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#121 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Mon Apr 14, 2025 6:48 pm

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #119
Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #118
I wonder how many of us are going to need physiological help in four years?

Physiological? How so?

If you meant "psychological", I think we're already there. Half the people in this country are already nuts (and I'm not excluding myself...lol!)

Not I. Of course, when I saw the Charlie Foxtrot that Covid ushered in globally, nothing really surprises me. Reminds me of this quote from Quark....

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Let me tell you something about hu-mons, nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working, but take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same, friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.

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#122 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Mon Apr 14, 2025 11:31 pm

Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #121
Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #119
Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #118
I wonder how many of us are going to need physiological help in four years?

Physiological? How so?

If you meant "psychological", I think we're already there. Half the people in this country are already nuts (and I'm not excluding myself...lol!)

Not I. Of course, when I saw the Charlie Foxtrot that Covid ushered in globally, nothing really surprises me. Reminds me of this quote from Quark....

Zitat
Let me tell you something about hu-mons, nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working, but take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same, friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.

Sorry about that. I did mean "psychological", I just couldn't find the word in my dictionary and spell check was no help.

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#123 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Tue Apr 15, 2025 10:42 am

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #122
Sorry about that. I did mean "psychological", I just couldn't find the word in my dictionary and spell check was no help.

In college I wrote an article for the school paper where I said, �I didn�t take this job to become the resident pariah.� The paper�s spell check changed it to �resident piranha.� Guess what my nickname became among my peer group�

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#124 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Tue Apr 15, 2025 11:55 am

Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #123
Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #122
Sorry about that. I did mean "psychological", I just couldn't find the word in my dictionary and spell check was no help.

In college I wrote an article for the school paper where I said, �I didn�t take this job to become the resident pariah.� The paper�s spell check changed it to �resident piranha.� Guess what my nickname became among my peer group�

sounds fishy to me

[double post deleted so I don't have to type the above twice]

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#125 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Tue Apr 15, 2025 5:47 pm

Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #123
Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #122
Sorry about that. I did mean "psychological", I just couldn't find the word in my dictionary and spell check was no help.

In college I wrote an article for the school paper where I said, �I didn�t take this job to become the resident pariah.� The paper�s spell check changed it to �resident piranha.� Guess what my nickname became among my peer group�

The local university has a technology program. They once held a seminar on various computer-related topics and published a list of the topics in the notice for the seminar. One of those topics was "How to clean your hard disk", only it was printed erroneously as "How to clean your hard dick". Mistake?...or the work of a college prankster?

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#126 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:00 pm

Just in case anyone is still watching this economic tit-for-tat and wondering, as I am, if there's more to this than sabre-rattling, I'd have to say emphatically "yes!". The price of gold is sky-rocketing today, on top of the relentless rise it has experienced for a while now.

What does this mean? If I had to guess...a "financial accident" is about to happen. What, when or where...no idea, but gold is probably one of the best and most reliable indicators of trouble I know.

Buckle up.

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#127 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:37 pm

Tit-for-tat? I see the neighborhood crank trying to get some attention.

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#128 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Wed Apr 16, 2025 8:10 pm

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #126
Just in case anyone is still watching this economic tit-for-tat and wondering, as I am, if there's more to this than sabre-rattling, I'd have to say emphatically "yes!". The price of gold is sky-rocketing today, on top of the relentless rise it has experienced for a while now.

What does this mean? If I had to guess...a "financial accident" is about to happen. What, when or where...no idea, but gold is probably one of the best and most reliable indicators of trouble I know.

Buckle up.

Here's a good overview of what trade wars can lead to, with an excellent historical parallel that the Brits here will know.

http://youtu.be/43dys6UMIYg?rel=0

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#129 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Wed Apr 16, 2025 9:26 pm (Last edited: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:23 pm)

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #127
Tit-for-tat? I see the neighborhood crank trying to get some attention.

