I wasn’t going to write today after sitting in front of the telly with CNBC on all morning, watching the stock market drop, drop, drop, and then drop some more. But hey, I’m a big boy so I’ll pull my pants back up and ramble for a few. No, Donnie, I’m not feelin’ the ‘liberated’ vibe and any way you try to spin it, you thinking you are a stable genius causes me to shite my trousers from my excessive laughter regarding your idiotic tariff stunt. I read a little bit ago that it appears the formula used to decide the tariff for each country was possibly developed by an artificial intelligence chatbox called Grok, which was developed by Elon Musk’s X formerly known as Twitter. I have read interviews and seen interviews with economists who have been asked if they have ever seen the formula that the White House presented for making the tariff calculations. Not a single economist had ever seen that formula before. Even right-wing leaning economic think tank folks are shaking their heads calling it “malpractice,” “embarrassing,” “shocking.” David Beckworth, an economist with the Mercatus Center, a right-leaning think tank said, “This has to be one of the biggest unforced economic policy errors in US history.” I guess the reason I laughed so hard to cause a poo-poo was on the list of entities affected by the new tariffs are Heard Island and McDonald Islands, an Australian territory in the Antarctic that is not inhabited by humans and had zero trade with the United States last year. Oh, they do have a population of penguins. however. Remember that word kakistocracy (government by the shittiest) that I mention about every other week? This is one more example.
On a positive note. How about that 25 hour filibuster speech by Cory Booker, breaking the record set by that racist Strom Thurmond 68 years ago? Wow, 25 hours with no food or bathroom breaks. He said he didn’t eat any food for the three days before the speech and didn’t drink anything for 24 hours before. I only provide you with that important knowledge, because it seemed like every interview with him after the event, he was asked, “how did you go that long without eating or taking a pee break?” The speech took aim at Thump and Musk over policies that he said show a “complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution and the needs of the American people.” The Dems may have found the next party leader
While the markets were getting hammered today what do you suppose the Donald was doing? He got on Air Force One and headed out to Miami, Florida so he could watch some golf this afternoon at the LIV golf tournament and then attend a dinner at the golf course and then on to Mar-a-Lago for another weekend of golf on our dime. My retirement is going to s**t, but I still have to pay for his recreation every weekend. Sheesh.
Anyhoo, it’s getting time to watch the Blazers game and wash my sorrows down with a double martini or two. Have a great evening and remember what Maya Angelou said regarding this storm. – It will eventually run out of rain.
Mountain Man Musings 