Earnings and Economic Data May Indicate That Fears of a Slowdown Were Overblown

According to Refinitiv, 74% of the companies reporting so far have beaten expectations. Based on forecasts and actual reports, earnings for the S&P 500 as a whole are expected to decline 1.7%, the first negative quarter in three years. Some forecasters had projected an earnings decline of 4% or more.
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The equivalent of the economy's first-quarter report card will be released Friday, with the first reading of GDP. The outlook for first-quarter growth has suddenly shifted upward, after a series of better data releases later in the quarter.
CNBC/Moody’s Analytics Rapid Update survey shows economists’ median forecast is now tracking at 2.4%, way above the 1% expected earlier in the quarter, when severe winter weather and the government shutdown were stifling the economy.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 07:35 PM

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1 first!

Posted by: vivi at April 19, 2019 07:36 PM (11H2y)

2 The gov shutdown hurt who, exactly?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 07:37 PM (6qErC)

3 They weren't fears. They were hopes.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 07:37 PM (xPl2J)

4 th!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:37 PM (f3oO4)

5 Trump said doody

Posted by: ... at April 19, 2019 07:38 PM (uEbPt)

6 BTW, off topic, but Cspan 3 is showing a panel discussion on compulsory national service for young people. Very creepy.

Posted by: vivi at April 19, 2019 07:38 PM (11H2y)

7 The gov shutdown hurt who, exactly?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 07:37 PM (6qErC)

Between the gov shutdown and net neutrality enhanced by greenhouse gases...

We're all gonna dieee!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:38 PM (f3oO4)

8 Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 07:37 PM (xPl2J)

You can't do thread winners this early. FFS leave some scraps for the rest of us.

Posted by: ... at April 19, 2019 07:38 PM (uEbPt)

9 Still here!

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 19, 2019 07:38 PM (LgsIT)

10 but what about orangemanbad coarsening our discoarse, huh? He said poo!

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:40 PM (9AcAx)

11 BTW, off topic, but Cspan 3 is showing a panel discussion on compulsory national service for young people. Very creepy.

Posted by: vivi at April 19, 2019 07:38 PM (11H2y)
Comrade citizen, the youth make the best camp guards!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:40 PM (f3oO4)

12 > The gov shutdown hurt who, exactly?

Near as I can figure, a "government shutdown" just means that government employees get paid time off.

As far as I know, they've always gotten retroactive pay for the time of the "shutdown", despite not actually having to show up.

Nice work, if you can get it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 07:41 PM (0OWcv)

13 Trump: If you want to go back to the "all jobs are lost" and "will never come back" of 2008-2016, and if you want to kill babies who have been born alive, by all means vote for Biden/Harris/Booker/O'Rourke/Whoever..

Posted by: LASue at April 19, 2019 07:42 PM (XROPS)

14 After Cock Curious spent eight years with the federal boot on the neck of the economy, having a pro business President should produce a lengthy and robust period of growth.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 19, 2019 07:42 PM (y7DUB)

15 The government is a consumer and a destroyer, not a producer, and should be treated as such when calculating economic activity.

Posted by: Insomniac - Founder, Farmer Liberation Front at April 19, 2019 07:42 PM (NWiLs)

16 > BTW, off topic, but Cspan 3 is showing a panel discussion on compulsory national service for young people. Very creepy.

IMO, conscription of any kind is a clear violation of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Yes, that includes the military draft.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 07:43 PM (0OWcv)

17 Funny how every day of Trump's Presidency there's a recession right around the corner and with Obama's it was always "green shoots" and all sorts of silly terms for some economic breakout that never happened.

Posted by: Blago at April 19, 2019 07:43 PM (UfkIY)

18 so the walls continue to, uh, expand around trump!

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:44 PM (9AcAx)

19 It's the economic equivalent of the Mueller report.

Recession s coming...

Posted by: Ha at April 19, 2019 07:45 PM (MAstk)

20 I believe I repeated an old line here some weeks ago - the Leading Economic Indicators have reliably predicted 12 of the last 5 recessions.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 19, 2019 07:45 PM (V2Yro)

21 Remember, Enron consultant Paul Kruggerand predicted eight of the last two recessions.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 19, 2019 07:45 PM (y7DUB)

22 OT

Sean Davis says RR ordered Mueller to use Steele and his dossier.

That's why Steele wasn't charged.

Posted by: Ha at April 19, 2019 07:45 PM (MAstk)

23
"This summer is sure to be a Summer of Economic Recovery. Also, we have always been at war with EastAsia, and the chocolate ration will be increased to 13 grams next week." -- Barack Hussein Obama

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 07:46 PM (0OWcv)

24
Sadly, my penis will never be described as overblown...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2019 07:46 PM (zBaqJ)

25 18 so the walls continue to, uh, expand around trump!

and ~~leon's~~ donald's getting larger

Posted by: Anachronda at April 19, 2019 07:46 PM (qKk9I)

26 Sean Davis says RR ordered Mueller to use Steele and his dossier.
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man, 6th dimensional chess is really hard

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:47 PM (9AcAx)

27 6 BTW, off topic, but Cspan 3 is showing a panel discussion on compulsory national service for young people. Very creepy.
Posted by: vivi

Of course they are.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2019 07:47 PM (kdR60)

28 25 18 so the walls continue to, uh, expand around trump!

and leon's donald's getting larger
Posted by: Anachronda at April 19, 2019 07:46 PM (qKk9I)

Early night...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2019 07:47 PM (zBaqJ)

29
Funny how every day of Trump's Presidency there's a recession right
around the corner and with Obama's it was always "green shoots" and all
sorts of silly terms for some economic breakout that never happened.

Posted by: Blago
...........
no collusion.. they need something else!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 19, 2019 07:48 PM (438dO)

30 Sean Davis says RR ordered Mueller to use Steele and his dossier.
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so my jokes about finding secret evidence in the report were true

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:48 PM (9AcAx)

31 Sadly, my penis will never be described as overblown...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at A

lol re your bosses advice. my first boss told me no one would ever stab me in the back at the firm, if they wanted my scalp they would come through my door with a hatchet.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 07:50 PM (MTjB1)

32 Who is 'RR'? Rosenstein?

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2019 07:50 PM (kdR60)

33 rr = roger rabbit?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 07:50 PM (MTjB1)

34 Recovery Summer biothces!!!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 19, 2019 07:50 PM (JUOKG)

35 Who is 'RR'? Rosenstein?

Posted by: Puddleglum

..............
Zombie Ronald Reagan!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (438dO)

36 Trump is using the word "treason" on Twitter again.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (0OWcv)

37 35: that's what I was thinking but even zombie Ronald Reagan would stay away from this shit show.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (kdR60)

38 Was there any real basis for the expectation of such a drop in GDP?

Posted by: Inogame at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (+2xjH)

39 so my jokes about finding secret evidence in the report were true

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:48 PM (9AcAx)

You have to view it under UV light to see the actual text!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (f3oO4)

40 The economy of the USA is the envy of the world.

Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (w7KSn)

41 I believe I repeated an old line here some weeks ago - the Leading Economic Indicators have reliably predicted 12 of the last 5 recessions.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 19, 2019 07:45 PM (V2Yro)

LOL.

