From NJ1015:
Many NJ residents believe it’s time to move on from COVID
Even as the omicron surge continues to drop, a new poll finds Garden State residents are still concerned about COVID but only to a certain point.
Patrick Murray, the director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said the just-released survey finds almost two years after the pandemic began, “70% say it’s time we just accept it’s here to stay and get on with our lives.”
The survey finds 89% of Republicans feel this way along with 71% of independents, while 47% of Democrats agree it’s time to accept the virus and move on.
He said the poll finds “a majority of 52% support having some sort of facemask and social distancing guidelines, but that’s down from 63% back in September.”
Murray said when we look at approval for “vaccine mandates in workplaces, that number is now down to 43%, from 53% just a few months ago.”
“People are saying they’re not working so how can we mandate them,” he said.
About a third of respondents, 34%, believe the COVID outbreak will be brought under control by the end of the year, but 28% think a return to normalcy will never happen.
The survey also finds about a third of people who have been vaccinated report also being infected with COVID, and 61% of those who have not gotten a shot say they have been infected with the virus.
Foist
People like to ask what happened to the Republican Party in the wake of Trump. When did liberal values entirely evaporate?
Apparently Maher had the former head of the ACLU on who was miffed on the whole free speech issue. I have to watch it. It’s on the list. But long story short, he said that he, despite his obvious reservations defended some Nazi fanatics in Illinois right to free speech in the 70s and explained it was vital as that same case was soon referenced by some Jewish group that was being oppressed and denied free speech. I don’t know the specifics. But that must have been where that scene from Blues Brothers comes from.
Rogan’s apology video came across as pretty genuine, I’ve got to give him that. Made a pretty strong argument for taking his show out of context, being defined by media headlines. A lot of honesty, about the show, success, etc.
Pfizer looks to be submitting an updated vax eua for 6m-5y this week.
Again, freedom of speech is not being attacked. What’s being attacked is a popular platform that influences millions of people presenting some angry ex-scientist as the legitimate authority on vaccines…..because in his deranged mind, he is the father of the vaccine.
Look what happened because of it. Why are all the righties jumping on this. That’s all they are talking about. Why are people using this interview as a means to go against vaccines? I could understand if he was being presented as a kook… but he was not. He was presented as an authority figure on the subject and that is wrong. Even BRT talked about how distinguished he is, does that mean we should listen to him in a disgruntled state?
I hope the country can recover and come out stronger from this, but things are def heading in the wrong direction. Science and doctors have been made to look like fools these days. They now have a lot of work to get the public to trust them again….thank you politics. The right wing media did a hell of a job discrediting some of the most important institutions in our lives….all because they want to discredit the current party in power. How low can you go in your lust for power? Sad.
Right wing media already did a number on our efforts to deal with climate change, attacking it as a lefty power grab. It’s just sad. WTF is wrong with these people. Why do they try to stop progress on understanding our planet and the massive changes happening to it.
For the same reason they feel gays shouldn’t be married. Political divisiveness. Lord help the average Republican who has a gay daughter or son.
Apparently Fauci was asked why the reluctance to approve Covaxin, a deactivated virus vaccine that contains much more genetic information. His response. We don’t need it, we have enough vaccines. If he was truly interested in getting the vaccination rate up, he would give the consumer more options. Moreover, why is Pfizer and Moderna so heavily favored? Why do they get exclusive market access?
Why is he so against bringing a different vaccine to market. What is he? An antivaxxer?
BRT,
It’s the profit motive. There was a lot of money to be made on these vaccines. I would love to see the original fast-tracked contracts and their guarantees. Not defending Fauci here. All of these appointed White House guys are puppets. Not a partisan issue.
I’d heard comments earlier about not wanting to impact global vaccine supply by approving everything. Seems like something to come out of a PR firm – we are doing this to help the rest of the world secure vaccine supply.
Venezuela . . .
About 6m people have left Venezuela in the last few years. The country had a population around 30m.
The msm doesn’t cover it much anymore, but apparently the exodus continues. One migrant, traveling to Colombia with his pregnant wife, says “I can’t allow my daughter to be born in a place where she might have to go to bed hungry.”
On hyperinflation, it seems that people have shifted to using USD where possible because transacting in local currency is very difficult.
https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disaster/venezuelan-refugee-crisis/
Whoppi and her anti Semitism in full view, said the Holocaust was not about race!! Basically two groups of white people fighting it out. She is an incredibly stupid woman! Amazing she has a platform to spout her ignorance and hatred!
That could be…but then come out and say it. Public officials lying for the common good is a policy that has been disastrous from the outset.
3b
And I bet many of her supporters want to cancel Rogan.
