From ROI-NJ:
Report shows N.J. office market doing better than national average
A CommercialEdge report says office vacancy rates in the nation’s central business districts continue to struggle as declining listing rates and high vacancy levels persist as the effects of the pandemic linger. The New Jersey office market, as well as the Northeast as a whole, appears to be doing better than the rest of the nation.
According to CommercialEdge’s latest U.S. office market report for April, CBD vacancy is currently at 19.2%, up 730 basis points from early 2020, as demand continues to shift toward suburban locales. New Jersey edged up slightly to 18.9% after an 80-basis-point annual increase.
All Northeastern markets were below the national office vacancy rate in April, with Manhattan recording the lowest rate in the region at 16.2%—a figure that continued to decline both year-over-year and month-over-month. Philadelphia posted a steeper rise of 320 basis points to 19.2%. Boston saw the sharpest shift in the region, with a 470-basis-point increase in vacancy to a 17% rate. This was likely tied to the construction boom seen during the pandemic coming from the high demand for life sciences space. This, however, has resulted in an oversupply, and, as of late 2024, availability for life sciences properties in Boston reached 26.9%, one of the highest in the nation.
The average U.S. office listing rate was $33.34 per square foot in April, rising 5.4% year-over-year despite weak demand and elevated vacancy (19.7%). At $33.45 per square foot, New Jersey stayed above the national average.
Frist again?
Essex. Hard Times Pizza if you are ever back in LA. Not quite perfect, but pretty damn close to the average New Jersey pizza joint.
Yep, lots of hard working liberals, progressives making NJ great again
“ Jersey Works
Posted on May 21, 2025 by grim
From ROI-NJ:
Report shows N.J. office market doing better than national average”
WED, MAY 21 2025
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Jeffries on SALT:
States like NY, NJ, IL, CT, and CA are donor states. We send billions more than we take in. We are not going to be lectured by people who are in taker states who receive more money every year than they send as to what is fair and what is right
Office vacancies: The parking lot by the train and crowd on the train is reminiscent of pre-covid levels. A balance is good even though I will be fully remote soon. One to two days in the office is a good mix. Though, for me, I’m closer to retirement each day. I’m looking forward to the next step, wearing jeans, gloves and work shoes. I find working a blue collar shift one of the most satisfying.
Headed to obx this weekend, any tips?
Hunt sharks like Quint.
Work on your Quint accent.
Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies,
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain;
For we have received orders
For to sail to old England,
But we hope in a short time to see you again.
I know a medical practice that just combined all all of their various specialties into one former office building on Rt. 208. They took the entire building, 3 floors. They combined multiple smaller offices in various Bergen Co locations into one
Wealthy states don’t need an increase in the SALT cap, they like high taxes and should be proud to pay them. Another subsidy for people who don’t need it.
Oh Spain is a gallant land, where wine and ale flow free.
There’s lots of lovely women there to dandle on your knee.
Yep, lots of hard working liberals, progressives making NJ great again
Yes, in particular, we owe a debt of gratitude to Bill DeBlasio and Eric Adams. Those two morons created unprecedented demand in NJ real estate.
Bitch will never do that again.
Murdered CEO owed “substantial amount of money” to driver who killed him, records show.
Recently released court records show that the CEO who was allegedly murdered by his own driver owed the man a “substantial amount of money”.
46-year-old ATG Truckload CEO, Dane Koteski, was found “lying face down in a pool of blood” in his office as it burned on March 5th in Crestwood, Illinois. On Sunday, March 16th, 53-year-old Josif Suclea, a truck driver for ATG, was charged with first-degree murder for the incident. Now, court documents point to a potential motive for the serious crime.
According to ABC 7, Suclea was a long-time truck driver for ATG, and Koteski had recently told him that ATG “was going bankrupt.” Koteski also “owed a substantial amount of money to Suclea,” but “was unable to pay him.”
I’m looking forward to the next step, wearing jeans, gloves and work shoes. I find working a blue collar shift one of the most satisfying.
OK Mike Rowe suitor and lover.
Should have done it your wole life. Then you could be doing it now with lumbar hardware, a knee and a hip roplacement.
In Spain you work 1 day more per year than a NJ teacher.
3b says:
May 21, 2025 at 8:52 am
Oh Spain is a gallant land, where wine and ale flow free.
There’s lots of lovely women there to dandle on your knee.
3b,
Did you eat at Dishoom while in Edinburgh? I had breakfast there this morning and it was fantastic.
Should have done it your wole life. Then you could be doing it now with lumbar hardware, a knee and a hip roplacement.
I had to get a knee replacement five years ago. One knee. The Hyaluronic shots weren’t helping the bone on bone anymore. And the lower lumbar sometimes needs readjustment for sure. My back sometimes goes south and wow, the pain is real. It comes back to life, though. If I had to do it again, I’d become an electrician.
However, my corporate life has been good to me. But I do look forward to cleaning, scrubbing or hauling something in my next career.
My boy still doesn’t realize high taxes are a result of a high performing economy that drives up the cost of everything. You want low tax and low cost, move to a place with no jobs. But for the love of god, stop blaming it on blue state politics….Texas and Florida are not blue states and don’t pay their teachers well…yet high property taxes. Hmmm….when will you people realize the truth? When?
3b says:
May 21, 2025 at 8:38 am
Wealthy states don’t need an increase in the SALT cap, they like high taxes and should be proud to pay them. Another subsidy for people who don’t need it.
VSG,
If you don’t like people in states like NY, NJ, and CA paying in more income tax than (other) people in those states receive, then the obvious way to achieve that is to cut income tax rates on the rich, and to cut social security and Medicare benefits on the less rich. I fully support that dynamic and the shrinking of the federal government’s entitlements systems.
The current state tax and spend flow dynamic is fully consistent with egalitarian leftism and its principles of redistributing income.
No need for SALT cap to be increased. Wealthy people are more than able to pay the higher taxes. Of course it would be good if we had a real functioning transportation system, and not a third world rail service, and good roads, or at least clean. Schools are OK, but that’s about it, just OK. We are supposed to be the best of the best here super educated, smart, and wealthy, and yet we put up with all of this.
Of course it would be good if we had a real functioning transportation system, and not a third world rail service, and good roads, or at least clean.
The cost of advisors, consultants, experts, specialists and planning boards would be beyond comprehension. Of course, the allotted budget would double because of delays and what not. Then we’d need to hire investigators, commissions and a panel to find out what happened. And then there’s the travel expenses to the Bahamas to fine tune the project plans after discovering the root cause of all the issues which is impossible to do over a Zoom or Teams call.
Chad: We did not, it is a popular spot for Indian cuisine, but my wife and I are not fans of Indian food. We did eat at Chaophraya an excellent Thai restaurant, not far from the castle. We are big fans of Thai food. We also ate at O Canto Do Passarinho, an excellent Portuguese restaurant in Edinburgh.
Dark: You are going to get yourself in trouble with that teacher comment.
Newark air traffic control had another communication outage yesterday.
FAA has cut inbound flights max is now 28 landings per hour.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/airport/KEWR#airport-parity-stats-container
More than half of U.S. Condos sold for less than original asking price in April, according to Redfin.
FE
Every lb overweight is 4 lbs on your knee.
Spread the Chex mix, don’t eat it.
3b ASCII Dog comment.
ASCII is the a few things, but I was referring to the dicks that Lax Luther Lorax draws.
According to Stu, they no longer come from a higher authority.
Hehe.
Dark: I never heard of it, and I had no idea they were dick pics. Clueless on my end.
3b,
you were better off not knowing
Dark: You are right.
Man, diddy was one party animal. Incredible what you can do with loads of cash.
Diddy was previously accused of using the party drug GBH for freak-offs, and seemingly illicit substances were also seized during the Miami raid.
One brown sachet contained capsules marked ‘golden teachers, 250mg.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14735445/diddy-trial-miami-mansion-shocking-photos.html
Cassie Ventura is an absolute smoke show.
Damn Diddy, why did you do her that way?
Look like a 40K SALT cap will be added to the big butt, beautiful, bodacious, massive, bill. Greedy people in high tax states demanding they be subsidized. If they are OK with high taxes then they should be proud and glad to pay for them. It’s only right.
Schools are okay? What nonsense. No 1 in the nation this year. Hate it all you want, your home prices reflect the fight by families to raise and educate their kids here.
I really don’t know why you live in a place you hate so much….you seriously take this state for granted. It’s a great place to live if you can afford it, I will never understand why you hate it so much.
