Quote from: Oliver the Second on June 17, 2025, 05:41:13 PMKhamenei calls Trump: "I had a dream last night that New York is all in rubble and Iranian flags are flying everywhere."

Trump replies: "Strange, I had a dream last night that Tehran is thriving, has lots of high tech and lots of billboards everywhere."

Khamenei asks: "What do the billboards say?"

Trump replies: "I don't know, I don't read Hebrew."

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!           

Quote from: Oliver the Second on June 17, 2025, 05:41:13 PMKhamenei calls Trump: "I had a dream last night that New York is all in rubble and Iranian flags are flying everywhere."

Trump replies: "Strange, I had a dream last night that Tehran is thriving, has lots of high tech and lots of billboards everywhere."

Khamenei asks: "What do the billboards say?"

Trump replies: "I don't know, I don't read Hebrew."

^^^ Post of the month!!!        

In the first five months of President Donald Trump's second term, blue-collar hourly workers have experienced a nearly 2 percent increase in real wages—the most significant growth under any administration since President Richard Nixon.

New Treasury Department data suggest real (inflation-adjusted) hourly wage growth is up 1.7 percent year-to-date for production and nonsupervisory workers. By comparison, real wages declined 1.7 percent during the first five months under the previous administration.

The last time wages outpaced inflation at this pace was during the president's first term, says Joe Lavorgna, counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "Today's data confirm what we saw during President Trump's first administration: pro-growth policies like tax reform and deregulation had a measurable impact on real wages, especially for blue-collar workers. This isn't theoretical—it is showing up in the paychecks of everyday Americans," Lavorgna told The Epoch Times. The only other time a president recorded positive wage data was in 1969, when Nixon reported real blue-collar wage growth of 0.8 percent

Other presidents have reported negative growth over the past six decades: Ronald Reagan (negative 0.9 percent), George H.W. Bush (negative 3 percent), Bill Clinton (negative 0.6 percent), George W. Bush (negative 0.6 percent), and Barack Obama (negative 0.3 percent).

Hourly wage growth was flat under President Jimmy Carter.

Bessent touted the figures in a June 17 post on social media platform X, attributing the improvement to Trump's "pro-growth, America First policies."
"Hardworking Americans and Main Street businesses have never had a stronger ally in the [White House]," the secretary said.

Recently appearing on the "Pod Force One" podcast, Bessent attributed the figures to Trump's "emphasis on manufacturing" and actions removing illegal migrants from the workforce.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/blue-collar-wages-under-trump-post-largest-increase-in-almost-60-years-5874522?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&src_src=morningbriefnoe&utm_campaign=mb-2025-06-18&src_cmp=mb-2025-06-18&utm_medium=email&est=F2wVnpfrAzH5dtVHjNiTQ%2BgcQnB7Slj0bDN0gEnUwqHoUx7ZsV%2BHhuo1oHHFSXT%2FGA%3D%3D

Quote from: DKG on June 18, 2025, 09:51:32 AMIn the first five months of President Donald Trump's second term, blue-collar hourly workers have experienced a nearly 2 percent increase in real wages—the most significant growth under any administration since President Richard Nixon.

New Treasury Department data suggest real (inflation-adjusted) hourly wage growth is up 1.7 percent year-to-date for production and nonsupervisory workers. By comparison, real wages declined 1.7 percent during the first five months under the previous administration.

The last time wages outpaced inflation at this pace was during the president's first term, says Joe Lavorgna, counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "Today's data confirm what we saw during President Trump's first administration: pro-growth policies like tax reform and deregulation had a measurable impact on real wages, especially for blue-collar workers. This isn't theoretical—it is showing up in the paychecks of everyday Americans," Lavorgna told The Epoch Times. The only other time a president recorded positive wage data was in 1969, when Nixon reported real blue-collar wage growth of 0.8 percent

Other presidents have reported negative growth over the past six decades: Ronald Reagan (negative 0.9 percent), George H.W. Bush (negative 3 percent), Bill Clinton (negative 0.6 percent), George W. Bush (negative 0.6 percent), and Barack Obama (negative 0.3 percent).

Hourly wage growth was flat under President Jimmy Carter.

Bessent touted the figures in a June 17 post on social media platform X, attributing the improvement to Trump's "pro-growth, America First policies."
"Hardworking Americans and Main Street businesses have never had a stronger ally in the [White House]," the secretary said.

