End of the American Republic?
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“I don’t care about the cost since I have to buy it anyway”. And you want ME to get a clue. Hahaha. I sure hope you aren’t in any type of financial advisory role, my man. Yikes.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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Literally replace “groceries” or “gas” with any other policy that affects you but you can’t single handedly change yourself and you will create some of the stupidest statements ever spoken on this forum.“ I dont care about cost of healthcare, correctBecause regardless of the cost I have to buy it. I can't single handedly lower the cost of healthcare and for my fellow Americans.”
“I dont care about affects of climate change, correct, I can't single handedly fix climate change for my fellow Americans.”
Go ahead, play along. See for yourself how utterly stupid it sounds. 😂By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
HughFreakingDillon said:“I don’t care about the cost since I have to buy it anyway”. And you want ME to get a clue. Hahaha. I sure hope you aren’t in any type of financial advisory role, my man. Yikes.
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Battle: hi, yeah, I’m looking for a gently used vehicle
Dealer: well (haha), I have a 1976 Honda Civic with 375,000 miles. Only $64,999
Battle: well, I need a car, and I can’t change the price, so, DEAL
Dealer: OH MY GAW-I mean, sign right here!
Battle: you’re a sucker, but happy new year!
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HughFreakingDillon said:Battle: hi, yeah, I’m looking for a gently used vehicle
Dealer: well (haha), I have a 1976 Honda Civic with 375,000 miles. Only $64,999
Battle: well, I need a car, and I can’t change the price, so, DEAL
Dealer: OH MY GAW-I mean, sign right here!
Battle: happy new year!
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HughFreakingDillon said:Battle: hi, yeah, I’m looking for a gently used vehicle
Dealer: well (haha), I have a 1976 Honda Civic with 375,000 miles. Only $64,999
Battle: well, I need a car, and I can’t change the price, so, DEAL
Dealer: OH MY GAW-I mean, sign right here!
Battle: happy new year!
Hahaha
battIe: I am looking for a gently used vehicle.
dealer: I have a 1976 Honda Civic with 375,000 miles. Only $64,999
battle: That is not gently used, have a nice day, sir.
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battle1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Isn’t calling me condescending an “unnecessary personal attack”? You know, the kind you are constantly whining about? More projection.
“Give them the shirt off my back?”. From the same person who said “no way in hell I’d ever lower rent in my properties”, “I don’t care about gas prices” and “I don’t care about grocery prices”. 😂 sure buddy. You’re such a giving citizen. 😂
Now go wish more people a happy new year after insulting them. You remind me of a mean girl who calls someone fat then says “BYYEEEEE” and waves when walking away.Grow up.
Get a clue.Isn’t the point that 47 lied about the economy to get elected?And no politician is willing to state the simple truth, that rents are high because real estate prices are high because of the soaring stock market. So they can’t really make an argument that the soaring stock market is bad, right?So what are we left with? Attacking each other because Politicians can’t tell a simple truth. Even the one claiming to fight against the deep state, while hiring a team of billionaires to make themselves wealthier0 -
Lerxst1992 said:battle1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Isn’t calling me condescending an “unnecessary personal attack”? You know, the kind you are constantly whining about? More projection.
“Give them the shirt off my back?”. From the same person who said “no way in hell I’d ever lower rent in my properties”, “I don’t care about gas prices” and “I don’t care about grocery prices”. 😂 sure buddy. You’re such a giving citizen. 😂
Now go wish more people a happy new year after insulting them. You remind me of a mean girl who calls someone fat then says “BYYEEEEE” and waves when walking away.Grow up.
Get a clue.Isn’t the point that 47 lied about the economy to get elected?And no politician is willing to state the simple truth, that rents are high because real estate prices are high because of the soaring stock market. So they can’t really make an argument that the soaring stock market is bad, right?So what are we left with? Attacking each other because Politicians can’t tell a simple truth. Even the one claiming to fight against the deep state, while hiring a team of billionaires to make themselves wealthier0 -
Lerxst1992 said:battle1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Isn’t calling me condescending an “unnecessary personal attack”? You know, the kind you are constantly whining about? More projection.