Posted by: LASue at April 19, 2019 07:52 PM (XROPS)

42 Who is 'RR'? Rosenstein?

..

Yup

Posted by: Ha at April 19, 2019 07:52 PM (MAstk)

43 Trump is using the word "treason" on Twitter again.

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good.

it's about fucking time.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:52 PM (9AcAx)

44 39 so my jokes about finding secret evidence in the report were true

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:48 PM (9AcAx)

You have to view it under UV light to see the actual text!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (f3oO4)

Lemon juice and heat.

Posted by: Insomniac - Founder, Farmer Liberation Front at April 19, 2019 07:52 PM (NWiLs)

45 Was there any real basis for the expectation of such a drop in GDP?

Posted by: Inogame at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (+2xjH)
Well, to be fair, the wheels were coming off the walls as they were closing in!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:53 PM (f3oO4)

46 74% of the companies reporting so far have beaten expectations.

Ah. Must be using experts.

Posted by: t-bird at April 19, 2019 07:53 PM (Ydn2k)

47 Was there any real basis for the expectation of such a drop in GDP?

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they went to the Krugmanatic Auto-Orangemanbad Prediction Software

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:53 PM (9AcAx)

48 Dammit. Nobody said nood.

Posted by: Little Admiral Kristol at April 19, 2019 07:53 PM (EgshT)

49 35: that's what I was thinking but even zombie Ronald Reagan would stay away from this shit show.

Posted by: Puddleglum
.........
He's flushing out the deep state swampers with his AR-15 riding his velociraptor! The PDT can take target practice on them from the White House portico!
OK.. that may just be my fantasy...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 19, 2019 07:54 PM (438dO)

50 Ah, yes walls closing in... my bad... totally forgot. Lol

Posted by: Inogame at April 19, 2019 07:54 PM (+2xjH)

51 Zero immigration, and the USA would be gangbusters.

Posted by: logprof at April 19, 2019 07:55 PM (XAYDB)

52 > The economy of the USA is the envy of the world.

What I've never been able to figure out is if the United States has all this racism, gun violence, terrible healthcare, terrible homelessness and poverty, sexism, homophobia... why do people want to come here so bad that they will break the law or even take grave personal risks to do so?

I mean, you don't see people building crappy inner-tube rafts in Miami so they can get to Havana.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 07:55 PM (0OWcv)

53 You have to view it under UV light to see the actual text!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (f3oO4)

Lemon juice and heat.

Posted by: Insomniac - Founder, Farmer Liberation Front at April 19, 2019 07:52 PM (NWiLs

That was the first draft, then they found out the journalists were too stupid to be trusted to use heat near paper.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:55 PM (f3oO4)

54 How long until POTUS tweets: What did Obama know, and when did he know it?

Posted by: jmel at April 19, 2019 07:56 PM (OeWgo)

55 the only way to view the hidden message is with russian hooker pee.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 07:56 PM (MTjB1)

56 so, would it be racist to suggest nadler is a white fat albert?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 07:57 PM (MTjB1)

57 54 How long until POTUS tweets: What did Obama know, and when did he know it?

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no, you see it would tear the nation apart to investigate a democrat president or a democrat nominee for president. don't let the last 2 years fool you.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:58 PM (9AcAx)

58 the only way to view the hidden message is with russian hooker pee.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 07:56 PM (MTjB1) [/]i

Y5, I'm not sure you can trust journalists around Russian hooker pee.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:58 PM (f3oO4)

59 the only way to view the hidden message is with russian hooker pee.

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the only way to see is to have Schiff leak what it says to you

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:58 PM (9AcAx)

60 so my jokes about finding secret evidence in the report were true

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 07:48 PM (9AcAx)

You have to view it under UV light to see the actual text!

-
Or use your They Live! glasses.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 07:59 PM (+y/Ru)

61 >> Lemon juice and heat.

Obviously written in semen, old boy.

Posted by: Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming, KCMG, CB at April 19, 2019 07:59 PM (f1Vqw)

62 so, muellerdamus?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 07:59 PM (MTjB1)

63 Now what will cnbc talk about all day if not the recession just around the corner?

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 07:59 PM (XzxTJ)

64 so, would it be racist to suggest nadler is a white fat albert?

-
He's more a white fat Rudy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 08:00 PM (+y/Ru)

65 Have you seen the rising gas prices recently?

Not a faster way to take spending money out of regular American's pockets and slow down the economy.

And the world is awash in oil.

Figure that one out.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:00 PM (sy5kK)

66 so what is the cipher, second letter of second word of every other sentence?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 08:01 PM (MTjB1)

67 It's like all the economic doom and gloom was thrown out there to influence the midterm elections and prospects of congress pursuing impeachment proceedings. Funny how that works. It's as if the media is colluding with the DNC.

/nah who would believe those upstanding professionals would ever do such a thing.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at April 19, 2019 08:01 PM (N5dam)

68 'Fears of a Slowdown Were Overblown'

Ah crap.

Posted by: The Insane Left at April 19, 2019 08:01 PM (UdKB7)

69 The economy of the USA is the envy of the world.
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (w7KSn)

I can't help but think that Trump's cabinet members have been slashing onerous regs wherever possible in an attempt to reverse the stranglehold that had been increasingly hampering performance. I used to LOL at the thought that the EU would challenge us for supremacy, particularly the breathless anticipation of the Euro replacing the dollar as the international currency.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 19, 2019 08:01 PM (y7DUB)

70 64; He's a white fat ass.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 19, 2019 08:01 PM (KP5rU)

71 How long until POTUS tweets: What did Obama know, and when did he know it?
Posted by: jmel at April 19, 2019 07:56 PM (OeWgo)

IIRC, one of Strok or gummy's texts said that the whole "thing" was being run from the Whitehouse.
Which means ValJar called the shots and Obama did it. So...maybe?

