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The Government, Media, Corporations and Institutions Constantly Lying to the Public Continue to Wonder Why The Public No Longer Trusts Them
An inflation gauge that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.8% in June from a year ago, the biggest increase in four decades, and leaving Americans with no relief from surging costs. Friday's government figures underscored the persistence of the inflation that is eroding Americans' purchasing power, dimming their confidence in the economy and threatening Democrats in Congress in the run-up to the November midterm elections. On a month-to-month basis, prices rose 1% from May to June, faster than the 0.6% rise from April to May and the biggest such jump since 2005. A separate government report Friday reinforced the fact that the economy remains gripped by inflation pressures. A measure of employees' wages, excluding government workers, jumped 1.6% in the April-June quarter, matching a record high reached last fall. Higher wages can fuel inflation if companies pass their higher labor costs on to their customers, as they typically do. The government also reported Friday that consumer spending managed to just outpace inflation last month, rising 0.1% from May to June after adjusting for price changes. Consumer spending, the main driver of the economy, has weakened in the face of high inflation. But for now, it's still helping fuel inflation, with demand still strong for services, ranging from airline tickets and hotel rooms to restaurant meals and autos. Many retail and consumer goods chains, though, say inflation is squeezing shoppers and limiting how far their money goes -- a sign that consumer spending could further weaken. ... Inflation has been rising so fast that despite the pay raises many workers have received, most consumers are falling behind the pace of cost-of-living expenses. High inflation and interest rates are also hampering the U.S. economy, which shrank in the April-June quarter for a second straight quarter, intensifying fears that a recession is looming.It's looming so much it is in fact already present.
Two quarters of declining growth meet an informal rule of thumb for when a recession begins...You don't say?
...although robust hiring suggests that the economy still maintains pockets of strength and isn't yet in a downturn.Sure, super robust hiring. Glenn Reynolds has a wild theory about why people have this irrational distrust of government and other formerly trust institutions: It's because they're not worthy of trust.
Why don't Americans trust the government and other institutions? Maybe it's because the government and other institutions aren't trustworthy. There's certainly plenty of evidence for both the lack of trust and the lack of trustworthiness. And if the trend continues, it bodes poorly for America. The news is bad on the lack of trust. A recent University of Chicago Institute of Politics poll found that a majority of Americans think that the government is "corrupt and rigged against people like me." Two-thirds of Republicans and independents felt that way, but things weren't much better among liberals, 51% of whom agreed. So this isn't the usual sour grapes from the party out of power -- it's a general sentiment. Why do people feel that way? Well, that's a real poser, but I'm going to offer a suggestion: They feel that way because they've noticed that the government is corrupt and rigged against people like them. Those in government live in a world of revolving doors and no consequences. Fail in protecting or serving the public? You'll likely get off scot-free and land in a cushy private-sector position after your "public service" is over. Then, next time your party is in power, you'll likely move back into another government position that will set you up for an even cushier private-sector job later. Did you champion a policy that failed spectacularly, spread misery around the globe or got people killed? No matter! The chance that you'll face anything worse than a critical op-ed is tiny. As Peggy Noonan says, our society is divided into the "protected" class, which makes policies, and the "unprotected" class that has to live with the policies and their consequences. Your kids may lose their jobs because of green-energy policies; the protected class' kids will find lucrative positions as green-energy consultants or private-equity partners. Inflation makes food and gas expensive? You'll feel it, but they will barely notice. War overseas? Their kids won't be the ones fighting. And they've become shameless. Note this week's effort to redefine recession before Thursday's bad gross-domestic-product announcement. Previously, as investment expert Jeffrey Carter notes, a recession meant two consecutive quarters (six months) of economic decline. Now it means . . . something else. What else? Whatever is convenient. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen went on TV and said that even if this quarter's numbers print negative (they did), it's not a recession because . . . well, just because. As Carter says, "She's wrong. She knows it. Plus, she told a pretty big fib for a political spin and didn't do it convincingly. " When asked to define a recession, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre wouldn't be specific but said we're not in one. Or even in a "pre-recession," whatever that is. Other administration mouthpieces claimed it won't count as a recession until the National Bureau of Economic Research pronounces it one, a year or more after the fact. (And conveniently after the midterms, too.)
Nancy Pelosi in July 2008: The “technical definition of recession” is two quarters of negative growth pic.twitter.com/JNhzNbgTXa
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 29, 2022
"A recession is two quarters in a row of negative growth."
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) July 28, 2022
-- President Clinton, Dec. 19, 2000 pic.twitter.com/h04jcPX7P3
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:02 PM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at July 29, 2022 02:02 PM (HIjlU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at July 29, 2022 02:03 PM (LvTSG)
Otherwise it's just sparkling economic downturn.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 29, 2022 02:03 PM (6yQ3Y)
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So...we've hit the pre-covid employment numbers (plus population growth), right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at July 29, 2022 02:04 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: 496 at July 29, 2022 02:04 PM (VJsqe)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 29, 2022 02:05 PM (D8mow)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 29, 2022 02:05 PM (6yQ3Y)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 29, 2022 02:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:06 PM (mp7ix)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 29, 2022 02:06 PM (AW0uW)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 29, 2022 02:07 PM (89T5c)
Tough part is they have been sucking since at least the 1990s.
Posted by: Catherine at July 29, 2022 02:07 PM (ZSsrh)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 29, 2022 02:06 PM (AW0uW)
Get it now, before it becomes worthless Weimer marks!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 29, 2022 02:07 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at July 29, 2022 02:07 PM (MDJ/M)
Posted by: kallisto at July 29, 2022 02:07 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 29, 2022 02:07 PM (rJ48h)
- Unemployment is back to pre COVID levels.
- A lot of the job gains are people taking second jobs
- Retired people are taking jobs because their fixed income isn't enough to live.
That's before we get to some of the local food bank numbers, which are greatly increased.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 29, 2022 02:07 PM (ZeDNp)
Posted by: mikethemoose at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (T/vhV)
A depression is when you lose your job.
A recovery is when Biden loses his job.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (gbzeC)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (mp7ix)
Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (yikp0)
Posted by: Dr. Jill Biden at July 29, 2022 02:09 PM (a3Q+t)
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So...we've hit the pre-covid employment numbers (plus population growth), right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at July 29, 2022 02:04 PM (LvTSG)
Think we're still a bit shy.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:09 PM (b2nrj)
>>>It's because they're not worthy of trust.
Well, that's just insane rantings of a mad man.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 29, 2022 02:09 PM (U3uv2)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 29, 2022 02:10 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 29, 2022 02:10 PM (D8mow)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 29, 2022 02:10 PM (P6j3m)
Posted by: Hunter Bidet, Crack Pilot at July 29, 2022 02:10 PM (7DYli)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (ZLI7S)
Going Galt?
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 29, 2022 02:10 PM (U3uv2)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 29, 2022 02:11 PM (yikp0)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:11 PM (eGTCV)
We joke about not the reading the content, but you really should try to every once and a while Andy.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 29, 2022 02:11 PM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:11 PM (mp7ix)
Oh, and just to make sure West Virginians publicly take it on the squeak hole, Manchin got them a new tax on coal. Suckers.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (ZeDNp)
Posted by: AoSHQ News Bureau at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (a3Q+t)
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With kilts and knee socks. Me so horney.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (D8mow)
Posted by: mikethemoose
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Wiki has not been reliable for years as hackivists and unaccountable admins have captured it. These people do no productive work but simply squat on a page and prevent unfavorable to teh narrative edits or allow friendly edits.
Even a co-founder of Wikipedia claims that it has lost its way.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (lTGtQ)
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At least I didn't get El Greco and Goya confused!
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (yikp0)
Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (yikp0)
Leftists can't do shit right. Even under their new definition, we are in a recession.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (U3uv2)
Posted by: exdem13 at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (W+kMI)
Otherwise it's just sparkling economic downturn.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 29, 2022 02:03 PM
We're getting Reimed.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (RkC6l)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:13 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: Eromero at July 29, 2022 02:13 PM (gktX6)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 29, 2022 02:13 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 29, 2022 02:13 PM (oWBc3)
Otherwise it's just sparkling economic downturn.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 29, 2022 02:03 PM
We're getting Reimed.
