From NJ Spotlight News:
NJ home sales poised for a 2024 comeback?
In the first days of the new year, New Jersey analysts predicted that New Jersey’s beleaguered housing market is poised to make a comeback in 2024 if interest rates continue to fall.
Home sales in the Garden State plunged 23% last year, even as prices rose. And for now, inventory is very low. But analysts told NJ Spotlight News that the market could change if the Federal Reserve decides to lower interest rates.
“I’m very optimistic,” says Gloria Monks, president of New Jersey Realtors. “I do feel that buyers will have more of an opportunity to come back into the market. If indeed the interest rates do come down, it is going to give them much more buying power. It’s hundreds of dollars every month in their pocket once that occurs.”
What can buyers and sellers expect? For now, Realtor.com forecasts an almost 11% drop in existing home sales — with prices up 3% — and mortgage rates averaging 6.8%. Ken Baris, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, said homeowners who locked in very low mortgage rates years ago and delayed selling when the market went nuts will finally feel motivated to list their properties in 2024.
“I would take a huge bet, that you will see more transactions in 2024 than 2023,” he said. But again, he said a lot depends on interest rates.
“When interest rates go below 5% — if they do — you’ll see a blizzard of listings hit the market like we haven’t seen in an incredibly long time,” Baris said. “And I’ve told every realtor in our company and all of our offices, if rates go below 5%, cancel your vacation because it’s all hands on deck. We’re gonna be listing and selling an incredible amount of real estate.”
Realtors advised that South Jersey’s housing market around Philadelphia is more fluid because there’s more space to build. But they suspect bidding wars will continue. So, what should anxious home buyers do? Market analyst Jeff Otteau recommended home buyers start looking in February.
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Edison mayor is a Nazi.
“Sam Joshi, mayor of Edison, New Jersey — a Democrat endorsed by big guns of the party such as U.S. Senator Corey Booker and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy — has had enough, according to News 12 New Jersey.”
https://newjersey.news12.com/secaucus-mayor-says-buses-of-migrants-bound-for-ny-being-dropped-off-nj-train-stations
How long before the immigrants who travel from all for corners of the earth to cross illegally in Mexico and cut the line ahead of the now million legal green card entrants are on the streets in your town? They will have no legal right to work and while their asylum claim works it way through the legal system no paperwork for perhaps a year or more to obtain work either.
Yes Fed projected three rate cuts this year perhaps all three even before the election. As I mentioned the Fed’s schedule in the past here. Pick a date for one of the three rate cuts and place your bets accordingly. It should be like shooting fish in a barrel.
FOMC meeting schedule.
30-31 January –
19-20 March* –
30-1 April/May –
11-12 June* –
30-31 July
17-18 September*
Don’t tell anyone looking to buy a home but the rate cuts won’t get 3.5% mortgages again, for that to happen you need a combination of QE and near Zirp rates.
https://www.weathernj.com/how-much-will-it-snow-this-weekend/
Louisiana teacher, 32, is arrested ‘for sexting student aged 15 and ordering him to let her take his virginity’
A 32 year-old Louisiana high school teacher sexted a 15 year-old boy and told him she wanted to take his virginity, then molested him while in her car with her baby,
U gonna prosecute her her for lying, or is it too much work for you government employees?
A family-owned Thai restaurant in Los Angeles was forced to close after being accused of animal abuse – including claims that the owner was serving dog meat from a local pit bull.
David Rasavong is the owner of Love & Thai in Fresno, California – a restaurant packed with nods to his family’s Thai heritage in the dishes and decor.
The proud restaurant owner was forced to temporarily his restaurant in May 2023 after wild rumors based on the stereotype that Asian people eat dog meat began circulating online.
Rasavong, 41, had only opened his previous restaurant, named Tasty Thai, seven months before the racist claims emerged.
The rumor was sparked by Maria Alvarez Garcia – who uploaded a video back in May claiming that the restaurant was serving dog meat.
A day after Garcia’s bombshell video, Rasavong was flooded with vitriolic statements, voicemails and calls.
