In Australia 24 tinnies or stubbies of beer come in a cardboard carton and is called a slab. Or on the turps with a bottle of bundy, or on the grog with a couple goons. Old timers used to lean on the ute and suck plonk straight out of flagons.

Plans For Iran Nuclear Talks Are Collapsing, US Officials Say - Axios

I see the same pattern with MAGA calling Renee Good "the activist". Japan's PM is an "it". In the world of humans, these women have names.

Trump: Japan is having a very important election on Sunday, it is my honor to give a complete...

Gestapo centurion maybe got a bruise. Poor baby. There there.

Plans For Iran Nuclear Talks Are Collapsing, US Officials Say - Axios

No, you meant her. An endorsement does not transform anything (a whole country?) into something better. Unless you are sucked into the dodgy practices of snake oil salespeople. Maybe you are into the whole transubstantiation gig, and that is your ...

Trump: Japan is having a very important election on Sunday, it is my honor to give a complete...

Except that Sanae Takaichi is a person, not an it. Mr Trump would never mistake a female for an it, of course.

Trump: Japan is having a very important election on Sunday, it is my honor to give a complete...

Mr Trump will give them democracy and freedom and they will prosper.

Trump: Iran negotiating

I only hope that there adequate professional counselling and support available in Kenya for what may be a very troubling and/or difficult time in your life.

Trump: Fed is "in theory" an independent body

It is excellent that you advocate for rights of women and their status as equals in every respect. Women who manage to flee to other countries to escape such oppression must therefore be welcomed with a non-judgmental attitude which you display in ...

Trump: Iran negotiating

"You are a stupid"? A tiny bit of unhealthy projection happening there Ferny babe?

Trump: Fed is "in theory" an independent body

Trump disciples are unable to register the discomfort normally associated with cognitive dissonance that humans feel.

Trump: Fed is "in theory" an independent body

Nah. I might break one of my fingernails.

Trump says he thinks Warsh understands he wants lower rates, would not have gotten job had he...

What you may find is that people with TDS actually do care. They care a lot. By your own words you can't.

Trump: Fed is "in theory" an independent body

"Moran's brief reaction to the president's reply is just the latest moment to go viral from the interview."

Trump: Fed is "in theory" an independent body

On the contrary, if what you mean by a King is a constitutional monarch. A King or Queen has what is known as reserve powers. That they may appear to be simply figureheads is a trick. "...the reserve powers are thought to be the means by which the ...

Trump: Fed is "in theory" an independent body

In theory, Trump received a degree in Economics from the Wharton School and was the top student.

Trump: Fed is "in theory" an independent body

So I was reading that thinking well he seems to be a sensible kinda guy and then this stink bomb - Lauder suggested to Donald Trump that the United States purchase Greenland, which was discussed in the White House Situation Room as a trade involving ...

Trump says he thinks Warsh understands he wants lower rates, would not have gotten job had he...

Typical narcissistic traits. Other people, often family, facilitate the ongoing facade that is claimed as being reality.

‘Deadbeat’ hedge fund boss, sued by his own mother, declares bankruptcy — and lists two guinea...

Well, the data is something of a word salad in its complexity if the report is read in its entirety. Just to start with the obvious internal contradiction - "Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January for the first time in 12 ...

US Manufacturing PMI at 52.6%; January 2026 ISM Manufacturing PMI Report

Some juicy years for music before being assaulted by the depressing new romantic blah. 1979 1980

Rates – turning Japanese, I really think so

Off topic, but what is found in the study in the second link is supported by economic theory. Of course. No surprise to anyone except to those preaching heterodox economics in the MAGA corner. This has been discussed a few times here, but is always ...

Trump: The Fed should substantially lower interest rates, now! We should be paying lower...