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  1. There is no bad news in social media - only avenues for financialization of bad decisions. I doubt this is the last we see of Jenna. The casting couch awaits. RW trumpiness is rather grotesque.
  2. Texas' breeding a lot of Fitlumps these days.
  3. Different design flaw, but I agree. The floorplan (from the link above) looks likes solitary confinement with friends. I wonder if there are studies that demonstrate the effects of limited natural sunlight on sleep (among other things). Munger should stick to vulture capitalism, his specialty. He won't. His next step will be to praise China as superior to the United States.
  4. (h/t @Beau Vine) Jena: "I did not witness any violence."
  5. Shitlibs shut it down in fealty to their wealthy masters. Meet the new boss; same as the old boss.
  6. There's a bad moon on the rise. https://www.cpr.org/2021/11/03/colorado-hospital-capacity-covid-hospitalizations-patient-transfer/ There are now more than 1,200 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Colorado. That’s the most since December, as the highly contagious delta variant continues to spread aggressively through the state’s unvaccinated population. For weeks, roughly 80 percent of those hospitalized with coronavirus have been unvaccinated, and nearly 40 percent of hospitals anticipate being short-staffed during the next week. The CHTC was re-activated in August as COVID-19 hospitalizations were starting to grow again in Colorado – a trend that has continued, putting what the CHA calls “monumental strain” on the state’s health care system. Physicians working in that system said the move is not unexpected. “I'm not surprised,” said Dr. Don Stader, an emergency medicine doctor at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood. He said those working in hospitals have been watching as conditions have been deteriorating for months, especially due to high levels of coronavirus patients. “It's been extremely difficult working in emergency departments of hospitals over the last several months. I think while most people believe that the COVID pandemic is coming to an end, or at least at a status quo, I'll say in hospitals, we're experiencing a significant acceleration of the amount of sick people we're seeing from COVID along with just increasing numbers of other medical diseases.” Making matters more precarious, a severe staffing pinch. “We're dealing with a staff crunch where many physicians, especially nurses and others have left the field just because of the pressures and that burnout associated with what the last few years have been like,” Stader said. Stader said finding a hospital to take a patient has become harder than ever. “I've heard horror stories, and I've been a part of some of these where you have a patient that is critically ill and needs to be admitted to the hospital,” he said. “You're just trying to find a hospital that has the capability and the skills to care for the patient. And oftentimes you're calling 10 different hospitals just to try to get them on a bed and to get an accepting facility because all the facilities are full.” Tad-y said transfers from the CHTC are done through a “data-driven process.” That ensures patients can get access to the necessary level of care, while hospitals make the most efficient use of the health care system and protect access to care for as many people as possible. She added a busy flu season could complicate the picture considerably. “We are on the cusp of the flu season as well. And that will only add additional pressure to our health systems that we're facing,” Tad-y said.
  7. A little safety net goes a long way - especially to those who are invisible to wonderful charities like your own.
  8. It's gonna need to be R-Rated. The night before the insurrection scenes will highlight the debauchery, including drugs and problems with erectile dysfunction for her potential copulation partners.
  9. So one side is fighting for a return to the Dark Ages and the pro-Renaissance champions opposing those forces are expected to do nothing as dark winter approaches? Hell of a plan.
  10. Bingo.
  11. CIA Democrat weighs in.
  12. commie.
  13. mask under the nose on brand.
  14. Who can we get to play Insurrection Barbie in the movie? Holly Hunter could pull off the hubris and self-delusion well, but is far too attractive. Kathy Bates, perhaps?
  15. Ready for duty And so is he . . . Fucking shit-libs doing their thing - claiming to be centrist or moderate. Grifters.
  16. Appears to be a prototype for human receptacles in a wired pod structure. Or a commie utopia. Pass.
  17. Disagree. It defines the teams, of which there are three primary players presently - trumpers, neoliberal "centrists" and progressives. The left (where DEI/CRT has backing) has zero power in this equation, because progressives occupy the lanes where the left might make inroads and progressives are not as hip on identity politics (one reason why the left hates progressives). The neoliberal centrists hold the most power, with the trumpers in a close second. In many ways, the 2021 VA Gov. election was a scaled down 2016 presidential election: A centrist neoliberal plugged into the Establishment and locked into the status quo v. an self-proclaimed outsider using culture war tactics. We know how those elections turn out (like they did in Virginia last night). A candidate must stand for something other than "I am not Donald Trump." 2020 was a remarkable show of unity to beat Donald Trump. I am afraid that unity grows weaker each day.
