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Gaudion M said:
A lot going on in US politics with the elections up coming. But the big event of the day is Steve Bannon sentencing for contempt. I think it might just be circa 6 months. But it sets a big precedent. And he is not in the best of shape so 6 months is a lot of time for him.

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Bannon is a f*cking SLOB. Hopefully 6 months in chokey will see him expire from 'natural' causes... that's if he doesn't get shivved in chow hall first.
 
Gaudion M said:
A lot going on in US politics with the elections up coming. But the big event of the day is Steve Bannon sentencing for contempt. I think it might just be circa 6 months. But it sets a big precedent. And he is not in the best of shape so 6 months is a lot of time for him.

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Hope he likes his arsehoke being shredded by an angry man screaming MAGA ironically whilst committing the deed.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
Bannon is a f*cking SLOB. Hopefully 6 months in chokey will see him expire from 'natural' causes... that's if he doesn't get shivved in chow hall first.
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If sent to prison, Bannon will serve time in a minimum-security federal prison - no perimeter fence or barbed wire surrounding the grounds, with sports such as handball available. This sort of detainment is known as "prison camp." There's no hardcore criminals around at all - and there's (virtually) zero chance of him getting shivved.

Basically, it's a sort of all-expense-paid retreat - cut off from society but free to exercise your mind and engage in sport as you like, absolutely free, curtesy of tax payers. No wonder that Bannon defied Congress and was willing to face a short prison sentence. Once out - he's back to his old self, but worse, now able to brandish his prison sentence as a badge of honor.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
If sent to prison, Bannon will serve time in a minimum-security federal prison - no perimeter fence or barbed wire surrounding the grounds, with sports such as handball available. This sort of detainment is known as "prison camp." There's no hardcore criminals around at all - and there's (virtually) zero chance of him getting shivved.

Basically, it's a sort of all-expense-paid retreat - cut off from society but free to exercise your mind and engage in sport as you like, absolutely free, curtesy of tax payers. No wonder that Bannon defied Congress and was willing to face a short prison sentence. Once out - he's back to his old self, but worse, now able to brandish his prison sentence as a badge of honor.
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I thought Federal prison was hard core. Or am i just thinking max security federal?

He should get a fine as well. Hopefully he also trips and falls on his way down the court steps.
 
Gaudion M said:
I thought Federal prison was hard core. Or am i just thinking max security federal?

He should get a fine as well. Hopefully he also trips and falls on his way down the court steps.
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The term "federal" when applied to criminal conviction simply means that federal law was violated. As opposed to local, city, county, state, or other jurisdictional laws. Conviction of a federal offense does not imply a dangerous, life-threatening, jail sentence among hardened criminals.

Where you're imprisoned and the inmates you are imprisoned with, depends on the crime you committed. Bannon, if sent to jail, faces a sort of monk-like-retreat but with more amenities - whereas a mass-murdering drug cartel boss such as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán faces maximum security, lifelong, near-solitary confinement jail with almost nothing provided to prevent boredom and loneliness surrounding by murderous inmates convicted of similarly heinous crimes (the sort of hardcore imprisonment you likely envisioned).
 
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Blue_Lightsaber said:
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Yet inflation is repeated 20 million times by paid tv anchors.

Never underestimate the stupid part of the population.. they outnumber the smart ones!
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The main trouble with capitalism in America, is that capitalism doesn't actually exist - it's a bunch of oligopolies more-or-less in charge and they'll quickly realize that it's to their mutual benefit to raise prices - which they'll by-in-large do.

There's nothing wrong with corporations raising prices per se - after all their goal is to maximize profit. The problem is, that there's far too little competition to prevent price gauging.
 
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Just watched Bannon join the Tories in being an "off the scale" cnut.....added to the fact he's a serial wife beater must make him an even bigger one if that's humanly possible..
 
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BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
The main trouble with capitalism in America, is that capitalism doesn't actually exist - it's a bunch of oligopolies more-or-less in charge and they'll quickly realize that it's to their mutual benefit to raise prices - which they'll by-in-large do.

There's nothing wrong with corporations raising prices per se - after all their goal is to maximize profit. The problem is, that there's far too little competition to prevent price gauging.
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There aren't many consumer-facing industries in the U.S. that are true oligopolies. And not that many B2B players either, though there are more.
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
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Yet inflation is repeated 20 million times by paid tv anchors.

Never underestimate the stupid part of the population.. they outnumber the smart ones!
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Profits are up because comps on revenue and unit turnover are easy (still recovering from the pandemic in 2021) and prices are up to cover variable cost (input) inflation, but because some component of most companies' expense structure is fixed, margins go higher.

There is 100% a labor shortage in the US. Look at participation rates. Look at employment vs. a nine-month cycle of Fed Funds rate increases to kill inflation and how resilient job growth has been. My guess is if companies are reducing their headcounts, they are "firing" people via natural attrition and not replacing them. Many are very worried about finding qualified replacements if they do let people go once demand turns up -- especially in service industries.
 
Bannon sentenced and Subpoena issued for the "Orange Jesus."


MSNBC hitting the wank wall.
 
jim tolmies perm said:
Just watched Bannon join the Tories in being an "off the scale" cnut.....added to the fact he's a serial wife beater must make him an even bigger one if that's humanly possible..
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Its by design. Brexit, Trump, Boris Johnson, Bannon, Farage, all the shit, the making a common enemy in scary foreigners, false promises based on very basic racism, the exploitation of the intellectually challenged and providing them with an overly simplistic decision to make based on nothing to mobilise fucktards into voting for things they didnt understand based on 3 word slogans. It was a business model they all thrived off and fed eachother with
 
Uncle Wally One Ball said:
Its by design. Brexit, Trump, Boris Johnson, Bannon, Farage, all the shit, the making a common enemy in scary foreigners, false promises based on very basic racism, the exploitation of the intellectually challenged and providing them with an overly simplistic decision to make based on nothing to mobilise fucktards into voting for things they didnt understand based on 3 word slogans. It was a business model they all thrived off and fed eachother with
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And Russia has funded bot campaigns for all of those mentioned in your first line, funny that.
 
SWP's back said:
And Russia has funded bot campaigns for all of those mentioned in your first line, funny that.
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Through the looking glass...

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www.bbc.com

Russian trolls' chief target was 'black US voters' in 2016

A Senate intelligence report says no other group was more targeted in the 2016 election.
www.bbc.com

www.theguardian.com

Russian-led troll network based in west Africa uncovered

Fake Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts seemed to aim to inflame divides in US
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
There aren't many consumer-facing industries in the U.S. that are true oligopolies. And not that many B2B players either, though there are more.
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www.investopedia.com

What Are Current Examples of Oligopolies?

An oligopoly consists of a select few companies having significant influence over an industry.
www.investopedia.com www.investopedia.com

I'm a staunch capitalist. I believe in free market competition. But market forces and economies of scale drive consolidation into ever fewer influential players across many industries with the attendant loss of some degree of competition.
 
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