then that would mean the economy would probably start sputtering a bit, which would reflect in the stock prices. my point is that artificial fed money and lower interest rates are in place in order to create an artificial "demand" which makes companies more valuable. the long-term trend is that the middle class is cratering, while the upper tier of earners is rising. weakening middle class = weakening economy = weakening stock market.
What evidence is there that the middle class is cratering? In the US, we see income growth in all quintiles:  And in the developing world, we see hundreds of millions of people being lifted out of poverty into a new global middle class. Bolded above is certainly true. Rest is based on an assumed "income level". But also look at disposable income and net worth. The website from which the chart was pulled, dshort.com, has numerous articles that support the point of view that "the middle class is cratering." http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/guest/Lance-Roberts-140903-Calling-It-Like-It-Is.php |
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Actually if you look at P/E ratio and similar ratios, the S&P500 is near historical averages in terms of these metrics. It's not overvalued like it was in 2000 and prior to other major crashes. The US market is at all time highs right now, but corporate earnings support these valuations.
A simple forecast of what corporate earnings will be with normalized interest rates shows their future. These companies are all riding on low rates, just like the FED wanted. That's going to come to a screeching halt. And with it, comes a halt to the profitability of many companies. Also higher rates will cause a restructuring of the real estate market. People that have $1000 per month will buy less house. |
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Good for publicity. They can try to demonstrate to potential recruits that they are the pawns of no one... neither the US nor Russia. Of course, unless they actually interfere with Russian interests, it is unlikely Russia will do anything to them, so they aren't taking much of a risk by "threatening" Russia.
And they can be destroyed by public ridicule. |
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some insensitive cunt is going to accuse her of murder.
I'd be really surprised at this, I would have thought if there was more of a (manufactured) outrage some form of regulation may be put forward. What the politicalization of the subject of gun control means is that whatever is put forward would be in line with the narrative and in line with the political goals, hence, it would have nothing to do with "Firearms safety at gun ranges", just like after some crazy guy kills some people, there is no proposal to "Restrict firearms from people taking psychotropic medications", and just like after the Ft. Hood Massacre there was no mention of Islamic Terrorist Strikes Ft. Hood. No good can come of a simple inability to improve the world by looking at cause and effect and suggesting modifications therein. This is actually not "Progressive" thinking, but atavistic cultist and tribalized magical thinking. |
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That's a genuine 1960 MIG-21... the best plane to bring your grandma for a ride. Now they are good on making friends, they just need to threat China for get the whole load of big dogs chasing them.  Those tough guys just need to lash themselves and their AK47s down on the wings of that stalwart Fighter JET and roar off into the skies and attack Russia. |
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Wow this makes me wonder what that whole war with Iraq was good for? We didn't find any WMD's amd we destroyed an nations culture and replaced it with terrorists who want to destroy the planet. Maybe we should fix the problem and stay the hell out of business that doesn't concern us and not go to war for no reason.  Got it! ISIS is Bush's fault! (NOT!) |
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.... What is mentioned in the OP obviously affects everyday use devices that are used by every household.
It's simple Control Freak mentality at work. The facts really don't matter, these kinds of people once they get into power cause massive annoyance and confusion. Hair dryers already have a Low setting for anyone that wants to use it. And a lot of people do. |
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Very unlucky accident i feel bad for the guy and worse for the girl tbh. I guess it was pretty stupid to be teaching a girl this weak to fire a gun like that. Imagine how the girl is going to feel throughout her life? would not want to be her.
It is the parent at fault at putting the girl in that situation. The parents can be sued for negligent. The instructor still could have said no. He is supposed to be the expert anyways. Or anyone standing around could have walked over and tried to talk some sense into them. |
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-03/isis-threatens-putin-caliphate-chechnya-kadyrov-responds-you-will-be-destroyedKadyrov's response to ISIS: We completely destroyed them in Chechnya, where their forces numbered tens of thousands of people, and now will destroy those who even come to mind askance look at Chechnya is Russia.
