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Tax information is private, except when it isn’t. The journalists job would not be to leak medical records (though they would if it suited the cause), but reporting on Biden’s cognitive abilities, efforts to mislead the public etc would be in their job description. As for Trump being beaten by a decent candidate, in retrospect I don’t think so. Dems pushed too far in weaponization and hypocrisy, and had a fundamental misunderstanding of voting trends.

Had you conducted yourself with integrity in your first post, you would have been prepared to respond intelligently in your second post, and would not have to attempt to position yourself as honest in the third.

What’s predictable is that you launch an unfounded accusation, and when asked for clarification, you respond with gibberish like this. It’s like someone directs you to say something silly, then ditches you when a response comes, leaving you completely unprepared to form a coherent response.

I certainly believe Epstein could have been murdered, but likely killed himself. Still…with sleepy prison guards, broken cameras and one of most famous criminals in the world, it really seems very logical to be suspicious of the narrative offered by the govt.

When did I call rushing “…straight into a barricaded building…” and dying for it “patriotism”?

Agreed—saw him several times, including on Broadway a few years back, and there was nothing in that regard. I saw a clip from a show recently and it seemed a diff story, though to what degree I cannot say. I’ve never had a bad time at a show, and sledgehammer is a good description.

IMO, it comes down to this: Whatever Biden and his team did, they did. Not the first nor last time it will happen. The media side is a bit more complicated: -They have sources or they don’t have sources. Part of the leap of faith when they quote sources deep within is that they are accurate. -The media missed a major story about a president in crisis. It was open and obvious, it was clear to thinking people, and it started long before the debate. Given that, there are two ways to look at it: 1. The media is incompetent and thus everything they put out should be questioned regardless of politics; 2. The media was complicit in the illusion of sharp as a tack Biden. Given the post-mortem handwringing, I’d say complicit is most likely, but can see why others might think it was a competence issue.

Saw him last year, and was hopeful I wouldn't have to listen to him rattle on about his politics. I am 100% comfortable with him having his views (though I wonder what changed from 1985ish when he declared in concert that "Blind faith in your leaders can get you killed" when he could have simply said "Always vote democrat"), I just don't feel like for a few hundred a ticket I need to be a captive to his politics. It was a great show, he played music, told a few stories and I didn't have to make a beer run if he started talking about politics. I made enough as it was. There are literally hundreds of ways for him to scratch his 'do what i do' itch, but concert venues shouldn't be on that list imo.

Ouch. This is exactly what I would say if I was pretending to be you. “Foxx”??? Come on, how superficial! Sounds like an awful lot of work when it’s just as easy to say we’re not we. I am indeed a member of billsfan.com, but don’t visit much. I really enjoy interacting with those folks—I don’t know Foxx personally but appreciate the work he puts in and the site. I’m a bit of a creature of habit and change is hard for me. This may be the impetus to get me rolling again. See: Forever, Ferguson Joe

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People push buttons, Mup, I may on occasion do it myself. 😇.

I can’t speak to national trends, but I don’t know one Trump supporter that regrets their decision, or would revisit a vote for Biden or Harris.

Oh great, now we have to deal with whether or not it’s aluminum or al-you-min-um. No thanks.

The democrat party shoulders the entire blame here. Absent an historically horrific debate, his supporters would have dutifully lined up behind him and cast a vote for him the first time. In fact, if he stayed in the race, the likely outcome was the same. Maybe the solution is to just accept that we’re often deceived, and not just feign outrage when our preferred candidate loses.

In the spirit of personhood and compromise, I think you’re correct here. @Wacka I follow your posts, it’s great to hear things are progressing and you are receiving excellent care. In the spirit of pretty much any non-creeper on the planet, what an odd thing to say.

This thread cracks me up because it proves one thing—all the complaints or outrage about “whataboutism” go out the door when the high-minded folks need a whataboutism. Comey knows the system, knows how to work the system, and knows what to say and what not to say. A far, far more insidious comment involved Chuck Schumer and “six ways from Sunday”.

