Hagfræði versus kommúnistar

Fylkisstjóri Kalíforníu vill draga úr hreyfanleika alþýðunnar

"California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) bragged about being the “first jurisdiction in the world” to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles.

Because everyone has $70,000 to spend on a new car and $20,000 for a car battery replacement."

Enginn kemst lengra en 3-400 km á einum degi.  Og rafmagnsleysi hefur verið viðloðandi þarna, og það ástand er ólíklegt til að verða betra.

Forseti Tékklands er í tenglzlum við raunveruleikann

"Zeman said the primary cause of the crisis was not the Ukraine war, but green fanaticism that has left European countries dependent on energy sources that cannot meet demand.

"Whether it´s called the Green Deal or whatever, I'm afraid. However, I won't be here anymore when we find out where the green madness will take us," said Zeman.

"The abolition of cars with internal combustion engines will lead to the advent of far more demanding electromobility. The biggest consumers of electricity will be electric cars with a short range and a high price," he added."

Úrkynjun á erfitt uppdráttar í Austur Evrópu.

Facebook ritskoðar vegna hótana FBI

"According to Zuckerberg, the FBI said there would be some kind of dump of information that the tech giant should be vigilant of.

He went on to explain that at Facebook, during the five to seven days while the Hunter Biden laptop story was being independently fact checked, they decreased distribution."

Ekki jafn slæmt og Twitter, en slæmt samt.

Hagfræði

"The announcement this week that the administration is moving forward with canceling up to $20,000 of student loan debt for borrowers who earn below a $125,000 annual income threshold came as a relief to many, but it also may contribute to the already historic levels of inflation.

The new plan to cancel student loan debt, in comparison, would cost about $300 billion in the first year, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, hosted at the University of Pennsylvania's business school. The plan would cost $329 billion in total over the next decade.

So you're looking at … a debt increase that would meet or exceed the expected deficit reduction from the Inflation Reduction Act. And so that's problematic..."

Ísland, 1968-1985.  Verðbólgan alltaf tveggja stafa tala.

Sumir skilja hagfræði.

Bretar með áhyggjur af óeirðum

"Warnings of future political and social unrest across Europe have become increasingly more common over the last number of weeks, with officials in both France and Germany expressing concern that parts of their population may act out over the wealth of crises facing the continent.

According to a report by The Guardian, Sharon Graham, who heads up the British trade union Unite, has claimed that public disquiet over the cost of living crisis has risen to such a point that it is now comparable with the anger felt by the public over the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s poll tax."

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