Discussion:
oscillator gain
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Jan Panteltje
2024-10-19 14:34:44 UTC
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On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john larkin
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00, oscillations
gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-business-in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.

Nothing real usable to sell, nothing for export,
giving all tax money to the US war machine,
Leaving less for their own peepholes,
killing others and their own peepholes.
Sanctioning cheap Chinese stuff to leave under payed US workers with even less money to spend to stay alive.
Threatening ASML not to sell to China, but even unable to start a chip manufacturing plant itself.
Intel, bo[e]ing... so many...
Was Sinwar an SeeEyeAAAAH! agent, that now needed to be eliminated
to prevent it becoming clear the October 7 attack was CIA designed to get the US war industry running,. like Youcrane is..
Committing genocide on Palestinians using their notayahoo agent...

I can see clearly now

Maybe the creator <for those that believe> had enough and like the Aztec empire.. the pyramids
the statute of gibberish will be digged up and
planet of the apes...

checked by spellshaker
john larkin
2024-10-19 14:48:58 UTC
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Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john larkin
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00, oscillations
gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-business-in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.
There is no blockade. Cuba can trade with the entire rest of the
world. They just have nothing to trade.

Pity. Cuban rum was great. I could buy Havana Club rum when I was in
the USSR.

Cubans are now scrounging in garbage dumps for food, in the dark.
Their economy is in exponential decay. Thanks, Fidel.
Jan Panteltje
2024-10-19 15:30:34 UTC
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On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:48:58 -0700) it happened john larkin
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john larkin
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00, oscillations
gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-business-in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.
There is no blockade. Cuba can trade with the entire rest of the
world. They just have nothing to trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba

ByeThen doing it again
Post by john larkin
Pity. Cuban rum was great. I could buy Havana Club rum when I was in
the USSR.
Cubans are now scrounging in garbage dumps for food, in the dark.
Not really, you are confusing it all with hundreds of thousands in Florida without power, housing, money and food.
and prcendents sightseeing flying above it to get elected.
Post by john larkin
Their economy is in exponential decay. Thanks, Fidel.
Not really, apart from in that YouAsh prison on the land you stole there.

Are there Russian nukes now installed there?
john larkin
2024-10-19 15:56:23 UTC
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Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:48:58 -0700) it happened john larkin
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john larkin
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00, oscillations
gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-business-in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.
There is no blockade. Cuba can trade with the entire rest of the
world. They just have nothing to trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
ByeThen doing it again
Post by john larkin
Pity. Cuban rum was great. I could buy Havana Club rum when I was in
the USSR.
Cubans are now scrounging in garbage dumps for food, in the dark.
Not really, you are confusing it all with hundreds of thousands in Florida without power, housing, money and food.
and prcendents sightseeing flying above it to get elected.
I've been in several giant hurricanes and one tornado and one big
earthquake, and a rescue mission to Louisiana just after Katrina. All
that was orderly, organized, and the regions recovered quickly. Some
people evacuated the coastal cities and had to sleep in tents or cars,
or the houses of strangers, for a few days when all the motels filled
up.

After Hurricane Katrina, people were driving to local gas stations,
tanking up and stuffing their cars with free MREs. They soon learned
to select the tastiest.

When power failed in the biggish 1989 earthquake, we had neighborhood
ice cream parties before it all melted. As it turns out, power was off
for less than two days.

Traffic lights were out for a couple of days. You can't imagine how
polite and helpful all the drivers were.

