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Hello Waxy
Thanks 4 the reply .
Every President who gets the chance , will replace a leaving Supreme Court judge with a like minded Judge .
Increasing the amount by 3 , is my worry .
My view is that the Supreme Court , is the Least Political Legal Bar in the US .
Adam 12 , the Laptop might not be admissible in a Court .
But anyone knows , if it Quacks like a Duck , it"s a fn Duck .
To have the FBI sign it off as a Russian hoax , just before the election , is political interference mate :) !
Bon Chance Waxy !
So appreciate your true US feedback , well done mate !
Oil prices and the impotence of errywun in DC:
Well at least Americans won’t have to vote ever again, if Trump wins !
But then again , why would you forget to put your false teeth in for a ramble with Elon Muck?
etarip wrote:Guess it’s a logical counter to the ‘freeze the war on current frontlines’ narrative.
30km from Kursk nuclear power plant. Which might also be an objective. Russians won’t be able to use air power or artillery to dislodge Ukrainian troops if they can occupy. Exact same situation that the Russians have established at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. So again, a potential bargaining chip for negotiations. Which everyone wants, right?
Ukraine are probably anticipating Trump winning the election, ceasing their funding and ‘making a deal’ so could definitely give them a bargaining chip… depending on how much the Russians now respond in force.
Donald Trump tells his followers he completed the wall, and then tells them he needs to be re- elected so he can finish the wall.
The party of alternative facts, Truth isn’t Truth.
Trump and Musk had a chat on X .
X was under cyber attack , but the conversation went ahead , 1 Billion people listened .
That's what I call an Open and unscripted , big Interview , that shows a few people are listening .
Pop Down wrote:Trump and Musk had a chat on X .
X was under cyber attack , but the conversation went ahead , 1 Billion people listened .
That's what I call an Open and unscripted , big Interview , that shows a few people are listening .
1 billion people listened. Lmao
Cyber attack…is an excuse, Musk got rid of so many technical staff the platform can’t run properly. Nothing but self inflicted technical problems.
The official Trump account was claiming 16 million. Pop Down raises it to 1 billion.
Both are exaggerated numbers.
Hey Roady
My maths is crap , that's why I got into Finance .
The number was from Zerohedge .
That's been a pretty reliable source 4 me , 4 a gazillion years .
Ya know, i am fallin asleep here (good) at 1:52 and i am thinkin that the GOP had a grand opportunity that they have squandered. They could’ve welcomed Harris to the race. They could’ve went the Magnanimous route. They left their convention portraying strength. They currently project Paper Tiger. And they are doubling and tripling down on the divisive rhetoric.
Big Big Mistake and Huge Lost Opportunity.
G’nite.
Keep trying PD.
At the moment Trump said ‘60million’, the screen showed 1.1million. Globally.
That’s not a particularly significant number.
I reckon half of them were journalists.
As for unscripted. There’s photos of DJT with a pile of written notes in front of him. Reckon he went into that without having talked about content with Musk?
Reckon that little circle jerk did nothing for his poll numbers.
The X algorithm is completely bogus and designed to produce numbers that are in no way accurate..perfect for Pop Down, Trump and the Musk clown in cheif.
4 million comments and 998 million views , in a few hours Roady is the number X .
U can believe , whatever U want .
It seems like millions , agree that Trump is to B Silenced , whatever it takes .
They also believe Biden was running the show .
Poor bloke believed it and thought he could do it 4 another 4 years .
THEY , rolled him out in a Debate that wasn't needed and got rid of Him .
They then chose Kamala , no voting .
Kamala , Do Nothing and definitely , don't Talk off script !!!
She cast the deciding vote in the Inflation Reduction Act .
The 1 that added 87000 IRS Agents ffs .
And she copies Trumps no Tip Tax lol .
Smoke and Mirrors stuff !
The Market knows and likes Trumps Economic Policies .
