From NJ1015:
NJ one of 3 states expected to see housing market crash in 2024
It looks like New Jersey’s housing market may soon run out of steam. And that’s unfortunate for so many living in The Garden State.
According to a recent report released by ATTOM, New Jersey is among one of the top three states expected to see a housing market crash in 2024.
Illinois and California are the other two states expected to see housing market trouble in the months ahead. The list also includes individual cities in multiple states, such as New York City.
According to Newsweek, “Real estate markets in Illinois, New Jersey and California are at risk of downturn next year due to higher levels of foreclosures, unemployment and underwater mortgages.”
In New Jersey, the areas that are particularly vulnerable in 2024 are “Bergen, Essex, Ocean, Passaic, Sussex and Union counties.” Those areas in the Garden State are facing similar challenges as New York City.
According to the report released by ATTOM, those areas showed “the most vulnerability based on the portion of mortgage balances that exceed the value of the homes, average local wages required for home ownership expenses, and local unemployment rates.”
First!
I‘m so happy to have sold my house in South Jersey last summer. Between property taxes, homeowners insurance and maintenance it was difficult to make any money. Unfortunately we have an underperforming vacation rental in Kissimmee, Florida that I‘d also like to sell this year. The pandemic changed the short term rental market in the Orlando area. Seems to be a glut of hotel rooms and houses for rent.
“Seems to be a glut of hotel rooms and houses for rent.”
It’s boomers new revenue stream for after retirement.
It’s amazing what someone will do just to procrastinate on something that according to nature should be done sooner rather than later.
Juice Box says:
January 2, 2024 at 7:03 pm
BRT – “50% chance you will not have a kid”
Nope invitro and freeze it, and heck if you have the money surrogates so you don’t have to experience it either. Too many celeb influencers and women’s magazine stuff talk about it all the time.
Facts
BRT says:
January 2, 2024 at 7:25 pm
Juice, the stat doesn’t say 50% can’t have kids in 30s or early 40s. It’s the end result that 50% of the women who reach age 30 without a kid don’t have one. It’s not just a fertility issue. It’s any number of things. Their appeal drops. They run out of time to find the right guy. Obviously fertility drops but it’s just one of many factors.
Another fact:
Take away healthcare and the average lifespan for an American drops to 38.
Unsustainable? Seems pretty sustainable for me. Seems like there are looming Government shutdowns at least a couple times a year, a bunch of old goats pretend they are fighting to cut spending, then the codgers get together, increase the debt limit and enjoy a feast on the taxpayers.
I guess you can sustain it until you hit an iceberg, if their is such a thing in the funny money ponzi scheme that is.
The United States is ringing in the new year with a lot of red ink as the national debt surpassed $34T for the first time. The gloomy fiscal milestone, reported by the Treasury Department, comes as Congress braces for another fight over federal spending. Unless lawmakers can agree on another short-term continuing resolution to fund the government, or pass appropriations bills by Jan. 19 (and others by Feb. 2), the U.S. would face its first federal shutdown since 2019.
On the rise: Not only is the overall balance increasing, but the cost of servicing the national debt is rising at a rapid clip. “The interest paid on the federal debt so far this fiscal year is $900B, but this is soon going to reach $1T… and [it] is clear that the situation is unsustainable,”
More booze. Goes good with all of the Mary Jane, vaping and Xanax people are on just to get through the day. Holidays were good this year, made some nice end of year profits from DWI and dope alone. Well, maybe not as much as the local towns did.
A family-run distillery in West Virginia has revealed it has created a new type of liquor out of maple sap.
MannCave Distilling, outside Clarksburg, came up with the idea after a chance conversation with delegates from Spruce Knob Maple at a trade fair.
Director Stephen Mann set to work and four months later had the first drops of the 110 proof spirit they named ambrosia.
‘It’s one of these things that you’re kind of asking, why wasn’t this done before,’ he said.
7:24 I dunno I loved banging my thirty year-old.
Love banging my fifty something year-old.
Happiness is a woman whose “appeal” never diminishes.
If you know, you know.
Caught a few films over the break.
Maestro was beautifully filmed with a lovely deviant plot line and lots of cigarettes.
Hunter Killer, an excellent submarine war film was superb.
Latest Mission Impossible is pretty good as well with an “AI” generated
“Villain”…..
So far Covid is like a cold for me. An occasional cough, some cold chills & sweating.
My girls are headed to The Price is Right today for their superbowl edition. My gal is a Philly girl. Go Birds!!
According to a recent report released by ATTOM, New Jersey is among one of the top three states expected to see a housing market crash in 2024.
Nope, not here. Go put in an offer for a house in North Jersey and let me know how long it takes for your legs to get chopped off. After all the blood drains out, revise your ‘report’ accordingly.
So, who’s going to Fanwood, Edison and Secaucus today to take in some migrants? We’re a sanctuary state, do your duty!
My wife reminds me how miserable I was in New Jersey.
I blame the weather and the assholes I had to work with.
By the time I was just about to leave the State I’d actually
found some peace. For those who are familiar with the schools
NJ employs lots of really terrible fairly well-paid administrators.
They are particularly useless and literally add nothing to your
children’s education. Yet, they stay forever (20-30 years!!) and you
end of paying them for the rest of their lives. After 25 years they get free healthcare
for life. That’s where your sky high property taxes go.
The Associated Press
@AP
Harvard president’s resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism
Forever=20-30 years? That’s nuthin’
Blue screen of death McConnell has been in the Senate since 2006.
Crypt Keeper Pelosi since 1987
They make teachers look like toddlers.
LAX says:
January 3, 2024 at 8:16 am
My wife reminds me how miserable I was in New Jersey.
I blame the weather and the assholes I had to work with.
By the time I was just about to leave the State I’d actually
found some peace. For those who are familiar with the schools
NJ employs lots of really terrible fairly well-paid administrators.
They are particularly useless and literally add nothing to your
children’s education. Yet, they stay forever (20-30 years!!) and you
end of paying them for the rest of their lives. After 25 years they get free healthcare
for life. That’s where your sky high property taxes go.
Fed December minutes release today, will they confirm the market expectations for cuts or temper expectations?
8:26 she’s a dead ringer for Urkel:
https://imgur.com/gallery/VdfI1qS
Will still be paid $900k a year to spout her grievance laden bullshit. She cost the school millions in donations too. The call is coming from inside the house!!!!
I don’t think that Trump plagiarized the term “Grab ’em by the …” Me thinks it’s original and that he coined the term.
BRT says:
January 3, 2024 at 8:26 am
The Associated Press
@AP
Harvard president’s resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism
Trump may have coined the term, but this fellow perfected it:
https://youtu.be/-Mk6M6YvdPw?si=otjwyU78rFZs11Yl
900k ain’t comin’ out of your pocket. Maybe God thinks she deserves it for being born looking like Urkel.
LAX says:
January 3, 2024 at 8:31 am
8:26 she’s a dead ringer for Urkel:
https://imgur.com/gallery/VdfI1qS
Will still be paid $900k a year to spout her grievance laden bullshit. She cost the school millions in donations too. The call is coming from inside the house!!!!
‘It’s one of these things that you’re kind of asking, why wasn’t this done before,’ he said.
