Hat Tip Chi, from Investment News:
Inheritances won’t unlock housing supply as the ‘silver tsunami’ may be a gentle wave
The largest generational transfer of housing wealth in modern US history is underway with inherited homes changing family balance sheets, reshaping financial planning and swelling senior net worth totals.
But despite record-breaking property hand-offs, the long-anticipated wave of homes hitting the market (and easing the housing shortage) isn’t arriving, meaning hopeful homebuyers may find affordability remains constrained.
New research from Cotality shows inherited homes are reaching historic levels as more properties pass from aging owners to their heirs, with inherited houses accounting for a record share of all home transfers in the United States in the past year. At first glance, that sounds like fresh inventory for a starved housing market but the reality is different because most of these homes are staying off the open market.
Instead of selling inherited properties, many heirs are moving in themselves or holding onto them as long-term family assets. State tax structures reinforce that behavior as, in places like California, heirs can preserve lower property tax assessments if they occupy inherited homes as primary residences. That incentive encourages families to keep homes rather than list them, effectively removing potential supply from public sale.
Cotality’s analysis pushes back on the popular idea of a looming “Silver Tsunami” of housing inventory. Older Americans, the data suggests, are aging in place at high rates. When ownership finally transfers, heirs frequently choose to retain the property. The result: a massive wealth shift between generations without the broad release of homes that housing-market optimists once expected.
Financial industry analysts estimate trillions of dollars in real estate assets will pass to younger generations over the next decade, fundamentally reshaping investment portfolios and estate strategies. Advisors are already preparing for inherited property to become a central component of household wealth planning — even as housing affordability remains strained for new buyers.
Ah?
NRA unhappy
Multiple gun rights groups have criticized Homeland Security Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel for publicly condemning Pretti over bringing a gun to a protest despite Minnesota officials confirming he had a license to carry a concealed weapon.
hehe. what a headline this am. flip flop. so who is running the show?
Stephen Miller walks back comments on shooting of Alex Pretti as Kristi Noem throws immigration guru under the bus
Stephen Miller’s remarks were a dramatic U-Turn just days after the top Trump aide lambasted the 37-year-old nurse as ‘an assassin’ who ‘tried to murder federal agents.’ His comments came as Noem appeared to blame him for claims by her Department of Homeland Security that Pretti intended to ‘massacre’
Ya dun goofed.
I’d have more respect for this president if he were actually running the show.
when his minions and handlers make mistakes, he has to eat the humble pie.
this is what happens when you don’t have the confidence to take the high road. pathetic actually.
Two federal agents shot Alex Pretti, initial government review reveals
The review makes no mention of Pretti brandishing a weapon, contradicting initial comments from the administration about the killing.
Boomer lost his Privilege and his House
“ Financial industry analysts estimate trillions of dollars in real estate assets will pass to younger generations over the next decade, fundamentally reshaping investment portfolios and estate strategies. ”
Man attacked Rep. Ilan Omar with a substance as she was calling for Secretary Noem to resign or face impeachment
Inntresting. Nestled in the idyllic state of nj
http://www.therosemaryinn.com/
For sure it’s interesting to see how the dynamic will play out when there is a far bigger focus on generational wealth effects. Historically, I think the mass population looked at this as something that was only a part of wealthy upper classes, but now even handing down a shitty NJ cape to your kids represents a pretty significant windfall.
Does the dynamic shift from kids fighting over selling the house, to the kids fighting over who gets to inhabit the house? I think we see some of that today, but curious if it becomes a far bigger part of the story – only way you can afford a house is to inherit it from your parents.
Back in Poland, you see the farms striping the mountainside in thin rows. The properties/plots make almost no sense as you look at them. But then you realize it has to do with generational transfer of property and splitting properties between kids. To do it equally, you split property running up and down the mountain. Why? Because it’s hard work to go higher up, so to equally split the property, you do it “vertically”, even though that logically isn’t not the most efficient use of property.
Significant windfall. Eh?
By the time the children pay off their credit cards, buy a new car and take a vacation or two on grandmas house, and put in a new kitchen there won’t be any wealth left.
Buy that new car?
who wants this shite?
I’m sorry, i can’t get to work, this stupid ai car i paid 90 grand for thinks i am drunk because i put too much eyeliner on.
you voted for this, americans.
By roughly 2026–2029, all new cars in the U.S. will be required to feature passive technology that detects impaired driving and prevents the vehicle from operating, following the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The system will use sensors to monitor for blood alcohol content ($\geq$0.08) or erratic driver behavior, rather than requiring active breath tests.
just wait till that shit malfunctions and you get the bill
gonna happen. that’s a given.
anyone go to a doctor lately?
you will be asked if they can use ai for their charting.
it records everything you say in the doctors office, then dictates for them.
that wart on your peepee will be uploaded to the cloud.
I’ve already seen this play out multiple times with my relatives. In a family or 3 or 4 kids, there’s always one that just didn’t ever really work and they give up on upward mobility around age 40 and move back home. Once the parents pass, they feel entitled to the home and their savings as well. It’s already playing out in my own family with my siblings.
Polish guy Anthony James Kazmierczak attacked the congresswoman.
No idea if he is a citizen…
Deport…..
Dark,
might just save your life. I know of 3 instances recently where doctors misread obvious signs on X-rays, MRIs, that could have been fatal.
Juice: I think the generational wealth transfer thing is hype. I noted yesterday more than 40 percent of that will be concentrated among the top 1.5 percent. Plus assisted/nursing home costs. Old folks living longer, and spending their money. Kids bitching about their parents sipping their inheritance away on a cruise.
Plus if there will be all these houses becoming available for sale, then a glut and that will lower prices. And of course the declining birth rate.
Hackensack BOE is facing a 17 million dollar budget deficit. Officials say declining enrollment, the loss of 1.5 million a year from Maywood no longer sending their kids to Hackensack HS, and the drying up of Covid money all contributed to this current situation. Covid Money??
Disagree. I see two trends. Anecdotal. I have no data.
Scenario #1: adult kids get inheritance and it is the equivalent of dropping a block of ice in scaling water.
Scenario #2: money is held back and sent directly or indirectly to grandkids. How does a 28 year old have a $200,000 down payment for a Brooklyn condo? Grandma expired and left money to kids. Kids agree to shunt to grandchildren.
3b says:
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 am
Juice: I think the generational wealth transfer thing is hype. I noted yesterday more than 40 percent of that will be concentrated among the top 1.5 percent. Plus assisted/nursing home costs. Old folks living longer, and spending their money. Kids bitching about their parents sipping their inheritance away on a cruise.
Plus if there will be all these houses becoming available for sale, then a glut and that will lower prices. And of course the declining birth rate.
Scalding
Obamacare subsidies are half original and half-COVID juice.
The main reason that Democrats pass all of these subsidies and other types of social programs is because of what you’re seeing right now. The argument is never about returning things to where they were originally, it’s always the incremental change where something was done to an extreme effect and then to dial it back. Looks like you’re cutting people off, when in reality people just made life decisions based on costs that are unsustainable and unlikely to persist yet will bellyache when their lives are really negatively, even tragically, impacted. It is really unpleasant to see this happen, but a lot of people are really fucking stupid.
3b says:
January 28, 2026 at 9:23 am
Hackensack BOE is facing a 17 million dollar budget deficit. Officials say declining enrollment, the loss of 1.5 million a year from Maywood no longer sending their kids to Hackensack HS, and the drying up of Covid money all contributed to this current situation. Covid Money??
Ten 425
BRT: Sometimes its multiple family members Put Grandma in a shitty nursing home have her long-term care insurance pay for it.
In the meantime you sell your house bank the proceeds, and move in with the loser brother already living in Grandma’s house and then use Grandma’s pension and social security money to pay the property taxes and any repairs.
One sibling called them on it, and was told to feck off. The extended family pretends it is not happening and does not want to talk about it. It is ignored. Family can be truly evil.
Lib: I got Hat Tip. It’s as if a kielbasa is messaging my prostate.
Chgo: You could be right on the inheritance thing, I am skeptical away from the top that people are going to turn around and give it to the grand kids . 401k balances are still pretty low in spite of how well the market has been doing and the adult kids waiting around for the inheritance want that cash to boost savings.
Maybe, it plays out as a combination of how we both think it plays out. I just think its really hyped up.
Chicago: Once a temporary subsidy is passed it is incredibly difficult to remove it. Part of the problem was BOE district staff missing multiple staff on the employment roster who were being paid out salaries and benefits and the BOE staff did not know. That is absolutely shocking , but maybe it shouldn’t be.
Boomer is very angry because they live a terrible life. I only fly business class. Life’s too short and can’t obsess about dying rich
Every time I get into Polaris lounge I look for Grim
3b – What you describe is tradition in the old country, minus the opportunity to ship grandma to a nursing home.
My cousins still don’t speak to each other over what happened to their mothers home when she passed away in 1996. It’s been 30 years. They all agreed to sell the home, home was sold and proceeds split up. Buyer was actually the oldest son who then turned around and rented it out for the last few decades. He then decided to subdivide the property and build two additional homes and sold them. Turned out to be a good investment for him. His Brother won’t speak to him, or really any of us. He thinks he was robbed or something. That isn’t the case however he just feels maybe his older brother should have given him a split of the rent or the money made later from sub-divided the property and building homes. There is no convincing him…
I spend my dollars now, can’t do so after death
Grim 7:56,
Interesting view of life over there. As for here? Housing is a wealth asset now.
I was in the car, FOX was talking about it. This is fantastic:
Trump Accounts, designed as specialized, government-seeded savings accounts for children, are scheduled to become available for opening in early 2026, with official contributions starting July 4, 2026. Parents can initiate the process using IRS Form 4547 to secure a $1,000 government contribution for eligible children.
Key details regarding the launch and operation of Trump Accounts:
Launch Date: The program launches in mid-2026, with contributions enabled from July 4, 2026.
Eligibility: The initial $1,000 government contribution is available for U.S. citizen children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028.
How to Open: Parents or guardians can use IRS Form 4547 to register, which can be filed with 2025 tax returns.
Activation: The Treasury Department will initiate the account activation process starting in May 2026.
Contribution Limits: Individuals and employers can contribute up to a total of $5,000 per child per year.
These accounts are essentially custodial-style Traditional IRAs, with funds generally locked until the child turns 18.
“Lib: Re consumer confidence falling, well there is a disconnect, because people are still spending, and spending on discretionary items. I don’t know when the two will dovetail. Right now saying one thing, doing another.”
I think it’s the K thang. The rich are doing all the spending because they are the ones with all of the earnings. The other 98% are struggling. So the data is correct. I also saw an interesting article on the GDP being juiced due to a way the tariffs are measured or something that made them look artificially higher than they are. If I find it, I’ll share it.
Switched to MSNBC; abortion.
Switched to CNN: They’re stopping people with accents and asking for papers.
Lol.
Tbh, the Newark Polaris lounge is pretty disappointing for what’s supposed to be. Seems full of mid-level managers who travel a lot and are trying to get maximum freebies. Food is mediocre, and it’s sometimes really full of people. The one in Washington DC was even worse – full of government bureaucrats and courtiers. Average business class lounges in Asia are better.
Gary,
This new Trump Account, though not a bad thing, is mostly window dressing unless companies finance them. Why? That $1,000 in seed money, after inflation after 59.5 years will be worth $18,000. Hardly impacting anything. Fidelity, or whoever takes it over, will be more than happy to take in the dumb money.
Enjoying the show?
Saw a great review on the Melania film. Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out.
Best lounge I’ve been in is Capital One in Vegas. Food better, lots of food wrapped to take on the plane and really a nice variety.
My favorite lounge amenity is the shower. They are becoming harder and harder to find. After a red eye, there is nothing better.
Art – if you find the right holy person you can still buy a few indulgences for the after life.
Great line.
Libturd says:
January 28, 2026 at 10:41
Saw a great review on the Melania film. Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out.
The Melania movie – I thought we love to celebrate immigrant success stories?
My wife plans to watch it this weekend.
What is Bezos trying to buy here?
Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid $40 million for the rights and another $35 million on marketing and distribution.
( )( )====D – w h o r e – – – 🤮🤮🤮
True.
It’s also true that a hot shower is great benefit. I use Lufthansa in Frankfurt during transfer to Africa
No One says:
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 am
Average business class lounges in Asia are better.
I don’t know about Melanias movie, but I strongly recommend (2024) The Apprentice with Jeromy Strong
It premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024, and impressed the critics, sparking an eight-minute standing ovation,[7] and “feverish media attention”.
I genuinely thought the Melania movie was about Epstein Island.
Not enough time to doom-scroll to come across jokes like this.
The Melania movie – I thought we love to celebrate immigrant success stories?
rich man marries immigrant woman.
sounds more like a love story than a success story. im sure she loves money.
Art says:
January 28, 2026 at 11:52 am
True.
It’s also true that a hot shower is great benefit. I use Lufthansa in Frankfurt during transfer to Africa
can you bring in a lady friend with you, for lathering purposes?
I’ve invited in the towel girl. To no avail.
I have an interview for a job I am way overqualified for tomorrow. It pays about 1/3rd less than my former job, but I’m only in it for the healthcare. Will let you all know how it goes. It’s at a packaging printing firm. I was passed on for the management role I applied for there. Most likely due to my advanced age, but they said they would consider me for a senior prepress specialist role. Honestly, I think at this point in my life, less responsibility will be nice. It’s also non-creative, which is nice. Eight hours a day of brainless production work sounds splendid.
Lib: Looking at the numbers, it has to be more than the “K thang”. I agree a lot is driven by the wealthy , but the nor so wealthy are spending too. The cruise lines from the cheap ones all the way up are booming. Restaurants are still crowded , along with retail sales. Maybe some people just don’t care and are spending anyhow. But, at least for now there is no way 98 percent of people struggling.
Top 10% are responsible for 50% of the spending.
Juice: It is really sad what they did to their own mother, evil lurks close by often times. I don t know how they sleep at night. I am disappointed at the rest of them for just ignoring it. It is shameful.
Depends on how you define wealthy. Are you using an income scale or an asset scale?
There have been tons of psychological studies on money. I think the one that is consistently the most born out by behavior is a really curious one. It depends on how much money you keep in your regular checking or savings account. I just had a conversation with a couple last night and they’re sitting on $250,000 in their checking account. It’s the only way they feel comfortable. But in reality they’re overall wealth is driven by other factors completely but as long as there’s $250,000 sitting there, they are confident and comfortable. However, that’s a completely arbitrary thing that they control so it’s all very interesting.
Top 10% are responsible for 50% of the spending.
And 72% of the tax revenue.
Chgo: Away from that number, I would have thought we would have seen a slow down in spending and we are not seeing it yet. Perhaps, Libs 98 percent are struggling was an exaggeration, because if that were the case then the current environment would be a lot different. Eventually the numbers will line up.
Here is one example as to why Trump is dangerous.
https://www.readtangle.com/measles-outbreaks-in-the-united-states/
The project manager overseeing the construction of a new $16 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River said it would have to stop all work on the project unless the Trump administration unfreezes its funding.
The Gateway Development Commission said Tuesday that it notified contractors working on the Hudson Tunnel Project, connecting New York and New Jersey, that funding will expire Feb. 6. The contractors will begin winding down the active construction sites in New York, New Jersey and the Hudson River over the next two weeks, the commission said.
The Trump administration in October paused funding for the project while it reviewed whether the Hudson Tunnel Project included any diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
“Since federal funding was paused in October, we have done everything in our power to keep construction moving forward as planned, but we cannot fund this work on credit indefinitely,” said Thomas Prendergast, chief executive of the Gateway Development Commission. “Pausing construction is the absolute last resort.”
From what I read, the K is a 40/60 split. Bottom 60 suffering. Top 40 fine.
Great on the tunnels. Commuting into the city is only going to get worse.
Gold at $5300.
So many shitty economic indicators. I’m starting to have a hard time believing the numbers. With all of the constant Trump lies, why would anyone believe his economic news?
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
– President and Nobel Prize Recipient, Barack Obama
Obama was for deporting illegals….just saying.
Art says:
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 pm
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
– President and Nobel Prize Recipient, Barack Obama
Lib: I agree the numbers could be suspect. Like I said I would have thought the environment would be different by now. Another 16K today laid off by Amazon, although they re part of the 30K announced last year.UPS and their 30k announced layoffs a few days ago. These are big numbers and good paying jobs.
