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2 years ago
Most of the “experts” are downplaying how bad this will get. These are the same experts who said inflation would be short lived.
Saw a new term today. Incession. Inflation with a recession.
The worst inflation is going to be food and energy. Those are already up 20%-25%. Prices may come down for some luxury and discretionary goods.
I expect that real companies that make real products won’t see their stock prices drop too badly. Tech companies without a business plan for making money are already getting hammered.
Hiring freezes are already in place. Massive layoffs are just a few months away.
Housing will drop 30% or more in the overvalued markets like Boise, Austin, Charlotte.
This won’t begin to get better until the Fed raises interest rates to the point they are higher than inflation. That would trigger a near depression that would last a year or two. Otherwise, the pain is going to be less severe but never ending.
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2 years ago
In addition to fewer customers, I’ve also sensed that a higher percent of the customers are not getting dances.
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2 years ago
Prediction: Dancers will raise prices in an attempt to keep their income at the same level.
Second Prediction: it won’t work.
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2 years ago
Here’s something to consider as we reflect on our 79 year old President and 82 year old Speaker of the House. In 1776, Washington was 44; Jefferson, 33; Hamilton, 21; James Monroe, 18.
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2 years ago
A Washington state court ruling has overturned the conviction of a non-white guy for lying to a police officer. Why? Because the questions posed to the guy by a police officer were more threatening to him because he wasn’t white.
By making it harder to question people of color about crimes and suspicious activity, the state supreme court’s ruling will make it harder to solve crimes in communities of color, such as predominantly-black areas.
Ideology triumphs over common sense.
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2 years ago
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ATACdawgThank God Trump is FIRED!!! Lock him up!
Be sure and see the Agora ( ancient marketplace ). The least visited, and most historic, part of Athens.
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2 years ago
An *SPLC* poll finds that nearly half of young male Democrats approve of “assassinating a politician who is harming our country or democracy."
Ideology over democracy. Dissenting views will be punished.
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2 years ago
Credit card debt increased by $17.8 billion in April, the second highest amount ever.
The highest was March, when it increased by $25.6 billion.
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2 years ago
“The truth is that, to many people calling themselves Socialists, revolution does not mean a movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves; it means a set of reforms which ‘we’, the clever ones, are going to impose upon ‘them’, the Lower Orders.”
— George Orwell
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2 years ago
There is a decision pending in the Supreme Court which could have a much bigger impact than abortion or gun control: West Virginia vs the EPA. If WV prevails, it would prevent the EPA from regulating carbon monoxide.
Congress did not pass legislation allowing the EPA to control carbon monoxide. Instead, the EPA decided, years ago, on its own that it had this authority. Indications are that the SC is poised to rule against the EPA, severely limiting the ability to regulate coal and the coal industry.
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2 years ago
In the name of clean energy, the Biden administration has quietly raised the amount of Ethanol in summer blend gasoline from 10% to 15%.
Ethanol is a valuable source of octane in finished gasoline, but it is chemically different than petroleum gasoline and cannot be used in concentrations above 10 percent in small engines — like outboard boat motors, motorcycles, lawnmowers, generators or chain saws — or in any cars made before 2001. Complicating matters further, most cars on the road today still aren’t warrantied to run on gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol.
So, if your motorcycle, lawnmower, or even car doesn’t work this summer, you’ll know who is to blame. Ideology over common sense.
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2 years ago
A coalition of taxpayer-funded trans organizations has demanded that society “decolonize the gender binary,” provide cash reparations to “gender-nonconforming people,” and affirm “mustache[s]” and “big dick[s]” as authentic expressions of womanhood. Seriously.
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2 years ago
Here’s an interesting fact. The government recently admitted it made errors in counting the 2020 US Census, which is used to determine the number of congressional seats.
Here are the states that the Census acknowledged it overcounted: Hawaii, Delaware, Rhode Island, Minnesota, New York, and Massachusetts.
Here are the states that the Census acknowledged it undercounted: Texas, Illinois, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
Notice a pattern ? With the exception of Illinois, Democrat states were over counted and Republican states were undercounted.
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2 years ago
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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
Athletic figure and proud of her bolt ons. Works for me.
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2 years ago
^ Sound, thoughtful, and detailed response as always.
He’s a clown. Hitler ! Hitler !
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2 years ago
I’m willing to admit that some of what Trump did contributed to our current problems, like allowing Fauci to start the lock downs.
What I’m not willing to accept is that Biden is blameless for the historic disasters that have occurred on his watch.
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2 years ago
Defund the police vs common sense
“Seattle is refunding roughly 100,000 parking tickets worth approximately $5 million total after transferring parking enforcement duties from police to civilian parking enforcement officers in the fall of 2021, finding that the civilian officers lacked the legal authority to write the tickets, according to The Seattle Times. Parking officers also conducted more than 10,000 car tows and impounded 1,700 cars without the proper authority during this period.
“What’s going to happen here is that we’re going to get sued, I can guarantee it,” said Chuck Labertew, president of Lincoln Towing,”
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2 years ago
To be clear, it wasn’t CoVid that destroyed our economy, it was the 2 year lockdown, and trillions in give aways, that destroyed our economy. Sweden didn’t lock down and their health results were comparable to ours.
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2 years ago
“Science clearly shows it isn't murder.”
How does science prove a moral and legal question ?
I look forward to your explanation.
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2 years ago
The solution to the supply chain problem is simple, though it will be painful in the near term. The supply chain problem is mostly a China problem. Implement gradually increasing tariffs on Chinese goods ( plus other bad actors ) and put tax incentives in place to build new factories in the US. Form alliances with friendly countries, like Australia and the UK, to have free trade.
Do this over a period of 5 years and our supply chain problem is solved.
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2 years ago
You know the old bromide about the frog burning in a kettle while the heat was slowly turned up ? We’ll, that’s been happening with government spending for decades. CoVid turned up the heat so fast on spending that people finally noticed.
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2 years ago
There are reports that the Biden administration is considering the retroactive canceling of existing oil leases. Ten dollar gas, here we come ! I blame Putin.
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2 years ago
Even the majority of Democrats agree that a common sense rule like limiting abortion to the first 15 weeks makes sense. If that was put to a vote, I expect 90% of Republicans and 60% if Democrats would agree.
Instead, the Democrat leadership has dug in its heels on allowing abortions up to, and beyond, 9 months.
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2 years ago
Responsible for the deaths of tens of millions through forced starvation and political repression but, sure, cool song.
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2 years ago
$20 for lapdances in Tucson ? The standard is $10 in Phoenix and Tucson has historically been equal to, or cheaper than, Phoenix.