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Gap03

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  1. I was responding to the posts suggesting the market shouldn't be up given the aggregate tariffs still in place are about the same - the point being that nobody believes any of them will remain in place. The folks profiting from the market manipulation deserve to get Luigi'd tho.
  2. Yeah, but it's now entirely clear that Trump is a bitch and will back down imminently, as soon as other countries give him a twig that he can take a victory lap with.
  3. Very possible. Also possible that China is dumping some of their treasuries to fuck with us, but that would get pretty expensive unless there is a shortage in demand.
  4. And here comes the EU ... Interestingly, it looks like the EU is taking a more measured approach of trying to fuck with red states as much as they can, which I applaud. And if this is accurate, it's pretty clever:
  5. Huh, that's weird - I was told by some MAGA big brains that the real reason for the trade wars was to drive down Treasury yields so Trump could save the country YUUUGE money when it came time to re-finance the country's debt. You're telling me that these people might have been full of shit?
  6. The rich ones, for sure ...
  7. I mean, being complicit in undermining the Constitution and destroying the global economy does come with some risks, right?
  8. I think this goes here ...
  9. That's big of them. I was fully prepared for them to say, "Everyone should have the opportunity to challenge their removal, but the courts have no ability to contest the 'no backsies' clause of the Trump administration's agreements with foreign governments, so, sorry, the best we can do is send a 'I was wrongfully deported" t-shirt to CECOT memorializing your big win in the U.S. courts."
  10. Stock futures up 2.5% - 3% this morning. Markets are doing what they seem to do ... just straight up gambling in the absence of anyone having a fucking clue what the toddler in the White House is going to do. Cool.
  11. I was just curious as to whether John Roberts had any question as to who "Daddy" is at this point - i.e., Trump or Koch / Leo? He obviously owes a lot to the Federalist Society / Heritage Foundation / Kochs. That said, I think he realizes when the Trump admin tells the USSC to fuck off directly in response to a ruling, the gig is officially up - so if he's ever going to go against Trump on anything of consequence from here on out, he'll need as many allies as possible - and Leo and Charles are about as strong as you're going to get.
  12. Does that apply to John Roberts, or just Charles and Leo? It would almost be worth it if John became a cautionary tale for ACB and the rest ...
  13. Everyone time I see that pic, I can't help but think he really needs to add a new song to his rally playlist ...
  14. The way things are going, if I'm Trump, I'm not sure I want a row of M1A2 Abrams rolling past, given their 1.5 mi range - I mean, it would just take someone sneaking 1 shell aboard ...
  15. Such bullshit ... So they're just going to toss out 60,000 votes by voters with "allegedly incomplete registrations" unless they fix their ballots within 15 days?
  16. China announces 34% tariff on all US products, and this is going about as well as we all expected ...
  17. No you wouldn't - not if she ended up like Kristy ... (And fuck Ben Stein too.)
  18. You ever wonder how much better a place the U.S. would be if the News Corp Building (and Rupert and Roger) had been blown up on 9/11 instead of the WTC?
  19. GIGO. The problem is the target - saying that "eliminating the trade deficit" = "an even playing field." That's just a gross oversimplification.
  20. Any bets on how many of the folks at the event were heavily invested in inverse leveraged ETFs and shorts yesterday? I'm going with 100%. Maybe 110% ... whatever it takes ...
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