Posted by: LASue at April 19, 2019 08:02 PM (XROPS)

72 Things are still booming in my neck of the woods

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2019 08:02 PM (BbGew)

73 Posted by: vivi at April 19, 2019 07:38 PM (11H2y)
Comrade citizen, the youth make the best camp guards!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 07:40 PM (f3oO4)

Do these free shirts come in any color other than Brown?

Posted by: obedient student at April 19, 2019 08:02 PM (sy5kK)

74 "The Government shutdown stifling the economy".

Yeah.

That's what stifles the economy. The Government being shut down.

Posted by: eleven at April 19, 2019 08:03 PM (NLLmE)

75 Barky *wanted* a slowdown and did everything in his power to create one but the "experts" kept expecting cash registers jingling. Trump opposite, experts also opposite. Hmmmmmm...

Posted by: ... at April 19, 2019 08:03 PM (uEbPt)

76
My ass is the envy of no one.

Posted by: Brie Larson at April 19, 2019 08:03 PM (f1Vqw)

77 And the world is awash in oil.

Figure that one out.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:00 PM (sy5kK)

But we are now EXPORTING oil, to the detriment of the US citizen (but that's not important right now).

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 08:03 PM (f3oO4)

78 68 'Fears of a Slowdown Were Overblown'

Weve never, ever been overblown.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper and Don LeMon at April 19, 2019 08:03 PM (sy5kK)

79 6 Working in rice fields will do wonders for them, just ask chairman Mao

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2019 08:04 PM (BbGew)

80 Have you seen the rising gas prices recently?

Not a faster way to take spending money out of regular American's pockets and slow down the economy.

And the world is awash in oil.

Figure that one out.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:00 PM (sy5kK)

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EPA rules about summer blends of gas. Upwards of 40 different blends for large metropolitan areas. This happens every year in the Spring/Summer.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 08:04 PM (Vu4cn)

81 I have seen more "now hiring" signs on my travels this last 18 months than any time since 2004 or so.

Posted by: ... at April 19, 2019 08:04 PM (uEbPt)

82 I'm going to give Mitt the benefit of the doubt and assume what he really said was, "I'm sickening!" and that's something we can all agree on.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 08:04 PM (+y/Ru)

83 I have a message for Trump: you didn't build that; it was all me!

Posted by: Choom Boy Barry at April 19, 2019 08:04 PM (tVQUs)

84 ave you seen the rising gas prices recently?

Not a faster way to take spending money out of regular American's pockets and slow down the economy.

And the world is awash in oil.

Figure that one out.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:00 PM (sy5kK)

I believe that's caused by switching over to the summer blend and other things I don't fully understand. But I don't discount political manipulation.

Posted by: LASue at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (XROPS)

85 65

Average car is driven 15k miles a year. Average car gets 25 mpg. Increase ga by $1 a gallon and it' $10 a week difference.

Really not that big a deal despite how the msm treats it.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (XzxTJ)

86 We're fucked, Nancy.

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (hjaPQ)

87 If the economy keeps up like this Trump will win in 2020.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (JUOKG)

88 Rosie inserted Comey buddy, Clinton fixer, Bulger buddy ... Mueller. Rosie had oversight over ... the coup.

I haven't seen that latest claim, but firing McCabe or a couple other seemingly good thangs ... do not a hero make. Internecine battles aside .. Rosie had oversight of the coup ... pushing fake info to try to stop Trump? hang em high.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (Cus5s)

89 I remember reading articles about how there have been no new cereals for years under Barky because "millennials don't eat cereal". Now I see new cereals every time I go to the supermarket. Yup, it must have been the millennials.

Posted by: ... at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (uEbPt)

90 Do these free shirts come in any color other than Brown?

Posted by: obedient student at April 19, 2019 08:02 PM (sy5kK)

Your subtle criticism of our chosen color scheme has been noted, comrade citizen, da!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (f3oO4)

91 What's up with that Nork testing a Chinese weapon stuff?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:06 PM (h0Zh0)

92 Remember, your customer has two ears, but only one dick!

Blow that Sale!

Posted by: Sales manager in the Monday morning meeting at April 19, 2019 08:06 PM (sy5kK)

93 87 If the economy keeps up like this Trump will win in 2020.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (JUOKG)

Yup.

Posted by: George Soros and the Kochs at April 19, 2019 08:06 PM (uEbPt)

94 If not for the Fed, we'd already be pushing 5% growth.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 19, 2019 08:06 PM (Ndje9)

95 Strong economy = more demand for oil = higher price.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:06 PM (XzxTJ)

96 If your mouth isn't around your customer's dick, then your competitor's probably is!

Blow that Sale!

Posted by: Sales manager in the Monday morning meeting at April 19, 2019 08:07 PM (sy5kK)

97 Hrothgar, have you gotten to read that book yet?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:07 PM (T1Aes)

98
If not for the Fed, we'd already be pushing 5% growth.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 19, 2019 08:06 PM (Ndje9)
Thank your lucky stars for our command economy!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 08:08 PM (f3oO4)

99 Nadler: Mullah needs to testify right away. I wish Tuckah would send me a dozen crulluhs like Steltuh got.

Posted by: JuJuBee at April 19, 2019 08:08 PM (aBR7R)

100 Crazy low mortgage rates will offset higher gas prices many times over.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:08 PM (XzxTJ)

101 Oh, f off Chris Hahn

Posted by: logprof, trying to be Christian on Good Friday at April 19, 2019 08:08 PM (XAYDB)

102 --------------------------

EPA rules about summer blends of gas. Upwards of 40 different blends for large metropolitan areas. This happens every year in the Spring/Summer.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 08:04 PM (Vu4cn)

Yes, but not a 35% price rise in a month.

Posted by: Sales manager in the Monday morning meeting at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (sy5kK)

103
Hrothgar, have you gotten to read that book yet?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:07 PM (T1Aes)

Got the book the other day and have started reading it. I think I know these people!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (f3oO4)

104
PDT to TFG: Abracadabra, asshole. I don't need a magic wand, all I had to do was remove the boot you put on the neck of the economy.
Remember your last quarter GDP growth of 1.2%.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (HaL55)

105 For most of Barky's presidency, gas was in the high 3's and we were told it was "the new normal" and also "fuck you because environment". Then suddenly in 2015 they dropped precipitously. Go look if you don't believe me.

I'm sure it was just a coincidence and fracking and had nothing to do Barky "colluding" with his iSlime friends to make sure people were super-happy with Democrats.

Posted by: ... at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (uEbPt)

106 Have you seen the rising gas prices recently?

Because you are getting gasoline mixed in your gasoline, not benzene.

