Just talked to a guy with a 1.99% rate on his mortgage and I was telling him he could maybe take a home equity loan if need be, if he understandably didn't want to lose that rate. He ended up declining.
At the end of the call he goes "If you ever have rates around 1.99 let me know." I jokingly said "Yeah, sure, fingers crossed we wind up in another pandemic so rates get that low again" to which he replies (either not getting my joke or not hearing the pandemic part) "Yeah let's go Trump! He'll get 'em down!"
Reminded me of what we talked about yesterday. Does he realize he has an all time low rate because we were in a massive recession during the pandemic and fed had no choice but to bottom out rates across the board to stimulate the economy? Or does he think Trump magically did something himself to get rates that low and things were just great at that time?
It's just unreal. Complete ignorance and I don't know how we dig out of it.
My opinion is that trump is such an unusual character that he's a one time disease. We just have to let the disease take its course and we'll be ok.
Holy shit....I just realized he got his mortgage in July of 2021. LOL. Fucking idiots.
I get the same stupidity all the time regarding income tax...the number of times I have had to explain that we are operating under trump's tax package is mind blowing. "I just feel like I paid less taxes under trump"...."I just feel like it was easier to run a business under trump"....fucking dumbass shit
oh yeah....and I've told the story here before. A guy that has an auto repair business who has steadily improved each year for the last 15 years just keeps having the best year of his career but will say "I don't expect next year to be this good because of Biden, Obama, etc."...yet it continues. He's just a great mechanic. Has nothing to do with the White House
There is no talking any sense into these people. At all. It's unbelievable.
And unless Trump lands us in a massive recession, the price of everything will increase over the next few years but I bet they will INSIST otherwise.
I'm thinking prices will likely decrease but only because we will dip into a recession....it's inevitable.
Unemployment will increase...Dow will drop. Interest rates will likely continue to drop but real estate market will likely flatten
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Just talked to a guy with a 1.99% rate on his mortgage and I was telling him he could maybe take a home equity loan if need be, if he understandably didn't want to lose that rate. He ended up declining.
At the end of the call he goes "If you ever have rates around 1.99 let me know." I jokingly said "Yeah, sure, fingers crossed we wind up in another pandemic so rates get that low again" to which he replies (either not getting my joke or not hearing the pandemic part) "Yeah let's go Trump! He'll get 'em down!"
Reminded me of what we talked about yesterday. Does he realize he has an all time low rate because we were in a massive recession during the pandemic and fed had no choice but to bottom out rates across the board to stimulate the economy? Or does he think Trump magically did something himself to get rates that low and things were just great at that time?
It's just unreal. Complete ignorance and I don't know how we dig out of it.
My opinion is that trump is such an unusual character that he's a one time disease. We just have to let the disease take its course and we'll be ok.
Holy shit....I just realized he got his mortgage in July of 2021. LOL. Fucking idiots.
I get the same stupidity all the time regarding income tax...the number of times I have had to explain that we are operating under trump's tax package is mind blowing. "I just feel like I paid less taxes under trump"...."I just feel like it was easier to run a business under trump"....fucking dumbass shit
oh yeah....and I've told the story here before. A guy that has an auto repair business who has steadily improved each year for the last 15 years just keeps having the best year of his career but will say "I don't expect next year to be this good because of Biden, Obama, etc."...yet it continues. He's just a great mechanic. Has nothing to do with the White House
There is no talking any sense into these people. At all. It's unbelievable.
And unless Trump lands us in a massive recession, the price of everything will increase over the next few years but I bet they will INSIST otherwise.
I'm thinking prices will likely decrease but only because we will dip into a recession....it's inevitable.
Unemployment will increase...Dow will drop. Interest rates will likely continue to drop but real estate market will likely flatten
Did you just throw some markers down? Where’s our POOTWH cult members and their markers of “happy days are here again?”
No. They just can't articulate a political dialog. Their bit is just performative trolling. They hate people who aren't like them and all they want to do if gloat and troll and take some weird aggression out on their perceived enemies.
Just talked to a guy with a 1.99% rate on his mortgage and I was telling him he could maybe take a home equity loan if need be, if he understandably didn't want to lose that rate. He ended up declining.
At the end of the call he goes "If you ever have rates around 1.99 let me know." I jokingly said "Yeah, sure, fingers crossed we wind up in another pandemic so rates get that low again" to which he replies (either not getting my joke or not hearing the pandemic part) "Yeah let's go Trump! He'll get 'em down!"
Reminded me of what we talked about yesterday. Does he realize he has an all time low rate because we were in a massive recession during the pandemic and fed had no choice but to bottom out rates across the board to stimulate the economy? Or does he think Trump magically did something himself to get rates that low and things were just great at that time?
