The biggest trade in 2020 was betting in the spring on how severe the Covid pandemic would be.
The people who bet that it would be over quickly and relatively painless were catastrophically wrong but made a fortune anyway!
No
go on?
tapping the "people underestimate how many of our society's elites are motivated not by self-interest, but by sadism" sign
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Not mentioned here — during talk of Issa's legacy — is his being one of the richest members of Congress along with having criminal allegation baggage. As noted here: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201... 1/4
Dem would be heavily favored yes, but still a lot of uncertainty. Check out the video!
BREAKING: The national average price of diesel has seen its largest single day price increase ever recorded- rising 22.3c/gal today, beating the previous largest daily rise of 22.2c/gal on 3/4/22, according to GasBuddy data. The average for diesel is up 71.4c/gal vs a week ago.
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If you're wondered why Darrell Issa is retiring from Congress and what it means for his congressional seat, you can hear expert local San Diego political reporters break it down here:
the biggest coverup of the biggest scandal in Presidential history
records from three additional interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexual assault were "incorrectly coded as duplicative"? oh for sure, definitely passes the smell test
the thing about this is that it would make a huge chunk of New Yorkers who consider free curb space to store their cars to be an inalienable right absolutely nuclear-level lose their shit, but also that group of people voted 95% for cuomo or sliwa anyway
Trump take gas
Trump take job
the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics
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HUGE payrolls miss, wow
Feb Payrolls -92k vs +55k est/+130k prev
2m net revision -69k
Unemplomyent 4.4% vs 4.3% est/4.3% prev
Avg hourly earn YoY +3.8% vs +3.7% est+/3.7% prev
Jan Retail sales MoM -0.2% vs -0.3% est/0.0% prev
Control group est MoM +0.3% vs+0.3% est/-0.1% prev
Trump take job
madness
It's amazing what it says about income inequality that the math on this proposal actually works.
Point/Counterpoint This War Will Shut Off 20% of the Global Petroleum Supply for A Month and Send the Economy into a Stagflationary Tailspin vs. No It Won’t Published: March 26, 2003
its gotten dramatically worse over the last 15 years but its always been an expensive city yes
How does the San Diego affordability crisis intersect with local cities running budget deficits? Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe broke it down for us on our last episode www.youtube.com/shorts/PADAH...
Worse than the worst War on Terror drone strikes. By innocents killed, worse than multiple of the worst drone strike errors combined.
health of a society is inversely proportional to how badly you need a dashcam in it
I'll be there at the one in San Diego
The next No Kings is March 28th.
March against war. March for impeachment. March to Abolish ICE. March for universal healthcare. March for trans rights.
Whatever you want on your sign, we can all come together and give a real clear data point on what needs to happen in this country.
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