In summer, refineries must reduce the Reid Vapor Pressure number or petrol, and reducing the RVP costs money.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (lD3vL)

107 Is the sales meeting over yet?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (sy5kK)

108 https://tinyurl.com/y26zyd27

Californians pay $1.26 per gallon to the government for gas which includes a mystery surcharge that nobody can explain.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (xPl2J)

109 they were projecting what they wanted to have happen.

Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 08:10 PM (ER1jH)

110 LMAO chyron calls Chris Hahn "Collusion Truther"

Posted by: logprof, trying to be Christian on Good Friday at April 19, 2019 08:10 PM (XAYDB)

111 The nation should have Californias gas tax

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:10 PM (h0Zh0)

112 gas schmash. so it goes up some, guess what that does? makes more oil accessible to frackers.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 08:10 PM (MTjB1)

113 CNBC/Moody's Analytics Rapid Update survey shows economists median forecast is now tracking at 2.4%, way above the 1% expected earlier in the quarter, when severe winter weather and the government shutdown were stifling the economy.

I saw CNBC hand wringing over Q1 GDP maybe higher than originally reported. CNBC should only exist to show Morgan Brennan's cleavage

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 08:10 PM (Zmgcq)

114 Californians pay $1.26 per gallon to the government for gas which includes a mystery surcharge that nobody can explain.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (xPl2J)

Only $1.26?!? Someone's gotta change that...

Posted by: Gov. Gavin Newsom at April 19, 2019 08:11 PM (tVQUs)

115 Mark1971, that's the illegal alien markup.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:11 PM (T1Aes)

116 LASue there is at least one publicly known tidbit of central interest on the question, a reference to a briefing of the WH counsel for a meeting involving some of the top perps.

This is where the country gets to show how small and stupid it is. The logical presumptions alone, of course, mean this all was done with WH approval and awareness. But the current tidbits - thing I referenced above, NSA Rice's bizarre 1/20/17 memo to the file, the 200+ "unmasking" requests using the USUN's name, and many others - will become a full picture if any real investigation is conducted.

And then - oh my. The idiotic instinct to shy away from the proper course of action will be controlling for most of the Beltway. Things may come down to an implausibly dramatic situation, where it's Trump nearly by himself - joined by any informed intelligent citizenry out in the country - deciding whether to leech the poison out of our system, or drive it even deeper by *not* pursuing and prosecuting all those who've earned it.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 19, 2019 08:12 PM (QDnY+)

117 Have you seen the rising gas prices recently? "

Multiple boutique blends and limited refining capacity. And rising demand...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:12 PM (6qErC)

118 99 Nadler: Mullah needs to testify right away. I wish Tuckah would send me a dozen crulluhs like Steltuh got.
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 19, 2019 08:08 PM (aBR7R)

Don't cost nuttin but tree kerns in da fount'n.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2019 08:12 PM (zBaqJ)

119 Californians pay $1.26 per gallon to the government for gas which includes a mystery surcharge that nobody can explain.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (xPl2J)
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it's for our own good. what's really insulting is that they add in the regular fuel taxes before calculating the sales tax, so they are taxing a tax...

because the government never has enough money.

Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 08:12 PM (ER1jH)

120 Don LeMon' cracks me up.

Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2019 08:13 PM (K22Va)

121 https://tinyurl.com/y26zyd27

Californians pay $1.26 per gallon to the government for gas which includes a mystery surcharge that nobody can explain.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (xPl2J)

yeah but those greedy oil companies are gouging, gouging I tell ya, with their 2-3 cent per gallon profit.

Posted by: DR.WTF at April 19, 2019 08:13 PM (aS1PU)

122 EPA rules about summer blends of gas. Upwards of 40 different blends for large metropolitan areas. This happens every year in the Spring/Summer.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 08:04 PM (Vu4cn)

Yes, but not a 35% price rise in a month.

Posted by: Sales manager in the Monday morning meeting at April 19, 2019 08:09 PM (sy5kK)

-------------------------

Around here, gas has gone from $2.19 to $2.60 in the last month, which is pretty typical for this time of year. Where are you seeing 35%?

Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 08:13 PM (Vu4cn)

123 it's for our own good. what's really insulting is that they add in the regular fuel taxes before calculating the sales tax, so they are taxing a tax...

because the government never has enough money.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 08:12 PM (ER1jH)

--Same in Canada. The fed gov't charges GST on gas price plus provincial taxes.

Posted by: logprof, trying to be Christian on Good Friday at April 19, 2019 08:13 PM (XAYDB)

124 51 Zero immigration, and the USA would be gangbusters.
Posted by: logprof at April 19, 2019 07:55 PM (XAYDB)

Zero immigration AND 100% deportation...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2019 08:13 PM (zBaqJ)

125 Illegal aliens pay taxes, every day going to work here

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:13 PM (h0Zh0)

126 because the government never has enough money.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 08:12 PM (ER1jH)

So true, those illegal aliens aren't going to fund their own healthcare after all.

Posted by: Gov. Gavin Newsom at April 19, 2019 08:14 PM (tVQUs)

127
I hope this doesn't affect the Giza Cotton market.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2019 08:14 PM (f1Vqw)

128 Zero immigration AND 100% deportation...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2019 08:13 PM (zBaqJ)

100% deportation? Where are they going to send me?

Posted by: DR.WTF at April 19, 2019 08:15 PM (aS1PU)

129
Average car is driven 15k miles a year. Average car gets 25 mpg. Increase ga by $1 a gallon and it' $10 a week difference.

Really not that big a deal despite how the msm treats it.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:05 PM (XzxTJ)

Respectfully, LL, I disagree.

Half of all families in the US could not come up with $400 for an emergency, or so I read recently.

Even $10 a week is a big deal for those on the edge.

Of course, the fallback answer is just say you are an illegal alien, er, political refugee, and you get about $60k in free government benefits.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:15 PM (sy5kK)

130 Chuck, maybe we should consider a pivot to anti-vaping...

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi, Leader of the Free World at April 19, 2019 08:15 PM (hjaPQ)

131 Gas is about 2.80 here, was 2.30 a couple of months ago. But it swings 20 cents either way in a week all the time it seems.so it's not this massive increase.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:15 PM (XzxTJ)

132 deport everyone, especially the families of chinese and russians who paid for citizenship. plus all the somlis.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 08:16 PM (9AcAx)

133 So Juan Taco uses my SS# and pays in 10,000 in taxes, as long as I can prove that is my # do I get his money?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:16 PM (T1Aes)

134 Downfall Hitler is going to be absolutely crushed by both the Mueller and economic reports.

Posted by: t-bird at April 19, 2019 08:16 PM (OiC69)

135 > Obviously written in semen, old boy.

