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Posts posted by Wally Fairway
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12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
And if you're a dentist who wants to look tough, while carrying a companion of prematurely aged skin and overly saggy breasts, there really is no other choice of ride.
Christ man, you should write a movie.....or did you already?
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UK and India above a new trade agreement, that was negotiated over 4 years
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y6y90e5vzo
President Huff and Puff gonna get 75+ done in 90 days....NOT
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22 minutes ago, horn4life said:
So any of you guys trimming your SPY positions after that nice run up? Or or you staying pat long?
You just want me to say, so you can take the other side. Amirite?
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47 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:
dammit IBRX get your shit together
da'fuk - time to start sniffing glue
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38 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:
I can't believe we are just letting this happen. He should be removed from office. Single handedly brought global trade to a screeching halt. What. The. Fuck.
I need 30 dolls, or even 2-3, so this doesn't affect me. Let's face it, "we" are just dumb fucks, let by a mainly backward facing media, and a loud mouthed mouth breather cult leading morning, and in 6-9 months they will all be surprised that no one saw it coming.
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26 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
I'm shaking my head at any headlines that mention the shocking exit of Warren. One, he says that he's staying on until the end of the year. Second, he's 94. There is no such thing as a shocking exit for anyone that age. It's not even shocking when someone 94 passes away without warning. Finally, he's been grooming successors for a while so it's doubtful there will be meaningful strategic changes, for those that want that continuity.
He's not going anywhere, IMO it is all window dressing. Warren will continue to be Chairman, go into the office and do what he wants. I'm not complaining, but I think this is meant to ease all those who worry about his age & what happens when he dies (or can't go into the office)
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15 hours ago, MissingInAction said:
A butt plug would have shot out of me like a howitzer.
that costs extra, but it is worth the price (or so I've heard)
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Ruth Buzzi, 88 - might just be me and @Armybrat who remember laugh-in
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5 hours ago, South Austin said:
Who wants to go with me to commit some crimes in Jacksboro this weekend?
Jeez, that sounds like a lot of effort, how about we just throw rocks off overpasses (like the normal posters)
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US trading partners raise doubts about just how far along tariff talks really are - POLITICO
SpoilerWhite House officials have boasted that more than a dozen countries have put offers “on the table” to avoid the biting tariffs scheduled to kick in in just over two months — a sign President Donald Trump’s risky trade gambit is paying off.
But the documents other countries have submitted to the White House are far from final offers, according to a dozen foreign diplomats and three officials, granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive conversations. Rather, they are preliminary outlines of what their governments are willing to discuss in the trade talks, something the Trump administration has made a prerequisite for pursuing any further negotiations.
Some trading partners are balking at proposing even an outline of their terms before they get more guidance from the U.S. side on what Trump is seeking from the talks.
“They are hesitant to negotiate against themselves,” said one industry official, briefed on plans by foreign countries. “If countries are setting the parameters for what the negotiations are, and not the administration with concrete asks, it’s a little bit like they’re setting themselves up.”
The tensions underscore the lingering confusion and distrust over Trump’s endgame for the so-called reciprocal tariffs he slapped on more than 60 trading partners earlier this month, before pausing all but the duties on China for 90 days. While the White House has projected confidence that the tariff threat is bringing scores of countries to the table and will result in significant new trade concessions, foreign officials privately say the discussions are much more tentative, raising questions about what kind of deals the White House can reach by its self-imposed July 8 deadline.
Even with the three-month pause on the reciprocal tariffs, the U.S. economic outlook is sinking under the weight of Trump’s existing tariffs on China, autos, steel and aluminum, raising pressure on the White House to show progress on its trade talks. In response, top advisers including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer have all pointed to multiple “pieces of paper” they’ve received from other countries offering to cut their trade barriers to avoid the higher U.S. tariffs snapping back.
“There are pieces of paper going back and forth as countries come in and make suggestions on what they can do to have more reciprocal trade” with the U.S., Greer said on Fox News on April 11.
Trump claimed last week he has already struck 200 trade deals — more than there are recognized countries in the world. But the White House says it has sharpened its focus to “proposals on paper” from about 17 or 18 countries.
A representative for the White House declined to comment on foreign diplomats’ characterizations of those proposals.
