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Jan 9·edited Jan 9Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

Excellent post.

Wall Street donated heavily to the Biden campaign in the last presidential election cycle. They are doing everything they can to prop him up until 2024. If at some point in 2025 or 2026, we end up with "Great Recession" (or Depression!) 2.0, a terrorism strike or a significant public health threat created by the reemergence of rare diseases such as leprosy, polio and TB — all of which are tied to Biden's ~10M+ migrant crisis but rarely reported by mainstream media who are doing everything they possibly can to minimize harm to Biden's reputation — crisis will no doubt be laid at the incoming administration's feet, and we can count on roughly half the country to buy in to such a narrative!

In 2021, it was concluded by the DOD that "Havana Syndrome" (illness reports coming from embassy workers) was likely perpetuated by mass suggestion (social contagion). And yet Havana Syndrome pales by comparison to the 24/7/365 efforts to character-assassinate Trump since he descended the elevator in Trump Tower in 2015! It is therefore not surprising that a recent Gallup poll finds that voters are still gunning for America's oldest president to serve a second term, despite the damage he has done to national security (border crisis), national unity (voting for anybody but a Democrat is a "threat to Democracy") and the economy (over $34T in debt and rapidly escalating to the point where it will put the final nail in the coffin that is the USD as world reserve currency, at which point all hell will break loose for Americans accustomed to living in a First World country!).

Voters need to understand that just because they hear public figures in politics and media describe Trump as a "dictator", the economic damage of another Biden term is so profound that dollars, cents and SENSE should triumph in the ballot box over Trump Derangement Syndrome. Now to be clear: Trump is not perfect and it is understandable that voters are tired of the drama — but nevertheless he is NOT Adolph Hitler and "Orange Satan" rolled into one! (Anyone who actually believes the former president's intent is to serve a second term to "destroy Democracy" should also appreciate that they are victims of a propaganda campaign to do just that — brainwash Americans into voting only one way!)

To reiterate James Carville, "It's (still) the economy, stupid!" We can't afford four more years of Joe Biden.

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I’ve been waiting for this one. Thanks!

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Jan 8Liked by Peter Nayland Kust
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I began using the shorthand "Lou Costello Labor Math" in early 2022, after first making reference to Abbott and Costello's classic routine "7 goes into 28 13 times" when discussing the January 2022 Employment Situation Summary

https://newsletter.allfactsmatter.us/p/the-employment-situation-report-lou

That skit seemed to me then (and still does now) to be the best framing for some of the absurdities that swirl around the monthly jobs reports.

https://youtu.be/oN2_NarcM8c

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Jan 9Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

I remember seeing this but Who’s on First Always slays me

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You're not alone. That skit earned Abbott and Costello a spot in Cooperstown.

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Jan 8Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

"Workers in December lost jobs, lost hours, and lost wages."

That says it all.

Thanks.

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