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DDB9000's avatar

Regarding the above pic...

"Good Times! is the twelfth studio album by American pop rock band the Monkees. Produced primarily by Adam Schlesinger, the album was recorded to commemorate the band's 50th anniversary. It is the first Monkees studio album since Justus (1996), marking the longest gap between releases to date, and the first since the death of Davy Jones. The album features surviving Monkees Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, as well as a posthumous contribution from Jones.

Good Times! received generally positive reviews from music critics and reached number 14 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest-charting album in 48 years.' Wikipedia

Since then, both Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork javed died, making Micky Dolenz the only one alive.

But also, Adam Schlesinger, was a member of two well-known groups - Fountains of Wayne, and Ivy.

It was in the latter group that I met him and talked with him several times.

It was a double sadness that he was the first person I had known who died of COVID, and the first well-known musician that died of COVID

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Come here a minute's avatar

Was going to check your math, but turns out he beat John Prine by a week.

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I'm giving you folks money's avatar

This should be Big, BIG news. And yet...

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insert_something_creative's avatar

It's a major flaw in our news media that they almost never report on good news. "If it bleeds, it leads..." and all of that.

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el duderino's avatar

But gas was $2.69 a gallon before Joe Biden took office!!1

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Old Man Yells at Cloud's avatar

In the bay area that was true about 20 years before Joe Biden took office.

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Secret Agent Super Dragon's avatar

Maybe it’s a sign of my obscene wealth but I really don’t pay attention to gas prices, if I need it I need it. It’s not like I’m going to tell by boss I’m not coming in this month because gas is expensive.

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Charles  Schlotter's avatar

Gas was 29.9 cents a gallon before Joe Biden took office. In 1955.

And what about Hunter's laptop?

Hand-signed autograph prints available from MTG.

Inpeach!!!!1!!!!1!!!!1!!!!!!1

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Momo's avatar

Mod, baby! Nobody wants to work anymore, because everybody's already working.

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You Should Ice That Burn's avatar

I like the level of delusion required to think that a whole new class of professional moochers is entrenched, "Nobody wants to work!" Well what are they doing? Livin' with the 'rents? fartin' through silk on the democrat plantation? The people saying nobody wants to work don't pay shit. Gomer's mad because as a white working class hero he doesn't have access to the magic words that make life a breeze for very poor people, so naturally he's pissed.

Narrator: Life has never been a breeze for very poor people, despite the protestations of very publicly "Christian" confederate state weirdos.

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OrdinaryJoe's avatar

Yay. The AyRabs and Czarputin raise oil prices so more petrobucks sucked away from MAGATS going directly to Jaradsshole and IDonkey and their investment grift.

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Resource NW's avatar

So the economy really underperformed during the GQcrackPot economist's "austerity" budgets of later Obama and early PAB but is doing well during the free spending budget of Biden. Hmmm. Perhaps the reason that national economies do poorly during Rethug admins is rethugs are reeeaaaalllly bad at economics?

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Charles  Schlotter's avatar

That can't be right. They wear three-piece suits.

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I'm giving you folks money's avatar

With pinstripes!! Say no more.

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Led Tassle's avatar

But cheer up, MAGAS! Gas prices here, after being stable all summer (despite the barrel price dropping because it's always feathers on the way down), have rocketed up 30 cents just this week. Part of it is because Defendant Number 1's two biggest fans in Russia and Saudi Arabia conspired to cut production. The self-fulfilling propecy part is even better, though: actual US refinery production has dropped during the busiest driving season because, wait for it, IT'S TOO DAMN HOT TO RUN THEM. So at this rate we'll have nothing running to refine the stuff. DRILL, BABY, DRILL!

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The Horned Tulip God's avatar

In our most recent election, my school system had two economists running for the board. We laughed and laughed and voted for the person currently on the board with 20 years' experience as an educator.

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Disgruntled Witch's avatar

I can't wait (sarcasm) to see how the big banks spin their massive losses from their derivatives/swaps gambling to blame the next crash on consumers. Goldman Sachs will be first out the gate, bet.

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goCatgo's avatar

I will have one less motor vehicle to insure, license and maintain. So that will help.

Only need the old Jeep anyway.

I eat a lot less now, so going out to eat is really 2 meals for me. Weird way to think about it I know.

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I'm giving you folks money's avatar

Look at it as your reward for a lifetime of work!

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Lionel “8647” Hutz's avatar

For the Younglings around here, it is sort of scary how similar President Biden's first term is to Reagans.

The only difference is that the Democrats ran a former Vice President and respected person against Reagan in 1984 instead of a multiple felon who tried to overthrown the United State's government. But Walter Mondale was silly and put Americans ahead of his own ego.

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Liminal's avatar

Joe Biden is ruining the economy by, um, making it better? I think? Oh, wait, I got it - Joe Biden is lying that the economy is getting better so that he can fool people into voting for him over TFG. Yeah, that's the ticket!

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Enter Ranting's avatar

I've been looking for work to tide me over until the writers and actors strike is over. I've learned that Indeed, Zip Recruiter and LinkedIn are nothing more than data-mining scams that have no intention or ability to connect me with a job.

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You Should Ice That Burn's avatar

Indeed dot com has real jobs posted.

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Michael Bowen's avatar

Try a temp agency?

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Gherkins du Resistance's avatar

"We were hoping for a few more casualties, but...I guess it's fine"

--Fucking Ghoul

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Lefty Wright's avatar

I do all the grocery shopping at my house. It looks like most prices have stabilized and although I do not see the regular prices going down I am seeing more items going on sale significantly below regular price. Something I had not seen since Covid hit. Plus there are fewer shortages despite some disruption in poultry products due to a separate epidemic impacting the poultry industry. Even housing has slowed down with sales and prices moderating in my area. So maybe inflation will continue to drop back toward a reasonable 2% or less without a recession. Making a Republican victory in 2024 even less likely.

Now if we can just claw back some of that excess profit corporations made by price gouging during a public health crisis we may have a great economy. Not that Republicans would ever admit it, or stop trying to screw it up when Democrats were in charge.

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EyeQueue's avatar

I don't know how we disabuse this country once and for all of the notion that Republicans are good at economy.

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eppe's avatar

Nah. Just another personal family thing here that after a page and a half or so I realizzed was inappropriate here. Perhaps this kind of narrative will make an appearance on Eppe's substack.

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szielins's avatar

Uh, you know this is what you get when you value "nuance", right?

If you want both clarity and certainty in analyses about the economy, there are plenty of gold salesmen who will happily oblige.

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