Rasavong’s body still tenses up when recounting, in particular, a call from an elderly woman.
‘She was so disgusted by me and yelling and screaming, and the only thing I can remember hearing her say at the end was ‘Go back to the country you came from you dog-eating mother-effer,’ Rasavong told The Associated Press
Florida Proud Boy Sentenced to 10 Years in Capitol Attack
Christopher Worrell had gone on the run after his conviction last August, and was captured six weeks later.
Jan. 4, 2024
A Proud Boy from Florida who went on the lam after being convicted of using pepper spray on police officers during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison.
The Proud Boy, Christopher Worrell, was found guilty at a bench trial in Federal District Court in Washington in May on charges of assault, civil disorder and the obstruction of an official proceeding for his role in the Capitol attack. Prosecutors said that Mr. Worrell, 52, arrived in Washington on Jan. 6 “ready for battle” and wearing body armor, and with other members of the far-right organization “played a pivotal role in collapsing the police line on the west front, leading to the first breach of the Capitol building.”
Forecast has the low pushing down into NY State from Canada, this will bring the colder air and more snow how far south will it push down is the only question at this point, an additional degree north or south. One degree north or south is almost 70 miles.
https://www.wunderground.com/maps/surface-analysis/48hr
BREAKING NEWS!
IT’S ANOTHER BEAT. 216K JOBS. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDS AT 3.7%
Economists had expected 175K jobs and a 3.8% unemployment rate.
Ten 408
I’m sticking with my original forecast. D is celebrating his birthday on Sunday too. I’m not calling the party for 2″ of slush.
On the bright side, no brining as of 8:30pm last night. But there is still time.
Chi,
What do you think is driving the ten upward again?
Factors that Affect the 10-Year Treasury Yield
There are many factors that affect the 10-year yield, the most substantial being investor sentiment. When investors have high confidence in the markets and believe they can profit outside of Treasury securities, the yield will rise as the price falls.
This sentiment is determined by both the individual investor and investors as a whole. It can be based on any number of factors such as:
Economic stability
Geopolitical fluctuations
War
Interest rates are another significant factor. Since they are the benchmark from which all other rates are derived, they have a direct impact on yields. When the Federal Reserve lowers its key interest rate, it drives demand for Treasury securities.
Inflation has an effect on yields as well. Treasury yields rise when fixed-income products become less desirable. Over time, central banks will adjust (raise) their interest rates to combat inflationary pressure.
Presidents in, presidents out, Democrats always manage the economy better. That’s a fact.
Dark Brandon is just awesome.
Dark Brandon is just awesome.
“President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states one year before the 2024 election, suffering from enormous doubts about his age and deep dissatisfaction over his handling of the economy and a host of other issues, new polls by The New York Times and Siena College have found.
The results show Mr. Biden losing to Mr. Trump, his likeliest Republican rival, by margins of four to 10 percentage points among registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Mr. Biden is ahead only in Wisconsin, by two percentage points, the poll found.”
Polls are irrelevant.
The only reason they Phil has shuttled the invaders to nyc is because he and Tammy want to set up in the swamp for a good long time. Otherwise he’d be pulling them into the poor areas of nj.
Murphy is such an idiot. If you dropped them off in Camden, the immigrants would probably try to head back to Mexico.
LAX says:
January 5, 2024 at 9:02 am
“Polls are irrelevant.”
So are elections now that the dirty Dems have mastered the art of mass mailing ballots and then harvesting them in the failed cities that they control.
Harvest this mutherfucker.
He’s proven to be a cut throat politician. He crushed Sweeney and the rivals from south jersey. Now he’s doing what he can to bury the moron running nyc. Though that revenge must be sweet after adams shlt on nj with the congestion price plans. Fvck ‘em
Fabius Maximus says:
January 5, 2024 at 12:06 am
“Given that Bonita Springs goes 67% GOP, I’ll put this down to another MAGAssh0le, trying to head back north.”
LAX says:
January 5, 2024 at 9:18 am
“Harvest this muther…”
Typical Biden voters…An intolerant, antisemitic, euro-trash leftist and a panty-wearing pot head.
