Grim Enjoyment

We all know that the economy sucks — well, all except the White House and other socialists:

The United States economy contracted in the second quarter of 2022, marking the second consecutive quarter registering no growth. Economists expected the economy to grow by 0.3 percent, but the GDP shrank by 0.9 percent in the second quarter.

It is commonly considered a recession after two straight quarters of negative growth, although the Biden administration is now in the business of challenging the definition.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, for example, overtly denied that definition, as did White House economic adviser Brian Deese.

Of course they would.

One just wonders how they’re going to spin the Chip Diller routine when consecutive quarters #3, #4, #5 and #6 all show negative growth.

Useless socialist bastards.

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And as always, the news is kinda shitty…


yeah, like that’s going to put the fatties off their Big Macs.


from Turban Durbin, the moron who thought Al-Qaeda was just a social club.


yeah, this endless rodentophobia has to come to an end — it’s more urgent than the climate “emergency”.


and you’re not full of shit;  you’re excrementally crammed, you Commie bitch.


key words:  Spanish pilot.


hands up all those who think that Bidenson is actually going to go to jail for this… none of you, huh?  Me neither.


nom nom nom BBQ !  (translated from the original Bear).


Britain without fish ‘n chips would be like… New Jersey.  One day you’ll only be able to get a decent fish ‘n chips in Spain or Portugal.


silly me, and I thought it would be Russia or China.


what with senile dementia, I’ve quite forgotten who gets tied up first.


if by that you mean “incredibly emaciated”, then yes. (no link, on humanitarian grounds)

And in (link-free) INSIGNIFICA:

     

as once again, we play the “Guess The Race” game amongst the participants.


as the sage said:  “No matter how beautiful she is, there’s always at least one guy who’s sick of all her bullshit.”  In Ulrika’s case, that would be at least four guys (ex-husbands/childspawners).

Anyway, here are some pics if, like me, you had no idea who this Emily chick is:

Just tragic.  Guy probably probably cheated on her with a chick who knows how to cook pasta.

No Wonder They Lost The War(s)

My plan this afternoon was to go and set up a new bank account to handle the dollars that my Kind Readers are going to support me with, and buy a few groceries from the Kroger across from there.

“Hello, Tiggy,” says I to the VW.  “Ready to go on a little trip?”
“Sorta.”  Some miles go by.  “Nope, sorry, let me show you my check engine light, and if that’s not enough, I’ll throw in a little juddering and unresponsive throttle.”

125,000 lousy miles, lovingly looked after, and it does this to me.  (see title)

I just made it to Mike The Mechanic (actually Chris, but that lacks the alliterative impact) who, when I described the symptoms, gave a merry laugh and called his wife to book that trip to the Bahamas.

Even better, I’ll only get it back next week, as they’re as busy as Hunter Biden in a whorehouse with a wallet full of taxpayer money.

Which means that for the foreseeable I get to chug around in Sputum:

Not that I mind, though, although it does mean that I will have to ferry New Wife to and from The Job.  Or just stay at home, drink gin and growl at my screen.

Wait:  what was the first option again?

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And if that doesn’t just describe the denizens of this roundup’s news perfectly…

Welcome to a new department:  Royal Assholes:

 

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...yeah, let us know how that works out.


…[snicker] Sarah’s being snarky, Sarah is.


key word:  Iran Y’all thought it was Chicago, din’tcha?


every person involved in this horrorshow should be subject to a daily scourging until all the jobs come back to the U.S.


somehow, I don’t think that Guns!Guns!Guns! sells a decent pastrami sandwich, but then again I’ve never been to Uvalde.


not that anyone watches ChickSoc anyway.


and she should know, by golly.


but catches herself just in time.

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I report, you decide.

Finally:


I don’t know who the alleged “TV star” is, but she must have brought quite a lot to the party, because here’s his missus:

And some solo shots:

Nobody named Hunter Biden was harmed in the compilation of this news, unfortunately.

When The Economy Falls Into The Ditch

How Sri Lanka fell into the pit.

Executive Summary:  Debt.

An object lesson for all governments, not the least ours.  The only good thing about this debacle is that the ChiComs are going to take it between the cheeks.

Footnote:  the World Bank gave all sorts of accolades to Sri Lanka for its economic growth, even though the economy was built on foreign loans which the country had no chance of ever repaying.  So much for the banking system…

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I’d prefer that an alligator was eating the President alive, myself.


actually, they’re forcing us to vote you Green assholes out of office… but we’ll let you find that out for yourself.


and she’s well rid of him.


winner of the “Nothing Says ‘OKLAHOMA!’ More Than This” competition.


..expecting “class” from a Kardashian is like expecting a PhD from an aardvark.


I’m just amazed they still have any cattle left.


note “instructor” not “professor — and her bio is exactly what you’d expect it to be.  At Harvard.


and the pendulum swings, oh yes it doesBy the way, a couple of their policy proposals would be sure vote-getters in Europe as whole, not just in Italy.


hence the term “guided muscle”.


no, don’t be like the Democrats.  Fix the economy first, stupid, then address taxes.  Witch-hunts much later.

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        probably needed a month’s worth of antibiotics to recover.

Finally, from EU-land:


but before clicking on the link, you may want to take a look at this Eva Vlaardingerbroek creature:

And by the way, I think that “Vlaardingerbroek” means “Flan-ingredient-pants” in English, but I’ll let Reader Jwenting correct me. (And indeed he has:  “Vlaardingerbroek refers to a polder near the town of Vlaardingen.  A “broek” is directly what in English is called a “brook” or creek.”)

Many thanks.