Definitely the safest "invisible ink". Total plausible deniability, available on short notice for any male agent, and easily acquired by any female agent (unless she looks like Maxine Waters or something).

No one wants to be scouring the city for lemon juice when you need to send a secret message at 3:00 AM.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 08:17 PM (0OWcv)

136 Even $10 a week is a big deal for those on the edge.

Of course, the fallback answer is just say you are an illegal alien, er, political refugee, and you get about $60k in free government benefits.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at A

so then they are doing it wrong. lots of stuff to cut when someone is that close ruin.

no phone, no video games, no fast food, no junk food, no cable.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 08:18 PM (MTjB1)

137 It's gone up from maybe $2.45 to $2.89 here. What's that, 15%? I just figured it was the winter blend switchover.

Posted by: t-bird at April 19, 2019 08:18 PM (OiC69)

138 this is the GOP, Mitt's basic idea was that Hillary's Servers were off limits, or something.

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 08:18 PM (9AcAx)

139 In parts of SoCal gas prices have risen 25% in a month, or more. It's very noticeable, and far more than the usual seasonal b.s. Of course no refinery capacity having been added since probably 1970 *might* have something to do with it.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 19, 2019 08:18 PM (QDnY+)

140 We're about 20 months away from raising gasoline supply...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (6qErC)

141 Fuck.

Posted by: Krugman's Cat at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (8ih7B)

142 @116 - Well put rhomboid.

And thanks for reply on previous.
I can my this phone down for 15 minutes and come back 150 comments behind.
Read those, hit refresh and after reading 50 see "nood" and come to a new thread, you guessed it, 100 comments behind.

Posted by: teej at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (uWcN8)

143 > So Juan Taco uses my SS# and pays in 10,000 in taxes, as long as I can prove that is my # do I get his money?

No, but if he doesn't pay the taxes you still owe them.

Just guessing on the IRS rule there, but something tells me I'm probably not guessing wrong.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (0OWcv)

144 I paid about $4.20/gallon for 87 yesterday in L.A.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (xPl2J)

145 What's the national debt?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (h0Zh0)

146 What's the national debt?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (h0Zh0)

Too much.

Posted by: Surfperch at April 19, 2019 08:20 PM (tVQUs)

147 > Even $10 a week is a big deal for those on the edge.

Yeah, that $40/month would cover the phone bill, anyway.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 08:20 PM (0OWcv)

148 Im just saying that people act like gas increase is this monster cost. When in fact it's a few dollars a week for the vast majority of people. Sure for some edge cases it's a lot. But for most people it's hardly noticable going from $2.50 to $3.00 a gallon.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:20 PM (XzxTJ)

149 SoCal gas prices have risen 25% in a month, or more"

That's so cal's problem. Refinery in Torrance went down, and CA refused to allow companies to ship from that evil Texas, so...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:20 PM (6qErC)

150 Economists thinking that there won't be a slowdown is bad news, since they're essentially never right.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:21 PM (NRi/V)

151 I hope this doesn't affect the Giza Cotton market.

-
I cornered the Egyptian cotton market.

Posted by: Milo Minderbinder at April 19, 2019 08:21 PM (+y/Ru)

152 Throw out every illegal and unemployment would be 0%

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2019 08:21 PM (BbGew)

153 145 What's the national debt?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (h0Zh0)

Zero

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Jackson at April 19, 2019 08:21 PM (XAYDB)

154
Have you seen the rising gas prices recently?

Sure have. It went from $2.19 to $2.79 in about 6 weeks. It hurts those of us on fixed incomes, especially when that income isn't much to begin with. And grocery store prices have gone way up in the past 6 or 8 months too. Have no idea why.

The standard of living here at Casa Backwardio has gone down a lot lately. This ain't good.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 08:21 PM (HaL55)

155 I paid about $4.20/gallon for 87 yesterday in L.A.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (xPl2J)

I paid about $4.30 the other day up here in NorCal.

Posted by: Surfperch at April 19, 2019 08:21 PM (tVQUs)

156 /Old Hickory sock

Posted by: logprof at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (XAYDB)

157 Have no idea why."

Hmm. I know, let's use food as fuel!

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (6qErC)

158 Biggest hit I have noticed is the hamburger I feed my dog went from $2.72 to 3.09.

Might be time to shoot the dog.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (T1Aes)

159 so then they are doing it wrong. lots of stuff to cut when someone is that close ruin.

When I was really tight more than a few times I marked down where I spent every dollar for a week or as long as I could do it. Do it and you'll be surprised at what you can cut back.

Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (K22Va)

160 Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:00 PM (sy5kK)

Yeah, i have been wondering why gas i going up also. We are not on summer blends yet either, which are even more expensive.

Posted by: clutch at April 19, 2019 08:24 PM (kiSdp)

161 Lower interest rates on loans especially home loans save $10 a week and then some. Part of the increase is due to lower rates. Give and take of the economic engine.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:24 PM (XzxTJ)

162 2.30 to 2.40, plus some surprising low food prices, esp pork...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:24 PM (6qErC)

163 >> What's the national debt?

Quickest source for that is Daily Treasury Statement (DTS), latest available here:

https://www.fms.treas.gov/fmsweb/viewDTSFiles?
dir=w&fname=19041800.pdf

Remove line feed.

As of close of business yesterday, Total Public Debt was $22.03T. Debt Held by the Public (real money borrowed from bond market) is $16.19T. Balance, Intragovernmental Holdings (which are the IOUs for the trust funds) is $5.84T

If you want it down to the penny, you can find that if you dig. The DTS rounds to the nearest million, which for the federal government, is like a fraction of penny.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2019 08:25 PM (f1Vqw)

164
Around here, gas has gone from $2.19 to $2.60 in the last month, which is pretty typical for this time of year. Where are you seeing 35%?
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 08:13 PM (Vu4cn)

I'll revise that to 2 months.

Seattle.

$2.77 to $3.79 last night. Granted, this was the outlier (Shell), I pay less at Costco, but it has risen there, too. Paid $3.29 last night at Costco. Up about 50 cents since February.

I recall last year, prices were dropping so fast, the spring change over was hardly noticed.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:25 PM (sy5kK)

165 Have no idea why."

Hmm. I know, let's use food as fuel!
Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (6qErC)

Sounds like a great plan.

