This week was looong. And next week promises more BS, particularly at my job. Can’t wait; in the meantime, enjoy your weekend!
Stay warm!
As ice storm continues in the South, parts of the Northeast brace for brutal wind chills not felt in decades
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/weather/winter-storm-south-northeast-us/index.html
#merica.
Metro employee killed while trying to stop man shooting at D.C. commuters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/02/01/potomac-avenue-metro-station-shooting/
Stonks! (PS, if someone offers you 50% returns it’s a scam)
An alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/01/mormon-ponzi-scheme-vegas-fbi/
Stupid little rodent
Punxsutawney Phil predicts more winter in Groundhog Day celebration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/02/groundhog-day-phil-shadow-2023-more-winter
NPS cracks me up
Have a great day!
There was another groundhog that just up and died right before it was supposed to perform. That can’t be a good sign.
Four horsemen be damned…
I was supposed to drive to Mississippi this weekend. I was … not relishing the prospect.
Thanks, ice storm Mara!
Employers added 517,000 jobs in January, astonishing labor market growth
But … but … but there’s a RECESSION. Republicans have to save us from the RECESSION. If we don’t cut taxes to billionaires they won’t hire people and we’ve got RECESSION. Trickle-down is the only way to avoid a RECESSION apocalypse.
I read an interesting bit arguing that the press swallowed hook, line and sinker the narrative that the fuel for Trump’s takeover of the GOP was “economic anxiety.” Obvious counter evidence was the economy was strong in 2016, unemployment and inflation were low, and Trump voters had higher incomes than Biden voters.
What got missed was the fact that GOP voters are conditioned to think everything is bad when a Democrat is president. The press narrative got it completely backwards — they weren’t Republicans because they were anxious, they were anxious because they were Republican.
It was a convenient way for the press to ignore the authoritarianism, racism, and sexism not only in the GOP rank and file, but more importantly in the elites. And now the press is scrambling to manufacture reasons for austerity, and before long they’ll be arguing that a strong economy is grounds in favor of benefits cuts and against raising taxes on the rich.
Loved how after I saw the jobs report was so good, that the stock market had dipped from the news.
The laptop fights back?
https://apnews.com/article/biden-steve-bannon-politics-united-states-government-robert-hunter-d20948db8967e21024059f38cde5e94c
What a farce!
Some good news…
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-reunites-700-kids-parents-trump-96861198
Yeah, it’s high time that Hunter quit being a punching bag.
That NPS tweet is my kind of humor. Almost spit out the coffee with that one.
Guys, guys, you guys…
Man attempts trip to Sydney, Australia – and ends up in Sidney, Montana
Sort of the more shitty version of the Guy who wanted to go to Oakland (why?) and then ended up in Auckland NZ
You know, at this point, I’d rather go to Oakland than SF.
That reminds me of the play Valparaiso by Don DeLillo. Life imitating art.