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[Fernando 6,675]

November consumer prices rose at a 2.7% annual rate, lower than expected, delayed data shows

• The consumer price index rose at a 2.7% annualized rate last month, a delayed report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed.
• Economists polled by Dow Jones expected CPI to have risen 3.1%.
• Core CPI, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, was also cooler than anticipated, increasing 2.6% over 12 months.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/cpi-inflation-report-november-2025.html

 

Still waiting on that Tariff Inflation we was promised.....

Edited Thursday at 14:13 by Fernando

[Vesper 30,609]

3 hours ago, Fernando said:

November consumer prices rose at a 2.7% annual rate, lower than expected, delayed data shows

• The consumer price index rose at a 2.7% annualized rate last month, a delayed report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed.
• Economists polled by Dow Jones expected CPI to have risen 3.1%.
• Core CPI, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, was also cooler than anticipated, increasing 2.6% over 12 months.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/cpi-inflation-report-november-2025.html

 

Still waiting on that Tariff Inflation we was promised.....

Because the October CPI was canceled, Thursday’s report did not have all the usual data points of a typical CPI release. The BLS said it was unable to retroactively collect the October data, but did use some “nonsurvey data sources” to make the index calculations.

my add:

Also, tens of millions of Americans, starting January 1st, 2026 and onward, are going to be crushed with new health insurance premium costs, in many cases over 1000 USD per month or more just in increases.

[Fulham Broadway 17,512]

MAGA  = Miriam Adelson Gets America

 

[Fernando 6,675]

9 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

MAGA  = Miriam Adelson Gets America

 

Conspiracy theory. 

Israel can influence with money but it's very littler compare to the money that a rich Arab country like Saudia Arabia, Qatar and what not can do. 

Let's not forget we are about to have the first world trillionare in Elon Musk, and where is he from? Israel? Nope, from South Africa. 

If money was enough then Elon would not had a fight with Trump because of the lack of support for his EV credits. 

So then the question remain if money a lone is not enough then why Israel has a big role in our country? I will say the simplest answer, Evangelical Christans that run this country. 

Notice how when Obama came to power a person that had very little belive in Chrisitianity but was more close to Islam was not in good term with Israel?

So I think that plays a big role. 

Edited yesterday at 19:13 by Fernando

[Vesper 30,609]

19 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Conspiracy theory. 

Israel can influence with money but it's very littler compare to the money that a rich Arab country like Saudia Arabia, Qatar and what not can do. 

Let's not forget we are about to have the first world trillionare in Elon Musk, and where is he from? Israel? Nope, from South Africa. 

If money was enough then Elon would not had a fight with Trump because of the lack of support for his EV credits. 

So then the question remain if money a lone is not enough then why Israel has a big role in our country? I will say the simplest answer, Evangelical Christans that run this country. 

Notice how when Obama came to power a person that had very little belive in Chrisitianity but was more close to Islam was not in good term with Israel?

So I think that plays a big role. 

the US is Israel's bitch

 

and that is with the most recent year and a half's worth of cash not even shown, around 15-20 billion USD or so more

all of those other nations have FAR, FAR larger populations too

per capita the Israeli figure is MADNESS

[Fernando 6,675]

8 minutes ago, Vesper said:

the US is Israel's bitch

 

and that is with the most recent year and a half's worth of cash not even shown, around 15-20 billion USD or so more

all of those other nations have FAR, FAR larger populations too

per capita the Israeli figure is MADNESS

And why?

Because of USA has a lot of Christians and the leader....well not much presidents but the people who make up the govermenet are heavy christian. 

If in the future USA turns highly Muslim then that will change. 

[Fulham Broadway 17,512]

1 hour ago, Fernando said:

Conspiracy theory. 

Israel can influence with money but it's very littler compare to the money that a rich Arab country like Saudia Arabia, Qatar and what not can do. 

Let's not forget we are about to have the first world trillionare in Elon Musk, and where is he from? Israel? Nope, from South Africa. 

If money was enough then Elon would not had a fight with Trump because of the lack of support for his EV credits. 

So then the question remain if money a lone is not enough then why Israel has a big role in our country? I will say the simplest answer, Evangelical Christans that run this country. 

Notice how when Obama came to power a person that had very little belive in Chrisitianity but was more close to Islam was not in good term with Israel?

So I think that plays a big role. 

Netanyahu (real name Milakowsky) every Israeli PM has changed their name to sound Middle Eastern) has bragged about controlling the US

 

[Fernando 6,675]

4 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Netanyahu (real name Milakowsky) every Israeli PM has changed their name to sound Middle Eastern) has bragged about controlling the US

 

You just love to watch conspiracy channels. 