I want to remind everyone who is planning something against our country, that Russia has a worthy sons, ready to fulfill any order, wring the neck of any enemy in his own lair, wherever he may be. And we find ourselves with happiness rid the world of these scum. Themselves militants in Syria and Iraq is nothing in itself does not represent. Bandits, trained and armed by the United States and the West to destroy their hands strong and resource-rich Islamic countries.
They have no idea what the Quran and the Sunnah. I emphasize that they finish their days under the hot sun in Syria and Iraq, and in the first instant of death meet their eternal flames of Hell. Allahu Akbar! That was funny. Okay.... I've now watchd some really stupid guys in a totally junk obsolete fighter jet threatening Russia??? What a bunch of morons. |
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2 US journalists beheaded by the ISIS militants, who are fighting against the US. At the same time, Russian journalist Andrei Stenin was murdered by Right Sector extremists, who are supported by the US in Ukraine. I just hope that Obama condemns all these murders. Murder of journalists should be dealt with, whether they are done by the anti-US or the pro-US factions.
The left, of course, would rather talk about Ferguson, Michael Brown, and Darren Wilson, and ignore Obama's fecklessness. We don't send American troops back into that cesspool. Obama pulled them out and gave up all the ground they had gained, now we do NOT ask them to go back and die some more for the same real estate and the same raghead assholes. Why do you think it is necessary to always lie. It was Bush and condie that gave all the ground back and you know it but continue to lie. What is wrong with your brain that you keep spewing out what you know damn well are lies. What on Earth are you babbling about this time? Bush handed Obama a peaceful Iraq, and Joe Biden even bragged that Obama would get the credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOcPCrGRs6kThis was in 2010, long after Bush left office! Then, against all advice to the contrary, Obama pulled out all the troops and left Iraq defended only by very green troops, and we saw what happened when they faced ISIS! They ran. A number of actions taken by Obama have increased the power base of radical Muslims. A number of inactions taken by Obama have incresed the power base of radical Muslims. A number of domestic attacks by radical Muslims have been relabled by Obama to not be attacks by radical Muslims. This guy, Obama, sure is starting to look like he likes radical Muslims. |
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ISIS needs to be removed. New coalition is building up, air strikes by US are in place, so, hopefully we get rid of them
The essence of this entire matter (it seems to me) is that ISIS has became total butchers. What matters is that we - or someone - must deal with the THEM as they are NOW. Trying to trace things back and assign blame on the US or any other group is ridiculous. Each man in that organization who has engaged in these murders is himself responsible for what he's done. It's like whack-a-mole, destroy one group and another one pops up to fill the void. Yeah, why is it I have a feeling that kind of talk somehow winds up calling the US the original cause of ISIS beheading and murdering thousands of people? The blame for atrocity is laid not on the hands of the persons doing it but at some global power it's convenient to condemn? You know, I'm sure every criminal on death row had an unhappy childhood that caused him to go bad. |
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The left, of course, would rather talk about Ferguson, Michael Brown, and Darren Wilson, and ignore Obama's fecklessness. We don't send American troops back into that cesspool. Obama pulled them out and gave up all the ground they had gained, now we do NOT ask them to go back and die some more for the same real estate and the same raghead assholes.
No one is asking the United States to intervene directly in Iraq. But I can't understand why they are not helping the Peshmerga. The Kurdish fighters are armed only with light weapons... ... and RPGs, and assault rifles, and howitzers, and tanks, and helicopters, largely from the US, Germany, and Russia (both Soviet and "modern"). What will the Kurds do with these weapons if they should kill enough ISIS for ISIS to make peace with them? Stay within their traditional borders, content with victory and the safety they've brought their people?
[/b] That would be a well earned success. |
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...fully automatic weapons are not legal for ANYONE in most states unless you have a federal permit which requires extensive background checks. The instructor is 100% at fault here, thankfully the only person physically harmed was the person responsible. ...
