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Politics / Re: Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden
« Last post by DefiantSix on Today at 04:02:34 PM »Tell it to the hand, propagandists. 
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The DUmpster / Re: Can we stop with the nameless "he"?
« Last post by Old n Grumpy on Today at 03:22:52 PM »Nope. I don't think so. I tried that with Biden and it didn't work.
I feel your pain! Actually I think we all do
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The DUmpster / Re: Kentucky Primaries vs Joe Biden
« Last post by Old n Grumpy on Today at 03:21:31 PM »I guess the box of rocks that was challenging Biden needed a better campaign manager 
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Breaking News / Re: At least 1100 dead, Israeli PM Netanyahu declares 'war' after Hamas terrorists l
« Last post by Old n Grumpy on Today at 03:20:22 PM »They are animals and deserve to be killed
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The DUmpster / Re: Can we stop with the nameless "he"?
« Last post by RonE on Today at 03:06:02 PM »Maybe they think if they hate on him enough he’ll disappear
Nope. I don't think so. I tried that with Biden and it didn't work.
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The DUmpster / Re: Can we stop with the nameless "he"?
« Last post by ADsOutburst on Today at 02:37:48 PM »Perhaps dems think if they mention Trump without naming him, they can undercut his publicity and exposure. I don't think that works against someone as famous and high-profile as Donald Trump. Obviously, the left's strategy is flawed, but since when did that matter to DU?
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Breaking News / Re: At least 1100 dead, Israeli PM Netanyahu declares 'war' after Hamas terrorists l
« Last post by enslaved1 on Today at 02:24:59 PM »https://www.jns.org/video-shows-hamas-abduction-of-female-idf-spotters-on-oct-7/
For any Free Palestine/From the river to the sea lurkers. This is what you are supporting.
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Video shows Hamas abduction of female IDF spotters on Oct. 7
For any Free Palestine/From the river to the sea lurkers. This is what you are supporting.
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Politics / Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden
« Last post by enslaved1 on Today at 02:06:34 PM »https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/poll-economy-recession-biden
blah blah blah number can be spun to say whatever the speaker wants them to blah blah blah A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job. blah blah blah you plebs don't understand complex issues, let us tell you what reality is blah blah blah who you gonna believe, the experts or your lying eyes?
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Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer.
The poll highlighted many misconceptions people have about the economy, including:
55% believe the economy is shrinking, and 56% think the US is experiencing a recession, though the broadest measure of the economy, gross domestic product (GDP), has been growing.
49% believe the S&P 500 stock market index is down for the year, though the index went up about 24% in 2023 and is up more than 12% this year.
49% believe that unemployment is at a 50-year high, though the unemployment rate has been under 4%, a near 50-year low.
Many Americans put the blame on Biden for the state of the economy, with 58% of those polled saying the economy is worsening due to mismanagement from the presidential administration.
The poll underscored people’s complicated emotions around inflation. The vast majority of respondents, 72%, indicated they think inflation is increasing. In reality, the rate of inflation has fallen sharply from its post-Covid peak of 9.1% and has been fluctuating between 3% and 4% a year.
blah blah blah number can be spun to say whatever the speaker wants them to blah blah blah A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job. blah blah blah you plebs don't understand complex issues, let us tell you what reality is blah blah blah who you gonna believe, the experts or your lying eyes?
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General Discussion / Re: This is NBC News: "Alleged" Tornado levels Iowa town
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on Today at 12:52:04 PM »I loathe to defend NBC, but, while 'alleged" is a poor choice of words in this situation, over the last decade or so, it has become common practice to not call a weather event a "tornado" until there has been confirmation, usually from the National Weather Service that an actual, defined tornado touched down. Typically the word is "unconfirmed" tornado.
Straight line winds can be just as devastating as small tornadoes, and I'm sure insurance companies are checking carefully whether tornado damage is covered vs other wind and storm damage.
I get it, just found the verbiage unusual.
Lost power for apparently about 5 hours yesterday afternoon, yet went to run my trivia gig in a nearby suburb and the power never went out.
Here's the details from the National Weather Service:
The National Weather Service in Des Moines says that the tornado that swept across Greenfield, Iowa on Tuesday afternoon was at least an EF tornado
Additional damage assessments will continue over the next several days and results are subject to change, the NWS said in a social media post. It has not yet provided an exact path for the tornado.
EF3 tornados have wind gusts of at least 136 mph, according to NWS' website. The EF scale is a set of wind estimates, not measurements, based on damage.
EF ratings begin a 0, with wind gusts of 65 to 85 mph. The highest rating a tornado can have is EF-5, with wind gusts of 200 mph or more.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/weather/2024/05/22/iowa-may-21-tornado-ratings-ef-scale-greenfield-nevada/73804505007/
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General Discussion / Re: This is NBC News: "Alleged" Tornado levels Iowa town
« Last post by enslaved1 on Today at 12:06:25 PM »I loathe to defend NBC, but, while 'alleged" is a poor choice of words in this situation, over the last decade or so, it has become common practice to not call a weather event a "tornado" until there has been confirmation, usually from the National Weather Service that an actual, defined tornado touched down. Typically the word is "unconfirmed" tornado.
Straight line winds can be just as devastating as small tornadoes, and I'm sure insurance companies are checking carefully whether tornado damage is covered vs other wind and storm damage.
Straight line winds can be just as devastating as small tornadoes, and I'm sure insurance companies are checking carefully whether tornado damage is covered vs other wind and storm damage.