I’m a firm believer in communication is everything, even though I am terrible at it myself. Current politicians have a major issue with communication. Maybe it’s all the divisive hate that is responsible for politicians being all over the place with their communication…I don’t know.
At the end of the day, if you become a politician, it should be because you are a good person, and want to help this country and their people. The rest falls into place. Money and power have destroyed current politics. I think it’s time the people of this country unite and fight for the right to be governed by good people with good intentions. Enough with attacking to gain votes. You should gain votes on good ideas that will help our country.
How do we solve this. Pre-requisite for becoming a politician: background check with all the people in your life. If they say you are a genuine good person, you get to run for election. If people think of you as a bad person, you don’t get to run for election.
We all know who the good people are in our lives. They are all afraid of going into politics because hate and anger now rule politics.
Hold of course!! You should watch the clip; her arrogance and condescension is unbelievable.
We get it, you watch the View.
Breaking News: AOC leaves Twitter.
Ex: No need for snippy comments. Whoppi Goldberg is anti Semitic, and she has a national platform to spread her hatred. I also suggest you take a look at the latest Amnesty International report basically criticizing Israel s right to exist. Anti Semitism is rampant on the left. No matter the problem, no matter the time , it’s always the Jews.
We get it, you watch the View.
https://youtu.be/umDr0mPuyQc?t=3
I would rather shovel out the driveway of my ex’s house than watch the View.
hahaha
Surprised the topic of Tennessee banning Maus didn’t come up here yet. If we wanted to rail against censorship, ain’t a better recent example.
Or a home construction show where the host takes her 5lb mallet, bangs a hole in the sheetrock, and pretends she is actually doing construction work.
Then telling all the men how they have to “step it up” cause she has deadlines.
Whatever it is you choose to do in life, don’t be a faker. It makes me cringe.
3b,
I don’t think many people are influenced by Whoopi. I honestly didn’t even know she said these things. She needs to go away.
Doesn’t she know the jews run hollywood, I’m surprised they are still letting her have a platform.
Grim: Banning of books is disgraceful and both sides are guilty of this. Banning of Maus disgraceful, same with to Kill A Mockingbird.
Pumps: I don’t claim to know what her influence is , but the View has been on for years, so she does have a platform. Jew hating is ok on the left as they are privileged. The fact that she said what she said and with such authority is shocking to me.
Maus: Let’s take a trip back in time.
https://youtu.be/2L3N0StxYSw?t=474
I suspect Whoopi’s position was more about racism being dominated as a white vs. black issue, as opposed to being some kind of overt antisemitism. The comment about letting white people kill each other, to me, cemented this. Not defending her at all, but it raises another point about which types of racism we allow to define racism.
3b,
And Huck Finn
Pumps,
“At the end of the day, if you become a politician, it should be because you are a good person, and want to help this country and their people.”
Show me one. The closest you will find is Bernie and yet he still has his soc1alist romanticism flaw. There is not a single politician in DC and very few at even the local level, who aren’t in it for themselves. One needs to measure their performance, not by their crimes committed (since politicians will never be found guilty since they appoint the judges), but through their morality. We have come to the point that Watergate would have been acceptable. Where politicians have no shame in insider trading, accepting sweetheart loans, practicing nepotism whenever possible and lying so frequently that even Pinocchio is jealous.
Name me ONE clean politician.
Wonder how Whoopi would explain the genocide in Rwanda .
Most white people are clueless to the racist and anti-Semitic myths that black people believe. Until you share a room in college with two impressionable 18-year old brothers, you have no idea how culturally rooted it is. You won’t find these ignorant misconceptions among those black people who have “made it.” It comes from the ghetto. The same phenomenon exists with the hatred of Jews among the white ghetto trash as well. I know. I’ve experienced it first hand with two different contractors. One from Vernon and the other from the outskirts of Philly. The latter couldn’t even get his typical day laborers to work on my place once they found out I was Jewish. This contractor has become a close friend of the family and my brother has even represented him in court. But he clearly has a list of good Jews and bad Jews. Sometimes he forgets I’m Jewish and says the dumbest, most ignorant things.
I don’t need to look it up. I guarantee you Whoopie grew up in the ghetto.
And yes, Whoopi is smart enough and has been around enough Jews in her career to know not to be racist or anti-Semitic. I’m sure this is a semantic thing or words taken out of context.
Name me ONE clean politician.
No one is squeaky clean. It’s just life.
You won’t agree with your friends all of the time, or your spouse.
But some people have better attributes, or align more with your views.
Personally I leaned more towards Gabbard or Bernie, even though Bernie was an old goat-he understood how helping the youth is necessary.
