Disgusted with the Biden administration

posted by justincredible

I fixed it, no worries.

In communist Ohio Chatter...

Credit card debt has increased $100B (20%) in the past year.

Given current employment numbers, along with inflation and rising interest rates, that is big fat canary in the coal mine.

Have to say, that is one of the more alarming economic numbers I've seen in a while.  If this recession/stagflation continues much longer, that could have a huge cascading effect.  Probably nothing like the Great Recession, but let's say something similar to the Dotcom bubble.

posted by gut

Credit card debt has increased $100B (20%) in the past year.

Given current employment numbers, along with inflation and rising interest rates, that is big fat canary in the coal mine.

Have to say, that is one of the more alarming economic numbers I've seen in a while.  If this recession/stagflation continues much longer, that could have a huge cascading effect.  Probably nothing like the Great Recession, but let's say something similar to the Dotcom bubble.

Biggest jump in 20 years,  this one is gonna hurt

Hard to believe they could destroy so much so quickly.

Buckle up. 

BIGLY job increase in July!!

posted by Automatik

BIGLY job increase in July!!

Yea because everything sucks so bad because inflation, everyone has to get a 2nd job

posted by Fletch

Yea because everything sucks so bad because inflation, everyone has to get a 2nd job

Nobel Prize in Economics - right there!!!

Waxed an al-Qaeda boss w/ the razor bomb too!

Ws abound! 

posted by Automatik

Waxed an al-Qaeda boss w/ the razor bomb too!

Ws abound! 

They talked about "over the horizon" capability when they justified pulling out of Afghanistan.

Validated.

posted by Automatik

Waxed an al-Qaeda boss w/ the razor bomb too!

Ws abound! 

 New leader of al qaeda just went to pieces in the role.

posted by Automatik

Waxed an al-Qaeda boss w/ the razor bomb too!

Ws abound! 

Bombed Trump last night, too. 

Probably a nothingburger, ammirite!?

posted by Automatik

Probably a nothingburger, ammirite!?

You’re not skeptical of the FBI at all?

posted by iclfan2

You’re not skeptical of the FBI at all?

My problem is I am skeptical of the feds and skeptical of Trump.  

If it is only about records for the National Archives, then this is a historic fuck up by the justice department.  But I guess we'll have to wait and see, although the AG should already have advised the public today.  

posted by iclfan2

You’re not skeptical of the FBI at all?

I think there are about three possibilities:

1) This is one of several charges they plan to pile on

2) This is an unprecedented raid for the purposes of a fishing expedition

3) Midterms <3 months away and this will fire-up the fake news mill at the usual suspects

2 and 3, of course, are not mutually exclusive.  But there's unlikely to be any further official comment, and the raid presumably would have been limited to WH documents.  However, that will facilitate daily/weekly salacious stories citing "unnamed sources" about unrelated incriminating evidence found (which was likely excluded from said warrant).

I guess a 4th possibility is they're going after any felony charge they can find to stop him from running.  But it's unclear to me if this would be a felony, and even if so whether that prevents him from running.

posted by iclfan2

You’re not skeptical of the FBI at all?

I'm pretty much skeptical of everything.

posted by QuakerOats

If it is only about records for the National Archives, then this is a historic fuck up by the justice department.  But I guess we'll have to wait and see, although the AG should already have advised the public today.  

Why you say that? You know a former  President cannot remove classified material as they leave. 

Hell,Republicans blasted Sandy Berger for doing the same. 

posted by gut

I think there are about three possibilities:

1) This is one of several charges they plan to pile on

2) This is an unprecedented raid for the purposes of a fishing expedition

3) Midterms <3 months away and this will fire-up the fake news mill at the usual suspects

2 and 3, of course, are not mutually exclusive.  But there's unlikely to be any further official comment, and the raid presumably would have been limited to WH documents.  However, that will facilitate daily/weekly salacious stories citing "unnamed sources" about unrelated incriminating evidence found (which was likely excluded from said warrant).

I guess a 4th possibility is they're going after any felony charge they can find to stop him from running.  But it's unclear to me if this would be a felony, and even if so whether that prevents him from running.

Or 5, maybe let's the investigation play out and let's see how serious or political it is. 

We know nothing about why they were there, so it is all conjecture.