Hoisted from the comments,
Kind of ironic, the same people that unleashed this hell on our country, have screwed up their world in the process. They can't go out in public wearing the luxury they have become used to. Soon they won't even be able to drive their exotic cars, in fear of being attacked and/or robbed. When the collapse comes their multi million dollar mansions will be a target for the roving hoards of criminal illegals and hungry destitute Americans.
This is just another way for them to control any savings you might have and add required terms and conditions for you to access your own money.
The crucial point, according to many experts, is that the provision includes the option of automatic enrollment, so workers would begin putting aside for emergencies by default
The tortured wording here = confiscation.
The thing that pisses me off the most is acronyms. Using acronyms constantly assuming the readers can readily make sense of them; multiple acronyms for everything imaginable per sentence.
God gave us words for a reason, lets use them. Be free.
We have already met that phenomenon at a restaurant here in Seattle.
They had but one front employee and to order you had to swipe your payment card on their countertop computer to start it up and display the menu. There were no other menus or payment methods, no silverware, no plates, no decor, and no service.
Ask me if I've been back there again.
Yeh. We go around always expecting our machines to work even when they have clearly gone awry.
Tomorrow you will expect that the elevator and the escalators and the lights and the heat will work; until they don't.
Failure of 'dependable' systems can take unforeseen twists.
Dankula is a vibrant character, but I swear his accent can't be cut with a wood axe. I can barely understand him.
On the topic of video hosting, rumble comes in last for me, how do you find anything there? Youtube conquers by algorithm which never runs out of recommended material.
"Jump mutherfucker!"
Expert sources blame the flux capacitor,
It is speculated that the culprit may have been a voltage fluctuation or brake issues. According to Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Dimitri Kumsishvili, negotiations about sending independent international experts to investigate the case are underway with several well-known European companies.
Charlie Brown's Christmas Dance, Vince Guaraldi Trio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1LUXQWzCno
Mr. Bean does Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWGZdYNpaSo
Roth accounts are individually opened and maintained with post income tax money. You earned the money, paid the income tax, bought a Roth. Annual contributions are capped at $3,000 per year. But it's a portfolio that is invested by the owner's direction and upon retirement age withdrawals, they are income tax free.
401k's are more complicated and after 30 or 40 years, look a lot more tax backloaded than what was originally promised. Especially if they can penalize %50 for some kind of missed bureaucratic deadline withdrawal rate. That's starting to border on crazy talk/ +theft.
We have plenty of people here who are paying income now to retirement accounts that they will only be able to withdraw later in life as the government allows - because they invested in those retirement plans with pre-income tax earnings.
Pay the income tax now and invest in other retirement strategies. I'm of the conclusion that 401k's are a lifelong income drain.
The alarming thing is they make you spend your retirement savings starting at 72 whether you want to or not, so that if you live to 80 or so you've already been forced to deplete your retirement savings. Government intends to bankrupt its citizens before they die, one way or another.
I bought a Roth IRA out of the blue 20 years ago and it turned out to be the smartest accidental financial decision of my life. Roths seem to be exempt from all of their confiscation and taxes. Recommend.
There new governor
Didn't we just go through this the other day?
Knock, Knock - https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/16ZXQnxu2T/x/c/
Zerohedge also posted the story today eliciting this cogent response from a premium account, Haus-Targaryen -
I am directly involved in the legal cleanup of this and can provide a little more detail as to what actually happened (Tyler, reach out to me you have my email if you'd like to verify my identity here).
The city of Berlin required the hotel reduce the ambient temperature of the hotel lobby to save on energy due to sanctions. Its been abnormally cold in Berlin the past few nights dipping down to -11°C last night and -12°C the night before that. The water is heated to a constant temperature above 30°C for many of the fish species that lived in the tank.
As the nights got colder and colder, the lower ambient temperature of the air surrounding the tank likely started causing deformations and hairline cracks in the bottom of the tank where the pressure is the greatest. Last night at -11° caused the ambient temperature to drop too low given the reduced heating in the lobby and is what it looks like caused the "sudden unintentional disassembly"/catastrophic failure of the tank.
Everyone is already lawyering up including the city, the HVAC manufacturer, tank manufacturer, HVAC installer, building engineer, hotel - the litigation is going to be fun to watch and work on.
What isn't covered in the news is damage. The tank in 2003 cost €13 million. Today its orders of magnitude more expensive to replace, some of the fish were quite exotic and are expensive losses in and of themselves. Then you have the damage to the hotel lobby and façade, electrical components of the building in the three-story basement are also effected and large amounts of water went into the parking garage where many vehicles are parked not only from the hotel and offices but from an attached apartment complex to the hotel.
Losses are tens of millions. All because the city made the hotel turn down the heat. I imagine someone will be blaming Putin before too long.
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