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Dave   To form the government… the Sadrists are moving to gather 180 seats, including representatives from the coordination framework

Dave   politics breaking thoracic mass Shiite coordination framework majority government 2021-11-21 06:17A-AA+

Shafaq News/ An informed political source revealed, on Sunday, a move by the Sadrist movement to gather 180 seats in the Iraqi parliament to form the next government.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, “The negotiating delegation of the Sadrist movement moved the Kurdish and Sunni parties to collect 180 seats in the House of Representatives in preparation for the formation of a national majority government in the next stage.”

He added that “the Sadrist movement now has 75 seats instead of 73, in addition to the fact that there are five independent candidates close to the movement, bringing the total number of their seats to 80.”

The source added, “The Kurdish Democratic Parties and the Patriotic Union own up to 50 seats, while the Progress Party, along with the independents close to it, have up to 40 seats in the next parliament,” noting that “there are 10 deputies from the coordinating framework that may join this movement during the coming period.”

The source explained, “The Sadrists now own up to 180 seats, and this is a prelude to the formation of a national majority government,” stressing that “this move and the new alliance led by the Sadrist movement will be announced after the Federal Court ratifies the election results.”    LINK

Dave   well either the election was rigged or we just may see a Govt that may be able to achieve quorum and get stuff done fer the first time EVER.......

Zig   @TWW: Hi...Tell us something good!!....lol

Dave   Commission for Euphrates News: Announcing the final results will not exceed this week and reopening the sorting stations

Dave   {Political: Al Furat News} The Electoral Commission announced that the final results of the parliamentary elections will be announced soon.

A member of the media team of the Commission said that the agency received {Euphrates News}, that “six appeals changed some results, and we are waiting for the results of the rest of the appeals, but the announcement of the final results will not exceed this week.”

He pointed out, “The stations are reopened by order of the judiciary in the counting and sorting center, and tomorrow we will issue a clarification statement on that.”   Raghad Daham   LINK

Dave   looks like we are going to get 2 more major storms this week......much of the region cut off ...no roads electricity ........ (Canada)

Dave   can only purchase 7 gallons of gas....if you can find it........grocery stores running out of food

UNEEK   Soon... A Ministerial Delegation Will Visit Geneva To Discuss Iraq's Accession To The World Trade Organization

Monday, November 22, 2021 8:01 PM Baghdad/National News Center Today, Monday, the Ministry of Commerce revealed an upcoming visit of its minister to Geneva to discuss Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization, while noting that Iraq needs to pass laws and legislation to support its position internationally.

The official spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Muhammad Hanoun, told the official agency, followed by the “National News Center”: “The Ministry of Trade is mobilizing its efforts towards Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and its minister and at the head of a government delegation will go to Geneva next week to reach an agreement with European trade ministers and European countries.” about joining.

UNEEK   He stressed that "we look forward to finalizing the file of Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization soon," noting that "the accession process is complex and includes many great conditions."

He pointed out that "Iraq needs to pass laws and legislation on many topics, including the economy, customs, and other required details and controls."

He explained, "The Ministry of Commerce has prepared an integrated file, and we hope to discuss it with the European side with the aim of joining the organization." https://nnciraq.com/103869/

TWW   Zig not at this time. I alrady sent the link abt Biden removing Judy Shelton.

UNEEK   What Would You Pay?   By Donna Freedman Updated on 01-01-19

If you could turn back time, how much would you be willing to pay for the privilege? A company called Bid On Equipment surveyed 2,000 people to ask how much they would pay to go back in time and experience particular moments.

Most of those snapshots of time were related to music, sports, pop culture, and history. The average prices people were willing to pay for these categories ranged from $639 to $39,334.

UNEEK   A few examples:

$4,991 to attend a Tupac Shakur concert

$5,114 to watch the 1975 Muhammad Ali-George Frazier fight

$7,103 to experience the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

$11,757 to be at the premiere of ‘Star Wars’

​$26,896 to hear the Gettysburg Address

​The final category, “Personal,” listed 10 magic moments such as your first kiss, attending the prom, getting married, or the day your first child was born. Compared to the other four categories, the virtual price tags here started noticeably higher ($2,540) and topped out at $100,622.

