Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Trump Takes Us To The Toilet

Going down down down down down:
Washington Post:
U.S. slowdown deepens as economic growth slips to 1.9 percent pace in third quarter  —  Business investment contracts for second straight quarter, as companies pull back amid uncertainty  —  The U.S. economy cooled over the summer, growing at a 1.9 percent annualized pace from July through September …
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week:   Trump celebrates 1.9 percent GDP growth. He blasted the exact same number under Obama.
Anneken Tappe / CNN:   The US economy is slowing
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
G.D.P. Posts 1.9% Rate as Trade Fight and Global Weakness Hit Economy
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:   Economy Grew At Anemic 1.9% In Third Quarter, Hinting At A Slowdown Ahead
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:   Economic Growth Slows as Trade War Continues
Trade war on America's workers. Can't wait until every moronic Trump voter is living in a van down by the river.

2 comments:

Li'l Innocent said...

Dear sir - I wish to complain of false advertising, i.e. the banner on your home page. I am not getting any ennui at all from the reality you reflect and excoriate.
Please try to provide some in future.

A sometime reader.

M. Bouffant said...

Existentially Banal Ed.:
An unfortunate ability to resist the evangel of ennui. Difficult in this world of shit & pain.

We find ourselves bored entirely limp by this whole evil mess. And certainly try our damnedest to numb all who enter.

Perhaps if you were a more Constant Reader you'd reach some sort of numbness nirvana. We're at the point we can barely move.