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Nadie se puede considerar de izquierda (etimológicamente) y a la vez defender los fueros.( ni la monarquía) . Y mucho menos a la vez dar lecciones de moralidad sobre la igualdad, ( los penes y las vaginas, las fosas y los fetos). Y esas son las grandes contradicciones de la izquierda (indefinida) y sus pactos con los particularistas defensores de privilegios feudales. Es una cuestión de honestidad intelectual, y distinguir lo que cada palabra significa. De ahí que muchos consideren un elogio que esa gente le considere "fascista". Y obviamente eso va mucho más allá de lo que ponga un papel que muchos de ellos se pasan por el forro salvó cuando y como les interesa. Es una cuestión filosófica.
Soy catalán, y aunque no comparta el movimiento independentista, a mi comunidad autónoma la han machacado sin ningún miramiento, a los andaluces también los han etiquetado con frecuencia, vascos etc. A los que no somos de Madrid, somos provincianos. Tampoco hay para ofenderse tanto
EU-China investment deal dead in waterComprehensive Agreement on Investment stalls following reciprocal sanctions, rising concern over human rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong KongTAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The landmark EU-China investment deal is on hold, with momentum to ratify the agreement unlikely to resume while relations between the bloc and its second-largest trade partner remain in their frosty state, according to the European Commission.The Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) was negotiated last December between Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council President Charles Michel, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who reportedly provided much of the political impetus to finalize the agreement. While agreed upon, it has not yet been ratified in the EU Parliament, a process that could have taken months.Among China's major pledges in the deal is to gradually stop requiring European firms to enter into joint ventures with Chinese companies in certain sectors, including automobiles, a boon for Merkel's Germany. China also agreed to "pursue ratification" of the International Labour Organization's convention on forced labor amid reports it is pressing Muslim Uyghurs into labor in factories as well as the production of "blood cotton" in Xinjiang.However, in March, the European Union joined the U.S., U.K., and Canada in sanctioning key Chinese officials in Xinjiang for their alleged involvement in the persecution of Muslim minorities in that region, which the Biden administration and British and Canadian parliaments have labeled a "genocide." China quickly hit back, announcing entry bans on several European members of Parliament, national legislators, and think tank scholars.With the tit-for-tat actions as a backdrop, EU Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis told AFP that "We now in a sense have suspended political outreach activities from the European Commission side. It's clear in the current situation with the EU sanctions in place against China and Chinese counter sanctions in place, including against members of the European Parliament [that] the environment is not conducive for ratification of the agreement."While the deal has not been officially suspended, it is now effectively dead in the water, with Dombroviskis adding that ratification will "depend really on how broader EU-China relations will evolve."One of the EU parliamentarians targeted by China's countersanctions in March, Reinhard Bütikofer of Germany, told Taiwan News in January that "It's still hard to see how these gains could outweigh the blatant human rights violations that are ongoing in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet, and against Taiwan and the political cost of condoning such actions."
Fed Says Asset Prices May Be Vulnerable If Risk Appetite FallsBrainard: Archegos event shows need more hedge fund disclosure Fed releases its semi-annual Financial Stability ReportA rising appetite for risk across a variety of asset markets is stretching valuations and creating vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system, the Federal Reserve said in its semi-annual financial stability report.“Vulnerabilities associated with elevated risk appetite are rising,” Fed Governor Lael Brainard, the head of the Board’s financial stability committee, said in a statement accompanying the report released Thursday. “The combination of stretched valuations with very high levels of corporate indebtedness bear watching because of the potential to amplify the effects of a re-pricing event.”In this environment, prices may be vulnerable to “significant declines” should risk appetite fall, the Fed report noted.Brainard and the report mentioned losses at banks stemming from dealings with Archegos Capital Management, and the governor called for “more granular, higher-frequency disclosures.”“The Archegos event illustrates the limited visibility into hedge fund exposures and serves as a reminder that available measures of hedge fund leverage may not be capturing important risks,” she said. Near-zero interest rates and massive bond purchases, with the Fed buying $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities and $80 billion in Treasuries every month,have fueled a search for returns and helped buoy asset prices including for risky investments like speculative stocks, crypto currencies and high-yield debt. The Standard and Poor’s 500 stock index has risen 11% this year.Spacs, Meme Stocks“Indicators pointing to elevated risk appetite in equity markets in early 2021 include the episodes of high trading volumes and price volatility for so-called meme stocks -- stocks that increased in trading volume after going viral on social media,” the report said. “Elevated equity issuance through SPACs also suggests a higher-than-typical appetite for risk among equity investors.”Low rates are also impacting the real economy. Home prices are up 12% year-over-year amid high demand for property and scarce supply, while a boom in home remodeling has helped push lumber futures to record highs. The Bloomberg Commodity Index, which tracks everything from grains to natural gas and nickel, is up 19%.The report said house-price increases have had a positive effect for borrowers by boosting equity. Still, it noted that borrowers in forbearance programs, who are likely to be employed in industries hard hit by the pandemic, could be vulnerable when they exit. “Even so, a large fraction of borrowers have already exited forbearance—in general, these borrowers have loans that are either current or paid off,” the report said.The report also noted that low interest rates have reduced default expectations, and underwriting standards have weakened. “The share of newly issued loans to large corporations with high leverage -- defined as those with ratios of debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization greater than 6 -- has exceeded the historical highs reached in recent years,” it said.Hedge Fund LeverageThe report said that “available data suggest” that hedge funds are highly leveraged, and said there is a need for greater transparency on opaque risk exposures, echoing Brainard’s call for more transparency.“Some hedge funds with substantial short positions sustained losses during the meme stock episode in January 2021, when intense social media activity contributed to fluctuations in the prices of some specific stocks,” the report said, probably a reference to the short squeeze in shares of GameStop Corp., which soared to more than $300 a share from around $20 a share in a matter of days.
Cita de: gregorsamesa en Mayo 06, 2021, 21:24:11 pmNadie se puede considerar de izquierda (etimológicamente) y a la vez defender los fueros.( ni la monarquía) . Y mucho menos a la vez dar lecciones de moralidad sobre la igualdad, ( los penes y las vaginas, las fosas y los fetos). Y esas son las grandes contradicciones de la izquierda (indefinida) y sus pactos con los particularistas defensores de privilegios feudales. Es una cuestión de honestidad intelectual, y distinguir lo que cada palabra significa. De ahí que muchos consideren un elogio que esa gente le considere "fascista". Y obviamente eso va mucho más allá de lo que ponga un papel que muchos de ellos se pasan por el forro salvó cuando y como les interesa. Es una cuestión filosófica.Me duele decir esto porque estoy en las antípodas políticas , pero a día de hoy metes a los 80.000 políticos profesionales que hay en España en un bidón con agua y los pasas por unos filtros de carbono para decantar la suciedad , la mierda y los deshechos , y posiblemente en el agua depurada resultante, sólo aparezcan políticos del pnv.
Bueno, no es solo cuestión de ética. De hecho el PNV tiene una larga historia como partido y no tiene la mierda de los demás, no solo en temas de corrupción, sino que si miras los tiempos de la República y la Guerra Civil y todo aquel horror, son muchos los partidos de entonces y sus siglas actuales o herederos repletos de asesinos, golpistas, quemaiglesias, cuneteros, etc. Algo que nadie puede achacar al PNV.