Doom

[Softball Bat]

Possibilities, in order of what I consider most likely...


1. Significant event that affects the political world.

2. Significant financial situation.

3. Significant death.

4. Significant natural disaster.

5. Significant prediction *failure* on the part of poptart.


:smile:

[Meat Head]

2. Significant financial situation.

Silver soars above previous "Hunt Brothers" levels of $50 per oz and hits $300. Kierland immediatly cashes out, goes over the hill and is never heard from again.

[Sudden Sam]

Possibilities, in order of what I consider most likely...


1. Significant event that affects the political world.

2. Significant financial situation.

3. Significant death.

4. Significant natural disaster.

5. Significant prediction *failure* on the part of poptart.


:smile:

News alert!

Stanford and Cal just joined the MEAC.

[Kierland]

Silver is down 2% to $22.87.

[Softball Bat]

Possibilities, in order of what I consider most likely...


1. Significant event that affects the political world.

2. Significant financial situation.

3. Significant death.

4. Significant natural disaster.

5. Significant prediction *failure* on the part of poptart.


:smile:

News alert!

Stanford and Cal just joined the MEAC.

THAT'S ITI!!!1!

THAT is the event!




#doom

[Mikey]

Possibilities, in order of what I consider most likely...


1. Significant event that affects the political world.

2. Significant financial situation.

3. Significant death.

4. Significant natural disaster.

5. Significant prediction *failure* on the part of poptart.


:smile:

News alert!

Stanford and Cal just joined the MEAC.

Stanford should just go ahead and join the SCVAL. They could play my old school, and it would really cut down on the travel expenses. They might even make it into the De Anza division.

[Diego in Seattle]

#3

Jimmy Carter

[Softball Bat]

Possibilities, in order of what I consider most likely...


1. Significant event that affects the political world.

2. Significant financial situation.

3. Significant death.

4. Significant natural disaster.

5. Significant prediction *failure* on the part of poptart.


:smile:

#5 wins!

Count your blessings.


Doom -----> OFF.

[Rootbeer]

2. Significant financial situation.

Does downgrading the US credit score count? Seems like a pretty big deal.

[Softball Bat]

2. Significant financial situation.

Does downgrading the US credit score count? Seems like a pretty big deal.

Yes.
It is significant.

The downgrade of U.S. credit happened a few days before the 8/8 date I was watching.

Not only was U.S. credit downgraded, but a number of banks were also downgraded, on 8/7.


The U.S. financial system is a house of cards.

At some point a card will be pulled, and we're going to see some serious shit go down.

[Kierland]

The reason given was Dump’s actions on 1-6.

I guess they don’t like picnics.

[Sudden Sam]

Overall doom:

A sitting president and his family have been paid millions upon millions of dollars by our most dangerous enemy. And his supporters are perfectly comfortable with it!

[Kierland]

For the tenth time: receipts please.

That’s actually a joke. We all know you are lying.

[Sudden Sam]

Already provided multiple links. Bank transactions have been made available.

The only people unaware of this are those who exclusively watch MSNBC.

[Kierland]

So. Show. Us. The. Receipts.

I already showed you how the last links were shit.

“I think I’ll just lie, then when called out provide links that don’t back up my claim, then forever after when called out on my shit I can just say I already provided links.”

Sin,
Booger Eater

[Sudden Sam]

This isn’t even news. Been common knowledge for months.

Here’s a recent piece:

https://justthenews.com/accountability/ ... owed-biden

Silk Road Paved with Cash: Court records confirm millions flowed to Biden family from China

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/ju ... media-bias

Doom indeed. Not just for the country. When the Dems turn on Biden, even the press on the left will be rolling out these stories. Once Trump has been convicted of something, maybe they’ll have space for another subject.

[Diego in Seattle]

Please explain how Hunter getting milllions of dollars is more egregious than Jared Kushner receiving $2.4 BILLION.

Unless you can articulate that your takes are just blatant selective outrage.

[Softball Bat]

Hawaii doom!



Hawaii fires: At least 36 killed as flames sweep through Maui

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66460401

The deaths in the city of Lahaina, the island's main tourist destination, came as strong winds from
a distant hurricane fanned the flames.
The fire is one of several ongoing blazes that have burnt entire neighbourhoods to the ground.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes and a state of emergency has been
declared.

