rdragsdale.bsky.social
rdragsdale.bsky.social
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What podcasts do you listen to between episodes of The Purple Stuff @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social @sludgecentral.bsky.social ?
March 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Pretty much says it all.

Trump is a diminished old man who has outsourced all of his power to an unelected, South African billionaire.
February 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Still hard to believe we voted for fascism with unemployment at 4.2%, the strongest performing economy in the rich world, & inflation, at 2.4% PCE in Nov 2024, closer to target than 85% of the months since we established it in 2012: bsky.app/profile/mcop.... Verily, a marvel of political economy.
Here's each G7 country's cumulative increase in real GDP per capita, since just before the pandemic:

🇺🇸 +9.4%
🇮🇹 +6.5% (thru Q3)
🇯🇵 +3.1%
🇫🇷 +1.8% (thru Q3)
🇬🇧 -1.1%
🇩🇪 -1.9% (thru Q3)
🇨🇦 -2.0% (thru Q3)
February 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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An ex-NY Times columnist and Ivy League grad interviewed a billionaire about how he, the world’s richest man, and several other billionaires helped another billionaire/Ivy League grad/real estate mogul world defeat an HBCU grad to reclaim the most powerful office in the world.

The headline:
November 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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NYT:

Biden “facing significant opposition,” 78-16.

Trump “again coasting,” 65-31.
February 28, 2024 at 2:11 AM