President Trump on verge of death! ... well... I have to assume.

[ideologyhunter]

Venus insufficiency is common as people get older, I have it. It is not life threatening.

I thought it was penis insufficiency. Didn't Stormy diagnose that?

 

[SLD]

I don’t want him to die just yet. He needs to utterly fail in the minds of his followers. We need a total economic collapse.

If he dies while the economy is going up, they’ll make him a martyr and a saint.

The economy isn’t going up. It just isn’t freefalling.

Well the Dow is doing fairly well. But yes I agree. My point is the only way to destroy Trump is for him to utterly fail. And I believe that ultimately he will. I just hope it’s while he’s still in office.

 

[Elixir]

Well the Dow is doing fairly well

Not much, after you incorporate the 10% loss of a dollar’s global value and look at Jan 30 2024 to date … its total dollars are worth a couple percent less even though the “dollar value” is up, because A dollar’s value is down.
I sure feel it.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

You do realize that if Trump doesn't finish his term, you have President Vance as a result?

Yes. I have long suspected that they will allow Trump to remain in office for 2 years and a day or month, to allow JD the opportunity to serve for 10 years. At which point, democracy will just be an old wive’s tale and who knows what will happen…

There really appears to be no reason for this. Right now, Trump is allowing the dismantling of the regulatory state within the Executive Branch. Trump is only to be pushed away if he interferes. Trump also maintains this unexplainable cult of personality that the GOP can not replace.

JD Vance is a greater threat, but really, that war has already been lost. As things stand, some are already laying out a plan for Trump's third term. It is difficult to know whether that is serious or no.

Of course he's dismantling it. Can't have stuff like this:

US FDA deems Sun Pharma's Halol plant not compliant with its manufacturing rules

Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had determined that its Halol plant in the western state of Gujarat was not compliant with the regulator's manufacturing rules.

www.reuters.com

(The plant is turning out substandard stuff, the FDA isn't allowing it in.)

 

[bilby]

(The plant is turning out substandard stuff, the FDA isn't allowing it in.)

The classification of the plant as "Official Action Indicated" by the FDA follows an inspection from June 2 to June 13 that resulted in eight observations or instances of non-compliance

OAI status is a major headache for Sun, and their management and compliance people will be running around with their hair on fire, and pulling out all the stops to correct the issues and get a new inspection from the FDA so that they can resume exports to the US; But eight observations isn't an indication that "The plant is turning out substandard stuff". More likely it is an indication that recordkeeping is sloppy.

The FDA are (rightly) extremely pedantic, and will OAI a plant long before standards fall to the point that the products being made there are dangerous and/or ineffective.

 

[Toni]

(The plant is turning out substandard stuff, the FDA isn't allowing it in.)

The classification of the plant as "Official Action Indicated" by the FDA follows an inspection from June 2 to June 13 that resulted in eight observations or instances of non-compliance

OAI status is a major headache for Sun, and their management and compliance people will be running around with their hair on fire, and pulling out all the stops to correct the issues and get a new inspection from the FDA so that they can resume exports to the US; But eight observations isn't an indication that "The plant is turning out substandard stuff". More likely it is an indication that recordkeeping is sloppy.

The FDA are (rightly) extremely pedantic, and will OAI a plant long before standards fall to the point that the products being made there are dangerous and/or ineffective.

I am less confident about what the inspections may or may not indicate, having gone through multiple FDA ( and other governing bodies) inspections. Yes, it could indicate an uncorrected error in record keeping —or it could indicate a different problem.

 

[bilby]

(The plant is turning out substandard stuff, the FDA isn't allowing it in.)

The classification of the plant as "Official Action Indicated" by the FDA follows an inspection from June 2 to June 13 that resulted in eight observations or instances of non-compliance

OAI status is a major headache for Sun, and their management and compliance people will be running around with their hair on fire, and pulling out all the stops to correct the issues and get a new inspection from the FDA so that they can resume exports to the US; But eight observations isn't an indication that "The plant is turning out substandard stuff". More likely it is an indication that recordkeeping is sloppy.

The FDA are (rightly) extremely pedantic, and will OAI a plant long before standards fall to the point that the products being made there are dangerous and/or ineffective.