3b says:
May 21, 2025 at 9:56 am
No need for SALT cap to be increased. Wealthy people are more than able to pay the higher taxes. Of course it would be good if we had a real functioning transportation system, and not a third world rail service, and good roads, or at least clean. Schools are OK, but that’s about it, just OK. We are supposed to be the best of the best here super educated, smart, and wealthy, and yet we put up with all of this.
What do Catholic Priests and young female teachers have in common?
A Florida high school teacher was arrested just moments after she allegedly sexually assaulted a boy in her classroom.
Riverview High School teacher Brooke Anderson, 27, was charged with three counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor on Friday.
Police launched an investigation after receiving information about an inappropriate relationship between Anderson and a male student that same day, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
The minor student told police that the relationship began in September 2024 with ‘sexually explicit text messages.’
The relationship allegedly escalated in the weeks leading up to her arrest, and the student reported multiple instances of sexual activity.
Do you really live here and own? Why would you get upset about this?
3b says:
May 21, 2025 at 11:28 am
Look like a 40K SALT cap will be added to the big butt, beautiful, bodacious, massive, bill. Greedy people in high tax states demanding they be subsidized. If they are OK with high taxes then they should be proud and glad to pay for them. It’s only right.
There must be some sort of test to prove how well you can lie in order to become a politician:
Trump-loving GOP candidate shamed over lies on Tinder profile
A Republican congressional candidate shaved nearly a decade off his age on a dating website, according to a report Monday.
Pennsylvania state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie messaged women on Tinder in March 2020 claiming to be 29 years old, when he was actually 37, reported the Daily Mail.
“Always down for a good time!” read his Tinder profile, according to screenshots. “Outgoing, funny and enjoy traveling, skiing, trying new restaurants and getting drinks with friends.”
Macenzie, who had married since online dating, was born August 3, 1982, according to his House biography.
He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2018 and is now locked in a tight race with incumbent Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) in one of the most evenly divided congressional districts in the country.
Juice I’m flying out of Newark in a few weeks.
Roll the dice baby, YOLO.
That’s what she said.
Phoenix – They are all garbage. This person took $20 million to keep quiet about the physical abuse and criminal behaviors, they did not care for any of other future victim.
I got mine as they say.
I know I’m dying, but I will stay in power until my last breath.
Those Govt Jobs, they are to “DIE FOR.”
Those fuccers, even with their insides rotting with cancer, have hooks in those careers like bloodsucking ticks.
Rep. Connolly announced he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer just days after the 2024 election in November.
‘The sun is setting on my time in public service, and this will be my last term in Congress,’ he said in a statement in April when revealing his cancer had returned.
Wonder how much cash was laying around in Diddy’s crib that never made it to the PoPo evidence locker…..
I thought all the Republican congress critters were on Grindr?
Say 3 hail Mary’s. Y’all good to go.
While dining with his friends on July 17, 1928, Obregón was shot and killed by a Roman Catholic man who held him responsible for religious persecutions.
hughesrep says:
May 21, 2025 at 11:47 am
I thought all the Republican congress critters were on Grindr?
Don’t forget McGreevy.
All is an absolute. One should never believe that all of anything, race, religion, or skin color is bad.
People are individuals.
Watch 2 minutes of Sean. A bit of American/Mexican hx. Why we were there, what we did, and how we imported Mexicans to do the labor while Americans went to war.
https://youtu.be/j–cja_DITs?t=1187
“The issue is the rapid rise in Japanese government bond yields, with the 30-year yield hitting 3.20%, a 45% jump since April 2025. Japan’s debt, over 250% of GDP, makes higher yields costly, raising borrowing costs and risking economic slowdown. The Bank of Japan may struggle to control yields, potentially impacting global markets. However, domestic investors are buying bonds, and the BOJ views this as manageable normalization. The severity is debated—some see a crisis, others a policy shift. Data suggests limited global spillover so far.”
Good lookin’ caucasian woman. But if you shine a flashlight in one ear you get a beam of light emitting from the other. not that I wouldn’t hit it though, at least for a quickie.
Online critics are lambasting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for flubbing the definition of the latin legal term ‘Habeas Corpus’ at a congressional hearing on Tuesday.
Even worse, however, is that the DHS head provided a completely inaccurate definition for the phrase.
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) questioned Noem on the meaning of Habeas Corpus, which is the legal principle ensuring those in the U.S. court system have the right to challenge the legality of their detention.
Essentially, it protects people from being detained and held in custody without a valid legal reason – even if they are not an American citizen.
‘Secretary Noem, what is Habeas Corpus?’ Hassan asked the DHS Secretary.
‘Well Habeas Corpus is a constitutional right that allows the president to remove people from the country, suspend their right to –’ Noem began before she was cut off by the Democratic senator.
‘Let me stop you, ma’am. Excuse me, that’s incorrect.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14733043/kristi-noem-ice-barbie-flub-disqualify-donald-trump-cabinet.html
You’re a day late on this one fruitcake.
I love the smell of corruption in the morning. It smells like victory.
U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump
Very Stable Genius says:
May 21, 2025 at 7:31 am
WED, MAY 21 2025
7:08 AM EDT
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Agree. The SALT limitation was a shock to me, innovative, craven, and totally genius and justified.
3b says:
May 21, 2025 at 8:38 am
Wealthy states don’t need an increase in the SALT cap, they like high taxes and should be proud to pay them. Another subsidy for people who don’t need it.
In home health aid.
Fast Eddie says:
May 21, 2025 at 9:23 am
However, my corporate life has been good to me. But I do look forward to cleaning, scrubbing or hauling something in my next career.
SALT must be a really big deal.
Political organizers say the issue is now top of mind for many voters, superseding other issues of high importance.
Political consultant Gabby Seay, who ran a 2023 special election canvassing campaign for Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), said SALT was on the tip of voters’ tongues as they knocked on doors in January of last year in New York’s 3rd Congressional District.
“This is a heavily Jewish district, it’s a really diverse district. … We anticipated Israel and Gaza being the issue because it was really fresh then, and it was a huge issue nationally. … But it never came up on a single door, and we knocked on 700,000 doors in less than a month. … What did come up was taxes and specifically SALT taxes and how they’re waiting on someone to deliver on their promises,” Seay told The Hill.
It’s such a touchy subject that even AI stated, like the Robot in Lost and Space: “This does not compute” while waving it’s arms rapidly until Will pulls out the power pack.
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Phx: utterly hilarious and telling
Suozzi that is
That kid was grateful they waited so he could get one last tryst in. He had his parents make an extra large donation to the PBA.
Dark Phoenix says:
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 am
What do Catholic Priests and young female teachers have in common?
A Florida high school teacher was arrested just moments after she allegedly sexually assaulted a boy in her classroom.
Gasoline on a fire. Hehe. Nothing like pushing the throttles full forward after the second stage compressor wheel has exited the side of the cowling.
President Donald Trump put on a stunning shaming in the Oval Office Wednesday, showing clips to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa that purported to show evidence of a ‘white genocide’ in his country.
Ramaphosa came to the White House Wednesday hoping to improve South Africa’s relationship with the Trump administration. Trump had previously canceled aid to the country, expelled the South African ambassador and offered refuge to white minority Afrikaners.
Trump has claimed that there’s a race-based ‘genocide’ unfolding in the African nation, with South African-born DOGE leader Elon Musk agreeing. Musk stood amongst the reporters in the Oval Office when the dramatic showdown went down – similar to what happened to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ramaphosa came Wednesday to soothe things – telling Trump at the top of their remarks that he brought him a golf book and had worked on his golf game.
He had champion golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen and luxury goods tycoon Johann Rupert tag along.
In turn, Trump humiliated Ramaphosa – asking aides to dim the lights in the Oval Office as he played a supercut of speeches from EFF leader Julius Malema, whose trademark song at rallies is ‘Shoot the Boer, Shoot the farmer.’
Trump then pulled out a pile of news clippings including a story from the Daily Mail about why white South Africans are fleeing violence and ‘racist’ laws.
Chicago says:
May 21, 2025 at 1:44 pm
That kid was grateful they waited so he could get one last tryst in. He had his parents make an extra large donation to the PBA.
Same broad tht would say Belichick and his girlfried are creepy.
They like the young D just as much as men like the young V.
Sex and the City said so.
Another double standard from those who like to dictate the terms of any relationship, even ones that are NONE OF THEIR FUCCIN BUSINESS.
Ten 458; touched 460
Dented stocks
Arrogant BMW Diva Finally Gets What She Deserves
Lorax?
https://youtu.be/6vogT758mGI
NJ Transit Strike is over.
Yipppieeee!!!
