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Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 01, 2024 9:26 pm

The Impact of the Trump Verdict on our AI Computer – The Fall of the US in 8.6 years.
Posted Jun 1, 2024 By Martin Armstrong |

Merchan has set in motion the decline and fall of the United States and curiously, it will be about 8.6 years from this even until we reach 2032. That was the time of judicial upheaval in China and it was just 8.6 years for the collapse of the Roman Monetary system from 260-268AD.

What they have set in motion is the decline and fall of the United States. There will not be enough police in New York City to protect it from collapse. Institutions are selling New York state and city debt. It will never be paid. Get out while you can.

Interestingly, our computer projected a major turning point for the Week of July 8th and a Panic Cycle thereafter, which aligns with the date for Trump’s sentencing – July 11th.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/worl ... 8-6-years/

There's more at the link - discussion of WWIII.

They can't stop themselves. It's all they know and understand.

Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Fri May 31, 2024 11:52 am

Re the Trump verdict:

Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Thu May 11, 2023 12:17 pm

These are my top 3 general characteristics of a civilization that is on the cusp of entering a dark age/has just entered a dark age (in other words, where I think we are right now):

1. Decline in societal standards
2. Functional failure of government
3. Lack of accountability

Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Thu May 11, 2023 7:01 pm

With regard to the rule of law, in the recent past, the rule of law was generally fairly and uniformly enforced. As of now, by my reckoning, we have a "functional failure of government" (general item number 2 above) to enforce the rule of law fairly and uniformly in many instances. This is the specific type of thing that is leading from the cusp of the dark age into the dark age proper.

They can't stop themselves. It's all they know and understand.

aeden wrote: ↑

Fri May 17, 2024 4:42 pm

My experience is even in wheelchairs, they are still arrogant.
It is inherent in the species.
H was and is correct in - It's all they know and understand.

The Impact of the Trump Verdict on our AI Computer – The Fall of the US in 8.6 years.
Posted Jun 1, 2024 By Martin Armstrong |

Merchan has set in motion the decline and fall of the United States and curiously, it will be about 8.6 years from this even until we reach 2032. That was the time of judicial upheaval in China and it was just 8.6 years for the collapse of the Roman Monetary system from 260-268AD.

What they have set in motion is the decline and fall of the United States. There will not be enough police in New York City to protect it from collapse. Institutions are selling New York state and city debt. It will never be paid. Get out while you can.

Interestingly, our computer projected a major turning point for the Week of July 8th and a Panic Cycle thereafter, which aligns with the date for Trump’s sentencing – July 11th.

Russia, India set to spark major swing in global wheat balance
By Karen Braun
May 31, 2024

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, May 30 (Reuters) - The slippage of available global wheat supplies to multi-decade lows has been a repetitive theme for several years, though the reality has yet to pan out as tightly as originally feared.

However, this season’s combination of Russian crop losses and impending Indian imports alone could be enough to trigger that decline and support global wheat prices.

On Tuesday, Russian consultancy Sovecon cut its 2024-25 harvest estimate for the top wheat exporter to 82.1 million metric tons from 85.7 million previously. That followed IKAR’s reduction on Monday to 81.5 million tons from 83.5 million, well below Russia’s previous harvest of 92.8 million tons and its record 2022-23 crop of around 104 million.

Those analysts in March had forecast Russia’s 2024-25 wheat output as high as 93 million to 94 million tons, meaning the crop has lost around 12 million tons or 13% of production potential thus far. That is largely due to extremely dry spring weather and most recently, frost damage.

Meanwhile, second-largest wheat consumer India is likely to scrap wheat import duties after June due to low state reserves, potentially spurring imports this year between 3 million and 5 million tons from just 120,000 tons a year earlier.

Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Thu May 30, 2024 3:31 pm

As can be seen, she is wasting money at McDonald's.

NHANES: A Third of American Children Regularly Eat Fast Food
— And pandemic might just increase these numbers

by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
August 14, 2020

More than 36% of U.S. kids ate fast food on any given day from 2015 to 2018, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data showed.

Among U.S. children and adolescents ages 2-19, more than 11% consumed more than 45% of their daily calories from fast food, reported Cheryl Fryar, MSPH, of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues.

The NCHS Data Briefopens also found that roughly 14% of these youth obtained 25-45% of their daily calories from fast food, while about 11% obtained less than a quarter of their daily calories from it.

Why Americans are getting shorter
Wealth inequality handed the country's citizens the short end of the stick

American height saw a decline beginning in the 1980s

Devika Rao, The Week US
PUBLISHED 7 JANUARY 2024

Americans are shrinking! Over the past 100 years, Americans went from being some of the tallest people in the world to ranking somewhere smack in the middle. Though bias from self-reporting has long been considered a factor in this height assessment, experts have confirmed that the population is indeed becoming shorter. That change is due to health factors and nutrition, with the decline overwhelmingly linked to growing wealth inequality in the United States beginning in particular around the 1980s.

There was a particular decrease in average height in those born after the 1980s, also known as millennials, although the decrease was only an average of a few quarters of inches. This coincided with a shift in American politics that changed the country's health and economic landscape.

A decline in Americans' health is likely a major factor in Americans shrinking. "Height is strongly influenced by the mother's nourishment during pregnancy and the child's during infancy," explained The New York Times. "Height is also linked to overall health and well-being." During the 1980s, new economic policies increased the country's wealth inequality, reducing lower-income families' access to nutritious food.

Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Thu May 11, 2023 12:17 pm

These are my top 3 general characteristics of a civilization that is on the cusp of entering a dark age/has just entered a dark age (in other words, where I think we are right now):

1. Decline in societal standards
2. Functional failure of government
3. Lack of accountability

Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Thu May 11, 2023 7:01 pm

With regard to the rule of law, in the recent past, the rule of law was generally fairly and uniformly enforced. As of now, by my reckoning, we have a "functional failure of government" (general item number 2 above) to enforce the rule of law fairly and uniformly in many instances. This is the specific type of thing that is leading from the cusp of the dark age into the dark age proper.

aeden wrote: ↑

Fri May 17, 2024 4:42 pm

My experience is even in wheelchairs, they are still arrogant.
It is inherent in the species.
H was and is correct in - It's all they know and understand.

Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Thu May 30, 2024 3:31 pm

As you know, I've been doing some updates about how she found another apartment based on income that doesn't exist and I wondered why anyone would be stupid enough to rent to her.

She came back yesterday with her 3 kids. Before she texted last time, she had come to visit twice. Her behavior yesterday was similar to the previous 2 visits and it's pretty obvious she is once again facing eviction. I heard my wife talking to her about how her Mom is moving in next month and it's all set.

But the aspect that seems more notable this time around was the amount of waste she generated in the short time she was here. Actually, it was way too long but it was short in the context of this discussion.

First, she used the toilet. When I went past the bathroom maybe an hour later, I heard the toilet running full bore. The flapper valve was wide open and I closed it. An open flapper valve is going to use roughly 200 gallons in an hour. This entire family of 3 used 1200 gallons of water last month and my 4 year old can flush the toilet by herself with no adult supervision and no issues.

Second was the amount of garbage she generated. Below is what the trash can looked like after I took the garbage out that she threw in it as she left. This entire family of 3 generated this much garbage in 6 days.

As can be seen, she is wasting money at McDonald's. There were other issues too numerous to mention.

aeden wrote: ↑

Thu May 30, 2024 4:00 pm

47 minutes ago

The stupidity of these people makes me concerned that we are on the cusp of entering a new dark age.

Good luck H these people are years and years beyond recovery.