DD Support Board and Research Team

[janice shell]

Again...what in the hell are you talking about with regards to Cuba, russia, North Korea and Belarus????

That Trump did not require any of the four to pay tariffs. Why was that? He didn't bother to explain. That has nothing specific to do with command economies. This does:

Trump seems to think he can impose tariffs simply by choosing some countries and telling them he'll be tariffed in the amount of XXX percent. That is not how it's done, because that would make Trump our commerce emperor: he would decide on the amount, and the victim countries would bow and pay up. It's a form of extortion, unsurprising from Trump.

Trump wants to tell people what they can make and what--in tariffs--they have to pay for the privilege of selling here. Note that he also wants companies to move back here from China, or horrific tariffs will be assessed. iPhones can't be made here, but never mind.

He wants commerce to follow his personal rules. And he wants to profit enormously, and in fact already has. In the billions.

He sees nothing wrong with that, because he's Dear Leader. I feel differently. Seriously, you don't seem to be keeping up.

[OMOLIVES]

? You were saying/pitching that the current president wants a command economy. Again...what in the hell are you talking about with regards to Cuba, russia, North Korea and Belarus????

There are 6 Nations that have and use a command economy... Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba, Belarus and Libya

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/command-economy-countries

I have no idea who is pitching that nonsense currently...but it is just simply ridiculous. That's great if your interested in Albania...but you just threw it into the mix and it was out there.

Albania is corrupt....and the cat you are referring to had judgement placed on him from a corrupt system. Which means the corrupt went after the corrupt. And if you are attempting to align the hiring of a certain campaign manager for traction-well...it's moot because they are some of the dirtiest people out there. Corrupt vs corrupt with corrupt support. Nothing good ever comes out of that.

[OMOLIVES]

Good one. And of course it is a Sikh gentleman that explains it so well-it's really very simple.

[janice shell]

Has Martha done it again?

[janice shell]

Trump has disrupted the markets at least once a week.

Sure. He's a real attention seeker. Who wants a command economy, so he can tell the players what they're allowed to do, and not do.

[janice shell]

I'm glad you had a good drink and some good elk. I, too, prefer rare meat. And I find it funny that when you order it that way in the States, the wait staff looks at you as if you've asked for cyanide.

So I'm happy you had a nice birthday[s] weekend with DaSun.

Unfortunately, it has not snowed here. Today, it was 98. Have I told you how much I hate hot weather?

[davidsson10]

Ummm....think they could use my laptop?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html

[davidsson10]

Current State Of Rate Cuts

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/trump-fed-interest-rate-cuts

[davidsson10]

Couldn't agree more....A neighbor flew her flag upside down for a few days earlier this year. Fearing the worst, we confronted her. What do you know: she (elderly) had accidentally positioned it errantly and hadn't caught on. Close call.....

[BullNBear52]

There is something seriously wrong when the wife of a SCOTUS decides to fly the flag upside down.

[davidsson10]

Fraud & Intrigue

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/circle-crcl-stock-ipo-venture-capital

[BullNBear52]

On the contrary. When a president of our country capriciously decides to impose tariffs on ALL of their products sold here, that affects the markets.

Look at a chart of the S&P since January and everytime Trump has done something irrational how the market moved.
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@SP.1

Then click back and compare it to Biden.

There is no comparison. Trump has disrupted the markets at least once a week.

[davidsson10]

https://www.facebook.com/100087329756528/videos/4043621265909054/

[shajandr]

Jan, take 0.5mg alprazolam and wash it down with several double Tequila Temptresses (made w/Patrone anejo or Don Julio 1942).