6:01 Hard Times….hmm OKAY. Yeah man. I’m still here (LA area) closing out the school year and hangin out with my 14 year-old basset hound. My boy and I are living large. Open house on Sunday. Good times! Spring days are absolutely lovely, it’ll be hotter than hell in a month.
WED, MAY 21 2025
2:06 PM EDT
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Alex Harring
Oh yeah! MAGA is the party of Bidness.
My new Handle….”Oy” signed Lorax
Recession straight ahead.
With the experience under Soros, Bessent will take 6 months to break the Bank of USA. Recession guaranteed till midterms.
“AI sez”
The probability of a US recession in 2025 is currently estimated to be around 40% to 50%, according to various financial institutions and economists. While many forecasters still believe a recession is unlikely, some are raising their estimates due to concerns about trade policies and their impact on the global economy.
Key Factors Influencing Recession Risk:
Tariffs and Trade Policies:
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The potential for increased tariffs and trade restrictions between the US and China is a major concern, as it could disrupt global supply chains, harm consumer sentiment, and slow economic growth.
Interest Rate Hikes:
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While the Fed is expected to start easing monetary policy in December, the current high interest rates could still dampen consumer spending and investment.
Inflation:
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Inflationary pressures, particularly from the effects of tariffs, could further impact consumer spending and economic growth.
Global Economic Slowdown:
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A slowdown in global economic growth could negatively impact the US economy, especially if exports are affected.
Uncertainty and Fear:
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Economic uncertainty and fears about the future can lead to decreased consumer confidence and business investment, potentially triggering a recession.
Economic Indicators:
GDP Growth:
Some economic indicators, like the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model, suggest that economic growth might be negative in Q1 2025.
Unemployment Rate:
While the current unemployment rate is relatively low, it could rise if the economy slows down.
Consumer Confidence:
Declining consumer confidence could indicate a shift towards caution and decreased spending.
Yield Curve Inversion:
Some parts of the yield curve have re-inverted, which is often seen as a signal of a potential recession.
Expert Opinions:
J.P. Morgan:
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Has lowered its recession probability to below 50%, citing the impact of trade policy developments.
IMF:
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Has revised its US growth forecast downward and raised the likelihood of a US recession to 40%.
Goldman Sachs:
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Estimates U.S. recession odds at 45% and forecasts just 0.5% U.S. GDP growth in 2025.
National Association of Business Economics:
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A recent survey found that nearly 4 in 10 forecasters believe there is more than a 50% chance of a recession.
In Conclusion:
While a recession in 2025 is not a certainty, the risks are rising due to a combination of factors, including trade policies, interest rates, inflation, and global economic conditions. It’s important to monitor economic indicators and expert opinions to stay informed about the evolving situation
In 2025, the chances of stagflation, where the economy experiences both high inflation and slow growth, are seen as elevated, but not necessarily the most likely scenario. While some experts express concern about the potential for a “mini-stagflation” in the second half of 2025, particularly due to slowing growth and sticky inflation, others believe the current economic strength and disinflationary trends suggest the risk may be lower.
Respectable, polished member of the community.
Nope. Just a liar that should have just polished members instead of doing the whole deed.
A middle-aged mother was seen denying she had anything to do with the 1997 murder of a baby dumped by a statue – before suddenly slumping into her chair and confessing that she was indeed to blame for the terrible crime.
Keri Mazzuca, 52, looked like a respectable, polished member of the community as she was interviewed over the death of the infant, named Baby Moses after his body was found under a Moses Statue in Albany’s Washington Park.
But she cracked on being shown a photo of Moses’ burned remains and suddenly declared: ‘I did it.’
No jail
https://dailyvoice.com/nj/parsippany-troy-hills/nj-teacher-who-sexually-abused-teen-student-gets-five-year-suspended-sentence-loses-license/
Recession guaranteed till midterms.
And then what happens?
People lose their jobs, housing takes a big hit, tax revenues fall. The GOP loses their majority in Clowngress…..
Dark Fenix….waaaaahhh waaaaaaahhhhhhh
This one is a keeper.
Olivia Perez Jaquith is an anchor at CBS6 Albany. She continued anchoring the morning news while in labor. “This isn’t April Fools. Olivia’s water broke. In the newsroom,” said co-anchor
Oy says:
May 21, 2025 at 3:40 pm
People lose their jobs, housing takes a big hit, tax revenues fall. The GOP loses their majority in Clowngress…..
U should kiss Trump’s feet. He did something for you no other President did.
Ungrateful Bimmer driver.
Got a Subaru too FWIW. BMW is a blast, but I treat it a lot like a weekend car. It’s a joy to drive and a convertible. Fun on the canyon roads out here, not as much on the uneven pavement in LA.
Trucking company goes bankrupt.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-trucking-company-affiliate-brokerage-190957946.html
Why am I not surprised.
OY says:
May 21, 2025 at 3:54 pm
Got a Subaru too
Subaru Outback “r”…big flat 6. 3.6 l — last of it’s kind. Lots of power, just hit 100k miles. Great packhorse/dog car/hauler….awesome over engineered Japanese auto excellence.
What’r you driving?
Most nurses choose Toyota’s — they use the money they save on sleeve tattoos that remind the world how “cool” they are.
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Alternative Caduceus:
Instead of the traditional staff and serpents, incorporate a more stylized or abstract version, perhaps with a unique color palette or a unique twist to the design.
Botanical Pharmacology:
Draw inspiration from plants used in medicine, like belladonna, digitalis, or opium poppies, and incorporate them into a unique tattoo design.
Skull Imagery:
While often associated with death, skulls can also represent mortality and the acceptance of life’s fragility, which aligns with a nurse’s work.
Unique Symbolism:
Explore symbols beyond the traditional medical symbols, such as the lotus flower (representing resilience and purity), or other symbols that resonate with your individual experience as a nurse.
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Use bold colors or unconventional color combinations to make your tattoo stand out.
I hear female body count is a thing now, who knew? I am learning a lot today Ascil dick picks, and now female body counts.
Fast: If we get a recession, it will lower housing prices, in addition to job cuts, people will be pissed, and vote for Democrats, and probably in 2028 too.
Looking at the cast of characters the Dems are lining up is deplorable, AOC or Newsome, Buttigieg. James Carville who has clashed with AOC and the progressive Dems, now says he will endorse her for President in 2028.
From College to bartender, to congresswoman to President. Yep, this is where we are. I blame it on young George Bush, a disaster, then Obama no real experience, only good for lecturing and scolding, followed by Trump, and all of that chaos, we thought that was over once we got the moderate Biden who was not moderate, and we don’t really know who ran the country, only to be followed by another round of Trump, cause people would rather take another chance on him, then that dingbat Harris. And make no mistake lots of highly educated and wealthy people voted for Trump rather than Harris. And now we have more chaos and back to even more radical Dems in 2028.
Libturd says:
May 21, 2025 at 2:28 pm
“Recession straight ahead.”
You sound as certain of this as you were that SCOTUS overturning Roe would make Joe a shoo-in for re-election in ’24. How’d that one turn out? Anyhow, you recall that the Dems and their media lackeys muddled the definition of a recession — like they did with the definition of a woman — when Joe encountered two straight quarters of negative growth, right? There will never be consensus on a recession again.
Eat a packet of piss Jim.
hughesrep says:
May 21, 2025 at 11:47 am
“I thought all the Republican congress critters were on Grindr?”
No, but SlowJoe’s slower brother Frank was there, as I’m sure you already knew.
Actually most nurses pick Mercedes and BMW’s because they think they are special.
3b
Accurate post.
Home prices in California, already among the highest in the nation, have reached a new record, according to the latest sales data from the California Association of Realtors.
The median price of a single-family home statewide was $910,160 in April. That’s nearly 3% higher than March but less than 1% above April 2024, when the median price was $904,010.
“I actually expected the statewide median price to inch up a little bit further,” acknowledged Oscar Wei, CAR’s deputy chief economist. He told KTLA that several factors are contributing to this subdued growth.
OY: Subdued growth??
Knicks!
Debt and more debt. It ain’t just the Demmies. Hehe.
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, as the measure is formally known, extends trillions of dollars in tax cuts from his first term along with new campaign promises — including no taxes on tips and overtime wages — and hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending.
But the legislation, carries a hefty price tag. The latest projection from Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers’ nonpartisan bookkeeper, showed it will add $2.4 trillion over 10 years to the national debt, which already exceeds $36 trillion.
Hear that noise. It’s the sound of a spun bearing in the Engine of America.
After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget:
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead in D. C last night by a gunmen shouting free Palestine. The shooter was taken into police custody.
