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Both the Left and Right agree.
Trump surrenders to Mamdani.
How long will Trump’s surrender last?
Is it just a truce?
Will Trump regroup?
We are all left wondering;
What’s next?
Will the truce last?
Will Mamdani succeed in his plan to make New York a more affordable place to live for New Yorkers, by taxing the rich?
Will Mamdani be able to fulfill his promise of free universal childcare, free public transport, and a rent freeze?
What sort of response can we expect from America’s mecurial President?
Will Trump try to block Mamdani’s program, by cutting off Federal funding?
Will Mamdani call on his supporters to protest to defend his program?
Will Trump order his ICE goons onto New York’s streets, in a late night tweet declaration of war?
Will Mamdani be intimidated, or double down?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trump-takes-u-turn-after-zohran-mamdani-openly-dares-us-president-inside-oval-office-watch/videoshow/125496816.cms
$2 billion!! This news item from 2023 may be a good point for TPM to emphasise on how they will implement this and achieve economic efficiencies with appropriate work in the right areas and limit wastage of funds. That they will ensure that smaller funding than the previous $2 billion is appropriately spent and improvements in society made. It will result in improved mental health care, better lives. less crime and also less costly imprisonment and spend good money for even better return.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2018918734/what-ever-happened-to-the-dollar2-billion-that-was-poured-into-mental-healthcare
…The Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction had just a few months prior released its final report calling for not just more money for mental health – although that was certainly needed – but a “whole new approach”.
Education about maintaining and boosting mental health and wellbeing should be just as important as the services needed when people are in crisis. It urged the government to get started on its long list of recommendations in its upcoming budget.
“The inquiry told them very clearly what they needed to do, and the three things that needed to happen,” says Robinson.
The three things are: prevention, services and wellbeing promotion.
“Prevention addresses problems that cause mental distress and illness,
such as poverty, [plus help in copying with all the difficulties that flow from this>>>!],
housing,
family violence
and the [usual that should be considered but not directly basic and helpful],
impacts of colonisation.
“There must also be new and diverse services that are offered earlier; and people need to be equipped with the skills and knowledge of how they can look after and improve their own mental health,” says Robinson.
“If you do those three things you will get a substantial shift.”…
Thought provoking or TL:DR.. I like Martin LeFevre, he’s fresh and thoughtful and from the heart but not sentimental and soggy.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2511/S00045/man-has-no-bottom.htm
AI and stock exchanges.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/579606/stocks-lose-steam-on-ai-concerns-us-jobs-data
Could be a relevant good read for people who like indoor adventure.
Penguin Books UK
https://www.penguin.co.uk › books › 409673 › the-fear-index-by-robert-harris › 9780099553267
The Fear Index – Penguin Books UK
In the secretive inner circle of the ultra-rich, Alex Hoffmann is a legend. He has developed an algorithm for playing the financial markets that generates billions of pounds – and feeds on panic.
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Fear_Index
The Fear Index – Wikipedia
The Fear Index is a 2011 novel by British author Robert Harris. It is set in a period of roughly 24 hours on 6 May 2010, which was the date of the British general election and the Flash Crash.