Have a friend, Pro Repub, as staunch as it gets. His parents are old- burned through hundreds of thousands at a nursing home. It’s true, I saw the numbers. But they are still alive, and the money has run out. His mom is sick-needs a doctor, but no one wants Medicaid ( they no longer qualify for Medicare) as they are broke and can’t pay the premiums.
This person is quite wealthy-earned it the hard way, and I have plenty of respect for him. But even he has told me now is the time for socialized medicine, he can’t see it continuing to function the way it is.
When I hear that from someone like him I know the earth has tilted off it’s axis.
No. He needs to STFU, or else start cutting checks to make sure his parents live in dignity.
Phoenix says:
February 1, 2022 at 11:53
This person is quite wealthy-earned it the hard way, and I have plenty of respect for him. But even he has told me now is the time for socialized medicine, he can’t see it continuing to function the way it is.
When I hear that from someone like him I know the earth has tilted off it’s axis.
11:12 yeah but honestly -! Who reeeeally cares. ??
Seriously the outrage – comical
Lib: I won’t belabor the point, but I listened to the clip it was certainly not taken out of context. I will leave it at that.
Whoopie Goldberg is one of the few people who fled freedom to live in communist East Germany for three years from 1979 to 81. And decades later still said nice things about her time there, going out of her way not to criticize its governance at the time. Peak Cold War and she chose the blatantly wrong side. Since then she’s been doing her part to bring the ideals of East Germany to the US. About communism she said “we haven’t given it enough time”. She said life there “was interesting” because she worked with young people in an East German theater troupe. I bet their theater wasn’t about overthrowing East Germany’s power structure or fighting for freedom of speech.
Who knows. People are hungry for outrage.
Meanwhile Trump spews his lies. No one cares.
“One of the issues here that Rogan does not address is that yes, these guys are credentialed, is there a chance they are actually wrong? What points that are being made against them, and are they repudiating them to a sufficient level.”
Since when is the counterpoint ever presented, let alone required?
CNN/MSDNC don’t even pretend to try. CBS throws McLain’s daughter or Cheney on opposite some raging leftist and says they’re balanced, lol.
It’s an opinion show. No different than the programs I mention above or any morning talk show. If you don’t like what the hosts are presenting there is a remote and 200+ other channels/podcasts.
BRT, Skokie IL. Famous situation where the ACLU came to defend some neo-Nazis right to march and protest….
“I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
“For the same reason they feel gays shouldn’t be married. Political divisiveness. Lord help the average Republican who has a gay daughter or son.”
The 1980s called and wants its views back….pretty sure most Repubs have moved well beyond homophobia, excluding the very distinct hyper-religious minority.
Painting the average Repub a homophobe is equivalent to painting the average Dem a socialist.
AOC is only leaving twitter because she can’t have sex with me.
This new thing about quitting stuff and saying it’s about anxiety or mental health, ok that’s fine, but then people make it seem like a heroic act. Like the people who applauded Naomi Osaka for quitting a tournament, saying that was such a brave act. Or applauded her for having a great attitude about losing in the second round of the Australian Open. I don’t doubt AOCs followers will say how brilliant and brave it is for her to quit Twitter.
Want to read a story about someone actually suffering from stress and overcoming it? Below is a story about a really brave athlete, Tyler Matzek. He went from being a washed up pitching prospect who couldn’t even throw the ball to his catcher anymore, to getting the call to come into postseason baseball games with the bases loaded, nobody out – the most stressful possible situation for someone with a history of wildness. https://www.theringer.com/year-in-review/2021/12/30/22855842/tyler-matzek-atlanta-braves-world-series-champion-yips-journey
And of course that is nothing compared to the stress of being a fighter pilot, a marine under fire, a fireman running into a burning building, a policeman pursuing suspects into a dark alley, etc. I hope the new and improved James Bond doesn’t call a time out during the next movie to “protect his mental health” right before a bomb to destroy the world goes off. So brave! Heart emoji.
Democrats don’t have a great track record on gay marriage either. They only shifted when they thought they could get votes. It’s worth noting, the majority of Republican voters now support gay marriage.
Is it true that O’Biden has surpassed brussels sprouts as America’s least favorite vegetable?
is there a chance they are actually wrong
The same people typing that might want to apply that statement to Anthony Fauci and Rochelle Walensky. Their batting average on this pandemic has got to be below .100
But even he has told me now is the time for socialized medicine, he can’t see it continuing to function the way it is.