Because it’s expensive, that’s why, and it’s easier to sell syrup than it is to sell the alcohol you could make from it, especially considering taxes.
It’s not that they stumbled upon some secret formula here, it’s that it’s a shit load of work for nearly zero return. You need to sell half-sized 375ml bottles for $50-100 to begin to be profitable here.
We bought out a NY State farmer’s entire annual production of honey to do the same thing, we made a mead first, distilled that to make a honey spirit. It’s fantastic, but it’s insanely expensive. Nobody will ever buy a second bottle, and that’s the bigger problem. It’s nice as a novelty, but nobody is going to seek it out as a drink that’s in regular rotation. We did it to do it, and that’s that, we’re not about trying to make a business out of it.
Have the same criticism when aspiring distillers walk in on the weekends and tell me they want to make plum brandy.
Good luck buddy, there is zero market, and the raw materials will kill you in the northeast. Nobody is buying $75 bottles of plum brandy when you can walk into total wine and pick up a bottle for $25.
Phoenix, ever done a labiaplasty ?
That looks like satisfying work.
8:34 there is no God, only Grim.
Be careful. You might just start a Jihad with all of that blasphemous religious talk.
LAX says:
January 3, 2024 at 8:37 am
8:34 there is no God, only Grim.
Phoenix – ever tried la bia plasty?? That looks like satisfying work.
Grim,
Well, it is West Virginia. I’ve only been closely associated with one person from there and her head looks and moves like a chicken. A crazed one to be exact.
I think Union Carbide might have a hand in it, or maybe I’m overthinking it, Occam’s razor, a bit of inbreeding.
Or a combo..
I have seen more labia than you could ever imagine. It’s just a fold of skin. In fact, I may have even seen your wife’s.
LAX says:
January 3, 2024 at 8:43 am
Phoenix – ever tried la bia plasty?? That looks like satisfying work.
It’s amazing what someone will do just to procrastinate on something that according to nature should be done sooner rather than later.
All that ability to stay up all night in your 20s partying til 6 am in NYC lounges afterhours…that energy was evolution’s design to feed your newborns and still survive. Doing that at 31 and 33 was insanely tough and really tested my mental health. Doing it at 39 is next to impossible which is why most become 1 and done unless they are hiring help at that age. In your 40s? That’s insane.
I know a couple, 43, their kids are in college now, and they are in great health ready to send them off. Definitely the smarter move in hindsight.
I have seen more la bia than you could ever imagine. It’s just a fold of skin. In fact, I may have even seen your wife’s.
LAX says:
January 3, 2024 at 8:43 am
Phoenix – ever tried la bia plasty?? That looks like satisfying work.
Facts
BRT says:
I know a couple, 43, their kids are in college now, and they are in great health ready to send them off. Definitely the smarter move in hindsight.
La Bia Plasti… that’s Italian for: “I want to do you underneath the moonlight.”
Europeans build a plane that can survive a fiery crash. American made Boeing planes are programmed to commit suicide. Well done Airbus.
All 379 people aboard the Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 had a miraculous escape after it erupted in flame following the crash with a De Havilland Dash-8 Coast Guard turboprop shortly after landing at Haneda airport.
La Bia Plasti… that’s Italian for: “I want to do you underneath the moonlight.”
Then 20 years later, it means, “I didn’t want it, he groped me under the moonlight, and now that he is a celebrity if he pays me 20 million dollars we can forget the whole thing.”
8:54 sure
Going to again, in the new year, recommend you get your ass checked stat, early even.
Went under again yesterday for second scope and ultrasound, additional removal of the mucosal something or other where the offending item was previous removed. Apparently they tattoo your colon now to be able to identify the location in the future? Got new ink and wasn’t even planning on it. Can’t wait to show this one off at the shore this summer.
Had a CT scan last week, thank goodness it was all clear.
Turning out to be the best possible outcome of what would have been a very, very bad situation in a few years.
Doctor was not kidding when he said my wife saved my life.
Turns out there is family history, and old folks never talked about this shit. I should have had my first colonoscopy at 35 because of that.
Again, don’t fuck around, and especially don’t think you are in the clear with the poop-in-a-jar tests either.
I can see where freezing eggs makes sense, and when it doesn’t.
Having kids too young can mess up a career at peak development time. Sexy actresses, women athletes, women on the corporate fast track. Waiting till your late 20s early 30s might be a worthwhile trade-off. Or maybe they will need a surrogate for medical reasons.
On the other hand, I know a guy who married late, he retired at 58 with kids in middle school, and he’s going to be paying for college out of his retirement money – though I wouldn’t be surprised if he went back to work to help fund it.
Some rich hollywood ladies, sometimes I think they are freezing their eggs so they get more shots on the goal of having trannie kids. Or they just adopt.
Anyone hear the Gwyneth Paltrow radio ads for copperfit socks and girdles? Shows me we’re getting old now that this once pretty, fresh-faced actress has started pitching products to grandmas. She’s 51 years old so might be defrosting some eggs and putting them in some Tibetan women’s oven, fits her brand.
https://copperfitusa.com/pages/gwyneth-x-copper-fit
Phoenix,
The Dash-8 is an absolute tank of a prop. I’m actually surprised none of the coast guard survived. The Dash-8 has an impeccable record.
Someone asked about the snowstorm yesterday. It’s simply too hard to call at this point. It’s most likely going to snow, but it could be very little to a lot. Very fluffy, to wet and slushy. The models keep bouncing around in a circle, but all of them say some snow. Chances are Central Pennsy to Northwest NJ will jackpot. The rest of us will range between nothing and 8″ currently leaning to the lower number, especially with rain mixing in at the end. 1-2″ of rain coming Wednesday to flood the rivers again and move all the road salts into our rivers to kill the fish and fauna. This is NJ where rebuilding cement medians is an art form.
What’s the new tatt say Grim? “Parking in Rear?”
Grim,
Tattoo is nothing new. Been doing that for years. In the event they need to do a resection it makes it easier to locate the offending area, even laparoscopically.
Find out where the location is. Left, Right, Transverse, lower anterior. Location matters.
Invanz saves lives.
Lib
Agreed. Look what this guy did with a Dash-8. And no pilot’s license.
https://youtu.be/DstWZY_eUOc?t=1
Life is short and, for those still alive, is rapidly getting shorter.
Act accordingly.
grim says:
January 3, 2024 at 9:31 am
Going to again, in the new year, recommend you get your ass checked stat, early even.
Went under again yesterday for second scope and ultrasound, additional removal of the mucosal something or other where the offending item was previous removed. Apparently they tattoo your colon now to be able to identify the location in the future? Got new ink and wasn’t even planning on it. Can’t wait to show this one off at the shore this summer.
Had a CT scan last week, thank goodness it was all clear.
Turning out to be the best possible outcome of what would have been a very, very bad situation in a few years.
Doctor was not kidding when he said my wife saved my life.
Turns out there is family history, and old folks never talked about this shit. I should have had my first colonoscopy at 35 because of that.
Again, don’t fuck around, and especially don’t think you are in the clear with the poop-in-a-jar tests either.
California Camry.
Hehe
LAX 8:16
This would happen less if we had a freer, more competitive market for education.
