Jon Stewart makes the case for Dems holding the line in Trump's shutdown warfare
Why shutdown?
Showing posts with label American economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American economy. Show all posts
Monday, October 6, 2025
Jon Stewart on Trump's US shutdown
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Viva dying Las Vegas: collapse
- Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys, "Viva Las Vegas"; Discovery Globe - Life Documentary; Seth Auberon, CC Liu (eds,), Wisdom Quarterly
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| To win, read this before gambling in Sin City |
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Trump's rollercoaster market: down, up
Don't get 'yippy,' stop trying to go through walls, be flexible says Trump before reversing himself
Trump Suddenly pauses his tariffs, White House spin in full effect, quizzing MAGA fans in Florida
- Ebullient markets crash next day after over correction: We went too high, so we dropped again. What does anyone expect from a "rollercoaster"?
- ABC News: Taking another dive, market slips
LIVE NEWS: Stocks surging, 90-day tariff pause announced by Trump on his version of Twitter except for more tariffs on China
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Trump's tariff tirade is tanking economy
Trump’s tariff tirade continues, Houston fans mad at Ted Cruz and Elon calls Trump advisor a moron
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Dear Mr. Trump 'n Pres. Elon (Bill Maher)
(PBS NewsHour) Protestors join more than 1,000 rallies across the US against Trump’s policies
Los Angeles and Pasadena had massive turnouts for Hands Off! April 5th peaceful demonstrations and protests, with many clever signs and a great show of solidarity. That is only two of over 1,000 simultaneous actions across the country and other parts of the world. Trump is launching a trade war, and no one is happy about it.
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| I can't stand Musk almost as much as Trump |
- "Hands Off!" (handsoff2025.com) protests are taking aim at Trump and Elon Musk. This follows on the heels of
- "Tesla Takedown" (teslatakedown.com) protests have happened in cities around the country in opposition to Elon Musk's DOGE work.
- There used to be an Occupy Movement (occupy.com) before it was infiltrated, co-opted, and neutralized to a ghost of an operation
- Nationwide protests on April 5th draw thousands of Americans to streets
- Tesla stock sales slide after nation turns on Elon Musk's work on DOGE
Protesters are calling for Tesla owners to sell their stock and cars.
#TeslaTakedown - Berkeley : Indybay - Some owners have seen their vehicles vandalized.
- Tesla's stock price taken a hit this month and some shareholders told BI they want to sell their shares.
- Criticism of Elon Musk has spilled out from the virtual walls of social networks and into the streets.
- Tesla Takedown and Not My President rallies this weekend
- #TeslaTakedown - Berkeley, California: Indybay
Hands Off! our government and veterans' benefits, Trump and Musk
Meanwhile, some Tesla owners have said they have faced insults or vandalism amid the Musk criticism. Participants of the protests have called for a boycott of the EV giant in response to Musk's involvement with the Trump administration and DOGE's efforts to decrease the size of the federal workforce.
The "Tesla Takedown" effort started on BlueSky, a competitor to Musk's X platform, and now has a dedicated website. The site calls for Tesla owners to sell their vehicles and stock in an effort to "stop Musk now."
The website's organizer (teslatakedown.com), "Bill & Ted" actor and filmmaker Alex Winter, wrote in a Rolling Stone op-ed that demonstrations have happened at over 100 Tesla showrooms and other locations. Tesla owner and shareholder David Abrams told Business Insider he's heard about multiple protests but wasn't aware of the "takedown" effort specifically. More
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Anti-Trump protests: Hands Off! (LIVE)
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| They're the men we love to hate, the comical and nearly fascist leaders of a dying nation |
(New York Post) Anti-Trump DC protesters hold 'Hands Off' rally with rest of USA: LIVE
Imagine a map of at least 1,000 Anti-Trump and Musk events being planned across all 50 states for Saturday, April 5, 2025.
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What they're saying: "This is a nationwide mobilization to stop the most brazen power grab in modern history," the movement's website said. "Trump, Musk, and their billionaire cronies are orchestrating an all-out assault on our government, our economy, and our basic rights — enabled by Congress every step of the way." More: What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests
What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests
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| "Hands off my benefits..." 3/14/25 (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA/LightRocket Images via Getty Images). |
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| My PR firm said US would love me. It's shocking |
It's real and interactive (created by Kavya Beheraj for Axios) and shows a significant concentration in the Northeast, West Coast, and Rust Belt as part of the new Hands Off! Movement (handsoff2025.com). Events planned outside the U.S. are not shown.
