Dale Dermott
@ddermott.bsky.social
Type 2 diabetic into nutrition and exercise, plus astronomy, Ireland, Palestinians, travel, solar power, investing, and many other things. Curiosity!
The USA has spent @$1 billion dollars bombing Yemen over the past six weeks, a country whose average citizen lives on $10/day. None of this spending has been approved by Congress.
Imagine how much $1 billion could improve the lives of Yemenis.
Imagine how much $1 billion could improve the lives of Yemenis.
May 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The USA has spent @$1 billion dollars bombing Yemen over the past six weeks, a country whose average citizen lives on $10/day. None of this spending has been approved by Congress.
Imagine how much $1 billion could improve the lives of Yemenis.
Imagine how much $1 billion could improve the lives of Yemenis.
Reposted by Dale Dermott
WATCH: Israel is accelerating plans to split the West Bank in two — cutting off the north from the south with military zones and settler roads.
Follow @mondoweiss.net for more.
Follow @mondoweiss.net for more.
April 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WATCH: Israel is accelerating plans to split the West Bank in two — cutting off the north from the south with military zones and settler roads.
Follow @mondoweiss.net for more.
Follow @mondoweiss.net for more.
Mainers aren't convinced. Seen in Portland Maine.
April 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Mainers aren't convinced. Seen in Portland Maine.
As homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem runs a department that is in charge of our nation’s security.
On Sunday night, the following ítems were stolen from her at a DC restaurant: passport, department security badge, $3,000 in cash, driver’s license, medication, apartment keys & blank checks.
On Sunday night, the following ítems were stolen from her at a DC restaurant: passport, department security badge, $3,000 in cash, driver’s license, medication, apartment keys & blank checks.
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
As homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem runs a department that is in charge of our nation’s security.
On Sunday night, the following ítems were stolen from her at a DC restaurant: passport, department security badge, $3,000 in cash, driver’s license, medication, apartment keys & blank checks.
On Sunday night, the following ítems were stolen from her at a DC restaurant: passport, department security badge, $3,000 in cash, driver’s license, medication, apartment keys & blank checks.
The stock market crashed 5% on Friday; 10% the last two days. Amid the economic turmoil, President Trump decided to go golfing. Tonight he'll hold a $1 million per person fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.
“He’s at the peak of just not giving a f*ck anymore, " a White House official told reporters.
“He’s at the peak of just not giving a f*ck anymore, " a White House official told reporters.
April 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The stock market crashed 5% on Friday; 10% the last two days. Amid the economic turmoil, President Trump decided to go golfing. Tonight he'll hold a $1 million per person fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.
“He’s at the peak of just not giving a f*ck anymore, " a White House official told reporters.
“He’s at the peak of just not giving a f*ck anymore, " a White House official told reporters.
Reposted by Dale Dermott
CHAPPELLE, in 2017:
Bring jobs back from China? “For what? So iPhones can be $9,000??? ..
(via QCap) $AAPL $NKE
Bring jobs back from China? “For what? So iPhones can be $9,000??? ..
(via QCap) $AAPL $NKE
April 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
CHAPPELLE, in 2017:
Bring jobs back from China? “For what? So iPhones can be $9,000??? ..
(via QCap) $AAPL $NKE
Bring jobs back from China? “For what? So iPhones can be $9,000??? ..
(via QCap) $AAPL $NKE
Reposted by Dale Dermott
Quit freaking out. Remember that in 10,000 B.C., when America had ZERO international trade, a family could afford a house like this on a single income.
April 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Quit freaking out. Remember that in 10,000 B.C., when America had ZERO international trade, a family could afford a house like this on a single income.
Reposted by Dale Dermott
Israel killed at least 112 Palestinians in Gaza over the past 24 hours.
Airstrikes hit 3 schools sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, killing 33 — mostly women and children.
Since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, it has forcibly displaced over 280,000 Palestinians.
Airstrikes hit 3 schools sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, killing 33 — mostly women and children.
Since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, it has forcibly displaced over 280,000 Palestinians.
April 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Israel killed at least 112 Palestinians in Gaza over the past 24 hours.
Airstrikes hit 3 schools sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, killing 33 — mostly women and children.
Since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, it has forcibly displaced over 280,000 Palestinians.
Airstrikes hit 3 schools sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, killing 33 — mostly women and children.
Since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, it has forcibly displaced over 280,000 Palestinians.
Reposted by Dale Dermott
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
So much for Republicans being pro-business. When you don't believe in truth, you don't care that tariffs are hitting the U.S. stock market harder than anywhere else in the world. Trump isn't pro anything except himself.
April 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So much for Republicans being pro-business. When you don't believe in truth, you don't care that tariffs are hitting the U.S. stock market harder than anywhere else in the world. Trump isn't pro anything except himself.
Everton's new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. 52,888 capacity.
February 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Everton's new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. 52,888 capacity.
A bit of context. The percentage of U.S. government employees is half the size that it was from the late 1940s to the early 1970s, which were some of the richest, high-growth years in the nation's history.
February 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A bit of context. The percentage of U.S. government employees is half the size that it was from the late 1940s to the early 1970s, which were some of the richest, high-growth years in the nation's history.
Manchester City sign a young Egyptian teammate of Mo Salah to bolster their attack. Marmoush ranks high among European strikers.
January 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Manchester City sign a young Egyptian teammate of Mo Salah to bolster their attack. Marmoush ranks high among European strikers.