My friends advocate for this as well but they are the same people mesemerized by how ridiculously “profitable” the whole covid testing industrial complex is. This is what happens when something is “free”. And we’ve all already been in the lines or victims of the shortage. I’m not against it per se, but I think they should do this at the state level. Let individual states bankrupt themselves if they want to. A national program doesn’t give the states any incentive to manage it properly. In fact, quite the opposite. Medicaid/Medicare fraud was always a major source of revenue for Florida.
Brussels sprouts can be pretty good roasted. Maybe Biden is the same?
No One,
Great story about Matzek. I remember Chuck Knoblauch’s issues. What a scary phenomenon.
grim says:
February 1, 2022 at 11:15 am
“Surprised the topic of Tennessee banning Maus didn’t come up here yet. If we wanted to rail against censorship, ain’t a better recent example.”
Terrible/lazy analogy, if trying to compare this to the leftist has-been burnouts attempting to silence Rogan. Not sure if you’re being deliberate or not, but you’re clearly taking a page from the fake news outlets in creating the impression that the state of Tenn is banning the book, when in reality this is one school board (McMinn County) removing the book from the 8th grade curriculum because they felt the vulgarity and nudity were inappropriate for that specific age group. I have no idea if that means the book becomes part of the curriculum of one of the higher grades, but minimally I’d assume it’s available through the high school library. I also assume you’d agree the book is not appropriate for elementary school age kids so it’s really just splitting hairs as to whether it becomes appropriate in 8th grade or in high school — and it’s perfectly reasonable for different school boards to have different opinions as to which grade it belongs in. This is a fake news nothingburger.
Truth. This is why the country has been slowly going down. We need real leaders, intent upon helping this country and not themselves. If we don’t fix this soon, it might be too late for this country. Leadership is everything.
Someone has to start a movement to fix this mess.
Libturd says:
February 1, 2022 at 11:32 am
3b,
And Huck Finn
Pumps,
“At the end of the day, if you become a politician, it should be because you are a good person, and want to help this country and their people.”
Show me one. The closest you will find is Bernie and yet he still has his soc1alist romanticism flaw. There is not a single politician in DC and very few at even the local level, who aren’t in it for themselves. One needs to measure their performance, not by their crimes committed (since politicians will never be found guilty since they appoint the judges), but through their morality. We have come to the point that Watergate would have been acceptable. Where politicians have no shame in insider trading, accepting sweetheart loans, practicing nepotism whenever possible and lying so frequently that even Pinocchio is jealous.
Name me ONE clean politician.
I don’t want to silence him. I just want him to stop letting people spread misinformation through his platform. It’s not good, he knows it, otherwise he would not have apologized. Hopefully, he does better now with who he invited on his platform.
“Terrible/lazy analogy, if trying to compare this to the leftist has-been burnouts attempting to silence Rogan.”
“But even he has told me now is the time for socialized medicine, he can’t see it continuing to function the way it is.”
Uhhmm…please give your friend a swift kick in the ass….
Let me follow his logic (?)….the one true ‘socialized’ tranche of medicine we have – open to everyone – is Medicaid. Broadly, there are two other tranches, Medicare and private pay.
So your friend looks out and sees his mom in a situation he doesn’t like in ‘socialized’ medicine yet he won’t pay to get her out of there and instead his solution is to socialize everyone else’s medicine?
Because they are more likely to pay for better accommodations for his mom than he is? LOL.
Or because by socializing everything he believes the lowest end of care currently will be magically lifted up as opposed to the other two tranches pulled down to the unacceptable socialized standard?
JFC…..I hope he’s not in a career that requires analysis and reasoning…hopefully he’s a history teacher in some Abbott school or the like.
Pumps, 250 million Americans have at least one covid shot and we just set the record for covid related deaths.
Maybe, just maybe there are some things that Biden and Fauci haven’t been totally forthcoming about and you won’t hear from the echo chamber. Not that you’re seeking the truth.
“Pumps, 250 million Americans have at least one covid shot and we just set the record for covid related deaths.”
More intentional misinformation. Real statisticians use per capita to make an apple to apple comparison. Only morons would leave population figures out. Then there is a time constraint that plays into this, like when you were convinced Covid would only impact blue states. You hardly make a case for free speech when all you use your hard-earned right for is to deceive. Then again, that’s essentially the populist manifesto.
Remind us again what party you ALWAYS vote for?
re: ” won’t pay to get her out of there”
Yeah all too familiar, burned into recent memory as plenty of old people were left to die by their families in the nursing homes during the first covid outbreak. Their children were all featured in the media how the nursing home was not protecting mom or dad. Some of these families had five kids, none took in dear old mom or dad. Many are suing now too.
There was just a settlement between the State of NJ for the 119 of the 200 veterans who died in the three state run Veterans nursing homes. Each family will get $445,000 but do have to use some of that money for medical costs.
