I sometimes wonder what we would have done for literary novels, popular fiction, spy and mystery stories, movies, TV programs, and streaming shows had there not been a World War II.
I bought some whole wheat crackers. The package announced it a plant-based snack. Aren’t all crackers plant-based unless you include in the category buffalo chips?
Germany’s economy shrunk last year and is not expected to do much better this year. A fact like that is important in assessing our economy, which, of course, grew last year and will this year. The economy is a worldwide one, or, you might say: No country is an island entire unto itself. (Okay, ok, I have to rethink this aphorism because of Australia and some specks here and there.) Assessments of our own economy should consider what’s going on in the world.
Who coined the phrase “in harm’s way” and why? It is simpler to say “in danger” but the nuance seems to be different. I think of a palpable entity with “harm’s way.” Harm is a large ship and smaller craft must get out of its path. I don’t have those thoughts when someone is in danger.
Positive consumer sentiment, which dropped precipitately under President Trump, has recently increased at a rate greater than has been seen in the last twenty years.
Axios: “Your perception of the economy used to influence your political leanings. Nowadays, Americans’ political leanings determine how they perceive the economy.”
A wise person said: “It is poor economy to cut down on schools, healthcare, jobs, and job training and use the money later on jails.”
Remember those tax cuts that were passed by Republicans when Trump was president? I thought they were meant to give a permanent boost to the economy. They are still in effect, but conservatives say the economy sucks. I am not holding my breath waiting for them to explain how their tax cuts failed.
“I have a photographic memory, when it comes to me.” Gary Sheffield.
Donald Trump is promising that any day now he will produce Biden’s birth certificate proving Joe was born in Kenya.
I am like some of those treasures on Antique Roadshow: I have conditions issues.
The street person was waiting for the gym to open. “I am going to get fit,” he announced. Asked if he had paid the dues, he replied, “No, but (holding it up) I have this nice hardback book.”
As if she is the only one: The kitchen sparkled. The spouse had scrubbed it. Nancy, the cleaning person, was coming the next day.