Privately, however, White House officials acknowledge the documents they are receiving from foreign countries are really a framework for future discussions and build off a “term sheet” the administration is demanding from each country. In touting agreements about further talks, the White House is able to show progress while also buying more time for the thorny — and time-intensive — process of negotiating detailed trade deals in earnest.
A USTR official said some countries have approached the U.S. with papers detailing how they wanted to proceed, calling it a “very normal way to start negotiations.”
“Others have asked how to move forward, and we have suggested that they provide us with their ideas on paper, and we have given specific and detailed guidance on various areas where progress would be helpful,” the official said.
Even before it announced its reciprocal tariff rates on April 2, the administration began asking trading partners to lay out their priorities on tariff levels, non-tariff barriers, technology and digital trade rules and investment opportunities to serve as a framework for how negotiations would follow, according to two diplomats familiar with the request.
“The message is, ‘Who goes first gets the advantage,’” in preferential trade terms, said a person familiar with those negotiations and granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak on the record.
Vice President JD Vance last week celebrated an agreement between the U.S. and India on “terms of reference” for trade talks, effectively setting the parameters to start deeper work on a deal. The White House has hinted that India will be first to ink what administration officials have described as a “memorandum of understanding” or broad “architecture” for further negotiations — which they acknowledge could take weeks or months.
“India’s coming along great. I think we’ll have a deal with India,” Trump said Tuesday afternoon before boarding Marine One for a trip to Michigan.
But some countries are raising questions about whether they can even reach that kind of general agreement at the breakneck pace Trump has mandated. Bessent on Tuesday hailed negotiating progress with South Korean officials last week, but South Korean officials have told the U.S. that it is “theoretically impossible” to reach a deal before the country holds its elections in June, according to Reuters (the country currently has a caretaker government after their former president was impeached).
A White House official confirmed the administration plans to host talks with about 18 countries over three weeks in a rotated schedule — a timeline first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
One diplomat presented with the program was dismissive of that plan: “It’s merely a timetable that no one believes. I don’t know of anyone that may be taking things more seriously.”
The administration has delivered its own, loose framework for the talks for some countries that have put proposals on paper, two diplomats presented with the plans said. One trade delegation that recently met with senior Trump officials received a “sample agreement” — a document outlining the White House’s preferred trade terms in a bid to preset potential outcomes, a person familiar with the discussions said.
And the administration appears to have drawn one red line: It will not bring down the 10 percent universal tariff imposed on April 5. A White House official confirmed that Trump’s so-called baseline tariffs are viewed by the administration as separate from negotiations over “reciprocal” tariffs.
But diplomats from a number of countries said they remain uncertain about what would be enough to appease the White House and whether it would make much of a dent in the sweeping tariff agenda Trump has imposed on nearly every country and several critical sectors.
EU officials, in particular, have said their negotiations with the U.S. remain in what one termed the “scoping” stage, as the 27-country bloc tries to pin the administration down on its demands and whether it would consider bringing down the 25 percent duties on automobiles, steel and aluminum.
The European Commission, which calls the shots for trade policy on behalf of the EU’s 27 member states, has been working with Washington on a term sheet, which would provide a framework for negotiations and include potential concessions on easing some of its regulations, lowering specific tariffs or boosting investments in energy or defense.
“To be frank, it’s still not completely clear what the U.S. really wants. They ask a very disparate number of different things,” said one European diplomat, who described the talks as in the discussion phase. “So we are still trying to figure out what are the real priorities from the U.S.”
“Europe coming up with offers would be a fucking mistake. Americans don’t want to negotiate,” said an EU diplomat. “It’s about strategic patience: let’s not push things and let [themselves] stew.”
Felicia Schwartz, Camille Gijs, Koen Verhelst and Phelim Kine contributed to this report.
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5 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:
Checking on my stonking skillz. I've got nine individual holdings. Four of them are -76%, -89%, -94%, -97%. Not bad, not bad. My five that don't look like that aren't nearly high enough to offset.
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Has President Huff & Puff lost his stuff?
