I voted for this

[CNCAppsJames]

how bout release all epstean files. I do think that could clear out the swamp.... all off them?

Just have to make sure that no victims are identified... then #SendIt

[neurosis]

Bernie 2028!

You might like this vid.. 

[jstell]

You might like this vid.. 

Thanks.  I've seen similar.  As I've said here before, if you go far enough left or far enough right, you start to find the same kind of crazy, and some pragmatic stuff that ends up being common ground, once the facade of which color hat you are wearing falls away.  My "Bernie 2028!" is tongue-in-cheek.  More old white guys, yippee!  But my frustration with the momentum of power in the Democratic Party is real.  They absolutely have become reactionary in the same way that made the repugs stupid during the Obama years.  And I sometimes wonder what the world might be like if Hillary and the puppeteers hadn't subverted Bernie's rise in 2016.  Would he have done well against Romney or one of the mainstream Republicans that were expected to cinch the nomination?  Probably not.  But would it have been hella interesting to watch the interuptfest that would have been his showing against the orange idiot?  Oh yeah.

[neurosis]

[Newbeeee™]

^^^^ they don't hide it either....
https://x.com/i/status/1984040287619150240

[neurosis]

^^^^ they don't hide it either....

I'm kinda wondering what the "I voted for this" crowd thinks about that.

[Newbeeee™]

I'm kinda wondering what the "I voted for this" crowd thinks about that.

Although Buyed-In prolly used my vote in 2020 I have no skinny this time around
As I keep saying - it's a dog n pony show with a rigged red v blue 2x uni-party system.
NOBODY, is voting ourselves outta this.

And ref Fink - "gunna happen world wide very quickly"....
Which means one thing.
ALL currency in EVERY country, is controlled from one entity.
It is ALL one system.
The only escape, is to opt out of their system, which means your own food, your own power, no money....

[jstell]

ALL currency in EVERY country, is controlled from one entity.

^^^^ they don't hide it either....

That's the thing about this administration.  They just keep saying the quiet parts out loud.

[beej]

That's the thing about this administration.  They just keep saying the quiet parts out loud.

It's kind of refreshing.

[beej]

speaking of saying the quiet part outloud, this left of center economist is trying really hard not to give Trump credit for the success of the tariffs

https://prospect.org/2026/01/14/trump-tariffs-china-tax-economy-inflation/

Well, maybe not quite. And herein lies both an interesting economic mystery as well as possible lessons for the next Democratic administration.

For starters, inflation is running below projections. In December, the just-announced inflation rate was 2.7 percent. The Fed's favorite indicator was unchanged from November when the core inflation rate, at 2.6 percent, was the lowest since 2021.

Tariffs have had surprisingly little impact on higher consumer prices. "Tariff pass‑through to consumers has been much milder than anticipated," Olu Sonola, head of U.S. economic research at Fitch Ratings, wrote in a recent research note. Yet revenue from tariffs brought in close to $300 billion in 2025, up from about $80 billion in 2024, and is currently on track to produce over $350 billion this year.

Someone is paying these taxes, but who?

The evidence suggests that most costs are being absorbed by foreign exporters or by domestic sellers accepting lower profit margins. And since the actual tariffs on different countries are a crazy quilt of different rates, producers have also become expert at shifting their supply chains to countries with relatively lower tariffs.

A research study by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, looking back at tariff policy and economic performance over more than a century and a half, even finds that higher tariffs actually correlate with modest reductions in inflation. That doesn't make a lot of sense, and the researchers don't offer a comprehensive explanation. One likely reason: To the extent that high tariffs, such as Smoot-Hawley in 1930, reduce effective purchasing power, that dampening also restrains prices. The economic problem in the 1930s was depression, not inflation.

OK, DISCLAIMER TIME. This is not to endorse Trump's tariff policies, which reflect his petulance and wish for retribution rather than any coherent trade and industrial strategy.

The one sensible exception, as noted, is the high tariff rate on China. Even so, Trump's overall China policy stupidly combines high tariffs with far too much indulgence on export controls, reflecting Trump's penchant for cutting corrupt deals.

[CNCAppsJames]

It's not a mystery to intelligent people that tariffs are effective when used correctly and for the right reasons. Even our founding fathers knew this.

 

[beej]

It's hard to find any bad numbers in this week's financial reports, but I am sure somebody will.

https://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendar?mod=newsviewer_click

[Smit]

People who deliver bad numbers get fired.

It might be good to remember that and take things with a grain of salt.

Just sayin.

[jstell]

Yes, dear leader.

[Newbeeee™]

That's the thing about this administration.  They just keep saying the quiet parts out loud.

Trust me that it's not just Murrica.
Everywhere....