movielover said:
Fox News: Republicans blast Biden for releasing $6 billion in frozen Iran funds ahead of Hamas attack on Israel
At least 100 people have been killed in the assault.
Joe Biden did that.^^^
Neocons want peace through war
— Jack Poso πΊπΈ (@JackPosobiec) October 7, 2023
Libs want peace through paying ransoms
Patriots want peace through Trump
Celebrations in London π¬π§ in support of the horrendous terror attacks today. How is your multiculturalism going?pic.twitter.com/XIcZxTNL41
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 7, 2023
Here we are 78 years after the end of the Holocaust and once agains thuggish killers dressed in black are pulling Jewish elderly, women, and children out of their homes and executing them, and then throwing their bodies into the street. But in 1945 we were fighting the SSβ¦
— Victor Davis Hanson (@VDHanson) October 7, 2023
BearHunter said:Celebrations in London π¬π§ in support of the horrendous terror attacks today. How is your multiculturalism going?pic.twitter.com/XIcZxTNL41
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 7, 2023Here we are 78 years after the end of the Holocaust and once agains thuggish killers dressed in black are pulling Jewish elderly, women, and children out of their homes and executing them, and then throwing their bodies into the street. But in 1945 we were fighting the SSβ¦
— Victor Davis Hanson (@VDHanson) October 7, 2023
You don't need to be a leftist to stick up for the Palestinians. Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan said in 2009 that Gaza was a concentration camp. 14 years later, Gaza is still under siege. pic.twitter.com/jzy8y1pNF1
— Dave DeCamp (@DecampDave) May 11, 2023
He had to get this from an Iranian news source? Surely it must be available from a western news agency. Oh, well, if the Iranian/Hamas propaganda team is spoon feeding you talking points, I guess it's the easy way out.Slava Palestini said:BearHunter said:Celebrations in London π¬π§ in support of the horrendous terror attacks today. How is your multiculturalism going?pic.twitter.com/XIcZxTNL41
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 7, 2023Here we are 78 years after the end of the Holocaust and once agains thuggish killers dressed in black are pulling Jewish elderly, women, and children out of their homes and executing them, and then throwing their bodies into the street. But in 1945 we were fighting the SSβ¦
— Victor Davis Hanson (@VDHanson) October 7, 2023You don't need to be a leftist to stick up for the Palestinians. Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan said in 2009 that Gaza was a concentration camp. 14 years later, Gaza is still under siege. pic.twitter.com/jzy8y1pNF1
— Dave DeCamp (@DecampDave) May 11, 2023
The White House has called a lid before noon.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) October 9, 2023
We do not expect to see or hear from President Biden for the rest of the day.
That is all that is it! pic.twitter.com/7DhTIeJ0yl
— BLMChicago (@BLMChi) October 10, 2023
John Kirby starts crying live on air. pic.twitter.com/NxFSruEPyi
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 10, 2023
In 2019, Rep. Rashida Tlaib got emotional at a hearing on migrant children being separated from their parents at the border, & called it βtraumaticβ and βinhumaneβ.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 11, 2023
Today, she had no comment, and no reaction when asked about Israeli children being beheaded by Hamas terrorists. https://t.co/nb0M1bXReQ pic.twitter.com/bU3EUERZSA
BearHunter said:In 2019, Rep. Rashida Tlaib got emotional at a hearing on migrant children being separated from their parents at the border, & called it βtraumaticβ and βinhumaneβ.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 11, 2023
Today, she had no comment, and no reaction when asked about Israeli children being beheaded by Hamas terrorists. https://t.co/nb0M1bXReQ pic.twitter.com/bU3EUERZSA
Never trust grown women crying on camera unless a family member or friend has passed away
BLM founder Patrisse Cullors in 2015, calling for the eradication of Israel:
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 11, 2023
βPalestine is our generationβs South Africaβ¦if we donβt step up boldly and courageously to end the imperialist project called Israel, weβre doomed."
pic.twitter.com/pFkOku9ZIk
bearister said:
Iconic North Beach restaurant to close after drop in tourism
https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/s-f-north-beach-restaurant-closing-18406736.php
The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost pic.twitter.com/opumf3nEvL
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 12, 2023
A lot of my friends buy 5 or 6 used cars per week, so inflation was a real issue for them in 2022 but it's improved greatly this year. Said no one ever.MinotStateBeav said:
When you get so beaten down by the internet you should quit at this point.
