Moody's Dowgrades the Credit Ratings of Several "Small to Mid-Sized Banks," and Announces That Others Are Under Review for a Possible Downgrade

We used to call Obama the Shit-Fingered Midas for his anti-golden touch. (That was before we found out he had fantasies of putting his fingers in men's poopers.)

But apparently Obama was the economic standout of the egregious pair.

Moody's cut credit ratings of several small to mid-sized U.S. banks on Monday and said it may downgrade some of the nation's biggest lenders, warning that the sector's credit strength will likely be tested by funding risks and weaker profitability.
Moody's cut the ratings of 10 banks by one notch and placed six banking giants, including Bank of New York Mellon (BK.N), US Bancorp (USB.N), State Street (STT.N) and Truist Financial (TFC.N) on review for potential downgrades.
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"Many banks' second-quarter results showed growing profitability pressures that will reduce their ability to generate internal capital," Moody's said in a note.
"This comes as a mild U.S. recession is on the horizon for early 2024 and asset quality looks set to decline, with particular risks in some banks' commercial real estate (CRE)portfolios."
Moody's said elevated CRE exposures are a key risk due to high interest rates, declines in office demand as a result of remote work, and a reduction in the availability of CRE credit.

The agency also changed its outlook to negative for eleven major lenders, including Capital One (COF.N), Citizens Financial (CFG.N) and Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB.O).
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank earlier this year sparked a crisis of confidence in the U.S. banking sector, leading to a run on deposits at a host of regional banks despite authorities launching emergency measures to shore up confidence.

Best economy in history, Fat!

Posted by: Ace at 03:00 PM

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1 Wurst.

Posted by: Reforger at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (XLUB7)

2 DOOM!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (ppBhU)

3 The best!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (ytSiK)

4 Where is Monty nowadays when you need him.

Posted by: whig at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (V+/H3)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)

6 Bidenomics.

IT'S WORKING!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)

7 Read the content too.

Is this thing on?

Posted by: Reforger at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (XLUB7)

8 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (FVJNG)

9 No where near first!!!!!

Posted by: scruboak at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (jjH9L)

10 Charming. Just charming.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (J2vNu)

11 Men's Poopers?

I am glad I did not follow any of those links.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

12 At least I fucked over the German economy far more than the American one!

I'm patriotic!

Posted by: Droolin' Joe Biden! at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (2tUFv)

13 4 Where is Monty nowadays when you need him.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2023 03:02 PM (V+/H3)

He was on Gab a couple years ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

14 Eh, Moody’s is just being emotional.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (xTRSc)

15 DURING BIDENOMICS!!?!

Posted by: spindrift at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (FRu7m)

16 "This comes as a mild U.S. recession is on the horizon for early 2024 and asset quality looks set to decline, with particular risks in some banks' commercial real estate (CRE)portfolios."

You lying sack of shit. We've been in a recession for 2 years now......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

17 Banks?

Eh.. I'm sure it's nothing another couple consolidations into a giant leviathan can't cure...

Posted by: Inogame at August 09, 2023 03:04 PM (53oGX)

18 This is what happens when people who hate your country are allowed to steal elections and rule it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 09, 2023 03:04 PM (zjgNU)

19 "This comes as a mild U.S. recession is on the horizon for early 2024 and asset quality looks set to decline, with particular risks in some banks' commercial real estate (CRE)portfolios."
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Yup. CRE might actually collapse in many areas, which is going to take out local and regional banks. Most financing for commercial real estate comes from midsized banks. As it blows to pieces, a lot of those banks run a real risk of failing.

And when they fail, they will brokered away to the Big Five banks, who will radically expand their portfolios while eliminating many credit sources (and credit competition) for small and midsized enterprises in the regions they take over.

"Thou shall bank with JPMC or thou shall not bank."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:04 PM (WkNQM)

20 I'm surprised we have not yet seen some sort of governmental scheme to try and force people back into offices to avoid a commercial real estate meltdown. Surely, they're cooking something up.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (ppBhU)

21 Paul is a man after Ozero's own faggot heart.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (pohLc)

22 Run on banks… not such A Wonderful Life??

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (PCK5/)

23 Democrats = bad times.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (qPw5n)

24 Eh, Moody’s is just being emotional.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (xTRSc)

It's that time of the month.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)

25 How much, ruin, exactly, is in a great deal of ruin? I'm just hoping I'm dead before we run out of ruin.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (Dm8we)

26 "This comes as a mild U.S. recession is on the horizon for early 2024"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Stock up on food.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (zjgNU)

27
the sector's credit strength will likely be tested by funding risks

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Ooh, who's been defaulting?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (lCaJd)

28 Whole lotta' collapsing yet to go.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (Q4IgG)

29 Reading the last post, no kiddin' the Biden crime family was using Hunter. A tactic as old as time, keep the noses clean of the ones with a political future (Beau was going to take over running the syndicate after Joe moved on. God sure pulled a quick one on ol' Joe before that came to fruition), and make the stupid ones the bagmen/people (James, Hunter, and probably Valerie in my opinion)

Posted by: scruboak at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (jjH9L)

30 Now I have to find out if our credit unions are carrying CRE and help by withdrawing our balances.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (ysaNs)

31 Eh, Moody’s is just being emotional.

Moody's just wants to date these banks.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 09, 2023 03:06 PM (ppBhU)

32 Paul is a man after Ozero's own faggot heart.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (pohLc)

Paul is a dick that AIDS needs to hurry up on......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

33 6 Bidenomics.

IT'S WORKING!!!!
Posted by: Sponge

(creepy smile) You will own nothing and love it!

Posted by: Klaus Schwaub, motherWEFr at August 09, 2023 03:06 PM (sAmhv)

34 QUICK! RUN THE PROSPERITY MONTAGE!

Posted by: CNNNBCCBSABSMSDLCFOX at August 09, 2023 03:06 PM (flINI)

35 Uh oh, my mortgage holder is on the list.

Which is bad enough, but I'm trying to sell that house, and then buy a new one before the fit hits the shan.

I mean, at this point I'm thinking if I sell the one, I'm going to take the cash from the sale, convert it to the China currency, and then put it under my mattress.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:06 PM (dGCAG)

36 > The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank earlier this year sparked a crisis of confidence in the U.S. banking sector, leading to a run on deposits at a host of regional banks despite authorities launching emergency measures to shore up confidence.

So the idiot author thinks all this is a wrongheaded crisis of confidence? SVB and Signature's collapse were ineffable mysteries that have no relationship to Grandpa Greasyfingers' economy?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 09, 2023 03:06 PM (0N1h0)

37 (That was before we found out he had fantasies of putting his fingers in men's poopers.)

Wasn't it already common knowledge that he had a lifetime membership at a Chicago bathhouse when he was erected in 2008?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 09, 2023 03:07 PM (2ocoG)

38 We make money the old-fashioned way. We STEAL it.

Posted by: Wells Fargo at August 09, 2023 03:07 PM (sWM8x)

39 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 09, 2023 03:07 PM (T4tVD)

40 What those banks need is more DEI initiatives, that'll turn things around

Posted by: brak at August 09, 2023 03:07 PM (25k9m)

41 I'm surprised we have not yet seen some sort of governmental scheme to try and force people back into offices to avoid a commercial real estate meltdown. Surely, they're cooking something up.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (ppBhU)
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It won't help much. There's already a major "return to office" movement in a lot of laptop class jobs, but even when it happens it is often not to the same offices. San Francisco's office buildings are increasingly starved for tenants. Even where employees have returned to the office, they didn't go back to the same places.

And in many urban centers, office space in Class A buildings is now cheaper than average office space in the suburbs because the cities are shit shows. And where "the office" is still in the same place, the surrounding businesses (shops, restaurants, etc.) are often closed now because nobody wants to be foot traffic in beautiful downtown Portland anymore (for example).

The CRE reckoning is coming regardless of "return to office" requirements.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:07 PM (WkNQM)

42 Men's Poopers?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 09, 2023 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

That's hot.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 09, 2023 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)

43 Ooh, who's been defaulting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (lCaJd)
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Commercial landlords.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (WkNQM)

44 So completely off topic... but Joe Biden is visiting Utah right now.

This morning, at 6:15, the FBI shot and killed a man in Provo, Utah, for "making threats" against the President.

I don't know what to think about this. Yes, the president should be protected. But why the FBI and not secret service? And what did this guy do that merited the death penalty when attacking Trump's White House didn't get anyone killed?
Story here: https://tinyurl.com/uf7dz27c

Posted by: GanGanowicz at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (AxRGS)

45 "Moody's cut credit ratings of several small to mid-sized U.S. banks on Monday and said it may downgrade some of the nation's biggest lenders..."

So, more consolidation may be in order, eh? This is simply horrible, awful news.

Guys, get the checkbook. We have a buying opportunity. We need to help the world now. God bless us.

Posted by: Black Rock at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (aXxgO)

46 And when they fail, they will brokered away to the Big Five banks, who will radically expand their portfolios while eliminating many credit sources (and credit competition) for small and midsized enterprises in the regions they take over.

"Thou shall bank with JPMC or thou shall not bank."
Posted by: Joe Mannix

The banks that bought Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank made *bank* as both SVB and SB had good portfolios; but, got caught short.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (ysaNs)

47 Apparently, the FBI executed an elderly Provo resident today. He was wearing a MAGA hat and wrote angry threatening letters to Biden.

