West Hollywood City councilmember Sepi Shyne led a 3-2 vote on Monday night to cut funding from the local sheriffs' department
They will reduce the current size of the sheriffs department from approximately 60 deputies to 56, and the funds saved will be redistributed
With the money from reducing the headcount by four, the council plans to pay for 30 unarmed 'security ambassadors' to patrol the area
Shyne said it's city's best 'bang for the buck,' yet she also voted for the city to spend $85,000 updating it iconic LGBTQ crosswalk to be more inclusive
The city will also spend $50,000 on its troubled Russian Culture festival, which will forgo celebrating the country after its brutal invasion of Ukraine
Mayor Lauren Meister and a councilman who voted against the measure said that residents and business owners were worried about soaring crime rates in the city
Crime in West Hollywood has this risen by 137 percent from last year
Related: The New York Post points out that West Hollywood City hosts the famous Sunset Strip, which has recently become a destination for pickpockets — whatever that means — and in the same vote approved keeping bars open until 4 a.m.
[Fox News] Making it doubly hard for Chuck Schemer to get 50+ votes. Leaky Leahy was gonna retire anyway. Here's hoping the duplicitous anti-American POS shuffles off this mortal coil expeditiously Patrick Leahy, 82, is the longest serving sitting senator
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Leahy, Feinstein...even Sanders for that matter, Biden and certainly many others. And then there's Pelosi. I wouldn't know but that power fix must be even more addictive than fentanyl if these people can't see how enjoyable their retirement might have been.
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I'm not even rich and would never even consider going back to work.
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Still working at 82? Appears he needs to re-look his financial planning program.
[Breitbart] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell admitted on Wednesday how little he understands soaring inflation.
"I think we now understand better how little we understand about inflation," Powell stated at the European Central Bank forum on central banking in Sintra, Portugal. "This was unpredicted," the expert admitted.
Powell is in charge of reducing President Biden’s 40-year-high inflation by a difficult process of increasing interest rates. By law, the Federal Reserve is charged with a dual mandate of pursuing maximum employment and stable prices.
"We believe we can do that. That is our aim," he said. "It’s gotten harder... the pathways have gotten narrower."
"The process is highly likely to involve some pain but the worst pain would be from failing to address this high inflation and allowing it to become persistent," he continued.
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data not available for a few week but forecasts are that M1 will shrink quite a bit from 2022 Q1 to 2022 Q2
unfortunately a lot of inflation is baked in so a return to 2%/yr inflation (which is the Fed Reserve target) isn't likely until 2023 at best
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Powell isn't responsible for what the Harris-Biden Administration has done. Powell can't drill for oil or drive a truck or open up more/better supply lines.
And this isn't a monetary inflation--yet. When you look at the velocity of M2 it's been decreasing despite all of the trillions "printed" by the Fed.
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And remember when that numbskull Janet Yellen said on TV some months ago that she was monitoring inflation "closely". I wonder what size clown shoes that hack wears.
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Some thousand years of modern banking theory, with an emphasis on the last fifty - if they don't know it is because they don't want to know, don't care to know, and won't listen to those who do know.
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^^The M2V refers to tracking how often dollars are used to purchase DOMESTICALLY made goods and services within a certain time-frame.
People haven't been spending a lot of money since the second quarter of 2020 (for one mysterious reason or another). Something about massive layoffs around that time, too.
They're certainly not buying cars or other big-ticket domestically produced items at any great rate or going out to eat 2-3 times a week (at least in my neck of the woods and prairie).
Chinesium products from Wokemart aren't considered 'domestic'. Don't know about payments to advocacy groups, 'charities' or 'movements', however.
All this results in a lower frequency of currency usage for domestic goods and services.
You will notice that, on the FRED M2V chart 1YR tab, that 4th quarter 2021 did bump up some as it normally does around the holidays.
DooDahMan, I don't know for certain where all that extra printed cash went or how it was used, but I have some pretty good ideas.
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I'm not certain, but I imagine a lot of the "printed" (actually digital) dollars went to purchase the stuff on the Fed's balance sheet.
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I read somewhere that the Fed's original (current?) charter was for it to buy corporate bonds, not T-bills, etc. That got corrupted by Thomas "Woodrow" Wilson or FDR.
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Of a piece with grade inflation and calling 25 year old gang-bangers "children" for gun-violence statistic purposes.
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Biden says Americans will pay high prices for 'as long as it takes' and again blames Putin for surging food and gas costs
Well, with Trump out of office he's gotta blame on somebody.
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Speak for yourself, Jerome. Or go back and read your Econ 101 textbook where it says, MV = PQ.
