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  1. 33 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

     

    Also, the stock market might consider layoffs, consolidations and off-shoring as positive moves that will create more profits for stockholders, but perhaps not so great for employees and tax bases

    This definitely can be true in certain instances.  And the unfortunate byproduct of chasing the profit margin and having to report quarterly results instead of semi or yearly.  
     

    35 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

     

    The old investor class had the money and patience to play the more conservative long-term stock game. We've moved to more of a casino model. I think a lot of the standard metrics for measuring corporate health have been abandoned in order to gamble on unicorns. It can work as long as everyone agrees to share the faith, like chain letters and paper money. 

    I think it’s been shown to be pretty clear the old investor class was you speak of was too conservative in their valuation thinking.  A new PE norm has been developing with different sliding scales depending on the industry.  
     

    I would also push back on the casino narrative.   Casinos almost always win over the long haul.   In the market, the conservative index fund investor always wins over the long haul.   Individual stock investors, options traders, day traders have a tougher time, but still better odds than a casino.  

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  2. 1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

     

    It's always been a mistake to consider the stock market the primary indicator of economic health. 

    I’m guessing you maybe meant to reply to someone else?   My post wasn’t about the stock market as a whole or it being an indicator.  
    It was in regards to individual market wealth being the biggest driver in the increasing wealth gap 

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  3. 58 minutes ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

    There's no bad publicity because his voters are a hopeless horde of people who are dangerously disconnected from reality. These morons embrace Trump as their champion and believe he's just like they are... all while being used and abused.

     

    When he's done raping pillaging the Republican Party to pay his many legal fees - something he's been prone to do if you didn't know - I hope you can be proud as a two time Trump voter and Republican politics supporter at the monster you've created.

    :thumbs

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  4. 44 minutes ago, Lorewarn said:

     

     

     

     

    You added a whole bunch of conjecture on top of the statement you quoted, primarily in regards to the wanting and the choosing.

    Trying to advance something means you are wanting/or choosing to advance that something in question.  

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  5. 1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

    In a nutshell, Archy.

     

    Early in his Presidency, Donald Trump stood next to Vladimir Putin and told the world he trusted Putin over the unanimous conclusion of his 17 U.S. intelligence agencies. 

     

    Republicans anxious to support Trump quickly began softening longstanding rhetoric around Putin and Russia. Fox News was already on board, its pundits having aired segments showing the shirtless Putin and wishing aloud Obama was this manly and commanding. Trump gets blustery about NATO not paying its bill, not quite understanding how the agreement works. Putin joins a list of other world leaders, including Viktor Orban, admired for their autocratic rule rather than democratic principals. Next thing you know, Fox pundits, farther right media, and elected Republicans are wondering if Russia is the real victim in the Ukraine war.

     

    Yada yada yada...Tucker Carlson goes to Moscow, declares it nicer than any American city, expresses his disgust for the United States, and gives Putin the hand-picked platform he wanted. Tucker is currently on a short list for either Vice-President or Secretary of State in a second Trump term. 

     

    Bada-bing, bada boom. It's not just two douchebags in t-shirts. 

     

     

     

     

    Agree that a bit of what you said is relevant to the  point.  Others might think the rest doesn’t pertain to the discussion at hand or is kinda false.

     

    Trump was falsely accused by people Democrats and Never Trumpers working within those 17 IC agencies of conspiring with Russia to win 2016 election.   Which has been proven to be absurdly false which we all know now and agree to.  
     

    I do agree that’s it’s strange to politically flex on another party by saying some foreign leader is so  much tougher than what we have.  We know why they do it, (for the partisan media likes and social media hits and fanfare) but it’s ridiculous none the less.
     

    Whether or not Trump knows how NATO works, it was common knowledge many countries were getting an almost free security ride paid for by the good ol USA. As you know, NATO funding stepped up after Trumps pressure campaign.
     

    I don’t know what Fox pundits say unless Buster posts it here, I don’t watch cable news of any kind anymore.  I would have to see a relevant political pundit say Russia is the victim before acknowledging your statement as true.   
     

    Tucker is a buffoon for his statements about Moscow and he is getting roundly mocked for them.  As he should.  
     

    And yes, two dolts in a HAHA shirt does not equate to GOP lawmakers actively trying to set policy for Russia instead of our interests which was the original thesis by someone

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  6. 18 minutes ago, Scarlet said:
    11 hours ago, DevoHusker said:

    After all we've heard come out of his mouth the past so many years ("stand back and stand by", "you need to fight like hell or we won't have a country", "poisoning the blood of our country", etc) whether he was speaking literally or about the auto industry metaphorically the fact of the matter is that his intentions are to rile up his base to the point of violence. 

     

    Stuff like this?  
     