Posted by: Unemployed Tortilla Factory Workers South of the Border at April 19, 2019 08:25 PM (tVQUs)

166 When I was really tight more than a few times I marked down where I spent every dollar for a week or as long as I could do it. Do it and you'll be surprised at what you can cut back.
Posted by: dartist at A

Mrs. YankeeFifth has worked with lots of people declaring bankruptcy in a community service role. Her stories of the obscene amounts of stuff that people with no income have are equally depressing and shocking.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 08:25 PM (MTjB1)

167 Lower rates always make commodities like oil more expensive. So do you want cheap oil or sub 4% mortgages? You can't have both, at least not long term.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:26 PM (XzxTJ)

168 I use Jose Ole frozen burritos as an indicator of retail inflation. Today's price: $1.49. Up from $ .99 not that long ago,

Posted by: Weasel at April 19, 2019 08:26 PM (MVjcR)

169 133 So Juan Taco uses my SS# and pays in 10,000 in taxes, as long as I can prove that is my # do I get his money?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:16 PM (T1Aes)

No, but Juan gets your tax refund.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:26 PM (sy5kK)

170 > So Juan Taco uses my SS# and pays in 10,000 in taxes, as long as I can prove that is my # do I get his money?

No, but if he doesn't pay the taxes you still owe them.

Just guessing on the IRS rule there, but something tells me I'm probably not guessing wrong.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (0OWcv)

I'm sure you're not. The guiding principle of the IRS is to shake down people who have money, but no clout. Don't bother farting around with people who are broke, or with people with juice.

See, e.g., California. The cops don't bother writing traffic tickets for wetbacks, because they can't - or won't - pay the fines anyway, and in extremis will just bugger (temporarily, alas) to Mexico.

It used to be that the cops would impound Mexmobiles, but the liberals put paid to that, because reasons.

Middle class Anglos are another story. The authorities will fuck middle class anglos into the ground, partly because they can, partly because they are greedy for money, and partly because they need to people to pick up the slack engendered by the deadbeat wetbacks.

I wish I were exaggerating.

I'm not.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:27 PM (NRi/V)

171 We are not on summer blends yet either"

Actually, we are. This year the entire distribution chain has to be out of winter blends a month earlier than previously...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:27 PM (6qErC)

172 Yeah, i have been wondering why gas i going up also. We are not on summer blends yet either, which are even more expensive.
Posted by: clutch at April 19, 2019 08:24 PM (kiSdp)

-----------------------------

Depots start selling summer blends May 1, and every gas station in effected areas have to sell only blends by June 1. Safe to say that refineries are already switching over.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 08:27 PM (Vu4cn)

173 Trump is using the word "treason" on Twitter again.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 07:51 PM (0OWcv)

Good I hope this ultimately leads to nooses or firing squads. There are plenty of choice candidates.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2019 08:27 PM (TfwlC)

174

My sheets are made from old Geezer cotton.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2019 08:27 PM (aKsyK)

175 > What's the national debt?

We're only going to honor notes, bills, and bonds with Mnuchin's signature.

Anything that isn't signed, or that was signed by Lew or Geithner?

Null and void.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 08:28 PM (0OWcv)

176 No, but Juan gets your tax refund.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2019 08:26 PM (sy5kK)

Plus free health care, and free tuition at the University of California, room temperature IQ notwithstanding.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:28 PM (NRi/V)

177 Mrs. YankeeFifth has worked with lots of people declaring bankruptcy in a
community service role. Her stories of the obscene amounts of stuff
that people with no income have are equally depressing and shocking.

Obama phone and food stamps didn't help that much.

Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2019 08:28 PM (K22Va)

178 158 >

Lewis and Clark expedition ate dog often - especially on the western side of the Rockies. Most of them really liked it. I think it was Lewis who never quite got used to it.

Posted by: 13times at April 19, 2019 08:28 PM (K3B2k)

179 it's for our own good. what's really insulting is that they add in the regular fuel taxes before calculating the sales tax, so they are taxing a tax...

because the government never has enough money.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 08:12 PM (ER1jH)

And because they think Capitalism is soooooo evil....

Posted by: ... at April 19, 2019 08:28 PM (uEbPt)

180 Obama phone and food stamps didn't help that much.
Posted by: dartist at A

she was working with some that had used liar loans to get more house than they could afford then stocked them with everything they could get.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 08:29 PM (MTjB1)

181 I know a number of folks, well, at least one, send up prayers for you and your lady regularly, BackwordsBoy.

Always wish I could do more.
But you're NOT getting my '69' Ludwig, metal snare.
Leastwise, not till I pass on.

Is there a way to contact you through your link?

Posted by: teej at April 19, 2019 08:30 PM (uWcN8)

182
You can see the cash transaction Uncle Sam makes in the DTS. On Thursday at close, Uncle had $352B in his "checking" account at the Fed.

They made $104B in deposits, and $122B in withdrawals for the day. The brunt of that was debt transactions, depositing from new debt sales and paying redeeming maturing debt.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2019 08:30 PM (f1Vqw)

183 Up from $ .99 not that long ago,"

Still a buck at target...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:30 PM (6qErC)

