Dear God..... How pathetic!!!!

Almost desperate...... I know Saeed, kenny, mangina and lil,mikey will support anyone named hakim and any democrat....but just damn!!!!

Desperate deomocrats?????


Nancy ain't happy, but I am

What were they trying to accomplish?????


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Just look at the stock market, the bond market, interest rates or the value of the dollar. What's not to like for a good Russian like you Yakob?

Trump is destroying the country, of course you and Putin are happy

You are a moron Jim, plain and simple. DAF as the kids say these days.

Stop with the hyperbolic drama. The sun came up. Folks are driving to work. Farmers are planting. The grid still operates. Over the top rhetoric diminishes any credibility. We’ve all already stated that to fix deficits some shit will hit the fan. Serial shit posting only stresses you out.

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Originally posted by tomahawker:
Stop with the hyperbolic drama. The sun came up. Folks are driving to work. Farmers are planting. The grid still operates. Over the top rhetoric diminishes any credibility. We’ve all already stated that to fix deficits some shit will hit the fan. Serial shit posting only stresses you out.

You are also a moron. Fix the deficit? Did you see how much more it is costing to service our debt since that dumb ass Trump has driven interest rates up? Nothing is being fixed. This shit is a complete mess, all caused by your OJ.

Interest rates are up? I didnt see that anywhere. What source?

Jines posted yesterday on the increased cost to service our debt, here is the BBC on it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yrr0e7499o

Jines post:

https://forums.accuratereloadi...3811043/m/3201091182

1) inflation is very near the Fed’s 2% benchmark and down since the first of the year

2) energy prices are down

3) building materials have not increased in price

4) consumer confidence (spending) is strong

5) my businesses supply costs are flat

6) Stockmarket is rebounding (I did buy the dip however).

Only chickens squawk.

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Originally posted by ledvm:
1) inflation is very near the Fed’s 2% benchmark and down since the first of the year Bullshit!

2) energy prices are down Not enough to matter

3) building materials have not increased in price Home Depot and Lowes are raising prices across the board to offset tariff costs, you are full of shit as usual Lane.

4) consumer confidence (spending) is strong Worst consumer confidence in decades Lane, more bullshit.

5) my businesses supply costs are flat Mine have increased dramatically.

6) Stockmarket is rebounding (I did buy the dip however). Biggest drop in the first 100 days of a Presidency in 80 years.

Only chickens squawk.

You are a cult member, drunk on Kool-Aid.

Consumer confidence drop:

https://www.reuters.com/busine...es-april-2025-04-29/

increased cost of building materials:

https://edzarenski.com/2025/02...lation-2025-2-21-25/

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by ledvm:
1) inflation is very near the Fed’s 2% benchmark and down since the first of the year Bullshit!

Well, I was slightly off…it is essentially flat.

From Powell:
- 2024 Inflation: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for 2024 was around 2.5% annually, with core PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures) inflation averaging approximately 2.7%. The PCE price index, the Fed’s preferred measure, rose 2.3% over the 12 months ending December 2024.

- 2025 Inflation: In January 2025, total PCE inflation was 2.5%, and core PCE was 2.6%. By March 2025, reports indicate inflation has ticked up, but projections suggest CPI could end at 2.6% for the year.

- Comparison: Inflation in early 2025 (2.5–2.6% PCE) is marginally higher than the 2024 average (2.3–2.5% PCE). Forecasts for 2025 suggest CPI may average around 2.6% compared to 2.5% in 2024, though long-term expectations remain anchored near 2%.

2) energy prices are down Not enough to matter

The trend is downward. And you are not the arbiter of what matters.

3) building materials have not increased in price Home Depot and Lowes are raising prices across the board to offset tariff costs, you are full of shit as usual Lane.

I just started 2 spec houses and contracted my materials a couple of weeks ago. Prices are not up and reasonable right now.

4) consumer confidence (spending) is strong Worst consumer confidence in decades Lane, more bullshit.

Powell also stated in his March 7th conference that Consumer Confidence (Spending) was “solid.”

5) my businesses supply costs are flat Mine have increased dramatically.

Can’t speak to yours but our Amazon bill and our medical supplies bills are flat in 2025 compared to 24.

6) Stockmarket is rebounding (I did buy the dip however). Biggest drop in the first 100 days of a Presidency in 80 years.

The stock market is not a passbook account…it fluctuates. It is rebounding back from a short dip. NASDAQ recently posted a record day.

Only chickens squawk.

You are a cult member, drunk on Kool-Aid.

Consumer confidence drop:

https://www.reuters.com/busine...es-april-2025-04-29/

increased cost of building materials:

https://edzarenski.com/2025/02...lation-2025-2-21-25/

You don’t live in the real-world. I can now enjoy my Deep South Texas quail population again. Albeit, it will take years to clean up the mess left by Biden’s human trafficking. Life in the USA is on a positive track.

It is you who do not live in the real world Lane.....it was thought to be nearly impossible to damage the US bond market, until Trump along. The damage he has done will take generations to repair, if it can be.

