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So fuel prices just went up...government issues prices on last day of the month.....so diesel up 25% overnight to equivalent of usd 6.63 a gallon...( hopefully correct calculation)....elections were last month aug and let's say prices went down prior and didn't rise....so basically month of leeway to get over them....and now....

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Wow you are lucky, here in Canucistan we are still at $2.70 a litre for automotive diesel which equates to $10.22 a gallon in USD.
Dodge is offering their trucks with a no charge Cummings diesel. This is an $11,000.00 option, that has never been offered for free before in Canada.
 
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Fox is reporting that the co-pilot was trying to preform a jihadist terrorist attack and kill everyone on the plane.
yeah, most MSM said it was a disagreement in the cockpit, now stabbing the pilot and trying to run the plane into the ground is a "disagreement " go figure.
 
You're assuming Trump and Rubio got their information from some intelligent source inside the State Dept. But they have a history of fabricating facts and shooting off their mouths before the real facts are in. The shoe fits. The British media says no guns or explosives were found and the kids were released on bail. All points to the same conclusion: false alarm. I'd be curious to know what the punks were charged with. Possibly trespassing but it sounds like they may have been on a public roadway. What possible reason would the "left leaning" British media have for making up those facts? Oh I know! King Charles is secretly working with the Iranians to bring down US military so he can reestablish the British Empire. Sure. That makes sense. Maybe it's all an attempt to embarrass Trump? Put the bait, any bait, out there and he will bite. He always does. But what would be the point in that? The guy embarrasses himself without any assistance on a daily basis with little or no no effect on American voters. Perhaps the British media is printing facts that really are facts. What a novel thought! Nah. What's the fun in that? Reality is boring. Where is my X-Box controller?

From the UK Prime Minister per Al Jazeera:

  • UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said there are strong indications Iran had a role in the security incident near the US-run Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford airbase. Iran has rejected the claim.

 
Beautiful family, @fourfive8 ! I spent a lot of time in the Philippines and immediately fell in love with the people.
Thanks Doug3006, appreciated. They are special. If you have spent time there then you DO know. It’s something nearly impossible to describe, isn’t it. They are unique in the way they think and their culture. Very resilient, always maintaining a positive outlook.

Many outsiders assume a strong Spanish influence because of the colonial years and the many Spanish last names. Maybe the greatest influence of that era were the missions of Catholicism but that doesn’t adequately describe who they really are, ancestrally. Some of the earliest hominids in the archipelago may back over 70,000 years ago. Conventional thinking for years was that most were a result of and strongly linked genetically to a large wave of migration out of Taiwan a few thousand years ago. Then periodic genetic exposure to maritime traders from all over, criss crossing the western pacific with an additional large genetic infusion during Spanish colonial period the last 300 years. Modern genetic tools have proven much of that theory all wrong. It is much more complex and dates much farther back than most scientists ever suspected. A surprising finding is that the Philippine genotype contains the largest percentage of 30,000-50,000 year old Denisovan DNA of any distinct human genotype population on Earth. And it is a false assumption that many carry significant Spanish DNA. My older daughter had her DNA analyzed and no European/Spanish/Iberian DNA showed up. It showed earliest ancestors from- Samar Island, Mindoro Island and southern Mindanao. ;)
 
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The Fed has always and should continue to be independent and not be subject to the whims of the POTUS. The Fed continues to do what it has always done in trying to control inflation.

Inflation is greatly back under control but is still running a bit high. One could argue reasonably that perhaps we shouldn't be raising rates, but I think it's a hard argument to make to lower rates. Lowering rates occurs when the economy is needing a boost and inflation is on the low side. I don't see the argument for an economy needing a boost nor on the lower inflation side.

If Trump wants lower rates, he should demand that Congress bring him a balance budget. This would raise confidence across the globe that we've got our fiscal house in order which would increase foreign investment in U.S. bonds. This will drive the price of bonds up and the interest on those bonds down. Lower the rate on the 10 year and mortgage rates will fall. Attract more foreign investment and the dollar will strengthen. This in turn will be deflationary to the price of imported goods.

The Fed is not the enemy, our spending is.
 
If Trump wants lower rates, he should demand that Congress bring him a balance budget. This would raise confidence across the globe that we've got our fiscal house in order which would increase foreign investment in U.S. bonds. This will drive the price of bonds up and the interest on those bonds down. Lower the rate on the 10 year and mortgage rates will fall. Attract more foreign investment and the dollar will strengthen. This in turn will be deflationary to the price of imported goods.

The Fed is not the enemy, our spending is.

Well Said!
 
Wow you are lucky, here in Canucistan we are still at $2.70 a litre for automotive diesel which equates to $10.22 a gallon in USD.
Dodge is offering their trucks with a no charge Cummings diesel. This is an $11,000.00 option, that has never been offered for free before in Canada.

You need to put I into the context of wages here though......average wages are in region of usd 280 to 360 or so a month....a lot on less than that
 

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