Sorry to disappoint, but the USA is not in decline. And we still
invent a lot of electronics.
Jan Panteltje
2024-10-20 03:49:30 UTC
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On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:56:23 -0700) it happened john larkin
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:48:58 -0700) it happened john larkin
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john larkin
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00, oscillations
gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-business-in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.
There is no blockade. Cuba can trade with the entire rest of the
world. They just have nothing to trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
ByeThen doing it again
Post by john larkin
Pity. Cuban rum was great. I could buy Havana Club rum when I was in
the USSR.
Cubans are now scrounging in garbage dumps for food, in the dark.
Not really, you are confusing it all with hundreds of thousands in Florida without power, housing, money and food.
and prcendents sightseeing flying above it to get elected.
I've been in several giant hurricanes and one tornado and one big
earthquake, and a rescue mission to Louisiana just after Katrina. All
that was orderly, organized, and the regions recovered quickly. Some
people evacuated the coastal cities and had to sleep in tents or cars,
or the houses of strangers, for a few days when all the motels filled
up.
After Hurricane Katrina, people were driving to local gas stations,
tanking up and stuffing their cars with free MREs. They soon learned
to select the tastiest.
When power failed in the biggish 1989 earthquake, we had neighborhood
ice cream parties before it all melted. As it turns out, power was off
for less than two days.
Traffic lights were out for a couple of days. You can't imagine how
polite and helpful all the drivers were.
Sorry to disappoint, but the USA is not in decline. And we still
invent a lot of electronics.
Well, sure there is hope for your homeless, bit of taxpayer money wil house everyone:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States
walmart 16000 dollar house:
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/walmart-tiny-home-buy-online-33925177

And as to drugs, from:
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-statistics
Quick Facts on Drug Addiction
According to the 2023 United States National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH):
48.5 million (16.7%) Americans (aged 12 and older) battled a substance use disorder in the past year.1
10.2% of Americans 12 and older had an alcohol use disorder in the past year.1
About 27.2 million Americans 12 or older (9.7%) reported battling a drug use disorder in the past year.1
That same year, 7.5 million (2.7%) of Americans 12 and older struggled with both alcohol and drug use disorders simultaneously.1
20.4 million American adults (7.9%) suffered from both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder, or co-occurring disorders in the past year.1


Not in decline? You must be joking or on some?
And as to financial debt, from::
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=US+debt+versus+time
Government Debt in the United States averaged 5780788.09 USD Million from 1942 until 2024,
reaching an all time high of 35464674.00 USD Million in September of 2024
and a record low of 60000.00 USD Million in January of 1942.
source: U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Who owns US debt:
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090616/5-countries-own-most-us-debt.asp
And you sanction China?
call it a security risk?

You guys IQ is now below 5
You do not even have DVB-T2 yet... here all over the country.


