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  • edited September 28
    I guess when the case against Comey is either tossed or he is found Not Guilty, we can say that "Justice is served" and "democracy is restored".

    These dupes do not think anything through. Which is why they need spin and conspiracies and to repeat all the logic fallacies.

    At some point they will offer Comey a "deal" to try and salvage some semblance of government credibility. Something like zero jail time, in exchange for a plea on some very minor charge. Comey will tell them to stick it. And he will let a jury provide Trump the bad news.

    Anyone cheering a government official to persecute his enemies, is mentally deficient.

  • FD1000 said:

    Comey has been indicted. We need to hold the Russia-collusion instigators and phony investigators accountable. This marks the beginning of restoring democracy: do unto others as they have done to you FIRST.

    @FD1000: Ty Cobb on Face The Nation today. Enjoy.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/transcript-ty-cobb-face-nation-162148441.html



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    Sometimes a picture really is worth 1,000 words.
  • @Hank. +100. As a symbol that is exactly the opposite of of my 1970 VW with a peace sign in the rear window.
  • Utterly appalling. A country off the rails. The Orange In Chief is fanning the flames and throwing gas on the conflagration. IMPEACH his criminal ass.
  • edited September 29
    I prefer the Russian way, perhaps he needs to take some air on a rooftop?

    Whitmer asks for patience as the authorities look for answers. In stark contrast to trump, who immediately blathers about a war on Christians.

    Edit to add: For some reason my fingers won't allow me to capitalize "trump". Weird!
  • hank said:

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    Sometimes a picture really is worth 1,000 words.

    If the asshole hadn't already died, they could get him for attempted flag burning, eh?

    Seems like an odd choice to choose a Mormon church.
  • Some current news reports are indicating that he was a trump supporter.
  • edited September 29
    What? In a pickup truck with twin flags? Hard to fathom.

    Maybe he thought that Mormons are stealing his jobs?

    And that would be both timely and ironic, as someone in this thread was just raving about "left-wing violence". Huh.
  • edited September 29

                              And FullDenial1000% IS PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN !!!
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  • Better odds of winning the national lottery than of FDØ actually reading that.
  • @davidmoran Are there any big words or educated ideas in that article?

    If so, the old adage about teaching a pig to dance may apply here. It is doomed to fail and aggravates the pig!
  • edited September 29
    Don't you know that if it's not on Fox News, it's FAKE NEWS!
  • @FD1000: Do tell us what you think of this conservative attorney's statements.

    Ty Cobb, who managed Trump’s Mueller investigation response, said president is trying to ‘rewrite history’

    "The indictment of former FBI director James Comey is part of a concerted effort by Donald Trump to “rewrite history” in his favor, a former senior White House lawyer claimed on Sunday as he warned of more retribution to come for the president’s political opponents.

    Ty Cobb, who defended Trump’s first administration during the Mueller investigation into his 2016 campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia, also told CBS that he doubted Comey would be convicted, if the case ever reached trial.

    Trump’s moves, he said on the Sunday morning show Face the Nation, were “wholly unconstitutional [and] authoritarian” and an attempt to hoodwink future generations".

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/ty-cobb-trump-james-comey-indictment
  • edited September 29
    Yes, hoodwink future generations. Like erasing the existence of slavery. Or removing women, and persons of color, from West Point honors. Why should they bother to stand up for the country, when a five time draft dodger can simply erase their contributions?

    I never thought I'd see the day when someone like that was a hero to so-called patriots.

  • FD1000 = "Full Denial 1000%".
  • Old_Joe said:

    FD1000 = "Full Denial 1000%".

    This sounds about right!
  • edited September 30
    According to WSJ, International Paper has shut down 9% of its box making capacity. Closing two plants in Georgia. About twice what was shut down during the Great Recession.

    This is viewed as another big warning sign regarding consumer spending, housing problems and tariff uncertainty.

    A huge influx of AI spending is driving statistics (GDP) to look great - temporarily - but, how long can that last? Perhaps, a speculative bubble that could pop and cause a lot of financial pain.
  • Job openings are down 422,000 from a year ago.
    Consumer confidence is down 3.6 points from August.
  • edited September 30
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  • “Despite the strong economic growth we saw in the second quarter, this month’s release further validates what we’ve been seeing in the labor market, that US employers have been cautious with hiring,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-01/us-firms-shed-32-000-jobs-in-adp-report-after-data-adjustment?srnd=homepage-americas
  • Dems is the DDD party. Deny, dismiss, and downplay everything.
    Dems cry, the stock market flies.
    Trump signed with Pfizer. It's only for Medicaid. I wish it was for Medicare.(https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/trump-pharmaceutical-tariffs-pfizer-deal.html)
  • FD1000 = "Full Denial 1000%".
  • edited October 1
    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/leon-cooperman-says-weve-reached-the-stage-of-the-bull-market-that-warren-buffett-warned-about.html

    Another voice that is warning of market problems. “Once a bull market gets under way, and once you reach the point where everybody has made money no matter what system he or she followed, a crowd is attracted into the game that is responding not to interest rates and profits but simply to the fact that it seems a mistake to be out of stocks,” Buffett said in 1999.

    AI is cited as one of the drivers of the bubble.

    The famous Buffett Indicator — the ratio of total U.S. stock market value to GDP — is also flashing one of the clearest signs of market exuberance. The gauge is sitting at record highs well above the peaks reached during the Dotcom Bubble as well as the pandemic-era rally in 2021, suggesting equity prices are running far ahead of the underlying economy. At 217%, it’s also beyond the level Buffett once said is “playing with fire.”

    How many folks wish they would have lowered their risk exposure before the Dotcom bubble burst? This may well be another opportunity to salvage gains.
  • edited October 1
    TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN !
  • edited October 1
    I don't need to run. I know when to sell.
    Since 2018, my portfolio never lost more than 1% from any last top of my portfolio.
    I don't care what stocks do. I just need bond funds.

    Wait, inflation will demolish everything.

    One day stocks will down. They always did.
    So, if the Buffett rule and high valuation are accurate, all of you should be in MM.
    Talk is cheap.

    Oil was at $78 on January 2025, it is now $62.
    Good job
  • edited October 1
    Clearly it is FOMO and an AI speculative bubble driving the markets, not sound economic policy. When the reality hits home, it will be a significant event.
  • edited October 1
    Like the children's toy "See and Say", all one has to do is pull the string for the usual platitudes and nonsense.

    Chicken says, "I have enough, so I am risk averse"
    Pig says, "You should own the S&P, even if I do not"
    Sheep says, "The market is up, it must be trump's work'
    Rooster says, "I follow the market, but fear equities"
    Owl says, "Markets go up and down, I am so wise".
    Bird says, "I'm cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap"
    Duck says, 'I am a quack, I think correlation is causation"
    Horse says, "I know when to run, I run in circles"
  • Cluck-cluck...
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