1920 = 106.5 million

1950 = 152.3 million

woah more than 10% in 9 years

And with a war and the 1919 Spanish Flu in the interval

1925 = 115.8 million

So yeah, explosive growth

stock market is having another hissy-fit

oil prices crashing like crazy too

seems to be all oil based

The arrest of the Huawei exec

And the fact Trump and Xi apparently attended entirely different bilateral meetings in Argentina

oil has gone from $76 a barrel to 50

in just a few weeks... and has cracked this morning

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/dow-extends-deep-losses-triggered-by-uncertainty-on-us-china-trade-deal/2018/12/06/4b946f8e-f95c-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html?utm_term=.4cb1d685b7bc

the saudi officials said something about not needing another countries permission to cut production

Likely fears of a global recession are rising, which would mean less demand for oil

which you would think would increase prices...

financial sector doesnt usually fear a recession... they are impossible to predict and nothing would get done if they constantly tried to

Oh, the markets certainly do factor in future concerns

That's the whole point of the market is for people to jointly show their confidence or lack thereof

For every buyer there has to be a seller and vice versa

It's a buyers market right now

yeah but in the major indexes the sellers nearly always lose

and go bankrupt before any recession even comes 😛

just wait till they transplant a womb into a transwoman... would that change the minds of conservatives? https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1070681889281839104?s=20

I mean Ive seen a few conservatives who were asked "are trans women real women, what do you consider a real woman" .. and they answer "a woman ihas a womb and is able to give birth" .. so would they concede or change their answer?

Probably the latter.

And they'd probably tell you to slow your roll, Diogenes.

I mean if they have everything women have ... and are able to procreate... at very least you can say they are committed to being a woman 😛

i mean at that stage I would say there is no important difference

I can slap a human womb into a sheep.

Does that mean it gets to vote and complain about the pay gap?

I wonder if the majority of women would get with a trans guy with a transplanted penis... if it was fully working and somehow able to produce sperm

if the sheep had surgury to look like a human woman... and could communicate... I guess...

if it had that level of intelligence then why not

lul https://twitter.com/godblesstoto/status/1070687530515877888?s=20

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/06/perspectives/black-home-ownership-undervalued-brookings/index.html

wtf cnn

We examined homes of similar quality in congruent neighborhoods — with the exception of the racial demographics — to make an apples-to-apples comparison between places where the share of the black population is 50% or higher and those where there are little to no black residents. What we found astounds. Differences in home and neighborhood quality do not fully explain the price difference. Homes of similar quality in neighborhoods with similar amenities are worth 23% less in majority-black neighborhoods, compared to those with very few or no black residents.

Even for those who acknowledge our racist history, the 50% price difference isn't about racial bias; it's about accepting the effects of the past at face value. It's assumed lower housing quality, underfunded schools and crime — all consequences of racism and poverty — set a deserving price point.

"It's assumed lower housing quality, underfunded schools and crime — all consequences of racism and poverty — set a deserving price point."