I think the protocol would be to “get real” much, much sooner than this. One would hope the major media outlets would investigate, using their vaunted inside sources for the greater good, and not shoulder shrug now that they were duped….or that it was someone else’s fault. But, since we cannot trust political operatives to do the right thing, and the media is not trustworthy, we do what we can do—support the agenda that most closely aligns with your values.

With respect to the title of your post, I’m not sure his decline was worse than it seemed. He was making up words, struggling to stay on point and had trouble recalling details of his son’s death. This interview seems to follow the trajectory of what we saw the entire time.

Maybe I think I meant Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving where people get up early to get in line and buy all sorts of blue chippers at a discount! It’s crazy! Yes, I meant Black Monday. My bad there, but beyond that, it’s possible you’re correct and I’m wrong. I typically deal with what’s in front of me, and try not to worry too much beyond that. I’m not always successful, but that’s the goal.

I don't poke any hornets nest, and that loser wasn't a hornet, he's a murderous coward. Someone is always furious. Eric Rudolph was furious. James Kopp was furious. Ted Kaczynski was furious. They all had people who understood them, fed up with a broken system as they saw it. You understand where he's coming from, which is in the darkness along a street corner with a gun, ready to ambush a guy who was likely trying to figure out whether he should get the burrito or three taco special at the local Chipolte. That's a dark rabbit hole you're going down.

And I’m responding to your post specifically when you suggest people will get what they deserve. Based on the actions of extreme (and sadly formerly moderate liberals), what was deserved before a Chauvin pardon was an execution style murder in the street by a lunatic. I think that people who support Mangione and contribute to his wealth fund give less than a cr@p about habeus corpus. So I ask you…should Trump federally pardon Chauvin, what comes next? Will it be worse than the execution of Brian Thompson? Is that what you’re advocating for?

Except there were substantial concerns about the potential for market corrections in the 10% range all throughout 2024, as there typically are after substantial increases. So, in adding that to the mix, with fear and hysteria at a fever pitch, and players set to profit off turmoil, again, the resilience was impressive. I’m not that far off from retirement, but cooler heads typically prevail. WW2. Vietnam. Watergate. 2008. Black Friday. Historical trends. I acknowledge Trumps actions impacted the markets. To what degree and what that ultimately means cannot be measured in Fergie’s concerns about his pharmaceuticals over an 34 day period, or the a revisting of the Carter years. What happened post Carter? What was the appropriate course of action thereafter? Both rhetorical questions, of course.

“Bring it on” from the crowd that applauds and financially incentivizes a s-bag like Luigi Mangione. What next in your “deserve every single thing” Roundy? How do your people build on that one? Derek Chauvin should not be pardoned, imo, though it certainly seems like there are a lot of questions about what he was trained to do by the state. Those questions should be answered. That said, perp walking the hero of the extreme liberal left past Chauvin’s cell, down to max security, shutting the cell door for the duration of his life is appropriate.

I can understand how our friends on the left would get inspired by this clip of Biden calling out Trump. Still, you do have to wonder if they were a little uneasy when Biden dropped a tough guy line from a movie released in 1983. Certainly in retrospect, it seems quite likely Biden actually thought it was 1983, but really—-using a movie use from 40 years earlier? I’d bet none of the young people who helped elect Trump, who carried the day, would have any idea what that reference was all about. What a stooge.

The relative resilience of the market has been impressive. It’s not simply concern of tariffs or rising cost of good, its investor reaction and mood that must be considered. It’s actually pretty amazing to me the market has been relatively stable—we’ve had half the country or more panicking, predicting doom and gloom, and reaching out to embrace China in our dispute—-all because the major indexes dropped like a stone….to level we hadn’t seen in all of 30, 60, or 90 days. The thing is…30, 60, 90 days ago….I was pretty happy with where I was at as a long term investor. Ignoring the noise generated by those freaking out over short terms volatility helps.