Take on Trump's market

A few months ago Trump took credit for the stock market to only blame Biden for it today. We know Trump will never take any responsibility for anything that goes wrong and finds any way to blame
Sleepy Joe. Of course this is all
Ludicrous and even spending five minutes blogging about it is a waste of time but I feel like we must keep the drumbeat going.

Take on the twerp and the jerk

Nobody's a more spineless twerp than Jeff Bezos. We know this douchebag has shown no courage and has spent ungodly amount of money to send his girlfriend to low-orbit. But what was most disappointing was that Bezos folded to Trump who called him to complaint that some Amazon sites were going to break out the tariff cost. For a guy who claims that the tariffs will be such a positive for Americans, he certainly seems to be running from it. Be caved on iPhones, he caved on cars and he will likely cave on a bunch of other items where his pockets are being greased.

Take on sleepy Don

The photo of Trump sleeping during the funeral of the Pope is the image FoxNews would have plastered 24/7 had it happened to Sleepy Joe. Of course they won't say anything now which is par for the course. But at this point we are looking at a senile old man who has oatmeal for breakfast and jello for dinner, drooling on his suit.

Take on the port explosion

The chances this port explosion in Iran being bad luck seems more than a bit unlikely. We know one thing for sure, when Iran starts getting a bit out of line, Israel puts an immediate stop to it and it may never be something they admit to. I can't imagine what else caused this but this can't just be a coincidence.

Take on the bored fat lazy president

I really don't get why Trump went to the funeral. He looked bored and fat and spent most of the time dead scrolling through his phone. His wife looked awful and he wore that same stupid blue suit he wears whenever he's got the depends on.
He doesn't represent himself, he represents all of us. And he looks like a pile of dog crap.

Take on work travel

Whenever I explain to somebody that I'm traveling, they assume it's some kind of vacation. I'm not complaining about the work travel as it's more good than bad but I will say that being in four countries in five days, isn't exactly easy either. Between the time zones, the jet lag, the spotty services and the disconnect from home, it's way more difficult than you'd think. But nothing is worse than being stuck in row 23B without legs pressed against the back of 22B Pressed in between the cologne of 22A and the gut of 22C

The on the poll numbers

For a guy who loves hearing about his numbers, Trump is going really badly when it comes to his job approval after 100 days. He's even below Donald Trump 1 which was territory I didn't think we'd see again. But I guess when you are an absolutely horrible human and an equality shitty president, this is what you get.

Take on Heineken

I can't explain it but Heineken just tastes differently when you drink it in holland. Maybe it's the water, maybe it's the hops or maybe it's something else but where American Heineken tastes like warm horse piss, the one you get the a bar in Amsterdam is delicious and refreshing. I'm not sure what it is but there is definitely something different

Take on Heineken

I can't explain it but Heineken just tastes differently when you drink it in holland. Maybe it's the water, maybe it's the hops or maybe it's something else but where American Heineken tastes like warm horse piss, the one you get the a bar in Amsterdam is delicious and refreshing. I'm not sure what it is but there is definitely something different

Take on Elon the destroyer

Maybe the drop the Tesla share price will mean Elon drops this DOGE nonsense and get back to his day job.
I'm totally convinced that he's used Neurolink to clone himself already but like Multiplicity told us, each copy of a copy becomes less clear. A hundred Elon's can explain howhe's able to destroy so many institutions and companies at the same exact time.


With that said, we can't root against Tesla because all of our 401K's are heavily invested, so it's like we should all root on a total lunatic.

Take on the Dow tumble

I'm not sure if my 401k can take it but I'm much more worried about the greater expectation. Our country is falling alert under the great emergency that Trump has created.
We are half way through this month which has just spent all week trying to figure out what the hell is going on and I don't think anybody really knows within his orbit and certainly don't care

Take on Terminal 1

Dante describes the 9 circles of hell, which sounded terrifying but they still pale in comparison to Terminal 1 at JFK. Somehow this terminal has never moved from 1970. I'm not saying that it's classic and sort of nostalgic, this terminal hasn't had a splash of paint put on its walls over the last 55 years. The place is dark, stuffy and feels like a porn set. The security line is like being herded like cattle, with the entire place smelling like they let a herd of cattle hang out there for a week.
Once you get through security, it's no better. Every store is ludicrously expensive, there isn't a decent restaurant and the lounges feel like you are sitting in purgatory.

Other than that, it's great

Take on the new Lab Leak White House website

Five years after we shut the world down, the White House decided that while we were in an economic spiral, this would be the time to change the official position of our government on how COVID started. I've always assumed it to be a lab leak, so that part doesn't bother me but what does is that the way they mock the entire pandemic is awful.

People's lives were foreverchanged, we had thousands dead and we became more divided by it, yet our president thinks that playing it off as just an inconvenience is what this country needs.

Take on the Real-ID

I got my Real-ID months ago so all the signs at the airport and articles I see, aren't scaring me. What I do wonder is what exactly my Real-ID is. It literally is just my license with a little gold star. I can't believe that this gold star is meaningful in any substantial way.

So I'm guessing this is just a gigantic money grab

Take on the weird lighting

I've noticed a thing about any of these interviews Trump has in the Oval Office. There is some weird lighting in that place, it's like there isn't enough green or blue as everything looks like it's being filmed through a lens's covered in cream cheese. There is something totally odd with that lighting.

Take on the misery of the market

Every time I look at my 401k, I feel more and more miserable. This orange clown has decided that the best thing to do is crash our economy so he can try to win a ln economic showdown with Xi. What he doesn't realize is that Xi is not going to back down, he will dig in and will not relent. Our president on the other hand d has already backed off of the electronics and will likely start to give away other negotiating positions and call it a win. What a jackhole.