Just exclude food, shelter, fuel and cars!!!! WE WON!!!The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost pic.twitter.com/opumf3nEvL
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 12, 2023
Unit2Sucks said:A lot of my friends buy 5 or 6 used cars per week, so inflation was a real issue for them in 2022 but it's improved greatly this year. Said no one ever.MinotStateBeav said:
When you get so beaten down by the internet you should quit at this point.
Just exclude food, shelter, fuel and cars!!!! WE WON!!!The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost pic.twitter.com/opumf3nEvL
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 12, 2023
Fuel, food and shelter are reasonable to separate because they move up and down for reasons that aren't connected to the core inflation problem we were facing. Core inflation (ex food and energy) has long been seen as a better measure of inflation. Shelter is a weird lagging indicator that will continue to show elevated inflation for months after prices stabilize due to the way it is calculated. Used cars is a weird one - they went way up in price and are now way down (8% yoy) so it's not like he did that to help the numbers.
This article has a pretty good detailed chart of where we are. Couple of points - food at home is up only 2.4% year over year, but food away from home is up 6%. Energy is down 0.5% year over year, while gas is up 3%.
I know people think that the president controls gas prices, but that's never been the way the world works. The US is at an all time high in energy production and by measures I've seen we are more "independent" than ever (eg we produce more than we use by the highest amount since people started counting this stuff in like 1950).
The problem is that the GOP was always lying to you about energy independence. It's close to meaningless. Gas prices are set by OPEC+ and regardless of how much oil we pull out of the ground in the US, Chevron/etc. are going to sell at the market price. So they are making a killing again and we're paying for it at the pump, even though we are extracting more American oil than ever before.
If you were interested in a nuanced conversation, we could look at how shelter is calculated and why it will make it seem like inflation is elevated for months after it stops. That influence is expected to wane over the next few months not because housing will become cheaper but because of the way it is calculated.
If you just wanted to post a tweet showing that inflation has come down, that's cool too.
Hmmm⦠Somebody presenting facts and figures vs somebody responding with memes and ridicule. It's just me, but I see who's winning the discussion here.MinotStateBeav said:Unit2Sucks said:A lot of my friends buy 5 or 6 used cars per week, so inflation was a real issue for them in 2022 but it's improved greatly this year. Said no one ever.MinotStateBeav said:
When you get so beaten down by the internet you should quit at this point.
Just exclude food, shelter, fuel and cars!!!! WE WON!!!The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost pic.twitter.com/opumf3nEvL
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 12, 2023
Fuel, food and shelter are reasonable to separate because they move up and down for reasons that aren't connected to the core inflation problem we were facing. Core inflation (ex food and energy) has long been seen as a better measure of inflation. Shelter is a weird lagging indicator that will continue to show elevated inflation for months after prices stabilize due to the way it is calculated. Used cars is a weird one - they went way up in price and are now way down (8% yoy) so it's not like he did that to help the numbers.
This article has a pretty good detailed chart of where we are. Couple of points - food at home is up only 2.4% year over year, but food away from home is up 6%. Energy is down 0.5% year over year, while gas is up 3%.
I know people think that the president controls gas prices, but that's never been the way the world works. The US is at an all time high in energy production and by measures I've seen we are more "independent" than ever (eg we produce more than we use by the highest amount since people started counting this stuff in like 1950).
The problem is that the GOP was always lying to you about energy independence. It's close to meaningless. Gas prices are set by OPEC+ and regardless of how much oil we pull out of the ground in the US, Chevron/etc. are going to sell at the market price. So they are making a killing again and we're paying for it at the pump, even though we are extracting more American oil than ever before.
If you were interested in a nuanced conversation, we could look at how shelter is calculated and why it will make it seem like inflation is elevated for months after it stops. That influence is expected to wane over the next few months not because housing will become cheaper but because of the way it is calculated.
If you just wanted to post a tweet showing that inflation has come down, that's cool too.
Eastern Oregon Bear said:Hmmm⦠Somebody presenting facts and figures vs somebody responding with memes and ridicule. It's just me, but I see who's winning the discussion here.MinotStateBeav said:Unit2Sucks said:A lot of my friends buy 5 or 6 used cars per week, so inflation was a real issue for them in 2022 but it's improved greatly this year. Said no one ever.MinotStateBeav said:
When you get so beaten down by the internet you should quit at this point.