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Vere Dun.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 29, 2022 02:13 PM (D8mow)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (WsJuq)
Oh, and just to make sure West Virginians publicly take it on the squeak hole, Manchin got them a new tax on coal. Suckers.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (ZeDNp)
I believe Manchin decided he's never going to run for office again, and held out until he got a mega-million payoff, presumably waiting for him on some small Caribbean island.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: exdem13 at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (W+kMI)
He can do a lot better than quoting Peggy Noonan.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (mp7ix)
Posted by: Dem and MSM strategy meeting at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (PJRzw)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (63Dwl)
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With kilts and knee socks. Me so horney.
Well...ok...I'm looking at their previously unknown ability to deal with "problems"
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (P6j3m)
Posted by: JackStraw
They are only hiring part time, so they don't have to offer medical benefits. More people are working two or more jobs now than at any time in US history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 29, 2022 02:15 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: mikethemoose at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (T/vhV)
"This article is completely in ruin and an Admin must step in to correct this."
There is a full-blown war on Wikipedia about the changing definitions of 'recession'. They've locked the editing until this can get resolved.
https://is.gd/fecfoz
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 29, 2022 02:15 PM (Ayh4D)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 29, 2022 02:16 PM (/W+oS)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 29, 2022 02:16 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Dem and MSM strategy meeting at July 29, 2022 02:14 PM (JCZqz)
75 years of being told that Republicans are out-of-touch, heartless, racist elitists. Narratives work.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 29, 2022 02:16 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: ryukyu at July 29, 2022 02:16 PM (4n6fw)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:17 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: JackStraw
They are only hiring part time, so they don't have to offer medical benefits. More people are working two or more jobs now than at any time in US history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 29, 2022 02:15 PM (lTGtQ)
Thanks Obama. If we really do see interest rate normalization, insurance rates ought to come down over time though.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:17 PM (b2nrj)
Something like that. The service industry in general is having a hard time finding people who want to go back to waiting tables and the like after the virus lockdowns. Pretty rare around here to see a business that doesn't have a help wanted sign.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 29, 2022 02:17 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:17 PM (eGTCV)
>>>It's because they're not worthy of trust.
Well, that's just insane rantings of a mad man.
Posted by: Comrade flounder
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Actually there was a pretty important dialogue in APSR during the 70's over it in the aftermath of Watergate, Vietnam, Church Cmte, stagflation, etc. Using survey data, the question was whether the decline in trust in government would lead to revolution or not. At the time, a researcher Jack Citrin, found using additional survey responses for context, the lack of trust was for the people running the government but not the system itself. Thus, policy failures drove the lack of trust in government in survey responses in the 70's but not in the system itself.
We may now be looking at a failure in trust for the system itself including liberals. The divide and conquer strategy by the elites of both parties to engorge themselves at the public trough and leave everyone else by the wayside might just be excessive enough that average people have had it.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:18 PM (CXr4y)
There is a full-blown war on Wikipedia about the changing definitions of 'recession'. They've locked the editing until this can get resolved.
https://is.gd/fecfoz
Words have meanings. Messing with meaning can only end badly.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 29, 2022 02:18 PM (P6j3m)
This economic mess is just getting started, families are trying to figure out how to tread water, and politicians cruise by in a Chinese lobbyist's enormous yacht and throw an anchor to them.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:18 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 29, 2022 02:16 PM
Orange.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2022 02:18 PM (RkC6l)
Posted by: Operation Warp Speed at July 29, 2022 02:18 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:17 PM (eGTCV)
He has the runs, in more ways than one !
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 29, 2022 02:19 PM (M+Lyo)
ZH had an article addressing this #butmuhhiring a few weeks back.
Turns out it isn't really robust job growth for new individuals in workplace participation.
Most of the hiring growth is driven by existing job holders taking second jobs.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 29, 2022 02:19 PM (c+nqc)
Posted by: JackStraw
**
Yep. When a McDonalds fry cook is starting at a wage similar to a Toyota technician that has five years of experience, things aren't heading in a good direction.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:19 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 29, 2022 02:19 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: kallisto at July 29, 2022 02:19 PM (dCxaZ)
I'm no Muldoon, but, I think it's, war.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 29, 2022 02:20 PM (P6j3m)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:17 PM (eGTCV)
He has the runs, in more ways than one !
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 29, 2022 02:19 PM (M+Lyo)
People think it's funny, but its really wet and runny
Posted by: Joe Bitem at July 29, 2022 02:20 PM (M+Lyo)
reimagining
Posted by: micky at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (3byMq)
https://tinyurl.com/yfpdrknt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (fL5aK)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 29, 2022 02:18 PM (P6j3m)
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all."
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (Ayh4D)
"It shows such strength and leadership! Spank me daddy Biden!"
--Legacy Media reporter
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (Ivdso)
https://tinyurl.com/yfpdrknt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (fL5aK)
If nothing else, I do like their chicken.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (b2nrj)
(it did get worse with Trump, not due to him, but in reaction to him)
Its a death spiral. We are in a flat spin and goose has to pull the ejection handle.
Posted by: Y'all know what happened to goose at July 29, 2022 02:22 PM (v3D+o)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:22 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 29, 2022 02:16 PM (/W+oS)
Maybe silver, if you make it a trochee
(glad to see you back)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 29, 2022 02:22 PM (xhaym)
Feels like final looting stage.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 29, 2022 02:22 PM (P6j3m)
This is the very definition of resession despite what that liar Biden says.
Posted by: vic /s at July 29, 2022 02:22 PM (mZwKe)
Which is saying something these days. Wait till next week, Tucker!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 02:22 PM (dNqv+)
By normal definition the recession starts when the contraction starts. We don't officially know it is a recession until two quarters in.
It is like a record snowstorm - it starts when the snow starts falling, but you don't know it's a record until it has accumulated.
Posted by: who am i at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (VUwnA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (KATBx)
==
Would've been pissed if I was behind him in the checkout line . . .
Posted by: just sayin at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (v3D+o)
It's crazy. We are trying to work with a US company, a solid company, that was offering us a flat price to do a partial assembly on our product. It is not complex work at all but pretty high volume.
The price they are offering now is double what they were asking pre lockdown and they claim it is 100% because of the increased labor charges they are paying for pretty unskilled labor.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (ZLI7S)
If it is proven that the vaxx is actually killing people and causing massive societal fertility issues, the public's fury is likely to be hotter than hell at the politicians, the public health/docs/hospitals, and big pharma.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (CXr4y)
As they're adding fractions of a point, the actual requirement to halt inflation will require adding something like 20 something percent. Not fractions of a percent.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (NWBBy)
Otherwise it's just sparkling economic downturn.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 29, 2022 02:03 PM
We're getting Reimed.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2022 02:12 PM (RkC6l)
They're all a bunch of loire-ers.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 29, 2022 02:24 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 29, 2022
Yes. And my voice is too small to master more than myself...but I'm watching.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 29, 2022 02:24 PM (P6j3m)
Or, perhaps in comparison, he IS.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (KATBx)
Carter was probably not trying to do it intentionally. They ARE.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 02:24 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: who am i at July 29, 2022 02:24 PM (VUwnA)
In those days, they didn't count government employees in general as "employed", nor the military. They sure as hell do now.
Notably, Farmers and Ranchers were not counted in official Unemployment figures either. That puts 25% in a whole new light.
I've often wondered what the true Unemployment numbers are in this country. There's about 90 Million people getting welfare in one form or another. Whether they actually have "A job" is immaterial.
Let's remove government employees, military, and anyone on welfare to get a truer picture of employment.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (sXPKk)
The other side of the equation is the birth rate which plummeted last year in nations who forced the shot on people.
Probably unrelated though. Just like all those sportsball players collapsing and dying on the field, it just happens. I mean not before but you gotta expect young men in peak physical condition at their most healthy to suddenly die.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (Ivdso)
LOL. Yep; But maybe he arranged to do it in off hours.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (fL5aK)
Posted by: whig
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You funny boy, we kill you last!