Many of those suffering vote against their self-interest and then watch FOX NEWS to feed on hate
Libturd says:
January 28, 2026 at 1:25 pm
From what I read, the K is a 40/60 split. Bottom 60 suffering. Top 40 fine.
and somehow managed not kidnap and murder US citizens
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Obama was for deporting illegals….just saying.
Democrats didn’t have sanctuary states/cities back then….just saying.
Art says:
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 pm
and somehow managed not kidnap and murder US citizens
And they didn’t kidnap and murder US citizens either
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 pm
Democrats didn’t have sanctuary states/cities back then….just saying.
Obama followed existing laws. Trump is against the Constitution. For fucks sake, he wants to be a King.
While extreme and unprecedented, the Trump administration’s attack on due process for noncitizens is arguably a final step in a longer history of devolving due process in the U.S. immigration system. Despite being a system that relies regularly upon deportation and detention as punishment, U.S. immigration law does not provide noncitizens a right to an appointed lawyer in immigration proceedings, nor a Sixth Amendment right to confront an accusing witness, or even basic rules of evidence like those offered in the criminal legal system.
Even this is too much protection for the Trump administration to want to afford noncitizens. White House officials like Stephen Miller have claimed that due process simply does not apply to noncitizens facing deportation. President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance have openly mocked the idea of having trials for undocumented immigrants before deporting them—even though this is precisely what existing law requires. The administration keeps pushing the frontier outward, attempting to reduce whatever legal guarantee or feeling of security immigrants possess.
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
Translation: “The square root of a whisper is always pale blue, yet you insist on wearing shoes made of yesterday’s echoes. To find the center, one must first unbake the bread and ask the silence why it wears a hat. You seek the truth in a mirror made of water, but the water is thirsty for your questions. Only when the clock forgets the hour will the ladder realize it has no rungs. Eat the light, for the shadows are far too crunchy for a soul in pajamas!”
rumor got around you call yourself cap’n cheepo.
you got to spend a little to get a little. 😂
Libturd says:
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 pm
I’ve invited in the towel girl. To no avail.
Regarding Ilhan Omar, Trump told ABC News – “She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her.”
What does that say about the ketchup incident in Butler, PA?
This is how a lawyer talks when calculating child support.
Sorry kid, your dad only makes 10 dollars a year, so here is your 1 dollar a week.
But my dad is living in 10 million dollar house.
Sorry kid, wealth is determined by income, not assets. Enjoy your rice cake.
Chicago says:
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 pm
Depends on how you define wealthy. Are you using an income scale or an asset scale?
Do you understand what I am saying? If these states didn’t try to hold these federal agents back, there wouldn’t be any of this nonsense.
Do you understand that illegals give them power of votes? That’s why they are hell bent on stopping trump…that’s why they let the borders get overrun.
Art says:
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 pm
And they didn’t kidnap and murder US citizens either
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 pm
Democrats didn’t have sanctuary states/cities back then….just saying.
Russia says it’s ready for Zelensky-Putin meeting — but only if Ukraine’s president travels to Moscow
And all this time I thought it was Zelenskyy that was the comedian.😂
One prediction of 2026 is a zoning change coming to a town near you.
As we become more of an authoritarian police state. The well off Snake Plisskan in each of us is going to start building 12 feet secure property lines with thick steel remote doors on the driveway.
Lib – good luck!
Don’t try and be too smart…and compliments never hurt either…
Welfare systems for the win….just destroy society.
“I am European, and let me tell you something.
Many countries on the old continent are in serious trouble (less politely: f*cked).
Real wages have been stagnant for decades. In Italy and Greece, for example, people earn less in real terms than 20 years ago.
The median EU salary is around €30k gross, not aligned with the cost of living.
Taxation is extremely high, both on workers and on companies.
The tax on labour alone is close to 40-45%. If we include all the hidden taxes like VAT, fuel duties, telecom fees, administrative costs, the effective tax burden goes above 65%.
To pay a worker €30k gross , a company often spends €45–55k, and the worker still loses 30–35% to income tax and contributions.
Housing completes the trap (/crap).
People in their 30s earning €1.4-1.6k net are paying €800-1,000 in rent for a room, sharing a flat with 3 other people.
Starting a family without inherited property is becoming a luxury, usually postponed to 35+, which further kills birth rates.
Demographics make it worse.
In Italy, Greece, Portugal, Finland and more, we are heading toward one retiree for every two workers.
This is not a political opinion. It is math and it is not sustainable.
Despite all of this, I am proud to be European.
Europe invented, researched, built, explored.
It took two world wars to break us down.
What changed was not intelligence. It was agency and courage.
We built generous welfare systems but merged them with bureaucracy, fragmentation, and fear of scale, and fear of individuals standing out.
Different fiscal regimes, bloated administration, and slow capital markets are all hostile to fast iteration and risk.
You would expect more social safety to mean more entrepreneurship.
If failure is cushioned, people should dare more.
Instead, doing business at scale here is so hard that risk is punished.
Until we fix incentives and capital markets, Europe (and EU) will keep looking at the past with nostalgia and the future with doubt.”
See below the WSJ article yesterday on NJ’s new dumb governor and the electricity problems her party has created for the state. Better buy your gas backup generators while they’re still legal. Because her policies will lead to even more distortions. By the way, I’ve seen the dynamic the WSJ describes below play out in various countries around the world over the past 30 years. Politicians can try to evade reality, but they can’t evade the consequences of evading reality.
The new Democratic Governors of Virginia and New Jersey are worth watching as a signal of what the party has learned from its 2024 drubbing. New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill kicked off her governorship last week by declaring rising electricity rates a “state of emergency.” They’re not, but her proposals could increase the risk of power outages.
Ms. Sherrill used her maiden speech to lay out her plans to ease electric rates. “In short, you are sick of the status quo,” she said, “Well, guess what, guys, so am I.” Guess what: Her proposals are more of the same progressive policies that have fueled higher prices: Subsidies, mandates and price controls.
Rising electric rates were a major campaign issue in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race last year. The state’s rates spiked 22% last summer and have risen more than 50% over five years. As these columns have warned, retirements of baseload power plants have constrained supply at the same time as demand is increasing from data centers.
Five large coal plants and one nuclear reactor in New Jersey have shut down since 2017. Much of the blame owes to federal emissions regulations, state climate policies and rich federal green-energy subsidies that have made baseload nuclear and coal plants uneconomic. Recent two-term Gov. Phil Murphy required that 100% of state power come from “clean energy” by 2035.
New Jersey also participates in a regional cap-and-trade program that requires fossil-fuel plants to pay fees, which are passed onto consumers. The state uses revenue from the program to subsidize green energy and reduce utility bills for lower-income customers. Fees are expected to increase in coming years as the program ramps up.
Ms. Sherrill proposes to use this revenue windfall for “ratepayer relief” to offset the costs to lower-income consumers of anti-fossil-fuel policies. This is income redistribution in disguise. If there are power shortages, insulating customers from higher prices discourages conservation. Higher prices are a market signal that helps curb demand and encourage more supply.
On the latter, she has little to offer. She suggests easing regulation so solar plants can be built faster, which is fine as far as it goes. But solar can’t provide reliable power all day and every day, even if paired with batteries, which typically discharge power for only four hours at a time.
Her worst idea is a pause on utility “rate increases or cost recoveries to the extent permitted by law.” This is a price control that will reduce grid investment, including in new supply. Utilities in New Jersey procure power from independent generators and pass on wholesale power prices, along with their costs for transmission and distribution, to customers.
If utilities can’t pass on their costs, they will skimp on maintenance. It’s that simple. New Jerseyites can look forward to more power outages and longer delays to get their lights back on. When that happens, Ms. Sherrill will blame the utilities. The Governor campaigned as a moderate, but her opening policy salvo looks like standard progressive fare dressed up as reform.
Pumps,
Do you have an original thought in that head of yours, or do you just copypasta everything?
Regarding what you pasted, perhaps my sample size is smaller (~10) but every single one of my friends from the “old continent” is thriving. Living in their own flats, finished to interior standards that you could only dream of. One couple, no inherited property, just brought their three kids over and did a tour of national parks out west. The woman is on maternity and wanted to do this one last hurrah tripe before she went back to work at her large pharma corp job. I say one last because I met them in the Grand Canyon three years ago on their first national parks trip, and then again in Greece and Croatia two years ago. My other friends just flew from the EU to see family in NJ with their kid, spend a few weeks, have a really nice bi-level in a large city pad which they purchased ten years ago from a bank exec. when they were mid/late 20s. They own a small business that employs a dozen people or so. Yet another couple owns their own place and is thinking of buying a farm property. My wife’s cousin, when she’s not posting pics from around the EU, works corp, owns own apartment, again finished to living standards simply unknowable to Clifton residents. Another friend’s family in the Balkans lives in a flat finished to levels you’ll find in Chelsea. They too were here in the states not to long ago, last month IIRC?
Where did you get this doom and gloom bullshit post from? I could see this jerkoff already sitting alongside a dehumidifier in the basement of some 1930’s wooden framed sh!tbox, typing this garbage up.
No, I don’t.
You lack understanding of our legal system and the role of the constitution.
I’m not surprised.
Just like US Crazy Eddie and German Crazy Eddie, 3B and others:
One day you against masks, next day in favor.
One day in favor of guns, next day against carry.
One day against big government, next day ok with govt kidnapping and murder
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 28, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Do you understand what I am saying?
Knock em dead Lib.
A poem:
I like bananas
Monkey nuts and grapes
That’s why they call me
Tarzan of the Apes
Juice,
I interview pretty well. I don’t get nervous and like here, stand by my convictions. With that said, I always try to be humble and use my sense of humor to flummox the interviewer. This has always worked well for me. Being that this job is really a test of ones graphic design skills, accuracy and speed and little else, I will focus on those areas, which I managed quite successfully for 26 years at one of the largest printers in the world. Perhaps, managed it too well, as they no longer needed to be managed as it became culture more than expectation. Believe it or not, I speak much better in person than I write. I really hate typing and proofreading for you guys seems a waste of time. Sometimes, I go back and read my posts and laugh at how poorly they flow and how bad my grammar and spelling was. Thanks for the advice though. Plant is in Ridgefield Park. 23 minute commute without traffic. I’m really going to be prepared for this.
Alexa just asked me if I’d like to learn about BitCoin.
Great,
Boomer, you are a mental midget. Stfu and know your place when addressing someone of higher intelligence….little tip: understand they are superior before you try to belittle their intellect.
Look at this clown you spent all week defending. Cool story, brah!
https://x.com/donaldjtrumpjr/status/2016624721991782696?s=46
No One: Sherrill is not a moderate. Josh Gottheimer was the moderate and the one that I believe actually could have done some real good for NJ.
Sherrill might have been a good helicopter pilot, but she does not strike me as all that knowledgeable or competent. She also should have released the Sherrill files regarding the extent of the disciplinary actions that were taken against her regarding the cheating scandal. NJ voters ignored it.
MAUA – Make America Unemployed Again
UPS to lay off 30,000
The company also plans to further deploy automation across its network. UPS has identified 24 buildings for closure in the first half of 2026 and expects to reduce operational hours by approximately 25 million as the Amazon relationship unwinds. Last year, UPS eliminated 48,000 jobs — 34,000 operational and 14,000 management — and closed 93 buildings. The company expects $3 billion in total savings from the Amazon unwind
I wonder how many of the UPS guys (and it’s mostly guys) voted for Orange turd
Art,
You support this bs.
https://x.com/steveguest/status/2016610715075809552?s=46
I can’t imagine that’s real. If he had done that, he likely would have been arrested. And even if it is real, still does not deserve an execution.
Want to know what an adult POTUS would do when facing this kind of resistance? He/she would reduce the number ICE agents instead of increasing them to incite more violence.
Grow up Pumps.
UPS gave the big raise to their operations personnel/ drivers back in 2023, this is also when they committed to air conditioners in their trucks. It was clear to anyone looking at the terms that UPS would ultimately layoff thousands to pay for it. And they are doing exactly that.
Looks like Trump going to hit Iran again, and it won’t be the limited strike last summer. So much for not getting us into wars , and back in that quagmire part of the world.
“In Fiscal Year 2023, ICE reported five gun-related use-of-force incidents resulting in fatality.”
Remember how bad the protests were?
From a friend –
We all know the names Good and Pretti by now. But they’re only 2 (white) people murdered by #ICE this year. THAT WE KNOW OF.
If they’re executing white people in the streets, on camera, imagine what’s happening to the 73,000 rotting in ICE gulags.
The abuse. The neglect. The sexual assaults. The trafficking.
1,200 people have gone missing from Alligator Auschwitz. I’ll bet money we find a mass grave in the Everglades before this is over.
All this horror under the guise of stopping a misdemeanor. That’s what being here illegally classifies as under Federal law.
Remember their names. Never forget. Never again.
https://imgur.com/a/zvdZo9G
Blitzkrieg on our freedoms
https://imgur.com/gallery/trump-regime-using-fbi-to-take-ballots-from-fulton-county-ga-2020-election-DnlPSm1
Lib – not going to debate which president followed what laws..there is way too much ground to cover there going all the way back at immigration.
I will however mention the idea of “immigration judges” however because it’s related. Even though immigration judges now wear robes they really aren’t full judges and it isn’t about justice. In reality Injustice resides in the immigration courts. They aren’t even an article I court of the Constitution and independent. They are beholden to the President and the Attorney General, and run completely on rules and regs passed down by the DOJ.
Key details regarding the immigration system evolution.
1890: back then the States were responsible for immigration, that power was federalized in 1991 with the creation of the the federal Bureau of Immigration Department under the Treasury Department.
1933 – INS Created and moved to Department of Labor and then in 1940 moved to Department of Justice.
1952: The Immigration and Nationality Act established “special inquiry officers” to hear deportation cases.
1973: These special inquiry officers were formally titled “immigration judges” and began wearing robes. No law passed just someone made up a rule. Regulation Change. 38 Fed. Reg. 8,590 (April 4, 1973) authorized the title change and the wearing of robes.
1983: The DOJ established the EOIR to provide a more independent, quasi-judicial structure for immigration hearings.
1987: The Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) was created within EOIR to handle employer sanctions and document fraud.
2002: The INS was abolished, and its enforcement functions moved to the Department of Homeland Security, while the immigration courts remained in the DOJ.
Right now Pam Bondi tell them what to do, hires and fires as the Attorney General she can even overrule them and the BIA appeals board.
Deck is stacked against immigrants.
As I have been saying Congress is the illegal immigrants only chance with some law changes. That or hiding for the next few years until Trump is out of office, because as soon as the Democrats get back in Power there will be open parole of another 10 million asylum seekers, all it takes is a simple policy and rules change.
give the boy some slack.
he hasn’t ever saved a life, or taken one.
never smelled what volumes of blood smell like.
never saw someone in real life expire in front of them, someone that was talking to you a minute ago.
not virtual people, not video people, real ones.
so lib, cut the boy a break.
Libturd says:
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 pm
I can’t imagine that’s real. If he had done that, he likely would have been arrested. And even if it is real, still does not deserve an execution.
CBP Arrests: U.S. Customs and Border Protection records arrests of noncitizens with prior criminal convictions. Between FY 2021 and FY 2024, they reported 162 total homicides and several thousand “sexual offenses” among those apprehended at the border.
ICE Non-Detained Docket: As of July 2024, ICE reported that 13,099 noncitizens with homicide convictions and 15,811 with sexual assault convictions were on the “non-detained” docket. DHS notes that these figures include individuals who entered the U.S. over several decades, not just during the current administration.
Texas State Records: From 2011 to 2025, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported that “illegal noncitizens” were charged with 1,718 homicides and 10,130 sexual assaults.
Are we past the “Trump is blowing up boats” outrage?
6:32 imbecile
Is Palestine free or is that trendy outrage old news as well?
Release the unredacted Epstein files
5:49 – It’s not just “immigrants” – which is almost everyone in this country, or “illegal immigrants”, but anyone looking like an immigrant. Guilty until proven innocent. Stop whitewashing the argument.
Juice: Opening the border as Biden did , or I should say whoever was in charge explains in large measure why Trump was elected again, that and the fact Harris became the candidate once Biden was forced out.
Those that support an open border refuse to acknowledge the ramifications of millions of illegal migrants being admitted. It’s not just a matter of vetting them for criminal activity, and then if good they are allowed in.
At this point although early I think the Dems will do quite well in the midterms, and as of now win the Presidency in 2028, and will probably be Newsom. That’s depressing, but Trump screwed up not looking ahead. Why people will vote for Newsom after the mess he has made in California is amazing to me.
