Politics

[rigbymauser]

Hopefully Canadians recognize that for what it is and abandons Carney...

Whether Canadians are unhappy with Americans at the moment or not, getting deeper in bed with the Chinese has been a horrible solution for every other country on the planet that has done it so far.. 10 years from now I think Canadians would have some very deep regrets..

At the actual battlefield sometimes strange alliances are being formed over night. Its here the good commander interpes quickly to alter plan to either save his troops or see new oppochunity to eradicate the enemy once and for all. But it takes quick thinking and timing to find the gap in the anatomy of the battle to alter plan if required.

I guess thats is what is happening at the financial markeds.

 

[Wheels]

I think a lot of that comes from Charlie Kirk, Bennie Johnson, Ben Shapiro, etc..

Millenial aged right leaning political commentators that have dominated the social media space for the last several years.. There are more right leaning commentators, and they have greater following than their left leaning competitors..

The most popular left leaning millennial aged political commentators like David Parkman have 3M viewers on Youtube.. where Shapiro has 7.2M.. (Johnson and Kirk both have about 3.25M)..

The left continues to cling to the thoughts and ideals of Gen X and even some boomer aged commentators.. which is honestly why they continue to dominate middle aged, middle class, white, women.. while the right continues to roll out very intelligent, very articulate Gen Y and Gen Z types that are also extremely skilled (and many times well trained) debaters..

If Im a 20 year old college student, no matter how much I agree with Glenn Greenwald (380K subscribers on YouTube) sooner or later Im going to get tired of listening to his 58 year old opinion.. I might really dislike the things Charlie Kirk is saying (initially).. but at least I can relate to him...

The left is losing the social media war for the most part... they also regularly get destroyed in the "meme war" by the right, which most people Gen X aged or older get entertained by, but younger generations actually pay attention to the themes, constructs, and rationale behind.. which is why they are losing millennials and Gen Z in large numbers I think.. the right is simply doing a much better job at connecting and getting their message out.. despite the majority of faculty on campus being hard left leaning and doing everything in their power to influence their students (some of the crap my daughters relay going on at 2 different SEC schools with tie faculty honestly sickens me)..

Andrew Breitbart said "Politics is downstream from culture". When I first heard that quote 20 years ago I couldn't envision an America where the youth would be conservative. The past few years it has been encouraging to see the Kirk's and Shapiro's of the world completely changing the narrative. My hope for the younger generation and America is much higher now than it has been for a generation.

 

[deewayne2003]

So apparently China wants to ban Hollywood movies in retaliation for the tariffs, I find this hilarious as the Chinese have been quietly censoring the content of movies shown in the USA for years by restricting content that they will allow to be shown, as well as Hollywood being an industry packed full of immoral people who spew their political nonsense.

Also in LA an illegal immigrant soccer coach who was charged with sexual assault of two youth league soccer players in 2022 but not deported, has now been charged with "murder in commission of a lewd act" after allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a 13yo player on his team.

 

[OxfordTheCat]

Hopefully Canadians recognize that for what it is and abandons Carney...

Whether Canadians are unhappy with Americans at the moment or not, getting deeper in bed with the Chinese has been a horrible solution for every other country on the planet that has done it so far.. 10 years from now I think Canadians would have some very deep regrets..

Canada's largest trading partner is threatening annexation, tariffing goods, and is actively hostile.

Why would Canada not want a closer relationship with our second largest trading partner, which is poised to over take the US in the coming decades as the largest and most influential economy?

Huge market for Canadian resources.
Seems like that's by far the most practical and sensible solution for Canada. It would be objectively good for Canada, and that it further undermines US global influence is just a bonus.

 

[HuntingGold]

90 day pause on tariffs just announced

 

[Alistair]

90 day pause on tariffs just announced

Yeah, just glanced at the s&p, assumed something had kicked off.

Good lord, the entire us economy trading like a penny stock. Hope you all loaded up on the dip.

 

[Brent in Az]

Andrew Breitbart said "Politics is downstream from culture". When I first heard that quote 20 years ago I couldn't envision an America where the youth would be conservative. The past few years it has been encouraging to see the Kirk's and Shapiro's of the world completely changing the narrative. My hope for the younger generation and America is much higher now than it has been for a generation.

Hopefully, the conservatism amongst the younger generations will grow.

The disturbing trend we are seeing, is the increase in the radical faction of the Democrat party.
Youth, that are ever resorting to intimidation, violence, assault, vandalism, and destruction.
Young people that have no direction in life, and are easily swayed by the "mob rules" mentality.
Since the democrats won't speak out, or call for it to stop, it only solidifies the fact that they are silently endorsing it.
Today's universities seem to be another breeding ground and incubator for this disturbing behavior.

January 6th was pretty tame, compared to what's brewing out there right now within the radical faction of this country.