Posted by: Chinese Supervillain at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (7DYli)
_______________
New and Improved Tucker! Now with even more Directness and Outright Mockery!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: JackStraw
**
Yep. When a McDonalds fry cook is starting at a wage similar to a Toyota technician that has five years of experience, things aren't heading in a good direction.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:19 PM (1uEb/)
The wage price spiral will continue until alternative means of support (ie welfare and entitlements) are reduced in real value sufficiently to drive the reservation wage down enough to increase the labor supply. Most of what is consumed in any given year is produced by the existing work force, so a long-term decline in the labor force means a lower standard of living (offset potentially by advances in technology).
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (b2nrj)
George Orwell
Well, here we are!
Posted by: Jeff Gillooly at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (z9V4B)
*
Yep. The middle class has to be put in its place.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (1uEb/)
By normal definition the recession starts when the contraction starts. We don't officially know it is a recession until two quarters in.
It is like a record snowstorm - it starts when the snow starts falling, but you don't know it's a record until it has accumulated.
Posted by: who am i at July 29, 2022 02:23 PM (VUwnA)
Yup, I have a feeling when we're about 13 quarters into this thing, we won't be arguing anymore about whether two quarters equals a recession.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (NWBBy)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 29, 2022 02:05 PM (6yQ3Y)
HEY twinkles!
You heard the lady! Get yur ass up!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (anj39)
Posted by: whig
___
Doctors Said the Vaccine Was Safe
“We were just following orders,” the doctors will say when the truth comes out. Where have we heard that before?
https://tinyurl.com/36yzprst
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (ZsSGI)
And so it should be.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (fL5aK)
https://tinyurl.com/yfpdrknt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (fL5aK)
How much did 50k tickets cost? Probably could have divided it up for a funflation bonus
Posted by: A dude in MI at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (/6GbT)
I don't see why folks are concerned about a recession -- I loved recess!
-- Joe, (Re)living Large and In Charge
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (ZvxPV)
People don't trust the media, but they still consume their content and it still swings elections.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (V6f9+)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2022 02:18 PM
Ah, but what color is a green orange, Grasshopper?
Posted by: Master Pixy at July 29, 2022 02:27 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:27 PM (ZsSGI)
I've often wondered what the true Unemployment numbers are in this country. There's about 90 Million people getting welfare in one form or another. Whether they actually have "A job" is immaterial.
Let's remove government employees, military, and anyone on welfare to get a truer picture of employment.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 29, 2022 02:25 PM (sXPKk)
Employed in a productive capacity is a much more useful metric for estimating productivity. The conventional unemployment metric just looks at whether a subset of people who want a job, have a job.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:27 PM (b2nrj)
*waves hello*
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 29, 2022 02:28 PM (fs1hN)
for Joe and the Junta, on Recession they say, "Everyone we asked said we are not in a recession." In other words, the list of pet Leftist experts for a given topic.
They do not explicitly say "everyone we asked" but they never name or give a bean-count of any dissenters. Anyway, it's the way the Leftists play the game. Ask a question of so-called experts who you know are be all-aboard with your policies and lame excuses. Or simply tell them what to say, or tell them to sign a written propaganda paper for media consumption.
It is the Appeal to Authority logical fallacy.
Posted by: Gref at July 29, 2022 02:28 PM (AMIL/)
Great.
Now rich people even take away the off chance of winning the lottery.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 29, 2022 02:28 PM (c+nqc)
Posted by: Wally at July 29, 2022 02:28 PM (FJYfm)
Also I wonder if he got to write off the 50K ticket "business investment"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (fL5aK)
If I worked for that guy I would be constantly looking for a different job. What kind of CEO is that irresponsible with company money.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Unfortunately, network effects limit its spread and the number of people willing to write/edit/update articles for it. They had to begin though with Wikipedia as a base to start with. Brilliant conception on a shoestring budget with a more efficient search engine but chief ramrod of the project, Theodore Beale is a controversial figure on the Right that manages to even piss his potential allies off now and again. His kowtowing toward Putin and Xi recently has not helped.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (CXr4y)
They are only hiring part time, so they don't have to offer medical benefits. More people are working two or more jobs now than at any time in US history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 29, 2022 02:15 PM
That counts as two jobs created! Two jobs created, and -100% to the unemployment rate! Pretty soon, people will have to work three jobs, and unemployment will drop even more!
Posted by: Joe Biden's mouth, speaking poorly written words, processed by his addled brain at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (mp7ix)
“We were just following orders,” the doctors will say when the truth comes out. Where have we heard that before?
https://tinyurl.com/36yzprst
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (ZsSGI)
Just take your Paxlovid, citizen. It's totally safe, and will solve all your problems. Trust us. -
-Pfizer
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (NWBBy)
Posted by: Miklos, needing clarification at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (WBs1t)
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And president trump.
Already told the wife (M.D.) she needs to turn in her retirement papers in Jan. - year she turns 55.
They are going to have to screen patients through metal detectors in about six months.
Posted by: just sayin at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (6JLEB)
Posted by: Yanet Jellin at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM (j40lz)
https://tinyurl.com/yfpdrknt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:21 PM (fL5aK)
How much did 50k tickets cost? Probably could have divided it up for a funflation bonus
Posted by: A dude in MI at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (/6GbT)
Sounds like he bought one ticket per employee, so a few bucks per person?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (b2nrj)
I imagine this question would be banned on social media.
Posted by: Ripley at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (MxEKc)
Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 29, 2022 02:08 PM (yikp0)
Wait until they update the 'famine' page.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (llON8)
Biden flips them off and they return like dutiful minions. They are fools.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (PJRzw)
Otherwise it's just sparkling economic downturn.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 29, 2022 02:03 PM
don't worry, this won't be part of the official cannon.
It will be all written out of history and cleaned up in a sequel. My guess is that this will be called the Trump recession.
Posted by: who am i at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (VUwnA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (flINI)
Posted by: SMH
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I mentioned it last week, but one of my favorite Alabama players - 2021 superstar wide receiver John Metchie - announced he has leukemia. Whoopsie!
He also was part of a group of players doing PSAs to try and convince Alabama residents to get their vaxxines.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:31 PM (1uEb/)
“We were just following orders,” the doctors will say when the truth comes out. Where have we heard that before?
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The real conspirators will say, we have immunity and you were supposed to rely on your doctors advice (learned intermediary defense).
Its a fcukin op and Trump was the patsy.
Posted by: Pharma and (FDA CDC) at July 29, 2022 02:31 PM (6JLEB)
It really pisses me off that in the midst of all the personal anguish and financial hardship being endured by the American people all the fucking press can do is point out that OMG it might effect the party that caused this flaming clown car of doom in the next election.
Oh Noes!!
There's a million other ways they could highlight what this level of inflation is doing and will continue to do, but Ohmagerd the midterms.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 29, 2022 02:31 PM (MFphb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey
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None.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:31 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 29, 2022 02:31 PM (FVME7)
*waves hello*
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 29, 2022 02:28 PM (fs1hN)
High-grade veins of snark, and we
Posted by: Kindltot at July 29, 2022 02:32 PM (xhaym)
Just don't see that happening. The sheeple have bought into "the greater good" with regards to the jab.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 29, 2022 02:32 PM (Xrfse)
Much like the current administration, Sarah keeps redefining prosperity down. Her mockery is earned.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 29, 2022 02:32 PM (Bd6X8)
Significantly worse yes. With 18+ % real inflation, the contraction is probably closer to 5%.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:32 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: A dude in MI at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (/6GbT)
PowerBall Lotto in CA is $2, so I guess it depends on employee count. But if that turned into even just half a mil, he'd probably have some happy employees. I could also see him vanishing to some remote South Pacific island if it turned out to be a $64M winner.
Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at July 29, 2022 02:32 PM (zB/T/)
Posted by: Truck Monkey
Whisky.
I trust whisky.
Posted by: Roland THTG at July 29, 2022 02:33 PM (j40lz)
Unfortunately when it came to the shot, he's been more than a willing participant.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:33 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: SMH
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Many of those doctors may not be around much longer themselves as it appears the more shots of the vaxx, the worse it gets. Plus, we may see cancer deaths popping up in additional to cardiac deaths. THere is some suggestion in the data that the vaxx can revive past cancers into reactivation but it can take years for new cancers to pop up. That is why vaccines and medicines have such a long time line to approval is the risk of side effects.
