The Biden Administration and All Things Politics

[Avery]

I saw Trump is referring to Desantis as ‘Ron DeSanctimonious' in a similar push to label opponents in unfavorable terms.

This is a poor idea and he needs to go back into the shop for this one for many reasons:

1. Most people have no idea what ‘sanctimonious’ means

2. Good luck to people trying to pronounce it correctly or spell it right for trending purposes/search efficacy

3. A nickname is not an effective nickname if it’s longer than the real name

Keep it simple. ‘Gone Desantis’ is better than that and it’s not even good. ‘Ron Dumbassis’ is edgier and more memorable. Or just go really easy and say ‘Slimy Ron’ as that’s an effective and easier hook.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I saw Trump is referring to Desantis as ‘Ron DeSanctimonious' in a similar push to label opponents in unfavorable terms.

This is a poor idea and he needs to go back into the shop for this one for many reasons:

1. Most people have no idea what ‘sanctimonious’ means

2. Good luck to people trying to pronounce it correctly or spell it right for trending purposes/search efficacy

3. A nickname is not an effective nickname if it’s longer than the real name

Keep it simple. ‘Gone Desantis’ is better than that and it’s not even good. ‘Ron Dumbassis’ is edgier and more memorable. Or just go really easy and say ‘Slimy Ron’ as that’s an effective and easier hook.

Won't matter. Millions of Americans have their identities tied up with Trump; sunk cost fallacy. He doesn't have to make any sense for these cultists to cheer and applaud nicknames they don't even understand.

BTW, doesn't anyone remember this in 2020? Seems like most Americans have forgotten this. Around the time Trump was suggesting that Americans inject disinfectant and stick flashlights up their asses, dead Americans were being stored in refrigerated morgues. But I get it, gas being a little more expensive is like a totally big deal or something and so millions in this country want to return Trump and his party back into power so we can have a return of this kind of "leadership."



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d57zJr82dhQ

 

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[Gameface]

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[One Brow]

Inflation is always, Always, ALWAYS a monetary issue. That isn't to say ESG is a good idea but it isn't inflationary. To combat inflation, the Fed isn't pushing people to end ESG. They are making moves to tighten the money supply. Inflation stems from excessive quantitative easing and is reigned in by quantitative tightening. It is that simple.

Why we can’t just 'stop printing money' to get inflation down

While central banks did help mitigate a COVID-induced recession, they don’t have the power to solve our inflation problem.

theconversation.com

This claim harks back to Milton Friedman’s famous dictum that inflation is “always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” The monetarist theory that Friedman advocated and which became very influential in the 1970s and early 1980s assumed the solution to inflation was to limit the expansion of the money supply.

What’s wrong with this idea? American banker Henry Wallich famously responded to Friedman’s statement by replying, “inflation is a monetary phenomenon in the same way that shooting someone is a ballistic phenomenon.” In other words, an excess of money may be partly to blame for inflation, but if you want to truly solve it, you need to understand the underlying causes of the problem.

Even if today’s inflation had similar causes to the 1970s, we don’t want to try monetarism again. Central banks in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom all tried it in the late 1970s. By 1982 they had given up on it because monetarism simply did not work.

 

[One Brow]

I read a few people already talking about other platforms, such as Mastodon. Twitter is not inevitable; it is constantly walking a tightrope.

An intro to Mastodon from a relative newcomer!

“So your favorite social media site has been taken over by a bumbling fascist-friendly narcissist.” Mine, too. With Twitter under new management that leaves me very pessimistic about it…

skullsinthestars.com

I'm not on Twitter or Mastodon, but I thought this link might come in handy for those who are thinking of switching.

 

[Bucknutz]

Polls are closing, here are some helpful ways to cope with the results. The Ice bowl option is my favorite.


View: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1590118240654696449?s=46&t=7CJG7yI664xpDAVFRaeNkw

 

[fishonjazz]

Polls are closing, here are some helpful ways to cope with the results. The Ice bowl option is my favorite.


View: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1590118240654696449?s=46&t=7CJG7yI664xpDAVFRaeNkw

Lucky for me trump isn't a candidate in any of these elections so the results will have very little effect on me. I dont really care who wins these elections.

 

[Al-O-Meter]

American banker Henry Wallich famously responded to Friedman’s statement by replying, “inflation is a monetary phenomenon in the same way that shooting someone is a ballistic phenomenon.” In other words, an excess of money may be partly to blame for inflation, but if you want to truly solve it, you need to understand the underlying causes of the problem.

It sounds like this may be an area where we have agreement. Inflation is a monetary problem with the underlying cause of the problem being the democrats in power passing a boatload of unfunded spending packages. The solution to the problem is both for the Fed to tighten monetary policy and to vote out economic terrorists who voted to pass those bills.

 

[Gameface]

The only race I have much investment in outside of Utah's Lee vs McMullin is Oz losing. I hated that guy long before I had any idea of his party affiliation. There were times his show would be on in the breakroom at work and, while I didn't outright yell or do obvious I'M TALKING REALLY LOUD type stuff I would always comment to whoever I was with that Oz was a phony *** piece of **** and I didn't understand why anyone would watch his garbage *** show.

With the Lee vs McMullin I'm already assuming Lee will win, but if I'm surprised I'll be very happy about it.

 

[Avery]

Wife is out of town, kids are at dance, know what I’m doing tonight?

I will be spending my evening dusting off God of War and doing a play through before I play the sequel.

Whatever happens with the elections happen. Life will go on.

 

[Gameface]

I might go look for it tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure I was making posts in 2019 where I said that Trump's strategy of pouring gas on a red hot economy was going to eventually lead to inflation and a worse than necessary recession and that the next elected president would get blamed for it. Looks like that's exactly what happened tonight. I'm happy Trump got voted out, but he escaped responsibility for his actions, including intimidating the Fed chair to not increase interest rates during his administration, and either he or DeSantis will likely be our next President. The recession will be ending at that time, because that's how this cyclic process works (it has almost nothing to do with who the sitting President of the U.S. is) so a bunch of simple idiots will believe that Republicans are good for the economy much the same way simple idiots thought that Bill Clinton was some sort of economic genius who fixed things when his actual personal motto was "It's all 'bout dat *****, stupid" (slang for cat).