Our Governor wanted it put to bed that is for sure, who knows what would come out in court. He does not want it hanging over his head if he runs for higher office.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/nyregion/nj-nursing-home-covid-settlement.html
Just let it go, Bidenthegoat.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday published a study adding to the evidence that people who are vaccinated and boosted fare better than those who are unvaccinated. Researchers found that as of early January, during the Omicron wave, people in Los Angeles County who were unvaccinated were 3.6 times more likely to get infected and 23 times more likely to be hospitalized than people who had been both vaccinated and boosted. Compared with those who were vaccinated but not yet boosted, unvaccinated people were twice as likely to get infected and 5.3 times more likely to need hospitalization.
“Being up-to-date with Covid-19 vaccinations is a critical component of reducing the strain on healthcare facilities,” the CDC researchers wrote.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-covid-19-hospitalizations-extend-their-fall-while-deaths-keep-rising-11643714301?mod=hp_lead_pos7
It’s one of the top stories on cnbc right now. Sorry I don’t have the time to research their methodology. I’m sure Biden and Fauci will break it down and blame it all on the anti vaxxers which you’re waiting to hear. They have to scapegoat someone or at least try.
Oil is hitting new highs. No inflation to see here.
WSJ…read what I just posted. Then wake up.
Let what go? Human rights violations? Fauci contributing to a pandemic and then getting hundreds of thousands more killed with his conflicts of interest and his failed policies. Yeah, let’s not worry about that stuff. I got my magic mask and suits so I’m good.
Why didn’t they get the second vaccine or the booster? Right, because those fools listened to right wing propaganda that cost them their life.
Or maybe they had covid and had a reaction to the shot and found out they were just as well off without the other one. Another little fact that fauci failed to tell you.
Grim,
I posted about Maus a few days ago.
https://njrereport.com/index.php/2022/01/29/where-now/#comment-1244001
Is Whoopi’s apology considered genuine?
https://twitter.com/WhoopiGoldberg/status/1488320164517101574/photo/1
Pulte says no ease up on supply chain in 2022 per their earnings call this am. Some people thought inflation would peak in Q1, wondering if it continues to gain steam and forces fed into more raises and quicker taper. Never seen an economy like this before, weird.
https://twitter.com/conorsen/status/1488526405717704705?cxt=HHwWgoC-uaS4p6gpAAAA
“Since when is the counterpoint ever presented, let alone required?”
Which then implies that he is biased and not the big objectivist people try and claim he is.
Here is Fauci’s #1 enemy.
Another Republican with a proud past.
What is it with this party? Is it a requirement to be a completely selfish asshole in the past to get elected?
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/us-house-candidate-bouchard-says-he-impregnated-14-year-old-when-he-was-18/article_c3996062-e6ad-5027-96a9-1bcd0f832eda.html
re: stop letting people spread misinformation…
Pumps you are mistaken here. Spotify is only one destination on a massive web of information published on the internet. Unless we are going to act like China or worse North Korea you cannot silence the internet. The information right or wrong it out there, in many many places. Some places like the dark web that are nearly impossible to shut down unless we kill the internet completely. People are up in arms about a comic book of Holocaust stories from Polish Jews being banned in one school system. That story can be found on the internet, kids TODAY don’t need to check a book out of a school library to read it and probably more will read it now because some school board banned it and it made it into the MSM. It’s much easier for kids to go to some online place like the uncensored library in Minecraft and read whatever they want. There are also many darker places that are for more mature audiences but kids will find it anyway.
No banning, only labels. Just like rock in roll in the 1980s. The parents wanted labels they did not want it banned.
Nomad,
I am completely guessing (as usual). I think the macro story goes something like this. The market would turn south so rapidly if the FED pulls the trigger on any serious rate increases or even trying to remove the government from asset purchasing. I think the FED truly believed inflation was caused by the supply chain issue which they expected to resolve itself. But the supply chain issue was caused by the FEDs showering 99% of the population with free money which they didn’t need. Heck, most people were saving more than ever by working from home and not eating out, so they immediately spent those extra dollars. Supply couldn’t keep up and it still can’t. The correction that just occurred was due to the mere idea of removing all of this extra easy money circulating through the economy. Can you just imagine how bad it might get once they actually pull the trigger?
So I’m guessing they don’t. And the market is guessing this as well. Rally on until the crash folks.
Or it could all just be Fauci’s fault.
