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    Posted: Jun. 12, 2024 - 1:14 PM ET #101

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    Actually no this site is not about free say anything you want and stomp on people without recourse sort of gig. This is a private site in which when you sign up you agree to the terms and conditions of the site. So no not at all are you given free run of your temper and mouth and hide it under the guise of free speech.

    When you start adding value and contributing, stop insulting and attacking, start keeping the rules then you can call others out and point fingers. Until then your opinion is biased, partisan and means nothing.

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    Actually no this site is not about free say anything you want and stomp on people without recourse sort of gig. This is a private site in which when you sign up you agree to the terms and conditions of the site. So no not at all are you given free run of your temper and mouth and hide it under the guise of free speech.

    When you start adding value and contributing, stop insulting and attacking, start keeping the rules then you can call others out and point fingers. Until then your opinion is biased, partisan and means nothing.

     
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    Posted: Jun. 12, 2024 - 1:34 PM ET #102

    Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:

    @philschnaars Actually no this site is not about free say anything you want and stomp on people without recourse sort of gig. This is a private site in which when you sign up you agree to the terms and conditions of the site. So no not at all are you given free run of your temper and mouth and hide it under the guise of free speech. When you start adding value and contributing, stop insulting and attacking, start keeping the rules then you can call others out and point fingers. Until then your opinion is biased, partisan and means nothing.

     

    you’re right as always, I truly aspire to be as mature as you carry yourself and as open-minded as you are 

     

     

     

    peace_5

     

     

    thanks for all you do 

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    Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:

    @philschnaars Actually no this site is not about free say anything you want and stomp on people without recourse sort of gig. This is a private site in which when you sign up you agree to the terms and conditions of the site. So no not at all are you given free run of your temper and mouth and hide it under the guise of free speech. When you start adding value and contributing, stop insulting and attacking, start keeping the rules then you can call others out and point fingers. Until then your opinion is biased, partisan and means nothing.

     

    you’re right as always, I truly aspire to be as mature as you carry yourself and as open-minded as you are 

     

     

     

    peace_5

     

     

    thanks for all you do 

     
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    Posted: Jun. 12, 2024 - 1:57 PM ET #103

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     At least you are consistent.

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     At least you are consistent.

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    Posted: Jun. 12, 2024 - 3:10 PM ET #104

    Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:

    @philschnaars  At least you are consistent.

     

    serious question since you are very intelligent in these things.

     

    was the inflation we are dealing with now not directly due to the fact we paid millions of people to stop working and basically paid them the same as if they were working for many months. Would this not be the exact definition of supply and demand? Less supply since no one is working as much and same demand since no one’s wallets were hurt? And I’m taking a very broad stance here I understand millions still worked and plenty were affected greatly by the “shut down” but even in my unadvanced education on economics the first thing I thought of when the shutdown talks and “unemployment with additional pay be it $300-$600 a week” was this will not be good for the economy in the future

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    Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:

    @philschnaars  At least you are consistent.

     

    serious question since you are very intelligent in these things.

     

    was the inflation we are dealing with now not directly due to the fact we paid millions of people to stop working and basically paid them the same as if they were working for many months. Would this not be the exact definition of supply and demand? Less supply since no one is working as much and same demand since no one’s wallets were hurt? And I’m taking a very broad stance here I understand millions still worked and plenty were affected greatly by the “shut down” but even in my unadvanced education on economics the first thing I thought of when the shutdown talks and “unemployment with additional pay be it $300-$600 a week” was this will not be good for the economy in the future

     
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    Posted: Jun. 12, 2024 - 3:28 PM ET #105

    This from the Board of Governs of The Federal Reserve System

     

    This is their conclusion statement made in January of 2024:

    We find that inflation perceptions rose remarkably closely with actual inflation in 2021 and early 2022. In 2023, however, while inflation perceptions have moved down, they have declined noticeably less than actual inflation. These broad patterns also hold across different demographic groups, though inflation perceptions differ significantly across respondents' political affiliations. Importantly, inflation expectations, particularly longer-term expectations, did not increase as much as inflation perceptions over the pandemic, indicating that households have viewed pandemic inflation as mostly transitory. Even so, given the relationship between perceptions and expectations, inflation perceptions persistently above actual inflation could hold up inflation expectations and affect future actual inflation.

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    This from the Board of Governs of The Federal Reserve System

     

    This is their conclusion statement made in January of 2024:

    We find that inflation perceptions rose remarkably closely with actual inflation in 2021 and early 2022. In 2023, however, while inflation perceptions have moved down, they have declined noticeably less than actual inflation. These broad patterns also hold across different demographic groups, though inflation perceptions differ significantly across respondents' political affiliations. Importantly, inflation expectations, particularly longer-term expectations, did not increase as much as inflation perceptions over the pandemic, indicating that households have viewed pandemic inflation as mostly transitory. Even so, given the relationship between perceptions and expectations, inflation perceptions persistently above actual inflation could hold up inflation expectations and affect future actual inflation.

     
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    Posted: Jun. 12, 2024 - 3:31 PM ET #106

    Quote Originally Posted by ABooksNightmare:

    This from the Board of Governs of The Federal Reserve System   This is their conclusion statement made in January of 2024: We find that inflation perceptions rose remarkably closely with actual inflation in 2021 and early 2022. In 2023, however, while inflation perceptions have moved down, they have declined noticeably less than actual inflation. These broad patterns also hold across different demographic groups, though inflation perceptions differ significantly across respondents' political affiliations. Importantly, inflation expectations, particularly longer-term expectations, did not increase as much as inflation perceptions over the pandemic, indicating that households have viewed pandemic inflation as mostly transitory. Even so, given the relationship between perceptions and expectations, inflation perceptions persistently above actual inflation could hold up inflation expectations and affect future actual inflation.

     

    but talk to me like I’m a 4th grader……and I’m not saying the pandemic caused it I’m saying OUR REACTIiON to it did……you can’t give trillions to the people, tell them to stop working for months and expect no change in anything to do with inflation

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    Quote Originally Posted by ABooksNightmare:

    This from the Board of Governs of The Federal Reserve System   This is their conclusion statement made in January of 2024: We find that inflation perceptions rose remarkably closely with actual inflation in 2021 and early 2022. In 2023, however, while inflation perceptions have moved down, they have declined noticeably less than actual inflation. These broad patterns also hold across different demographic groups, though inflation perceptions differ significantly across respondents' political affiliations. Importantly, inflation expectations, particularly longer-term expectations, did not increase as much as inflation perceptions over the pandemic, indicating that households have viewed pandemic inflation as mostly transitory. Even so, given the relationship between perceptions and expectations, inflation perceptions persistently above actual inflation could hold up inflation expectations and affect future actual inflation.