"This is not a safe place to be," Hawaii Lt Governor Sylvia Luke told reporters. "We have resources that
are being taxed."
Firefighters are still battling active fires, with helicopters dropping water on the blazes from above.
The western side of the island, which is the second largest of the Hawaiian archipelago, was almost
cut off entirely with only one main road open...





‘Huge trees were exploding - it was terrifying'

‘It looks like a bomb went off’

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-66461158








Developing...

[Screw_Michigan]

This isn’t even news. Been common knowledge for months.

Here’s a recent piece:

https://justthenews.com/accountability/ ... owed-biden

Silk Road Paved with Cash: Court records confirm millions flowed to Biden family from China

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/ju ... media-bias

Doom indeed. Not just for the country. When the Dems turn on Biden, even the press on the left will be rolling out these stories. Once Trump has been convicted of something, maybe they’ll have space for another subject.

Sam with more nonsensical "news" sites: "justthenews.com" and "allsides.com"

[Sudden Sam]

Sam with more nonsensical e"news" sites: "justthenews.com" and "allsides.com"

I looked at multiple media bias raters because I am unfamiliar with justthenews.com. All ratings seemed to suggest no left or right bias from that site. That’s why I added the link…to alleviate y’alls’ concerns.



Diego, Kushner’s money grabs are extremely concerning, but his money didn’t come from our most dangerous enemy.

[Kierland]

So you went from it’s the end of the world to concerning. Nice backpedal. And yeah it came from our second or third most dangerous country. One that had just murdered an American and miniDump was an administration official and it was literally a million times more. Just STFU.

[Sudden Sam]

WTF are you talking about?

I’m more concerned with money coming from our greatest enemy than I am with money coming from Saudi Arabia, although it is concerning as well.

[Kierland]

Do you even remember what you wrote? U wrote that it was overall doom and now it’s just concerning. You also went from POTUS got money to a family member did. Face it, you are just echoing what you hear with no critical thinking in between.

[Sudden Sam]

Not sure how you can read stuff that’s not there, but you sure do it on a regular basis.

Continue posting lies and you’ll lose whatever remaining posters there may be who actually take your posts seriously.

[Kierland]

Overall doom:

A sitting president and his family have been paid millions upon millions of dollars by our most dangerous enemy. And his supporters are perfectly comfortable with it!

Sam with more nonsensical e"news" sites: "justthenews.com" and "allsides.com"

I looked at multiple media bias raters because I am unfamiliar with justthenews.com. All ratings seemed to suggest no left or right bias from that site. That’s why I added the link…to alleviate y’alls’ concerns.



Diego, Kushner’s money grabs are extremely concerning, but his money didn’t come from our most dangerous enemy.

It’s right there in black and white. You went from “overall doom” to “concerning” and blamed it on your ranking of the offending country when the payee changed.

Your new nic is Booger the Bonesaw Lover.

[Sudden Sam]

Good lord. It’s like explaining stuff to a child.

China is an imminent threat, doofus.

[Kierland]

And? Saudi Arabia, the guys who you all say did 9-11 is not?

“2billion to an administration official is nothing, but a few million to a private citizen is because, China.”

Again, show me a screen shot of an actual bank statement or it’s equivalent.

[FiatLux]

China is an imminent threat,

I laughed.

What the fuck would someone from Alabama know about China?

Other than the information you get from far-right radio and television (they are the only ones spreading this bullshit)..

Psst... let me let you in on a little secret from people in the know.

China's economy is going to collapse in the next 5-10 years.

Your welcome.

[Sudden Sam]

China is an imminent threat,

I laughed.

What the fuck would someone from Alabama know about China?

Other than the information you get from far-right radio and television (they are the only ones spreading this bullshit)..

Psst... let me let you in on a little secret from people in the know.

China's economy is going to collapse in the next 5-10 years.

Your welcome.

Let me let you in on something, you dumb fuck. Xi has no intention of watching his economy continue to collapse. There won’t be 10 years to wait. Likely not 5.

Your arrogance is laughable. You should pay attention to those who actually know something.

[FiatLux]

Too funny.


