Thursday, November 5, 2026

Labor share of business income makes another new low in 3Q2026

 BLS indicates here:

... The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 53.0 percent in the third quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947. ... 

 

 

Previously:


 

Prediction: Democrats will save Social Security, and Trump will sign it

 And then they can impeach him.

Trump to CNBC: Can work with Democrats on ‘many more things than people understand’

 

This Vance attack is just chef's kiss for the blind defenders of Trump like Marc Thiessen

 Just another chapter in the pulp fiction MAGA writes: Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed.

 Thiessen: Iran War Didn't Cause High Gas Prices, Vance's Failed Negotiations With Tehran Did

"... I was kind of shocked by that statement that Vice President Vance put out. It was, quite frankly, disloyal to the President of the United States. ..."

The idea Vance was talking his own book is absurd.

... Trump did address the election after being asked if he agreed with Vice President JD Vance's assessment that the Iran war cost Republicans the election.

"I think it's largely true because it drove the gasoline up a little bit short term and probably that's, probably it's true," he admitted. ...

More. 

Voters say the economy drove them to the polls — and blame Trump for their troubles 

Ah, so it wasn't corruption after all, eh CNBC? 

 

 

DeSantis channels his inner Limbaugh, blames GOP voters for staying home instead of blaming Trump for breaking his promises

 Here.

"... a lot of our voters who stayed home, they stayed home because they were frustrated with the lack of productivity from Republicans in the House and Senate. ..."

Gotta do better than that, Bud.

The invisible hand of error


 How many have no other ground for their tenets, than the supposed honesty or learning of those of the same profession! as if truth were to be established by the vote of the multitude.
 
-- John Locke 

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Hey look, the Joos' best friend Donald Trump just ended Israel's $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid effective December 31st

Abdul wins even before he wins. 

 Trump Says Israel Will Stop Receiving $4B in US Aid By Year's End

... The current U.S.-Israel security assistance agreement provides about $3.8 billion annually through 2028. Netanyahu has previously said he wants to phase out Israel’s reliance on U.S. military aid, though the timing and terms of any change to the agreement have not been detailed. ... 

One of the NY Times' phony 500 Jewish leaders endorsing Abdul is Jack Mehoff of East Lansing, but the NYT and Abdul continue to pretend this is genuine

This is the sort of antisemitic and un-vetted falsehood one would expect to be so casually promoted in Nazi Germany.

There's also a cigar in Ann Arbor and a pickle in Royal Oak. Ha ha ha.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/el-sayed-michigan-senate-jewish-petition.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

 

DNC Chair Ken Martin cancels Haley Stevens just like Abdul canceled her and just like the Michigan Democrat chair canceled her

I'm picking up a pattern here.

 

 


Monday, November 2, 2026

Australia hikes benchmark lending rate for a fifth time in 2026 to 4.85% in order to fight 4.3% inflation in September

U.S. inflation was 3.7% yoy in September and its benchmark lending rate is 3.88%. 

 Australia hikes rates to 18-year high to fight inflation

 ... In its September decision, RBA governor Michelle Bullock said that inflation is “too high,” driven by higher oil prices from the Iran War and stronger domestic spending. ...

They want Abdul to win

 


MAGAPAC just robo-called to say there's a lot more work to be done to make life more . . . affordable

Yes, they used the word.

 😏

Vanguard 500 Index Fund performance as of 10/31/2026

 VFINX, inception 8/31/1976, ytd, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, from inception

11.63%, 11.95%, 23.23%, 11.90%, 15.29%, 11.65% 

VFIAX, inception 11/13/2000, ytd, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, from inception

11.73%, 12.06%, 23.35%, 12.02%, 15.40%, 8.83% 

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund performance as of 10/31/2026

 VBMFX, inception 12/11/1986, ytd, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, from inception

-0.55%, -0.22%, 5.27%, -0.29%, 1.33%, 4.92%

VBTLX, inception 11/12/2001, ytd, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, from inception

-0.45%, -0.11%, 5.38%, -0.19%, 1.44%, 3.24% 

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund performance as of 10/31/2026

 VTSMX, inception 4/27/1992, ytd, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, from inception

11.74%, 12.00%, 23.01%, 10.83%, 14.75%, 10.73%

VTSAX, inception 11/13/2000, ytd, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, from inception

11.76%, 12.05%, 23.11%, 10.93%, 14.86%, 9.01%