“Give them the shirt off my back?”. From the same person who said “no way in hell I’d ever lower rent in my properties”, “I don’t care about gas prices” and “I don’t care about grocery prices”. 😂 sure buddy. You’re such a giving citizen. 😂
Now go wish more people a happy new year after insulting them. You remind me of a mean girl who calls someone fat then says “BYYEEEEE” and waves when walking away.Grow up.
Get a clue.Isn’t the point that 47 lied about the economy to get elected?And no politician is willing to state the simple truth, that rents are high because real estate prices are high because of the soaring stock market. So they can’t really make an argument that the soaring stock market is bad, right?So what are we left with? Attacking each other because Politicians can’t tell a simple truth. Even the one claiming to fight against the deep state, while hiring a team of billionaires to make themselves wealthiernot just the stock market raising costs. isnt investment group goggling up property then charging what they choose.case in point. house around thr corner , tax assessed value 159k. bought by such a group. cosmetics done, would guess no more than 50k in renovations. nothing major, didnt take long. fuckers then listed at 499k. price dropped because this was at the tail of that earlier madness and I would need to confirm final sale price but would guess 425k.one such group littered my neighborhood wirh brochures. throwing them on the ground. emailed the assholes to complain. smug motherfucker then claimed to own half the neighborhood and said his marketing gimmick worked. littering on others property( door hanger cards)fuck all these vultures._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
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HughFreakingDillon said:Literally replace “groceries” or “gas” with any other policy that affects you but you can’t single handedly change yourself and you will create some of the stupidest statements ever spoken on this forum.“ I dont care about cost of healthcare, correctBecause regardless of the cost I have to buy it. I can't single handedly lower the cost of healthcare and for my fellow Americans.”
“I dont care about affects of climate change, correct, I can't single handedly fix climate change for my fellow Americans.”
Go ahead, play along. See for yourself how utterly stupid it sounds. 😂
Almost unbearable... OnCueHugh
For thread integrity, the American Republic is alive and well, and that will never change.
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Halifax2TheMax said:How about some thread integrity, eh?
OnCueHugh derailed us this morning. He was confused about my markers.
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Lerxst1992 said:battle1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Isn’t calling me condescending an “unnecessary personal attack”? You know, the kind you are constantly whining about? More projection.
“Give them the shirt off my back?”. From the same person who said “no way in hell I’d ever lower rent in my properties”, “I don’t care about gas prices” and “I don’t care about grocery prices”. 😂 sure buddy. You’re such a giving citizen. 😂
Now go wish more people a happy new year after insulting them. You remind me of a mean girl who calls someone fat then says “BYYEEEEE” and waves when walking away.Grow up.
Get a clue.Isn’t the point that 47 lied about the economy to get elected?And no politician is willing to state the simple truth, that rents are high because real estate prices are high because of the soaring stock market. So they can’t really make an argument that the soaring stock market is bad, right?So what are we left with? Attacking each other because Politicians can’t tell a simple truth. Even the one claiming to fight against the deep state, while hiring a team of billionaires to make themselves wealthierAmong other lies, yeah, that's a biggie. It still pretty much blows me away that so many people still think 47 is going to follow through on his promise to make their lives better. WHAT? I've never seen such deep denial- not even about climate change (although I guess some MAGAs still deny that monster in the room).And all of this follows with the crumbling of America. Perhaps this was inevitable. When the quality of education fails like it has in America, and too many people lose the ability to think critically, and the ability or willingness to think past the bullshit that is propagated by lying radical right wing news sources and sketchy social media, and too many fall in line with a liar who makes false promises, and too many find oligarchy and kakistocracy and dictatorship to be more attractive than democracy, the thing is going to fail.Hopefully the pendulum really does swing. There's a glimmer of hope. Look at the civil war going on in the spit MAGAs. Trump is failing before his second term even gets off the ground. But meanwhile, there will be heaps of damage while this all happens.Shit-show America, coming to a nation near and dear you."It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
brianlux said:Lerxst1992 said:battle1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Isn’t calling me condescending an “unnecessary personal attack”? You know, the kind you are constantly whining about? More projection.