Fast: Time Magazine reports that up to 30,000 Iranian protestors may have been slaughtered by the Islamic government. Muslims slaughtering Muslims.
3b 6:56,
Is that trendy? Can the dems use that for the midterm elections? I understand they’re bringing back the ab0rtion outrage to drum up the base. Unless something else comes up more worthy.
WSJ Letter
Your recent editorial on the winter grid emergency (“Thank Heaven for Coal Power in the Cold,” Jan. 26) highlights an uncomfortable reality: of the three legs of the energy trilemma—affordability, sustainability and reliability—reliability must come first. Everything else is secondary. When the temperature plunges, the only metric that matters is whether the power stays on.
What makes a reliable grid isn’t a mystery. It is a highly engineered system whose behavior under stress is well understood. Because we can model grids, we can design them for worst-case conditions. And those conditions, not average days or mild winters, must drive planning. The recent cold snap demonstrated again what experts have long known: Wind and solar might well contribute little during severe winter weather, and natural gas becomes scarce and expensive when heating demand surges. Gas spot prices surged dramatically during this storm. Battery backup for renewables, meanwhile, is measured in hours, not days.
In that context, reliable, on site fuel becomes indispensable. Until we build nuclear plants at the scale and speed required, a pile of coal next to a coal plant will remain the only proven hedge against multi-day winter events. That isn’t nostalgia; it is physics, logistics and system design.
What should concern Americans most isn’t the weather but the policymaking leaving them vulnerable to the elements. When grid architecture is shaped by misinformed or ideologically driven actors, rather than engineers, modelers and system planners, the result is predictable: a brittle system that performs beautifully on paper but collapses in the cold. Reliability isn’t a political preference; it is a prerequisite for modern life.
Technical voices must be restored to the center of energy policy. If they continue to be sidelined, we will keep learning the hard way—one winter storm at a time.
Fast: Not trendy. Leftists like Islamic fundamentalism and women being forced to wear the hijab. They are also Ok with LGBTQ people being persecuted and or killed in these Islamic countries. I just don’t understand it.
Dark: Release the Epstein files and the Sherill disciplinary files.
They won’t need to drum up outrage.
Stay tuned. Tick tick tick
My NJ State senator Holly Schepisi (GOP) posted this below and is getting crushed. She posted a reply that I think she pulled saying effectivly “We are the GOP, the party of the 1st and 2nd.”
In the wake of the two recent tragic incidents in Minnesota, I firmly believe that a bipartisan Congressional investigation should be initiated without delay to safeguard the well-being and security of our nation and its residents. Now is the time to set aside partisan politics and conduct a meticulous, unbiased investigation into the shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, with subsequent action based on the investigation’s findings. The growing violence is causing irreparable harm to our country, and it is essential that we transcend party affiliations and prioritize the nation’s best interests.
PS – for everyone posting below I have always supported law enforcement. Wanting an unbiased bipartisan investigation into the events surrounding the two deaths doesn’t change that support. Unfortunately (and as seen in the comments below) we have a portion of the country believing two innocent people were murdered and another portion believing those killed were domestic terrorists and the shootings were justified. Our entire country is based upon a system of free speech, the ability to protest and a fair and impartial justice system. Things are so fractured right now in Minnesota between the state and the federal government that for the sake of us all, a true bipartisan investigation is needed with recommendations on preventing future violence.
1 Billion – that’s how much ICE spent last year destroying human rights.
Admit it, Sleepy Joe couldn’t fuck up this country this bad even if he tried.
Pass to the grandkids. I’m all for this and have started implementing. When my dad passed , my nephew got the house with the mortgage, my kids got the equity equivalent. Nephew, renovated and flipped and I’m ok with that. I couldn’t do that from here. My sister and I split the rest. For me I file an FBAR to stay compliant. When the time comes they’ll get my share as I don’t need it.
Nephew is a lawyer and did probate with my dads lawyer so everything is structured correctly. This to me is a safety net for my kids. They can jump a plane and with their passports and a chunk of local change (along with extended family support) can start a new life.
My best lounge experience was the British Airways lounge in Frankfurt. Its tiny but well stocked. I was on a 10AM flight back to London, that was delayed 6 hours. My buddy (a DBA back then, now a COO) and I were the only ones there. There was an attendant that came in every now and then, but for the most part, just us.
All the snacks, appetizers, sandwich’s and a self service bar. I got on the flight after a half bottle of Jack D.
Saw a great review on the Melania film. Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out.
That has to be a contender for post of the year. I almost spit out my “What a F#$#in day” support beer.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll, released Monday, found Trump’s approval rating on his handling of immigration sank to the lowest level since his return to office. The poll, conducted Friday to Sunday, showed just 39% of Americans approved of how Trump was dealing with immigration while 53% disapproved.
This is a sharp drop in approval from the start of Trump’s term, when 50% approved in February of how the president was handling immigration.
“at this point in my life, less responsibility will be nice”
I took a downgrade in this role and I love it. I dont have to manage anyone or be accountable for the offsite team. Big Boss was against my hire as he thought I would be aggressive and try and move up. I’m like “I know my role”. I’m like David Justice in Moneyball. Billy can squeeze the best of what’s left of me and I get to stay relevant.
My father retired from a big dog role and took a job managing a carpark. It was monthly parking with a few day and hourly. He said it was the best 10 years of his working career.
Cost of living EU vs US https://factsinstitute.com/ranking/us-vs-europe-cost-of-living/
What shocked me when I came to the US was the cost of Food Staples. Bread Milk Eggs etc. Housing is expensive in relative teams anywhere.
women being forced to wear the hijab.
some of those ladies are hot.
Sherrill files< Epstein Files.
More stuff redactted on Epstein files than is in Sherrill files.
But both should be released.
Rising electric rates were a major campaign issue in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race last year. The state’s rates spiked 22% last summer and have risen more than 50% over five years. As these columns have warned, retirements of baseload power plants have constrained supply at the same time as demand is increasing from data centers.
So, this is what NoOne posted.
Demand increasing from data centers.
Not Mickie’s fault, oligarchs fault, and they have decided you should pay for their shit you don’t want.
I don’t need AI reading my email.
I don’t need AI reading my texts.
I don’t need it to write for me.
I don’t need or want it at all.
And I don’t want to pay for it or the electricity it uses.
And new construction should pay more for the energy grid, since you built it, you need the power, you pay. F that socialism for these builders, Venture capitalists, and AI freaks
I hope she (mickie) chokes them till it turns off. I can handle the heat. Or the cold
Bring it on, bitch.
Pumps,
I’m sure you understand that ICE agents are likely encountering the same agitators repeatedly. After all, it’s not that every Minneapolis resident throws a rock, but rather that a small number of individuals repeatedly engage in that behavior. Unfortunately, the link you shared does not provide exculpatory evidence. You cannot justify shooting someone in the back when they are unarmed, and the administration appears to agree, given its recent leadership reshuffle in response to criticism of the incident in question. Get rekkt.
You cannot justify shooting someone in the back when they are unarmed.
Sure pumps can.
It’s how he thinks. Son of Sam justified who he killed as well.
Slept every night after he offed some innocent.
Your morals are not his morals. Accept that and move on. You aren’t changing the thought process of a sociopath.
His mind is superior to yours in his head. Let him have those thoughts. They are all his to enjoy.
BRTs house last night:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTfG2h7jtga/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Kristi Noem justifies shooting puppies.
Ya thiink ya gonna fix her Boomer remover?
Go put that one on Polymarket.
NYC has a 12 billion dollar deficit. Mamdani has his work ( new concept) cut out for him.
I still can’t tell if his post to me was real or satire. Is this is what his inner voice sounds like? He sounds like a teenager who is into Andrew Tate videos.
I’ve no doubt the ICE guy slept just fine. These people truly hate those they oppress willingly. It’s people like pumps that say “oh come on, do you really think he wanted to kill that guy!?” Yeah, I do. Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.
At any rate, the shitshow will continue tomorrow.
Metropolitan Opera announces layoffs and salary cuts for top executives. So much for NYC and the arts.
Lib – not going to debate which president followed what laws.
Juice, I thought that Leftwings supercilious views on J6 and hang the picture of the patriots on the wall was the lowest I could see in here, but you are up there on Min.
Holy Smoke, I’m going the wrong way. Good ol’ frat party. Guess you don’t need a designated driver. I know the sign said one way, but she was only going one way, so were all good, right?
Nypd Sergeant Put On Desk Duty After Doorman Dies In Wrong-Way Taconic Crash
The Times also reported that the crash occurred on the same night Howell had been scheduled to help host a party for the Holy Name Society, a long-standing NYPD fraternal organization. Howell is listed as a treasurer of the group. The event, called Holy Smoke, was advertised as taking place at a cigar lounge in Scarsdale
Texas State Records: From 2011 to 2025, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported that “illegal noncitizens” were charged with 1,718 homicides and 10,130 sexual assaults.
How many did Texas (big red state deport)
Gary, what you miss in this, is that its not about deporting Sh1theads that commit these crimes, its about rounding up innocents and the lack of due process in the proceedings. ICE is out of control and the DoJ is enabling it.
You are GOP, you live in Bergen, where do you stand on what Schepisi said. I suspect crickets.
Leftists like Islamic fundamentalism and women being forced to wear the hijab. They are also Ok with LGBTQ people being persecuted and or killed in these Islamic countries
Where? And just don’t say google it.
Metropolitan Opera announces layoffs and salary cuts for top executives.
Damm, there goes my poker game. I have a semi-regular game with some of those folks.
Eat me Raw
Balls and all
Don’t stop there
Eat the hair.
Save my sack for a midnight snack
And if you’re still hungry, you can lick my crack.
BRTs house last night:
Actually, I was out having fun helping out with my son and daughters basketball practice. We don’t care to discuss politics in our house. It’s wasted energy. I understand it drives you…but not everyone’s like you bro.
Gold at $5600. It’s now taken over BTC as the meme trade.
Bruce pissing off his GOP fans again. Will Christie and the rest ever get it?
Bruce Springsteen, ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
Through the winter’s ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
‘Neath an occupier’s boots
King Trump’s private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
Against smoke and rubber bullets
By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Trump’s federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Crying through the bloody mist
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Now they say they’re here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight
In chants of ICE out now
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
On the streets of Minneapolis
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Relatable:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRl6Uvlk-ZB/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Fab – re: “but you are up there on Min.”
Dude I already said the shootings of those two protestors should not have happened, they should have followed de-escalation procedures what more do you want?
Look there are at a minimum 1/2 million illegal immigrants who missed their court date their hearing to stay here in the USA. There are loads of illegal immigrants with criminal records serious ones.
What should be done with them? What should be done?
Let the be? Really?
You know what happens when you don’t pay a parking ticket or a speeding ticket right? Eventually there is bench warrant and a police officer will come to your door looking for you. Why should these people who are in the country illegally and broke our laws get a pass?
BTW the sanctuary city nonsense. Did you hear Mayor Fray?
“Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.”
You do understand what he just did right? He just fucked his city again. It burned in 2020 when he was Mayor too.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5709296-frey-homan-sanctuary-policies-minneapolis/
Pumps – If you bought gold when I recently told you your investment would be up 12% in one week.
Pumps – Bitcoin activity it’s a warning.
Transactions dropped by over 120,000 a day down to 748,000 daily on chain transactions. This signals loss of interest in buying bitcoin and holding it from the retail investors (bag holders).
In addition it just retraced down to $87,500.. They say it’s the Fed but as I pointed out daily transactions have dropped precipitously.
Bitcoin could be headed for another leg down, the signals say a more dynamic investment strategy of asset rotation is occurring. It is a new year.
Shiny metals unleashed!
Steal grandma’s stuff!
An inspired Flab releases his new protest song.
The Streets of Crown Heights
Fabius Maximus says:
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 am
Bruce pissing off his GOP fans again. Will Christie and the rest ever get it?
https://x.com/ChaninaSperlin/status/2016697591438639107?s=20
Juice: I would think most of those half a million never had any intention of showing up. And to answer your question, those that support mass illegal migration are OK with criminals too. Their response is we have more of our own criminals than the illegal migrants, true for the most part, but a ridiculous defense why should we be taking in more criminals?
It is awful to be the victim of a violent crime when it s committed by an American citizen, it is worse when it is committed by someone who never should have been here in the first place.
You could go back on this forum to 2008, where people mocked you for buying gold at $600 claiming it’s going to $300. Today, it casually put in a $600 gain in a week.
Fab: It is not my job to provide you links, because you are being argumentative and disagreeable. It is your thing I get it. And yeah you can Google it
It is well known that Islamic fundamentalist countries force women to wear the Hijab or the Burqa . Iran has the morality police that drive around harassing young women for not covering up. One was killed a few years ago which led to protests As for Afghanistan no need to say anything more there. And I said Islamic fundamentalist countries, I did not say Muslim countries,although Hamas in Gaza did require school girls to wear the Hijab.
As for the LGBTQ community, I am shocked you would even challenge what I said in that regards
ya seem to be so concerned with iran and burqas
are you ever america first, and just leave others alone?
on one hand, you are concerned with the rights of an iranian woman, but you love a guy who is taking the rights away from american women. kinda fucced up if you are a real american patriot. doesn’t seem like america comes first with you, ever.
3b says:
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 am
Fab: It is not my job to provide you links, because you are being argumentative and disagreeable. It is your thing I get it. And yeah you can Google it
It is well known that Islamic fundamentalist countries force women to wear the Hijab or the Burqa .
all those rappers had it right with their gold teeth and jewelry 😁
who would have known what great financial investors they really were.
no college degree either.
indians were smart investors in gold also.
smart enough to not trust american banks. they knew what the handlers of america were up to. kudos to them.
It’s a massive bubble created by china initially…..what you see past month is fomo traders going to work. All the crypto guys you make fun of are driving up gold right now. Who cares about the gold price right now if you are not going to sell RIGHT NOW. Most will become bag holders for another 10 years. It it is what it is…this time is not different no matter what the gold bugs tell you. This is a massive pump that will be followed by a dump.
Juice Box says:
January 29, 2026 at 8:05 am
Pumps – If you bought gold when I recently told you your investment would be up 12% in one week.
Boomer,
You obviously are an immigrant that is scared to get deported…..I don’t know why else you would think an officer would be happy about killing someone. You are f/ing sick in the head and went down the political rabbit hole. Go touch grass….
I applaud Trump for cleaning up the illegal immigration in our country. That doesn’t mean I am racist or a bad person (democrat slander on people that don’t agree with them that no longer works). Go f yourself, boomer! Go protest for the protection of criminals that would rob you blind…acting like all these illegals are good people. GTFOH with your romanticism.
That’s what makes Trump a good leader. He does the hard things that other political punks wouldn’t do. He doesn’t give a fk about pleasing people, just focused on making america great again…..and you are triggered by that. Weird.
Going after illegals could not be done by any other politician…because they are all fake bitches.
ya don’t expect americans to have integrity now do ya?
no one cares how ya earned the cash, only that you got it. actually if you steal it, rip somoone off, cheat, well, that is considered being smarter. chinese giving you what you want, an easy way of life. embrace it.
Students Are Finding New Ways to Cheat on the SAT
Sites in China are selling test questions, and online forums offer software that can bypass test protections, according to tutors and testing experts raising alarms.
I’m curious to know what the political affiliation fans were before Springsteen went full left. 50/50 perhaps? I guess when you have so much money, one doesn’t care any longer? Age, perhaps? Stern and Letterman went the same route; they went from comedy to left-anger. Interesting.
I don’t know why else you would think an officer would be happy about killing someone.
why does kristy noem enjoy killing puppies?
how many have you killed, and if not, why don’t you, pumps?
plenty of people get hard-ons killing others, animals, whatever. some like to torture.
did you even go to college? do you really think that there are no people on the planet that enjoy killing, destroying, or injuring others?
this country makes more things to kill people than any other countries in the world you fool.
That’s what makes Trump a good leader. He does the hard things that other political punks wouldn’t do.
Yep. The left makes gestures based on wind direction. Any action involves tax payer money and does little to nothing for the cause intended. The underlying intention is legal theft and looting.
springsteen was always left
he talked about the plight of workers in his songs.
did he ever write a song about goldman sachs and how great it is to get rich fleecing others?
for you frontline fans, a great documentary on that old turd greenspan and his love for ayn rand, his love for criminal activity, and the one woman who put a wrench in his gearbox. its on yt.
yeah, just write a check, 11k, she has limited value. is this how you think pumpy?