I don't see him out making outrageous claims every day (sometimes 2 or 3 times a day), or has the media grown tired of reporting on all of the noise? And to repeat a point from last week, if there are 75-100 tariff deals to be made, with countries begging to get off the tariff train, why aren't we hearing about any new deals or seeing a parade of leaders coming to kiss the ring? (answer: because no one is buying the noise that he is selling) -
You need to go somewhere you are comfortable, confident in the treatment, and is willing to get second opinions. My wifes ENT here, when we went over the first biopsy said that he would go to Memorial Sloan Kettering or MDA for cancer, and to Mayo if there was uncertainty in diagnosis or treatment. Since we were familiar with MDA from our years living in Houston, it was an easy choice for us.
Good luck @Dbeasy , I think it all depends on your diagnosis - there are only 1 or 2 places on the planet who have a treatment for my wifes cancer. But if you have a more common type then there are certainly other choices. I will say, maybe again, that we met several people during radiation, and there were at MDA because they were misdiagnosed in their first treatment, and therefore the treatment was not successful; and they were at MDA with a new diagnosis, then going through an entire second treatment regimen. One of the things that is on some of the MDA advertising is a slogan "where you go first for treatment matters" - we have come to believe that.
If nothing else, it is certainly worth getting a second opinion to confirm diagnosis and treatment.-
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28 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:
Well, I’ve never been.
ladies are insane there & they know how to use it
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23 hours ago, MissingInAction said:
I'll be getting that medical grade gubment sanctioned THC.
Gonna be so high I won't know shit about fuck.
Cannabis is legal in my progressive state. Let me know if you want some gummies.
If anyone is a cop, then this is obviously a joke {wink, wink, nod, nod} - pm me
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3 hours ago, horn4life said:
Well there is no bourbon on the shelves in Canada right now, so that is a dead market right now.
So does this mean my "investment" in the whiskey cabinet is now degrading due to something other than consumption? Or will my small tequila holdings rise faster than my brown water consumption? No way in hell... I am doing my part!
for those who are tl:Dr
@horns4life says it's time to be in liquid assets (and he isn't wrong)
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11 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:
I don’t think retail investors are in a position to turn this market. Furthermore, and I can‘t emphasize this strongly enough, there is no combination of bilateral “trade deals” can get these BBs back in the box. I‘m not predicting doom or making any directional predictions, but I am saying this is terra incognita.
If there were even 1/2 or 1/3 of the 70+ countries that were calling to make a trade deal to possibly reduce or cancel the tariffs, don't you think there would have been announcements by now. It has been 3 weeks since it was announced and almost 2 weeks since the pause was given.
And why, at least in my mind, hasn't the media (both financial and political) not been questioning who they are negotiating with (I know Italy was here and she said nice things, but no deal announced) - I am convinced that there are very limited, if any, negotiations going on, and that Trump will reinstate tariffs, maybe somewhat less than across the board, when it becomes clear the other side isn't capitulating to the USA trade oppression.
Unless there are deals, then this thing eventually sends the markets even lower ..... I picked a bad time to stop sniffing glue (and to stop playing with options)-
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53 minutes ago, Macanudo said:
Does it though?
nope, not in the least - it doesn't even register to those in the cult, and if confronted they will either ignore the question or say it was a rhetorical or indicative directionally but not to be taken literally. They wouldn't believe he is a follower of Satan, even if Lucifer himself was to introduce Trump one of his ongoing cult rally's.
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Heard a snip from President Huff & Puff q&a today - egg prices are down 93 or 94%. So if eggs were $5.00/dz, they would now be $0.35 or $0.70 for $10/dz. Anyone here seeing eggs for less than $1 dozen.
Okay move along, nothing new just 1 more thing that is said by our fearless leader that has no truth to it or facts that it is based upon.
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2 hours ago, Parliament said:
Potato is the new currency. Tell me I’m wrong.
Hershey chocolate bars, my grandparents (who come from Germany in the early 1930's) hoarded them and hid them from each other. My grandfather said that it was a more stable holder of value than the deutschmark during the depression.
We found almost 100 hidden in their basement, kitchen, attic and garage when they moved to an old folks home in about 1972, it was a house they bought in the early 60's. They would rarely eat them, or bake with them, but they loved to but them.
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Crazy of early adopting?
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No thanks - I live in Michigan and am surrounded by over 17 billion acre-feet of fresh water. I know y'all hate winter, but that snow, when it melts, stays right in that basin.