The Biden Administration

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

Ol' Sleepy Joe clearly knows nothing about the military. His nominee for Chief of Naval Ops is sure to menstruate all over the plans for a state-of-the-art point defense system for aircraft carriers, thereby hastening the destruction of America.

At under 75, surely she has no life experience.

[LarsMac]

These women that want the top jobs in business and the Military need to take a lesson from the male counterparts.

You need to have some pictures that show that you mean business. A big happy smile does not make one look like Command experience. Take a look at all those commanders and admirals and Generals. Their official pics will always show them seriously in charge. This military shit is SERIOUS Business. Who wants Grandma looking like she just broke out a batch of Ginger Snaps to be in charge of the mightiest fighting machine in the Free World?

(Not that Grandma probably couldn't kick some serious Ass if she had to. I know Mine could. But still,...)

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

This gets into the dreaded damned if you do, damned if you don’t territory women face every day. Not smiling? Bitchy. Smiling? Soft. Someone is going to take a shit on her for being in a position of power. If anything, take a page from the late Queen Elizabeth II, she’ll smile where she deems appropriate, have a firm look where she deems appropriate. Her call, she’s in charge. The best thing for men to do is back her up, follow her lead, and if in uniform, god damned salute.


And I’m a foreigner, not in uniform.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Bonus: Patricia Ann Tracey - Wikipedia

First vice admiral

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

This gets into the dreaded damned if you do, damned if you don’t territory women face every day. Not smiling? Bitchy. Smiling? Soft. Someone is going to take a shit on her for being in a position of power. If anything, take a page from the late Queen Elizabeth II, she’ll smile where she deems appropriate, have a firm look where she deems appropriate. Her call, she’s in charge. The best thing for men to do is back her up, follow her lead, and if in uniform, god damned salute.


And I’m a foreigner, not in uniform.

Yeah, That's what I'm talking about. I mean, you can smile with authority. The Queen could pull it off.

My Grandmother had that look. You just knew that you'd better straighten the hell up. It worked on anyone that was the subject of that look, and yet, an innocent bystander was looking on, they just thought that she was being a kindly ol' Lady. But, you knew you were basically fucked when y'all got back to the house.

Women in authority need to pick that up and own that look.

[JoeP]

Those living under the Biden administration - is this valid? Does the economy feel good?

"Bidenomics" is working - which means Biden and the Democrats may win too | Robert Reich | The Guardian

Robert Reich appears to talk sense but I don't know much about him.

[LarsMac]

Where I live, the average worker is working 3 P/T jobs for minimum wage, and a quick trip to the grocer for a few basics costs near 100 bucks. If you ask them, they will likely say that it's not really working.

[Ensign Steve]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Those living under the Biden administration - is this valid? Does the economy feel good?

"The economy" feels just great to me. Most of our wealth is in the form of tech stonks though. I don't think it feels good to all the people losing their jobs. But the some numbers look good, and that's good for Biden. Line go up, durrrrr.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The Biden bone connected to the bank bailouts bone.

The bank bailouts bone connected to the interest rates post 9/11 bone.

The interests rates post 9/11 bone connected to the Reaganomics bone.

The Reaganomics bone connected to the US foreign policy since Monroe bone.

[Miss Shelby]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Those living under the Biden administration - is this valid? Does the economy feel good?

"Bidenomics" is working - which means Biden and the Democrats may win too | Robert Reich | The Guardian

Robert Reich appears to talk sense but I don't know much about him.

The economy doesn’t matter to most people. Most people (voters) pay no attention. They just adjust because they’re living their lives and have adapted to their own status quo. This includes everyone. The poor the rich — well maybe not the rich but everyone from the poor to the middle class and maybe even some of the upper middle class. Talk to your random Joe at work. Or your neighbor or grocer. It doesn’t come up in every day conversation.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Biden decides to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama | AP News

[viscousmemories]

It's Natural That People Feel Bad About the Economy Right Now - The American Prospect

[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by viscousmemories

It's Natural That People Feel Bad About the Economy Right Now - The American Prospect

Can I say, I think that is bullshit. I might try to flesh that reflexive response out a bit when I'm more sober.

[ChuckF]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Those living under the Biden administration - is this valid? Does the economy feel good?

Economy feels incredibly great. We are savers with no debt, so higher interest rates are mostly upside. But also we're pretty rich, so

[Stephen Maturin]

This is a good situation. Let's be honest, this is a good economy.

~ Jerome Powell, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board

To paraphrase Chris Hayes, that's the Fed Chair equivalent of stripping buck-ass naked and twerking for three solid minutes.

Naturally, this is the death knell for the Biden administration because of what David Brooks had to spend for a burger and some very fancy booze at a New York airport eatery or some such shit.

[viscousmemories]

I found a reference to "The Biden Plan to Guarantee the Government Works for the People" somewhere, but the link was dead. Apparently the Biden campaign removed the page from their website sometime last year. It was last archived on April 25th, 2023. Apparently the plan proposed to:

• Reduce the corrupting influence of money in politics and make it easier for candidates of all backgrounds to run for office;
• Return integrity to the U.S. Department of Justice and other Executive Branch decision-making;
• Restore ethics in government;
• Rein in Executive Branch financial conflicts of interest; and
• Hold the lobbied and lobbyists to a higher standard of accountability.

Did some of these things get rolled into other initiatives or did they just abandon this whole project?

I understand that this has been the most progressive administration in decades on many fronts, I'm just wondering why these things seem to have been deprioritized. Especially given the beating the corrupt SCOTUS has dished out this past term.

[LarsMac]

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Jim Wright on F******k

Joe Biden has roughly six months left in office. He's no longer concerned with reelection. I'm not sure how much longer he's going to live after he leaves office. The technical term for this is: Totally Out of F*cks to Give.

And the Supreme Court, with the full throated agreement of Republicans, conveniently just handed him total immunity for any actions he might take between now and January.

I don't know, man, but that sure seems like an opportunity to fix a lot of stuff

My prediction ... nothing useful. But we can dream.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Weird how we haven’t heard about Hunter Biden’s laptop in awhile almost like it wasn’t important at any time.

[viscousmemories]

I guess Biden was in my hometown yesterday.

President Joe Biden signed Friday what he called a “Good Jobs” executive order, which requires federal agencies to prioritize funding projects with the free and fair choice to join a union, wage standards, workforce development programs such as apprenticeships and benefits like access to childcare.

Biden signs 'Good Jobs' order during Ann Arbor visit, hands the pen to Rep. Dingell • Michigan Advance