The Market doesn't know Harris's .
THEY are trying 2 sell a Lemon as Lemonade !
THEY are a problem imho .
Look at NY , it's THEIR City and THEY think Washington is 2 .
Pop Down wrote:Hey Roady
My maths is crap , that's why I got into Finance .
The number was from Zerohedge .
That's been a pretty reliable source 4 me , 4 a gazillion years .
Had a mate trying to get me onto zerohedge years ago around 2004 when they all (Tyler's)
were claiming the world economy was weeks away from collapsing and currency would be worthless.
Not a real reliable site there PD. Do they ever get anything right?
hey Andy - Mac
Tyler has always been thinking a Crash is Coming .
A real Negative Nu Nu .
I always have discounted his Personal View of the market .
What has been remarkably accurate , over years , is his reporting of the News .
He VETS his sources and he goes where NO others , Go imho .
So, bots are a problem commenting across X / Twitter, and distort metrics EXCEPT when the discussion is between Musk and Trump.
Got it.
The market is up since Trump left office. Stocks at an all time high, apparently. How does that fit with your narrative?
Pop Down wrote:hey Andy - Mac
Tyler has always been thinking a Crash is Coming .
A real Negative Nu Nu .
I always have discounted his Personal View of the market .
What has been remarkably accurate , over years , is his reporting of the News .
He VETS his sources and he goes where NO others , Go imho .
Ok....
Just seems to be click bait style website to me.
Read it for a while....
Pop Down wrote:4 million comments and 998 million views , in a few hours Roady is the number X .
U can believe , whatever U want .
It seems like millions , agree that Trump is to B Silenced , whatever it takes .
They also believe Biden was running the show .
Poor bloke believed it and thought he could do it 4 another 4 years .
THEY , rolled him out in a Debate that wasn't needed and got rid of Him .
They then chose Kamala , no voting .
Kamala , Do Nothing and definitely , don't Talk off script !!!
She cast the deciding vote in the Inflation Reduction Act .
The 1 that added 87000 IRS Agents ffs .
And she copies Trumps no Tip Tax lol .
Smoke and Mirrors stuff !
The Market knows and likes Trumps Economic Policies .
The Market doesn't know Harris's .
THEY are trying 2 sell a Lemon as Lemonade !
THEY are a problem imho .
Look at NY , it's THEIR City and THEY think Washington is 2 .
Do you know how the view count is calculated? I’m guessing no…and I know you won’t bother to educate yourself on it.
Jeezus..PD knows as much about American economics as he does about X comments and view calculations.
The Biden - Harris administration has a fantastic economic record. Only stupid people fail to acknowledge the gains.
No matter what the number was live with the Trump-Musk interview, you can bet that the live listens will only be a very small percentage of the overall listen total in weeks/months to come.
I expect most people are like me and they didn't know about it until after the broadcast and even if i did know about it before hand, i was never going to bother to listen live especially if on X.
Its 2024 most people will be like me that will give it a listen today in their own time and it will just be on whatever channel i come across it on spotify or youtube, so it wont come up in any overall official listen numbers.
You can bet though that it will be one of the most listened to interview's this year, id expect the most listened too, otherwise what would be the number one?
The US Market , only cares about the Economy and it's numbers .
The Economy was Firing under Trump , Energy Production at ALL time highs .
Even with the Tariff's , Inflation was low !
Money has Left Europe and Bond Markets and will continue to do so .
Moving into the DOW stocks , especially , as it's BIG Money .
US Market has been at Extreme Valuations 4 ages .
Guessing , that even as the US goes into recession , thanks Biden Economics , valuations will hold and stay high ish , nearly :) !
As so many are predicting a Big Correction in markets , it won't happen .
Look at the explanation of oil production and gas prices I posted yesterday PD.
If investors are so scared of Biden Harris Walz, why isn’t there a capital flight out of the markets, given polling favors them winning?
Stop falling for the Trump BS.