To my mind, in 2024, we may be discussing the Vaxx as a major issue just as much as the economy. That is DJT's kryptonite right there as there is no doubt he not only funded it but also pushed it on people as a treatment post presidency.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:33 PM (CXr4y)
Almost everytime I hear a story now of someone having massive health issues after previously being healthy I wonder if it's the result of getting one shot or more(I know people can get diseases having not had a shot (I did) but too much of this is happening. I did a kind of exchange of vows service for two young people (It wasn't the legal kind but they wanted to do it for his grandmother who was dying) and in the premarital discussions it came up about how much they wanted to have a family, She's a pediatrician and had several shots required by the hospital she works at. I hope to God they can indeed have a family after those Covid shots.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:33 PM (fL5aK)
Posted by: 29Victor at July 29, 2022 02:33 PM (BJKQV)
Wait until they update the 'famine' page.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (llON
Reminder... every famine ever has always been a political problem, not a food shortage problem.
Always.
But we're going to start calling famine a result of climate change. Guaranteed.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (NWBBy)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (m7R0k)
Posted by: Truck Monkey
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I trust the institution of marriage.
Posted by: JLo at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (FJYfm)
Significantly worse yes. With 18+ % real inflation, the contraction is probably closer to 5%.
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18%? I'd love 18% real inflation. I'm guessing we're closer to 40%.
FWIW, I saw two six packs of Coca-Cola in the grocery store, on sale, at two for $14.98 last Sunday. That's over twice what they were this time last year.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (1uEb/)
"I sent them all a coupon for 50% off for a McRib!"
--former CEO from his Costa Rica mansion
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (Ivdso)
My own, for whatever that's worth.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (pRzWi)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (mp7ix)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (1uEb/)
Significantly worse yes. With 18+ % real inflation, the contraction is probably closer to 5%.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:32 PM (Ivdso)
Well if you want the full story, you'd also want it per capita. A fair amount of real gdp growth has traditionally been population growth. Positive real gdp per capita growth has typically been closer to 1% per year. A low or near zero real gdp growth is a declining standard of living.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:35 PM (b2nrj)
Recruiting goes on the fiscal year. We are in the fourth quarter with things standing at about 50%. Meanwhile about 20-25% of the force are finishing their enlistments and are getting out. This trend is national suicide.
By 2024 this country will not be able to protect itself much less any allies overseas.
Dangerous times ahead.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 29, 2022 02:35 PM (anj39)
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 02:35 PM (v0R5T)
Like a Retrograde Advance?
Posted by: Miklos, needing clarification at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM
"I used to say I have 0 faith in Democratic leadership I was wrong. I now have negative faith."
-- @DavidHogg111
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 29, 2022 02:35 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 29, 2022 02:35 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:35 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (flINI)
NAMBLA. They do what they say, and say what they do.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (NWBBy)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022
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Maybe. Tell him you won't wear a mask or get the clot shot, and see if he reacts like a Karen or like a sensible person.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM
I buy the 36 count eggs at Walmart. They've been $2.50/36 for the past couple of years. Last week 36 eggs were $9.20 at Walmart. This week, $10.03. For 36 eggs.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (pRzWi)
First move if I were president would be to FREAKING BRING HOME ALL THE TROOPS DOING EXTRALEGAL GROUND POUNDING IN LIKE 50 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
For the love of God why are we sending troops all over to every craphole on earth to die in some jungle for a corrupt government like they're agents of Hydra or something??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (Ivdso)
And they want to reduce the standard of living of the American working/middle class. They make no bones about this.
But...so the argument goes...it is to stave off disaster.
So one would expect, come election time, for Dems to be calling for $10 gas and then the people can decide if they believe them or not.
However, they know that they'll be crushed because no one believes them and while people will mouth a belief about global warming or whatever they are NOT willing to see their standards of living reduced.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:26 PM (ZsSGI)
I read the article and the author has one thing wrong: It's not the drug companies that will take the hit...Doctors are already being thrown under the bus for pushing the jabs.
Also, she seems to think that the docs were pushing the jabs due to the fact that they themselves submitted. This may be true in some cases, but many of the anti-jabbers related stories of doctors confiding in them, saying they would never get the jab nor would their children.
Posted by: kallisto at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (mp7ix)
Orwell never imagined there would be no need for a swarm of government censors.
Now we see the media and ordinary, devout citizens will censor the present, edit the past and enforce the party edicts for free.
And with much greater zeal than a mere employee.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (Xn549)
He could drop dead and the media would report his condition as "stable."
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 29, 2022 02:37 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:37 PM (fL5aK)
When two consecutive quarters of bank runs and bread lines occur.
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 02:37 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Truck Monkey
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None.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:31 PM
I can still trust Ace not to do that thing in my mouth again, right? He promised! After he puts up my shelves...
Posted by: Ewok hobo hooker, that Ace did that thing in her mouth once at July 29, 2022 02:37 PM (JCZqz)
By 2024 you say?
Hey watch me do donuts in this sweet Humvee you guy abandoned!
Posted by: The Taliban at July 29, 2022 02:37 PM (ESjRY)
Dangerous times ahead.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Oh well.
Last thing this junta should have is a strong military.
Seems the good Lord agrees.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:37 PM (ZsSGI)
First move if I were president would be to FREAKING BRING HOME ALL THE TROOPS DOING EXTRALEGAL GROUND POUNDING IN LIKE 50 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
For the love of God why are we sending troops all over to every craphole on earth to die in some jungle for a corrupt government like they're agents of Hydra or something??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:36 PM (Ivdso)
I'm sorry Christopher, I can't do that.
Posted by: Pentragram 9000 at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM (llON8)
As I've been saying, you can increase the interest rates all you want, but it won't tame this inflation. You can throw all the economics books and theories out the window. We are in a no-mans-land of economic conditions brought about by unprecedented levels of spending, fake money, years of government-enforced lockdowns, and a deliberate sabotage of a critical industry (oil and gas). There is no solution for this mess other than to ride it out.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: SMH
I dunno.
Posted by: Agent Orange and Burn Pits at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM (a3Q+t)
____________
Aren't you supposed to avoid being Winky Doo'd to protect from monkey-pox?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Not exactly. It means Turtle got fucked in the ass by Schumer's 24 inch spiked dildo.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM (m7R0k)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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No they have not. Very very few are actually vaccinating their babies (less than 1 percent) and they are destroying mass quantities of the vaxx now because no one wants it. For the first time, people are blasting the FDA for emergency approval of the vaxx for babies despite NO evidence that it was safe or effective. For the most part, ignore whatever media blather is in the story and focus on hard numbers--like the number of vaxx doses destroyed, the percentage boosted, the rise in abnormal deaths, drops in fertility from miscarriages and so on.
Too many people believe that everyone else is an idiot except them. Most people are slow on the uptake because politics and policies rank around cleaning the toilet as a pleasurable task. But, they sure as hell recognize the effects in their lives like miscarriages, the friends dying at 26 from heart disease, and so on. Even the media cannot hide soccer players in the prime of life or tennis players being struck down. This will continue.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM (wj3Rl)
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Which is why they will be SOOOO Angry when instructed that it was a mistake, made by Trump and the medical establishment (which was not gifted immunity).
Never let a crisis go to waste 101.
The medical establishment will be GUTTED and will beg to nationalized.
Posted by: its all part of the plan at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM (qCCI4)
Posted by: Ktgreat at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (t6t6M)
Always.
But we're going to start calling famine a result of climate change. Guaranteed.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022
***
Even when the crops failed in Ancient Egypt, it was a political problem? The pharaohs' responses would have been political, but the actual failure might not have been. The Nile just didn't rise enough that year to irrigate the crops, or something.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (/W+oS)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (m7R0k)
Used to be everyone said nobody pulls a fast one on McConnell. That he's the one single person in the Senate who understands better than anybody, how to strategize. Which is why they've left him in that position.
Either he's getting old and senile (like everyone else), or no, he's not been tricked.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (NWBBy)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (wj3Rl)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (2+qAk)
We spent that money on welfare for illegals, Obamacare, and the Solyndra.
