Madison freakin Cawthorn

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Dan - How tf can a liberal kid like Mitch single out Fauci for rebuke? All the administrative brass & politicos knew about the US funding Wuhan. The article actually proves that the US weren't aware of the day to day.
Where is the god damn evidence that Fauci promoted gain of function research???
https://twitter.com/R_H_Ebright/status/1618343536482725888?s=20&t=A7RSOaFQOIFH8IY8EjSmpw

Richard H. Ebright on Twitter

“Lab leak fears deepen: Audit finds NIH did not keep tabs on Wuhan lab Government report says NIH failed to keep tabs on Wuhan lab where US taxpayer-funded grants were used for coronavirus research years before pandemic https://t.co/v4Ll3WTkWu”

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Bombshell report: Was Covid caused by a lab leak after all?

A report by the US Office of Inspector General found the country's medical research agency did not correctly review whether the tests in Wuhan involved pathogens with pandemic potential.

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Matthew Pines on Twitter

“Really not looking forward to when FinTwit (who swung seamlessly from being virology experts to Russian military experts to EU energy experts to Taiwan experts) become AI experts & start rambling about how an imminent US-China arms race for AGI is the new strategic hotness…”

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AI can never compete with even the dumbest of humans. Not in our lifetimes anyway.

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Back in my day, the cia would’ve drugged the Russian players and none of them would’ve made it to the semifinals - that’s how the miracle on ice happened.

@plutus @ForeignSubstance @protecttruth @rubecube12 sorry, didn’t know you were using them-

ES
3989 / 4076
NQ
11694 / 12053
RTY
1875 / 1924
CL
78.18 / 82.12
GC
1925 / 1960
ZN
114'195 / 115'205
ZB
129'24 / 131'27
VIX
18.20 / 19.96

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Companies that dont make money are a drain on gdp. They dont add to the pie. They are a zero sum game

@plutus @johnserwach @ForeignSubstance @protecttruth

Yes, however. I make money. My service is useful. Uber doesnt. It needs to figure shit out

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But they still serve a purpose if they are employing many- as long as they keep it close to breakeven.

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I think uber isnt a drain because all the small businesses that use it (uber drivers) are very profitable@ so if you add up all tbose profits and subtract Uber's losses you get a very profitable ecosystem.

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If I was an employee of uber. Uber would be getting those profits and I would be paid 18 dollars an hour plus tips instead of 40 dollars an hour

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So you agree, it’s not REALLY a zero sum game ?

Still beautiful-by the way-

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Its a zero sum game, but you weren't counting its components. It has to raise prices on drivers to break even. Meaning my profits are inflated by its losses. So it is a zero sum game.

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if it made money it would be growing the pie. Profitability = society's recognition of usefulness. Unprofitable businesses are not useful they dont make profit. They are not of service and there is no benefit derrived

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Except you spend the money somewhere else- so indirectly you are growing the pie via Uber- if Uber ceases to exist you will then be shrinking the pie.

@johnserwach @protecttruth @plutus @rubecube12 Up & running. Could not restore, and rather quickly decided that the game wasn't worth the candle. Sleep now. I'm tired. 👍 😂