Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

On a more agreeable point, and one of leavity that I feel is needed at this time, I heard a good one about Melania's new "documentary" movie that is being panned by all who have seen it. 
In particular, one critic said it was so bad that even people on a plane would get up and walk out...

I just got the good news from my contact at the observatory complex in Chile:

"Scientific and Community Victory: AES Andes Halts Controversial INNA Megaproject"

"AES Andes has withdrawn from the INNA green hydrogen project in Taltal after widespread citizen observations and scientific warnings about its impact on the Paranal Observatory."

https://www.elciudadano.com/en/scientific-and-community-victory-aes-andes-halts-controversial-inna-megaproject/01/25/

Originally Posted by James Brown

Ruy Teixeira - he's old school, which is why I love him I suppose.  This article ties together several themes Teixeira has been developing since the turn of the century.  He is not satisfied simply trading elections with the right wing, especially as the right has lost its way so badly under Trump.  In Teixeira's view the Democrats have abandoned the working class, which is the core reason for a liberal party to exist in the first place.  The 8% of voters on the extreme left flank have exerted outsized influence on the party, to the nation's detriment (I know of course this can be said for the right too, even more so.)  But this article is not about the right.  Instead it is chock full of practical advice if the Democrats want to do more than trade elections and protest MAGA.  Is anyone in Washington listening?  

https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/seven-principles-for-a-21st-century

I expect that James, Russ, Jim, and Brian will say "Amen" if they read this.  I'm curious what Rod and Dave think.  Maybe they will say "Amen" too?  We don't really have any hard-core lefties who post here, in my view.  All of us being white middle-class/wealthy elderly men has something to do with that!   

Anyone's opinion is appreciated of course.  Jim

Man does that guy like to talk! Hmm, well:

1. No party is going to meet his ideals.
2. While he makes his case and gets his points for noting the liberal extremist positions that have cost the Dems portions of its base, his come-to-reality politics is not his idea alone and you hear much of the same from guys like Bill Maher. 
3. His green energy criticisms are credible but it ignores the contributions of wind and solar and without it, Texas, for example, would have exceeded its needs for grid capacity at critical periods, although given its MAGA majority, its populace would shoot itself in the foot and incur that reality.
4. Given the rapid rise of AI, the focus better well be on jobs, probably in the trades, rather than on the ivy leagues, so his overall push for that is well taken.
5. Overall, what he needs to advocate for is moderate democrats leading the party with a focus on jobs and the economy. Those democrats do exist in the party, with Josh Shapiro and Andy Beshear as prime examples. What we don't need is Newsome, otherwise, well be getting what he's warning about...

Originally Posted by James Brown

After all these years, (23! )  you and I agree on just about everything, after one strips away the semantic / nit picky temptations that so often sidetrack me.

Whatamean, after 23 years we agree on just about everything!? We've agreed on a lot during that time, just consider this:

1. You and I agree, for example, that you voting for Trump in 2016 was the biggest mistake in your life!

2. You and I agree, for example, that everytime the market takes a dump, I post about it, and then it goes back up!

3. You and I agree, for example, you take some wicked images of the sun!

4. You and I agree, for example, that moderate Democrats in the party actually exist!

5. You and I agree, for example, that Richard is a dick!

Hmm, The Clintons have agreed to testify! Now we'll get to the bottom of it! 

"Comer earlier Monday rejected an offer from attorneys for the Clintons to have Bill Clinton conduct a transcribed interview and Hillary Clinton submit a sworn declaration. He insisted that both Clintons sit for sworn depositions before the committee in order to fulfill the panel’s subpoenas."

"The Clintons have remained highly critical of Comer’s decision, saying he was bringing politics into the investigation while failing to hold the Trump administration accountable for delays in producing the Department of Justice’s case files on Epstein."

“They negotiated in good faith. You did not,” a spokesperson for the Clintons, Angel Ureña, said in response to Comer’s threats on Monday. “They told you under oath what they know, but you don’t care.”


https://apnews.com/article/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-house-574c68c0d02c6d6a7d58cd04933996b7

Glad to know Donald Trump isn't being investigated, aren't you!?...:'  

"The full documents were screenshot and saved by internet users following the release, who uploaded them to multiple online archives."

"The Department of Justice has removed files containing hundreds of mentions of US President Donald Trump from the latest wave of Epstein files documents that were released on Saturday."

"The removed files included descriptions of Trump sexually assaulting several women, some of them being underage."


"Additionally, a removed file stated Trump was involved in human trafficking, with one statement reading the president would host parties at his home in Mar-A-Lago called “calendar girls,” where Jeffrey Epstein would bring children for Trump to auction off."

