While -0.2% sounds like more evidence for the nothing-ever-happens gang, it had increased in both 1Q 2024 and 4Q 2024, marking the start of a downward trend. The last time it went down was in 2022 coming out of COVID.

It shrinks?

Oof.

• volunteers needed
• to pick crops

Clear case of bullet point abuse.

It’s rarely two 9-5 M-F jobs that add up to 40 hours a week.

It’s usually a combination of a primary job that is just below the threshold of full time and therefore doesn’t qualify for basic benefits like health insurance, paid time off, or retirement <32 hours.

Usually the second job is in the evening and weekends. Service jobs, retail, etc. Often the schedule varies wildly and changes often.

Typically both jobs are paid hourly and can end at any time.

A lot of people work much more than 40 hours per week, but don’t have the security of a full time, salaried job.

These movements demonstrate the flexible nature of U.S. global defense posture and U.S. capability to deploy world-wide on short notice to meet evolving national security threats.

Secretary Austin continues to make clear that should Iran, its partners, or its proxies use this moment to target American personnel or interests in the region, the United States will take every measure necessary to defend our people.

So they’re pretty much admitting the THAAD was sent to “Israel” so 100 American soldiers can be cannon fodder just so the US can nuke Iran the second one of them gets a splinter.

Because we love it when the King of Burgerland waves to us from his royal balcony.

This is the climax of capitalism and politics reaching their peak at the same time.

The President of America waving from a McDonalds drive through! As American as apple pie!

If you don’t believe me watch Jimmy Dore

You can tell yourself that you’re voting left but the Overton Window still shifts right. Look at immigration. Look at the courts. Roe. It’s taking a hard right with the “left” candidate already in office.

If it’s going to go right either way, then focus your efforts on something else.

The change that I make might not “do anything”, but I am not going to just punch in Team Blue and then sit back and blame things on other people not voting the way you think they should have voted. That’s not doing anything at all.

John Bolton is a fictional character made by the CIA for Amazon Prime Video.

Or at least that’s what I’m going to tell my kids anyway…

What’s more, Israel is like the taunting kid standing behind his big friend acting like they’re indestructible.

The effect of launching an attack, and having such success, is a huge blow to the idea that they won’t get a well-deserved punch in the face.

You look at the initial reaction on October 7 when there was such disbelief that Hamas was able to penetrate the Israeli defense that people were convinced Hamas had help. People just lost their minds. The propaganda had never prepared them for the possibility.

u/NightlyGravy 8h ago I think in this case ideology is the driving factor. On both sides of the debate.

The reptilian, Reddit brain wants to reply with “Brave”, my higher level Hexbear brain just goes