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THE MORNING RANT: Get Woke Go Broke - BlackRock’s Financial Results Are Deteriorating, Along With Its Stock Price and Its Reputation
BlackRock is struggling. What a shame.
Its stock has crashed. Its profits are declining. Its revenue is falling. Republican State Treasurers across the country are yanking funds from it. And investment advisors are now warning that its stock is no longer a buy. In other words, the company is in crisis, its value is collapsing, and its reputation is in tatters. It’s a loathsome investment company helmed by Larry Fink, a woke, China-loving CEO, who pals around with the anti-civilization villains of the World Economic Forum. With its massive size, BlackRock has moved from managing money to trying to manage every aspect of human life. By trying to use its size and power to impose on the US the anti-freedom agenda of the WEF, BlackRock has seemingly become hostile to the basic freedoms that Americans take for granted. Financial services giant UBS just downgraded BlackRock stock, not only because of BlackRock’s deteriorating financial performance, but also because of the regulatory scrutiny that it could face by advancing a left-wing political agenda that penalizes its customers in lost profits. BlackRock Downgraded by UBS Over Growing ESG Investing Risks [Epoch Times - 10/14/2022]BlackRock’s focus on the latest Wall Street craze—environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing—has turned into a risky affair for the world’s largest asset manager, a UBS analyst recently said. Brennan Hawken, an analyst at the bank, downgraded the stock of BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) to Neutral from Buy and slashed the stock price target to $585 from $700 over growing pushback to its ESG efforts.But make no mistake, BlackRock is also struggling financially. Left-wing mismanagement is starting to take its toll on the company. BlackRock Earnings Fall [Investors Business Daily – 10/13/2022]
“We are downgrading BLK to Neutral based on environmental pressure to earnings and risk from the firm’s ESG positioning,” Hawken wrote in a note, stating that BlackRock could face increased regulatory inspection and the possibility of diminished fund management business.
The company snapped its streak of eight consecutive quarters of earnings growth in Q2, and the declines continued for the third quarter. BlackRock lost over $1 billion in asset management business from Republican majority states resisting its green investing policies, the Financial Times reported Monday. CEO Larry Fink has pushed for companies to cut their carbon emissions and threatened to drop stragglers from actively-managed portfolios.How badly is BlackRock doing? As I’m writing this, BlackRock stock is trading at $569 per share. Its 52-week high was $973 per share, therefore its stock has collapsed 42% in value. By contrast the overall market is down about 25%. Revenue has been steadily decreasing with each quarterly report over the past year, from $5.05 billion in Q3 2021 to $4.31 billion in Q3 2022. That is a 15% year-over-year decline, which is a shockingly big number. Year-over-year profit was down 16%. The toxic reputation that Larry Fink has earned for BlackRock is starting to get more mainstream media coverage, even if they are trying to aid and protect their ideological ally. US Republicans pull $1bn from BlackRock over ESG investing concerns; State treasurers punish asset manager for pursuing policies allegedly hostile to fossil fuel industry [Financial Times – 10/09/2022]
BlackRock has lost more than $1bn in asset management business in US Republican states upset with the company’s green investing policies, withdrawals that have become a political problem but have not dented the company’s revenues.“…have not dented the company’s revenues”?! Hmmm. Well something is certainly denting BlackRock’s revenue, considering that it has declined 15% in just one year. The state Treasurers are wise to pull their citizens’ money from a globalist company whose policies inflict harm on their states’ economies. The question is why would anyone else want to hand control of their assets to BlackRock? Larry Fink’s good friends at the WEF are quite vocal about their intent to eliminate fossil fuels, replace meat with insect protein, outlaw private property, and otherwise impoverish humanity. Judging by BlackRock’s collapsing stock price and awful financial performance, it appears that people are waking up to what an awful company it truly is. There is a preference cascade - well actually it’s more of a revulsion cascade – causing more and more entities to want to distance themselves from BlackRock. The ultimate goal of all Marxists is to separate wealth from the people who possess it. Why would anyone entrust their wealth to Larry Fink and the cultural Marxists at BlackRock? Get woke, go broke.
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Hi
Posted by: Ciampino - paesano at October 21, 2022 11:00 AM (qfLjt)
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First?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:00 AM (J2vNu)
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First!
Posted by: Ciampino - hey paesano at October 21, 2022 11:01 AM (qfLjt)
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So . . . a bad day in Black Rock?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:01 AM (J2vNu)
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Blackrock is cratering? That's a shame.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:01 AM (4I/2K)
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Steve Bannon gets four month sentence.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2022 11:01 AM (63Dwl)
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May they all (wokesters) go bust.
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:01 AM (AwYPR)
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Round up a posse! We're gonna smoke 'em out at Black Rock.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2022 11:02 AM (anj39)
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Red Rocks >> Black Rock
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:02 AM (4I/2K)
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Ola horda
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 21, 2022 11:02 AM (EGSGm)
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Thank God for the Epoch Times. I used to get it free at a local library. I think the AWFLs complained about it, so looks like I have to subscribe.
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:03 AM (dCxaZ)
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A lot of this bullshit will be found to have been enabled by the massive pork and bailouts that handed democrat ran banks billions in unbacked currency.
Posted by: sven at October 21, 2022 11:03 AM (Lzpvj)
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ola vmom
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:03 AM (dCxaZ)
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Blackrock is cratering? That's a shame.
Posted by: Count de Monet
oh.
I thought you said catering. I wuz gonna order lunch.
Posted by: Count de Monet
oh.
I thought you said catering. I wuz gonna order lunch.
Posted by: JT at October 21, 2022 11:03 AM (T4tVD)
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So you’re saying it was a bad day at BlackRock?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:04 AM (qPjiw)
Posted by: JT at October 21, 2022 11:05 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 21, 2022 11:05 AM (PiwSw)
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Whenever I heard Zevon's song when it was new, I pictured not Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolf Man, but Henry Hull's Werewolf of London from the 1935 film.
For years there's been a gross canard (see how I tied that in to the previous thread?) that Hull refused to wear the face-concealing makeup, much like that which Chaney would wear 6 years later, out of vanity. Not true. Hull was a stage-trained actor (who often did his own makeup), and he read the entire script. There is a scene where one of his character's friends *recognizes* him as the werewolf. Hull argued, reasonably, "How could he recognize me in the full-face makeup?" Thus the makeup was changed.
For years there's been a gross canard (see how I tied that in to the previous thread?) that Hull refused to wear the face-concealing makeup, much like that which Chaney would wear 6 years later, out of vanity. Not true. Hull was a stage-trained actor (who often did his own makeup), and he read the entire script. There is a scene where one of his character's friends *recognizes* him as the werewolf. Hull argued, reasonably, "How could he recognize me in the full-face makeup?" Thus the makeup was changed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:05 AM (J2vNu)
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Blackrock was also invested heavily in buying up real estate. Wondering if the housing crash is also contributing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 21, 2022 11:06 AM (6VKyY)
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$1B in AUM doesn't produce multiple billions of revenue. The revenue decline this year is probably mostly due to poor performance in the markets, which may in some degree be due to ESG if they avoided energy funds or investments(which have been strong performers this year).
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 21, 2022 11:06 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:06 AM (qPjiw)
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If I'm really PO'd at a company, I'll buy some of their stock. That's pretty much guarantees their demise. Sort of like I can stop a drive-through lane cold by pulling into it.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2022 11:07 AM (nfrXX)
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Steve Bannon gets four month sentence.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2022 11:01 AM (63Dwl)
~~~~~
And the DOJ was only asking or two. Unbelievable
At least he's out pending appeal.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2022 11:01 AM (63Dwl)
~~~~~
And the DOJ was only asking or two. Unbelievable
At least he's out pending appeal.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 21, 2022 11:07 AM (3ImbR)
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Round up a posse! We're gonna smoke 'em out at Black Rock.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2022 1
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Yeah, for years, based on the title alone, I thought that Bad Day at Black Rock was a Western. It's set in the West, yes, but in then-modern times -- sort of a non-shadowy noir film.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2022 1
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Yeah, for years, based on the title alone, I thought that Bad Day at Black Rock was a Western. It's set in the West, yes, but in then-modern times -- sort of a non-shadowy noir film.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:07 AM (J2vNu)
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“We are downgrading BLK to Neutral based on environmental pressure to earnings and risk from the firm’s ESG positioning,” ...
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The "environmental pressure to earnings" is far more important than the ESG positioning, for BlackRock and for others. Being woke is helping them not one little bit, but it's those "environmental pressures" that are the real killers.
BlackRock, like many other big-time investment banks (and most of the smaller ones) and hendge funds, is debt-fueled. Debt is getting more expensive every time the Fed meets and market interest would be rising regardless.
This rising rate environment is going to make ESG and other woke shit less palatable every level. Woke nonsense is expensive and net weight on the books of virtually all who practice it. There are some stand-outs to the contrary where wokeness seems to help (Nike comes to mind), but it is a drain on average. The rising cost of capital is acting as pressure, and firms that need capital will have to refocus on productivity and innovation or die.
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The "environmental pressure to earnings" is far more important than the ESG positioning, for BlackRock and for others. Being woke is helping them not one little bit, but it's those "environmental pressures" that are the real killers.
BlackRock, like many other big-time investment banks (and most of the smaller ones) and hendge funds, is debt-fueled. Debt is getting more expensive every time the Fed meets and market interest would be rising regardless.
This rising rate environment is going to make ESG and other woke shit less palatable every level. Woke nonsense is expensive and net weight on the books of virtually all who practice it. There are some stand-outs to the contrary where wokeness seems to help (Nike comes to mind), but it is a drain on average. The rising cost of capital is acting as pressure, and firms that need capital will have to refocus on productivity and innovation or die.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:07 AM (b6YLE)
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I actually like The Werewolf of London. I think Hull did a good job.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:07 AM (qPjiw)
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Speaking of the WEF.... reports say Tulsi Gabbard's bio has been scrubbed from the WEF website. Further, her status as a "young global WEF leader" or whatever the fuck they call themselves is also gone.
Did she denounce the WEF and it wasn't reported? What gives?
I just assumed she was still onboard with their reset plan but apparently not. Maybe...
As far as Black Rock goes; it makes investors a shit ton of money regardless what a handful of Republicans are doing. 15% loss in revenues on however many billons they're making every month is lost dimes in the couch.
Did she denounce the WEF and it wasn't reported? What gives?
I just assumed she was still onboard with their reset plan but apparently not. Maybe...
As far as Black Rock goes; it makes investors a shit ton of money regardless what a handful of Republicans are doing. 15% loss in revenues on however many billons they're making every month is lost dimes in the couch.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (BFigT)
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On a more appropriate note...
Glad Black Rock is getting their comeuppance. Now lets do Vanguard.
Glad Black Rock is getting their comeuppance. Now lets do Vanguard.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (3ImbR)
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I pulled all my money out of Chase recently. All the big banks are woke or going woke. I put it in a regional Texas bank. Though they will probably do the same in the future.
Speaking of regional banks is Key Bank still a big NY area bank?
Speaking of regional banks is Key Bank still a big NY area bank?
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (pf40y)
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A bit of bright news today. Good to hear.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 21, 2022 11:09 AM (Mzdiz)
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I actually preferred "Lawyers, Guns and Money" from Zevon.
Posted by: Roy at October 21, 2022 11:09 AM (lETaQ)
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“…have not dented the company’s revenues”?! Hmmm. Well something is certainly denting BlackRock’s revenue, considering that it has declined 15% in just one year.
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Yeah, probably their margins on investment banking activities and reduced return on their and their investors' capital commitments.
Or investors pulling out funds, if they're able to do so. There will be more of that as time goes on, and not just at BlackRock.
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Yeah, probably their margins on investment banking activities and reduced return on their and their investors' capital commitments.
Or investors pulling out funds, if they're able to do so. There will be more of that as time goes on, and not just at BlackRock.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:09 AM (b6YLE)
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So you’re saying it was a bad day at BlackRock?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022
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Tell us all about that.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022
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Tell us all about that.
Posted by: Anne Francis & Spencer Tracy at October 21, 2022 11:09 AM (J2vNu)
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24 Wolfus, Eddie Muller showed it on Noir Alley on TCM.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:09 AM (qPjiw)
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Glad Black Rock is getting their comeuppance. Now lets do Vanguard.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (3ImbR)
And State Street.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (3ImbR)
And State Street.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 21, 2022 11:09 AM (Mzdiz)
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I can't wait until we can jail our political opponents.
I can't wait until we can jail our political opponents.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 21, 2022 11:09 AM (qVln6)
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If I'm really PO'd at a company, I'll buy some of their stock. That's pretty much guarantees their demise. Sort of like I can stop a drive-through lane cold by pulling into it.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2022 11:07 AM (nfrXX)
So you're that guy? *points and gives Donald Sutherland-like scream*
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2022 11:07 AM (nfrXX)
So you're that guy? *points and gives Donald Sutherland-like scream*
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:10 AM (4I/2K)
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Glad Black Rock is getting their comeuppance. Now lets do Vanguard.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (3ImbR)
What's wrong w/Vanguard?
Posted by: IrishEi at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (3ImbR)
What's wrong w/Vanguard?
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)
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Burn, Baby, Burn!
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at October 21, 2022 11:10 AM (M7c/E)
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Thockmorton's sign suggests the pain is coming from the Left.
Posted by: x-ray jeff at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (iQfO7)
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I saw Trump drinking a virgin pina colada at Trader Vics.
Posted by: Roy at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (lETaQ)
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33 Yes, Miss Francis, as soon as you get rid of the old, drunk dude, you and I will have a nice, long talk. About my etchings.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (qPjiw)
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As far as Black Rock goes; it makes investors a shit ton of money regardless what a handful of Republicans are doing. 15% loss in revenues on however many billons they're making every month is lost dimes in the couch.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (BFigT)
They lost $1.7 trillion of their investors money in the first half of this year. Blackrock, the company, makes money either was.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM (BFigT)
They lost $1.7 trillion of their investors money in the first half of this year. Blackrock, the company, makes money either was.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (UuD2k)
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why is warren zevon a musical legend
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (geLO8)
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I actually like The Werewolf of London. I think Hull did a good job.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022
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He did; he looks even wilder and more ferocious than Chaney's Larry Talbot does later. Plus the film has some witty elements of drawing-room comedy, as if Oscar Wilde or Ben Hecht had worked on an early draft of the script. And Warner Oland's Dr. Yogami is effective and creepy.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022
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He did; he looks even wilder and more ferocious than Chaney's Larry Talbot does later. Plus the film has some witty elements of drawing-room comedy, as if Oscar Wilde or Ben Hecht had worked on an early draft of the script. And Warner Oland's Dr. Yogami is effective and creepy.
