I'm 'Murican, and that means I got the freedom to grow avocados anywhere I damn well please. And if they don't respond to the conditions in Iowa, I'll tariff them bastards until they plead for mercy.
The orange idiot has kept his promise to turn the economy around - from healthy growth under Biden, and now it's shrinking under his mob of morons. Is there anything he touches that doesn't break? Yet a third of the population still supports him ... unfathomable.
Also take into account that this GDP includes millions of Americans spending what they can to stock up on supplies in bulk to prepare for the incoming tsunami of trouble our economy is about to experience as cargo ships quit delivering to the US due to tariff costs.
At one point, while Lutnick the Nutnick was being voted on for OMB. One of his plans was removing all government spending from the GDP. Not sure how, manipulating the numbers to their advantage. As always lying, cheating is involved.
S'all good now.
Wow and I thought my 60+ cis-hetero male stomach had withstood just about everything except for contrasting IV iodine during angioplasty.
“Trump-Dump” or “Trump-Slump” I prefer, seeing as he actually made a “LieSocial” post this morning blaming BIDEN, somehow. Dude posted in Jan how it’s “Trumps Economy” when #’s were high & markets booming, but after NUKING our economy, somehow Biden stacked the economy -
but rigged it to explode HALFWAY through Trumps first 100 days?! How could that possibly make ANY sense? He may have some MAGAts believe it, but this claim is so utterly ridiculous & easily proven otherwise, it just shows what a tiny, pathetic, demented orange fuck he truly is. You own this, Don!
Move to QC.CA ?
In the interests of public health and to avoid upsetting small children I have withheld the image of the "Italian" version.
My favorite is the "Extreme", when I really feel the need for hand-to-hand combat.
Please don't make suggestions to Trump. I know how he wants to play with what he thinks are toys.
He's calling himself the US president and leader of the world. God only knows what he's going to try to pull next.
He’d blow away the competition for worst Pope, beating even Pope Stephen VI, who exhumed his predecessor, Pope Formosus, and subjected him to a posthumous trial. Formosus was found guilty, his papacy was nullified, and his remains desecrated. Piece of cake for Trump, now known as Pope Faecalis.
VonShitzNpants will push his alternate reality BUT he's plotting who in his administration he can throw under the bus when the reality of his blunder can NOT be covered up with his constant lies😔
First of all I won’t believe anything from this administration, secondly will we ever see the unemployment numbers again? From a real authority figure?
In addition to Trump's inhuman kidnapping/rendition policy, the markets are down, the dollar is down, and Trump's beloved tariffs have brought in all of an extra $10B...which may be less than Doge "saved".
A historic 100 days. So much winning. Such a golden age.
Black Beard's tail can arch almost up over his back to between his ears and the last inch+ is white (PhD student daughter, biology, confirms that it's about that much extra).
He's not purfect though, with an air-worthiness roughly equivalent to that of an ambitious rock.
“What is a recession? While some maintain that two consecutive quarters of falling real GDP constitute a recession, that is neither the official definition nor the way economists evaluate the state of the business cycle.”
Notice the US is the only one who shows a negative and it’s only going to get worse. Farmers will no doubt lose about $21 billion this year because china is switching to Brazil as its main supplier of commodities. Evidently they have been preparing for this for 5 years, so it’s not gradual it’s now.
I feel so liberated. Liberated from my money, air safety, any morals I might have had. Liberated from the security I felt when buying groceries, or meds, or whether the weather may bring.
We must reclaim words, concepts, and language from Trump and MAGA. Freedom. America. First amendment and free speech. Religious liberty. Constitutional. These things have meaning and they are not what they say. Defend them.
In March of 2025, egg prices in America reached a record high of $6.23 per dozen, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Given that eggs are a staple in many households, consumers had no choice but to pay up.
Those numbers are from last quarter (Jan-Mar). Next quarter will be the big shoe drop, as it will have the April tariff yo-yo import-export drop and the months following. Q1 will likely be the best numbers we see all year, so even if they are bad, the coming ones will be worse.
Just remember. We will experience some pain before getting better.
