August 12, 2015
Illusion of Prosperity: The More I Listen to Donald Trump...
I can't speak for others, but the more I listen to Donald Trump the more I realize just how infectious his words are.
And when I say infectious, I don't mean irresistible and compelling in a rapidly spreading influence over me sort of way.
I mean his words give me nausea and fatigue, in a rapidly spreading influenza into me sort of way.
If only it was just influenza. Not only is the USA currently the world leader in Covid-19 deaths by a very wide margin, but we also have unemployment at historical levels, a massive increase in our national debt, and justifiable national civil unrest possibly not seen since the 1960s. Making America Great Again? Seriously?
If Trump intended “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” to ease tensions and de-escalate the civil disorder, I’d say that his strategy has failed miserably. Of course, that’s not what he probably intended his words to do. As always, I strongly suspect that he intended his words to be infectious.
Let that sink in. Sigh.
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. - John Stuart Mill, 1867
Newsletter: New Home Sales Decrease to 657,000 Annual Rate in January
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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: New Home Sales
Decrease to 657,000 Annual Rate in January
Brief excerpt:
The Census Bureau reported...
2 hours ago