Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Trump views interest rates as a perpetual debtor. He wants them as low as possible because only a fool works with their own money if they can get someone else’s. Inflation is good because you can pay back (if you can’t find a way to avoid it) with cheaper $ than those you borrowed. 020
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You have to be impressed by his commitment to the con. 020
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Just one more episode of the unrelenting campaign to extract cash from the marks. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026 All 3 generations of my family thought it was pretty good! 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026“No one could have imagined it would come to this!” 010
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I don’t know what the hell they did to him growing up but it seems excessive that the whole world has to pay reparations for it. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 28/07/2026What happens when you’ve memorized the index cards but don’t really understand what the words mean. 010
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Outrage is one of their default modes, the other is terrified. 010
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Now get the message to whoever/whatever writes the headlines that muffle the impact of their usually excellent reporting. 020
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026He keeps telling them the Snake Story and they still don’t get it. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026He has PEOPLE to tell him what things say. He should fire someone just to feel better. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Five Justices affirm, “Water is wet.” 3 dissent, and one says, “Maybe it could be dry, if submitted to the correct venue.” 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Based on Supreme Court decisions in the past 20 years there are many MORE insane provisions in the Constitution. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The next time I want to win the 1992 election I’ll give Jim a listen. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Agree. And making the debate focused on solvency of social security makes it a fiscal debate when it is more fundamentally a debate about power and equity. So many proposals about social security “reform” are actually proposals to put it on palliative care. 030
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I’m all for lifting the cap. But I am disturbed by the sense it would drive a wedge between traditional employees and those who have ways of moving actual taxable income into non-taxable wealth. 100
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Trumpers also believe the winner of the football game is the one with Most Net Yardage. 010
Reposted by Scott ShiffnerMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/06/2026Aerial view of the green Reflecting Pool today. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon 71749281310
Reposted by Scott ShiffnerBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB... 303178246304
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Habitual debtors like inflation. Because the dollars they pay back are worth less than the dollars they borrowed (just a thought apropos of nothing). 010
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The racial attitudes of Andrew Jackson. The emotional stability of Andrew Johnson. The business acumen of U.S.Grant The physical fitness of William Howard Taft. The eloquence of Warren G.Harding The energy of Calvin Coolidge. The honesty of Richard Nixon. All in all a model president. 142
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026One sign of cognitive decline is raging impatience. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Yes the depth of the conspiracy is proven by the lack of evidence to prove it. SMH 020
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 07/06/2026And his inventory of derogatory terms keeps getting smaller. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I guess in the new thesaurus, “reimagining” is a synonym for “I have a limited imagination.” 020
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Unregulated markets work fine in allocating resources for things that really don’t matter very much. They do a crap job regarding public goods. 2281
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Why not a 3 dollar bill? Much more appropriate and handy for daily purchases. 010
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I’m 95% in good shape. The other 5% is diet, exercise, and 25 years of human aging. Luntz has officially entered the realm of self-parody. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Yes the depth of the conspiracy is revealed by its apparent invisibility! 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 14/05/2026“Superpower” defined as “whatever we want it to mean at the moment.” 030
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 09/05/2026And while we’re doing that, maybe the files on the leprechauns and Sasquatch, oh, and the Epstein Files, too. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Isn’t that the key prerequisite for consideration for a post in this administration? 010
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We’re moving into a “Death of Stalin” scenario. 010
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 23/04/2026So does the football cult stay engaged despite stuff like this or because of it? 020
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026For sure! But we’re also plagued by “leaders” whose personal ambition far exceeds their competence. 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Been weening myself from watching football for about ten years. Every day I learn something that makes the process easier. 020
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Perfectly suited to a negotiation stance that amounts to: “Here are our final demands. Accept them or we’ll go home.” 000
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 09/04/2026A good follow-up would be, “Does it bother you as an adult human being?” 0211
Scott Shiffner @sshiffner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026His statement is a series of sentences that have no logical connection to each other. Assuming they are intended to convey an actual description of reality, it would require reading his mind, which is a place few of us would like to go. 050