     

    but talk to me like I’m a 4th grader……and I’m not saying the pandemic caused it I’m saying OUR REACTIiON to it did……you can’t give trillions to the people, tell them to stop working for months and expect no change in anything to do with inflation

     
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    Posted: Jun. 12, 2024 - 3:33 PM ET #107

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     The answer depends on the narrative of the individual. Some here say yes that is why other say no, I say no and not for any partisan reasoning. I base my reply on economic reality and business reality. 

    Without making another long message the reason why I say no is that pre-pandemic businesses carried inventories as all businesses do. So even with a reduction in supply during the pandemic, businesses had surplus inventories so there was not an immediate shock relative to the reduction in supply. If there was no a supply surplus we would likely have seen higher prices much quicker but those excess inventories carried through and pricing stayed down. Then as raw input prices started going up with a lack of input supply then that impacted COGS and then finished goods, then those added costs of production meant increased inflation to the consumer.

    Pricing flows through given a reasonable market. Covid was not an immediate supply shock or a demand shock to move inflation in a shock scenario.

    In addition we had fifteen years of efforts from the FED to nudge inflation...fifteen years and trillions of dollars and it did not happen. It takes much more direct consumer pocket cash to move inflation from a demand perspective...to move it the degree we saw in the time frame we saw to me 100% means it had very little to do with stimmy cash. Now if you gave every consumer in the USA a Walmart card only useable at Walmart for 150k, then sure maybe you could move the inflation needle...

     

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     The answer depends on the narrative of the individual. Some here say yes that is why other say no, I say no and not for any partisan reasoning. I base my reply on economic reality and business reality. 

    Without making another long message the reason why I say no is that pre-pandemic businesses carried inventories as all businesses do. So even with a reduction in supply during the pandemic, businesses had surplus inventories so there was not an immediate shock relative to the reduction in supply. If there was no a supply surplus we would likely have seen higher prices much quicker but those excess inventories carried through and pricing stayed down. Then as raw input prices started going up with a lack of input supply then that impacted COGS and then finished goods, then those added costs of production meant increased inflation to the consumer.

    Pricing flows through given a reasonable market. Covid was not an immediate supply shock or a demand shock to move inflation in a shock scenario.

    In addition we had fifteen years of efforts from the FED to nudge inflation...fifteen years and trillions of dollars and it did not happen. It takes much more direct consumer pocket cash to move inflation from a demand perspective...to move it the degree we saw in the time frame we saw to me 100% means it had very little to do with stimmy cash. Now if you gave every consumer in the USA a Walmart card only useable at Walmart for 150k, then sure maybe you could move the inflation needle...

     

     
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    Some people have bad days . Others worse weeks . Still others linger to suffer 3 hundred sixty to the fizzle cuz they’re flustered and hurt cuz this Earth for certain turns peeps ,

    sideways in the guillotine , pain heaped on top of worse , till they no longer cease to be , and they’re just deceased , as they careen down the street to that cemetery breach with what’s in the lead which usually means you’re finite cuz it’s a hearse .

    Life be like that sometimes .

    Whether it’s people that carry out outlandish acts of stupidity by storming a capitol building or simple banter that has to be inflicted with miserable slander . All while pretending they got the white gloves on and the pristine untouchable demeanor . It’s just a facade . An illusion . Like what happens to someone when they walk through the desert without water for too long . It’s a mirage . Always has been .

    Get your games tighter people . Think Spandex on a big coolie , cuz if those Trump supporters call out for extreme retribution , or anyone else does for that matter , when the circumstances do not find it to be truly honorable , well , they should be dealt with swiftly . And I ain’t talkin’ Taylor homies peace_5

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    Some people have bad days . Others worse weeks . Still others linger to suffer 3 hundred sixty to the fizzle cuz they’re flustered and hurt cuz this Earth for certain turns peeps ,

    sideways in the guillotine , pain heaped on top of worse , till they no longer cease to be , and they’re just deceased , as they careen down the street to that cemetery breach with what’s in the lead which usually means you’re finite cuz it’s a hearse .

    Life be like that sometimes .

    Whether it’s people that carry out outlandish acts of stupidity by storming a capitol building or simple banter that has to be inflicted with miserable slander . All while pretending they got the white gloves on and the pristine untouchable demeanor . It’s just a facade . An illusion . Like what happens to someone when they walk through the desert without water for too long . It’s a mirage . Always has been .

    Get your games tighter people . Think Spandex on a big coolie , cuz if those Trump supporters call out for extreme retribution , or anyone else does for that matter , when the circumstances do not find it to be truly honorable , well , they should be dealt with swiftly . And I ain’t talkin’ Taylor homies peace_5

     
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    Posted: Jun. 12, 2024 - 3:56 PM ET #109

    Quote Originally Posted by philschnaars:

      but talk to me like I’m a 4th grader……and I’m not saying the pandemic caused it I’m saying OUR REACTIiON to it did……you can’t give trillions to the people, tell them to stop working for months and expect no change in anything to do with inflation

    I don't totally disagree with you there. We were taught in economics when we were young that these very things would cause inflation. There is no doubt that the PPP loans, COVID sick pay and unemployment the government gave out hurt the economy, but it also put money back into the economy which was in turn why they did what they did. If they had given out all that free money and it was not put back into the economy then we would be seeing disastrous numbers. We are not seeing that because that money was spent and offset the balances of the economy. 

    I agree that printing money is a horrible conclusion to make and we were taught early on that when the government prints money that inflation or the economy suffers...after all it is about supply and demand correct...I actually think printing of money that is not spent locally is a major concern, as in funding a war in Ukraine...the unemployment and PP loans and COVID sick pay from your employer were positives to the economy...imagine it like this, what would the economy look like if money wasn't dished out during COVID and the shutdown? I think if you answer this, then you might be on your way...our economy would be in the tanks right now, but it isn't.

     

    There is one caveat to this and that is the unemployment money...I'm in California and have touched on this quite a bit...we are in trouble because we borrowed 20 billion from the Feds to help with unemployment that our Governor and its cronies so diligently mismanaged....however, instead of our California government paying it back, like it should, it is getting money from each business to pay it back...not fair to the businesses which most already suffered during the pandemic but that is what happens when you owe the feds...most people do not realize that a business gets a credit off what it owes to the IRS for Federal Unemployment...not State, but Federal Unemployment...a business owes both...that credit is automatically given to each business when your state does not owe the feds, however when you owe the feds that credit is reduced by 0.3% each year until the loan your state took is paid back...currently California is on year 3 of paying back that loan or an adjusted rate that is 0.9% higher than other states businesses who pay in 0.6%...It is estimated that we will not pay back the feds in California from the Unemployment debacle until 2032 or so...keep adding that 0.3% each year and do the math....California fucked its businesses...California and the Virgin Islands are the only two states in this predicament...it's know as a credit reduction state and we in California, as a business, are screwed...