Be careful out there horde.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (cyBh+)

48 Inflation is totally under control, as long as you don't need food, fuel, electricity, a mortgage or medical care.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (MeG8a)

49 Legit question:

The Bidenomics term seemed to me to spring up almost out of nowhere.

What are the central tenets of Bidenomics?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (KbCG3)

50 It's all smoke and mirrors. The feds will just print money they don't have and pay for this or that for people we never see while the numbers go up and down and the average Joe gets it in the shorts.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (HTUD+)

51 When the Levee Breaks

Posted by: Led Zeppelin at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (jGKEZ)

52 Peety thinks its funny when he blows mud while I'm balls deep.

Posted by: Chasten Buttigieg at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)

53 44 So completely off topic... but Joe Biden is visiting Utah right now.

This morning, at 6:15, the FBI shot and killed a man in Provo, Utah, for "making threats" against the President.

I don't know what to think about this. Yes, the president should be protected. But why the FBI and not secret service? And what did this guy do that merited the death penalty when attacking Trump's White House didn't get anyone killed?
Story here: https://tinyurl.com/uf7dz27c
Posted by: GanGanowicz at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (AxRGS)

Was he wearing a gaudy baseball cap… with words on it??

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (PCK5/)

54 You think you lunks have it rough? I scammed every -stan and -land east of the Dnieper, and i still only got negative $1.2 million in my bank account!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (9UlRk)

55 At least I fucked over the German economy far more than the American one!

A right-wing Swedish newspaper recently published an executive summary from an alleged confidential RAND report, published a month before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, detailing how the United States could screw over the German and other EU economies to the US's benefit.

Given the dubious source, I'd want to see some corroboration that the study actually exists, but it would be embarrassing if the study turned out to be real.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (2tUFv)

56 Eh, Moody’s is just being emotional.

Moody's just wants to date these banks.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 09, 2023

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Years ago, there was (and there might still be) a Moody Radio Network. Our joke at the radio station where I worked was that it was a network staffed with people who glared at you when you asked what time it was: "Who *cares* what time it is? What's the *point*?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (J2vNu)

57 So the idiot author thinks all this is a wrongheaded crisis of confidence? SVB and Signature's collapse were ineffable mysteries that have no relationship to Grandpa Greasyfingers' economy?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 09, 2023 03:06 PM (0N1h0)
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A bunch of people proposed mandatory censorship of any social media posts about bank health. The argument is that there would be no bank runs if people couldn't tweet about it or whatever, and that social media is a wellspring of weaponized disinformation that can cause the banking system to collapse due to take or overblown bad news.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (WkNQM)

58 The Trump economy: I wonder where I should go on vacation this year...and before or after I get that addition to the house?

The Biden economy: The joke is on your grocery store...I can't afford the steak I am writing this check for but the bank might not exist when you go to cash it

Posted by: 18-1 at August 09, 2023 03:10 PM (lc5cP)

59 GOP keeps blocking Biden's agenda.

Posted by: Sid at August 09, 2023 03:10 PM (5uexd)

60 "Experts" have been calling for a "mild" recession since the 1st quarter of 2021. Can't wait for the 3d quarter earnings reports.

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)

61 nobody wants to be foot traffic in beautiful downtown Portland anymore (for example).

I'm expecting this fall's Portland Retro Gaming Expo to be a hilarious shitshow.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 09, 2023 03:11 PM (2ocoG)

62 "Best economy in history, Fat!"

Well, the MSM is telling us that Bidenomics is working and it's our fault for not understanding how awesome it is.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2023 03:11 PM (NpAcC)

63 Provo guy was killed after a gun fight with the FBI when they served a warrant.

"The official told ABC News the individual was under investigation for threatening posts, including suggesting online he was preparing to take physical action. The official said the threats had been deemed 'credible.' "

Exactly what does that mean?

Posted by: GanGanowicz at August 09, 2023 03:11 PM (AxRGS)

64 47 Apparently, the FBI executed an elderly Provo resident today. He was wearing a MAGA hat and wrote angry threatening letters to Biden.

Be careful out there horde.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (cyBh+)

Veterans of Ruby Ridge or Waco looking to reexperience the glory days?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 09, 2023 03:11 PM (N39Ws)

65 That Moody dude is a stooge of TrumPutin!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2023 03:12 PM (63Dwl)

66 The banks that bought Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank made *bank* as both SVB and SB had good portfolios; but, got caught short.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2023 03:08 PM (ysaNs)
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Yup. And the small and midsized business that were served by them (especially Signature - SVB was always weird and in its own category) are now subject to Big Bank rules and interest, as are future small or midsized businesses.

Local and regional banking allowed for robust and effective tailoring of services to the needs of the area, especially business needs. Kiss that goodbye as they get eaten by the big banks in sweetheart deals. Sure, the big banks will end up paying and paying quite a bit, but it is going to change the business banking landscape for at least a generation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:12 PM (WkNQM)

67 Yellin will straighten this out toot sweet cuz she's a pro.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:12 PM (HTCOy)

68 Legit question:

The Bidenomics term seemed to me to spring up almost out of nowhere.

What are the central tenets of Bidenomics?

The big guy gets 10%.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 09, 2023 03:12 PM (ppBhU)

69 Posted by: Sid at August 09, 2023 03:10 PM (5uexd)

Even I think you're a fag.

Posted by: Chasten Buttigieg at August 09, 2023 03:12 PM (Zz0t1)

70 There are too many banks for us to control effectively. We need to roll them all up into a handful of large ones that we can direct more effectively. Too many deplorables have banking privileges, they need to be de-banked to protect our precious democracy. Canada and Great Britain are way ahead of us already.

Posted by: Uniparty at August 09, 2023 03:12 PM (AwuHK)

71 Exactly what does that mean?
Posted by: GanGanowicz at August 09, 2023 03:11 PM (AxRGS)

You know, the kind that are the opposite of all those threats made by school shooters who are trans.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 09, 2023 03:12 PM (zZu0s)

72 Don't know if the guy was old or wearing a MAGA hat, (at six in the morning, likely not wearing any hat).

But it stinks to high heaven. Provo is not Biden territory, to say the least.

Posted by: GanGanowicz at August 09, 2023 03:13 PM (AxRGS)

73 Moody's needs to stay in their lane.

Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:13 PM (iziT8)

74 The Central Scrutinizer: "What are the central tenets of Bidenomics?"

None. It's like "funemployment". Paper over and ignore facts and analysis with a fiction word and act like it's a plan. It's horse hockey from nose to tail.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at August 09, 2023 03:13 PM (aXxgO)

75 >>GOP keeps blocking Biden's agenda.

Which part, retard?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2023 03:13 PM (ZLI7S)

76 the big banks will end up paying and paying quite a bit, but it is going to change the business banking landscape for at least a generation.
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Wilsonian Progressivism to the rescue!!

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:13 PM (HTCOy)

77 The official said the threats had been deemed 'credible.' "

Exactly what does that mean?
Posted by: GanGanowicz at August 09, 2023 03:11 PM (AxRGS)

"Support Dems or we will kill you."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)

78 Posted by: Sid at August 09, 2023 03:10 PM (5uexd)

Even I think you're a fag.
Posted by: Chasten Buttigieg at August 09, 2023 03:12 PM (Zz0t1)

***

Preach Sister

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at August 09, 2023 03:13 PM (flINI)

79
Speaking of downgrades and failures, WDW Pro is streaming a Disney earnings call "pre-show." lol, it's the best entertainment they're producing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (lCaJd)

80 The "hot" topic now is will Apple bite the bullet and buy out Mouse, Inc.? Even Mouse, Inc. bits and pieces? Or has Iger so corrupted, polluted, and destroyed the brand to such an extent that no one want anything to do with it for less than a ruinous discount?

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (rj6Yv)

81 Provo guy another object lesson, perhaps.

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (PCK5/)

82 Which part, retard?

I do remember when Jeff Sessions wouldn't let Biden grope his granddaughter...maybe that's what Sid means?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (lc5cP)

83 Look at the consumer credit report. This gets worse and only presages what's about to come. Consumer credit extensions hit a historic high. New charges were also running at monthly highs. But that is now dropping because people have either exhausted their credit or the bills are coming in. Inflation is causing them to decrease post COVID spending, which shot up. Remember that rates are at an all time high and now people holding balances are accumulating substantial interest charges. It's not a good outlook.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (VE1hH)

84 "What are the central tenets of Bidenomics?"

Smash and grab.

Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (iziT8)

85 Looks like Sid has been huffing his own farts again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

86 GOP keeps blocking Biden's agenda.
Posted by: Cocksucker at August 09, 2023 03:10 PM (C0ck$)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (WkNQM)

87 "Thou shall bank with JPMC or thou shall not bank."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:04 PM (WkNQM)

And they're gonnna have a little looksee at what you've been up to online.

"Hmmm, it says here on your credit report you've been commenting at a place called the Aces of Spade blog?"

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (dGCAG)

88 84 "What are the central tenets of Bidenomics?"

