[The Soup Nazi]

Oh man, just today (crazy, I know) I found out psycho anti-vaxxer racist conspiracy theorist walking talking turd RFK Jr.'s wife is... Cheryl Hines!

What the fuck is wrong with people...

[!@#$%!]

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

216k new jobs in december, unemployment holds at 3.7%, 164k private payrrolls, dollar UP UP UP

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48m later:
nice fkin whipsaw in the eurusd charts xD
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and later, the dollar tanking in all main charts hahah
wtf these fx markets lol

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in any case it looks like soft soft landing

[The Soup Nazi]

Good news and a good time via Wonkette:

Joe Biden Up Six Points (22 With Women), And That's Before The Pentagon Even Activates Taylor Swift!

What? All the conspiracy theories are true, obviously.

Evan Hurst
Feb 1, 2024

 

We made an AI, sorry

Look, loser Dean Phillips and the mainstream Beltway media that can’t stop bitching about Joe Biden being too old and, again, loser Dean Phillips!

It’s a poll!

Look, Donald Trump!

It’s a Quinnipiac poll!

It says Joe Biden’s winning!

It says he’s winning by six points nationwide! It’s 50-44!

Joe Biden has Democrats 96 to two!

Which is better than Trump’s 91 to seven Republican lead!

Joe Biden has independents 52 to 40!

It says Joe Biden is winning women by 22 points AKA 58 to 36!

Considering all this, the poll says Dean Phillips should go rub his dick in hell!

Just kidding no it doesn’t!

Quinnipiac didn’t ask if he should do that!

An honest oversight, we are certain!

But it’s really time for him to get out of the goddamned way, please and thanks!

(The poll also has a whole section about Biden v. Nikki Haley, who does better against Biden than Trump does. But she ain’t gonna be the nom unless something truly crazy happens, so fuck writing about dat.)

This is why MAGA is so scared of Taylor Swift, even before she’s been activated.

Just wait until the Pentagon and the Deep State and Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and the Illuminati lay hands on Taylor Swift and speak that secret incantation “Look What You Made Me Do” and imbue her with the all the powers of God and Jesus and give her the nuclear codes and Dark Brandon is fused with Dark Taylor and they use all that power to tell Americans to write Joe Biden’s name in their Blank Space.

Just wait until the CIA does the Taylor Swift brainwashings to all American women, so they will run, not walk, to the voting booth to tell Donald Trump how they know All Too Well that they are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together with him.

Just wait until Satan reveals himself as the real president who’s been hiding behind Dark Brandon’s eyes this whole time.

It’s gonna be a Cruel Summer for Donald Trump when he finds out who the Mastermind of all this really is. Oh, the Karma.

Ohhhhhhh these Illicit Affairs! Who’s pulling this Invisible String? ‘Tis The Damn Season to find out!

This Is Me Trying to end this blog post, guess we’ll just Shake It Off right now.

… Ready For It?

The end. (Taylor’s Version.)

[tw2113]

i'm here for all the Swift Memes

[!@#$%!]

Employment Situation Summary
Transmission of material in this news release is embargoed until USDL-24-0148
8:30 a.m. (ET) Friday, February 2, 2024

Technical information:
Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 * cesinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/ces

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov


THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- JANUARY 2024


Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 353,000 in January, and the unemployment rate
remained at 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains
occurred in professional and business services, health care, retail trade, and social
assistance. Employment declined in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
industry.

This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey
measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics.
The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry.
For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two
surveys, see the Technical Note.

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"ripping strong jobs" someone just said

[The Soup Nazi]

From Wonkette:

Trump's Deport Everyone Wet Dream A Little Heavy On Storm Troopers For Our Taste

[Beer In Belly]

I hope Trump wins purely for the hate-watch

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Beer In Belly

I hope Trump wins purely for the hate-watch

i hope you only drink rusty tap water and stale urine till the end of your miserable days, you beer-pregnant bastard

...

like that? ;p

[Beer In Belly]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i hope you only drink rusty tap water and stale urine

Belgian beer? Sorry but I will never touch that again

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Beer In Belly

Belgian beer? Sorry but I will never touch that again

hahahaha

just alcohol free metabolites for thee

don't be jealous of the belgians you carlsberg swiller

hmm i might pick up a lambic this weekend... (thanks for the good idea)

[The Soup Nazi]

What the fuck is Jon Stewart doing?

https://www.playtyperguy.com/p/do-we...arts-political

[Beer In Belly]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

hahahaha

just alcohol free metabolites for thee

don't be jealous of the belgians you carlsberg swiller

hmm i might pick up a lambic this weekend... (thanks for the good idea)

All of these Danish and Belgian etc. beers might actually be nice, however the ones brewed inside of the UK taste rancid, completely different to the imported cask for some reason, and good luck finding imports in the local offy. Can these companies get away with lowering alc. content and making the brew a cheaper way somehow? because the British public have no standards with a "I will drink it if it is wet" approach? bet your arse. I don't know what it's like in your neck of the woods but if Trump wins maybe he will ban the foreign Imports like he did with foreign immigrants. Let's be honest, the banning of immigrants you can live with but when you start messing with beer the gloves are off.

[!@#$%!]

tv/beer/turd banter aside, the ppi data just came in hot this month, +0.3 for january, +0.6 for services -0.2 for goods. inflation still a bit sticky. the michigan consumer sentiment gets published in an hour, last month it was strong, and monthly retail sales flagged a bit in yesterday's report, -0.8 vs -0.1 predicted, so imma guess consumer sentiment will read a little weaker? sticky inflation plus weaker consumption would be like a mini stagflation (not really a stagflation just not the ideal soft landing everybody wanted). dollar did shoot up though. after today we gotta wait for the next data dump...fomc minutes feb 21?