184 Biggest hit I have noticed is the hamburger I feed my dog went from $2.72 to 3.09.
Might be time to shoot the dog.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (T1Aes)
~~~~~

Save the doggies! Buy "ends." The deli departments in most supermarkets package up the ends of the meats (and cheeses) that are too small to use in the slicers. My store charges $1.50/lb. for ends so my pups feast on turkey, ham and roast beef, chopped up and mixed in with their regular food.

Posted by: IrishEi at April 19, 2019 08:30 PM (NtglE)

185 148 Im just saying that people act like gas increase is this monster cost. When in fact it's a few dollars a week for the vast majority of people. Sure for some edge cases it's a lot. But for most people it's hardly noticable going from $2.50 to $3.00 a gallon.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:20 PM (XzxTJ)

That's the case with me. I don't do a lot of driving, so I hardly even pay attention to gas prices. I fill up my car when it needs it, regardless of what the price is.

Posted by: rickl at April 19, 2019 08:30 PM (sdi6R)

186
she was working with some that had used liar loans to get more house than they could afford then stocked them with everything they could get.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2019 08:29 PM (MTjB1)

And these were what the msm and politicians referred to as "victims".

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 19, 2019 08:31 PM (XzxTJ)

187 132 deport everyone, especially the families of chinese and russians who paid for citizenship. plus all the somlis.
Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 08:16 PM (9AcAx)

What about us?

Posted by: dot Indians, coding experts at April 19, 2019 08:31 PM (sy5kK)

188 My neighbors have a free car energy car, goes all the way to Vegas, I drive 850 miles a day to see my daughter, how does that work?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:31 PM (h0Zh0)

189 183 Up from $ .99 not that long ago,"

Still a buck at target...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:30 PM (6qErC)
------
Well that fucks everything up.

Posted by: Weasel at April 19, 2019 08:31 PM (MrnMF)

190 Well that fucks everything up."

Well, now you know why we moved from VA to Texas...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:32 PM (6qErC)

191 > Plus free health care, and free tuition at the University of California, room temperature IQ notwithstanding.

It really grinds my gears that an American kid has to pay the outrageous non-resident tuition if he goes to college in another state, while a friggin' illegal alien gets the resident rate, and that's assuming someone doesn't pay it for him. Because "Dreamer".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 08:33 PM (0OWcv)

192 Middle class Anglos are another story. The authorities will fuck middle class anglos into the ground, partly because they can, partly because they are greedy for money, and partly because they need to people to pick up the slack engendered by the deadbeat wetbacks.

I wish I were exaggerating.

I'm not.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:27 PM (NRi/V)

--Anarcho-tyrrany

Posted by: logprof at April 19, 2019 08:33 PM (XAYDB)

193 175 > What's the national debt?

We're only going to honor notes, bills, and bonds with Mnuchin's signature.

Anything that isn't signed, or that was signed by Lew or Geithner?

Null and void.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 08:28 PM (0OWcv)

Old silver coins for the win.

Posted by: Man in the Bunker at April 19, 2019 08:33 PM (sy5kK)

194 190 Well that fucks everything up."

Well, now you know why we moved from VA to Texas...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:32 PM

Cheaper burritos?

Posted by: Insomniac - Founder, Farmer Liberation Front at April 19, 2019 08:33 PM (NWiLs)

195
Thanks teej. And I've been lusting after a steel Ludwig snare for a while, but I'm not getting any drumming gigs, so that'll just have to wait until they pick back up again.
Click my nic now and see if my email addy pops up instead of my Gab link.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 08:33 PM (HaL55)

196 187 132 deport everyone, especially the families of chinese and russians who paid for citizenship. plus all the somlis.
Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 08:16 PM (9AcAx)

What about us?
Posted by: dot Indians, coding expert

-------------------

oh my God. You guys have to go to anthrax island

Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 08:34 PM (9AcAx)

197
Oops, let me try that again.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 08:34 PM (HaL55)

198 190 Well that fucks everything up."

Well, now you know why we moved from VA to Texas...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:32 PM (6qErC)
------
Well if I can cut my burrito bill by 33%, I may be heading that way! At least to buy burritos.

Posted by: Weasel at April 19, 2019 08:34 PM (MVjcR)

199 she was working with some that had used liar loans to get more house
than they could afford then stocked them with everything they could get.

Then get up and walk away from the loan and steal anything worth a nickel in the house and do it again somewhere else.

Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2019 08:34 PM (K22Va)

200 Cheaper burritos?"

Si.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:34 PM (6qErC)

201 I may be heading that way"

Well, planning to drive north in a few weeks (after ms recovers), so I'll bring some. With blue bell ice cream...

For me.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:36 PM (6qErC)

202 Mrs. YankeeFifth has worked with lots of people declaring bankruptcy in a community service role. Her stories of the obscene amounts of stuff that people with no income have are equally depressing and shocking.

Which, of course, is probably why they're bankrupt.

When my kids were little, they'd suggest that some people had a lot of money because they had a lot of stuff.

I used to point out that they certainly used to have a lot of money, but whether they still did or not was unclear.

It was the same conversation we had when we passed a house that had chi-chi cars, a boat, and four ATVs out front. I told them that those folks have a lot things we didn't.

Including a foreclosure notice on their property.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:36 PM (NRi/V)

203 It's there.

Posted by: teej at April 19, 2019 08:37 PM (uWcN8)

204
That's the case with me. I don't do a lot of driving, so I hardly even
pay attention to gas prices. I fill up my car when it needs it,
regardless of what the price is.

I haven't been able to fill up a gas tank all the way in several years. It's always just $10 or $20 at a time. Then I don't go anywhere but the pharmacy or grocery store, both of which are real close, thank goodness.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 08:38 PM (HaL55)

205 oh my God. You guys have to go to anthrax island
Posted by: Keto not Beto at April 19, 2019 08:34 PM (9AcAx)

Hey! What you got against anthrax island?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:38 PM (NRi/V)

206 had chi-chi cars"

Lowered Chevys?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 19, 2019 08:38 PM (6qErC)

207 I paid about $4.20/gallon for 87 yesterday in L.A.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 19, 2019 08:19 PM (xPl2J)

I paid about $4.30 the other day up here in NorCal.
Posted by: Surfperch at April 19, 2019 08:21 PM (tVQUs)

Yet another good reason for those who can, to avoid Califuckya.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2019 08:38 PM (TfwlC)

208 Listening to Rich Zeoli subbing for Levin.
He's been going on how Mueller's 1 volume clears President Trump then 2nd volume sites President Trump for obstructing that no crime in volume 1.

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2019 08:38 PM (BbGew)

209 I saw a Mercedes parked in front of a payday loan place the other day.

Meanwhile I'm driving a Mazda that I'm satisfied with and is paid for.

Posted by: rickl at April 19, 2019 08:39 PM (sdi6R)

210

It's there.

I'll change it back in a couple of minutes. Opsec, donchaknow.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 08:39 PM (HaL55)

211 Might be time to shoot the dog.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (T1Aes)

Just tell the dog that Democrats taste like hamburger.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2019 08:39 PM (TfwlC)

212 I call dibs!

Posted by: Barky at April 19, 2019 08:39 PM (LgsIT)

213
Remind me again what Flynn was finally charged with?

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at April 19, 2019 08:39 PM (YM7io)

214 self deportation

no, you don't get the free housing

or the free health care

or the food stamps

employer needs your real SS

must learn english

no free college