Just exclude food, shelter, fuel and cars!!!! WE WON!!!The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost pic.twitter.com/opumf3nEvL
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 12, 2023
Fuel, food and shelter are reasonable to separate because they move up and down for reasons that aren't connected to the core inflation problem we were facing. Core inflation (ex food and energy) has long been seen as a better measure of inflation. Shelter is a weird lagging indicator that will continue to show elevated inflation for months after prices stabilize due to the way it is calculated. Used cars is a weird one - they went way up in price and are now way down (8% yoy) so it's not like he did that to help the numbers.
This article has a pretty good detailed chart of where we are. Couple of points - food at home is up only 2.4% year over year, but food away from home is up 6%. Energy is down 0.5% year over year, while gas is up 3%.
I know people think that the president controls gas prices, but that's never been the way the world works. The US is at an all time high in energy production and by measures I've seen we are more "independent" than ever (eg we produce more than we use by the highest amount since people started counting this stuff in like 1950).
The problem is that the GOP was always lying to you about energy independence. It's close to meaningless. Gas prices are set by OPEC+ and regardless of how much oil we pull out of the ground in the US, Chevron/etc. are going to sell at the market price. So they are making a killing again and we're paying for it at the pump, even though we are extracting more American oil than ever before.
If you were interested in a nuanced conversation, we could look at how shelter is calculated and why it will make it seem like inflation is elevated for months after it stops. That influence is expected to wane over the next few months not because housing will become cheaper but because of the way it is calculated.
If you just wanted to post a tweet showing that inflation has come down, that's cool too.
I don't even know what that is supposed to mean. As long as it makes you happyβ¦MinotStateBeav said:Eastern Oregon Bear said:Hmmmβ¦ Somebody presenting facts and figures vs somebody responding with memes and ridicule. It's just me, but I see who's winning the discussion here.MinotStateBeav said:Unit2Sucks said:A lot of my friends buy 5 or 6 used cars per week, so inflation was a real issue for them in 2022 but it's improved greatly this year. Said no one ever.MinotStateBeav said:
When you get so beaten down by the internet you should quit at this point.
Just exclude food, shelter, fuel and cars!!!! WE WON!!!The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost pic.twitter.com/opumf3nEvL
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 12, 2023
Fuel, food and shelter are reasonable to separate because they move up and down for reasons that aren't connected to the core inflation problem we were facing. Core inflation (ex food and energy) has long been seen as a better measure of inflation. Shelter is a weird lagging indicator that will continue to show elevated inflation for months after prices stabilize due to the way it is calculated. Used cars is a weird one - they went way up in price and are now way down (8% yoy) so it's not like he did that to help the numbers.
This article has a pretty good detailed chart of where we are. Couple of points - food at home is up only 2.4% year over year, but food away from home is up 6%. Energy is down 0.5% year over year, while gas is up 3%.
I know people think that the president controls gas prices, but that's never been the way the world works. The US is at an all time high in energy production and by measures I've seen we are more "independent" than ever (eg we produce more than we use by the highest amount since people started counting this stuff in like 1950).
The problem is that the GOP was always lying to you about energy independence. It's close to meaningless. Gas prices are set by OPEC+ and regardless of how much oil we pull out of the ground in the US, Chevron/etc. are going to sell at the market price. So they are making a killing again and we're paying for it at the pump, even though we are extracting more American oil than ever before.
If you were interested in a nuanced conversation, we could look at how shelter is calculated and why it will make it seem like inflation is elevated for months after it stops. That influence is expected to wane over the next few months not because housing will become cheaper but because of the way it is calculated.
If you just wanted to post a tweet showing that inflation has come down, that's cool too.
Eastern Oregon Bear said:Hmmm⦠Somebody presenting facts and figures vs somebody responding with memes and ridicule. It's just me, but I see who's winning the discussion here.MinotStateBeav said:Unit2Sucks said:A lot of my friends buy 5 or 6 used cars per week, so inflation was a real issue for them in 2022 but it's improved greatly this year. Said no one ever.MinotStateBeav said:
When you get so beaten down by the internet you should quit at this point.
