The Evening Blues - 1-28-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 01/28/2021 - 2:38pm

If you've ever been in a Las Vegas casino when somebody is on a winning streak, you know that the casino won't just let them keep winning forever. Eventually large men in tailored suits will appear and escort the lucky gambler out of the casino. The casino will simply change the rules.
Robinhood, the app used by most reddit users on Wallstreetbets (ASB) has blocked all shareholders of GME (Gamestop) from buying new shares. They are only allowed to sell the shares they currently own, not buy new ones.
This is blatant market manipulation and Robinhood will be getting sued.

Our progressive representatives need to make it clear that this type of one sided manipulation is completely unacceptable.


I'm going to be updating this essay later, but for now check out this video to get you up to speed on what's been happening.
One of the legacy problems of Trump is that criticism of the covid response became a partisan issue. It should never have been. The Trump Administration completely botched the response to the pandemic, but that doesn't mean that doing the opposite of the Trump response is the correct response either.

And what an epic Twitter Bomb it generated:
Pro-LGBTQ anti-war activists, or right-wing extremists? Internet goes ballistic after Jimmy Dore interviews ‘Boogaloo’ member', RT.com, 25 Jan, 2021

Something/Someone Old