Police officer caught on bodycam laughing after collision that killed grad student
Newly released bodycam by the Seattle Police Department shows officers discussing an incident where a graduate student was struck and killed by a police car.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/police-officer-caught-bodycam-laughing-after-collision-killed-103133942
From today’s lesson. As you can you see, this war with China has been going on for centuries. Understand that this is how China approaches this…they view this still as war. Trump made our country aware that we are still at war with China….they are not our friend. Dumb ass politicians thought they could trust China as they helped them develop and catch up to us….f/ing losers.
“In the early nineteenth century, Britain’s rapid industrialization, its powerful navy, and its control of India gave it a lot of influence over global trade. Yet there was another, much older empire standing in its way: China.
For most of recorded history, the dynasties of China stood among the most powerful states on Earth, and even when Chinese states were weak, Chinese industry was the engine of the world economy. Trade flowed from China across the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean, and money streamed back in. At the start of the nineteenth century, it was China—not Britain—that was the world’s strongest economy. This is where we encounter the first of the two drugs: caffeine. Or, to be more precise, the tea that delivered the caffeine.
China controlled the global tea industry in the early 1800s and at the same time, British consumers were demanding more and more tea. Britain’s thirst for tea created a massive trade imbalance with China. (A trade imbalance is when a country is importing more than it’s exporting.) The average person in London was spending five percent of their budget on tea. From 1821 to 1830, the British East India Company (EIC) spent over 19 million pounds on Chinese goods. More than 90 percent of that was spent on tea.
In contrast, the British had almost nothing the Chinese wanted, since China produced its own cotton and silk. The only British trade good the Chinese were interested in was silver, which the Chinese used to make coins and pay taxes. Slowly, British reserves of silver were depleted as British consumers demanded more tea, silk, porcelain, and other consumer goods. In the 1750s, the Qing Emperor had restricted the activities of foreign merchants, making it difficult for Europeans to access Chinese consumer goods. From about 1760 to 1842, foreign merchants were only allowed to do business in the port city of Guangzhou (which Europeans called Canton).
This is where our second drug enters the story. In the late eighteenth century, the EIC—which ruled most of India at the time—found something that Chinese consumers did want: opium.”
China was selling a drug to the west….and the west decided to start selling a more powerful drug to China to “balance trade.”
This chit will never end….hopefully America wins the AI race vs China….
re: It’s a massive bubble created by China?
Dude in a basement in NYC there are 6,000 metric tons of gold bars….over 500,000 gold bars, all mined for millenniums and later thousands of battles and wars fought over to mine and control it and millions killed.
Here it sits in a vault in NYC protected by your government with your army, and another large vault on an army base again protected by battle tanks.
Who is going to protect Bitcoin when they come for those servers? Tell me who? Those machines get shut off or the value goes below the mining cost the miners go out of business when they cannot pay the electric bill. It goes to zero…. Gold will never just vanish it has survived as store of wealth for millennium. Will you live long enough to see a real monetary collapse? That is the ultimate bet….. that you will be taking a dirt nap before the bill comes due or perhaps your grandchildren cannot afford the nursing home and will just pull the plug or put a pillow over year head while you sleep because you left them worthless encryption keys scribbled on some paper or stored in some file that no longer have any meaning or value.
Dark,
I refuse to think these ICE agents are okay with killing someone. Their lives are ruined. They will live with this for the rest of their life. They will never have a normal life again.
Should the chinese want ford ecoboom engines? or microsoft software with it’s spyware package? maybe it should want coffee makers and flat screen tv’s made in america.
😂
even americans don’t want american made products. they buy toyotas, acura, honda, and the snooty ones, bmw’s. the joke, ford, found on road dead, fix or repair daily.
half the country is on a liquid lunch, the other half just pulled out of a vape shop.
the British had almost nothing the Chinese wanted, since China produced its own cotton and silk. The only British trade good the Chinese were interested in was silver, which the Chinese used to make coins and pay taxes. Slowly, British reserves of silver were depleted as British consumers demanded more tea, silk, porcelain, and other consumer goods.
I am pretty sure I found my gem in crypto. Hopefully, it works out.
It has been leading this crypto market since jan 1st. Every breakout it seems to lead.
Past week was really awesome. While most of the market was bleeding…this thing ran over 100% in a day. LFG!!
Praying to God that this is the one. Been thanking the big guy on the regular for this. Thank you, God. Thank you for this opportunity to change my life.
Pumps says ““In Fiscal Year 2023, ICE reported five gun-related use-of-force incidents resulting in fatality.”
Remember how bad the protests were?”
Were the fatalities US citizens?
Sheesh
Then why do you hate Trump when he is changing this? He is trying to make things in America again….brought in 17 trillion in investment. Yet, you hate him. He is getting rid of illegals, and creating a better America for Americans, yet you hate him.
He laughs at the globalists….and you hate him for some reason.
Dark Phoenix says:
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 am
Should the chinese want ford ecoboom engines? or microsoft software with it’s spyware package? maybe it should want coffee makers and flat screen tv’s made in america.
😂
even americans don’t want american made products. they buy toyotas, acura, honda, and the snooty ones, bmw’s. the joke, ford, found on road dead, fix or repair daily.
half the country is on a liquid lunch, the other half just pulled out of a vape shop.
re: “Springsteen was always left”
Sold his catalog for 1/2 billion?
Is he keeping that $$$$$$ at an evil investment bank or under his pillow?
I don’t know if he signed the giving pledge. Only thing I can find is he donated $1 million to an animal shelter. He must not think much of human animals….
“brought in 17 trillion in investment.”
Sure he did. A pledge is not a guarantee. Remember when your hero Murphy pledged to fix NJ Transit? It’s worse than ever.
Dark,
I refuse to think these ICE agents are okay with killing someone.
so much for an open mind, pumpy
are you ever going to take off your training wheels?
the world is a playground. you wanna kill,
Authorities in Italy and Bosnia are currently investigating allegations that wealthy foreigners, referred to as “sniper tourists” or “weekend snipers,” paid large sums of money to travel to Sarajevo during the Bosnian War (1992-1996) and shoot at civilians for entertainment.
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what are you into, pumpy?
wanna climb a mountain? eat a monkey brain? hook up with an underage girl on epstein island or thailand? hook up with a guy in a restroom on the parkway?
what is your kink? a girl hooking up a battery to your nipples?
or maybe just having a hamburger with a co-worker, then hooking up with her after work in her car before she goes home to her husband.
the world is your oyster pumpy. take out a second mortage on granny’s house and have a blast!
Then why do you hate Trump when he is changing this?
pumpy,
i don’t hate trump, i see him as doddering old fool v2.
doing his stupid dance. he is a f’n entertainer, perfect for american fools, and easy for his handlers to put back in the cage at night after they are done with him.
slightly less incapacitated than biden, that guy should have been playing shuffleboard on the royal princess twenty years ago.
Pumps: re: “I found my gem in crypto”
I am not going to let it slide. Which coin? Tell us which. I don’t care how many you have in your wallet just tell us which….
Bruce Springsteen’s philanthropy is primarily channeled through the Thrill Hill Foundation, which supports human services and anti-poverty initiatives. He also has another foundation, The Foundation, Inc, that funds home repairs for low-income homeowners in New Jersey. Thrill Hill Foundation: Provides grants to organizations focused on human services and anti-poverty efforts. Supports various initiatives that address the needs of underserved communities. The Foundation, Inc.: Focuses on providing financial assistance for home repairs to low-income homeowners in New Jersey. Helps individuals improve their living conditions and maintain their homes. Other Charitable Efforts: Springsteen has also supported various local charities and organizations, often inspired by his personal connections and experiences. He has partnered with food banks, like St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix, and has donated money and front-row seats to their events, encouraging fans to donate as well. He has a long-standing partnership with the Food Bank of Central New York, supporting their efforts to fight hunger in the region. Springsteen has also been a strong supporter of Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), actively raising awareness and donating to their causes. He has performed at benefit concerts for various causes, including those against nuclear energy, for Amnesty International, and for the revitalization of Asbury Park.
Now tell me what talentless Kid Rock has done besides promote pedophilia (“Young ladies, young ladies, I like ’em underage”)? I looked at his foundations last two filings in 2021 and 2022 and he managed to raise $140K and $500 respectively, or is that unrespectively?
Juice,
I’m dying to know too. Probably PooCoin.
Bitcoin at 85. Still waiting.
shot an innocent man in the face, then met in the car, talking and laughing.
story is old, but what a clown show.
NOTE: Local television media aired scene footage ofthe agents sitting in Agent Hanburger’s Ford Crown Victoria, laughing. Efforts are beingmade through the Public Information Office to obtain such footage for this case file)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/709016-anne-arundel-red-car/?q=laughing&mode=document#document/p47
Market turning ugly again. Again, not sure AI is good for us in the long run. You really think our corporate masters are simply going to pay a universal income for everyone whose jobs are eliminated from it? Companies are investing combined trillions on this tech. Think there’s gonna be anything left to pay for those it eliminates? Honestly.
Elon Musk says Tesla will stop producing its S and X models as it shifts to making robots.
it’s going to take an emp to stop the future freakshow america is becoming.
pay a universal income for everyone whose jobs are eliminated from it
just give everyone universal healthcare like other countries have.
then i get paid.
pay is good. work makes you free to spend money and be happy.
Buy the damn dip. These shakeouts won’t last. This has been a total accumulation range for the past 2 months. Crypto is a game of patience. You use the swings to your advantage. You buy crypto in times like this when it is hated, and then sell when it is loved. EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING WITH METALS NOW. You have to be insane to not sell here, but the market is irrational. Those gold holders have dreams of 10k now…they are drunk off greed. These clowns really think it’s over for the dollar…they are insane. Just eating up a bs narrative.
China created this bubble in Gold. Their people have no faith in the yuan, and started buying up gold like they are Indians. It’s a fear based trade that will not end well. Do you see how much money piled into it?!! Trillion in days.
The sick part (or funny part depending on your personality) is that they think they are buying something “safe” at these levels. Lemmings to the cliff they go….
Libturd says:
January 29, 2026 at 10:27 am
Bitcoin at 85. Still waiting.
Tom Homan unveils shocking new ICE rule book in Minnesota as Kristi Noem is left utterly humiliated
ice barbie on ice? looks like suzie wiles put the brakes on, dear donnie, slow down, son.
TACO strikes again.
ya dun goofed.
i’ll backtrace ya. 😂
Lib: What is the point of investing in all of this AI? If you eliminate millions of jobs who has money to buy goods and services, just like will have money to buy houses?
Some tell us new jobs well be created, and then those too will be sucked up by AI. Therre are a few AI experts out there warning about this, but most are not listening. Invest billions in AI, get rid of millions of jobs, and then what ? In the word of Al Pacino in Scarface, (in that terrible Cuban accent) “How you look now”
Chinese govt started the run up in gold to try to get away from the dollar. Then other govts started doing the same…like Poland. All these lemmings all went to work driving up an asset. Then retail saw the gains and wanted their piece. They are now driving up the fomo pump. I would not have the balls to buy here….no way, no how. It is absolutely scary at these levels….when will the selling avalanche take place? The rug will get pulled…and all these buyers will then panic at the same time. Oh chit, no one wants my 5k gold???? ….then they are f/ed.
ICE in MN was never about rounding up immigrants. I told you all that early last week. The asshole POTUS is all about retribution (and grift). It’s all a show. When will you all realize it?
Any news of ICE in Texas or Florida? I suppose Mexican’s don’t cross the border into Texas. They all took flights to Minnesota. I wonder what class they flew?
3B,
If I could opt out of AI, I would.
I hope whoever said they were betting on the VIX did. Now we are down 2.5% on the Nasty.
Dark: Someone I know was telling me a family member of theirs is on the list for a total hip replacement in Scotland.Their surgery is scheduled for 90 weeks out. How do you think Americans would react it having to wait that long. Serious question, so you can avoid the other stuff in your response. I am asking you as a medical professional.
All those Nasdaq gains since mid October. Poof!
Gov of minn did this….to draw away attention from the massive fraud he is involved in. F ice….let’s lock up these fraudsters. Get mad about that. MASSIVE FRAUD….MASSIVE.
Libturd says:
January 29, 2026 at 10:49 am
ICE in MN was never about rounding up immigrants. I told you all that early last week. The asshole POTUS is all about retribution (and grift). It’s all a show. When will you all realize it?
Pumps’ perverse deference to strong men figures continues. He shall remain voted most likely to grab a camera if they came home to the missus getting railed.
Nobody hates your geriatric daddy, pumps. FFS, you seem unable to move beyond absolute thinking. People hate the relative cruelty enabled by this administration. Nobody likes to feel tread upon. You know, the Gadsen, the second, the fourth, and that stuff you guys stood for?
pancake coin?
Lib,
Since crypto has existed. What has happened after every run up in gold? What has crypto done while gold ran up, and what has happened after gold topped…which I believe we have. Buy crypto. I don’t make the rules.
3b
anyone who needed a hip replacment, for something like djd, knew they needed it for years. most avoid it till the last minute. well, then you just have to schedule it earlier. those time frames are not for traumatic injuries.
some people get them here quickly. see what happens when medicare goes bankrupt.
people will wish they got it done in 90 days.
Here’s an idea for you 3B,
Have a private and public price. Basic vs. Premium. Want that hip in a month? Pay for it. This is how it works in CR. Everyone is okay with it. Of course CR is broke, then again, so is most of the world.
Anything he does you hate. You suffer from TDS. Ying and Yang….everything has good and bad…yet you focus on the negative all f/ing day….wake up.
Boomer_Remover says:
January 29, 2026 at 10:56 am
Pumps’ perverse deference to strong men figures continues. He shall remain voted most likely to grab a camera if they came home to the missus getting railed.
Nobody hates your geriatric daddy, pumps. FFS, you seem unable to move beyond absolute thinking. People hate the relative cruelty enabled by this administration. Nobody likes to feel tread upon. You know, the Gadsen, the second, the fourth, and that stuff you guys stood for?
Lib – re: “Any news of ICE in Texas or Florida…”
Cumon dude at least search before you make a comment like that. ICE has been performing sweeps in Texas and Florida.
Florida Operation Tidal wave… 10,000 swept up.
Tens of thousands from Texas too.
All they need to do in Minnesota (local cops and sheriffs) is turn them over when they arrest and or release them and Trump and the goon squads will back off.
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/12/11/ice-jails-update/
3b -re: “Their surgery is scheduled for 90 weeks out”
My aunt over there burned her leg and needed a skin graft.. something like six month wait.
There is a reason why the death panels in Canada are busy. What did I say the stat was 5% of deaths in Canada are government assisted suicide?
I guess we are headed that way with socialism to run heath care.
and no one cares where the money comes from. just be rich.
but for now, many in america are enjoying socialist healthcare for their families.
its gonna run out.
Libturd says:
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 am
Here’s an idea for you 3B,
Have a private and public price. Basic vs. Premium. Want that hip in a month? Pay for it.
musks robots can do skin grafts.
I was talking to a guy at lunch who made some great investments and runs a couple of businesses. His one regret – selling gold at $2500 when he thought it peaked.
There is ONLY one reason for gold’s insanity. It is the Orange man.
With an unreliable US, there is rapid divestment away from treasuries to gold and there is only a football field volume of gold. So by many measures it is still undervalued.
Thank you Donnie.
Why didn’t she just pay for it. don’t they accept money in canada? or why not come to america and pay for it? we accept cash, check, credit cards, and money orders. and dogecoin. and gold bars.
Juice Box says:
January 29, 2026 at 11:08 am
3b -re: “Their surgery is scheduled for 90 weeks out”
My aunt over there burned her leg and needed a skin graft.. something like six month wait.
3B Thank you. I needed that.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iaMvYtdRaNE&pp=ygUZSG93IHlvdSBsb29rIG5vdyBzY2FyZmFjZQ%3D%3D
3b says:
January 29, 2026 at 10:48 am
Lib: What is the point of investing in all of this AI? If you eliminate millions of jobs who has money to buy goods and services, just like will have money to buy houses?
Some tell us new jobs well be created, and then those too will be sucked up by AI. Therre are a few AI experts out there warning about this, but most are not listening. Invest billions in AI, get rid of millions of jobs, and then what ? In the word of Al Pacino in Scarface, (in that terrible Cuban accent) “How you look now”
Dark: That is not how it works over there. In the NHS, there is no elective surgery, they tell you when you can get the hip replacement. It is not a question of people putting it of, its a question of getting so bad they finally approve you for the surgery.