I am less confident about what the inspections may or may not indicate, having gone through multiple FDA ( and other governing bodies) inspections. Yes, it could indicate an uncorrected error in record keeping —or it could indicate a different problem.

Sure, it could indicate a more serious problem, but that's not very likely in my experience - every FDA inspection I have gone through has been preceeded by a general tidy-up of the facilities, and a warning to staff to be on their best behaviour, to ensure that nothing is out of place physically. The inspectors tour the plant, but there's not likely much to see; It's the paperwork (or its absence) that tells the story of how the place operates when inspectors are not nosing around.

 

[Toni]

(The plant is turning out substandard stuff, the FDA isn't allowing it in.)

The classification of the plant as "Official Action Indicated" by the FDA follows an inspection from June 2 to June 13 that resulted in eight observations or instances of non-compliance

OAI status is a major headache for Sun, and their management and compliance people will be running around with their hair on fire, and pulling out all the stops to correct the issues and get a new inspection from the FDA so that they can resume exports to the US; But eight observations isn't an indication that "The plant is turning out substandard stuff". More likely it is an indication that recordkeeping is sloppy.

The FDA are (rightly) extremely pedantic, and will OAI a plant long before standards fall to the point that the products being made there are dangerous and/or ineffective.

I am less confident about what the inspections may or may not indicate, having gone through multiple FDA ( and other governing bodies) inspections. Yes, it could indicate an uncorrected error in record keeping —or it could indicate a different problem.

Sure, it could indicate a more serious problem, but that's not very likely in my experience - every FDA inspection I have gone through has been preceeded by a general tidy-up of the facilities, and a warning to staff to be on their best behaviour, to ensure that nothing is out of place physically. The inspectors tour the plant, but there's not likely much to see; It's the paperwork (or its absence) that tells the story of how the place operates when inspectors are not nosing around.

Sure but there’s potential for other issues: reagents not being properly stored or QA that was noted as passed but did not actually pass, lots of things.

 

[aupmanyav]

About OP: I do see a reduction of swagger, a bit unsure of his feet. And the hair are not set as perfectly as before.

 

[Elixir]

About OP: I do see a reduction of swagger, a bit unsure of his feet. And the hair are not set as perfectly as before.

In India I suppose those things are of paramount importance. Your medical science is far ahead of ours (esp with a BRAINWORM running our HC system). I hope your solution for perfect hair comes to the rest of the world soon.

 

[aupmanyav]

In India I suppose those things are of paramount importance.

Trump or his tariffs are not as important for India as you think. It affects less than 1% of our GDP.
We have not yet put any obstacles in business with US, but if we do, US will loose more than us.
I was talking only about Trump's health, and I feel a difference. He seems tired.

 

[Elixir]

Trump or his tariffs are not as important for India as you think. It affects less than 1% of our GDP.

Yeah? It would be (or would have been) about 0.28% of American GDP, but don't despair -
You think YOU are unimportant? What about Norfolk Island? THIRTY PERCENT tariffs!
And since there are only a couple thousand people there, the impact is massive.
Between 2022-2024 they sent the US several HUNDRED dollars worth of goods and services!
I bet the drafting, approval, implementation and administration of the tariff cost us between ten and a hundred grand for every dollar the USA Treasury receives from them. Trump is a financial genius!
Anyhow I was talking about the reduction in swagger and unsteadiness on his feet, not about tariffs.

 

[bilby]

What about Norfolk Island? THIRTY PERCENT tariffs!
And since there are only a couple thousand people there, the impact is massive.

2,188 people, at the 2021 census.

There were only 1,748 in 2016, but that year the Commonwealth Government changed the island's immigration status, making it a part of Australia for immigration purposes, and removing any barriers to people from the mainland who wanted to retire there.

The census figures are slightly misleading, though, as tourism is the major industry; At any time, about a quarter to one fifth of the people in the territory are visitors, so the permanent population likely remains fewer than 2,000 people.

 

[Shadowy Man]

What about Norfolk Island? THIRTY PERCENT tariffs!
And since there are only a couple thousand people there, the impact is massive.

2,188 people, at the 2021 census.

