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DD: I'll consult with my leader on Rumble to see what he says! LOL! So, DD, since Biden definitely will not be the Dem candidate, who do U think it will be?
al44: Thank you for all of the wonderful postings today. A very enjoyable thread.
DD: that post could get your committed to a looney bin. It makes no sense whatsoever. Clarification, please.
al44: That is a hoot and a holler! The child with the toy was the perfect ending.
al44: We know the Pfizer vax ALLEGEDLY contained monkey protein that is the culprit.
But first I'd want to see what happens in Israel. Nearly the entire country got the Pfizer vax.
wadegarret: The U.S. Government can flood all of the liquidity it wants into the economy, but it will benefit the investor class and now too many other people, especially the working stiff on the lower end of the wage scale.
Sen. McCarthy was a great patriot! And he was 100 percent correct about the Communist rot in Hollywood and beyond.
RIP Senator McCarthy. People of your ilk vilify McCarthy exactly because he was anti-Communist. Your side has been running a propaganda campaign vilifying him since the 1950's. Sorry, it is transparent where it is coming from. The old USSR!
Roy Cohn was the mentor of the greatest President since George Washington!
al44: I am sick of hearing this stuff. It is time for impeachments. Now Chicago wants to give the illegals citizenship?
They have zero authority to do that. If the Republicans don't make immigration the #1 issue next year, they deserve to lose.
lj: Enjoy the games, but don't wear out your eyes! NFL news: Ravens play on Sunday afternoon, at 1:00 EST, I believe, but it might be a half hour or so later. They were on the schedule for Sunday night football, but Maryland's Governor got the NFL to move the game time because M&T Stadium is located in the vicinity of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, where there is a big fireworks display at midnight. The dopey mayor of Baltimore wanted the game time to remain at 8:00 p.m.!
lj: My understanding is that Vietnam and Mexico are starting to eat into China's manufacturing dominance.
Wages have risen in China. The slave labor is now available in Vietnam and Mexico, I guess.
On another topic, its seems that the U.S. has cut off the money spigot that Ukraine has had access to to the tune of maybe $160B or more? Zelensky is now recruiting men up to age 64 to fight. The war is now a joke.
Negotiating a piece is going to be a mess, because some European body has declared Putin to be a war criminal.
The rumor is that negotiations are already underway behind Zelensky's back.
2024 should be an interesting year geopolitically and here.
lj: Well, the Saudis are not going to sell oil to China in U.S. Dollars. The end of the petrodollar is near.
The countries that trade oil don't trust the U.S. dollar due to the insane Federal debt. The U.S. dollar might lose half of its value in the next year or two. Mark my words.)
OT: The price of the Evian water I buy for my pooch is going to go up. It is imported from France.
Fortunately, the price of his ground sirloin is stable (96 percent fat free).
The day might come when I have to switch to Deer Park spring water for him.
I drink the cheapest bottled spring water (gallon jugs) and eat a cheaper grade of ground beef!)
lj: I was aware of the taxation issue. Southern States imported a lot of goods from England that were taxed.
But slavery was a very big issue. If slavery were eliminated, the wealth of the people who controlled Southern States would be greatly diminished. No free labor, no big profits.
I think there is a parallel situation now, between the power center of the North, New York City, and the power center of the South, Houston. I have thought for quite a while that this is behind the attack on fossil fuels. Take down fossil fuels, take down Texas. Actually, it might be as plain as the nose on your face.
lj: The cheap oil, not only from Russia, but from Iran, might be the reason that the China's economy has not gone totally in the tank! The U.S.'s economy still has a symbiotic relationship with China, so I guess the cheap oil is a silver lining for the U.S. in an odd way.
lj: Yikes! 42 points. Amazing, really.
r59: EV's are selling better in the controlled EU countries and China. Not a surprise there, Vern.
For one thing, petrol prices in Europe are ridiculous. China has a vested interest in pushing EV's because they dominate manufacturing of EV's.
Unless the U.S. starts building nuke plants right and left, EV's are not going to cut the mustard in the U.S.
Gmenfan: No meat. Fake meat only. They'd love to legislate that.
Talk about tyranny. The State can mandate stores to sell a specific type of toy?
This is unbelievable, even for California. https://www.oann.com/newsroom/new-calif-law-requires-gender-neutral-toy-sections-at-major-retail-shops/
lj: The flow of inflated money into the stock market should increase the IRS harvest in April. That will keep things running for a while. What happens in 2024 won't turbocharge the deficit until 2025. I believe the deficit will be $4T next year--$1T a quarter.
Because it is election year, RINO Republicans will thwart MAGA Republicans' efforts to make a meaningful dent in the spending. Things will be very interesting when Congress returns during the second week of January.
Only public school teachers get more time off!
DD: So, when there is no defense, Dems come up with very lame nonsense. That post is laughable.
NYBob: Very nice.
Let Desert Drifter put this in his or her pipe and smoke it!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/texas/article-12901403/US-border-migrant-caravan-arrivals-march-video-photos.html I believe DD is an open-border denier. Does he or she ever have egg or his or her face, or their face.
al44: The point is the guy should not have been out on the street. When is society going to hold accountable those who are responsible for situationss like this?
lj: Agree with everything you said. I have opined on occasion that the recession will start after the economic middle class gets its credit card statements in January. Lower economic middle class people are going to be in very big trouble. So, is it safer to roll money out of regional banks and into the big banks who are going to have increased credit card losses.
Have I ever mentioned my NVDA $300 call that expires in January? Next weekend, I might be cussing up a storm!
lj: REI I have a very small profit already! Maybe 1 percent, but better than nothing!
Sick society report: "Hutcherson has an extensive criminal record and has been charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12901475/NYC-grand-Central-South-Africa-teen-tourists-stabbed.html Why was this creature running loose? Answer: Mental illness--not his, but liberals' mental illness.
lj: Lefty mainstream media CNBC is finally admitting that the Fed might have to keep interest rates high or higher next year as the March debt crisis for regional banks unfolds. IMO, if anything, inflation will get worse going forward. IMO, saying that it has come down is intellectually dishonest. But what do I know? I bought VTLE at $65 a share!
lj: Knitting Yahoo is the Grinch who stole Christmas in Israel this year.
lj: Weird stuff, for sure. I heard on TV this morning that China is building nuke plants like crazy.
Not good for oil. Nor is the fact that Ford and GM, in cahoots with the Federal Government, are trying to force EV's on the U.S. Back to Beijing. Lots of energy being used during the frigid weather.
Border chaos costing very big bucks to the economy:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12893887/Closures-key-Mexico-border-crossings-cause-chaos-BILLIONS-lost-trade-Railway-operations-Eagle-Pass-El-Paso-shut-gas-stations-restaurants-Lukeville-forced-cut-hours.html
Disclosure: Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy!
lj: Well, here is a scary thought for 2024 for people who have LT profits outside of IRA's and 401K's: a Democratic sweep.
That was guarantee a draconian tax code with 72K new agents to enforce it.
We are living in a scary period in U.S. history, imo.
lj: VTLE
That isn't a lot of shares. They are determined to deleverage, which is great, imo.
al44: Exchanging Victor Bout for ANYONE is another ground for impeachment.
The Brits don't ransom or do exchanges. It is called integrity and have principles.
Enemy countries are going to be imprisoning Americans right and left to blackmail the U.S. for
money and for the release of terrorists and other criminals.
r59: CCL
Pushing $20! Up about 5 percent today after update on bookings--2/3rds full at higher rates.
al44: Thank you, al44. Just wait until the J6 kangaroo court convenes in D.C. next year.
Pure and simple, the lawfare against DJT is to distract from the Biden crime syndicate! EOM
al44: If other States do this and are allowed to do it by the S.C., democracy is over. Period.
This poll sounds ridiculous: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12888651/More-HALF-Americans-approve-Colorado-disqualifying-Trump-New-poll-shows-quarter-Republicans-bombshell-Supreme-Court-decision-sent-shockwaves-US.html
RINO's are the biggest threat to our freedom.
lj: The good citizens of Colorado who lived there for generations, and whose State was invaded by New Yorkers after they legalized pot, shouldn't suffer because of a handful of lunatics on the Colorado Supreme Court. Bad idea.
I've heard the same suggestion.
Here's an idea. Peaceful protesters show up at the home of the judges, as they did to the Supreme Court judges.
Apparently, it is legal to cause gridlock in residential neighborhoods as long as you are carrying a protest sign.
How about 5K MAGA supporters?
Colorado is done. Stick in the fork.
nelson1234: Fidelity
The platform is terrible, imo. But, when I have had stocks put to me, and there is insufficient cash in my cash account (money sitting in one of the designated banks), they will sell funds in my Government MM's to cover the purchase. I don't have to do anything.