Maybe even a full blown depression. Trust the process. Just like trickle down. It just needs time
Dump said on day one inflation, eggs, war in Ukraine, blah blah will be the best ever in the history of civilization since the cave man, bigly. Now it says some pain. FDT
Is that like a flea dip? Because last night there were several hundred hygienically deficient people at a white power rally in Michigan who’d clearly benefit from one.
It's like trump said, "Let's run the country like a business. If any business had this happen because of the ceo, then a vote of no confidence would happen, and the ceo would be replaced
US corporations also have them. If they switch to a parliamentary system, the US could get an usher of the black rod to prevent trump from attacking members of parliament and establishing a dictatorship.
The NEW AMERICAN ORDER = the GOP mantra of the past 5+ decades :
Keep 'em poor, afraid, ignorant, armed and pregnant.
Now contains sick & substance-dependent additives.
This term's specials are increased mortality and decreased safety.
Limit one death per customer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmfsmasjVA
Rumour has it that sometimes maple syrup is involved but few people credit that as more than a horror story from a sugar shack, like sasquatch dating your auntie and uncle, together.
Hot banana peppers (the yellow, orange, red ones, not the green turds with tails), that I would try.
I expect the report to be a political document that lacks truth of any sort. The administration will hail that our economy is growing rapidly - more than at any time in history - then the government will quietly release revised numbers a month or so later.
Keep in mind, they will play with normal behavior in the most twisted ways. If someone notices the revised numbers, the media will buy into the half truth that every administration revises numbers. They will point at Biden who occasionally revised employment numbers (mind you it was always upwards)
The media will grab onto the explanation, and ignore the fact that the numbers will be radically revised to the point that they were blatant lies. For the media that pays attention, they will also ignore that there will be egregious market manipulation and an informed few will see great profits.
I wouldn't expect any Federally employed statisticians to want to risk being fired for sending the wrong message. It's called 'marking your own homework'.
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It allows us to get back to nature and not worry so much about "the economy", or "surviving the month"
Sometimes roving food gangs have some really fine people in them, and in the end it's the friends you made along the way
Though with the tariffs, I'm not sure I can afford the taco chips.
That's what folks with "grit" would do.
a complex reply that.
Funny as HELL.
Blunt as a BRICK.
Rolls off the mind like SHAKESPEARE.
I'm getting some Carlin influence with maybe a bit of corn mash or cannabis or is just the raw you?
I respect @glennkirschner.bsky.social 's choice. Following.
Though I was inspired by your call to "grit."
And the gardening tips.
You write well.
...
"D'OH!!!"
(stupid me, I hadn`t checked your profile, you ARE a writer)
mystery/suspense/detective hasn`t been a genre of mine for 4 decades.
My father died in '16 so I may not find your titles up at the house but I will take a peek at some McLean covers after work on Tue.
In fact Peter Navarro considers the shrinking GDP excellent news (or was it "Aaron Pervert", his fictitious anagrammatic economics guru?)
"Italian" version not shown in the interests of good taste and to avoid frightening small children.
Bad poutine can be, well... pretty bad.
I have seen dogs refuse to lick it up.
And somehow, although I love chips and I love cheese. Together....they just don't work for me.
What can I say?
Vinegar & pepper.
Sometimes mayonnaise, esp the pub-style ones with bits of skin.
Look in the mirror, asshole!
Their AI image scanning tech always flagged it as an actual asshole
(Sorry, my flight reflex kicked and built a picture of orange cheeks, something red and then maybe trousers.)
Wow and I thought my 60+ cis-hetero male stomach had withstood just about everything except for contrasting IV iodine during angioplasty.
#TrumpHolocaust
#TrumpDeathCamps
Quick. Move to a CA "High" zone.
Learn something new everyday.
In the interests of public health and to avoid upsetting small children I have withheld the image of the "Italian" version.
My favorite is the "Extreme", when I really feel the need for hand-to-hand combat.
Nothing to see here.
I prefer to think of it as a patriot plunge❗️
#resist
they're all free due to all of the trickle down shit.
I'm not familiar with these MAGA food fads.
I thought that was what Mzz Lindsey does in front of Felonious Maximus with his lil' MAGA kneepads.