Posted by: Anne Francis & Spencer Tracy at October 21, 2022 11:12 AM (J2vNu)
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44 Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (geLO
He shat on America and there were a lot of drugs around.
He shat on America and there were a lot of drugs around.
Posted by: sven at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (Lzpvj)
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What's wrong w/Vanguard?
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)
It ain't founder John Bogle's operation anymore. Hasn't been for a long time.
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)
It ain't founder John Bogle's operation anymore. Hasn't been for a long time.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (4I/2K)
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44 why is warren zevon a musical legend
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (geLO
He refused to tour with Nickelback?
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (geLO
He refused to tour with Nickelback?
Posted by: Roy at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (lETaQ)
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41 I saw Trump drinking a virgin pina colada at Trader Vics.
Posted by: Roy at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (lETaQ)
Obligatory:
His Orange Hair was perfect.
Posted by: Roy at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (lETaQ)
Obligatory:
His Orange Hair was perfect.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (PiwSw)
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I thought the purpose of a corporation serve the community and support the narrative. BlackRock stock should be soaring.
Posted by: Ripley at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (MxEKc)
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Red Rocks >> Black Rock
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:02 AM (4I/2K)
Rock Ridge >>> Red Rocks >> Black Rock
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:02 AM (4I/2K)
Rock Ridge >>> Red Rocks >> Black Rock
Posted by: SturmToddler at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (Mkvkw)
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Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (UuD2k)
They don't use their manipulation power to lose money. That's for sure.
They don't use their manipulation power to lose money. That's for sure.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (pf40y)
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I actually like The Werewolf of London. I think Hull did a good job.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Charlie Chan was also in that movie.
I actually like The Werewolf of London. I think Hull did a good job.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Charlie Chan was also in that movie.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2022 11:14 AM (63Dwl)
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I just assumed she was still onboard with their reset plan but apparently not. Maybe...
Or she's just gone into stealth mode. Like everyone here says, watch what they do, not what they say. So far, she's only said stuff. Well, I suppose endorsing Lake could be interpreted as doing something but it's still just doing it by talking.
Or she's just gone into stealth mode. Like everyone here says, watch what they do, not what they say. So far, she's only said stuff. Well, I suppose endorsing Lake could be interpreted as doing something but it's still just doing it by talking.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2022 11:14 AM (nfrXX)
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welcome to the world of Too Big To Not Fail
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:14 AM (/EuRN)
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Rampart rumor has it that BlackRock, or its advisers, are the managers of federal employee saving plans, and a lot of pension funds. Just avoiding their company stock does not get you free of their policies.
This is how panics and bubbles work. I can remember, just before the Asian and Tech and Real Estate bubbles burst, nobody but nobody in the paid-advice business would recommend you get out of any of those. You were foolishly falling behind if you did not partake.
This is how panics and bubbles work. I can remember, just before the Asian and Tech and Real Estate bubbles burst, nobody but nobody in the paid-advice business would recommend you get out of any of those. You were foolishly falling behind if you did not partake.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (x61Im)
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Trump judge sentences Bannon to 4 months in jail and 6500.00 fine for contempt of J6 clown panel.
DeSantis/MTG 2024
DeSantis/MTG 2024
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (VaSD4)
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Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner is also VERY Halloween.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (V6f9+)
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It ain't founder John Bogle's operation anymore. Hasn't been for a long time.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (4I/2K)
My accts. there have done well....until...
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (4I/2K)
My accts. there have done well....until...
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (AwYPR)
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Also fuck Blackrock and it's commie owners
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (V6f9+)
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I actually like The Werewolf of London. I think Hull did a good job.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Charlie Chan was also in that movie.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2022
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Yes; Warner Oland, the first film Charlie Chan. Oddly, Oland was of Swedish extraction.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Charlie Chan was also in that movie.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2022
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Yes; Warner Oland, the first film Charlie Chan. Oddly, Oland was of Swedish extraction.
Posted by: Anne Francis & Spencer Tracy at October 21, 2022 11:16 AM (J2vNu)
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I like Chaney Jr.’s portrayal, too. It’s not a one or the other thing. Chaney’s Larry Talbot evokes a lot of sympathy.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:16 AM (qPjiw)
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What's wrong w/Vanguard?
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)
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If you look at the lists of companies that are pushing ESG nonsense hard and apply pressure to enterprises via their ownership positions (e.g., board of directors pressure), Vanguard and BlackRock are the most common names you'll see, along with several other heavy hitters.
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)
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If you look at the lists of companies that are pushing ESG nonsense hard and apply pressure to enterprises via their ownership positions (e.g., board of directors pressure), Vanguard and BlackRock are the most common names you'll see, along with several other heavy hitters.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:16 AM (b6YLE)
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how can one be in "contempt" of a panel that was illegally convened in the first place?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:16 AM (/EuRN)
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19 Blackrock was also invested heavily in buying up real estate. Wondering if the housing crash is also contributing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 21, 2022 11:06 AM (6VKyY)
My liberal a-hole cousin is a realtor for RedFin which is part of BlackRock. She has been bragging about how many houses she's closed. She didn't mention she was representing a corporation buying up the houses. She alone closed 96 homes from Jan-Jun. I work in the mortgage industry and I know that real buyers, especially first time home buyers, are competing with these corporate a-holes for homes who buying them up as investment property.
I woke up in a bad mood...sorry for the language.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 21, 2022 11:06 AM (6VKyY)
My liberal a-hole cousin is a realtor for RedFin which is part of BlackRock. She has been bragging about how many houses she's closed. She didn't mention she was representing a corporation buying up the houses. She alone closed 96 homes from Jan-Jun. I work in the mortgage industry and I know that real buyers, especially first time home buyers, are competing with these corporate a-holes for homes who buying them up as investment property.
I woke up in a bad mood...sorry for the language.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:16 AM (sI15f)
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You were foolishly falling behind if you did not partake.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (x61Im)
I still say there is some flaw to ETF's that will blow up in our faces at some point. I'm not smart enough to know what it is, I just have a sense that its there.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (x61Im)
I still say there is some flaw to ETF's that will blow up in our faces at some point. I'm not smart enough to know what it is, I just have a sense that its there.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 11:16 AM (UuD2k)
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Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2022 11:14 AM (nfrXX)
As I said before, she shat on the Dem Party like Michael Moore after a half dozen Big Macs and a big glass of Metamucil. That's a pretty big something.
As I said before, she shat on the Dem Party like Michael Moore after a half dozen Big Macs and a big glass of Metamucil. That's a pretty big something.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2022 11:17 AM (pf40y)
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Rock Ridge >>> Red Rocks >> Black Rock
Posted by: SturmToddler at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (Mkvkw)
Someone has to go back to town and get a shit load of dimes.
Posted by: SturmToddler at October 21, 2022 11:13 AM (Mkvkw)
Someone has to go back to town and get a shit load of dimes.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 21, 2022 11:17 AM (OgrpQ)
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Trump SCOTUS judge Coney-Barrett denies appeal to stop Biden's unconstitutional student loan bailout.
DeSantis/MTG 2024
DeSantis/MTG 2024
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 21, 2022 11:17 AM (VaSD4)
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58 Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner is also VERY Halloween.
Nice to see I'm not the only Roland fan.
Nice to see I'm not the only Roland fan.
Posted by: Kyle Kiernan at October 21, 2022 11:18 AM (2qlvy)
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how can one be in "contempt" of a panel that was illegally convened in the first place?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:16 AM (/EuRN)
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They're empaneled, aren't they? Their panel is legal and proper so long as they say so and the courts agree.
They say so and the courts agree. Legality and propriety don't factor into it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:16 AM (/EuRN)
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They're empaneled, aren't they? Their panel is legal and proper so long as they say so and the courts agree.
They say so and the courts agree. Legality and propriety don't factor into it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:18 AM (b6YLE)
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So you're that guy? *points and gives Donald Sutherland-like scream*
My old fishing buddy and I noticed that when we went somewhere that others were catching fish, not only did we not catch fish, other people stopped catching fish.
My old fishing buddy and I noticed that when we went somewhere that others were catching fish, not only did we not catch fish, other people stopped catching fish.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2022 11:18 AM (nfrXX)
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I like Chaney Jr.’s portrayal, too. It’s not a one or the other thing. Chaney’s Larry Talbot evokes a lot of sympathy.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022
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True. The tone and the emphasis is different in each movie.
I'm still awfully fond of the Jack Nicholson/Michelle Pfeiffer vehicle Wolf from the '90s.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022
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True. The tone and the emphasis is different in each movie.
I'm still awfully fond of the Jack Nicholson/Michelle Pfeiffer vehicle Wolf from the '90s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:18 AM (J2vNu)
74
Tulsi has endorsed Tudor Dixon and will be coming to Michigan to campaign for her.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:18 AM (+43eA)
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64 how can one be in "contempt" of a panel that was illegally convened in the first place?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
In Trump world anything is possible.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
In Trump world anything is possible.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 21, 2022 11:18 AM (VaSD4)
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69 Trump SCOTUS judge Coney-Barrett denies appeal to stop Biden's unconstitutional student loan bailout.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 21, 2022 11:17 AM (VaSD4)
She has been a massive disappointment.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 21, 2022 11:17 AM (VaSD4)
She has been a massive disappointment.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:19 AM (sI15f)
77
I was offered a job by BR about 10 years ago. It was a pretty sweet offer and I was very tempted. But it would have required moving to DC or NYC and I didn’t want to do DC and I had enough of NYC when I lived there.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 21, 2022 11:19 AM (WLGAV)
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Warner Oland claimed that his slightly Asiatic features were due to some Russian ancestry. Which is plausible, for a Swede.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:19 AM (qPjiw)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (dCxaZ)
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Why is being in contempt of Congress a crime? I've held Congress in contempt for decades
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (geLO8)
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78 Warner Oland claimed that his slightly Asiatic features were due to some Russian ancestry. Which is plausible, for a Swede.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:19 AM (qPjiw)
Sami have a kinda sorta asiatic look to them, don't they?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:19 AM (qPjiw)
Sami have a kinda sorta asiatic look to them, don't they?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (/EuRN)
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why is warren zevon a musical legend
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022
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He wrote "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" for Linda Ronstadt?
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022
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He wrote "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" for Linda Ronstadt?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (J2vNu)
83
Trump SCOTUS judge Coney-Barrett denies appeal to stop Biden's unconstitutional student loan bailout.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 21, 2022 11:17 AM (VaSD4)
She has been a massive disappointment.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:19 AM (sI15f
All three have at some point. To be clear not blaming Trump for that.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 21, 2022 11:17 AM (VaSD4)
She has been a massive disappointment.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:19 AM (sI15f
All three have at some point. To be clear not blaming Trump for that.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (pf40y)
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I'm looking for them, Redfin and OpenDoor to start dumping all the houses they bought. At a huge loss.
Such a dumb plan, "we're going to buy up all the houses at the peak of the market prices and force everyone to rent!"
Residential Builders: "Houses for sale! New houses for sale! Low prices, easy payments!"
At least, that's how it's going in TX. I know of at least 2 new developments within 20 miles of me offering new, 1200sqft homes for around $200k.
Such a dumb plan, "we're going to buy up all the houses at the peak of the market prices and force everyone to rent!"
Residential Builders: "Houses for sale! New houses for sale! Low prices, easy payments!"
At least, that's how it's going in TX. I know of at least 2 new developments within 20 miles of me offering new, 1200sqft homes for around $200k.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (QKYDn)
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69. Legal folks on here yesterday said that it was appropriate for the SC to not hear this appeal as it needs to go through the system first.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (+43eA)
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Why is being in contempt of Congress a crime? I've held Congress in contempt for decades
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (geLO
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Contempt of Congress is a fake crime that has no consequences unless you're an unperson. Just like lying to Congress is a fake crime that has no consequences unless you're an unperson. If you're in the club, lying to Congress is just the national pastime.
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (geLO
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Contempt of Congress is a fake crime that has no consequences unless you're an unperson. Just like lying to Congress is a fake crime that has no consequences unless you're an unperson. If you're in the club, lying to Congress is just the national pastime.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (b6YLE)
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She alone closed 96 homes from Jan-Jun. I work in the mortgage industry and I know that real buyers, especially first time home buyers, are competing with these corporate a-holes for homes who buying them up as investment property.
I woke up in a bad mood...sorry for the language.
Posted by: Miss Issippi
Not a big fan of HOAs in general, but live in an HOA neighborhood for 20 years now and ours has been relatively invisible (I mean that in a good way).
We just participated in a petition vote by the HOA to prevent corporate buyers from purchasing houses in the neighborhood. Hopefully that gets written into the by-laws (?) soon.
I woke up in a bad mood...sorry for the language.
Posted by: Miss Issippi
Not a big fan of HOAs in general, but live in an HOA neighborhood for 20 years now and ours has been relatively invisible (I mean that in a good way).
We just participated in a petition vote by the HOA to prevent corporate buyers from purchasing houses in the neighborhood. Hopefully that gets written into the by-laws (?) soon.
Posted by: Oedipus at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (ur6ZI)
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are competing with these corporate a-holes for homes who buying them up as investment property.
Is that who's spamming me to buy my home?
Is that who's spamming me to buy my home?
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (dCxaZ)
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Fun fact: Henry Hull’s sister-in-law was comedic actress Josephine Hull, who was in the film versions of Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:22 AM (qPjiw)
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This is why the left wins long term . Their scotus judges never go against the party. And neither do any of their senators or really anyone in a position of power.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 21, 2022 11:23 AM (WLGAV)
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Attn Sniffy: ETFs create a new security where none was necessary, also creating a new revenue source for investment banks. I know my mutual funds can be liquidated. I don't know that an ETF can be liquidated. I remain skeptical of ETFs.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at October 21, 2022 11:23 AM (d9Cw3)
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Ah-ooooooooo
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 21, 2022 11:23 AM (yQpMk)
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The Clue was why they called it Blackrock. Read Buchan's 'The Power House' and you will discover the evil villian named Lumley and his investment house named Blackstone. Buchan is best known for 'The Thirty Nine Steps.' He excelled in evil Bond villains before there was a James Bond.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 11:23 AM (4vi12)
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My accts. there have done well....until...