Dude, where’s my recession?
In 2023 we gained 2.7 million jobs and saw inflation plunge with no significant rise in unemployment. Doomsayers should be engaging in some significant soul-searching.
Paul Krugman
9:25 you forgot “could kick my ass, I’m afraid” .
Oh, and true, I don’t like most passive aggressive American Jews despite being Jewish myself.
I’m more of a “country Jew”, based on my family background. But that only makes me mildly antisemetic. I’m a Zionist, but many American Jews are not my cup of tea. I also find the women unattractive.
That is why I married a Scandinavian who converted. Refreshes and enhances the gene pool.
Cue the right-wing scary immigrant caravan stories.
Very Stable Genius says:
January 5, 2024 at 9:28 am
Dude, where’s my recession?
In 2023 we gained 2.7 million jobs and saw inflation plunge with no significant rise in unemployment. Doomsayers should be engaging in some significant soul-searching.
Paul Krugman
Going back to yesterday’s conversation as I found it relevant. It seems like $300K HHI is the entrance ticket just to keep up with the blue collar aspirational poors lately.
As someone who pays off my revolving balance in full each month, I’m a bit stunned at hos much money is flowing.
Ouch! Bought for 36% premium to 2022 pricing. JuSt ReNT iT ouT bRo!
h**ps://www.zillow.com/homedetails/101-State-Rt-5-APT-206-Edgewater-NJ-07020/2089734797_zpid/
O’Biden’s approval rating is at 37%.
Here’s a list of his accomplishments:
Trumps was 34% when he left office. Better vote for Biden.
Biden’s record on job growth alone shows Trump’s ineptitude. Construction of factories and the repair of aging infrastructure increased dramatically under Joe.
His stock market completely trounces Trump’s term. Oh and a lot of Trump’s mentally challenged toothless base died during Trump’s mishandling of Covid. Though I suppose he did us all a big favor with the last one.
Gary you should prolly get busy going door-to-door for Trump. Maybe if you can knock on enough of them Trump just might win New Jersey .
Fast
He did manage to get a nice sunburn on his new years vacation. You’d think someone who has had skin cancer recently would put on sunscreen before hitting the beach.
“Millions of Americans have received a pay cut over the past two years thanks to high inflation, a blow to President Biden as he attempts to center his re-election campaign around “Bidenomics.” The Labor Department reported that average hourly earnings for all employees was $11.05 in October — a 3.32% decline from the $11.43 figure in January 2021, when Biden took office.
By that measure, the typical U.S. worker is actually worse off today than two years ago. The government said that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price of everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, was unchanged in October from the previous month. Prices climbed 3.2% on an annual basis.
But when compared with January 2021, shortly before the inflation crisis began, prices remain up a stunning 17.62%.
Inflation has created severe financial pressures for most U.S. households, which are forced to pay more for everyday necessities like food and rent. The burden is disproportionately borne by low-income Americans, whose already-stretched paychecks are heavily impacted by price fluctuations.”
His stock market completely trounces Trump’s term.
How elitist. Do you stare out the window when dining at Olivella, swirling your Chardonnay and smirking at the low-income muppets getting off the bus?
Trump the Elitist.
https://youtu.be/yxmIZ26kSig?si=UAQwL-ZTRlf9KYd3
Come on Gary. How can watch this circus barker brag all day? Remember, Biden did it with the FED rates at 5%. When the Fed raised the interest rate to 1%, Trump threw a conniption!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB_pu-K8g_o
Can’t wait for all these migrants being dropped off into the district I work in. They start school on Monday. Sitting target now. They will destroy our scores and then the state will come and blame us…making my life a living hell for something they created. What a joke.
11:08 not exactly sure where you teach, but I’m thinking your scores suck regardless.
They suck, and there’s always pressure, but this will totally sink them.
You sound like a truly great educator.
Blessed with the vocation for it.
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:08 am
Can’t wait for all these migrants being dropped off into the district I work in. They start school on Monday. Sitting target now. They will destroy our scores and then the state will come and blame us…making my life a living hell for something they created. What a joke.