The education our kids get compared to what they could be getting is the same difference between what food your kids get at the school cafeteria versus what they could get at competing restaurants.
Without changing the incentives and seeing the customers as actual customers, school system bureaucracies will forever feast off your guaranteed tax revenue, and give you grey Salisbury steak in return.
Should make the tattoo say “Exit Only”
It’s amazing what someone will do just to procrastinate on something that according to nature should be done sooner rather than later.
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When I first read that my first thought was it was related having to get out of bed on a cold winter night to use the bathroom.
10:24 school choice is real in CA. It’s much easier to send your kid to a school in a neighboring district. In NJ it’s very tough to do that.
The problem that a lot of districts have now is an actual shortage of young kids.
So many of the towns here are filled with old folks who “retired in place”. In other words they ain’t moving anywhere. As I mentioned yesterday, CA property owners skew old!
At the college level it’s a whole nother ballgame. Everybody wants to go to college here.
Same in NJ. Old Republicans will never move to GOP controlled south. They ain’t crazy to move to Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kentucky
LAX says:
January 3, 2024 at 10:42 am
So many of the towns here are filled with old folks who “retired in place”. In other words they ain’t moving anywhere. As I mentioned yesterday, CA property owners skew old!
At the college level it’s a whole nother ballgame. Everybody wants to go to college here.
10:51 I’m not sure why. I knew a fellow here who retired to Michigan and another who went to IN. The police chief down the street ended up in Idaho.
If you don’t mind the weather you make out like a king selling your place and living off the proceeds.
I was 41 when first born. Wife was 39. My best friend works as in intro technician for thirty years. He tells me all and I saw it all Yes, many are waiting longer than should but 37 start is very common. Why? Women with careers and dual income needs. That is main driver. You also have lots of medical problems as well as divorce that delays start. That was mine. Divorced at 36, no kids thankfully Also, lots of Hasidic families trying for a brood at once. Companies are also paying for it as benefit so rise of IVF offers options. People are taking advantage. I am old Dad but lots of late 40s dads even a few 60 with 10 year olds. Biggest problem is maintaining income in 50s. World has not changed in that regard
“I’ll leave this gem for your constitutional law soapbox…So nowhere in this process is the President involved according to the Constitution.”
Why you people follow and then see the need to post from twidiots is beyond me.
Of course the cut and paste of the Electoral process in that tweet is correct…as anyone who has ever taken a Government 101 class knows (interesting fact, my US government professor literally wrote the book on this topic, it was the textbook used at my university an many others for that intro class).
Anyway, the obvious point the twidiot is missing is that, yes, the Constitution provides no role for the sitting President in the Electoral process, however, that is quite different from prohibiting any view or challenge of the process by the President or any other candidate for that matter….
Otherwise, let’s just check the statute of limitations and lock up both Bush and Gore for their ‘efforts’ to ‘overturn’ the election of 2000 since the Constitution provides no role for the them either and they and their proxies went at it for what, two months?
Stop reading idiots with HS level knowledge.
11:56 Day drinking again??
I wish my kids were young parents like I was. This grandparenting toddlers is exhausting! We find ourselves helping out a lot as the 40 something parents are exhausted too. My parents had the first of 3 kids at 20 yrs old and grandkids(6) in their 40’s and could be a big part of their childhoods’. Heck one of their 15 great grandchildren is 19 yrs old! I’ll be lucky to see my grandkids graduate college. Parenting is for the young or those wealthy enough to hire a nanny.
“Thrown into chaos by a woman.” Oh, and a woman judge.
Of course. Her concern before the rule of justice. Just pull the damn band aid off and let it rip.
The truth shall set you free.
The release of the long-awaited Jeffrey Epstein list of associates and high profile friends has been thrown into chaos by a woman who claims she will be in danger if named in her ‘culturally conservative country’.
The entire list of 187 names was due to become public this week, but a filing by a woman named in the court papers as ‘John Doe 107’ appears to have stalled it and caused confusion.
On December 21, Judge Loretta Preska granted the woman a 30-day appeal, delaying the release of her name until January 22nd. She has until then to prove that she will be in danger if she is unmasked.
Too many to choose from.
Deez Nuts!
New Phone, Who Dis?
Grab a stool, its a long wait!
If you can read this ….
Pikachu (Gotta catch them all!)
But given Grims politics I have to go with
No Left Turn.
Just a reminder before tax day, so you know your tax dollars are “hard” at work.
High-end sex ring in Boston and D.C. areas was ‘honeypot’ scheme by Russia, China, South Korea or even Israel – to ensnare US officials, intelligence experts believe
Investigators believe a network of high-end brothels operating in the Boston and D.C. areas was a honey trap to ensnare politicians and government officials
But whether the plot was intended to aid Russia, China, South Korea – or even Israel – remains to be determined
Clients, believed to include members of Congress, military officers, and national security contractors, have not yet been unmasked and charged
Don’t we still have a lease on a place called Guantanamo Bay?
Ghislaine Maxwell claims she has ‘NOTHING to say’ about Epstein or the list of almost 200 associates: Disgraced socialite fumes that she’s the only one in jail when ‘it’s all about men abusing women’
“Parenting is for the young or those wealthy enough to hire a nanny.”
I agree. But…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States#/media/File:1962-_Net_personal_wealth_-_average_in_percentile_ranges_-_linear_scale_-_US.svg
Soon, the vast majority in America will have no kids.
Or they will be on welfare and food stamps.
Libturd says:
January 3, 2024 at 12:34 pm
“Parenting is for the young or those wealthy enough to hire a nanny.”
I agree. But…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States#/media/File:1962-_Net_personal_wealth_-_average_in_percentile_ranges_-_linear_scale_-_US.svg
Soon, the vast majority in America will have no kids.
Bush vs Gore was not fought by proxy, it was fought by “George W. Bush and Richard Cheney, Petitioners v. Albert Gore, Jr. and Joseph Lieberman, et al.” So the president does have a path to challange,
Lots of proxys fighting it out on cable news as we see today, but in the end, it was resolved in the Judicial branch. As I have always said, technically the right result (in the end GWB got more votes), but for the wrong reasons (SCOTUS should have kicked it back to the state and most of them should have recused.)
Donnies argument is that he cant be accused of robbing the store as his job as security guard is to ensure the store doesn’t get robbed. Its a nice circular fallacy but doesn’t address that he left the store unlocked, gave the robbers a map and tried to make sure the manager and staff were otherwise occupied.
More like this:
https://youtu.be/bzVHjg3AqIQ?t=53
Also, I think Donnie took the Judicial route, 63?? times and I think he lost them all. So the president can challenge.
Off to spend most of the afternoon on the Garden State Parkway.
12:59 we don’t really know who won FL as the stopped the recount.
Gore acquiesces and we get Bush. The rest is sadly history.
NJ,
It is tough being older with young kids. My oldest does not see Daddy playing sports like younger Dads. I am not in shape for over 50 rec league. Work is the exhausting though. On calls early and off at 6 or 7. I don’t get time to run around with them even after school though around them. I know younger Dads who still play lacrosse. My kids are bookworm types. In terms of grandparents, my mom and dad started at 22 but two dead before I was born. My fathers dad died when I was 8. He was in FL. My mom’s mom was in Ireland and saw her 6 times my life until she passed 20 years ago at 84. My kids have all 4 grandparents (though wife dad passed at 88. They were divorced since she was 6 so stepdad is healthy at 82). They got way more rtine with them. It is a crapahoot
False flag event in Iran?