     

    I might look at it from a different angle when it comes to inflation...there are other variables to consider but I believe this is what kept our economy somewhat stable through the pandemic and coming out of it...I think it would be ten times worse had the money not been put back into the economy like it was...

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    Quote Originally Posted by philschnaars:

      but talk to me like I’m a 4th grader……and I’m not saying the pandemic caused it I’m saying OUR REACTIiON to it did……you can’t give trillions to the people, tell them to stop working for months and expect no change in anything to do with inflation

    I don't totally disagree with you there. We were taught in economics when we were young that these very things would cause inflation. There is no doubt that the PPP loans, COVID sick pay and unemployment the government gave out hurt the economy, but it also put money back into the economy which was in turn why they did what they did. If they had given out all that free money and it was not put back into the economy then we would be seeing disastrous numbers. We are not seeing that because that money was spent and offset the balances of the economy. 

    I agree that printing money is a horrible conclusion to make and we were taught early on that when the government prints money that inflation or the economy suffers...after all it is about supply and demand correct...I actually think printing of money that is not spent locally is a major concern, as in funding a war in Ukraine...the unemployment and PP loans and COVID sick pay from your employer were positives to the economy...imagine it like this, what would the economy look like if money wasn't dished out during COVID and the shutdown? I think if you answer this, then you might be on your way...our economy would be in the tanks right now, but it isn't.

     

    There is one caveat to this and that is the unemployment money...I'm in California and have touched on this quite a bit...we are in trouble because we borrowed 20 billion from the Feds to help with unemployment that our Governor and its cronies so diligently mismanaged....however, instead of our California government paying it back, like it should, it is getting money from each business to pay it back...not fair to the businesses which most already suffered during the pandemic but that is what happens when you owe the feds...most people do not realize that a business gets a credit off what it owes to the IRS for Federal Unemployment...not State, but Federal Unemployment...a business owes both...that credit is automatically given to each business when your state does not owe the feds, however when you owe the feds that credit is reduced by 0.3% each year until the loan your state took is paid back...currently California is on year 3 of paying back that loan or an adjusted rate that is 0.9% higher than other states businesses who pay in 0.6%...It is estimated that we will not pay back the feds in California from the Unemployment debacle until 2032 or so...keep adding that 0.3% each year and do the math....California fucked its businesses...California and the Virgin Islands are the only two states in this predicament...it's know as a credit reduction state and we in California, as a business, are screwed...

     

    I might look at it from a different angle when it comes to inflation...there are other variables to consider but I believe this is what kept our economy somewhat stable through the pandemic and coming out of it...I think it would be ten times worse had the money not been put back into the economy like it was...

     
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    So you take it out and then put it back in ? And then you take it out and you put it back in again ? And you keep doing that on repeat till what happens ? Forget it . I know how this ends so you don’t need to answer because I’ve got experience with something that follows these same exact guidelines . Usually something bursts because after a while it just can’t be contained . And sometimes something brand new and unknown grows from it and you’re left there to deal with the consequences and repercussions . Does this inflation thing come with anything that resembles , or that could be classified as a condom or contraceptive ?

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    So you take it out and then put it back in ? And then you take it out and you put it back in again ? And you keep doing that on repeat till what happens ? Forget it . I know how this ends so you don’t need to answer because I’ve got experience with something that follows these same exact guidelines . Usually something bursts because after a while it just can’t be contained . And sometimes something brand new and unknown grows from it and you’re left there to deal with the consequences and repercussions . Does this inflation thing come with anything that resembles , or that could be classified as a condom or contraceptive ?

     
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    So you take it out and then put it back in ? And then you take it out and you put it back in again ? And you keep doing that on repeat till what happens ? Forget it . I know how this ends so you don’t need to answer because I’ve got experience with something that follows these same exact guidelines . Usually something bursts because after a while it just can’t be contained . And sometimes something brand new and unknown grows from it and you’re left there to deal with the consequences and repercussions . Does this inflation thing come with anything that resembles , or that could be classified as a condom or contraceptive ?

     

    so basically zero inflation could happen if no more money is dispersed? Granted I understand the concept that the money “printed” during the pandemic helped because it allowed $ to be put back into the economy that otherwise wouldn’t be there, but isn’t that the point? The money printed then to make sure it was spent should never have been printed in general to keep inflation down? As I said I’m not nearly as educated on this subject as others but would like to understand 

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    So you take it out and then put it back in ? And then you take it out and you put it back in again ? And you keep doing that on repeat till what happens ? Forget it . I know how this ends so you don’t need to answer because I’ve got experience with something that follows these same exact guidelines . Usually something bursts because after a while it just can’t be contained . And sometimes something brand new and unknown grows from it and you’re left there to deal with the consequences and repercussions . Does this inflation thing come with anything that resembles , or that could be classified as a condom or contraceptive ?

     

    so basically zero inflation could happen if no more money is dispersed? Granted I understand the concept that the money “printed” during the pandemic helped because it allowed $ to be put back into the economy that otherwise wouldn’t be there, but isn’t that the point? The money printed then to make sure it was spent should never have been printed in general to keep inflation down? As I said I’m not nearly as educated on this subject as others but would like to understand 

     
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    @philschnaars  The answer depends on the narrative of the individual. Some here say yes that is why other say no, I say no and not for any partisan reasoning. I base my reply on economic reality and business reality.  Without making another long message the reason why I say no is that pre-pandemic businesses carried inventories as all businesses do. So even with a reduction in supply during the pandemic, businesses had surplus inventories so there was not an immediate shock relative to the reduction in supply. If there was no a supply surplus we would likely have seen higher prices much quicker but those excess inventories carried through and pricing stayed down. Then as raw input prices started going up with a lack of input supply then that impacted COGS and then finished goods, then those added costs of production meant increased inflation to the consumer. Pricing flows through given a reasonable market. Covid was not an immediate supply shock or a demand shock to move inflation in a shock scenario. In addition we had fifteen years of efforts from the FED to nudge inflation...fifteen years and trillions of dollars and it did not happen. It takes much more direct consumer pocket cash to move inflation from a demand perspective...to move it the degree we saw in the time frame we saw to me 100% means it had very little to do with stimmy cash. Now if you gave every consumer in the USA a Walmart card only useable at Walmart for 150k, then sure maybe you could move the inflation needle...
     