There were only 1,748 in 2016, but that year the Commonwealth Government changed the island's immigration status, making it a part of Australia for immigration purposes, and removing any barriers to people from the mainland who wanted to retire there.

The census figures are slightly misleading, though, as tourism is the major industry; At any time, about a quarter to one fifth of the people in the territory are visitors, so the permanent population likely remains fewer than 2,000 people.

Why would tourists be counted in any census?

 

[bilby]

What about Norfolk Island? THIRTY PERCENT tariffs!
And since there are only a couple thousand people there, the impact is massive.

2,188 people, at the 2021 census.

There were only 1,748 in 2016, but that year the Commonwealth Government changed the island's immigration status, making it a part of Australia for immigration purposes, and removing any barriers to people from the mainland who wanted to retire there.

The census figures are slightly misleading, though, as tourism is the major industry; At any time, about a quarter to one fifth of the people in the territory are visitors, so the permanent population likely remains fewer than 2,000 people.

Why would tourists be counted in any census?

The census counts everyone in the country, by their current location on census night. If you are somewhere in Australia that night, you should be recorded in the census at that location (and only that location), regardless of whether you are a permanent resident, visitor, tourist, or anything else.

They do also ask people whether this is their usual place of residence (which is how we know that 22% of people on Norfolk Island on census night 2021 were tourists).

Given the Census is about population and housing, it’s important that we record information about the types of places people stay on Census night.

The ABS travels from hospitals to hotels to houseboats, camping grounds to caravans, ski lodges to school camps, retirement villages to residential colleges, and secure apartment buildings to share-houses.

Australian Bureau of Statistics

I presime from your question that the US census doesn't work that way; How does it work?

Do you make every adult male travel to his town of birth, even if his wife is expecting, all the inns are booked out, and her only transport option is a donkey? Because that would be completely absurd, and even the Romans never did anything so daft*.






* Though if you are writing bad fiction, you could use it as a plot device to get your hero, who everyone knew was from Nazareth, to be compliant with a prophesy that said he would be born in Bethlehem. It's not like anyone will ever care enough to check.

 

[Shadowy Man]

What about Norfolk Island? THIRTY PERCENT tariffs!
And since there are only a couple thousand people there, the impact is massive.

2,188 people, at the 2021 census.

There were only 1,748 in 2016, but that year the Commonwealth Government changed the island's immigration status, making it a part of Australia for immigration purposes, and removing any barriers to people from the mainland who wanted to retire there.

The census figures are slightly misleading, though, as tourism is the major industry; At any time, about a quarter to one fifth of the people in the territory are visitors, so the permanent population likely remains fewer than 2,000 people.

Why would tourists be counted in any census?

The census counts everyone in the country, by their current location on census night. If you are somewhere in Australia that night, you should be recorded in the census at that location (and only that location), regardless of whether you are a permanent resident, visitor, tourist, or anything else.

They do also ask people whether this is their usual place of residence (which is how we know that 22% of people on Norfolk Island on census night 2021 were tourists).

Given the Census is about population and housing, it’s important that we record information about the types of places people stay on Census night.

The ABS travels from hospitals to hotels to houseboats, camping grounds to caravans, ski lodges to school camps, retirement villages to residential colleges, and secure apartment buildings to share-houses.

Australian Bureau of Statistics

I presime from your question that the US census doesn't work that way; How does it work?

Do you make every adult male travel to his town of birth, even if his wife is expecting, all the inns are booked out, and her only transport option is a donkey? Because that would be completely absurd, and even the Romans never did anything so daft*.






* Though if you are writing bad fiction, you could use it as a plot device to get your hero, who everyone knew was from Nazareth, to be compliant with a prophesy that said he would be born in Bethlehem. It's not like anyone will ever care enough to check

I have always received a census form in the mail at my home address and have filled it on behalf of my family. I don’t know how a tourist would receive a census form in the United States. Do they hand them out in hotels or something? Don’t know.

 

[bilby]

I don’t know how a tourist would receive a census form in the United States. Do they hand them out in hotels or something? Don’t know.

Looks like the US tries to count everyone by their usual home address.

https://www.census.gov/programs-sur...ng-management/count/transitory-locations.html