10/28/21: Joe Biden has been taking his lumps of late, many of which have been delivered to his noggin’ by fellow Democrats. Joe Manchin, for example, has blocked the president’s efforts to make fighting climate change a top priority. This has much to do with the fact Joe from West Virginia loves being a senator from a coal state more than he loves addressing an issue that will shape the lives of the generations on Earth to come. Also, Democratic fashion-plate and Sen. Krysten Sinema doesn’t like the idea of taxing billionaires or getting control of prescription drug prices.
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So, a few positive notes: The National Retail Foundation predicts holiday spending to increase 8.5 to 10.5 percent over November-December 2020. (Spending in 2020 was up 8.2 percent, proving, if we use the Trump Rule,** that Joe Biden is the bomb when juicing a moribund economy.)
Las Vegas is also booming. Hotel occupancy rates are up more than 70%, compared to 2020. Nevada casinos reported house winnings of $1.2 billion in September. Good news for casino operators.
Not so good for the poor gamblers
who coughed up 1.2 billion of their own hard-earned dollars.
On another positive note, the chief negotiator for Iran says his country will rejoin international talks on limiting its nuclear weapons program. You may remember that Trump called the pervious deal with Iran the “worst deal in history,” tore it up, and failed to replace it with something better.
Kind of like his fictional healthcare plan. Or his imaginary deal to get North Korea to give up all its nukes.
**The Trump Rule was to claim that any positive development, from the moment he was declared winner of the 2016 election was due to his orange greatness. For example, all stock gains from November 8, 2016, were a result of his win.
There’s also the Trump
Corollary, which is to blame anything bad that happens while in office on a
predecessor in office, even other Republicans. Just whine and cry and say that you
“inherited a mess.”
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