Two bombs detonated remotely in close succession in Tehran and Kerman, across the country. 100 injured/dead near grave of General Sulemani. Civilians were gathered as today commemorated a day of remembrance on the anniversary of his death.
At the last Grey Poupon meeting it was decided to raise the rates and eliminate the Riff Raff.
The Boonton Township Board of Education is encouraging residents to attend Thursday night’s school board meeting in neighboring Mountain Lakes to voice objections to a proposed 7.25% tuition increase for township teens who attend Mountain Lakes High School.
“Mountain Lakes BOE’s proposed tuition increases are unsustainable for the 2023-2024 school year and every year thereafter as they all exceed the statutory annual 2% property tax restriction,” the letter reads. “In a word, Boonton Twp. BOE and its taxpayers will never be able to afford these proposed tuition increases and have no statutory mechanism to do so.”
You can thank Chris Christie for that 2% cap. In the golden days of ManGravy and Corslime, towns would raise taxes on everything without your say.
Boonton Twp and Boonton are two very very different towns…
Once again we see “School Choice” not a thing in NJ. You go to school in the town you reside in. We wouldn’t want the classes mixing together now would we?
Or you pay for it. Big time.
If Glen Ridge could get the facilities that those new Newark High Schools had, they might consider a mixing of the races. Though, probably not.
“We’ve got to get Wilson and tell him to sell.”
And amazingly it’s not in the US Senate
Worlds oldest living land animal.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/happy-191st-birthday-world-oldest-185627299.html
LAX,
I saw yesterday you didn’t start the paxlovid.
The problem is that if you wait till it gets worse, then the paxlovid won’t help.
You’re supposed to supposed to start it early, like Xofluza for flu.
I started paxlovid early when I got it second time in September, and nearly all my symptoms were gone within 24 hours of first taking it (but I continued for 5 days to make sure of no rebound). I wish there was something that effective for colds.
Ruh Roh
Imam dies after being shot in the abdomen outside Newark mosque on his way to morning prayers: Cleric revealed he was targeted by gunman five months ago
Imam Hassan Sharif was gunned down on Wednesday morning outside of the Masjid Muhammad mosque in Newark, New Jersey
Sharif had been preparing to engage in the Fajr morning prayer when a gunman opened fire
He was rushed to hospital and has subsequently died from his injuries according to reports
Hold my beer says:
January 3, 2024 at 3:59 pm
And amazingly it’s not in the US Senate
Hehe
4:14 I thought about it. But my symptoms are mild really. I’m isolating.
I had Covid I think before it was Covid and I got over it with no help,
I think I’ll be fine.
My town held a special referendum vote in the middle of this past December seeking approval for borrowing 18 million for renovations in the middle school. No addition, just renovations. Only 1000 people in the 2 town district turned out to vote, and it passed 750/ 250. Good strategy hold it in the middle of the holiday season while people are extra busy, and then just get the hard core school spend zealots out to vote.
4:23 you’ll also find that local districts love hiring teachers that live in Town.
That way when something comes up for a vote they can leverage the local voter.
California has experienced several years of population decline since the onset of the pandemic, with residents of lower incomes and education levels being the most likely to leave the state.
But an analysis of recently-released census data by William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, shows that even among Californians with graduate or professional degrees, more are leaving the state than entering. Between 2021 and 2022, about 91,000 people with advanced degrees moved into the state, while about 100,000 left, resulting in a net population loss of nearly 9,000. Just five years ago, this group was more likely to move into the state than leave. The data does not include trends among international migrants.
And now this:
A bestselling personal finance author and entrepreneur admits that he has more than $1 billion in debt — and he doesn’t think that’s a bad thing.
“If I go bust, the bank goes bust,” said “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki in a Nov. 30 Instagram reel. “Not my problem.”
That’s because his debt has been used to purchase assets, he said in the video. He compared that with using debt to purchase liabilities, such as his Ferrari or Rolls-Royce vehicles — expenses he’s paid off in full, he said.
“I’m a billion dollars in debt because debt is money,” Kiyosaki said during an interview on the “Disruptors” podcast. It connects to his strategy of using cash earnings to purchase precious metals like gold or silver, which Kiyosaki argues will retain their value while the U.S. dollar fluctuates: “toilet paper,” he called it.
Kiyosaki is one of the country’s most well-known personal finance personalities. His 1997 book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” which was originally self-published, has sold more than 40 million copies.
“Soon, the vast majority in America will have no kids.”
Cool, the vast majority of Americans especially of lower socioeconomic stauts aren’t qualified to be parents.
People can cry all they want about Gore/Bush and the Florida election fiasco. The sad truth is if Gore had carried his home state he would have won the Presidency. Who doesn’t win their home state? Come on man!
“Bush vs Gore was not fought by proxy, it was fought by “George W. Bush and Richard Cheney, Petitioners v. Albert Gore, Jr. and Joseph Lieberman, et al.” So the president does have a path to challange,”
Understood. You are making my point as the twidiot was effectively stating the President can have no pathway regarding Electoral College results….
Left: There are more than a few people of means who are not qualified to be parents either. Just saying.
Guess that explains Hunter Biden or Preppy Robert Chambers who killed Jennifer Levin.
leftwing says:
January 3, 2024 at 5:11 pm
“Soon, the vast majority in America will have no kids.”
Cool, the vast majority of Americans especially of lower socioeconomic status aren’t qualified to be parents.
and the right wingers so concerned about people having credit card debt
LAX says:
January 3, 2024 at 5:06 pm
And now this:
A bestselling personal finance author and entrepreneur admits that he has more than $1 billion in debt — and he doesn’t think that’s a bad thing.
“If I go bust, the bank goes bust,” said “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki in a Nov. 30 Instagram reel. “Not my problem.”
That’s because his debt has been used to purchase assets, he said in the video. He compared that with using debt to purchase liabilities, such as his Ferrari or Rolls-Royce vehicles — expenses he’s paid off in full, he said.
“I’m a billion dollars in debt because debt is money,” Kiyosaki said during an interview on the “Disruptors” podcast. It connects to his strategy of using cash earnings to purchase precious metals like gold or silver, which Kiyosaki argues will retain their value while the U.S. dollar fluctuates: “toilet paper,” he called it.
Kiyosaki is one of the country’s most well-known personal finance personalities. His 1997 book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” which was originally self-published, has sold more than 40 million copies.
Wealth, broadly writ, is time and space. Everything else is just a bunch of zeroes.
VSG: I think anyone should be concerned about people with credit card debt. It has nothing to do with left or right.
“Left: There are more than a few people of means who are not qualified to be parents either. Just saying.”
Understood. But I’m assuming you don’t want to oppose the argument that there is a permanent underclass in this country – from the Appalachians through the inner cities – that perpetuates crime, ignorance, and misery because they do not possess the toolset to break those chains. Their condition is passed from generation to generation.