Smash and grab.
Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (iziT

$20 Million. Same as in town.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (zZu0s)

89 47 Apparently, the FBI executed an elderly Provo resident today. He was wearing a MAGA hat and wrote angry threatening letters to Biden.

Be careful out there horde.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Great! The Newz will focus completely on this and ignore the economic DOOM that is well underway.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (sAmhv)

90 The fun part will be Bidet's handlers scrambling with giant cards to indicate to the husk if he needs to take credit or blame Trump when the economic questions come up.

Posted by: Bete at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (BRhwL)

91 I mean, at this point I'm thinking if I sell the one, I'm going to take the cash from the sale, convert it to the China currency, and then put it under my mattress.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:06 PM (dGCAG)

China's screwed, too.

Likely all the Asian countries that rely on exporting to the US are screwed. (Even Japan and Korea would be in danger.)

Honestly, I don't know who would be safe if the dollar collapses. Maybe the ruble? The Riyal?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (zjgNU)

92 Another tenet of Bidenomics:

Gib me dat!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (ppBhU)

93 And in many urban centers, office space in Class A buildings is now cheaper than average office space in the suburbs

In their infinite wisdom, the voters in Portland's county decided to fund universal preschool entirely through a tax on "rich" people (people making more than 125K singly/200K jointly).

Since you have to pay the tax if you live or work in Portland's county, that has only accelerated the flight of offices to the suburbs. Even before Covid, leases were more expensive in a major suburban office area than in downtown Portland - God only knows what the lease differential is now.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (2tUFv)

94 > Exactly what does that mean?

This nbc article claims these are the threats:
twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/1689351284090961921

Sounds like he was he a violent idiot. Maybe it's all fake. I dunno.

*shrug*

Posted by: bonhomme at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (0N1h0)

95 "A bunch of people proposed mandatory censorship of any social media posts about bank health."

and as I understand it, SVB was (billionaires) leveraged up, so they get the bailouts ... too big to fail (too rich, they have BigGov in their pocket). But little America is just the proles, let them lose their homes and savings ... evil incarnate.

Socialization of risk (for the rich only), privatization of profit.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (Cus5s)

96 So it begins

Posted by: that guy who always says its begining at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (fKIdX)

97
"This comes as a mild U.S. recession is on the horizon for early 2024...

Yeeesh.

If they're admitting to a "mild us recession" in '24, I suppose that means that -

we should expect a severe nation-destroying 10 year Depression beginning in '24.

Stock up on cans of Pork and Beans cuz it's gonna be a loooooooong decade of misery and poverty.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (QzZeQ)

98 I posted this bank when the first banks went under. The free money from 2008-2022 caused banks and corporations to engage in a lot of stupid, unprofitable behavior. One bank went under because of bad crypto investments another for a massive cash shortfall. When the reality of interest rates shows up stupid stuff like DEI etc gets jettisoned but a lot of damage is already done

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 09, 2023 03:16 PM (84FlP)

99 And they're gonnna have a little looksee at what you've been up to online.

"Hmmm, it says here on your credit report you've been commenting at a place called the Aces of Spade blog?"
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (dGCAG)
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We'll get there, yeah.

Or in my case, "We see that you have no social media accounts. You're an unquantifiable risk and so we cannot do business with you."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:16 PM (WkNQM)

100 reminds of the people before the 2008 election who wanted all private retirement funds like 401k and the like to be taken over by the govt. for your own good, of course.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 09, 2023 03:16 PM (B1FKF)

101 Looks like when Paul embarresses hisself he comes back as Sid.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 09, 2023 03:16 PM (pohLc)

102 GOP keeps blocking Biden's agenda .

Posted by: I'm Sid and I do ATM at August 09, 2023 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)

103 Legit question:

The Bidenomics term seemed to me to spring up almost out of nowhere.

What are the central tenets of Bidenomics?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Bidenomics is a variation on "the big lie" of WWII.
People that only get their news from MSM or cable news will, unless they understand how costs are rising, will believe the current economic climate is a good thing for them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2023 03:16 PM (ysaNs)

104 80 The "hot" topic now is will Apple bite the bullet and buy out Mouse, Inc.? Even Mouse, Inc. bits and pieces? Or has Iger so corrupted, polluted, and destroyed the brand to such an extent that no one want anything to do with it for less than a ruinous discount?
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I thought Zuckerberg was gonna replace vacations with Zuckervision Goggles?

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:16 PM (HTCOy)

105 Lol. Yeah, the part where he just keeps throwing money at all his constituencies. Which led to the inflation we're experiencing right now.

It's going to get interesting with no omnibus and individual spending bills.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 09, 2023 03:17 PM (VE1hH)

106 Turns out the Moody Radio Network is still going strong. Wiki: "Moody Radio has 71 owned and operated stations and hundreds of affiliates and outlets that carry all or part of its programming. It is owned by the Moody Bible Institute." And that, as many of you know, is a private Bible college in Chicago; been around since 1886.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 03:17 PM (J2vNu)

107 GOP keeps blocking Biden's agenda.
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Which part, retard?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2023 03:13 PM (ZLI7S)

The part where Congress keeps blocking Hunter's Ukraine oligarch money laundering scheme. Duh.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:17 PM (dGCAG)

108 But but but...the great ESG scores!

And we have DIE!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 09, 2023 03:17 PM (ufFY8)

109 Budenomics
Part-time work is great because you don't need all that money as inflation is slowing and banks are failing but that's ok cause you don't have any money to deposit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 09, 2023 03:18 PM (16P24)

110 Provo is not Biden territory, to say the least.
Posted by: GanGanowicz

You can't prove that by who they vote into the Senate.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2023 03:18 PM (ysaNs)

111 blue horseshoe loves: FAZ direxion daily financial bear 3x shares inverse ETF - its at 17 now but it went from 200 to 500 in march of 2020...put all your best clients in it

Posted by: sound awake at August 09, 2023 03:18 PM (y7zJs)

112 Moody’s is reviewing the situation.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:18 PM (xTRSc)

113 Look at the consumer credit report. This gets worse and only presages what's about to come. Consumer credit extensions hit a historic high. New charges were also running at monthly highs.
================
This worries me too. Balances are high and banks are charging an average of 25% on CC balances. Lots of people are going to be struggling.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2023 03:18 PM (sLLLV)

114 Honestly, I don't know who would be safe if the dollar collapses. Maybe the ruble? The Riyal?

The ruble is tanking at the moment.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 09, 2023 03:18 PM (2tUFv)

115 105 Lol. Yeah, the part where he just keeps throwing money at all his constituencies. Which led to the inflation we're experiencing right now.

It's going to get interesting with no omnibus and individual spending bills.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 09, 2023 03:17 PM

What's interesting is for the first time in history we are spending more money on interest on the National debt than we are spending on the entire military.

It's fixin to get lit.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (QNSds)

116 Apparently, the FBI executed an elderly Provo resident today. He was wearing a MAGA hat and wrote angry threatening letters to Biden.

Be careful out there horde.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

They rolled in with 138,000 FBI agents from the 3rd FBI infantry Corps and 5th FBI heavy armor corps backed by bombers and CAS aircraft from the FBI Air Force.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (E2Jkn)

117 "Bidenomics" is where you shower with your daughter, use your crackhead son as an illegal grift collector, and take bribes from foreign nations to sell out the American people. That all equals money in the bank, Jack, or should I say "she'll" corporations.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (VE1hH)

118 FU, bail me out!

Posted by: Banks at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (gmo/4)

119 Honestly, I don't know who would be safe if the dollar collapses. Maybe the ruble? The Riyal?
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Good bet. Oil has real value. Not to mention minerals.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (HTCOy)

120 I posted this bank when the first banks went under. The free money from 2008-2022 caused banks and corporations to engage in a lot of stupid, unprofitable behavior. One bank went under because of bad crypto investments another for a massive cash shortfall. When the reality of interest rates shows up stupid stuff like DEI etc gets jettisoned but a lot of damage is already done
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 09, 2023 03:16 PM (84FlP)
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More important than that, though, is the structural problem of interest rates. Rates have turned. They aren't going to forever and bouncing on the zero boundary. We're in a secular rising-rate environment now, and virtually nobody in the business now knows how to deal with that. Remember, rates went down - on average, with periodic short-term exceptions - from the end of the Reagan Recession until last year. That's basically 30 years - long enough for entire careers to have come and gone.

Almost no one in American finance has real-world risk management experience in a rising rate environment. It's going to be a very bumpy road as the banks figure out how to survive when money isn't free anymore.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (WkNQM)

121 Knights in White Satin is overrated. I don't care what that band thinks about the economy, Fat.

Posted by: Joe Biden - The first rule of Bidenomics is that you do not talk about Bidenomics. at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (ppBhU)

122 I wonder if PaulSid can give specific examples of GOP blocking the Biden Crime Family's economic agenda?

Posted by: Neo-Kulak at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (O2Vgk)

123 FU, bail me out!

Posted by: Banks at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (gmo/4)

Felix Unger?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

124 They rolled in with 138,000 FBI agents from the 3rd FBI infantry Corps and 5th FBI heavy armor corps backed by bombers and CAS aircraft from the FBI Air Force.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (E2Jkn)

Did he have TWO German shepherds?