  18. Another perspective. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/03/left-coalition-says-mcauliffe-campaign-was-controlled-experiment-what-not-do-2022 "As corporate Democrats rushed to baselessly pin McAuliffe's loss on progressives in Congress, the Battle Born Collective, Justice Democrats, the Sunrise Movement, and United We Dream Action argued in a joint statement that the former Virginia governor's campaign for his old post was "designed to fail." "What happened in Virginia is what happens when Democrats fail to take on the GOP's divide-and-conquer racism and motivate people to turn out," the progressive coalition said. "The McAuliffe campaign had no comprehensive pro-worker economic message against a literal private equity magnate." Far from offering Virginians a clear policy agenda and a positive vision for the future, McAuliffe—who previously served as chair of the Democratic National Committee—"ran the milquetoast campaign he wanted to run," the groups continued. "Every other word he uttered was 'Donald Trump' instead of focusing on the issues voters cared about the most." "This was a controlled experiment for what NOT to do in 2022," the coalition added. "This is what it looks like when Democrats get caught flat-footed and let Republicans dictate the terms of the debate by manufacturing a fake 'education crisis.' It does not have to be this way. There is still time to adopt an inclusive economic message that crowds out racist dog whistles... This should be a wake-up call for Democrats: Give people something to vote for or watch yourselves become the very thing they resoundingly vote against."
  19. Voting Rights Citizens United and campaign financing The descent of the United States into Third World status for the majority of U.S. Citizens.
  20. Once the Fed pledged to stabilize back in March 2020 - with $120 billion a month flowing in to prop up the markets - it was risk on for those with appropriate capacity for risk. With the upcoming slow down in purchases by the Fed (down to $105 billion a month from $120 billion a month beginning mid-November), we will see how the markets react over the long haul. ___________________________________ Speaking of the Fed Decision: Implementation Note issued November 3, 2021 Decisions Regarding Monetary Policy Implementation The Federal Reserve has made the following decisions to implement the monetary policy stance announced by the Federal Open Market Committee in its statement on November 3, 2021: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to maintain the interest rate paid on reserve balances at 0.15 percent, effective November 4, 2021. As part of its policy decision, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to authorize and direct the Open Market Desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, until instructed otherwise, to execute transactions in the System Open Market Account in accordance with the following domestic policy directive: "Effective November 4, 2021, the Federal Open Market Committee directs the Desk to: Undertake open market operations as necessary to maintain the federal funds rate in a target range of 0 to 1/4 percent. Complete the increase in System Open Market Account (SOMA) holdings of Treasury securities by $80 billion and of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) by $40 billion, as indicated in the monthly purchase plans released in mid-October. Increase the SOMA holdings of Treasury securities by $70 billion and of agency MBS by $35 billion, during the monthly purchase period beginning in mid-November. Increase the SOMA holdings of Treasury securities by $60 billion and of agency MBS by $30 billion, during the monthly purchase period beginning in mid-December. Increase holdings of Treasury securities and agency MBS by additional amounts as needed to sustain smooth functioning of markets for these securities. Conduct overnight repurchase agreement operations with a minimum bid rate of 0.25 percent and with an aggregate operation limit of $500 billion; the aggregate operation limit can be temporarily increased at the discretion of the Chair. Conduct overnight reverse repurchase agreement operations at an offering rate of 0.05 percent and with a per-counterparty limit of $160 billion per day; the per-counterparty limit can be temporarily increased at the discretion of the Chair. Roll over at auction all principal payments from the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasury securities and reinvest all principal payments from the Federal Reserve's holdings of agency debt and agency MBS in agency MBS. Allow modest deviations from stated amounts for purchases and reinvestments, if needed for operational reasons. Engage in dollar roll and coupon swap transactions as necessary to facilitate settlement of the Federal Reserve's agency MBS transactions." In a related action, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to approve the establishment of the primary credit rate at the existing level of 0.25 percent. https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20211103a1.htm
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