Ten 461
Ukraine sent hundreds of drones to Moscow. Japan in severe debt crisis.
Trump adds billions to US debt, gives his buddies tax breaks.
Sounds like a rainy Thursday.
He cares and loves the working man.
Hope those Mike Rowe jobs pay more than 4.3M per year.
Very Stable Genius says:
May 22, 2025 at 7:20 am
After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget:
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
Maybe this will make Karen happy. She can complain less and eat more!
Wingstop’s ‘game changing’ Smart Kitchen is taking the restaurant chain to new heights.
The new AI-powered kitchen has helped hundreds of locations slash their standard wait times in half – from around 20 minutes to around 10.
3b – Media is spreading stories that the people over there in the war zone are starving to death now due to the three month blockade of food aide, this is in addition to the military killings of countless civilians every week. One UN worker said 17,000 children are starving to death now.
I don’t know if any of it is accurate, but the news stores are out there and are bound to radicalize more here and elsewhere.
Again don’t shoot at me I am just calling it as I see it……. From the BBC news
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cdr550j818po
So the invader should back down.
Nato article 5 anyone? So Poland says it stopped a Russian ship acting suspicious near an undersea power cable that links Poland and Sweden..
Did someone tell the people on that ship it might be a bad idea to try and hook an anchor on a steel ship to a 600 MW 450 kV power cable?
We’re headed into a massive liquidity boom.
At the end of the day, the pivot away from DOGE is complete. There will be no “cutting” of anything. Only “printing”.
Fed governor Chris Waller to FBN:
“Everybody I’ve talked to in the financial markets, they’re staring at the bill, and they thought it was going to be much more in terms of fiscal restraint, and they’re not necessarily seeing it. And therefore there’s going to be a lot of issuance of Treasuries.
Has it been 24 hours yet?
Juice: WSJ article saying 70 percent of Israelis want the Gaza war over now, once the remaining hostages are released. There are even protests against the war taking place.
Hamas all to prevent Israel and Saudi Arabia attacks Israel, and brings death and destruction to their people. Another generation radicalized, I don’t know what the answer is. I don’t think there will ever be peace between the two peoples , when one side wants the other gone.
Big Butt Besutiful Bill passes by one vote,, Trumps 2017 tax cuts extended, but I don’t see any growth policies in this bill.
Meanwhile Trump is privately stating to European leaders that Putin does not want peace , a change from his public statements saying Putin does.
Hughes: You didn’t really believe the 24 hour comment.
9:22 – the pivot is unbelievable. For someone who hates Trump, I still thought there was a small chance he could reign in the printing. But he doubled down.
What a scam!
– We destroyed science and research for all foreseeable future,
– We made it more difficult for the poor
– We cut govt services
– AND we are printing more money for the rich.
MAGA troopers here have absolutely no more credibility in blaming Joe.
Rent – you forgot to mention the massive SALT tax deduction give away to rich democrats in Blue States…. the vast majority of filers roughly 90% use the standard deduction..
You should cut a check to the US Treasury for the difference to pay down the deficit.
Another win for Trump.
and a loss for America.
No tax on tips: Only for cash tips.
Whoever claims cash tips on the tax return will be thanked for their co-operation.
Credit card tips, will still be considered as regular income. Welcome to the master of deal making.
No EV subsidy, no solar, no energy. 4 years later DEMs should open up the country for BYD, Nio and Xiaomi to keep the prices more affordable. Enough with this trade embargo.
re:” loss for America?”
Rich Liberals now have to pay their fare share the tax credits for electric vehicles is being phased out.
Also another rich person tax deduction was removed..25C and 25D credits two years ago about $8 Billion dollar give away…It’s now gone…
Again you have to itemize for this…..90% don’t mostly the rich in Blue Flyover got that tax credit.
No tax on tips…it’s a massive win for the working poor.
40K SALT – The w(h)ine drinking elites in their palladium retreats are basking in the wealth upgrade.
Guess who pays higher interest rates when the USA gets downgraded .
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) broke ranks to deliver a stark warning that President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” was a time “bomb” in a scathing Titanic-inspired takedown that argued the policies will send the U.S. full speed toward a fiscal “iceberg.”
During a combative stretch of floor debate into the early hours of Thursday, House Democrats lambasted the legislation as a cynical giveaway to the ultra-wealthy that guts federal health and nutrition programs, Massie joined them in protest to offer what he called a “dose of reality.”
I’d love to stand here and tell the American people, we can cut your taxes and we can increase spending and everything’s going to be just fine. But I can’t do that because I’m here to deliver a dose of reality.
This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near term, but promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now. Where have we heard that before? How do you bind a future Congress to these promises? This bill is a debt bomb ticking.
re: “Guess who pays higher interest rates when the USA gets downgraded”
Your children and grandchildren…It’s been locked in for decades now. Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare together account for approximately 50% of all federal spending, and hence a reason why we have to borrow so much money every year.
Social Security cash payments to the Boomers now accounts for 25% of the Federal Budget, while Medicare and Medicaid together represent around another 25%.
If the boomers want spending cut it needs to be there too!!!
Dick Box, the champion for the poors this board needs…
All lies, all the time. The only person Trump has helped is himself. Recession dead ahead. Keep on making believe he cares about you and our country. Maybe one day we can can all work in one of hotels and not pay taxes on our tips (if he doesn’t steal them).
We’re fuuuuuucked. All because of this idiot.
Blows my mind that most of our taxes go to a select group of individuals. They complain about infrastructure and school taxes, meanwhile they are to blame for all the tax spending. It’s pretty wild.
Juice Box says:
May 22, 2025 at 12:14 pm
re: “Guess who pays higher interest rates when the USA gets downgraded”
Your children and grandchildren…It’s been locked in for decades now. Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare together account for approximately 50% of all federal spending, and hence a reason why we have to borrow so much money every year.
Social Security cash payments to the Boomers now accounts for 25% of the Federal Budget, while Medicare and Medicaid together represent around another 25%.
If the boomers want spending cut it needs to be there too!!!
Best part….we had to pay more into it. We get it at a later age (if we even get it). Previous generations suck.
Same psychopaths that raided people’s pensions…. How do you get away with raiding people’s pensions? Criminal. That’s no different than robbing a bank, but somehow, no one went to jail for what they did to pensions.
Good point Pumpkin. Gov has been fucking us for decades.
Pumps re: “We get it at a later age”
Lol don’t count on it…..the IOU bonds locked away in the Trust Fund will be spent and depleted by 2033, that is a mere 8 years from now. The youngest boomer today is 61. They are the only ones that might feel the pain when they cut the outlay perhaps as much as 50%…
Who knows for sure but we ain’t there yet but it’s coming….don’t be surprised if you have to move in with your kids and one night they decide like the Inuit used to do and to put you out on an ice flow to become a Polar Bear snack.
Lol don’t count on it…..the IOU bonds locked away in the Trust Fund will be spent and depleted by 2033, that is a mere 8 years from now. The youngest boomer today is 61. They are the only ones that might feel the pain when they cut the outlay perhaps as much as 50%…
SS will need to be cut by about 20% (not 50%) when the trust fund runs out (assuming nothing else is done).
Of course with reduced immigration (mostly young workers), and no payroll taxes on tips and overtime, that % might be a bit higher (but still not 50%)
We are *almost* no different than Pakistan establishing religious schools – funded by the government:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/supreme-court-religious-charter-schools-ruling
So close. Next time this will pass.
If your news is blocked / paywalled due to American capitalism, you could always access Qatari government’s news media for fair and balanced news:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/22/us-supreme-court-hits-deadlock-in-case-of-publicly-funded-religious-school
THIS is MAGA.
You were all warned.
The Trump administration blocked the ability of Harvard University to enroll international students.
“This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus,” Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in a statement posted on the social media site X.
DHS said that in addition to barring enrollment of future international students, “existing foreign students must transfer to lose their legal status.”
The administration in April froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard, hours after the university roundly rejected demands that it eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and evaluate international students for ideological concerns.
Wow, what leadership! We are in a very very strange timeline. If you cannot see that, then pity the fool.
Won’t stop at Harvard. There is gonna be scarcity of semiconductor/AI/quant employee prospects.
We should let Noem, Lutnick, Navarro and Miller run the country instead of the Orange. But they are already running it I must say.
Criminal Hunter would not be this bad!.
Juice: As you know, I have been screaming about the tax thing for years and how young people are getting screwed. The raising of the SALT cap is criminal, no need for it. The wealthy can pay, but its no, we want more, we want more. Then when they are ready they want to sell the house with the 25k tax bill to a young couple, but hey its worth it, our HS graduates are attending Univ of Delwaware, URI, and James Madison.