The problem is when concern about credit card debt doesn’t manifest itself as a focus on the underlying societal and structural conditions that cause it, but instead focuses on restricting access to credit as the ‘solution’.
On net, access to credit enhances socioeconomic mobility, restricting credit in low-income populations all but guarantees immobility.
You need the poor using credit cards.
How else you gonna make your 30% interest for doing nothing?
“Cool, the vast majority of Americans especially of lower socioeconomic stauts aren’t qualified to be parents.”
100% agreement there.
Bebo Lives 4Ever
Pretty sure you have reckless spenders across all socioeconomic groups.
It’s better business to focus on the rich idiots vs. the poor ones.
We live in the age of $80k pickup trucks.
Left: Yes, I agree completely with that. And having a child is not just a right, it comes with obligations. And, having multiple children with different men out of wedlock is a guarantee that many of those children will remain in poverty.
Yeah, sounds great. Just sterilize the women from the blue and red lines in the graph that Lib was so kind to provide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States#/media/File:1962-_Net_personal_wealth_-_average_in_percentile_ranges_-_linear_scale_-_US.svg
And having a child is not just a right, it comes with obligations.
$80k?
I talked to the Ford dealer and inquired about a lower-priced Ford Lightning.
They showed me a $95k truck, that wasn’t even the top end.
Guy I work with bought a Raptor, pretty sure that’s still demanding $100k.
Just show them a copy of your net worth, then let them price the truck accordingly.
Oh, and don’t dare let them there Boonton Twp boys come near your Mountain Lake Ladies
They might corrupt them…
Thought I’d try and save some money, talked to a friend of a friend at the Toyota dealership and inquired about the new Tacoma TRD Pro.
They aren’t available yet, and he said it was highly unlikely I’d be driving away in one for any less than $70-75k, which would likely include a $10k dealer markup, and, of course, you would need to settle for the colors that they have available, as there are no orders. Suggested I put down a deposit immediately, as the list was already very long.
Money is floowwwwiinnnn.
Gave up on the Bronco for the same reason, no way I am paying dealer market adjustment, F U. Sell it at sticker and I’ll take it all day long.
No way they said.
And every one I had my eye on moved off the lot in DAYS.
We’re talking $65k toy Jeeps here.
I need to make more money, or at least resign to paying for the luxury of paying.
I Force Max or go home.
Narcotics detective comes into money. No problem buying a Raptor….
A man who bought a cash withdrawal machine for $2,000 has revealed how he now rakes in millions of dollars by running an ATM business – racking up a staggering $3.5 million in just two years.
In 2017, a then-29-year-old Paul Alex, from San Diego, California, was working as a narcotics detective, but he was forced to work overtime to make ends meet – which left him often taking on 16-hour shifts, ‘neglecting his personal life,’ and sometimes sleeping only ‘three hours’ per night.
He decided he needed another means of making money, and began researching the ATM business thanks to the recommendation of a colleague – not knowing that what he originally thought would be a ‘side hustle’ would eventually turn into his full-time career and transform him into a multimillionaire.
Need to accept the fact that I’ll never squeeze my fat ass into either of those cars, maybe it’s by design?
Lululemon’s billionaire founder slams the company’s diversity and inclusion efforts: ‘You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in’
While many CEOs are shouting about their increased efforts to ramp up diversity across their business one founder is promoting the exact opposite.
Lululemon’s billionaire founder Chip Wilson insists that exclusivity trumps inclusivity while blasting the posh leggings company he stepped down from 10 years ago.
“They’re trying to become like the Gap, everything to everybody,” Wilson, who has an estimated net worth of $8.7 billion, said in an interview with Forbes.
“And I think the definition of a brand is that you’re not everything to everybody… You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in.”
So he’s the guy who owns all the $7 fee ATMs inside the strip clubs?
Ford Trucks empty your bank account:
https://youtu.be/MUkFsuilVD0?t=211
I’d argue that Lululemon’s are worth every dime to their owners. The return on those pants is unbelievable.
At minimum, some free dinners, clothing or jewelry. Or a vacation. But wearing them you can max out at a home, pension, alimony and access to a massive bank account.
Not bad for something that only costs 120.00. Even Lib should be proud of the return you get on that purchase.
Hehe. Do they have qualified immunity?
On Tuesday, Dec. 26 the Schenectady City Council authorized the city’s police department to enter a six-year contract with Seattle-based BRINC Drones for its “First Responder” drone program.
As part of the nearly $700,000 contract, the agency will receive a fleet of BRINC’s LEMUR 2 drones, which allow for live-streaming and two-way communications.
The devices are also equipped with a thermal sensor and a glass breaker.
A Schenectady Police spokesperson told WRGB the drones will initially be used for tactical situations like a barricaded suspect.
“Our special operations squad can use them to go indoors, they can break glass, they have two-way cellular communication, so we can speak with someone or we can carry a cellphone into a building if we needed to,” Detective Sergeant Bradley Carlton told the outlet.
7:25 camel toe ftw
Phoenix
How many pairs of lululemon do you own? Wear them on your rounds. Score that free cafeteria meal
Holy shit!! Watching Old Dads. You better believe this is a hilarious DOCUMENTARY.
Grim, skip the Lightning and go for the Power boost Hybrid. Mrs Fab would still have hers but the issue with the MaxTow we ordered meant we had to offload it before we ran out of warranty. We were on our third set of axles.
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/2021-2023-ford-f-150-trucks-recalled-due-to-axle-concerns-a7310237918/
Factory order with a Lariat trim came in at the $60K mark. The tail lights are one of the coolest features in the truck. The have Taillight Scales that show you the weight of the load in the bed. https://jalopnik.com/this-is-how-the-ford-f-150s-taillight-scales-work-1847857611
Fabius,
Guess you missed this:
https://youtu.be/MUkFsuilVD0?t=211
5k Ford tail lights. Forget stealing catalytic converters, just yank these things off the back of the truck at the county fair.
Well, first break in and take the gun that is in the passenger compartment, cause you know there will be one or two. Don’t wanna leave any money at the table.
Ok, so here is your lesson. The government is going to prosecute some of you just for showing up and and voicing your displeasure. And if you are dopey enough to actually step inside the building as a joke for a selfie (a wonderful American tradition I might add), you will get to enjoy the inside of a prison cell. ( without your cell phone, but maybe you can get someone on the outside to post your mug shot on your blog for you.)
Hehe. Patriotic fools. No one cares about you dolt. It’s a club you pay dues into, but you aren’t wanted or invited. Next time shut up, pay your taxes, and be the good little proletariat that your masters expect from you. This ain’t the 1800’s no more. Next time you will be zapped by a solid state laser from 3 miles away.
Nearly three years after a mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in support of former President Donald J. Trump, the criminal investigation into the events of that day pushes on.
Prosecutors have called the riot inquiry the largest in the history of the Justice Department, and there is no doubt it is vast by any measure.
Every week, a few more people are arrested.
As of December, about 1,240 people had been arrested in connection with the attack, accused of crimes ranging from trespassing, a misdemeanor, to seditious conspiracy, a felony.
Around 170 people have been convicted at trial, while only two people have been fully acquitted. Approximately 710 people have pleaded guilty …
Hold: They have Lululemon for men?
