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Live made up fear for masculine mens men
All those manly muscles on those two actors and they have to act afraid all the time
That Aurora apartment complex is shut down because of neglect and slumlord management- the Venezuelan gangs are a minor part of that overarching problem, which has persisted for years.
No shit thats how propoganda works you lie to spread fear to gain control of the weak.
Rogan is weak. He jumps on things to join in like when he made up that he knew a teacher who had been forced to have a litterbox in their classroom. Turns out to be made up crap floating in Rogan’s head that he had confused with having happened in reality.
The Harris Effect – Good News Wednesday. Via Heather Cox-Richardson.
Safe2Tell — well, it didn’t involve the institutional version of Safe2Tell, but Rep. Caraveo is speaking out:
Mental health is just as important as physical health.
I'm thrilled that Caraveo is getting treatment and talking about it openly. I hope that gives more of us inspiration to work on our own mental well being.
Showing vulnerability requires strength.
Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington Cemetery : NPR
So two campaign employees in Dumps entourage physically and verbally abused an official at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, because the official was trying to prevent them from taking photos and filming in section 60, which only cemetery staff are authorized to do. Then the orange turd gives a thumbs up in a photo op over one of the graves.
No decency whatsoever, just using the graves of soldiers for props. When you think the man can go no lower, he goes lower.
Raise your hand if you think Trump was actually there to honor a fallen soldier…
Also, it's disgusting that the campaign decided to slander the Arlington staffer with a "mental health crisis" accusation.
This should enrage all veterans. I'm a Marine Corps veteran and this story really gets to me.
As if using a visit to Arlington National Cemetary for a blatant political attack wasn't enough…
As if bringing campaign staff to photograph and video the visit in blatant disregard for the rules of Arlington wasn't enough…
As if having campaign staff get into a verbal and physical altercation with staff of Arlington wasn't enough…
As if having blaming the incident on the mental health of the Arlington staff member wasn't enough…
This is all from the same fucker who calls veterans "losers" and "suckers" for getting killed or wounded in action.
Seriously, how the fuck does any veteran support that man? I want this story to last at least until November. If there's one thing veterans should know about Trump, it's this.
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Trump is just such a sick human being.
So, to all my fellow Star Trek (especially DS9) fans, I don't know if you remember what starts in 2 days. I know it's fiction, but it is an issue from a two parter that is almost 30 years old and is still pertinent, and almost accurate.
The only thing the got totally wrong is that we Americans still don't measure our heat temperature solely in Celsius.
I don't know how I got on a One America News Network email list, but they just sent me an offer for discount Ivermectin and the chance to buy hydroxychloroquine. Asked myself, do I feel lucky?
I have a question for Polsters at large.
As I watch TV, every few minutes I hear Adam Frisch say that corporate greed and government spending are responsible for inflation. Can someone please tell me how government spending causes inflation?
My opinion, a broad statement like "gubmint spending causes inflation" is too blunt and not nuanced. The Forbes story I'm sharing here might give you some of that nuance. But I'd say very recent and large government programs probably had some effect on inflation, partially by infusing money into the economy that in some cases helped enable high prices (aka "greedflation"). I'd also say the consequences of not doing some level of government spending during the first couple years of the pandemic might have been bad in different ways, like not keeping businesses or schools afloat, or watching newly jobless people get evicted and become homeless.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2022/08/25/does-government-spending-cause-inflation/
Thanks for the link, 2J2D.
I read the entire article. The consensus of opinion is that government. spending has little or no effect on inflation.
I'm NOT an economist — but learned to do some informed looking around when I needed economic info when I was a debater and then when I coached. In this case, there was a small burst of news a month or so ago on causes of inflation — much of it seemed to eventually track back to a study from MIT / Sloan School. A press release from MIT says
And after that money quote, the release goes on to describe the economics methodology behind the conclusions.
I read the MIT news release, thanks, John.
My takeaway from the MIT piece is the 2002 spike of inflation was an anomaly. The massive spending the government undertook in response to the COVID pandemic was primarily responsible, they say, for the wave of price increases. That is pretty counter-intuitive as I see things. The MIT news release didn't really explain how that worked.
Even if they are right, it would be unwise, I think, to base future policy decisions about spending on a one-off set of calclations.
Also definitely not an economist, but wanted to throw in that there was what's been described as worldwide inflation following the start of the pandemic. Wikipedia shouldn't be considered a definitive source, but here's a brief snippet from their 2021-2023 Inflation Surge page:
I'm reasonably certain that US pandemic spending alone could have moved the inflation needle to some extent, and no doubt global economic conditions result from lots of factors that might be interrelated.
I really appreciate your input, both of you non-economists. In thinking about it , I am not sure I ever met someone who would admit to BEING an economist, but I digress.
I guess I was just curious about it because the Democratic party candidate in my district is using the claim of causality. Now that the pandemic has passed and the spending has slowed, he might want to reconsider throwing red meat to the GQPers with such talk. I will give him credit for adding a comment about reproductive choice, lately.
Just to riff a bit off of a general observation Bowman often makes about the eastern plains – a whole lotta cash flowed into CD3 from federal pandemic spending, and it probably averted a great deal of economic suffering. I don't know the numbers and I won't claim to know if the money was spent efficiently, but the quantity was there. I can understand politically why Frisch might want to message about spending and inflation, and I'm not even saying there's no link, but there were humane benefits to the pandemic relief spending that I think were undeniable.
Anecdotally, wages for low – skilled jobs went up during and after the pandemic. Restaurants, warehouses, hotels, construction,etc, just couldn’t staff their businesses, because people were afraid of getting COVID.
This meant that these businesses eventually had to succumb to the market forces and pay a living wage. Wages have stayed fairly high in those occupations – $15-25 / hour now. Millions of dollars in COVID payments helped people survive , and people also paid down debt and saved more. So does this contribute to inflation, or to the booming Biden economy, or both?
I think both…housing providers were quick to ratchet prices up, and while some supply chain problems were real, others were an excuse to price commodities higher. Gas prices, for example, dipped and then soared, mostly because of internal, not external, forces.
This is purely anecdotal, gleaned from my observations and work helping formerly incarcerated folks get jobs during and after the peak of the pandemic, when most were not vaccinated.