Right now we are just pissing away our grand children's inheritance.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Agent Orange and Burn Pits at July 29, 2022 02:38 PM
Just adding another family member.
Posted by: Asbestos at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (zqofG)
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (ZEHVO)
if you're going to make a global socialist utopia omelet, you've gotta break a few billion eggs
Posted by: WEF at July 29, 2022 02:40 PM (j5Tg0)
"That just shows how hip and black he is, deep down. He may be our third black president after Clinton and Obama!"
--Legacy Media
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:40 PM (Ivdso)
Declare an emergency and pass some destructive "relief and stimulus" bill
Enjoy the Weimar Republic currency devaluation.
Q. Are the DC elites investing in gold and silver etc? If so you know they figure #3 is inevitable and they are just living large and trying to accumulate stuff that holds value when the currency goes hyper inflationary.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 29, 2022 02:40 PM (3cGpq)
But we are lacking national leaders willing to do so.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:40 PM (ESjRY)
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Even when the crops failed in Ancient Egypt, it was a political problem? The pharaohs' responses would have been political, but the actual failure might not have been. The Nile just didn't rise enough that year to irrigate the crops, or something.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (txdEq)
Those guys lived in a FCKING DESERT!
Aaaaaaahhh!
Posted by: Sam Kinison at July 29, 2022 02:40 PM (llON8)
I imagine this question would be banned on social media.
Posted by: Ripley at July 29, 2022 02:30 PM (MxEKc)
It's a fair point, but inflation has been broken since they removed gas and food anyway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Truck Monkey"
I went to two separate school orientation days for my sons yesterday. Numerous left wing propaganda posters all over the place. Typical and most annoying are the ones of Obama with some idiotic, inspirational thing he said. And every teacher now has some mini-mission statement under their name at their room like Compassion or Justice or Equality. It's mind numbing just walking through and seeing it. And they wonder why so many parent are pissed at the school board?
Posted by: Ripley at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (MxEKc)
Always.
But we're going to start calling famine a result of climate change. Guaranteed.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022
***
Even when the crops failed in Ancient Egypt, it was a political problem? The pharaohs' responses would have been political, but the actual failure might not have been. The Nile just didn't rise enough that year to irrigate the crops, or something.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (txdEq)
And then there was the little ice age and the ice age of late antiquity. We have records of grain prices and such for some periods, there can be long stretches of really bad climate conditions for food.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (b2nrj)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (ESjRY)
tithing down to 45M, lawyers and accountants and bank fees down to 40M, various other govt theft get you to 10M, a good steak and potato dinner drops you to 9M, liz warren new tax on millionaires drops you to 900K, pay off expenses and fund college for your children drops you to 100K, pay off lawsuit for ill advised chicken dance drops you to 10K, loss of time value of money gets you down to $10. But hey that's a 5X return on your $2 ticket!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: 18-1
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My grandchildren have 16 acres in the Ozarks.
Best we can do.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: Eternity Matters at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (OAOcb)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM
Sure, just use my correct pronouns and don't deadname me.
Posted by: Ruldolflene at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (a3Q+t)
Unfortunately when it came to the shot, he's been more than a willing participant.
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that's the patsy for ya.
All enthusiasm but no clue
Posted by: its all part of the plan at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (7/yBi)
Even when the crops failed in Ancient Egypt, it was a political problem? The pharaohs' responses would have been political, but the actual failure might not have been. The Nile just didn't rise enough that year to irrigate the crops, or something.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (txdEq)
I'm basically talking about modern history, but yeah, probably. Crop failures have always occurred, and what tends to happen is the rich and powerful get theirs, and let the little guy starve, even if he doesn't have to.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (NWBBy)
JEAN-PIERRE:
"We have a plan to fight inflation...and Republicans are opposing that...because of 'false rage.'"
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No, no. I can testify the rage is real!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (mp7ix)
Recruiting goes on the fiscal year. We are in the fourth quarter with things standing at about 50%. Meanwhile about 20-25% of the force are finishing their enlistments and are getting out. This trend is national suicide.
By 2024 this country will not be able to protect itself much less any allies overseas.
Dangerous times ahead.
Posted by: Diogenes
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We will be able to protect ourselves more or less. What we will not be able to do is protect our allies via force projection. Whether you think this is a good or bad thing depends on your view of the role of the military. Since 1898, the focus of the military has been external and since 1945 on world stability. Both of those may not be true in the future.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (CXr4y)
Just like today it was a religious issue. Just like today they would do governmental things to address the issue, but it was a religious solution, not a political one. So say, they blame it on insufficient piety by the people that only greater sacrifice can solve.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Elizabeth Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (flINI)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (ZsSGI)
I thing there is a chance you are right, the people affected are so blown down by everything that they only want to find a flag to follow and a position to defend to make it all right and normal again
And then I think on Kathe Kollwitz' series on the peasant revolt. The suffering has to be kept in silence until either it affects those you are trying to protect, or it becomes so great no one can keep silent
Her Whetting the scythe is a terrible image
https://tinyurl.com/3ky2c244
Posted by: Kindltot at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:39 PM (eGTCV)
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It will become the new, accepted, and actively encouraged redefined term for white supremacist.
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (2+qAk)
Posted by: Paul at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (A7vtb)
Gods way of telling you that putting your kids in the hands of government indoctrinators for most of their waking hours 5 days a week isn't a good idea.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:43 PM (Ivdso)
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them, pearly white
When the shark bites with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Posted by: Braenyard at July 29, 2022 02:43 PM (wj3Rl)
I think you get rid of the FNM censorship you'd see the people as a whole demanding justice Romanian style.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (ESjRY)
Like a Retrograde Advance?
Posted by: Miklos, needing clarification at July 29, 2022 02:29 PM
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Hard charging retreat
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Peace Dove at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (Jf5XY)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (ZsSGI)
I would have more fun taking my money out into the back yard and setting it on fire.
for one, we are under burn-ban and the fire department can be guaranteed to show up with sirens and lights. Wheee!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (xhaym)
But we are lacking national leaders willing to do so.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:40 PM (ESjRY)
Rand says he intends to do just that. Didn't call it Nuremberg trials, but has essentially put Falci on notice that he's got some 'splainin' to do once they take the Senate.
Now... what happens then? Probably nothing, because Rand's just one guy.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (NWBBy)
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (ZsSGI)
I think about buying a ticket from time to time but I haven't been motivated to actually *do* so.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Sam Kinison at July 29, 2022 02:40 PM
It felt good to be out of the rain.
Posted by: The Horse with no name at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (a3Q+t)
I should've bought the f*cking boats.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (1uEb/)
I bought a lottery ticket once, as a young man, in a moment of weakness. Its a stupid waste of money, but I guess so is buying a set of metal polyhedral dice because I think they look so cool.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: PaleRider
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Foodstuffs, medicine, armaments, clothes, some means of heat, and clean water may just be a lot more important than silver or gold if the economy stops functioning.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: JLo at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (FJYfm)
***
Same
Posted by: Elizabeth Taylor
Dahlink!
Posted by: Zsa Zsa at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (WBs1t)
Posted by: SMH
Never even once in my life.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: JLo at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (FJYfm)
***
Same
Posted by: Elizabeth Taylor at July 29, 2022
*hits Crack pipe*
Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 29, 2022 02:16 PM (/W+oS)
.........
Biden
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Chinese Supervillain at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (7DYli)
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (X8UMK)
Next time you get cancer or have the big one, call a hippie!
A woman in my circle of friends got cancer - not long after she got the clot shot.
The went in to remove the cancer and almost killed her because they f'd up the surgery.
She recently finished recovering and found out...she still has cancer.
Modern American medicine is not what people think it is.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (ZsSGI)
No, if I'm going to throw away my money, it'll be on hookers and blow.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (NWBBy)
I would respectfully disagree. There are at least two generations before us who have bought into this horseshit, without reservation. Those minions will continue to rabidly advocate for an irreversible return to nevermore. The long march continues apace.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: SMH
*
No, I'm not, either.
