With the latest collapse, the lion kingdom is doing what it should have done back in June & buying at a rate where the stonk market will hit 0 before the lion kingdom runs out of money.  It's in smaller steps than before because there's a good case for much tighter than animals expect & because it's believed to be a lot closer to the bottom.  Either way, the current price is not a reflection of the current interest rate but an attempt to predict the terminal rate & in 10-20 years, all animals will wish they were in more.  The government can't afford to guarantee the value of its money.

The lion kingdom is reminded of Jim Cramer's call that 32 was the bottom, as we head back to a 29 handle.  32 probably still is the short term equilibrium handle.

The lion kingdom's latest consumer price index was a lot uglier than the government's manipulated index.  Totino says interest rates need to keep rising, but the government's index can go either way.  In the long term, the observed rise in food prices in July that the government ignored predicted the stonk market's latest move down.

Wouldn't mind being a box of M&M's but the migrants are all men under 30.

Watching the scowl a 2nd time in 4k, the lion kingdom remembers how intense that memorial day viewing was. It's got to be reasonably good for a lion to watch it twice in the same year.

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A venue labeled simply Westin Paris, Hotel Napoleon. Lions took a liking to staying at decent hotels for running races. It was important to access the starting line with minimal hassle but it's not clear how important an opulent place like that would be. Lions don't spend a lot of time in the hotel.

Anyways, lions noted there are very few palaces of versailles, libraries of congress, vatican type buildings in the world despite milleniums of progress & once being able to print trillions of transistors.  We can't print as many transistors as we used to, but it was a capability that once far outpaced the progress in building palaces of varsailles.  The palace of versailles took the entire wealth of a country & still would.

An idea emerged whereby a 5th standing desk frame would bolt on to the existing table, allowing the stock table to go from 49" to 75".  The stock table with all the stuff on top would extend exactly to the 8ft ceiling & clear 75" of height to access the sliding door.

The mane challenge with this is it would be very top heavy.  The stock table might have to be replaced with carbon fiber, plastic shelves or some purpose built thing specifically intended for vertical access to the sliding door.  

Next, the minimum 49" height with the stuff on top would reach 5.8ft, completely covering the window in its fully lowered position.

The space under the table is being ignored.  That would still be full of stuff, reducing the maximum accessible height to the standing desk height.

Finally, there's extending the wiring to the ceiling.