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (AwYPR)
I have been a Vanguard mutual fund account holder since the early '80s. My kids' college funds were held in a few Vanguard mutual fund accounts.
Telephone calls USED to be answered by a live person within a few rings. Now you get placed in an automated wait cue in excess of 10 - 15 minutes.
Vanguard announced this summer that starting Sept 1, all individual mutual fund accounts would be assessed a $20 annual account fee, each. The only way to avoid it is to convert the mutual fund accounts into their brokerage account, with all the attendant additional "know your client" required disclosures for a brokerage account.
The Vanguard website did not lay out an effective process for the conversion and we hit some dead ends. Had to go thru a CSR and on his 4th attempt, he figured out the path through the website to make the conversion.
Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2022 11:15 AM (AwYPR)
I have been a Vanguard mutual fund account holder since the early '80s. My kids' college funds were held in a few Vanguard mutual fund accounts.
Telephone calls USED to be answered by a live person within a few rings. Now you get placed in an automated wait cue in excess of 10 - 15 minutes.
Vanguard announced this summer that starting Sept 1, all individual mutual fund accounts would be assessed a $20 annual account fee, each. The only way to avoid it is to convert the mutual fund accounts into their brokerage account, with all the attendant additional "know your client" required disclosures for a brokerage account.
The Vanguard website did not lay out an effective process for the conversion and we hit some dead ends. Had to go thru a CSR and on his 4th attempt, he figured out the path through the website to make the conversion.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 11:23 AM (4I/2K)
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Legal folks on here yesterday said that it was appropriate for the SC to not hear this appeal as it needs to go through the system first.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (+43eA)
And that's why the Dems always have the upper hand. There are valid reasons why the SC could have heard this.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (+43eA)
And that's why the Dems always have the upper hand. There are valid reasons why the SC could have heard this.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2022 11:24 AM (pf40y)
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We just participated in a petition vote by the HOA to prevent corporate buyers from purchasing houses in the neighborhood. Hopefully that gets written into the by-laws (?) soon.
Posted by: Oedipus at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (ur6ZI)
That is really great! It's so nice to live in a neighborhood where people are paying attention!
Posted by: Oedipus at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (ur6ZI)
That is really great! It's so nice to live in a neighborhood where people are paying attention!
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:24 AM (sI15f)
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The market is the plaything of the Too Big To Fail. Jeebus, this shit has to stop.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 11:24 AM (4vi12)
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... Such a dumb plan, "we're going to buy up all the houses at the peak of the market prices and force everyone to rent!" ...
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (QKYDn)
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It is a perfectly sensible - and highly-profitable - model so long as interest rates remain low. When BlackRock can get money at 2% and the retail mortgage market can afford the high prices at 3.5%, they make easy money if they sell and can sit on the spread for a long time if they rent it. With rates that low, they can even afford to overpay and still make money. But those instruments the big banks use are shorter in duration than a residential mortgage, often much shorter. They have to turn over those notes frequently and if they suddenly have to pay 2.5% for the refinance, that's a problem.
The real estate games - wholesale and retail - are predicated on cheap credit, with low rates for retail buyers and absurdly low rates for the investment banks. That's turning turtle as we speak, and the big boys are probably going to have move some inventory.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (QKYDn)
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It is a perfectly sensible - and highly-profitable - model so long as interest rates remain low. When BlackRock can get money at 2% and the retail mortgage market can afford the high prices at 3.5%, they make easy money if they sell and can sit on the spread for a long time if they rent it. With rates that low, they can even afford to overpay and still make money. But those instruments the big banks use are shorter in duration than a residential mortgage, often much shorter. They have to turn over those notes frequently and if they suddenly have to pay 2.5% for the refinance, that's a problem.
The real estate games - wholesale and retail - are predicated on cheap credit, with low rates for retail buyers and absurdly low rates for the investment banks. That's turning turtle as we speak, and the big boys are probably going to have move some inventory.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:24 AM (b6YLE)
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Sami have a kinda sorta asiatic look to them, don't they?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (/EuRN)
The epicanthic fold is thought to be an adaptation to prevent snow blindness. Makes sense that it would be in Finland.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:20 AM (/EuRN)
The epicanthic fold is thought to be an adaptation to prevent snow blindness. Makes sense that it would be in Finland.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 11:25 AM (Y5qcH)
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81 Yes, they do. However, they speak a Uralic language, of the same language family as Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:25 AM (qPjiw)
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We just participated in a petition vote by the HOA to prevent corporate buyers from purchasing houses in the neighborhood. Hopefully that gets written into the by-laws (?) soon.
I expect that will lead to lead legal challenges. You're effectively taking away someone else's property rights, unless there's something already in the bylaws to cover it, and that seems unlikely, given that they're trying to pass new changes.
I expect that will lead to lead legal challenges. You're effectively taking away someone else's property rights, unless there's something already in the bylaws to cover it, and that seems unlikely, given that they're trying to pass new changes.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:25 AM (eOEVl)
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Contempt of Congress is a fake crime that has no consequences unless you're an unperson. Just like lying to Congress is a fake crime that has no consequences unless you're an unperson. If you're in the club, lying to Congress is just the national pastime.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (b6YLE)
I need this explanation to be accompanied by a picture of Brennah Black or the equivalent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (b6YLE)
I need this explanation to be accompanied by a picture of Brennah Black or the equivalent.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 21, 2022 11:26 AM (V6f9+)
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We just participated in a petition vote by the HOA to prevent corporate buyers from purchasing houses in the neighborhood. Hopefully that gets written into the by-laws (?) soon.
We just did the same.
We just did the same.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 21, 2022 11:26 AM (nxdel)
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88 are competing with these corporate a-holes for homes who buying them up as investment property.
Is that who's spamming me to buy my home?
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (dCxaZ)
Very likely.
Is that who's spamming me to buy my home?
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (dCxaZ)
Very likely.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:26 AM (sI15f)
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Is that who's spamming me to buy my home?
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (dCxaZ)
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Usually. Not directly, but via a local intermediary. The biggest one that floods my mailbox (physical mailbox) is an outfit in the city next door. They're nothing, just an operator. The money is coming from somewhere else, it's probably BlackRock or one of its analogues.
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:21 AM (dCxaZ)
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Usually. Not directly, but via a local intermediary. The biggest one that floods my mailbox (physical mailbox) is an outfit in the city next door. They're nothing, just an operator. The money is coming from somewhere else, it's probably BlackRock or one of its analogues.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 21, 2022 11:26 AM (b6YLE)
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As I said before, she shat on the Dem Party like Michael Moore after a half dozen Big Macs and a big glass of Metamucil. That's a pretty big something.
She was pretty much at a dead end in the party after she nuked Harris and then Harris got the VP gig anyway. I don't see how her acknowledging that reality and trying to find another path is exactly a profile in courage.
She was pretty much at a dead end in the party after she nuked Harris and then Harris got the VP gig anyway. I don't see how her acknowledging that reality and trying to find another path is exactly a profile in courage.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2022 11:26 AM (nfrXX)
107
Wolfman with Benecio Del Toro is pretty creepy
also includes Emily Blunt sideboob
also includes Emily Blunt sideboob
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:27 AM (geLO8)
108
why is warren zevon a musical legend
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (geLO
I don't know, he's kinda like John Prine, Lou Reed and a few others. Not great singers or performers, yet there's something about them. I like 'em.
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:11 AM (geLO
I don't know, he's kinda like John Prine, Lou Reed and a few others. Not great singers or performers, yet there's something about them. I like 'em.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 21, 2022 11:27 AM (qH6FZ)
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95. Sometimes I think the Dems have better lawyers. Seriously.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:27 AM (+43eA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM (a3Q+t)
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Buchan is best known for 'The Thirty Nine Steps.' He excelled in evil Bond villains before there was a James Bond.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022
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Ian Fleming probably grew up reading Buchan. I'm sure he read Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu stories; Doctor No is very much a 1950s take on that character. The bit with the poisoned fruit sent to Bond's hotel room, and the famous "venomous centipede in his bed" scene, are very Fu Manchu-like.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022
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Ian Fleming probably grew up reading Buchan. I'm sure he read Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu stories; Doctor No is very much a 1950s take on that character. The bit with the poisoned fruit sent to Bond's hotel room, and the famous "venomous centipede in his bed" scene, are very Fu Manchu-like.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM (J2vNu)
112
Ben Shapiro weeps.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM (DTX3h)
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Yes, they do. However, they speak a Uralic language, of the same language family as Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Do a google image search for "language tree".
I find it truly fascination, and have spent so much time just browsing around it.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Do a google image search for "language tree".
I find it truly fascination, and have spent so much time just browsing around it.
Posted by: Oedipus at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM (ur6ZI)
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Clearly it is raaacist for these red states to drop BLACKrock stocks /sarc.
Sorry if this is repeat, late to the thread.
Sorry if this is repeat, late to the thread.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM (3cGpq)
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89 Fun fact: Henry Hull’s sister-in-law was comedic actress Josephine Hull, who was in the film versions of Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey.
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She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Harvey. Both Harvey and Arsenic are classics. Please, Hollywood do not attempt a remake.
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She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Harvey. Both Harvey and Arsenic are classics. Please, Hollywood do not attempt a remake.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 11:29 AM (4vi12)
116
Tulsi has been an eyepatch swamp creature from second one. If she is genuinely evolving closer to our positions I'm going to need to see her do real penance.
And probably naked also.
Tulsi has been an eyepatch swamp creature from second one. If she is genuinely evolving closer to our positions I'm going to need to see her do real penance.
And probably naked also.
Posted by: Johnny Noir at October 21, 2022 11:29 AM (kCw2o)
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We just did the same.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 21, 2022 11:26 AM (nxdel)
I'm going to suggest this to our HOA
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 21, 2022 11:26 AM (nxdel)
I'm going to suggest this to our HOA
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:29 AM (dCxaZ)
118
Wake of the flood.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2022 11:29 AM (ZLI7S)
119
Wolfman with Benecio Del Toro is pretty creepy
also includes Emily Blunt sideboob
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022
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Despite the blue-gray lighting, which annoys me, I was pleased to see that they kept the original character's name, "Larry Talbot." Lon Chaney Jr. was always proud that no one else in his lifetime every essayed the character. It was *his*, without a doubt.
also includes Emily Blunt sideboob
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022
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Despite the blue-gray lighting, which annoys me, I was pleased to see that they kept the original character's name, "Larry Talbot." Lon Chaney Jr. was always proud that no one else in his lifetime every essayed the character. It was *his*, without a doubt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:29 AM (J2vNu)
120
I think words like 'legend' get tossed around on the internet a little much
most over-used is 'stunning'
everything seems to be stunning
most over-used is 'stunning'
everything seems to be stunning
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:30 AM (geLO8)
121
Pretty sure Tulsi does butt stuff.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 11:30 AM (4vi12)
122
Do a google image search for "language tree".
I find it truly fascination, and have spent so much time just browsing around it.
Posted by: Oedipus at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM (ur6ZI)
Yes, and Europeans refusing to accept the Indo-European roots of their language spawned the whole Aryan race foolishness.
I find it truly fascination, and have spent so much time just browsing around it.
Posted by: Oedipus at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM (ur6ZI)
Yes, and Europeans refusing to accept the Indo-European roots of their language spawned the whole Aryan race foolishness.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (geLO8)
124
The company I work for (almost unwillingly at this point) has dropped 55% YTD in its stock price. Of course I am also a shareholder so this hurts doubly for me.
Nobody should be investing in my company - it's a hot dumpster fire of wokeness. Every missive from executive leadership is dripping with the DEI nonsense that makes no difference whatsoever in the performance of the company. We have burdensome processes, no accountability for favored classes or employees, and a severe brain drain that is both self-inflicted and involuntary due to this place sucking balls.
Need out. But I'm really loyal to my boss, who is a friend of mine and I don't think he's going anywhere so close to retirement.
Nobody should be investing in my company - it's a hot dumpster fire of wokeness. Every missive from executive leadership is dripping with the DEI nonsense that makes no difference whatsoever in the performance of the company. We have burdensome processes, no accountability for favored classes or employees, and a severe brain drain that is both self-inflicted and involuntary due to this place sucking balls.
Need out. But I'm really loyal to my boss, who is a friend of mine and I don't think he's going anywhere so close to retirement.
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (OBLNk)
125
So I see Bannon got 4 months in jail for refusing a subpoena from the Jan. 6th Kangaroo Court... Well at lest they can find someone guilty in DC
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (bs+z0)
126
The late Warren Zevon is a musical legend
But did he have an upright bass in his band?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM
Without a fiddle, he wasn't going to do well in Texas.
But did he have an upright bass in his band?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2022 11:28 AM
Without a fiddle, he wasn't going to do well in Texas.
Posted by: Texas Dance Halls at October 21, 2022 11:32 AM (ALRQm)
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Well at lest they can find someone guilty in DC
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (bs+z0)
Least not lest
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (bs+z0)
Least not lest
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2022 11:32 AM (bs+z0)
128
120 You forgot “brave.”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:33 AM (qPjiw)
129
If you're a firm believer that the demorats keep the senate after November 8, you can get in on some cheap action:
https://tinyurl.com/y82j2pd4
https://tinyurl.com/y82j2pd4
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:33 AM (dCxaZ)
130
so if the GOPe gets control of the House this fall, can it pull the chairs out from under this Jan6 inquisition?
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:33 AM (geLO8)
131
I expect that will lead to lead legal challenges. You're effectively taking away someone else's property rights, unless there's something already in the bylaws to cover it, and that seems unlikely, given that they're trying to pass new changes.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:25 AM (eOEVl)
The City where I live regulates rental properties. There can only be a certain amount of investment properties in the city and they have to be approved. There are no apartments here. We found out when we had to rent a home while ours was being built. The City takes a very strict stance on rental homes, and would prefer that there were none.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:25 AM (eOEVl)
The City where I live regulates rental properties. There can only be a certain amount of investment properties in the city and they have to be approved. There are no apartments here. We found out when we had to rent a home while ours was being built. The City takes a very strict stance on rental homes, and would prefer that there were none.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:33 AM (sI15f)
132
Despite the blue-gray lighting, which annoys me,
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well, the Victorian era was very moody
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022
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Was that version set then? The Universal original from 1941 was either in the 1930s or a little earlier. Larry arrives at his father's estate in an automobile, not in a horse-drawn carriage.
