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Johnny Abruzzo

eeriepadave said:

Anyone think that Trump could have rigged/tampered the election results, especially in PA? Thought crossed my mind and my mom actually thinks the same thing . She thinks the truth will come out before January that him, Musk and the Russians/Putin tampered with the election. I wouldn't put it past him but I'm not sure. I hope this happens but we shall see.

Nope. Unfortunately the Trump voters are all too real.

Jearlpam0925

I don't question he tried, but that's not the reason he won. Though you could go extend this into media coverage and other poison that voters consume could have been influenced by such backers. But regardless, he won because the majority of people who voted elected him.

When they lose it's cheating, when they win of course it was legitimate.

I can't wait for Inauguration Day when the Capitol looks just like it did on J6....

The Juggler

I posted this in the AMT, but since you guys are talking about....it comes down to this: people being misinformed largely because they get their news from an app run by a billionaire supporter of Trump, who loves the poorly educated. 

Regarding inflation--the bond market's reaction, not only in the last couple days, but over the last 6 weeks since he started going up in the polls tells you what you need to know. They're bracing for inflation to make a u-turn if his dumb tariff and deportation policies come to fruition. The fact that he wants to have a say in interest rates too is, obviously, a fucking disaster waiting to happen. 

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

I posted this in the AMT, but since you guys are talking about....it comes down to this: people being misinformed largely because they get their news from an app run by a billionaire supporter of Trump, who loves the poorly educated. 

Regarding inflation--the bond market's reaction, not only in the last couple days, but over the last 6 weeks since he started going up in the polls tells you what you need to know. They're bracing for inflation to make a u-turn if his dumb tariff and deportation policies come to fruition. The fact that he wants to have a say in interest rates too is, obviously, a fucking disaster waiting to happen. 

That's what I was getting at... I don't understand all of that, but didn't understand why would the market do well if inflation is expected to go back up...makes sense now.

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

I posted this in the AMT, but since you guys are talking about....it comes down to this: people being misinformed largely because they get their news from an app run by a billionaire supporter of Trump, who loves the poorly educated. 

Regarding inflation--the bond market's reaction, not only in the last couple days, but over the last 6 weeks since he started going up in the polls tells you what you need to know. They're bracing for inflation to make a u-turn if his dumb tariff and deportation policies come to fruition. The fact that he wants to have a say in interest rates too is, obviously, a fucking disaster waiting to happen. 

That's what I was getting at... I don't understand all of that, but didn't understand why would the market do well if inflation is expected to go back up...makes sense now.

Is there a direct correlation though?-guess it depends on what kind of stock. But we have been hitting all time highs in the stock market even as inflation has been elevated over the last few years. 

Jearlpam0925

Crazy stuff. Unemployment is at about 4%, wage growth is basically the same. What they (when that dipshit Elon says people need pain lol) is the ability to increase corporate growth and profits while eviscerating the workforce. The only way you can possibly do that is through manipulating policy - ie relax rules re: mergers, PE M&A, loosening rules on SPACs, etc.

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

I posted this in the AMT, but since you guys are talking about....it comes down to this: people being misinformed largely because they get their news from an app run by a billionaire supporter of Trump, who loves the poorly educated. 

Regarding inflation--the bond market's reaction, not only in the last couple days, but over the last 6 weeks since he started going up in the polls tells you what you need to know. They're bracing for inflation to make a u-turn if his dumb tariff and deportation policies come to fruition. The fact that he wants to have a say in interest rates too is, obviously, a fucking disaster waiting to happen. 

That's what I was getting at... I don't understand all of that, but didn't understand why would the market do well if inflation is expected to go back up...makes sense now.

Is there a direct correlation though?-guess it depends on what kind of stock. But we have been hitting all time highs in the stock market even as inflation has been elevated over the last few years. 

Fair point...

Johnny Abruzzo

Our favorite album of 2024 got nominated for a grammy.

Johnny Abruzzo

Also Democrats kept the PA State House. Still 102-101. Zero of the 203 seats changed parties.

Wobbie

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Our favorite album of 2024 got nominated for a grammy.

which album was that?

Johnny Abruzzo

Wobbie said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Our favorite album of 2024 got nominated for a grammy.

which album was that?

Haha yeah I know you don't like it. Hint: I saw 10 of the 11 songs live this year.

Wobbie

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Wobbie said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Our favorite album of 2024 got nominated for a grammy.

which album was that?

Haha yeah I know you don't like it. Hint: I saw 10 of the 11 songs live this year.

Grammy selection criteria is as lame as the baseball HOF.

The Juggler

Wobbie said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Wobbie said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Our favorite album of 2024 got nominated for a grammy.

which album was that?

Haha yeah I know you don't like it. Hint: I saw 10 of the 11 songs live this year.

Grammy selection criteria is as lame as the baseball HOF.

As long as Barry Bonds never gets a grammy, I'm happy. 

Wobbie

Juggler’s graphic above made me think of an old saying:

if you think the price of education is high, you should see the price of ignorance.

well, we’re about to see it. I gotta thank you guys for making some sense of this…I’m not an AMT type…I’m not about to read the 1000s of words copy and pastes my buddy likes to post…hell, I skip juggler’s copy and pastes on your philly teams. anyway, I kind of now have a clearer idea of how we got to this depressing point.

Go (insert any of 20 team names here)!

Jearlpam0925

Hear hear, wob.  AMT is toxic, I'd rather interweave everything together here with people I already trust & respect the words of.

Johnny Abruzzo

I mean, I did my 15-hour Judge of Election job and watched horrid election results. Next day there are like 200 new posts in the AMT threads. Just not bothering anymore. It negatively impacts my mental health. Yous all have pretty common sense views so I like it here.

Also, that Bob Casey campaign was just pathetic. So low energy. This hole is gonna take a really long time to dig out of.

Wobbie

Johnny Abruzzo said:

I mean, I did my 15-hour Judge of Election job and watched horrid election results. Next day there are like 200 new posts in the AMT threads. Just not bothering anymore. It negatively impacts my mental health. Yous all have pretty common sense views so I like it here.

it’s like “what’s the point?” that’s what I tell my one buddy (you may know who I’m talking about) who is constantly copying and pasting stuff over there. I asked him “when was the last time you WON an argument? never?”

I think I gotta go on a news moratorium. I’m making sense of how this happened. with GOP control of the house, senate and SC there’s nothing to do but watch in horror…..and hope these motherfuckers burn themselves to the ground.

Wobbie

meanwhile, you alls sixers thread needs some comments!

The Juggler

Hmmmmmm.......a Cowboys fan in every Philly sports thread other than the Eagles one during Dallas week.....

Jearlpam0925

Johnny Abruzzo said:

I mean, I did my 15-hour Judge of Election job and watched horrid election results. Next day there are like 200 new posts in the AMT threads. Just not bothering anymore. It negatively impacts my mental health. Yous all have pretty common sense views so I like it here.

Also, that Bob Casey campaign was just pathetic. So low energy. This hole is gonna take a really long time to dig out of.

I mean fwiw, which isn't much:

https://x.com/maxasteele/status/1854918006704308606?t=l7JAfpQyoJEnHiIzc-zzzg&s=19