Archive for 2024

MUCH MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE:

Trump had better augment his protection detail if he hasn’t already.

ROBERT SPENCER: Shock Horror: Islamophobia Outbreak At McDonald’s.

It all started way back in June 2021, when, according to the Associated Press, when a hijab-wearing Muslim woman, Ghadir Alahmar, walked into a McDonald’s with her twin seven-year-old sons. Alahmar “ordered a plain fish sandwich,” and thoughtfully “had one of her children repeat the order to a worker in case they did not understand her accent.”

McDonald’s employees, according to Alahmar, in their hate and “Islamophobia,” decided to load up the fish sandwich with (shield your children’s eyes) bacon. The unsuspecting victims “received their order, which included fries and cookies, and left the restaurant to walk to a nearby school playground where they planned to eat. One of her sons noticed the bacon. The sandwich not only had bacon on it but appeared to have extra bacon, the complaint says. They did not eat the bacon, but one son ate the lower half of the bun and part of the fish filet, according to the complaint.” The lower half of the bun and part of the fish filet? Ohhh-kay. Anyway, the family was, they claim, thoroughly traumatized.

I have it on good authority that bacon is just a spice and perfectly permissible.

DEREGULATE ALL THE THINGS: Crypto sweep puts congress on notice: vote with us or we’ll come after you with millions.

“Now, the message that Congress receives,” Claypool said, “is very much that how you vote on crypto-related policy, those decisions are going to have consequences in terms of big crypto spending money for or against you.”

Crypto skeptics like Claypool warned that the results of the spending could soon be felt and that ordinary Americans would need to hang onto their wallets.

“In all likelihood, crypto deregulation is coming,” said Claypool. “People are going to have to be careful about what they’re doing with their money. It looks like a tragedy waiting to happen.”

Or maybe it looks like liberty, but to some folks, that’s the same thing.

A TOXIC INDUSTRY:

SEEMS LIKE A BIG CHANGE FROM THE RONNA ROMNEY MCDANIEL ERA:

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Trump Knocks It Out of the Park With Chief of Staff Pick. “Wiles had been rumored to be the front-runner for the chief of staff position during the campaign. Trump obviously trusts her counsel and listens to her. There was a telling moment during his victory speech in Florida when he called Wiles and co-chair Chris LaCivita up to the podium. Wiles obviously wanted nothing to do with the spotlight. Those are the kinds of people Trump needs as confidantes to help his ambitious second term agenda.”

WELL SAID:

#METOO:

Don’t hold your breath for that book or “the tell-all book about how they blackmailed Joe to step aside” that Cynical Publius asked for.

Omerta is strong on the Left, but who knows, maybe money will speak louder than loyalty.

BIDENFLATION: Worse Off Now? Real Wages Have Declined Since Nov. 2020.

A test that Kamala Harris, as the de-facto incumbent, apparently failed to pass.

As Statista’s Felix Richter reports, according to exit polls, 46 percent of voters in key states said that their family was worse off now than it was four years ago, the highest ever in presidential exit polls. But is that really true or are we seeing what some economists described as a “vibecession”, i.e. an overly negative perception of an economy that is doing alright?

While the U.S. economy has come through the inflation crisis relatively unscathed, with robust growth, low unemployment and high stock prices, many American families have not.

Or at least it hasn’t felt that way.

The main problem with inflation is the fact that it hits consumers right where it hurts: the wallet.

It hits retirement portfolios, too, which on average have barely budged since Biden was sworn in but grew 16% during Trump’s first three years, before the COVID lockdown madness ruined everything.

LAWFARE: Jonathan Turley: Donald Trump just won the greatest jury verdict in American history. “Nearly two years ago, I wrote that Democratic prosecutors’ lawfare campaign against Donald Trump would make the 2024 election the single largest jury decision in history. Now that the verdict is in, the question is whether prosecutors will continue their unrelenting campaign against the president-elect and his companies. The answer is that it may not matter.”

2024 ELECTION BOTTOM-LINE: Yes, Donald Trump won, but you know who remains and who always will be in charge. It’s just a 30-second shortie, but it’s a VIP reminder in the midst of the celebratory relief.