And seriously, if you cared about even yourself you could have prevented the florida floodings
like we did the floodings here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works
Cursitor Doom
2024-10-20 11:24:57 UTC
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Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:56:23 -0700) it happened john larkin
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:48:58 -0700) it happened john
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00,
oscillations gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-business-
in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
Post by Jan Panteltje
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.
There is no blockade. Cuba can trade with the entire rest of the
world. They just have nothing to trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
ByeThen doing it again
Post by john larkin
Pity. Cuban rum was great. I could buy Havana Club rum when I was in
the USSR.
Cubans are now scrounging in garbage dumps for food, in the dark.
Not really, you are confusing it all with hundreds of thousands in
Florida without power, housing, money and food.
and prcendents sightseeing flying above it to get elected.
I've been in several giant hurricanes and one tornado and one big
earthquake, and a rescue mission to Louisiana just after Katrina. All
that was orderly, organized, and the regions recovered quickly. Some
people evacuated the coastal cities and had to sleep in tents or cars,
or the houses of strangers, for a few days when all the motels filled
up.
After Hurricane Katrina, people were driving to local gas stations,
tanking up and stuffing their cars with free MREs. They soon learned to
select the tastiest.
When power failed in the biggish 1989 earthquake, we had neighborhood
ice cream parties before it all melted. As it turns out, power was off
for less than two days.
Traffic lights were out for a couple of days. You can't imagine how
polite and helpful all the drivers were.
Sorry to disappoint, but the USA is not in decline. And we still invent
a lot of electronics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/walmart-tiny-home-buy-
online-33925177
Post by Jan Panteltje
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-statistics Quick Facts
on Drug Addiction According to the 2023 United States National Survey
48.5 million (16.7%) Americans (aged 12 and older) battled a substance
use disorder in the past year.1 10.2% of Americans 12 and older had an
alcohol use disorder in the past year.1 About 27.2 million Americans 12
or older (9.7%) reported battling a drug use disorder in the past
year.1 That same year, 7.5 million (2.7%) of Americans 12 and older
struggled with both alcohol and drug use disorders simultaneously.1
20.4 million American adults (7.9%) suffered from both a mental health
disorder and a substance use disorder, or co-occurring disorders in the
past year.1
Not in decline? You must be joking or on some?
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=US+debt+versus+time
Government Debt in the United States averaged 5780788.09 USD Million
from 1942 until 2024,
reaching an all time high of 35464674.00 USD Million in September of
2024 and a record low of 60000.00 USD Million in January of 1942.
source: U.S. Department of the Treasury.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090616/5-
countries-own-most-us-debt.asp
Post by Jan Panteltje
And you sanction China?
call it a security risk?
Timely. Many countries have been quietly divesting themselves of dollar-
denominated securities owing to what happened to those held by Russia.
When you weaponise a currency and your foreign debt, as the US has
recently done, you better expect some blowback. Consequently, we have the
BRICS conference this coming week (ends on Thursday IIRC) and it is
rumoured they're on the point of announcing a new reserve currency to
compete with the dollar for the settlement of international trade. This is
also what is believed to be behind the current bull market in gold, since
that commodity is expected to form at least part of the backing for the
new currency. That could pose a threat to the dollar's monopoly, since the
greenback is underpinned by nothing beyond the faith people have in it.
Expect fireworks....
john larkin
2024-10-20 15:01:15 UTC
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On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:24:57 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:56:23 -0700) it happened john larkin
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:48:58 -0700) it happened john
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00,
oscillations gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-business-
in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
Post by Jan Panteltje
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.
There is no blockade. Cuba can trade with the entire rest of the
world. They just have nothing to trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
ByeThen doing it again
Post by john larkin
Pity. Cuban rum was great. I could buy Havana Club rum when I was in
the USSR.
Cubans are now scrounging in garbage dumps for food, in the dark.
Not really, you are confusing it all with hundreds of thousands in
Florida without power, housing, money and food.
and prcendents sightseeing flying above it to get elected.
I've been in several giant hurricanes and one tornado and one big
earthquake, and a rescue mission to Louisiana just after Katrina. All
that was orderly, organized, and the regions recovered quickly. Some
people evacuated the coastal cities and had to sleep in tents or cars,
or the houses of strangers, for a few days when all the motels filled
up.
After Hurricane Katrina, people were driving to local gas stations,
tanking up and stuffing their cars with free MREs. They soon learned to
select the tastiest.
When power failed in the biggish 1989 earthquake, we had neighborhood
ice cream parties before it all melted. As it turns out, power was off
for less than two days.
Traffic lights were out for a couple of days. You can't imagine how
polite and helpful all the drivers were.
Sorry to disappoint, but the USA is not in decline. And we still invent
a lot of electronics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/walmart-tiny-home-buy-
online-33925177
Post by Jan Panteltje
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-statistics Quick Facts
on Drug Addiction According to the 2023 United States National Survey
48.5 million (16.7%) Americans (aged 12 and older) battled a substance
use disorder in the past year.1 10.2% of Americans 12 and older had an
alcohol use disorder in the past year.1 About 27.2 million Americans 12
or older (9.7%) reported battling a drug use disorder in the past
year.1 That same year, 7.5 million (2.7%) of Americans 12 and older
struggled with both alcohol and drug use disorders simultaneously.1
20.4 million American adults (7.9%) suffered from both a mental health
disorder and a substance use disorder, or co-occurring disorders in the
past year.1
Not in decline? You must be joking or on some?
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=US+debt+versus+time
Government Debt in the United States averaged 5780788.09 USD Million
from 1942 until 2024,
reaching an all time high of 35464674.00 USD Million in September of
2024 and a record low of 60000.00 USD Million in January of 1942.
source: U.S. Department of the Treasury.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090616/5-
countries-own-most-us-debt.asp
Post by Jan Panteltje
And you sanction China?
call it a security risk?
Timely. Many countries have been quietly divesting themselves of dollar-
denominated securities owing to what happened to those held by Russia.
When you weaponise a currency and your foreign debt, as the US has
recently done, you better expect some blowback. Consequently, we have the
BRICS conference this coming week (ends on Thursday IIRC) and it is
rumoured they're on the point of announcing a new reserve currency to
compete with the dollar for the settlement of international trade. This is
also what is believed to be behind the current bull market in gold, since
that commodity is expected to form at least part of the backing for the
new currency. That could pose a threat to the dollar's monopoly, since the
greenback is underpinned by nothing beyond the faith people have in it.
Expect fireworks....
Any currency is ultimately underpinned by the productivity of its
country and people. That's a simple conservation principle.

