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Antowan Batts's avatar

Crazy to think we need to copyright our existence now.

Lary Doe's avatar

It's interesting that Swift isn't waiting for various Unions to set the marker.

Her move is more in line with Elvis's estate and licensing for The Beatles. Trademark infringement has teeth!

Lary Doe's avatar

The Powell "situation" isn't resolved within the legal realm. The smart play is continuing on as a Governor for the protection of The Fed picking up the legal bills. While it's unlikely that the IG will find anything beyond explanable cost increases, Powell would have to be naive in a way we've never seen to give up those protections.

Lisa Cook is the situation people speak less often about. That has teeth if the current Adminstration finds a way to change the unique protections the Supreme Court cutout for them.

Oprah is learning that the cost of production is increasingly higher and becoming a sub-brand of Wondery is a smart play. Personally I don't think she's as culturally relevant as she was 15 yrs ago. Pushing Tina Knowles' book? The latest Wally Lamb? Her own diet advice? Lisa Marie Presley's memoir? These sound like the "Chardonnay with Ice" crowd suggestions!

At least we know Amazon wants the ad revenue sharing and tracking purchase information, of which Oprah must be getting a percentage from Affliate Links! (I hate Hollywood/Fame Culture and the negative aspects of how they warp perception in quality by abusing Authority Bias. Matt Damon pushing Crypto ring a bell!)

Sana Albalushi's avatar

Very interesting coverage. I love how you link different matters based on your critical thinking and make them connect.

Jonathan Marx's avatar

You mean Matt Damon isn’t a crypto expert… I’ve been fooled. (That’s a joke, I swear)

I’ve never heard the “Chardonnay with Ice” reference. I’ll be stealing that one.

So what’s the next move for the Fed? It’s hard to pivot and decide what’s next when there seems to be issues on multiple fronts. Hypothetically speaking, say the Lisa cook case gets settled and somehow the war ends soon, what does this do for the current economic situation at home? Dealing with a “struggling” labor market and post war inflation on top of the already struggling inflation is not optimal. There seems to be some form of recession or downturn in the near future, but I just can’t pinpoint when in the slightest. I fear the barrel is going to keep getting kicked down the road until the damage is unrepairable.

This comment is the embodiment of my 1:30 am rant.