So if I understand correctly. This guy has a mortgage at 1.99% and called you because he was looking to refinance? Did he somehow expect to beat 1.99?
Just talked to a guy with a 1.99% rate on his mortgage and I was telling him he could maybe take a home equity loan if need be, if he understandably didn't want to lose that rate. He ended up declining.
At the end of the call he goes "If you ever have rates around 1.99 let me know." I jokingly said "Yeah, sure, fingers crossed we wind up in another pandemic so rates get that low again" to which he replies (either not getting my joke or not hearing the pandemic part) "Yeah let's go Trump! He'll get 'em down!"
Reminded me of what we talked about yesterday. Does he realize he has an all time low rate because we were in a massive recession during the pandemic and fed had no choice but to bottom out rates across the board to stimulate the economy? Or does he think Trump magically did something himself to get rates that low and things were just great at that time?
So if I understand correctly. This guy has a mortgage at 1.99% and called you because he was looking to refinance? Did he somehow expect to beat 1.99?
That's crazy! At least wait until Trump has had a few days in office!
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Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
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Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
It’s gonna be great Jose!
In your dreams so go ahead tell us about how he’s going to help middle class Americans? Surely you must be informed on all thing’s trumpollini
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Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
It’s gonna be great Jose!
In your dreams so go ahead tell us about how he’s going to help middle class Americans? Surely you must be informed on all thing’s trumpollini
Yes! The middle class will be great again under a Trump admin! You’re finally beginning to see the light Jose! MAGA brother!
Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
It’s gonna be great Jose!
In your dreams so go ahead tell us about how he’s going to help middle class Americans? Surely you must be informed on all thing’s trumpollini
Yes! The middle class will be great again under a Trump admin! You’re finally beginning to see the light Jose! MAGA brother!
you have zero nada zilch you haven’t a clue how he will implement any policies except round up the immigrants and store them in tent cities are you ready to pay or contribute to the costs of this undertaking or are you ok with the gutting SS to pay for it
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Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
It’s gonna be great Jose!
In your dreams so go ahead tell us about how he’s going to help middle class Americans? Surely you must be informed on all thing’s trumpollini
Yes! The middle class will be great again under a Trump admin! You’re finally beginning to see the light Jose! MAGA brother!
you have zero nada zilch you haven’t a clue how he will implement any policies except round up the immigrants and store them in tent cities are you ready to pay or contribute to the costs of this undertaking or are you ok with the gutting SS to pay for it
Gutting SS is total bs put out by the left, but I put no price on national security and sovereignty.
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Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
It’s gonna be great Jose!
In your dreams so go ahead tell us about how he’s going to help middle class Americans? Surely you must be informed on all thing’s trumpollini
Yes! The middle class will be great again under a Trump admin! You’re finally beginning to see the light Jose! MAGA brother!
you have zero nada zilch you haven’t a clue how he will implement any policies except round up the immigrants and store them in tent cities are you ready to pay or contribute to the costs of this undertaking or are you ok with the gutting SS to pay for it
Gutting SS is total bs put out by the left, but I put no price on national security and sovereignty.
No matter which way you spin it your tax dollars will be used to pay for it or are you of the belief that since you voted for fuck face you will be excluded? 😂
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I didn’t vote for fuck face. I voted for the GOAT. DJT!!
Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
Is that when he will reveal his healthcare plan or is that when prices for eggs & bacon will be back to 80’s prices or when Ukraine will surrender or Israel will agree to a two state existence? Or when the fleecing of the country will begin?
It’s gonna be great Jose!
In your dreams so go ahead tell us about how he’s going to help middle class Americans? Surely you must be informed on all thing’s trumpollini
Don't bother, Jose. MAGAs are never going to admit they were conned, even as they watch prices rise and their quality of life shrink. They'll blame it on Democrats or Canadians or space lasers or whatever before they admit they were duped.
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He’s already backpedaled the most simple campaign promise of lowering grocery prices. I think that’s a sign of things to come with this clown show.
That is not accurate.
Apparently, you are referring to comments made by President Trump during his recent interview with TIME magazine. For some reason, you and others are ignoring the last two sentences of Trump's reply regarding grocery prices, which are key. When a TIME Magazine interviewer asked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump whether he would consider his presidency a failure if the price of groceries didn’t go down, Trump said: “I don't think so. Look, they got them up. I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard."