I think Whoopie’s original comments were ok. Very broadly, the Holocaust was about inhumanity more than race. She made an apology probably as an act of damage control. People jumped on it more because it might sound bad if you interpret it one way, but it’s pretty obvious Goldberg’s original comment wasn’t mean spirited or some sort of anti-Jewish holocaust denialism that some made it out to be. But maybe she was trying to puff herself up by implying that only she can play the race card, and as long as the Holocaust was about groups of white people getting killed, then it’s not a race crime, which these days is supposed to be a worse crime. Kind of like how hundreds of black people can kill other black people in Chicago with regular crime, then that’s not a headline, but if one imaginary white person beats up a black person with an imaginary noose in Chicago, then that’s just totally unacceptable and makes national headlines, because that’s racist.
A year later:
Nothing built… nothing back… nothing better.
Fed will raise rates as we are approaching full employment and they need to get inflation back down to around 3%. They don’t really have a choice. The big question is what do they do with that big lake of money they created. They cant UnTwist. The latest idea I heard is that they were looking at ways to Freeze it. We are heading for some crazy times.
We love you Gary!
A year later,
Cash in pocket, Shots in arm and your choice of job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhWhy2VGaY8
No one: That’s a fair analysis, that I can agree with to a point. My problem is her lack of understanding of the Holocaust, and the reasoning behind it. It was purely racial in the Nazis minds. Jews were a sub-human race , they were depicted as such. It was more than mans inhumanity to his fellow man.
Google killed it.
Rally on.
Fast
He’s bringing the 70s back. Check your basement for you old bell bottoms and disco shirts.
“Which then implies that he is biased and not the big objectivist people try and claim he is.”
I’ve never claimed he was an ‘objectivist’, far from it. I don’t believe that endpoint can be attained in any media…my main point in this debate has been that all the programs we are discussing are talk shows regardless of how they portray themselves….entertainment….which is why I don’t listen to any of Rogan, MSDNC, the View, etc….anyone who goes to any of these outlets looking for actionable facts on serious matters deserves whatever befalls them…which leads to….
“You hardly make a case for free speech when all you use your hard-earned right for is to deceive. Then again, that’s essentially the populist manifesto.”
Lib, you really got upon not-the-Right side of bed today, huh. Yeah, the leftists would never, ever, shade facts to deceive…holy jesus, people like Cuomo, the dude that has the massive head of hair and glasses on CNN, and that loud black chick on CNN/MSDNC are downright comedy routines.
And, the last point that ties everything together, even a first year film student can tell you there is no such thing as ‘truth’ or an ‘objective documentary’ even if one were to just open up a video camera and let it run…the mere selection of one topic over another is opinion not fact, even before the facts are edited or presentation is made on any topic chosen….
“No banning, only labels. Just like rock in roll in the 1980s.”
That was some chick named Tipper Gore. Anyone know which Party she was affiliated with? Well, at least their consistent I guess……
Makes sense.
Libturd says:
February 1, 2022 at 3:59 pm
Nomad,
I am completely guessing (as usual). I think the macro story goes something like this. The market would turn south so rapidly if the FED pulls the trigger on any serious rate increases or even trying to remove the government from asset purchasing. I think the FED truly believed inflation was caused by the supply chain issue which they expected to resolve itself. But the supply chain issue was caused by the FEDs showering 99% of the population with free money which they didn’t need. Heck, most people were saving more than ever by working from home and not eating out, so they immediately spent those extra dollars. Supply couldn’t keep up and it still can’t. The correction that just occurred was due to the mere idea of removing all of this extra easy money circulating through the economy. Can you just imagine how bad it might get once they actually pull the trigger?
So I’m guessing they don’t. And the market is guessing this as well. Rally on until the crash folks.
Oh my goodness PYPL….hope no one was straight up long….keep an eye on this one guys…may not be a MSFT and bounce back here in AH but as a three day rule may be a good sale….
You know what is scary? No way in hell does the next earnings season match the current one. Consumer spending is already down. Jobs numbers are prob going to go to sh!t. Inflation still here. So even if they rally now, next earning season, most of these companies are f’ed. Who knows what happens though, these are weird times in the market.
Libturd says:
February 1, 2022 at 4:21 pm
Google killed it.
Rally on.
Oh my goodness PYPL….hope no one was straight up long….keep an eye on this one guys…may not be a MSFT and bounce back here in AH but as a three day rule may be a good sale….
I know someone who was long
What does PayPal do anyway?
That was some chick named Tipper Gore. Anyone know which Party she was affiliated with? Well, at least their consistent I guess……
It was Susan Baker co-founder, wife of Reagan’s Treasury Sec James Baker, as well. Way to make it a partisan issue when it was really (misguided) worried mothers over politics
Exactly Fab..4:19.