“Give them the shirt off my back?”. From the same person who said “no way in hell I’d ever lower rent in my properties”, “I don’t care about gas prices” and “I don’t care about grocery prices”. 😂 sure buddy. You’re such a giving citizen. 😂
Now go wish more people a happy new year after insulting them. You remind me of a mean girl who calls someone fat then says “BYYEEEEE” and waves when walking away.Grow up.
Get a clue.Isn’t the point that 47 lied about the economy to get elected?And no politician is willing to state the simple truth, that rents are high because real estate prices are high because of the soaring stock market. So they can’t really make an argument that the soaring stock market is bad, right?So what are we left with? Attacking each other because Politicians can’t tell a simple truth. Even the one claiming to fight against the deep state, while hiring a team of billionaires to make themselves wealthierAmong other lies, yeah, that's a biggie. It still pretty much blows me away that so many people still think 47 is going to follow through on his promise to make their lives better. WHAT? I've never seen such deep denial- not even about climate change (although I guess some MAGAs still deny that monster in the room).And all of this follows with the crumbling of America. Perhaps this was inevitable. When the quality of education fails like it has in America, and too many people lose the ability to think critically, and the ability or willingness to think past the bullshit that is propagated by lying radical right wing news sources and sketchy social media, and too many fall in line with a liar who makes false promises, and too many find oligarchy and kakistocracy and dictatorship to be more attractive than democracy, the thing is going to fail.Hopefully the pendulum really does swing. There's a glimmer of hope. Look at the civil war going on in the spit MAGAs. Trump is failing before his second term even gets off the ground. But meanwhile, there will be heaps of damage while this all happens.Shit-show America, coming to a nation near and dear you.0 -
Seeing how “Happy Days Are Here Again”, according to some, I’m posting what I think are legitimate markers of an administration’s success and their sources so that at the end of four years, we’ll have an accurate reflection of success or failure or something in-between. These will be as of January 20, 2025, and be periodically revisited.
I don’t have any faith in the incoming POOTWH administration for a variety of reasons. IMHO, you’ve got two to two and half years before the shit really hits the fan. Spend it if you’ve got it. Good luck.
1. Unemployment Rate as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) December 2024: 4.1% The Employment Situation - December 2024
2. Average cost of a gallon of gas as of 01/13/2025, by region, per US Energy Information Administration (USEIA): US: $3.043; East Coast: $2.998; Midwest: $2.875; Gulf Coast: $2.613; Rocky Mountain: $2.881; West Coast: $3.770 Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
3. Rate of Inflation as published by BLS: Past year: 2.9% CPI Home : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
4. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Rate, by Quarter, as published by Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA): Q3/2024, 3.1% Gross Domestic Product | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
5. Average Hourly Wage, All-Private as Published by the Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, December 2024: $35.69 Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private (CES0500000003) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
6. Average CEO Compensation in S&P500 as published by the AFL-CIO: 2023: $17,700,000 average compensation; Ratio of CEO pay to worker pay: 268:1. 2024 Executive Paywatch
7. Estimated Percentage of Children in Poverty, Ages 0-17 as Published by the St. louis Federal Reserve: 2023: 16.0% Estimated Percent of People Age 0-17 in Poverty for United States (PPU18US00000A156NCEN) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
8. Stock Market, Dow Jones and S&P 500, last day of trading on 01/17/2025: DJIA: 43,487.83; S&P 500: 5,996.66.
9. Intangibles that are difficult to get consistent data on from a reliable source, as there are many and are usually lagging behind the times. Crime Rate and number of deaths of US Service Members overseas are two that come to mind. Also, cost of a gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread and a pound of bacon. Suggestions on sources would be appreciated.
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on #9,pick a national chain and go to their website. chose a zip code in a given region and look for a store in that region. post the prices of each for each region?_____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
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mickeyrat said:on #9,pick a national chain and go to their website. chose a zip code in a given region and look for a store in that region. post the prices of each for each region?
Common Grocery Items City Dec-24 Average US Cost of a dozen eggs (St. Louis Fed) $4.146 Average US Cost of a gallon of milk (St. Louis Fed) $4.101 Average US Cost of a pound of butter (St. Louis Fed) $4.728 Average US Cost of a pound of bacon (St. Louis Fed) $6.915 09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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battle1 said:Markers are downjesus greets me looks just like me ....0
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Just checking in on the state of the American Republic as of today. Business as usual so far.0
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