Emphasis on 'had.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (zZu0s)

125 If you have the cash and need wheels, now's a good time to buy a used car.

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (rj6Yv)

126 Can we broadcast the DOOM! signal to Monte?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (sLLLV)

127 Nominal national debt is over $32 trillion ($253,000 per taxpayer).

GAAP (which includes unfunded liabilities) is now likely over $300 trillion and rising exponentially.

"For you, hurl ...
There's just not enough wealth in the world."

Posted by: ShainS -- Chief 'Misinformation' Researcher at AoSHQ at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (/9wNT)

128 The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank ...
______________

... proves that at least those bankers were complete idiots. They built their entire business around servicing a notoriously volatile sector, and learned the significance of FAFO.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (YqDXo)

129 China's screwed, too.

Likely all the Asian countries that rely on exporting to the US are screwed. (Even Japan and Korea would be in danger.)

Honestly, I don't know who would be safe if the dollar collapses. Maybe the ruble? The Riyal?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (zjgNU)

Dammit. Fine, bitcoin it is.

I don't trust the gold hawkers. They make it sound like you're buying gold, but then say "and who knows, if you buy enough of it, we'll take a picture of your gold in our private vault that's totally secure, and totally not made up to represent some future purchase of gold once we have enough sucker's cash to do so."

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (dGCAG)

130 Why would anyone bring their kids around anywhere Biden would be?

Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (iziT8)

131 106 The college was founded by Dwight Moody, I think. 19th-century American evangelist.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (xTRSc)

132 120 Almost no one in American finance has real-world risk management experience in a rising rate environment. It's going to be a very bumpy road as the banks figure out how to survive when money isn't free anymore.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (WkNQM)

======

One word:

Bailouts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (LvTSG)

133 The "hot" topic now is will Apple bite the bullet and buy out Mouse, Inc.? Even Mouse, Inc. bits and pieces? Or has Iger so corrupted, polluted, and destroyed the brand to such an extent that no one want anything to do with it for less than a ruinous discount?
Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:14 PM (rj6Yv)
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Why would Apple want it? Apple might want a studio, but they have other choices. Does Apple *want* to be in the theme park and cruise businesses? Do they want another (well two more) semi-redundant streaming services? Even if they *do* want all that, would the FTC and FCC allow it (my guess is yes on the last, but no on the formers).

If Disney is going to be sold, I suspect it will be sold piecemeal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (WkNQM)

134 Why would anyone bring their kids around anywhere Biden would be?
Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (iziT

He ordered pizza.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

135 126 Can we broadcast the DOOM! signal to Monte?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (sLLLV)

=========

True. It is a pretty sweet game.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (LvTSG)

136
But but but...the great ESG scores!

And we have DIE!
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

===========

Fun fact, S&P has just dropped the ESG criterion.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (lCaJd)

137 51 When the Levee Breaks
Posted by: Led Zeppelin at August 09, 2023 03:09 PM (jGKEZ)

Been Dazed and Confused so long it's not true
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you...

Posted by: Robert Plant, who was inspired by Dylan Mulvaney at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (PiwSw)

138 125 If you have the cash and need wheels, now's a good time to buy a used car.
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Don't buy one that talks to Bob at NSA.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (DmtxH)

139 One word:

Bailouts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (LvTSG)
++++
So far, sure.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (WkNQM)

140 He ordered pizza.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

***

And Bud Light!

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (flINI)

141 So googling the guy the FBI killed he was a 70s ish small business owner with a good reputation whose wife died a few years ago.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (lc5cP)

142 I heard somewhere that DC had to write a 1 trillion dollar check to just service the interest on their debt… do not know if that is accurate.

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (PCK5/)

143 Evil capitalists trying to sabotage the Biden Presidency no doubt.

/s

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (xT7BI)

144 FU, bail me out!

Posted by: Banks at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (gmo/4)
*
Felix Unger?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023

***
"I'm sick of little notes on my pillow. 'We're out of oatmeal. FU.' It took me a week to realize 'FU' stood for 'Felix Unger'!"

Posted by: Oscar Madison, to Felix at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (J2vNu)

145 The HI fire looks devastating.

twitter.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1689343632585760770

Posted by: bonhomme at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (0N1h0)

146 Biden said in his speech that he is bringing a "Boom!" to Utah. Provo now knows that's true.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (sLLLV)

147 142 I heard somewhere that DC had to write a 1 trillion dollar check to just service the interest on their debt

They put it on their Government AmEx.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (E2Jkn)

148 If you have the cash and need wheels, now's a good time to buy a used car.
Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (rj6Yv)
++++
My market is still pretty damned high, but maybe that's New Normal.

I have one car with low mileage that is just six years old. I have another car that is moderate mileage and 17 years old. Both are in damn near perfect repair and will stay that way.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (WkNQM)

149 It's all the fault of Looters and Wreckers!

We need the death penalty for Economic Traitors!

Posted by: Biden In Six Months! at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (2tUFv)

150 141 So googling the guy the FBI killed he was a 70s ish small business owner with a good reputation whose wife died a few years ago.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 09, 2023 03:22 PM (lc5cP)

He checked all the boxes for them…

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (PCK5/)

151 If Disney is going to be sold, I suspect it will be sold piecemeal.
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It would be entertaining if Disney is sold to Muslims.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (DmtxH)

152
Does Apple *want* to be in the theme park and cruise businesses?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

=============

Word is, any buyout would exclude the theme parks. I'm guessing that would cover the cruises since they're floating mini-parks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (lCaJd)

153 Honestly, I don't know who would be safe if the dollar collapses. Maybe the ruble? The Riyal?
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The ruble is tanking at the moment.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 09, 2023 03:18 PM (2tUFv)

I'm considering going up to the attic, where all my great great grandpappy's stuff is stored, see if he had any Confederate dollars he socked away.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:24 PM (dGCAG)

154 AT&T needs to get back into the movie makin' business and buy Disney!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

155 The college was founded by Dwight Moody, I think. 19th-century American evangelist.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023

***
No relation to John, the bank-and-credit rating guy.

Posted by: Oscar Madison, to Felix at August 09, 2023 03:24 PM (J2vNu)

156 If the American economy goes down, I assume the economy of anyone else that matters does too. Complicated, interconnected systems tend to fail spectacularly when they do fail. Sure, some guy who's fucking a type of gazelle variant we don't even know the name of in a cave in rural Buttfuckistan probably is unaffected. But that's only because his life is already hot trash.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 09, 2023 03:24 PM (ppBhU)

157 They rolled in with 138,000 FBI agents from the 3rd FBI infantry Corps and 5th FBI heavy armor corps backed by bombers and CAS aircraft from the FBI Air Force.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM

Poor dog never stood a chance...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2023 03:25 PM (FVJNG)

158 "I'm sick of little notes on my pillow. 'We're out of oatmeal. FU.' It took me a week to realize 'FU' stood for 'Felix Unger'!"
Posted by: Oscar Madison, to Felix at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (J2vNu)

That was one of the funniest lines in that movie.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 09, 2023 03:25 PM (ufFY8)

159 Pigeon Sisters.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 09, 2023 03:25 PM (ufFY8)

160 I heard somewhere that DC had to write a 1 trillion dollar check to just service the interest on their debt

They put it on their Government AmEx.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

AmEx Black FTW!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2023 03:25 PM (SUJ+x)

161 6 Bidenomics.

IT'S WORKING!!!!
Posted by: Sponge
.......

Needs rebranding:

Joeconomics

Posted by: wth at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (v0R5T)

162 I'm considering going up to the attic, where all my great great grandpappy's stuff is stored, see if he had any Confederate dollars he socked away.
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I've got a few. As an elementary student the local bank would hand them out to the kids. Still have mine so I'm safe.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (HTCOy)

163 If the American economy goes down, I assume the economy of anyone else that matters does too. Complicated, interconnected systems tend to fail spectacularly when they do fail. Sure, some guy who's fucking a type of gazelle variant we don't even know the name of in a cave in rural Buttfuckistan probably is unaffected. But that's only because his life is already hot trash.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 09, 2023 03:24 PM (ppBhU)
++++
Especially when most redundancy has been removed from the system over a period of more than 30 years, leaving it extremely efficient but also extremely brittle.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (WkNQM)

164 160 I heard somewhere that DC had to write a 1 trillion dollar check to just service the interest on their debt

They put it on their Government AmEx.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

AmEx Black FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2023 03:25 PM (SUJ+x)

========

Theory:

Our spending problem is all driven by one bureaucrat who uses the government AMEX card to collect points.

Discuss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (LvTSG)

165 He ordered pizza.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

Related, I just found out Comet Pizza went out of business. It's closed.

I wonder why.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

166 159 the coo-coo Pigeon Sisters

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (xTRSc)

167 I'm considering going up to the attic, where all my great great grandpappy's stuff is stored, see if he had any Confederate dollars he socked away.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:24 PM

Buying or selling racist currencies is hereby prohibited.

Posted by: The SEC at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (FVJNG)

168
Joeconomics
Posted by: wth

===========

Hah. Rhymes with Joke-enomics.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (lCaJd)

169 FFFFFMEHHHH!!!!!

FFFFFMEHHHH!!!!!

Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (iziT8)

170 "Bidenomics" is where you shower with your daughter, use your crackhead son as an illegal grift collector, and take bribes from foreign nations to sell out the American people. That all equals money in the bank, Jack, or should I say "she'll" corporations.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (VE1hH)

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He's trying to kill off the youth as fast as he can with fentanyl, and 30 million recently-arrived illegal aliens can't be wrong!

Posted by: ShainS -- Chief 'Misinformation' Researcher at AoSHQ at August 09, 2023 03:27 PM (/9wNT)

171 It's OK.
The Feds will just use our money to bail out the banks who have our money.

Posted by: wth at August 09, 2023 03:27 PM (v0R5T)

172 I have one car with low mileage that is just six years old. I have another car that is moderate mileage and 17 years old. Both are in damn near perfect repair and will stay that way.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023

***
My big red Buick is about eight, 72K miles, long paid off, and in top-notch condition all around. Yesterday was four years since I bought it to replace the totaled BMW 3 Series. It's been fantastic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (J2vNu)

173 165 He ordered pizza.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

Related, I just found out Comet Pizza went out of business. It's closed.

I wonder why.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

Their menu went heavy on ham and pineapple options.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (KbCG3)

174 Any bank that hadn't securitized and unloaded its CRE portfolio by now deserves to rot. You could smell this coming for years now. What did they think was coming to their rescue, the end of the pandemic?

There aren't enough lampposts for the analysts that missed this.

Posted by: spongeworthy at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (DWqKI)

175 Mister Scott: "It's fixin to get lit."

It was lit a long time ago. I'm just waiting for the boom. It's going to happen. Our economic policy and the perverse design NOT to tangibly fix it long ago means severe pain is baked into the cake. We will collapse. Will it be better than other major economies? Maybe, but a) we have the tallest cliff from which to fall and b) they'll be collapsing, too.

It won't be Thunderdome, but it'll try to be.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (aXxgO)

176 Why would anyone bring their kids around anywhere Biden would be?
Posted by: eleven
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He ordered pizza.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Drag Queen Story Hour.

- dumbass progtard donks

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (aAuz2)

177 Hah. Rhymes with Joke-enomics.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (lCaJd)

Not a joke, Jack.

Posted by: Joe Smirkypants at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (v0R5T)

178 Joeconomics
Posted by: wth

===========

Hah. Rhymes with Joke-enomics.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (lCaJd)

-----------

JuCoNomics is what you learn in Junior College.

Posted by: ShainS -- Chief 'Misinformation' Researcher at AoSHQ at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (/9wNT)

179 He ordered pizza.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

I see what you did there...

Posted by: Its the meme at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (lc5cP)

180 The Inflation Reduction Act would have been able to spend more on green infrastructure and been overall more effective with the need to capitulate to Republican demands to pare it down.

Posted by: Sid at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (5uexd)

181 166 159 the coo-coo Pigeon Sisters
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (xTRSc)

LOL.

They are both DTF until Felix has them in tears, reminiscing about their exes. Oscar walks in, and is like, WTF?

Hilarious.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (ufFY8)

182 McGarrett and Danno better get to work on those fires.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (xTRSc)

183 Felix Unger?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023

***
"I'm sick of little notes on my pillow. 'We're out of oatmeal. FU.' It took me a week to realize 'FU' stood for 'Felix Unger'!"
Posted by: Oscar Madison, to Felix at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (J2vNu)
--
That's funny right there. I don't care who you are.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Native American at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (T/Lqj)

184 This busty bikini brunette no longer considers regional bankers to be in her dating pool:
https://is.gd/6vrWHA

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (WkNQM)

185 Xieconomics ain't doin' so hot, either. Imports AND exports are way down.

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (rj6Yv)

186 The only way to lower inflation is spend more money you idiots. Just like the only way to stop blood loss is to cut more holes in people!

Posted by: Bidenomics at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (lc5cP)

187 Posted by: Sid at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (5uexd)

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So...the economy isn't great?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (LvTSG)

188 Wesley Crusher is sick of Sid's bullshit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Native American at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (T/Lqj)

189 165 He ordered pizza.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

Related, I just found out Comet Pizza went out of business. It's closed.

I wonder why.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

What y'all lookin' at me for?

Posted by: Lizzo at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (PiwSw)

190
second-quarter results showed growing profitability pressures

Growing Profitability Pressures...

*snort*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 09, 2023 03:30 PM (n+4am)

191 Another step toward universal digital currency, most likely.

For our own good. Obviously.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 09, 2023 03:30 PM (Rbu5d)

192 184 This busty bikini brunette no longer considers regional bankers to be in her dating pool:
https://is.gd/6vrWHA
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (WkNQM)

=======

Smile like the joker.

3/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:30 PM (LvTSG)

193 181 Yeah, that’s a great scene.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:30 PM (xTRSc)

194 Posted by: Sid at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM

OK...which one of you Morons is this, really?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2023 03:30 PM (FVJNG)

195 The economy is great AND the reason the economy sucks is because of Republicans.

Posted by: Bidenomics at August 09, 2023 03:30 PM (lc5cP)

196 Shut up Wesley.

Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:30 PM (iziT8)

197 "I'm sick of little notes on my pillow. 'We're out of oatmeal. FU.' It took me a week to realize 'FU' stood for 'Felix Unger'!"
Posted by: Oscar Madison, to Felix at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (J2vNu)
*
That was one of the funniest lines in that movie.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 09, 2023

***
I can't recall in the film, but the stage play opens with Oscar and Felix's poker friends playing at the table. One is the dealer, and he takes forever to deal a card to the first player, just as long to the second, just as long to the third. Speed's is the very first line of the play:

"Tell me, Mr. Maverick, is this your first time on the riverboat?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 03:31 PM (J2vNu)

198 McGarrett and Danno better get to work on those fires.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

TC can get Higgins and Magnum with the chopper. Rick is on his own because fuck him.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2023 03:31 PM (TZ75n)

199 https://is.gd/6vrWHA
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (WkNQM)

Triple AAA+ rated funbags.

Posted by: Not Moody any more at August 09, 2023 03:31 PM (ufFY8)

200 If Disney is going to be sold, I suspect it will be sold piecemeal.
------------
It would be entertaining if Disney is sold to Muslims.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:23 PM (DmtxH)

They should. They could then pluck whatever has-been starlets they want from the Dinsey roster. Cut out the middleman of having to go through Hollowood pimps.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:31 PM (dGCAG)

201 FU, bail me out!

Posted by: Banks at August 09, 2023 03:19 PM (gmo/4)

Felix Unger?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

Francis Urquhart.

Posted by: spindrift at August 09, 2023 03:31 PM (FRu7m)

202 Smile like the joker.

3/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

you say that like it's a bad thing

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 09, 2023 03:31 PM (CIS44)

203 Yea but, Trump combs his hair in a weird manner !!!!!!!!

Posted by: Frank N. Stien at August 09, 2023 03:31 PM (9e2kV)

204 26...Stock up on food.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 09, 2023 03:05 PM (zjgNU)

And learn to grow and raise it.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 09, 2023 03:32 PM (Rbu5d)

205 So, according to Sid at 180, we just needed to spend more, and have even higher inflation for a better economy. You would have loved post World War One Germany.

Posted by: tofer732 at August 09, 2023 03:32 PM (W+1KM)

206 "I'm sick of little notes on my pillow. 'We're out of oatmeal. FU.' It took me a week to realize 'FU' stood for 'Felix Unger'!"
Posted by: Oscar Madison, to Felix at August 09, 2023
--
That's funny right there. I don't care who you are.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Native American at August 09, 2023

***
The startling thing was, that line was in the original stage play in 1964. Kind of risque for that time, even on Broadway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 03:32 PM (J2vNu)

207 This busty bikini brunette no longer considers regional bankers to be in her dating pool:
https://is.gd/6vrWHA
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM

Well she's not drowning anytime soon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2023 03:32 PM (FVJNG)

208 Honestly, I don't know who would be safe if the dollar collapses. Maybe the ruble? The Riyal?

ammo

Posted by: brak at August 09, 2023 03:33 PM (25k9m)

209
God, this would be such an awesome time for the US sectors to come flying back. Everyone everywhere all over the world is killing off their industries, their populations, their energy sources, their cultures. We could come roaring back to world domination like the years immediately after WWII.

Hero 2024

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:33 PM (lCaJd)

210 ammo
Posted by: brak at August 09, 2023 03:33 PM (25k9m)

Colonel Jeff Cooper just entered the chat

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:34 PM (rj6Yv)

211 This busty bikini brunette no longer considers regional bankers to be in her dating pool:
https://is.gd/6vrWHA
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (WkNQM)
.......

another photographer mistake. Barely a hint of what could be a world class wedgie.

Posted by: wth at August 09, 2023 03:34 PM (v0R5T)

212 "And learn to grow and raise it. "

Sounds like a lot of work. I thinking cannibalism has a bad rap.

Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:34 PM (iziT8)

213 And in many urban centers, office space in Class A buildings is now cheaper than average office space in the suburbs because the cities are shit shows. And where "the office" is still in the same place, the surrounding businesses (shops, restaurants, etc.) are often closed now because nobody wants to be foot traffic in beautiful downtown Portland anymore (for example).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:07 PM (WkNQM)
________________

Only one thing to do: vote Democrat, provide more services for vagrants, decline to prosecute criminals, get a "diverse" mayor, and defund the police.