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well, the Victorian era was very moody
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022
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Was that version set then? The Universal original from 1941 was either in the 1930s or a little earlier. Larry arrives at his father's estate in an automobile, not in a horse-drawn carriage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:33 AM (J2vNu)
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"The company snapped its streak of eight consecutive quarters of earnings growth in Q2, and the declines continued for the third quarter."
If my math serves me right - this means that during the pandemic, the bank was making bank, increasing earnings even while other companies had to shut down and even shutter permanently. Both in the first year (2020), and through the first year of Biden (2021).
It wasn't until they decided to do non-banking business that they stopped earning. As they say: "Go Woke, Go Broke!"
If my math serves me right - this means that during the pandemic, the bank was making bank, increasing earnings even while other companies had to shut down and even shutter permanently. Both in the first year (2020), and through the first year of Biden (2021).
It wasn't until they decided to do non-banking business that they stopped earning. As they say: "Go Woke, Go Broke!"
Posted by: Another Anon at October 21, 2022 11:34 AM (sy/OZ)
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Their stock has been downgraded to Why Haven't You Fired Your CEO Yet?
Posted by: Wally at October 21, 2022 11:34 AM (FJYfm)
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109 95. Sometimes I think the Dems have better lawyers. Seriously.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:27 AM (+43eA)
Oh, they absolutely have better lawyers.
Consider that after Guantanamo, it looked like every white-shoe law firm in the US was sending their lawyers to work at representing the non-citizen terrorists housed there, pro-bono. Eric Holder was one of them. Today, you can have US citizens locked up in DC without a summary trial after 1/6, and you can't buy anything more useful than a court-appointed attorney for all the money in the world - those same white-shoe firms would lose too much ancillary business to make it worth their while. If, of course, their beliefs didn't align with Biden's already.
Oh, of course they have better lawyers, all right.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:27 AM (+43eA)
Oh, they absolutely have better lawyers.
Consider that after Guantanamo, it looked like every white-shoe law firm in the US was sending their lawyers to work at representing the non-citizen terrorists housed there, pro-bono. Eric Holder was one of them. Today, you can have US citizens locked up in DC without a summary trial after 1/6, and you can't buy anything more useful than a court-appointed attorney for all the money in the world - those same white-shoe firms would lose too much ancillary business to make it worth their while. If, of course, their beliefs didn't align with Biden's already.
Oh, of course they have better lawyers, all right.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 21, 2022 11:34 AM (wp2in)
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115 Are they talking about a remake of Arsenic or Harvey?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM (qPjiw)
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Tulsi Gabbard doesn't sit well with me. She says some of the right things, but I just get this feeling that she will say anything if it furthers her ambitions.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM (sI15f)
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Argh. My boss has come in; I can hear him on the phone or on Zoom. Oh, well, as long as he doesn't bother me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM (J2vNu)
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Real Clear Politics is now projecting a Tudor Dixon win in Michigan.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2022 11:36 AM (ZLI7S)
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NO ONE was ever jailed in recent history for telling COngress to fuck off until this ADMIN is doing it to their political oponents.
WAR
WAR
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 21, 2022 11:36 AM (dO/0d)
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>>Was that version set then? The Universal original from 1941 was either in the 1930s or a little earlier. Larry arrives at his father's estate in an automobile, not in a horse-drawn carriage.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
yes, the Benecio wolfman is Victorian-era
there is a really creepy scene where the scientists have gathered to observe Mr Talbot without first noticing the current phase of the moon
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
yes, the Benecio wolfman is Victorian-era
there is a really creepy scene where the scientists have gathered to observe Mr Talbot without first noticing the current phase of the moon
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:36 AM (geLO8)
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@44. Warren Zevon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Posted by: Lola at October 21, 2022 11:36 AM (NIYa7)
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The City where I live regulates rental properties. There can only be a certain amount of investment properties in the city and they have to be approved. There are no apartments here. We found out when we had to rent a home while ours was being built. The City takes a very strict stance on rental homes, and would prefer that there were none.
So you're petitioning the City, not the HOA? Even so, I'd expect challenges for the same reason. You could grandfather in the existing owners, but that wouldn't really solve the problem.
So you're petitioning the City, not the HOA? Even so, I'd expect challenges for the same reason. You could grandfather in the existing owners, but that wouldn't really solve the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:37 AM (eOEVl)
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When does Steadman get sentenced for his Contempt of Congress?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 21, 2022 11:37 AM (flINI)
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121 Pretty sure Tulsi does butt stuff.
Posted by: Puddinhead
Is that why her cheeks look like a golf ball?
Posted by: Puddinhead
Is that why her cheeks look like a golf ball?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 21, 2022 11:38 AM (VaSD4)
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144 When does Steadman get sentenced for his Contempt of Congress?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 21, 2022 11:37 AM (flINI)
When does Congress get sentenced for contempt... I have plenty of contempt for them...
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 21, 2022 11:37 AM (flINI)
When does Congress get sentenced for contempt... I have plenty of contempt for them...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2022 11:39 AM (bs+z0)
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Tulsi I think is extremely dangerous.
She cleans up very very well and if programed to say the right things, would sway a lot of people.
But despite her recent antics, she has acted as a rabid anti-2A, rabid full-term abortionist, rabid WEFer.
Whether she believes that stuff or not is irrelevant. She was clearly willing to suck every one of these dicks on the way up.
Her history stinks up the joint like a $5 whore during fleet week...
Tulsi I think is extremely dangerous.
She cleans up very very well and if programed to say the right things, would sway a lot of people.
But despite her recent antics, she has acted as a rabid anti-2A, rabid full-term abortionist, rabid WEFer.
Whether she believes that stuff or not is irrelevant. She was clearly willing to suck every one of these dicks on the way up.
Her history stinks up the joint like a $5 whore during fleet week...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 21, 2022 11:39 AM (kCw2o)
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We need a Contempt of the People charge we could level on politicians.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 11:39 AM (UuD2k)
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109 95. Sometimes I think the Dems have better lawyers. Seriously.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:27 AM (+43eA)
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Just the punchline:
The Devil to St. Peter: "And where are you going to get a lawyer?"
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:27 AM (+43eA)
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Just the punchline:
The Devil to St. Peter: "And where are you going to get a lawyer?"
Posted by: Ciampino -- hey paesano at October 21, 2022 11:40 AM (qfLjt)
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I woke up in a bad mood...sorry for the language.
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Nah, fuck that motherfucking bullshit, you say whatever the fuck hell you want
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Nah, fuck that motherfucking bullshit, you say whatever the fuck hell you want
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Rescuing Sexy Russian Women Before They Get Drafted at October 21, 2022 11:40 AM (VTu1l)
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By trying to use its size and power to impose on the US the anti-freedom agenda of the WEF, BlackRock has seemingly become hostile to the basic freedoms that Americans take for granted.
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That's some good split-infinitive snark right there. Kind of like The Biden Junta, DOJ, FBI, Hawaiian Judges, teachers unions, rest of the Deep State, and Blue Shithole State & City leaders have seemingly become hostile to the basic freedoms that Americans take for granted.
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That's some good split-infinitive snark right there. Kind of like The Biden Junta, DOJ, FBI, Hawaiian Judges, teachers unions, rest of the Deep State, and Blue Shithole State & City leaders have seemingly become hostile to the basic freedoms that Americans take for granted.
Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 11:41 AM (K3TEc)
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I actually preferred "Lawyers, Guns and Money" from Zevon.
Posted by: Roy
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'How was I to know, she was with the Russians too?'
Posted by: Roy
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'How was I to know, she was with the Russians too?'
Posted by: Gambling in Havana at October 21, 2022 11:41 AM (r0Wry)
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@115 Please, Hollywood do not attempt a remake.
'Harvey' was remade in 1996, with Harry Anderson and Swoosie Kurtz. It was not bad, if you'd never seen Jimmy Stewart.
'Arsenic' was done for TV several times, with big stars all around. Bob Crane was in it! (Uh-oh...)
'Harvey' was remade in 1996, with Harry Anderson and Swoosie Kurtz. It was not bad, if you'd never seen Jimmy Stewart.
'Arsenic' was done for TV several times, with big stars all around. Bob Crane was in it! (Uh-oh...)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:41 AM (x61Im)
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I expect that will lead to lead legal challenges. You're effectively taking away someone else's property rights, unless there's something already in the bylaws to cover it, and that seems unlikely, given that they're trying to pass new changes.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:25 AM (eOEVl)
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Property rights are not absolute. I can’t build a 20 story tower in the middle of a single family neighborhood, on my property.That’s the entire point of HOAs and city zoning laws. Just crying muhPripertyRights doesn’t do much.
I expect that will lead to lead legal challenges. You're effectively taking away someone else's property rights, unless there's something already in the bylaws to cover it, and that seems unlikely, given that they're trying to pass new changes.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:25 AM (eOEVl)
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Property rights are not absolute. I can’t build a 20 story tower in the middle of a single family neighborhood, on my property.That’s the entire point of HOAs and city zoning laws. Just crying muhPripertyRights doesn’t do much.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 21, 2022 11:42 AM (WLGAV)
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105 The money is coming from somewhere else, it's probably BlackRock or one of its analogues.
well, no wonder blackrock is suffering. everything's digital these days.
well, no wonder blackrock is suffering. everything's digital these days.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 21, 2022 11:42 AM (oY6Yp)
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So you're petitioning the City, not the HOA? Even so, I'd expect challenges for the same reason. You could grandfather in the existing owners, but that wouldn't really solve the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:37 AM (eOEVl)
No. What I was saying is we, HOAs, etc. don't have to do that. The City regulates investment properties. They wouldn't allow corporations to come in a buy up residential properties so it hasn't been an issue where I live. Very blessed to live in a place that looks out for the health, wealth and safety of the taxpayers.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:37 AM (eOEVl)
No. What I was saying is we, HOAs, etc. don't have to do that. The City regulates investment properties. They wouldn't allow corporations to come in a buy up residential properties so it hasn't been an issue where I live. Very blessed to live in a place that looks out for the health, wealth and safety of the taxpayers.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:42 AM (sI15f)
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The Meat Puppet is on my TV spouting lies again.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2022 11:43 AM (up/3i)
Posted by: Old Blue at October 21, 2022 11:43 AM (5tYr3)
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so if the GOPe gets control of the House this fall, can it pull the chairs out from under this Jan6 inquisition?
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:33 AM (geLO
Don't need to do anything and it's over on Jan. 3.
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:33 AM (geLO
Don't need to do anything and it's over on Jan. 3.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 21, 2022 11:43 AM (qH6FZ)
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157 The Meat Puppet is on my TV spouting lies again.
i'm guessing this is fetterman, being operated by the lump.
i'm guessing this is fetterman, being operated by the lump.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 21, 2022 11:44 AM (oY6Yp)
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Defenestrus, you describe my company (including, roughly the same share price drop). Unfortunately, I’m sure you don’t work for the same company - I think the majority of companies have the same problem right now.
Posted by: Brian at October 21, 2022 11:44 AM (/AI7O)
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Tulsi Gabbard doesn't sit well with me. She says some of the right things, but I just get this feeling that she will say anything if it furthers her ambitions.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM (sI15f)
The Uniparty is forcing some pretty strange bedfellows. Open borders hurt traditional Dem groups like unions and blue collar workers, as well as traditional Rep voters concerned about crime and education. Anti-war activists now face a Uniparty that is itching for war in Ukraine, and many Rep voters realize these continual wars aren't making us any safer (If you won't enforce the border, nothing you'll do overseas makes us any safer.). A good 95% of both parties are sick of this tranny nonsense, but the Uniparty is screaming "Full Speed Ahead!!!"
The way you feel about Tulsi is the way a lot of us felt about Trump a few years back, but we realized that he was the only one who really understood the big issues. Tulsi might be similar.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM (sI15f)
The Uniparty is forcing some pretty strange bedfellows. Open borders hurt traditional Dem groups like unions and blue collar workers, as well as traditional Rep voters concerned about crime and education. Anti-war activists now face a Uniparty that is itching for war in Ukraine, and many Rep voters realize these continual wars aren't making us any safer (If you won't enforce the border, nothing you'll do overseas makes us any safer.). A good 95% of both parties are sick of this tranny nonsense, but the Uniparty is screaming "Full Speed Ahead!!!"
The way you feel about Tulsi is the way a lot of us felt about Trump a few years back, but we realized that he was the only one who really understood the big issues. Tulsi might be similar.
Posted by: Wally at October 21, 2022 11:45 AM (FJYfm)
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121 Pretty sure Tulsi does butt stuff.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 11:30 AM (4vi12)
Endorsed
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 11:30 AM (4vi12)
Endorsed
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 21, 2022 11:46 AM (V6f9+)
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Housing prices seem to be pretty stable but a lot of properties are still being bought by REITs.
But the states with big public pension fund investments &/or MuniYield bonds with BlackRock could be facing serious financial problems?
But the states with big public pension fund investments &/or MuniYield bonds with BlackRock could be facing serious financial problems?
Posted by: Lola at October 21, 2022 11:46 AM (NIYa7)
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What the democrats have is the system being rigged in their favor.
What the democrats have is the system being rigged in their favor.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 21, 2022 11:46 AM (qVln6)
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157 The Meat Puppet is on my TV spouting lies again.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2022 11:43 AM (up/3i)
Creepy whisper, creepy whisper, Trump did it, creepy whisper....
Everyone behind him looking like they'd rather be getting a colonoscopy right now than standing next to this shambling dolt...
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2022 11:43 AM (up/3i)
Creepy whisper, creepy whisper, Trump did it, creepy whisper....
Everyone behind him looking like they'd rather be getting a colonoscopy right now than standing next to this shambling dolt...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:47 AM (/EuRN)
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Bannon sentenced to four months.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2022 11:47 AM (eyxn4)
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Not having a very good day,but getting through it
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 11:48 AM (zJxYD)
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Hey Shain: "Seemingly" is in deference to black rock's counsel. My true opinion does not require that adverb.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at October 21, 2022 11:48 AM (d9Cw3)
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'can it pull the chairs out from under this Jan6 inquisition?'
Yes and it had f______ well better.
'can it pull the chairs out from under this Jan6 inquisition?'
