That’s all fine, I just wish they would have killed the rest of the Nazis first.
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This guy is a leader of a what?
I love how Democrats think the things BLM and Antifa did was ok. It’s ok because it was a group of Democrats committing the crimes. Classic Democrat hypocrisy.
I’m not surprised that you’re missing the reference, but he’s referring to the 1930’s antifa movement in Europe. You know, the anti-fascists.
No, I didn’t miss anything. I’m talking about Democrats not having a problem with the 2017-2020 group of idiots who called themselves “antifa.” However, I’m not surprised you missed that. Strange that they have gone away since there is a Democrat President. Makes you wonder why they suddenly went away.
It’s possible possible to disapprove of those actions (burning and looting), which is the case with everybody I know, while still understanding why the people committing the acts might have felt that they had no other way to get their message across.
And maybe the burning and looting have stopped because we’re starting to see some accountability for out-of-control police. Just a thought.
And there it is. Excuses made for the Democrat criminals involved. Had they have been Republicans, your story would have been completely different.
Zero excuses for this. “Oh I’m mad about the police. I’m going to steal myself a new pair of shoes and some Funyuns from this business we set on fire and vandalized to prove a point.” Makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it?
The economy beat jobs expectations, again, this month, by more than 25%. The unemployment rate was expected to rise but instead it fell to 3.4%. So, yesterday, the Fed jacked up interest rates again, because the only way they think they can control inflation is by loosening the job market by forcing employers to lay off workers (or go bust).
Meanwhile, the inflation that is stubbornly hanging around is mostly down to profiteering, as companies continue to report record profits. They aren’t going to fire people while they’re killing it, so we have an impasse that the Fed seems dead set on jacking up interest rates until the economy reaches a breaking point. They actively desire millions of people to be thrown out of work.
That trick only works when inflation is driven by labor costs. This inflation isn’t, but to recognize that by employing monetary policy that would act on price gouging would mean putting a dent in all that sweet, sweet - often tax free - corporate profit.
This interview of Larry Summers by Jon Stewart explains it a lot better than me.
The courts seem to have had enough of Trump’s shit. It’s only taken them a few decades, but…
For example: the judge in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit has been trying to get a yes or no answer from Joey Tapioca about whether Trump will actually take the stand. Yesterday, Joey confirmed (finally) that Trump would not. Also yesterday, Trump gave an interview from a golf course in Ireland where he said he was cutting his trip short to get back to NY to “confront” Carroll.
Everyone can see this coming from a mile away. Trump will land back in NY today, be barred from testifying because the defense has already rested, and then use this as an excuse to claim the court has been “very unfair to Trump”. Importantly, “everyone” who can see this coming includes the judge.
The judge here pressed Tapioca repeatedly that he was sure that Trump didn’t want to testify. Tapioca assured the judge that this was the case. I don’t know whether the judge had already seen the Trump statement about his impending return, but he very smartly offered the defense a window of until Sunday to change their mind, leaving Tapioca standing there with his pants around his ankles.
I’m not really disagreeing with your point about corporate profits, but isn’t it a bit simplistic to portray the Fed’s action as simply going after wage inflation? Aren’t their other goals imbedded in raising rates?
There may be some positive side-effects to raising interest rates for some people, but all the reporting I have seen points to the Fed saying they are doing this to curb inflation.
They’re doing it to curb inflation across the board, wage inflation is one input. It’s not all that difficult to understand why global inflation is a thing now - the war in Ukraine is disruptive to core staples, sudden demand for things that weren’t being produced in the usual quantity during the pandemic, the death of millions of workers and increased resistance of many millions more to return to work post-pandemic.
It’s well understood that when the cost of money increases, the economy cools. Nowhere is it written as an immutable economic law that as wildly profitable companies’ profits decline slightly they are obligated to rid themselves of employees.
No, I realize it’s to curb inflation, but not solely aimed at wage inflation. Basically, just to temper inflation by reducing demand for goods, thru car loans, mortgage rates and other lending rates.
The only way to curb or reduce increased labor costs is to loosen the labor market, which means having more people looking for work than there are jobs available. It only works if unemployment increases.
Not much can be done about supply shortages - certainly in the short term - but that and profiteering are driving 70-80% of inflation. So even if rate hikes can somehow flatten labor costs without throwing people out on the street, you’ve still got 70-80% of the problem you started with.
That’s just trading inflation for a banking windfall. The money is coming out of our pockets either way.
Which is why one should always keep in mind George Carlin’s statement: “It’s a big club and you ain’t in it”.
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Exhibit B: The judge in Manhattan DA’s case against Trump has slapped him with a gag order. He’s not allowed to comment on anyone involved in the case nor any information he may become privy to during discovery.
He’ll breach that order early and often. It’ll be interesting to see the court’s reaction when he does.
Update us on the Joe/Hunter Biden cases.
We’d all heard it was a shit show. It had to be. But actually seeing it is quite another thing.
Here’s a clip from the deposition of the star witness for the plaintiff: the defendant.
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1654572089154707456
And here he is famously confusing E. Jean Carroll for his second wife Marla Maples. You can hear the defense attorney leaping all over the gaff to make sure that it gets recorded properly. You can also see Trump’s attorney stepping in to coach the witness in real time.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1654544896802406402
What I hadn’t appreciated from the above clip is that the photo is of him and Ivana meeting Carroll. Yet he looks at it and sees Marla Maples. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Mass shooting in Atlanta. Sorry, did I say Atlanta? That was Wednesday. Today’s mass shooting is at a mall in Annapolis.