Jump to content

Vegas64

Full Members
  • Posts

    1922
  • Joined

Everything posted by Vegas64

  1. I think Trump will lose the "Blue Wall turned Red Wall" bloc with the economy. The 40% who love him will love him no matter what. The 40% who hate him will hate him no matter what. The people who decide elections are already jumping off the bandwagon and anymore damage to our 401k's, businesses, IRA's, play money stock portfolios, etc. is just gonna turn folks against him even more. That said, he's termed out and in his 80's-- what does he care about needing votes or approvals? He got the last votes he needed and he and his con-artist future biographer can write a vanity piece book as his "legacy" and I'm sure Simon Schuster will publish it because there is money to be made.
  2. Trump reminds me of an amatuer bad painter who, when making an error, trying to fix it actually makes it worse and so he has completely lost the painting and it's ruined but he needs to fix it and with every brushstroke it gets worse and he just won't put the brush down because of ego and fear and chaos.
  3. Thank you, well said and informative on the perspectives and what they mean.
  4. The Monuments Men (2014). I really had high expectations-- directed by Clooney and all-star cast including my favorite John Goodman. Very bland and meh for a cool premise and some fantastic potential. I think I enjoyed Waterworld more.
  5. Of course they are and it's morally rephrensible. Let the R's cleanly own the disaster and steer clear of being int he same vicinity as the R's in their destruction of the government. I think that's what Schumer and the like are saying and I think they are ultimately correct, even if it's emotionally unsatisfying and feels like capitulation in the moment and in short term.
  6. I think Schumer is right. Think about it: R's are trying to dismantle and shut down the government. If the R's pass the government budget and stave off a shut down, but the D's appear in the perception and narrative that they are the reason for the shutdown, then the R's get to further distort reality and crow about how they are the ones who are trying to keep the government running and the D's are destroying the government and the economy, etc. The R's would essentially be getting the D's to do the dirty work for them, because they want the government crippled.
  7. Is anyone at or following the news coming out of CERA week? Oof, climate science going backwards.
  8. 2024: omg kendrick just dropped another diss 2025: omg bhad bhabie just dropped another diss
  9. Javonte Williams is a stud. No need to draft a rooke RB tbh.
  10. Yes this. I'm not sure this guy understands market demographics if he thinks ANYONE is going to Walmart for retail therapy. You go there as a last resort becuase to buy anything beyond a staple urgently needed is probably a depressing realization for those who have to buy their shoes or clothes or jewelry at Walmart. Now, my impulse cotopaxi, tecovas and suit separate purchases I buy when I get the emails and find I'm bored of reading surly, I'm hungry or slightly sad-- those as dopamine hits make sense.
  11. That was a great 12 min mini-movie. Thanks for sharing it. The new takeaway for me was how cool an ole boy Jake Delhomme was and is.
  12. Wow what good fortune that the only people to be ignorant enough to have their wifi network be open as that is VERY damning evidence and should just about wrap her up if I was on the jury.
  13. Wait, so he's been there and connected to their wifi before? Did he have a previous or friendly relationship with them? In my experience my wifi only automatically connects to wifis I've previously manually connected to (password authenticated).
  14. Keeping his powder dry for 2028!
  15. Are you suggesting Jaime Dimon doesn't understand markets and stability because a snippet of what he said about stability was quoted and it is a captain obvious statement (which is also technically correct)? I'm genuinely trying to understand how Dimon is catching strays on Trump sucking. Especially considering Dimon is a sometimes public, but always closeted, democrat. Between 1989 and 2009 he donated more than 12x the amount to Democratic candidates than to R's. Like most of us here in Texas (and even moreso if you are in certain industries like manufacturing and oil and gas) Dimon takes on a professionally nonpartisan stance in most firm-representing and related matters.
  16. Talk about muting the truth here. Firstly..um..he's considered maybe the best CEO in modern banking history. I don't think there is much debate. He's tenure at Chase is best illustrated with the analogy that Dimon joining and taking Chase on the historic run is like Saban when he came to Bama. Love him, hate him, he's the GOAT. Also regarding your comment on his political soundbytes: he's a blueberry in the tomato soup in the high finance world in that he's way more liberal than most in his position would be, both publicly and privately. The derogratory nickname for him from his bankers at JPMC is "Jaime Biden".
  17. Waterworld with Kevin Costner. I just remember this movie getting a ton of ridicule and it being the worst/most expensive bomb in history at that time. It wasn't as horrible or shlocky as I had remembered and I enjoyed some of it. A solid "meh", 5/10 on entertainment.
  18. Talk about the looooooooong arm of the law.
  19. Yep. Sherman is the right mix of weird, funny and chutzpah.
  20. With all due respect, I think it’s obvious why they don’t care. In their view it’s still a girl besting girls. They don’t buy into the girl being a boy, and so it doesn’t get brought up because there is nothing to be upset about to them. Thats like saying “did you know the butch lesbian struck out all the cisgender girls in softball and nobody says that’s unfair!” Because that’s the status quo and she’s in the appropriate league (as far as traditional people who care about trans sports, are concerned).
  21. I’m happy to be wrong in this situation as you and others have pointed out.
  22. I can see it. At a certain age, it really is the only flex that draws the resentment and hate and full ire of many a sad man.
  23. Hold on to your hats when I say this, and I say it in a way that "a broken clock can be wrong twice a day" sort of way, but it actually may be true that Trump is the reason for as good as it can get ceasefire and potentially some sort of end. Bear with me... From Ukraine's POV on needing Trump: Zelensky (via Kiev) wants to reconcile with USA from that embarrasing meeting Zelensky seems to suggest that the costs of any imperfect ceasefire are currently outweighed by the benefits Those benefits are getting him back in the game and having a seat at the table for any peace negotiation Keeping his job (approvals for now and then later) Fixing the relationship with Trump as it's argued and written that he (USA) still holds sure defeat and/or the closest thing that can be described as victory for Ukraine, in his hands You see that with the reeastablishment of intelligence and money From Russia's POV on needing Trump: Putin wants to continue the thawing (detente) of relations with USA more broadly in an established way so needs to look cooperative to Trump/DC Russia needs narrative cover for why the cease-fire Russia needs narrative cover for why a peace agreement Putin needs ego cover Putin knows this can't go on forever and Trump is as friendly as he could have ever hoped for and will ever get in Washington It's weird to think that being an abrasive leader has, for different and same reasons, gotten to this point.
  24. Here is what I learned. There are two shots for measles. The first as a baby gives you 93% immunity. The booster given as a 3 or 4 year old jumps it to 97%. In order to have herd immunity, the community or herd has to be at 95% vaccinated. The anabaptists and/or amish are not as vaxxed as modern societies. Therefore. Today.
  25. Yea but have you heard the viral tarararar trumpet man?
×
×
  • Create New...