11:26 Teaching has become one of the worst professions you can enter.
The things I’ve seen and documented over the years in terms of pathetic
scenarios & administrative misconduct would make you laugh and cry.
Factories? Only thing I see them building is warehouses and apartments. And if we do build a factory the only thing working there will be robots. Or those illegals that are being bussed in every day. But that’s about it.
LAX says:
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
LAX and Pumps — There is however room to improve. I don’t see how it can really go down. Perhaps these hard-working young immigrants who came far and wide on a very dangerous journey when they get to High School will actually raise the averages?
NJSLA Data on the High School Kids from that Area of NJ.
Level 5 score is exceeding expectations…….
Paterson – JFK High Level 5 – 1.5%
Paterson – Eastside High Level 5 – .6%
Wayne High – Level 5 – 23.8%
Passaic High Level 5 – 1.2%
Clifton High Level 5 – 4.2%
https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nj.gov%2Feducation%2Fassessment%2Fresults%2Freports%2F2223%2Fspring%2FELA09%2520NJSLA%2520DATA%25202022-23.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK
Those kids need you.
You are doing God’s work.
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:08 am
Can’t wait for all these migrants being dropped off into the district I work in. They start school on Monday. Sitting target now. They will destroy our scores and then the state will come and blame us…making my life a living hell for something they created. What a joke.
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.
Quick medical lesson: Those with dementia are not capable of rational thought.
The more you know *****
Hold my beer says:
January 5, 2024 at 10:42 am
Fast
He did manage to get a nice sunburn on his new years vacation. You’d think someone who has had skin cancer recently would put on sunscreen before hitting the beach.
11:36 serious question – what type of doctor are you?
TraitorJoe says:
January 5, 2024 at 9:24 am
He’s proven to be a cut throat politician.
With those teeth he could gnaw through a braided, shielded copper telephone cable. A throat would just be a nip for him.
LAX says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:37 am
11:36 serious question – what type of doctor are you?
Future. If I really felt like continuing my education.
Sad. 20’s. Life is hard on men these days.
The man — who responders said appeared to be in his 20s — was struck near the Clinton Avenue crossing off Briarwood Lane near Veterans Memorial Park shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3.
Northvale police officers who were called by a CSX employee found the victim face down along the tracks south of the crossing, Northvale Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said.
He had no pulse, wasn’t breathing and was pronounced dead at the scene via an Advanced Life Support unit a short time later, the chief said.
The Bergen County Medical Examiner took custody of the body, Ostrow said.
There was no immediate official word on what the man may have been doing on the tracks near the crossing, which is roughly a half-mile south of the New York State border in Tappan.
11:42 oooookkkay
How many highlight reels of the guy getting lost on stage or exiting randomly into the crowd do you need before you come to grips with reality?
If you’ve dealt with your grandparents or parents in their 70s, you see how the mind, aside from a few lucky ones, degrades. 80s. GTFO.
From Babylon Bee:
HOLLYWOOD, CA — Disney executives announced an upcoming installment in the popular Star Wars franchise that will feature a female Jedi who mysteriously turns to the Dark Side at the same time every month.
“We think female audiences will relate to a character who becomes moody and homicidal once a month,” the film’s director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy told reporters in a press conference this week. “I mean, our target demographic is definitely women, right? So featuring an empowered, self-assured female Jedi who just sort of goes on a Dark Side-y type rampage once a month for…reasons…will click with the millions of women who flock to see our films.”
“The force is female, and we know that a diverse, female-led Star Wars franchise is the key to the hearts of modern audiences,” she said.
Obaid-Chinoy said they did extensive research on why a lady Jedi might turn evil once a month and discovered that mostly it relates to the fact that fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering, and suffering leads to women needing a little alone time, a good bar of chocolate, and a hot bath.
At publishing time, focus groups viewing the film reported slight uneasiness watching the main character yell at restaurant servers, stuff her face full of McDonald’s french fries, and cry uncontrollably over an off-handed comment made by one of her male Jedi counterparts.
