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”We've heard over and over, do not let the political environment sway your investing decisions.”
@Crash - That’s probably great advice for 80-90% of investors - mostly younger and employed - who research shows are usually better off letting it ride…
I am preoccupied in the direction that the USA is heading in. It used to be that the dollar was the currency that the whole world used for transactions. Now, I am thinking that it will lose value as the country, presided over by a madman, seems to w…
We've heard over and over, do not let the political environment sway your investing decisions. I'd say that used to be good advice. But we are a long way from a normal situation, in which Dems and Reps disagreed about policy. The rift started at lea…
14 Feb, 2025:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-02-14/bloomberg-real-yield-02-14-2025-video
Sticky inflation, FED will not be cutting rates. Maybe 10-year at 5% this year...Powell: "we are close, but not there," with regard to inflation. …
+1.
The "herd." And how easily they are swayed. Is that very fact not an indictment of the educational system? In my friend's wife's school district, she is flat-out not ALLOWED to flunk a student. Jaypers crud.
Coup d'etat. If you can't see it, that's because you don't WANT to see it.
They are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
@hondo This IS the OFF-TOPIC forum. Politics IS off-topic, on an investing site. Say what you want to; just quit trolling people. It's childish garbage.
This @hondo trolling people needs to be stopped. Just leave, hondo. Many years ago, there was a dork trolling me, here. It's never a good and proper thing to do. There seems to be no getting through to the Orange Kool-Aid imbibers, though.
"Off Topic" might ostensibly include everything from Apples to Zoos. You're manufacturing an issue. You mean "off-topic" should not be really off-topic? ORK.
Re: Birmingham:
"Sen. Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican who serves on the Appropriations Committee, was among the first to speak out in favor of a “targeted approach” to reducing government waste. The University of Alabama at Birmingham has said t…
Romanian (NATO and EU member) election canceled by the country's Supreme Court. Russian interference. President just resigned, even as the country prepares for a "make-up" election.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w805xjg1xo
And "J-a-D" comes …
Looks like "False Equivalence" are the key words today for DCP talking points.
LOL. "DCP."
The Repugnant Party are the ones morphing the country into a Soviet-like oligarchy, hollowing-out the middle-class. From another perspective, we are fast …
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5143561-83-percent-say-president-is-required-to-follow-supreme-court-rulings-survey/
83% of those polled say the Prez must follow SCOTUS rulings.
...Only 83%???
Rule of Law? Three co-equal branches of g…
Hey Crash!!! +1. That’s too insightful to be lost in off topic land. Wonder what happened to Pete ‘s big talk about bring back the warrior and lethality? Our adversaries must be very happy this month.
Indeed.
Bought just a handful more of shares in ET midstream oil/gas (LP). The Q4 '24 Earnings Report disappointed the "experts." The stock price fell, two days in a row. Numbers look good, just not as good as those "in the know" figured they should be. My …
Waste, fraud and abuse is the DEFINITION of the Orange Babyshit's "Administration." Mainstream media outlets have been removed from gummint news briefings in favor of friendly, crazy-ass, Right-wing entertainers. That's downright Hitlerian. Trumpste…
@crash. Back in the day,,, and I mean way back,,, I used to say that the two parties were actually the right and left wings of the capitalist party. Nowadays ,,, to say the dems aren’t much better is really wrong. Because the repugnants are so ho…
11 Feb, '25:
Strongly Approve of Dr. Orange: 38%.
Strongly Disapprove: 37%.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/prez_track_feb11
It brings me into some serious despair that enough voters serious…
Beyond the Free Speech issue, to FORCE the use of the new, silly, stoopid designation is COMPELLED speech. How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?... Ah, but what if The Party says 2+2=5?
Motherloving Orange Disgrace. We are totally screwed.
Over on the Big Bang forum there is a cadre of folks who "... fail to grasp the controversy about Elon Musk" (their own words), have no concept of false equivalence, and insist Trump is honest because he is keeping his campaign promises. If you wan…
Agreed. We are already living through a coup. When uncle Adolf became Chancellor, he prohibited all but his own Party. I'm waiting for THAT shoe to drop. The Orange Fuck-head is deliberately doing illegal junk, just to see how much he can get away w…
Maybe there's hope for the world yet, @hondo.
I suppose I'm not the only one, but I'm having a crisis of conscience, still holding onto a Trump-voter-friend. ... In days gone by, the Parties had disagreements. But the Repugnant Party has become a t…
what is wrong with buyouts offers in principle? Private companies do it all the time. No one is required to accept them.
Take the offer or get terminated WITHOUT any severance? That's no deal. That's blackmail.
...a rising tide raises all boats.
Trickle down? Is that what you're selling? What a mountain of goat shit lies. Uncle Ronny Ray-guns foisted that on us, decades ago. It will never work. Been there, done that and bought the T-shirt.