Yes and it had f______ well better.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 21, 2022 11:48 AM (qVln6)
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I've been dumping money into junk bonds through HYG for shits and grins.
It hasn't actually made me any profit of course, but it's just something i've always wanted to do.
I.... do not invest rationally.
It hasn't actually made me any profit of course, but it's just something i've always wanted to do.
I.... do not invest rationally.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:49 AM (/EuRN)
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162 Tulsi Gabbard doesn't sit well with me. She says some of the right things, but I just get this feeling that she will say anything if it furthers her ambitions.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM (sI15f)
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I'm skeptical as well but keep in mind, a lot of conservatives said the same thing of Trump when he first jumped into the race.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM (sI15f)
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I'm skeptical as well but keep in mind, a lot of conservatives said the same thing of Trump when he first jumped into the race.
Posted by: WisRich at October 21, 2022 11:49 AM (G0vdT)
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The whole gimmick of a color revolution is nothing can be normal. Nothing can be real. Everything is fake. The markets are exhibiting this on steroids this week. I would guess this will continue until November.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (4vi12)
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Bannon has been sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying 1/6 Committee.
Posted by: Lola at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (NIYa7)
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Bannon gets 4 months yet you can't convict FBI informations in DC
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (zJxYD)
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The way you feel about Tulsi is the way a lot of us felt about Trump a few years back, but we realized that he was the only one who really understood the big issues. Tulsi might be similar.
Posted by: Wally at October 21, 2022 11:45 AM (FJYfm)
Good points, but Tulsi already has a measurable political history; and she has no children.
Trump was a businessman, not a politician, a father and a grandfather.
Kind of apples and oranges to me from where these two are coming from.
Posted by: Wally at October 21, 2022 11:45 AM (FJYfm)
Good points, but Tulsi already has a measurable political history; and she has no children.
Trump was a businessman, not a politician, a father and a grandfather.
Kind of apples and oranges to me from where these two are coming from.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (sI15f)
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175 Bannon gets 4 months yet you can't convict FBI informations in DC
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (zJxYD)
Ah, you're paying attention
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (zJxYD)
Ah, you're paying attention
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (V6f9+)
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Housing prices seem to be pretty stable but a lot of properties are still being bought by REITs.
I think we're in the period between the absurd panic phase, and the resignation phase, when home sellers accept that they just aren't going to get what they would have a year ago, and drop the price.
Prices in my neighborhood are more or less stable, but houses are sitting on the market MUCH longer.
I think we're in the period between the absurd panic phase, and the resignation phase, when home sellers accept that they just aren't going to get what they would have a year ago, and drop the price.
Prices in my neighborhood are more or less stable, but houses are sitting on the market MUCH longer.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:51 AM (eOEVl)
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And nothing the Jan6 Kangaroo Court has done anything by the book rules
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 11:51 AM (zJxYD)
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I work for a not for profit 'science research' company. They have been on the DIE, I prefer the more accurate acronym, train for a long time. Bloody stupid. Before they got stupid they had a long history of being non prejudiced and attracting big brains from all races and backgrounds. But first the science was corrupted chasing AGW, later renamed to Climate Change fed dollars and now they push that the company needs to be "anti-racist" which is code for "be very racist and have lower hiring and promotion standards for minorities and gender dysmorphic mentally ill folks.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 21, 2022 11:51 AM (3cGpq)
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Kind of apples and oranges to me from where these two are coming from.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (sI15f)
... Tulsi is the apples in this metaphor, isn't she?
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (sI15f)
... Tulsi is the apples in this metaphor, isn't she?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:51 AM (/EuRN)
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If the Republicans take the House in November and DON'T kill of this J6 nonsense, the party is doomed to irrelevancy. They will lose a majority of their voters to a 3rd party or to general apathy. They won't just lose elections in 2024, they'll lose almost all elections going forward forever.
Posted by: Wally at October 21, 2022 11:52 AM (FJYfm)
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There is a preference cascade - well actually it’s more of a revulsion cascade – causing more and more entities to want to distance themselves from BlackRock.
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Nice turn of phrase, Buck! [I used the term revulsion earlier in the week for the first time in decades, which is likely going to increase in frequency until these evil freaks are eventually deposed and hopefully beheaded some day.]
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Nice turn of phrase, Buck! [I used the term revulsion earlier in the week for the first time in decades, which is likely going to increase in frequency until these evil freaks are eventually deposed and hopefully beheaded some day.]
Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 11:52 AM (K3TEc)
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It is almost like Black Rock tied a big black rock to its neck and threw it into the deep part of the ocean.
Awesome!
Awesome!
Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at October 21, 2022 11:52 AM (8yM+6)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2022 11:52 AM (dCxaZ)
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Warren Zevon is an acquired taste ... which I never acquired. I do not dislike his works, they simply do not appeal to me.
Warren Zevon is an acquired taste ... which I never acquired. I do not dislike his works, they simply do not appeal to me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2022 11:52 AM (pNxlR)
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Kind of apples and oranges to me from where these two are coming from.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (sI15f)
... Tulsi is the apples in this metaphor, isn't she?
I think she's a peach.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (sI15f)
... Tulsi is the apples in this metaphor, isn't she?
I think she's a peach.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:52 AM (eOEVl)
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*Generic thoughts not directed any particular person or poster, all of whom here I respect and appreciate*
Comparing Tulsi to Trump is rabid stupidity.
She has a documented political and personal history of action which is absolutely antithetical to our thoughts and ways.
Are you so desperate for a political messiah that you will grasp at the first straw that floats past you?
*Generic thoughts not directed any particular person or poster, all of whom here I respect and appreciate*
Comparing Tulsi to Trump is rabid stupidity.
She has a documented political and personal history of action which is absolutely antithetical to our thoughts and ways.
Are you so desperate for a political messiah that you will grasp at the first straw that floats past you?
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 21, 2022 11:53 AM (kCw2o)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2022 11:53 AM (R/Bbn)
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It is almost like Black Rock tied a big black rock to its neck and threw it into the deep part of the ocean.
Awesome!
Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady
I could have dealt with that, easily.
-- "Lumpy" Fetterman's Neck Lump
It is almost like Black Rock tied a big black rock to its neck and threw it into the deep part of the ocean.
Awesome!
Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady
I could have dealt with that, easily.
-- "Lumpy" Fetterman's Neck Lump
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2022 11:53 AM (pNxlR)
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Are you so desperate for a political messiah that you will grasp at the first straw that floats past you?
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 21, 2022 11:53 AM (kCw2o)
We're desperate for any political figure who will look into the face of "progressive" insanity and say "You're insane".
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 21, 2022 11:53 AM (kCw2o)
We're desperate for any political figure who will look into the face of "progressive" insanity and say "You're insane".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:54 AM (/EuRN)
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She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Harvey. Both Harvey and Arsenic are classics. Please, Hollywood do not attempt a remake.
so get this, it's Harvey, but instead of talking to an imaginary rabbit, the main character identifies as a rabbit. also, he's black
so get this, it's Harvey, but instead of talking to an imaginary rabbit, the main character identifies as a rabbit. also, he's black
Posted by: Hollywood at October 21, 2022 11:54 AM (j5Tg0)
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I think using Tulsi on a campaign is net plus right now. What I can't understand is how anyone thinks using Ted Cruz is a net plus.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 21, 2022 11:54 AM (qH6FZ)
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Ian Fleming probably grew up reading Buchan. I'm sure he read Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu stories; Doctor No is very much a 1950s take on that character. The bit with the poisoned fruit sent to Bond's hotel room, and the famous "venomous centipede in his bed" scene, are very Fu Manchu-like.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere
Like I keep telling my idiot dad, we should just walk into the room and bust a cap in Bond's head. BAM! Problem solved.
Ian Fleming probably grew up reading Buchan. I'm sure he read Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu stories; Doctor No is very much a 1950s take on that character. The bit with the poisoned fruit sent to Bond's hotel room, and the famous "venomous centipede in his bed" scene, are very Fu Manchu-like.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere
Like I keep telling my idiot dad, we should just walk into the room and bust a cap in Bond's head. BAM! Problem solved.
Posted by: Scott Evil at October 21, 2022 11:54 AM (n+4am)
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If the Republicans take the House in November and DON'T kill of this J6 nonsense, the party is doomed to irrelevancy. They will lose a majority of their voters to a 3rd party or to general apathy. They won't just lose elections in 2024, they'll lose almost all elections going forward forever.
Nothing will come of J6, and if the GOP just let's them finish, everyone will know what a partisan waste of time the whole exercise was, and how toxic the people who pushed it are. If they don't finish, the Dems will run for years on how there was a coverup.
Nothing will come of J6, and if the GOP just let's them finish, everyone will know what a partisan waste of time the whole exercise was, and how toxic the people who pushed it are. If they don't finish, the Dems will run for years on how there was a coverup.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:55 AM (eOEVl)
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If they don't finish, the Dems will run for years on how there was a coverup.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:55 AM (eOEVl)
This is officially my position on the issue. But I do have to be reminded of that fact now and again.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:55 AM (eOEVl)
This is officially my position on the issue. But I do have to be reminded of that fact now and again.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 11:55 AM (/EuRN)
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so get this, it's Harvey, but instead of talking to an imaginary rabbit, the main character identifies as a rabbit. also, he's black
Posted by: Hollywood at October 21, 2022 11:54 AM (j5Tg0)
It's a gay black rabbit, I trust.
Posted by: Hollywood at October 21, 2022 11:54 AM (j5Tg0)
It's a gay black rabbit, I trust.
Posted by: Hollywood Exec #2 at October 21, 2022 11:55 AM (FJYfm)
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So after 20 or 30 years of the Republicans telling us there was nothing they could do a few reformers actually try to do something more then doomed Obamacare repeals and...make serious progress?
Its almost like this is a lesson for our supposed opposition party called the GOP.
Its almost like this is a lesson for our supposed opposition party called the GOP.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2022 11:56 AM (ESjRY)
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Comparing Tulsi to Trump is rabid stupidity...
Are you so desperate for a political messiah that you will grasp at the first straw that floats past you?
You know, it is possible to disagree with people without being a jerk about it.
Are you so desperate for a political messiah that you will grasp at the first straw that floats past you?
You know, it is possible to disagree with people without being a jerk about it.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:56 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 21, 2022 11:56 AM (kCw2o)
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Black rock, or Dark Stone, as we called them, is the second largest stock holder of Ford Motor Co., behind the Ford family.
They are the ones calling the electric vehicle shots.
They are the ones calling the electric vehicle shots.
Posted by: clutch at October 21, 2022 11:56 AM (wMDz2)
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Bannon has been sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying 1/6 Committee.
Posted by: Lola at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM
Time for the gloves to come off after mid-terms. Hunter better find some nation with a non-extradition treaty.
Bannon has been sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying 1/6 Committee.
Posted by: Lola at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM
Time for the gloves to come off after mid-terms. Hunter better find some nation with a non-extradition treaty.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (y3pKJ)
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Nothing will come of J6, and if the GOP just let's them finish, everyone will know what a partisan waste of time the whole exercise was, and how toxic the people who pushed it are. If they don't finish, the Dems will run for years on how there was a coverup.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:55 AM (eOEVl)
Spin their charter into an internal investigation of the FBI. The Dems will shut it down themselves.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:55 AM (eOEVl)
Spin their charter into an internal investigation of the FBI. The Dems will shut it down themselves.
Posted by: Roy at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (lETaQ)
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@186
>>Warren Zevon is an acquired taste ... which I never acquired. I do not dislike his works, they simply do not appeal to me.
Sort of like how Polyphia is being pushed on an unreceptive world.
Polyphia sounds like what two fractals having sex would sound like.
>>Warren Zevon is an acquired taste ... which I never acquired. I do not dislike his works, they simply do not appeal to me.
Sort of like how Polyphia is being pushed on an unreceptive world.
Polyphia sounds like what two fractals having sex would sound like.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (up/3i)
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You know, it is possible to disagree with people without being a jerk about it.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:56 AM (eOEVl)
I agree.. I don't understand this Tulsi hate
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:56 AM (eOEVl)
I agree.. I don't understand this Tulsi hate
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (bs+z0)
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Black rock, or Dark Stone, as we called them, is the second largest stock holder of Ford Motor Co., behind the Ford family.
They are the ones calling the electric vehicle shots.
Good to know.
They are the ones calling the electric vehicle shots.
Good to know.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (eOEVl)
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... Tulsi is the apples in this metaphor, isn't she?
--I think she's a peach.
If we can't get a pineapple in this somewhere, we're not really trying.
--I think she's a peach.
If we can't get a pineapple in this somewhere, we're not really trying.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (x61Im)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (qVln6)
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Bannon now has standing to appeal his convistion using the argument the J6 was illegally formed by Nancy so that anyhting it did and does is ultra vires.
Developing ...
Developing ...
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (SJsWC)
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>>Nothing will come of J6, and if the GOP just let's them finish, everyone will know what a partisan waste of time the whole exercise was, and how toxic the people who pushed it are. If they don't finish, the Dems will run for years on how there was a coverup.
They are finished. And I think Bannon picked this fight intentionally. Here is his statement after the sentencing hearing.
https://tinyurl.com/4zebf7mt
They are finished. And I think Bannon picked this fight intentionally. Here is his statement after the sentencing hearing.
https://tinyurl.com/4zebf7mt
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (ZLI7S)
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Fink and all of his ilk can get fooked by a carbon-neutral pineapple as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (9iPLp)
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Like I keep telling my idiot dad, we should just walk into the room and bust a cap in Bond's head. BAM! Problem solved.
Posted by: Scott Evil
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Snort!
Posted by: Scott Evil
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Snort!
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (4vi12)
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Didn't Black Rock want to manage the West Virginia pension program? Thought I read about them last year.
Posted by: sidney at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (Uy/WF)
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Spin their charter into an internal investigation of the FBI. The Dems will shut it down themselves.
Me likey.
Me likey.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (eOEVl)
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well, the Victorian era was very moody
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (geLO
I had my period.
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (geLO
I had my period.
Posted by: the Victorian era at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (Mzdiz)
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If Tulsi is supporting the conservative agenda, or at least attacking the transnational progressive agenda, I support her.
For now.
Doesn't mean I'm planning on voting for her, or I see her as a messiah.
So let the woman talk.
For now.
Doesn't mean I'm planning on voting for her, or I see her as a messiah.
