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Feminist, LGBTQ+ BLM Ally, someday Vegan. Father of 3 Amazing Daughters. Armed Pacifist, CCDW instructor for 17 years, meditator since age 17. Ex-NRA, ex-GOP, Adult Recovering Assholeβ’οΈ, ACE + ASD + RLS
Thank you!
While employment in health care shrank this month, it continues to account for more than all of the jobs created over the past year.
Here's the point to remember about the brutal negative revisions in today's job market report: They aren't saying the labor market showed green shoots that withered. It's saying that there never were any green shoots. They were an illusion.
SWISS GOVERNMENT: DROPPING PLANS TO ACQUIRE THE FULL NUMBER OF 36 F-35A FIGHTER JETS FOR FINANCIAL REASONS
Northern Virginia today
They know that many people in the US will accept the killing of civilians overseas but will draw the line at high gas prices.
BOOCKVAR: β.. itβs now time to be watching fertilizer and row crop prices,β as 15-30% of fertilizers flow thru the Strait of Hormuz. β.. understand too that we are just weeks away from the beginning of the important planting season.β
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Crude oil is now up 49.65% so far this year.
@cnbc.com
Iranβs Deputy FM Dr. Saeed Khatibzadeh: βTrump wants leadership change in Iran β he canβt even appoint the mayor of New York.β
Met this fine chap on my morning walk
Wow did something happen in the US in January 2025?
The economic story just changed dramatically.
Payrolls fell -92k in Feb. Jan growth was revised down by -4k to +126k. And Dec revisions subtracted -64k to -17k.
Unemployment rate up a tick to 4.4%.
Recession questions are back on the menu
Remember this when Dear Leader and his cult try to blame President Biden for this:
In 2024, the economy grew 2.8% and created 2M jobs.
In 2025, the economy grew 2.2% and created, and I am not kidding, 116,000 jobs.
In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.
This is not good.
An original Nashville sit-in member, along with Diane Nash, James Bevel, and John Lewis. Trained in non-violence by James Lawson. At age 21, he signed a will before the Freedom Rides, knowing he could die.
May his soul be at peace, and may we all have such courage in the face of oppression.
Rules to live or die by:
1. You can pick your friends
2. You can pick your nose
3. You *can't* pick your friend's nose.
OPERATION EPIC FURY FIRST 24 HOURS OVERVIEW U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commenced Operation Epic Fury at the direction of the President of the United States. ENICOM torces are striking targets to lismantle the Iranian regime's security apparatus, prioritizing locations that pose an imminent threat. U.S. ASSETS EMPLOYED B-2 Stealth Bombers LUCAS Drones Patriot Interceptor Missile Systems THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems F-18 Fighter Jets F-16 Fighter Jets F-22 Fighter Jets A-10 Attack Jets F-35 Stealth Fighters EA-18G Electronic Attack Aircraft Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft Airborne Communication Relay P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft| RC-135 Reconaissance Aircraft MQ-9 Reapers M-142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers Guided-Missile Destroyers Counter-Drone Systems Refueling Tanker Aircraft Refueling Ships C-17 Globemaster Cargo Aircraft C-130 Cargo Aircraft ... and special capabilities we can't list here! Operation Launched: 1:15am, February 28, 2026 Operation Location: CENTCOM Area of Responsibility Target Location: Iran Targets Struck: Over 1,000 TYPES OF TARGETS Command and Control Centers IRGC Joint Headquarters IRGC Aerospace Forces Headquarters Integrated Air Defense Systems Ballistic Missile Sites Iranian Navy Ships Iranian Navy Submarines Anti-ship Missile Sites Military Communication Capabilities
Pentagon's glib factsheet on Operation Epic Bacon. All of it is as grating as these things can be but "β¦ and special capabilities we can't list here!" is like a kid with dad's car keys trying to brag to a prom date about buttons they don't understand.
The reason we gotta spend $4 million per Patriot missile to shoot down a silly $20,000 Shahed drone is because Donald Trump refused to give Ukraine the Tomahawks necessary to take out the Shahed factories in Russia
Footage shows three US Patriot air defense missiles fail to intercept an Iranian ballistic missile before it strikes Al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar.
The New York Times has published satellite imagery confirming what Iran said it was doing while Washington was busy telling you it wasnβt working. Nearly every major US base across the Gulf. Systematically and methodically has been attacked.
One expert estimates that the U.S. βeasilyβ spent more than $10 billion on air-defense systems in the first 48 hours of this war with Iran.
That cost is largely because of THAAD missile interceptors costing over $12 million each, and Patriot missiles costing over $3 million.
NEW: The Navy is no longer allowed to shroud its criminal trials in secrecy and must provide public access to hearings and records, a federal judge ruled last month, the result of a yearslong lawsuit filed by ProPublica.
Prior to being asked any questions regarding the case, the agents asked whether they could audio record the interview. advised she was not comfortable being recorded at that time. requested agents explain to her the goal and parameters of the fourth interview. She indicated she was aware that because she was victimized several years prior, the statutes of limitation of any viable federal violation may have run. She asked agents, "what's the point?" The agents explained that all victims of crime should have the opportunity to tell their story; they wanted to provide her with that opportunity should she choose to accept. The agents also explained why they wished to keep the fourth interview focused on abuse endured at the hands of individuals associated with JEFFREY EPSTEIN. previously mentioned she had sexual contact with (current U.S. President) DONALD TRUMP while she was a minor. She previously explained the contact was facilitated through her association with EPSTEIN. / was asked whether she felt
31E-NY-3027571 Serial 312 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 31E-NY-3027571 (U) Continuation of FD-302 of Interview #4 (PROTECT SOURCE) On 10/16/2019 .. Page 2 of 2 comfortable detailing her contacts with TRUMP. again asked what the point would be of providing the information at this point in her life when there was a strong possibility nothing could be done about it.
DOJ has posted some pages of the missing Epstein files related to the FBIβs belated investigation of Trumpβs participation in Epstein crimes after Epsteinβs arrest and death in custody in 2019, and they are as bleak as you might expect. www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
I too remember the earlier, woke wars. tons of spent microaggression munitions strewn about everywhere, friends crying out for God as they were slowly cancelled...look, if you weren't there, you'll never understand
Shayan is a senior journalist with BBC Verify ππ½
(FT) - Qatarβs energy minister has warned that war in the Middle East could βbring down the economies of the worldβ, predicting that all Gulf energy exporters would shut down production within weeks and drive oil to $150 a barrel.
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/be12...
AIPAC sure got their moneyβs worth from these 4 Dems today