As the country slowly increases in racism and right-wing bigotry, it’s important to ensure you don’t get caught up in their evil MAGA ways.
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.
Well there is some documented truth to this:
HOLLYWOOD, CA — Disney executives announced an upcoming installment in the popular Star Wars franchise that will feature a female Jedi who mysteriously turns to the Dark Side at the same time every month.
“We think female audiences will relate to a character who becomes moody and homicidal once a month,” the film’s director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy told reporters in a press conference this week.
So, step up! Do it, instead of busting my balls. Go point your finger at yourself.
Very Stable Genius says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:27 am
You sound like a truly great educator.
Blessed with the vocation for it.
I remember Monmouth Mall in the 90s was a ghost town. Then it got revitalized around maybe 95. I was there watching Bad Boys 2 on opening day. Gangs showed up from Asbury/Neptune. During a chase scene, 25 girls come rushing through the theatre entrance screaming “THEIR SHOOTING!”. We hopped over the railings and booked it out of the emergency exit in like 5 seconds flat.
Phoenix says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:31 am
RE: Factories
Micron will be spending up to $100B in Syracuse on a chip factor.
Intel doing the same in Columbus Ohio where the initial spend is $20B
Samsung spending $17B outside of Austin for a new factory and a few hours away in Sherman Tx another $30B spend.
Outside of chip fabs, highest spend on manufacturing plants in decades. Yes more automation but some FTE in the factories as well. Better to have the plants here and whatever jobs they create plus the multiplier effect of paychecks going into their respective communities. Just had dinner with a guy who put in the robots at a car battery factory – place is over a mile long and will give a nice boost to local economy with new jobs.
No problem helping them…but just don’t want the finger pointing and stress when the scores drop.
Phoenix says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:33 am
Those kids need you.
You are doing God’s work.
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:08 am
Can’t wait for all these migrants being dropped off into the district I work in. They start school on Monday. Sitting target now. They will destroy our scores and then the state will come and blame us…making my life a living hell for something they created. What a joke.
Well, I hope so. I am an optimist. I am also a realist, that scores will initially go down. I just hope this generation of immigrants is ambitious, happy, ready to work hard, and understand nothing is free….it all must be earned with hard work and sacrifice.
Juice Box says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:33 am
LAX and Pumps — There is however room to improve. I don’t see how it can really go down. Perhaps these hard-working young immigrants who came far and wide on a very dangerous journey when they get to High School will actually raise the averages?
“The Labor Department reported that average hourly earnings for all employees was $11.05 in October — a 3.32% decline from the $11.43 figure in January 2021, when Biden took office.”
Eddie-
Any comparisons of current hourly earnings to hourly earnings during covid are going to give you very misleading results.
That’s because hourly earnings spiked during covid- despite the high unemployment rate- because layoffs were concentrated among low wage workers, while higher wage workers were able to continue working from home.
A more realistic comparison would be to compare hourly earnings immediately pre-covid (2019) to today.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q
Compared to 2019, real wages are actually up a bit.
“Biden managed to destroy about 50% of Russia’s military with 5% of our military hand-me-downs. Thats winning.”
And don’t forget, he vanquished Corn Pop too!!!!
Silly me, I thought the 200,000 Ukranian casualties had something to do with it…..
Totally forgot about Joe brandishing his personal WW2 bayonet.
12:36 wtf ? Is your point?
I hope your teaching is not as bad as your investment recommendations
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 5, 2024 at 12:19 pm
So, step up! Do it, instead of busting my balls. Go point your finger at yourself.
Very Stable Genius says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:27 am
You sound like a truly great educator.
Blessed with the vocation for it.
“His stock market completely trounces Trump’s term.”
Mental midget statement. Please stick to mutual funds so you don’t hurt yourself….
I am sure I have done better when it comes to investing than you have…but I am not here to say I am better. I wish you the best on your investments. No one wins on every investment…..understand this.
Also, on the high growth investments I recommend on here…..If you hit on one and lose on five….you are killing it. Understand what you are investing in.