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When I was at the Libertarian Convention, I went to a Mises Caucus event and listened to Ron Paul speak. At 86 he was more coherent - and more interesting - to listen to than Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, or any of the rest of the octogenarian crowd in DC. (A low bar admittedly.)
One thing which he said which stuck with me was "Nobody running the Federal Reserve knows anything - especially about the Federal Reserve! Most of you in the crowd probably know more about the Federal Reserve than they do." Prescient words from one of our eldest eldest statesmen as it turns out.
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Powell shouldn't be in the job if he doesn't understand the problem. We have too many of these pogues. The people tasked with solving supply chain problems, border problems, drug problems, crime problems, etc; you name them and they are inept thanks to this illegally installed cue-card POTUS.
#23
Deep State is still trying to process tax returns filed in 2021 for 2020. They have not started on returns filed in April for last year.
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BCS,
The IRS has processed over 50% of returns for tax year 2021 that were e-filed by April 18 2022.
That's pretty weak but not as bad as your comment implies.
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I had to form an S-Corp to resume work post-retirement in C (Fuck you, Lorena Gonzalez and AB 5!) (btw an LLC seems to be the better choice in hindsight) via Legal Zoom. It has cost me $$ in compliance for no return
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[DAILYCALLER] Rep. Lauren Boebert survived a primary challenge from state Sen. Don Coram in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District Tuesday night, The Associated Press reported.
The Colorado Republican handily defeated Coram, a moderate who has been known to reach across the aisle during his time as a GOP state senator, according to the AP. During the campaign Coram blasted Boebert for being “a right-wing celebrity pundit rather than a representative of the people she is paid to represent,” Newsweek reported. (RELATED: HHS Secretary Becerra Dodges Rep. Boebert’s Question On Whether ‘Men Can Get Pregnant’)
Boebert has generated attention over battles to carry handguns in Washington, D.C., public clashes with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and erupting during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to remind him about the 13 Americans killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal.
[NYPOST] Megyn Kelly blasted Rep. Alexandria Boom Boom Ocasio-Cortez Dem Congressgirl from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details. She was the inventor of the Green New Deal, though she doesn't talk about it much anymore... (D-NY) as a "moron" and a "Kardashian in Congress" after the progressive politician called for impeaching Supreme Court justices over their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
During an appearance on Eric Bolling’s Monday night program on the right-leaning cable channel Newsmax, Kelly unloaded on the congresschick from the Bronx and Queens during a discussion of the aftermath of Friday’s dramatic child sacrifice abortion ruling.
Kelly was asked to opine on the Sunday comments by Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) when she demanded that Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh be impeached for allegedly lying under oath during their Senate confirmation hearings.
Both justices told senators that Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling which legalized child sacrifice abortion nationwide, was settled precedent, giving politicians the impression that they would vote down any attempt to undo it. Plessy v.Ferguson was settled precedent, too.
#9
Stupid people easily lie because they willingly believe these things are a dice roll rather than consequences of actions.
Actively recruited even, unless you think someone who likely can't organize their sock drawer put together a political campaign in one of the most coveted districts in the nation.
#10
^ Why does that description remind me of Bath House Barry, both senators from Georga, and so on?
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On Stephen Colbert she said the Supreme Court exceeded their authority. What a bugwit.
I have always thought that Colbert was a 'toilet bug'... oh, you meant AOCQ?Q She's barely a 'midge'...
#12
If the Supreme Court had the authority to decide Roe versus Wade in the first place, they have the authority to reverse the decision. The Dobbs decision holds that there is no Constitutional Right to abortion so states have the authority to decide. Either AOC is in agreement with Alito or she is unable to understand the decision. AOC can keep the argument going by continuing to push for federal action but the unfolding logic of more Supreme Court Jurisprudence is probably that a fetus is alive and has rights. Her actions going forward will be consistent with her stupidity. She will continue to win more stupid prizes as if she is addicted to Skee Ball at Chuckie Cheese.
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The audience applauded her inane ranting. We are doomed!
Those people don’t bother to vote, thank goodness.
#14
To be more precise, they may not vote but their votes are counted in the algorithm Dominion Systems has in their software. Its what they would have voted if they had voted, so its ok!
[NYPOST] Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin clinched the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday, handily winning the party primary against former White House staffer Andrew Giuliani, businessman Harry Wilson and ex-Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.
"Are we ready to fire Kathy Hochul?" he asked a crowd of supporters as he gave a victory speech just before 11 p.m.
"For us, we believe that public service is about serving the public," he added. "Kathy Hochul has been acting as if the public has been there to serve her."
Zeldin held a roughly 43% to 23% lead over Giuliani with more than 60% of the votes counted. Astorino was in third at 19% and Wilson at 15%.