More going on here than attention-getting. The reasons for the action in the markets (gold up over $100 today, DJIA down over 900) have been there since before the election, but they're just rising to the surface now. You can only cover over instability with printed money for so long.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articl...mepage-americas

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#130 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:26 pm

Zitat von Paul911 im Beitrag #128
Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #126
Just in case anyone is still watching this economic tit-for-tat and wondering, as I am, if there's more to this than sabre-rattling, I'd have to say emphatically "yes!". The price of gold is sky-rocketing today, on top of the relentless rise it has experienced for a while now.

What does this mean? If I had to guess...a "financial accident" is about to happen. What, when or where...no idea, but gold is probably one of the best and most reliable indicators of trouble I know.

Buckle up.

Here's a good overview of what trade wars can lead to, with an excellent historical parallel that the Brits here will know.

http://youtu.be/43dys6UMIYg?rel=0

there's one variable he does not mention, George Soros settling a few scores before he pops his clogs. This was something mentioned in the recent The Rest is Politics podcast

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#131 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:11 am

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #129
Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #127
Tit-for-tat? I see the neighborhood crank trying to get some attention.

More going on here than attention-getting. The reasons for the action in the markets (gold up over $100 today, DJIA down over 900) have been there since before the election, but they're just rising to the surface now. You can only cover over instability with printed money for so long.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articl...mepage-americas

Like someone is going to return tax rates to late 90s levels and actually do something. I think JP Morgan saved the market during the Taft Administration. I doubt any of the Tech Bro Oligarchs are going to hang around for the next financial mistake.

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#132 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Thu Apr 17, 2025 4:06 am (Last edited: Thu Apr 17, 2025 4:12 am)

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #131
Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #129
Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #127
Tit-for-tat? I see the neighborhood crank trying to get some attention.

More going on here than attention-getting. The reasons for the action in the markets (gold up over $100 today, DJIA down over 900) have been there since before the election, but they're just rising to the surface now. You can only cover over instability with printed money for so long.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articl...mepage-americas

Like someone is going to return tax rates to late 90s levels and actually do something. I think JP Morgan saved the market during the Taft Administration. I doubt any of the Tech Bro Oligarchs are going to hang around for the next financial mistake.

I'm sure they're unloading on each rally now...

But, hey...Katy Perry in space...who cares about something trivial like an economy?

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#133 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Fri Apr 18, 2025 8:43 pm

BTW, according to the business section of my newspaper today, the U.S. dollar is continuing its downward spiral, thanks to Trump's tariff actions and other international policies. As of yesterday, the British Pound was worth $1.3265, the Euro $1.1372, the USD is worth $1.3841 per Canadian Dollar and the Japanese Yen was up to 142.382 against the Dollar, after being around 150 to the Dollar not long ago.

Also, the price of gold has risen to $3,308.70 per ounce, about a 25% increase from last year. Not a good sign for faith in the U.S. economy.

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#134 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:00 am

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #133
Also, the price of gold has risen to $3,308.70 per ounce, about a 25% increase from last year. Not a good sign for faith in the U.S. economy.

No smart person puts any faith in a fiat currency.

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#135 | RE: Motorcycle tariffs datum

Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:06 pm

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #133
BTW, according to the business section of my newspaper today, the U.S. dollar is continuing its downward spiral, thanks to Trump's tariff actions and other international policies. As of yesterday, the British Pound was worth $1.3265, the Euro $1.1372, the USD is worth $1.3841 per Canadian Dollar and the Japanese Yen was up to 142.382 against the Dollar, after being around 150 to the Dollar not long ago.

Also, the price of gold has risen to $3,308.70 per ounce, about a 25% increase from last year. Not a good sign for faith in the U.S. economy.

Agree, Richard. Gold's rise is extremely unusual, rising something like 50% in the last 12 months. Can you imagine the impact of a loss of faith in the dollar, or in the ability of the Fed to control events as they've been doing since 2008? My father used to say "money doesn't grow on trees, son"...but in today's fiscal and monetary environment it does spew from printers. The problem is...the more printed, the cheaper they become.

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