Divemedic

Inflation and rent

For months, I have been telling you that the eviction moratorium is killing the rental market. The US dollar is taking a beating. These two factors are coming together to increase rents more than they ever have before.

The central Florida area has seen rental prices increase by more than 20 percent in the past 8 months. This is a housing inflation rate of 30 percent. At this rate, rents will double every 2.5 years. To put this in perspective, the average rent increase seen before COVID was 7%, but this year is seeing rents increase at three times that rate.

This means that our inflation is far, far higher than what we are being told. I am guessing that overall inflation is somewhere near 25% or so. The wheels are coming off.

By Divemedic, ago

Tragically Funny

As you all know, Jill Biden is a teacher. In one class, she asks the students if anyone can give her an example of a “tragedy.” One little boy stands up and offers that, “If my best friend who lives next door is playing in the street when a car came by and killed him, that would be a tragedy.”

“No,” the First Lady says, “That would be an accident.”

A girl raises her hand. “If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone inside … that would be a tragedy.”

“I’m afraid not,” explains Jill Biden. “That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS.”

The room is silent; none of the other children dare volunteer.

“What?” she asks, “Isn’t there anyone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”

Finally Little Johnny in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: “If an airplane carrying Joe and Jill Biden was blown up by a bomb, *that* would be a tragedy.”

“Wonderful!” Biden beams. “Marvelous! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?”

“Well,” says Johnny, “because it wouldn’t be an accident, and it certainly would be no great loss!”

By Divemedic, ago

Scaring the PTB

Nothing scares a dictator more than losing control over the military, but that is exactly what is happening. Biden can no longer guarantee that his military will obey orders to nuke gun owners, and that scares the crap out of them.

Expect more big events in the near future as the wheels come off. A nuclear armed military broken into factions is not good news for anyone.

By Divemedic, ago

Politics, not science

Much has been made of Governor Ron Desantis’ executive order banning schools from mandating masks. School districts sued and won the ability to override parent choice by requiring all children to wear masks.

School boards cite the CDC’s recommendation that all students in school wear masks as their reason for doing so.

It isn’t science that is at play here, though. The CDC caved to pressure from teachers’ unions when they wrote that recommendation.

By Divemedic, ago

War on the right

Anyone who supported Trump must be utterly and completely destroyed.

By Divemedic, ago

Quote of the day

Goes to John at Wilder, Wealthy, and Wise.

The (metaphorical) printing presses have been shoveling money into the economy under the mistaken assumption that all we need is additional debt to keep the engine going. It’s like a demented congressman who doesn’t understand engines deciding to open up the hood of an F-150® to just pour gasoline on it using the dim understanding of a toddler that, “gasoline makes engines go, so if I pour enough gasoline on the engine, it will be as fast as a spaceship.”

The US is falling apart. We are looking at a complete economic collapse. Right after the dollar goes, the government will follow. Go, read the whole thing.

By Divemedic, ago