Take on the stalking US Economy

I'm enjoying all the winning. It just feels like we have a trophy case at this point which has no more room as Trump has brought us unprecedented prosperity.

Inflation if rising, Americans are being detained and some extradited to Central America, civil rights are trampled, dictatorships are being embraced, personal freedoms are being ignored, tee shots are hit and birdies are made, and our standing in the world is being diminished. But we have red hats and can say merry Christmas again.

Take on the IRS layoffs

The idea of IRS employees being laid off is one of the most ludicrous concepts I've come across. If you don't like our tax laws, change them but taking away people who enforce them or help citizens follow them is idiotic. The. Again, this is Donald J Trump and he does plenty of things that are completely moronic.

Take on 6'3" and 225lbs

Trump's doctor claims he's 6'3 and 224 pounds which is about as believable as him winning all those club golf tournaments. I can't tell you what he weighs but he looks like a gigantic sack of bologna which has been left in the sun. He may be the second most powerful man in the world but he looks in the mirror everyday and has to see whatever the hell this is.

Take on the exemption

Smartphones get an exception, mostly because Tim Cook went to the inauguration showering Trump with donations. This is what is wrong with our country, one of the richest companies in the world is getting an exception while thousands of small companies who don't have that privileged access suffer. The entire time we were told this was about forcing companies like Apple to restore to make their products here but of course that like everything else was full of crap. Let's "punish" China by exporting some of their biggest most profitable exports in the high technology sector.

Take on the physical

Trump had a physical today at Walter Reed today and if it comes back with anything. It morbidly obese, I'm not buying it. We know that The Great Leader would never release something that is stellar, so I'm guessing we get some redacted review which is likely the best we can get from it.

Take on Trump's triple-digit tariff on China

With tariffs now at 145% on China (not mentioning the 25% still in place from the previous Trump administration) we are nearing 200% territory. We know that this will basically end trade between the countries which will have devastating effects on both. China needs the US consumer but the US consumer just as much needs the Chinese producer.
We know that XI isn't going to back down to a threat like this which he sees as existential and Trump has too much pride to back down, so it feels like this could go on for a while. If he had imposed this on a smaller country, they would have caved under the pressure much like Colombia a few months ago The only thing that makes me think there could be a quick end was because the ratcheting up went so quickly, and was done on emotions not economic rationale. So maybe, just maybe, cooler heads prevail

Take on the yo yo president

Trump retreated hard on tariffs today and when the market recovered gave himself credit like a guy taking a bow for the sun coming up. You created this mess and then when you didn't have the backbone to stick with it, you caved.

But we know the entire thing is more sinister, you crashed the market so you and your cronies could buy the dip and then brought it right back.
All the wheeling and dealing you accused Hunter of doing, you are doing exponentially and somehow we are letting you get away with it

Take on the Trump Tariff Dump

The damage Trump will have done to our country when this is all done, will be uncountable.  We will have weakened our manufacturing but making us less competitive as we will always need some components that will now be tariffed to the teeth.   Our consumer base will pay more for household items and our stock market is in a retreat.   But somehow the unwashed masses follow the word of their lord and savior.  A guy who wouldn't piss on them if they were burning 

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The on tariffs

The idea that the wolf's economy seems to be tethered to the whims of a man with no desire to understand complex situations and one who has no moral compass, can't be a good thing. We don't think that Trump knows or understands international trade, so the fact he's made asinine decisions isn't shocking. What is shocking is that unlike Trump 1.0, there are no guardrails. There are no "adults in the room". There is just a complete North Korean-esque cult.

Take on the futures

Tomorrow could be a really bad day. I'm talking bloody Monday bad. I don't know how much the market had figured in tariffs but apparently not very much. What I am sure about is that we will all be poorer (on paper) tomorrow and it will here for quite a lot of time.

Take on golf

The good news is that although our economy is collapsing, there are mass protests across the country and four servicemen's remains were flown home, Trump won some gold tournament. Nobody believes he's legitimately won but it makes him feel good, so I'm sure everybody just plays along. But this is our county, we tell the great leader what he wants to hear and we see our way of life deteriorating in front our very eyes. Not sure when I moved to North Korea

Take on the marker

Nothing was more obvious to me than predicting how the market was going to react to this tariff mess. A 10% drop in two days puts us squarely in bear territory but I'm afraid this isn't the end. Recession happened but most of then come when something unpredictable caused it like 9/11 or the pandemic. Even the ones that were market bubbles were not something that could have be prevented let alone avoided.
But thanks to Trump we have lost paper wealth and added to anxiety all for nothing.

Rake on the Trump stock market

The markets certainly didn't like Trump's decision to collapse the world
Economy. My 401k is down 4% today and if the futures tell me something is that this is going to be another bloodbath tomorrow.
We don't root for America's demise and don't want to see a global recession. I will say "I told you so"

Take on the Trump Dump

April has made our entire country look like fools. Trump's decision to start a trade war with the rest of the world will cause an inevitable recession which economists will study for years wondering why we would walk directly into the abyss. People have asked me today why Trump would do this. Why would he think this makes us stronger or healthier or richer. This is one of those decisions that will haunt us for years and all those millions of Trumpers can take a bow for blowing up the world

Take on Booker T

Never have I felt more pride in my state than when senator Booker did what nobody has been able to do. His marathon filibuster put him squarely in place to be the counterweight to GOP aggression. We don't know how this works out but for Booker to come out this way, to prove that Democrats actually have a voice and a message, means we finally have hope. It's time to take the country back, not specifically back to a Democratic one but to one where decorum and rules and traditions hold more sway than whatever the hell Trump is doing.