     

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  7. 14 minutes ago, Danny Bateman said:


    That piece of s#!t has been playing stupid games for a really long time now. It’s high time he win some stupid prizes.

     

    Trump has spent his entire adult life f#&%ing around and with any good luck he’s well into the finding out phase.

     

    You’re right, I’m not gonna cry any crocodile tears over anything that befalls notorious victim DJT. He can pound sand.

    No ones asking you cry crocodile tears, or elephant tears, or human tears.   No ones asking you to defend Trump.  All @DevoHusker pointed out was why defend the misinformation and the hypocrisy of many on the Left or certain people on the board not caring about sharing misinformation as long as it’s pointed at Trump or Republicans.   There are many things to drag Trump over one could share in posts that are quite true.  Why support the posts that are disinformation?   

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  8. 12 hours ago, Lorewarn said:

     

    Archy so narrowly defined the question to be framed as Republicans actively and consciously supporting the success of Russia ahead of the success of the United States.

     

    It wasn’t me who defined it if you were paying attention. 
     

     

    “It’s also a problem when one party actively is working for Russia so that they help them get elected. And, their actions go against our best interests.”

     

     

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  9. 1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

    Ooops what?  So a few more Republicans have a warped sense of political partisanship than Democrats? 
     

    https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/26/poll-trump-russia-ukraine-white-house

     


    That study said 92% of Republicans had a negative view of Biden while 81% had a negative view of Putin. Among Democrats, 87% had a negative view of Trump and 85% a negative view of Putin.

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  10. 33 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

    Their boss is going to be mad. 
     

     

    There is NO WAY this is happening.   It isn’t good for Russia and I’m reliably told that the GOP works for Russia now and not the US 

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  11. 52 minutes ago, Danny Bateman said:

     

    GOP electeds realize these dynamics and exploit them for their own benefit because their voters are stupid enough to believe this crap. They're not advancing Russian interests because they care about Russia. They just know their voters are utter rubes and they're happy to make them useful idiots if it keeps them in their cushy Washington gigs.

    It seems you are now changing the argument to say it’s the Republican voters who wish our politicians would make policy that is good for Russia and not good for USA.   Oh, ok…seems not so legit, but go with what you think……I guess. 

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  12. 50 minutes ago, Danny Bateman said:

     

    Peak ridiculousness i that notion that Russia is constrained under Trump/Republicans generally and only aggressive under Democrats because they're more afraid of the tougher Republicans

    I don’t know what Russia is afraid of, but a history book will tell you Russia was not restrained under Obama or The BIG Guy! 

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  13. 49 minutes ago, Danny Bateman said:

    You argue the silliest points and just willingly sidestep anything that isn't explicitly spelled out for you. I get it, it makes your arguments easier.

    The discussion was about politicians making policy that is specifically designed to help Russia instead of the US which I disagreed with and you just randomly pull out a picture of Jethro and Billy wearing a haha shirt to counter my point.   And you say I’m the one making a silly point :laughpound

    49 minutes ago, Danny Bateman said:

    . Or any other number of ridiculous arguments I've heard that they're not really a threat and other entities are much more clear and present dangers to us as a nation.

    Are you talking about what Obama said?  And that it wasn’t the 80’s anymore

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  14. 1 hour ago, Moiraine said:

    If the Top 1% was paying 70% of taxes and now they’re paying 80% of taxes, with a lower tax rate now than before, that means their piece of the pie increased by a lot. That isn’t a reason to lower their rate further. They are making more money than before. 

     

    And I don’t think BRB is suggesting we increase minimum wage further to address the wealth gap. 

    I don’t think anyone was advocating for lowering their rates further.  
     

    People keep forgetting what prompted my entire reason for taking about any of this.  One poster said the entire spending/revenue gap was because we weren’t collecting enough in taxes and the rich needed to pay more, not the US spend less.  
     

    On you last paragraph, I’ve asked this to someone else before and really got no answer.  Considering the wealth gap increase has been a function of stock market equity increase, how would you propose closing the wealth gap?  You could certainly tax 100% of income after a certain point ($100 million for example) and all you would do to close that gap is being one side down, not the other side up.   I wouldn’t think that is what people are looking for when talking about closing the wealth gap.   

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  15. 1 minute ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

     

    It really, truly, blatantly, hand-in-front-of-your face is. 

    You truly believe, like in all honesty, like just you and me talking here and you don’t have to worry about getting any +1’s or oh yeahs from the usual folks believe the Republican Party is trying to advance Russian priorities at the expense of US priorities?  That they want more than anything here, for Russia to be a better country than the US?  That when choosing what’s better for the US or Russia, they would choose Russia?   
     

    Like you honestly believe that? 
     

    Amazing.  

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