Gregmal

Frankly, I cant think of anything more emblematic of liberal politics than whats happened in California this week. Folks finding out there are huge swaths of relatives of the Iranian regime living large in LA, and then their hero Eric Swalwell basically getting outed as another Harvey Weinstein. Notha day in paradise!

Indeed, both my grandfathers were apparently like that. One, a big 4 accountant, back in the day style, meaning his entire "career" was spent at the same big ass, well paying firm. The other, high level exec at the same company, that took on several different names, but ultimately is what is now Otis Elevator, doing what was then not that common, although now moreso....making fucktons of money as the "international guy"....constantly uprooting his family to live, all expenses paid, in expat resort towns across Europe and South/Central America....both ended up having very nice homes, fully paid for in cash, no debt, and a stack of......muni bonds! The Depression was ever present on their minds....no convincing them otherwise. Towards the end of their lives, the majority of their net worths were.....their homes! Once the estates got settled out, amongst their 2 and 3 children....whats left? Enough for each to maybe buy an average-ish home or maybe 10,000 shares of JOE or something!

Guess we will see if all the "rapist" loving Weinsteiners in CA really practice what they preach when it comes time to vote! What a tough break for Mr. Swalwell!

This is a real thing and it applies to pretty much any bottle. Always keep them away from sunlight or places where the temperatures might fluctuate upwards. It'll ruin the bottle. Especially if it's been opened. Also funny to go into a shop and notice the "behind the counter" stuff up on the shelf thats directly in line of the windows. Happens quite a bit. Last thing you wanna do is buy a good bottle thats been skunked by an ignorant store owner. https://www.breakingbourbon.com/article/bourbon-storage-experiment-24-month-tasting-results

Yea these are the best. Bloody Mary cheapens it but done right, typically at a good steakhouse you get a fat slab of bacon and a jumbo shrimp with the olive shish-kabob and chili pepper powder in the rim….those and a good Hendricks or Empress gin and tonic…

My instinct here is that inflation is almost always a byproduct of short term disruptions or a hot economy. 2021 was both. Those things are an easy excuse to raise prices, and then when the unwind occurs, this translates back into margin strength. These types of businesses(the ones you and I favor) almost never lower prices. The only economic scenarios that really require lowering prices are serious recessions or depressions. So again to your point, those businesses are exactly what you want to own. Both in general, and if you’re concerned with inflation.

There’s always give and take. The entire skew this month was energy related which unless you’ve been living under a rock, shouldn’t be a surprise.

Hence the stupid liberals now hooting in retribution because after Bidens 6-9 inflation…they “got” Trump with a “soaring” 3 handle lmfao

It's how the dogs have been trained. Anything up...equals inflation. After the massive oil rally...we're at a 3 handle....so anticlimactic given all the noise. https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_inflation_rate#:~:text=Basic Info,in price over a year.

Man, the pissants are extra agitated this beautiful Friday morning. How sad!

My man! I can play matchmaker and make that happen in a month if you want. You guys have a common interest.

Nah, that sorta thing is quite prevalent everywhere. Only on COBF do you find these losers lingering around an investment board with a post history that is like >90% containing emotional and whiny bitch boy rants about Trump rather than anything about investing. I’d wager they have a lot in common with the “thems” that filled Bidens cabinet or IDK, Kristi Noem’s husband…but that’s just speculation.

Totally. It's really not hard with groceries. Did the same thing with seltzer waters a few years back. Everything that was cheap was now $5-7 a 12 pack. And La Croix which was always $6 when alternatives were $3-4, is still around $6....so thats all we buy now. It's like when people were whining about egg prices...you dont need to have eggs every morning! Now you can get a dozen eggs for less than $3. It's certainly not something that requires monetary policy adjustment lmfao. These concerns are just a broader product of victim culture. Everything's a crisis and I always need someone else to do something!