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    @philschnaars  The answer depends on the narrative of the individual. Some here say yes that is why other say no, I say no and not for any partisan reasoning. I base my reply on economic reality and business reality.  Without making another long message the reason why I say no is that pre-pandemic businesses carried inventories as all businesses do. So even with a reduction in supply during the pandemic, businesses had surplus inventories so there was not an immediate shock relative to the reduction in supply. If there was no a supply surplus we would likely have seen higher prices much quicker but those excess inventories carried through and pricing stayed down. Then as raw input prices started going up with a lack of input supply then that impacted COGS and then finished goods, then those added costs of production meant increased inflation to the consumer. Pricing flows through given a reasonable market. Covid was not an immediate supply shock or a demand shock to move inflation in a shock scenario. In addition we had fifteen years of efforts from the FED to nudge inflation...fifteen years and trillions of dollars and it did not happen. It takes much more direct consumer pocket cash to move inflation from a demand perspective...to move it the degree we saw in the time frame we saw to me 100% means it had very little to do with stimmy cash. Now if you gave every consumer in the USA a Walmart card only useable at Walmart for 150k, then sure maybe you could move the inflation needle...
     

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    Some people have bad days . Others worse weeks . Still others linger to suffer 3 hundred sixty to the fizzle cuz they’re flustered and hurt cuz this Earth for certain turns peeps , sideways in the guillotine , pain heaped on top of worse , till they no longer cease to be , and they’re just deceased , as they careen down the street to that cemetery breach with what’s in the lead which usually means you’re finite cuz it’s a hearse . Life be like that sometimes . Whether it’s people that carry out outlandish acts of stupidity by storming a capitol building or simple banter that has to be inflicted with miserable slander . All while pretending they got the white gloves on and the pristine untouchable demeanor . It’s just a facade . An illusion . Like what happens to someone when they walk through the desert without water for too long . It’s a mirage . Always has been . Get your games tighter people . Think Spandex on a big coolie , cuz if those Trump supporters call out for extreme retribution , or anyone else does for that matter , when the circumstances do not find it to be truly honorable , well , they should be dealt with swiftly . And I ain’t talkin’ Taylor homies

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    Some people have bad days . Others worse weeks . Still others linger to suffer 3 hundred sixty to the fizzle cuz they’re flustered and hurt cuz this Earth for certain turns peeps , sideways in the guillotine , pain heaped on top of worse , till they no longer cease to be , and they’re just deceased , as they careen down the street to that cemetery breach with what’s in the lead which usually means you’re finite cuz it’s a hearse . Life be like that sometimes . Whether it’s people that carry out outlandish acts of stupidity by storming a capitol building or simple banter that has to be inflicted with miserable slander . All while pretending they got the white gloves on and the pristine untouchable demeanor . It’s just a facade . An illusion . Like what happens to someone when they walk through the desert without water for too long . It’s a mirage . Always has been . Get your games tighter people . Think Spandex on a big coolie , cuz if those Trump supporters call out for extreme retribution , or anyone else does for that matter , when the circumstances do not find it to be truly honorable , well , they should be dealt with swiftly . And I ain’t talkin’ Taylor homies

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    there was so much fraud in NYS with the money the state was handing out between unemployment to the business loans, so not all of it went back into the economy as it was expected.  Anyone with a brain knew at the time there was no oversight, and everything was being pushed through by remote workers who didn't even work in that division of the state before and therefore didn't care who got money.  49 other states must have had similar circumstances

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    there was so much fraud in NYS with the money the state was handing out between unemployment to the business loans, so not all of it went back into the economy as it was expected.  Anyone with a brain knew at the time there was no oversight, and everything was being pushed through by remote workers who didn't even work in that division of the state before and therefore didn't care who got money.  49 other states must have had similar circumstances

     
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    Funny how Uniman has to deflect and change the subject. Check out how many times he does this, when you examine his posts closely, he has no interest in acknowledging any facts that anyone has to say:

    MY COMMENT: - I posted about how my taxes went up under Trump because he killed a popular, 50-year  old deduction. Immediately accused of being a liar or a dotard. The problem must not exist, too inconvenient. 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: Am sure the only one who uses the deragatory term "dotard" is YOU, over and over. My taxes went down. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: Convenient how he leaves out my fact. My taxes went up. And Trump did kill a very popular 50+ year old deduction that prevented double-taxation. Funny how he doesn’t mention that. 

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    MY COMMENT: - I post about insurance rates going through the roof in Florida and California, and how that could be a pretty big issue. Told it is at the bottom of the issues pile. 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: Tornado Ally states Okla, Kansas, and Nebraska lead the nation in home owners insurance costs, Michigan leads in minimum car insurance coverage and New York overall for car insurance. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: His data isn’t true at all according to the National Association of Realtors’ study of 2023 data. Also, my post was not about ranking the states, my post was about how homeowners insurance costs are rising incredibly in red and blue states. But no, I just receive misleading partisan attacks from my buddy Uniman. 

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    MY COMMENT: - Post about John Kelly admitting Trump called war dead losers and suckers. It apparently never happened, even though this is the guy who literally ran the show for Trump for a year+. 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: John Kelly was fired by Trump. A fired employee loses some credidibilty. John Bolton who doesn't like Trump said it never happened. Somehow Bolton's words forgotten and only Kelly is heard. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: This ignores Kelly’s comments that this happened when he was with Trump at his son’s own grave. Suddenly John Bolton has more credibility than the witness who the words were directed to? All Bolton is saying that he didn’t hear him say that. But if Bolton wasn’t there for the conversation, then of course he wouldn’t hear him say that.  

    Also funny how Trump has fired 300 people from one administration so suddenly they’re all “not credible?” Okay, so all fired employees from any other administration are no longer credible. All Clinton, Obama, Biden whistleblowers are no longer credible! Steve Bannon was fired, he’s not credible! O’Reilly was fired a few times – he's not credible! Half the dirtbags at Newsmax and The First were fired from other networks – all not credible!  Bolton was fired, so he's not credible!

    Only Kelly was heard because the words were directed to only Kelly.  