Should fix up those cities in a jiffy.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 09, 2023 03:34 PM (YqDXo)

214 The quatloo is holding steady, right?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:35 PM (xTRSc)

215 This busty bikini brunette no longer considers regional bankers to be in her dating pool:
https://is.gd/6vrWHA
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (WkNQM)

She appears very unimpressed about something. Maybe the photog just ripped one.

Posted by: spindrift at August 09, 2023 03:35 PM (FRu7m)

216 212 "And learn to grow and raise it. "

Sounds like a lot of work. I thinking cannibalism has a bad rap.
Posted by: eleven at August 09, 2023 03:34 PM (iziT

Yes, but a good steak needs a salad and baked potato too.

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2023 03:36 PM (PCK5/)

217 Only one thing to do: vote Democrat, provide more services for vagrants, decline to prosecute criminals, get a "diverse" mayor, and defund the police.

Should fix up those cities in a jiffy.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I thought that was Sid for a second.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 09, 2023 03:36 PM (CIS44)

218 What y'all lookin' at me for?
Posted by: Lizzo at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (PiwSw)

Not THAT kind of pizza, fake Lezzo.

Speaking of, I thought it was a hoot, when someone was talking the other day about how she was making her backup singers go to strip clubs and "touch" the strippers, whoever it was thought these were male strippers.

Until they got to the part about her making them eat a banana... out of the stripper.

So yeah...

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:36 PM (dGCAG)

219 Only one thing to do: vote Democrat, provide more services for vagrants, decline to prosecute criminals, get a "diverse" mayor, and defund the police.

Should fix up those cities in a jiffy.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 09, 2023 03:34 PM (YqDXo)

As long as they also install universal basic income!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2023 03:36 PM (KbCG3)

220 Until they got to the part about her making them eat a banana... out of the stripper.

So yeah...
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:36 PM (dGCAG)

You're making an awful lot of assumptions there, hoss.

Posted by: Warai-okra at August 09, 2023 03:37 PM (9UlRk)

221 https://www.youtube.com/live/CLRiRfdJYb8?feature=share

Already 300 nerds in chat, waiting for the Disney earnings call

Valliant Renegade YouTube link.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 09, 2023 03:37 PM (ufFY8)

222 Speaking of cannibalism and potatoes, we have not heard a word about Stetler for a while. I hope he has not been reduced to eating his wife and children.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 09, 2023 03:37 PM (ppBhU)

223 Wow, can't believe that sock was still on.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2023 03:37 PM (9UlRk)

224
I thinking cannibalism has a bad rap.
Posted by: eleven

===========

It's the one thing they never outlawed.

Posted by: Great Leap Forward Survivor at August 09, 2023 03:38 PM (lCaJd)

225 Bidenomics.

IT'S WORKING!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
......

Yep. Gas here is almost $6 per gallon.
Good thing we're going to get electric school buses... oh, wait

Posted by: wth at August 09, 2023 03:38 PM (v0R5T)

226 We could come roaring back to world domination like the years immediately after WWII.

that would be like, colonialism or something

Posted by: Zoomers at August 09, 2023 03:38 PM (25k9m)

227 The quatloo is holding steady, right?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:35 PM (xTRSc)

I've switched to gold-pressed latinum.

Posted by: spindrift at August 09, 2023 03:38 PM (FRu7m)

228 Posted by: Sid at August 09, 2023 03:28 PM (5uexd)

What an idiot.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 09, 2023 03:38 PM (YqDXo)

229 I notice there are no credit unions on the downgrade list.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 09, 2023 03:38 PM (eL0G3)

230 Is the banana peeled? I don't want this to be like one of those Mongolian BBQ places where I have to prepare my own meal.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 09, 2023 03:38 PM (ppBhU)

231 Fitch downgraded US govt credit rating a week ago.

I used to hate accelerationists, but now I hear the siren call.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 09, 2023 03:39 PM (44ww/)

232 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (WkNQM)

Looks unhappy. Perhaps the most likely artificially augmented hooters were giving her back pain.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2023 03:39 PM (Keyt1)

233 I used to hate accelerationists, but now I hear the siren call.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 09, 2023 03:39 PM (44ww/)

The Worser, The Betterer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2023 03:39 PM (9UlRk)

234 233 I used to hate accelerationists, but now I hear the siren call.

me three guys

better rip that bandaid off sooner than later

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 09, 2023 03:40 PM (AcWfM)

235 Honestly, I don't know who would be safe if the dollar collapses. Maybe the ruble? The Riyal?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (zjgNU)

Quatloos are the safest bet in the universe.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 09, 2023 03:40 PM (HTUD+)

236 Fitch downgraded US govt credit rating a week ago.

Abercrombie and Fitch don't know shit, Jack.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:41 PM (ppBhU)

237 Shit hits the fan, elective surgery flies out the window.

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:41 PM (rj6Yv)

238 93...Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 09, 2023 03:15 PM (2tUFv)

Portland got so bad that to-the-death lefties Heather Heyer and Brett Weinstein fled last year.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 09, 2023 03:41 PM (Rbu5d)

239 This busty bikini brunette no longer considers regional bankers to be in her dating pool:
https://is.gd/6vrWHA

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM

I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023 03:42 PM (QNSds)

240 https://is.gd/6vrWHA
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM (WkNQM)

Triple AAA+ rated funbags.
Posted by: Not Moody any more at August 09, 2023 03:31 PM (ufFY

When I finally realized that she had eyes,

I realized that they were crazy zombie eyes.

Exercise caution.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 09, 2023 03:42 PM (QzZeQ)

241 I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023 03:42 PM (QNSds)

They are right at the edge of excessive.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 09, 2023 03:43 PM (ufFY8)

242 The quatloo is holding steady, right?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:35 PM (xTRSc)

I've switched to gold-pressed latinum.

Posted by: spindrift at August 09, 2023 03:38 PM

The currency of choice when your society does not use a currency.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023 03:43 PM (QNSds)

243 Until they got to the part about her making them eat a banana... out of the stripper.

So yeah...
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:36 PM (dGCAG)

You're making an awful lot of assumptions there, hoss.
Posted by: Warai-okra at August 09, 2023 03:37 PM (9UlRk)

Not really. I started with one assumption, that Lezzo is a carpet muncher, so when I heard she was making her backup singers go to strip clubs, and do things, that's what I thought.

But it was reported as if these must have been male strippers. They weren't. That was confirmed in the story, so all I'm saying is I thought it was funny that anyone thought Lezzo wasn't a bull dyke. I don't understand why anyone would think that.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:43 PM (dGCAG)

244
*WHEW*

What a day,, first I won the slam dunk contest, went parasailing with Di-Fi, now I'm off to the motor cross track for a few laps. Life is good I tell ya'

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at August 09, 2023 03:43 PM (5hfjS)

245 Portland got so bad that to-the-death lefties Heather Heyer and Brett Weinstein fled last year.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 09, 2023 03:41 PM (Rbu5d)
______________

So they can vote for leftist crap somewhere else.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 09, 2023 03:43 PM (YqDXo)

246 Economy must be good, if Biden's family can afford cocaine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2023 03:43 PM (UCU0X)

247 But trump is crude.

Posted by: Simplemind at August 09, 2023 03:44 PM (3i1WP)

248 The quatloo is holding steady, right?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:35 PM (xTRSc)
......

Yes, because it is backed by Horta poop.

Posted by: wth at August 09, 2023 03:44 PM (v0R5T)

249 So Sid is the guy who swallows the Junta's economic gaslighting at face value. I was wondering who that could be.

He probably thinks KJP is some kind of a sage.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2023 03:44 PM (guGkK)

250 I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023 03:42 PM (QNSds)
_________________

I'm allergic to silicone.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 09, 2023 03:44 PM (YqDXo)

251 I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.

This sentence apes the structure of English and uses words commonly encountered in that tongue employing the same script, but is incomprehensible. What language is this comment written in?

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 09, 2023 03:44 PM (ppBhU)

252 Get off me, Joe.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 09, 2023 03:45 PM (ppBhU)

253 I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023 03:42 PM (QNSds)

They are right at the edge of excessive.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 09, 2023 03:43 PM (ufFY

I find them to be in ridiculously bad taste.

*sniff*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2023 03:45 PM (guGkK)

254 those fun bags are way too big for my tastes

It's the pierced bellybutton that turns me off.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:45 PM (xTRSc)

255 "What are the central tenets of Bidenomics?"

"I don't really know what Bidenomics is myself. But I do know this - it's sure as hell working."

Joe Biden

Posted by: RM at August 09, 2023 03:45 PM (0eYOS)

256 Biden Deputy Comms Director decided to tweet, "The memo doesn't show a direct payment to Joe Biden."

No smoking gun, y'all. There's no A -> B direct payment with the word "Bribe" in the memo line.

twitter.com/KateBerner/status/1689351049075650560

Posted by: bonhomme at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (0N1h0)

257 184 This busty bikini brunette no longer considers regional bankers to be in her dating pool:
https://is.gd/6vrWHA
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 09, 2023 03:29 PM

After PJW's video in last night ONT I am wondering if she is even real. Are you giving us AI candy Joe Mannix?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (4q/mG)

258 Mollie's husband gives a shout-out to ace's famous Kaboom post today.

Mark Hemingway
@Heminator

If you haven’t read Ace of Spades’ paean to Kaboom cereal, it belongs in the internet hall of fame. https://ace.mu.nu/archives/343109.php

Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (NpAcC)

259 When I finally realized that she had eyes,

I realized that they were crazy zombie eyes.