Exactly. I think its best to just ignore widespread inflation commentary and concerns at this point because there’s clearly a difference between real inflationary environments like 2021 and now, or a year ago, or two years ago, but most can’t understand it and even those that do have the 2021 PTSD. It’s not even remotely the same and we won’t see 6% inflation for at least another 5-10 years.

Man, gotta love Dougie’s black fingernails and Dollar Store pretzels!

Idk, I’d imagine if forced to answer honestly, 1/3 of the country would be fine with a nuke getting dropped if it meant Trump got impeached and left office, and would prefer that outcome over the war ending and Trump getting any positive credit.

Isn’t it interesting how many deranged lemmings are eagerly hoping for more war so they can be the first to cheer on another bizarre “got Trump” victory?

lol chicken little

100%. It’s quite mind blowing to really realize that they picked Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro just cuz Josh was a Jew and the party would’ve revolted.

Nah, I don’t think they’re terrorist sympathizers beyond the surface. Same way they don’t really, really like pedo stuff, or support foreign dictators civil rights, or believe violent criminals should be allowed to roam consequence free. They’re just massively emotionally tied to “getting Trump”. You see it the second anything in the world happens, it’s always the “Trump sucks, Trump sucks, Trump sucks” in a such a knee jerk and compulsive way. It’s clear to anyone rational what changed. If you’re not sure, and sympathetic to the koombaya narrative of Iran…maybe go take a vacation there and see for yourselves lol. But to most it’s clear that the big bad global bully, the USA went in there with their big and expensive toys, smashed the gates, drove a tractor all over the garden and front lawn, broke all the windows, kicked down the front door, and set a fire at the kitchen gas line. Then, after letting it burn for a bit, put out the fire and walked away. At the very least, there’s a whole lotta rebuilding needed to get things back to where one who’s not truly delusional can look at that house and come to the concussion…nothing happened.

You need to realize most don’t do it like you do LOL. You’d spent months if not years patiently accumulating for the pot of gold moment the last four weeks. Whereas most, see oil go from $65 to 100 and think “gee, energy’s ripping I should buy energy stocks because prices are high so profitability must be high”… Its an interesting phenomena that seems to exist in a lot of cyclical markets, but most noticeably in O&G.

It’s clear that what happened was that Israel gave the US some “intel”. Trump thought it could payoff, like a big bully with more muscle and more money, they stormed into Iran, killed most of their figureheads, blew up a ton of shit, and….that seems about it. We don’t care what the libtards have to say; fuck them cuz they’re always rooting against America anyway. But the “Iran victory” claims are quite alarming…how exactly is Iran better off today than a couple months ago? Their leaders are anonymous except for a guy who hasn’t even been seen in a month and may not even be awake…their “house” basically looks like Donkey Kong went thru it, smashed up a bunch of shit, and left. Yes, Trump at times behaves like a dumb ape. Maybe the libs will say that’s racist? They love freaking out about stuff like that…or maybe it only applies to calling democrats apes? Idk. But donkey Kong Trump went thru Iran, wasted a bunch of money, fucked shit up…and probably now leaves. General rule of thumb, there’s no winners in a war. But I still need some actual real names of folks in Iran who had anything to do with “winning” besides ...hiding out in bunkers…did the one plane they downed have a 3000x point multiplier on it? Frankly, idk…

See above. I read your post and was responding but then got caught up getting the kids ready for school. Answered it later tho!

The fecal locust are out in full force, as obsessed with Trump as ever. But this opinion piece about sums it up. https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/opinion/trumps-iran-cease-fire-makes-the-left-lose-its-mind-but-lets-just-take-the-win-for-now/ Particularly this, This “Trump always chickens out” sentiment was repeated by left-wing pundits, who only hours before were furious that Trump was threating to “blow up the whole country.” So which is it? You’re mad when he threatens to bomb a country, then mock him when he doesn’t?

Well this is what happens when people pile into a supply/demand based commodity on....words.