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eta holy shit the consumer sentiment remains STRONG

this is mixed data vs yesterday's retail figures, but january data can be "noisy" post-holidays

michigan consumer sentiment index:

Preliminary Results for February 2024
Feb Jan Feb M-M Y-Y
2024 2024 2023 Change Change
Index of Consumer Sentiment 79.6 79.0 66.9 +0.8% +19.0%
Current Economic Conditions 81.5 81.9 70.7 -0.5% +15.3%
Index of Consumer Expectations 78.4 77.1 64.5 +1.7% +21.6%

(that is a table, with 4 rows and 5 columns, notice change is listed as month to month AND year to year)

this is preliminary but yeah looks good for the economy, at the same time pushes inflation up lol

no soft landing yet, just "no landing", long runway lol

further weight to no rate cuts expected in march, so dollar is up. still looking forward to fed minutes release in 5 days

[!@#$%!]

well shit, navalny is dead now

no surprise

fuck putin

ps navalny was laughing until the end so please no hysterics that he wouldnt have welcome

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-68319164

[Antagon]

New York Court orders Cheeto to pay $ 354.9 million in fraud case


I wonder how he'll weasel his way out of this again (which I hope he won't, but hope is hard to come by these days).

[The Soup Nazi]

Navalny Interrupts Putin PR Agent Tucker Carlson's Work By Dropping Dead

[!@#$%!]

the economist says boric had to grow up at last and kast's moralizing is getting a cold shoulder

Chile’s crisis is not over yet
https://www.economist.com/the-americ...s-not-over-yet

i hope it's true...

and on annoying news, lula can't give up his old habits and it's starting to fuck with petrobras which had gone broke under lula/rouseff corruption, was rescued under temer, and was fiddled with again by bolsa de caca

Why Lula keeps meddling with Latin America’s top oil company
https://www.economist.com/the-americ...op-oil-company

jfc...

meanwhile, england keeps cranking out pointless statutes:

Ban it harder! An unwelcome new trend in British politics
https://www.economist.com/britain/20...itish-politics
hilarious

ukraine's sea drones

How Ukraine sank the Caesar Kunikov—and is beating Russia at sea
https://www.economist.com/the-econom...-russia-at-sea

fuck putin!

and here his filthy new weapon:

What is Russia’s mysterious new space weapon?
https://www.economist.com/the-econom...w-space-weapon

fuck him, truly

the wa state? wtf! first time i hear about it...

The Wa: the world’s biggest drug-dealers, with a tiny profile
https://www.economist.com/culture/20...a-tiny-profile
insane...

[Beer In Belly]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

tv/beer/turd banter aside, the ppi data just came in hot this month, +0.3 for january, +0.6 for services -0.2 for goods. inflation still a bit sticky. the michigan consumer sentiment gets published in an hour, last month it was strong, and monthly retail sales flagged a bit in yesterday's report, -0.8 vs -0.1 predicted, so imma guess consumer sentiment will read a little weaker? sticky inflation plus weaker consumption would be like a mini stagflation (not really a stagflation just not the ideal soft landing everybody wanted). dollar did shoot up though. after today we gotta wait for the next data dump...fomc minutes feb 21?

...

eta holy shit the consumer sentiment remains STRONG

this is mixed data vs yesterday's retail figures, but january data can be "noisy" post-holidays

michigan consumer sentiment index:

Preliminary Results for February 2024
Feb Jan Feb M-M Y-Y
2024 2024 2023 Change Change
Index of Consumer Sentiment 79.6 79.0 66.9 +0.8% +19.0%
Current Economic Conditions 81.5 81.9 70.7 -0.5% +15.3%
Index of Consumer Expectations 78.4 77.1 64.5 +1.7% +21.6%

(that is a table, with 4 rows and 5 columns, notice change is listed as month to month AND year to year)

this is preliminary but yeah looks good for the economy, at the same time pushes inflation up lol

no soft landing yet, just "no landing", long runway lol

further weight to no rate cuts expected in march, so dollar is up. still looking forward to fed minutes release in 5 days

BORING!

Wake me up when we get back to beer

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Beer In Belly

Wake me up

hahaha

how about FUCK NO

stay down

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news from friday morning we missed:

PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - JANUARY 2024


The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.3 percent in January, seasonally adjusted,
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices declined 0.1 percent in
December 2023 and advanced 0.1 percent in November. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis,
the index for final demand rose 0.9 percent for the 12 months ended January 2024.

In January, the advance in the index for final demand can be traced to a 0.6-percent rise in prices
for final demand services. In contrast, the index for final demand goods decreased 0.2 percent.

The index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services rose 0.6 percent in January
2024, the largest advance since moving up 0.6 percent in January 2023. For the 12 months ended
January 2024, prices for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services increased 2.6
percent.

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full report: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm

[Beer In Belly]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

hahaha

how about FUCK NO

stay down

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news from friday morning we missed:

PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - JANUARY 2024


The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.3 percent in January, seasonally adjusted,
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices declined 0.1 percent in
December 2023 and advanced 0.1 percent in November. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis,
the index for final demand rose 0.9 percent for the 12 months ended January 2024.

In January, the advance in the index for final demand can be traced to a 0.6-percent rise in prices
for final demand services. In contrast, the index for final demand goods decreased 0.2 percent.

The index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services rose 0.6 percent in January
2024, the largest advance since moving up 0.6 percent in January 2023. For the 12 months ended
January 2024, prices for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services increased 2.6
percent.

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full report: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm

Shit the bed. What has this place turned into? the financial times?!

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

stay down

Won't be an issue considering these posts put me to sleep