Very Stable Genius says:
January 5, 2024 at 12:45 pm
I hope your teaching is not as bad as your investment recommendations
“How many highlight reels of the guy getting lost on stage or exiting randomly into the crowd do you need before you come to grips with reality?”
Don’t forget my personal fave, shaking hands with non-existent people.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women are created, by the, you know, you know the thing.”
“wtf ? Is your point?”
Uhm, kind of obvious, that I wasn’t aware that Slow Joe or any other American was among the 200,000 casualties on the front lines of the war so wondering how Joe gets credit for your presumed W…..
The further your guy sinks in swing State polls the more irrationally strident you get. Pull out the smoke and chill, man.
Buffalo is NY s hottest real estate market, affordable housing growing economy. If you are Ok with 30 feet of snow then it’s the place to go!
IN SURRR ERECTION!!
I’m fairly certain that we armed and supported the Ukrainians and their war was underwritten by the United States. That’s what I meant. For the record.
Honestly though fellas it’s been real! Many years on this board. But I’m gonna haftacsay goodbye. Before it gets out of hand. I have a feeling 2024 will be a doozy. Be well. Be happy!
Boooooooo!
The moment you guys take any of this nonsense personally is when I am the most disappointed.
It’s all good fun. I’d have a beer with any of you. Heck, I’d even spring for an import.
LAX says:
January 5, 2024 at 11:30 am
“Teaching has become one of the worst professions you can enter.”
What would you expect when the only stakeholders that matter in the education industrial complex are the teachers unions and the Dem politicians that they own — not students, not parents, not teachers. In NYC by the way, the teacher unions and administrators are thrilled with the Biden-supported invasion of illegal aliens. NYC public schools lost massive numbers of high-quality students during/after COVID and as a result of DeBlasio having demolished the gifted and talented programs, so they’re more than happy that the illegals are arriving to keep zombie schools open and useless admins employed.
“When interest rates go below 5% — if they do — you’ll see a blizzard of listings hit the market like we haven’t seen in an incredibly long time,” Baris said. “And I’ve told every
realtorhouse tour guide in our company and all of our offices, if rates go below 5%, cancel your vacation because it’s all hands on deck. We’re gonna belisting and sellinghijacking and extorting an incredible amount of real estate.”Fixed it.
What would you expect when the only stakeholders that matter in the education industrial complex are the teachers unions and the Dem politicians that they own
Get it straight, it’s for the children!!
Biden managed to destroy about 50% of Russia’s military?
Did you forget about the EU? The gave about the same amount of Military aid and are continuing to do so Germany is producing huge amounts of artillery for them now.
So 25% USA and 25% EU and Zero for Ukraine?
Regarding the Disney Star Wars movie. I refused to watch the last Star Wars movie after seeing the prior two get increasingly bad. Why should I pay to watch some ugly Paki feminist director piss on Star Wars and turn it into Intersectionality Wars?
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/01/04/i-enjoy-making-men-uncomfortable-feminist-star-wars-director-slammed-for-setting-up-film-to-be-biggest-woke-flop-yet/
Watching this director on video talking with her talentless DEI friends about how they are going to make the next Star Wars movie suck even harder than the last ones, you can see what is really driving them. And it’s a reminder of what a little cucked worm Jon Stewart is.
Most of her film directing work has been feminist documentaries, mostly about Pakistan, plus a couple of episodes of Disney’s artistic and commercial failure “Ms. Marvel” trying to make a Muslim chick superhero a thing.
As South Park’s observed about Disney, their obsession is to “put a chick in it and make it lame and gay”.
The Andor series was decent, though of course the had to give the universe the diversity treatment and introduce a token lesbo couple.
You are wasting your time. If Hannity said it, it’s got to be true.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-shackelford-jr
Lax: Temporary break, or are you leaving permanently?
Fast: And if rates don’t go to 5 percent?
Just back from Shoprite, and I am not seeing any real meaningful decline in food/ grocery prices.
3b,
If grocery prices were declining that would be called “deflation” not lower inflation, and the Fed would probably panic and cancel interest rates again. Unless grocery prices fell while other prices rose.