     

     

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    Funny how Uniman has to deflect and change the subject. Check out how many times he does this, when you examine his posts closely, he has no interest in acknowledging any facts that anyone has to say:

    MY COMMENT: - I posted about how my taxes went up under Trump because he killed a popular, 50-year  old deduction. Immediately accused of being a liar or a dotard. The problem must not exist, too inconvenient. 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: Am sure the only one who uses the deragatory term "dotard" is YOU, over and over. My taxes went down. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: Convenient how he leaves out my fact. My taxes went up. And Trump did kill a very popular 50+ year old deduction that prevented double-taxation. Funny how he doesn’t mention that. 

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    MY COMMENT: - I post about insurance rates going through the roof in Florida and California, and how that could be a pretty big issue. Told it is at the bottom of the issues pile. 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: Tornado Ally states Okla, Kansas, and Nebraska lead the nation in home owners insurance costs, Michigan leads in minimum car insurance coverage and New York overall for car insurance. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: His data isn’t true at all according to the National Association of Realtors’ study of 2023 data. Also, my post was not about ranking the states, my post was about how homeowners insurance costs are rising incredibly in red and blue states. But no, I just receive misleading partisan attacks from my buddy Uniman. 

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    MY COMMENT: - Post about John Kelly admitting Trump called war dead losers and suckers. It apparently never happened, even though this is the guy who literally ran the show for Trump for a year+. 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: John Kelly was fired by Trump. A fired employee loses some credidibilty. John Bolton who doesn't like Trump said it never happened. Somehow Bolton's words forgotten and only Kelly is heard. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: This ignores Kelly’s comments that this happened when he was with Trump at his son’s own grave. Suddenly John Bolton has more credibility than the witness who the words were directed to? All Bolton is saying that he didn’t hear him say that. But if Bolton wasn’t there for the conversation, then of course he wouldn’t hear him say that.  

    Also funny how Trump has fired 300 people from one administration so suddenly they’re all “not credible?” Okay, so all fired employees from any other administration are no longer credible. All Clinton, Obama, Biden whistleblowers are no longer credible! Steve Bannon was fired, he’s not credible! O’Reilly was fired a few times – he's not credible! Half the dirtbags at Newsmax and The First were fired from other networks – all not credible!  Bolton was fired, so he's not credible!

    Only Kelly was heard because the words were directed to only Kelly.  

     

     

     
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    MY COMMENT: - Any facts about how Trump’s policies encouraged inflation is attacked as not real. Really, tariffs do cause inflation. Really, telling the Fed chair not to raise rates for 16 quarters in a row causes inflation. 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: If tariffs caused inflation than why did Biden leave them in place and add more?  Politico summed it up in typical lefty fashion; https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/biden-tariff-reaction-trump-00158043. 

    Back in 2018, lawmakers of both parties greeted President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on Chinese imports with widespread derision. 

    Six years later, most members of Congress are applauding President Joe Biden’s extension — and in some cases, expansion — of those tariffs, if not calling for him to go even further.  

    Guess Trump was ahead of his time. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: Yes, my comment is a non-partison critique on tariffs. They’re bad for consumers. I hate that they were renewed, they’re just an increase of the cost of living.  

    Politico is not a “lefty” publication, just shows how far off the spectrum you are. 

     

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    MY COMMENT: - Any post about how immigrants pay taxes is ridiculed, despite my immigrant neighbors struggling to pay their taxes, and many experiences with other immigrants paying taxes. (Employers who have someone on the books are going to pay taxes for that person, and that person will also file a return. Nobody is stupid enough to trigger an audit over stuff like that. And you don’t see the IRS returning tax $$$ when 22 people are using the same SSN.) 

     

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: Many Immigrants have a great loophole by getting paid cash for odd jobs. And I have no problem with that. All I ask is for controlled immigration. Biden has set immigration back for years. The reaction to his failed policies will hurt future immigration. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: By changing the subject, he avoids having to acknowledge the facts that immigrants legally employed, are on lots of payrolls and paying taxes. My post on this wasn’t partisan, but he tries to attack my fact about immigrants pay taxes by somehow blaming Biden for something irrelevant to immigrants paying taxes. Try to stay focused on the ball. Not everything is partisan. 

     

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    MY COMMENT: - Any facts about how Trump’s policies encouraged inflation is attacked as not real. Really, tariffs do cause inflation. Really, telling the Fed chair not to raise rates for 16 quarters in a row causes inflation. 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: If tariffs caused inflation than why did Biden leave them in place and add more?  Politico summed it up in typical lefty fashion; https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/biden-tariff-reaction-trump-00158043. 

    Back in 2018, lawmakers of both parties greeted President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on Chinese imports with widespread derision. 

    Six years later, most members of Congress are applauding President Joe Biden’s extension — and in some cases, expansion — of those tariffs, if not calling for him to go even further.  

    Guess Trump was ahead of his time. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: Yes, my comment is a non-partison critique on tariffs. They’re bad for consumers. I hate that they were renewed, they’re just an increase of the cost of living.  

    Politico is not a “lefty” publication, just shows how far off the spectrum you are. 

     

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    MY COMMENT: - Any post about how immigrants pay taxes is ridiculed, despite my immigrant neighbors struggling to pay their taxes, and many experiences with other immigrants paying taxes. (Employers who have someone on the books are going to pay taxes for that person, and that person will also file a return. Nobody is stupid enough to trigger an audit over stuff like that. And you don’t see the IRS returning tax $$$ when 22 people are using the same SSN.) 

     

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: Many Immigrants have a great loophole by getting paid cash for odd jobs. And I have no problem with that. All I ask is for controlled immigration. Biden has set immigration back for years. The reaction to his failed policies will hurt future immigration. 

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: By changing the subject, he avoids having to acknowledge the facts that immigrants legally employed, are on lots of payrolls and paying taxes. My post on this wasn’t partisan, but he tries to attack my fact about immigrants pay taxes by somehow blaming Biden for something irrelevant to immigrants paying taxes. Try to stay focused on the ball. Not everything is partisan. 

     

     
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    MY COMMENT: - A post about Trump’s felony conviction is immediately attacked as not real because “they got” Alex Jones “in the same week.” That one had me fly off the handle because Alex Jones literally encouraged death threats against parents of grieving six-year olds. I took a few days off from this forum after that. Jones didn’t even raise a defense in his case, yet he’s not liable? Okay … 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: Everyone in the country knows Trumps guilty verdict in NY will be overturned in the future. Most likeky after the election. What a joke of a trial. A total misuse of the judicial system. Where are all the riots, incidences, violent protests? Why is Trump raking in cash like never before? Hasn't that lightbulb gone on yet?  

    And NO, he is NOT a convicted felon. He was found guilty of.........hell, we do not even know, but he is guilty of something. That lefty judge will make it up next month and it will get overturned.  

