Banana Dictatorship Banker
@bananadictatorship.bsky.social
Emerging markets, import/export, tax efficiency strategies, FTC merger approval analysis, a little this and that
Had a dream last night that JD Vance visited the White House east wing demolition wearing this
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Had a dream last night that JD Vance visited the White House east wing demolition wearing this
On the one hand, we have economics and finance journalists (whenever they take a break from breathlessly extolling AI) painting the AI bubble as “one of the most predicted financial implosions in history”; on the other hand, we see companies still spending like a drunken sailor on AI investment.
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
On the one hand, we have economics and finance journalists (whenever they take a break from breathlessly extolling AI) painting the AI bubble as “one of the most predicted financial implosions in history”; on the other hand, we see companies still spending like a drunken sailor on AI investment.
That would’ve been good
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
That would’ve been good
![Stringer bell: “is you [sharing insights] on a criminal fucking conspiracy?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3vikkhqpdzfwkwxxrsqdvno/bafkreibocvbilvpuqvbajo47y6cef3yjrpkmh3m4nwhr4fpupnvdegdrlm@jpeg)
Trump directing the raid on the Epstein files from the White House Situation Room
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trump directing the raid on the Epstein files from the White House Situation Room
I wonder what D_Girl thinks about all this
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I wonder what D_Girl thinks about all this
Schumer and Jeffries are probably fretting about how democrats were too successful last night and republicans will be forced to cheat even more now
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Schumer and Jeffries are probably fretting about how democrats were too successful last night and republicans will be forced to cheat even more now
Besides the sinister implication, I always find it funny how he latches onto certain terms or concepts that his viziers clearly fed to him and that he thinks make him sound smart, such as Stephen Miller babbling about threats to “American sovereignty” from what he tries to spin “insurrection”
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Besides the sinister implication, I always find it funny how he latches onto certain terms or concepts that his viziers clearly fed to him and that he thinks make him sound smart, such as Stephen Miller babbling about threats to “American sovereignty” from what he tries to spin “insurrection”
You know this is a rigorously researched and cogent article when even the correction has spelling errors
![Correction (October 31st 2025): An earlier version of this article said that as vice-president, Donald Trump would only need Senate confrimation [sic] to become president through the 25th amendment. In fact he would need a majority vote of both Houses of Congress to do so.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3vikkhqpdzfwkwxxrsqdvno/bafkreiefclxbwb6qgxz25p54difccylj23r47hplukle5wgjctylbfxtsi@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You know this is a rigorously researched and cogent article when even the correction has spelling errors
This is so funny. Takes me back to when Al Gore said* he invented the internet
*he didn’t actually say that but conservatives made hay with it anyway
*he didn’t actually say that but conservatives made hay with it anyway
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is so funny. Takes me back to when Al Gore said* he invented the internet
*he didn’t actually say that but conservatives made hay with it anyway
*he didn’t actually say that but conservatives made hay with it anyway
Apparently it’s meant to symbolize “strength and power”, so of course the people who them are men who are on TRT, have thinning hair, and who just bought a motorcycle
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Apparently it’s meant to symbolize “strength and power”, so of course the people who them are men who are on TRT, have thinning hair, and who just bought a motorcycle
I’m sorry but I can’t trust anyone who wears these black wedding rings. Instant red flag.
October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m sorry but I can’t trust anyone who wears these black wedding rings. Instant red flag.
Only difference between Wag the Dog and now is that Schumann is the Deputy Chief of Staff in this instantiation
October 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Only difference between Wag the Dog and now is that Schumann is the Deputy Chief of Staff in this instantiation
I think not Mr. Bond
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I think not Mr. Bond
ICE’s definition of good form on a pull-up:
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
ICE’s definition of good form on a pull-up:
One solid piece of evidence for the “everyone is 12 years old” theory is how journalists have begun to rely on infantilizing internet slang. My parents used to tell me that swearing indicated a lack of vocabulary but it doesn’t hold a candle to this childish nonsense
![Kyla Scanion (coined “vibecession”, another silly infantile word for concepts that any economics reporter should know, e.g. “consumer confidence”)
@kylascan Dec 15, 2023
“How the Fed Navigates Uncertainty through Lovebombing [emphasis added]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3vikkhqpdzfwkwxxrsqdvno/bafkreib2j4hcd3xibw3unejpnnrunvybmr3s7ldpxtg5ajeqggc5np2ama@jpeg)
![Bloomberg article “Dispatch
America's Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues”
A new class of monuments men are statue-maxxing [emphasis added] the United States.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3vikkhqpdzfwkwxxrsqdvno/bafkreietj2ggz7osy7ojwgt6i3xvpmksvakhq46m72fiii33wjg6gv46p4@jpeg)
![NYT article “Mr. Trump's political team trolled [emphasis added] protesters on social media with Al-generated images of the president wearing a crown. When asked if the president had a comment on the demonstrations, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, gave a brief response in an email.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3vikkhqpdzfwkwxxrsqdvno/bafkreigzn4fha2mkdgkh5vgtb5nbyb2qbwiqg4pcgvsdodlhppht74arpu@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
One solid piece of evidence for the “everyone is 12 years old” theory is how journalists have begun to rely on infantilizing internet slang. My parents used to tell me that swearing indicated a lack of vocabulary but it doesn’t hold a candle to this childish nonsense
I’m the victim of a vicious ruse perpetrated by homosexuals who sucked my cock
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m the victim of a vicious ruse perpetrated by homosexuals who sucked my cock
The media:
October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The media:
We basically made a Fox News tv guy our secretary of defense so he could skip training but still make Navy SEALs hang out with him in the fleeting few hours of the morning before he gets the DTs
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
We basically made a Fox News tv guy our secretary of defense so he could skip training but still make Navy SEALs hang out with him in the fleeting few hours of the morning before he gets the DTs