Ed would be soiling himself with glee if Trump had Dow 36k, greatest labor market in 20 years and lowest unemployment claims in 50 years. At least now it glaring that a dope like Trump accomplished zero economically as the old cadaver is lapping him in financial numbers. But of course, Rs need to say something is broken so they can fix it. It may be broken but they ain’t fixin it.
“What does PayPal do anyway?”
Seems to me that their job is to allow hacking and pay people randomly. Happened twice to me.
What does PayPal do anyway?
Scalp you with fees. They own venmo. Can’t wait for them to introduce fees to that one.
4:04 No Trump….way better Gary.
I’m always long.
Bystander…….slays. as the kids say.
Rogan an Objectivist? No way. Is he objective? Probably more than most talk show hosts today, as he seems not to have as blatant political philosophy. Charlie Rose used to invite all types to his talk show. Or Phil Donahue who was himself liberal but invited disparate people to make their case. Rogan doesn’t claim to be a journalist, unlike some political front men.
Lib: Fed needs to get their rate up to 2.25. It ain’t going to happen . Strong economy my ass all built on free money.
“I’m always long.”
Guffaw
Left,
As long as I’m not underneath it, I’m waking up on the right side of the bed. Just ripping into GOAT/Smalls when they say moronic things.
Hope you didn’t invest in SBUX
HOOD +47% from last Friday’s low. Remember, i was suggesting it’s a buy at this point. Man, cathie knows what she is doing. That’s for sure. Strategy for the past year was just at the wrong place and wrong time thanks to the fed creating too much inflation.
Then why didn’t he fire away questions at malone? Just agreed with him. Great job.
Just goes to show you, the great unbiased no one is indeed biased.
No One says:
February 1, 2022 at 7:55 pm
Rogan an Objectivist? No way. Is he objective? Probably more than most talk show hosts today, as he seems not to have as blatant political philosophy. Charlie Rose used to invite all types to his talk show. Or Phil Donahue who was himself liberal but invited disparate people to make their case. Rogan doesn’t claim to be a journalist, unlike some political front men.
Dems “let’s tax the rich”.
Leftists: “let’s tax home-owners in the states that do all the things we act like we care about”.
Think tanks: “home-owners in those states are the rich”.
The rich & Republicans in states not impacted:
https://twitter.com/saltcap1/status/1488612564271521794?s=21
There are no shortages of absolute morons in the world.
Of that you can be sure. The future scares me based on how inept most people are.
Trust me, I have a front row seat.
The funny thing is everyone knew the economy would be ripe with pant up demand.
$1M shitshacks ? No problem! Put it on my card.
Yes, she knows her sh1t. She just needs Robinhood to 5x from here to break even on when she was loading up on it at 80.
Asthma. Unhealthy gut bacteria. The presence of autoantibodies, usually associated with autoimmune conditions.
These are among the risk factors identified in new studies as potentially making someone at greater risk of developing long Covid, a condition in which wide-ranging symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog and racing heart rate persist months after an initial Covid-19 infection.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-clues-about-who-will-develop-long-covid-11643625003
She’s been buying at the bottom, sir.
BRT says:
February 1, 2022 at 9:28 pm
Yes, she knows her sh1t. She just needs Robinhood to 5x from here to break even on when she was loading up on it at 80.
she’s been buying since it came to. And that’s not the bottom. I’d estimate the bottom is $2 to $5. That company is a piece of trash that scams their client base, and 25% of their revenue came from Dogecoin. But by all means pumps, buy with both hands.
came to market
Yup. Good luck.
That’s why the rogan episode frightens me so much. People have no idea how inept most people are. So go ahead, make them all afraid of doctors and vaccines, no one will get hurt (sarcasm).
Ex says:
February 1, 2022 at 9:24 pm
There are no shortages of absolute morons in the world.
Of that you can be sure. The future scares me based on how inept most people are.
Trust me, I have a front row seat
Avging down into something she believes in long-term. Too early in this game to bash her. You claim objective, give the long-term strategy it’s due before calling it a winner or loser.
BRT says:
February 1, 2022 at 9:36 pm
she’s been buying since it came to. And that’s not the bottom. I’d estimate the bottom is $2 to $5. That company is a piece of trash that scams their client base, and 25% of their revenue came from Dogecoin. But by all means pumps, buy with both hands.
I lost money on ark right now if I had to liquidate, but you have not once heard me cry or get nervous. I understand what I am investing in and have the stomach for it at this point in my life.
Holy shit @jimcramer is the worst scam on the planet. @CNBC he claims he joked when he told everyone to short $ARKK on Thursday and now is saying to buy! It’s criminal.
https://twitter.com/dampedspring/status/1488652736237293570?s=21
Someone call the paddywagon. Bring a straitjacket. Stat.