There’s a saying in journalism that there are no new stories, only new reporters.
Journalism: an eternal cycle of repetition with minor variations.
Simon Kuper
Life & Arts Columnist
Journalism: an eternal cycle of repetition with minor variations.
Simon Kuper
Life & Arts Columnist
January 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There’s a saying in journalism that there are no new stories, only new reporters.
Journalism: an eternal cycle of repetition with minor variations.
Simon Kuper
Life & Arts Columnist
Journalism: an eternal cycle of repetition with minor variations.
Simon Kuper
Life & Arts Columnist
David Moyes just wasn't good enough for Everton and West Ham. But look at the dismal decline at both clubs since he left. Only Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have coached more EPL games. Glad to see him named an OBE.
January 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
David Moyes just wasn't good enough for Everton and West Ham. But look at the dismal decline at both clubs since he left. Only Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have coached more EPL games. Glad to see him named an OBE.
Does he even have a clue? If Trump's wish for Canada to be a U.S. state came about, our divided country would suddenly leave Republicans as a small minority. Canada would become the largest U.S. state and get 50 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Divided government solved!
January 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Does he even have a clue? If Trump's wish for Canada to be a U.S. state came about, our divided country would suddenly leave Republicans as a small minority. Canada would become the largest U.S. state and get 50 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Divided government solved!
Donald Trump has vowed to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America." What's next? Perhaps renaming California as Trumpistan?
January 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Donald Trump has vowed to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America." What's next? Perhaps renaming California as Trumpistan?
National debt increases
Two terms
Barack Obama $7.7 Trillion 64%
George W. Bush $4.2 Trillion 73%
Ronald Reagan $1.6 Trillion 161%
Bill Clinton $1.2 Trillion 29%
One-term
Donald Trump $6.7 Trillion 33%
Joe Biden $4.7 Trillion 17%
George HW Bush $1.2 Trillion 43%
Jimmy Carter $209 Billion 30%
Two terms
Barack Obama $7.7 Trillion 64%
George W. Bush $4.2 Trillion 73%
Ronald Reagan $1.6 Trillion 161%
Bill Clinton $1.2 Trillion 29%
One-term
Donald Trump $6.7 Trillion 33%
Joe Biden $4.7 Trillion 17%
George HW Bush $1.2 Trillion 43%
Jimmy Carter $209 Billion 30%
December 27, 2024 at 4:13 PM
National debt increases
Two terms
Barack Obama $7.7 Trillion 64%
George W. Bush $4.2 Trillion 73%
Ronald Reagan $1.6 Trillion 161%
Bill Clinton $1.2 Trillion 29%
One-term
Donald Trump $6.7 Trillion 33%
Joe Biden $4.7 Trillion 17%
George HW Bush $1.2 Trillion 43%
Jimmy Carter $209 Billion 30%
Two terms
Barack Obama $7.7 Trillion 64%
George W. Bush $4.2 Trillion 73%
Ronald Reagan $1.6 Trillion 161%
Bill Clinton $1.2 Trillion 29%
One-term
Donald Trump $6.7 Trillion 33%
Joe Biden $4.7 Trillion 17%
George HW Bush $1.2 Trillion 43%
Jimmy Carter $209 Billion 30%
A new generation of Guinness drinkers are “splitting the ‘G,’” an online trend in which drinkers gulp Guinness with the hopes that the horizon between the stout and the foam falls in the middle of the “G” on a branded pint glass.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/d...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/d...
Why Everyone Is Drinking Guinness
Guinness, the beer of Irish pubs and Irish men, has endeared itself to chug-happy Americans eager to “split the ‘G.’”
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:32 PM
A new generation of Guinness drinkers are “splitting the ‘G,’” an online trend in which drinkers gulp Guinness with the hopes that the horizon between the stout and the foam falls in the middle of the “G” on a branded pint glass.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/d...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/d...
The last vestiges of Portland Press Herald reporters in their old building on Congress St. The building is now the Press Hotel.
#PortlandMaine #typewriters #newspapers
#PortlandMaine #typewriters #newspapers
December 3, 2024 at 2:17 AM
The last vestiges of Portland Press Herald reporters in their old building on Congress St. The building is now the Press Hotel.
#PortlandMaine #typewriters #newspapers
#PortlandMaine #typewriters #newspapers
Art Cashin was the single best explainer of #WallStreet over the past 50 years. He didn't have a #computer or smartphone. And yet, he KNEW what was going on.
He never used a #creditcard. Why? If you do, they know when, where, how much, and what you drank.
#ArtCashin, died today at age 83.
He never used a #creditcard. Why? If you do, they know when, where, how much, and what you drank.
#ArtCashin, died today at age 83.
December 2, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Art Cashin was the single best explainer of #WallStreet over the past 50 years. He didn't have a #computer or smartphone. And yet, he KNEW what was going on.
He never used a #creditcard. Why? If you do, they know when, where, how much, and what you drank.
#ArtCashin, died today at age 83.
He never used a #creditcard. Why? If you do, they know when, where, how much, and what you drank.
#ArtCashin, died today at age 83.
An elegant, powerful voice for #Palestinians in the late 20th century. A professor of literature at #ColumbiaUniversity. #Orientalism (1978) a must read.
December 2, 2024 at 2:24 PM
An elegant, powerful voice for #Palestinians in the late 20th century. A professor of literature at #ColumbiaUniversity. #Orientalism (1978) a must read.
