Jock O’Connell
@jockoconnell.bsky.social
Practicing international trade economist at Beacon Economics and Pacific Merchant Shipping Association. Studied arithmetic at the London School of Economics. Old enough to have shaken hands with Alf Landon. Holder of Irish passport.
This might resonate more if Hakeem Jeffries wasn’t in a witness protection program somewhere.
September 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This might resonate more if Hakeem Jeffries wasn’t in a witness protection program somewhere.
So businesses raising prices can claim they are merely staying aligned with consumer expectations?
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So businesses raising prices can claim they are merely staying aligned with consumer expectations?
Again? Why is it that, in anything dealing with Putin, Trump turns into Chuck Schumer?
September 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Again? Why is it that, in anything dealing with Putin, Trump turns into Chuck Schumer?
Oh please, show us a photo of a couple of Democrats who have been exhibiting spine. Not these two.
September 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Oh please, show us a photo of a couple of Democrats who have been exhibiting spine. Not these two.
Has anyone calculated how much the Trump Organization will save on its debt servicing bill when he gets control of the Fed?
August 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Has anyone calculated how much the Trump Organization will save on its debt servicing bill when he gets control of the Fed?
He can even see who has been naughty and who has been nice.
August 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
He can even see who has been naughty and who has been nice.
I’ll let everyone know how it tasted later tonight.
August 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I’ll let everyone know how it tasted later tonight.