I drink very little alcohol. Prolly less than 6 beers/yr, 3-5 glasses of wine/yr, and one to three cocktails/year. However, DaSun and I were in Reno this past weekend watching some MMA fights from Kazakhstan, some beisbol games, shopping at Scheels, being disappointed at how Cabelas has declined since it was acquired by Bass Pro Shops, buying some end-of-season ski gear, shanking some golf balls at GSR (infra), eating at some boffo places, and just hanging~OUTT together to celebrate our birthdazes and Pater's Dia. Whilst dining at the Wild River Grille, I used my 1-2 cocktail/year credits to try the Tequila Temptress, of which I had never heard of before. The executive summary is that it was great. I had the elk for entree - rare - very nice, very low fat butt still juicy (one reason why rare is the best way to eat beef, buffalo/bison, deer, ostrich, reindeer, and, evidently, elk).

https://www.grandsierraresort.com/activities/grand-bay-driving-range

After you self-administer the alprazolam and tequila cocktails, I would then like to discuss with you the idea of a ceasefire between the various politigogues on DD Fraud Support. The various bomb-tossing, rocket-launching, and spy/counterspy chicanery between preadolescent ideological rant warriors that should really end here. Give it about 45 minutes to an hour for the benzo + ethanol to effect an affect that you feel buzzingly. We ought to throttle-down the condemnatory politische rumbling/grumbling on this bored.

And, as always, DaSun, who has a supercomputer mind that does fine-resolution card-counting and memorized optimal blackjack decision table, cleaned a few G's at the blackjack tables and we both banked decent cashola on the MMA fights and proposition bets thereupon. It's great to have a three-day weekend of fun and good eats and have it all paid for by gambling proceeds and then some. I am nott a proponent of casino gambling, butt DaSun has never had a loosing session at casino blackjack; his buddies hate him for this because they almost always loose at the BJ tables. They try and goad him to play craps so they might see him lose for once, butt he sticks to BJ and some sports betts (which he does loose on some, butt his sports betts are smallische - and he is nails at MMA fight betting). As for his ability to do fine-grained card counting deep into 6-deck BJ, he is on a par with Rain Man. Over the past few years, a few casinos asked/told him to leave - which they aren't supposed to do butt legally can do - because the eye-in-the-sky must have recognized from his betting pattern that he was a good card counter. No prollem this weekend as he was quick in-and-~OUTT with just smallische profits of several hunnert to a G per short session at different casinos. Nott enuff time at any one table for the eye-inna-sky to spott any betting pattern. Kinda like stealing hubcaps.

It was an absolutely boffo dad-sun weekend. Talked a lott about life stuff and a very little about MMA fighters/fights or beisbol (which he is nott into in a bigg way despite an ~OUTTstanding Little League career). I also bought a very badd odds bett for Cancer Charlie; I bought him a wager for the Vikings (his team - which I chide him about by referring to them as the Viqueens or, when Brett Favre was their QB the Vike-queens in homage to Favre's Vicodin addiction) to win the 2026 Superbowl at +2400 (pays 24-to-1). It's a really badd bett oddswise, butt Chollie is going thru 6 three-week cycles of nasty chemo this summer and I hope this bett gives him something to look forward to in the autumn (NFL season) and also see it as my vote of confidence that he will still be around to see if it's a winner next year. Unlike me, Chollie enjoys gambling and, whilst nott a fine-grained card counter like DaSun, he has always left the BJ tables with a profit on every occasion that I've been with him in a casino (and strip klubb, fight (boxing) series, etc.). Now I need to pick ~OUTT a suitable card to send with Chollie's Superbowel bett. This is nott a good summer for him given the chemo regimen that he is now on. It won't be a get well card - it'll be something more humorous and uplifting to get his mind off the chemo side effects. I will go to town tomorrow and find a suitable card - and prolly gett some hot&sour soup and an entree for takeaway from my favorite Asian restaurant. They make the best hot&sour soup and wor wonton soup. I know the Chinese owners and it is always fun to chat with them when I pick up a takeaway order - great people. The community really ramped up their takeaway orders during COVID to make shure these folks could financially survive the quarantine time. It would have been tragic to lose this joynt. And unlike most other restaurants, this joynt has been very modest in raising prices post-COVID - they are very reasonably priced.

