1)
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Businesses Report Inflation Is Taking Wrench to Their Cash-Strapped Customers
Dollar stores are reporting softened demand and increased financial stress among their lower-income consumers, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Some businesses say their customers are spending less money toward the end of the month and more focused on purchasing from cheap store brands, according to the WSJ. Dollar General said in a December earnings call that its best-performing category in its last quarter was its “value valley” aisle, which offers $1 products, the WSJ reported.
The Democrats’ Immigration Mess
Two explanations are popular among Democrats for why Donald Trump won: voters are racist and voters (wrongly) blame their economic insecurity on mass immigration.
In a post-election autopsy at The New York Times, correspondent Miriam Jordan admitted that Americans’ immigration attitudes have shifted “to the right,” but argued that this is borne not of intelligent analysis but of a spell cast by a demagogue. Jordan quoted Rodrigo Garcia, a “Mexican American” who was taken in by “Trump’s forceful rhetoric.” “I feel like there should be a certain limit of the people that come into America, instead of just letting everyone come in,” Garcia said.
New fees for Kentucky electric vehicle owners begin Jan. 1
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The beginning of the new year means some new laws go into effect for Kentuckians. Starting January 1st, ownership fees for electric vehicles will increase by 5%.
MORE
Commentary: The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique
Barack Obama had long been rumored as the catalyst for the 2020 Biden nomination — and thereafter played the whispering puppeteer behind the subsequent lost Biden administration years.
As such he and his coterie proved the virtual architects of the Biden administration, one of the most unpopular and failed presidencies in American history.
A DUI he'll remember the rest of his life
ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - Police in Georgia said a drunken driver has been hospitalized after he was shot and beaten following a crash.
Fucking dope fiends...
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (WSMV) - A woman is facing charges after her friend allegedly found her slumped over a sink with an unresponsive child in Hopkinsville on Monday morning.
MORE
Well, it looks like recess is over
BLANCHARD, Okla. (KFOR) — Blanchard Public Schools says an elementary school student fired a student resource officer’s gun while they were on the playground on Friday afternoon.
The student reportedly fired the gun into the ground while it was still in the officer’s holster. No one was injured as a result of the incident.
UPDATE:
Investigators now believe a school resource deputy’s gun was in its holster attached to the deputy’s hip when it fired off a shot on Blanchard Elementary School’s playground last week, and may have not been touched by students at all.
Your Wednesday Morning Florida Report
A Florida mother is facing child neglect charges after cops allegedly discovered a loaded gun atop some Disney DVDs in the living room entertainment center that was easily within reach of kids.
MORE
Going for the big bucks
ST. LOUIS – Two men are facing felony charges after being caught trying to steal a utility transformer from a power pole in north St. Louis Monday.
Police were called to the area of Bremen Avenue and North 23rd Street for reports regarding the destruction of property.
-bogsidebunny
Who throws out perfectly good steaks?
A newborn calf that was abandoned inside a dumpster in the freezing cold now has another chance at life.
Mike Lloyd made what he thought was a routine trip Nov. 13 to take his trash to the dump in South Boston, Virginia, but it was a trip that turned out to be anything but ordinary, WDBJ reports.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
The Old Ways: Winter Skills Used By Our Elders
Winter in Appalachia can be harsh, but the people of the region have developed unique survival hacks over generations. In this video, you'll be introduced to some of these time-tested techniques and learn how to stay warm and safe when the weather turns cold.
Gallup’s Gun-Ownership Data is Pure Fiction
Gun ownership rates haven’t changed much since the 1960s, Gallup pollsters would have you believe. Gun ownership is actually two points lower today than it was in the 60s, the polling giant claims.
According to Gallup, gun ownership data has been roughly the same for more than 60 years: 44% of Americans admit they have a gun in their home, but only 30% admit the gun is theirs and 14% say the gun isn’t theirs.
Republican Senators Say They Will Not Oppose Trump’s January 6 Pardons
Most Republican members of the United States Senate said they will not oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to pardon most, if not all, of the January 6th protesters.
According to The Hill, several Republicans in the Senate cited Joe Biden’s recent pardon of his son Hunter as reasoning, with Democrats being forced into a corner of being called hypocrites following Biden’s controversial decision.
The Health System Sucks
The health industry in the United States is a mess, probably worse than a woke vampire movie where vampires use pronouns like undead/cursed and make their victims go to DEI training (Death, Exsanguination and Immortality) before selecting them based on their social privilege score. Talk about sucking!
But back to the point: the system is a mess. Case in point, the insurance companies are for-profit institutions. As, um, you might have noticed from recent events this leads to almost inevitable conflict between the patient and “their” insurance company.
-WiscoDave
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)