The activity of renting the full auto gun while in a controlled environment is fully legal in many states. You refer to OWNING them. Of course renting them for use is legal under the supervision of a licensed owner or instructor, in a state where fully automatic weapons are legal. I never intended to insinuate otherwise. Got it, thought the reverse.... Now all we need is the ability to rent bullets... |
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...fully automatic weapons are not legal for ANYONE in most states unless you have a federal permit which requires extensive background checks. The instructor is 100% at fault here, thankfully the only person physically harmed was the person responsible. ...
The activity of renting the full auto gun while in a controlled environment is fully legal in many states. You refer to OWNING them. |
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Enough with this tarring all "liberals" with a pro-criminal safety brush, divide and conquer, bullshit. There are plenty of "liberals" who fully support the 2A and oppose all gun laws/infringements thereof, just as there are plenty of "conservatives" who fully oppose the 2A and support all gun laws/infringements thereof.
When modern usage of "conservative" and "liberal" has no meaningful distinction from each other or "sociopaths" "tyrants" "statists" "fascists", it's time to start using the latter, correct terms.
This is sort of true. It's just like saying "there are lots of pious liberal Catholics who are anti-abortion." Yeah. But when those Catholics and those liberal 2A supporters go to the ballot box, they support anti-gun hysteria and gun control and abortion when they vote Democratic. Let's be realistic. |
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Firearms ...
Or it should NEVER be taught. In fact, utility of full auto pistols is limited to a very few specialized uses. What's going on here is that there is a sort of fascination with "The Uzi". Oh wow, that's an Uzi? ... And those uzi pistols are useless. I've shot the semi-auto version and couldn't hit a barn with it. Like a tea-cup poodle. They are kinda neat, but are not good dogs. P.S. The Thompson is a much funner and safer full auto! The only thing worse than the uzi is the Glock 18. Extremely dangerous. Should never have been made. Spray and pray junk. Yep, the Thompson was fun. I might do it again. But then if I go to a range, to the pistol targets, and pull out my 1847 Walker Colt replica and it goes BOOM, funniest thing. All those guys and girls with their little modern popguns turn around and look. LOL... |
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Firearms instructor should have air quotes around it. I don't know what that guy was thinking. New shooters start with a single shot long gun, then a semi auto long gun, then a pistol, then a full auto carbine, then a sub-machine gun.
A full auto pistol is the most dangerous kind of gun and should only be used after mastering the other types of weapons.
Or it should NEVER be taught. In fact, utility of full auto pistols is limited to a very few specialized uses. What's going on here is that there is a sort of fascination with "The Uzi". Oh wow, that's an Uzi? CAN WE SHOOT AN UZI? BLAHBLAH BLAH. Every woman and a lot of guys have to be instructed about the "limp wrist" issue and two handed techniques before firing a pistol. This is all made worse by the recent emergence in the Las Vegas area of the shops that advertize "Shoot a machine gun" and which specifically target the Vegas tourists. Often as not they are first time shooters. So you have the very worst customer handling the most dangerous gun. I went to one of these places because I'd always had an interest in shooting a Thompson machine gun (45 cal, 1920s vintage full auto). Talked to the owner. He got comfortable with me and I got comfortable with him. Regardless, he cleared the range when I went in to shoot. This is why "gun nuts" cause no trouble, are no danger to anyone, and need to be listened to about this stuff. |
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Because the quality of the product will be sacrificed along with the power consumption.....
How about replacing single phase transformers with 3 phase transformers in residential areas; increasing the power output of existing electrical devices while simultaneously decreasing the amperage, and reducing the total cost of power for everybody...
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Incredibly stupid and negligent to let any 9 year old use a gun of any kind frankly. Even a 22 single shot. I do not care how precocious they may be.
Really? A few miles from where I live in 1854 an eight and a twelve year old were walking to their school house and happened to be carrying a couple of their dad's rifles. They were attacked by six Indians. They killed five and wounded the sixth, then continued to school. The calvary soldier that wrote the incident up did not report whether they were late for school. |
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