He's calling himself the US president and leader of the world. God only knows what he's going to try to pull next.
https://youtube.com/shorts/9JlHR1VZ-1Q?si=Bu3RIxBW_1pQQzk_
Please be considerate of the next person to use your country and remember to use the brush afterwards.
That may never end as we may never recoup our global standing.
Most of the rest of the world be like,
"Let the US play solitaire, with a deck of 52 deuce of spades."
or "piques" in French.
The two hardest bits in this are "poche" ("pocket" as in "empty") and "peu dou" (un-bigly "endowed")
So not even a good kind of dip
In addition to Trump's inhuman kidnapping/rendition policy, the markets are down, the dollar is down, and Trump's beloved tariffs have brought in all of an extra $10B...which may be less than Doge "saved".
A historic 100 days. So much winning. Such a golden age.
Either one may cause heartburn.
Female, right, "Sweet Pea" aka "Agent Of Chaos", specialty : cupping the end of your nose with her paw until tips of claws touch skin.
Male, left, "Black Beard" aka "Zaboomafoo", "Dog # 2" , "Wasn't Me" with six claws on each forepaw, 2 extras on those long opposable thumbs.
1 - "Ace" aka "Captain Fuzzy" or "Mr Polite & Handsome" male 15+
2 - "Joli", Ace's daughter 14+, aka "Night Fury" or "Queen of Darkness"
3 - "Muse" female 6-7, aka "Soft as a rabbit"
He's not purfect though, with an air-worthiness roughly equivalent to that of an ambitious rock.
I just noticed that your avatar is feline!
"Human beings, just so, so, yummy! Available where all good hosts are found."
Here fixed it
"GDP data for the first three months of 2025 showed a contraction of 0.3%, down from 2.4% growth in the previous quarter."
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-gdp-inflation-tariffs-04-30-2025
“oh, it’s a just a gully…that’s all…just nerves.”
😏
In March of 2025, egg prices in America reached a record high of $6.23 per dozen, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Given that eggs are a staple in many households, consumers had no choice but to pay up.
Oh, wait...the chips are Chinese.
Enjoy the music.
Don't try using science or math on MAGA.
That will get you banned.
A friend on FB resent this from October 16, 2017
https://parodyproject.com/parody-sound-of-silence/
Such a comforting thought...
That is all.
Maybe even a full blown depression. Trust the process. Just like trickle down. It just needs time
No shame. No brain.
Trump or maga?
To be fair, not sure they actually said what would trickle down
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rod
Please be consider of the next person to use your country and remember to use the brush afterwards.
https://parodyproject.com/parody-sound-of-silence/
and when you're down to your last "square" of bogwad this summer, remember that the increased cost is due in part to tariffs on CA softwood.
Keep 'em poor, afraid, ignorant, armed and pregnant.
Now contains sick & substance-dependent additives.
This term's specials are increased mortality and decreased safety.
Limit one death per customer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmfsmasjVA
The pipes burst.
The oil refinery burnt down.
DJT is doing the same thing but with tariffs and global supply chains.
Now that makes it so much more acceptable.
In reality I don't expect to see any significant impact until the dip on port traffic starts to "spread" through intermodal to store shelves.
Next month's will give folks a clearer picture.
QC.CA but with "Italian" version no shown in the interests of good taste.
Hot banana peppers (the yellow, orange, red ones, not the green turds with tails), that I would try.
Where they do a variety, the extra ingredients go on top to that you can get a good look at what's about to get pumped through your arteries.
Pass it on, if the US invades we'll use Nickleback in psyops and poutine once captured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw1zpKo2BuY
And MAGA won't see the leopard coming.
one of my neurons just tapped the other one on its shoulder.
It's SCARY THOUGHT BUBBLE TIME.
Could DJT, under some pretext, order say, that all US telecom companies place certain domains on a black list?
I mean we've heard of it happening "elsewhere", right?
I mean, it's just hardware and software, right?
today's winner of the internet.
He must be impeached IMMEDIATELY.
Call your Congressmember at this number (202)224-3121and demand Trump's removal.
You only need to know your member's name to make the call. Don't wait!
Federal Workers say "Who Moved my Cheese"?