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: Completely ignores my frequent mentions of Alex Jones being used as a defense against ... Trump’s 34 felony convictions in a court of law. I mean, I guess I would use cheap tricks like this to try and avoid defending Alex Jones – obviously he didn’t hire a lawyer to help him defend against the case where he was: 

    • Sued for defamation 
    • Against parents 
    • Of children who were killed in a mass shooting 
    • By encouraging his listeners 
    • To make death threats against the parents 

    Instead, just ignores all of that. How convenient. 

     

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    MY COMMENT: - A post about Trump’s felony conviction is immediately attacked as not real because “they got” Alex Jones “in the same week.” That one had me fly off the handle because Alex Jones literally encouraged death threats against parents of grieving six-year olds. I took a few days off from this forum after that. Jones didn’t even raise a defense in his case, yet he’s not liable? Okay … 

    UNIMAN’S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING ANSWER: Everyone in the country knows Trumps guilty verdict in NY will be overturned in the future. Most likeky after the election. What a joke of a trial. A total misuse of the judicial system. Where are all the riots, incidences, violent protests? Why is Trump raking in cash like never before? Hasn't that lightbulb gone on yet?  

    And NO, he is NOT a convicted felon. He was found guilty of.........hell, we do not even know, but he is guilty of something. That lefty judge will make it up next month and it will get overturned.  

    UNIMAN LEFT OUT: Completely ignores my frequent mentions of Alex Jones being used as a defense against ... Trump’s 34 felony convictions in a court of law. I mean, I guess I would use cheap tricks like this to try and avoid defending Alex Jones – obviously he didn’t hire a lawyer to help him defend against the case where he was: 

    • Sued for defamation 
    • Against parents 
    • Of children who were killed in a mass shooting 
    • By encouraging his listeners 
    • To make death threats against the parents 

    Instead, just ignores all of that. How convenient. 

     

     
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    @THEMUGG  One more small item...your claim about left threads- we have discussed this so many times and the truth is that those threads are not wanting your involvement they are not seeking conversation with your side at all. You are not required or even suggested to reply in those threads and you are not required to reply in ANY thread in the entire site/forum. Those guys like to discuss left topics and cheer themselves over and over, that is not breaking the rules. Making jabs about conservatives in general is inching up to the line of the site rules but is not a direct across the board rule breaker. You know where I am going with this, when another member insults another member DIRECTLY and specifically now that is breaking the rules and is cause for taking action. I do not like partisan threads, I do not like their approach and I think it does not create conversation and is petty and of little value and to an extent we allow it on BOTH sides, your group has threads and in the past as you know there were MANY MANY MANY threads, but some of the thread makers are less active now or have decided it is not worth the annoyance, but you cant say that it is one-sided at all. What you and your side should learn (and never seem to even though it has been suggested so many times) is to never attack other members, not in this sub-forum not in other forums not at all. What gets people boxed/banned is direct insults and attacks to other members not partisan generalizations or conversations. I'd rather not see either side huddle and babble but we allow that much more than attacking and insulting directly.

    WSC has nailed the point. I don't go and crap on MAGA pro-Trump threads. MUGG, you are not required to post on every post in the forum, it's not all about you brah. 

    But no, I post some facts, and I'm attacked by anti-fact zealots and called a lefty lib lol. 

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    @THEMUGG  One more small item...your claim about left threads- we have discussed this so many times and the truth is that those threads are not wanting your involvement they are not seeking conversation with your side at all. You are not required or even suggested to reply in those threads and you are not required to reply in ANY thread in the entire site/forum. Those guys like to discuss left topics and cheer themselves over and over, that is not breaking the rules. Making jabs about conservatives in general is inching up to the line of the site rules but is not a direct across the board rule breaker. You know where I am going with this, when another member insults another member DIRECTLY and specifically now that is breaking the rules and is cause for taking action. I do not like partisan threads, I do not like their approach and I think it does not create conversation and is petty and of little value and to an extent we allow it on BOTH sides, your group has threads and in the past as you know there were MANY MANY MANY threads, but some of the thread makers are less active now or have decided it is not worth the annoyance, but you cant say that it is one-sided at all. What you and your side should learn (and never seem to even though it has been suggested so many times) is to never attack other members, not in this sub-forum not in other forums not at all. What gets people boxed/banned is direct insults and attacks to other members not partisan generalizations or conversations. I'd rather not see either side huddle and babble but we allow that much more than attacking and insulting directly.

    WSC has nailed the point. I don't go and crap on MAGA pro-Trump threads. MUGG, you are not required to post on every post in the forum, it's not all about you brah. 

    But no, I post some facts, and I'm attacked by anti-fact zealots and called a lefty lib lol. 

    It's so dumb it's hard to take the zealots seriously

     
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    Remember guys, Trump didn't threaten the Fed Chair for his entire four years in office. Never happened. No way Jose. What Fed Chair? What does a chair even have to do with the economy? I didn't even say chair. Well I did say chair but I was joking and you're taking it out of context. Then a crying man, sobbing man, crying like a baby, big as an elephant (Trump's phrase for saying he likes his hog), came to me and said 'Sir, thank you for defeating Obama in the last election.' And I knew that even though Nancy Pelosi was running against me in the primary, Nikki Pelosi I mean Jack Kennedy I mean man woman camera person infrastracturerrrrrrrrrrrrr ..... I'm not gonna pay the teleprompter people anymore." 

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    Remember guys, Trump didn't threaten the Fed Chair for his entire four years in office. Never happened. No way Jose. What Fed Chair? What does a chair even have to do with the economy? I didn't even say chair. Well I did say chair but I was joking and you're taking it out of context. Then a crying man, sobbing man, crying like a baby, big as an elephant (Trump's phrase for saying he likes his hog), came to me and said 'Sir, thank you for defeating Obama in the last election.' And I knew that even though Nancy Pelosi was running against me in the primary, Nikki Pelosi I mean Jack Kennedy I mean man woman camera person infrastracturerrrrrrrrrrrrr ..... I'm not gonna pay the teleprompter people anymore." 

    Sharks! 