No conference of bureaucrats ever does much but reduce productivity.
Cursitor Doom
2024-10-20 16:44:26 UTC
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Post by john larkin
On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:24:57 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:56:23 -0700) it happened john
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:48:58 -0700) it happened john
On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:34:44 GMT, Jan Panteltje
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00,
oscillations gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-
business-
Post by john larkin
in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
Post by Jan Panteltje
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
Post by Jan Panteltje
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.
There is no blockade. Cuba can trade with the entire rest of the
world. They just have nothing to trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
ByeThen doing it again
Pity. Cuban rum was great. I could buy Havana Club rum when I was in
the USSR.
Cubans are now scrounging in garbage dumps for food, in the dark.
Not really, you are confusing it all with hundreds of thousands in
Florida without power, housing, money and food.
and prcendents sightseeing flying above it to get elected.
I've been in several giant hurricanes and one tornado and one big
earthquake, and a rescue mission to Louisiana just after Katrina. All
that was orderly, organized, and the regions recovered quickly. Some
people evacuated the coastal cities and had to sleep in tents or cars,
or the houses of strangers, for a few days when all the motels filled
up.
After Hurricane Katrina, people were driving to local gas stations,
tanking up and stuffing their cars with free MREs. They soon learned
to select the tastiest.
When power failed in the biggish 1989 earthquake, we had neighborhood
ice cream parties before it all melted. As it turns out, power was off
for less than two days.
Traffic lights were out for a couple of days. You can't imagine how
polite and helpful all the drivers were.
Sorry to disappoint, but the USA is not in decline. And we still
invent a lot of electronics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Homelessness_in_the_United_States
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/walmart-tiny-home-buy-
online-33925177
Post by Jan Panteltje
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-statistics Quick Facts
on Drug Addiction According to the 2023 United States National Survey
48.5 million (16.7%) Americans (aged 12 and older) battled a
substance use disorder in the past year.1 10.2% of Americans 12 and
older had an alcohol use disorder in the past year.1 About 27.2
million Americans 12 or older (9.7%) reported battling a drug use
disorder in the past year.1 That same year, 7.5 million (2.7%) of
Americans 12 and older struggled with both alcohol and drug use
disorders simultaneously.1 20.4 million American adults (7.9%)
suffered from both a mental health disorder and a substance use
disorder, or co-occurring disorders in the past year.1
Not in decline? You must be joking or on some?
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-
e&q=US+debt+versus+time
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
Government Debt in the United States averaged 5780788.09 USD Million
from 1942 until 2024,
reaching an all time high of 35464674.00 USD Million in September of
2024 and a record low of 60000.00 USD Million in January of 1942.
source: U.S. Department of the Treasury.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090616/5-
countries-own-most-us-debt.asp
Post by Jan Panteltje
And you sanction China?
call it a security risk?
Timely. Many countries have been quietly divesting themselves of dollar-
denominated securities owing to what happened to those held by Russia.
When you weaponise a currency and your foreign debt, as the US has
recently done, you better expect some blowback. Consequently, we have
the BRICS conference this coming week (ends on Thursday IIRC) and it is
rumoured they're on the point of announcing a new reserve currency to
compete with the dollar for the settlement of international trade. This
is also what is believed to be behind the current bull market in gold,
since that commodity is expected to form at least part of the backing
for the new currency. That could pose a threat to the dollar's monopoly,
since the greenback is underpinned by nothing beyond the faith people
have in it. Expect fireworks....
Any currency is ultimately underpinned by the productivity of its
country and people. That's a simple conservation principle.
Any *fiat* currency is ultimately underpinned by the productivity of its
country and people. That's a simple conservation principle.

