Murray Kessler, the CEO of Irish-American firm Perrigo, said he expects shortages and heightened demand to last for the 'balance of the year'
Perrigo produces around 8pc of the U.S. baby formula, and he said their factories in Ohio and Vermont were working at 115pc capacity to meet demand
The shortage is a combination of pandemic supply chain problems, a monopoly of producers, and the February shutdown of a major manufacturer
On Friday a visibly-irritated Joe Biden said that to have done more to prevent the crisis you would have needed to have been a mind reader
Critics pointed out there has been a 10pc nationwide shortage since August; the Wall Street Journal raised the alarm in January; and the NEC in February
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Fed chair Jay Powell issued warning to Americans struggling with inflation
The medicine will bring 'some pain,' he said in an interview on Thursday
Powell is trying to bring down inflation without triggering a recession
That could mean job losses and pay freezes for workers
He spoke after being confirmed for a second term as head of the central bank
The Fed is now in the process of raising interest rates to slow borrowing and spending enough to cool off inflation
Powell's support in Congress demonstrates that Republicans largely blame Biden's spending rather than the Fed's ultra-low interest rates and purchasing of trillions of dollars in securities
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How about a wind-fall tax on all senior federal government bureaucrats' income* with additional penalty for any remuneration gained from businesses, organizations, and fronts that they're suppose to work with, to ease the pain of the little people?
#3
Term limit all elective and appointed gummint officials.
Cap all spending at a < 100% amount of last year's tax revenues.
All legislation is required to be sunsetted on a schedule out of sync with congressional elections.
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This asshole is incompetent. He failed to raise rates last year when everyone knew inflation was getting out of control. Then he lied about inflation. Why on earth was this mendacious blockhead reconfirmed? Have we really run out of competent economists in this country?
#5
Trump was the best president since Reagan, and his competence was lacking in many areas. I don't think any prexident in my lifetime willingly had more backstabbers working for him.
The founders designed a great system for honest, competent men who didn't intend to make politics their lives. It was not designed to work with what we have had since maybe Lincoln, and he dealt with a lot of backstabbers too.
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And you know what? America's problems are Americans' problems. I'm more comfortable with Herb's "we" WRT US actions around the world than I am with some troll jackleg trying to insinuate he's (it's) "one of us."
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Government investigates government's failure, finds its your fault, suggests more government.
[Free Beacon] The House of Representatives is set to announce it will provide taxpayer-funded monthly Peloton memberships to all of its staff, Fox Business reported on Friday. The contract comes just over one year after the fitness company set up a lobbying shop in Washington.
Memberships to the exercise service, which offers workout classes, will be available to House staff in Washington, D.C., and in district offices, as well as to Capitol police officers, Fox Business reported. The number of people eligible for the fully taxpayer-funded memberships totals roughly 12,300.
Members of Congress already have access to the congressional gym, which reportedly has cardio and weight machines, a steam room, and a swimming pool.
Under the contract with Peloton, which takes effect May 18, the government will pay the company $10,000 up front and $10 per month for each staffer who chooses to enroll, according to Fox Business. With high participation among House staffers, the monthly cost of the contract for taxpayers could exceed $100,000 per month.
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Raj can weigh in. Subscriptions annoy me because they want to ding my bank account or credit card in advance. It's all about booking revenue they don't have yet. Last office manager position I was in, I busted a nut and spend legal fees to break a Pitney Bowes contract for an office that closed. When the contract was renewed, they somehow changed the paperwork from what was actually signed to a 5-year subscription, which of course they wanted paid even though the office closed. We broke them, but it cost money to do it.
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I did my first ride this morning; just under 13 miles in just under an hour. Like most first rides of the season, it sucked getting on track most of the ride (handling, shifting, pedal cadence, dealing with that lovely Boston traffic, etc.).
All that said, the only time I ever rode a stationary bike indoors is when I trashed my knee seventeen years ago, and even then I only did it twice. I don't care if you have some jagoff personal trainer type yelling at you on a fucking screen half the time - it has to be the most deathly boring form of exercise known to man. I laugh at these assholes and hope they file for Chapter 11 any day now.