UNEEK   People were willing to pay more to attend their high school graduations ($6,246) than to attend concerts by late great musicians like Johnny Cash ($3,102), Prince ($4,072), Elvis Presley ($4,472), or Tupac Shakur ($4,991).

They valued the simple joy of reliving their first kiss ($12,630) more than big events like Beyonce’s World Formation Tour ($2,389), the Red Sox breaking the curse ($2,782), or being on the set of the “Friends” series finale ($5,731).

UNEEK   Interestingly, the chance to see historical events rated quite high as well, ranging from $5,340 to $39,334. While some of these happened long ago (the signing of the Declaration of Independence), others occurred within living memory (Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech and the 1969 moon landing).

Inattention Can Cost Us

How does this relate to personal finance? While no one is really able to hop into a time machine and revisit the past, plenty of us would be willing to pay for the opportunity if it presented itself – and it’s the personal and history-making moments that we seem to value the most in hindsight.

A couple of decades from now, will you be lamenting all the unboxing videos you could have watched on YouTube, or wishing you’d spent more time with family and friends?

UNEEK   Will you regret not having hung out with your significant other or your kids in a screen-free environment, playing board games or having actual conversations, or will you sigh over the many thousands of additional dollars you could have spent to drink overpriced beer and watch millionaire athletes run a ball back and forth?

Once the kiss has happened and the child has been born, how much of our time do we spend being absent from our own lives? Too often the fear of missing out keeps us racing from Big Thing to Next Big Thing, worried that some important experience might escape us.

And going back to history for a moment: A whole lot of it gets made all around us, with our without our participation. From a local city council race to a divisive national election, from a regional rally for civil rights to millions massing on the National Mall, none of it can happen without citizen involvement. When we let other citizens do all the work, we forget that our voices matter.

UNEEK   Focus on What Matters to YOU

A reader of my personal blog said she once entered a restaurant and saw a family arranged around a table, heads bowed in prayer. “How nice,” she thought. “They’re giving thanks for what they have.”

Then she took a closer look. Every person at the table was looking down at a smartphone. If they’re that screen-addicted in public, imagine what “togetherness” must feel like at home.

We can’t go back in time, but we can pay attention to the time we have. Rather than veg out in front of small or large screens, or spend most of our non-work hours occupying ourselves with ever-more-costly experiences, perhaps we can think more about actually living the lives we have.

UNEEK   Nothing wrong with a bit of entertainment. But you don’t have to try every single thing that comes along! Ever find yourself saying, “Well, I guess,” when someone suggests an activity you aren’t really that excited about trying?

​It’s really OK to say, “Thanks for inviting me! But I think I’ll skip the stained-glass night/laser tag/pub crawl/dodge-ball session/karaoke/ceramic painting/scarf-dyeing/escape room/whatever.”

Might you miss out on a fun time with friends? Could be. Here’s what else you might miss: Being frustrated because you didn’t feel like painting, dodging, or singing, yet here you are spending $50 because someone else decided it would be fun.

When we spend our time keeping up – with the Joneses, the Kardashians, or even just the sibling who has season tickets for everything – then we then we can’t really call our lives our own. We run the risk of winding up overscheduled, overstimulated, and over-budget.

UNEEK   There’s always going to be a new sensation. Just don’t chase it at the literal expense of the things that matter to you. Otherwise, you might find yourself wondering where the time went, and wishing you could get some of it back.

That’s the ultimate price we pay for inattention – and until someone builds a Wayback Machine, our hearts will feel as empty as our bank accounts.

Award-winning journalist and veteran personal finance writer Donna Freedman is the author of “Your Playbook for Tough Times: Living Large on Small Change, for the Short Term or the Long Haul” and “Your Playbook for Tough Times, Vol. 2: Needs AND Wants Edition.”

​UNEEK   https://www.thesimpledollar.com/financial-wellness/

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