 

[Brent in Az]

Trump slaps china with 125% tariff, and gives 70 countries a 90 day tariff reduction.
The only way Trump loses this trade war, is if he backs down first.
I don't think he will

 

[Brent in Az]

 

[CJW]

Hopefully, the conservatism amongst the younger generations will grow.

The disturbing trend we are seeing, is the increase in the radical faction of the Democrat party.
Youth, that are ever resorting to intimidation, violence, assault, vandalism, and destruction.
Young people that have no direction in life, and are easily swayed by the "mob rules" mentality.
Since the democrats won't speak out, or call for it to stop, it only solidifies the fact that they are silently endorsing it.
Today's universities seem to be another breeding ground and incubator for this disturbing behavior.

January 6th was pretty tame, compared to what's brewing out there right now within the radical faction of this country.

Our young adults also "identify" as a member of the rainbow mafia at an alarmingly high rate. It's become a religion with them and radicals will undoubtedly emerge at a higher rate.

Like you, I hope that the conservative youth movement keeps growing and that being grounded morally, culturally, scientifically and economically continues to gain steam and is looked at as the cool thing.

 

[Altitude sickness]

A lot of people just got rich from that quick dip and then rebound in the market. Many of them are the people that drove it down intentionally.

There will be some volatility for a while, but there hasn’t been this ability to make this much money in quite a while.

 

[Datchew]

Yeah, just glanced at the s&p, assumed something had kicked off.

Good lord, the entire us economy trading like a penny stock. Hope you all loaded up on the dip.

Unfortunately i didn't load up enough and I'm not sure the wild ride is over.

I did however buy a truckload of VIX puts over the last couple days.
The VIX behaves like gravity. Typical and reliable fall back to earth after big spikes.
However... these days... ya never know.

 

[spike.t]

Trump tariffs spark US government debt sell-off

The cost of borrowing for the US government rose as confidence in the economy waned.

www.bbc.com

 

[Altitude sickness]

There will be continued volatility, even though the VIX is trending up. Now when everybody is nervous and consumer confidence is going down. It is the best time to make good deals. If you’re going to buy something, now is the time to do it.

When the 70 nations strike their respective tariff deasl and it’s just China remaining. Then the tax cuts go through. the markets going to go gangbusters. that will not be the time to try to get a good deal. The time is now.

 

[mdwest]

No clue where the market will close today.. but right now its freaking booming.. DOW is up 6%+, S&P up 7%+, and NASDAQ up close to 10%... DOW is back at 40K...

My guess is it will be a continued roller coaster for another week or two, but it may well settle right back where it was at the end of March and all of the hysteria will have been for naught..

 

[Wheels]

With what has happened to China this week regarding tariffs and having to sell treasuries to support the yuan and equities. Countries are going to have to make a choice. Do they get in the queue or play hardball raising the stakes. Not a pleasant position to be in. Fighting a deficit country with massive buying potential is a hard trade war to win.

 

[mdwest]

With what has happened to China this week regarding tariffs and having to sell treasuries to support the yuan and equities. Countries are going to have to make a choice. Do they get in the queue or play hardball raising the stakes. Not a pleasant position to be in. Fighting a deficit country with massive buying potential is a hard trade war to win.

With 70 in the que already, Im not sure any remaining countries of any significance have any real choice at all... they would get left behind.. and Eric Trumps warning that the first people to make deals would come out smelling like roses and the last to come to the table could come out smelling like shit would prove itself to be true..

 

[HookMeUpII]

With what has happened to China this week regarding tariffs and having to sell treasuries to support the yuan and equities. Countries are going to have to make a choice. Do they get in the queue or play hardball raising the stakes. Not a pleasant position to be in. Fighting a deficit country with massive buying potential is a hard trade war to win.

This is our "big stand" with China, for better or worse. You said it perfectly. The stakes are higher than ever.

90 day pause WITH baseline 10% tariff for every country...except for China.

Today is good but there will be more volatility.

 

[HookMeUpII]

With 70 in the que already, Im not sure any remaining countries of any significance have any real choice at all... they would get left behind.. and Eric Trumps warning that the first people to make deals would come out smelling like roses and the last to come to the table could come out smelling like shit would prove itself to be true..

India, UK, EU, MX and I believe CAN all made immediate calls and scheduled meetings. Vietnam, Cambodia, and some other smaller trade partners did as well.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Every nation was hoping every other nation would stay out and not negotiate. and they could all squeeze the US together. but once they saw everybody coming to the table, there was a flood. you have no leverage if you’re the only one out there on a limb with China.

But once again, China does not care. they are not coming to the table. They need this excuse to blame all their financial woes on Trump. Also, I’m afraid it gives them the excuse to now go seize Taiwan. Most likely a naval blockade. Not a land invasion. Taiwan is screwed.