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Wow! What a shocking revelation! 🙄 WASHINGTON—The Central Intelligence Agency has now concluded that the deadly Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a statement issued on Saturday by the agency. In doing so, the CIA has now joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Energy Department in identifying a laboratory mishap in Wuhan, China as the probable source of the Covid-19 virus. It has killed more than 1.2 million Americans and over seven million people worldwide. WSJ

That’s why I didn’t get into that. Rehash something that didn’t solve anything. I think everybody here knows what went down. It was discussed at length at the time.

Politicians say whatever it takes to be elected. After that…

Front and center, I did not vote for Trump. I believe the current response to the immigration issue is an over reach. I think it is a very good example of the, “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” quote. The primary issue is that we have been in dire need of reformed/updated laws regarding immigration for years. Unfortunately, the recent attempt to act on it imploded. I’ll leave it at that. I’m sick of immigration policies being determined by the revolving door of presidents. Until congress can work to find a compromise on this, we’re where we are.

Expected that response and I totally agree. That’s not going to get us to where we need to be on its own though. Reducing rates is not an option and the bond market doesn’t seem to respond anyway. As I’m sure you’re aware, mortgage rates a moved up since the last cut. Article in WSJ yesterday that consumer spending, for the most part hasn’t slowed down. That’s a problem. Powell will speak this week and that will be very interesting. Still open to ideas for addressing the inflation issue.

In all seriousness, be it Biden or Trump, what would you suggest either do in this specific instance and time? The swearing in was what, a week ago? May be a little early to call broken promises.

To your point: WSJ U.S. existing-home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level since 1995, the second straight year of anemic sales due to stubbornly high mortgage rates. High costs related to homeownership sapped sales again. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has hovered between 6% and 8% since late 2022, making it prohibitively expensive for many Americans to buy homes at current prices, which hit record highs last year. Rising home insurance and property tax costs are also adding to homeowners’ expenses. Unlike mortgage rates, which fluctuate, these costs are poised to continue rising.

Good piece on Jack Flaherty https://www.mlb.com/news/jack-flaherty-statcast-free-agent-analysis

AI generated 😉

Robo umpires coming to a spring training game near you this season. Looks as if they’re going with the challenge system this spring. Sort of old news but I had forgotten this.

HOUSTON — Conversations between the Houston Astros and free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman have resumed within recent days, according to three league sources, reigniting some hope of a reunion between the franchise and one of its cornerstones. -the athletic

Profar to the Braves for $42 mil and 3 years.

That’s my gut feel for several weeks now, exactly.

Without a specific date, “mid February.”

I was very clear, I don’t do social media. In so many ways it’s because of social media that we have some of the problems we do today in this country.

The historical knowledge you have as to why all Nazi’s are bad is not some tightly held secret kept from anyone that is willing to study it. I know why Nazism is bad. I’ve read a number of books on Germany. For all the wrong reasons the one that will always stand out above the others is, ‘The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.’ Nazism is every evil rolled into a single package. My dad fought the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge. I’m aware of the past. I know why we were there. I was surprised you suggested that twitter be selectively banned from this site because that is an extreme response, in my opinion. What would be the next media source to be banned…and the next? Where would it end? And for the record, I have never had any association with twitter, whatsoever. No account, nothing. I don’t do social media.

Now that DOES NOT surprise me.

I was surprised that romad1, of all posters, suggested blocking twitter posts on this forum. My comment wasn’t about you.

I’ll admit, that one surprised me.

True

It is what it is.

The difference in the Musk salutes, they cannot be proven to be what they’ve been alleged to be. I’ll say it again, I’m surprised the weather reporter didn’t know better. A costly lesson on her part.

Hypotheticals aside, she should have known better. It’s unfortunate.

Hypotheticals aside, she should have known better. It’s unfortunate.