There's a lot of them out there, even for Christians as well, which I'm not a big fan of. 

 

Edited yesterday at 20:56 by Fernando

[Fulham Broadway 17,512]

16 hours ago, Fernando said:

You just love to watch conspiracy channels. 

There's a lot of them out there, even for Christians as well, which I'm not a big fan of. 

 

Alphabet owns Google owns Youtube major shareholders are Blackrock Larry Page. Supporters of zionism. So maybe they are conspiratorial.

However, Jeffrey Sachs is one of the most respected academics in the World

[Vesper 30,609]

16 hours ago, Fernando said:

And why?

Because of USA has a lot of Christians and the leader....well not much presidents but the people who make up the govermenet are heavy christian. 

If in the future USA turns highly Muslim then that will change. 

Israel's interests are NOT the same as the US's, in fact they are often at loggerheads.

Also, Israel is FAR from a good-faith ally of the US at most levels. For instance, they are one of the biggest industrial espianage spying nation against the US on the planet.

Israel only aligns with the US when the alignment is vastly in their favour. They often drag the US into positions that undercut the interests of the US.

They also are deeply embedded in influencing American politics, often in very detrimental ways.

A perfect example is AIPAC, which is majority funded overall by RW billionaires, and thus AIPAC (when they are not literally endorsing and helping fund dozens upon dozens of insurrectionist Republican House and Senate members) often goes into Demcoratic primaries and tries to crush progressive Dem candidates in favour of centrist and conservative Dems who will vote to not interfere with the RW billionaires' agendas, at levels FAR less than the progressive would have.

It is a 2-for-1. AIPAC strives to keep the insane cash flow (and also US military backstopping of an 'as expansionist as possible' zionist project) to Israel going, to crush most, if not all dissent to that, PLUS they get to help wipe out a lot of opposition inside the Demacratic Party to AIPAC RW billionaire funders' wants and desires on socio-economic levels.

[Fernando 6,675]

5 hours ago, Vesper said:

Israel's interests are NOT the same as the US's, in fact they are often at loggerheads.

Also, Israel is FAR from a good-faith ally of the US at most levels. For instance, they are one of the biggest industrial espianage spying nation against the US on the planet.

Israel only aligns with the US when the alignment is vastly in their favour. They often drag the US into positions that undercut the interests of the US.

They also are deeply embedded in influencing American politics, often in very detrimental ways.

A perfect example is AIPAC, which is majority funded overall by RW billionaires, and thus AIPAC (when they are not literally endorsing and helping fund dozens upon dozens of insurrectionist Republican House and Senate members) often goes into Demcoratic primaries and tries to crush progressive Dem candidates in favour of centrist and conservative Dems who will vote to not interfere with the RW billionaires' agendas, at levels FAR less than the progressive would have.

It is a 2-for-1. AIPAC strives to keep the insane cash flow (and also US military backstopping of an 'as expansionist as possible' zionist project) to Israel going, to crush most, if not all dissent to that, PLUS they get to help wipe out a lot of opposition inside the Demacratic Party to AIPAC RW billionaire funders' wants and desires on socio-economic levels.

RW Billionares is the key, it is my theory as they tend to be Christians will always favor Israel because of what the bible says. 

But when they are not it changes like for example during Obama adminstration who did not follow much the Christian believes but was more in favor of Muslim. 

And as Muslim religion is growing here in America, we got a mayor for NYC of that background that will eventually change. 

Religion plays a big part on this. 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Fernando

[Vesper 30,609]

22 minutes ago, Fernando said:

And as Muslim religion is growing here in America

The US has around 350 million people

There are an estimated 3.5 to 4.5 million Muslims in the U.S., though exact numbers vary due to no official census question on religion, with projections suggesting they could become the second-largest religious group by 2040, reaching 8.1 million by 2050, out of a 2050 population estimate of closing in on 400 million.

lets say there are 4.5 million now

that is only 1.29 per cent of the population

a TINY fraction

[Vesper 30,609]

The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3mag7myutmc2d

[Vesper 30,609]

Franklin Graham Says ‘God Also Hates’ and ‘Is a God of War’ at Pentagon’s ‘Christmas Worship Service’

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/franklin-graham-says-god-also-hates-and-is-a-god-of-war-at-pentagons-christmas-worship-service/

Evangelical preacher Franklin Graham told participants at the Pentagon ‘s “Christmas Worship Service” that the “God of love” they’re familiar with “also hates.”

Graham addressed troops and Pentagon employees Thursday at the event hosted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer Hegseth.

“You know, we think about, God is a God of love,” Graham said before reciting Bible verse John 3:16, “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that he whoever believeth in him shouldn’t perish, but have everlasting life.”

