So I hope everyone has a happy Labor Day no matter what you do with your holiday today.

I'm playing catch up here but hope you all had a great Labor Day. I've been busy with my big spatula working to flip a large chunk of Texas for y'all Democrats. You're welcome.

Later in the day, I was busy swimming and drinking alcohol. Work hard/play hard.

Happy Labor Day! :)

I think the food supply is similar.

"Who among us ever gave a single thought for the workers who produce toilet paper before this year? And yet suddenly they were at the forefront of the fight against the Corona virus (mostly due to rampant panic-buying for no particular reason)."

There is a particular reason that has been largely ignored. There are two distinct markets for T.P. - one is the home, the other the workplace. The supply chains are different and so is the product (think home vs work T.P. and T.P. dispensers). A high percentage of daily US excretion typically takes place at work or school. Suddenly workers and children are staying at home! Pooping rates remain roughly the same. Home supplies of T.P. run out quickly and grocery stores can't keep up with increased home T.P. demand. At the same time, supplies of workplace T.P. pile up in warehouses and janitor closets. It takes a long time for the free market to re-jigger the supply chains.

I haven't seen any hard numbers, but the hypothesis makes sense. Here's a non-pay-walled reference:

https://www.usatoday.com/money/

Where is the healthcare? Not from the Deathocrats.

As always, YOU show YOUR lame ass. I made no mention of any political party whatsoever. YOU are the one constantly complaining about Sanders and Warren and AOC selling out to Big Money rather than stamping out those $201 donations with YOUR stupid, out-of-date website.

What makes you think that someone that is pointing that some people are being screwed would be saying that other people should also be screwed?

The way YOU framed YOUR question.

That says a lot about how YOU think.

Actually, everything you say leads to the inevitable conclusion that YOU think in a very disordered way. In addition, it's easy to conclude that YOU think Drumpf should win re-election which will only lead to worse outcomes for those you pretend to care about.

YOU ask a lot of questions, but never answer any.

Are you a Russian troll?

Do you flip burgers for a living?

Did you not get a danger bonus?

Is ODd not generating enough income for you?

Do you not know how the google works?

Are you suggesting that that unemployment benefits should be less to create equity with danger bonuses?

Why are you allowing this situation to exist?

Where is our Little Money Messiah?

this one seems up your alley...

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/the-last-time-a-contested-election-tore-the-country-apart.html

I just don't see Trump's path to an Electoral College squeaker victory this time around. Just where is he going to get the votes?

Elizabeth Miller wrote,

Why are congressional Democrats fighting to eliminate the SALT cap which would be, essentially, a big tax break for the rich! Granted, other Democratic tax policies promise to have the opposite impact but why open themselves up to legitimate cries of hypocrisy and political opportunism!?

That SALT cap affects a lot more of the middle class than you apparently realize. Middle class Americans in Blue States, I might add. Um, "political opportunism?" What's opportunistic about correcting Trump's big "fuck you" to the blue States? I'd remind you that many blue States contribute more in Federal taxes than they get back. The excess goes to a lot of red States such as Mitch Mcconnell's Kentucky, as CW pointed out in these pages.

You know how to be safe and you'll teach your kids how to be safe; take all of the precautions and I will be thinking of you and hoping that all goes well.

(1) Trump didn't get any real post convention "bounce."

(2) Post-Kenosha polling indicates rising crime isn’t actually a “win” for the sitting president.

(3) It will be hard for Trump to make new attacks on Biden stick when the electorate trusts the Democrat’s word over his.

(4) Biden is outspending Trump 10-to-1 on television ads — and has the war chest to keep the aerial bombardment going indefinitely.

(5) Absent further fiscal aid, the economy is likely to get worse between now and Election Day.

Now Elizabeth, the author does conclude, So there you have it. Ironclad proof that America is probably not about to reelect an authoritarian kleptocrat. And when I say Donald Trump probably is not going to win an election, you can take that to the bank (where the teller probably won’t accept it), so feel free to keep worrying. (Like wild horses could keep you from worrying haha)

i'm scared shitless, i can't lie
-robin williams, live at the met

Good luck with that!

Take good care and stay safe!

Well, the weather was lousy here so no lounging poolside without the pool.

And, I learned some distressing news about the Democratic leadership in Congress and, it seems, Biden, too.

Why are congressional Democrats fighting to eliminate the SALT cap which would be, essentially, a big tax break for the rich! Granted, other Democratic tax policies promise to have the opposite impact but why open themselves up to legitimate cries of hypocrisy and political opportunism!?

When will Democrats finally, at long last, put a stake in the heart of the Republican cult of economic failure!? As it stands, now, the current president is being allowed to make his case on the economy with impunity. I hope that ends and fast!

And very much to the point of Labor Day from its beginning: labor, that is work by men and women that can't be postponed or automated or abolished, is absolutely essential to society as a whole, and should be celebrated by society for that reason.