Some chick last year was doing 'spin class' (fancy name for fat yoga broads taking a day off from sticking their bellies at the sky) and told me 'Raj - I did 17 simulated miles on my bike today'. I told her 'nice job' but I'm really like (pat her on head) 'That's nice, cookie. I do that shit in my sleep, and every year for nearly the past half century. Speaking of centuries - ever ride any (100 REAL miles)? How good are you at navigating Boston traffic & highway interchanges? Ever get flats on both tires doing 30 MPH? Ever look up and see a 2" branch with 30 feet to go at 30 MPH before you hit it and do the Steve Austin road wipeout (hint - I did not - hard swing left and I missed all of the branch except for barely nicking the end)? Save it for someone who gives a rat's ass, 'cause that someone ain't me.'
[RedState] How deep are the White House lies? We see Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem mschine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family... making up lies virtually every day.
But perhaps some of the most offensive lies that he and his administration tell are the ones that defy reality right in front of our faces. Such as when White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki ...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State under Obama... told us that Kámala Harris Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, now a senatrix from California former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful, and Joe Biden's wing nut... was socially distancing from people during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s ceremony (despite the pictures showing Harris hugging her), that there was no internal ceremony (despite pictures showing there was one), and that Harris wore a mask while inside despite White House posting a video that showed she wasn’t). They simply didn’t care about telling such blatant lies because they are largely not held accountable for it.
I thought the Ketanji Brown Jackson lies were bad, defying what we could see right in front of our faces. But the vaccine lie that the White House told just may beat those for audacity.
This has been up since 4:45 p.m on Thursday and it hasn’t been deleted yet despite a severe ratio.
"When President Biden took office, millions were unemployed and there was no vaccine available," the account tweeted. "In the last 15 months, the economy has created 8.3M jobs and the unemployment rate stands at 3.6% — the fastest decline in unemployment to start a President’s term ever recorded."
The second part is no achievement since it’s people returning to work as the pandemic lockdowns eased, not because of anything Biden has done. But the first part — "there was no vaccine available" — just beggars all the facts.
It was because of the unique effort employed by President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , making a private-public partnership, that they got vaccines done in record time and available by December 2020.
They were averaging over one million a day and had 20 million vaccinated by the time Joe Biden came in. That was an amazing thing to achieve within a little over a month and not having done anything like that on such a massive scale before.
Heck, Biden even got his first shot in December and his second shot before he came in.
Of course, given it’s Joe, maybe he doesn’t remember. But the White House account even tweeted about it themselves. So they get busted by their tweet.
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] "Those words were the second-worst thing that I had in my mouth that day"
The South Carolina senator was recorded on January 6, 2021, discussing his hopes that incoming president Joe Biden would calm the tensions
Lindsey Graham, 66, said that he felt Biden, 79, was 'maybe the best person to have' in the aftermath of the insurrection, adding: 'How mad can you get at Joe Biden?'
On Thursday Graham was asked about his remarks, and said he had been wrong
The senator said he had wanted Biden to be a success, but had been left deeply disappointed with his performance
Graham said Biden had made the U.S. 'less safe' by emboldening bad actors, and had made a mess of the U.S.-Mexico border, with Taiwan also in danger
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McCains water boy is one of those Beltway swamp creatures that have infested the GOP for far too long. Little Lindsey has made it a habit being wrong by trusting the old country club way of operating in the Senate. Time for him to retire, and make way for someone more like Sen Scott.
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Lindsey tried hard to be reasonable while Trump was in office but now, with Trump out of the way, he feels free to revert to his old ways.
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On behalf of SC voters, I apologize.
He had no recognizable primary opposition; and in the November elections, his opponent was the guy who is now chair of the DNC. Talk about the lesser of two evils.
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President Joe Biden will push cities to hire more cops and fund crime prevention programs amid a surge in violence across the U.S.He also will brag about the $10 billion from the American Rescue Plan being used to prop up communities when he meets with mayors and police chiefs
The timing of Biden's remarks is tied to the summer season, when there has historically been more violent crime compared to winter months
Crime also expected to be major issue in November's midterm election
Voters give Biden low marks on his handling of crime
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#1
I guess we could use this as an example of Political Bi-polar thinking.
As long as you have prosecutors going after police for talking meanly to perps and not the sociopaths among us, no amount of money will entice them to stick their necks out.
#11
Fund sheriff departments not police departments. Sheriffs are elected and responsible to the public. Police chiefs are appointed and loyal to their political masters
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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This is for you Jay. 
...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem mschine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family...
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] 
