Jump to content

Ghost of LL

Certifiably Surly
  • Posts

    6794
  • Joined

  • Days Won

    1

Posts posted by Ghost of LL

  1. 6 hours ago, tokamak said:

    Three quarters of the country, including all of its under 18s, spending most of their day with their brain plugged directly into a CCP propaganda app is an interesting wrinkle to all this that I hadn’t considered. Trump should’ve waited until after he seized it and handed it to one of his buddies to do the tariffs. That would’ve required the bare minimum amount of strategizing though. 

    It’s not just that. They’re threatening to crater the entire American retail sector.

    Were are doing some home renovations right. Ow, and we’re going to need some new living room furniture. So one that was pertinent to me was a gal at a furniture factory. She says “you like something from the Restoration Hardware catalogue? Send us the SKU. We make all that shit here in this factory and we will send you that sofa door-to-door for 10% the price you would pay at Restoration Hardware in Austin.”

    Even after you pay the 125% tariff, it’s 80% off retail.

    If people do that in any kind of numbers, yikes.

    • Hook 'Em 2
  2. China is going hard on TikTok exposing how cheaply it makes luxury goods and openly inviting Americans to come in a 9-day visa-free tour to buy shit straight from the factory.

    That’s some next level “peasants with pitchforks” shit right there, eh, JD?

    • Hook 'Em 3
    • Like 1
    • Haha 2
  3. 1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    So here’s my question, and I remember arguing this point with you and others back in 2001 and 2003 w/r/t the Bush tax cuts. What happened as a result was not only predictable at the time but widely demonstrated to the point of certainty. 
    So for people like you (and @Brisketexanand @Ghost of LL), meaning actual conservatives*, why did you fall for it? And why do Conservatives still fall for it? Was it because Republicans  then and now use the word “conservative” to describe funding tax stimulus with debt and Democrats and the press let them? Is it because people just don’t have an economic vocabulary to describe what they see with their own eyes?

    I just don’t get it.

     

     

     

    * to his credit, McCain opposed the cuts and made the same argument I did, for the same reasons. 

    Because it's something that intuitively makes sense.  If you put capital back in the hands of the investing classes, it will be invested in such a way as to generate economic activity and all that comes with it (e.g., jobs).  And let's just be real honest about this--it's a theory that did work at earlier points in our history.  Kennedy's tax cuts in the early 1960s are widely credits with spurring economic growth.  Reagan's are more controversial, but they also are credited with causing an economic expansion.

    The difference is that by the 2000s, there are two many other investment options and strategies such that the capital didn't necessarily go to economic expansion in the United States.  And unlike in the 1960s and 1980s, taxes on the top brackets were already so low that reducing them further didn't really have much impact.  

  4. 2 minutes ago, horn4life said:

    So had to jump in a bit more.  I don't see a damn thing that is going to really drive the markets upward.  No more fake or real surprises to pretend the policy is not stupid. Again easy fucking money.

    Something tells me yesterday's most excited and newly prolific poster will not be back extolling his genius.  Funny how most of the folks that go full CR are not usually giving any insight into what they invest in, or what they think they should invest in.

    Hope you guys sold on the bounce!

     

    Randolph--look: 

    image.thumb.png.fb3316007c14f0733426af025f5a2b36.png

     

    YARN | Mortimer..We're back | Coming to America | Video ...

    • Haha 1
  5. 29 minutes ago, horn4life said:

    I did not know what was going to happen with the administration.  But I viewed the cabinet as one of the least qualified, and the President as being surrounded by folks who will only give praise.  This is a bad combination for any company, even worse for a country.  So I expected huge volatility.  With volatility I felt like that was going to be an easy bet.  Vix was 14 when I started accumulating UVIX at $36.  I bought UVIX instead of moving into futures trading.

    I still think about the market rising before Trump's "reciprocal" tariff announcement... There is still a lot of hope... the fake new rally showed that.

     

    I guess ships will start accumulating off our ports now.  As US companies deal with something costing 104% more than when it left port 3 weeks ago...

     

    Do you sell every day at market close?  Or are you just letting it ride?

  6. 4 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    the jets are paper tigers - i don't want vegas on our side of the bracket so whatever results make that happen are my preference

    ignoring their time in the wha before the '79 merger, and not counting any results related to atlanta or phoenix seasons......

    from 79/80 to 95/96 the jets made the playoffs 11 times, missed 5, and won a total of 1 playoff series

    from 11/12 through 23/24 the FA18s made the playoffs 7 times, missed 6, and have fared better winning 3 playoff series

    in 29 nhl seasons in manitoba they have 1 conference final appearance - i would not bet on them to advance - they've gone out 1-4 1-4 the past 2 years after not qualifying 3 years ago

    i don't know how hockey betting works but i would put some money on the 8 seed to advance

    This is very strongly my feeling.  

    I'm not looking back to what happened in 19 Diggity 5.  I just know that it's really tough to go wire-to-wire as the best team in the league.  And when you do that, it takes something out of you.  Just look at Boston last year (or was it two years ago?).  When you do that, it just feels like you're delaying the inevitable cold stretch to the playoffs.

    Everyone has that run of ten games or so where they play shitty hockey.  Everyone.  Best to get that out of the way in December or January.  But time after time, we see Winnipeg hit that stretch in May.

    • Hook 'Em 1
  7. 16 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    1) Most socialization is not in person anymore so it takes the teeth out of the confrontation. All you've done is put a person on the defensive and then they will go to the place of actual socialization in modern times (the internet) and get validation and re-confirmation via their echo chamber and network. They will re-entrench that THEY were the victim, and some big male patriarchal bully was abusive to them and toxic to them in public!

    Counterpoint: they go to their internet echo chamber to gain validation and avoid the HEB where they get confrontation.  And so next time, they order their groceries curbside.  Which is all we want.

    I think we're in complete agreement: people will gravitate toward affirmation and avoid confrontation.  So if you don't want people to physically be in the HEB with their dog, make their physical presence uncomfortable for them and their online interaction with the HEB more attractive.

×
×
  • Create New...