Archive for July, 2024

Bankruptcies?  Layoffs?  Foreclosures?  Evictions?  Inflation? (July 29, 2024)

Posted in Bankruptcy, Economy, Inflation, Kleptocracy, Unemployment on July 29, 2024 by e-commentary.org

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J          “Bankruptcies are up.”

K          “And layoffs are rising.”

. . .

J          “Foreclosures for property owners.”

K          “Evictions for tenants.”

. . .

K          “Washington and Wall Street continue to strip mine the American middle class.”

J          “And do not remediate and reforest the lives and communities uprooted and destroyed in the process.”

. . .

K          “The BLS, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, should drop the pretense and drop the ‘L’ in its name.  The unemployment figures are a fraud.”

L          “The National Bureau of Economic Research would not recognize a recession if it announced itself with flashing lights and marching band.  I can see the lights and hear the band.”

. . .

K          “And inflation is much higher than the figures distorted by the government.  Some say the consumer price index known as the CPI should be called the ‘CP Lie’.”

J          “Yet the thing we call the economy for the wealthy goes on its merry way.”

. . .

K          “Maybe.”

J          “Maybe.”

. . .

[Listen to the discussion titled “The Plunderers Now Run Our Economy” with Gretchen Morgenson interviewed by Adam Taggart at “Thoughtful Money” dated July 22, 2024.  Reflect on the figures on layoffs, quits and hires at “Daily Job Cuts” and on public job cuts at MacroEdge’s “Job Cuts Tracker”.  See the figures on real inflation at “ShadowStats”.]

[See the e-commentary at Is Inflation Inflating!?!? (April 26, 2021) written at a time when those in power insisted that inflation was transitory, Sixth Annual Noble Prize In Eco-nomics (October 11, 2021) acknowledging the work of John Williams accurately tracking the true rate of inflation at “Shadowstats”, Interning For Clio:  Collecting, Protecting And Preserving The Record (April 4, 2022), The Taxonomy Of The American Economy (May 21, 2018) and Does Any Institution In America Function? Oh, And Happy Friday The 13th! (December 9, 2019) discussing, among other institutions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and its fraudulent employment numbers.]

Bumper stickers of the week:

Unemployment:      https://dailyjobcuts.com/ and https://www.macroedge.net/job-cuts-tracker

Inflation:      http://www.shadowstats.com/

Fraud + Fraud + Fraud + Fraud + Fraud = / = Truth

Brother, can you spare a dime?

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Joe To Go?  Oh [No] or [Yes]! (July 22, 2024)

Posted in Biden, O'Bama, Presidency on July 22, 2024 by e-commentary.org

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K          “Last Friday night, I observed that he would step down within a fortnight.”

J          “He had go.  But his policies still trump the alternative.”

. . .

K          “One high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack.  ”

J          “It was a chorus.  They had to stay on message.”

K          “It was a cacophony.  Of lies.  His condition was obvious years ago.  His sycophants have no integrity and no dignity.” 

. . .

K          “For decades he was a useful obedient puppet.  When he was no longer a useful and obedient puppet, they cut his strings.”

J          “You are not voting for Biden the avatar, you are voting for the people around him.”

K          “The people above him.  This is the third term of the O’Bama Administration.  They were told by those who control them to jettison Joe.”

. . .

K          “So who is in control now?”

J          “Those who are in control now?”

. . .

[See the e-commentary at Impeachment Imbroglio.  Oh, And Happy Saint Nicholas Day! (December 2, 2019).]

Bumper sticker of the week:

Are tacks really all that sharp?

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Assassination As A Public Policy Tool.  Oh, And Hope You Had A Happy Bastille Day! (July 15, 2024)

Posted in Culture, Politics, Presidency, Society on July 15, 2024 by e-commentary.org

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K          “Once again, something is not right about the whole shooting match.”

J          “Assassinations are as American as processed GMO apple pie.”

. . .

K          “Negligent or intentional.  There is not a third explanation, unless you consider gross negligence a third category. Do the math.”

. . .

K          “Someone I trust who is in a position to know said that neither Trump nor Kennedy will be allowed to cross the threshold of the White House as a tenant in an official capacity.”

. . .

[See the e-commentary at November 23, 1963; Three Score Years Later (November 27, 2023).]

Bumper sticker of the week:

What happened to America?

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NATO Summit (July 8, 2024)

Posted in NATO on July 8, 2024 by e-commentary.org

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K          “Time to disband.”

J          “Time to rethink the alliance.”

. . .

[See the e-commentary at NATO: Nations Aggressively Taking Over (March 31, 2014), NATOExit? NATOExeunt? (July 4, 2016), Joint Base State-War (JBS-W) (April 25, 2022) and American Foreign Policy:  1945 –  ____ (July 24, 2023).]

Bumper sticker of the week:

[Sported by senior citizen] Sometimes I have to remind myself that it is not worth the jail time.

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“Supreme Court backs Biden administration in social media dispute with red states”  Biden 1; People 0.  Oh, And Happy Canada Day! (July 1, 2024)

Posted in First Amendment, Free Speech, Supreme Court on July 1, 2024 by e-commentary.org

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K          “The headline above an Associated Press article astutely sums up the score.  Law in America is a game and a sport with winners and losers.  The decisions should be printed and debated on the Sports Page.  However, there is no justice.”

J          “Not allowing them to make their argument was callow.” 

. . .

K          “The idea that even an ordinary person off the street does not have standing to defend the most fundamental Constitutional right is obscene.  They were advocating for free speech and were not even allowed to speak.  I know obscenity when I see it.”

J          “Time to appoint non-lawyers to the courts.  Lawyers are not capable of handling the task.  A new team is our only salvation.”

. . .

K          “I suspect they were discreetly reminded that they should not forget who they are dealing with.  Any one of the more than half dozen vaunted persuasion vectors alone could have been persuasive.” 

. . .

[See the e-commentary at Murthy v. Missouri:  AMA v. AAPS; Flaccid Amendment v. First Amendment.  The Speakers’ Corner And The Public Square. (March 18, 2024).]

Bumper stickers of the week:

“[O]ne of the most important free speech cases to reach this Court in years.”

There was “more than sufficient” evidence that Jill Hines, one of the plaintiffs, had standing to sue “and consequently, we are obligated to tackle the free speech issue that the case presents.” 

“The Court, however, shirks that duty and thus permits the successful campaign of coercion in this case to stand as an attractive model for future officials who want to control what the people say, hear, and think.” 

“The Government’s pressure tactics, which included threats of adverse regulatory action, cannot be dismissed as mere persuasion.”

“This ruling effectively grants the government a free pass to continue its campaign of suppression, threatening the foundational principles of free expression.”

Justice Samuel Alito

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