i think it's a question of expectations. RFKJ is already on record as an anti-vaxxer and general kook. jayapal has had fewer prior incidents that would indicate she might be a bit cray-cray, so she gets held to a higher standard.

JL

Israel's shift regarding Tlaib, whose parents are Palestinian immigrants to the U.S. and who has close relatives in the West Bank, came hours after Israel banned her and Omar, ...'
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/16/751674684/israel-says-it-will-grant-visa-to-rep-rashida-tlaib-reversing-earlier-ban

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/19/robert-kennedy-jr-racist-antisemitic-xenophobic-views

By the way, Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet album was produced by none other than Bruce Fairbairn, original member of my favourite band of all time, PRiSM. An album that featured this personal BJ favourite!

I love, love, LOVE that idea!

Yeah, like I can somehow “unread” [13] that I just read.

has anybody considered calling biden JBJ (joseph biden junior) as a campaign strategy? it hearkens back to LBJ and invites a favorable comparison - as the former VP of a highly charismatic and world-changing president, as a legislative expert who got things done in the face of insane opposition, as a guy who (although both had some foreign policy missteps) was widely disliked for no real objective reason.

he could sell the moniker by touring with another JBJ, jon bon jovi (who has already done events for him). okay, all done... just a little speculative campaign brainstorm. carry on, as you were, etc. etc.

JL

Yeah, but I'd be OK with any definition you prefer. Go ahead and define it as "The rate prices happen to be currently rising" or define it as "Blowing balloons up". But that wouldn't change the incontrovertible fact that raising the ratio of money in circulation to GDP will always create price inflation by raising demand while holding GDP constant.

The level of ignorance on the subject of inflation would justify a law forbidding anybody to ever use the word without one of the two necessary qualifiers, of either 'Monetary' or 'Price'.

That’s Milton Friedman‘a definition but not necessarily anyone else’s…

"Inflation falls yet again" only when you mis-define it.

The historical definition of the word 'inflation' was always something to the effect of 'expansion of the money supply', which was understood to mean raising the ratio of amount of money in circulation relative to the amount of goods and services available in the marketplace (aka GDP).

Doing that always results in rising price levels caused by inceasing demand. while holding supply constant.

The problem with Bidenomics creating a false definition for the word is, it obfuscates the true cause of the problem and pretty much eliminates any chance of ever achieving a realistic cure.

I wish there was a bidenpollwatch segment here!

Why is Joe Biden's job approval rating so low among the voting public?

Why are 66% of people saying that it would be a disaster or setback if Joe Biden were to be re-elected when 'only' 54% say the same thing about Donald Trump?

A bad omen about things to come?

did you click the other end of that link? it's pretty funny, but i have no idea what if anything it has to do with president obama.

hair stylist est 2025

the hell?

JL

The southern states, which the Democrats have seemingly written off as a "Lost Cause", are suffering the worst consequences of the record heat. This is instead a "lost opportunity" to highlight the GOP's "distract 'em with culture wars" governing strategy.

I agree wholeheartedly that the Democratic Senators who are making "Supreme Court ethics" a talking point are to be acknowledged. Democrats need to keep this in the news as much as possible, also tying it to the abortion, affirmative action, and student loan forgiveness decisions.

'The strategy will bolster Democrats’ message heading into 2024. And it’s a sign that Democrats think the long-term political fight over the high court will ultimately shake out in their favor.

“Think of a boxing match. If you don’t fight the first round, you can’t win the match,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the lead sponsor of the ethics bill.'

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/19/democrats-supreme-court-ethics-boxing-match-00107059