Joann is going out of business, with the more than 80-year-old fabric and crafts retailer set to close all of its stores nationwide after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time.
Belly up, fired, and retired
sweetcell wrote:
Joann is going out of business, with the more than 80-year-old fabric and crafts retailer set to close all of its stores nationwide after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time.
Something like 20k part time (mostly women) just lost their jobs
It’s going to be interesting seeing how they spin cratering the economy.
Their base will buy whatever bullshit Trump hurls but there are going to be a group of Americans that voted for him that are not going to be amused. And there are going to be the rest that didn’t vote for him -or didn’t vote at all- who are going to be livid if we are not already.
I can’t ever recall someone breaking the economy on purpose.
I hope my family is ok. My brother in law lost his job in home building about a month ago and no luck yet and he usually gets hired right away. My partner says a lot of her colleagues in public health have been let go and she works a lot with CMS. Her long term project is Medicare. My other brother in law made millions suddenly - no idea how- and seems to be a Trump supporter. He no longer really seems to work. His family (my sister that I don’t get along with) are permanently traveling to safaris, the Olympics wherever. No I am not bitter. My theory is he either made money in crypto or like he claims sold his companies which may have been crypto tangential. . Guy is a bs’er but it ain’t no bs he is now rich. Building a new house on main line or near while still living in old house. Am happy for my nieces.
A friend works in government and texted me he is “avidly” looking for work (he still has his job).
It’s not going to be easy to spin the “we have entered a new golden age” when people are losing their jobs, healthcare, Medicaid etc
Their base will buy whatever bullshit Trump hurls but there are going to be a group of Americans that voted for him that are not going to be amused. And there are going to be the rest that didn’t vote for him -or didn’t vote at all- who are going to be livid if we are not already.
I can’t ever recall someone breaking the economy on purpose.
I hope my family is ok. My brother in law lost his job in home building about a month ago and no luck yet and he usually gets hired right away. My partner says a lot of her colleagues in public health have been let go and she works a lot with CMS. Her long term project is Medicare. My other brother in law made millions suddenly - no idea how- and seems to be a Trump supporter. He no longer really seems to work. His family (my sister that I don’t get along with) are permanently traveling to safaris, the Olympics wherever. No I am not bitter. My theory is he either made money in crypto or like he claims sold his companies which may have been crypto tangential. . Guy is a bs’er but it ain’t no bs he is now rich. Building a new house on main line or near while still living in old house. Am happy for my nieces.
A friend works in government and texted me he is “avidly” looking for work (he still has his job).
It’s not going to be easy to spin the “we have entered a new golden age” when people are losing their jobs, healthcare, Medicaid etc
hutch wrote:
It’s going to be interesting seeing how they spin cratering the economy.
blame blame blame: it's because of biden, the deep state, foreign enemies like canada and mexico, woke, DEI, the phase of the moon… anything and anyone except themselves and their actions.
hutch wrote:
Their base will buy whatever bullshit Trump hurls but there are going to be a group of Americans that voted for him that are not going to be amused. And there are going to be the rest that didn’t vote for him -or didn’t vote at all- who are going to be livid if we are not already.
there is a trend on twitter of posting vids of trumpers complaining about losing their jobs, it wasn't supposed to happen to them, they didn't vote for this, dear leader trump please ya gotta fix my personal situation, etc. at first it's vaguely satisfying, but ultimately it's pyrrhic… those people are not suffering alone. i don't want to own the magats, i want a functioning and prosperous country.
hutch wrote:
My brother in law lost his job in home building about a month ago and no luck yet and he usually gets hired right away. My partner says a lot of her colleagues in public health have been let go and she works a lot with CMS.
my employer announced major layoffs this week, hundreds lost. this week has been a write-off in terms of productivity: all work has been put on hold while people deal/process/mental health, and then figure out what the firings mean in terms of planned work, delivery schedules, new responsibilities, etc. corporate might have saved money on salaries and benefits, but i wonder if the collateral damage was taken into account…
Yeah I don’t get satisfaction from seeing maga voters whose lives are being wrecked either. IF they realize it’s Trump doing it…
Like this woman:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1zTXAI
Like this woman:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1zTXAI
Skype
hutch wrote:
Skype
not 'til May!
Congressman Don Beyer is hosting a Resource Fair for Federal Workers and Contractors on Sat, March 8, from 12 – 5 p.m. at Wakefield High School
(stop by for a beer after as I live just 2 blocks away)
(stop by for a beer after as I live just 2 blocks away)
The beginning of the end: Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion
I was thinking the same thing…. I hope not..the one a few blocks from my house is essential to me. I stop by there pretty much everyday.
FiveThirtyEight
Space wrote:
FiveThirtyEight
I saw that! Who will aggregate the incorrect polls for me now????
How will we make our incorrect predictions in 2026???
Mastodon parting ways with Brent Hinds, "a mutual decision", etc.
thinking of a former possibly lurking boardie with this devasting news…
Bags Will No Longer Fly Free on Southwest Airlines
Bags Will No Longer Fly Free on Southwest Airlines
kosmo wrote:
thinking of a former possibly lurking boardie with this devasting news…
Bags Will No Longer Fly Free on Southwest Airlines
jez, pretty lame of them to single out a single boardie, but had no idea bags got free flights on SW
hAtchsIde wrote:Bags knows what she did on that redeye to Portland.kosmo wrote:
thinking of a former possibly lurking boardie with this devasting news…
Bags Will No Longer Fly Free on Southwest Airlines
jez, pretty lame of them to single out a single boardie, but had no idea bags got free flights on SW
lots of USPS staff
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy informed members of Congress on Thursday he has signed an agreement with the General Services Administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget.
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy informed members of Congress on Thursday he has signed an agreement with the General Services Administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget.
Bummer. These are good people and USPS works well.
Julian, wrote:hAtchsIde wrote:Bags knows what she did on that redeye to Portland.kosmo wrote:
thinking of a former possibly lurking boardie with this devasting news…
Bags Will No Longer Fly Free on Southwest Airlines
jez, pretty lame of them to single out a single boardie, but had no idea bags got free flights on SW
I do appreciate the boardie reference humor, but do they even have redeye flights from the East Coast to the West Coast?