The Frankish Reich

I wouldn't be surprised if it was 56% of white people. Let's listen to the words of an expert analyst: "Vance said he noticed as a child that his peers seemed to fall into two groups: “My grandparents embodied one type: old-fashioned, quietly faithful, self-reliant, hardworking. My mother and, increasingly, the entire neighborhood embodied another: consumerist, isolated, angry, distrustful.” What might the government do differently? Vance notes that hillbillies love to complain, a la Trump, that the system is holding them back. “Never be like those f—ing losers who think the deck is stacked against them,” Mamaw used to tell her grandson. And yet hillbillies create so many varieties of misery for themselves. Vance recalls that in high school, a neighbor ran a bath, took some painkillers and passed out. When she awoke, the bath had overflowed and ruined the top floor of her house. “This is the reality of our community,” Vance writes. “It’s about a naked druggie destroying what little of value exists in her life. It’s about children who lose their toys and clothes to a mother’s addiction.”

Well, with absolutely zero new contributions (and of course there would be new contributions) and average annual returns of 6 percent, it would double in 12 years ... but of course you knew that. I mean you know it now.

Sounds like a winner! Did I miss the part about annexing Belgium too?

Victimhood and oppression. "We've been treated very unfairly by [Canada. The EU. Ukraine. Everyone but Russia.]"

First he came for then lumber, and I did nothing because I am not a lumberjack. Then he came for the steel, and I did nothing because I am not an autoworker. Now he comes for the French wine and champagne? Let the masses awaken ...

You need to study this a little more. My example was a 45 year old planning to work 15 more years ...

What we knew for a long time, finally found to be true by a federal judge: They. Are. Lying. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-education-department-layoffs-lawsuit-state-attorneys-general-32c6441f?mod=WTRN_pos1&cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_165&cx_artPos=0 “It’s a sad day when the federal government would fire a good employee and say it’s based on performance when they know good and well that’s a lie,” Alsup said. He pointed to employees who were told they were fired for cause despite stellar performance reviews. “That should not be done in our country,” he said. “It was a sham to avoid statutory requirements.” Alsup also criticized the Justice Department for what he characterized as attempts to stonewall the challengers in their attempts to gather more details about the firings, including attempts to depose acting OPM Director Charles Ezell.

Down 7+ percent since Trump took office.

https://www.usbank.com/investing/financial-perspectives/market-news/stock-market-under-trump.html As of yesterday's close (before today's bad day): - S&P 500 down 3.64% since election day - down 7.1% since inauguration day Let's say your a 45 year old with a million bucks in a 401k on inauguration day, all in U.S. equities. (This is not unusual these days.) You hope to retire at 60. Congrats, you've lost $71,000. You can work an extra two years. But hey, maybe we'll have Greenland! Winning!

Stocks Extend Losses as Trump Ramps Up Canada Tariffs Blue chips fall 600 points; U.S. dollar weakens further President Trump said the U.S. will increase its planned 25% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50%, in a response to Ottawa’s retaliation to U.S. tariffs. Trump also said he would “substantially increase” tariffs on cars coming into the U.S. on April 2. The WSJ online head, right now. Tired of so much winning yet?

https://www.wsj.com/economy/trump-team-recession-hard-landing-c8f23d5d?st=bERXCL One doddering old man gave us a soft landing. Another dotard insisted on a crash landing. Which one is mentally competent? The old fool who knows his limitations and defers to people who know WTF they're doing? Or the old fool who still thinks he's the smartest man in the room?

As Michael Jordan famously said about avoiding politics, "Republicans buy sneakers too."

Now it’s a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum. You may have played poker with this guy, the guy whose go-to is always the bluff. It stops working after the third or fourth time …

He never looks at the markets.

Spoken like a guy without any retirement savings.

The Trump Slump. It’s on! He is so mentally fit that he imposes (then delays, then reimposes) an economic strategy that no economist other than weirdo old Peter Navarro agrees with. With totally predictable results.

104 is way below even Medium Rare.

The warped world MAGA lives in, where the president of a David-sized nation who refuses to give in to Goliath is a whiny little sissy, and the president of the United States who wants to surrender immediately is a tough guy.

DC swamp drained; Florida swamp growing.

"National security." Oh. I see. Expect nothing.

Some moron who called it a "very strong" deal for America, much better than the one it replaced. You mean the one that is 100% made in the USA? Good luck finding that side of the street.

Question: is World War III (defined as an all-out war between the United States and its allies vs. Russia and its allies, with China somehow involved more likely under: A. A continuation of the U.S. support of Ukraine in its efforts to repel Russia's invasion, a situation that has resulted in an ongoing war in Ukraine but which has not been accompanied by further Russian expansionist actions in Europe. B. A peace deal with Russia that allows Russia to keep all the territory it seized through its invasions of 2014 and 2022, without providing additional assurances to Ukraine that Russia will not be allowed to take further military action in Ukraine. The answer is obvious.

Why on earth would you act like this is a good thing? "Grovels to Trump," who in turn grovels to Putin (the poor guy was very hurt by being implicated in Russia gate!), which means the world grovels to Putin. And that's good in your book.

Here's your purpose.

Typical Trumpism. The graph doesn't show any objective facts about the Biden economy. No GDP growth, no declining inflation rate, no market caps. Instead it's all feelings. How do you feel about the economy. The new feminized Republican Party.