R: Tough Times for Stupid....
By Blackvegetable
20 Feb 2026 9:44 am in Peanut Gallery
20 Feb 2026 9:44 am
The U.S. economy cooled sharply at the end of 2025, with growth slowing to an annual rate of 1.4 percent, as tariffs and a weeks-long government shutdown sapped its earlier momentum.
Overall, the economy expanded by 2.2 percent last year, lower than the 2.8 percent growth the year before, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... ffs-trade/
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... ing-trump/
Overall, the economy expanded by 2.2 percent last year, lower than the 2.8 percent growth the year before, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... ffs-trade/
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... ing-trump/
20 Feb 2026 10:41 am
Listen, Slack Jaw, you are leaving out the most important context from the BEA report, which makes your whole argument look like you skimmed the headline and decided that was enough. The slowdown to 1.4 percent in the final quarter came from short‑term factors like tariff adjustments and a brief government shutdown, not from any structural weakness in the economy. For the full year, the economy still grew by 2.2 percent, barely below the previous year’s 2.8 percent, while unemployment stayed low and consumer spending kept rising. The United States also continued to outperform most major economies, which you conveniently ignore. One quarter doesn’t erase a year of steady expansion. The full report shows continued growth, not the collapse, Slack Jaw.̶B̶l̶a̶c̶k̶v̶e̶g̶e̶t̶a̶b̶l̶e̶
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20 Feb 2026 11:33 am
Your ex doesn't need all the training I have to give you. She is clearly much more educated.Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 12:04 pm » wrote: ↑ S&P 500 jumps after Supreme Court knocks down Trump’s emergency tariffs:
Stock market today: Live updates https://share.google/Cxhl6n1YzMLN4xQIx
Federal Reserve Bank of New York — “High‑Frequency Trading and Market Volatility” Documents how latency‑sensitive algorithms react to headline keywords, causing immediate index‑level volatility. https://www.newyorkfed.org/research
CME Group — Equity Index Futures Microstructure Guides Explains how S&P 500 futures react instantly to policy‑related headlines, with price discovery occurring before the cash market opens.
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https://www.cmegroup.com/market-dataOECD Trade Policy Papers — Tariff Impact on Equity Markets Confirms that tariff changes and trade‑policy uncertainty directly affect equity valuations, input‑cost expectations, and risk pricing. https://www.oecd.org/trade
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) — “Tariffs and Market Reactions” Finds that tariff announcements and reversals produce immediate, measurable movements in broad equity indices. https://www.nber.org/papers
SIFMA — “Equity Market Structure Primer” Details how ETF arbitrage, delta‑hedging, and index‑futures pricing create rapid mechanical moves when policy‑related news hits the tape. https://www.sifma.org/resources
20 Feb 2026 11:40 am
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom 
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..."
20 Feb 2026 11:42 am
is that what your mother did?Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 12:35 pm » wrote: ↑ Stick it.....people with ugly children should be unseen as well as not heard.
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..." 
20 Feb 2026 5:48 pm
Sure the government shut down had nothing to do with it?Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 10:44 am » wrote: ↑ The U.S. economy cooled sharply at the end of 2025, with growth slowing to an annual rate of 1.4 percent, as tariffs and a weeks-long government shutdown sapped its earlier momentum.
Overall, the economy expanded by 2.2 percent last year, lower than the 2.8 percent growth the year before, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... ffs-trade/
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... ing-trump/
20 Feb 2026 7:51 pm
" Emergency powers now invalidated "... SO?Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 8:11 pm » wrote: ↑ But the idea that he can do this by declaring "emergency powers" is now invalidated.
The fiction that the bill is being paid by others has been exposed.
It is doing nothing to bring back manufacturing jobs.
It is a tax on US consumers intended to fill the budget gap created by Big Beautiful....
And you believe he should be allowed to continue.
ALL he has to do is take one of the OTHER options, and sign another EXECUTIVE Order, and use it to implement ALL the SAME tariffs !! NOTHING has been "exposed", and NOTHING has changed regarding the manufacturing jobs... THEY are ALREADY Building the plants to BRING THE "Jobs" HERE, and it's a TAX on "foreign suppliers" (NOT US consumers)... EXCEPT if the foreign suppliers decide to PUSH the tariffs onto American consumers, AND if American consumers decide to BUY the over priced product... OTHERWISE... It's an incentive for American industry fill the Need, AND for Americans to BUY American !!
TRUMP is a FRIKKIN GENIUS... AND OF COURSE he will CONTINUE !
The only question NOW... is: A) Should Democrats "continue"... or B) Should Democrats be shown the DOOR !!
I vote for OPTION "B" !!
AMERICA, and AMERICANS, NEED to WAKE up… There is NOTHING “Democratic” about the CURRENT American “Democrat Party”! THEY are more an amalgamation of Totalitarian Marxists, Socialists, Communists, and Globalists… who are BENT on TAKING, and then KEEPING power... & where ultimately the American PEOPLE will have NO SAY AT ALL in how we are GOVERNED... and our "Democracy" will be DEAD!!
20 Feb 2026 7:59 pm
ConservativeWave » 20 Feb 2026, 8:51 pm » wrote: ↑ " Emergency powers now invalidated "... SO?
