So, was the dockworkers’ strike on anyone’s radar, or is this somehow a piece of Republican strategy to disrupt the economy five weeks before the election? It’s the first strike of the ILA since 1977—a few years short of fifty years ago.
What the hell?
It is October, so it’s about time for the stock market’s annual swoon. Looks like this year’s catalyst might be a panic over shortages of festively bowed Lexuses and crap to put under the Christmas tree. And toilet paper!