Stick to cinder blocks, pick up trucks, and Bud light beer.

Things your cultural geography specialize in.

Leave global economics to Big boy cities and regions.

You need to stop. You're just reinforcing the stereotypes of stupid rednecks. Seriously.

[Sudden Sam]

Gotta give you some credit. You don’t mind advertising your stupidity openly. You even brag that you’re a moron. You appear to be proud of it. That’s mighty brave.

You might want to study a little Chinese history. Go way back as well, but concentrate on the last 100 years or so.

Rather than exposing your ignorance in here, focus your intellectually starved brain on Xi Jinping’s life.

[Sudden Sam]

My apologies to poptart. We’ve somewhat hijacked your DOOM thread.

[FiatLux]

I live in the Chinese neighborhood dipshit.

Keep going neck.

Keep digging that hole you'll never able to dig yourself out of.

Too funny.

[Sudden Sam]

I live in the Chinese neighborhood dipshit.

Priceless!

Thanks. This saves me having to ever respond to you again.

You are faaaaaar dumber than I imagined.

[FiatLux]

Someone living in Alabama calling someone else stupid.


Too funny.

Nice white flag by the way. You're people have that white flag thing down pat.

See, your people are good at something.

[Softball Bat]

The Hawaii death toll is rising.




At least 93 people have died in the fire that consumed the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials said, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century and with the toll expected to rise.

“It’s an impossible day,” the state governor, Josh Green, told reporters on Saturday after viewing the devastation. Earlier, he said operations were now centred on “the loss of life”.

The fire would “certainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced”, he said. “We can only wait and support those who are living. Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them healthcare, and then turn to rebuilding.”

At a press conference later he repeated his warning that the death toll would rise...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -100-years

[Diego in Seattle]

The Hawaii death toll is rising.




At least 93 people have died in the fire that consumed the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials said, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century and with the toll expected to rise.

“It’s an impossible day,” the state governor, Josh Green, told reporters on Saturday after viewing the devastation. Earlier, he said operations were now centred on “the loss of life”.

The fire would “certainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced”, he said. “We can only wait and support those who are living. Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them healthcare, and then turn to rebuilding.”

At a press conference later he repeated his warning that the death toll would rise...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -100-years

I wouldn't be surprised if the toll tops 200. Yesterday morning they were saying that over 1,000 people were missing, and that the warning alarms came very late.

[Softball Bat]

I agree.

Much higher.

[Softball Bat]

Interesting news on Michael Burry...




On Monday it was revealed that Burry held bearish bets against the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, according to securities filings released Monday, to the tune of over a billion dollars.

Burry and his Scion Asset Management fund bought put options (contracts giving the option to sell at a certain price) with a value of $886 million against the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust which tracks the S&P 500. Scion also bought put options totaling $739 million against against the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF QQQ that tracks the Nasdaq 100.

The $1.6 billion Scion spent betting against the market represents 93% of the fund's entire portfolio.

https://www.thestreet.com/investing/the ... the-market





So Burry, who called the 2008 housing crash, has bet 93% of his fund's portfolio on a market decline/crash.

Sounds pretty sure of himself.

[Softball Bat]

More bank problems...





(Bloomberg) -- Moody’s Investors Service lowered credit ratings for 10 small and midsize US banks and said it may downgrade major lenders including U.S. Bancorp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp., State Street Corp., and Truist Financial Corp. as part of a sweeping look at mounting pressures on the industry.

Higher funding costs, potential regulatory capital weaknesses and rising risks tied to commercial real estate loans amid weakening demand for office space are among strains prompting the review, Moody’s said in a spree of notes late Monday.

“Collectively, these three developments have lowered the credit profile of a number of US banks, though not all banks equally,” it wrote in some of the assessments.

Firms that had ratings cut included M&T Bank Corp., Webster Financial Corp., BOK Financial Corp., Old National Bancorp, Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc., and Fulton Financial Corp.

Northern Trust Co. and Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. are also under review for downgrades.

And Moody’s adopted a “negative” outlook for 11 lenders including...

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/moody-s-has ... -1.1956150

Fitch warns it may be forced to downgrade dozens of banks, including JPMorgan Chase

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/15/fitch-w ... banks.html