Rich Posson
@richposson.bsky.social
I have a podcast "the Critical Point" on markets and the economy, plus society, climate. I use a business cycle model that follows and time the largest repetitive move per decade to intra-year. Stock market rallies +400% per decade criticalpointpod.com
pecan yes
I know it's not Thanksgiving but I am still thankful for leftover pecan pie.
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
pecan yes
Did you know
Did you know? #Canada
The song American Woman was written in 1969 and sung by a Canadian band named the Guess Who and remained #1 on the US Billboard charts for 3 weeks in 1970.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqf...
The song American Woman was written in 1969 and sung by a Canadian band named the Guess Who and remained #1 on the US Billboard charts for 3 weeks in 1970.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqf...
guess who- american woman
YouTube video by theghost9000
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Did you know
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The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
If you don't like abortion don't have one, don't tell someone else what to do.
An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
It’s Time To Scrap Zimbabwe’s Outdated Abortion Law - Molokele ⋆ Pindula News
Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe. Molokele made the comments at a ...
news.pindula.co.zw
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you don't like abortion don't have one, don't tell someone else what to do.
McClain== poor decision
If McClain took an oath “to the commander-in-chief”, she took the wrong one. 🤡
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
McClain== poor decision
Bozo
Hey bozo, the average pay is higher in blue states than red states. Did you think of that? Stop this plutocratic gaslighting.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Bozo
Basic right
Republicans have a million ideas regarding health care. Except one.
They will never acknowledge that health care is a human right — to be guaranteed to ALL.
They will never acknowledge that health care is a human right — to be guaranteed to ALL.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Basic right
The wealthy are so out of touch. Move to lower inflation?
Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The wealthy are so out of touch. Move to lower inflation?
Correct. It is greed.
Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Correct. It is greed.
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A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
No best interest with AI
Is AI inherently bad? Of course not.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?
Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?
I doubt it.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
No best interest with AI
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If the King of England can strip his ‘blue-blooded’ brother of a royal title because of the Epstein scandal, then Harvard University can strip Larry Summers of his tenured professorship.
My latest post.
open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
My latest post.
open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
Larry Summers and the Hunger Games
Who remembers the food shock of 2005-2008? Just another global policy disaster from then Treasury Secretary Summers.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If the King of England can strip his ‘blue-blooded’ brother of a royal title because of the Epstein scandal, then Harvard University can strip Larry Summers of his tenured professorship.
My latest post.
open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
My latest post.
open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
Yes. And, I wrote of this in Notes from a Napkin Nov issue at criticalpointpod.com. Pace of rise of the stock market was extreme relative to its history.
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yes. And, I wrote of this in Notes from a Napkin Nov issue at criticalpointpod.com. Pace of rise of the stock market was extreme relative to its history.
10 months
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
10 months
Agree pay more. Lower US CEO pay.
I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Agree pay more. Lower US CEO pay.
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I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
Undermining
YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Undermining
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WSJ: “.. Can we even build all the necessary physical infrastructure? And if so, will the resulting AI-powered products generate enough revenue to pay back that investment?”
@wsj.com 🤡
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when...
@wsj.com 🤡
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when...
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
WSJ: “.. Can we even build all the necessary physical infrastructure? And if so, will the resulting AI-powered products generate enough revenue to pay back that investment?”
@wsj.com 🤡
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when...
@wsj.com 🤡
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when...
Bessent dodged Medicare tax
NYT: “.. Through that structure, Mr. Bessent avoided paying roughly $910,000 in Medicare taxes on money he made running his hedge fund in 2021, 2022 and 2023 ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Bessent dodged Medicare tax
Tariffs raise prices. Cost consumers.
Prices aren't coming down. Trump lied. They started going up as soon as he took the wheel.
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Tariffs raise prices. Cost consumers.
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The 98 handle on bitcoin is a problem.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The 98 handle on bitcoin is a problem.
AI taking over your life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtk...
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
AI taking over your life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtk...
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Lowest Naz volume since 9/4
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Lowest Naz volume since 9/4
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the fuck
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
the fuck
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November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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