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| We have to arrest vandals who did these things and deport them to prison or capitalism is at risk. |
The nationwide Anti-President Trump Movement "Hands Off!" is expected to be the largest single-day protest this Saturday since the Orange Menace entered office. Why it matters:
The Trump administration's wide-reaching and ground-shaking policies have mobilized a varied cross section of Americans affected by political, economic, social and legal changes.
I'm here to Make Israel Great Again (MIGA). - "This is not just corruption," the Hands Off! website says. "This is not just mismanagement. This is a hostile takeover."
- By the numbers: More than 1,100 rallies, visibility events, and meetings were scheduled in all 50 states as of Wednesday (April 3, 2025) afternoon.
- Organizers said they had gotten nearly 250,000 RSVPs as of March 29.
The latest: White House Garden tours scheduled for Saturday were postponed to Sunday in anticipation of D.C. protests, First Lady Melania Trump said on Thursday.
R'n'r for freedom? Support brave journalism - State of play: Protesters are rallying against several Trump administration policies, including its handling of Social Security benefits, layoffs across the federal workforce, attacks on consumer protections and anti-immigrant policies and attacks on transgender people.
- The protests are also against Elon Musk's involvement in the federal government via DOGE — after he's already faced a wave of [vandalism and] demonstrations at Tesla dealerships worldwide via the #TeslaTakedown movement.
- The Hands Off! demonstrations will occur at state capitals, federal buildings, congressional offices, and city centers.
- Dozens of advocacy organizations are partnering to support Saturday's action, including the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research, Declaration for American Democracy, the Human Rights Campaign, Indivisible and Planned Parenthood.
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| Two out of two women agree, these sh*ts suck |
- AS TV, 4/5/25; New York Post (LIVE coverage, April 5, 2025); April Rubin, Axios, April 3, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Friday, March 28, 2025
1st US trooper lands to invade Greenland
🔴 LIVE: US Vice President JD Vance arrives in Greenland amid takeover talk
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| We want to start other wars and don't have time for yours, Little Man, so how about that? |
- Next stop? Panama Canal, Super-Southern Florida
- The Sun, March 28, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Monday, March 10, 2025
ICE detention for all: Last Week Tonight
ICE detention: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens, on Facebook like your mom would, on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news, or visit the official website for all that other stuff at once: hbo.com/lastweektonight
Friday, February 28, 2025
Buy Nothing Day: economic boycott
"Economic blackout" is planned for Friday, Feb. 28, 2025
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| Stick it to The Man! (Make him wait a day) |
(KTLA 5) Feb. 26, 2025: KTLA's uber-nerd and slightly-spazzy David Lazarus reports on plans for a grassroots U.S. economic boycott this Friday.
Monday, December 2, 2024
Criminal Biden, criminal Trump, Elon
Republicans outraged over Hunter Biden pardon, Trump and Elon’s Thanksgiving a wacky pick to lead FBI
If only the Buddha taught about money
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| The Buddha did teach about money, how to manage and grow it, in the Sigalovada Sutta below. |
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| Temu.com has this cute wall decoration for my home decor (Emotional Pain Chart) |
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| How much haul of merchandise piles up. |
That was the first bill. Then began Black Friday wargames at the mall. Who knows what moves me. It's not emotions.
Today is Cyber Monday, so it's time to order what I really wanted but didn't find elbowing people in person. I can track it down and order online. Delivery guys in shorts need the work. It's alright.
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| Do marketers use our emotions to sell us on things, claiming we sell ourselves with their help? |
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, when I allay my guilt at overspending and running up credit card charges (personal debt) I can't afford by spending more on giving money away. I call it philanthropy, charity...snacking. Dieting makes me crazy. I gave at the office, my home office, when I was trying to order shoes.
If only the Buddha taught about money
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| How our gold is chipped away |
The Buddha advises how to use money to become safe and rich. In a simple formula, one's money should be divided in four and spent to make more money, ensuring the future: Gather riches like bees who work pick up pollen. Riches grow like a termite hill suddenly piling up. Gathering wealth in this way, a householder has enough for family and holds on to friends. That wealth is divided into four equal parts:
- The first portion is to enjoy here and now.
- The second is used to pay off debts.
- The third is used to purchase inventory.
- The fourth is set aside as savings for times of trouble.