Exercise caution.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 09, 2023 03:42 PM (QzZeQ)
.......

but they match her bikini, so there's that

Posted by: wth at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (v0R5T)

260 258 Mollie's husband gives a shout-out to ace's famous Kaboom post today.

Mark Hemingway
@Heminator

If you haven’t read Ace of Spades’ paean to Kaboom cereal, it belongs in the internet hall of fame. https://ace.mu.nu/archives/343109.php
Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (NpAcC)

==========

Like a million IPs shouting out in terror, and suddenly banned.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (LvTSG)

261 This woman can have intelligent conversations about politics-when she's not doing a picture shoot. Overall, though, she's much happier because she doesn't have breasts the size of beachballs to lug around on her body everyday:

https://tinyurl.com/ckhavxz7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (Keyt1)

262 The FBI provokes another politically motivated assination in Utah this morning on behalf of their crime boss overlord. Nice. Good to see the ham and eggers keeping that skill set sharp as ever.

Posted by: Neo-Kulak at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (O2Vgk)

263 278 "JuCoNomics is what you learn in Junior College."

JewConomics > JuCoNomics > JoeConomics > Bidenomics

JewConomics is what you learn if you want to be truly successful. Plus as a bonus they give you access to the plans for the WWW (world wide weather) machine.

Posted by: JewCoNomics at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (cCxiu)

264 Kaboom for the win.

"a Kaboom kid..."

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (ufFY8)

265 "I don't really know what Bidenomics is myself. But I do know this - it's sure as hell working."

Joe Biden
Posted by: RM at August 09, 2023 03:45 PM (0eYOS)

Sure it is. If your goal is to eviscerate middle america and shitcan the entire economy, destroying the dollar, making the gargantuan federal debt disappear, and ushering in conditions for a general collapse of the federal government, it's working like a charm.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (9UlRk)

266 And don't comment on Ace's magnus opus, or you'll be banned.

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (rj6Yv)

267 If you haven’t read Ace of Spades’ paean to Kaboom cereal, it belongs in the internet hall of fame. https://ace.mu.nu/archives/343109.php
Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (NpAcC)
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I wouldn't exactly call it a paean. More like a cri de coeur.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at August 09, 2023 03:48 PM (ScR16)

268 You raise interest rates and banks find they have a hard time loaning money to people and businesses because the loans are now more expensive so you are making less money. And this has a cascading effect.

Who knew?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 09, 2023 03:48 PM (f0XAF)

269 I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023 03:42 PM (QNSds)
_________________

I'm allergic to silicone.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 09, 2023 03:44 PM (YqDXo)

I don't even bother to look anymore.

Related, PJ Watson had a vid the other day, about the AI generated Onlyfans/Instagram chix. Apparently they're taking jobs away from the thots, and the simps keep throwing cash and marriage proposals at them anyway.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:49 PM (dGCAG)

270 256 Biden Deputy Comms Director decided to tweet, "The memo doesn't show a direct payment to Joe Biden."

No smoking gun, y'all. There's no A -> B direct payment with the word "Bribe" in the memo line.

twitter.com/KateBerner/status/1689351049075650560
Posted by: bonhomme at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (0N1h0)

Congratulations, Katey-poo. You just figured out what "money laundering" is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2023 03:49 PM (9UlRk)

271 Magnum opus? I took two years of Latin in HS and now I forgets.

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:49 PM (rj6Yv)

272 If you haven’t read Ace of Spades’ paean to Kaboom cereal, it belongs in the internet hall of fame. https://ace.mu.nu/archives/343109.php
Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (NpAcC)
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I wouldn't exactly call it a paean. More like a cri de coeur.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at August 09, 2023 03:48 PM (ScR16)

I saw it as more of a manifesto.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2023 03:49 PM (guGkK)

273 must be bad cuz Moody's is a left wing shop

Posted by: REDACTED at August 09, 2023 03:49 PM (us2H3)

274 I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023
*
They are right at the edge of excessive.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 09, 2023

***
You are not alone in your opinion.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 03:50 PM (J2vNu)

275 Related, PJ Watson had a vid the other day, about the AI generated Onlyfans/Instagram chix. Apparently they're taking jobs away from the thots, and the simps keep throwing cash and marriage proposals at them anyway.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:49 PM (dGCAG)

Saw an article on Outkick about this and the giveaway for most is the hands. AI still seems to struggle with that.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2023 03:50 PM (KbCG3)

276 I saw it as more of a manifesto.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2023 03:49 PM (guGkK)

Usually the Kaboom happens *after* the manifesto.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2023 03:50 PM (9UlRk)

277 254: there is such a thing as too much.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 09, 2023 03:50 PM (f0XAF)

278 The Wikipedia article on Kaboom cereal mentions Ace's "paean."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:50 PM (xTRSc)

279 And don't comment on Ace's magnus opus, or you'll be banned.

I remember Magnus. He was the guy who wore the lumberjack shirts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2023 03:51 PM (guGkK)

280 "What are the central tenets of Bidenomics?"

Posted by: RM at August 09, 2023 03:45 PM

To crush your enemies and see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their women.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023 03:51 PM (QNSds)

281 I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023

No, I agree. I like proportionality in the overall body shape.

Posted by: Archer at August 09, 2023 03:51 PM (gmo/4)

282 I love that Fen has entered the Mannix/Arterton daily contest.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2023 03:52 PM (e+E7R)

283 Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:49 PM (dGCAG)

Saw an article on Outkick about this and the giveaway for most is the hands. AI still seems to struggle with that.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2023 03:50 PM (KbCG3)

Which, you would HOPE, as the Japanese are perfecting the sexbots, they are paying some amount of attention at getting the hands right. Especially the grip strength.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:52 PM (dGCAG)

284 "I don't really know what Bidenomics is myself. But I do know this - it's sure as hell working."

Joe Biden
Posted by: RM at August 09, 2023 03:45 PM (0eYOS)

Sure it is. If your goal is to eviscerate middle america and shitcan the entire economy, destroying the dollar, making the gargantuan federal debt disappear, and ushering in conditions for a general collapse of the federal government, it's working like a charm.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (9UlRk)

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

"But imagine an unemployment rate of virtually 0%, after 90% of the population is starved to death or murdered for their food? Even Corn Pop couldn't beat that, phat!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Chief 'Misinformation' Researcher at AoSHQ at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (sOWoL)

285 The Afternoon Arterton is not going to let you see her boobs...yet... She just needs to know if you're a bad boy:

https://is.gd/AVgfLg

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (LvTSG)

286 I remember Magnus. He was the guy who wore the lumberjack shirts.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2023 03:51 PM (guGkK)

LOL Cicero isn't just a town in Illinois.

Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (rj6Yv)

287 Concerning CRE. My company occupies 3 floors of a building that is part of Rockefeller Centre. We are on a hybrid work schedule. We have to come in 3 days out of 5.

I am in the office today and there are maybe 25 people in my part of the floor. There is seating for around 75. So at any time during the week our floors only have about 1/3 of the personnel it can handle.

Why would any company pay the rent on a floor that is at most half occupied? They would either negotiate a lower rent or consolidate and let go one of the floors.

I think my company wants to keep the same amount of floors and introduce hoteling where no one has a set desk. We shall see if that happens.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (WsJuq)

288 274 I know I am gonna take flak for this but....those fun bags are way too big for my tastes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 09, 2023
*
They are right at the edge of excessive.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 09, 2023

***
You are not alone in your opinion.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 03:50 PM (J2vNu)

Dated a girl once who had chesticles of this magnitude. I had no complaints but it's not like you can do more with more.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (KbCG3)

289 As long as they're natural, I have no problems with insanely huge breasts.

And I don't necessarily think that the ones on the latest Mannix girl are fake.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (xTRSc)

290 Fen's entry strikes me as a slinky minx.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (ufFY8)

291 Magnus Opus is a Latin-Scandinavian fusion restaurant in Brainerd MN.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (ScR16)

292 yeah, the bellybutton ring could go away

Posted by: wth at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (v0R5T)

293 If you haven’t read Ace of Spades’ paean to Kaboom cereal, it belongs in the internet hall of fame. https://ace.mu.nu/archives/343109.php
Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM

Pure poetry.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2023 03:54 PM (FVJNG)

294 Which, you would HOPE, as the Japanese are perfecting the sexbots, they are paying some amount of attention at getting the hands right. Especially the grip strength.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:52 PM (dGCAG)

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Can you die from a crushed penis? Asking for a friend ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Chief 'Misinformation' Researcher at AoSHQ at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (sOWoL)

295 The Afternoon Arterton is not going to let you see her boobs...yet... She just needs to know if you're a bad boy

Moles or something on her back

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (xTRSc)

296 She just needs to know if you're a bad boy:

https://is.gd/AVgfLg
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (LvTSG)

Too many straps on the back.
She looks like an air conditioning unit strapped to a flatbed.