Surprised no one brought up the debt limit cracking 30 trillion.
Minus one bridge in Pittsburgh
Fast Eddie says:
February 1, 2022 at 4:04 pm
A year later:
Nothing built… nothing back… nothing better
I just want to make it clear…I still think a final flush will come. When? I don’t know, but a final low will happen this year.
The Equine Paradox:
There are more horse’s asses in the world than there are horses.
Ex says:
February 1, 2022 at 9:24 pm
There are no shortages of absolute morons in the world.
Of that you can be sure. The future scares me based on how inept most people are.
Trust me, I have a front row seat
Just stay in for the river and go all in when you are dealt it.
The Great Pumpkin says:
February 1, 2022 at 10:51 pm
I just want to make it clear…I still think a final flush will come. When? I don’t know, but a final low will happen this year.
Extreme heat in the world’s oceans passed the “point of no return” in 2014 and has become the new normal, according to research.
Scientists analysed sea surface temperatures over the last 150 years, which have risen because of global heating. They found that extreme temperatures occurring just 2% of the time a century ago have occurred at least 50% of the time across the global ocean since 2014.
In some hotspots, extreme temperatures occur 90% of the time, severely affecting wildlife. More than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases is absorbed by the ocean, which plays a critical role in maintaining a stable climate.
“Way to make it a partisan issue when it was really (misguided) worried mothers over politics”
Yeah, it was a throwaway snark, didn’t really fact check it. How about “good to see misguided worried mothers still attempt to control the populace’s behavior through politics” instead?
“Charlie Rose used to invite all types to his talk show.”
That horny old bastard was very good…inquisitive, challenging, and generally didn’t let guests wiggle off the hook. Tim Russert too.
That fat cow doing CBS’s Face the Nation…she’s a disgrace. Can’t even watch anymore, she’ll spoon feed liberal guests if the start to go off piste and flat out shut down or contradict right leaning guests. And people are up in arms about this Rogan guy on some podcast…
“Way to make it a partisan issue when it was really (misguided) worried mothers over politics”
Yeah, it was a throwaway snark, didn’t really fact check it. How about “good to see misguided worried mothers still attempt to control the populace’s behavior through politics” instead?
“Charlie Rose used to invite all types to his talk show.”
That hor.ny old bastard was very good…inquisitive, challenging, and generally didn’t let guests wiggle off the hook. Tim Russert too.
That fat cow doing CBS’s Face the Nation…she’s a disgrace. Can’t even watch anymore, she’ll spoon feed liberal guests if the start to go off piste and flat out shut down or contradict right leaning guests. And people are up in arms about this Rogan guy on some podcast…
Really don’t care about Rogan. Saw him once in Hollywood at a late night deli spot.
He’s grabbing the brass ring. People tend to find an audience and being open to folks who will spout a contrary view, is always interesting.
Whoopie? Make these faux pas’ teachable moments as we in the Ed game like to say.
“There are no shortages of absolute morons in the world…Trust me, I have a front row seat.”
We are all regularly treated to a front row seat here to a multiple set performance by a top solo artist….
Lib re: long PYPL, SBUX….
As I mentioned before in this market I’m basically setting up situations to buy shares 10-20% off their current price sometime in the future and getting paid to do so.
For PYPL, I wrote some 145 puts a while back covered with some 135 puts when the stock was around 165 or so. Got paid 2.80 per share to do so. The stock closed after hours at 144 yesterday. I’ll be looking at about a 1.10 loss on this position when it opens as a result of this 31 point decline (how’s that for risk mitigation). Will likely close and book a profit on the 135s, and roll the 145 shorts down to a lower level, to a price in the 130s. Depending where markets go I’ll be set up in the future to take delivery of shares at that new price in the 130s or lower.
SBUX is similar but a short term setup just to book regular weekly cash…it’s for this Friday, bought some 97/101 call spreads financed by writing 2x 89 puts for essentially no money out of pocket, trade went on for net no cost….I will make dollar for dollar any gain above 97 up to 4.00…I only get tapped at 89 or below in which case similar to PYPL I would adjust that price downward and further out for no cost, take shares, or suck up the loss.
The longer term ones like PYPL are to get into the stock much cheaper in this uncertain market for a LT hold…the less than one week ones like SBUX are to harvest several $k or so low risk, no cost (or receive a credit) positions each week that can really add up…risk is reasonable and capital commitment nominal.
Will be an interesting day with PYPL movement…
Appreciate the explanation as usual.
My investment club has held Google since 2010. Early shares purchased at 248. Average share price of 400. We are at 3030 now. This is not our best holding.