Category: 2018 Lifestyle

Update – Car

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Update – Car

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update – Awesome

2 and a half years ago I started making a Johnny 5 replica. The progress has been slow, but due to the lockdown and various bad things happening in my life I’ve focused on this to escape. Today I got him standing and it’s been the first time I’ve felt happy in many many months.

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Update – Breaking News

Despite escalating protests in cities across the country over the killing of George Floyd, stocks have continued to rally—showing a sharp disconnect between markets and the economy—as investors look past the civic unrest and bet on a successful economic reopening from coronavirus shutdowns.

Stocks are rallying—even after several days of escalating protests across the country—because the market is blind to social justice, CNBC anchor Jim Cramer said on Monday. “The market has no conscience,” he added. “Investors are simply trying to make money.” That’s just the nature of the stock market, Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial, similarly told CNBC. “The market always seems heartless,” he said, adding “The algorithms almost certainly have no shred of empathy.”

Some key facts.

The stock market is moving higher on optimism about reopening the economy in spite of a perfect storm of bleak developments, including the global coronavirus pandemic, record unemployment numbers and often violent upheaval over racial inequality. 

Amid escalating protests, the S&P 500 is still up over 1% so far this week—and up almost 3% since the unrest began on May 26.

The market’s subdued reaction to widespread protests over the death of George Floyd is “consistent with the very sharp disconnect between markets and the economy,” Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser for Allianz, told the Financial Times.

A crucial factor lifting stocks in 2020 is the unprecedented intervention of the Federal Reserve to support the economy: The Central Bank has injected nearly $3 trillion into financial markets since the end of February.

The Fed has enacted a slew of emergency initiatives including rate cuts, lending programs and credit facilities that are giving investors reassurance the Central Bank will step in to save the financial system if needed. 

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

If protests continue for longer than expected and cause more economic damage in cities, that could pose a threat to the market’s recent rally, investors say. Not only that, consumer confidence (a key driver of stock market performance) could be pressured by continued civil unrest, warned RBC Capital Markets. Some analysts are also worried about President Trump’s warning that he would send in the military to help quell protests, while others fear that large groups of protesters could lead to a second wave of coronavirus infections. “Not only does the violence and damage to property hinder the reopening of the economy, but it surely also creates a hotbed for renewed infection,” Robert Carnell, head of Asia-Pacific research at ING, toldthe Times.

CRUCIAL QUOTE

“As painful as this is right now, it hasn’t gotten to the point where it changes the market’s outlook for a recovery—it’s that simple,” says Freeman. The protests are “not viewed as significant from an earnings standpoint, and that’s ultimately what the market comes back to” time and time again. The only way to justify current price levels, he adds, is that “the market isn’t looking at 2020, but instead ahead to 2021 and beyond that.”

TANGENT

The market has pushed through turmoil in recent decades as well, Nicholas Colas, cofounder of DataTrek Research, noted in a report. Stocks still posted gains in 1999, after President Bill Clinton was impeached, and in 2011 during the Occupy Wall Street protests. “What matters to markets right now is how/when the U.S. economy restarts from Covid Crisis shutdowns,” Colas argues. “If protests or political spillover start to hurt consumer confidence, that would spell lower stock prices.”

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Update – Rapper

We saw the Poppy H interview yesterday, and now here is Lil Twist‘s interview with DJ Demi Lobo for Dash Radio.

During their 20-minute conversation, Twizzy shares the story of how he got signed to Young Money after the second Lil Wayne concert in his hometown, as well reveals his Young Carter 2project will be 14 songs long and include features from Wayne, Chris Brown, HoodyBaby, Jay Jones, and Poppy H.

Twist also spoke on quarantining in Dallas with his mother, going to jail, Young Mula helping him with money throughout his sentence, an upcoming fashion line, his relationship with Weezy, filming “Growing Up Hip-Hop”, and much more. Hit the jump to check out the full interview!

Back on February 2nd of this year during Big Game Weekend, Lil Wayne hosted a party at LIV nightclub in Miami, Florida.

During his appearance, Weezy chilled at the event with his homies including Jermaine Dupri and also performed live with 2 Chainz on the podium.

You can check out some footage and photos of Tunechi at LIV in Miami earlier this year, courtesy of Timothy N. Tierney, after the jump below!

During their interview, Poppy H spoke on being a new member of Young Mula, how he got connected to the record label, how mind-blowing it was when he met Lil Wayne in the studio for the first time, Wayne telling him to always keep yourself relevant when being in a group, “Lil Weezyana Fest“, being blood cousins to Reginae Carter and Toya Wright, why he moved to Los Angeles, and much more.

The New Orleans rapper also confirmed that Young Money have been working on a new project that they will be dropping at some point in the future. You can check out his full 15-minute conversation in the video after the jump below!

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Update – Anime & Manga

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Update – Marvel & DC

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Update – Rock N Roll

A-Yeon is a Korean drummer who has taken the world by storm with her heavy metal covers of Metallica.

She is the drummer for the Korean band Bebop, she is the most popular member since the band debuted in 2014.

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Update – Footwear

After recently releasing as part of Reebok’s “Pride Pack,” the Instapump Fury OG is back once again — pumping up its temperature with a sweltering “Scarlet/Toxic Yellow” colorway. The high heat style aptly plays into designer Steven Smith‘s stripped-back ethos, letting each piece of the construction talk to craft a compelling conversation around this summertime style.

The Reebok Instapump Fury “Scarlet/Toxic Yellow” is available now via retailers like atmos, and is priced at ¥18,000 JPY (approximately $167 USD).

Reebok Instapump Fury “Scarlet/Toxic Yellow”

Release Date

June 01, 2020 – 12:00 am EST (TBC) 

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