3/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (ufFY8)

297 Some complete retard on Maria Bartiromo's show earlier this week suggested, "We're not in recession now, but could see one sometime in 2024." Ho transparent can these dolts be and still expect people to buy their bullshit? "Oh, yeah... we USED to call two consecutive quarters of negative growth a recession, but not now. Not even three years of negative growth counts when a democrat is in office. However, shortly after said democrat leaves office -- or is once again coronated, eliminating any opportunity to oust them from their perch -- we can once again declare a financial emergency."

I really hate these people. Not just because they're so incandescently stupid, but because they think WE all are.

Posted by: red speck at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (0Id0S)

298 BTW, that winning gazillion lotto ticket was sold in Florida.

Anyone hear from Dave in FL today?

or his he lighting Cubans (cigars and/or actual people) with $100 bills?

Posted by: Archer at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (gmo/4)

299
Pure poetry.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2023 03:54 PM (FVJNG)

I remember that thread. It deserves a special place in interwebs history, right along with the original Memorial Day Thread of yore.

Posted by: Moki at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (JrN/x)

300 Moles or something on her back

They're just placeholders until the otters show up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (guGkK)

301 Moody's Dowgrades the Credit Ratings of Several "Small to Mid-Sized Banks," and Announces That Others Are Under Review for a Possible Downgrade

That's just a QANON Conspiracy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2023 03:56 PM (ynpvh)

302 > Saw an article on Outkick about this and the giveaway for most is the hands. AI still seems to struggle with that.

Another place to look is the hairline. AI seems to have trouble making the hairline move naturally when someone is talking. It's usually frozen in place instead of moving with the other facial muscles.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 09, 2023 03:56 PM (0N1h0)

303 Magnus Opus is a Latin-Scandinavian fusion restaurant in Brainerd MN.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (ScR16)

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I thought it was a Bloom County opera.

Posted by: ShainS -- Chief 'Misinformation' Researcher at AoSHQ at August 09, 2023 03:56 PM (sOWoL)

304
I love that Fen has entered the Mannix/Arterton daily contest.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

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Me too.

--Team Fen

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2023 03:56 PM (lCaJd)

305 295, 296
LOL, horde mind!

We are such assholes, LOL.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 09, 2023 03:56 PM (ufFY8)

306 Which, you would HOPE, as the Japanese are perfecting the sexbots, they are paying some amount of attention at getting the hands right. Especially the grip strength.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:52 PM (dGCAG)

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Can you die from a crushed penis? Asking for a friend ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Chief 'Misinformation' Researcher at AoSHQ at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (sOWoL)
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I would like to change the subject.

Posted by: Howard Wollowitz at August 09, 2023 03:56 PM (ScR16)

307 295 The Afternoon Arterton is not going to let you see her boobs...yet... She just needs to know if you're a bad boy

Moles or something on her back
2/10
Would not bang.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 03:55 PM (xTRSc)

You've never played connect the dots?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 09, 2023 03:57 PM (ynpvh)

308 222 Speaking of cannibalism and potatoes, we have not heard a word about Stetler for a while. I hope he has not been reduced to eating his wife and children.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Last I saw, he was servicing his Global Masters. Basically, doing what he did at CNN but for WEF.

https://youtu.be/4Qqendp1kLE

For old times' sake, this classic!

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 09, 2023 03:57 PM (sAmhv)

309 Everybody's a critic.

Posted by: Mannix Babe at August 09, 2023 03:57 PM (v0R5T)

310 287 Concerning CRE. My company occupies 3 floors of a building that is part of Rockefeller Centre. We are on a hybrid work schedule. We have to come in 3 days out of 5.

I am in the office today and there are maybe 25 people in my part of the floor. There is seating for around 75. So at any time during the week our floors only have about 1/3 of the personnel it can handle.

Why would any company pay the rent on a floor that is at most half occupied? They would either negotiate a lower rent or consolidate and let go one of the floors.

I think my company wants to keep the same amount of floors and introduce hoteling where no one has a set desk. We shall see if that happens.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2023 03:53 PM (WsJuq)

Spent last weekend in NYC with the family. Luxe room, overlooking Rockefeller Center. Man, that is some expensive real estate in midtown; I believe even the Rockefeller family office moved out of there recently. A repricing of that RE should be in the offing; with Adams as Mayor, why should companies commit there?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 09, 2023 03:58 PM (/iWhV)

311 Gonna go look at a 1966 Honda 305 dream with 10,000 original miles tomorrow. I wanted one so damn bad when I was 15. I might just buy it, though overpriced $1500.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 09, 2023 03:58 PM (pohLc)

312 296-If that's Atherton, I'm glad she had an acting coach to help her with the onerous assignment of learning to smile on cue. Next thing you know she'll be ready for Shakepeare.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2023 03:58 PM (Keyt1)

313 311 Gonna go look at a 1966 Honda 305 dream with 10,000 original miles tomorrow. I wanted one so damn bad when I was 15. I might just buy it, though overpriced $1500.
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Okay. Good luck.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 09, 2023 03:59 PM (HTCOy)

314 I don't trust the gold hawkers. They make it sound like you're buying gold, but then say "and who knows, if you buy enough of it, we'll take a picture of your gold in our private vault that's totally secure, and totally not made up to represent some future purchase of gold once we have enough sucker's cash to do so."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (dGCAG)

It's perfectly practical to buy physical gold, you know.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2023 03:59 PM (shZRq)

315 I always liked Magnum Opus. Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat Still makes me smile.

Posted by: db at August 09, 2023 03:59 PM (wu87C)

316 Why would someone buy gold that you don't have in your possession? Crazy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2023 04:01 PM (TZ75n)

317 I think we just found out where Jim Cramer does his banking.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 09, 2023 04:01 PM (H9e90)

318 296-If that's Atherton, I'm glad she had an acting coach to help her with the onerous assignment of learning to smile on cue. Next thing you know she'll be ready for Shakepeare.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2023

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Rowr!

(J/K, Fen. You're right; a lot of modern actresses and starlets seem afraid to smile, as if they think something in their faces will crack)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 04:01 PM (J2vNu)

319 Noodus zoomeria comeuppance

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 09, 2023 04:02 PM (J2vNu)

320 Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 03:21 PM (dGCAG)

It's perfectly practical to buy physical gold, you know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2023 03:59 PM (shZRq)

I know, but the ones hawking it don't seem to have any. Just certificates saying you own gold that they're holding for you.

Uh huh.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 09, 2023 04:02 PM (dGCAG)

321 Careful… we will need age verification if the Mannix/Fen jousting escalates!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 09, 2023 04:02 PM (PCK5/)

322 If you haven’t read Ace of Spades’ paean to Kaboom cereal, it belongs in the internet hall of fame. https://ace.mu.nu/archives/343109.php
Posted by: redridinghood at August 09, 2023 03:46 PM (NpAcC)

I not only read that post, I lived it. Because, I too, have feasted on Kaboom. the pain is real.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Kaboom survivor at August 09, 2023 04:02 PM (T/Lqj)

323 Everybody's a critic.
Posted by: Mannix Babe at August 09, 2023 03:57 PM (v0R5T)
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Are you programmed to make sammiches?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2023 04:02 PM (JvZF+)

324 312 Didn't Shakespeare writing "The Taming of the Boobette?"

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 09, 2023 04:02 PM (xTRSc)

325 Reading about the Ohio vote on saving children is depressing. It lost bigly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2023 04:02 PM (Z8Zd8)

326 Shit!

LAST!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Kaboom survivor at August 09, 2023 04:03 PM (T/Lqj)

327 https://tinyurl.com/ckhavxz7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2023 03:47 PM (Keyt1)

See now that's just a good American natural beauty. Although there's nothing wrong with a healthy set of cans.

Posted by: Joey Sausage at August 09, 2023 04:03 PM (or2+y)

328 You can't just decide to stop leasing a floor of a building! Good heavens! You have to make a calendar event for a meeting to have a meeting about when to have the meeting with the person who will call the meeting to meet with the Finance People about when to have a meeting about talking to the Real Estate People so they can have a meeting to schedule a meeting with the Lawyers and The HR People.

Far easier to just wait for the island of Manhattan to sink into the harbor.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2023 04:04 PM (9UlRk)

329 "spend more on green infrastructure"

What part of "pissing down a rathole" do you not understand, Sid?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2023 04:04 PM (shZRq)

330 NOOD Zoom

Posted by: Iris at August 09, 2023 04:07 PM (n3DL0)

331 Gonna go look at a 1966 Honda 305 dream with 10,000 original miles tomorrow. I wanted one so damn bad when I was 15. I might just buy it, though overpriced $1500.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 09, 2023 03:58 PM (pohLc)

I had a 305 Dream for a while, and actually rode it a little. Traded it to a guy who wanted it more than me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2023 04:15 PM (shZRq)

332 Hmmm...

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@disclosetv

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Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 09, 2023 04:24 PM (TGPs7)

333 3 or 4 years been building office space so 5 workers can come in for a few hours a week.

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2023 04:30 PM (MOY79)

334 This is not going to end well and its by design. If you haven't prepared you deserve what the elites have in mind for you.

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Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at August 09, 2023 10:00 PM (rWBqr)

336 If you don’t buy physical gold, you will die.

Posted by: Gold bugs at August 10, 2023 03:30 AM (f0XAF)

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