The Republicans will probably lose the mid-terms, and as of now, the 2028 presidential election, but as I said yesterday, look who is waiting in the wings to run for president on the democratic side. It’s just as frightening as Trump, and perhaps even more so. This is what is on offer to the American people, what a shite show.
You asked, they delivered.
Amerikkka
Calling this a clown show would be an insult to clowns.
Won’t be long, they will be coming for your guns next.
Every liberal on this blog is in this video.
LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjvfgPxy_do&list=PLJb0Eq3HS7IrSqW7j69Eek6l5REekVo6W
Eddie,
Do you have any beings that came from your loins?
OC1 – “SS will need to be cut by about 20%?”
Ya think only 20%? Allot of assumptions there. My back of the napkin calculation of a 50% cut includes less tax receipts as well as less debt financing. You think we can get away with financing we are running now in a decade, that is $200 Billion a month shortfall that needs to be borrowed. In 10 years where will the actual tax receipts get spent besides the interest payments and the war machine? Grandma is going to get paid over the bond holders and the soldiers?
Gary, Did your parents have an kids that survived?
The model is Iran.
An Ayatollah maga religious supreme political leader.
No due process. Corruption galore
Kidnapping and disappearance of college students
RentL0rd says:
May 22, 2025 at 2:28 pm
We are *almost* no different than Pakistan establishing religious schools – funded by the government:
Grandma is going to get paid over the bond holders and the soldiers?
I hope granny is like Irene Ryan.
Sassy ol’ broad.
Well,
Being that Memorial Day is soon upon us, don’t forget to honor the fallen soldiers that died for the freedom you used to have.
Make sure you honor the current ones, not just the ones that are actually pro-American, but the ones who are just there for the education money since they are too poor to afford college, those who are just there so they can become the future PoPo stormtroopers of Amerikkka as well.
Be thankful for the freedom to pay tariffs on everything, to pay the most for your healthcare, to have Social Security be bankrupt, to have elected officials like Kristy Noem working for you who don’t understand Habeas Corpus. Be thankful to have the ability to purchase a 27k stripped down Bezos Shitbox instead of a nicely appointed BYD car for 15k. Enjoy that American Ford with it’s 80k price tag and it’s spun bearing Ecoboost engine!
Salute the flag with pride this Memorial day!
Dark: Irene Ryan? You are dating yourself.
Oh, and enjoy not paying taxes on cash tips you never paid anyway. How trite.
And since your employer thinks you will benefit from this, expect no raise, or better yet, a corresponding decrease in your actual wages.
Stock up on K-Y Jelly. U gonna need it. Or some Diddy Baby Oil if you can’t get that.
If Harvard, with all its clout and legal power is not able to defend itself against the dictator, there is nothing stopping this train wreck.
The fact that Fast Eddie finds humor to mock his country men and side with the dictator is truly messed up.
I am marching on No Kings day https://www.nokings.org
Who’s with me?
Greatest comeback in political history.
3:36, the big ugly bill just removed tax on silencers.
There is a bit of truth in this statement.
Fast Eddie says:
May 22, 2025 at 4:14 pm
Greatest comeback in political history.
Ya think only 20%? Allot of assumptions there.
The latest (2024) SS Trustees Report says that SS will still be able to pay about 83% of scheduled benefits when the trust fund runs out (if nothing is done). At that point, it will be a pure “pay as we go” system- current payroll taxes pay for current SS benefits.
I think the SS Trustees have the best handle on the situation.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/what-the-2024-trustees-report-shows-about-social-security#_ftn1
RFK Jr. sitting next to Trump speaking at a health commission right now. It’s awesome to see a Kennedy in this administration.
A brain dead imbecile in a position that he isn’t qualified for. A nepo-hire living off a long-dead legacy filled with criminals and scumbags. “Kennedy”
You have no idea what you are cheering for. Ignorance can be a bliss.
When the Red states come after the blue states, it’s game over for blue. They are disarmed, disabled, disconneted, and discombobulated.
The 4 D’s of the Democrats. Well, ad deceiving, so that makes five.
And when Civil war breaks out, make it 6D’s, the last one is dead.
RentL0rd says:
May 22, 2025 at 4:16 pm
3:36, the big ugly bill just removed tax on silencers.
Dark: And don’t forget after this storm, there will be another one coming, AOC Gavin Newsome, Pete Buttigieg, maybe old Bernie Sanders too, in some position. We also have that other commendable Congress woman , Jasmine Crockett , young , and oh so dumb. Maxine Waters at 86 years old, still doing what she does.
I don’t mention the Republicans, because they will be through once the midterm elections come.
We should be glad we have this wonderful, selfless, smart Democratic politicians who will save the USA come the midterms, and the 2028 presidential election. We should be proud. Oh I almost forgot, we might be able to get Elizabeth Warren for Fed Chief.
3b
There ain’t nothin’ worth a shit in the democrap party.
I’d take a classroom of toddlers to try and right this ship before it capsizes over the democrats.
They remind me of an old tree, looks nice on the outside, but completely eaten by ants in the middle. Except is is greed and corruption and narcissism that destroyed the fibers in the core of the tree.
Only one Kennedy was worth a shit.
The one that got a bullet put in his head.
And Oswald didn’t do it.
And Trump’s attempted assassination was a stunt. F’n good one gotta tell ya’
It’s amazing to watch the reemergence of America after a long period of tepid idleness. For too long, we’ve allowed the world to swirl around us as we rode on past achievements, well overdue in proving once again why we’re the greatest country in history. As the whining left transitions from micro to nano aggression, the Trump administration is demonstrating the greatness of this nation. True leadership has stepped up once again, tackling issues at a dizzying pace and steamrolling any obstacle that dares to derail it. Those that deny or resist don’t know what they don’t know and unfortunately, are doomed to circle endlessly in a fishbowl of parity.
Driven. Absolute. Nonense.
4:20 No one is coming for anyone. Please. Red State folks are lazy beyond belief. Blue states are home to some of the hardest motherfuckers on the planet. Try that shit in Irvington or Compton…. Bro.
If liberals completely controlled this country, the first constitutional amendment would be to rename the nation to: The Communal States of Transformational America.
Liberals tend to make investments in the middle class whereas the GOP is fixated on the rich. Let me know when it trickles down….
So Phoenix what you are saying, in your own way, is that “Liberals” cannot count on the support of the mentally ill…??
“Not since my uncle was president has an administration been willing to take on corporate interests in order to make the nation healthier.”
RFK Jr.
Take on Graft and payoffs to enrich themselves….
OY says:
May 22, 2025 at 3:56 pm
“Gary, Did your parents have an kids that survived?”
Did your parents have any boys, or all girls?
The level of hysteria among the Dem stooges here is off the charts. Most men would be ashamed and embarrassed to act like Joy Behar, but you guys seem to be more revved up by the day. As Marco noted when he took down the Dem senator that wants to re-import wife-beating gang members from El Salvador, your hysteria is proof that things are moving in the right direction.
OC1 – re: “I think the SS Trustees have the best handle on the situation.”
You again ignore the deficit and debt which funds these payments, it isn’t and never will be been paygo. The money was borrowed into the future and has been spent already. Guess what the trustees don’t know what a debt default looks like. But history teaches us what happens to pensioners. Greece Debt crisis? They cut to the payments to the old fogies 10 times since 2009…up to guess what 50% the number I gave you.
You think the people collecting social security over bond holders will get paid first? Not if the government wants to borrow money, the will be forced to do austerity or else…
Grandma gets the ice flow and will have to beg in the streets for food….
https://www.reuters.com/article/business/greece-may-have-to-return-billions-of-euros-over-illegal-pension-cuts-idUSKCN24F228/#:~:text=The%20Council%20of%20State%2C%20Greece's,its%2010%2Dyear%20debt%20crisis.
It shows how small you are when you are more concerned about winning over “liberals” than winning for the country.
I do say when Marco Rubio wasn’t kidding when they said they were going to do more. Revoke visas etc. Harvard’s student body is about to greatly shrink…..
“ The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, saying the school has created an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus. The move could force as many as 6,800 foreign students at the school outside of Boston — more than a quarter of its total enrollment — to transfer or leave the country”
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-sports-trump-foreign-visas-c0b1b5223053d4d9060fbe06896811e5
Trump is both an ass and an asshole. A disgustingly rich asshole playing the morons who support him like a fiddle.
You think the people collecting social security over bond holders will get paid first?
I don’t think the US is going to default on our debt.
