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LOL...sure. Because OBVIOUSLY Australia was going to set up the infrastructure to build a whole port there where they move things from one place to another. You...you read that and thought, 'yeah, that makes sense.'

Yeah, the Economy was doing GREAT. As I said, GDP growth was over 3%, the Fed was likely to cut twice this year as inflation shrunk to ~2.5%, low unemployment... The Economy was doing incredibly well.

I'm not really worried about my Roth as it's not what I plan on being my primary retirement. I can't touch that until I'm almost 60 but that's down...just shy of 6 figures. It's my own brokerage fund that's gone to hell. The Russell is down over 20%, the SPX is down ~900 points... But AGAIN, as I said, I went to mostly cash in Late January or I'd be down a LOT more in my own accounts. I STILL don't think it's a great thing to watch the Economy get hammered or to see the market crash 20% from VERY recent All-Time Highs exclusively because of Trump's nonsensical tariffs.

Yeah. I watched the interviews about Jordan. It's kinda nonsense. He created whatever motivation he needed at any given time...usually contrived. They talked about Clyde Drexler being great. "And I took that personally." That was the joke. He took everything personally. Which is also kinda the point. He claims he was "cut from the Basketball team." Not really. He was cut from varsity as a Freshmen on a powerhouse team. At least some. Others, like Cael(or Montana) they just embrace the big moment. And some put too much pressure on themselves and they can't perform in the big moment. But I do really doubt a guy was headed toward being a 2X AA and he became a 3X National Champ because PSU brought in a NCAA Finalist as a Freshmen.

Ok...I'm only seeing like 1 in 15 of your posts but can you help me out with a couple things? 1-Why do you just repeat what I said, add a whole bunch of additional punctuation and then say "Omg," like a teenage girl? 2-Yes, dominate AI. What part of that is the least bit confusing for you? Is it your inability to grasp the impact AGI is going to have or how valuable automation and FSD could be? Trillion dollar markets? Or is it that you somehow think we're not dominating AI? You really communicate like Becky 'who like...just can't even!!!! OMG, like, ya know!'

I wonder if Bessent is just embarrassed? Trump relies on the ignorance of his base. He's literally said it. His base sure as hell doesn't understand tariffs. He said the other countries pay them. They believed him. "We're gonna Charge China 50%, 75%, 100% maybe even 200%," and the clowns clap like seals. And people just don't get how bad this could end up. You have the inbred moron I don't even bother reading anymore Jimmy who thinks because it didn't cause a great depression within 24 hours, we're out of the woods. So yeah, I get how stupid these tariffs are. Everyone has understood it for the last 70 years as the United States has grown and become the most prosperous country in the world. Hey, remember when you had FREE MARKET Capitalists? and they called everyone who wasn't a Republican a socialist and a communist(because...they they don't actually understand the difference).

I mean, it's MUCH easier to transfer than to just get in, but...I hope this isn't true. Also, at what weight? Would they give up on Amos? What has happened with Amos? Whatever...just no. Keep this guy out of Red.

You really think these guys need extra motivation at this level? Who did Brands start over that he shouln't have? Arnold last year? I'm not disputing, I don't know. And I would be surprised if that happened with either Cunningham. I wouldn't be shocked if the two Cunningham's won the job if they were 51/49. Like...say Haines and O'Toole, they start Haines.

That'd be a best case scenario at this point. They try and push the market down, try and get the interest rates down another 50 basis points and this turns out to be a much larger version of 2018. Doesn't seem likely. I don't know how they "negotiate" deals when A-They said they weren't going to and B-They just made up what other Countries charge us. They did nothing more than calculate the trade deficit, then say they would need tariffs at this rate in order to not have a trade deficit. Of course...it's hard to be the largest GDP in the world and not have trade deficits.

I'm not sure what you're talking about? Trump only verbally trashed the Chip Act and the Chips Act has been...wildly successful. I guess you could say he's trashing it now though.

Bubba's is still better. They said they didn't want Bubba. The didn't tell Ryder that. They said they wanted him, BUT...if Ryder becomes a multiple time champ, I think this is as close as you can get. I think this will be one people will say "Penn State lost." I don't see Welsh replicating his success in a stacked 184 next year, but who knows.

No. I don't. Neither does the Treasury Sec who when asked if China now has a 54% tariff, he said, "I think." When asked how they came up with the tariff rates he replied with he sad, "I don't know." When asked "what about Mexico and Canada," he said, "I don't know." Doesn't that instill confidence! 3 of our largest trading partners. We just made up a number they "charge" us on tariffs. It wasn't based on reality, but...when is it ever. Then when asked exactly what the tariffs would be, he doesn't know. So what exactly are you asking if I get now? Why we would throw the global economy...which we are at the Center of and just arbitrarily play games with it? It's ALMOST as incompetent as keeping a reporter on a call for a military operation, but....this is worse.

I guess you just keep repeating this for the people too stupid to get it the first time? Biden...adds 15B of tariffs and primarily on China in a few key sectors. Trump puts Tariffs on an uninhabited Island..(well, that's not true, Penguins do live there) as well as the REST OF THE WORLD... And slack jawed morons are unable to differentiate between the two. Japan, Canada, Mexico, the European Union...everyone.