Graham continued, “We know that God loves, but did you know that God also hates? Do you know that God also is a God of war? And many people don’t want to think about that, or forget that.”

Graham read a Bible passage where Saul was called on to attack Israel’s enemies, saying, “Utterly destroy all that they have. Don’t spare them….but kill them, both men, women, infant, nursing child, oxen, sheep, camel, and donkey.”

“Now, people will say, ‘Franklin, that is so hard. That’s not the God I believe in.’ Well, you’d better believe in him!” Graham said.

Graham then talked about “the sins of our country.”

“I pray that God will forgive the sins of our country,” he said. “When you think of all the things we do, and the mistakes we make, pray that God will heal our land, and that America will once again turn to the God of our fathers and serve him.”

Pete Hegseth closed the event by remembering the American soldiers and interpreter who were killed in Syria last week.

“I just got back from Dover for a dignified transfer for three great Americans,” Hegseth said.

“There’s no way to manage what to say when you’re in that room with those families,” he continued. “But almost to a man and a woman, you see them find hope, that there is something bigger. A place where they know where their loved-ones are. Yes, they served our nation, the put on the cloth of our uniform, served all of us, on behalf of all of us. But they serve a bigger and greater God. And we know where they are.”

 

[Fulham Broadway 17,512]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Franklin Graham Says ‘God Also Hates’ and ‘Is a God of War’ at Pentagon’s ‘Christmas Worship Service’

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/franklin-graham-says-god-also-hates-and-is-a-god-of-war-at-pentagons-christmas-worship-service/

Evangelical preacher Franklin Graham told participants at the Pentagon ‘s “Christmas Worship Service” that the “God of love” they’re familiar with “also hates.”

Graham addressed troops and Pentagon employees Thursday at the event hosted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer Hegseth.

“You know, we think about, God is a God of love,” Graham said before reciting Bible verse John 3:16, “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that he whoever believeth in him shouldn’t perish, but have everlasting life.”

Graham continued, “We know that God loves, but did you know that God also hates? Do you know that God also is a God of war? And many people don’t want to think about that, or forget that.”

Graham read a Bible passage where Saul was called on to attack Israel’s enemies, saying, “Utterly destroy all that they have. Don’t spare them….but kill them, both men, women, infant, nursing child, oxen, sheep, camel, and donkey.”

“Now, people will say, ‘Franklin, that is so hard. That’s not the God I believe in.’ Well, you’d better believe in him!” Graham said.

Graham then talked about “the sins of our country.”

“I pray that God will forgive the sins of our country,” he said. “When you think of all the things we do, and the mistakes we make, pray that God will heal our land, and that America will once again turn to the God of our fathers and serve him.”

Pete Hegseth closed the event by remembering the American soldiers and interpreter who were killed in Syria last week.

“I just got back from Dover for a dignified transfer for three great Americans,” Hegseth said.

“There’s no way to manage what to say when you’re in that room with those families,” he continued. “But almost to a man and a woman, you see them find hope, that there is something bigger. A place where they know where their loved-ones are. Yes, they served our nation, the put on the cloth of our uniform, served all of us, on behalf of all of us. But they serve a bigger and greater God. And we know where they are.”

 

They're about as Christian as Satan, like Zios who aren't in the slightest bit religous yet state ''God gave us the land''

[Fernando 6,675]

4 hours ago, Vesper said:

The US has around 350 million people

There are an estimated 3.5 to 4.5 million Muslims in the U.S., though exact numbers vary due to no official census question on religion, with projections suggesting they could become the second-largest religious group by 2040, reaching 8.1 million by 2050, out of a 2050 population estimate of closing in on 400 million.

lets say there are 4.5 million now

that is only 1.29 per cent of the population

a TINY fraction

No official census. 

That's why those numbers are way of. What I see with my own eyes tells a different story. 

That is that fastest growing religion here. 

We already have a Muslim major in the biggest city of the world. And we had a president who was very friendly to that religion. 

I forsee this increasing over the year thus the relationship with Israel will weaken. 

So it's not just about money but religion as well. 

[Vesper 30,609]

18 minutes ago, Fernando said:

No official census. 

That's why those numbers are way of. What I see with my own eyes tells a different story. 

That is that fastest growing religion here. 

We already have a Muslim major in the biggest city of the world. And we had a president who was very friendly to that religion. 

I forsee this increasing over the year thus the relationship with Israel will weaken. 

So it's not just about money but religion as well. 

those numbers are not THAT far off

and the US is so big that even if you double them they still are a tiny tiny percentage of the population

and NYC is FAR from the biggest city in the world

it is not even close

[Fulham Broadway 17,512]

There is something deeply and fundamentally wrong with Donald Trump.