(why do i feel like Jerry Lewis at a wet t-shirt contest?)
LMAO
hey etarip
I can't be bothered looking , sorry , going blind .
I really know the fundamentals , already .
Oil stock prices are very low in Oz .
Tell me how Harris is Good for Oil companies , briefly :) !
A too hard a question , asking HOW markets work and I don't think it takes too much notice of bloody polls lol !
It's like a Wild Animal , don't poke it !!!
I think Trump is Easy to read and I do see his BS .
It's ALL out there 2 C !
He is NOT going to END the World in 4 years .
It's the Democrats and THEY that run them , that I can't work out their BS .
Maybe U can help explain it ?
just click on it, PoppaD, it's audio and a graph : )
etarip wrote:Oil prices and the impotence of errywun in DC:
Hello Basesix , thanks fella :)
I watched the clip , the poor guys Duc's analysis , was interesting but the Ducks didn't line Up at all , 4 me .
The Long term Health of an Oil/Gas industry is shown by how much it is Investing in Finding new supplies .
Yes Debt levels and Oil prices can change short term production , a bit .
I never read a report saying " Debt Levels causing a Boom in Oil production " lol !
Never heard of Oil companies , keeping Duc's Stored Up in an Oil Pond , like Franking haha Credits , waiting 4 a debt crisis !
It's NOT good business !
Service companies , Never had a Golden Run either .
Drilling a Well , costs SO much more , than bringing it on Stream .
Fracking caused Debt to rise and production to soar .
The US became Independent of OPEC , due to Trump .
Oil and Gas prices were low , in US , helping Inflation stay low .
Harris and Walz , HATE the Industry .
They want 2 Kill IT ffs !
Oil and Gas prices won't stay low , in that scenario !
Australian Oil?Gas stocks like Woodside are way down .
Guessing O/S valuations are 2 .
Harris may not be good for oil companies, but oil companies aren’t good for the planet.J D Vance and his backers are “Looking forward to a post constitutional America” sounds great to you.
andy-mac wrote:Pop Down wrote:hey Andy - Mac
Tyler has always been thinking a Crash is Coming .
A real Negative Nu Nu .
I always have discounted his Personal View of the market .
What has been remarkably accurate , over years , is his reporting of the News .
He VETS his sources and he goes where NO others , Go imho .
Ok....
Just seems to be click bait style website to me.
Read it for a while....
Roadkill wrote:The Biden - Harris administration has a fantastic economic record. Only stupid people fail to acknowledge the gains.
US economy is booming. That's a fact. Inflation is a challenge but Trump is not a solution,
I can see that everyone is throwing numbers on this Musk/Trump interview. They go as high as 1b!? Give me a break, like people have nothing else to do than watch this nonsense. Most didn't watch and they might read an article or 2 with highlights but that's about it.
etarip wrote:I was in the US for a couple of weeks in April. Arizona and Georgia. Cities and rural for both. Travelling with a colleague that I’d describe as a traditional conservative. You know what we didn’t see? Many Trump flags and bumper stickers. What we did see, that stood out, was a pickup with a massive Never Trump Sticker on the Interstate south of Phoenix. My view? Americans are over the Trump show. And we’re getting a distorted view by the media because he’s actually good content for them.
Exactly, 100% correct. I just got back from the US and I observed the same thing. Media wants you to believe that Americans are arguing, fighting in the streets and waving flags into each other's faces. That is untrue. I saw no flags, no signs and hardly anyone wants to talk politics. People are fatigued and disinterested. They just want to live a normal life. This election will be won by those who get more people out to vote. Unfortunately, it's not a policy competition, it's a popularity competition. And I don't think it will be Trump who will energise people to the voting booth.
As far as Trump is concerned, the Less people that watched the interview, the better for him.
Kook-Man2001 wrote:andy-mac wrote:Pop Down wrote:hey Andy - Mac
Tyler has always been thinking a Crash is Coming .