Nope. This part is not compelling; I remember making this argument about the 184 pound weight this year. McEnelly(3,?,?,?), Keck(3,3,2,1,2), Starocci(5X). Iowa didn't Wrestle Ferrari because they knew it wouldn't be competitive, Sinclair took a RS, Welsh also took one(though apparently not for the same reason)...but I think when we look back, Starocci will have a similarly competitive bracket. HWT likely won't(unless Kueter wrestles the next 3 years then...it could) have the number of champs, but...Gable, an Olympian, Kerk a NC/Runner Up and Wyatt? We all know the articles written in the future, ESPECIALLY if this...motivates Stevenson to really push it and try and go for Gold in '28, they'll be about that upset. Still probably the most improbable thing I've seen live.

Pretty unlikely. I don't believe any team in the country is turning down Welsh. I don't think Iowa is doing it, I don't think Missouri is doing it. I think is ONE should have, it should have been PSU, but then you factor in he's from Penn, just outside Pitt and he was apparently close to Duke, their prized recruit(though...that has really lost all meaning when they're ALL prized recruits).

I can't believe people think THAT is what tariffs do. Sure. That's...the extent of tariffs. It just raises things a few pennies. It doesn't create massive unemployment, inflation, a contracting GDP which is of course a contracting tax base. It's just a few pennies more on items. I have no problem paying a few pennies or percent more. The disastrous policies Trump has enacted...you morons deserve them, you voted for them, you got 'em coming.

Yeah...that'd be fine, but the pain is felt by everywhere. People are going to be hurting. Unemployment is headed to 7% and...inflation as well. Things are going to get bad. That's not good just because people were dumb enough to vote for the guy after last time. I certainly have less sympathy for those morons though.

You could not have done a BETTER job of raising your hand and saying, "I don't get it," if you tried. So...I didn't listen to the whole thing because Pelosi there is talking about TARGETED tariffs on ONE Country. We just put tariffs on an UNINHABITED ISLAND with ZERO people because our President is just that stupid. WE also DIDN'T put tariffs on Russia. Ur...but Pelosi was talking about SOME form of tariffs! Jesus Christ dude...That's what you think we did yesterday? We went after EVERY Nation, friend or foe.

Sure. There was a HUGE boon in Government Jobs and Government Spending over the last three quarters. This is the type of...just nonsensical arguments. We were dominating the next great Industry. AI, GPUs. We didn't do that with Government spending and it's not gone negative due to lack of Government spending. Go back, hit play on the video and listen again. There's a reason why these Countries have no just a moat, but a MASSIVE Moat.

Congress pass Smoot-Hawley in May of 1929(May 28th to be exact) THAT is what led to everything else. If you're going by when Hoover signed it into law, I believe as an economist, you're being intellectually dishonest. The economic implications of tariffs start long before the day they're ACTUALLY imposed. 23 of the Nations Economies had either responded with tariffs or threatened tariffs by that Oct when the Market Crashed. Mind you, ALL of this comes after the league of Nations had a massive economic summit to discuss the end of tariffs...and here is why;

Well...if you destroy the economy and crush the industry at a pivotal time, a time when China is investing 1T Yuan in AI, then it's probably not going to help with American stability. I think America was MORE stable when those companies were growing, in good shape, TSM made the decision to expand their production away from just Taiwan to Japan, Germany(countries that used to be allies) and then America where they'd already said they PLANNED to build more in the future. So do I think this changed America's "stability?" Yes. I think it made it substantially less stable.

FoxConn was EXACTLY what I thought of. On the other hand, because there was such a massive demand for Nvidia's GPUs, TSM was motivated to invest 65B and spend them here(with some of that coming from the Chips Act). Threatening someone and they'll start spending that money when they're doing with the billions they're already planning on spending...which is 2029, that's quintessential Trump and it's what people better HOPE happens here. Some way for him to save face when things turns really bad for him.

Ok...so...why ask and then answer before I answer? Yeah, they were already investing 65B dollars here over the next(and past) few years. The 100B comes with absolutely NONE of the "really nice juicy incentives," you were speaking off and they won't start building until Trump is out of office if they do. Being as Trump is now charging 32% tariffs on Taiwan and has said he's going to put tariffs on the semiconductors at a later date, I doubt you'll see any of that money. Sorta like FoxConn(though in THAT case, Trump did think it was worth paying the company to move BEFORE they moved).

Yes. They already had some here, but they've got one in Washington, they have a couple in Arizona that are working. One that's coming online next year. It's the different type of lithography machines from ASML that dictate what each is capable of. The newest one is capable of the 2NM chips as well as the high end Nvidia GPUs. They have another scheduled to come on line in '27 that they've been building. The ones that they promised to build under Trump...those probably won't be started for a couple years.

I know you have trouble reading, but if you follow Smoot-Hawley, it was about a year and a half from the passing of the tariffs until we were right in the midst of substantial tariffs.