Wednesday, January 16, 2019

How We Got to Goofy: The Origins of Goofy

Clumsy. Dim-witted

May Says Door Remains Open for Corbyn to Join Brexit Talks

Winning No Confidence.
TIME TO COME TOGETHER ....uh, huh. The days for The United Kingdom are dwindling.
Does it look like that door  is open when she got a margin of 20-plus votes when over 600 were cast.
Published on Jan 16, 2019
Views: 67+
Jan.16 -- British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street after winning the vote of confidence in her government on Wednesday.

In The Six- 2018 Year in Review

Serious Up-Tick in D6
$573M in capital investments + 300 jobs . . . Ray Road is the biggest winner. The Landing broke ground with 193,000 sf.   $1M added to AZ Cyber Warfare Range ... Lot of land in escrow. Thompson wants to encourage Transparency
New homes built daily south of Germaine
Published on Dec 20, 2018
Councilmember Thompson reviews all the things that happened in 2018 in District 6.

Views: 33
Running Time: 07:05

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Tory voters, are you happy with your purchase?

Pie: The Tories have torn the country apart > every citizen is pissed-off. . . U can imagine how Pie deals with it!!!!!
Published on Jan 16, 2019
Views: 95,328++
This is what you get when you vote Tory

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Recession Alarms Ringing

A new Economic Data Report from Axios.com just three hours ago once again can send off alarm bells ringing:
Economic data is pointing downward and investor sentiment is turning negative.
Driving the news:
Perhaps most worrisome is the massive pile of highly-leveraged debt that continues to grow. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch's monthly survey finds that corporate leverage is the top concern among investors surveyed for the first time since 2009.
  • 52% of investors said they expect global profits to deteriorate — the most since 2008, according to Bank of America-Merrill Lynch's monthly survey of fund managers.
  • 60% surveyed say global growth will weaken in the next 12 months, levels not seen since the financial crisis.
  • U.S. manufacturing activity dropped in December by the most since October 2008.
  • 2018's Treasury auctions saw the weakest demand since 2008, Bloomberg reported earlier this month.
  • The yield spread between 2- and 10-year U.S. Treasury notes is the thinnest since 2007 and the yield on 2- and 3-year notes has already risen above that of 5-year notes, meaning a curve inversion 
 
UBS estimated in September that there was a record $4.3 trillion in lower-quality corporate loans and high-yield bonds — up from $2.4 trillion in 2010 — that could see rising defaults if the healthy U.S. economy starts to shake.
  • “I view this as the most severe threat to the economy and financial system,” Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, told USA Today in response to the UBS figures.
  • Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen warned in a recent interview, “I am worried about the systemic risks associated with these loans. There has been a huge deterioration in standards; covenants have been loosened in leveraged lending.”
Still, there seems consensus among many in the market that it's not yet time to panic.
 

Board of Supervisors Seeks Applicants for Appointment to District 1 Supervisor

maricopa county supervisor district 1 denny barney

January 2019

Board of Supervisors Seeks Applicants for Appointment to District 1 Supervisor

Denny Barney
I have been truly honored to have served as your District 1 Supervisor. I will be stepping down effective February 1st to focus on the position as President and CEO of the East Valley Partnership.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors are seeking applicants for appointment to this position.
To qualify for appointment as the new District 1 Supervisor, you must:
  • be registered to vote in District 1 when you submit the application
  • be a member of the same political party as the person vacating (Republican)
Applicants should send their letters of interest along with a resume to:
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 ClerkBoard@mail.maricopa.gov
Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 25, 2019.
The Board welcomes public comments on applicants. Please email your comments before 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 1st.  Please include your name and contact information.  Anonymous comments will not be considered. 
See articles below:
Maricopa County Supervisor Plans Transition
Maricopa County Supervisor Denny Barney resigning for another job
Maricopa County Supervisor Denny Barney to resign for nonprofit job

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

May responds after Brexit vote defeat - BBC News

'Pearl' b4 The Peril . . .  and 85 choice comments to take a look at!
Published on Jan 15, 2019
Theresa May says it is clear MPs do not support the deal.
However, she says that
"tonight's vote tells us nothing about what it does support, nothing about how or even if it intends to honour the decision that people took in a referendum".
"EU citizens here and UK citizens in the EU deserve clarity as soon as possible," she says, as do businesses and ordinary people.
CLARITY?? NO CONFIDENCE IN HER GOVERNMENT ....How much more clear can they get
The focus now is confirming whether the government still has Parliament's confidence, she says, and the government will make time tomorrow to debate a no confidence motion if one is tabled by the Labour party.