Grim new year and new CEO. We are going to IPO or die trying it seems. He has extensive AI experience too. Our customers data is going to be an interesting one. We have thousands of customer databases, we segregate all of it according to policy and contracts, we are not allowed to use it etc. We may to need to spin up our own proprietary platform for AI insights into the data, a new product we can sell.
Never Forget: https://imgur.com/gallery/Y5pctIh
Breaking News!
December ADP jobs data:
+164,000 vs +130,000 expectations
Strong number.
I think it’s great that Lululemon normalized women walking around showing the shape of their butts and camel toe. Back when I was 15 there was a lot more mystery, where the best one could hope for was for a girl to wear tight Levis or daisy duke shorts so short you could check out the cheeks.
The downside is that now behemoths are also wearing tights, which reminds me of that scene in the Disney movie Fantasia where hippos are dancing ballet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjPDS8Jp1E&t=44s
LAX- Her NY Times piece yesterday? Delusional brat from a wealthy family. There was no struggle. She is a daughter from one of the richest families in Haiti, they own the only concrete business there, and her parents are college-educated professionals who had the money and connections to send their daughter attend Phillips Exeter Academy and Stanford.
What is worse she accepts zero blame and goes on to say there is some kind of vast conspiracy to “undermine their legitimacy and ruin their leaders’ credibility.”
Nobody did that to her, her plagiarism and still lying about it did that.
BTW – they are keeping the former president on as a professor with a $900,000 a year salary. She will continue to have the position, money, and connections that permit a person to continue to avoid any real consequences or even avoid any contemplation or humility for their actions.
BTW – in the NY Times piece she did not say it but I am pretty sure her husband has her her mumbling in her sleep and yelling when she is drunk, it was the JOOS! but it It was the JOOS!
3b
Yes. Don’t think they have men’s yoga pants. You can pay $118 for a pair of joggers aka sweatpants.
Hold: I had no idea. 118 for mens sweatpants. That’s insane!
3b – next time you head over to LifeTime Gym on Wall Street.
Brunello Cucinelli Sweatpants $3,495
http://tinyurl.com/wxtj37ue
Juice: Sweet suffering Jesus! Who pays 3500 for sweatpants!
3b says:
January 4, 2024 at 9:52 am
Juice: Sweet suffering Jesus! Who pays 3500 for sweatpants!
A guy who wants to date any of my young co workers, that’s who.
They spot everything. Your profile page better tick all the boxes.
Hold my beer says:
January 3, 2024 at 10:09 pm
Phoenix
How many pairs of lululemon do you own? Wear them on your rounds. Score that free cafeteria meal.
Yeah, doesn’t work like that for me.
+2 Hehe for that one.
Cashmere sweatpants. Soft I guess. But do they hold up to sweat and repeated washing?
Some of NJ might be a bit more white than usual.
https://www.weathernj.com/late-weekend-snowstorm-a-go/
If you can afford you don’t have to ask.
No One says:
January 4, 2024 at 10:37 am
Cashmere sweatpants. Soft I guess. But do they hold up to sweat and repeated washing?
No One says:
January 4, 2024 at 8:57 am
The downside is that now behemoths are also wearing tights, which reminds me of that scene in the Disney movie Fantasia where hippos are dancing ballet.
There is a lid for every pot. One I know has 2 kids and is preggo with the third.
Your cup of tea is not his cup of tea. Plus many men have the discrimination of a 3 dollar transistor radio..
Phoenix says:
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January 4, 2024 at 10:45 am
No One says:
January 4, 2024 at 8:57 am
The downside is that now behemoths are also wearing tights, which reminds me of that scene in the Disney movie Fantasia where hippos are dancing ballet.
There is a lid for every pot. One I know has 2 kids and is pre ggo with the third.
Your cup of tea is not his cup of tea. Plus many men have the discrimination of a 3 dollar transistor radio..
Phoenix,
That’s what they call a clown map. Where precipt amounts are overblown. Temp will be be above freezing for the majority of the storm so you will need to halve those amounts. Tonight’s maps (especially the HRRR) will be much more accurate. Around here, I’m thinking 2-3″ of wet snow. North and west of 287 will get the 6-12″. I can’t wait to see the amount of salt they lay down for a storm where it will be completely unnecessary to lay down any since temps won’t cause snow melt from the salt. Don’t forget, they didn’t use any salt last year and got nearly no overtime. With this storm happening mostly Sunday AM, it will be invasion of the snowplows on wet roads with no snow on them. Just watch your tax dollars burn.
From the article. I think the map is just partial data, or clown map as you call it.
My best guess from this range is a 4-8, maybe 5-9 inch snowstorm for the Mostly/All Snow area. The Snow/Rain Mix area is the most uncertain…basically 0-4 inches of snow dependent on what wins out (cold damming vs warmer marine flow). The Mostly Rain area is straightforward although snow mixing is possible closest to 95, def not towards the close.
LAX,
Told you to watch Old Dads a while back.
Seems like you liked it.
Don’t forget, they didn’t use any salt last year and got nearly no overtime.
Oh, yes they did. The equipment needed to be ‘cleaned’ and serviced just in case. It can take days to maintain the equipment properly. Heck, adding oil alone can take a whole day or more.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a 156-page report Thursday morning accusing Trump of exploiting the presidency to financially benefit himself and members of his family. Trump’s businesses, according to the report, received at least $7.8 million from corrupt and authoritarian governments including China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The report is the culmination of a nearly seven-year investigation. It says records and documents obtained by House Oversight Democrats reveal “a stunning web of millions of dollars in payments made by foreign governments and their agents directly to Trump-owned businesses, while President Trump was in the White House.”
Makes me sick…. esp for the environment. Go green they said…hypocrites.
Libturd says:
January 4, 2024 at 11:00 am
Phoenix,
That’s what they call a clown map. Where precipt amounts are overblown. Temp will be be above freezing for the majority of the storm so you will need to halve those amounts. Tonight’s maps (especially the HRRR) will be much more accurate. Around here, I’m thinking 2-3″ of wet snow. North and west of 287 will get the 6-12″. I can’t wait to see the amount of salt they lay down for a storm where it will be completely unnecessary to lay down any since temps won’t cause snow melt from the salt. Don’t forget, they didn’t use any salt last year and got nearly no overtime. With this storm happening mostly Sunday AM, it will be invasion of the snowplows on wet roads with no snow on them. Just watch your tax dollars burn.
11:19 it was hilarious & so on point.
Very easy for the snow storm front line to shift a few dozen miles east or west between now and the weekend. FYI the wind direction flows counterclockwise around a low pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere. The winds should be pushing south by Sunday.
It’s just not cold enough. Around here. Otherwise, this would have been a nice one. The ground isn’t even frozen here yet and it’s January. Will be hard for what does fall to stick and then with rain and sleet mixed in, accumulations will be limited. Big rainstorm on Wednesday by the way. Expect more river flooding.
Most recent euro is amped, but other engines are reporting warmer and lighter. Still 24 hours for it to change. By tomorrow, it should be locked in.
If you don’t like snow, they probably won’t get a single flake below the Raritan.
Here’s the peak for 1:00 AM on Wednesday. All other sights are bullshit. Don’t ask me how I know… I just do.
