Carl AF

There's a huge overlap between those all-in on small state individualism & those concerned young people wont fight for that same state.
"Defend my property & share portfolio you ingrates!"

Column: How the retail lobby sold a $45-billion whopper about organized shoplifting Politicians and the press bought into the panic over organized shoplifting, but the source of the alarming statistic now admits that it was a lie.

Latest US b.s. narrative import?
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

The Field of Bollocks
Four Bollocks and a Funeral

There's a whole massive back catalogue of movies & tv shows that build on the premise of the US, it's president, congress, legal system and agencies being high functioning good guys & models for the Free World.
Watching them now it seems ridiculous, they're going to be like coal - a stranded asset

People of a Rightish view seem to believe that money given to the poors is vaporized or at best spent badly vs give to the rich and a 1000 blossoms bloom.

Any idea how the NZ Treasury model treats spend vs tax cuts multiplier effects?

This polling average is the result of all national polls collected in Denmark, showing a long steady decline in support for the governing Social Democrats

Denmark's governing Social Democrats have gone all in on rascism & for 5 years 'Red Line Go Down'

Reagan was inaugurated in January 1981, making the first fiscal year (FY) he budgeted 1982 and the final budget 1989. During Reagan's presidency, the federal debt held by the public nearly tripled in nominal terms, from $738 billion to $2.1 trillion.

Genuinely hope he learns this one neat trick Reagan pulled....

maybe Riyadh?

amazing, but Rio doesn't looks right?

Don't forget when, despite having loads of hydropower and no hostile neighbours, we heroically went nuclear-free

Choose a CEO & get “not a good listener” and “doesn’t take feedback well even if delivered constructively” - shocked I tell you, shocked
#NZPol

60 - Darts

Argentina props up peso as crisis roils President Javier Milei Authorities intervene directly in market for first time since currency’s partial float in April

The head of the central bank of libertarian showcase Argentina could be available very soon

The GDP fell off

Mood of the Boardroom: Business leaders’ optimism hits highest level since 2016 Tim McCready NZ Herald· 3 Oct, 2024

Turns out an economy can't live on vibes alone

My unscientific reckon is that we have to ride out this global Fascism wave until the lead poisoned generations have aged out.

Mood of the Boardroom: Business leaders’ optimism hits highest level since 2016 Tim McCready NZ Herald· 3 Oct, 2024

Gross domestic product fell much further than forecast in the June quarter with manufacturing sectors declining 3.5% and construction continuing to crater

New Zealand's business geniuses remain undefeated*

* (as reverse indicators)
#NZPol

Rolls royce in a swimming pool

Rock Star? Oh you meant Keith Moon

But definitely the most self-inflicted

"It's a beumb"

Balance Sheet of Households and Nonprofit Organizations from the Fed

Wonder if the $10trn growth (6%) in household net assets explains the growth despite the weirdness that is Trump's economic policies.

CEOs who don't really understand the business they're meant to run inevitably focus on rebrands, marketing & events

"Mustn't upset the people who will never vote for us"

Spoilt Enz
Dragoon

Helt forfærdeligt, i Danmark i udføre jeres etnonationalisme i Folketinget, ikke?

Exactly, and wasn't a secret. H. Clinton & Obama made a fuss about Asia in 2011, prior to that it was all about the Middle East. B. Clinton's biggest win was NAFTA.
It might be a divorce now, but the separation has gone on for decades

Politics 101: Setting targets that you can never be accountable for

Badly damaged suitcase

Thank you for flying Air Luxon

Sadly seems every liberal democracy has ~30% arseholes. Question becomes do the centre parties fold under the challenge like Soc Dems in DK or Labour in the UK