So let the woman talk.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (ESjRY)
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At the tiny Biden/Fetterman rally in Philly yesterday, Biden said, “You know there’s a lot more at stake in this race than merely whether a great guy becomes the next senator,” Biden said. “If we do not maintain the Senate and the House this next election, a lot’s gonna change.”
Posted by: Lola at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (NIYa7)
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Not. Fast. Enough.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (u4CEu)
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If we can't get a pineapple in this somewhere, we're not really trying.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (x61Im)
*holds index card to forehead*
.... Things overheard at Don LeMon's latest party ...
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (x61Im)
*holds index card to forehead*
.... Things overheard at Don LeMon's latest party ...
Posted by: Warai-otoko The Incredible at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (/EuRN)
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Personally would break the Jan6 Kangaroo Court by releasing every video, start pulling in Ray Epps and his cronies and open every email a week before
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (zJxYD)
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You know, people do change politically. I sure as hell did. So I will wait and see with Tulsi. We need to stop with the purity testing and accept less than perfect allies.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (5HBd1)
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Ah, the Tulsi discussions! I am not a fan of her - but - I approve of what she is doing, and hope she continues. There is no downside for us.
Posted by: kraken at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (Vr12I)
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NO ONE was ever jailed in recent history for telling COngress to fuck off until this ADMIN is doing it to their political opponents.
WAR
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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The Obama administration really lit the fuse for the DoJ (and three-letter agency) intimidation. Everything from Joe the Plumber, Lois Lerner, Sharyl Attkisson, to the DoJ's wholesale involvement in the Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin cases.
WAR
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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The Obama administration really lit the fuse for the DoJ (and three-letter agency) intimidation. Everything from Joe the Plumber, Lois Lerner, Sharyl Attkisson, to the DoJ's wholesale involvement in the Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin cases.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2022 12:00 PM (LBaHn)
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It seems only a few months ago I was agape when I found out Blackrock had over $10 TRILLION in assets under 'management'. I thought the # was a typo. Clue -- it was just a few months ago.
That's a mind boggling #. The top valued US company right now is Berkshire Hathaway, with a net value of $500 billion, not trillion.
Put another way, they had control of assets worth 1/3 of our entire national debt. I'm glad to see them knocked down a few pegs. May more pegs fall.
That's a mind boggling #. The top valued US company right now is Berkshire Hathaway, with a net value of $500 billion, not trillion.
Put another way, they had control of assets worth 1/3 of our entire national debt. I'm glad to see them knocked down a few pegs. May more pegs fall.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 21, 2022 12:00 PM (JOtiF)
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219 If we can't get a pineapple in this somewhere, we're not really trying.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (x61Im)
*holds index card to forehead*
.... Things overheard at Don LeMon's latest party ...
Posted by: Warai-otoko The Incredible at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (/EuRN)
Snort
Nice one
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (x61Im)
*holds index card to forehead*
.... Things overheard at Don LeMon's latest party ...
Posted by: Warai-otoko The Incredible at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (/EuRN)
Snort
Nice one
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 21, 2022 12:00 PM (V6f9+)
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215 well, the Victorian era was very moody
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (geLO
I had my period.
Posted by: the Victorian era at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (Mzdiz)
so THAT'S why they're called "period pieces"!
I did not know that.
Posted by: DB at October 21, 2022 11:31 AM (geLO
I had my period.
Posted by: the Victorian era at October 21, 2022 11:58 AM (Mzdiz)
so THAT'S why they're called "period pieces"!
I did not know that.
Posted by: Warai-otoko does two Carson impersonations in a row at October 21, 2022 12:01 PM (/EuRN)
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Got to say, I'm sick of hearings from both sides.
All I want and what we desperately need is regular order, real legislation, real budgets and the advancement of an agenda broadly supported by GOP voters.
Hearings are just noise generators and meth hits for the, WATCH TED CRUZ OWN [Insert Leftist A**Clown.]
All I want and what we desperately need is regular order, real legislation, real budgets and the advancement of an agenda broadly supported by GOP voters.
Hearings are just noise generators and meth hits for the, WATCH TED CRUZ OWN [Insert Leftist A**Clown.]
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2022 12:01 PM (up/3i)
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Comparing Tulsi to Trump is rabid stupidity...
Are you so desperate for a political messiah that you will grasp at the first straw that floats past you?
A little rough around the edges, but I gotta say, I agree with that sentiment.
She's still a nut.
Are you so desperate for a political messiah that you will grasp at the first straw that floats past you?
A little rough around the edges, but I gotta say, I agree with that sentiment.
She's still a nut.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at October 21, 2022 12:01 PM (9iPLp)
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If we can't get a pineapple in this somewhere, we're not really trying.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (x61Im)
Say you know nothing about pizza without saying you know nothing about pizza.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (x61Im)
Say you know nothing about pizza without saying you know nothing about pizza.
Posted by: Roy at October 21, 2022 12:01 PM (lETaQ)
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Like I keep telling my idiot dad, we should just walk into the room and bust a cap in Bond's head. BAM! Problem solved.
Posted by: Scott Evil at October 21, 2022
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"Come now, Mister Evil. Where would the fun, the accomplishment, be in that?"
Posted by: Scott Evil at October 21, 2022
***
"Come now, Mister Evil. Where would the fun, the accomplishment, be in that?"
Posted by: Ghosts of Dr. No & Goldfinger at October 21, 2022 12:01 PM (J2vNu)
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The J6 Committee said weeks ago that they would issue their final report after the midterms. They are done and they have nothing.
Now it's our turn.
Now it's our turn.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2022 12:01 PM (ZLI7S)
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*softly gently respectfully*
I agree.. I don't understand this Tulsi hate
Posted by: It's me donna
Well, you might look at her voting record and actions and actual documented statements...
I agree.. I don't understand this Tulsi hate
Posted by: It's me donna
Well, you might look at her voting record and actions and actual documented statements...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 21, 2022 12:01 PM (kCw2o)
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The Jan. 6th shame committee is finished on Jan. 3, 2023. Nobody has to do anything, it's over. All they're going to do before this Congress adjourns is harass Trump and issue a report. Maybe make a few more criminal referrals to feed the nutjobs.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 21, 2022 12:01 PM (qH6FZ)
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At the tiny Biden/Fetterman rally in Philly yesterday, Biden said, “You know there’s a lot more at stake in this race than merely whether a great guy becomes the next senator,” Biden said. “If we do not maintain the Senate and the House this next election, a lot’s gonna change.”
Posted by: Lola at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (NIYa7)
If only!
Garland is still going to be getting his Stasi 2: Electric Boogaloo up to speed. There still won't be any serious move towards energy independence. And there will still be 87,000 new IRS agents, all of whom will answer to Biden.
Posted by: Lola at October 21, 2022 11:59 AM (NIYa7)
If only!
Garland is still going to be getting his Stasi 2: Electric Boogaloo up to speed. There still won't be any serious move towards energy independence. And there will still be 87,000 new IRS agents, all of whom will answer to Biden.
Posted by: Wally at October 21, 2022 12:02 PM (FJYfm)
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Regarding Tulsi, I will say this:
There's no point circling the wagons if you only got one wagon.
There's no point circling the wagons if you only got one wagon.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 12:02 PM (/EuRN)
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199 You know, it is possible to disagree with people without being a jerk about it.
where's the fun in that?
where's the fun in that?
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 21, 2022 12:02 PM (oY6Yp)
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So you're petitioning the City, not the HOA? Even so, I'd expect challenges for the same reason. You could grandfather in the existing owners, but that wouldn't really solve the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes
That wasn't me, was another Moron. To my knowledge, I believe we are simply changing the HOA by-laws. I'm not in on it, I'm just a schlub in the neighborhood who thought it sounded like a good idea and voted "yea".
Posted by: Archimedes
That wasn't me, was another Moron. To my knowledge, I believe we are simply changing the HOA by-laws. I'm not in on it, I'm just a schlub in the neighborhood who thought it sounded like a good idea and voted "yea".
Posted by: Oedipus at October 21, 2022 12:02 PM (zW/Hu)
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I think we're in the period between the absurd panic phase, and the resignation phase, when home sellers accept that they just aren't going to get what they would have a year ago, and drop the price.
Prices in my neighborhood are more or less stable, but houses are sitting on the market MUCH longer.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:51 AM (eOEVl)
Around the part of NH I live in, right at the first rate hike the real estate market slammed on the brakes. Hard. Not too much coming on the market, certainly not a lot moving.
There was a new neighborhood being built not far from my home. $800k to $1m. In an area surrounded by homes worth half that. Three lots sold as soon as they hit the market (pre rate hikes). Foundations are in, but no further work has been done on them.
Prices in my neighborhood are more or less stable, but houses are sitting on the market MUCH longer.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 11:51 AM (eOEVl)
Around the part of NH I live in, right at the first rate hike the real estate market slammed on the brakes. Hard. Not too much coming on the market, certainly not a lot moving.
There was a new neighborhood being built not far from my home. $800k to $1m. In an area surrounded by homes worth half that. Three lots sold as soon as they hit the market (pre rate hikes). Foundations are in, but no further work has been done on them.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 21, 2022 12:02 PM (N39Ws)
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My company moved our 401k's into a new investment group a couple of years back. I was automatically put into blackrock 2030 or some crap like that.
I immediately moved it into a stable fund knowing Brandon was going to tank the economy.
If I stayed with blackrock I'd be down 20% ( just guessing ) I'm under a 4% loss so far.
I hate blackrock with the heat of a thousand suns.
I immediately moved it into a stable fund knowing Brandon was going to tank the economy.
If I stayed with blackrock I'd be down 20% ( just guessing ) I'm under a 4% loss so far.
I hate blackrock with the heat of a thousand suns.
Posted by: Bosk at October 21, 2022 12:02 PM (v4L7Y)
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Blackrock was also invested heavily in buying up real estate. Wondering if the housing crash is also contributing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 21, 2022 11:06 AM (6VKyY)
as others have mentioned they are trying to control the residential real estate market. I hope they shit the bed.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 21, 2022 11:06 AM (6VKyY)
as others have mentioned they are trying to control the residential real estate market. I hope they shit the bed.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (M+Lyo)
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Yup, Ray Epps got some 'splainin' to do. Him I think will take the 4 months without complaint. He knows Ft Marcy Park is real and spectacular.
Yup, Ray Epps got some 'splainin' to do. Him I think will take the 4 months without complaint. He knows Ft Marcy Park is real and spectacular.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (y3pKJ)
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Being invested in ESG and tech is a very bad idea this year. I avoided some of the pain by being in energy stocks.
Blackrock is indeed being hoist by their own petard.
Blackrock is indeed being hoist by their own petard.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (lTGtQ)
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His plumage is perfect.
Posted by: Lucky Ducker at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (PNDGT)
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'First class all the way home'
First passenger to the crash site.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (qVln6)
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Concerned Passenger: Stewardess, how many times do planes crash?
Stewardess: Only once
First passenger to the crash site.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 21, 2022 11:57 AM (qVln6)
***
Concerned Passenger: Stewardess, how many times do planes crash?
Stewardess: Only once
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (flINI)
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Gabbard hopefully creates Leftist dissonance in their ranks. That would be a good thing, yes?
Posted by: kraken at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (Vr12I)
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What an thing to wake up to, Buck, thank you.
Looks a lot like chickens coming home to roost.
Information breaking into the MSM, ahhh, nothing like the smell of burning ESG in the morning.
Looks a lot like chickens coming home to roost.
Information breaking into the MSM, ahhh, nothing like the smell of burning ESG in the morning.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (HMNhg)
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I'm sure everyone is dealing with this, but my newest report for my work deferred comp account has lost $100,000 since Biden came into office.
I have two more years left in the department, and by 2024, I assume that money will all be gone. Been putting money in every paycheck since 1994, and when I retire, I'll have virtually nothing.
I have two more years left in the department, and by 2024, I assume that money will all be gone. Been putting money in every paycheck since 1994, and when I retire, I'll have virtually nothing.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (d2bW3)
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Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at
People! Cut this guy some slack. His dealer just dies for goodness sake.
People! Cut this guy some slack. His dealer just dies for goodness sake.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (qVln6)
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Bannon gets 4 months yet you can't convict FBI informations in DC
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (zJxYD)
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You can't hold outright murderers in jails in most blue shitholes now ... they immediately walk without or with little bail, and freely continue murdering -- or commie judges (who view them as victims, and the actual victims as criminals, especially if they dare to defend themselves) release them. But keep voting Democrat, urbanites!
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 11:50 AM (zJxYD)
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You can't hold outright murderers in jails in most blue shitholes now ... they immediately walk without or with little bail, and freely continue murdering -- or commie judges (who view them as victims, and the actual victims as criminals, especially if they dare to defend themselves) release them. But keep voting Democrat, urbanites!
Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (K3TEc)
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Concerned Passenger: Stewardess, how many times do planes crash?
Stewardess: Only once
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (flINI)
How deep can this submarine go?
All the way to the bottom.
Stewardess: Only once
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (flINI)
How deep can this submarine go?
All the way to the bottom.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (Y5qcH)
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Sorry, but $100,000 in less than two years is a lot of money for me and my family.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (d2bW3)
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"Do not presume to lecture me, Englishman. My race was already decadent when yours was still staining themselves blue."
Posted by: Dr. Fu Manchu at October 21, 2022 12:05 PM (J2vNu)
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250 Concerned Passenger: Stewardess, how many times do planes crash?
Stewardess: Only once
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (flINI)
How deep can this submarine go?
All the way to the bottom.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (Y5qcH)
"He fell off the roof?!?! How far did he fall?"
"... all the way."
Stewardess: Only once
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (flINI)
How deep can this submarine go?
All the way to the bottom.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (Y5qcH)
"He fell off the roof?!?! How far did he fall?"
"... all the way."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 12:05 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2022 12:06 PM (eyxn4)
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251 Sorry, but $100,000 in less than two years is a lot of money for me and my family.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (d2bW3)
Hey Wyatt. I ask this with respect, but what motivates you to stay?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (d2bW3)
Hey Wyatt. I ask this with respect, but what motivates you to stay?
Posted by: kraken at October 21, 2022 12:07 PM (Vr12I)
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The way you feel about Tulsi is the way a lot of us felt about Trump a few years back, but we realized that he was the only one who really understood the big issues. Tulsi might be similar.
