#that’s banana republic

[barisistill]

rafael barba does not own expensive suits, he’s a civil servant !!!! he buys them off the rack and has them tailored. smh

[godisarepublican]

[poorrichardjr]

The Banana Republic

In 1977 the Republicans in Congress forced then president Jimmy Carter to sell his families peanut farm because they feared that some entity would use it to funnel money to the president. Well, not really, but it was a justifiable concern. Carter, did the right thing and sold it because he didn't want to give even the appearance of impropriety. The country had just come off of the Nixon scandals and Ford's unsolicited pardon to "heal" the country.

In 2016, a new president decided differently. Instead of divesting in his businesses or at least putting them in a blind trust where he wouldn't have undo influence on their profits, Trump decided to hand off his businesses to his sons, but did not take himself out of the loop. In fact, it is more than speculated that a few foreign nations and local oligarchs paid Trump, his businesses, or his hotels large amounts of money to "influence" him. There were halted investigations that proved that foreign nations paid Trump in various ways to get what they wanted.

This is the sort of thing that goes on in corrupt nations, and sadly, America is just as corrupt as any Eastern European nation during the reign of Communist Russia. Tomorrow, Trump is getting back into office, but this time he isn't just content to get millions of dollars from foreign nations through his hotels, or tax funded trips to Saudi Arabia or Davos. Nope, now he has a new con, and a much better way to hide the vast amounts of money nations like China or Russia will be willing to pay him just to get what they want.

Cryptocurrency is a godsend for someone like Trump. Anyone from anywhere can buy into it, but it doesn't really exist. It's like money for nothing. Except it isn't going to be nothing. We aren't going to be able to monitor who buys this illusionary currency put out by Donald Trump, and it is absolutely guaranteed that someone in Trump's orbit is going to suggest to all those entities who have business in America exactly what they have to do to get what they want. It's just modern day bribery in the Banana Republic of America.

President's often got out of office with major debts they had to repay. That didn't happen to Trump last time, and it's absolutely guaranteed that it isn't going to happen this time. The man doesn't know anything about running the country, but he sure knows how to pull off a con, often badly. A lot of very bad things are going to happen to this country. After all, a man who's only concern is how much money he can make, doesn't have the countries interests at heart.

[a-state-of-bliss]

Banana Republic Fall/Wint 1993 - Bridget Hall & India Hicks by Bruce Weber

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

These people are despicable.

https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1744886186722971731?s=20

BREAKING Fani Willis visited Biden's White House for five hours on Feb. 28, 2023, one week after recommending charges against Donald Trump. Yesterday, court records revealed that Nathan Wade, Fani Willis's lead prosecutor, met with Biden's White House Counsel on May 23 and Nov. 18, 2022, before indicting Trump. Fani Willis's lead prosecutor billed taxpayers $4,000 to talk to Joe Biden's White House Counsel for sixteen hours about prosecuting Biden's leading political opponent. H/T @MHowellTweets @KanekoaTheGreat

Now I Ain't Sayin' She's A Vote Rigger🎶📻🎙

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Still building the habit of not staying in my PJs all damm day. About 80% success rate. Cozy, nonetheless.

[busterballsblog]

[american-tyger]

[wombywoo]

18 and 19 for the boys 🥰

thank youuuu <3

18. basic look

Gonna use a visual aid because I spent too long browsing pinterest lol

Vincent --- Quinn

This is typically what they'd go for--Vincent likes his leather and neat, straight trousers. Quinn is more rugged, jeans and bomber jackets. I think they stick to these kinds of color schemes too~

19. date look

Nothing too fancy, just more refined versions of their day-to-day wear. Vincent tends to wear nice stuff all the time, so his date fits don't stand out too much from the norm, whereas Quinn will make an effort to wear a nice (clean) shirt, and try to pair it with something appropriate

[ghastimart]

i already have a cookie run oc but i feel less attached to her, so i started conceptualizing some new ones. guess which one i fell in love with

[missing-username]

NOT TO GET POLITICAL OR ANYTHING, ID NEVER DO THAT

[copperbadge]

I mean, you can't say the review is inaccurate. I'd venture to assert that if you are really determined to buy Banana Republic clothing, a Banana Republic store is one of the better places to do that.

[ID: A screengrab of a Google Maps info page for a Banana Republic clothing store, listing hours and showing photos. Under the review blurbs someone has identified it as a "good place for banana republic clothes purchase."]

[godisarepublican]

[probablyasocialecologist]

If Ugandans have a social safety net, it is woven from banana fibers, and if there is a clear path to socialism, it will be lined with banana leaves. The lusuku model, premised on intercropping and smallholder farming, could be the basis for national agrarian reform that improves the lives of Uganda’s agricultural workers without accelerating the destruction of the natural environment. Uganda faces increasing difficulty feeding itself because of climate extremes and land degradation, and this affects farmers more significantly than anyone else. Moreover, since the 1990s, the ruling National Resistance Movement regime sold off and dismantled most of the coffee, tea, and cotton growers cooperatives, leaving smallholder farmers in the hands of the predatory middlemen which cooperatives had been established to protect them against. Unable to collectively bargain and exposed to dramatic fluctuations in the market prices for cash crops, many people left rural areas to search for employment in cities. This has been a driving force behind the massive inequality between rural and urban workers. Ugandans now produce more food than they consume, even exporting to other countries in the region, yet 41% of people are undernourished, and agricultural production has decreased over the last 20 years. For the most part, the strategy pursued by Uganda’s government has been to encourage the development of ecologically disastrous intensive agriculture for export, privileging foreign investors rather than developing the infrastructure that would benefit peasants. Indeed, while more than 70% of Ugandans are employed in agriculture, the sector only receives around 4% of public investment, and projects aimed at helping smallholder farmers have had very little success, even by their own standards. Many of the government’s investments in agriculture very clearly advantage larger landowners, to the detriment of the poorest farmers. For example, most of the government’s investment in labor-saving technologies has been spent on tractors, which are great for large plots but largely unaffordable or unsuitable for the average farmer, whose plot is usually between 1-3 acres large. However, a socialist transition premised on agroecological reforms could make use of the existing lusuku model to create the kind of growth that actually improves poor farmers’ lives without destroying their environment. This could begin with reestablishing cooperatives and engineering agricultural prices around social needs and goals, like guaranteeing access to food. Research from around the world has shown that while large, monocrop plantations are good at producing huge volumes of one crop, smallholder farms are more productive when evaluated on a per-unit area and are capable of securing national food sovereignty. Why, for example, should Ugandans buy rice imported from Pakistan or Vietnam when banana intercropping yields more calories per hectare than rice? Lusukus could feed the nation without relying on foreign experts, development aid, or the capital-intensive inputs now being imported to grow for export. Because lusukus are far better for the soil, they also improve the nation’s capacity to resist severe floods and drought, effects of climate change that hit poor farmers hardest. In these ways, the lusuku model could provide a sustainable path to socialist development.

[parfavar]

Latin America looking at US politics:

[nyc-looks]

Maddy, 26

“My skirt is vintage Y’s Yohji Yamamoto, shoes are Onitsuka Tiger and bag is 90s Banana Republic. Sunglasses are Rudy Project cycling glasses, originally bought them for bike rides but I ended up using them more in the city. Wearing two necklaces, a silver chain by Third Reasons and a pearl necklace by Tachibana Zakaten. The pieces I wear the most are things I’ve bought on impulse from racks on the street or by walking into a store in person – every time I wear these pieces I remember the romance and story of finding a gem. Most of my outfits are built around those pieces, and I just pair my usual tried and true basics with those.”

Aug 27, 2023 ∙ Bed-Stuy