Of course if you go private you can get it whenever you choose. But going the
Lib: There already are people in Europe that go the private route vs NHS. And from what I understand private elective surgery over there is cheaper than here. But for most people over there, they don have 10 to 15k in cash that they can spend on private elective surgery.
Chgo: You are welcome. One of my favorites!
Exactly.
It’s like politics. There is a happy medium that benefits most. But we are only prevented with extremes. I think there needs to be a mix of public and private for no better reason than to keep prices down. Many will wait for the free public option, even when they have money to pay for it to get done now. Everyone can’t have everything. It’s simply unaffordable.
Phoenix – She is too poor for private elective surgery.. Must wait in the queue and no complaining.
“Of course if you go private you can get it whenever you choose. But going the”
I got you fam. Let me complete this truncated sentence for you, 3b.
“Of course if you go private you can get it whenever you choose. But going the private route is still likely a wash than the astronomical deductibles people pay here.”
I put my wife’s elective plastic procedure at Englewood Hospital on my AMEX, which I zero out each month. We’ve been conditioned to think that insurance is the only way to go. It was…what, three four months’ worth of premiums that go in the crapper every month?
Nobody in the EU has an issue with system as its setup, at least my admittedly limited anecdotal experience.
You are relentlessly disagreeable.
Nothing to see here.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/4uBg8F6QE1MGxG149
Juice: Assuming she ifs in Ireland there system is better than Britain, it is more of a public/private hybrid system, but still most people are dissatisfied with the system, and also staffing shortage and over crowding, and people waiting days on trolleys for beds. This is in a wealthy country with 5 million people.
I don’t have an issue with a national health service here, and our system is clearly not working, but how would a national health system work here with over 330 million people. Britain’s NHS is in sever crisis, and rapid decline with a total population of 70 million. Those that can afford private go private.
$50 to watch the Melania movie – this is GOLD! LMFAO
https://imgur.com/a/ic4A8cx
* Must remain in seat for duration of movie *
LOLOLOLLOLOLLOLOL
Another anecdotal thing, about the socialist medical care paid for by the government. My cousin is a nurse. People would show up at her house day and night looking for medical care. Pregnant women giving birth, injuries that needed stitches, people who needed emergency surgery and lots of people that were suicidal as well.
She had to move far outside the village to get away from it, as it was affecting her family, kids would answer door etc.
I swear opening a long hedged VIX position around $15 and selling into strength around $19 is such a consistently profitable trade, each and every single time.
This sounds like a society without norms and borders. What kind of sh!thole you hail from, Juice?
US trade deficit widens by the most in nearly 34 years in November.
How is that possible? I thought tariffs were supposed to fix this. Still enjoying the show?
Family Guy on Ireland. Definitely a classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KbGb3n_x3Y
Boomer – I am from a place with a high rate of violent crimes, substance abuse, overcrowding, and substandard housing conditions so bad even the rats don’t want to live there.
Boomer: You are needlessly confrontational as well as not all that informed.
First off the UK is not in the EU, but their NHS was in crisis even when they were an EU member. I am surprised that you appear to be unaware of that.
Second, I am familiar with the health care system in Ireland which is in the EU, and people generally are dissatisfied with it, particularly wait times and lack of staffing among other issues.
Germany is also seeing rapidly increasing dissatisfaction with the quality of their health care system . France on a whole is very satisfied with their health care system, but is facing huge structural problems going forward which will have to be addressed. I can go on, but will leave it there.
Poland by the way is thoroughly dissatisfied with their healthcare system, and it is ranked among the lowest in Europe , long wait times, poorly staffed and limited speciality areas.
So, it is obvious you know nothing about the health care system in Britain or in EU countries in general, but felt it appropriate to label me as disagreeable on this subject. While we are on the subject, you are pretty disagreeable yourself .
Did she run errands while holstering a semi-automatic handgun and carry two magazines?
Juice Box says:
January 29, 2026 at 11:37 am
My cousin is a nurse.
All those Nasdaq gains since mid October, Poof!
How much is it down since January, 2025?
When does Michelle’s movie come out?
Wow….TDS again. It’s all trump’s fault. Okay.
I told you how this happened. It started with china buying up massive amounts of gold in the hopes of finding away around the American strategy of using the dollar as a weapon. They honestly thought they could escape the dollar….nice try. All they did was create a massive bubble in gold. Massive. Trillions by the day coming into gold now….more than the entire crypto market flowing into gold by the day. Yes, that will end well. Lemmings!!!
RentL0rd says:
January 29, 2026 at 11:13 am
I was talking to a guy at lunch who made some great investments and runs a couple of businesses. His one regret – selling gold at $2500 when he thought it peaked.
There is ONLY one reason for gold’s insanity. It is the Orange man.
With an unreliable US, there is rapid divestment away from treasuries to gold and there is only a football field volume of gold. So by many measures it is still undervalued.
Thank you Donnie.
Checking on a publicly traded BDC trading at a 40% discount to NAV and a 20.99% dividend yield. Hmmmmm
It’s obvious that Trump is creating this sustained cold to get a piece of the fuel oil and gas profits That grifter never changes.
The fed needs to cut rates. It’s insane that they continue to destroy the housing market. Powell has done a decent job, but this is insane. No idea how they can justify being hawkish right now….insane.
Pumps, enjoy the $50 and the Melania movie.
It’s not just China, EU is seriously considering divesting from treasuries. This whole downward spiral (and inversely upwards for gold), has just one person at the center of it. Call it TDS or what you will.. but that’s the reality. Just talk to anyone who went to Davos.
Pumpkin – This your coin?
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/pancakeswap/
Rent – you are like a talking sphincter and just need to put a cork in it already.
Europe accounted for the vast majority of foreign buying of US Treasuries in the last year… Two fists…
Fact is EU is dependent on the USA as they sit on a massive pile of US Stocks, Bonds, UST etc.. They cannot walk away from a 10 trillion dollar investment and not take out their entire way of life no matter how much the Orange Man bad..
Rent
Ten 423
One year ago Ten 450
End of discussion
EU is also getting comical with their bureaucracy and overreach. They just fined Elon’s x.com over Donald Duck parody account because it has a blue checkmark. You know the blue checkmark must make Donald a real person right…..
The Dixie:
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-DXY/?timeframe=ALL
Homan just laid it down for Mayor Frey and Gov Walz.
They must comply and hand over the criminals or we won’t withdraw the surge of enforcement agents.
Seems like a reasonable request..Well nope odds are Mayor Frey is going to double down and may very well FAFO really means soon. Let’s see how far he is going to go off the rails.
“Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is scheduled to address the 94th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Thursday at around 1:45 pm. Frey is expected to urge the federal government to end “unlawful ICE operations” in his city.”
Gold is outperforming BTC over the last five years. Barely, but it’s happening—proving that Gold is the real bubble right now. Fear is a hell of a drug. In investing, psychology always matters more than the asset itself.
Pumps
Year U.S. Debt (Millions USD) Gold Price (USD t oz)
1970 $372,007 $35
1980 $863,451 $653
1990 $3,051,958 $415
2000 $5,773,392 $283
2010 $12,773,123 $1,078
2020 $23,223,813 $1,584
2023 $31,457,820 $1,982
2026 $38,510,000 5,350
3b,
You have a habit of presenting your views as settled fact while dismissing opposing perspectives as ignorant or ill-informed. That pattern shuts down productive discussion. You need to clearly distinguish personal opinion from evidence and support factual claims accordingly, within reason of course. When you can’t do that, stepping back would be more constructive than continuing to assert perceived certainties. Absent receipts, your posts aren’t value adding, they’re self-aggrandizing noise.
This comment is not in response to our exchange on health care, but rather general observation.
Juice,
Gold is a hedge for fear, not a guarantee of safety. If the dollar fails and the system crashes, the idea that you’ll be “okay” because you have gold is an illusion. In a world destroyed by war, gold will be just as useless as any other asset.
There were less than 600,000 births in the US in 2025 which is barely out pacing the number of deaths. By 2033 deaths will be higher than births. With those current and forward looking demographics, won’t the housing crisis resolve itself? In 2024, 1.63 million housing units were completed. This seems to point to the flood of immigration being a major factor in the housing shortage. Now that the spigot has been shut off, it looks like housing should be able to at least equalize supply and demand.
Five minutes of Google and AI. So numbers are not verified.
You put into words what I was trying to get across when I pointed out 3b’s lack of self-awareness a while back. High and mighty perhaps is a better way to put it. This is not an attack of course, nor was your comment Boomer, but I don’t think 3b, due to this fault will be able to accept it as anything but one. Personally, I love criticism. Few people will even tell you if your fly is open. I prefer people to be direct. Like ChiFi. Often wrong, but direct. :P
Now where are we going to put all the homeless?
32 ppl killed by ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/04/ice-2025-deaths-timeline
I’ll get back to the gold discussion, but can we take a moment to recognize these souls? RIP
3B,
In Germany most people IMHO seem to be generally satisfied with the health care system. However, as George Orwell pointed out all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. If you have public health insurance for example maybe you have to wait a bit longer for a doctor appointment. Maybe you don’t get anything beyond the basic services. Maybe if you are a little older the doctor isn‘t even going to give you all the basic services available. Then you have those on private health insurance. Those people can generally get an appointment for most services very fast. The doctor will be thinking of best practices and schedule you for all the tests related to your symptoms. I‘m likely one of the very few naturalized Germans with a US health insurance plan and they treat it as a private insurance here since I pay upfront.
How do you pay upfront? Out of pocket? In which case the fact that you have US Insurance does not matter.
I have spoken about this on the blog. Be careful where you buy real estate.
I based my 10 year real estate prediction last decade based on demographics. Now the demographics have changed. I think NYC metro will be fine…I think the areas that will be dangerous are the “cheap” locations. They have endless supply of land. Dropping population growth = danger zone if you buy there.
Stick to desirable areas with opportunities to make money.
prtraders2000 says:
January 29, 2026 at 1:24 pm
There were less than 600,000 births in the US in 2025 which is barely out pacing the number of deaths. By 2033 deaths will be higher than births. With those current and forward looking demographics, won’t the housing crisis resolve itself? In 2024, 1.63 million housing units were completed. This seems to point to the flood of immigration being a major factor in the housing shortage. Now that the spigot has been shut off, it looks like housing should be able to at least equalize supply and demand.
Five minutes of Google and AI. So numbers are not verified.
Rent,
Yes, I usually pay cash, however there are agreements with some hospitals that are paid directly if you are admitted. Health insurance is mandatory here and having a plan that is accepted for a residency permit or for citizenship isn‘t that simple. Many people are denied a residency permit based on the health insurance they have. I was actually very surprised it didn’t come up as an issue when I applied for citizenship. A US friend of mine in Valencia, Spain was required to get a supplemental Spanish policy for his residency permit.
Chad: I don’t mean to second guess you since you live there,but satisfaction with the system is in decline , long wait times rising contributions, big budget short falls.
Forsa Institute carried out a survey on behalf of Techniker Krankenkasse .(My nephews wife is a German nurse).
3b,
Well the system can be overcrowded for sure. If we would need to be admitted to our local hospital (a nice WWII era hospital which has been updated luckily) and no room is available they will put you in a bed in the hallway. I‘ve seen this done quite often. But I imagine customer satisfaction varies by area. Where we live we have quite a few doctors. Some areas that isn’t the case. Also I had a Russian as my doctor before and had trouble understanding him. I switched to another Russian but she doesn‘t have an accent. Without foreign doctors and workers the system would collapse here.
Thanks for that explanation Chad. And appreciate your response inspite of us not seeing eye-to-eye on many things.
I have a friend who retired in toSan Miguel de Allende. She comes over to the US when medicare pays but for anything else – convenience and speed it is SMA.
Boomer: Well your view on the EU health system (noted below) was certainly presented as settled fact.
I simply [pointed out that is not the case. Instead of acknowledging that you deflect and say it is with my comments in general. I opened up the discussion, on a NHS in the US vs Europe, so much for shutting down productive discussion .
“Nobody in the EU has an issue with system as its setup, at least my admittedly limited anecdotal experience.
Lib: No offense or criticism but you could do with some help on the self awareness and the high and mighty when it comes to your comments .
Chad: I have been told that many hospitals are in financial trouble and some in danger of collapse. This is just what I have been told by my nephews wife.
3B,
Thanks. But I knew that already. It’s my persona. You can be like this when you love your enemies, but yes, they have to know you first.
In other news, I absolutely aced the interview. I’m not sure how I couldn’t (humble brag) as the position is so closely related to what I am a true Subject Matter Expert in.
For example, the interviewer asks me if I am familiar with color correction and gamuts. I explained how I was directly responsible for obtaining G7 Color Certification for our largest print plant in NJ.
For every question, I clearly knew more than anyone there. Though I was very humble. It’s not a management position, though it is a very independent role. They are bringing me in next week to discuss a package (as he put it). They also asked me how soon could I start. I was even able to make them laugh a few times.
Will keep you all posted, but I am really looking forward to a non-NJ Transit dependent commute of 23 minutes.
3B,
Lots and lots of hospitals, especially rural, are in trouble here.
Nearly 760 rural hospitals—roughly one-third of all rural hospitals in the U.S.—are at risk of closing due to financial distress. Of these, over 300 are considered at immediate risk of closure. These institutions face, among other issues, low reimbursement rates and unsustainable financial losses.
I see the market has come back. Well except for BitCoin. Bowm, bowm.
Lib: If you say so.
Libturd says:
January 29, 2026 at 1:26 pm
Now where are we going to put all the homeless?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_KztNIg4cvE&list=RD_KztNIg4cvE&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB
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Executive Editor Isaac Saul: The situation with DHS and Minnesota is actively evolving and changing by the minute — but I’ll offer ten thoughts on where things stand right now, on Thursday, January 29:
Trump is reactive to public sentiment and polling. This is, and will continue to be, one of my favorite things about him as a president. Enough public pressure can genuinely change his mind, because he is not a particularly ideological person. Even now, on the issue he is perhaps most ideological about, he’s adjusting his course after his enforcement efforts became a major political liability. It’s a good characteristic of Trump’s and a good development.
I’m fascinated by how often Trump walks people out onto a limb and then cuts it off. A few days ago, the president called the protests in Minnesota an “insurrection” and signalled he was ready to push back with the full force of the federal government. His aides and allies in the media followed him out onto the limb, immediately defending the killing of Alex Pretti and positioning all opposition to immigration enforcement as akin to “domestic terrorism.” Then, Trump felt the issue turning against him, and started distancing himself from people like Kristi Noem who were trying to enforce his stated position. It really is remarkable how often this happens.
According to Reuters, ICE agents have now been directed not to interact with “agitators” and to only target immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions in Minneapolis. This would be a major departure from their methods thus far, and would also constitute a pivot toward Trump’s previously stated goal to focus on the “worst of the worst.” But the truth is, a finite number of immigrants are here illegally who also have criminal records, and any deportation effort limited to that scope would need to be narrow and well organized. I think it’s an open question whether this DHS, under Kristi Noem, is capable of that.
Speaking of Noem: President Trump should fire her. One of Biden’s great failings was that incompetence was rarely met with consequence (most notably when the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal produced zero firings and no leadership shakeups), something Trump called attention to during his campaign. Noem leads an agency that has now killed two American citizens in three weeks, in shootings that the public broadly views as horrific and unnecessary, and she has overseen and condoned systematic violations of the rights of thousands of other people and ignored dozens of court orders. She’s being criticized harshly by Republicans in the Senate, discontent with leadership is widespread among agents in DHS, and her inability to step before a microphone without lying has cost the president any political leverage he might have had on immigration enforcement. Yet, I believe he probably won’t fire her, because he despises a lot of the people calling for it — and the negative polarization effect on Trump makes him averse to ever giving his opponents a perceived win.
Trump and Republicans look to be playing ball with Democrats over DHS funding in the appropriations package due Friday. The new plan could include provisions that force DHS agents to remove their masks, wear body cameras, halt random sweeps and warrantless searches, and apply the same use-of-force policies that are applied to local and state law enforcement agencies. That last item is critical, as it would mean independent investigations for violent interactions. It’s incredible to me that this isn’t already the case, but I’ll take it. And I hope Republicans do, too. If Democrats get this win, it would probably constitute the most notable successful act of “resistance” since Trump took office a second time.
Whatever happens in Congress, DHS must allow an independent investigation into both of the agent-involved shootings. To put it simply: We cannot live in a world where agents of the government kill American citizens without any accountability, especially when they’re trying to conceal their own identities. Maybe their actions will be determined lawful. Maybe not. But there must be an investigation.