Not sure if anyone here cares, but the ugly bill also increases remittance tax from 3.5% to 5% for all foreigners – even green card holders
https://taxnews.ey.com/news/2025-1108-new-5-percent-excise-tax-proposed-for-remittance-transfers
Given the number of immigrants who send their hard earned money to their families abroad, this can be a big whammy.
But then, they have no voice and no vote.
Default not if the Fed can continue to print and buy debt. Look we went down the Japanese road a long time ago with QE during Bernake’s time papering things over and our trading partners looking to help out buy having their Central Bank aslo buy US Debt.
For reference Bank of Japan owns around 45% of their own 9 trillion in debt…but they also own 1.1 Trillion in US Debt and are approaching a Greek style crisis in the near term.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/uncle-sam-s-biggest-creditor-faces-a-fiscal-crisis-worse-than-greece-as-its-borrowing-costs-hit-20-year-high/ar-AA1F4Iwv?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
It is Japan that is up next….we aren’t that far behind perhaps another decade or maybe less. The Congress Critters all know they will be gone before the cows come home it will be the children and grandchildren left with the debt and long term malaise it will cause.
Juice.
Boomer doesn’t care.
Chat GPT, the answer in a nutshell. Includes children and adults. This is the real problem and it’s going to get much, much worse:
To estimate how much money each individual in the U.S. would have if all money were distributed equally, we need to consider:
Total wealth in the U.S.
Total population of the U.S.
🔢 Step-by-step Estimate (as of 2024 data):
1. Total Wealth in the U.S.
According to the Federal Reserve, as of late 2023, the total household net worth in the U.S. was around:
$156 trillion
(This includes real estate, stocks, savings, etc., minus debts.)
2. U.S. Population
The estimated U.S. population in 2024 is about:
335 million people
💰 Calculation
Per person wealth
=
156
,
000
,
000
,
000
,
000
335
,
000
,
000
≈
465
,
672
Per person wealth=
335,000,000
156,000,000,000,000
≈465,672
✅ Final Answer:
If all wealth in the U.S. were distributed equally, each person would have around $465,672 in total assets.
Let me know if you’d like to break it down by adults only, or if you want a similar estimate using only liquid cash or income instead of total wealth.
The Trump administration’s decisions could affect thousands of international students who study at the university. Over 6,700 international students were enrolled at the institution last academic year, university data shows, making up 27% of its student body.
News quickly spread through the international community on campus Thursday, sparking fear and frustration among the thousands of students whose futures were suddenly in limbo.
“We’re seeing a lot of confusion on this,” Sarah Davis, an Australian student receiving a graduate degree, told BBC Newshour.
“The news has come only five days before a lot of us are due to graduate the university, and this obviously is going to have a lot of very uncertain implications for whether we’re able to stay on in the United States afterwards and keep working here,” said Ms Davis, who is president of the Australia and New Zealand Caucus at the Harvard Kennedy School.
“We’re all just sitting back and waiting to see whether or not we get communications about what the next steps are from the university.”
All these because his son couldn’t get into an Ivy.
House p0rn at its best. Check out the price history… what will it sell for?
https://www.trulia.com/home/4-deer-run-sparkill-ny-10976-55529278
Asking $2.5 mil, sold for $1.6 mil in 2017. I think it’ll sell for 2 mil even:
https://www.trulia.com/home/75-washington-spring-rd-palisades-ny-10964-32396635
Once owned by Tuesday Weld… quite the minky in her day:
https://www.trulia.com/home/21-woods-rd-palisades-ny-10964-299039242
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood
A beautiful day for a neighbor
Would you be mine? Could you be mine?
Question of the day:
Which turd are the Democraps putting up next election if there is one? I mean there is always a chance the Narcissist in Chief is going to declare himself King of America and refuse to relinquish power over the Republic of Amerikkka
There’s nothing more Marxist than magas attack to our most capitalistic.
It was very communist the way Florida attacked Disney
and now the attack on Apple.
Shameful
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7:34 AM EDT
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Big government harassment of the free market is the worst form of Marxist Communism
Very Stable Genius says:
May 23, 2025 at 7:37 am
UPDATED FRI, MAY 23 2025
7:34 AM EDT
Stock futures fall as Trump says Apple must pay tariff on iPhones: Live updates
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Trump will waive the Apple tariff if they are willing to pre-install Pegasus on all Iphones.
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Stock market today:
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide as Trump threatens Apple, EU with new tariffs
I feel like he is nuking the markets to help insiders trade. He will then flip flop and say the opposite…seems to be the winning play these days.
I am bullish as f/k this year even with a rising 10 year….fed pivot is inevitable and give me that blowoff top. Some serious money to be made in high risk this year. Prob last cycle crypto gives you life changing quick money before it is regulated to chit and becomes more stable.
So you are implying the President is a criminal?
The Great Pumpkin says:
May 23, 2025 at 8:52 am
I feel like he is nuking the markets to help insiders trade. He will then flip flop and say the opposite…seems to be the winning play these days.
Just think how much “life changing quick money” you could get if you were part of the chat group. Hehe.
The Great Pumpkin says:
May 23, 2025 at 8:54 am
I am bullish as f/k this year even with a rising 10 year….fed pivot is inevitable and give me that blowoff top. Some serious money to be made in high risk this year. Prob last cycle crypto gives you life changing quick money before it is regulated to chit and becomes more stable.
SCOTUS tells Trump, you cannot fire Powell.
That will stick in his craw all year.
Lying beech deserved it. Let go of your torment, the truth shall set you free. Oh, and guys, DNA test that kid. It’s for your own good.
A woman has described their torment after pressuring their mother to confess a family secret while on her deathbed.
Posting on the thread r/AmITheA**hole, the user, believed to be based in the US, revealed how they found out at a young age that her baby brother’s biological father was not the man who had brought him up.
Allen, the poster’s younger brother whose name has been changed for privacy, lived the majority of his life believing that George, the man who raised him from a baby, was his biological father – even after he had died.
they don’t cut payments these days. They just keep raising the retirement age. They even did it for all the teachers in NJ. Most of them have to work until 65 now. God help the parents/students dealing with a bunch of 65 year old teachers in their schools forgetting everything they were supposed to teach on a daily basis.
BRT
I don’t know. Those old fogies have hidden life skills. It might be useful for kids to learn how to use 8 tracks and typewriters.
I’ve noticed something different with the roofing crews in my area. They used to work in big crews of 10-20+ people. This spring I’m seeing mostly 4-6 people working on a roof. I bet the cost to replace a roof has gone up a lot with a tighter labor market.
re: Fed and Chairman Powell.
Is that how you read that? This was a big win for Trump it slapped down the lower court orders by federal judges.
Did you bother to even read the temporary order?
Decision is technically a temporary one, and has yet to be argued before the court, that will happen next year.
Supreme court says Trump can fire members of independent agency boards (for now).
“The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to fire the heads of two independent agencies, the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.
The vote was 6-3 with the liberals in dissent.”
It does not say anywhere he cannot fire Powell. What it does say is this temporary decision..
Kagan’s dissent includes a few lines about the Fed. “”””has no bearing on “the constitutionality of for-cause removal
protections” for members of the Federal Reserve Board or
Open Market Committee. “”””
dissent means nothing….She could write in her dissent that Trump cannot do lots of things like deport people, fire people, even detain people, but it has no effect on the courts 6-3 decision to allow the President to fire people.
If it does happen and Trump fires Powell it will probably have to work it way through the courts separately.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a966_1b8e.pdf
Let me fix that HMB.
I bet the cost to replace a roof has gone up a lot with all of the typical roofers hiding from ICE to escape deportation.
Isn’t it woderful having your country run by a vindictive asshole? I suppose, when the courts made it so he couldn’t be a complete dictator, he settled for the next best thing. mark my words, and this will not be a partisan thing. When Trump gets out of office, the world will refer to him in the same light they speak of other dictators, like Mussolini, Putin, Stalin and Mugabe. All enabled by morons who choose to ignore the damage he continues to bring on our country. Recession straight ahead. Probably will last right through the mid-terms as Trump’s knowledge of economics is akin to my expertise in nuclear physics.
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-86b27449da7d966d1105bc61bd59e1ec-lq
Trump is now threatening 50% tariffs on the EU
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14743101/donald-trump-tariffs-european-union-trade-war.html
25% tariff on iPhone.
Is Foxconn City gonna close iPhone City? Doubtful…for you see no American city can provide the workers the way China does.
Few places can meet Foxconn’s never-ending need for bio-robot workers in iPhone City. The local government steps in here enforces quotas for the number of workers that local villages and cities must provide to the iPhone factory. They even borrow works from state-owned companies who are lent workers to the factory.