Lane . . .. . . just another conservative for higher taxes. He must be thrilled to see the level of government borrowing going up 3X over the next three months too. And I can only imagine how giddy Lane is over higher bond yields that just increase the cost of servicing the national debt. So much winning . . .

OK Steve. I was a little excited.
I have a large cd that matures in a couple weeks. Thought I might pick up a couple points of interest when I renew.

Not for nothing, headline inflation is less than 2.4% for march.. just about exactly the same the last time the fed said close enough. Usafacts.org. 2.38


But, some folks can't see facts through their emotion

On the good news, last month was the lowest inflation since June of 2021

And the 10% minimum tariff increase on top of duty has yet to be seen in the PCI. Any predictions on how that will influence inflation Honey?

Some folks are so drunk on Kool-aid that they have lost the plot.

That Trump can be wrong on his tariffs and right on border security seems to be beyond some.

Steve sells high end firearms, generally the higher end ones come from the continent. No bleep his business is going to be front and center with tariff increases.

We for the most part are all older and getting closer to needing our investments to fund our lives. It’s not surprising that anything that upsets one’s financial security is unpleasant to most.

One point to my MAGA friends… while today Trump is using executive power and pushing the judiciary for his goals, doesn’t it worry you that his example WILL be used by the next lefty to push their agenda?

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:
It is you who do not live in the real world Lane.....it was thought to be nearly impossible to damage the US bond market, until Trump along. The damage he has done will take generations to repair, if it can be.

Lets see.....A veterinarian that provides a needed service and a gun importer providing an in needed luxury.....

Who isn't in the real world????

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Not for nothing, headline inflation is less than 2.4% for march.. just about exactly the same the last time the fed said close enough. Usafacts.org. 2.38


But, some folks can't see facts through their emotion

On the good news, last month was the lowest inflation since June of 2021

Emotions and feelings are all that matter! To lefties....and estrogen treatments! Don't forget the estrogen treatments!!!!



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But again!!!!

What where hakeem and Booker trying to accomplish?????


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Originally posted by JTEX:

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:
It is you who do not live in the real world Lane.....it was thought to be nearly impossible to damage the US bond market, until Trump along. The damage he has done will take generations to repair, if it can be.

Lets see.....A veterinarian that provides a needed service and a gun importer providing an in needed luxury.....

Who isn't in the real world????

vet provides to a need
some others provide to a want ...

luxuries are the first to be cut in ANY budget restriction --

Hey Lane, what's an MD from A&M? A failed vet -- (that's an inside joke, not a poke at Lane, for the uninitiated_

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Originally posted by JTEX:

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:
It is you who do not live in the real world Lane.....it was thought to be nearly impossible to damage the US bond market, until Trump along. The damage he has done will take generations to repair, if it can be.

Lets see.....A veterinarian that provides a needed service and a gun importer providing an in needed luxury.....

Who isn't in the real world????

Dumb Jim, the word you were looking for is "unneeded". You are correct in that nobody needs a high end rifle, I'm not so sure anybody needs a high end horse either. I'm fairly certain that the types of horses that Lane deals with in his practice are indeed luxury items.

The point is, tariffs are hurting our economy.

Even somebody as dumb as you are Jim should be able to understand that.

Any comments about how the bond market damage is causing us to pay more to service our debt? Doubt it....

Wait a minute, Jtex claims to be a free market conservative. You know capitalism. Capitalism is built around e merchant and guild classes.

Now, we have Jtex repeating Marxist ideology on labor value to support the states manipulation of consumer goods.

That is Marxism.

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
Wait a minute, Jtex claims to be a free market conservative. You know capitalism. Capitalism is built around e merchant and guild classes.

Now, we have Jtex repeating Marxist ideology on labor value to support the states manipulation of consumer goods.

That is Marxism.

hey, on the plus side - no typos

could you point out where jtex is quoting marx? i mean, it's been a minute since i read the manifesto, and other than being aligned on workers having dignity, i can't see it

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hey, on the plus side - no typos

You forgot to capitalize Hey.

And "could" as well as "I" three different times, but who's counting

So we seem to have lost sight of what happened during Covid... massive disruptions of supply chains caused by lack of supply from overseas suppliers.

I do think that this is one of the reasonable regulations instances- that we should not be forced into a single supplier and that it should not be a potentially disruptable source- like China is a disruptable source.

We had massive disruptions in things like medical grade respirators because we had farmed out so much critical infrastructure manufacturing to offshore sources. And it wasn't only us... Europe and Canada had issues there as well.

Of course that may well be me trying to come up with a logical reason for exercising tariffs (protection of critical industry), and it is not something I hear team Trump clearly using as a rationale and using as a point for making the tariffs.

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Originally posted by Magine Enigam:

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hey, on the plus side - no typos

You forgot to capitalize Hey.

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Trump lied, consequently People died. Connect the dots.

other than your entire post is off topic and ad homme....


over-capitalization, as "people" in this phrase isn't a proper noun.

I do have a question, though, as you should have used a ; to combine your sentence fragments into a single "thought" have people ever died before or after the alleged cause?

However, choosing to cap or not, in an informal conversational tone, is as choice, so who cares?

It's almost like knowledge vs wisdom... knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad