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Vahakyla posted:I genuinely think lying about all that is a bit beyond his juvenile capabilities. I think he just went loving bonkers. The article itself, one of his mentors basically said he got an extreme case of successful person syndrome. For someone who's never had success, and achieved it, while having a lot of personal turmoil- it really went to his head.
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I just want bad things to happen to the wealthy and Republicans why can't this be delivered?
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May 18, 2022 19:33
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Mooseontheloose posted:Also worth noting that the trillion dollar tax cut to billionaires and super millionaires right before the world went to poo poo is never talked about as a factor but good fiscal sense. I mean, those tax cuts were spent on corporate buy-backs just like the pandemic "relief money" was. Seems like buy-backs are the root of evil here; shame if something were to ha--hahahaha.
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May 18, 2022 19:34
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Jaxyon posted:That's more "telling people what they want to hear" than influencing them. It's giving them the opportunity to pursue the most selfish end without feeling bad about it, it's a permission slip for evil.
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May 18, 2022 19:36
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Push El Burrito posted:I just want bad things to happen to the wealthy and Republicans why can't this be delivered? Because you need to pick a side.
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May 18, 2022 19:39
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AsInHowe posted:It's giving them the opportunity to pursue the most selfish end without feeling bad about it, it's a permission slip for evil. It's America. They already had that.
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May 18, 2022 19:40
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Speaking of buy-backs the Dow's down over 1,000 pts right now, presumably bc of bad retail quarterlies.
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May 18, 2022 19:43
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Jesus Christ, the Eastman emails are something else. I guess it shouldn't be too surprising how brazen they are, there probably aren't too many Republicans who've seen The Wire. Garland has to realize we're standing on the edge of the abyss with this. They let these guys walk and the country's done. https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1524228234191253505
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May 18, 2022 19:45
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-Blackadder- posted:Jesus Christ, the Eastman emails are something else. I guess it shouldn't be too surprising how brazen they are, there probably aren't too many Republicans who've seen The Wire. looks like the decision to nominate a centrist dipshit to Garland's position as some kind of obtuse own on McConnell was poorly considered
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May 18, 2022 19:52
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Nelson Mandingo posted:I'm legitimately shocked at how inept and out of lockstep with their voters the democrats really are. If Fetterman winning the primary, and if he goes on to win the general doesn't wake them up, nothing will. They don't care about voters they care about donors. We need to stop being credulous fools about this. They've shown us their true colors time and time again. poo poo, Lawrence O'Donnell talked about this in 2006.
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May 18, 2022 19:59
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It's important to keep in mind when discussing inflation and "inflation" that the price is a reflection of what bean counters believe the market will bear and that's it
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May 18, 2022 20:00
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TheIncredulousHulk posted:It's important to keep in mind when discussing inflation and "inflation" that the price is a reflection of what bean counters believe the market will bear and that's it Inflation only becomes real if people continue buying things at the prices they're set at, and no one steps in to undercut and steal market share.
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May 18, 2022 20:12
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doing a google search to learn about inflation learned something alright
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May 18, 2022 20:17
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4 things are causing or caused the inflation 1. Supply chain disruptions and breakdowns including shortages on commodities or inputs like diesel, potash, microchips. Lead tines are also terrible with anywhere from 6-22 weeks cited in the ISM and pmi reports. 2. Increased demand caused by the locust horde called Americans who went crazy while under lockdown. This strained already low supplies are certain goods categories like cars and electronics. 3. BRRRRRRRing money printer dumped poo poo tons of free money into the markets and hosed up the valuations of real estate and equity. The fed has admitted to this. 4. Corporate greed. The wealthy have even told nonstop for a year that the American consumer has never been wealthier and has $2.5 trillion in savings. They is a lot of wealth that needs to be extracted.
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Willa Rogers posted:Speaking of buy-backs the Dow's down over 1,000 pts right now, presumably bc of bad retail quarterlies. Rug pull on the retail baggies that cnbc and finance social media convinced to buy the dip because the bottom was in. The retail quarterlies were very bad though. Confirmed what the numbers had started to show.
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May 18, 2022 20:24
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-Blackadder- posted:Jesus Christ, the Eastman emails are something else. I guess it shouldn't be too surprising how brazen they are, there probably aren't too many Republicans who've seen The Wire. Is it actually illegal, though? A scary amount of things about elections rely on norms instead of hard laws.
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May 18, 2022 20:26
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Florida's transformation into "Red California" is almost complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q16QVwxcbY
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punk rebel ecks posted:Florida's transformation into "Red California" is almost complete: I'd like to invite you to come take a trip down to deep-blue Broward County and see just how well we're keeping people out of homelessness.
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Republicans posted:Is it actually illegal, though? A scary amount of things about elections rely on norms instead of hard laws. Garland, stop posting
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May 18, 2022 20:48
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Nelson Mandingo posted:I'm legitimately shocked at how inept and out of lockstep with their voters the democrats really are. If Fetterman winning the primary, and if he goes on to win the general doesn't wake them up, nothing will. The thing is, Fetterman works because he's authentic. He's a real person who you expect to start ranting about that AOC-person or illegals, but somehow he's not brain poisoned. But he's a big bald guy who wears basketball shorts and you'd never see a politician focus group that appearance. They want to look like successful businessmen in suits and nice haircuts, not your high school buddy who's a self-employed landscaper. Trump worked the same way, as did Bernie. Americans lack an authentic feeling of connection to their representatives right now so people who actually seem genuine have a huge impact.
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Morrow posted:3) A lot of people did drop out of the workforce due to covid, and that's what they may be referencing, but generally they dropped out as they retired, had disabilities, needed to care for family members (reminder: some open jobs don't pay enough to justify the cost of daycare, and a lot of kids still intermittently teleschool), or went back to school. These people have not been offered appropriate incentives to get them back in the workforce. I'll add a few more factors to this, as a tech writer/instructional designer who's been trying VERY HARD to rejoin the workforce without any success. I get maybe ten emails a day about jobs, and often a handful of phone calls. 99% of those emails are from recruiting agencies that scooped my resume from Monster, Indeed, CareerBuilder or ZipRecruiter, matched a couple of keywords to it and fired off an email without actually reading or comprehending my profile. Lots of these are for positions that are on-site in areas thousands of miles from my home, at which point the recruiter feigns surprise that I do not want to relocate my family for a four-month contract in Armpit, Wyoming. Lots more state "Remote Until COVID," which raises the question of who gets to decide when COVID is over and it's time to go back on-site? If I take such a contract and the boss says "Welp, your desk in Armpit is waiting on Monday," what am I supposed to do about that other than resign immediately? Lots of these are for Exciting New Career Opportunities!(tm) in fields like insurance sales and Oracle consultancy and roles with very specific prerequisites, training, experience and needs that are nowhere to be found on my resume, or are completely outside of anything I have ever done before. I do enjoy explaining over and over that, no, I do not have the five years of experience with Application X that is listed as a firm prerequisite, because it's clearly stated that my professional experience is with Application Y and I cannot travel back in time and change that. Lots of the remainder seem like pretty good matches, but the employers take one look at a work gap of any length and recoil in horror and vanish into the night, regardless of the validity of any reasons for it. Some of them are legitimate matches for my skillset, experience and situation. I have a dozen recruiters who, over the last few months, have gotten as far as submitting resumes and work samples to employers and inquiring about interview availability and talking on the phone with me to verify details and qualifications. Ninety percent of the time, I can guarantee that I will never hear from those recruiters again, and they will not return my emails or phone calls; they will simply ghost me. Others sigh that the client they're matching me with never responded to them when I can reach them. The problem with the COVID job market is that if you are applying for on-site work, you are competing with everyone with your skillset, your experience, and who finds that specific work location and lifestyle to be acceptable. If you are applying for fully remote work, you are competing with EVERYONE who's remotely qualified for that position, all across the nation and sometimes even in other nations. The amount of remote work available did jump up significantly due to COVID, by necessity; the amount of people looking for those remote work opportunities grew exponentially. I have had two of these processes reach a conclusion other than a flat 'no' (which I'm fine with, if that's the answer; I like closure.) One involved three Zoom interviews, an in-person interview and a writing assignment over a month. Didn't get it, but it was good practice. The other involved two Zoom interviews, work samples, shop talk about the position, a lot of positivity... and then a month of being completely ghosted before being informed that, sorry, we're going in a different direction. At some point, I would like to work in my professional field again. But I may end up stocking shelves at Target first, in an attempt to not lose our apartment.
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Oh cool, the 5th circuit just said that the SEC isn’t allowed to actually enforce securities law https://twitter.com/mjs_dc/status/1527009488301170688?s=21&t=K5A8pbb8RSxT0iuiz-PkRQ
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Morrow posted:The thing is, Fetterman works because he's authentic. He's a real person who you expect to start ranting about that AOC-person or illegals, but somehow he's not brain poisoned. But he's a big bald guy who wears basketball shorts and you'd never see a politician focus group that appearance. They want to look like successful businessmen in suits and nice haircuts, not your high school buddy who's a self-employed landscaper. Trump is the least authentic person imaginable. Bernie isn't really a vibe a lot of people identify with. What they said is why they were popular. Trump because he said the quiet parts loud, Bernie because he advocated good policy. Tons of politicians have done "I'm just a normal guy not a slick business type" it's not new and not necessarily authentic. People are also responding to Fetterman because "imposing/intimidating male figure" works on a lot of people no matter what your politics, which is why there's some batshit LBJ comparisons happening in this thread.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Oh cool, the 5th circuit just said that the SEC isn’t allowed to actually enforce securities law They just keep digging that hole...
