Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Rich can't get it through his head that the pundits on CNN or those in any administration don't make the call, the National Bureau of Economic Research does. And they haven't made it yet. So no one is lying except in Rich's black and white with no shades of grey mindset. 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I thought it was pretty accurate except that I would have placed You where you started yourself, right on same line as Jim M, but I would have kept you right there along the x axis, dipping above it at certain times but not very high above it.

Obviously though you deserve to be higher than either James or Jim M. 

You had James pegged totally incorrect.  I'd place him below Jim M. and recently I'd put his line almost asymptotically downward in the last 5 years (since Trump got in office)

You missed Russ though and Steve.  

I would place Russ below you though, and just below the x-axis, probably riding it from Day 1 to Now.  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Hey Greg, not surprising that you have good taste in Music as well.

I liked the link.  Blues Piano and riffs are always nice.  I'm unfamiliar with the artist on that tune, but his voice reminds me a little bit of Louis Armstrong.

I'm partial to '60s Brazilian Jazz and I'm really a fan of Nora Jones and Diana Krall. 

I did find a (sleeper, since I just happened upon her) Jazz artist by the name of Eliane Elias who is a native Brazilian and does the old standards really well.  

Your point about never getting tired of it, is just that.  It is the one genre of music I can listen to when I'm in any mood at all.  

I also have a neat Glenfiddich advertising mirror with a map of the world and it has clocks in various places on different continents to show the different time zones.  

However I've never tried Glenfiddich.  I'm more of a regular Iced tea guy!!  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

And here's last one I'm sure you'll like:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRafRp-P-o.

Back to work!  

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I'll put in a vote for country music!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEPNgJ17kGQ

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

In general, I agree with your comments although in Rich's case, he lied and denied that we had a recession when Trump was in office...

Originally Posted by James Brown

Some called the recession official as of yesterday.  Not that the official call matters....  https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/28/gdp-q2-.html

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

No odd'er than Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani LOL..... You never know

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Y'all might remember a few months back I posted the viral video of Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow's speech on the house floor of her response after being accused of being a groomer by a GOP colleague.

Here's the OG thread:
 
https://astromart.com/forums/commentary-careful-read-the-terms-of-service/politics/michigan-state-senator-mallory-mcmorrows-speech-yesterday?page=1

"The Michigan Republican state senator who falsely described McMorrow as a “groomer” in an April fundraising email raised less than $300 in the days following the solicitation, according to campaign finance filings. McMorrow, on the other hand, raised more than $1 million.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/28/mcmorrow-theis-michigan-senate-00048330

Anyways, I saw this story on Apple News this morning and the bald guy standing next to Mallory is my friend Frank Liberati, who was a state rep at the time of the photo and is now running for state senate. He owns a bakery here in the Detroit suburbs. They make excellent pepperoni rolls and pizza slices. 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Its not MY absolutism Jim, its a fact of life and the fact is that everyone in this administration Just lies to your face flat out.

In fact I'll provide some examples. 

Brian Deese one of the economic advisors for the WH came out today and said this:  "The technical definition of a recession is NOT 2 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth" and yet he previously stated this:  "The technical definition of a recession IS 2 consecutive quarters of economic growth".

Janet Yellin used to say that 2 quarters of economic growth are the definition of Recession.  

Now today Janet Yellin says differently.  

The AP just a couple of weeks ago said that "the technical definition of a recession is 2 quarters of Neg. GDP growth".

Today they say the opposite.

If you are happy being lied to and you have no problem with it, I'm cool with that.  Its your prerogative.  

But please don't sit here and talk about my absolutism.

Facts are facts, the color blue is the color blue and 2+2+4.

And the definition of a recession has always been 2 consecutive quarters of Negative GDP growth.  Period

If you want to believe that Men can give birth, that's fine with me also, just don't try to fool me with their lies.  

I live in Realville and when these politicians lie to me and try to blow smoke up my ass and tell me the smoke is coming out of my ass because my ass is on fire, I'm skeptical, OK?