Just exclude food, shelter, fuel and cars!!!! WE WON!!!The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost pic.twitter.com/opumf3nEvL
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 12, 2023
Fuel, food and shelter are reasonable to separate because they move up and down for reasons that aren't connected to the core inflation problem we were facing. Core inflation (ex food and energy) has long been seen as a better measure of inflation. Shelter is a weird lagging indicator that will continue to show elevated inflation for months after prices stabilize due to the way it is calculated. Used cars is a weird one - they went way up in price and are now way down (8% yoy) so it's not like he did that to help the numbers.
This article has a pretty good detailed chart of where we are. Couple of points - food at home is up only 2.4% year over year, but food away from home is up 6%. Energy is down 0.5% year over year, while gas is up 3%.
I know people think that the president controls gas prices, but that's never been the way the world works. The US is at an all time high in energy production and by measures I've seen we are more "independent" than ever (eg we produce more than we use by the highest amount since people started counting this stuff in like 1950).
The problem is that the GOP was always lying to you about energy independence. It's close to meaningless. Gas prices are set by OPEC+ and regardless of how much oil we pull out of the ground in the US, Chevron/etc. are going to sell at the market price. So they are making a killing again and we're paying for it at the pump, even though we are extracting more American oil than ever before.
If you were interested in a nuanced conversation, we could look at how shelter is calculated and why it will make it seem like inflation is elevated for months after it stops. That influence is expected to wane over the next few months not because housing will become cheaper but because of the way it is calculated.
If you just wanted to post a tweet showing that inflation has come down, that's cool too.
I see a crudely drawn graph that appears to plot "Women Yelling" from 2013 to about 2024 or 2025. The number of "Women Yelling" isn't revealed on the graph. Minot has provided no comment on why we should watch this video.MinotStateBeav said:
Unit2Sucks said:False. Unless you are claiming that Butler was the only black woman eligible to be selected, that was not why she was selected.dimitrig said:Unit2Sucks said:There is a lot to agree with here. As for which "conservatives" have attacked Butler - you have me there because there is no accepted definition of conservative that we would all agree on. We have sort of a no true scotsman situation. I could point to many pundits who have said that Butler was only selected because she is a black, queer woman. Like does Ben Shapiro count as a conservative for you? I genuinely don't know.SFCityBear said:I admit I am not as adept at searching the internet as most of you here, but I searched high and low to find any conservatives, disingenuous or otherwise, who "attacked her for being black and queer. Please help me out here and give us some names. And they should be conservatives, not just Republicans, because as you very well know, not all conservatives are Republicans, and vice versa, not all Republicans are conservatives. We should not conflate the two, IMO.Unit2Sucks said:
No one has mentioned this, but aren't all 3 candidates currently house members? The GOP minority is extremely slim and appointing one of them would have left a vacant house seat for the remainder of the term.
I don't think Butler is nearly as unqualified as people are making her out to be. She led a large labor union (almost 400k members, California's largest) for more than a decade and was a public policy director for Airbnb. She's apparently a prolific fundraiser and has been running an influential PAC the last few years. I'm guessing that Newsom thought that she would be a more valuable ally to him than any of the other candidates and I don't think he's wrong. It's also a sign of respect for Kamala Harris and maybe was an olive branch to her.
She has strong roots in California, so the fact that she most recently was living out of state isn't really a big deal.
I am not surprised at the number of disingenuous conservatives attacking her for being black and queer. They vote and support far less qualified people. I suppose just because they are white men. When white men are elected or appointed with no qualifications, the deplorable are silent and never say "he was just elected because he isn't black, queer or female." Gavin had plenty of qualified black women to choose from and it wasn't hard for him to find one better suited to be our senator than any number of dreadful white men currently serving in the senate.
What qualified RFK Jr. to be president? Or Trump? Or Andrew Yang?
What qualified Kelly Loeffler to be a senator when she was appointed? Or as pointed out before, Tuberville or Herschel?
Qualifications never matter to conservative darlings.
Not everyone will be as well qualified as Feinstein or Kamala Harris. Schiff and Barbara Lee are both well qualified, but I would consider Butler to be better qualified to be California's senator than Katie Porter. Porter has very little history of public service (just her second term as a rep) and as far as I can tell she doesn't have much history or connection to California.
As to qualifications, and who is qualified and who is not, politicians are chosen to run or be appointed to office by their qualifications, their past history in preparing for a job at the next level, but they also can be chosen for their loyalty to party higher-ups and cast their votes in step (sometimes in lock-step) with those who are choosing or appointing them. Sometimes they are chosen for their value in attracting prospective voters, and prospective donors.