Try doing that in some city in America. Wake up you lazy bums and head down to the iphone factory or we cancel your food benefits card and lower your social score so you cannot even take a train or hail a cab…..
I always say it on this blog….why would anyone sign up for teaching today? They have destroyed it.
BRT says:
May 23, 2025 at 9:05 am
they don’t cut payments these days. They just keep raising the retirement age. They even did it for all the teachers in NJ. Most of them have to work until 65 now. God help the parents/students dealing with a bunch of 65 year old teachers in their schools forgetting everything they were supposed to teach on a daily basis.
This is the truth….
“Try doing that in some city in America. Wake up you lazy bums and head down to the iphone factory or we cancel your food benefits card and lower your social score so you cannot even take a train or hail a cab…”
re: ” They have destroyed it.”
One minute you are saying NJ has the best education system in the country and the next minute you say it is destroyed.
They make a medication for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkcJEvMcnEg
Spring housing market is turning out to be a dud, as per various articles in the financial press. There are a few of those black and white new construction monstrosities piling up in my town, asking prices with a one handle as in one million and up, 20k or more a year property tax bill.
Foxconn India… New dormitory city for bio-robots to my American iPhones.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/apples-biggest-contract-manufacturer-foxconn-readies-300-acre-iphone-making-campus-in-india-with-dorms-for-30000-employees/articleshow/121332453.cms
That’s for new hires…..the existing high end teachers based on the old benefits will soon be gone. You will be stuck with teachers that are compensated like chit, and you will attract chit. Still a decade or two away.
Juice Box says:
May 23, 2025 at 10:07 am
re: ” They have destroyed it.”
One minute you are saying NJ has the best education system in the country and the next minute you say it is destroyed.
They make a medication for that.
Nj does have the best education system. It’s ranked no. 1 this year. Nj provides a good education….there are lots of good teachers here. If they keep pissing on the teachers compensation, that won’t always be the case.
Juice, how much did your house go up in value because of your local education system attracting quality buyers? You all forget that chit, real quick when you cry about nj teachers and your property taxes. You got paid to own your house because of the level your local education system put out. This level of education attracted people like you to raise your family in this nj town. You could have bought anywhere in this country, but you chose here for the quality of education and the safety of the towns along with job opportunities.
And don’t be like 3b and say nj education is avg…..for god’s sake, the competition of education at the local level is insane. And he acts like this is an avg place for a public education? Get real.
President Donald Trump appointed Elon Musk to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to reduce government spending by up to $2 trillion by July 4, 2026. However, in April of 2025, Musk announced that not only would DOGE lower its projected savings estimate for fiscal year 2026 from $1 trillion to $150 billion, but that his time allocation to DOGE would drop significantly to the extent of working one to two days per week with the department.
Enjoying the lying show Maggots?
Isn’t it woderful having your country run by a vindictive asshole?
Pelosii? Obammy? Schift? Schurmer? Cumella? Huntor? Jilll? The whole J6th committe? Commey? Lateetia? Juan Mercan?
I’d say vindictive assh0les as it was a collective effort. And who used the auto pen? It was Jill, most likely. Obammy is too weak to go that route. Hunter would’ve done it without blinking… especially at 2:00 AM after he started smoking his 3rd eight ball. Wife Jill needs to be flogged for heading the posse that rode joe like a sick mule. The guy had no idea what was going on. You thought Watergate was bad? Huhuhuhuh. This scandal is the definition of treason.
Pumpkin – My town’s school budget went from $160 million a year to $200 million a year in four short years. We had a $10 million dollar budget shortfall this year. Instead of combining smaller schools with lower enrollments they decided to raise our property taxes for schools 10%.. NJ already has the highest property taxes in the country…what is a little more?
Perhaps the issues are Trenton? The Democrats run that place. The state budget? 56 Billion a year. Where does it all go? $21.6 billion in funding for pre-K to 12 education.
K-12 state school direct aid is 11.7 Billion. The rest is for teacher benefits…9.9 Billion…
Here is the budget statement..
“The FY2025 budget provides $21.6 billion in funding for pre-K to 12 education (including $875.2 million from the Lottery Enterprise Contribution Act), an increase of $1 billion over the previous year. This includes direct payments for pension and health benefits payments for educators, representing the highest amount of School Aid funding provided in New Jersey history. “
Trump now holds the record for Executive Orders.
Enjoying the shit show?
Cumon Lib you can rant better than that.
Here is some wood for the fire..
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/trump-crypto-meme-coin-dinner
“This scandal is the definition of treason.”
No Treason is encouraging your supporters to storm the Capitol and nullify the results of an election. This resulted in the death of a cop and a maggot.
Autopen is the most nothingburger of a controversy ever made up. Ever Docusign a document? Treason? What are you smoking? Can you give me a hundredth of it?
The lies made up by maggots are really flea market variety.
Best part of the Meme Coin Dinner (and I spoke of this ages ago) is that all of the purchasers felt ripped off. None even got to speak with Trump. He gave a little thank you speech and ran off.
This is MAGA.
I suppose I don’t own my house. I signed the mortgage electronically. Life in prison?
So very very stupid.
Juice,
Did your house not pretty much pay for itself? You think everyone gets to experience that? Raise your kids in a house that pays you? You leave that part out, and it’s because of your local education system. Crazy competition in nj to get into good school districts.
How many kids you have? You not only got paid to own your house to raise your kids in, but you got away with a great education at a low cost to you. Yet, you cry about your property taxes that helped create this all for you.
You’ll be warm in the arms of the mayor of Simpleton.
Lib – DOGE is in the rear view mirror. Only way to cut that kind of meat is to kick grandma to the curb. Trump wisely wants to win the midterms so we are going to put in on the credit card so business as usual in Washington DC.
$6.8 trillion budget ending in October this year. Something like $4.1 trillion, primarily for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. $1.8 trillion for defense, education, and infrastructure and the rest nearly a Trillion in interest payments and rising..
They plan to cut something like $200 billion in spending in the latest legislation.. I would not call that fiscal responsibility, just business as usual aka more money printing and inflation.
Juice: I just have high standards for education. NJ schools on the whole are OK, and I say that not to antagonize anyone, it’s just my view having put kids through the system. From a purely academic point, I compare what I was taught in my urban Catholic grammar and high school, vs what my kids were taught, and not all that impressive, amenities wise my kids hands down had it great with various sports activities and clubs etc, but what they were taught vs what we we’re taught, I don’t think in that regard their public school education was better. Now, it just may be a function of where American public school education has changed over the last 20 plus years or so, I don’t know. But, I think for the amount of money people pay in property taxes, each year it’s not all that impressive. People scream about how great the public education is here , and then many of them send their kids to Univ Delaware , and URI, and James Madison, and even to schools in the south, and many of these states are considered to have poor public school education. If you look at the attendance make up, the majority of the students are from in state , from the same supposedly poor public schools. I never really understood that, but it is what it is. As I said, I am not bashing NJ public schools, I think on a whole they are OK, just not worth the amount of property tax money to pay for them.
I am not coming from a bad place, juice. I am just trying to highlight the impact a good education system has had on your life. We just take it for granted here.
Our investment in public education in nj is not the problem. In fact, it has been the best investment with our tax dollars by a mile. I don’t know what happens with all the other money, but it’s not a waste when it comes to education, it is an investment.
DOGE: It is par for the course, the tribe formerly known as the democrats have gone from debate to assassination attempts… sometimes successfully as noted in two attempts on Trump’s life and the tragic murders of that young Jewish couple.
If murder isn’t feasible, let’s just destroy and burn things since the left’s ideas are always doomed to failure. What makes them even angrier is that they have just enough brains to know their thinking is flawed but not quite smart enough to know they’re mentally ill.
Musk is a genius, a successful entrepreneur creating things most people can’t even fathom. Political violence doesn’t figure when it comes to logic; therefore, being subjected to the unhinged activities of the mentally ill is new territory. But, since Musk is rational and intelligent, he quickly surmised that he’s got priorities way beyond the intentions of half-dead liberals so, he pulled back the reigns and refocused on the things he does best: creating tangible things that will benefit s0ciety.
He’ll watch the leftists destroy themselves from afar, there’s no reason to get involved with their circus which will infect his project plans. He has quickly realized that violence has replaced debate and wants no part of it. It’s a real life demonstration of those who make, create and produce compared to those who take, abuse and destroy. So, though the intentions of DOGE are loooong overdue, he doesn’t want to have his head bashed in to make the cause.