A real Negative Nu Nu .
I always have discounted his Personal View of the market .
What has been remarkably accurate , over years , is his reporting of the News .
He VETS his sources and he goes where NO others , Go imho .
Ok....
Just seems to be click bait style website to me.
Read it for a while....
No surprise there! Cheers.
But no doubt that will just strengthen its supporters with claims of a MSM bias.
Trump supporters, and Fox News are turning against Trump for making them look dumb?
The fact checker gave Tyler a low score , 4 Conspiracy Theory and Pseudo Science , lol haha .
Yes, he is great at Covering Both those topics and uncovering , all sorts of Suff !
Was great during Covid !
Puts up all sorts of BS , from both sides .
Zero and Tyler , are Not forecasters , of markets .
It's just a good general , news site and definitely NOT , main stream . .
He puts up , scary articles .
I have read the site 4 well over a decade , Tyler is a Machine and is so good imho .
The MSM are now on the side of KH .
They will now say Trumps too old , like Biden .
It's ALL orchestrated and a Play !
It's ALL , BS !
I tried to listen to Musk and Trump. Mumbling garbage. Trump is getting more delusional every week. No wonder more Republicans are in confusion and conflicted.
9/10 Wall Street CEOs are backing Harris.
8/10 venture funds CEOs are backing Harris.
The Street clearly sees Harris as a better option for the economy.
So funny Roady , I didn't think U would believe the Barrons of Wall St .
They love Biden Economic's and all the Money that gets printed and thrown around .
Backing Harris , gosh , what I good idea , the Arseholes are becoming popular .
I said The Market , liked Trump , not the Crooks that run The Street .
The market hasn't met Harris , yet .
The Trump Musk interview was a success for EV companies, other than Tesla , with online comments about cancelling Tesla orders and plans, in the wake of the debacle.
Listened too it, it was pretty much exactly as you would expect from both Trump and also Elon, no suprises and i doubt it would change anyones views either way and it sure isnt not going to change anyone's views on buying or not buying a tesla.
Because Elon is such a "free speech warrior", these probably won't repost in full, but if you are looking to get a lunchtime laugh, I recommend you take a few minutes to click on the links...enjoy...
"The market likes Trump"
His wife? Maybe not so much...
https://x.com/TomReilly101/status/1822707175803764901
https://x.com/ChuckCjmmn/status/1822672641477472610
https://x.com/Bo_Gardiner/status/1822350947290366068
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1822690910724858199
Dr.Hannibal Lecter doesn't think much of Fat Elvis either...
https://x.com/ybarrap/status/1822557365218034105
Then there's this one, a favorite..Nurse Ratchced trying to get to the bottom of what's going on with Don ...
https://x.com/JesusChryslerII/status/1823126325541929349
Speaking of Fat Elvis..."we're caught in a fat..."
https://x.com/24SevenEyes/status/1823103584709296188
Finally, how to win a Pulitzer..
https://x.com/elzey_t/status/1822366004200038905
But while I'm here and on a twitter reposting roll...
Snoop Dog was a hit at the Olympics, but I think he did some of his best work for National Geographic...
https://x.com/TheMonologist/status/1801648188572454926
And...try not to laugh at this one...boys being boys at work...
https://x.com/HumansNoContext/status/1822600117762847016
;);)
https://m.
The Billionaires who want their oligarchy in the US , are the same Billionaires who control the media there .
There’s concerns they’re going to try and steal the election by placing corrupt MAGA officials in electoral offices , which they already have done.
Which is why Trump kept saying he “didn’t need his supporters votes “at his rallies
- war is a racket ;)
...& it won't matter who wins the election, the 'government' won't change
- the US 'economy' is a war economy, always was, always will be ;);)
... as long as enough untruths can continue to be sold to keep creating war and feeding the industry $$$
- In 2022, the DOD purchased $44.5 billion from Lockheed Martin, $25.4 billion from Raytheon, and $21.5 billion from General Dynamics Corporation, according to the DOD website.