BTW, whilst DaSun and I were in Reno/Sparks, it snowed in Truckee Friday evening and early Saturday morning according to the internet weather reportage. Nott much, butt snow in late June at Truckee altitude is pretty unusual; you might see snowing at the mountain peaks altitude, butt nott at the 6200'-8000' of Truckee proper. The wind from the souff was very strong and Lake Tahoe had huge whitecaps and very rough - we saw no boats on the lake, butt we heard today that a boat went ~OUTT either Friday or Saturday and capsized, killing the six boaters. No sane laker who understands boating on a very large lake would know nott to go ~OUTT into those brutal whitecaps. Either these people were rookie boaters or alcohol was involved, or most likely both. Really sadd because the lake is quite cold particularly this time of year; any of those 6 that survived the capsizing and din't drown immediately prolly died of hypothermia in the water before the sheriff's boat could gett to them.

[janice shell]

I told you. Sali Berisha hired Chris LaCivita to help him become prime minister of Albania. Sali has always been very conservative. He thought if he ran as a sort of Albanian Trumpist, he'd win. But he didn't.

He said the election was stolen and rigged, so at least he DID learn something from Trump. But it got him nowhere. The Trumps will, however, feel at home in Albania. It's very corrupt.

And Zog just decided to make himself King. Not many people do that, but I'm sure Trumpty would like to. Zog, however, was sort of a nice person, most of the time.

[OMOLIVES]

I asked what Albania had to do with the discussion. Not what was in your head. And that my dear is way fn' out there.

[janice shell]

No, Russia, North Korea, Cuba, and Belarus were also spared. And now, I imagine you know that there's a cease fire between Iran and Israel.

Trump has just told a reporter that he expects the cease fire to last "forever".

I have been extremely interested in Albania lately. Who wouldn't think King Zog was cool?? AND he smoked 200 cigarettes a day!! That is truly heroic!! He didn't have much luck as a monarch, though. He only lasted about 10 years before Hoxha deposed him. Hoxha was an awful person.

But Zog and his Austrian-American wife Geraldine did have one child, Leka. Leka spent almost his entire life in exile with his Australian bride. She was very sixties, hippieish. Leka was extremely tall, mostly an arms dealer, and traveled with some rough types. Brandished a bazooka when unhappy. But he wasn't a bad sort. He and Queen Susan, his wife, shared an intense love of smoking, like his father. That was though important enough for someone who made a brief film about them to make a point of. Sad to say, Susan died of lung cancer. Leka died about ten years later. Their own only child, another Leka, is in his forties. He and his wife divorced recently, but they have a little girl called Geraldine, after her great grandmother.

Albania is now full of different kinds of politicians. The socialist Edi (pronounced "Eddie") Rama is, like Leka, very tall. He's also an artist, and he painted a lot of Tirana's buildings in bright colors. Which was not a bad idea. Edi won the recent parliamentary elections, and is now prime minister (for the fourth time).

That is probably a good thing, because the Conservative Party was led by Sali Berisha, who is said to be even more corrupt. And, improbable as it may seem, Berisha was supported by the Trump family. Chris LaCivita tried to help his campaign. For money, of course. There were suggestions that Susie Wiles would join in, but that did not happen.

However, Jared Kushner is building a big resort there. We shall see. I anticipate problems with that.

You DID ask.

[OMOLIVES]

?...I think I have already read enough. I provided the link..?????

OMOLIVES

Re: janice shell post# 231335

Monday, June 23, 2025 8:36:35 PM
Post# of 231337
Lol...no. Who's pitching that one? That's hilarious. Look at what Countries use that system...lol..:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/command-economy-countries

By the way...Russia is not on the list.

https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176354891

I have no idea where you are coming from. And what the f' does Albania have to do with this? lol

[janice shell]

You need to read more. Just about no countries have command economies anymore. Too Stalinist.

