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Bill Kristol Tweets Dumb ‘Inflation Subsides’ Prediction Minutes Before News Inflation Spiked 9.1%
NewsBusters ^ | 7/13/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 07/13/2022 8:26:16 AM PDT by JV3MRC

Insufferable NeverTrumper Bill Kristol should know by now that putting dumb inflation hot takes on Twitter minutes before devastating economic news is released doesn’t return dividends.

Kristol tweeted at 8:00 a.m. a laundry list of predictions he claimed were “[s]traightforward from here.” One of his crystal ball items he mentioned was: “Inflation subsides.” That prediction only had a shelf life of about 30 minutes. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report at 8:30 a.m. revealing that inflation had skyrocketed a whopping 9.1 percent year-over-year in June for the fastest pace since December 1981, wiping out Dow Jones expectations of an 8.8 percent increase, according to CNBC.

But Kristol wasn’t alone in pumping out terrible takes on inflation before the news broke

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: billkristol; blogpimp; cpi; inflation; recession
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1 posted on 07/13/2022 8:26:16 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

Dan Quayle’s Brain speaks


2 posted on 07/13/2022 8:28:03 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JV3MRC

The left circulated a story that June inflation was 10.2% so the White House could debunk it and say the real number was lower.


3 posted on 07/13/2022 8:28:11 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being manipulated by forces that most do not see)
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To: JV3MRC

Neocon war monger turn socialist moron.


4 posted on 07/13/2022 8:28:40 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: JonPreston

Frankly, that’s an INSULT to Dan Quayle. Kristol is a simpering NWO fake conservative who is mad he was never taken seriously as such and consequently ignored by the Trump Administration.


5 posted on 07/13/2022 8:30:53 AM PDT by Gaffer (EA)
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To: JV3MRC

A high negative correlation is statistically meaningful. In other words, whatever he says, do the opposite, and profit.


6 posted on 07/13/2022 8:32:06 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: JV3MRC

Lil Billie Mouth Breather doesn’t have any real life experience doing anything meaningful so of course he will make a fool of himself.

The few people that care about him like the staff at National Review should have an intervention and take Lil Billie’s phony away from him a week before a big announcement.


7 posted on 07/13/2022 8:33:07 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
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To: JV3MRC

Kristol is just a leftist hack, and not a very good one.


8 posted on 07/13/2022 8:37:37 AM PDT by Spok (Don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raining.)
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To: JV3MRC

Billy Kristol needs to stick with his area of expertise.

That is, cheerleading for U.S. involvement in every foreign war.


9 posted on 07/13/2022 8:40:01 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: JV3MRC

Kristol thinks he has high IQ. Reality says otherwise.


10 posted on 07/13/2022 8:40:42 AM PDT by entropy12 (Trump/DeSantis & MAGA! are the only way to keep USA viable. Are so many somany)
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To: Spok

I don’t think Kristol is socialist. He is just another neocon who likes United States getting involved in foreign war. May be he has stocks in defense industry.

Kristol needs to look at this everyday:

https://usdebtclock.org


11 posted on 07/13/2022 8:42:50 AM PDT by entropy12 (Trump/DeSantis & MAGA! are the only way to keep USA viable. Are so many somany)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Neo-cons are actually socialists turned conservatives, so....


12 posted on 07/13/2022 8:43:15 AM PDT by Free Louie
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To: JV3MRC

He should stick to being wrong about foreign wars.

We have other experts in DC whose job it is to screw up the economy.


13 posted on 07/13/2022 8:43:17 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: JV3MRC

Bill Kristol has been wrong about everything, why would anyone pay attention to him?


14 posted on 07/13/2022 8:47:30 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Real inflation is actually more than 15% but the Bureau of Labor Statistics changed the way they measure inflation. All federal agencies have been weaponized to help democrats retain power. The US federal government, led by the Quisling Puppet Biden and his Gaystapo FBI are the greatest threat to freedom loving citizens throughout the world.


15 posted on 07/13/2022 8:48:18 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: JV3MRC

The globalists will do all they can, by any means necessary, to keep the America hating Democrats in power.


16 posted on 07/13/2022 8:48:22 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Free Louie; entropy12

As a young man, Kristols father was a trotskyist /marxist who was against Stalin and part of a group who were disillusioned with the Soviet Union and its brutality.

Despite whatever wikipedia or others may claim, it did not mean he other neocons automatically became a small government, free-market libertarians.

Since spreading “liberalism” around the globe is the crux of modern neocon ideology, they need strong central government and a war-state to achieve that.


17 posted on 07/13/2022 8:51:09 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: JV3MRC

What’s left for the execretable Kristol other than try to land a date with AOC?


18 posted on 07/13/2022 8:53:40 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: JV3MRC

He’s Pro-Biden, not just a Never-Trumper


19 posted on 07/13/2022 8:55:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JV3MRC

The published CPI numbers are backward looking. Oil price is the main driver of inflation right now. Oil peaked in late June at 123 and now it’s in the mid 90s and falling. So yes, inflation growth is easing.


20 posted on 07/13/2022 8:55:39 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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