Seatofmypants

Could have swore that @Mainecat was just blowing off how good the economy was.....and @Crnr2Crnr had something to say about that too.... weird.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/new-hampshire/ This was an interesting read this am.

Independents vote with their wallets.

Strictly from a spending standpoint its in trouble. State spending on infrastructure as an example is almost switched off. I realize that is only one "for instance." Commercial development isn't happening, residential work is half of what it was. All the major indicators that we pay attention have everyone highly spooked. The only thing holding the economy up is we are in an election year and Powell was compelled to start dropping rates. Just one man's opinion, but we in trouble.

Had a ton to do with it. I'm no Trump fan amigo.

The economy sucks. To deny that is very ignorant, even by your standards.

Maybe they are starting to add to it (if you want to call it that) because there is a glut....you know, because of a drop in demand....just a thought. Next year is gonna be a rough ride (as far as the economy is concerned), election or not.

How did that work?

That is a PDF of the SPR....and how much is has been drained....any guesses as to when that started?

Weekly U.S. Ending Stocks of Crude Oil in SPR (Thousand Barrels).pdf Seems we have an election on the horizon.

Ares 4.25 ported

If this customer list comes out before Epstein's........... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's right.

Repubs need to get out of woman's crotches. Dems need to stop laundering our money to foreign nations. Independents need to present a center of the road candidate for prez and go with it. Country fixed.

Define "High Capacity"

Literally arming two countries on two fronts....to the teeth with weapons is cool. Now Biden is pushing for an AWB here domestically.... what mental gymnastics...... I'm actually impressed.

Drama sure does follow select members in here. FFS.

If you think consumer spending hasn't slowed you're not paying attention. Problem is raw materials never really contract, once they get juiced up they stay that way. Labor rates aren't going to drop, energy prices are going to stay where they are. The only reason unemployment rates are so low, is because we lost a large portion of employees that didn't come back to work after covid. That is fact. So this whole dynamic is really new because of the piss poor way this whole thing was handled. Fact is the fed should have been raising rates about 12-18 months before they did and we would have had a softer landing, but that didn't happen (due to political pressure most likely). Its going to be interesting as we near the election as I suspect everyone in office will do everything they can to prop up the market. I expect a bumpy ride. Spending from goverment funded projects (bridges roads etc) has slowed drastically here in the northeast as has individual level spending.

Doing what they always do. Fucking it up.

change yo bait.....

He got the ball rolling no doubt. The lack of a reaction by the fed (about 12 months late on rate increases because of supposed transitory inflation) is what has us real fucked. All they had to do was realize that this inflation was real...and we needed to bump rates....but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lets keep money dirt cheap.

meh......remind me again, what amendment protects the right to an abortion?

I believe she is on her second term....likely she doesn't care. I mean that much is obvious.

@Mainecatwill be along shortly to tell us how much safer NM will be now.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA look at those dudes faces.

Meh.....I'm not voting for either of these 80 year old's. Its idiotic to think this is the best we have. Trust me there are plenty of republicans that do not want to see Trump on the ticket.