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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 07:42:29 JST 
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/some-americans-live-in-a-parallel-economy-where-everything-is-terrible-162707378.html
This is a fairly interesting article if you consider interesting the struggle of the ruling class to gaslight people who hold 3 jobs in order to pay rent.
"This is perhaps Biden's top problem as he seeks a second term in office: convincing Americans that the economy is working for them without talking down or sounding dismissive."
A super hard job, I sympathize.
"Another challenge for Biden is that many Americans are probably comparing today's US economy to the economy in 2019. On that basis, yes, inflation is worse now, gas prices are higher, and there are unnerving wars in Europe and the Middle East."
How terrible.
"There’s a good chance the economy would have looked more or less the same from 2017 to 2021 if Biden were president instead of Trump. Same for the last three years, if Trump were in office instead of Biden."
.. remember this argument, because:
"Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring just as the OPEC+ nations were cutting output and American drillers were focusing on profitability over market share."
But why did the old prices soar? Because -
1. Biden's response was to sanction Russia and reduce oil supply. It was a decision, not an inevitable consequence of Russia losing patience with NATO expansion.
2. Biden denied licenses to American oil exploration companies. They focused on profitability because they were denied expansion by a decision.
Do they really think we're this stupid, I wonder. -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 07:42:28 JST
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The top comment:
"I think the widely publicized macro numbers are good. It's the subsurface numbers that are troubling, at least for the common consumer. Personal bankruptcy filings are up, home foreclosures up, business bankruptcy filings are up, auto repossessions up, personal savings rate down, and credit card delinquencies up." -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 10:11:56 JST
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@lanodan @coolboymew @romin I didn't want to go political on you, but it's a classic: -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 06:08:06 JST
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One part about Blinken's visit to Kiev jumped out at me the most: all the conservative NPCs criticized his poor guitar skills, and none noticed that the song he was performing was about mocking Bush 41.
A stunt like that used to be unthinkable for a Secretary of State. He could hate Republicans as much as Obama, but the domestic politics were supposed to stop at the border. A cabinet level executive of U.S. Government represented America, not the Democrat Party abroad.
This sort of corruption of our institutions is nothing new to me. Remember how Obama presented Queen of England with a DVD set? Everything is shit, and Blinken is a piece of shit, and America voted for it. So I'm not going to seethe here too hard. But it's funny how far we've fallen.
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 13:36:25 JST
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@sun_eat3r @allison What is "girlrotting"? Is this like a girlcel or like fujoshi? -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 07:27:20 JST
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Speaking of what the liberal education does to minds, this happened.
My unemployed daughter relayed a conversation with her girl friends, some of whom are equally jobless. The topic: how is it possible that they are unable to find jobs when the economy is booming (according to the government)?
Note that they are not experts in underwater lesbian basket weaving studies. They used to hold office positions in FANG companies, bossing peons around a little bit.
Her mother tried to inject a suggestion that perhaps the government is somewhat too upbeat when reporting economic news. The economy is actually terrible, which is why there aren't jobs. But unfortunately, she made a mis-step by mentioning that Democrats are in power and that got her tuned out.
So the jobs situation remains a big mystery among the educated liberals.
Cannot wait for them try to get to the bottom of stagflation. The Fed keeps adjusting the rates, but it does not help. How can it be? Tune in for these podcasts to know why, say your Tumblr friends! -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 13:49:39 JST
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@shibao LOL. In Austin, a taco chain exists called "Torchys". They offer a taco called "Democrat", which is quite good, and a taco called "Republican", which is the worst shit ever. -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2024 07:30:21 JST
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@coolboymew @wjmaggos @amerika @p They let it be known before they realized what it meant. -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 08:33:16 JST
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@coolboymew You know Russians have a proverb: "like the priest, like the congregation". -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 08:28:05 JST
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@Moon @coolboymew On Fediverse, no less! Fortunately or unfortunately apparently he lost interest in Mastodon. I unsubscribed long ago, but I checked just now. His last post was 2 months ago. -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 07:22:25 JST
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@Moon @lain
I remember that I thought "Painters" was the point at which Graham jumped the shark with his essays. But I suspect that I was negatively biased by his claims that founders living in rat cages of San Francisco was necessary for startups. Unfortunately, at the time it looked like he was winning and I probably felt like being extra critical.
It all happened before the Wuhan Corona and the exodus from Frisco to Tahoe.
The sweetest part for me is, I knew a guy in 1998, Andy Banta, who lived in Tahoe. He commuted to work at Sun in MPK twice a week. Sun tolerated him because he was very good and we still had vestiges of meritocracy back then. Talk about being ahead of the curve. -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 05:00:09 JST
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@lain @Moon Ironically enough he might have. All his money could not buy respect, I'm sure that hurt. -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 10:48:51 JST
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@Moon @EvilSandmich @Turdicus @Hoss @thendrix What's the alternative? Please don't say "physical gold". -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 10:48:49 JST
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@thendrix @EvilSandmich @Turdicus @Hoss @Moon The ammo suggestion does not work because of its poor density. Do you have any idea how large a room with 1,000,000 rounds of 5.56 needs to be?
Government agencies and other organizations stockpile ammo because it's feasible for them to own, maintain, and guard warehouses. But your apartment is not a warehouse. -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 09:08:04 JST
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@Moon @awl I glance at New Yorker once in a while, when a fellow passenger in a commercial airplane reads it. I live in a liberal cesspit, so it happens sadly often. And that publication is truly insufferable. -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 08:49:02 JST
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@Dan_Ramos Classic -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 12:40:40 JST
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@Moon @PG_Kelly I understand that you're joking about Trump being barred from running (in Colorado), but seriously: what kind of campaign cannot even file the paperwork? That is more important than campaigning. Even a complete idiot like Navalny was able to do it.
BTW, check out this, her own campaign clearly trolled:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231223110545/https://zona.media/news/2023/12/23/duncova -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 03:46:22 JST
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@coolboymew @lanodan Would be an excellent idea in rural Japan (far away from Roppongi). -
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 10:26:23 JST
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@Moon Once again Moonman was ahead of the curve
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Account: Politics (union@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 03:32:51 JST
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@Moon @joyo What about the Patriot batteries in 2003? Or do you mean something more permanent only?
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