Welp, Trump's tariff war has caused the stock market to go kablooey.
Is this what his voters wanted?
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 04, 2025 8:28:39 am PST #5864 of 5869
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Laura - Mar 04, 2025 8:47:47 am PST #5865 of 5869
Our wings are not tired.
It is painful for all, but worse for Tesla. Market today at the moment DJIA down ~1.5% while Tesla is down ~6%. As of yesterday since 1/20/25, DJIA down ~1% while Tesla down ~36%. Tariffs to screw all the little people with skyrocketing prices, and all his billionaire buddies with a stock market crash. Even handed? It's a mess. You would think someone around him would let him know that his policies are a disaster.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 04, 2025 8:47:51 am PST #5866 of 5869
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't think his voters care about the stock market. Well, not 99% of them, anyway.
Steph, I just saw that Will Burkart is doing a stand up comedy show in Cincinnati on Thursday. [link] I went to one of his shows back in December; he's hilarious.
Laura - Mar 04, 2025 8:50:06 am PST #5867 of 5869
Our wings are not tired.
His voters do have 401Ks and IRAs, but his money supporters are getting screwed even worse. Although many of them may have exited the market before his takeover knowing what would happen.
erikaj - Mar 04, 2025 9:33:27 am PST #5868 of 5869
Always Anti-fascist!
There is a part of me that thinks most voters across the spectrum are like the kids in the TV focus group on the Simpsons. They/we want relatable problems AND robots.(Although progressives rule and fascists drool, of course.) But no, don't think anybody asked for this. Not really. Oh and #FuckElon.(Just getting it in before it could send me to jail.) Or, in the words of a guy that was in the pharmacy when I was getting vaxed once: "Fuck his mama...fuck his daddy, fuck all his dead relatives...(pause) And, he overweight!" Not sure why that was the coup de grace of that excellent maledictum--just being all as it happened-ish.
erikaj - Mar 04, 2025 9:51:11 am PST #5869 of 5869
Always Anti-fascist!
I should say I think of the voting public that way after *this*--it used to be I thought there was a logic I didn't always follow. Split the difference on the work thing...sort of declined to go the extra mile on it. Put in a lot of work, but nobody really appreciates when I act like Ms. Fix-it anyway. (They might take my Inspiring Cripple card away, but that way I stand a decent chance of being alive at the end of the movie.) It used to really bother me how often disabled people did die at the end, but when I put my writer hat on and try to think like a soft abled guy, it makes some sense. They just don't like thinking of us Facing Conflict And Obstacles as many times as it takes to live as we do.(Maybe they literally don't believe it's possible, which, at times is a viewpoint with which I share some sympathy, much as I hate to admit that.) And, you know, actors love death scenes.