Yippee Ki Yay, Motherfu*ker

Everything is “tremendous” with this guy. It’s the only superlative he knows.

But, yes, the people were indeed going a little bit YIPPIE!

Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis in 1970

The Seventies began with the Yippie message, “don’t trust the government.” Incredibly, the Eighties began with Ronald Reagan winning the presidency by co-opting the same message.

China didn’t rip off America, we ripped off China. American business wanted to take advantage of cheap Chinese labor. China turned that around to become the world’s leading exporter of manufactured goods. As a nation, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Trump Winks at the Market

Confusion and chaos, compliments of presidential chicanery. He seems to enjoy creating problems so he can take credit for fixing them.

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq soar as Trump announces ’90 day pause’ on tariffs for most countries, ups levies on China

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-soar-as-trump-announces-90-day-pause-on-tariffs-for-most-countries-ups-levies-on-china-133616912.html

Getting the Kinks In

Here is, for me, one of the best albums by Ray Davies and his brother Dave. Its Top 10 single “Lola” was noted more for the unauthorized reference to “Coca-Cola” than for its transgender namesake.

The lyric change to “cherry cola” later became the less frequently heard version.