This Is What Happens When You Put An Idiot In Charge of a Complex System

[Minimalist]

Tired of winning yet, dairy farmers?

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/us-dair...rade-deal/

Drowning in milk: US dairy farmers get little help from Canada trade deal

“The only thing that will help us is less milk or more consumption of milk,” said Scooter LaPrise, 53, who with his wife has about 30 cows on one of eight remaining dairy farms in Rhode Island.

“It’s not going to fix anything,” he said of the revamped trade agreement. “It’s just something to catch votes.”

MAGA hat-wearers can best be caught with fly paper.

[Bucky Ball]

One of the two industrial giants whose stock tumbled in one of the big "down" days this week, was Caterpillar.
Why you ask ? Trump's idiotic tariffs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/23/caterpil...-2018.html
This is what happens when you put an idiot in charge.

[Minimalist]

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/art...l-recovers

Tech Giants Slide, Pulling US Stock Market Sharply Lower

Stocks appeared to have regained their footing after a skid in October snapped a six-month string of gains for the S&P 500. Stocks rallied last week after the U.S. midterm elections turned out largely as investors expected, with a divided Congress promising legislative gridlock in Washington the next couple of years.

While the market has typically thrived in periods of divided government, investors continue to grapple with uncertainty over the U.S.-China trade dispute and the potential impact of increased oversight of Corporate America by Democrats, who will be taking over leadership in the House of Representatives in January.

If any groups needs to be scrutinized it is these business, criminal, asshole, pricks.

[Minimalist]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/us-gove...t-october/

US government posts $100 billion deficit in October

I wonder how that happened?

[Minimalist]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/us-farm...w-markets/

US farmers scramble to contain trade-war damage, find new markets

Sri Lanka bought about 3,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans last year. China bought about 32 million tons – but now buys almost none after Beijing slapped a 25 percent tariff on U.S. imports in July. The move came in retaliation for U.S. duties on Chinese goods imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. farmers would need about 11,000 markets the size of Sri Lanka to replace Chinese soybean purchases, but these days many growers will take any shred of new business they can get

[Crossless2.0]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/us-farm...w-markets/

US farmers scramble to contain trade-war damage, find new markets

Sri Lanka bought about 3,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans last year. China bought about 32 million tons – but now buys almost none after Beijing slapped a 25 percent tariff on U.S. imports in July. The move came in retaliation for U.S. duties on Chinese goods imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. farmers would need about 11,000 markets the size of Sri Lanka to replace Chinese soybean purchases, but these days many growers will take any shred of new business they can get

Putting that in a workaday context, 3,000 MT of soybeans will give you exactly one slack hold on a bulk cargo vessel that will be loaded and trimmed in about an hour.

One fucking hold in one hour.

Meanwhile, China is simply turning to South America to get their soybeans.

This is what tariffs bring. Way to go, Trump, you unbelievable imbecile.

[Minimalist]

It continues...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/opini...ss&emc=rss

The Assault Against Science Continues at the E.P.A.

The agency jettisons expert panels providing guidance on important health and environmental issues.

Maybe the fuckheads will rely on the stupid, fucking, bible?  

[/url]Luke 11:14-26 NLT
One day Jesus cast out a demon from a man who couldn’t speak, and when the demon was gone, the man began to speak.
[url=https://www.bible.com/bible/116/LUK.11.14.NLT]

Plenty of great medical data there!

[Minimalist]

Having another great day in WLB land.

• S&P 500
  2,691.42
  -44.85(-1.64%)
  
• Dow 30
  24,981.76
  -431.46(-1.70%)
  
• Nasdaq
  7,047.71
  -200.16(-2.76%)
  Russell 2000
  1,495.11
  -32.42(-2.12%)
  

[Minimalist]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/trump-r...ely-bored/

Trump recalls troops from the southern border — after reports emerged that they were extremely bored

Having been used as theater props for his idiot base and now that he got his ass handed to him on election day, the fucktard-in-chief decides to end the charade.  Way to piss away a shitload of money, 'Murrica.  Hope you're happy.

[Angrboda]

They were expecting the market to pop after the midterms. No such luck. This may be the recession everybody has been predicting.