dealraker

Great story!

The Mooch is entertaining regardless of content.

Sanjeev I'm just hoping Greg will drop the political dance and pull a Scaramucci- an about face type traitor-ship. That is in this case a pure financial Scaramucci where he does his skilled deep dive (and of course his patented straight punch to the face) into Trump-land finances - the wealth transfer from all of us to the Trump bunch! Yea, both an X page of daily digest and a podcast. Honestly I'd think someone who could go the distance and detail into the Trump world and spill it out in layman's terms could get so much attention and fame. Just put all your assets into your wife's name Greg...and go for it. You could make a name for yourself. Oh yea...keep your extreme political bias...that's really not at all what this should be about. It is pure finance, nothing more and nothing less. The Trumps and milking it big time...as POTUS says, "like never before." And the opportunity for fame is out there while nobody is taking advantage of it!

Trump and family? They be gittin' filthy rich! Good progress for a family that considering inflation went backwards for 50 years! Crypto! Crypto! Crypto! And now drones! What was Trump doing for those 50 years in reverse? Starting fights; filing lawsuits; messin' with the ladies of all ages; completely dominating the media... bitching and blaming while doing fucking crazy shit. What's he doing today (while we bitch at one another)? Y'all having fun yet? Love me some Trump!

LOL, kind of hard to laugh and be enraged at the same time. Keep bitching! 'Tar baby'...I love it.

Our next place we go from Iran people is mid-terms. This is the biggest threat to Trump so expect some highlights. Timing as to when this becomes our obsessive focus (Agent Orange will grab the media's balls with a vengeance here) is hard to predict, but a few months or one way or another is a small thing. Trump is going to rip your existing world to shreds on this one. Gunna be hard for a lot of people, particularly women most likely, to vote. Can the Donald ram SAVE down our throats or will he assert his will via some other method? My guess is that the number of voters relative to the population will hit an all time low.

Reds you break down too easily to hyper-sensitivity which I find interesting for an attorney. Come on and man-up to the debate. Take some time to read your co-conspirator Cubs, the man never breaks down. He's like arguing with a stone wall! I generally come away from a Cubs jousting with a smile. Remember that as much as you think you are getting one-up on us non-Trumpers - that in the end we all get the same outcome. My opinion: Trump is financially illiterate. He is by far the greatest ever at being escorted away from accountability by the media that can't help but go to the next issue with him leaving past failures aside. The fun part for me is figuring out where Trump hauls you next Reds. Anyone who can win your vote on "no wars" and then get your total commitment via a massive war can take you anywhere he desires. We really need a prediction market right here on COBF the politics thread. Trump badly needs to rip Americans away from Iran, so where's it gunna take us? It will be dramatic, Trump is the drama queen of our time, he's the best by far!

Redsmy posts are never as serious as they read I assure you. You are enraged that others don't agree with you. Grow up, be like Cubs dude. He could care less as to my opinion LOL. By Kindergarten I was aware others had opinions. How old are you?

The reason I was on this morning is relevant to our Meta stock ownership Sanjeev...LOL. One of the guys says to me as we were taking a break, "Did you see the 80% off Specialized (Specialized is the world's largest cycling co) sale on Facebook?" I quickly responded, "Let me check before you go there...I'll bet it is a fraud!" And of course the sale was incredible, items of top class were marked down unbelievably. Wasn't too much longer until the Facebook post was still up but the link was non-working, I guess at least this time Facebook got going as to taking the fake site down- a bit faster than in most cases as to cycling and FB. So I was flipping around...and now eating lunch getting ready to ride! I find great interest in following DJT. There's nothing like him anywhere else in my lifetime, nothing as obviously different that what's attempted as to presentation. But he sells: he always has sold well to some, generally an in-and-out crowd until today's cult came about. It was best to observe him and stay far away, but today no one has any choice in the matter. The inevitable harm it brings will be interesting. But hell my insurance broker stocks are down such that I'm laughing out loud about just anything these days. As I say, "Life is great...if you can stand it!" Meanwhile just practicing using my thumbs on my phone. I saw the young people doing it, took me years to get here so I'm gonna stay in practice!

Reds, I am sitting on a log at The Ridge Cycle Hub laughing with two co workers, both about my age. We are trail workers and building an addition on the mountain bike trail we began here not long ago. We have ten miles. For the most part I run the Cat skid steer...but I get off and chop roots and help place rock amouring in the low places for erosion control. And I'm laughing and discussing what I am sending you with them. I have never-ever in my life associated with anyone less aware of himself than you Reds. I'll be riding 10 miles with my co-workers shortly. They both use e-bikes while ole dealraker is on the analog version - me...the only source of power. Life is great Red. Trump is a fucking GD idiot regardless. The dumbest child in the class? That's our Pres!

Just think Reds, by 1934 Germany and Japan were getting together and orchestrating the spying as related to the eventual 1942 Pearl Harbor bombing. With Trump? We have mood-of-the-day decisions, he and only he knows while all the rest of the world just participates in his bubble. You celebrate each move. I just marvel...not at the biased views of the outcomes, but at those that love each and every one of the moves from a man that they think is the anointed one. The man is a fucking GD idiot.