... you're welcome for all the free stuff, you go home now.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 19, 2019 08:40 PM (Cus5s)

215 E85 will ruin a old enginge

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:41 PM (h0Zh0)

216
OK, nic back to paranormal.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 08:41 PM (HaL55)

217 Not my job, but NOOD.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 08:43 PM (Vu4cn)

218 Might be time to shoot the dog.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (T1Aes)

NOOOO!

Posted by: Conor at April 19, 2019 08:43 PM (f3oO4)

219 I think WeaselDog is safe. Too skinny and gristle-y

Posted by: Weasel at April 19, 2019 08:43 PM (MVjcR)

220 Save the doggies! Buy "ends." The deli departments in most supermarkets package up the ends of the meats (and cheeses) that are too small to use in the slicers. My store charges $1.50/lb. for ends so my pups feast on turkey, ham and roast beef, chopped up and mixed in with their regular food.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 19, 2019 08:30 PM (NtglE)

I used to buy those from a particular IGA in Grande Prairie when I was in the Peace Country on a well. They were yummy! And the dog even go some.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2019 08:43 PM (TfwlC)

221 It really grinds my gears that an American kid has to pay the outrageous non-resident tuition if he goes to college in another state, while a friggin' illegal alien gets the resident rate, and that's assuming someone doesn't pay it for him. Because "Dreamer".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2019 08:33 PM (0OWcv)

It grinds my gears too. I was lucky, as in both kids received academic scholarships (at an out of state university, natch; no way the children of Anglo taxpayers gets a dime in California). The University of California basically said, "Take your 800 SAT scores and shove 'em. We've got to support people pursuing majors in Lawnmowing Studies. Besides, your daddy and his family before that only paid exorbitant California state income taxes for a couple generations, so what makes you think you should get an education at the university he helps and has helped to pay for?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:44 PM (NRi/V)

222 E85 will ruin a old enginge

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 08:41 PM (h0Zh0)

I love it when a plan comes together!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 19, 2019 08:44 PM (f3oO4)

223 Hey! What you got against anthrax island?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:38 PM (NRi/V)

The Simpsons

Posted by: ... at April 19, 2019 08:44 PM (uEbPt)

224 Might be time to shoot the dog.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:23 PM (T1Aes)

Shoot people. Don't shoot dogs. Dogs are sweet. A lot of people are assholes.

QED.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:45 PM (NRi/V)

225 204
I haven't been able to fill up a gas tank all the way in several years. It's always just $10 or $20 at a time. Then I don't go anywhere but the pharmacy or grocery store, both of which are real close, thank goodness.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 08:38 PM (HaL55)

When I get down to 1/2 tank, I fill it up. It cost $26 the other day, and that will last for about 2 1/2 weeks before I have to do it again. So that's not too bad.

When I was younger I'd let it get almost down to empty before filling up. Of course gas was cheaper then. But one time I miscalculated and ran out of gas. I decided not to risk that again.

Posted by: rickl at April 19, 2019 08:46 PM (sdi6R)

226 Sent ya a short line bro'.
And yeah, on that opsec thing, keep it close.

Posted by: teej at April 19, 2019 08:46 PM (uWcN8)

227 My brother is in the trades and his wife takes blood for the Red Cross all over the place. Gas prices are a bitch for them. You can turn the heat and lights down but you can't count on prices that are always moving like gas and property taxes.

Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2019 08:47 PM (K22Va)

228
The Charlize Theron story today was upsetting. We hear this crap on Good Friday, no less.

Hollywood is the land of Satan.
If North Korea should happen to lob a bomb...

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at April 19, 2019 08:47 PM (YM7io)

229 I haven't been able to fill up a gas tank all the way in several years. It's always just $10 or $20 at a time.

In Cali that'd get you a shot glass or two of gasoline.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:48 PM (NRi/V)

230 AOP, the dog smelled a Dem once and walked away in disgust.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:48 PM (T1Aes)

231

nobody says noods no mores?

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at April 19, 2019 08:49 PM (YM7io)

232 If North Korea should happen to lob a bomb...
Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at April 19, 2019 08:47 PM (YM7io)

Let's hope that they have a whole bunch of 'em. And that they got my wish list. At least the first volume of it.

Yeah, I'm in a foul mood today.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:49 PM (NRi/V)

233 230 AOP, the dog smelled a Dem once and walked away in disgust.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:48 PM (T1Aes)

Why does a dog lick his asshole?

To get the taste of Democrat out of his mouth.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 08:50 PM (NRi/V)

234 Deplorable Jay, that was in jest. I will feed him $3.00 hamburger and eat 2/99 cent tacos.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:51 PM (T1Aes)

235 blue bell ice cream is on the list here:

https://www.sheltondentistry.com/patient
-information/ph-values-common-drinks/

Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 08:55 PM (ER1jH)

236 235 blue bell ice cream is on the list here:

https://www.sheltondentistry.com/patient
-information/ph-values-common-drinks/
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 08:55 PM (ER1jH)

Interesting. So basically everything except water and Blue Bell ice cream will destroy your teeth.

Posted by: rickl at April 19, 2019 09:00 PM (sdi6R)

237 234
Deplorable Jay, that was in jest. I will feed him $3.00 hamburger and eat 2/99 cent tacos.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 19, 2019 08:51 PM (T1Aes)

You had me worried for a minute!This sounds more like it!

Posted by: Conor at April 19, 2019 09:02 PM (f3oO4)

238 It's not fears of a slowdown, but desperately hoping and praying for (insofar as liberals pray) and doing everything they can to CAUSE a slowdown, and sheer terror at the fear things WON'T slow down before 2020.

Posted by: Kebas at April 19, 2019 09:08 PM (yP5S3)

239 Is there a topic? Because I'm going to go off it. I just have to tell this.

I was driving home this evening and saw two cars pulled over on the side of a major highway. One person was outside the driver's side door of the rear car.

I'm not sure if it started just then or it was already happening but when I looked the guy outside was whaling away on the driver, roundhouses from both hands. I pulled up behind the victim's car and formulating an intervention plan when punchy guy stopped, got in his car and drove off.

I pulled up next to the victim's car on the off-road side and he was a mess. Older guy (Punchy was young) in a daze. So I called 911. When Old came to he asked if I had seen the punching, and I told him I had and that I'd called the cops.

Cops came and I ended up waiting around for an hour to give a statement. Unfortunately because I was behind the victim's car I didn't get a look at Punchy's car, but I did get a good look at him.

So I'm telling you the story because my heart is still racing.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 19, 2019 09:13 PM (fuK7c)

240
So I'm telling you the story because my heart is still racing.
Posted by: Bandersnatch
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Violence has that impact. Adrenaline can stay with you for a while...then, there is the psychological side.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 19, 2019 09:23 PM (CDGwz)

241 Interesting. So basically everything except water and Blue Bell ice cream will destroy your teeth.
Posted by: rickl
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If Blue Bell ice cream were to rot ones teeth, I wouldn't have any.

The other day I spied a Blue Bell truck in traffic, I toyed with the idea of following it to its destination.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 19, 2019 09:25 PM (xSo9G)

242 Experts and political pundits are wrong 100% of the time.

That. Is. All.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 19, 2019 10:12 PM (pw+jk)

243 WHile the real results of the last week should have made me happy.

The propagandists results have mad me load many a magazine.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 19, 2019 10:14 PM (pw+jk)

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