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IronLionZion
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December 26, 2023
War on Christmas by having a Christmas performance?
https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1735074586721468855
So scandalously Un-American jazz tap dancing
https://news.yahoo.com/video-watch-tap-dancers-over-175825664.html
Leaked Melania Trump Tape RUINS Fox's Christmas
War on Christmas by having a Christmas performance?
https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1735074586721468855
So scandalously Un-American jazz tap dancing
https://news.yahoo.com/video-watch-tap-dancers-over-175825664.html
December 26, 2023
VICE News: Inside Iran: What Happened to Iran's Women-led Uprising?
December 17, 2023
Yeah good jobs are stealing bad jobs. Higher paying jobs are stealing workers from lower paying jobs during labor shortage. Because GOP likes lower paying jobs.
Bible belt not battery belt
MTG Says Good Jobs Don't Belong In Her District
Yeah good jobs are stealing bad jobs. Higher paying jobs are stealing workers from lower paying jobs during labor shortage. Because GOP likes lower paying jobs.
Bible belt not battery belt
December 16, 2023
This is the West Bank, not Gaza.
Eyewitness testimony and footage reveals escalation in Israel's occupation tactics in West Bank
This is the West Bank, not Gaza.
December 16, 2023
This dude's "facts" are complete BS and he claims he didn't say things that he's recorded on camera as saying. Sounds Trumpy.
CNN anchor confronts RFK Jr. by replaying his comments on vaccines
This dude's "facts" are complete BS and he claims he didn't say things that he's recorded on camera as saying. Sounds Trumpy.
December 15, 2023
2 best presidents of my lifetime
See Biden's joke when Obama returns to the White House
2 best presidents of my lifetime
December 15, 2023
Republicans are so frustrated that they're not getting the recession they hoped for. Bidenomics beats Trump's BS any day.
Biden's top economist bets on soft landing as recession fears fade
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/15/economy/economy-soft-landing-biden/index.html
New York
CNN
President Joe Bidens top economic adviser sounds increasingly confident that the American economy will avoid the recession that so many had penciled in for 2023.
Recent data certainly give more evidence that the width of the runway for a soft landing has gotten much bigger, Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council, told reporters on Friday.
Squashing inflation without throwing the economy into recession is whats called a soft landing. Its something the Federal Reserve has only achieved once in the past 60 years, at least by most metrics. (Some research argues the central bank has done it more often.)
Brainard, previously the No. 2 official at the Federal Reserve, stopped short of outright saying a recession is not in the cards. But she pointed to a variety of metrics cooling inflation, rising real wages, easing interest rates and a growing supply of workers to make the case that a soft landing looks increasingly likely.
Of course, there are always risks. There will always be risks. Right now, we can see geopolitical risks and there could be other risks, Brainard said.
The White House official noted that, just a year ago, many economists thought a recession was inevitable.
Most people dont think about what the alternative could have been, Brainard said. But obviously, forecasters did put out very clearly what they anticipated a year ago, and it was very close to 100% odds, in some cases, that there would be major job losses and a recession in order to get inflation to where it is today.
New York
CNN
President Joe Bidens top economic adviser sounds increasingly confident that the American economy will avoid the recession that so many had penciled in for 2023.
Recent data certainly give more evidence that the width of the runway for a soft landing has gotten much bigger, Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council, told reporters on Friday.
Squashing inflation without throwing the economy into recession is whats called a soft landing. Its something the Federal Reserve has only achieved once in the past 60 years, at least by most metrics. (Some research argues the central bank has done it more often.)
Brainard, previously the No. 2 official at the Federal Reserve, stopped short of outright saying a recession is not in the cards. But she pointed to a variety of metrics cooling inflation, rising real wages, easing interest rates and a growing supply of workers to make the case that a soft landing looks increasingly likely.
Of course, there are always risks. There will always be risks. Right now, we can see geopolitical risks and there could be other risks, Brainard said.
The White House official noted that, just a year ago, many economists thought a recession was inevitable.
Most people dont think about what the alternative could have been, Brainard said. But obviously, forecasters did put out very clearly what they anticipated a year ago, and it was very close to 100% odds, in some cases, that there would be major job losses and a recession in order to get inflation to where it is today.
Republicans are so frustrated that they're not getting the recession they hoped for. Bidenomics beats Trump's BS any day.
December 14, 2023
Save Ferris Jewish version
And the Kylie Minogue version
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Save Ferris Jewish version
And the Kylie Minogue version
December 14, 2023
I was conflicted about sharing this. Crime is a big problem here especially carjackings, random assaults, muggings, and some gang related shootings. But Fox might be exaggerating for Fox reasons.
Is DC a "City Under Siege" as crime levels rise?
I was conflicted about sharing this. Crime is a big problem here especially carjackings, random assaults, muggings, and some gang related shootings. But Fox might be exaggerating for Fox reasons.
December 13, 2023
See Barack Obama surprise kids as "Skinny Santa" in Chicago
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