Just How Stupid Are They?

[abbey1227]

This F'n stupid...........

MoneyWise
63% of Americans support the idea of new stimulus checks to combat hot inflation — and these states are stepping up to offer relief. But will it work?

[merh]

I got my California gas rebate card..
From a fricken NY bank.
Apparently they get $7 for me to transfer the funds to my bank because the closest bank to me is 300 miles away in Arizona.

[abbey1227]

Nov 10, 2022 15:20:27 GMT merh said:

I got my California gas rebate card..
From a fricken NY bank.
Apparently they get $7 for me to transfer the funds to my bank because the closest bank to me is 300 miles away in Arizona.

Hey, they all gotta get their cut.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. All of this stimulus and student loan and welfare is just going to be on the tab of the next several generations. Guess who put them all back in chains? 

[merh]

KFC has apologised after sending a promotional message to customers in Germany, urging them to commemorate Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken.

The Nazi-led series of attacks in the country in 1938 left more than 90 people dead, and destroyed Jewish-owned businesses and places of worship.

It is widely seen as the beginning of the Holocaust.

The message, heavily criticised for its insensitivity, was later blamed on "an error in our system".

The fast food chain sent an app alert on Wednesday, saying: "It's memorial day for Kristallnacht! Treat yourself with more tender cheese on your crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!"

Around an hour later another message was sent with an apology, according to the Bild newspaper.

"We are very sorry, we will check our internal processes immediately so that this does not happen again. Please excuse this error," the message is reported to have said.

Germany takes the 9 November anniversary of Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass) seriously, with numerous memorial events and discussions scheduled to reflect the Nazis' murder of more than six million Jewish people.

Daniel Sugarman, Director of Public Affairs at the Board of Deputies of British Jews described the original KFC message as "absolutely hideous".

Dalia Grinfeld, the associate director of European affairs at the Jewish NGO Anti-Defamation League, tweeted: "How wrong can you get on Kristallnacht KFC Germany. Shame on you!"

In a statement issued to Newsweek magazine, KFC Germany blamed the message on a bot.

The fast food chain said the "automated push notification" was "linked to calendars that include national observances".

It added that it "sincerely" apologised for the "unplanned, insensitive and unacceptable message" and said app communications had been suspended while an examination of them takes place.

"We understand and respect the gravity and history of this day, and remain committed to equity, inclusion and belonging for all," the company finished by saying.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63499057

Blame it on the bot...

[permutojoe]

Idn't it funny how decades of trickle down economics with large sum socialist giveaways to the rich are all fine and dandy. Let's keep doing that.
But a few thousand bucks given to the middle class and poor are suddenly crashing our economy. Is anyone really buying this??

[Prometheus]

Nov 10, 2022 22:55:45 GMT permutojoe said:

Idn't it funny how decades of trickle down economics with large sum socialist giveaways to the rich are all fine and dandy. Let's keep doing that.
But a few thousand bucks given to the middle class and poor are suddenly crashing our economy. Is anyone really buying this??

Abbey buys it. He's one of those "too big to fail" supporters no matter what words actually come out of his mouth.

[merh]

Nov 11, 2022 0:48:24 GMT Prometheus said:

Nov 10, 2022 22:55:45 GMT permutojoe said:

Idn't it funny how decades of trickle down economics with large sum socialist giveaways to the rich are all fine and dandy. Let's keep doing that.
But a few thousand bucks given to the middle class and poor are suddenly crashing our economy. Is anyone really buying this??

Abbey buys it. He's one of those "too big to fail" supporters no matter what words actually come out of his mouth.

Don't call it Trickle Down.
He hates that term.

[merh]

The same federal judge dismissed Trump’s suit in September

TEXT:

(Bloomberg) -- Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers who accused Hillary Clinton and dozens of other people of engaging in a conspiracy to harm his reputation were sanctioned by a federal judge who excoriated them for filing a “frivolous,” politically motivated lawsuit.

Alina Habba, one of Trump’s most outspoken attorneys, and other lawyers involved in the case were ordered Thursday to pay $50,000 to the court and $16,274 in legal fees and costs to one of the defendants, Democratic political operative Charles Dolan, who was involved in Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

"The rule of law is undermined by the toxic combination of political fundraising with legal fees paid by political action committees, reckless and factually untrue statements by lawyers at rallies and in the media, and efforts to advance a political narrative through lawsuits without factual basis or any cognizable legal theory,” wrote US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks in West Palm Beach, Florida.

“It should be no surprise that we will be appealing this decision.” Habba said in a statement.

Middlebrooks, a Bill Clinton appointee, dismissed Trump’s suit in September, calling it a “manifesto.” The judge was even harsher in his ruling on Dolan’s motion for sanctions, saying the failings of the lawsuit were “basic and obvious” and that the lawyers’ conduct was “willful, not simply negligent.”

“Thirty-one individuals and organizations were summoned to court, forced to hire lawyers to defend against frivolous claims,” the judge wrote. “The only common thread against them was Mr. Trump’s animus.”

Trump’s suit repeated many of his grievances over the FBI’s 2016 investigation into whether his presidential campaign was colluding with Russia to influence the election that year, alleging the entire probe was the result of a Democratic-led conspiracy to undermine his presidency and tarnish his reputation. Along with Clinton, he named former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, Clinton Campaign Chair John Podesta, British intelligence ex-agent Christopher Steele and many others.

Clinton and other defendants are also seeking sanctions against Trump and his lawyers. That group filed a joint motion for fees and costs totaling more than $1 million. The judge hasn’t ruled yet on that request.

