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Mayorkas excuses Biden’s unilateral mass amnesty for illegal aliens because “we need people who are willing to work” byu/wossnarp inConservative People aren’t willing to work because the left has spent the last 15 years telling everyone that you shouldn’t work in entry level jobs for less than $15 per hour. Once companies moved towards that …
Searches for “nothing to do at work” skyrocketing byu/CaptainDr ineconomicCollapse The phrase “Searches for ‘nothing to do at work’ skyrocketing” means that there has been a significant increase in the number of people searching online for information or activities related to having nothing to do while at work. This could indicate that many individuals are …
California’s $25-an-Hour Minimum-Wage Boomerang: Gov. Newsom now says the law he signed last October would add to the state’s fiscal woes. He ignored warnings at the time. Progressives in Sacramento rarely think twice before burdening businesses. But lo and behold, they are having second thoughts about California’s new $25-an-hour minimum wage for healthcare workers. …
Boston Dynamics unveils new electric humanoid Atlas. Atlas lies motionless in a prone position atop interlocking gym mats. The only soundtrack is the whirring of an electric motor. It’s not quiet, exactly, but it’s nothing compared to the hydraulic jerks of its ancestors. As the camera pans around the robot’s back, its legs bend at …
Finland launched a campaign to stop migrants from violating women. How well do you think it worked? Finland launched a campaign to stop migrants from violating women. How well do you think it worked? pic.twitter.com/rUQHFgw231 — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) March 31, 2024
‘Fabricated!’ Trump takes victory lap after Secret Service driver disputes Democrats’ J6 narrative. Former President Donald Trump claimed vindication Monday after new evidence released by Congress undercut two sensational claims Democrats made about him during the Jan. 6 investigation, including that he tried to commandeer his Secret Service vehicle that day to go to the …
Microsoft is facing backlash after bragging in a recent diversity report that it pays white employees less than racial minority employees in similar roles. The report boasts that asian employees make more than both black and white employees with matching job titles, levels, and tenure. Microsoft touts in its 2023 Diversity and Inclusion Report its …
by Chris Black Disagreeing with someone is not defamation. This is abject nonsense, it is a judge “legislating from the bench,” taking away from basic First Amendment freedoms through an absurd ruling. Yes, a jury decided, but it was the duty of the judge to dismiss this gibberish as an obvious attack on constitutionally-protected speech …
‘Maverick had a royal wingman on Wednesday! Tom Cruise reunited with the Prince of Wales at London’s Air Ambulance Charity’s fundraising gala. Sharply dressed in tuxes and black bow ties, the heir to the throne and the Hollywood star posed for photos and were pictured laughing together.’ https://www.hola.com/us/royals/20240207355725/prince-william-tom-cruise-reunion-charity-gala-london-photos/ h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal
From algorithms firing staff without human intervention to software keeping tabs on bathroom breaks, technologies including artificial intelligence are already upsetting workers and unsettling workplaces. At call centers, AI systems record and grade how workers handle calls, often giving failing grades for not sticking to the script. Some corporate software spies on workers to see …
by PipeGeneralCnD Imagine you are a furniture company with 5% margins. You sell your biggest inventory of the year. Next day bitcoin is down 7%. You are bankrupt. Bitcoin forces every single business to be a speculator. They can’t focus on what they do best. That is why the USD has been so successful. The …
California faces a record $68 billion deficit — here’s what is eating away at the Golden State’s coffers. California has also lost residents and businesses — and therefore, tax revenue — in recent years. The Golden State’s population declined for the first time in 2021, as it lost around 281,000 residents, according to the Public …
by confoundedinterest17 Biden’s leading “economist” Lael Brainard loves to brag about the strong economy under Bidenomics, and then pulled a brain freeze when asked about crashing savings rates as consumers struggle with inflation. The good news? One of The Fed’s favorite inflation indicators – Core PCE Deflator – slowed to 3.7% YoY in September (its lowest …
By Graham Summers, MBA “Someone” saved stocks yesterday. The day started with the S&P 500 breaking below: 1) The 200-DMA (red line in the chart below). 2) The October lows at 4,223 (purple line in the chart below). 3) CRITICAL support at 4,200 (blue line in the chart below). This happened as the yield on the …