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs®ion=neus&pkg=mslp_pcpn_frzn&runtime=2024010412&fh=138
sights = sites
Now the Euro is looking cold or snowier.
I’m just waiting until tomorrow to figure which snowblower to gas up. First world problems.
Ten 400
President Donald Trump has been violating the Constitution since noon on January 20, 2017. His decision in the months prior to his inauguration to retain ownership and control of his sprawling business empire—a move that went against both long-standing historical practice and the advice of career government ethics officials—put him at odds with the Constitution’s original anti-corruption provisions the moment he was sworn in. Generally, these anti-corruption provisions, the so-called Emoluments Clauses, prohibit the president from receiving any profit, gain, or advantage from any foreign or domestic government. Impeachment, as outlined by Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 65, is a political remedy (though not the only remedy) for a president’s egregious violations of these prohibitions.
The Framers of the Constitution were acutely aware of the dangers presented by foreign influence on the president—even in situations subtler than quid pro quo bribery. This is why they created a broad prophylactic rule to prevent foreign governments from essentially purchasing undue influence. Specifically, this rule prohibits anyone holding any “Office of Profit or Trust under the United States” from receiving any “emolument” from foreign powers. An emolument, for purposes of the Constitution, according to two courts and scholarly historical review of contemporaneous usage, is any “profit, gain or advantage.” This rule is what has become known as the Foreign Emoluments Clause, and is located at Article I, Section 9, Clause 8.
LAX – Your Lululemons must be too tight and are cutting off oxygen to your nuts or brains where every you keep them.
The Supreme Court ruled and dismissed all legal challenges against Trump using the Emoluments Clauses three years ago..
Yes it’s been that long, put down the bong…
Democrats guide to saving democracy:
– Weaponizing the FBI and DOJ to threaten parents and labeling them as domestic terrorists
– Censoring speech that defends traditional America
– Alerting leftist media outlets prior to a raid on conservative Americans
– Allowing an invasion of 10 million illegals and trying to allow them to vote
– Implementing voter suppression by blocking a presidential candidate from the ballot in 16 states
– Convicting a presidential candidate of a felony through the court of opinion
Lulu sellls “abc” pants for men.
Another hoax, where in the constitution does it outline the authority to eliminate our National border? In fact I’m quite sure these revolutionaries took an oath that swore the opposite. They partnered with international criminal cartels to orchestrate an invasion of our country.
2:18 so you’re saying “it’s fine” . Nothing to see here.
Trump donated his salary, right?
Eddie, 12,000,000 passed through Ellis island in 50+ years. Mayorkas and Biden are going to let that many through in four.
A family was accosted at the East Rutherford mall for wearing an idf jacket. The cultural reverberations of allowing a third world invasion will be felt forever. The country and its identity including culture and foreign policy will never be the same. We’re third world now.
1987: Can I ask what ABC pants are? Trying to keep up with all of this!
They are being awfully hush hush about the invaders that are marshaling into trains at njt. Phil must have asked for a media blackout and the propagandists have complied.
The biggest fool is Mayorkas. What a pawn! I would tell the demented vegetable to go fuck himself. The dems have no intentions of doing a thing at the border, they see nothing but votes… human fodder, nothing more. Let the kids rot in the cold for all they care. Meanwhile, Mayorkas is left holding his balls as the dem bus rolls over him time and time again.
TraitorJoe,
12 bus loads into Secaucus alone in the last 24 hours. The plants are radioing back to the mother land giving them the lowdown on the process. And if the dem bots think the motherland is Mexico or Central America, then they’re a bigger group of m0rons than I thought.
Mayorkas is quite deliberate. He’sa radical who hates traditional America.
He’s doing his job which is to replace the working class voter who used to lean left and no longer does. They are engineering the electorate.
Again, lies from the right. This one, from TraitorJoe.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-population-over-time
Unfortunately, lies are all both sides generate now and the populace, which is dumber than ever, swallows it all up as the truth. The better it fits the narrative, the louder the lies are echoed.
Personally, I would be embarrassed to post any of this stuff. Left or Right. It would be keen to see a few of the parakeets here actually share what they really think. Not what Maddow or Hannity thinks.
ABC = anti ball crushing.
The male CNBC talent all swear by them,
Google it that is how they are sold
What’s your number for Ellis island.
Joe,
Not everyone emigrates through Ellis Island. It is clearly a deceptive statement. I would tell you to email that chart to Hannity, but he’s seen it already. The truth rarely comes out of the mouth of anyone on any intentionally biased news network.
I read today, Trump flew on Epstein’s plane 7 times. So does that make Trump a pedophile and sex trafficker like it did the Clintons?
Well?
You’re a regular truth crusader. Hats off.
Our Orange savior..deerrr
“And yet if you talk to Donald Trump, a different Epstein emerges. “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” Trump booms from a speakerphone. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”
4:33 your logic doesn’t work on cult members.
Now you get it.
You see, the difference between what I post and what you post is that I don’t post lies nor party narratives. I’ll admit when my shit doesn’t stink. And I don’t waste my time parroting the bullshit of the so-called news pundits. I’m pro gun. I believe there should be a time limit to terminate one’s pregnancy. I also believe Trump was the worst president ever, mainly due to his arrogance and intentional meanness that so many of his supporters choose to emulate. January 6th was hardly an insurrection. But it was clearly an attempt to keep the election from being certified. Also, Trump clearly did not call down his supporters or try to stop the violence that day which left two dead. It was not until Biden, the not yet seated president forced Trump’s hand, that Trump called down his supporters. These are all facts. He is not fit to be a president. He is dangerous. We knew this in 2016 and he followed through before leaving office. And to think so many on the right still back this bag of lies AND corruption is simply mind boggling to me.
And you will vote for Trump. I will vote for None of the Above, which I have done since Obama’s first term. Because I don’t support corrupt assholes with my vote and I certainly would never cheerlead for them.
And I know it surprises you, but I am a registered Republican. But Trump is no Republican. He’s no Democrat either. He’s interested in only one thing. Feeding his ego.
1987: I have so much to learn!!
Lib: The trouble is they are all biased. The truth does not matter, whether it’s left or right.
You are absolutely right. And both sides are corrupt too. Though, it’s always a lesser of two evils, sometimes the differences are great. In a New York minute, I would vote for Haley over any establishment Democrat and definitely Trump. But the Republican Party has become so stupid that they believe the Trump bullshit, much like the average Dem supporter looks past the establishment corruption.
Lib: The Repubs are too stupid to get rid of Trump, and all the Dems can offer as the lesser of two evils Biden. It’s a sad commentary on the state of this country. That’s why I am trying to learn all I can about lululemon pants!!
LAX – no I am not saying “it’s fine”, the courts have. Congress needs to pass tougher laws against all politicians enriching themselves. Go yell at your congress critters.
The immigration discussion appears to willfully misdirect the public.
How can sanctuary cities complain about the busing? By definition, all of these people are inundating Texas. So Texas should just sit back and take it? If cities are struggling, how is Texas not exponentially worse? Texas is merely a point of entry, and certainly does not want this population.