Middlebrooks noted in his ruling Thursday that the many flaws in Trump’s complaint, filed in March under the civil version of a racketeering law normally used against organized crime, were correctly highlighted by Clinton in her motion to dismiss the suit. But when Habba amended the suit in an effort to address its shortcomings, she merely added irrelevant detail and new defendants, the judge said.

“This cannot be attributed to incompetent lawyering,” Middlebrooks wrote. “It was a deliberate use of the judicial system to pursue a political agenda.”

Trump and Habba have repeatedly attributed rulings against them to a broader effort by allegedly partisan judges to unfairly punish the Republican in court. Habba previously asked Middlebrooks to recuse himself from the suit because he was appointed by the lead defendant’s husband -- a request the judge denied.

The case is Trump v. Clinton, 22-cv-14102, US District Court, Southern District of Florida.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/trump-lawyers-sanctioned-by-judge-over-clinton-conspiracy-suit#xj4y7vzkg

[abbey1227]

Nov 11, 2022 2:15:55 GMT merh said:

Don't call it Trickle Down.
He hates that term.

We've had 2+ years of Trickle Up...........how's the economy doing?

[permutojoe]

Nov 11, 2022 2:15:55 GMT merh said:

Nov 11, 2022 0:48:24 GMT Prometheus said:

Abbey buys it. He's one of those "too big to fail" supporters no matter what words actually come out of his mouth.

Don't call it Trickle Down.
He hates that term.

I seem to recall an article written by some pedantic right wing freak about how "trickle down" and "supply side" were two completely different things.  But both involved large money giveaways to the rich.  So maybe once one fails for 50 years, we should switch over to the other.  

[abbey1227]

Nov 11, 2022 2:23:05 GMT permutojoe said:

Nov 11, 2022 2:15:55 GMT merh said:

Don't call it Trickle Down.
He hates that term.

I seem to recall an article written by some pedantic right wing freak about how "trickle down" and "supply side" were two completely different things.  But both involved large money giveaways to the rich.  So maybe once one fails for 50 years, we should switch over to the other.  

I've supported doing away with ALL forms of govt welfare.

Can't say I've ever had much support on that, though. Too many useless dependents around.

[permutojoe]

Nov 11, 2022 2:36:33 GMT abbey1227 said:

Nov 11, 2022 2:23:05 GMT permutojoe said:

I seem to recall an article written by some pedantic right wing freak about how "trickle down" and "supply side" were two completely different things.  But both involved large money giveaways to the rich.  So maybe once one fails for 50 years, we should switch over to the other.  

I've supported doing away with ALL forms of govt welfare.

Can't say I've ever had much support on that, though. Too many useless dependents around.

I think you just need to pull up your depend(ent)s, old man.  

[abbey1227]

Nov 11, 2022 2:57:37 GMT permutojoe said:

Nov 11, 2022 2:36:33 GMT abbey1227 said:

I've supported doing away with ALL forms of govt welfare.

Can't say I've ever had much support on that, though. Too many useless dependents around.

I think you just need to pull up your depend(ent)s, old man.  

Where's my assistance?

[permutojoe]

Nov 11, 2022 3:07:14 GMT abbey1227 said:

Nov 11, 2022 2:57:37 GMT permutojoe said:

I think you just need to pull up your depend(ent)s, old man.  

Where's my assistance?

IDK.  Can you put bootstraps on a diaper?

[Prometheus]

Nov 11, 2022 2:15:55 GMT merh said:

Nov 11, 2022 0:48:24 GMT Prometheus said:

Abbey buys it. He's one of those "too big to fail" supporters no matter what words actually come out of his mouth.

Don't call it Trickle Down.
He hates that term.

True. He prefers "supply side economics."

Same shit. Different wrapper.

[abbey1227]

Nov 11, 2022 3:22:45 GMT permutojoe said:

Nov 11, 2022 3:07:14 GMT abbey1227 said:

Where's my assistance?

IDK.  Can you put bootstraps on a diaper?

That's sorta what I figured........they got those tapettes on the side. It's self-contained and fairly self explanatory.

[merh]

Nov 11, 2022 2:19:07 GMT abbey1227 said:

Nov 11, 2022 2:15:55 GMT merh said:

Don't call it Trickle Down.
He hates that term.

We've had 2+ years of Trickle Up...........how's the economy doing?

Really?

I have seen a bunch of Congress dragging its ass.
Manchin & Sinema holding everything up.

[merh]

Nov 11, 2022 13:21:34 GMT abbey1227 said:

Nov 11, 2022 3:22:45 GMT permutojoe said:

IDK.  Can you put bootstraps on a diaper?

That's sorta what I figured........they got those tapettes on the side. It's self-contained and fairly self explanatory.

Those things rip off pretty easy, at least back in the 90s when my kid was in huggies 

[merh]

Nov 11, 2022 2:23:05 GMT permutojoe said:

Nov 11, 2022 2:15:55 GMT merh said:

Don't call it Trickle Down.
He hates that term.

I seem to recall an article written by some pedantic right wing freak about how "trickle down" and "supply side" were two completely different things.  But both involved large money giveaways to the rich.  So maybe once one fails for 50 years, we should switch over to the other.  

Trickle-down economics is a term used in critical references to economic policies that favor the upper income brackets, corporations, and individuals with substantial wealth or capital. In recent history, the term has been used by critics of supply-side economics. Whereas general supply-side theory favors lowering taxes overall, trickle-down theory more specifically advocates for a lower tax burden on the upper end of the economic spectrum.

Technically there is a difference, but in real world practice it always seems to be the old Horse & Sparrow game.

It worked do well for Liz Truss.

[permutojoe]

So supply side is tricke down + buying votes from a portion of middle class voters who don’t know any better. Makes sense.