Politico published a fascinating piece this week about Minnesota’s chief district judge, Patrick Schiltz, a veteran in conservative legal circles who was a mentor to Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and whose typically low-key demeanor has been supplanted by fury at the Trump administration for violating nearly 100 court orders and laws. In what I believe is an unprecedented moment, Judge Schiltz demanded the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, appear before the court on Friday to explain his agency’s “rampant violation of court orders,” as Politico put it. Schiltz has since backed off the order for Lyons to appear but reaffirmed his criticisms of the agency’s conduct, saying, “ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.” Again, this rebuke is coming from a Republican-appointed judge with strong conservative bona fides — so it tells us a lot about how far the Trump administration has overstepped.
Immigration has been a swing issue in the U.S. for years, and in many ways it’s “thermostatic.” When the border seems out of control and stories about towns inundated with tens of thousands of migrants dominate the headlines, support for immigrant communities goes down. When the border is secure and masked ICE agents are snatching people who have lived here peacefully for 20 years off the street, support for immigrant communities goes up. Most people interact positively with immigrants (legal and illegal) on a daily basis but want a sense of security in their country, towns, and homes — and most people want those who come here to “follow the law.” A political force that could hold all these sentiments at once could make a lot of progress on this issue, but both sides have trouble walking these lines.
The new Alex Pretti video is being framed by some people as proof he was not a peaceful protester but a violent agitator. It obviously doesn’t reflect well on him, but his actions in this video aren’t particularly relevant to how agents treated him nearly two weeks later when he was far more docile. The video also doesn’t justify shooting him. I’m most interested in how different it is from the video of his killing. His behavior is worse — he appears to spit at an agent and then kicks out their car’s taillight — while the agents’ behavior is much better. They wrestle him down, yes, but then — seeming to realize the situation is dangerous — let him off the ground. One or two agents even get between Pretti and the agents he’s screaming at to de-escalate. It’s like night and day. It’s both proof that Pretti was more aggressive in other interactions with agents, and it’s proof that the agents who killed him had many other options.
In Minneapolis, Trump’s enforcement effort has brought scores of non-political people off the sidelines. Administration officials have framed the protesters as “left-wing agitators” coordinated by some kind of deep-pocketed funders, but on-the-ground reporting suggests something different: A lot of normal Americans who had never even been to a protest before just hate what is happening in their towns. This is a seismic event in Minnesota that has major electoral implications across the country, where I suspect a lot of previously unengaged voters are now paying close attention to what is happening. Anytime an enforcement effort looks like this, Trump is bound to face some kind of resistance, because Americans everywhere tend to resist obvious and dangerous government overreach. That’s a logistical and political obstacle that I do not see the Trump administration conquering anytime soon
3B,
AI said so. So it can’t be wrong.
There goes the cheap gas.
Brent crude futures settled above $70 a barrel for the first time since July after US President Donald Trump warned Iran to make a nuclear deal or face military strikes.
The global oil benchmark rose 3.4% on Thursday, marking a third straight day of gains, while US counterpart West Texas Intermediate topped $65. Oil prices climbed amid the renewed risk of conflict that could disrupt crude exports out of Iran or ripple effects across global markets if a critical shipping route is blocked.
Good job with the interview Lib. All I know is that G7 stands for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States;
Juice “What should be done with them? What should be done?”
How about Due Process and Professionalism. How about legal warrants and proper identification.
What we now have is a jackboot Stasi bolstered with an expanded budget on a hiring frenzy. Ideal candidate, a J6 retread (Proud Boy or oath keep a bonus) jacked up on a 50K signing bonus and an Incentive bonus quota. 8 weeks training and a mantra;
“If your brown your going down, even with ID your not going free” Gotta make those numbers for the extra green.
What could possibly go wrong.?
Executions for exercising 1st and 2nd amendment rights.
Arresting a 5yo
Arresting people coming out of the court hearing you are complaining they dont attend. Where the judge has scheduled another hearing.
Who are the dangerous criminals in schools?
Where are the 1200 missing from Alligator Alley? Probably in the same place as the kids that went missing from the cages.
Your analogy falls flat as if the police show up at my door they will have a legal warrant. If ICE show up with a deportation order. I dont have to open the door and can tell them to pound sand. If I am driving they cant stop me without probable cause. And if they do stop me, its not 12 gravy seals dressed for a day out in Mogadishu.
But you dont care about any of that.
3b You made a a really stupid comment that you cant back up.
“Leftists like Islamic fundamentalism”
Since when? I dont recall any DSA kids on campus rocking an Ayatollah Tshirt, shouting “Back the Burka”
Well since we haven’t deported Ilhan and since the entire party was not anti-Israel. Well then, they clearly like Islamic Fundamentalism.
Chi,
100% pure love was a great hit.
Though at the time, this more my style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYYGKCanqfA
Funny, you are a good investor, yet you can’t see the screaming “buy the dip” opportunity with all your experience and all the cycles you have been through. Guess I passed you up. Only way I can make sense of it. You should be able to see the “buy the blood” opportunity. Yet, you chit on it, instead of taking advantage. You are losing your edge or I have passed you up.
Libturd says:
January 29, 2026 at 3:49 pm
I see the market has come back. Well except for BitCoin. Bowm, bowm.
Lib, bit of a false equivalency and be careful you don’t trip on that First Amendment you are about to step on.
Are you deporting all the Irish that support the Palestinians.
Why did Biden let all the illegals into this country in the first place? Get mad at trump for having to clean up his mess. Cool story.
Fab: No I did not . I made a general comment that Leftists back Islamic fundamentalists. And they do as they never condemn it.
No condemnation , no protests against women being forced to wear the Hijab or Burqa , no protests against the persecution of LGBTQ people in the Muslim world including the fact that homosexuality is subject to the death penalty in several Muslim countries, and illegal in around 30.
Leftists don’t feel comfortable criticizing Muslims, so they just ignore it. I stand by that statement.
3b just nailed it.
Lib: I will let you get it out of your system.
Fab: Well then Lib would be deporting a lot of Irish. As I am sure you are aware of. The Irish are big supporters of the Palestinian cause.
It’s not always black and white. Plenty of MAGA would get abortions.
In case anyone was wondering, this was the real motive behind today’s press conference.
Mayor Mamdani promised a laundry list of “free” giveaways to buy votes, with no plan to pay for them. Now that the math doesn’t work, instead of owning the fact that he misled New Yorkers, he’s blaming me.
Let’s be clear: I left him over $8 BILLION in reserves.
This is the same Mamdani who spent years attacking me for not spending enough during the migrant crisis.
The only reason those reserves exist is because I ignored him and his socialist comrades who demanded we blow billions more with no guardrails.
“Free” isn’t free. It’s just a bill someone else has to pay.
https://x.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/2016634187554664866?s=46
Libturd,
Your post on failing rural hospitals is missing two big issues that feed into each other.
One is the red state issue. They are usually public utility hospitals in red states where no one wants to pay higher taxes to support the hospital district. They are also in states that did not expand Medicaid and residents avoid ACA which means a lot of unreimburse care. Because they are financially weak. They can’t pay for permanent full time talent and end up paying way more for contracts/locum tenen staff.
Two is they attract vulture investors that buy the hospital from the public district. They strip any assets and contract themselves with high consultant fees. Because they have little valuable assets unlike the Hudson County failed hospitals that were bought by investors and they strip the real estate. The only assets they have are accounts receivable from the unpaid medical bills from the local population.
Which leads to investors suing everyone for unpaid debts, garnishing and repossession of anything of value. Once, they bled everyone then they close up and turn off the lights.
Look up Beckers Hospital Review for that industry’s news of the day.
Referencing BTC
“Could see $78K. But “much much lower” would need spot panic selling, not just leverage nukes.
Today saw $1B liquidations + $235M accumulation, smart money bought while others prayed.
Watch exchange flows, not timelines.”
Fab again woeful misinformed.
1) They are picking people up from criminal courts not immigration courts. This is based on data they get from the criminal court system in every state.
2) If you don’t stop for an agent pulling your vehicle over you are in for a bad day. They can stop you and not for probable cause only reasonable suspicion known as a Terry Stop is required. Again license plate read, registration and driving record etc can be used to identify you, heck they could be following you from your work or home. If you don’t show ID you are in for a bad day.
3) “5 year old arrested”. Correct he was with his father and still is with his father along with all of the other children and families the border patrol and ICE have been detaining and arresting for decades. The 5yr is an alien too. This is not a new process happens every day at the border and everywhere else they arrest illegal immigrants.
4) “Where are the 1200 missing from Alligator Alley.” Are you saying there was a mass murder and they fed them to the alligators? More Nazi concentration camp nonsense?
5) “Executions” – Sorry but it was homicide or a killing. Executions are generally a sentence from court handed down by a judge. I have already said both killings should not have happened, we shall see what happens. Don’t expect any indictment soon. It took over a year to indict Derek Chauvin and his partners Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao.
6) You are correct you don’t have to open the door to your home unless there is a warrant. If they really really want you they will wait you out and find you outside the home.
4:37 typical BS from that douchebag .
Any poster that uses the term “leftist” immediately loses me.
How about the hypocrisy though. The graft and open corruption.
Nikki Minaj buys a $1m Trump gold pass. Where’s that money going?
Qatar jets and private back accounts for oil won by the US Military.
What the ever-loving fuck? But Hunnnnners laptop y’all
3b,
So its seems that your problem is with selective outrage. I have to be active every day on every issue. I have to be on the march to support the cause otherwise I must be against it and support the other side. That’s a stretch.
So the Irish must also support back Islamic fundamentalists given all the money the shoveled by Mary from Tommy Foxes to Gadhafi for the Arm alites and Semt ex.
I think you are confusing “don’t feel comfortable criticizing Muslims,” as don’t see them all as fundamentalists and Terr0rists. Will there be some, yes. Just like there are some Irish terr0rists in the US. Just like they don’t see Immigrants as criminals and most are just hard working tax paying and trying to make a life.
Off for a night out.
“Any poster that uses the term “leftist” immediately loses me.”
THink large-headed anarchist with misshapen eyes. Maybe that will help you.
6:27 still incredibly stupid. Kind of like the average Republican
3b
Again, so concerned with women wearing burkas, but not the least concerned with American women losing their rights here.
Strange fixation
Fab: Like I said Leftists won’t criticize Muslims, I make it clearer Leftists won’t clear Islamic fundamentalist Muslins as they feel it’s feeding into Islamophobia, so they ignore it, other groups they can be outraged at. If it’s wrong it’s wrong condemn it all. You do the same, but ignore it or explain how it’s different when it’s not.
As for the Irish backing Islamist fundamentalists I don’t know where you got that from I never said it.
As for Tommy Foxes we had this discussion, and it is BS there was no collecting for arms for the Provo s there. Tommy s opened in the 1998 the same year as the Good Friday Agreement.
I told both Tommy O’ Reilly and Gerry Fox ,that someone was saying money was being collected for the Provo s from their establishment after it opened .
They were hurt and deeply offended. It did not happen and you shouldn’t be saying that it did.
Dark Phoenix says:
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 pm
“2 white people shot. One man, a nurse, worked at the VA.”
No he didn’t. He was a radical leftist that was looking to assassinate law enforcement officers. Stop being so gullible, Dark — and stop getting your ‘news’ from CNN like VAG and the other Dem stooges. You’re becoming a fountain of misinformation.
Dark: Strange fixation really ?? Which is it one minute all women are evil, the spawn of Satan. You spend countless posts describing how bad they are. Now, you are concerned about women losing their rights here? So which is it??
As for women losing their rights here, I have previously said I was against the Supreme Court overturning RoeV Wade. Is there another right they are losing you would like me to address?
Libturd says:
January 25, 2026 at 8:38 pm
“Pretti, also doing his best to protest ICE…act of human kindness cost him his life ”
Looney Lib with another doozy, this time defending a wannabe-assassin. Don’t you stooges ever get tired of being wrong?
7:47 buuuuut Hunnner’s notebooook
Hunter’s laptop was a big deal. It could have been weaponized and used to bop Trump’s thick head.
Lib – He is headed to jail soon way behind on child support.
No more saviors with millions to keep his lifestyle and no buyers for his poop paintings.
BTW- He pledged his scat artwork to his child as well, instead of cash.
He really really believed he was an artist…..
I really should not say this but since this page is about Inheritances..
I suspect if former President Joe Biden passes from his current health issues, his wife Jill won’t pass a single nickel to Hunter even after his coming bankruptcy and employment and money woes.
For you see Jill may blame her chance at being first lady again was denied because of Hunter as well as that prick George Clooney…
Juice: There was some chatter I recall seeing a few years back , and I am sorry I don’t have any links to support it, and it’s not a personal opinion, anyhow according to the chatter it was Jill who convinced Biden to run for a second term. My own opinion on why he ran for a second term was because when he had his all his facilities he realized what a disaster his VP was and she would be a disaster as President as well.
Fab – remined me of a long time ago dinner with my uncle and some new friends from the north at an expensive steak house in NYC. Well after a nice steak the troubles came up. I said they were over…it was settled. There was a further conversation about the north joining Ireland and well I said again it was settled. I was told either pledge allegiance at that moment (to continue the struggles) or there would be a “disagreement”. Interesting moment in my life for sure.
I told them the truth and they refuse to accept it, take it as you may..
3b – We now have an Irish problem here on a Polish blog..
I am however optimistic and predict it will end well there won’t be war between Poland and Ireland.
Too much intermarriage perhaps?
I did fall for a polish girl I met at the Loop Lounge once….
Chi – re: “Did she run errands while holstering a semi-automatic handgun and carry two magazines?”
I need to address your comment about nurses carrying firearms.
I will preface it with this, people in NY/NJ aren’t allowed 2A. You never had the chance to experience it growing up and it’s not part of our culture here.
In Minnesota it is common once someone turns 18 they get a gun and a right to carry….Carry in their pants, carry in their boot carry, carry carry everywhere.
Eventually they mature and only carry in their vehicles, and then eventually leave it at home.
There are signs everywhere “No guns” etc Starbucks for example, so people leave them in their cars or at home an stop carrying when they realize they can go nowhere.
I am not saying the dead man wanted to shoot people, but carrying weapons on your person everywhere is not as common as people think it might be in Minnesota.
Juice: I am not sure I follow your comment. But, I do know that Tommy Fox’s was not passing the hat around like it was Bainbridge Ave in the Bronx in the 1970s when the north exploded collecting money for the Provos.
Tommy Foxes opened in 1998 as I noted , the Good Friday Agreement was in place and the violence for the most part was over.
I don’t know where Fab got this from, maybe Mary served him up some Blarney in a bowl of lucky charms. I know both Tommy O Reilly and Gerry Fox , for years and engage in some outside activities/ functions with Gerry Fox . I can say with confidence that they did not allow collections for the Provo s, and the days of passing the hat to collect for the Provo s was over in general. It was now time for the politicians to play their role as part of the political settlement.
Both Gerry and Tommy have done a ton of charity work over the years abs not just in the Irish American community.
Gerry Fox is also a big presence in GAA sporting circles and donates both time and money to these endeavors as well.
I told them both about how I heard this passing the hat for the Provo s thing when Fab first bought it up around a year ago or so and as expected both were upset and offended by this suggestion.
I don’t why Fab felt the need to bring it up again. I find it disturbing that
that someone would engage in these types of rumors.
I will be seeing Gerry in 2 weeks, and Tommy towards the end of February. I could bring it up again, but I won’, no need to upset them.
Can you elaborate on the evidence that he looking to assassinate law enforcement?
SmallGovConservative says:
January 29, 2026 at 7:37 pm
Dark Phoenix says:
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 pm
“2 white people shot. One man, a nurse, worked at the VA.”
No he didn’t. He was a radical leftist that was looking to assassinate law enforcement officers
There is already a Polish Irish Association in Dublin, and there have been various cultural intermingling music etc. The Polish might be too Catholic for the Irish. Poland is now the last Catholic country in Europe, although Croatia and Slovenia are pretty Catholic. My Cousins have told me a lot of Poles have returned to Poland from both Ireland and Britain. Better overall quality of life is the reason for their return.
3B – we have covered this ground already years ago. Same nonsense perpetuated in the Bronx and other Irish communities everywhere…passing the hat never happened in recent times and if something did happen, usually it was between drunken younger men the money sure as heck as pocketed, stupid kids were taken advantage of.
I have had my own cousins here swear about passing the hat, and “proud” of it and it was usually after a late night session.
I know plenty about it but it wasn’t always money either. A relative of mine always sent Gerry Adams clothing, never money.
War is over thank god…one of the few places for sure.
