I’m confused – so what’s new?
Ok, I’m confused. The January jobs report showed that US employment slowed with an unemployment rate of 4 percent. CNN reported that the companies were acting as if the economy was in a recession. Forbes said “January Jobs Report Reveals Weaker Growth Than Predicted—Weakest Start to Year Since 2016.” The venerable Jasmine Crockett tweeted that the Trump economy was in the dumpster, “So it turns out when you DON’T go woke, you go broke. Trump’s New DEI? Dying Economy and Inflation. It’s only two weeks in and Trump is Making America Broke Again!” Huh? Doesn’t she realize that the January jobs report reflects the end of the Biden years and has nothing to do with Trump? Oops!
In the past, the White House would just shrug off such a tweet. But not this White House. Alex Pfeiffer, Deputy Advisor to the President, responded in kind, “Mazie Hirono is breathing a sigh of relief. Jasmine is officially the dumbest lawmaker on the Hill. This jobs report consists entirely of data from before President Trump took office. I guess I should thank you for pointing out the failure of Bidenomics.” Take that Jasmine! In one fell swoop the White House has dismissed Crockett as a light weight, even lighter than Hawaii’s Hirono who is generally classified as the dumbest legislator in DC. But all this reminds me of when I was in Washington and a midwest senator was called the dumbest man in the Senate. His response was “Well dumb people need representing too.”
The White House retort was likely in response to the visceral hatred that Crockett has for Trump. Crockett has said “Let me tell you: We have a thug in charge of the United States. And if we don’t wake up, we may not have a United States, because right now he has only been successful in being a divider in chief.” She continues “The problem is that Americans thought that it was OK to take a full-fledged criminal and make him the president of the United States, and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things,” Come to think of it, in light of these comments, the White House reaction was pretty mild.
Isn’t it interesting that we have hardly heard a peep from AOC? It’s now Crockett leading the charge for the Squad. What happened? Those on the right could substitute “Biden” for “Trump” and completely agree with the statements. Also interesting is Crockett’s use of the word “thug.” Among blacks, them’s fighting words. Thug has become the nominally polite way of white folk using the N-word. As the great John McWhorther states, “When somebody talks about thugs ruining a place, it is almost impossible today that they are referring to somebody with blond hair. It is a sly way of saying there go those black people ruining things again. And so anybody who wonders whether thug is becoming the new N-word doesn’t need to. It most certainly is.” Crockett knows this so what is she really saying when she calls Trump a blond hair blue eyed thug?
Confusion part 2. A state representative in Michigan says that she got sterilized to avoid becoming pregnant while Trump is president. Huh? Laurie Pohutsky said “I refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate.” If you see the logic in this please let me know. How does her not having a baby hurt Trump? Rather as one person commented “The gene pool breathes a sigh of relief!” Mind you, this is an elected state representative. What was that quote about dumb people needing representation too?
Confusion #3. Lastly, as I pointed out before, the California climate zealots are strangely quiet about the impact on the safety concerns of the blazing EVs and the lithium battery factory fire in Lost Angeles (formerly known as Los Angeles). There are over 400,000 EVs in LA metro and the lithium-ion battery factory was one of the world’s largest and burned to the ground. Given all the toxins spewed into the air, especially cobalt, one would think warnings would have been issued to the residents about possible contamination. But no. Soil tests show levels 580 times over the acceptable limit. Yet California’s EPA has issued no warnings about air quality threats. However, effects of lithium fires can cause pneumonia, irregular heartbeat, fluid buildup in the lungs and even death. According to a 2014 National Toxicology Program study, “Cobalt toxicity in humans can cause respiratory problems, including impaired lungs, asthma, interstitial lung disease, wheezing, and difficulty breathing. It can also affect the cardiovascular system. Danger for small animals, plants, and birds varies depending on other environmental factors, although extremely high levels can destroy healthy ecosystems by inhibiting plant growth or causing plant death.” We could be looking at our own Chernobyl. Is the California EPA being silent to protect its climate agenda?
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