Gasoline averaged $2.48825/gallon for the four years 2017-2020, which Obama infamously said was impossible

Add in 2015 and 2016 and it averaged $2.42383.

In October 2023 under Obama 2.0 Americans pay 56% more than that.

 

In October 2023 it still costs 24% more to keep the lights on at home than it did on average for the four years 2017-2020

 

In October 2023 it still costs 33.26% more to heat your home with natural gas than it did on average for the four years 2017-2020

 

Contemporary Jewish identitarianism is heavily invested in an illiberal repudiation of whiteness no matter what Elon Musk's critcs say

 

(((Drudge))) spreads fallout

 

Chris Christie, on the other hand, has gone to 141 Bruce Springsteen concerts

 Christie: DeSantis Is A "TV Tough Guy," "He's A Guy From Tallahassee With Cowboy Boots"

When you ignore the collection of vermin who paid to eat with Xi

 Ramaswamy: You Know What's "Vermin"? What Newsom Cleaned Up In San Francisco For Xi's Visit

Titans of American business pay to have dinner with genocidal dictator Xi Jinping

Elon Musk was there, too, but this story never mentions it:

Xi’s 10 years as president are marked by a genocide against China’s Muslim minority, attempts to wipe out Tibetan culture, and persecution of Christians and followers of Falun Gong – not to mention a crackdown on democracy, religious freedom, and civil rights in Hong Kong. 

Yet, during official and unofficial meetings this week, there was no mention of the long list of atrocities. Instead, Xi received an unusually warm reception. 

On Wednesday night in the confines of San Francisco’s Hyatt Regency ballroom, America’s corporate chieftains gathered to fete Xi as a “guest of honor” at a banquet drawing nearly 400 attendees. The gala took place on the sidelines of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, a gathering of 21 member countries to support free trade and business ties. 

The executives were so excited to share the room with the Chinese president that they gave him two standing ovations before Xi uttered a word. American titans of business, including Apple’s Tim Cook and Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman, Black Rock’s Larry Fink, Boeing’s Stanley Deal, and Pfizer’s Albert Bourla, joined Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to rub shoulders with Xi and a cohort of Chinese officials. 

Tickets for the banquet started at $2,000 each, with several companies shelling out $40,000 to buy eight seats at a table in the ballroom and one at Xi’s table. After Xi’s remarks, attendees provided yet another standing ovation, according to Reuters. 

Some executives made no attempt to hide their gushing. On the way into the Hyatt, Bridgewater Associates hedge fund founder Ray Dalio told the Financial Times that he was “excited to have this relationship [with Xi].”

If Dalio entered the hotel from the main lobby, he couldn’t have avoided the polar opposite scene and messaging. A Tibetan student activist named Tsela had strapped herself to a flagpole and was waving the Tibetan flag when Xi and his entourage arrived. Other activists from Students for a Free Tibet chanted “Murderer” at the Chinese leader, “Down with the CCP,” and “Human Rights in Tibet.”

Lyin' commie Xi Jinpingpong is in town saying China seeks no sphere of influence lol

Massive new Chinese military capabilities built up in the South China Sea say otherwise, but the west coast tech traitors just clap, and clap, and clap some more for this guy.

Meanwhile grandpa poopy pants at the pope party had a similar, brief, and extremely unfortunate truth eruption in front of the press, calling Xi a dictator, spoiling the moment for the Chicoms.

The whole thing stinks, even after cleaning the streets in San Francisco for once, and yes, Gavin Newsom was in the middle of this. 

US House Democrat minority leader Hakeem Jeffries crows over passage of more of the same old, same old bloated spending by continuing resolution

Looking forward to a Moody's downgrade, if they've got the guts. Congress certainly doesn't.

 

Senate sends funding bill to Biden’s desk, averting a government shutdown :

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill Wednesday night, punting the GOP’s spending fight and the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays.

The bipartisan vote was 87-11, with 10 Republicans and one Democrat — Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado — voting against the bill. ...

The short-term bill, known as a continuing resolution, or CR, cleared the House on Tuesday on a lopsided 336-95 vote, with all but two of the no votes coming from Republicans. The funding bill next heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for his expected signature. ...

“No spending cuts, no right-wing extreme policy changes, no government shutdown, no votes tomorrow, Happy Thanksgiving,” he said. “That is a type of report that, when you are able to give it, means morale is very high.”

Nikki Haley and Donald Trump were made for each other

 

Dim bulb Jonathan Martin says Joe should heave Bidenomics into the dumpster just as broad inflation tanks from 3.7% yoy in September to 3.2% yoy in October

Perhaps the most overwhelming economic messaging advice I picked up from Democrats was for him to heave “Bidenomics” into the dumpster. Attempting to make voters believe something they don’t is folly. Attaching your name to that strategy borders on masochistic.

Here’s How Biden Can Turn It Around

Joe would be well on his way to re-election right now if he weren't shooting himself in the foot with his stupid green energy policies, which are keeping inflation from coming down harder than it already is.

That's what needs to go in the dumpster.

Joe Biden: David Axelrod is a prick

On that we agree.

Here.

But Jonathan Martin must be joking when he recommends Biden bring in Rahm Emanuel to run the 2024 re-election campaign and Bill and Hillary to lead a Mideast peace process.

I mean LOL:

It may sound far-fetched, but this is no time for small thinking. The moment demands all hands on deck.

HHS: Two percent of Americans have taken the latest COVID booster

 Reported here.

It's too late, we've had it

 

Female astronauts lose another bag in orbit

 

Female examiners left the FDIC because of what they say was a sexualized, boys’ club reports Rebecca Ballhaus

 Strip Clubs, Lewd Photos, Boozy Hotel: Toxic Atmosphere at FDIC...

America is the way it is because half the people are off their rocker

 The other half are men.

All the pet psychics and all the customers in this story by a woman are women.

One guy gets in his two cents though:

"Animal communicators and the people who use them tend to have a personality type that’s prone to fantasy. Pet psychics work much the way human psychics work, he says."

 

Farts in space

 This story was a real eye-opener for me.

The adverse health consequences of long term deep space travel make it a non-starter.

Sad.

LOL Democrat James Clyburn still blames Jill Stein and Gary Johnson for Hillary's loss, not the blacks who stayed home in Milwaukee, Detroit, and Philadelphia

Hillary Superpredators Clinton remains the elephant in the room of the Congressional Black Caucasians. And Hillary The Anointed And I Don't Need To Campaign in Wisconsin Clinton shall not be mentioned either.

From the story here:

Jill Stein and Gary Johnson ran third-party campaigns in 2016 that arguably siphoned off enough votes to cost Hillary Clinton the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — and with them the presidency. I don’t remember all that they promised, but I know what they helped deliver: the disastrous presidency of Donald Trump. 

Clyburn predictably also blames Ralph Nader's 97k votes in Florida for Bush's victory in 2000. He doesn't want to talk about the 180k spoiled ballots in Florida, 54% of which were cast by black folks.