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Bank of America Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

From Mock Paper Scissors:

Guys, if you can believe it, Bank of America is really hoping for widespread unemployment:

The memo, a “Mid-year review” from June 17, was written by Ethan Harris, the head of global economics research for the corporation’s investment banking arm, Bank of America Securities. Its specific aspiration: “By the end of next year, we hope the ratio of job openings to unemployed is down to the more normal highs of the last business cycle.”

The hope from Bank of America is that more people will be unemployed and workers will have lost this rare moment of bargaining power. Fat cats in corner offices believe that paying workers causes inflation, and not the record-breaking profits from price gouging.

We also note that the Federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr was last updated 13 years ago, and after inflation, people making U.S. minimum wage are earning less now than 60 years ago. That should put a smile on B of A executives vulpine faces.

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And You Will Never Get Through To Them

Never. Thankfully we still outnumber them  by 2-to-1 at least, so all this talk of Civil War if Trump is convicted is just chest-beating bluster. There simply aren’t enough of them to maintain—much less win—a Civil War, even with their undoubtedly huge…armaments. Do they really think a collection of AK-47s are any match for an aerial drone? C’mon people…

Yes, if such an altercation starts there will be casualties on both sides, but the United States will not be brought to its knee; this “war” will come to a quick end and that end won’t be the one these Insurrectionists desire. Of that I am certain.

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Satisfying

Set in the mid 90s, Season 3 of For All Mankind wrapped up this week with a very satisfying ending.

Warning: Spoilers ahead.

I love how the writers of the series are creating a wholly believable alternate timeline, one that mirrors of events in our own—but always with a twist.

Case in point, the Oklahoma City bombing. In the timeline of FAM, it’s not Oklahoma City, but rather the Johnson Space Center in Houston that was the target of the bomber(s). The results were no less horrific, and at least one main character—and possibly more—did not survive.

The American/Russian team on the surface of Mars received an unexpected guest. This guest turned out to be the first human on Mars, beating all the other teams to the surface not by days or hours, but by months…and they were from North Korea.

Baby Momma Kelly safely made it back up to the orbiting Phoenix, where she successfully gave birth to her Russian-American love child.

The truth finally came out about who caused the drilling disaster that led to the events of the final two episodes. Granted, it was by his own admission, but it still resulted in his exile from the rest of the crew—spending his remaining days and nights on Mars in—of all places—the North Korean capsule.

As with any drama, there were more than a few WTF moments over the past ten episodes, but not so many or so egregious that they took you out of the story as it was unfolding.

It will be interesting to see how the First Lesbian President of the United States story plays out next year, not to mention the fate of the first crew on Mars, now forced to remain an additional fifteen months with limited supplies while they wait for a rescue ship from Earth.

Margo’s Russian love interest, who had been imprisoned in the Soviet Union for most of the season, was finally spirited to the West. And in the most prescient moment of the series thus far, Margo, now facing imminent FBI investigation for—you guessed it—espionage—ends up in Moscow in the final scene of the season, that was prefaced with “2003.”

 

 

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