The four-term House member from eastern Long Island entered the race in April 2021, before any of his rivals, helping him obtain big fundraising and endorsement advantages.
Party leaders gave Zeldin, endorsed by the Post Editorial Board, their backing at the GOP state convention held on Long Island earlier this year.
He led most polls throughout the race, including a June 13 survey that showed Zeldin with 34%, compared to 16% for Astorino, 15% for Wilson and 13% for Giuliani.
[TheHill] A group of House Democrats on Tuesday announced they would move to codify federal protections for transgender people.
The proposal, dubbed the “Transgender Bill of Rights,” would codify the Supreme Court’s 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County decision that protects employees against discrimination for being gay or transgender.
The proposal would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to explicitly include protections for gender identity and sex characteristics, expand access to gender-affirming care and ban conversion therapy.
It would also require the attorney general to designate a liaison dedicated to overseeing enforcement of civil rights for transgender people and invest in community services to prevent anti-transgender violence.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and co-chair of the Transgender Equality Task Force, said in a statement that the resolution would ensure transgender people can lead “full, happy lives.”
“As we witness Republicans and an extremist Supreme Court attack and roll back the fundamental rights of trans people across our country, and as state legislatures across the country target our trans community with hateful, bigoted and transphobic attacks, we are standing up and saying enough is enough,” Jayapal said.
Jayapal introduced the proposal alongside Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Marie Newman (D-Ill.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.). The bill has 84 other co-sponsors.
The bill’s proponents cited Friday’s Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.
To normalize their Sexual Fetishes and Mentally Illnesses, the Liberals, Socialists, & Democrats(LSD's) move to legally protect another of their perversions.
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The people writing this shit and passing it are just as mentally ill as the trans genders. It's amazing the amount of people in this country that are just stupid as shit for electing these assholes.
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I don’t think this will get support of 2/3 of the states if brought forward as an amendment to the constitution. It is probably intended to be implemented some other illegitimate way so it is named in a way to stifle opposition. Somebody will rename it more accurately as a Groomer Bill of Rights and people will argue.
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Wouldn"t the Transgender Act also allow T's to legally use Real Females dressing,bathrooms and locker rooms, with female children present?
I had no idea such a thing still existed, but even the Rantburg archives admit to it.
[Breitbart] Catholic League president Bill Donohue slammed House Speaker Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments... (D-CA) Wednesday for politicizing the Eucharist by receiving Communion at the Vatican.
Pelosi, "who rejects the Catholic Church’s teachings on child sacrifice abortion, marriage and sexuality, received Holy Communion on June 29 at a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica," Dr. Donohue noted. "The pope was in attendance, but did not give out Communion."
"Pelosi’s stunt was done to undercut her bishop, the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone: he has told her not to present herself for Communion, citing her lust for child sacrifice abortion rights," Donohue added.
Such discipline obviously depends on the good will of the person in question, because priests are not coppers, but pastors, and assume that anyone who approaches the altar to receive the sacrament is in a proper state to do so, Donohue observed.
Therefore, even though some will blame the Vatican for what happened and others might blame Cordileone, in point of fact, there is "only one person to blame — Pelosi," Donohue wrote.
In asking Pelosi not to receive Communion, Archbishop Cordileone invoked canon law and is "in total compliance with Catholic teachings," Donohue added.
The priest who gave Pelosi Communion in the Vatican Wednesday was just one of the many priests who were distributing it and he obviously had no clue who Pelosi was, Donohue said.
The priest simply did what was expected of him: "He gave Communion to everyone waiting on line to receive it," Donohue wrote, which does not exclude the possibility that someone will willfully exploit the sacrament.
#4
Each of us has the opportunity to enthrone Jesus within ourselves or we can kick Him out by sinning and replacing Him with Baal. We can rent to either tenant. Enthroning Baal and the taking the Eucharist is dangerous to your soul.
“For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.” 1 Corinthians 11:28.
Cordelione was trying to help her. She did not get it.
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The Pope can go to hell with her.
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Man goes to heaven and is escorted by St Peter to his room. As the walk down the hallway the new arrival sees a number of Popes in Motel-6 type rooms. Arriving at his eternal apartment, the door opens up to what would be considered an opulent 5 star suite. The man pauses. Turns to St. Peter and questions why he's getting such a home while the Popes are in so basic accommodations. St. Peter simply explains "We have lots of Popes here. You are our first lawyer".
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Breitbart] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell admitted on Wednesday how little he understands soaring inflation.
[DAILYCALLER] Rep. 
Dem Congressgirl from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details. She was the inventor of the 
Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...
