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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sdgla who wrote (15817)	4/15/2023 11:22:19 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26590

Stealing luggage in SF after breaking glass in the car you stole it from hardly gets a slap on the wrist. Most of the videos I see posted show "suspected perps" with hoodies, face masks and pants too big for their starving bodies (ie falling down). I think the GOP does itself a disservice attacking the mentally ill or those who really struggle with who they are. They should find a way to be compassionate while preserving the meaning and pride of "women's sports" by not letting post puberty trans females to compete in "women's sports" but perhaps have an "open" category where everyone can compete equally. BTW, what would happen in a Trans Woman National Sport champ loses to a trans woman with more male characteristics in the next race? Will she be allowed to claim a mental disability, for example, and sue to compete in the Special Olympics? That election meme punishment seems overly harsh and political but the Dems have lied about what people say and tweet along with the clear intentions since forever... The perp there probably should have had some sort if entertainment disclaimer even if the joke was clear to most everyone... Also, did he pay to have the tweet retweeted in zip codes where the election was tight and votes were critical? Probably get overturned on appeal.

To: Sdgla who wrote (15817)	4/15/2023 12:01:03 PM
From: Elroy	1 Recommendation Recommended By Kirk © Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26590

From manufacturing to retail all I see is a slow grind downward. From what starting point? If you recall at the end of the pandemic supply chains were all screwed up so that every make of everything was triple ordering. To slow down from triple ordering to single ordering is not a disaster, but it is a slow down. I think the chaos of the pandemic, supply chain mess, interest rate massive increases, and now wherever we are (strong employment, strong consumer spending, inflation, slowdown relative to the supply chain driven boom) now makes the entire situation cloudy. But things can't be that bad if employment is booming. Inflation is a problem, demand is not.