brabus Posted February 28 Posted February 28 10 hours ago, busdriver said: Social Security insolvency, otherwise maybe after the boomers all die off. Gen X is small enough that it might not be complete political suicide. Might. Would have to kill that and Medicaid to have a chance. But nobody from either party wants to do that because it’d be political suicide. The people will yell about taxes and debts, but they are simultaneously hooked on their gov free shit/programs. Voters want their cake and eat it too. Pragmatic people know we’re never getting out of debt without significantly curtailing entitlement programs and/or significantly raising taxes. And so the march to defaulting continues… 1
ClearedHot Posted February 28 Posted February 28 11 hours ago, Banzai said: They ain’t releasing anything bruh We will see...epic battle already as the swamp makes one last effort to hide the truth...the FBI "suddenly" found thousands of pages of documents.
BashiChuni Posted February 28 Posted February 28 5 hours ago, SurelySerious said: Ah yes, just like Putin isn’t driven to remake the Soviet Union. Your awareness of the world is suspect, but he absolutely is driven to make monopolies (now by using his influence of the executive to shut the door for any competition and steer contracts). Edit: “Why Nations Fail” Chapter 6 regarding Venice: creative destruction creates new players who outgrow the old money, but then change the governmental rules with their newfound influence to box out any further new money ideas. Growth and innovation stagnate. You have an unhealthy obsession with Russia and Putin.
Sua Sponte Posted February 28 Posted February 28 9 hours ago, BashiChuni said: monopoly? on what? cars? superior tesla car orbital internet? superior product spacex? superior launch platform at a cost savings from other competitors. elon is the richest man in the world he doesn't need more money. the dude is driven to fix problems and his resume is evidence of that. https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/06/05/did-spacex-really-save-taxpayers-40-billion/ "General Hyten, [then] the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told me last year ... the fact that we have competition now on going to space -- just for the military -- has saved them $40 billion in launch costs." Now, $40 billion is a big number, and it's not entirely clear how Hyten came up with it. Still, SpaceX has been launching government satellites at significant discounts to the prices charged by space companies such as Boeing (BA 0.46%), Lockheed Martin (LMT 1.12%), and Northrop Grumman (NOC 1.12%) for about a decade."
busdriver Posted February 28 Posted February 28 4 hours ago, brabus said: And so the march to defaulting continues… I'm not sure US debt default is the actual problem looming. Other nations would have to stop buying US debt, and they're all in worse financial situations than we are. I'm pretty sure you're just using "default" to generally mean economic calamity, which I am sure is coming. What happens if the US is always the least drunk of the sailors on a spending spree? 1
Day Man Posted February 28 Posted February 28 19 hours ago, Sua Sponte said: Unfortunately, after being told to terminate two people yesterday my name appeared on a list to be terminated. Been a wild ride. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/judge-orders-trump-admin-to-rescind-memo-directing-mass-firing-of-federal-workers.html what a mess
Sua Sponte Posted February 28 Posted February 28 11 minutes ago, Day Man said: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/judge-orders-trump-admin-to-rescind-memo-directing-mass-firing-of-federal-workers.html what a mess They need to get that weazel Russ Vought to testify under oath since he's now running OMB, but he'll probably act like an incredulous douche like he did during his Senate confirmation hearing.
Lord Ratner Posted February 28 Posted February 28 (edited) 2 hours ago, busdriver said: I'm not sure US debt default is the actual problem looming. Other nations would have to stop buying US debt, and they're all in worse financial situations than we are. I'm pretty sure you're just using "default" to generally mean economic calamity, which I am sure is coming. What happens if the US is always the least drunk of the sailors on a spending spree? Foreign Central Bank buying of treasuries is already falling a lot. Bank and Private ownership is now the main customer. Which is great, until they don't have any money to spend. The wheels are already in motion. Edited February 28 by Lord Ratner
disgruntledemployee Posted February 28 Author Posted February 28 4 hours ago, BashiChuni said: You have an unhealthy obsession with Russia and Putin. 🤣
disgruntledemployee Posted February 28 Author Posted February 28 On 2/27/2025 at 7:36 AM, ClearedHot said: Epstein list supposed to be released in full today, will be interesting to see how much oxygen that consumes and who is caught up in the web. One of the flight trackers on X was monitoring to see how many business jets left the country last night. I think I posted awhile back that when the official file drawer is opened, a few moths will fly out. Seems like Pam just witnessed that. Those files with names are long gone. 3
Sua Sponte Posted February 28 Posted February 28 On 2/27/2025 at 11:47 AM, Sua Sponte said: Unfortunately, after being told to terminate two people yesterday my name appeared on a list to be terminated. Been a wild ride. I was told that two of my GS-07s were going to be released today, so I told them Wednesday instead of waiting for them to receive a bullshit email from "The Agency" signed by someone who didn't even know them. Yesterday I was told that I was on a list to be released. Today I was told that the two GS-07s haven't received a release notice and neither have I, so we might not be released yet? Who the fuck knows what's going on.