Posted by: Wally at October 21, 2022 11:45 AM (FJYfm)
You're comparing Tulsi to Trump? Trump has been consistent his entire life. Tulsi still holds very Democrat objectives. Don't be fooled. She's a Dem still, just not as fully crazy as the rest of the party.
Posted by: Wally at October 21, 2022 11:45 AM (FJYfm)
You're comparing Tulsi to Trump? Trump has been consistent his entire life. Tulsi still holds very Democrat objectives. Don't be fooled. She's a Dem still, just not as fully crazy as the rest of the party.
Posted by: the Victorian era at October 21, 2022 12:07 PM (Mzdiz)
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/off Victorian sock
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 21, 2022 12:07 PM (Mzdiz)
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254 Straight up exposing children to groomers for woke points.
https://bit.ly/3DrLWtj
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2022 12:06 PM (eyxn4)
Nick's old arse in lace.
https://bit.ly/3DrLWtj
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2022 12:06 PM (eyxn4)
Nick's old arse in lace.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 12:07 PM (/EuRN)
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I'm sure everyone is dealing with this, but my newest report for my work deferred comp account has lost $100,000 since Biden came into office.
I have two more years left in the department, and by 2024, I assume that money will all be gone. Been putting money in every paycheck since 1994, and when I retire, I'll have virtually nothing.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (d2bW3)
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Come to Arizona, Wyatt -- young people here are making $10,000/illegal alien from Biden's pals the Mexican Cartels transporting them in their cars from border towns to other cities. You'll be able to re-retire in less than a year!
/Seriously, sorry to hear that. I'm afraid I may never be able to retire if things continue as they are ...
I have two more years left in the department, and by 2024, I assume that money will all be gone. Been putting money in every paycheck since 1994, and when I retire, I'll have virtually nothing.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (d2bW3)
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Come to Arizona, Wyatt -- young people here are making $10,000/illegal alien from Biden's pals the Mexican Cartels transporting them in their cars from border towns to other cities. You'll be able to re-retire in less than a year!
/Seriously, sorry to hear that. I'm afraid I may never be able to retire if things continue as they are ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 12:08 PM (K3TEc)
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"We need to bail them out, Blackrock is too big to fail" - The GOPe soon enough.
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How deep can this submarine go?
All the way to the bottom.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (Y5qcH)
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Skip: Water's cold...
Tyrone: Deep too
All the way to the bottom.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (Y5qcH)
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Skip: Water's cold...
Tyrone: Deep too
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260 "We need to bail them out, Blackrock is too big to fail" - The GOPe soon enough.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 21, 2022 12:08 PM (qH6FZ)
Right, and don't think for a second that Blackrock doesn't own some GOP members.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 21, 2022 12:08 PM (qH6FZ)
Right, and don't think for a second that Blackrock doesn't own some GOP members.
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>>>Hey Wyatt. I ask this with respect, but what motivates you to stay?
Posted by: kraken
I'm in the DROP Program, where they hold part of your salary for four years. If I stay the last two years, the money is larger. Believe me, I would leave if I thought I could afford it, but the DROP money will really help with how bad the stocks are doing.
I'm going to have to find a job when I leave - which I want - but I'm going to need to work for a while until actual retirement.
Posted by: kraken
I'm in the DROP Program, where they hold part of your salary for four years. If I stay the last two years, the money is larger. Believe me, I would leave if I thought I could afford it, but the DROP money will really help with how bad the stocks are doing.
I'm going to have to find a job when I leave - which I want - but I'm going to need to work for a while until actual retirement.
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Sorry, but $100,000 in less than two years is a lot of money for me and my family.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM
No need to apologize, that's a lot of money for 95% of Americans.
My wife's pension, after 'Pope' Francis took over, got invested in Italian barber shops or something just as useless. We looked at the first annual statement where it lost value, said 'Fvck this' and cashed it out.
Sorry, but $100,000 in less than two years is a lot of money for me and my family.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM
No need to apologize, that's a lot of money for 95% of Americans.
My wife's pension, after 'Pope' Francis took over, got invested in Italian barber shops or something just as useless. We looked at the first annual statement where it lost value, said 'Fvck this' and cashed it out.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 12:10 PM (y3pKJ)
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Real Clear Politics is now projecting a Tudor Dixon win in Michigan
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Please happen.
That would kill the political career of Hillary 2.0.
The way the feds propped her up with the fake kidnapping plot and the way the local machine cleared the deck underhandedly of what they saw as serious threats to her reelection show she was 100% being grommed for higher office.
They are desperate for a phony "moderate multi-term governor of midwest state" on their national ticket. That's the only reason Biden didn't put her in a cabinet spot.
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Please happen.
That would kill the political career of Hillary 2.0.
The way the feds propped her up with the fake kidnapping plot and the way the local machine cleared the deck underhandedly of what they saw as serious threats to her reelection show she was 100% being grommed for higher office.
They are desperate for a phony "moderate multi-term governor of midwest state" on their national ticket. That's the only reason Biden didn't put her in a cabinet spot.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2022 12:10 PM (QKYDn)
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Between BlackRock, Vanguard, & State Street, $11T of assets are under management by 3 firms.
What hasn't been squandered by the FedGov is controlled by them.
These firms are essentially nation-states at this point.
They aren't going anywhere.
Between BlackRock, Vanguard, & State Street, $11T of assets are under management by 3 firms.
What hasn't been squandered by the FedGov is controlled by them.
These firms are essentially nation-states at this point.
They aren't going anywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2022 12:11 PM (oINRc)
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All I want and what we desperately need is regular order, real legislation, real budgets and the advancement of an agenda broadly supported by GOP voters.
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I long for politicians who place the well-being of the country above self-promotional politics.
That Trump fellow filled the bill.
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I long for politicians who place the well-being of the country above self-promotional politics.
That Trump fellow filled the bill.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2022 12:12 PM (r0Wry)
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What an thing to wake up to, Buck, thank you.
Looks a lot like chickens coming home to roost.
Information breaking into the MSM, ahhh, nothing like the smell of burning ESG in the morning.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (HMNhg)
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This news coupled with Musk's plan to eviscerate Twitter employees has caused my Schadenboner to last longer than four hours. Is Cat Ass Trophy or Muldoon in the house with some medical advice?
Looks a lot like chickens coming home to roost.
Information breaking into the MSM, ahhh, nothing like the smell of burning ESG in the morning.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:03 PM (HMNhg)
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This news coupled with Musk's plan to eviscerate Twitter employees has caused my Schadenboner to last longer than four hours. Is Cat Ass Trophy or Muldoon in the house with some medical advice?
Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 12:12 PM (K3TEc)
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Right, and don't think for a second that Blackrock doesn't own some GOP members.
If I controlled *trillions* of dollars, I'd own errbody.
If I controlled *trillions* of dollars, I'd own errbody.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at October 21, 2022 12:12 PM (9iPLp)
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Don't worry they are to big to fail. Pocahontas said so
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 21, 2022 12:12 PM (Ez2S/)
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Tulsi is very popular right now, she's saying all the right things on our foreign policy and culture. I say use her for all you can. Doesn't mean we need to let her to take over the populist movement or elect her to anything.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 21, 2022 12:12 PM (qH6FZ)
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nood hawaiian judge
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2022 12:12 PM (oINRc)
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At the forefront of these attacks is the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF).
SFOF is orchestrating a campaign in the US against “woke capitalism” and Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) investment. Currently, SFOF is attacking the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposal to ensure public companies disclose climate-related risk.
SFOF members have also begun to introduce legislation barring financial institutions they see as boycotting fossil fuels from doing business with their respective states.
climate-votes.org/ why-investors-must-hold-federated-
hermes-accountable...
SFOF is orchestrating a campaign in the US against “woke capitalism” and Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) investment. Currently, SFOF is attacking the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposal to ensure public companies disclose climate-related risk.
SFOF members have also begun to introduce legislation barring financial institutions they see as boycotting fossil fuels from doing business with their respective states.
climate-votes.org/ why-investors-must-hold-federated-
hermes-accountable...
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:13 PM (HMNhg)
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They are finished. And I think Bannon picked this fight intentionally. Here is his statement after the sentencing hearing.
I assume you mean they're finished with hearings, but I also assume they're going to issue a final report at some point.
I agreed with every syllable Bannon uttered.
I assume you mean they're finished with hearings, but I also assume they're going to issue a final report at some point.
I agreed with every syllable Bannon uttered.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2022 12:13 PM (eOEVl)
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>>>No need to apologize, that's a lot of money for 95% of Americans.
My wife's pension, after 'Pope' Francis took over, got invested in Italian barber shops or something just as useless. We looked at the first annual statement where it lost value, said 'Fvck this' and cashed it out.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
I thought about putting money into a stable fund, but at this point, it won't help as much. I despise this president.
My wife's pension, after 'Pope' Francis took over, got invested in Italian barber shops or something just as useless. We looked at the first annual statement where it lost value, said 'Fvck this' and cashed it out.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
I thought about putting money into a stable fund, but at this point, it won't help as much. I despise this president.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:14 PM (d2bW3)
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> We need to stop with the purity testing and accept less than perfect allies.
Nobody's a perfect ally, and I don't think anyone here expects a perfect ally. What we expect are allies that will help us advance conservatism and who won't stab us in the back during critical periods of battle. Someone like Tulsi will vote with us during easy wins, but will ABSOLUTELY stab us in the back at critical times.
Big tent was fine when most Americans loved America and most of our enemies were over there or isolated here. Now that the enemy is pressing in on us from all sides, we need to eject the McConnells and the McCarthies because they've proven over and over again they'll stand aside and let the enemy win in exchange for 20 pieces of silver.
Nobody's a perfect ally, and I don't think anyone here expects a perfect ally. What we expect are allies that will help us advance conservatism and who won't stab us in the back during critical periods of battle. Someone like Tulsi will vote with us during easy wins, but will ABSOLUTELY stab us in the back at critical times.
Big tent was fine when most Americans loved America and most of our enemies were over there or isolated here. Now that the enemy is pressing in on us from all sides, we need to eject the McConnells and the McCarthies because they've proven over and over again they'll stand aside and let the enemy win in exchange for 20 pieces of silver.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2022 12:15 PM (eyxn4)
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I don't trust Tulsi, I'm pretty sure that if the commie cocksucker Donks were polling better even with the same policies and actions, she'd be all-in on the commie agenda, with a big grin on her face.
But her public defection from the commies hurts them, and can be extremely useful to us, if we have the wit to use her like that box of kleenex under a teenaged boy's bed. We just have to be careful to discard her after her usefulness is exhausted, because frankly, she's a traitor to her own political ideology, and traitors are not to be trusted.
It'll take a LONG time, with consistently conservative actions over years before she can be trusted, if ever. But it is possible for someone to change, Reagan was a Donk for years before turning to the light, although to be fair that was before he entered electoral politics.
I don't trust Tulsi, I'm pretty sure that if the commie cocksucker Donks were polling better even with the same policies and actions, she'd be all-in on the commie agenda, with a big grin on her face.
But her public defection from the commies hurts them, and can be extremely useful to us, if we have the wit to use her like that box of kleenex under a teenaged boy's bed. We just have to be careful to discard her after her usefulness is exhausted, because frankly, she's a traitor to her own political ideology, and traitors are not to be trusted.
It'll take a LONG time, with consistently conservative actions over years before she can be trusted, if ever. But it is possible for someone to change, Reagan was a Donk for years before turning to the light, although to be fair that was before he entered electoral politics.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2022 12:17 PM (n+4am)
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Hello, W Virginia
>>>West Virginia, the treasurer’s office will transfer banking services out of JPMorgan Chase by the end of November, according to a spokesman.
West Virginia earlier this year banished JPMorgan, BlackRock and three other banks for allegedly hurting energy companies, the state treasurer said.
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>>>West Virginia, the treasurer’s office will transfer banking services out of JPMorgan Chase by the end of November, according to a spokesman.
West Virginia earlier this year banished JPMorgan, BlackRock and three other banks for allegedly hurting energy companies, the state treasurer said.
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Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:17 PM (HMNhg)
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We're desperate for any political figure who will look into the face of "progressive" insanity and say "You're insane".
So how you feeling about Kanye these days?
So how you feeling about Kanye these days?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2022 12:18 PM (nfrXX)
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I hear from some insiders that asset managers at some of the largest investment firms do not agree with ESG. There's a conflict between portfilio managers who are responsible for investing money (the main business) and other divisions in these companies. It's nuts. I don't see how they'll function properly.
Posted by: Mishdog at October 21, 2022 12:18 PM (uwW33)
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Between BlackRock, Vanguard, & State Street, $11T of assets are under management by 3 firms.
What hasn't been squandered by the FedGov is controlled by them.
These firms are essentially nation-states at this point.
They aren't going anywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2022 12:11 PM (oINRc)
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As some conservative thinker had pointed out some months ago (sorry, can't recall whom), they have come to represent a kind of reverse-fascism. Previously fascism was defined, practiced, & seen as governmental control of corporations, but in this case now (as you've pointed out, and in conjunction with the WEF) it is a fascism of corporate control of multiple international (mostly Western) governments, including our own feral and many of our state governments.
What hasn't been squandered by the FedGov is controlled by them.
These firms are essentially nation-states at this point.
They aren't going anywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2022 12:11 PM (oINRc)
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As some conservative thinker had pointed out some months ago (sorry, can't recall whom), they have come to represent a kind of reverse-fascism. Previously fascism was defined, practiced, & seen as governmental control of corporations, but in this case now (as you've pointed out, and in conjunction with the WEF) it is a fascism of corporate control of multiple international (mostly Western) governments, including our own feral and many of our state governments.
Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 12:19 PM (K3TEc)
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Re Barrett,. A single SCOTUS judge can only issue a brief stay until they refer the matter to the other justices where it takes 4 to take a case and five to issue a stay until consideration. In general, a federal case takes a normal course via district court then court of appeals capped with SCOTUS discretionary review.
Appeals in the middle of this process are called interlocutory appeals and are rarely granted. Two cases make it difficult to pursue taxpayer lawsuits. The first is an old case called Frothingham and the second is Flast v Cohen. For a taxpayer to show injury necessary for standing, they must be able to indicate unconstitutional actions against their Bill of Rights such as freedom of speech. General disputing over how money is spent does not grant taxpayers standing.