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-885202

Originally Posted by James Brown

hi Rod, I’ve been out of touch, had some surgery on Thursday. But thanks! That monster Friday rally must’ve been your doing!

You betcha!

PS: I hope your surgery was successful and your recovery uneventful...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

It is still fun to visit here occasionally and see that All the leftists and the RINOs here still subscribe to and live in the alternate reality of Rod Kaufman.  

TDS really does have its die hard subscribers.  

BTW, on another note, 2 Thursdays ago, I liquidated the last of my silver bullion at $106.85 per ounce.  So glad I waited, when i purchased it at about $13 per ounce!  

In case the group here didn't notice, the DJIA hit 50,000 recently.  So much for the laugh out loud predictions of Rod Kaufman.  

"U.S. stocks performed worse during the first year of President Trump's second term than during the same period of his first term."

"The S& 500 also underperformed the first year of the Biden and Obama presidencies."
"By the numbers: The S& 500 climbed 15.7% between Trump's second inauguration day and last Friday, which marked the final trading day of his first year in office."

"It was up 24.1% during the first year of his prior term, and up 19.3% during Biden's first year."
"Obama outperformed them both with a 35.3% gain."

"Other indices were kinder to Trump 2.0, at least compared to his Democratic predecessors."

"The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 13.5% over the past year, compared to 32.1% for Trump 1.0, 13.3% for Biden, and 58% for Obama.
The Nasdaq climbed 19.8% for Trump 2.0, compared to 32.4% for Trump 1.0, 9.9% for Biden, and 4.5% for Obama."

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/21/trump-dow-jones-stock-market-obama

 Rich kinda reminds me of Pam Bondi in today's Epstein hearings who responded to queries about the files with responses like "But the market is above 50,000 under Trump!"...

PS: Rich did you pay your capital gains tax on it?  "if you sell silver at a gain, you are required by the IRS to declare it and pay capital gains taxes. The IRS classifies silver as a "collectible". Long-term gains (held over one year) are taxed at a maximum rate of 28% , rather than the lower long-term capital gains rates for stocks." AI

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Rod Kaufman Hysterical Predictions:  #1)  On or about November 9th 2016, after the Federal Election that resulted in Donald Trump becoming President, Radical Leftist Democrat Rod Kaufman came on Astromart with the prediction that the election of Donald Trump as Pres of the US would not only cause the collapse of all the US stock markets, but World Stock markets would collapse.

 Rod Kaufman Hysterical Predictions:  #2)  On or about November 7th 2024, after the Federal Election that resulted in Donald Trump becoming President, Radical Leftist Democrat Rod Kaufman came on Astromart with the prediction that the election of Donald Trump as Pres of the US would not only cause the collapse of all the US stock markets, but World Stock markets would collapse.

One would believe that these type of irrational and utterly insane predictions usually are never thought of outside of an insane asylum, but yet one deranged individual here on this forum made these foolish and ludicrous predictions.  

Of course, as expected neither of these bizarre, preposterous, and laughable predictions came to fruition.

But don't stop now, when you have embarrassed yourself since 9 years ago, why stop now with the irrational, and unhinged TDS filled prognostications?  

Today's job report:   170,000 new private sector jobs created, while eliminating 40,000 non productive gov't positions

On the right track.

Usual dribble and nonsense from Rich (who else?), not to mention its 130,00 jobs that were added, not 170,000: 
   
"Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 jobs last month after a downwardly revised 48,000 rise in December, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said."

"Manufacturing employment rebounded slightly, but has lost more than 80,000 jobs since Trump returned to the White House."

"But the largest increase in payrolls in 13 months reported by the Labor Department on Wednesday likely exaggerates the labor market's health, as revisions showed the economy added only 181,000 jobs in 2025 instead of the previously estimated 584,000. That is a fraction of the 1.459 million jobs added in 2024, the final full year of former President Joe Biden's term."

"The only jobs being filled in January are in health care and social assistance, along with some nonresidential specialty trade contractors probably related to AI facilities, all of which do not guarantee the economy's future success," said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS. "If you are looking for a job ... you are unlikely to find anything to apply for in today's report."

https://www.reuters.com/business/us-job-growth-accelerates-january-unemployment-rate-falls-43-2026-02-11/

Breaking news:    "US business, consumers bore 90 percent of Trump tariff costs: NY Fed".   "The study, published Thursday, found that the majority of costs that came from tariffs were passed onto the American public in the first 11 months of 2025, contradicting Trump’s promises that foreign companies would pay the import taxes."

https://thehill.com/business/5737182-tariffs-trump-us-businesses-impact/