Perpetual Underdog?

Writer, engineer, and collapse expert Dmitry Orlov has been arguing for 25 years that the USA is heading for a disaster worse than the one Russia suffered after the implosion of the USSR. His new article “The Technosphere chokes on a chip” suggests that a shortage of microchips could set off a cascade of disasters...                                                                                                               Pic. left: Plywood boat. Beautiful. No relation to the context. 
• JohnPlywood says:

  June 19, 2021 at 12:26 pm GMT • 17.6 hours ago   ↑

  @Mulga Mumblebrain

  Strongly disagree. China is stumbling on its way down the staircase to oblivion, and you fools are still rooting for it like the perpetual underdog that it is. This is a humorous thing to witness, like Orlov’s 25-year strong prediction that the United States will “collapse”. Somebody try to get him some help.

• The above is from Unz's comments section. 

灯影奇遇Chinese Shade Dance

My Horoscope for Today

Capricorn, there is a push and pull between your needs and the needs of others you work with. In the end, it’s always wise to identify what you need first. There is a powerful cardinal T-square between the Libra moon, Venus in Cancer, and Pluto in Capricorn retrograde. This planetary alignment is one of extreme tension and change, but since Venus is involved, it’s for the better. Own your leadership skills and articulate your end of the contract in an authentic way. Not all agreements are meant to last forever.

Inauspicious Days

 The bourse was falling 1% from the opening at 10.00 AM and I felt unable to focus, so took 10 mg Valium and courageously liquidated some positions. Then went to sleep. Now that that trading week is over, I see that NICE lost 5% and in fact, the week's trend was down. Not a good day to sell, but I had to do it. I can now rest for a week. Hope we are not watching the beginning of a worldwide crash. My father could see the future, I would like to imagine that I inherited a little of his Clairvoyance. 

Fermentation

The real inflation rate in the USA is about 7-8% and growing. Israeli sheqel is linked to the dollar. So real interest rate must be around - 3 - 5%. *KYLE BASS SAYS WE HAVE NEGATIVE REAL RATES OF OVER 10%: CNBC *KYLE BASS SAYS ACTUAL INFLATION IS 12%: CNBC This country is fermenting, the cheap money is stimulating the economy and entrepreneurship. People here are doing business like crazy.  I just heard on the street "Do you will partner with me in this business?"  

A Feeling of No-Se-Que

 I have of feeling that cannot define, un no-se-que (Spanish: I don't know what), but sure it is not happy. The bourse is losing its "animal spirits" and each day is worth one percent less. I have to pay debts and had to sell at loss. My antennae perceive violence irradiating from the Arabs and the fragility of the new government. I could not sleep and read Twitter messages of modest haredi girls. They live in terror of the shidduch (matchmaking). They cannot date a candidate more than twice or so and are under terrible pressure to decide. They are intelligent but insecure, and they relieve the stress through short, witty, obscure messages. I feel pity for them. 

Netanyahu is Out

 

A new government has been sworn in. The economy is now fully in the pockets of the Ukrainian party of Avigdor Liberman. I thought that Bourse would react, but nothing happens.