Monday, September 30, 2024
Huh?
Trump speech excerpt in Wisconsin.
"Testing illegal alien who was led into the United States by Kamala and her lax law, she, they, they, every one of my killer, we had the great, she woulda’, he woulda’, never been able to get in. She stopped every single one of ‘em, she was the border czar, now she doesn’t admit that. Whether you call her a czar or not she was no czar."
War
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Washington Post: Israel tells Washington it plans imminent ground operation in Lebanon, U.S. official says
Helene
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In the days since the storm swept through, cellphone and internet signals in this region have been spotty — if working at all — making communication with the outside world a constant struggle.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 6:19 a.m. ET DOW futures are -36, S&P futures are -3, and NASDAQ futures are -18.5. The market is poised to open moderately lower. Source
Friday, September 27, 2024
Helene
Washington Post: Millions without power as Helene treks north, spurring Carolina floods and heavy winds
Catastrophic winds and torrential rain from the storm were expected to continue Friday across the Southeast and southern Appalachians.
'Solare'
This track is dedicated to a music collaborator and friend, Richard Lainhart. Richard passed away about 14 years ago. He was all of 57.
War
Kendall-Taylor and Fontaine call the full-scale invasion of Ukraine “the point of no return in Putin’s long-standing crusade against the West.” “Crusade,” with religious connotations, is apposite.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 7:12 a.m. ET DOW futures are -22, S&P futures are -6.75, and NASDAQ futures are -52.75. The market is poised to open moderately lower. Source
Thursday, September 26, 2024
David Pakman - Kamala +7 Over Trump
Record
Washington Post: Opinion - Biden’s record speaks for itself - On crime, the economy and immigration, Republicans have little to complain about. By Jennifer Rubin
“Inflation has come back down close to its level just before the pandemic, while we have maintained the lowest average unemployment of any administration in over 50 years, and real GDP has grown by 2.9 percent per year on average. December 2020 was the last month in which U.S. employment declined; since then, employment has expanded for 43 months in a row..."
Eric Adams
...bribery, wire fraud and seeking illegal campaign donations in a federal indictment unsealed Thursday — a lengthy list of accusations that grew out of what prosecutors called “corrupt relationships” with rich foreigners.
Maryland
Alsobrooks leads Republican Larry Hogan — a former governor elected twice in the deep-blue state — by 11 percentage points among likely voters, even though the poll shows Hogan has won over a sizable portion of Democrats and remains about as popular with voters as his rival.
Eric Adams
Adams’s administration has seen a flurry of high-profile resignations in recent weeks, including from his former police commissioner Edward Caban, whose devices were collected by federal authorities for examination.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are +202, S&P futures are +47.5, and NASDAQ futures are +296. The market is poised to open significantly higher. Source
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
For Sale
"A man reaps what he sows." - Galatians 6:7
NPR: Going once … going twice: Alex Jones’ cameras, mics, Infowars show, vitamin site By Tovia Smith
Cognitive Decline
“She had the other interview with the other guy who was a nice guy I think from Philadelphia from Pennsylvania, he was a nice guy, he was asking her all these [inaudible] — the daily take — they don’t take like I do! Anybody wants to go, go what the hell differences they make — they have — and how dishonest was ABC...”
Meidas Touch - Finally! Trump And Vance Will Face…Criminal Charges?!!!
Higher Ground
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Shannon Foley is a former white supremacist who now works to deprogram and rehabilitate people leaving hate groups. Shannon took my daughter, Chelsea, and me canoeing near her home in Athens, Ga.
Women
“Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … Okay, it’s a little crazy, by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”
War
“This is an escalation that was just a matter of time from an Israeli perspective,” Plesner said. “The vast majority of Israelis understand that this situation is unsustainable.”
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 7:08 a.m. ET DOW futures are +27, S&P futures are -4, and NASDAQ futures are -48.5. The market is poised to open mixed. Source
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies - Lara Trump's 'I Won't Back Down'
Strategy
Election officials are hosting open houses and trainings so that those who are curious about or skeptical of the process can see it for themselves.
