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applegrove's JournalI am afraid you may be right. Then again gun rights,
as in no assault weapons ban, is probably just a GOP 40 year gambit to teach American politicians to not have any principles. Could be 
We Are Caught in a Mass Economic Delusion
We Are Caught in a Mass Economic Delusion
October 26, 2023 at 11:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 177 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2023/10/26/we-are-caught-in-a-mass-economic-delusion/
"SNIP ..........
The Economist says the pandemic has “broken” people’s perceptions about the economy.
“Although Americans report being worried about their finances, they are behaving as flush as ever—and in economic forecasting, actions speak louder than words. When used to project future spending rather than consumer sentiment, the same battery of economic variables has fully maintained its forecasting power since 2020. In contrast, since Covid began, the correlation between sentiment and both current and future spending has vanished.”
Jonathan Last: “I hear every person who says that times are tough for them and I honor and respect that. But in the aggregate, people’s views are not just a little bit off. They are wildly out of sync with reality.”
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Applegrove:
Explains partiallly why Biden's popularity is so low.
When I go back and forth to put up an OP on my phone,
preview does not hold the links or body of the op I have added to my initial post. So I end up posting posting and then go get the link or the adenda to add to my OP. This is frustrating to people who see myOP before I have finished it.
I am on an android phone.
Applegrove
Is anybody else 'frequency hopping' on the GAZA War?
I am empathize with everyone except Hamaz. I can't get to a big picture on what should happen. I limit my time watching or hearing about the horror. I am so mad at Hamaz for cannibalizing GAZA and the Palestinian people there going on 17 years. Obviously I think it is henious what they did on the 7th to Israelis that is ongoing with the hostages. And for cannibalizing Palestinians again by using them as human shields as they are doing now. One would think if the Israelis could go into the tunnels slowly they could starve out Hamaz? Less need for bombing of Gaza City?
Bonus Quote of the Day
Bonus Quote of the Day
October 23, 2023 at 9:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 110 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2023/10/23/bonus-quote-of-the-day-1902/
"SNIP..........
“They just can’t believe that we’re this bad.”
— Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), when asked by CNN how his constituents view the dysfunction in the House amid Republican infighting.
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Applegrove:
Can the GOP find a fig leaf big enough to hide that the GOP and Trump are the architects of all the mayhem in the USA. All of it! Fox News cannot hide the whole House of Congress.
I want to apologize for posting an article which took
Newt Gingrich seriously as a pundit on what could happen in the House. I forget sometimes that I am Canadian and the bullies and creeps in the Republucan Party over the years hurt American grievously. And you don't need to be reminded of that. I'm sorry.
Applegrove
Joe Biden paid $4.1 MILLION more in taxes than Donald Trump did between 2015 & 2020 despite earning LESS in income than Trump,
https://www.threads.net/@victorshi2020/post/Cyqm1SNrQA3/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==Here’s a story that didn’t get much attention this week: Joe Biden paid $4.1 MILLION more in taxes than Donald Trump did between 2015 & 2020 despite earning LESS in income than Trump, based on brand new Trump tax returns. That’s because, unlike Trump, Joe Biden has decency, character, morals, & cares about America.
Here are 27 insane things Trump said he will do if he gets a 2nd term.
https://www.threads.net/@meidastouch/post/CyqupwUvHlV/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
(Video at link).
Here are 27 insane things Trump said he will do if he gets a 2nd term. This needs to be shared far and wide. Thanks to
@thejfreakinc
for making this go viral on TikTok.
The death of natural moral suasion and birth of astro suasion.
Congressman Ken Buck says he is being evicted after refusing to vote for Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House
BY DILLON THOMAS
OCTOBER 20, 2023 / 6:04 PM / CBS COLORADO
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-congressman-ken-buck-says-being-evicted-refusing-to-vote-jim-jordan-speaker-of-the-house/
"SNIP.........
Congressman Ken Buck, a Republican from Weld County, says his office in Windsor will soon be forced to move after receiving an eviction notice. Buck, a longtime resident of Weld County, received an eviction notice from his Water Valley office space.
A spokesperson for Buck said the eviction notice was given as a result of Buck's refusal to vote for Jim Jordan as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Buck also told reporters he received death threats due to his voting against Jordan for the position which would put Jordan second in line for the presidency.
A group of constituents gathered outside of Buck's Windsor office on Friday to protest his votes of late. More than a dozen people held signs outside of the office, located next to the Pelican Lakes Golf Course, calling on Buck to vote for Jordan.
........SNIP"
Applegrove:
When someone gets evicted because of a vote that is a kind of persecution. The outrage should have been massive and national, but there is too much other crazy noise going on for it to become a wave. This is how non democracies function. Instead we get a planned demonstration against the man flipping moral suasion on its head. And we get the feeling the country will not have our backs. Americans are less civil society connected and protected as Buck is made example of. I know he is a Republican but psychopaths have to keep their flock and people who might stand up to them in check. Republicans are used and victimized too.
Destabilize the region? Force a major war in the ME? Help their
friend Russia in Ukraine by opening up another front the US has to help arm in an Israeli ground war? Maybe Russia told them they would give them some nuclear fuel or science? This is the Middle East. God knows Saudi Arabia, in dealing with Biden, has said they want the Palestinians to have some semblance of something to show for any accord and now GAZA will be in hell for the foreseeable future? That alone could tank a deal before Biden could pull it off, which affects the election in the US. Who knows what they want?
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