I was at Tommy’s at least twice a month for a good 2 year period. I never saw anything like that. He’s talking out of his a$$.
Fab is not wrong.. As I have said plenty of times the hat passing was a scam.
We Irish are after all poor oppressed folk…and like everyone else poor we get creative to get some money.
My poor old Aunt in Ireland cannot go to a funeral without having a house sitter to make sure everything not bolted down isn’t stolen while she was away. Fences, alarms, dogs etc par for the course.
I would not dare adding the wall and fencing here my town won’t allow it.
Loop Lounge. I had serious hop in black military shoes for Jump Around House of Pain.
Juice Box says:
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 pm
I did fall for a polish girl I met at the Loop Lounge once….
Chi – Like me you were around…..
Was a part of being young.. We used to drive all the way to Long Island for a night out. O don’t see the young folks today doing the same or well I am just too old.
Loved the Loop. Probably bumped into some of you there.
4x – 208 = 1000
White ✅
Nurse✅
Worked at VA hospital✅
Saying that isn’t true is a lie.
the question is, is it a BIG lie or just a small one.
the rule is tell a big lie. but no, this is a place we should never, never go again.
america needs to start telling the truth. not hiding the faces, not hiding the transactions.
the handlers are demanding our info, we need to demand theirs as well.
SmallGovConservative says:
January 29, 2026 at 7:37 pm
Dark Phoenix says:
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 pm
“2 white people shot. One man, a nurse, worked at the VA.”
No he didn’t. He was a radical leftist that was looking to assassinate law enforcement officers.
Kevin Warsh criticized politicians opposed to FREE TRADE
Same as rightwingers, one day they are for free trade, next they are for tariffs
On one hand increased and likely illegal surveillance
https://apnews.com/article/digital-crackdown-immigration-minneapolis-trump-52662450a15a7be8d9df69036f9b5f12
And on the other side you have Trump suing the IRS for tax records he should have released himself.
How does MAGA reconcile these double standards?
One day against Masks, then instructed to be in favor
One day 2nd amendment fundamentalists, then against carry
One day against Big Govt, next for kidnapping and murder
One day Free Trade, then instructed to love tariffs
This is Boomer for you
Art says:
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 am
One day against Masks, then instructed to be in favor
One day 2nd amendment fundamentalists, then against carry
One day against Big Govt, next for kidnapping and murder
One day Free Trade, then instructed to love tariffs
Just a few more comments about health insurance in Europe since some here might be thinking about making the move in the future. In Germany your insurance has to meet the minimum standards of statutory German insurance. Usually the company has to be a licensed provider of insurance in Germany. You can’t get on public insurance if your older than 56 or you make too much money. Then you have to get private insurance which is expensive. France has universal health care that kicks in after three months of residency. I believe this is why a lot of US expats like to retire in France, besides the fancy food and culture. I think the U.K. (although some there will argue that they aren’t European) has a tax funded system that applies immediately upon being a resident. All these systems were fine when you had lots of people working. Not so good when you‘re top heavy with retirees.
is this now what we call “bitcoin” or Trumpcoin?
im not an economist. but sometimes old games, taken out of the closet, and dusted off, seem new and innovative, just in another package.
Hjalmar Schacht, as a German economist and Reichsbank President, famously “created money” by developing the Rentenmark to stop 1923 hyperinflation and later inventing Mefo bills. These innovative financial instruments allowed the Nazi regime to secretly fund massive rearmament (1934–1937) without triggering immediate, official inflation.
France has universal health care that kicks in after three months of residency. I believe this is why a lot of US expats like to retire in France,
kind of parasitic in nature, isn’t it? too cheap to pay for healthcare in their own country, so they go somewhere else and socialist suck from other people’s hard work.
women don’t want kids anymore. they want vacations, new cars, big houses.
well, western women that is. what is better, a crying baby that turns into a teenager, then to have those kids taken advantage of by ripoff colleges that bankrupt you, only to find that the kid you raised has no job thanks to elon’s robots and nvidia’s ai chips? f that, better off jumping from man to man to get what you need, live in nice places, travel the world, and living your best life without the burden of kids while you wait for your flight in the capitol one lounge in vegas.
All these systems were fine when you had lots of people working. Not so good when you‘re top heavy with retirees.
for the above post
All these systems were fine when you had lots of people working. Not so good when you‘re top heavy with retirees.
you are just too old. but these young gals, they are in the clubs, bars, rooftop spas, all of the time
many are flying, not driving. the young ones i work with, some overtime, or a hookup or two with a moneybags, can get you some nice scenery.
Juice Box says:
January 29, 2026 at 11:18 pm
Chi – Like me you were around…..
Was a part of being young.. We used to drive all the way to Long Island for a night out. O don’t see the young folks today doing the same or well I am just too old.
Metals retreat.
Pause on robbing grandma.
Juice.
No they are in the immigration courts as well. Keep carrying that water.
https://gothamist.com/news/sign-of-the-times-ny-asylum-seekers-arrested-at-routine-immigration-appointments
Yep, Boomer loves his communist universal healthcare.
Most maga hats wear a Che-Guevara tshirt deep underneath
Dark Phoenix says:
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 am
France has universal health care that kicks in after three months of residency. I believe this is why a lot of US expats like to retire in France,
kind of parasitic in nature, isn’t it? too cheap to pay for healthcare in their own country, so they go somewhere else and socialist suck from other people’s hard work.
3b
The better question to ask them would be “Ever been to a Noraid fundraiser?”. These days the posters at the door are for deportation fundraisers., back in the day through the 80s and 90s it was Noraid.
In the end it was not about the struggle, it was about the money. Marys ticket money went to Gadhafi and Arafat for the guns, Morocco for the drugs and Spanish real estate for the investment.
As Al Gore would say An Inconvenient Truth!
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/noraid-troubles-ira-irish-americans
Juice: There was passing the hat years ago as I said in the Bronx, when the north exposed and when the Provo’s were the only protection the Nationalist/ Catholic people had at that time. And It was primarily in bars on Bainbridge Ave, lots of people from the north there, and some were probably IRA guys on the run. I assume there were other places too in the Bronx, and in Boston as well.
But, the days of hat passing were long over by 1998 in the NYC metro area, could there have been some here and there, possible but I am skeptical. As for Bainbridge Ave, the Irish were long gone from there.
I wont rehash again when Tommy’s opened and the GFA, and all of that again. But, I will say again there were no hats being passed around in 1998 in Tommy Foxe’s collecting for the cause. That is an about and out lie.
Tommy and Gerry are both personal friends of mine, and I cant believe someone would go around spreading disparaging/maligning information about two great guys. It never happened it is a lie, and I find it disturbing he is insisting it happened.
Here is a view from Ireland that might resonate with anyone here that comes from Immigrants.
Message from Ireland to Irish American ICE thugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRt1sM4Zwh4
Feb – why bother read the article you posted.
Where does your article say courthouse? The attorneys even say it’s rare at the immigration offices as well.
“Immigration attorneys say arrests at the New York asylum office remain rare”
Your TDS is flaring up again. Go spark one up with Ex and take a chill.
BRT: Of course its BS. I cant believe he would engage in spreading those lies.
My Bitcoinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
BREAKING!
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Fab: Now you are changing the subject and deflecting. Yes, Noraid was a big fundraiser for collecting monies to buy arms for the Provo’s and you don t need to go to Spain to see the real estate take a drive around Co. Louth, and lots of grand houses there with retired Provo’s living in them. Just like a lot of other retired militants form various groups now living comfortable retirements.
And Noraid too had been long gone since the GFA.
Lets keep focused on the issue , you accused two good friends of mine of allowing their establishment to be used for collecting money for the Provo’s, which is a lie. You should acknowledge that, but you won’t.
Juice: Crime is a problem in parts of rural Ireland now, sad but it is true They don t have enough Guards, and a lot of soft policing as my cousins tell me. I remember when I was a kid there in the summer, and the Guards looked like giants, very imposing figures. They abolished the physical requirements around 20 years ago or so, in order to create a more diverse police force.More crime, more drugs not enough housing being built for young people, also getting overwhelmed with housing migrant populations which is causing resentment among people. Although not viable yet the right politically is starting to grow. Nothing happens in a vacuum.
Market looking shitty again. Thanks Donald.
Prediction: Melania bio pic scores a 4.0 or below on IMBD
Gold took a hit today too.. They say Kevin Warsh who is now Trump’s pick for Fed chair being the reason.
Just more Trump Grift.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Melania Trump had pitched this documentary about herself directly to Jeff Bezos, whose company then spent $40 million to acquire it—more than 70 percent of which the First Lady will apparently pocket. The Kennedy Center screening was part of Amazon’s lavish rollout of a niche movie that’s only expected to do $3-ish million in opening weekend sales. As a result, media coverage has been fixated on the movie’s finances, how critics see its licensing as a payment to the Trump family meant to encourage a favorable regulatory environment for one of the biggest companies on Earth. (“We licensed the upcoming Melania Trump documentary film and series for one reason and one reason only—because we think customers are going to love it,” said an Amazon spokesperson to the WSJ.)
MAGA can do no wrong, even when the bribe is clear as day. TDS, I know. It used to be fake news. Now I’ve contracted a disease. I suppose it’s better than measles.
Crazy it’s 2,000 theaters across the country this Friday and 5,000 worldwide, according to MarketWatch.
Indie release might be under 100 screens, a mid size movie 1000…large 4000+
Distributors negotiate with theater bookers to set release dates and share box office revenue, often starting with a 90/10 split in favor of the distributor, which gradually shifts toward the theater. Minimum exclusive run is usually 2 weeks….
I would imagine it will be pulled by next week if nobody shows up at the theaters.
wonder if they show her dating E pstein before her marriage
But Pretorious said no more write-downs.
Libturd says:
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 am
My Bitcoinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
The name Epstein has been censored on TikTok since it’s new owners took over.
that’s funny.
censorship in america.
The new governor of Virginia ran on affordability and affordable housing. She just proposed taxing everything that isn’t nailed down, affecting the lower and middle class exclusively. New Jersey is following in the same footsteps. Enjoy, darlings.
Lib – Movie and book deals. They all do it….buy influence in Washington. Bezos hosts parties at his Washington DC mansion that was build by combining two old museums into one massive 34,000 sq ft entertainment space nicknamed the “Amazon Embassy”.
And you are going to miss the generational buys in crypto….just like you did every single cycle since 2010.
Libturd says:
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 am
My Bitcoinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
My coin has completely deviated from BTC and crypto since jan 1st…..love it. Showing complete strength when market is still red. F’k yea!! LFG! Send it with haste. Think I finally found my unicorn.
WAGMI! I never gave up.
Chase your dreams! For real…
No, I am not sharing. I don’t want any bad karma with this. Every time I tried to help people with somet
The Melania film is also playing over at my local theater. 11,50€ a ticket, but I can’t imagine they‘ll sell many tickets. It is showing in a smaller „Studio“ room with about 35 seats. 15 tickets have been bought for tonight‘s showing at 18:30, in about 1 1/2 hours.
Haven’t heard of it. Is it a porn flick?
Chad Powers says:
January 30, 2026 at 11:03 am
The Melania film is also playing over at my local theater.
Pumps – how about a hint? Everyone loves a guessing game.
Is it Eric, Donald Jr., and Barron’s coin?
Democracy Manifest
Miami man charged with sex attack filmed trying to grab female detective’s buttocks as he was cuffed and taken to court
Pumps you do know you cannot sell that coin right?
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/trump-fans-complain-they-cannot-sell-the-rest-of-their-wlfi-tokens/
Phoenix – Yeah he did it…booty grab with his hands behind his back..
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUHS64njbnC/
I thought the provos were the good ones, trying to save their country.
Well, my old man’s a provo with a beret and a gun
I haven’t seen him lately, he’s always on the run
He looks so really trendy, in his shades and DM boots
Far cooler than those other dads in ties and shirts and suits
The Brits and police harass me each time that I go out
They ask me if I’ve seen my da and if he’s been about
I say, “Mind your own business, oh just leave me alone
You sure are only jealous you’ve no fathers of your own”
Lets keep focused on the issue , you accused two good friends of mine of allowing their establishment to be used for collecting money for the Provo’s, which is a lie. You should acknowledge that, but you won’t.
3b/juice,
It’s kind of wild as there was a time when I actually paid attention to what you two wrote. Now it’s just the same biased opinions dressed up as expertise.
At this point it’s hard to take your expert postures seriously when most things seem to trace back to a cousin’s cousin hot take or just garden variety copypasta.
Sorry, but I’d say you’re both trading on credibility you don’t really have anymore.
that tune kicks azzz
One for the road. are you familiar with democracy manifest? hell of a meme.
i had a succulent chinese meal yesterday.
Juice Box says:
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 am
Phoenix – Yeah he did it…booty grab with his hands behind his back..
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUHS64njbnC/
Pumps – Optimistic bitcoin traders hoping for a bounce have been wiped out, with $1.6 billion in long positions now liquidated…..
BTW – Crypto as a whole has not come anywhere near it’s October peaks, it’s a Crypto Winter….
3b, no I didnt accuse your friends. I said:
“shoveled by Mary from Tommy Foxes to Gadhafi ”
That is accusing Mary (and her generation), who happens to drink in their establishments of providing the funding. Be it knowingly or unknowingly.
Noraid was still going well into the 2000’s
A true Irish American view of ICE.
The Dead Rabbit – Facebook
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“These ICE raids, they are cruel, they are inhumane, they do nothing to deliver public safety. In fact, what they do is leave a sense of fear among so many.” — Mayor Mamdani.
“ICE – We do not want you here. Your stated purpose for being in this City is to create some kind of safety, but you are doing exactly the opposite.” — Mayor Frey.
Both The Dead Rabbit and San Patricios are named for immigrant communities – the former led by John Morrissey, the latter by John Riley.
Our team is made up of people from all walks of life, many of us far from the place we first called home. That experience – of leaving everything you know and love in the hope of a better future – shapes how we see the world, and it’s why silence in moments like this isn’t an option.
We vehemently oppose ICE, and the fear, violence, and family separation its actions continue to inflict on immigrant communities. We reject policies that criminalize people for seeking safety, dignity, and opportunity, and we stand firmly with those who are being targeted for trying to build a life.
Hospitality, at its core, is about creating spaces where people feel safe, seen, and valued.
We stand in solidarity with immigrant communities everywhere, and we will continue to use our voice to advocate for humanity, compassion, and justice.
We remain open today as a place of safety, and are donating $5,000 to the Immigrant Defense Project, founded almost 30 years ago to combat a human rights crisis – the targeting of immigrants for mass imprisonment and deportation.
ICE, you are not – and nor will you ever be – welcome here.
The ghost of the Hunt Brothers is hovering today.
My favorite Hunt brother was Mike.
Not sure if this is true, but I wouldn’t put it past them. I could see a lot of sold out theatres with no one in the seats.
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/boston-craigslist-watch-melania-trump-documentary-get-paid-50-viral-boston-craigslist-ad-explained-article-153528996
“We stand in solidarity with immigrant communities everywhere, and we will continue to use our voice to advocate for humanity, compassion, and justice, except for Jews.”
There. Fixed it.
Fab – You make it sound like things did not end in 1998. They did end, the hard border and checkpoints were taken down and the new government was formed with power sharing, a new police force was established, they disarmed and prisoners were released.
If anyone was raising money in the 2000’s it wasn’t to train volunteers in Donegal, it was a scam and the money was pocketed.
Epstein Junkies….your files have been released.
“The Justice Department is releasing more than 3 million pages of files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein today. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said that includes 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.”
Boomer:I don’t know what you expect from me, or why after all this time you seem to have a bug up your ass about my posts
What exactly do you want to see?? Do you want links to every comment I make?? Do you know anything about engaging in a conversation on topics you are deeply familiar with ? Do you have family in another country that you see and speak to on a regular basis?Well if you do, then you can have a general conversation. That used to be the norm here for everyone.
What is this biased criticism ? Can you point to any examples? Is it in reference to Fab and his accusations that two friends of mine were using their establishment to collect money for the Provo’s?
I gave you facts and circumstances, do I need to provide links of some sort? how would I do that ? I had two good friends of mine accused of doing something they did not do. if this is what you are referencing what links would you like me to provide, are you saying this is just my opinion. Well, it is not, it is a lie. When I called him on I, rather than acknowledging what he said was wrong, he deflected and changed the subject. Are you going to call him on that? If it is not the Fab thing than fine what is it?
