Tuesday, May 7, 2024
NeverTrump Bulwark is in a panic that Biden has already radicalized moderates
Majorities now approve of Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans—including 42 percent of Democrats—as well as a border wall. And while violent crime has fallen dramatically since the Trump presidency, voters see more disorder. Drugstores didn’t clear their shelves and lock up merchandise because of widespread looting until Biden was in charge. Videos of open-air drug markets and mayhem on subways don’t just make people scared, they make them angry.
There has been record inflation too, and high prices contribute to a pervasive sense of anxiety in the electorate. But Biden would be far better off politically if high prices were the sole challenge he had with voters. Disorder is a drain on the American psyche. And it’s threatening Biden’s re-election, as it leaves voters receptive to the kind of harsh law-and-order appeal Trump prefers. ... look at the polls ... There is bipartisan fury over protests and immigration. Trump is running to restore order, and voters have given him a lead.
The column is devastating for Biden.
Monday, May 6, 2024
Biden stopped an ammo shipment to Israel last week to pressure Israel against invading Rafah, repeating his illegality from March 2016 when he withheld a Congressional appropriation from Ukraine
Axios reported yesterday here, just as Hamas was launching new rocket attacks on Israel.
Rasmussen: 17% of mail-in voters in 2020 admit voting in a state in which they were no longer a permanent resident
Election officials report that of 159 million ballots cast in 2020, more than 68 million were submitted by mail, about 43 percent of the total. In addition, as the MIT Election Data and Science Lab noted, “the dramatic increase in the raw number of absentee ballots cast was accompanied by a significant decrease in the overall absentee rejection rate for the country: from 0.96 percent in 2016 to 0.79 percent in 2020.”
If the recent Heartland Institute/Rasmussen survey is accurate and one in five ballots were, in fact, fraudulent, that would suggest greater than 13 million ballots should not have been counted nationwide in 2020. That’s far more than the margin of victory for President Biden in the popular vote, about 7 million. ...
Another survey conducted in March and April by the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen shows that 28 percent of likely voters now say they would commit at least one form of illegal voting during the 2024 election, “if given the opportunity.” Interestingly, respondents’ willingness to commit fraud was similar among Republicans, Democrats, and independents.
More.
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Exaggeration is OK, over-exaggeration? not so much lol
Everything is awesome.
Another example of the loss of the sense of proportionality:
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Why it feels like a depression
Because average annual real GDP growth rates are so low.
Between 1929 and 1945, average annual real GDP grew at a compound annual rate of 4.74%.
Between 2007 and 2023, average annual real GDP grew at a compound annual rate of 1.82%, which is under-performing the sixteen year Great Depression and WWII era rate by almost 62%.
Up until 2007, the country averaged 3.44% from 1929.
Something remains rotten in Denmark.
Friday, May 3, 2024
49.7% had a full time job in April, up from 49.3% in March
Compare full year averages in the chart below.
Full time peaks in the summer.
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Kristen Clarke, Biden's Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and promoter of anti-semitic black supremacist Anthony Martin, now revealed to have lied under oath at Senate confirmation
She had attacked her ex-husband with a knife but lied about her arrest.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke admitted Wednesday that she was arrested and chose not to disclose the legal matter during her Senate confirmation process because it had been expunged from her record.
More.
Her appointment stank in 2021, and it reeks now. She aggressively prosecutes peaceful abortion protesters but turns a blind eye to actual violent attacks on pro-life facilities.
Clarke not only invited notorious anti-Semite and black supremacist quack Anthony Martin — whose racist theories happen to comport perfectly with the ones she presented in her letter — to speak at Harvard, but also praised his intelligence and the veracity of his work. In her letter, Clarke specifically points to a doctor named Carol Barnes to claim “melanin theory” is what gives “Blacks their superior physical and mental abilities.” In those days, bigoted pseudo-intellectuals such as Martin and Leonard Jeffries were quite popular on campuses.
-- National Review reported.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
California progressives raise minimum wage to $20, fast food jobs go up in smoke, man loses long career just like that
“Between last fall and January,” Ohanian wrote, “California fast-food restaurants cut about 9,500 jobs, representing a 1.3% change from September 2023.” By comparison, overall employment in California during that period fell just 0.2%.
Michael Ojeda, a Pizza Hut driver for eight years in Ontario, Calif., received notice in December that his last day would be in February, according to a letter from his former employer. Pizza Hut franchisee Southern California Pizza offered $400 in severance if he stayed through February, but Ojeda, who said he made hundreds of dollars a week in wages and tips as a delivery driver, went on unemployment instead.
“Pizza Hut was my career for nearly a decade and with little to no notice it was taken away,” said Ojeda, 29, who previously supported his mother and partner on his Pizza Hut delivery wages.
Southern California Pizza didn’t respond to requests for comment. Pizza Hut said it was aware of some of its California franchisees changing their delivery services.
-- The Wall Street Journal reported.
California fast food now more expensive since minimum wage hike
nbclosangeles.com
California fast-food prices are up as much as 8% since minimum wage hike
Helen Jeong, Amber Frias
Since California’s new law went into effect to raise the minimum wage of fast-food workers, who are employed by chains of 60 restaurants and more, from $16 to $20 an hour, some fast-food chains have raised their food prices, according to a new study.
Kalinowski Equity Research said that menu prices at some restaurants have gone up as much as 8% since April 1.
Wendy’s is leading the price hikes at 8% while Chipotle’s food prices have gone up 7.5%.
As Starbucks’ food items are now 7% more expensive, customers at Taco Bell and Burger King are now paying 3% and 2% more respectively.
Starbucks confirmed its price increase, saying it was largely due to the minimum wage increase in the state.
Wendy’s, Chipotle’s, Taco Bell and Burger King did not respond to NBC Los Angeles’ request for comments and confirmation.
In response to the price increases, the California Restaurant Association said they were the “entirely predictable” results of the minimum wage increase.
“Since it took effect, job losses, reduced working hours, restaurant closures and higher prices for California’s inflation-weary consumers have been ongoing,” the group said.
Southern California who frequented fast-food restaurants for convenience and affordability said they are feeling the squeeze.
“I used to pay $10. Now it's $13. Over time that’ll be like $6 more or $9 – it just keeps going,” Owen Peralta, a Chipotle customer in Brea, said. “If I'm going to start paying restaurant prices, then I'm going to have to go somewhere else.”
Specifically in the case of Chipote, its chicken burritos are now 8.3% pricer while steak burritos will cost customers 7% more.
Other customers hinted the rising food prices are changing the way fast food is perceived and consumed.
“[The rising prices] probably won’t stop me, but I’ll probably eat out less,” Cindy Tran, a Brea resident, said.
“I’ll decide not to eat out probably a couple of times a month,” Mike Larson added.
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