As to the first qualification, one's work experience and life experience preparing them for the next level, what makes you believe that those qualifications would be a predictor of success in their position at a higher level? There are many examples of highly qualified politicians who failed badly after they won an election to a higher level. Herbert Hoover comes to mind. Lyndon Johnson. How about Joe Biden? Who could have been better qualified for the job he now has? 50 years in politics, rising to be named vice-president and working 8 years in that job. As President, blunder after blunder, plunging the country into inflation, caving in to China and Iran, horrible exit from Afghanistan, selling off strategic oil reserves at a low price, letting a spy balloon from China hover over sensitive military installations, with nothing more than a wave at it?
How about his highly qualified cabinet? Many are highly qualified. Austin had a fine military record, and he's in charge of the Afghanistan debacle. Harris had a good career in law and as a senator, and she completely fumbles her main responsibility, keep the border secure. Blinken seemed to check all the boxes with his work history, and what has he done? We are less respected in the Middle East, and in China. Mayorkas was eminently qualified to be the Border Czar, and all he has done is mess it up, and lie constantly that the border is secure. Secure from armadillos maybe. Garland? He is highly qualified, but he is also an example of a yes man. That is not a qualification for office, it is a qualification for doing what his party or his President wishes. He will do as he is told, meaning stifle or at least slow-walk, all investigations of the Biden family, and come up with enough charges and lawsuits, and enough partisan judges, to keep the most popular Republican off the presidential ballot in 2024. His performance in front of Congressional Committee did not impress me. He was so tentative, so nervous, I wonder how he got his job in the first place.
On the other hand there have been a number people with seemingly unimpressive or even no qualifications for office, who have been successful after they won their election. Abe Lincoln comes to mind. Harry Truman had even less qualification for President. I would say say that Barack Obama did not appear to have the qualifications to be President, but I should think that you would say he was a successful President, wouldn't you?
As for everything else you've said, I think you are right on the money. Qualifications aren't the be all end all and they are highly variable. Butler may be considered extremely well qualified across some dimensions (fundraising, let's say) and less so across others (legislative experience).
We may disagree on how well certain people you've mentioned above have done at their jobs, but I think that's more about our own perceptions and biases. Categorically I agree with your logic.
I am not a conservative but Butler was only selected because she is a black woman. I don't know if queer played into it at all, but I suspect it was considered a twofer.
Maybe among the pool of queer black women she was the best choice. I don't know. That is why she was selected, though. Newsom was dumb enough to say so:
"The governor's surprise statement came as Reid asked Newsom if he would commit to naming a Black woman to the Senate if Feinstein steps down and whether he has thought of particular replacements.
Newsom told Reid, "I have multiple names in mind. We have multiple names in mind and the answer is yes."
Newsom should have just said he would choose a well-qualified candidate regardless of race but he let us see his thought process.
Link:
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/03/15/newsom-commits-to-nominating-black-woman-to-fill-feinsteins-seat-should-she-retire-1368354
Newsom enumerated two of the criteria he was looking for but that doesn't mean that they were the only criteria, that they were sufficient or that they were hard to find. There were plenty of exceptional black women for him to choose from.
Trump very explicitly chose white men who looked like they came from "central casting." He chose J Powell over Janet Yellen because she was a short woman, not a distinguished looking white dude. Where was the outrage then? Powell was far from the only person Trump chose on that basis.
Stop yelling at me.Eastern Oregon Bear said:I see a crudely drawn graph that appears to plot "Women Yelling" from 2013 to about 2024 or 2025. The number of "Women Yelling" isn't revealed on the graph. Minot has provided no comment on why we should watch this video.MinotStateBeav said:
Yeah, I'm going to click on that video.
bearister said:
"34 years ago today, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area before Game 3 of the World Series between the Giants and A's. The disaster claimed 63 lives, Jeff writes.
The aftermath: Candlestick Park shook, while bridges and roads in the area collapsed. The World Series may have ultimately saved lives, with so many people at the ballpark or in front of their TVs rather than on the road during rush hour (the quake hit at 5:04pm on a Tuesday)."
YahooSports AM
*I took these photos either the day after or two days after the quake. The firm had a client that owned a truck and shipping container yard across the street from the Cypress Structure. Photo journalists from around the world were climbing all over the stacked containers to take photos. We prepared a Release of Liability for them to sign before getting on the containers.