Is it in reference to my comments on Ireland or other places in Europe,well I have been to Ireland countless times so I am familiar with the country, and I have traveled to multiple countries in Europe multiple times so again familiarity with these places.Am I not allowed to engage in conversation based on these travels?
Yesterday I attempted to initiate a conversation on the establishment of NHS for the US , as opposed to the constant Trump hysteria which the blog has descended to, which is fine, but it would be nice to have a conversation on a different topic.
Because I noted there were issues with NH plans in Europe you said I am disagreeable.
So point out to me why all of a sudden you have issues with my posts? I have never commented one way or the other on any of yours.
So I ask you again what are the biased opinions, and how are they dressed up as fact. If you cant point them out, then it is you who is being disagreeable.
As for copy and paste for me, well you are mistaken there as I don t copy and paste. If I see an article I will note where it came from as in the WSJ, or NY Times or Marketwatch or wherever. If I did copy and paste, what would the issue with that be? Don’t you want supporting evidence, links, so its not biased opinion? Which is it?
So you criticize me again today, with vague accusations, will I be told i cant take criticism or that I have no self awareness because I responded.
Don Lemon arrested.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/don-lemon-arrested-federal-authorities-attorney-says-rcna256680
3B – Boomer is a Master Debater…..Don’t oblige him he has won awards for how quickly he can master debate.
https://www.tiktok.com/@charliekirkdebateclips/video/7535934767372504333
Fab: You are backtracking, and deflecting and you did say Tommy Foxes. If there was a hat being passed around which there was not, then they would have had to be Ok with it,
As for Noraid, you are full of crap, they were most certainly not going well into the 2000’s I guess you forgot about 9/11 /01. If there was any fundraising still going on for Noraid it ended after 9/11. For once, admit you are wrong, and acknowledge you accused two good people of facilitating collecting money for the the Provo’s in their establishment. It was not right, and I called you on it.
So Gator is headed to Tampa for the weekend to watch Gator Jr. play. It’s Gaspirilla weekend, where everyone in Tampa thinks they are a pirate, so plane tickets from Newark were atrocious. So she is flying out of JFK. I couldn’t drive her as we are paid from the town to provide D transport. Flights at 2:50pm today. So I drop her off at the Glen Ridge train station at 10:50am, where she’ll transfer to the E and then to the AirTrain. It should take an hour forty in total. Two minutes after I drop her off, NJ Transit announces 60 minute delays in and out of the city. So I head back, pick her up and twenty minutes later, we are at the Allwood Park & Drive. Of course, they are not honoring her rail ticket so she has to pay a second time. Express bus is delayed indefinitely, but the local is running a mere five minutes late. This will put her in the city at 12:40 and she’s on the E at 12:50. Thank goodness we allotted that much extra time. Gator just texted me and now her flight is slightly delayed, which is a good thing I suppose. She’s not checking bags, so she probably would have been fine, though it could still be tight barring problems with the E. The AirTrain is reliable until about 10pm. Then it’s a disaster when they get on the repair schedule and run one train an hour that is too crowded to even board most times. I considered driving her to the LIRR in NY Penn, but with congestion pricing, it’s $26 now plus gas.
You know, I’ve ridden the rails all over Europe and I have never been delayed even once. Not on the commuter, the underground, the metro, etc. This country really does blow.
I just checked and the 40 mile drive is rated for 59 minutes.
I just read the article on that WLFI Coin Trump released. Just wait until they release more. Those who want to sell and can’t are going to get crushed further from the dilution. MAGA not smart.
Lib – driving to JFK is always 2+hours….
All throughout the history of the world, rightwingers have gone after blacks, Jews and immigrants. And after gays too
Chicago says:
January 30, 2026 at 11:36 am
“We stand in solidarity with immigrant communities everywhere, and we will continue to use our voice to advocate for humanity, compassion, and justice, except for Jews.”
There. Fixed it.
all of this is only one batch? How many batches are there?
The US justice department is releasing more than three million pages of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
More than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images are included in the latest batch
Incredibly damning files released today:
https://imgur.com/gallery/disgusting-7LAAKkA
Lock him up
Turns out Noraid is still going out of an office in Pearl River. They closed the paper in 2004. https://irishnorthernaid.com/
Juice it didn’t just stop. While the referendum was decisive, there were still 28% that said No on an 80% turnout. While there was decommissioning and releases, there were also dissident groups on both sides that are still active. Someone has to deal the drugs. Also Power sharing breaks down repeatedly.
The prisoner release and the payouts did not sit well with a lot of people as the wounds were still raw. It probably wont go back to what it was, but it is not fully settled. That will probably take another generation. The unionists were betrayed by Brexit, so the chance of a referendum on a United Ireland moves closer. That will be the real test. If that is a yes, which is a big possibility, how the loyalist splinter group take that will set the tone.
They never went away, they just went quiet.
Heading off for the day, Peace out.
6.5x since new years….3.2x since jan 25th. This in a bloody market….imagine what happens next.
Juice Box says:
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 am
Pumps – how about a hint? Everyone loves a guessing game.
Is it Eric, Donald Jr., and Barron’s coin?
Buy now if you like making money.
Juice Box says:
January 30, 2026 at 11:27 am
Pumps – Optimistic bitcoin traders hoping for a bounce have been wiped out, with $1.6 billion in long positions now liquidated…..
BTW – Crypto as a whole has not come anywhere near it’s October peaks, it’s a Crypto Winter….
Fab: The address for the Noraid office is a CPA in Pearl River, and not an active Noraid office. As much as it kills you to admit you are wrong, Noraid has been defunct for years. The CPA and a few other of the old timers have a remembrance mass for the hunger strikers every summer.
Catherine O Hara Home Alone Mom and Schitts creek passed away at 71.
Pumps, when did you buy it?
Now be honest, if that’s possible oh financial advisor that you are.
Every Irish person I know gets all crazy about this shit just like all Italians think they are Al Pacino.
Cannot have Greenland? How about Cuba?
Trump after Cuba now tariffs on anyone selling them Oil. It won’t be long now before the lights go out for good.
HAVANA (AP) — Massive power outages in Cuba meant that many people awoke Friday unaware that U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells or supplies oil to the Caribbean island.
As word began to spread in Havana and beyond, anger and anguish boiled over about the decision that will only make life harder for Cubans already struggling with an increase in U.S. sanctions.
“This is a war,” said Lázaro Alfonso, an 89-year-old retired graphic designer.
He described Trump as the “sheriff of the world” and said he feels like he’s living in the Wild West, where anything goes.
After Trump made the announcement late Thursday, he described Cuba as a “failing nation” and said, “it looks like it’s something that’s just not going to be able to survive.”
Alfonso, who lived through the severe economic depression in the 1990s known as the “ Special Period ” following cuts in Soviet aid, said the current situation in Cuba is worse, given the severe blackouts, a lack of basic goods and a scarcity of fuel.
Hope you guys sold your metals when I TOLD YOU TO. You should have been selling it and buying beat up BTC/crypto. I don’t make the rules.
It’s comical how you guys think I am some degenerate gambler. No, I am a risk taker. Big f/ing difference I don’t even gamble on sports or at the casino.
Maybe one day you will realize I am really good at this investing chit.
Libturd says:
January 30, 2026 at 2:15 pm
Pumps, when did you buy it?
Now be honest, if that’s possible oh financial advisor that you are.
Every time I got punched while investing, I was learning. You guys mock me over NHMD and “pancake in a can,” but I didn’t cry about it. I told you numerous times: every dollar I lost was an investment in my financial education. There is no better way to learn than getting your ass kicked and being humbled over and over. That is how you gain the killer instincts needed to be successful in this game.
Juice: Today is the 53rd anniversary of Bloody Sunday. The biggest recruitment drive for the Provisional IRA. The Brits whitewashed it of course and said the demonstrators were armed and the British Army was fired upon. It took years and much campaigning on both sides of the Atlantic to get the British government to acknowledging the 14 dead were murdered .
Lib – gets all crazy.
With good reason. It is a common story in Irish families where they lost everything from heirlooms to their entire home during the war of independence from 1919-1921.
The Black and Tans, a notorious special reserve force of the Royal Irish Constabulary were known for their brutal reprisals during the war. These reprisals included burning homes, looting, and destroying personal property of anyone they said was a sympathizers to the cause.
My own grandmother told us about them they were real bastards, and were comprised mostly of unemployed veterans of World War I.
Every Irish person I know gets all crazy about this shit just like all Italians think they are Al Pacino.
Fugheddaboudit.
Pumps – JP Morgan just put out guidance on gold. I could have wrote it myself.
They are calling tops at $8000 in a few years.
So one of largest investment banks with 4 Trillion AUM agrees with my call….
Who am I to disagree..
Chilling: If They Can Arrest Don Lemon For Something As Simple As Breaking The Law, Imagine What They Can Do To You!
Here is Don with the group planning their raid on a church service.
https://x.com/Cjpearson/status/2017257245545812269
Lib,
European trains don’t all run on time any more, not like they used to. Not counting the strikes, when they don’t run at all. And health care is “free” but with long waits and offered with the question “have you considered suicide instead?”
And European personal incomes are just way lower on average. But it’s perfect for the part time worker tour guide slackers that will tell you how great Europe is.
I didn’t notice anyone here pumping metals the way Pumps pumps crypto.
Let’s see dates and positions, then we can compare it to a basic 60/40 index allocation and see how inferior it was.
Juice: And the burning of Cork City and Ballbriggan , and other areas. There were those in the IRA that wanted to bring the war to England, but Michael Collins refused , basically said two wrongs don’t make a right. He did however, have an IRA unit burn the docks in Liverpool in the early morning when no one was there and hence no casualties. It was his warning to the British government we can hit you if we want to. The British government stopped the sacking and burning of Irish towns and villages after that.
I don’t have links to attach documenting what I said , but I have been studying that period of Irish history for years, and have a sizeable collection of books on the whole 1916 to 1925 period. Since it’s you I trust you will forgive the lack of links.
No One: You didn’t post any links / supporting documentation to back up what might just be your opinion. Lib i don’t think will mind, but others might. Your post seems pretty disagreeable.
All I know is I like to watch Catherine at Ballyknocken making some chef delights.
“ every dollar I lost was an investment in my financial education.”
You must be PhD level by now.
Fast: My friend is a retired professor, parents from Italy . He married a friend of mine whose parents were Irish. About 15 years ago he spent a summer in the west of Ireland to learn the native language. He speaks it fluently now, along with Italian and a few others. Him and his wife spend a lot of time there. I can’t give you proof , but it’s true.
That Catherine at Ballyknocken has a couple downsides. I can’t see beyond her teeth, and the food she’s cooking honestly looks like it will taste boring. Soda bread, potatoes, granola. Carb heavy. But I like her voice.
I’d rather have Giada De Laurentiis making me some pasta puttanesca. (Literally prostitute pasta).
Just telling you my experiences. We have the Holocaust, so we get it.
“You must be PhD level by now.”
There goes the afternoon coffee.
Pumps _ I found your crypto..
Looks to be one well thought out Ponzi scheme.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/01/29/3228411/0/en/New-Crypto-Protocol-Mutuum-Finance-MUTM-Advances-Through-Roadmap-Phase-2-With-Over-20M-Raised.html
Pumps won’t even tell us when he bought his magic beans.
Catherine is very sweet and Giada can
act likemake me putana pasta any time. Listen, who’s kicking either one outta bed?3b, I was wondering how Catherine got an Italian name. Without looking, I assume she married one?
I give great advice. You chit all over it out of jealousy. Cool story, Brah!
Then again, I called the housing market 10 years out….and not one person besides fast said good job. Weak. Be a man.
No One says:
January 30, 2026 at 2:54 pm
I didn’t notice anyone here pumping metals the way Pumps pumps crypto.
Let’s see dates and positions, then we can compare it to a basic 60/40 index allocation and see how inferior it was.
Some of this JD Vance AI slop is pretty good.
https://x.com/MostlyPeaceful/status/2017232664734888403
No One : Don’t knock soda bread. My Aunt used to make it from scratch, hot and slathered with butter, it’s the best!
MUTM – how many different versions of the same thing. Congrats. Now you can lend out your valueless coin to suckers without a clue to their creditworthiness. Same scheme different decade.
Whatever happened to that company that you could sell your house too, and then you and the company would share in the profit?
…hot and slathered with butter…
Catherine and Giada together?
I’m in.
Fast: Fulvio might have a problem with that
Everything’s down but oil.
For the 100th time….buy the dip in crypto.
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Libturd says:
January 30, 2026 at 3:31 pm
Everything’s down but oil.
Actually since it’s 2026, it’s the 54th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre.
In addition to Amazon and UPS , Home Depot, Nike, and Dow, plan to layoff 52k people, they cite lingering economic uncertainty, and pressure to invest in AI.
The article is in the Financial Times. If you don’t have the FR perhaps you can find it by some other method, otherwise you just going to have to believe I read it.
Let’s make a pedophile president. Twice
What could go wrong?
Everything’s down but oil.
By the minute? Every day? Since last month? Currency’s up, inflation’s down… what’s everything and what’s the time line? I though you were an investment aficionado?
Currency up? Think again.
The dollar dropped to its lowest point in four years on Tuesday against a basket of currencies, hitting multi-year lows against the Euro and the pound as it fell 3% in roughly a week.
That slide has since slowed down, but analysts say the reprieve is likely to be temporary.
“Most people would think the dollar should, could, and would weaken further this year,” said Chris Turner, global head of financial market research at ING. “The jury’s out on the timing but less so on the direction.”
oh sh1t! My silver bro!
Gary,
It’s not even about Trump. You see that chart I posted yesterday? No one should be heavily unprotected at this juncture. Personally, I don’t care if the market doubles in one year and I miss it. I’ve been around a long time and I’ve seen this film before. I might even be wrong about the mid-terms. But I am way more certain that this market HAS TO CORRECT. People aren’t looking at the negatives of AI. What if it really doesn’t increase productivity as much as promised? The spending is outrageous. Energy shortage anyone? And who is going to paid the great masses of the unemployed? And then there is the historical chart of the Nasdaq!
So might have to get my wife a new car.
Transmission acting up took it to the dealer and was quoted 10 grand to fix……
Yeah nah I told them I am going electric…
Leak in the seals somewhere losing fluid… car runs fine with trans fluid topped off it’s a slow leak.
Filler up and trade her in…. (The car not my wife).
Lib: I agree for the most part, but I think ultimately AI is going to win, they will make it win with all the billions invested. If anything I don’t think people are paying enough attention to AI or taking it seriously enough when it comes to acknowledge just how many jobs/ professions will be replaced by AI.
“Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.”
So disgraceful all around. Boomers are shameless
Ahahahahah
DON LEMON ARRESTED BY DON ORANGE
According to the NY Post, latest batch of Epstein files disclose that Epstein said Bill Gates got an STD, from having sex with a Russian girl.
If true that might back the rumors that Gates wife left him because of his trips to Epstein island. I don’t have links to the stories about Gates wife and the divorce. I don’t recall if I heard it from someone else or read it. It was some time ago. Those who are interested can research it if they want.
3B – Gates was banging since the 70s, you think marriage changed his tune? These wealthy people buy what they want and always have.
Juice: Yeah, you are right. Maybe Mrs Gates drew the line at hanging out on Epstein island. Gates ain’t exactly killing it in the physical attractiveness department, so I guess he had to pay for. That comment is a personal opinion of mine, and some might say it’s biased .
I am. I told you to take advantage while you can. Generational opportunities. I know I did. Saw the connection between ai and crypto before almost everyone else. Still stupid early.
3b says:
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 pm
Lib: I agree for the most part, but I think ultimately AI is going to win, they will make it win with all the billions invested. If anything I don’t think people are paying enough attention to AI or taking it seriously enough when it comes to acknowledge just how many jobs/ professions will be replaced by AI.
3b,
Have you always been so sensitive?
Someone: No, not at all. I am just being an extreme dick to prove a point. I will stop eventually.
9:14 3b is a pill, but he’s our pill.
Precious metals got rocccked largely because of the braggers on this board.
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FIRST on last day of month.
And now this: ICE claims man ran into a wall and broke bones in his own skull.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minneapolis-hospitals-dc033249051cd5b72a900ca533a3718b
A neighbor who works for a major newspaper was telling me an interesting story. His buddy works for homeland security as a financial forensics expert to track illegal monetary moves to catch cross border criminals. He is an expert in his field and working for many years in the philly area. Well, he was asked to quit what he is doing and help ICE in memphis. Dude is not happy about it.
So instead of catching crypto criminals he has to run after brown people now.
How much for the little girl?