by confoundedinterest17 Its the Biden Bop! As Bidenomics continues its blitzkrieg on the US economy with the Federal government massively expanding its debt while households and business cut back on debt. The US government is the only sector to have notably borrowed on a net basis over the last five years. The market sees that as inflationary, …
by confoundedinterest17 Joe Biden, who has always been a compulsive liar but at least sounded cognicent, is now babbling and whispering that Bidenomics works. But for who? Clearly not for first time homebuyers or people looking to move. Bankrate’s 30-year mortgage rate is up to almost 8%, the highest since July 2000 and Willy Slick …
by Chris Black We know it is not about economic support for the refugees. Sending economic aid to their countries is much cheaper than bringing them into Europe. So assuming whites are so evil that they will abuse any foreigners out of blind hatred, for no reason, isn’t it still better to not bring them …
WASHINGTON — One day after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up at a public event, Brian Monahan, the attending physician for the U.S. Capitol, said that he told McConnell “he is medically clear” to continue to work. Monahan said in a statement that he had “consulted” with McConnell, 81, and “conferred” with …
by confoundedinterest17 I wonder if Biden will use his writeboard to brag about the 30-year mortgage rate rising 157% under his economic Reign on Error? Aka, Bidenomics. Mortgage applications increased 2.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 25, …
by EuphoricTrilby Bidenomics: Create 15% food inflation with reckless Covid policy and mandates, then take credit for when inflation “falls” to 6%. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook/summary-findings/ Americans work three jobs in a single household to put food on the table. Americans on Maui are still digging their dead children from the rubble. And the most most corrupt administration …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics should be called Sovietnomics. Meaning the same type of command-driven economy that helped demolish the old Soviet Union instead of a western-style demand-driven economy. Biden’s reliance on “goin’ green” has been bad for the middle class (but a boon for the wealthy donor class like Tom Steyer, the donor when The Bidens …
by Chris Black I mean, this is completely normal for San Fran: In a utopia, everything is perfect, and it is nothing but endless happiness. However, in such a utopia, you may want to be careful on the way to work. In fact, you’d better just… never leave your home.
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics at work! From the alleged more Pro-Union member of the US Senate and now El Presidente of the United Banana Republics of America. One of the biggest bankruptcies in US trucking history occurred Sunday when the nation’s third-largest less-than-truckload carrier, Yellow Corp., filed Chapter 11 in a Deleware court. The company has fallen …
by confoundedinterest17 The US Fiscal position is very bad and the US is beginning to look like a third world economy. And with Biden and Democrat AGs filing indictments against Biden primary Presidential oppoonent, that country is Venezeula! Like skyrocketing interest on the Federal debt to pay for green energy hustlers and the Ukraine war. …
Today’s show is information packed. We start with a dissection of the new indictments against President Trump, and we move into the Missouri v. Biden case, which sadly dovetails with the indictments. Make sure to check the notes today for the links you need to be informed of, and we will be back on Monday …
by confoundedinterest17 The Biden Administration is gushing about Q2’s Real GDP report of 2.4% QoQ. Wow, after trillions of dollars of stimulus spending and The Fed going wild with monetary stimulus, all we got was 2.4% growth?? But let’s turn the cameras on the housing market. Pending home sales crashed -14.8% YoY in June. Is …
Bulls, praying is your new investment strategy. Don't expect it to work. It didn't last time. pic.twitter.com/Dd0IbbeUBD — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 18, 2023 Tomorrow, Tesla and Netflix kick off Tech earnings which carry over into next week – along with the FOMC next week as well. Bulls are betting those two events will be the …
by Chris Black What a hero. I’ve had it up to here with this “science” and its incessant beeping noises. Annoyed janitor turns off super-cold freezer, destroying decades of scientific work and causing at least $1M in damages: lawsuit https://t.co/Ffqt9Dvj4O via @nypost — Roy Rogers (@Roy_rogers_) June 27, 2023
MADCOW UNWITTINGLY TELLS THE TRUTH: Rachel Maddow Openly Admits Trump Indictment Is “Solution” to Stop Him Becoming President. Leftist MSNBC host Rachel Maddow openly admitted that Thursday’s indictment against former president Donald Trump was a “political solution” to stop him from returning to the White House. She said the quiet part out loud. The clip of …