Rose De la Heria

[Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm]

The talented Bloomberg TV anchor, Jonathan Ferro, put it perfectly a couple of weeks ago. Responding to a FIFA controversy, he noted:
“Football is the ‘beautiful game’ despite, and not because of, its governing body.”
With widespread global dismay over what so many perceive as blatant officiating bias and consistent preferential treatment for Argentina at the World Cup, there is a risk that this already imperfect setup could slip into something worse—undermining at its highest level the beautiful game that billions love around the world.
#worldcup @FIFAWorldCup

[Vive con Propósito. @PropositoyVida]

Su capacidad para no inmutarse ante ataques físicos descarados debe ser estudiada

[Rose De la Heria @rosedlh]

@elerianm Same happened to me 10 years ago haven’t visited Starbucks since. It was basically ice what I paid for #starbuckssucks

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

So let me get this straight. You support the Khamanei regime that killed 38,000+ protesters and maimed hundreds of thousands more. A regime that has repeatedly called for Death to America and has killed thousands of our servicemen and citizens. One that has taken away women’s rights and freedoms for the Iranian people.

And then you call our efforts to destroy the evildoers a catastrophic escalation.

You also support those who attack our police force. You take the side of the criminals rather than the victims of violent actors in our city.

How is it that you can’t differentiate between good and evil?

Why is this so hard for you?

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

Many people seem shocked by what’s happening, most recently in the Minneapolis and Greenland conflicts, though also in many other ways over the last year.

In my opinion, that’s because they don’t understand what’s going on with the breakdown of the post-World War II monetary, domestic political, and international political orders. This is happening in classic Big Cycle ways that have repeated throughout history and were laid out in detail in my book, Principles for Dealing With the Changing World Order, which I wrote about five years ago. In that book, I described how the Big Cycle unfolds in stages with clear characteristics, and I outlined the cause-and-effect relationships one can follow to identify where we are in the Big Cycle and what is likely to happen next.

With that perspective, it is clear to me that we are in Stage 5 (the pre-breakdown of the orders period) and on the brink of Stage 6 (the breaking down of the old orders). In my latest article, I review the developments that characterize Stages 5 and 6 and relate them to what is happening.

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

https://t.co/BQzOZSYtL1

[Gold Telegraph ⚡ @GoldTelegraph]

GOLD OVER $5000 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY

[Barchart @Barchart]

Gold has overtaken the U.S. Dollar as the largest Global Reserve Asset 🚨🚨🚨

[🇨🇦 Antonio Tweets @AntonioTweets2]

American Media
Pay attention.

[Ryan Saavedra @RyanSaavedra]

Venezuelan journalist Germania Rodriguez Poleo's message to those who are mad that President Trump captured dictator Nicolas Maduro:

"Do not for a moment let your hatred and disdain for Donald Trump have you defending the dictator of my country, which was destroyed by [Maduro] and [Hugo] Chavez and their system 20 years ago. We Venezuelans are very, VERY happy that our dictator has been arrested, removed, and will be put through a trial. It's the first time we're seeing justice in 26 years! Now let's hope they get all of those criminals out of Venezuela and then we can return home."

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

In my own life, what I want to give to people, most importantly to people I love, is the power to deal with reality to get what they want. In pursuit of my goal to give them strength, I will often deny them what they "want" because that will give them the opportunity to struggle so that they can develop the strength to get what they want on their own. This can be difficult for people emotionally, even if they understand intellectually that having difficulties is the exercise they need to grow strong and that just giving them what they want will weaken them and ultimately lead to them needing more help.

Of course most people would prefer not to have weaknesses. Our upbringings and our experiences in the world have conditioned us to be embarrassed by our weaknesses and hide them. But people are happiest when they can be themselves. If you can be open with your weaknesses it will make you freer and will help you deal with them better. I urge you to not be embarrassed about your problems, recognizing that everyone has them. Bringing them to the surface will help you break your bad habits and develop good ones, and you will acquire real strengths and justifiable optimism.

This evolutionary process of productive adaptation and ascent--the process of seeking, obtaining, and pursuing more and more ambitious goals--does not just pertain to how individuals and society move forward. It is equally relevant when dealing with setbacks, which are inevitable. At some point in your life you will crash in a big way. You might fail at your job or with your family, lose a loved one, suffer a serious accident or illness, or discover the life you imagined is out of reach forever. There are a whole host of ways that something will get you. At such times, you will be in pain and might think that you don't have the strength to go on. You almost always do, however; your ultimate success will depend on you realizing that fact, even though it might not seem that way at the moment.

This is why many people who have endured setbacks that seemed devastating at the time ended up as happy as (or even happier than) they originally were after they successfully adapted to them. The quality of your life will depend on the choices you make at those painful moments. The faster one appropriately adapts, the better. No matter what you want out of life, your ability to adapt and move quickly and efficiently through the process of personal evolution will determine your success and your happiness. If you do it well, you can change your psychological reaction to it so that what was painful can become something you crave. #principleoftheday

[Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm]

From The Economist article on US economic exceptionalism:
“Since the end of 2019 the #economy has grown by nearly 8% in real terms, more than twice as fast as the euro zone’s and ten times as quickly as Japan’s. Britain’s has barely grown at all.
America’s expansion is all the more striking when you consider the many things that could have killed it. As the Federal Reserve has fought inflation the economy has endured the sharpest rise in interest rates since Jimmy Carter was in the White House. The covid-19 pandemic, an intensifying trade war with China and the fight against climate change have together reshaped supply chains, labour markets and consumer preferences. Wars in Ukraine and Gaza have aggravated geopolitical tensions and worsened the strains on the global trading system.”
@TheEconomist

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.

The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no.

Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.

You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.

Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others.

Be civilized.

Credit: Ira Byock.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

JUST IN: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez says part of the reason she has a Tesla and not a different electric car is because a vaccine had not come out yet when she purchased the Tesla.

Socialists just aren't the brightest people.

The comment came after AOC was called out for owning a non-union made car.

"Our car was purchased during the pandemic, before a vaccine had come out," AOC proudly said, attempting to explain that other cars weren’t available at that time.

Just keep the Tesla, @AOC.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Beautiful 60-day timelapse of a bird building a nest and raising her kids until they fly away from home. This is the magic of life.

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

“Sex is not the same as gender.”

But it’s not your gender that gives you the physique to tower over woman athletes & break their swimming records. It’s your sex. It’s not your undressed gender that upsets women in changing rooms. It’s your sex.

You can’t eat your cake & have it.

[Rob Smith @robsmithonline]

And note how they frame the detransitioning as a result of “hateful rhetoric” (presumably from those evil Conservatives).

When the detrans dam breaks - and it is breaking - this is the narrative that will be pushed.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Tomorrow will be the first sunrise of the rest of ur life – make it what u want

[Mohamed Enieb @its_menieb]

@elonmusk They’re worried about the wrong thing

[Adriano 🚀 @AdrianoinJapan]

Elon Musk in 2021:

- He paid $11 billion in taxes, the highest tax bill ever in history.

- He gave $5 billion to charity, one of the highest if not the highest single charity donation in history.

Where are Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders now?

@elonmusk

[Rose De la Heria @rosedlh]

@BetteMidler 🤣🤣🤣