Why would grocery prices fall? The component costs aren’t falling. The biggest cost of food is energy – fuel for tractors, energy embedded in fertilizer, mined and transported. Then the food has to be shipped – more energy, lots of trucks involved, increasingly regulated. Food packaging has to be made – more energy – paper, metal, plastics. But I think that “green” regulations mostly show up via rising energy and transport costs. And it will get much worse if the climate alarmist regulators have their way. The green scolds at The Economist want everyone to stop eating meat and go back to poor Chinese peasant life and just eat tofu instead.
And then people are involved and everyone’s wages are rising. Supermarkets are full of people making wages at or influenced by minimum wage.
Then there’s the demand side. Are incomes falling, no.
No One: All understood. My point is only that prices are high, and while inflation may not be rising, prices are not falling, and that’s why many people may not be feeling good about the economy. I pretty much only buy for myself, except for household stuff, as my wife oftentimes buys her own food stuffs etc. I could also shop around, like Aldi s but I am too busy/ lazy. If you have 2 or 3 kids that have to be fed, it becomes a very expensive exercise. You can spend 100 bucks and have just one bag, and not much in it.
Meanwhile in Europe one of the largest supermarket chains ( Carrafour) is dropping many Pepsi products as they are too expensive. They also label products that they believe are items subject to shrink flation.
Fast: And if rates don’t go to 5 percent?
Then, persistent low inventory accompanying ever higher prices.
Everyone Must Eat!
Even Bebo!
Microsoft’s CoPilot app hit the ioS App store today. It’s fully stand alone without Bing or Edge. Not sure if neutered, but it is free to use.
Fast: Thanks for always spelling it out for me!!
I’ve been the victim of two bouts of road rage today. The first was I didn’t want to ‘block the box’ at a red light, though I probably could have squeezed further up. I was letting people turn left and the fat fuck in a moustache behind me was cursing me out. I could see him saying. “WTF are you doing” with both arms raised. I gave him a shrug in return which pissed him off more. Of course, when the light turned green, he had to ride very close to me to show his displeasure. I just turned up “Ozzy’s Boneyard” a bit louder and ignored him.
The 2nd was in a gas station and a menopausal Karen was pissed at me for not backing up fast enough to let her through. She came in the wrong way and expected me to accommodate her. Women get panicky when it comes to backing up a car so I just avoided the aggravation and backed out and left when I was done filling up.
Bottom line… people seem to be very edgy and short-fused more than ever. I guess money and the state of the country is a stressful issue and wearing on people.
That’s just North Jersey.
Sounds like a normal day in north Jersey to me. The land where almost every adult you encounter is in a hurry and an azz.
2:13 naw I love you guys but I’m in a pretty challenging place right now.
Gotta take a mental health break thus the FB delete i mentioned earlier.
Road Rage? I got it. Toe Jam? I fought it.
I wanna read a book. What’s your favorite Cormac McCarthy?
1:21 in CA ESL. Its required.
I know nothing about ESL but managed to pass two of the 3 tests.
They’re in depth. No lie. Part of my current bad mood. You might call it. Managed to quit the gigs. Covid symptoms gone. Now everyone in the house has it. Boosted and that helps!
See ya fellas I got studying ta do!! If I don’t pass this exam that shows that I have an in depth cultural, curricular, and instructional knowledge I don’t get to teach in tbe public schools. PS it’s a Calif State requirement.
Maga drivers are particularly prone to road rage.
They self identify with those sunglasses
I told you about the two separate incidents of pick ups hitting parked cars
I pulled off route 46 and rolled down the ramp. In my left peripheral vision I saw a black car pulling off route 4, with out paths set to merge down the road. I noticed that the black car slowed down to match my pace, and because I needed to make it over to the left lane, I mashed the throttle of my EV and blasted off on a rainbow of instant torque. I switched lanes and came to a stop. An aytalian law enforcement type pulls up on my right, and is just screaming, jaw moving and all, raging, spitting on the drivers window of his black BMW X3. I got two middle fingers to go with this display of road rage. Nuts.
