fun fact: canceling the inflation report doesn't cancel the #inflation

#uspol #finance #PPI #BLS

fun fact: canceling the inflation report doesn't cancel the #inflation

#uspol #finance #PPI #BLS

AI and Crypto data centres are killing the consumer computer building industry.

“A typical 32GB DDR5 RAM kit that cost around $82 in August now sells for about $310, and higher-capacity kits have seen even steeper increases.”
#micron #crucial #ai #crypto #datacentre #waste #inflation #bubble
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/after-nearly-30-years-crucial-will-stop-selling-ram-to-consumers/

AI and Crypto data centres are killing the consumer computer building industry.

“A typical 32GB DDR5 RAM kit that cost around $82 in August now sells for about $310, and higher-capacity kits have seen even steeper increases.”
#micron #crucial #ai #crypto #datacentre #waste #inflation #bubble
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/after-nearly-30-years-crucial-will-stop-selling-ram-to-consumers/

Mike Brock explains why he concludes the following:

"Bitcoin is for fascists."

A system built on perceiving everyone else as the enemy and enriching oneself at everyone else's expense as the admirable goal….

#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #EconomicElites #pardons #corruption #bitcoin #crypto
/9

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/bitcoin-is-a-lie

What do you mean?
On the FIRST day of #Christmas ?
There's only the one
25th of DE CEM BER
Have you any idea how much a pear tree costs these days? #CostOfLiving mean anything? #inflation
And I'm sorry you'll have to accept an IOU the RSPB prevented me from ordering live partridge.
And I checked. Alan wasn't interested
Now I have a restraining order. Thanks
The rest of your wish list is now replaced with a straight jacket.

#joke #jokes #notThatFunny

What do you mean?
On the FIRST day of #Christmas ?
There's only the one
25th of DE CEM BER
Have you any idea how much a pear tree costs these days? #CostOfLiving mean anything? #inflation
And I'm sorry you'll have to accept an IOU the RSPB prevented me from ordering live partridge.
And I checked. Alan wasn't interested
Now I have a restraining order. Thanks
The rest of your wish list is now replaced with a straight jacket.

#joke #jokes #notThatFunny

"Donald Trump used to borrow money from banks. Now he’s out of the bank game altogether. His money is in the cloud of crypto so nobody can count it, nobody can see it, nobody can trace it.

That’s where all his payoffs are. No more paper trails."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #EconomicElites #pardons #corruption #bitcoin #crypto
/11

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/our-president-is-a-thief-what-other

"No more electronic trails. No more evidence of corruption. It all happens out there in a mysterious, impenetrable land called crypto. What other conclusion can you draw?"

#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #EconomicElites #pardons #corruption #bitcoin #crypto
/12

"Donald Trump used to borrow money from banks. Now he’s out of the bank game altogether. His money is in the cloud of crypto so nobody can count it, nobody can see it, nobody can trace it.

That’s where all his payoffs are. No more paper trails."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #EconomicElites #pardons #corruption #bitcoin #crypto
/11

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/our-president-is-a-thief-what-other

"The question I keep asking Bitcoin advocates, the one they always dodge:

Why do fascists love Bitcoin?"

~ Mike Brock

#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #EconomicElites #pardons #corruption #bitcoin #crypto
/10

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-banality-of-bitcoin-advocacy

"This is how you defeat authoritarianism. Not by screaming the word 'fascist' louder but by revealing the economic betrayal at its core. Trump promised to make life more affordable. Instead, he’s making it harder and more expensive while consolidating power and enriching his allies."

~ Jesse F. Ferguson

#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #energy #electricity #gas #ballroom #EconomicElites #SuperRich
/2

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/its-the-economy-fascist

Mike Brock explains why he concludes the following:

"Bitcoin is for fascists."

A system built on perceiving everyone else as the enemy and enriching oneself at everyone else's expense as the admirable goal….

#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #EconomicElites #pardons #corruption #bitcoin #crypto
/9

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/bitcoin-is-a-lie

"The perception that Trump is handing out pardons is fueling a gold-rush. About 10,000 people filed for pardons in the first nine months of the Trump presidency, which is about two-thirds of the total pardon applications for the entire four years of the Biden administration. The gold-rush benefits Trump, but also those in his orbit who have connections to a personalist regime."

~ Don Moynihan

#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #EconomicElites #pardons #corruption
/8

https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the-insane-corruption

"It will be able to hold 18,000 people standing, and they’ll each have five feet of personal space. And also there will be some kind of secure bunker underneath, in case Trump has to hide from protesters again. It’s sort of like Mrs. Astor’s ballroom, but for the select few to survive an apocalypse in style. Or perhaps a third inauguration."

#Trump #economy #BlackFriday #prices #inflation #ballroom #EconomicElites #SuperRich
/7

"Once completed, this gilt-drenched monstrosity of Chechen-warlord chic [the golden ballroom] will be almost twice the size of the 55,000-square-foot White House itself at 90,000 square feet. Which is insane. More than twice the size of the Taj Mahal! The square footage of the house in The Queen of Versailles! The size of a Walmart!"

~ Marcie Jones

#Trump #economy #BlackFriday #prices #inflation #ballroom #EconomicElites #SuperRich
/6

https://www.wonkette.com/p/trumps-golden-ballroom-getting-bigger

"This is not a thriving middle class throwing around money. It’s escapism for a stressed out American public trying to keep holiday traditions alive in an economy where prices climb faster than wages."

#Trump #economy #BlackFriday #prices #inflation #ballroom #EconomicElites #SuperRich
/5

"They’re being pushed along by AI-shaped deals and aggressive mobile checkout designs to bully impulsive consumers into spending what they don’t have. And the bulk of the spending is happening online, where it’s easier to spend money you don’t fully feel when it leaves your wallet."

#Trump #economy #BlackFriday #prices #inflation #ballroom #EconomicElites #SuperRich
/4