ALL he has to do is take one of the OTHER options, and sign another EXECUTIVE Order, and use it to implement ALL the SAME tariffs !! NOTHING has been "exposed", and NOTHING has changed regarding the manufacturing jobs... THEY are ALREADY Building the plants to BRING THE "Jobs" HERE, and it's a TAX on "foreign suppliers" (NOT US consumers)... EXCEPT if the foreign suppliers decide to PUSH the tariffs onto American consumers, AND if American consumers decide to BUY the over priced product... OTHERWISE... It's an incentive for American industry fill the Need, AND for Americans to BUY American !!
TRUMP is a FRIKKIN GENIUS... AND OF COURSE he will CONTINUE !
The only question NOW... is: A) Should Democrats "continue"... or B) Should Democrats be shown the DOOR !!
I vote for OPTION "B" !!
AMERICA, and AMERICANS, NEED to WAKE up… There is NOTHING “Democratic” about the CURRENT American “Democrat Party”! THEY are more an amalgamation of Totalitarian Marxists, Socialists, Communists, and Globalists… who are BENT on TAKING, and then KEEPING power... & where ultimately the American PEOPLE will have NO SAY AT ALL in how we are GOVERNED... and our "Democracy" will be DEAD!!
20 Feb 2026 8:37 pm
Sorry you're having a hard time you lying piece of ****!Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 10:44 am » wrote: ↑ The U.S. economy cooled sharply at the end of 2025, with growth slowing to an annual rate of 1.4 percent, as tariffs and a weeks-long government shutdown sapped its earlier momentum.
Overall, the economy expanded by 2.2 percent last year, lower than the 2.8 percent growth the year before, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... ffs-trade/
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... ing-trump/
20 Feb 2026 10:02 pm
Since I don’t drink coffee, I guess you’re left holding the tariff bag…Cannonpointer » 20 Feb 2026, 10:49 pm » wrote: ↑ I have it on good authority that the Court's ruling is a DISGRACE. I am very ashamed of some of those justices. I sure hope Trump puts a ten percent tariff on the entire world. And when he does, I hope none of the mouth breathers on this board are smart enough to understand that it is they - not the world - who pay those tariffs,
Very, VERY few of the conjobs will disappoint me in that hope. I've already had two of the queerest ones INSIST that Chyna has to pay the tariffs.
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..." 
20 Feb 2026 10:20 pm
Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 11:57 am » wrote: ↑ Ixnay...
Yes, Grafty is in the process of drilling the dog....his policies are a drag on what was for some time described as a "resilient economy".
All those metrics you insisted don't matter are flashing red.
it is about 200 billion that must be refunded...
That will blow a hole in Big Beautiful ****.
Source?
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.
I like the very things you hate.
20 Feb 2026 10:27 pm
Oh no...Trump catches the ball as it was going over the fence...Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 11:25 am » wrote: ↑ Imagine the cost of this....
"Tariff Man"......
You people are so **** g'ddammned stupid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAANteh_pgo
21 Feb 2026 5:30 am
PPI
Incidence
Nonfarm payroll.
21 Feb 2026 6:10 am
What year was it American leaderships decided to make America a global service industry for 2nd class citizens, and 3rd world savages instead of a self reliant nation?Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 8:11 pm » wrote: ↑ But the idea that he can do this by declaring "emergency powers" is now invalidated.
The fiction that the bill is being paid by others has been exposed.
It is doing nothing to bring back manufacturing jobs.
It is a tax on US consumers intended to fill the budget gap created by Big Beautiful....
And you believe he should be allowed to continue.
The United States began its transition toward a global, service-oriented role following World War I, with 1924 being a key legislative turning point. The Rogers Act of 1924 formally established a professional, unified U.S. Foreign Service to handle international affairs. Later, in the 1960s, the nation firmly became a "service economy".
You want to see some scary ****?
https://history.house.gov/Institution/P ... 20Majority
Stfu you goddamned idiot.
You moving this post to PG won't allow you to escape what it does to your reality forward.
21 Feb 2026 9:42 am
Cannonpointer » 20 Feb 2026, 11:31 pm » wrote: ↑ He just put a ten percent tariff on everything clearing our ports.
You pay that.
Also, not drinking coffee is incredibly gay.
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..."
21 Feb 2026 9:45 am
no wondering required, you’re a **** ******…
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..."
21 Feb 2026 9:48 am
We have to somehow cover for the democrat run **** fraud handouts..Blackvegetable » 20 Feb 2026, 1:16 pm » wrote: ↑ “No one can deny that the President’s use of tariffs has brought in billions of dollars and created immense leverage for America’s trade strategy and for securing strong, reciprocal America-first trade agreements with countries that had been taking advantage of American workers for decades,” Johnson wrote on X.
Billions....from AMERICANS, you **** idiot.
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..."
21 Feb 2026 9:55 am
SOP…Blackvegetable » 21 Feb 2026, 10:46 am » wrote: ↑ Why did Team Grifty insist the 2 million dollar jury award was excessive?
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..." 
21 Feb 2026 10:01 am
21 Feb 2026 10:25 am
Wait a minute Ernest T. yer the one that voted for Biden/Harris.
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