Recently appearing on the "Pod Force One" podcast, Bessent attributed the figures to Trump's "emphasis on manufacturing" and actions removing illegal migrants from the workforce.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/blue-collar-wages-under-trump-post-largest-increase-in-almost-60-years-5874522?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&src_src=morningbriefnoe&utm_campaign=mb-2025-06-18&src_cmp=mb-2025-06-18&utm_medium=email&est=F2wVnpfrAzH5dtVHjNiTQ%2BgcQnB7Slj0bDN0gEnUwqHoUx7ZsV%2BHhuo1oHHFSXT%2FGA%3D%3D

I wish that was the case in Canada.

Quote from: DKG on June 18, 2025, 09:51:32 AMIn the first five months of President Donald Trump's second term, blue-collar hourly workers have experienced a nearly 2 percent increase in real wages—the most significant growth under any administration since President Richard Nixon.

New Treasury Department data suggest real (inflation-adjusted) hourly wage growth is up 1.7 percent year-to-date for production and nonsupervisory workers. By comparison, real wages declined 1.7 percent during the first five months under the previous administration.

The last time wages outpaced inflation at this pace was during the president's first term, says Joe Lavorgna, counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "Today's data confirm what we saw during President Trump's first administration: pro-growth policies like tax reform and deregulation had a measurable impact on real wages, especially for blue-collar workers. This isn't theoretical—it is showing up in the paychecks of everyday Americans," Lavorgna told The Epoch Times. The only other time a president recorded positive wage data was in 1969, when Nixon reported real blue-collar wage growth of 0.8 percent

Other presidents have reported negative growth over the past six decades: Ronald Reagan (negative 0.9 percent), George H.W. Bush (negative 3 percent), Bill Clinton (negative 0.6 percent), George W. Bush (negative 0.6 percent), and Barack Obama (negative 0.3 percent).

Hourly wage growth was flat under President Jimmy Carter.

Bessent touted the figures in a June 17 post on social media platform X, attributing the improvement to Trump's "pro-growth, America First policies."
"Hardworking Americans and Main Street businesses have never had a stronger ally in the [White House]," the secretary said.

Recently appearing on the "Pod Force One" podcast, Bessent attributed the figures to Trump's "emphasis on manufacturing" and actions removing illegal migrants from the workforce.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/blue-collar-wages-under-trump-post-largest-increase-in-almost-60-years-5874522?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&src_src=morningbriefnoe&utm_campaign=mb-2025-06-18&src_cmp=mb-2025-06-18&utm_medium=email&est=F2wVnpfrAzH5dtVHjNiTQ%2BgcQnB7Slj0bDN0gEnUwqHoUx7ZsV%2BHhuo1oHHFSXT%2FGA%3D%3D

Tariffs, immigration enforcement, cheap domestic energy and lowering taxes for workers. It's not rocket science.

Quote from: Brent on June 18, 2025, 11:29:46 AMTariffs, immigration enforcement, cheap domestic energy and lowering taxes for workers. It's not rocket science.

I still want cheaper hookers and then I'll get on the MAGA bandwagon.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on June 18, 2025, 01:05:44 PMI still want cheaper hookers and then I'll get on the MAGA bandwagon.

it would be a task finding hookers to work as cheaply as illegals from Albania.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending protections for about 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela under the CHNV program.

CHNV recipients are urged to self-deport with travel aid and a $1,000 bonus via the Home Mobile App. The Supreme Court upheld DHS's authority to remove them and approved ending protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said, "Ending the CHNV parole programs, as well as the paroles of those who exploited it, will be a necessary return to common-sense policies, a return to public safety, and a return to America First."

Quote from: Herman on June 20, 2025, 06:56:15 PMThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending protections for about 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela under the CHNV program.

CHNV recipients are urged to self-deport with travel aid and a $1,000 bonus via the Home Mobile App. The Supreme Court upheld DHS's authority to remove them and approved ending protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said, "Ending the CHNV parole programs, as well as the paroles of those who exploited it, will be a necessary return to common-sense policies, a return to public safety, and a return to America First."

MAGA!!!   

The former Biden administration's open-border policies have sparked concerns that potential terrorists and other threat actors have flooded into the U.S. undetected, raising the risk of the formation of sleeper cells.

ICE has arrested 11 Iranian nationals illegally living in the United States.

ICE also arrested a U.S. citizen who threatened to kill ICE law enforcement while harboring an illegal alien from Iran.