Raytheon’s total revenue for 2022 was $67.1 billion and the U.S. accounted for nearly 40% of that total, purchasing $25.4 billion from Raytheon.
Lockheed’s relationship with the U.S. keeps the company in business. In 2022, 73% of Lockheed’s total consolidated net sales were from the U.S. Government, including 64% from the DOD, according to Lockheed’s 2022 annual report. Lockheed’s annual report recognized the closeness of this relationship.
“We depend heavily on contracts with the U.S. Government for a substantial portion of our business. Changes in the U.S. Government’s priorities, or delays or reductions in spending could have a material adverse effect on our business,”
https://businessjournalism.org/2023/12/war-profit/#:~:text=The%20United%....
https://m.
https://m.
&t=3s The government will change to an autocracy , if the election goes the wrong way. The devil we know etc
Jelly Flater wrote:- war is a racket ;)
...& it won't matter who wins the election, the 'government' won't change- the US 'economy' is a war economy, always was, always will be ;);)
... as long as enough untruths can continue to be sold to keep creating war and feeding the industry $$$- In 2022, the DOD purchased $44.5 billion from Lockheed Martin, $25.4 billion from Raytheon, and $21.5 billion from General Dynamics Corporation, according to the DOD website.
Raytheon’s total revenue for 2022 was $67.1 billion and the U.S. accounted for nearly 40% of that total, purchasing $25.4 billion from Raytheon.
Lockheed’s relationship with the U.S. keeps the company in business. In 2022, 73% of Lockheed’s total consolidated net sales were from the U.S. Government, including 64% from the DOD, according to Lockheed’s 2022 annual report. Lockheed’s annual report recognized the closeness of this relationship.
“We depend heavily on contracts with the U.S. Government for a substantial portion of our business. Changes in the U.S. Government’s priorities, or delays or reductions in spending could have a material adverse effect on our business,”
https://businessjournalism.org/2023/12/war-profit/#:~:text=The%20United%....
JellyFlater. Hi mate. Hope you’re well.
Finally, someone describes what I’ve been knowing and thinking for decades.
The US love a war and its Space Program, it’s an economy stimulus.
I’d hate to be a taxpayer in that country.
Is it any wonder they have a shit or near non-existent health system, no Social Security like here.
If you live in the US and you have no job and you’re sick, well, you’re fucked.
No wonder there are elevated levels of crime, people can’t live on fresh air.
Ammunition manufacturers reaping massive amounts of money from the US, this trickle down effect starves the nation of important social and health resources.
I’m sorry, they’ve got it all wrong, couldn’t pay me to live there, nice place geographically, albeit, it’s become a contrived existence. AW
I reckon it’s the other way around.
The US has the military to protect its economy. Look at the composition of its military over the past 150 years. It’s a maritime power - large land forces are not its forte. The great white fleet was a safeguard of US trade, and that’s been extended to global trade while the USD is the default currency.
The military doesn’t create and drive foreign policy the same way that economic interests do. The economic imperative, exercised through congress, determines that.
The MIC does perpetuate the cycle through influence though - again, congress and senators - through ensuring that industry (Lockheed, Boeing, GD etc etc) are evenly distributed across states and thus electorates. DoD literally cant shut down a weapons / platform program (even useless, completely pointless ones) without a fight with multiple congressmen and senators from both parties. Because that money is spent on wages in their electorates. And they campaign on jobs and investment.
Same thing happens here on a micro scale. Almost every ‘bungled’ Australian procurement program has its downfall written through ‘customised Australian requirements’, usually looks like stipulated local industry content additions. It’s costs us taxpayers billions of dollars a year across many projects. And in some cases fundamentally undermines the capability that’s been selected.
But we’re at the wrong end of that wagging dog.
Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank