Be kinde to folk. This changeth the whole habitat.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 13
"U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025.
The total marked the highest for any January since 2009."
Vote GOP, brace for recession. It’s like déjà vu, but dumber every time!
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/layoff-and-hiring-...
No. of Recommendations: 4
It’s like déjà vu, but dumber every time!
The real “spiraling gyre”.
….down the commode
No. of Recommendations: 4
It's often a mistake to focus only on a single or a few data points.
In January the NY Fed projected or predicted the odds of recession by December 2026 as being around 20%.
It's not helpful to just keep reposting and regurgitating financial information that you don't really understand to try to make people fearful of economic woes just because you hate Trump.
No. of Recommendations: 1
The real “spiraling gyre”.
….down the commode
My commode does not have the "spiraling gyre".
Been through THREE toilets in the past 4-5 yrs.
First one replaced after lots of failures (same make/model) failed throughout the building.
Second one replaced when leaks began in the wall.
Third one is pretty good. Also available in "spiraling gyre" version if you want it (Home Depot price was $99, checked about a year ago). Oval shape top, over 22" from rear to front. Great if you need to use a toilet riser (raised toilet seat).
No. of Recommendations: 16
Turns out that the real threat wasn’t immigrants stealing jobs.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Turns out that the real threat wasn’t immigrants stealing jobs.
But they are a handy scapegoat.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 5
It's often a mistake to focus only on a single or a few data points. ~marc100, pedophile advocate
STFU stupid.
If I want an idiots opinion I'll ask you for it.
No. of Recommendations: 4
STFU stupid.
If I want an idiots opinion I'll ask you for it.
I can’t say he hasn’t richly earned that sort of response.
No. of Recommendations: 3
That's fine, Banksy, but instead of shooting your mouth off on an anonymous message board,
take your balls (if you have them) out of your mouth, and put your money where your mouth is.
You think a big recession is coming?
Fine. Short the S&P 500 or even better, some stocks you think are particularly susceptible to getting wrecked in a recession.
Otherwise, your pronouncements on the economy are just flatulence coming out of both ends.
No. of Recommendations: 3
The real “spiraling gyre”.
….down the commode
Look on the bright side...the uber rich who have sucked up to Trump are going to do very, very well, while the rest can eat sht and die. Doesn't that cheer you up?
No. of Recommendations: 5
Turns out that the real threat wasn’t immigrants stealing jobs.
True. The real threat is Trump corrupting every aspect of our democracy.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Turns out that the real threat wasn’t immigrants stealing jobs.
Many of us knew that before the election. Even in 2016. The Felon was (and is) incompetent, and knows nothing about economics or economies.
I have to give credit that the Reps have managed to convince working class people that they represent them. They most definitely do not, but Reps convinced them all the same.
Reps continue to be the party of the uber-wealthy, and tax cuts for said wealthy, and income inequality, and destruction of the middle class. Dems don't want any of that, and never have (at least in my lifetime). The Dems probably allowed themselves to get too distracted with pronouns and other nonsense, allowing Reps to claim that Dems didn't care about the working class people.
I have little doubt we're headed for a depression at least of the scale of the 1890s (worse than the 1930s, as I recall). I don't know when. Could be starting now. Likely within the next four years, with continued bad management about the Felon. I'm not sure how quickly things will react with this poor management. Economies are like ships...if you turn off the engine, they continue on for a bit under pure momentum. But eventually they will stop unless you turn the engines back on (and, please, steer away from the icebergs).
No. of Recommendations: 2
I can’t say he hasn’t richly earned that sort of response. ~wzambon
Indeed!
No. of Recommendations: 2
I have little doubt we're headed for a depression at least of the scale of the 1890s (worse than the 1930s, as I recall). I don't know when. Could be starting now. Likely within the next four years, with continued bad management about the Felon.
A failing republic with a bloated and corrupt military establishment, with extreme wealth disparity, led by an ignorant demagogue, is a recipe for collapse.
No. of Recommendations: 2
I have little doubt we're headed for a depression at least of the scale of the 1890s (worse than the 1930s, as I recall).
Ah, the 1890s !! The start of "horse and dove" economic theory. STILL IN FAVOR TODAY BY THE RIGHT. Of course, it has NEVER worked. They can't explain WHY !!!
No. of Recommendations: 5
Of course, it has NEVER worked.
It works as intended. Consider the increasing concentration of wealth in the US, over the last 40 years.
They can't explain WHY !!!
Of course they can explain: the goodies have not "trickled down" to the Proles yet, because not enough has been taken away from the Proles and given to the "JCs", yet.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 8
A failing republic with a bloated and corrupt military establishment, with extreme wealth disparity, led by an ignorant demagogue, is a recipe for collapse.Don't forget, we are also bankrupt thanks to Trump...
"Trillion-Dollar Interest Payments Are the New Norm"
"Spending for net interest payments on the public debt surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in FY 2025."
"Interest costs on US public debt may reach $2.2 trillion per year over the next decade."
The explosion of the national debt under Trump's administration is an act of intergenerational theft.
By financing tax cuts for the wealthy with unprecedented debt, Trump is effectively shifting the costs of political expediency onto future generations.
His approach demonstrates fiscal recklessness cloaked in populist rhetoric.
Far from "Making America Great", his policies erode our long-term stability, elevate interest burdens, and reduce future governments’ ability to respond to crises.
In essence, Trump's debt policies betray the principle of responsible governance by prioritizing temporary applause over enduring prosperity.
https://www.usdebtclock.org
No. of Recommendations: 7
The explosion of the national debt under Trump's administration is an act of intergenerational theft.
You can be sure that Trump could not care less. As long as he gets his grift, all is good. Also nice if his family and close cronies make out, too, but Trump the narcissist really only cares about himself. And he's having the grift of a lifetime.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Trump the narcissist really only cares about himself. And he's having the grift of a lifetime.
Ponder, how any future "President" of the US can be told he can't be as corrupt as Trump?
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 2
Ponder, how any future "President" of the US can be told he can't be as corrupt as Trump?
That message will work- only if it is accompanied by accountability for this current crop of bozos running the country.
But what’s the chance of that happening?
No. of Recommendations: 0
The He/Him. Sheeple People prevented thoughtful people from being at the helm.....
Wait till "AI" is displacing whole industries.
Combine that with bad culture.
A new phase of fun begins then.
No. of Recommendations: 7
Ponder, how any future "President" of the US can be told he can't be as corrupt as Trump?
By putting Trump and his enablers in jail, and by assessing significant fines and financial penalties.
—Peter <== having a Pollyanna moment