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World Famous W posted:doing a google search to learn about inflation Lib and let die posted:I'd like to invite you to come take a trip down to deep-blue Broward County and see just how well we're keeping people out of homelessness. Zero_Grade fucked around with this message at 21:26 on May 18, 2022 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:Oh cool, the 5th circuit just said that the SEC isn’t allowed to actually enforce securities law The fifth circuit seems like a problem that needs t be dealt with. Why aren't democrats focusing on adding new districts, and tying the number of SCOTUS judges to the number of districts? That could fix two huge problems in one solution.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:The fifth circuit seems like a problem that needs t be dealt with. Why aren't democrats focusing on adding new districts, and tying the number of SCOTUS judges to the number of districts? That could fix two huge problems in one solution.
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We’re probably a year away from the end of the modern administrative state, I would guess I believe some of the Justices have said as much in some of their opinions
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Translation: "the dems refuse to slob my knob!" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526997132858822658
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FlamingLiberal posted:We’re probably a year away from the end of the modern administrative state, I would guess
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Mr Hootington posted:
I am not an economist but I wanted to key in on this too. Housing and education aren't priced into inflation calculations, its still based on what an average American buy in their basket (fairly well explained here in this West Wing clip. But also our super low inflation with super low interest rates basically allow buisnesses to be super risky and just fund the dumbest poo poo possible and they can take the hit. all that crypto money and corporate money into real estate is because they want to a huge pay off and can take out ridiculous money with little consequence because they can pay it easily. Real estate gains clearly just are beating inflation because money is stupid cheap and offer bigger rewards than actually saving. All this is to say our low interest rate policy basically created bassackwards incentives and is loving people over in new ways!
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isn't there a consistent effort to remove the ability of Congress to delegate authority to agencies as well? Seems like the end of the government itself and a return to the 1800s
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marshmonkey posted:Translation: "the dems refuse to slob my knob!" Who could've predicted this? Everyone. Everyone predicted this.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:isn't there a consistent effort to remove the ability of Congress to delegate authority to agencies as well? Seems like the end of the government itself and a return to the 1800s
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marshmonkey posted:Translation: "the dems refuse to slob my knob!" Ah yes, the party of division and hate, unlike the other party of *checks notes* calling your opponents pedophiles and advocating mob violence
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Mooseontheloose posted:I am not an economist but I wanted to key in on this too. Housing and education aren't priced into inflation calculations, its still based on what an average American buy in their basket (fairly well explained here in this West Wing clip. But also our super low inflation with super low interest rates basically allow buisnesses to be super risky and just fund the dumbest poo poo possible and they can take the hit. all that crypto money and corporate money into real estate is because they want to a huge pay off and can take out ridiculous money with little consequence because they can pay it easily. Real estate gains clearly just are beating inflation because money is stupid cheap and offer bigger rewards than actually saving. Housing and education are included in the CPI which is the most commonly referred to measure of inflation in the popular press. Granted, there are plenty of arguments to be had about how these are included and the Fed ostensibly pays most attention to Core PCE as their inflation metric. But here is a breakdown:  (from https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2022/05/13/components-of-the-cpi-april)
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FLIPADELPHIA posted:They don't care about voters they care about donors. We need to stop being credulous fools about this. They've shown us their true colors time and time again. poo poo, Lawrence O'Donnell talked about this in 2006. This is a no brainer, but the notion that donors will flee is ridiculous. Look at how awful the republican party is, and yet it has absolutely no trouble finding donors. Even in a capitalist hellscape this is literally prioritizing extreme short term gains over long term profits. I'm willing to stake my life on the idea that a medicare for all system within 10-30 years of being fully functional will lead to a minimum of 5% increase in overall profits due to increased productiveness and spending (now that people aren't going bankrupt or paying exorbitant healthcare fees) from the consumer. Winning elections grants you power, and donors might run away at first. But eventually they have to come back if they want their interests represented. It just infuriates me that so many democrats can't see that good policy leads to good politics, and yes even on a capitalist level, good profit.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Oh cool, the 5th circuit just said that the SEC isn’t allowed to actually enforce securities law Of course this same principle will not be applied to immigration judges for some reason, though from this decision they're pretty much saying bench trials are unconstitutional
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Xand_Man posted:Ah yes, the party of division and hate, unlike the other party of *checks notes* calling your opponents pedophiles and advocating mob violence To clarify, I'm not arguing that bad people can't support Democrats (I saw the poll where 20% of Democrats believe in Replacement Theory), just that I don't believe Musk about it because I find it impossible to believe he's ever cared about anything but his tax rate. Although when you go to the next page you will see VideoGameVet make a very good point about Musk and Democrats... Mellow Seas fucked around with this message at 22:05 on May 18, 2022 |
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