LAX,
That Cormack McCarthy guy is way too bleak. Literature and art is better as inspiration.
On that front, I suggest The Fountainhead. Even though I think Atlas Shrugged is better, I think you have an artistic side, and still have a bit of individualistic fire in you.
The Babylon Bee is fiction. It’s like The Onion for Christian Nationalists.
“But I think that “green” regulations mostly show up via rising energy and transport costs.”
Here’s a CA green two-fer for you in energy transport.
Exxon writes down SoCal assets by $2.5B and disposes of them after Chevron did so earlier for $4B because of the State’s unmanageable green policies….
“Continuing challenges in the state regulatory environment have impeded progress in restoring operations” at the company’s Santa Ynez facilities near Santa Barbara, it said. It had previously disclosed the properties would be sold for about $643 million in a highly leveraged deal to a startup company.
The writedown marks another exit by large oil companies from California over the relatively mature oilfields and the state’s environmental and regulatory policies.
Chevron in December blasted the state’s energy policies as having “made it a difficult place to invest” and leading it “reduce spending by hundreds of millions of dollars since 2022.” Earlier this month, the second largest U.S. oil producer also said it would write down up to $4 billion in assets, primarily in California.”
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/exxon-mobil-expects-fourth-quarter-oil-earnings-fall-2024-01-04/#:~:text=Exxon%20estimated%20taking%20a%20$2.4,$643%20million%20for%20the%20assets.
This charade is a forgone conclusion.
Trump appointed 3 of them and Uncle Clearance has been on the take.
Take a look at my 2024 predictions- I called it
Justices to Decide Whether Trump Is Eligible for Colorado Ballot
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last month that the former president could not appear on the state’s Republican primary ballot because he had engaged in insurrection.
Leftwing. This is the kind of news that’s really important, factual and takes a fair stab at the Left. Wish these were the issues we debated and not who rode on whose plane.
LAX
If you like mysteries check out The Guards by Ken Bruen.
Leftwing ~5:08pm
The push to get the oil companies out of CA has a political component. Just like Texas taxes EV with higher registration fees. TX would be foolish not to. The reason that they have no state income tax is because of oil industries royalties.
However, there is another component apart from the fact that just as TX is vested in fossil fuels outcome, CA is as vested going back to the 70’s and LA smog to get rid of fossil fuels.
That is real estate. There is a new HBO/MAX series “Bookies” that I highly recommend. In one scene grandma is upset because she had to move from a Brentwood mansion to a small house in a neighborhood with oil wells pumping outside their kitchen window.
With the issue of real estate in greater Los Angeles, there are a lot of bested interests that want that real estate and are going to push for it. No different that how any industry got zoned out of Hoboken.
Biden managed to destroy about 50% of Russia’s military with 5% of our military hand-me-downs. Thats winning.
Russia sends ethnic pawns in first, sacrifices them, and their old ammunition that never was used. They had no intention of ever invading the rest of Europe. They seized some valuable land, and found a way to sell all the oil they want in their own currency. Putin got exactly what he wanted and the US is too dumb to see that.
“Biden managed to destroy about 50% of Russia’s military with 5% of our military hand-me-downs. Thats winning.”
As it pertains to Joe’s war in Europe, the only thing he destroyed — in addition to the nord stream pipeline — is the effectiveness of US sanctions. China and India are thrilled to have gotten discounted oil, Iran is thrilled to have found a foreign buyer of their military drones, N Korea is thrilled to be trading missiles for oil, and Vlad has schlonged Joe — just like he did Oblama — as he slowly reconstructs the USSR.
The Fed likely to have three rate cuts probably before the election. Why does everything look so rigged in the US the past few years. I wonder if there will be another Whole-of-Government approach to get Biden re-elected?
America does it again. Airbus crashes, everyone on board survives what should be a deadly crash.
Boeing has a plane it delivered two months ago and the side of it just blows apart.
No attention to detail, no quality control, just cost cutting and lives to be lost in America.
Getting worse by the minute.
Looks like no snow down here in Monmouth tonight anyway.