Although I'd love to be like the dad who was determined to teach his sons a lesson and bought the $1 ticket to show them what a waste of money it is compared to 40 years of compounded interest, and he won two million dollars.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (wNDOJ)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Not exactly. It means Turtle got fucked in the ass by Schumer's 24 inch spiked dildo.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Thing is Turtle enjoyed it and wants a repeat soon. The shame is part of the kink for GOPe senators.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: SMH
Never even once in my life.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (lTGtQ)
Never bought any myself.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:47 PM (mp7ix)
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 29, 2022 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: JLo at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (FJYfm)
........
You better after marrying Fat Batman.
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 02:47 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM
Lotteries are a voluntary tax on ilnumeracy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 29, 2022 02:47 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Amen.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:47 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM
You'll be lucky to end up as successful and stable as we are. We have multiple wars and genocides, and successive regional conquests, to blame for our problems, and a relatively easy solution to implement (national boundaries based on ethnic populations).
You guys have no external excuse, and no clear lines to draw. Good luck!
Posted by: The Balkans at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (ZsSGI)
I bought one ticket. I am not expecting to win and I am certainly not praying to do so, but I thought it would be nice to use some of the money to help people put their kids in private schools. I don't really have dreams for big money. It would just be nice to put the boy through two more years of college and to move.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (fL5aK)
Posted by: Chinese Supervillain at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (7DYli)
Posted by: McLurkerson
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Try infogalactic. Used to be a way to see all the edits on a wiki page but dunno if that is still the case.
Easiest way is don't rely on wiki for anything political or controversial. Gilligan's Island episode synopsis and casting and other such innocuous things are fine.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (CXr4y)
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Isn't that called innumeracy?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (ZsSGI)
Smart people keep telling me this.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (OalnH)
*
Present company excluded because I know a lot of people here are playing for fun, but I've always been amused at "the stupid tax."
There's a fairly significant percentage of Americans who really believe they're going to use it for retirement.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 29, 2022 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Or albino Down's Syndrome banjo boy.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: junior at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (OgOOD)
These are the people who say they are going to fix the world and save us all, but you can't sit in the passenger side of the car because its window-level deep in fast food wrappers and empty starbucks cups.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (Ivdso)
And by "lottery tickets" I mean a bottle of Old Crow.
Posted by: Miklos is focusing on Essentials at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (WBs1t)
That is a collapse. That is what the Junta is trying to say when they say it is not a recession. And they mean for there to be no way out of it.
So, go sit in the dark and eat your bugs... if you one of the lucky ones they let live.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (3E2O1)
Recruiting goes on the fiscal year. We are in the fourth quarter with things standing at about 50%."
I've got to believe they aren't getting as many norms and people that aren't down with all the woke and anti-white messaging. If, so the regime will be more than happy to have less recruits but dumber and more loyal than the previous ones.
Posted by: Ripley at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (MxEKc)
Just don't trust 'em.
And if I get cancer, I die.
Big deal.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (ZsSGI)
Well, if you're in the younger period of your life, your spouse and kids might think this is a big deal and probably don't want you to take the "I have cancer, so I'll just die" tack. It's not so bad if you're in the twilight period...
Posted by: Nova local at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 29, 2022 02:46 PM (X8UMK)
***
Actually it's a tax on the stupid... Sorry, it's true
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (flINI)
Hmm... I think it might be best to donate anonymously to not put them in a difficult situation.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (p3lya)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (ZsSGI)
I think about buying a ticket from time to time but I haven't been motivated to actually *do* so.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 29, 2022 02:44 PM (llON
Pretty much my thoughts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: SMH
==
Probably. Never fear. I'm sure if one of us wins it will trickle down . . .
Posted by: guffaw at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (EV9YM)
I called my credit card company and told them the only way I could keep meeting my monthly minimums is if they upped my credit limit so I could buy a new car.
Can you believe they hung up on me? Those f*ckers don't know anything about economics!
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM (ESjRY)
I actually purchase a couple for this one. Not sure why. A waste of meager capital.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 29, 2022 02:50 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (CXr4y)
Concur...it may indeed not be true in the future.
The problem of low recruiting is that the problem intensifies across the branches of each Service with each year. Given three years of 50%'ish numbers and the result is a shortfall in certain skills positions. soon tanks won't get start, ships sit in port, and aircraft become dangerous. Now assume a turnaround in 2025, it'll take 2-3 years to even catch up to where we are today.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 29, 2022 02:50 PM (anj39)
Posted by: SMOD at July 29, 2022 02:50 PM (X5CsJ)
I know a retired math teacher who has a form of this saying on a thing on her fridge.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 02:50 PM (fL5aK)
Just don't trust 'em.
And if I get cancer, I die.
Big deal.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (ZsSGI)
We had this discussion in my family recently (due to the Covids making rounds). No, I don't hate doctors. Including the ones in my family. In particular, I don't hate my mom's doctor, but I don't trust him. At all.
My doctor at this point doesn't even know I have/had Covid. No reason why. They might want to do something, and I don't need that. At all.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:50 PM (NWBBy)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 02:50 PM (OalnH)
Posted by: Ripley at July 29, 2022 02:41 PM (MxEKc)
How about "Learning" or "Education" or Excellence" or "Classics" or "Critical Thinking" or "Logic" or "Achievement", not to mention "Reading" "Writing" and "Arithmetic."
ugh.
Posted by: Zombie Pederast Harry Reid at July 29, 2022 02:50 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Megthered at July 29, 2022 02:50 PM (1fDPs)
Posted by: LASue at July 29, 2022 02:51 PM (Ed8Zd)
Meat offered to idols. The origin of the cash may be immoral but its just cash when you donate it to some place.
Like I keep having to tell my mom, that money in your bank is not divided up between "money I got for my Birthday" and "money my sister gave me" and "money I got for turning in cans" etc.
Its just money.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:51 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: SMH
==
Probably. Never fear. I'm sure if one of us wins it will trickle down . . .
Posted by: guffaw at July 29, 2022 02:49 PM
The MoMe will be lit AF!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2022 02:51 PM (RkC6l)
The ticket was purchased online, so I didn't even have to get off my fat ass to do it.
If I win a billion, SO worth it.
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 29, 2022 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Nova local
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My care would be at the VA.
Outcome will likely be the same.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:51 PM (ZsSGI)
Just don't trust 'em.
And if I get cancer, I die.
Big deal.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:45 PM (ZsSGI)
80 years from now every one of us will be dead. I doubt it matters much from what.
Posted by: LASue at July 29, 2022 02:52 PM (Ed8Zd)
It appears they are going with farm land in less populous states.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 29, 2022 02:52 PM (8GBH4)
==
half of the US has a below average IQ.
Some of the people, all of the time . . .
hard to go broke underestimating the intelligence of the american public
Posted by: guffaw at July 29, 2022 02:52 PM (xHm+b)
Next, we make 'Damascus Steel' from these speculums!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 02:52 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Thomas Jefferson or maybe Gandhi at July 29, 2022 02:52 PM (WBs1t)
A fair number of cancers are entirely curable now.
If treated.
By doctors.
But it's entirely appropriate to always ask "why" and get multiple opinions.
Posted by: Peace Dove at July 29, 2022 02:52 PM (Jf5XY)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 02:52 PM (OalnH)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Gref at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (AMIL/)
In a 1999 survey by the Consumer Federation of America and financial services firm Primerica found that 40% of Americans with incomes between $25, 000 and $35, 000 a year, thought that the lottery would give them their retirement nest egg. What is interesting is that the same study found that number to increase to 50% when the income is $15, 000 to $25, 000 a year.
EzineArticles.com/2460176
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The interesting part is $25-$35k/year wasn't a horrible wage up until 2020 and the $15/hour minimum wage BS.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (1uEb/)
Then hire Van Halen to play at my birthday party.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (Ivdso)
NBER called the Covid slowdown a "recession" even though it was only two months. Weird, Trump had a 2 month long "recession".
"In June 2020 the NBER said the U.S. economy's expansion peaked in February 2020, falling into a recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the next month. The economic expansion dating from June 2009 had lasted 128 months, surpassing the 120-month expansion from 1991 to 2001 as the longest stretch of uninterrupted growth in U.S. history.