Appeals in the middle of this process are called interlocutory appeals and are rarely granted. Two cases make it difficult to pursue taxpayer lawsuits. The first is an old case called Frothingham and the second is Flast v Cohen. For a taxpayer to show injury necessary for standing, they must be able to indicate unconstitutional actions against their Bill of Rights such as freedom of speech. General disputing over how money is spent does not grant taxpayers standing.
Posted by: whig at October 21, 2022 12:19 PM (CXr4y)
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I think you have the numbers wrong. Blackrock manages TRILLIONS. I think the revenue is just the asset management fees, and not the returns on investment.
Posted by: MikeN at October 21, 2022 12:19 PM (HVIzT)
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281 Between BlackRock, Vanguard, & State Street, $11T of assets are under management by 3 firms.
What hasn't been squandered by the FedGov is controlled by them.
These firms are essentially nation-states at this point.
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I think you meant they are our new Rothchilds.
What hasn't been squandered by the FedGov is controlled by them.
These firms are essentially nation-states at this point.
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I think you meant they are our new Rothchilds.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 12:22 PM (Iv+w0)
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$100,000 in less than two years is a lot of money for me and my family
Absolutely. That sucks mightily. All of us are going to eventually feel pain from the Great Reset. IMHO, whatever happens in November is not going to change that. The damage has been inflicted and much of it is irreversible.
Absolutely. That sucks mightily. All of us are going to eventually feel pain from the Great Reset. IMHO, whatever happens in November is not going to change that. The damage has been inflicted and much of it is irreversible.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 21, 2022 12:22 PM (Xrfse)
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124 The company I work for (almost unwillingly at this point) has dropped 55% YTD in its stock price. Of course I am also a shareholder so this hurts doubly for me.
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Posted by: Defenestratus
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It's the same at Vanguard.
Old man Boogle is spinning in his grave.
... don't "cede governance to do-gooder kids on a committee”. _Jami Dimon
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Posted by: Defenestratus
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It's the same at Vanguard.
Old man Boogle is spinning in his grave.
... don't "cede governance to do-gooder kids on a committee”. _Jami Dimon
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:23 PM (HMNhg)
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Dixon win in MI would be huge. That opens up MI to election reform and a clear path for Trump in 2024. He will win WI without question, but he doesn't need PA if he can win MI.
Also, I'm convinced the stock market rally is due to the midterms.
Also, I'm convinced the stock market rally is due to the midterms.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2022 12:23 PM (f/yp9)
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It'll take a LONG time, with consistently conservative actions over years before she [Tulsi] can be trusted, if ever. But it is possible for someone to change, Reagan was a Donk for years before turning to the light, although to be fair that was before he entered electoral politics.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2022 12:17 PM (n+4am)
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As virtually everybody here knows, perhaps the greatest exemplar of this is David Horowitz. The radical 60's were a little before my time, and I didn't really understand much of it until reading his book "Radical Son."
[I now always use the term expanded on and made popular by radio talk show host Michael Savage back in the day: "red doper diaper babies" ...]
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2022 12:17 PM (n+4am)
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As virtually everybody here knows, perhaps the greatest exemplar of this is David Horowitz. The radical 60's were a little before my time, and I didn't really understand much of it until reading his book "Radical Son."
[I now always use the term expanded on and made popular by radio talk show host Michael Savage back in the day: "red doper diaper babies" ...]
Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 12:24 PM (K3TEc)
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Also, I'm convinced the stock market rally is due to the midterms.
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It is. They drew a line on Monday with a gap open that they will defend to last shareholders dime. Its been this way all week. Yesterday the shorts broke through and were set to make a large push today but they spiked it during extended trading and launched another 'rally' this morning. This is getting really old.
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It is. They drew a line on Monday with a gap open that they will defend to last shareholders dime. Its been this way all week. Yesterday the shorts broke through and were set to make a large push today but they spiked it during extended trading and launched another 'rally' this morning. This is getting really old.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 21, 2022 12:26 PM (Iv+w0)
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Speaking of the WEF.... reports say Tulsi Gabbard's bio has been scrubbed from the WEF website. Further, her status as a "young global WEF leader" or whatever the fuck they call themselves is also gone. Did she denounce the WEF and it wasn't reported? What gives? I just assumed she was still onboard with their reset plan but apparently not. Maybe...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM
They scrubbed Dan Crenshaw from the WEF website a couple years ago too, when he became popular after his election to Congress. That was probably to protect his image as some kind of "conservative" hero and prevent any warnings people were making about him being a WEF stooge.
With WEF Tulsi Gabbard cozying up to Kari Lake, are they scrubbing Gabbard's WEF background, because she is no longer WEF material, or are they scrubbing it to cover up that she is trying to poison Kari Lake with her WEF influence? My cynical guess is the latter. And I would be wary of Kari Lake if she is allowing WEF Tulsi Gabbard into her inner circle.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2022 11:08 AM
They scrubbed Dan Crenshaw from the WEF website a couple years ago too, when he became popular after his election to Congress. That was probably to protect his image as some kind of "conservative" hero and prevent any warnings people were making about him being a WEF stooge.
With WEF Tulsi Gabbard cozying up to Kari Lake, are they scrubbing Gabbard's WEF background, because she is no longer WEF material, or are they scrubbing it to cover up that she is trying to poison Kari Lake with her WEF influence? My cynical guess is the latter. And I would be wary of Kari Lake if she is allowing WEF Tulsi Gabbard into her inner circle.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 21, 2022 12:27 PM (Do5/p)
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Federated Hermes staff posted a series of reflections.
Its senior economist Silvia Dall’Angelo commented:
“we need more ambition, underpinned by robust and timely implementation – including detailed and actionable plans that can be rigorously monitored.”
Its senior economist Silvia Dall’Angelo commented:
“we need more ambition, underpinned by robust and timely implementation – including detailed and actionable plans that can be rigorously monitored.”
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:29 PM (HMNhg)
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I think you have the numbers wrong. Blackrock manages TRILLIONS. I think the revenue is just the asset management fees, and not the returns on investment.
Posted by: MikeN at October 21, 2022 12:19 PM (HVIzT)
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I suppose the question is how much does Blackrock profit off of those investment returns? I presume virtually all of that is returned to the shareholders whose money they manage -- but (as the wifey points out) they probably own some portion of their own shares.
Posted by: MikeN at October 21, 2022 12:19 PM (HVIzT)
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I suppose the question is how much does Blackrock profit off of those investment returns? I presume virtually all of that is returned to the shareholders whose money they manage -- but (as the wifey points out) they probably own some portion of their own shares.
Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 12:30 PM (K3TEc)
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Real Clear Politics is now projecting a Tudor Dixon win in Michigan.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2022 11:36 AM
I will believe it when I see it. This state (Michigan) is full of Karens/AWFLs. As well as long-time deep blue, controlled by left-wing UAW as well as left-wing black vote in Detroit.
Not to mention, the scrunt triumvirate of Whitmer-AG Nessel-SoS Benson. They control the voting process in this state. They rigged and stole Michigan in 2020 and they still control the system now.
So I will believe they failed to rig and steal the elections next month when it actually happens. All the polling I have seen here shows Whitmer up 5-10%, depending on the poll. In the end, the Left just needs to win. Trump won by just 11,000 votes in 2016. So that is all the Left needs as well. Less than 1% margin.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2022 11:36 AM
I will believe it when I see it. This state (Michigan) is full of Karens/AWFLs. As well as long-time deep blue, controlled by left-wing UAW as well as left-wing black vote in Detroit.
Not to mention, the scrunt triumvirate of Whitmer-AG Nessel-SoS Benson. They control the voting process in this state. They rigged and stole Michigan in 2020 and they still control the system now.
So I will believe they failed to rig and steal the elections next month when it actually happens. All the polling I have seen here shows Whitmer up 5-10%, depending on the poll. In the end, the Left just needs to win. Trump won by just 11,000 votes in 2016. So that is all the Left needs as well. Less than 1% margin.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 21, 2022 12:40 PM (Do5/p)
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Tulsi has endorsed Tudor Dixon and will be coming to Michigan to campaign for her.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:18 AM
What exactly does Tulsi Gabbard's support bring to either Kari Lake in AZ or Tudor Dixon in MI? She is a known left-wing failed Democrat candidate for President and known WEF Young Leader.
She is either (1) working to sabotage their candidacies by associating them with a Democrat WEF stooge and cooling conservative support for Lake and Dixon or (2) she is announcing her defection from the WEF and Democrats and thinks some bipartisan grrrlpower will attract more Democrat women to vote for the Republican female candidates. My hope is this is the latter, but my cynicism of politicians tells me this is the former.
That said, it could be option (3), a Democrat WEF stooge cozying up to two female eventual leaders to have an in with them to push WEF influence with them in the future. Anyone associated with the WEF should never be trusted and Lake and Dixon would be wise to tell Gabbard to kindly f-off.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 21, 2022 11:18 AM
What exactly does Tulsi Gabbard's support bring to either Kari Lake in AZ or Tudor Dixon in MI? She is a known left-wing failed Democrat candidate for President and known WEF Young Leader.
She is either (1) working to sabotage their candidacies by associating them with a Democrat WEF stooge and cooling conservative support for Lake and Dixon or (2) she is announcing her defection from the WEF and Democrats and thinks some bipartisan grrrlpower will attract more Democrat women to vote for the Republican female candidates. My hope is this is the latter, but my cynicism of politicians tells me this is the former.
That said, it could be option (3), a Democrat WEF stooge cozying up to two female eventual leaders to have an in with them to push WEF influence with them in the future. Anyone associated with the WEF should never be trusted and Lake and Dixon would be wise to tell Gabbard to kindly f-off.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 21, 2022 12:50 PM (Do5/p)
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Warren Zevon's "Jungle Work" FTW!
Posted by: Al Shabbah at October 21, 2022 01:02 PM (JPtqu)
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Tulsi Gabbard doesn't sit well with me. She says some of the right things, but I just get this feeling that she will say anything if it furthers her ambitions.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM
I'm skeptical as well but keep in mind, a lot of conservatives said the same thing of Trump when he first jumped into the race.
Posted by: WisRich at October 21, 2022 11:49 AM
Yeah, but Donald Trump jumped into the race as a Republican. As far as I know, Tulsi Gabbard has not switched parties. She is still a member of the Party of abortion-on-demand, gender dysphoria, no enforcement or immigration or the border and unlimited COVID mandates/policies. Until she switches parties and adamantly denounces the WEF, she is not to be trusted.
I did not trust Trump until he went full bore on my #2 issue (immigration and border enforcement). Abortion has always been my #1 issue. As a Democrat, Gabbard supports no border or immigration law enforcement and pushes abortion-on-demand. No one on the wrong side of those issues is to be trusted, in my opinion.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 21, 2022 11:35 AM
I'm skeptical as well but keep in mind, a lot of conservatives said the same thing of Trump when he first jumped into the race.
Posted by: WisRich at October 21, 2022 11:49 AM
Yeah, but Donald Trump jumped into the race as a Republican. As far as I know, Tulsi Gabbard has not switched parties. She is still a member of the Party of abortion-on-demand, gender dysphoria, no enforcement or immigration or the border and unlimited COVID mandates/policies. Until she switches parties and adamantly denounces the WEF, she is not to be trusted.
I did not trust Trump until he went full bore on my #2 issue (immigration and border enforcement). Abortion has always been my #1 issue. As a Democrat, Gabbard supports no border or immigration law enforcement and pushes abortion-on-demand. No one on the wrong side of those issues is to be trusted, in my opinion.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 21, 2022 01:11 PM (Do5/p)
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I'm sure everyone is dealing with this, but my newest report for my work deferred comp account has lost $100,000 since Biden came into office.
I have two more years left in the department, and by 2024, I assume that money will all be gone. Been putting money in every paycheck since 1994, and when I retire, I'll have virtually nothing.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (d2bW3)
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Don't worry - it will come back. It always does. Too many people with real money are feeling this one, and they will expect a turnaround. You will rise with the tide as it happens.
I have two more years left in the department, and by 2024, I assume that money will all be gone. Been putting money in every paycheck since 1994, and when I retire, I'll have virtually nothing.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 21, 2022 12:04 PM (d2bW3)
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Don't worry - it will come back. It always does. Too many people with real money are feeling this one, and they will expect a turnaround. You will rise with the tide as it happens.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 21, 2022 01:19 PM (xWZcb)
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You're comparing Tulsi to Trump? Trump has been consistent his entire life. Tulsi still holds very Democrat objectives. Don't be fooled. She's a Dem still, just not as fully crazy as the rest of the party.
Posted by: the Victorian era at October 21, 2022 12:07 PM (Mzdiz)
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That's a joke right?
Posted by: the Victorian era at October 21, 2022 12:07 PM (Mzdiz)
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That's a joke right?
Posted by: Black JEM at October 21, 2022 01:20 PM (xWZcb)
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Hello, W Virginia
>>>West Virginia, the treasurer’s office will transfer banking services out of JPMorgan Chase by the end of November, according to a spokesman.
West Virginia earlier this year banished JPMorgan, BlackRock and three other banks for allegedly hurting energy companies, the state treasurer said.
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Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:17 PM (HMNhg)
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Now pull Chase's banking charter. They'd really notice that.
>>>West Virginia, the treasurer’s office will transfer banking services out of JPMorgan Chase by the end of November, according to a spokesman.
West Virginia earlier this year banished JPMorgan, BlackRock and three other banks for allegedly hurting energy companies, the state treasurer said.
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Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 21, 2022 12:17 PM (HMNhg)
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Now pull Chase's banking charter. They'd really notice that.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 21, 2022 01:24 PM (xWZcb)
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Posted by: Cindy Davis at October 22, 2022 02:27 AM (4KsYU)
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(Why Gen X Failed) - "So, does Gen X have anything to contribute today?"
Ahem yes. We have worked to continue to build and defend the American Experiment while raising productive children. Boomer's worked to destroy the fruited plain and the society within and Millennials... well... results are still out. The millennial engineers and technical people I work with are top notch, the others do not want to work. Considering they came into the workplace in the Great Recession and now the Biden Junta depression, I am sympathetic when they are resentful of our future.
Ahem yes. We have worked to continue to build and defend the American Experiment while raising productive children. Boomer's worked to destroy the fruited plain and the society within and Millennials... well... results are still out. The millennial engineers and technical people I work with are top notch, the others do not want to work. Considering they came into the workplace in the Great Recession and now the Biden Junta depression, I am sympathetic when they are resentful of our future.
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