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One of the things about a rice cooker is that if you have a rice cooker you don’t have to get instant rice anymore.

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Erik. I always learn something new when I read your work. Solidarity Forever.

Corvid Opera's avatar

I always appreciate these informative posts; thanks again!

Biff52 vrag naroda's avatar

My grandfather did some prison time over the general strike. Union proud until his death in 1963.

everett fanuelli's avatar

Rick Scott in the courtroom to provide moral support to Trump in NY. These idiots are absolutely ridiculous! Big baby needs people to be there to make him feel good.

josephebacon's avatar

Of course Prick Scott is in the house! After all Pricks love Dicks...even if they're the size of a tiny button mushroom...

No Quid Bro Code's avatar

Did he stop at TJ Maxx again to get Donny another “inaugural” award/silver-plated key dish?

Or.G's avatar

This guy seems pretty important for someone who I have never heard of until now.

Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

OT: Man finds out he's not a citizen despite moving here decades ago. "I moved to the US in 1959. I've been here for 64 years." BONUS: Trump sign on his front door in the background.

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/more-than-60-years-after-moving-to-the-u-s-florida-man-discovers-hes-not-here-legally

Kobayashi Marooned's avatar

A PAB supporter? You KNOW he's been voter-frauding!

PrimerGray's avatar

Like Elmer Fudd says, "There's something scwewy going on awound here."

<But after more than half a century in the U.S., where he’s lived, worked, gone to school, got married, had kids, paid his taxes, and even voted, Klass said in 2020 he discovered he’s not a U.S. citizen.>

M-X's avatar

So, another non-Democrat voting illegally? Isn't it always.

PrimerGray's avatar

Seems to be. I just don't know how you can go that long without showing a birth certificate for something.

M-X's avatar

At least this one appears to have not known he was committing a crime.

M-X's avatar

1001 big red ❤️s for this article, Erik. I'd sooner cross a picket line as........ vote Republican, maybe?

If anywonk has not seen "EL NORTE", please do it, for an unforgettable couple of scenes of hiring shape ups.

"I have strong arms!". It will never leave me.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

OT: Tornado season is in full swing.

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗲

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/09/weather/storms-tennessee-wednesday-severe-weather-thursday/index.html

Michael Bowen's avatar

These days, isn't tornado season 365 days long?

No Quid Bro Code's avatar

So Donny told oil execs to give $1 billion to elect him and he’ll get rid of all those EPA rules and EV promotion that they don’t like. Remember when bribery used to be illegal? I mean this is straight-up quid pro quo, but it involves $peech so very legal, very cool.

Brando's avatar

Everyone who ever claimed to give a shit about the economy needs to read that quote.

Meanwhile, Biden's "all of the above" strategy has gotten us much farther with clean energy while also keeping energy costs low in a booming economy. Isn't this what everyone said they wanted? What lunatic would upend all of that to let a guy with a 19th Century view of the economy run the show?

josephebacon's avatar

74 million lunatics and counting...

Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

OT: US VP for SALE!!1!

𝗥𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗩𝗣, 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗝𝗗 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗸

https://www.mediaite.com/news/rupert-murdoch-pushing-for-youngkin-to-be-trumps-vp-while-other-corporate-titans-are-freaking-about-jd-vance-and-vivek-cnbc/

Paulomatic's avatar

This is the best news of the week! (For me, personally.)

I dabble in political futures markets and have been sitting on almost 800 shares of Youngkin as VP nominee purchased at a penny a share six months ago! Payout would be at least 90 cents a share after fees.

zuludaddy (seem 'on key?')'s avatar

but do tell us moar about Soros and the globalists...

Thesaurus Wrecks's avatar

CNN’s John King Warns Biden He Needs ‘To Be Careful’ with Positive Economy Talk: Voters ‘Don’t Like Being Told They’re Wrong

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/cnns-john-king-warns-biden-he-needs-to-be-careful-with-positive-economy-talk-voters-dont-like-being-told-theyre-wrong/

Brando's avatar

Whatever you do, do not advertise to the public, they notoriously are insulted by advertising, it's why no one advertises products or candidates at all. We have to take the public as they are, and let the chips fall where they may.

Dr. Rrrrrobotnik's avatar

There's a halfway decent point buried in there amongst the stupid: telling people the economy is great isn't going to be effective if two-thirds of the populace lives paycheck to paycheck.

That said, treating voters/viewers like children is how we get CNN-level (read: surface-level and dumbed-down) coverage in the news.

Thesaurus Wrecks's avatar

2/3 of the populace have always lived paycheck to paycheck. Neither Biden nor Trump is going to change that.

That’s a deeply ingrained flaw with capitalism itself.

Dr. Rrrrrobotnik's avatar

Not exactly: it's difficult to come by reliable statistics but the general consensus is that the number of people living paycheck to paycheck has been increasing for several years now.

Is that necessarily Biden's fault? I sincerely doubt it. But if you're going to base your reelection on the great economy (and have a voter base that actually cares about objective reality) then it shouldn't be surprising that the message will fall flat amongst a group that makes up the vast majority of the populace.

satch's avatar

If you're living paycheck to paycheck now, just wait till PAB slithers back in...

Biff52 vrag naroda's avatar

But gas will be cheaper!

Kobayashi Marooned's avatar

That's assuming that we would be allowed to have a paycheck. PaB is having the fossil fuel industry write their own regulations, so why not force the peasants to work/slave for their business overloads without paying them?

zuludaddy (seem 'on key?')'s avatar

weird deference to a fucking criminal rapist, but finger-wagging at the POTUS is the order of the day, clearly

Thesaurus Wrecks's avatar

There are things people can reasonably disagree on like Jan 6, Trump’s trials, the election results, climate change…but Biden telling everyone the economy is good is objectively bad.

By CNN

satch's avatar

"I like being miserable, and don't you DARE try to tell me different!"

Thesaurus Wrecks's avatar

That’s funny. The media created the damned “Vibecession” and now they’re warning Biden not to set the record straight.

GFY, John.

Caepan's avatar

(insert any facepalm meme here)

Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

OT: US Government for SALE!!1!

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 ‘𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱’ 𝗢𝗶𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 $𝟭 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 ‘𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹’ 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝘅𝗲𝘀, 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-stunned-oil-execs-demanding-they-raise-1-billion-for-his-campaign-promising-deal-of-lower-taxes-regulations-report/

josephebacon's avatar

They will pony up the money thanks to Citizens United.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

It's always been for sale ... they just never advertised it quite so blatantly.

Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

"You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation.

Giving $1 billion would be a “deal,” Trump said, because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him"

Marty Smit's avatar

He’ll pocket about 3/4 of that. Fucking entitled piece of shit.

Brando's avatar

Never mind that the stock market had a 30% plunge on his watch, and grew by 30% on Biden's.

zuludaddy (seem 'on key?')'s avatar

...that's not how *any* of this works dot meme

josephebacon's avatar

That is how it works thanks to the corrupted court, Citizens United AND The ACLU who all insist that money is free speech!

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

*frowns*

I don't remember the ACLU backing money == speech, but I might have missed that one.

josephebacon's avatar

the ACLU STILL supports Citizens United just as they supported Buckley v. Valejo which gutted the campaign finance reform act.

Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

It will if WE let Turmp steal this election.

everett fanuelli's avatar

OT: This song makes me really motivated to smuggle the heroin

https://youtu.be/ViN2bRGrBx8?si=5CJiPA0CEPn166vi