Wednesday night’s speech demonstrated it. He didn’t need to trash-talk Joe Biden, or try to claim that the country was “dead” when he came into office, or exaggerate his accomplishments, or lie about the state of things. None of that was necessary.

He didn’t need to put depreciating comments under the pictures of prior presidents in the White House, or replace Joe Biden’s picture with a autopen.

This ends when we decide it ends. When we stop treating pathology as entertainment and cruelty as strength.

These are the kind of things junior high school boys do. And not even most junior high school boys; just the really dysfunctional ones. The bullies. The ones who are desperate to be part of the in crowd, but always on the outside looking in. The ones no one wants as friends.

This man is sick. And he’s inflicting his sickness on our country. And he’s surrounded himself with sick people, or at least with people willing to tolerate his mental, emotional, and spiritual sickness.

As well as people who share his sickness: There’s also clearly something wrong with man-children like Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, and Kash Patel.

With these men, it goes beyond the normal sellout type of person willing to do anything for wealth and power, the kind of behavior we see in people like Pam Bondi or the administration members who’ll swear that the 2020 election was stolen.

There’s a deep cruelty combined with a pathological insecurity and a level of hate and intolerance for others that’s shocking. Anybody who’s ever played any sort of role in leadership is looking at this administration aghast. The leaders of the rest of the rest of the world must be in shock.

There’s a deep sickness at the head of this government. The childishness. The violence. The bloodlust that we see off the coast of Venezuela. The willingness to sanction rape and murder and land grabs in Palestine. The enthusiasm to bring our country to the brink of war. Plastering gold-painted geegaws all over the White House. 

And then Wednesday night Trump goes off for 20 minutes quite literally shouting at the country like an old man yelling at kids on his lawn. Ranting about Black Somalis. Bragging about nonexistent victories and peace deals. Just making s--- up.

No president of the United States has ever behaved this way. Probably no governor or mayor has ever gotten away with this kind of psychopathology and obscene behavior.

It’s embarrassing. It’s humiliating America.

It’s setting a terrible example for our young people. Children who were just entering the early years of public school when Trump first ran based on a racist rant in 2015 are now graduating from high school thinking that this is normal.

That, in and of itself, is a disaster for their and America’s future.

And now he has an “armada” poised off the coast of Venezuela trying to provoke a war with that nation.

It’s also becoming increasingly clear that he was right in the middle of it all with Jeffrey Epstein, and is now frantically trying to avoid questions about the teen modeling agency and talent show he owned back in those days.

He’s gutted America’s principal agencies of soft power, the Voice of America and USAID, strung Ukraine along for almost an entire year as their people get slaughtered, and accepted hundreds of millions of dollars worth of naked bribes from foreign autocrats and American business leaders.

He’s deployed masked, secret police into our cities who are gleefully brutalizing brown-skinned people and anybody who tries to document their hugely unAmerican activity.

He kowtows before Vladimir Putin and China’s president Xi, and embraces murderous dictators who’ve ordered the killing of an American journalist and routinely cut the heads off of their own people. He tore down the East Wing of the White House in defiance of federal and local law, history, and respect for “The People’s House.”

It’s reached the point where we’re now confronted with a hard truth: This isn’t about left versus right anymore or even politics as usual. It isn’t about tax policy or border policy or whose yard sign we prefer.

This is now about whether we’re willing to normalize sickness in power.

Whether we tell ourselves comforting stories because confronting the actual reality in front of us is frightening.

Whether we allow cruelty, lying, and instability to become the cultural baseline simply because calling it out makes dinner conversations awkward or costs us friends or clicks or donors.

Turning points in history don’t usually announce themselves with marching bands. They creep in while decent people look away, hoping the fever will break on its own.

But it never does. Fevers break only when the body fights back. Democracies survive only when citizens decide that character still matters, that truth still matters, that children deserve better examples than tantrums and threats and gold-plated vulgarity. 

Silence is not neutrality: It’s consent.

If you’re reading this, you still have agency. Use it. Talk to your neighbors. Support journalists and organizations willing to tell the truth. Show up, vote, organize, refuse to laugh it off, refuse to excuse it, refuse to become numb.

Demand leaders who are adults, not bullies. Who are steady, not sick. Who see power as a responsibility, not a toy.

This ends when we decide it ends. When we stop treating pathology as entertainment and cruelty as strength. When we remember that democracy is not self-executing; it requires citizens who are awake, engaged, and unwilling to surrender their moral compass for the illusion of order.

We don’t need to be perfect. We just need to be brave enough to say: this is wrong, and we will not accept it.

The future is watching us right now, and one day our children will ask what we did when it mattered. Let’s make sure we have an answer we can live with.