Attacks
“Do you think Springfield will ever be the same?” Trump said. “The fact is — and I’ll say it now — you have to get them the hell out. You have to get them out. I’m sorry. Get them out. Can’t have it. … They’ve destroyed it.”
Rhetoric
“If I don’t win this election,” Trump said at a summit devoted to (I kid you not) combating American antisemitism, then “the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss.”
Allure
Among many other shocking sentiments, CNN said, Robinson declared “I’m a black NAZI!” and “Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves.” He referred to civil rights leader King, according to the report, as a “commie bastard” and “worse than a maggot.”
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 7:28 a.m. ET DOW futures are -27, S&P futures are -4.75, and NASDAQ futures are -16. The market is poised to open moderately lower. Source
Monday, September 23, 2024
Building
We're seeing a lot of disparity on the polling and it is also dispiriting.With that in mind, check out this article.
Hip
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Washington Post: How to relieve hip pain Moves, meds and other treatments that may help. By Hallie Levine
Revelation
Washington Post: Opinion - Victims bear witness to MAGA cruelty Oprah’s Zoom event was a revelation. By Jeniifer Rubin
Harris was calm, authoritative and occasionally witty. But the stars of the evening were real people who had suffered grievously because of inhumane MAGA-inspired policies. These ordinary Americans left many in the studio and Zoom audience in tears.
Private Idaho
World War III...In July, before a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his private Mar-a-Lago Club, Trump told reporters that only his electoral victory could stave off another global conflagration.
Shutdown
“If both sides continue to work in good faith, I am hopeful that we can wrap up work on the CR this week, well before the September 30 deadline,” Schumer said in a statement. “The key to finishing our work this week will be bipartisan cooperation, in both chambers.”
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 7:14 a.m. ET DOW futures are +18, S&P futures are +8, and NASDAQ futures are +45. The market is poised to open moderately higher. Source
Friday, September 20, 2024
Whoa!
We've become the doubling down on stupid country. That's why we can't rule out Trump winning in November.
Axios: Three Mile Island nuclear plant to restart, power Microsoft data centers By Ben Geman
Have An Excellent Friday
"The dresses of Frida Kahlo on display in Mexico City. The artist adopted a brightly colored folk style reflecting her promotion of indigenous arts embraced by the Mexican Renaissance movement and symbolic of a cultural identity freed by revolution."
Lies
“They’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating — they’re eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.”
War
Washington’s effort to urge de-escalation has been met with increasingly brazen assaults by its ally Israel and deadly rocket and missile volleys by Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Houthi militants — all of which threaten ongoing efforts to forge a deal to pause the fighting in Gaza and secure the release of hostages taken from Israel a year ago.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 7:41 a.m. ET DOW futures are -22, S&P futures are -17.25, and NASDAQ futures are -89.25. The market is poised to open significantly lower. Source
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Drinking
This article is from April 2023.
The Hill: Americans are drinking as much alcohol now as in Civil War days By Daniel de Vis
This article is from August 2017.
CNN: Study finds 1 in 8 Americans struggles with alcohol abuse By AJ Willingham
Headline Of The Week
...allegedly peeping in women’s locker rooms when he was a student at North Carolina A&T State University, saying he wanted to own slaves, and saying in online forums that he enjoyed pornography featuring transgender models...
Tupperware
Washington Post: Opinion - The Tupperware party was good while it lasted - The iconic container brand could not keep pace with an evolving industry. By Megan McArdle
It turned out that my Luddite mother was ahead of her times, as affluent consumers started coming around to her wariness of plastic.
Read It!
They have transcribed Trump's response to a simple question about the cost of food. Read it, please, it is nuts.
"You know, I like to say we’re the party of common sense. We want to have a strong border. How about that? We want to you know, all of a sudden they’ve changed. They didn’t want any border. They said walls don’t work."
"Two things work. What are the two things? Wheels and walls. You know, if I do, there’s a gorgeous computer down here. In about two weeks, it’s going to be obsolete. A friend of mine is in that business. He hates it."