There, FIFY.
Post by john larkin
No conference of bureaucrats ever does much but reduce productivity.
Especially if they've never had to live in the *real* world of hard-nosed
business dealings.
john larkin
2024-10-21 19:11:09 UTC
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On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:44:26 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
Post by john larkin
On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:24:57 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:56:23 -0700) it happened john
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:48:58 -0700) it happened john
On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:34:44 GMT, Jan Panteltje
Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:08 -0700) it happened john
If the loop gain of an oscillator is slightly over 1.00,
oscillations gain amplitude. Just under 1.00, they die out.
Economies are like that.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/10/19/record-633000-
business-
Post by john larkin
in-britain-on-brink-of-collapse-report/
Post by Jan Panteltje
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
Post by Jan Panteltje
and politicians don't understand control theory.
Is it still dark in Cuba?
US sanctioning / pestering Cuba is an other way stupids try to rule.
There is no blockade. Cuba can trade with the entire rest of the
world. They just have nothing to trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
ByeThen doing it again
Pity. Cuban rum was great. I could buy Havana Club rum when I was in
the USSR.
Cubans are now scrounging in garbage dumps for food, in the dark.
Not really, you are confusing it all with hundreds of thousands in
Florida without power, housing, money and food.
and prcendents sightseeing flying above it to get elected.
I've been in several giant hurricanes and one tornado and one big
earthquake, and a rescue mission to Louisiana just after Katrina. All
that was orderly, organized, and the regions recovered quickly. Some
people evacuated the coastal cities and had to sleep in tents or cars,
or the houses of strangers, for a few days when all the motels filled
up.
After Hurricane Katrina, people were driving to local gas stations,
tanking up and stuffing their cars with free MREs. They soon learned
to select the tastiest.
When power failed in the biggish 1989 earthquake, we had neighborhood
ice cream parties before it all melted. As it turns out, power was off
for less than two days.
Traffic lights were out for a couple of days. You can't imagine how
polite and helpful all the drivers were.
Sorry to disappoint, but the USA is not in decline. And we still
invent a lot of electronics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Homelessness_in_the_United_States
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/walmart-tiny-home-buy-
online-33925177
Post by Jan Panteltje
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-statistics Quick Facts
on Drug Addiction According to the 2023 United States National Survey
48.5 million (16.7%) Americans (aged 12 and older) battled a
substance use disorder in the past year.1 10.2% of Americans 12 and
older had an alcohol use disorder in the past year.1 About 27.2
million Americans 12 or older (9.7%) reported battling a drug use
disorder in the past year.1 That same year, 7.5 million (2.7%) of
Americans 12 and older struggled with both alcohol and drug use
disorders simultaneously.1 20.4 million American adults (7.9%)
suffered from both a mental health disorder and a substance use
disorder, or co-occurring disorders in the past year.1
Not in decline? You must be joking or on some?
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-
e&q=US+debt+versus+time
Post by john larkin
Post by Jan Panteltje
Government Debt in the United States averaged 5780788.09 USD Million
from 1942 until 2024,
reaching an all time high of 35464674.00 USD Million in September of
2024 and a record low of 60000.00 USD Million in January of 1942.
source: U.S. Department of the Treasury.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090616/5-
countries-own-most-us-debt.asp
Post by Jan Panteltje
And you sanction China?
call it a security risk?
Timely. Many countries have been quietly divesting themselves of dollar-
denominated securities owing to what happened to those held by Russia.
When you weaponise a currency and your foreign debt, as the US has
recently done, you better expect some blowback. Consequently, we have
the BRICS conference this coming week (ends on Thursday IIRC) and it is
rumoured they're on the point of announcing a new reserve currency to
compete with the dollar for the settlement of international trade. This
is also what is believed to be behind the current bull market in gold,
since that commodity is expected to form at least part of the backing
for the new currency. That could pose a threat to the dollar's monopoly,
since the greenback is underpinned by nothing beyond the faith people
have in it. Expect fireworks....
Any currency is ultimately underpinned by the productivity of its
country and people. That's a simple conservation principle.
Any *fiat* currency is ultimately underpinned by the productivity of its
country and people. That's a simple conservation principle.
There, FIFY.
Post by john larkin
No conference of bureaucrats ever does much but reduce productivity.
Especially if they've never had to live in the *real* world of hard-nosed
business dealings.
One could name names.

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