In July 2021, the NBER concluded the recession that followed was the shortest on record at two months, with economic activity bottoming in April 2020"
Investopedia.com
Posted by: illiniwek at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Orson at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (TBRtK)
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 29, 2022 02:54 PM (wNDOJ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:17 PM (Ivdso)
The man in his prime could have pulled dimes like your uncle finding coins behind your ear. That would have been the proper (not optimum but proper) response to being so thoroughly humiliated by his ex. Instead he debased himself to the nasty woman beyond any hope of getting laid.
Chris Rock did nothing wrong.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 29, 2022 02:54 PM (44ww/)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 29, 2022 02:54 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: Nova local
**
Yeah, I've already discussed it with my family. If it's a choice between all of our stuff in exchange for me sticking around for six months of laying in bed, I'll just see y'all in Heaven and I hope you enjoy the stuff while you're still here.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:55 PM (1uEb/)
Then hire Van Halen to play at my birthday party.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (Ivdso)
Totally awesome!!
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 29, 2022 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)
There's a fairly significant percentage of Americans who really believe they're going to use it for retirement.
I buy lottery tickets for the cheap entertainment. I get to dream about having F you money for a bit. When I finally get around to checking the numbers, nothing's changed except I saved money compared to going to a movie.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 29, 2022 02:55 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 29, 2022 02:34 PM (m7R0k)
Bullshit piled on more bullshit.
Give us amnesty now in exchange for more border security later was the '80s version, but this sleight of hand has knowingly been going on for decades.
The R leadership is in on it, and the timing is perfect to gives D's what both parties want and still not pay the price in Nov.
They could have stopped this, but oopsie, we got had is such an overused trope as to be useless.
Like wondering what is going to happen to the half-clad co-ed who here's a noise in a dark basement and decides to check it out. Oh, the suspense!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 29, 2022 02:55 PM (MFphb)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (ZsSGI)
If "innumeracy" is the inability to understand numbers and "illiteracy" is the inability to read:
What does iPhone mean?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 29, 2022 02:55 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 02:56 PM (v0R5T)
Or am I oversharing here?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 29, 2022 02:56 PM (mp7ix)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 29, 2022 02:56 PM (X8UMK)
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 29, 2022 02:54 PM (wNDOJ)
Hmmm...
$5 for tickets? Or $5 for a beer down at the pub?
One is guaranteed.
Lemme think now...
Posted by: Diogenes at July 29, 2022 02:56 PM (anj39)
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I think you're going to need a bigger boat . . .
Posted by: guffaw at July 29, 2022 02:56 PM (xHm+b)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM (ZsSGI)
If "innumeracy" is the inability to understand numbers and "illiteracy" is the inability to read:
What does iPhone mean?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 29, 2022 02:55 PM (xhaym)
The inability to vocalize?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 02:56 PM (b2nrj)
I suggest you do what the North Koreans do. A diet of grass and tree bark is inexpensive and quite tasty.
Posted by: Karine Jean-Pierre at July 29, 2022 02:56 PM (z9V4B)
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About 40% of recruits come from legacy families (parents, grandparents, etc who served).
These legacy families are flipping the military the bird, and telling their kids and grandkids to not sign up.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (ZsSGI)
They used the chemical lightning bugs use to light up, Luciferase, in making the clot shot.
No reports of people glowing though...yet.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 29, 2022 02:54 PM (wNDOJ)
Nah, you can spend the money however you want to. For myself, I just figure the fantasy of hitting the lottery is like a mirage in the desert.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (dNqv+)
We all spend money on dumb things, its just a matter of what the dumb thing is. For me its stuff like the aforementioned metal polyhedral dice and replacing our VHS collection with DVD. For others its their gun collection or a resto of a car, or a huge collection of shoes.
The lottery is largely based on greed (I want the money and I don't want to have to work for it) but that doesn't make the purchase its self immoral. The Bible does not outlaw gambling or lottery purchases, it outlaws the greed that might be behind it, the motivations. Its the intent and the heart that matters to God.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Chinese Supervillain at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (7DYli)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (Ivdso
They might need a lead guitar.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (89T5c)
Nothing fancy. Maybe just an ad hoc trial of twelve random guys from the tavern, a rope, and a couple of minutes to spare to vote, and maybe someone with a mop on their head to play judge and the bookie can keep a record.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (CgSZo)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:53 PM (Ivdso)
How much of that billion will you have spent on a time machine? Or are you intending to reanimate Eddie's corpse?
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (NWBBy)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 29, 2022 02:55 PM (Bd6X
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No no no, I have it on good authority that this means you don't understand math, and you're probably going to hell.
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (wNDOJ)
And by "lottery tickets" I mean a bottle of Old Crow.
Posted by: Miklos is focusing on Essentials at July 29, 2022 02:48 PM
A bottle for yourself and a bottle for the bar floozie you leave a dive bar with at closing time...much better odds of getting "lucky".
Posted by: Drunk ghetto Confucius at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: McLurkerson
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Like I already said, I'm fine with people playing. I'm extremely pro-freedom that way. I do feel bad for folks who are barely scraping by and who think they're going to get out the easy way, though, when the $100/month they spend on lottery and scratch offs would add up to pretty decent winnings over time.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Caliban at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (HgGBT)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (ESjRY)
There's always the FBI.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (dNqv+)
The problem with the military is the same problem as the economists have at the moment.
Complete lack of credibility.
People eventually notice.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, staying hungry at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (jTmQV)
Methinks the fellow doth protest overmuch
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (OalnH)
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 29, 2022 02:54 PM (wNDOJ)
You mean like spending 60 cents a round on a pallet of "freedom seeds" one has no intention of ever using?
Hey, those are investments in precious metals!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (MFphb)
So, go sit in the dark and eat your bugs... if you one of the lucky ones they let live.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
You got it.
Posted by: Prime Sister at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (tQL7r)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 29, 2022 02:52 PM (8GBH4)
Ah, the Senators are buying up land for their latifundiae?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (v0R5T)
This is true. If you win, you might be able to buy a couple republicans to actually do the right thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: McLurkerson
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Can't say I give a crap what people spend their money on.
Isn't this a place where we can express different opinions?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (ZsSGI)
1) As long as you know that it is YOUR money. Make your own decisions.
2) For some people getting a trivial shot at "the big money" is worth losing a few hundred/thousand dollars.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (ESjRY)
Or am I oversharing here?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
**
Depends on what you're trying to get Will to do.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 03:00 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: Confusedus at July 29, 2022 03:00 PM (sn5EN)
There's a reason I'm not a CPA. As for the other, I made my choices.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 29, 2022 03:00 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 02:59 PM (Ivdso)
Protest? No. Mocking the self-righteousness? A little.
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 29, 2022 03:00 PM (wNDOJ)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 03:00 PM (OalnH)
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The MoMe will be lit AF!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 29, 2022 02:51 PM (RkC6l)
Heh. I could buy a *lot* of bacon. Also one of these: https://is.gd/9m6Wxd
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 29, 2022 03:01 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Caliban at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (HgGBT)
.........
The guy tries to be president forever then fucks it up in 18 months. What a buffoon.
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 03:01 PM (v0R5T)
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Between Iraq and the 'Stan, why would anyone join?
It's not like we win wars anymore.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 03:01 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: wth at July 29, 2022 02:57 PM (v0R5T)
This is true. If you win, you might be able to buy a couple republicans to actually do the right thing.
Sure, if they stay bought.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 29, 2022 03:01 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 29, 2022 03:02 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 03:00 PM (OalnH)
I saw like a week ago, that it worked out to 480ism million. Then the feds and state took 365 million.
Still $40 million a year is easy enough to live on.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 03:02 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 03:02 PM (OalnH)
Posted by: Skip's phone at July 29, 2022 03:02 PM (k8B25)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 29, 2022 03:02 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: Joe Xiden
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I think I saw that same doc.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 03:03 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 29, 2022 03:03 PM (Bd6X8)
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Not if that opinion is that it is ok to ogle pictures of scantily clad young women!!