But yes, Trump may not realize it, but that's what he wants. He's going to apply tariffs to products made by specific companies. Apple is a case in point. And he will--he's said this many times--tell companies and industries how much they can sell their products for.

How'd that kind of thing work out for Albania under Hoxha? Or, for that matter, Stalin? Or China under the worst of Mao's stewardship?

[OMOLIVES]

Lol...no. Who's pitching that one? That's hilarious. Look at what Countries use that system...lol..:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/command-economy-countries

By the way...Russia is not on the list.

[janice shell]

I disagree with him, as I do with Trump. Worse yet, Trump is going for a command economy. Maybe he's spent so much time with Putin he's become a communist.

[OMOLIVES]

I thought you were a Keynes believer with regards to economics? He backtracked on the free trade initiative...one that he originally supported.

In a memorandum prepared in September for the Committee of Economists of the Economic Advisory Council, Keynes elaborated on the benefits of a tariff, which he now described as “simply enormous.” These benefits included solving the basic problem of the misalignment of money costs and the exchange rate: a tariff would raise domestic prices and reduce real wages toward their equilibrium value, while avoiding a disruptive fall in nominal wages. A tariff would also restore business confidence and create a favorable climate for new investment, he stated, but would not (unless poorly designed) trigger demands by trade unions for higher pay or have adverse employment effects.

I disagree with Keynes on that...what say you? Or am I going to assume you disagree with Keynes as well.

[OMOLIVES]

lol...WTI Crude ... https://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?p=d&t=CL

#1 reason I don't play oil anymore-only the pipelines. Insane roller coaster.

[janice shell]

On the contrary. When a president of our country capriciously decides to impose tariffs on ALL of their products sold here, that affects the markets. And don't forget: that's the minimum 10 percent tariff, applied even to the products of very poor countries. THAT is a senseless action, taken by a guy who's been saying since the 1980s that if you had across the board, income taxes would be superfluous.

His Majesty is still claiming this policy--and yes, of course it's real political policy--will work. It will do serious damage to our markets and to our economy. And though prices are going up, what's happening now is nothing compared to what WILL happen once he loses interest in bombing things and gets back to telling little girls they can only have two dolls.

[OMOLIVES]

Politics do not affect the market(plural) Janice. Individual participation and the Federal Reserve do however. Sometimes political discussion can be warranted, but the amount of hate is abhorring. I get not liking an individual...I am not a fan...but the constant bullshite' and willfully incorrect statements being thrown out there is ridiculous.

In this context, there are two types of groups-those enamored with foolish praise for him, and those that despise and are engulfed with foolish hatred for him.

They are the same group of people in my eyes.

[BullNBear52]

I'm aware of italics and it was accurate.

[BullNBear52]

You don't know his history in NYC so I suggest you quit while you're behind.

Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump
September 29, 201610:22 PM ET
https://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/495955920/donald-trump-plagued-by-decades-old-housing-discrimination-case

Why does he oppose DEI?

Trump referred to Haiti and African nations as 'shithole' countries
President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-haiti-african-countries-shithole-nations-n836946

You disagree with calling him a fascist.

Does racist work for you?

[bar1080]

My CPA son follows the so-called Pelosi stocks and almost bought one a year ago. Many of the smaller ones are mostly P&Ds, IMO

I have about 3-4% of my stock funds in BRK with most of the rest in 20 blue chips and large cap index funds as in past decades. Buy "Quality and Diversify."

[janice shell]

Once again, italics denote a QUOTATION. In this case, from a message that was later deleted.

[BullNBear52]

Your nonchalant wilfully-ignorant fence-sitting is telling.

Hopefully it's a picket fence.

[BullNBear52]

Let me get this through that "ideological" head of yours. The day I said "no politics today" was the day that two lawmakers were brutally murdered and it was Flag day. Do you understand that? Do you also understand that such brutality has already been forgotten?

Everybody gets it so don't play a condescending game here. And the brutality has not been forgotten except by people who don't give a shit. And it's hardly up to you to say it's a No Politics Day,

But back to my question; did you fly a flag on Flag Day. I did. And Robin Williams did a routine about Old Glory.

https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176346372

[surfkast]

They gave them their license to steal back.

[janice shell]

SEC Dealer Rule Collapse: Impact on Toxic Lenders & OTC Penny Stocks

https://www.securitieslawyer101.com/2025/sec-dealer-rule-collapse/

[davidsson10]

Thank you for this timely summary.

[BullNBear52]

Rest in Peace Fred Smith, Founder of FedEx (and Maybe the Luckiest Entrepreneur of All Time)Is it better to be lucky or good? Why not both?
EXPERT OPINION BY BILL MURPHY JR., FOUNDER OF UNDERSTANDABLY AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, INC. @BILLMURPHYJR

Jun 23, 2025



Fred Smith, CEO of FedEx Corp., attended an Economic Club of Washington event in Washington, D.C. in 2012. He passed away on Sunday. Photo: Getty Images

Frederick W. Smith, the founder of FedEx, has died at the age of 80. Smith was a highly successful entrepreneur. Maybe more important, he might very well have been the luckiest.

Here’s a very early story that proves the point. It comes to us courtesy of Roger Frock, who was the first general manager and chief operating officer of FedEx (then known as Federal Express), and who later wrote a book about his time at the company.

FedEx launched in Memphis on April 17, 1973. Soon afterward, the company was nearly broke according to Frock, owing much more than it had to pay for fuel to continue operations.

After a last-ditch financing effort fell through, Frock said he learned Smith had taken an unorthodox approach to handling the cash problem. As Frock wrote in Changing How the World Does Business: FedEx’s Incredible Journey to Success:

“I asked Fred where the funds had come from, and he responded, ‘The meeting with the General Dynamics board was a bust and I knew we needed money for Monday, so I took a plane to Las Vegas and won $27,000.’

I said, ‘You mean you took our last $5,000— how could you do that?’

He shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘What difference does it make? Without the funds for the fuel companies, we couldn’t have flown anyway.’

Fred’s luck held again. It was not much, but it came at a critical time and kept us in business for another week.”

Kids, don’t try this at home.

For one thing, is it legal to take company funds on a gambling trip to Las Vegas? I’ll refrain from attempting to answer that here out of respect for the recently departed.

But, I think Smith’s story provides a great context for the age-old question of whether it’s better to be lucky or good in business.

Smith was clearly both:

Good? Smith famously based the entire idea for FedEx on a term paper he wrote at Yale University in 1965. He revolutionized the industry and built FedEx into a $50 billion company by the time he stepped down as CEO in 2022.
Lucky? Even setting aside the whole “kept the company going with blackjack” story, or the Warren Buffett-esque recognition that simply being born in the United States in the 20th century was a huge advantage, Smith was wounded twice in Vietnam while serving in the Marines before coming home to start FedEx.
It also helped Smith and FedEx that the federal government deregulated the air cargo industry in 1977, opening massive opportunities for Smith’s company.

Of course, we could go down a fun rabbit hole looking at companies that really ought to credit luck — or big gambles — for their early success.

Microsoft? There are a lot of versions of the story, but most of them say Bill Gates managed to sell an operating system that Microsoft didn’t yet own to IBM, acquiring it under favorable terms, and keeping the rights to sell it to other companies.
Twitter? It started as a side project by some of the people behind the early podcasting company Odeo.
Zoom? Would we be using Zoom now if it hadn’t happened to be in the perfect position to become the default videoconferencing setup during the pandemic (at least for a while)?
Non-entrepreneurs often seem to think that entrepreneurs must have an exceptionally high tolerance for risk, but the other way to look at this is that the most successful in the game make every effort they can to reduce risk.

Perhaps that’s the lesson to take away here, sort of a variation on the classic Louis Pasteur quote that “chance favors the prepared mind.”

Luck can sometimes be vital to success, but it usually requires a lot of hard work and achievement to be in a position to take advantage of lucky breaks when they come along.

Smith was once asked what he hoped his legacy would be. He replied:

“I don’t think that way. I just enjoy what I’m doing. I’m very focused on the here and now. The legacy will be the success of the company and, I hope, the success of my children, of which I have a lot of.”

Rest in peace Mr. Smith. Somewhere out there today, I’ll bet a member of a new generation of entrepreneurs will be inspired by your example.

That’s a pretty good addition to any founder’s legacy.
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/rest-in-peace-fred-smith-founder-of-fedex-and-maybe-the-luckiest-entrepreneur-of-all-time/91205142

[Buckey]

Tesla - I heard FSD demo failed on weekend stock up 10% today. I give up

[LexTrader]

It's so far left, it crosses over the foul ball line. Nuts lol

[davidsson10]

Lovin' those call options.....!

[shajandr]

bar, Warren Buffett's best days are in the rearview mirror. CONsider switching to a newer, better portfolio model and management with guaranteed positive returns every year: https://nypost.com/2025/06/21/us-news/pelosi-added-millions-to-net-worth-last-year-report/

[janice shell]

Someone has, in fact, proposed that Trump would never have bombed Iran if Elon hadn't left him.

Seems plausible to me.

[OMOLIVES]

Lol..ok...that was straight from left field.

[janice shell]

He isn't a real populist, either. He's a greedy bastard who cares about nobody but himself. And he wants to be richer than Elon.

[OMOLIVES]

Yeah. I think that is the long term objective currently. I think they want to obtain that "long term" objective in the short term as well. He is certainly not a Hawk or anything close to it. But he is a Populist.

I'm just tired of all of it....every Country across the Globe. Wish everyone would just shut the f' up.

[janice shell]

Just remember: Trump said he wanted to be a "Man of Peace".

[OMOLIVES]

Yeah....far from his father. Of course...yet again...all of this shite' is due to the United Kingdom(just go back and look). So tired of being a protectorate. Enough of that....gonna' go watch some hoops..enjoy. :)

[janice shell]

I think we'll get a lengthy explanation. I'll be interested to hear from his wife and kids, too. I think the authorities are handling it very well, not allowing it to turn into a media circus.

[janice shell]

I know many are not all that into their religion, just as many people of other religions aren't all that into them. And I also know that Persians living here would love to see "regime change" in Iran.

There are still some people alive who remember Iran when it was an authoritarian, but "normal" place to live. Women have suffered a great deal; they'd also be enthusiastic about "regime change".

One of the problems with pre-revolutionary Iran was that the Shah was not a good leader, and not very bright.

[OMOLIVES]

Good point. I think the reason he didn't kill himself was due to his religious beliefs. Which makes him a hypocrite. A selfish one at that.

[OMOLIVES]

I actually do not think they will retaliate(but that would a be foolish thought..eh?). And to be honest..every Israeli, Persian ex-pats(and many nationals) and all of the Sunni Middle Eastern population(larger majority populations) is quietly overjoyed. So is Europe(GOVS).

I spoke with an old Farsi speaking friend today-known for 50 years. He never liked being called Iranian..and always used Persian in reference to anything. He broke down. Lol...we used to party together in high school and after. So many stories

He's still very tempered though. They had to bring his brother over here when the Shaw was disposed....but the joy is wonderful for him today. Hearing a grown man cry because of overwhelming happiness is another thing man. It just sucks you in :)

p.s. ..not all practicing Muslims are overly religious. We did cocaine, reefer et al together...lol. The son of a bitch always got laid too. More than I ever did..lol.

[janice shell]

It would probably be more expensive to try to condemn him to death, and then to cough up for all his appeals.

What I find extraordinary is that he didn't kill himself. Most of them do. Did he expect the people of Minnesota to rise up against the Democratic Party or something?