Trophy wife.  Too bad she couldn't be as tall & dominant as Idina because generation Z didn't eat as well as generation X.


Just food coloring.  No difference in flavor.


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The lion kingdom's dualing investments traded blows during last week's dip.  They tend to move in opposite directions, the sum of which results in the 10 year treasury.  Lions are nowhere close to S&P over the last year but better off than S&P in 2023.  Lions don't think they'll need more than 5%, so higher risk isn't justified.

 No gootubers are seeking higher returns in order to get rich.  All they do is determine their minimum income to survive & then invest whatever it takes to hit that.  Their high risk appetite is driven purely by need.

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Reviewing Hongqi bridge collapse footage,

https://x.com/i/status/1988287939357643243

 https://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hongqi_Bridge

 It was built in a dry canyon.  Then the canyon was filled with water.  As the water rose, the sides became unstable. 

 




 It appeared to be built on bedrock, but it doesn't appear the pilings were built as designed.  The columns seemed to fall over too easily.  You can see underwater explosions where the columns dig in.

  The big question is how the stability of the hillside escaped inspection.  There's not much which can withstand a landslide.

Noted the columns didn't seem to have any rebar.  They just shattered when they hit each other.

Your chances of dying in a bridge collapse are still lower in China than Minnesota.  They rely on more frequent inspection.

The most comparable bridge in the west is the Foresthill bridge.  It has fewer numbers of larger columns & the footings are a bigger percentage of the column size.

The last chinese bridge collapse was on Aug 24.  


 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glZr4dR4Xyw

 This stuff just gets memory holed by the world's largest economy.


 

 

 

 

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