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   Re: Here's who's buying panic rooms and    
   16 May 24 23:06:36   
   
   XPost: alt.security.alarms, alt.home.repair, alt.politics.democrats   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns, sac.politics   
   From: redds@work.usa   
      
   On 16 May 2024, "max headroom"  posted some   
   news:v25qnb$1oj9t$2@dont-email.me:   
      
   > In news:v23s4a$1b7a6$1@dont-email.me, Bob F    
   > typed:   
   >   
   >> On 5/15/2024 7:50 AM, Scout wrote:   
   >>> "Richard"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:20240515.070054.aaa3b050@erienetworks.net...   
   >>>> In  Frank wrote:   
   >>>>> On 5/14/2024 2:12 PM, ðŸËoŽ Mighty Wannabe âÅ" wrote:   
   >>>>>> Frank wrote on 5/14/2024 12:11 PM:   
   >>>>>>> On 5/14/2024 9:18 AM, ðŸËoŽ Mighty Wannabe âÅ" wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Scout wrote on 5/14/2024 7:28 AM:   
   >>>>>>>>> "ðŸËoŽ Mighty Wannabe âÅ"" <@.> wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>> news:iNp0O.3481$ifn.1768@fx05.ams1...   
   >>>>>>>>>> Frank wrote on 5/13/2024 10:28 AM:   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Then your favorite DA will reduce felonies to misdemeanors   
   >>>>>>>>>>> except in the case of Trump where a small misdemeanor is   
   >>>>>>>>>>> tried as a felony.   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>>> In most countries in the world, inciting an insurrection to   
   >>>>>>>>>> usurp power is a high crime punishable by hanging.   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>> Well in most countries in the world you would actually need to   
   >>>>>>>>> engage in an insurrection to be charged much less convicted of   
   >>>>>>>>> it.   
   >   
   >>>>>>>> The fat weasel is too cunning to personally engage in an   
   >>>>>>>> insurrection riot. I was watching all the news channels on   
   >>>>>>>> internet on and around Jan 6. I have watched his speech on   
   >>>>>>>> GAB.com and at the White House. I am sure the fat weasel would   
   >>>>>>>> be guilty of summoning and inciting the insurrection mob to   
   >>>>>>>> riot at the Capitol to usurp power by force, by any   
   >>>>>>>> international standard.   
   >   
   >>>>>>> TDS has no borders.Ã, Tell us what you like about your   
   >>>>>>> leader.Ã, I bet you love him.   
   >   
   >>>>>>> BTW Trump looks leaner these days.   
   >   
   >>>>>> Our leader has become a spineless weasel blindly following Uncle   
   >>>>>> Sam's marching orders. His father should be rolling in his grave.   
   >>>>>> I might stop voting Liberal in future elections.   
   >   
   >>>>> So now you know that we have the same type leader in Biden. Most   
   >>>>> know it but many are blinded by TDS.   
   >   
   >>>> Biden is not a leader though. He's a stooge being pushed along by   
   >>>> Obama retreads.   
   >   
   >>> Let's put it this way... in all of Joe's political history about the   
   >>> only thing he can point to as his achievements was getting elected   
   >>> to office.   
   >   
   >>> He has been, is and will be nothing but an empty suit that follows   
   >>> the mandates of the DNC.. not the American people.   
   >   
   >> Other than overseeing the survival of thousands from covid, restoring   
   >> USA economic growth after tRump crashed the economy, raising income   
   >> for hundreds of thousands of American workers, rebuilding /America's   
   >> infrastructure, setting the lowest unemployment rates in 50 years,   
   >> actively bring manufacturing back, .........   
   >   
   > The Spin: Americans Are Getting Poorer While Prices Keep Going Up   
   >   
   > Americans' real weekly earnings dropped sharply in April and still   
   > remain well below their level when President Joe Biden first took   
   > office, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).   
   >   
   > Real average weekly earnings fell to $1,191.93 in April, declining by   
   > 0.4% in the month and 4.8% compared to the start of Biden's term in   
   > January 2021, according to data calculated by the Daily Caller News   
   > Foundation from the BLS. Prices have risen over 19% since Biden first   
   > took office and 3.4% in the last year, degrading the value of   
   > Americans' wages.   
   >   
   > The decline in earnings is also due in part to a decrease in the   
   > average number of weekly hours worked, which fell from 34.9 in January   
   > 2021 to 34.2 in April, according to the BLS.   
   >   
   > Real wages have been degraded due to persistently high inflation under   
   > Biden, which was measured in April at 3.4% year-over-year after   
   > peaking at 9% in June 2022.   
   >   
   > The average number of hours worked per week has declined because   
   > employers are resorting to cutting hours and shifting to part-time   
   > jobs to offset the increase in costs and slack in business conditions.   
   > Gross domestic product measured just 1.6% in the first quarter of   
   > 2024, representing a major slowdown in the growth of the U.S. economy.   
   >   
   >   Average hourly earnings rose again in Apr but fell in real terms as   
   >   inflation outpaced wage growth; here you can see how wages have   
   >   rocketed higher since Jan '21, but fallen significantly after   
   >   adjusting for inflation - you got a raise, but it buys you less:   
   >   pic.twitter.com/XtyTxvsFhm   
   >   
   >   - E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) May 15, 2024   
   >   
   > Biden has repeatedly claimed that he has brought inflation down,   
   > falsely telling CNN and Yahoo Finance that the inflation rate was 9%   
   > when he took office when it was really around 1.4%. Immediately   
   > following that claim, Biden falsely asserted that "the pay for the   
   > jobs are outpacing the inflation rate that they're   
   >  paying."   
   >   
   > The president also touted on Wednesday that "inflation has fallen more   
   > than 60%" from its peak. While the inflation rate has decelerated   
   > around 62% from its peak, inflation has not fallen, and the rate   
   > continues to fail to come close to the Federal Reserve's target range   
   > of 2%.   
   >   
   > The number of people employed in part-time positions because of poor   
   > business conditions or they could only find part-time work increased   
   > by 161,000 in April compared to the previous month, according to the   
   > BLS. Around 1 million more people held part-time jobs in April   
   > compared to the previous year, while the number of people employed in   
   > full-time jobs declined by 557,000 in that same time frame.   
   >   
   > In accordance with rising costs and shrinking wages, the cumulative   
   > amount that Americans are holding in savings has declined in recent   
   > months, totaling just $671 billion in March, compared to over $1   
   > trillion the year before. Credit card delinquencies greater than 90   
   > days have also risen substantially in the past several quarters as   
   > Americans look for ways to finance through the increase in costs and   
   > the loss of income.   
   >   
   > Persistent inflation and low growth have worried some economists that   
   > the economy is entering a period of stagflation, which wreaked havoc   
   > on the wages and purchasing power of consumers in the 1970's and   
   > 1980's.   
   >   
   > Biden has also repeatedly claimed that inflation is being fueled by   
   > "corporate greed" through companies marking up prices to squeeze   
   > consumers. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco disproved this   
   > claim by pointing out that corporate markups tracked closely with   
   > other economic recoveries following the COVID-19 pandemic.   
   >   
   > Persistent inflation poses a major issue for Biden's 2024 presidential   
      
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