busdriver Posted February 28 Posted February 28 4 hours ago, Lord Ratner said: until they don't have any money to spend. Every developed nation is basically broke, with collapsing demographics. But also, AI potentially replacing lots and lots of office work. The future is weird. 1
17D_guy Posted February 28 Posted February 28 28 minutes ago, Banzai said: On the left is what was “released,” on the right is what has been in the public sphere the last eight years. And here are some of the totally unscripted twitter comments from the influencers that for some reason were chosen to receive the files. Apparently cuz they would lie about transparency
HeloDude Posted March 1 Posted March 1 You lost me when you posted The Atlantic…you’d be hard pressed to find three (if any) positive articles they’ve written about Trump over the last 2 years.
SurelySerious Posted March 1 Posted March 1 You lost me when you posted The Atlantic…you’d be hard pressed to find three (if any) positive articles they’ve written about Trump over the last 2 years.Probably indicative of the subject. TASS may be more your jam, if that’s your criteria.
HeloDude Posted March 1 Posted March 1 49 minutes ago, SurelySerious said: Probably indicative of the subject. TASS may be more your jam, if that’s your criteria. Nah, just pointing out bias in the highest order. It would be no different if I posted a Breitbart article being negative towards Biden. But if you don’t think The Atlantic is severely biased against Trump then we’ll just have to agree to disagree. 1
SurelySerious Posted March 1 Posted March 1 Nah, just pointing out bias in the highest order. It would be no different if I posted a Breitbart article being negative towards Biden. But if you don’t think The Atlantic is severely biased against Trump then we’ll just have to agree to disagree.I don’t care enough about The Atlantic to notice one way or the other. I do value Garry Kasparov’s opinion on oligarch-based authoritarianism.
Sua Sponte Posted March 1 Posted March 1 3 hours ago, SurelySerious said: I don’t care enough about The Atlantic to notice one way or the other. I do value Garry Kasparov’s opinion on oligarch-based authoritarianism. He’s done a few episodes with Preet Bhara’s podcast, Stay Tuned. Here is his latest one which was right after the election. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stay-tuned-with-preet/id1265845136?i=1000677749919 1
Lord Ratner Posted March 1 Posted March 1 6 hours ago, 17D_guy said: So how about that Oval Office meeting? The one Zelensky fucked up? I'm one of the more pro-funding-Ukraine people here, but that was an absolute dumpster fire. What did he think his job at that meeting was? Just because your flag is raised to the same height doesn't make you peers with the US. He knew the starting positions of Trump and Vance, and he should have known Trump's disposition towards flatter, and he decided to press. I'm not saying he's factually wrong, but his job at that meeting wasn't to be the debate champion. I wish this was just Trump playing 4D chess to get the Europeans to take over funding Ukraine, but it's not. Trump's first impeachment made Zelensky the enemy, and he's looking for any reason to embarrass him. Zelensky failed the test. However the end result may still be that the Europeans finally take ownership of their sphere of influence. 4 2
blueingreen Posted March 1 Posted March 1 1 hour ago, Lord Ratner said: I wish this was just Trump playing 4D chess to get the Europeans to take over funding Ukraine, but it's not. Trump's first impeachment made Zelensky the enemy, and he's looking for any reason to embarrass him. Zelensky failed the test. However the end result may still be that the Europeans finally take ownership of their sphere of influence. I also highly doubt this was some 4D chess move from Trump, but it's amazing how it might finally get the ball rolling on his original strategic objective: To get Europe to start funding their own defense
disgruntledemployee Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 56 minutes ago, blueingreen said: I also highly doubt this was some 4D chess move from Trump, but it's amazing how it might finally get the ball rolling on his original strategic objective: To get Europe to start funding their own defense I have a feeling that what whatever the negotiations so far were too favorable for Russia and Z saw little/no part to keep Russia at bay, hence the history lesson. So maybe Z/advisors felt that putting that out there was worth the risk to tell the world that Putin doesn't stop. Z knows US arms are done for, so he needs EU to step up. In their minds, deterrence must be more than Putin signing a paper that he'll behave. Did Z expect to get both barrels in the chest in public? I agree that the undiplomatic display probably helps Z with getting the EU to step up, because that was really Z's only play left. The sad part is the rest of the world saw that. How does any other nation work with the US on international affairs?
BashiChuni Posted March 2 Posted March 2 21 hours ago, SurelySerious said: Probably indicative of the subject. TASS may be more your jam, if that’s your criteria. a sign you're losing the intellectual argument is when you have nothing to offer but "well you're a putin agent" drivel it isn't adding anything to the conversation and very childish. 2
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