- Did the Buddha really care about money? As Prince Siddhartha, he was born rich and influential because his homeland, Kapilavastu (at the foothills of the Himalayas in a part of the range known as the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan not Nepal), was on the Silk Route. Many rich and powerful kings befriended him. His greatest lay-devotee was known as the millionaire (Anathapindika, Sudatta the Banker, his foremost male patron and supporter), who was worth so much money that he was a kind of Mansa Musa. The Buddha also had the great Ven. Sivali, foremost in receiving alms due to his previous store of skillful karma of giving dana. So money (gold, silver, cattle, fields, servants, property) was no object, and the Buddha had no love or need of it, having renounced all such worldly things, but his supporters loved it. So he taught them about making merit (punya) so they would always have all they needed.
Avoid wasting money
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| Well, I'm not really wasting money. I'm actually saving more the more I buy. The ad says so. |
[A penny earned is a penny saved seems to mean that we make as much money by not spending money as by earning it. Save up. How?] One is advised to avoid the “Six Drains on Wealth.”
“What six drains on wealth does one avoid? (“Drains on wealth” is apāyamukha, literally “openings for departure.”) This is emphasized since a good person wants as an heir to be a proper steward and not squander away the family fortune.
According to the Buddha, habitually engaging in the following things is a drain on wealth:
- consuming intoxicants like alcohol (beer, wine, liquor);
- roaming the streets at night;
- frequenting parties and festivals;
- gambling;
- bad friends (companions);
- laziness.
Alcohol?
The most common phrase in Pali for alcoholic beverages lists three items. Surā is brewed from grains and yeast (Bu Pc 51:2.1.2), meraya is made from sugars, fruits, or flowers (Bu Pc 51:2.1.4), and madya is a catchall term. Together they correspond with a modern classification of the potent drinks “beer, wine, and liquor.” See also Manu 11.94, Arthaśāstra 2.25, Suśrutasaṁhitā 1.45, Amarakośodghāṭana 3.6.
There are six drawbacks of drinking alcohol. Habitually tossing back beer, sipping wine, or guzzling liquors that cause intoxication causes problems like: (1) loss of wealth, (2) quarrels, (3) illness, (4) disrepute, (5) indecent exposure, (6) and weakened wisdom (liquid ignorance). More
- The Buddha sees a young person performing useless rituals and asks then teaches useful behaviors in their place. This becomes the most detailed sutra (DN 31) on lay Buddhist morality and ethics (suttacentral.net).
- DN 31: Siṅgāla Sutta (Kelly, Sawyer, Yareham) translation
- Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly
Monday, November 25, 2024
Surviving Thanksgiving (The Daily Show)
Leslie Jones, Michael Kosta, and Chef Desi Lydic help you survive Thanksgiving | The Daily Show
Friday, November 8, 2024
ANGER: Black woman says US is racist
Hate is good? War, what is it good for?
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| How can you smile at a time like this, woman? |
Would that we had the power to say to the aggrieved, "Don't not hate, do not seethe." The poison we take does not harm another. Look at the "Anger Eating Demon," who feeds on hate, who delights in seeing fair opponents become rabid enemies. (Rabies isn't good to have for the biting dog who has it). Of course we understand the sentiment. It is easy to see the folly in others, almost impossible to see it in ourselves. What does it help to hate? Rally, riot, argue, protest, or anything, but hate? It is self-defeating.
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| Man, when will people wake up? |
Sure Trump lies, but we don't fall for it. The Deep States lies, and we fell for it hook, line, and sinker, believing Genocide Joe Biden was an answer to the problem of Trump or that a campaign losing professional named KD Harris had half of what it would take to defeat a liar and a movement based on those lies. (It's not like he's going to do all that he says; he's a liar, after all, and he gets by on lying, telling people what they want to hear, giving hope the way a con man gives it: with nothing but regret in return).
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| The Dictator has no clothes and little hair. |
So be at ease at heart. Rally, fight, protest, oppose, but seeing "enemy" status setting in, relax. Back away. What does a demon want other than for people to hate? Demons delight in hating. Look around. Other people are remaining sane while seeing what we're all seeing. If they can do it without coming down with the disease that is hate (dosa), so can we. A smart opponent is far stronger than a hateful one who expends all energy on negativity and harm.
O, what's your complaint?
America chose Donald Trump. I'm not surprised.
MSNBC, like Fox News, slants the truth
AOC has gone mainstream D
This is the Giggler we're mourning? How will Maya
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