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Raiders22:

    This is the proposition: Any facts about how Trump’s policies encouraged inflation is attacked as not real. Really, tariffs do cause inflation.   This is the counter question to the biggest economic issue in the last couple of years: If tariffs caused inflation than why did Biden leave them in place and add more?    Then this is the next response: Yeah Trump was the first politician to use tariffs....brilliant, he is the best the first the only there is nothing like him. This is the problem with the Left in the forum.  When they are questioned about an issue they bring up, they avoid that particular topic.  Or, at best, cloud it with other issues; or, at worst use it as an opportunity to bash Trump.  The hatred for Trump has made too many unhinged and noncredible on the issues themselves.  The question remains the same for the issue:  IF tariffs cause inflation (and, if that were a huge cause of concern for the USA) why did Biden keep them in place and add more?  Whether Trump is the first to use tariffs or is a bad person is not the topic. By and large, tariffs are bad for the folks but good for the individual companies.  They are, in a sense, anti-freetrade.   There is far more at play with the current inflation than tariffs.  Tariffs, themselves, do not cause inflation at large.  They can have isolated inflationary effects in industries, etc. I have addressed this with tariffs, subsidies, duties, and taxes on here before.  There can be some reasons to use targeted tariffs, especially for short terms.  They will generally not lead to overall inflation in the economy.  They certainly were not the cause of the current inflation.

    I know it's tough for me to get this through your skull, so let me say it again:

    - it's well-established that tariffs cause inflation, it's basic economic policy 

    - Trump proudly introduced a ton of inflation-causing tariffs

    - tariffs don't increase costs overnight, it takes time

    - I hate that Biden kept the tariffs and added more, they're poor economic policy

    - I'm a centrist, that's why I am critical of Biden too

     

    Sure, "I am the problem with the left" if that makes you zealots feel better about being miles off the political spectrum. 

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raiders22:

    This is the proposition: Any facts about how Trump’s policies encouraged inflation is attacked as not real. Really, tariffs do cause inflation.   This is the counter question to the biggest economic issue in the last couple of years: If tariffs caused inflation than why did Biden leave them in place and add more?    Then this is the next response: Yeah Trump was the first politician to use tariffs....brilliant, he is the best the first the only there is nothing like him. This is the problem with the Left in the forum.  When they are questioned about an issue they bring up, they avoid that particular topic.  Or, at best, cloud it with other issues; or, at worst use it as an opportunity to bash Trump.  The hatred for Trump has made too many unhinged and noncredible on the issues themselves.  The question remains the same for the issue:  IF tariffs cause inflation (and, if that were a huge cause of concern for the USA) why did Biden keep them in place and add more?  Whether Trump is the first to use tariffs or is a bad person is not the topic. By and large, tariffs are bad for the folks but good for the individual companies.  They are, in a sense, anti-freetrade.   There is far more at play with the current inflation than tariffs.  Tariffs, themselves, do not cause inflation at large.  They can have isolated inflationary effects in industries, etc. I have addressed this with tariffs, subsidies, duties, and taxes on here before.  There can be some reasons to use targeted tariffs, especially for short terms.  They will generally not lead to overall inflation in the economy.  They certainly were not the cause of the current inflation.

    I know it's tough for me to get this through your skull, so let me say it again:

    - it's well-established that tariffs cause inflation, it's basic economic policy 

    - Trump proudly introduced a ton of inflation-causing tariffs

    - tariffs don't increase costs overnight, it takes time

    - I hate that Biden kept the tariffs and added more, they're poor economic policy

    - I'm a centrist, that's why I am critical of Biden too

     

    Sure, "I am the problem with the left" if that makes you zealots feel better about being miles off the political spectrum. 

     
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    Posted: Jun. 13, 2024 - 1:56 AM ET #121

    Quote Originally Posted by soup-can:

    Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. The suspects had been on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force radar and were arrested by personnel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, the sources say. All eight men crossed through the southern border into the U.S., and their criminal backgrounds checks came back clean when they crossed, say two officials familiar with the matter. At least two of the men crossed the border in spring 2023, and one of those men used the CBP One app, which the Biden administration created to allow migrants to book appointments to claim asylum, those officials say. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has been aware of a potential terrorist threat originating in central Europe, and it began monitoring these men as part of that investigation, three sources say. A senior U.S. official says the FBI was monitoring the group for several months and kept close tabs on their activities. While they have not been charged with a terrorist connection or plot yet, the FBI alerted ICE they should be arrested because of potential ties to ISIS, and they were arrested on immigration charges, two sources say. They are detained and face removal proceedings before an immigration judge, and they could later face terrorism-related charges, two sources say. Domestic Terrorists they say, watch out for far-right extremists they also say  This is just the beginning of the chaos of the canceled border policies that Joe signed off on, on DAY ONE

    Biden's Fed catches terrorists and it's spun as a bad thing. One of them used an app, meaning that this helped the FBI track him? Oh noes! (Let's not pretend that apps don't allow others to track your data, they do.)

    Meanwhile, Trump is happy to show off classified war plans at Mar a Lago, and let Russia rob us blind with Solar Winds. Yay! Wave red flag! 

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    Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. The suspects had been on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force radar and were arrested by personnel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, the sources say. All eight men crossed through the southern border into the U.S., and their criminal backgrounds checks came back clean when they crossed, say two officials familiar with the matter. At least two of the men crossed the border in spring 2023, and one of those men used the CBP One app, which the Biden administration created to allow migrants to book appointments to claim asylum, those officials say. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has been aware of a potential terrorist threat originating in central Europe, and it began monitoring these men as part of that investigation, three sources say. A senior U.S. official says the FBI was monitoring the group for several months and kept close tabs on their activities. While they have not been charged with a terrorist connection or plot yet, the FBI alerted ICE they should be arrested because of potential ties to ISIS, and they were arrested on immigration charges, two sources say. They are detained and face removal proceedings before an immigration judge, and they could later face terrorism-related charges, two sources say. Domestic Terrorists they say, watch out for far-right extremists they also say  This is just the beginning of the chaos of the canceled border policies that Joe signed off on, on DAY ONE

    Biden's Fed catches terrorists and it's spun as a bad thing. One of them used an app, meaning that this helped the FBI track him? Oh noes! (Let's not pretend that apps don't allow others to track your data, they do.)

    Meanwhile, Trump is happy to show off classified war plans at Mar a Lago, and let Russia rob us blind with Solar Winds. Yay! Wave red flag! 