"BUT I THINK THEY WILL (referring to grocery prices coming down). I THINK THAT ENERGY IS GOING TO BRING THEM DOWN. I THINK A BETTER SUPPLY CHAIN IS GOING TO BRING THEM DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS STILL BROKEN".
heres what I know, its doxumented that prixe gouging was implemented across several areas. eggs being one of them.
further, the idea of shrink-flation is more than an idea, actually its is a thing.
can of soda was 12 oz once upon a time, right? 11.5 oz now. wifes bread? loaf looks smaller, fewer slieces, price? increased.
all kinds of priducts in many grocery catagories happens. why? increase profit for shareholder value and exec bonuses. these same companies will find a way to funnel money to fuckstick and his sycophants in government. we now have a scotus ruling effectively making bribery legal.
all this gets worse. unless you have fuck you money, I will suggest you strap in. gonna be a ride. but no crying later. every metric says the economy is fantastic. once again fuckstick gets handed an upward trajectory. garauntee he tanks it. its what mr bankruptcy is good at.
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He’s already backpedaled the most simple campaign promise of lowering grocery prices. I think that’s a sign of things to come with this clown show.
That is not accurate.
Apparently, you are referring to comments made by President Trump during his recent interview with TIME magazine. For some reason, you and others are ignoring the last two sentences of Trump's reply regarding grocery prices, which are key.
When a TIME Magazine interviewer asked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump whether he would consider his presidency a failure if the price of groceries didn’t go down, Trump said: “I don't think so. Look, they got them up. I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard."
"BUT I THINK THEY WILL (referring to grocery prices coming down). I THINK THAT ENERGY IS GOING TO BRING THEM DOWN. I THINK A BETTER SUPPLY CHAIN IS GOING TO BRING THEM DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS STILL BROKEN".
How, specifically, is “energy going to bring them down,” and what specific solutions does POOTWH have to fix the “broken” supply chain? You can’t buy groceries?
ABC News and their top anchor George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Donald Trump in his defamation suit, which will result in the news network paying the president-elect $15 million.
The settlement was publicly filed on Saturday, revealing that the two parties have come to an agreement and avoided a costly trial. According to the settlement, ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a "Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past." Additionally, the network will pay $1 million in Trump's attorney fees.
Stephanopoulos and ABC News will issue statements of "regret" as an editor's note at the bottom of a March 10, 2024, online article, about comments made earlier this year that prompted Trump to file a defamation lawsuit.
"ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024," the statement reads.
Trump filed a defamation suit against Stephanopoulos after he asserted that Trump was found "liable for rape" in a civil case during a contentious interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., last March.
After playing a clip of Mace discussing being a victim of rape, Stephanopoulos asked her, "How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?"
"You've endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape," Stephanopoulos said, alluding to the legal victory by Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll.
Stephanopoulos repeated that claim ten times during his spat with Mace, despite the fact that a jury actually determined Trump was liable for "sexual abuse," which has a distinct definition under New York law.
After the federal jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse, but not rape, Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in a later ruling that just because Carroll failed to prove rape "within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’"
Initially, Stephanopoulos was defiant in the face of Trump’s lawsuit, telling CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert that he wouldn’t be "cowed out of doing my job because of a threat"
"Trump sued me because I used the word ‘rape,’ even though a judge said that’s in fact what did happen. We filed a motion to dismiss," Stephanopoulos said.
The settlement came after U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid recently ordered Trump and Stephanopoulos to attend an in-person deposition hearing next week ahead of the Dec. 24 deadline for the defendants to file a motion for summary judgment, in order to avoid a trial.
In his lawsuit against Stephanopoulos and ABC, Trump was represented by Florida attorneys Alejandro Brito and Richard Klugh, who also represent the president-elect in his legal case against CNN. The settlement with ABC was filed in the Southern District of Florida Federal Court where both parties signed and agreed to the terms.
The settlement comes after a string of legal victories for Trump and his legal team, coordinated by senior legal adviser Boris Epshteyn.
Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan recently granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s recent request to dismiss his case against Trump related to the 2020 election. Smith also tossed his appeal in the classified records case on Monday after a federal judge dismissed the charges altogether in July, ruling that he was unlawfully appointed as special counsel.
In New York v. Trump, Judge Juan Merchan granted Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the charges stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect from the schedule.
Trump is also suing CBS News for $10 billion in damages, stating the network practiced "deceptive conduct" for the purpose of election interference in its interview in October with Vice President Kamala Harris.
He’s already backpedaled the most simple campaign promise of lowering grocery prices. I think that’s a sign of things to come with this clown show.
That is not accurate.
Apparently, you are referring to comments made by President Trump during his recent interview with TIME magazine. For some reason, you and others are ignoring the last two sentences of Trump's reply regarding grocery prices, which are key.
When a TIME Magazine interviewer asked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump whether he would consider his presidency a failure if the price of groceries didn’t go down, Trump said: “I don't think so. Look, they got them up. I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard."
"BUT I THINK THEY WILL (referring to grocery prices coming down). I THINK THAT ENERGY IS GOING TO BRING THEM DOWN. I THINK A BETTER SUPPLY CHAIN IS GOING TO BRING THEM DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS STILL BROKEN".
Why do you think that the petroleum companies want cheaper energy and will drill below the point of optimal revenue? Why would OPEC+ allow the the barrel price go down to the 60s and lower?
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Unemployment will increase...Dow will drop. Interest rates will likely continue to drop but real estate market will likely flatten
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Did he somehow expect to beat 1.99?
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Don't bother, Jose. MAGAs are never going to admit they were conned, even as they watch prices rise and their quality of life shrink. They'll blame it on Democrats or Canadians or space lasers or whatever before they admit they were duped.
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Apparently, you are referring to comments made by President Trump during his recent interview with TIME magazine.
For some reason, you and others are ignoring the last two sentences of Trump's reply regarding grocery prices, which are key.
When a TIME Magazine interviewer asked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump whether he would consider his presidency a failure if the price of groceries didn’t go down, Trump said: “I don't think so. Look, they got them up. I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard."
"BUT I THINK THEY WILL (referring to grocery prices coming down). I THINK THAT ENERGY IS GOING TO BRING THEM DOWN. I THINK A BETTER SUPPLY CHAIN IS GOING TO BRING THEM DOWN. YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS STILL BROKEN".
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More word salad of a concept of a plan.
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George Stephanopoulos and ABC apologize to Trump, are forced to pay $15 million to settle defamation suit
As part of the agreement, Stephanopoulos and the network issued statements of 'regret' for comments that prompted the lawsuit
ABC News and their top anchor George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Donald Trump in his defamation suit, which will result in the news network paying the president-elect $15 million.
The settlement was publicly filed on Saturday, revealing that the two parties have come to an agreement and avoided a costly trial. According to the settlement, ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a "Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past." Additionally, the network will pay $1 million in Trump's attorney fees.
Stephanopoulos and ABC News will issue statements of "regret" as an editor's note at the bottom of a March 10, 2024, online article, about comments made earlier this year that prompted Trump to file a defamation lawsuit.
ABC NEWS' GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS INACCURATELY SAID TRUMP WAS FOUND ‘LIABLE FOR RAPE’ 10 TIMES, LEGAL GURUS SAY
"ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024," the statement reads.
Trump filed a defamation suit against Stephanopoulos after he asserted that Trump was found "liable for rape" in a civil case during a contentious interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., last March.
After playing a clip of Mace discussing being a victim of rape, Stephanopoulos asked her, "How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony we just saw?"
"You've endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape," Stephanopoulos said, alluding to the legal victory by Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll.
Stephanopoulos repeated that claim ten times during his spat with Mace, despite the fact that a jury actually determined Trump was liable for "sexual abuse," which has a distinct definition under New York law.
After the federal jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse, but not rape, Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in a later ruling that just because Carroll failed to prove rape "within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’"
Initially, Stephanopoulos was defiant in the face of Trump’s lawsuit, telling CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert that he wouldn’t be "cowed out of doing my job because of a threat"
"Trump sued me because I used the word ‘rape,’ even though a judge said that’s in fact what did happen. We filed a motion to dismiss," Stephanopoulos said.
The settlement came after U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid recently ordered Trump and Stephanopoulos to attend an in-person deposition hearing next week ahead of the Dec. 24 deadline for the defendants to file a motion for summary judgment, in order to avoid a trial.
In his lawsuit against Stephanopoulos and ABC, Trump was represented by Florida attorneys Alejandro Brito and Richard Klugh, who also represent the president-elect in his legal case against CNN. The settlement with ABC was filed in the Southern District of Florida Federal Court where both parties signed and agreed to the terms.
The settlement comes after a string of legal victories for Trump and his legal team, coordinated by senior legal adviser Boris Epshteyn.
Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan recently granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s recent request to dismiss his case against Trump related to the 2020 election. Smith also tossed his appeal in the classified records case on Monday after a federal judge dismissed the charges altogether in July, ruling that he was unlawfully appointed as special counsel.
In New York v. Trump, Judge Juan Merchan granted Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the charges stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect from the schedule.
Trump is also suing CBS News for $10 billion in damages, stating the network practiced "deceptive conduct" for the purpose of election interference in its interview in October with Vice President Kamala Harris.
-EV 8/14/93