Yes the above sounds quite autistic. For a lawyer Reds? You can do far better than this...surely.

And despite his faults, Trump is one of the most unsuccessful Americans in history. Reconcile that.

Worth a thousand words?

You can easily find multiple quotes long ago from Trump as to his casino endeavors as being "success." And yes the touch (torch would be a better term) and go ranting "its fixed" has left a bunch of failure residue never mentioned --- he repeatedly carried the media somewhere else with better selling drama. But let's see how we pretend past this one. My view is that Trump runs away from issues with incredible skill, the media is his personal chauffeur. But increasingly he will need massive upside drama, the ante-up needs jet fuel...or else the media, maybe even Fox, seeks to gain control of the narrative.

I'm with John Bolton as to his belief that Trump will attempt to walk away from the war in Iran. Trump can't stick with anything long - especially anything that's a grind to his pretenses of genius type quick fixes and/or deals. If this is the case it will be interesting to see how the Strait reality and "total victory" mesh with the world. We allow Trump to get away with anything he wants while of course claiming total success. But as skilled at enabling as we've become in this country - well this one may challenge us.

Remember Blake that many of us are older. Oh lordy... how much we do like to rant and predict as to future fears, sometimes regret past mistakes - all dealing with the things on our mind. But for the most part most of us stay the course as to investing that we have found to work over time. For a 71 year old thinking too much on the past brings nothing but regret. At your age the future brings a lot of anxiety and not much more so you may want to form some investing plan outside of how you are thinking politically. What is your investing model? Mine was to participate in business, mostly but not always business I enjoyed following and being within as to work. It ended up serving me satisfactorily. I despise Trump and think he represents most of the things I see as wrong with the world. I have more cash relative to my investing totals than ever in history, yet I am at least 95% invested in businesses. It is highly likely you'll not be satisfied with our next President any more than the present one. Trump's residue may be the very thing I dread the most, that he will personally be responsible for an off-the-charts left wing winning election. Still... But anyway, what's your investment plan?

I also think Trump has an untreated insane level of anxiety. This is what makes the over-the-top irrational aggression so prevalent.

Trump is Trump, he's been the same for 60 years. So if things, the economy, war, his popularity, etc. waffle into a bad state my guess is that he simply extracts as much as he can from the good ole US of A. His co-horts, many of whom in my view aren't the best of breed, may too join this parade. The problem for so many however is that they are younger than Trump, they are subject to prosecution down the road. Trump can be literally fearless of any outcome because he's not going to live long enough for any consequences of any sort. I've seen this bold act before. I've seen the ever-repeating rush in of believers for one project after another...and the subsequent slow but sure tide goes out that comes with total failure. To the degree that Trump gets bolder and more agitated, to the degree he ups the ante with his hyper rage impulsivity, that's when he makes mistakes that can't be resolved. He's never held accountable, that's his special skill. He slinks away to do yet another deal. It isn't that the Iran situation is one that wouldn't have happened, it is that the denial of what's really happening (and this is throughout Trump-land) is going to blister Americans with anger as time passed. Note, the Trump lovers will think this means I'm saying Trump will lose power. Not a snowballs chance in living hell will Trump lose power, he never loses his power over the people; he never loses his power over the justice or legal process/system; he is never held accountable. We the people? Now we get what Trump sews. But just remember that while Trump owns the media and has for 60 years, the media can sell both lust and hate for Trump, both work equally well. We are beginning to waddle in the unknown and oh boy I do think this could get interesting. But you can be sure of one thing and it will not change: Trump owns the US for the next few years. Live it and love it!

Also, I think in the past both as president and as a businessman Trump often just ran away from the problems and failures he created. In other words he could create events that failed and just go away claiming victory or that he was ousted unfairly. I think, I've been a bit too confident before so take that in mind, that Trump has controlled events...events that now will likely begin to increasingly control him. And these are things he won't soon be able to run from.

I will challenge the notion that Trump is making the US stronger. We are just now beginning the process to which a stronger/weaker country will evolve. Watch the US finances particularly. To me Trump is financially illiterate, he makes up for it personally by over-running the rule of law and by cheating. My bet is that the US will be weaker by the end of Trump's term, not stronger. Until then, that's 3 or so years from now, the jury is out. Using the US military to beat the crap out of others is not necessarily relevant to what I'm getting at.

Yes, just being silly. But lord help us if this forebears what politicians and and families seek from gaining office in the future. You won't always love the man at the top.

Cubs!!! You gittin' in on the Powerus drone deal the Trump boys are backing (aka getting free stock in)? Looks like some serious multi "baggers" are priced in the cart. Let the good times roll baby. Let's just say Pentagon sales are coming. Reds? You in on this?

I think we are now finally making the turn from the Biden economy to the Trump economy.

I can assure you that total victory - problem solved - is near and yours and my total attention will be escorted elsewhere (where of course a resounding total victory problem solved declaration is sure to follow). As long as Mr. Market behaves we will perceive all these outings as successful. Mr. Market is the economy, we see things via his performance, we spend accordingly. Trump controls events for now. For now...yea for now. Buy the dip.