     
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    Posted: Jun. 13, 2024 - 1:58 AM ET #122

    Quote Originally Posted by philschnaars:

    Quote Originally Posted by ABooksNightmare: This from the Board of Governs of The Federal Reserve System   This is their conclusion statement made in January of 2024: We find that inflation perceptions rose remarkably closely with actual inflation in 2021 and early 2022. In 2023, however, while inflation perceptions have moved down, they have declined noticeably less than actual inflation. These broad patterns also hold across different demographic groups, though inflation perceptions differ significantly across respondents' political affiliations. Importantly, inflation expectations, particularly longer-term expectations, did not increase as much as inflation perceptions over the pandemic, indicating that households have viewed pandemic inflation as mostly transitory. Even so, given the relationship between perceptions and expectations, inflation perceptions persistently above actual inflation could hold up inflation expectations and affect future actual inflation.   but talk to me like I’m a 4th grader……and I’m not saying the pandemic caused it I’m saying OUR REACTIiON to it did……you can’t give trillions to the people, tell them to stop working for months and expect no change in anything to do with inflation

     

    UNIMAN'S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING COMMENT: you can’t give trillions to the people, tell them to stop working for months and expect no change in anything to do with inflation

     

    WHAT HE LEFT OUT: Oops, forgot that Trump signed off on multiple pieces of legislation and policies that gave trillions to the people, told them to stop working for months and expected no change in anything to do with inflation. Must have been a "small oversight" on Uniman's part. Him? Nahhhh, he would never overlook any details, then suddenly get defensive about it

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    Quote Originally Posted by philschnaars:

    Quote Originally Posted by ABooksNightmare: This from the Board of Governs of The Federal Reserve System   This is their conclusion statement made in January of 2024: We find that inflation perceptions rose remarkably closely with actual inflation in 2021 and early 2022. In 2023, however, while inflation perceptions have moved down, they have declined noticeably less than actual inflation. These broad patterns also hold across different demographic groups, though inflation perceptions differ significantly across respondents' political affiliations. Importantly, inflation expectations, particularly longer-term expectations, did not increase as much as inflation perceptions over the pandemic, indicating that households have viewed pandemic inflation as mostly transitory. Even so, given the relationship between perceptions and expectations, inflation perceptions persistently above actual inflation could hold up inflation expectations and affect future actual inflation.   but talk to me like I’m a 4th grader……and I’m not saying the pandemic caused it I’m saying OUR REACTIiON to it did……you can’t give trillions to the people, tell them to stop working for months and expect no change in anything to do with inflation

     

    UNIMAN'S INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING COMMENT: you can’t give trillions to the people, tell them to stop working for months and expect no change in anything to do with inflation

     

    WHAT HE LEFT OUT: Oops, forgot that Trump signed off on multiple pieces of legislation and policies that gave trillions to the people, told them to stop working for months and expected no change in anything to do with inflation. Must have been a "small oversight" on Uniman's part. Him? Nahhhh, he would never overlook any details, then suddenly get defensive about it

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    Posted: Jun. 13, 2024 - 2:05 AM ET #123

    HEY FOLKS, BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL CONTENT OF THIS THREAD: Trump has been encouraging death threats for years now, and the MAGAs are happy to make thousands of death threats. The recent court cases are a really really good example of that:

     

     

    Man pleads guilty to sending death threats to judge

    https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-york-threats-engoron-james-4723954a046bc335dc308c5453726b62

     

    Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, went into Donald Trump's hush-money trial besieged by death threats from extremists

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/nyregion/alvin-bragg-donald-trump-jail-probation.html

     

    After Trump’s guilty verdict, threats and attempts to dox Trump jurors proliferate online

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/31/tech/threats-doxxing-trump-jurors/index.html

     

     

     

    Trump trial judge faces new threats after false reports on jury instructions spread

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/misinformation-trump-trial-judge-threats

     

    Trump’s followers continue to threaten and harass any and all who would stand against their Dear Leader to the point where the jurors who rendered Thursday’s verdict had to be given special protection to conceal their identities for their own safety. The judge, Juan Merchan, received death threats regularly, as did members of his staff. Trump himself, despite repeated warnings from the bench, continued to denigrate the judge as well as his daughter, and effectively inspiring his followers to unleash havoc.

    https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2024/05/31/trump-guilty-verdict-hush-money-trial/73922076007/

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ... BUT YES, WHAT DEATH THREATS? THERE'S NO THREATS! THERE'S NO VIOLENCE IN AMERICA'S FASCIST MAGA MOVEMENT. NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS

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    HEY FOLKS, BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL CONTENT OF THIS THREAD: Trump has been encouraging death threats for years now, and the MAGAs are happy to make thousands of death threats. The recent court cases are a really really good example of that:

     

     

    Man pleads guilty to sending death threats to judge

    https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-york-threats-engoron-james-4723954a046bc335dc308c5453726b62

     

    Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, went into Donald Trump's hush-money trial besieged by death threats from extremists

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/nyregion/alvin-bragg-donald-trump-jail-probation.html

     

    After Trump’s guilty verdict, threats and attempts to dox Trump jurors proliferate online

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/31/tech/threats-doxxing-trump-jurors/index.html

     

     

     

    Trump trial judge faces new threats after false reports on jury instructions spread

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/misinformation-trump-trial-judge-threats

     

    Trump’s followers continue to threaten and harass any and all who would stand against their Dear Leader to the point where the jurors who rendered Thursday’s verdict had to be given special protection to conceal their identities for their own safety. The judge, Juan Merchan, received death threats regularly, as did members of his staff. Trump himself, despite repeated warnings from the bench, continued to denigrate the judge as well as his daughter, and effectively inspiring his followers to unleash havoc.

    https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2024/05/31/trump-guilty-verdict-hush-money-trial/73922076007/

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ... BUT YES, WHAT DEATH THREATS? THERE'S NO THREATS! THERE'S NO VIOLENCE IN AMERICA'S FASCIST MAGA MOVEMENT. NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS

     
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    Nice rant. Hope you feel better. 

    Best that I move on now.

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    Nice rant. Hope you feel better. 

    Best that I move on now.

     
     
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    Posted: Jun. 13, 2024 - 10:10 AM ET #125

    I do have  rebuttal to one thing. I do not lie so saying my insurance statements were unture forces me to reply.

     

    My sources were; https://www.insurance.com/home-and-renters-insurance/home-insurance-basics/average-homeowners-insurance-rates-by-state

    https://www.forbes.com/advisor/car-insurance/rates-by-state/

    Good day.

    Oh, and Alex Jones. Don't know the guy, never listened to him. Some far-right podcaster I take it? Got his tit in a wringer? 

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    I do have  rebuttal to one thing. I do not lie so saying my insurance statements were unture forces me to reply.

     

    My sources were; https://www.insurance.com/home-and-renters-insurance/home-insurance-basics/average-homeowners-insurance-rates-by-state

    https://www.forbes.com/advisor/car-insurance/rates-by-state/

    Good day.

    Oh, and Alex Jones. Don't know the guy, never listened to him. Some far-right podcaster I take it? Got his tit in a wringer? 

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