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I am growing weary of claims that AI is supporting the economy. As I see it, the economy is being floated on a big fat glob of debt--humongous glob of debt. It will end poorly, IMO.
Saw one cross my TV for the first time, today.
A completely AI Generated commercial with an AI version of Gov Shapiro talking about his own corruption.
It reminded me both of why I hate AI generated images/video and why I have learned to hate politics.
The ONE thing we though we could trust this Administration with was to not screw us over on energy costs... and they went ahead and proactively screwed us over on energy costs.
Just so we could be governed by Big Tech and a foreign country.
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So We're Running This War (CLIP)- Tucker Carlson
My conversation with @TuckerCarlson is now up on Patreon, Substack, and YouTube. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to watch now.
We're still waiting on all of that deflation that Miran was trying to convince us of a year ago.
He's one of the reasons that the GOP is in election trouble, right now. They dismissed the inflation in 2025 and that drove bad Fed Policy choices...which allowed for more inflation.
Yeah... it couldn't POSSIBLY be an entire year of shit policy, blatant corruption, degradation of their own 2024 coalition, or the resulting destructive consequences...
🚨 NEW: Fox’s @bdomenech just said the quiet part out loud: Trump’s been OUTWORKING the GOP’s midterm candidates!
“Frankly, he’s making a better case for their election in many instances than they are making for themselves.”
“He has been out there campaigning for them as hard as you can possibly go. He’s running late into the night, and he’s starting over the next day, and the energy level is huge.”
“I think that at the end of the day, if Republicans end up losing this race, they can blame history, they can blame the climate, but they can’t blame the President. I think the President has been out there, you know, having their back and making, quite frankly, a better case for their election in many instances than they are making for themselves.”
Phillies/Orioles...
I'm glad I got to see it when it happened because the O's haven't been back since and it took the Phils another 25 years to phinally win it.
This election involves the choice of Communism at home vs Blowing up shit across the globe...
Both of these paths will ultimately come home to roost via violence.
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God bless y'all.
If you actually see this, we probably ain't gonna make a difference, but we can at least sleep at night. Heroes.
Godspeed.
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One more thing on this topic, all the green energy and nuclear power in the world is not gonna drive a truck across a country until that truck is electric and charging from a supercharger. Until that happens, diesel is the only way objects move around the world once they make it off the boats and trains.
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Up for a chill afternoon at the community pool? The noise, natural gas odor and awesome view guarantee a good time.
@TravisREMindset
@UnicusResearch
Well, this popped up on my feed... and if you're too young to know MTV's Alternative Nation, this is where the latter half of Gen X spent our teen years... of course, with the ageless @KennedyNation :
youtube.com/watch?v=8tbu0bii…
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Inflation up, gold down, Spanish pop and a midnight run through the straits of Hormuz with @TgMacro on his Macro Dirt podcast: youtu.be/qkvup-an2fM?is=OZbk…
It's always good to see @pboockvar in a long form conversation:
youtube.com/watch?v=XwKIWGS3…
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Inflation is Still the Problem
Rational Dissent Episode 014
Post-COVID structural shifts like deglobalization and tariffs have permanently eliminated the cheap goods deflation that previously offset services inflation, leaving the U.S. settled in a 3% inflation world where a 5% nominal growth rate justifies matching 5% interest rates.
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Available on YT, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction: Inflation Reality vs. Consensus
02:22 Nominal GDP Framework and 5% Yields
06:36 Core PCE, China, and the End of Goods Deflation
11:15 Protectionism, Tariffs, and the BYD Example
15:02 Why We Are Stuck in a 3% Inflation World
23:38 Rising Inflation Volatility and Remote Work
28:13 Monetary Policy: Why the Fed Must Focus on Nominal GDP
32:37 Closing Remarks
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While at Texas, Steve McMichael filled in at kicker and went 8/10 on extra points and 2/3 on field goals. Then he won a Super Bowl, joined the Four Horsemen, got ejected from Wrigley Field by Angel Hernandez for calling him blind, and made the Hall of Fame. That’s a career.