All that said, beyond the Biden administration purposely creating a humanitarian crisis, this situation is one of incentives. It has been made clear that not only are all comers free to enter for the most part, but also there will be all manner of free benefits including a potential path to green card, and even some of the California nonsense from Newsom. We can shelf any argument about the morality or fairness of these incentives, and simply point out that these steps are high powered and effective. If you couple the benefits with instantaneous internet communication, we have sown the seeds of almost an unlimited and accelerating supply of people from all corners of the globe decsending on the US. How is this reality sensible, let alone sustainable? What is the end game here? Seriously? What are people possibly thinking?
“What is the end game here? Seriously?”
Pura Vida baby.
Booking a trip for June as we speak. Maybe I’ll move into one of these immigrants’ homes?
I kid, but there’s some truth to what I’m saying. Fear not. When the economy bites the bullet here, many of these immigrants will return home.
As for Sanctuary Cities. Of course it was virtue signaling. But besides the complaints, I think they are dealing with it like they always did. At one time, New York was Texas.
I don’t buy any of that nonsense that all politicians are the same. It’s mostly rightwingers who say so and somehow they vote GOP 100% of the time.
ChiFi,
do you have any evidence?
“ It has been made clear that not only are all comers free to enter for the most part, but also there will be all manner of free benefits including a potential path to green card, ”
How is this reality sensible, let alone sustainable?
Builds economic and population growth initially in the big cities, but flows out to smaller cities. Do you realize that Maine has a significant Somalian population? From where are those underage workers that they keep finding at Tyson and Purdue chicken plants that makes your nuggets and tenders and that so good KFC chicken?
What is the population reproduction problem that Europe + Asia + China have? What is the only country that people are willing to just do the equivalent of a PowerBall ticket with immigration?
What is the end game here? Seriously? What are people possibly thinking?
If you are into neoliberal economics, you want cheap labor that “needs” the job and has shown that can take the upcoming abuse, no need to put up with whiny gen whatever they call themselves.
If you are into neoconservative foreign policy, you want bodies, lots of poor, abusable bodies for all the upcoming military adventures. Because you know that like Viet Nam whitey with money ain’t going.
Combined with a bit of sanctimony, what you’re saying is that you’ve lost objectivity. Allowing more people to walk in during one term that 50+ years of Ellis island is mind boggling. And revolutionary.
The end game is power of course. Even without amnesty, which is part of “comprehensive immigration reform”, the invaders count toward congressional seats and the electoral college. The left lost working class support so kid the the plan to replace it.
If you took a vow to protect the country, or are working class or poor or use social programs then f*ck you. The lefts wants power.
Very: How do you know it’s mostly right wingers that say it and then go further and say they end up voting Republican anyhow? And do you really believe the Democrats are better ? If it were not Trump would the Republicans be better? Both parties are bad you can decide which is worse, but they are both bad. There are millions of Americans who feel that way and have opted out of voting for any of them.
Lib: You can’t compare immigration today to what it was 100 or more years ago. I think you better than that too. As for the economy going bad and then immigrants going home, you also know that many never will.
A central Florida venue has canceled an event that was to have featured Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after it learned the event was intended to commemorate the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The event was set to be hosted by the Republican Party of Osceola County at the Westgate Resorts in Kissimmee. It was originally pitched to Westgate as a small book-signing event featuring Greene, without mention of Jan. 6.
“Please be advised that Westgate was not made aware of the purpose of this event when we were approached to host a book signing,” Westgate Resorts said in a statement. “This event has been canceled and is no longer taking place at our resort.”
History repeats somewhat. Some of you are compare immigration today to over 100yrs ago. Compare it to 30yrs ago or 1994.
Remember Cuban and Haitian rafters. Latin America at the border. Lots of Chinese escaping the Tianamen Square crack down, Eastern European resettlement from the former Yugoslavia’s war, along with lots of from former Warsaw pact countries. Plus a lot of resettlement from civil war refugees from Sudan, Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. In short any place having a melt down in the 90’s sent people here.
What happened, they eventually got resettled and found their niches. But they did suppress wages, which contributed to the period of very low inflation that lasted till the pandemic. Also the younger folks of these immigrants, many went into the military looking for opportunities. Many were cannon fodder in W Bush adventurous Middle East.
Libturd says:
January 4, 2024 at 5:04 pm
“I also believe Trump was the worst president ever, mainly due to his arrogance and intentional meanness…”
Sounds like a 5 yard penalty and loss of down…But seriously, ‘intentional meanness’??? Stop watching the ladies on The View and get a little thicker-skinned!
3b says:
January 4, 2024 at 5:41 pm
“…the Dems can offer as the lesser of two evils Biden…”
Not sure if this is rhetorical, or something that you personally believe, but you’d have to be nuts to think that two wars, a wide open border and worst inflation in 40 years is somehow lesser evil…
But on the topic of real estate, perhaps some anecdotal evidence that buyers are reaching the breaking point. This from a Sotheby’s agent in SW Florida that somehow has me on her mailing list…
PRICE IMPROVEMENT!
Navona at The Colony
23540 Via Veneto #1902
Now Listed at $1,095,000
Don’t know the prior price, but this is probably the 3rd or 4th ‘Price Improvement’ email that she’s sent in the past month.
9:19
Biden managed to destroy about 50% of Russia’s military with 5% of our military hand-me-downs. Thats winning.
America’s spending on the construction of new factories is surging.
Why it matters: The Biden administration’s signature legislation — particularly the CHIPs Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — has spurred a surge in construction spending that’s buoyed the economy, as Axios’ Neil Irwin reported.
By the numbers: Manufacturing-related construction hit a $210 billion annual rate in November, more than triple the average rate in the 2010s, according to Census data out this week.
All that spending is driving an increase in construction hiring. Job openings in construction increased by 43,000 last month, according to BLS data out yesterday — and are up by 111,000 from last year.
Contractors are even facing labor shortages in areas with industrial mega projects, Anirban Basu, the chief economist of the Associated Builders and Contractors, said in a release Wednesday.
The intrigue: The boom has done little for Biden politically — as most voters likely don’t think about the building of new factories when they assess the condition of the economy.
Plus: Republican politicians have claimed credit for a lot of the construction that’s happening thanks to those new laws.
What to watch: The surge in construction will eventually translate into a surge in hiring for manufacturing jobs, said Aaron Sojourner, a senior researcher at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Two wars. That’s laughable. Now let’s talk about something Biden was actually responsible for.
WTF have Republicans done for the Country besides obstruct and embarrass.
9:52 FWIW….I doubt anyone cares if you vote none of the above.
Trump ain’t winning NJ ya fence sitting twat.
I’ll just leave this here: https://imgur.com/gallery/NhSWL4R
This from a Sotheby’s agent in SW Florida that somehow has me on her mailing list…
Yea Di Sanctimonies really messed up FL, with the book bans, going up against the states biggest employer and more importantly, the Hurricane response, the condo assessments and the skyrocketing insurance premiums.
Given that Bonita Springs goes 67% GOP, I’ll put this down to another MAGAssh0le, trying to head back north.
The Lofts, at Eatontown.
Hehe. Is South Park gonna show up for the grand opening?
The developer, Kushner — with headquarters in Florham Park and New York City — is planning to convert the 64-year-old mall on Route 35 in Eatontown into a large attraction called Monmouth Square.