See, lefties… this is logic, common sense and rational thinking vs. unhinged, mental illness and irrational actions.
Pumps – re: “Did your house not pretty much pay for itself?”
Huh? I have paid for my house out of my own pocket. Each and every month I pay thousands of dollars in taxes and interest. None of that goes towards the principal. Yes my house has increased in value.
You think when I sell it will be some kind of windfall? It’s break even at best after all the money I have poured into the house to keep it going. I will probably have to invest allot more in the next few years.. If I sell in a few years after my kids are out of school. I might clear some change to buy a double wide out in the desert somewhere that is after NJ takes a last bite with an exit tax.
Ever Docusign a document?
Plenty of them. But some must have been signed by someone else because I don’t recall taking out loans and signing vehicles over to someone. Geez, can you imagine of someone forged the President of the United State’s signature to pardon people or formalize executive orders?
Show me one example where auto pen was used in a nefarious manner. You can’t it’s an absolute nothing burger, but when Trump is screwing up left and right, you have to come up with something I get it. It’s just stupid like everyone appointed by Trump himself.
Stupid like Apple Intelligence too, who is doing a wonderful job with this dictation.
I might’ve been nice when I mentioned Mussolini earlier, in the company of Trump. At least he made the trains run on time. Trump has made the train run off the tracks.
re: “Show me one example where auto pen was used in a nefarious manner.”
On his way out the door President Biden issued blanket pardons for his brother James and his wife, Sara, his sister Valerie and her husband John Owens, and his brother Francis Biden too.
There was no application for these pardons…There was no pardon review, it was signed by the AutoPen. Then Biden had to balls to issue a statement saying ” acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt ”
Sorry but Pardons do not erase guilt….
Try roofing whiner.
The Great Pumpkin says:
May 23, 2025 at 9:59 am
I always say it on this blog….why would anyone sign up for teaching today? They have destroyed it.
Lib – Here is Optimus Biden in his prime…
https://x.com/amuse/status/1925474905794949553/photo/1
There is some truth here.. Yeah, the pen thing is dopey except for the fact that Biden is and was brain dead. I don’t think you were in that condition Lib when you signed your mortgage documents electronically.
Fast Eddie says:
May 23, 2025 at 10:49 am
Isn’t it woderful having your country run by a vindictive asshole?
Pelosii? Obammy? Schift? Schurmer? Cumella? Huntor? Jilll? The whole J6th committe? Commey? Lateetia? Juan Mercan?
I’d say vindictive assh0les as it was a collective effort. And who used the auto pen? It was Jill, most likely. Obammy is too weak to go that route. Hunter would’ve done it without blinking… especially at 2:00 AM after he started smoking his 3rd eight ball. Wife Jill needs to be flogged for heading the posse that rode joe like a sick mule. The guy had no idea what was going on. You thought Watergate was bad? Huhuhuhuh. This scandal is the definition of treason.
Best part of the Meme Coin Dinner (and I spoke of this ages ago) is that all of the purchasers felt ripped off. None even got to speak with Trump. He gave a little thank you speech and ran off.
Grifting the grifters.
Sorry but Pardons do not erase guilt….
No, they do one better.
They eliminate any chance of prosecution.
The mob now runs the government.
Before they would have just wacked each other.
Now we just have legalized criminals.
Too bad the Dems and Repukes can’t just put hits out on each other.
Hehe
It’s just stupid like everyone appointed by Trump himself.
That Buttagig, Mayorkis and Bacerra were visionaries! Does Buttagege still breast feed? Hey, has anyone seen Llyod Austen? And how about that Sam Brinteen dude… um… chick… um… whatever. When “it” wasn’t tending to nucuuler waste, “it” was stealing dresses from people’s luggage at the airport. And you gotta admit, that Rachel Laveen person was a real looker!!
3b,
We just returned from afternoon tea at The Dome. What a great building. Very impressive. Hopefully we‘ll visit there one more time before going home on Tuesday.
And you gotta admit, that Rachel Laveen person was a real looker!!
Maybe not.
But maybe the best person for the job since they didn’t sleep with someone to get it.
It’s a bit late in the day for morning wood.
Does your other head get any blood at all?
If a proven traitor signs a document feigning patriotism can a future president nullify it? I mean that’s worse than an autopen and there is no precedent.
When “it” wasn’t tending to nucuuler waste,
Reminded me of this classic:
https://youtu.be/z8Q-sRdV7SY?t=68
Do you know where Trump might do really well? Naming menu items at Jack-in-the-Box.
USS Amerikkka is headed into uncharted waters without an escort….
RentL0rd says:
May 23, 2025 at 12:01 pm
If a proven traitor signs a document feigning patriotism can a future president nullify it? I mean that’s worse than an autopen and there is no precedent.
Trump used auto pen too. I suppose he should be up for treason as well? Maga is a party of vindictive and mentally retarded, cry babies. You’re all a bunch of Fox News parakeets who can’t think of anything themselves and all think their shit smells like roses. In the coming months, you will all see how stupid you’ve been.
How are those wars going?
Jack Tapper and all those slugs are writing books now on the epic decline of slo joe when they knew all along the guy was a vegetable.
These muppets should write a book called, “The Art of the Grift.”
Just like Ronald Reagan.
What POTUS threatens and penalizes great American companies that employ millionsof Americans?
Ours.
THIS is MAGA!
“Dad, sign this.”
“What is it?”
“Don’t worry about it, it’s for the American people.”
“The Mexican Eagle? Do we need to raise taxes?
“Dad, just sign… it’s all good.”
“Well, I hope Paul Wood appreciates it. Is he in my cabinet?”
So when is Putin and Zelensky meeting? Last Thursday? This Thursday? Every Thursday?
Trump calls his promise to end the Russia-Ukraine war on Day One ‘an exaggeration’
THIS is MAGA!
Another day. Another empty promise. Sold to a country full of supporters with empty brains.
Reagan vs. O’Biden
That’s like the Baltimore Ravens vs. The Sacred Heart Academy.
Putin and Zelensky in the same room?
Never going to happen..
How are those wars going?
Great! The liberals are getting pummeled.
Not really. They are just not in power.
Trump will be in Dirty Jerzy this afternoon and perhaps the whole weekend.. Avoid Bedminster….
The only thing getting pummeled is the US credit rating.
Rich liberals will survive.
Ask Zelensky, he needs 109 billion and has to kidnap a bunch of males to throw on the front line
Hold the typewriter people are grandfathered in at 55. Im required to go to 60. The people behind me are 65.
Mortgages are 7%. Your dollar is losing value every day. Higher Education is being threatened and talented immigration disincentivized or banned. The President is manipulating markets based on bad policy and ideology.
This is not a good road we are walking down
BR T, I didn’t know you were a senior citizen. I guess I’m not the only old geezer on here.
And Pat Priest was hot
Pat Priest’s mother was Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Pick up a 1957 one dollar silver certificate and you’ll see her signature. Pat Priest is 88 and still going. Though, as a youngster, Beverley Owen lured me in. lol.
But make no mistake about it; Julie Newmar in the cat girl outfit was the absolute best. She was a dream! Not even Barbara Eden topped it.
The more you know⭐️
Lib:12:11 Much of your comment could be assigned to the Democrats as well. You used to know that
Merchant ship runs aground feet away from house.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8nk279ydyo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D
This is where young Ukrainian men are instead of fighting for their country. I should be sending my money to Ukraine while their own men are out sailing the open seas. Go get him Zelenskyy and send him to the Russian Front.
The watch officer of a large container ship that ran aground and crashed into a garden in Norway has told police he was asleep at the time of the incident.
Investigators said the man, a Ukrainian national in his thirties, admitted to falling asleep while on duty on his own.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e6jp6z6lgo
A hat tip to HMB for finding an Ukrainian deserter. I did the easy part.
Hehe.
Sometimes when you are wacking the thing for your boyfriend you get hit in the face with the spooge. 😂
Donald Trump campaigned last year on reversing what he called the “Green New Scam,” but Republican senators now must grapple with the reality behind the slogan: cutting hundreds of billions of dollars of clean energy subsidies that are flowing to their own states.
HMB found one.
😂
BRT says:
May 23, 2025 at 1:06 pm
Ask Zelensky, he needs 109 billion and has to kidnap a bunch of males to throw on the front line
Point Pleasant was absolutely empty, no traffic going in at 6 when I was leaving either. Got right into Point Lobster. Empty tables left and right. When I lived in Monmouth County, Friday of Memorial day was huge at the shore. Traffic jams all around.
Recession is here.
I would not be surprised. It’s all gonna stall out.