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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

June 22, 2021 10:07 PM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

Each news item needs to be judged on its own merit. All the media has hits and misses so you are wrong.
Too bad Fox and MAGA media doesn't believe in that...

June 22, 2021 10:11 PM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
Update on the bogus audit in Arizona: the "audit" is supposed to be completed on Thursday but the "results" won't be available until late July or early August because the "data" is reportedly being "analyzed" in some guy's house in a heavily wooded area somewhere in Montana. So, some Trumptoid who is hol'up in his hole in the boonies will be "analyzing" the results. Hmm, what could those results possibly be?
"This is insane": https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/22/stephen-richer-arizona-maricopa-country-election-audit-sot-ac-vpx.cnn
and: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/21/politics/monmouth-poll-election-audits/index.html

June 23, 2021 12:11 AM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

All media knows they will be judged for their news reports. You are getting weird.
Fox and company doesn't care how they're judged. They and their propagandists have their audience who believe whatever they say and they're happy with that. Believing otherwise is being weird...

June 23, 2021 12:57 AM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
Make your post about CNN. It describes CNN well.
That's HS...

June 23, 2021 02:13 AM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
You are not smart enough to realize we need more than one perspective of the news.
And that's why you're a MAGA media fan and a critic of CNN...

June 23, 2021 04:53 AM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
Call it what you want. If you don't read all the news you don't know what is going on.
Like you do...

June 24, 2021 07:16 AM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
The last fifty years put most Americans in a pretty good spot. People that have been fortunate enough to keep working while making mostly reasonable real estate buys are in good shape by the time they are in their 60's. No shrewd investing needed. Good old real estate appreciation. 
Some are predicting a lot of inflation around the corner. Hope it is not as bad as some believe.
"Some are predicting a lot of inflation around the corner. Hope it is not as bad as some believe."

It's not. Lumber prices have recently dropped 40%: https://www.ajc.com/news/lumber-prices-see-biggest-drop-in-history-after-historic-highs/L2HEEWAUJFGRDCOIQM2ST2RSU4/

As the Fed had previously noted, and verified in the above link, people reach a point where they're just not willing to pay more for a particular product or commodity and prices begin to moderate. Certain Republicans and their propagandists would like you to believe otherwise but they're wrong, as usual...

June 24, 2021 09:20 AM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
You are in a rut. A person does not need to be a Republican to be concerned about inflation.
I'm not in a rut. The Fed is concerned about inflation. Many others are as well. They just don't amplify it to score political points by blaming it on Biden...

June 24, 2021 09:22 AM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

You link does say it is still about double what it was before COVID hit.
Of course many prices have increased now compared to where they were, before and during covid but the point is they're coming down off their highs. Even gas prices are dropping and all without us being "saved" by the Keystone pipeline...

June 24, 2021 11:06 PM Forum: Politics

This Week's MAGA Media Madness...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer


I buy lumber pretty much weekly and prices have NOT dropped significantly in months.....certainly not anything like 40%, maybe 10%.....that said we may see a further drop in the next few weeks. Lumber futures have recently dropped significantly though and by over 40%......It will take a while for that to be reflected at check out though. Rising transportation costs (fuel) will certainly remain reflected in the price tag. We arent likely to get anywhere near pre-covid prices for quite some time, maybe years if ever.

I didnt read the article as just the title told me it was just more Pablum Rod loves to lap up, could be that the futures drop is what led them to print such misleading title......and its the AJC at that which those of us in the ATL area widely refer to as the "Mullet Wrapper" since that is what it is good for lol
I picked an article just for you from your home state. No surprises though as you lap up only MAGA media. 
On the price drop: "We’re excited to see it, but it won’t translate to a price decrease or consequences on the prices for probably a couple of months,” said Gray.
"Paul Gray is a builder in the Wichita area. He claims that for every client concerned about lumber prices, eight more give him the green light to frame-up.
“It hasn’t turned away enough people to make a difference,” said Baalmann.
In fact, Gray has had record sales in the last few months."
https://www.ksn.com/news/local/lumber-prices-have-the-biggest-drop-in-history/