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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
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The Trump Economy
- 2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
Eh, I agree with that for a lot of reason (the big one being that the Bernie faction consolidated lefties towards the mainstream party, rather than pulling the party out of the mainstream), but you can’t deny that the reds and the browns are closer to each other ideologically than they are to either’s respective normies.- 2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
Good post, and an interesting point about both Warren and Bannon, I agree. what’s the podcast?- 2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
That inflation (ie the general price spike that resulted from supply shocks and massive cash stimulus) was transitory. It was the most predictable, and predicted and well understood general price spike in history, and it subsided long ago. Now you still have a ton of excess liquidity sloshing around, AND investors are rebalancing and doing some profit taking, and the FED has lowered rates (because reasons) AND you’ve got tariffs in place. And all those things are inflationary. On the other hand, you’ve got AI, which is probably very deflationary once it gets entrenched enough to really see the effects at scale, but we don’t know how long that is. ERP+CRM took about 7 years to destroy routine back office work, but got a big assist from the GFC. So, inside 10 years? But multiple things can be true at one time. And inflation is never evenly experienced across the economy anyway. Was inflation actually low before 2022? For example, decades of artificially low interest rates and tax stimulus, especially post GFC, essentially financed an acceleration of asset prices (like homes) with public debt, but we didn’t experience it as a general price spike because wages stayed flat* during that time and thus consumer prices for necessities were suppressed. But that’s an artifact of measurement, not a lack of monetary inflation. Anyhow, the people who said it was transitory weren’t wrong, it wasn’t ever in question. Everything is transitory. That’s not the right question. The right question is where are we now. We’ll see. * mainly because the people at the very top of the economy kept more of the productivity growth and already owned more assets, while the people below the top technically received compensation increases but they mostly get diverted to healthcare costs, which in turn increased the valuations of companies in that space.- Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,638 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
My favorite Colin Allred moment was the commercial where he talked about wanting to work with the people who were lying about him.- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
Far over the horizon of human time, when the galactic explorers from beyond our conception arrive to sift through the dust of our world, they will be greeting by a text from Colin Allred asking for $10 and describing his lessons from football and his single mother.- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
Sent a lot of text messages, tho. Or at least Allred and Hager did. Lupe Valdez didn’t even do that much.- The GOP Civil War
- Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,637 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 my third guess embarrasses me- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
We’ll see. But they are both more likely to set up and run good campaigns if they have to get through the other first.- The GOP Civil War
Love to see it- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
No, not really. Campaigning everywhere that you can find an audience and speaking to people directly is like the definition of the basics and used to be the norm before professional consultants turned Texas Democrats into the Washington Generals.- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
Competent campaign, decent but not great candidate. We’re just used to such shit candidates and campaigns he seemed amazing because he did the basics.- Trump’s America
It helps literally everyone who reads stuff off a screen. If they really want the typefaces to set the tone for this administration, they may want to consider Wingdings.- Trump’s America
So true. 2X National Latin Exam gold medal here prior to college, and in 5th semester of college Latin what I learned was that I was actually terrible at Latin.- Trump’s America
Our long national sans serif nightmare is over. legibility is woke!- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
I like Talarico but you make a great point. There’s something to be said for an attention getter who is willing to go scorched earth. Plus she’s funny and doesn’t seem like a scold, and that’s the biggest of the many reason why the comparison to Stacy Abrams is so hollow. We never are.- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
So vote for Talarico. But if she’s truly that bad of a candidate and Talarico/his surrogates can’t make the case, how could he possibly be expected to run a good campaign in a general election? I don’t know how else I can say this is not in the best interests of Texas Democrats. Clearing the field for low profile candidates who are perceived to be the most electable doesn’t help and has literally never worked for a Democrat in this state.- Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
One must imagine Sisyphus happy Wordle 1,636 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Sigh. Yes, as anyone can infer from my posts I am well aware that Deloitte audits financial statements and does not duplicate the work of the city Auditor. Jesus you people. Go fucking volunteer for something and serve the public. you'll learn something.- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
And not for nothing. she needs it too. Absolutely I do! Nothing could be more important than Democrats getting attention as alternatives. Which they cannot do without spectacle. What would you have them do otherwise? Write editorials and put out position papers? There is no day but today and no world but what we make. Sack up, pick one, throw them some dollars, and be prepared to vote for the other if you need to.- Jasmine Crockett (Texas Representative)
Except attention, community exposure, a raised profile in the general electorate, money, at-bats, learning to win, etc. And she gains the same from him. Remember- other than political junkies not many people know either of them. Not picking on you because that’s the conventional wisdom, but let me turn the idea around- why would a compelling, high contrast race between two good candidates who are very different from each other be bad?- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
There there - 2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
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