Posted by: scoldylocks at July 29, 2022 03:03 PM (PwsJ8)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 03:02 PM (OalnH)
A LOT of them go broke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 29, 2022 03:03 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Say Wut? at July 29, 2022 03:03 PM (7DYli)
Posted by: BurtTC
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Piece of advice having had the Coof twice (autoimmune issues). Take it VERY easy on recovery and do your blood pressure on a regular basis--STOP what you are doing if you are feeling out of breath etc and rest. The Coof spike (and most likely the vaxx imitation spike) does something funky with your receptors that are necessary for cardiac system regulation.
In my case, I was having bp spikes up to stroke level despite never having high blood pressure in my life walking across a room. Had to take clonidine and bed rest to sort it out. And in both cases, I had the long coof with post coof infections--bronchitis the first time and pneumonia the second.
So take it easy post Coof even if it seems that you are good to go. People do not always have symptoms of high bp.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 03:03 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 03:02 PM (OalnH)
Well a lot of the people buying lotto tickets are poor. Celebrities also often have poor backgrounds and are not good with money(there are a few notable exceptions). Given how celebrities use their money it's not that surprising that most lotto winners don't do a great job either.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 29, 2022 03:04 PM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 29, 2022 03:04 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 02:42 PM (ZsSGI)
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I used to have a gambling problem, and I would never even consider playing the lottery. Hell, with my luck, I usually have about a 50% chance of winning a 50% bet.
Your chances are far nearly infinitely greater playing Keno, which has by far the best house advantage in Vegas.
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 29, 2022 03:04 PM (2+qAk)
Buying one ticket you have just above 0 chance. And the same with 10 or 100 or 1000 tickets. That’s the part where it’s a tax on people who don’t understand statistics comes in.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 03:04 PM (OalnH)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 29, 2022 02:56 PM (X8UMK)
I can tell you it's NOT Lupus.
Posted by: House at July 29, 2022 03:04 PM (llON8)
Its the same level of wasteful as ordering food delivered when you're not feeling like cooking or impulse buying a book. I agree as others have stated that its a really poor investment and a demonstration that you don't really understand the odds involved, but hey, I do dumb stuff too. Its not as bad as getting a big tattoo of your girlfriend's name or a nose piercing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 03:04 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 29, 2022 03:00 PM (OalnH)
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That's a gubmint guarantee... just like social security
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 29, 2022 03:04 PM (flINI)
Posted by: JT at July 29, 2022 03:05 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 29, 2022 03:05 PM (oWBc3)
We pay enough taxes as it is.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 29, 2022 03:05 PM (ZsSGI)
Posted by: Sarah at July 29, 2022 03:05 PM (cpwcb)
Phew... for a moment there I fought you said "CFO"! I guess this is understandable.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 29, 2022 03:06 PM (3mXS5)
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I'll just leave this here for anyone who is constantly confused by discussions at the HQ. Census dot gov:
"Median household income was $67,521 in 2020, a decrease of 2.9 percent from the 2019 median of $69,560 (Figure 1 and Table A-1). This is the first statistically significant decline in median household income since 2011."
https://tinyurl.com/2sn7up39
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 03:07 PM (1uEb/)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 29, 2022 03:07 PM (3cGpq)
Posted by: Caliban at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (HgGBT)
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Stage management of The Vegetable was different yesterday. No teleprompter - he read everything off of note cards. No turning his back on everyone and exiting a door to the rear of the podium - he went to a door off-screen to his right, one that is in front of the podium position.
Why? What does this mean? I think the Junta is trying to improve Joe's TV image. Didn't work if so. He looked weak with his head down 90 percent of the time to read the cards. He looked just as disdainful towards the press and TV viewers, shuffling off stage-right with a blank look on his face.
Posted by: Gref at July 29, 2022 03:07 PM (AMIL/)
Nah, fund your own senate campaign, and then be really rich and protected!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 29, 2022 03:07 PM (8GBH4)
Forty million sounds like a huge amount of money but, its not really. And if you cannot keep that perspective you'll blow through it then find out suddenly that you have a ton of new expenses and nothing to maintain it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 29, 2022 03:07 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 29, 2022 03:07 PM (StBu4)
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 29, 2022 03:00 PM (wNDOJ)
Self-righteousness? I saw people expressing opinions. You're the only one getting bent out of shape about it, even though nobody told you to stop.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 29, 2022 03:07 PM (NWBBy)
Give Sarah a 'shot' or buy a lotto ticket?
Well, a lotto ticket doesn't give you a boil on your back...sorry Sarah.
Posted by: Boswell at July 29, 2022 03:08 PM (+Cgut)
Posted by: Ripley at July 29, 2022 03:08 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: McLurkerson
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Like I already said, I'm fine with people playing. I'm extremely pro-freedom that way. I do feel bad for folks who are barely scraping by and who think they're going to get out the easy way, though, when the $100/month they spend on lottery and scratch offs would add up to pretty decent winnings over time.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 29, 2022 02:58 PM (1uEb/)
This. Most of the people buying and especially over-buying are not suburban Karen McWinemoms who can afford starbux every day. But hey, the state throws a couple billboards up with a gambling addiction hotline number...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 29, 2022 03:09 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Ripley at July 29, 2022 03:08 PM (MxEKc)
Oh yeah? Well, then, let's tell Sarah if she knows the rule...
Posted by: Boswell at July 29, 2022 03:10 PM (+Cgut)
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Wait you mean that fleet of cars and boats needs to be insured, and kept in fuel?
Posted by: half of americans at July 29, 2022 03:10 PM (zrUZM)
The problem of low recruiting is that the problem intensifies across the branches of each Service with each year. Given three years of 50%'ish numbers and the result is a shortfall in certain skills positions. soon tanks won't get start, ships sit in port, and aircraft become dangerous. Now assume a turnaround in 2025, it'll take 2-3 years to even catch up to where we are today.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Yes it does. Perhaps though we will need to pivot to a reserve system more like the Israelis. With the coming deficits and debt problems, the public is simply not going be supportive of cutting Social Security and Medicare to fund the latest bomber etc.
It does not help that the military and legislative branch itself have destroyed the procurement system by allowing monopolies to form, assuming temporary needs are permanent, and trying to be all things for all possible situations. Choices are going to have to be made and they are going to gore each of the military's golden gooses such as man crewed aircraft, Ford class carriers, tanks, etc.
Posted by: whig at July 29, 2022 03:13 PM (CXr4y)
Oh, deary me. Am I being scolded again and by a weenie under another handle? You can express any damn opinion you want and so can I and boobapolozza will go on if Joe feels so inclined. I actually only made one comment yesterday and that was, "I don't think she's a leftist." If nobody saw the point I was trying to make-that maybe pictures with boobs hanging almost completely out as opposed to sexy women in swimsuits which i don't really mind) sort of presented the idea that the only important thing about women is their breasts and various holes-was not the kindest idea. Since most women here probably don't want to pose with their boobs hanging out except to significant others maybe some people here should consider a men only forum. We did not have boobapolloza to this extent until several months ago
There, buddy you got your attention for the day. Whoopee.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 29, 2022 03:14 PM (fL5aK)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 29, 2022 03:20 PM (vcv8B)
Posted by: WiNO - Amish Vampires in Space at July 29, 2022 03:20 PM (EpDzw)
These legacy families are flipping the military the bird, and telling their kids and grandkids to not sign up.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming
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I read that too.
And legacy recruits statistically are higher achievers in the military.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 29, 2022 03:20 PM (wj3Rl)
Posted by: E. A. Blair at July 29, 2022 03:21 PM (UGpPs)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming
Well, you have the same chance of winning whether you buy a ticket or not.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 29, 2022 03:22 PM (FVME7)
One paragraph of the article: "However, critics of these lottery-funded programs note that lower-income players foot the bill for benefits they won’t proportionately reap."
Posted by: Lola at July 29, 2022 03:22 PM (NIYa7)
Why do you click on those pictures Joe posts? I've never clicked on a one since I know what they are and they don't interest me.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 29, 2022 03:24 PM (aW5/6)
I have been asked that before and the answer is because I like mocking them, and since I only posted on one picture yesterday to say "I don't think she's a leftist" and it was actually a fine picture and not boobapolozza I think I am now at the point where I can cease commenting, and weenies using fake handles can stop their routines and the various known commentators can stop saying I the worstest Christian evah.
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