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November 6, 2024 04:22 PM Forum: Politics

Some random thoughts

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
"Inflation is likely to rise in the United States and around the world if newly elected US President Donald Trump follows through on his campaign promises to cut taxes, crack down on immigration and hike tariffs on all imported goods."

"Together with a Republican majority in the US Senate, Trump’s historic reelection, which CNN projected Wednesday, puts the former president in a strong position to implement his potentially radical economic agenda."

"US stock markets opened sharply higher, buoyed by Trump’s decisive victory, while the dollar is rallying against major currencies as traders price in higher domestic inflation and therefore fewer interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. (Higher interest rates tend to boost the value of a currency by attracting more capital from abroad as investors seek bigger returns.)"


"Investors are bracing for tariffs… which will push up the price of imported goods for American shoppers,” she wrote in a note Wednesday. Trump’s “vow to kick out immigrants with waves of deportations could also have economic ramifications, potentially pushing up wage bills for companies,..."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/06/economy/inflation-interest-rates-donald-trump-presidency/index.html

Bottom line: There's no free lunch here...
I certainly agree with the bolded part.   I am not so sure Trump will enact all of his economic (and foreign policy) campaign hyperbole.   Still, overreach by any president and party is pretty much guaranteed when they have Congress and the Oval Office, so we will see.

November 6, 2024 04:32 PM Forum: Politics

Some random thoughts

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



Well at least you're a rational person there.  smile

Oh, and I don't recall Trump last night saying he was going to get his enemies as you claimed.  

I listened to his acceptance speech last night all the way through and I guess I missed it.


Another thing you said was that he would rail against the Supremes when they knocked down all of his illegal EOs.  

I don't recall all these illegal EOs that he put forth last time, do you? 

If so, can you be specific?   I know Biden just ignores the court, but according to the left, Trump is the fascist dictator, right?
I listened to his speech last night, and it did have a welcome unifying tone.  He did not mention his enemies list last night of course, but he has during the campaign called for the prosecution and jailing of dozens, including the Bidens, Jack Smith, the judges in various cases,  Adam Schiff, Pelosi and more.  Usually he calls out for vengeance on Truth Social, according to media reports.  Surely you are not going to deny that he has made those threats on his social media platform?  If you were to argue that he made them, but they were more in the nature of unhinged rants that he really does not mean to implement, I'd certainly hope you were right.

November 6, 2024 04:42 PM Forum: Politics

Some random thoughts

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by James Brown
...It is now clear that significant numbers of the working class, including working blacks and Latinos have realigned toward Trump and the Rs.  Some of us have questioned where Trump was going to get more votes than he got before, and the answer was always right in front of us.  
On edit, it looks like Trump did not make significant gains with blacks, at least according to exit polls.  His gains with Latinos are real and sizeable.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/results-nevada-exit-poll-us-presidential-election-2024-11-05/

November 6, 2024 05:32 PM Forum: Politics

Some random thoughts

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



Joe Biden ACTED on his threats. 

Did you miss the fact that Steve Bannon just got out of Prison the other day, after being in Prison for 4 months because Biden's DOJ put him in prison?

How about Peter Navarro?  He was put in prison by Merrick Garland's DOJ. 

Do you want to address those actual imprisonments by Biden's DOJ?

Do you care to explain why Nathan Wade, the lover of the Corrupt Ga prosecutor Fani Willis, met with Biden's people, which was recently revealed?  

Fani Willis is supposedly acting on her own in prosecuting Trump for BS charges.

According to Joe Biden, his people have NO involvement with any of these prosecutions of his political Rival Donald Trump.

Are you SO very gullible that you think it is just coincidence that these people are meeting with the Biden people?  

I guess I'll just chalk it up to the massive double standard that Democrats enjoy when their politicians do something that isn't prosecuted, while the Republicans are always prosecuted.
Straw man much?

"Third factor is lawfare blowback.  I predicted the criminal prosecutions would backfire against the Democrats, and I feel vindicated.  I sure hope/pray that lawfare is a thing of the past.  I know Trump has promised vengeance against his political enemies, but I hope he was just blustering.  Maybe Melania can make him see sense."  quoting Jim the RINO, from just above in this thread.

November 6, 2024 05:34 PM Forum: Politics

The stock market opened today at the highest it has ever opened on the day after a Federal election. This is the largest percentage increase on the day after the election since 1900, up 1275 points

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/stock-market-election-trump-harris-today-110624/card/stocks-open-sharply-higher-after-decisive-win-by-trump-Ei9LWCwzBo1uhAt2uamA

What happened to the massive crash because Trump was elected?

Bueller...... Bueller...... Bueller......
Of course this rally is during Biden's term, further screwing up your math from the other day.  ermm

November 6, 2024 06:28 PM Forum: Politics

Predictions

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll
There was a typo in my prediction, which I've corrected.
Funny!  Rich never made a prediction though.  I think he is actually a Russian bot and a simple prediction exceeded his programmed parameters.

November 6, 2024 06:29 PM Forum: Politics

The stock market opened today at the highest it has ever opened on the day after a Federal election. This is the largest percentage increase on the day after the election since 1900, up 1275 points

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Really?  It didn't occur today, according to Barron's after the Trump win?

The stock market was roaring to record levels in the wake of Donald J. Trump’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris.

According to Barron's they are crediting the massive gain to the win by Trump.

Do you disagree with Barron's?  You're more in touch than their people?
It was a joke, silly man.

November 6, 2024 07:16 PM Forum: Politics

Predictions

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Oh, I just read the initial post you made.  I guess it wasn't a typo after all, eh  Russ??   smile

It kind of appears to have actually been a pretty decisive win by Trump.

A friend told me that he won the popular vote as well, upwards of 4.75 Million.  Does that sound about right?
Trump is ahead in the popular vote by 4+ million, but only 54% of CA has been counted.  I wonder why CA is so damn slow?  It matters a lot in the House race.

Just glancing at the numbers, Trump's win appears somewhat more decisive than Biden's in 2020, in the swing states, but Biden ran up the popular vote a bit more.   It is odd, that the race was, on one hand, extremely close as predicted in the swing states, but on the other hand it sure looks and feels like a decisive Trump victory.  I guess the days of a popular vote landslide/EC wipeout are long gone.

November 6, 2024 08:11 PM Forum: Politics

Predictions

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Do you think the leftist Democrats will say he's an illegitimate President just as they did the last time he won, if he doesn't win the Popular vote?  

I think Trump has the popular vote in the bag, just not sure what the final tally will be.  The articles I read are clear that the left, although unhappy, is fully accepting Trump's victory.  So I do not expect anyone to say that he is an illegitimate president.   Might be naive, but I do not expect "Russian Collusion" or any other BS designed to delegitimize Trump this time around.  Based upon the talking heads last night and what I have read this morning, the Democrats appear to acknowledge they got beat soundly and are more in the mode of trying to figure out how to restructure their message and party to recapture the voters they lost.

November 6, 2024 08:20 PM Forum: Politics

Today's the day

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Not at all. Gloating would be if I mocked the left for their remarks running up to the election, and making fun of Kamala.  That would be gloating, but Of course, I would not do that.  
Is this another "joke?"  I've been trying to engage with you as an adult today, in view of the big win for your team, but you sure make it hard.  You have posted threads making fun of Harris and mocking her laugh and appearance today.   I doubt you will appreciate it, but you sure as hell have been making fun of Kamala Harris.