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The US Enjoys A Trade Surplus With Brazil, But Your Coffee Is Gonna Cost You Much More...Why, Children of MAGA?
The US Enjoys A Trade Surplus With Brazil, But Your Coffee Is Gonna Cost You Much More...Why, Children of MAGA?
By Blackvegetable
18 Aug 2025 5:16 am in No Holds Barred Political Forum
20 Aug 2025 10:36 am
That appears to be a very generous reading of a limited power...
20 Aug 2025 10:38 am
Lead by example..Vegas » 20 Aug 2025, 10:35 am » wrote: ↑ You will get a participation trophy if you ever get the ball sack to answer a question.
What national interest is served by "punishing" Brazil for prosecuting Bolsonaro?
20 Aug 2025 10:44 am
Vegas » 8 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ You will get a participation trophy if you ever get the ball sack to answer a question.
Here is a thread I started that doesn’t use PG. He has posted to it yet still plays stupid.
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20 Aug 2025 11:10 am
Blackvegetable » 20 Aug 2025, 10:38 am » wrote: ↑ Lead by example..
What national interest is served by "punishing" Brazil for prosecuting Bolsonaro?
bump.
20 Aug 2025 11:35 am
Tariffs are most definitely NOT going to cause higher profits.Fuelman » 20 Aug 2025, 9:55 am » wrote: ↑ Higher profits generally drive a company stock price. I prefer them to go up.
It's a dog eat dog world and I'm getting cynical enough to not care who gets trampled along the way.
What a dick I am!
I don't know what your background is in economics, but ONCE AGAIN you have said something which forces me to ask, how long ago did you join the Democrat Party?
I'm REAL **** CLEAR that only a democrat would believe that higher taxes leads to higher profits.
When you complain, ur friends roll their eyes and ur enemies rejoice
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
20 Aug 2025 12:08 pm
Did I not post I was against Kaka raising the corporate tax rate? Pretty sure I said higher Profits generally lead to higher stock prices. You have a brain fart?Cannonpointer » 20 Aug 2025, 11:35 am » wrote: ↑ Tariffs are most definitely NOT going to cause higher profits.
I don't know what your background is in economics, but ONCE AGAIN you have said something which forces me to ask, how long ago did you join the Democrat Party?
I'm REAL **** CLEAR that only a democrat would believe that higher taxes leads to higher profits.
The tariffs are targeted, not across the board. The reason I have never voted for a Democrat is because from my experience, my taxes always go up along with all the hidden regulation fees.
The markets are firing on all cylinders right now even with the tariffs. Will that last? I do believe the full effect of tariffs remains to be seen.
If you read the below AI ****, keep in mind how much wages have gone up over the last few years. A direct input cost.
Yes, it has been a record or one of the strongest earnings seasons on record for S&P 500 companies, with aggregate earnings rising 11% year-over-year, far exceeding expectations. The high frequency of earnings beats and strong guidance from many companies, including the Magnificent 7, suggest continued growth and an exceptional performance for the period. Key highlights of the 2Q 2025 earnings season:Record Earnings Beats:A high percentage of S&P 500 companies beat their earnings estimates, with some analysts calling the frequency of these beats a record. Surpassing Expectations:Aggregate S&P 500 earnings surged by 11%, almost tripling the consensus expectation of 4%. Strong Guidance:58% of companies in the S&P 500 increased their full-year 2025 guidance, a significant increase from the first quarter. Resilient Performance:Companies were able to blunt the impact of tariffs and benefit from a weaker dollar, leading to strong results. Mega-Cap Tech Success:The Magnificent 7 (excluding Tesla) showed exceptional growth, with EPS increasing by 26% year-over-year, outperforming consensus estimates.
20 Aug 2025 12:14 pm
Do you really think that people are going to stoop to your cesspool in order to get insulted???
Run along now before you hurt yourself trying.
Liberals are spoiled children, miserable, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic & useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats ~O'Rourke
The Democratic Party seems intransigent on their position of keeping the party ‘woke,’ detached, exclusionary, and totally insane.
The Democratic Party seems intransigent on their position of keeping the party ‘woke,’ detached, exclusionary, and totally insane.
20 Aug 2025 12:48 pm
That is simply false. Trump's ten percent tariff on coffee is ACROSS THE BOARD, with a higher 'targeted tariff against Brazil. A TARGETED tariff would would be to raise JOBS - not to raise grocery prices, duh.Fuelman » 20 Aug 2025, 12:08 pm » wrote: ↑ Did I not post I was against Kaka raising the corporate tax rate? Pretty sure I said higher Profits generally lead to higher stock prices. You have a brain fart?
The tariffs are targeted, not across the board.
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The market is not Jesus, son. Cost of living is an issue, too. Especially for those whose circumstances are less than ideal. Many are getting close to having to choose between groceries and heat/AC.Fuelman » 20 Aug 2025, 12:08 pm » wrote: ↑ The markets are firing on all cylinders right now even with the tariffs. Will that last? I do believe the full effect of tariffs remains to be seen.
Yeah, I don't think this high tide is floating all boats, there, buddy.Fuelman » 20 Aug 2025, 12:08 pm » wrote: ↑ If you read the below AI ****, keep in mind how much wages have gone up over the last few years. A direct input cost.
Yes, it has been a record or one of the strongest earnings seasons on record for S&P 500 companies, with aggregate earnings rising 11% year-over-year, far exceeding expectations. The high frequency of earnings beats and strong guidance from many companies, including the Magnificent 7, suggest continued growth and an exceptional performance for the period. Key highlights of the 2Q 2025 earnings season:Record Earnings Beats:A high percentage of S&P 500 companies beat their earnings estimates, with some analysts calling the frequency of these beats a record. Surpassing Expectations:Aggregate S&P 500 earnings surged by 11%, almost tripling the consensus expectation of 4%. Strong Guidance:58% of companies in the S&P 500 increased their full-year 2025 guidance, a significant increase from the first quarter. Resilient Performance:Companies were able to blunt the impact of tariffs and benefit from a weaker dollar, leading to strong results. Mega-Cap Tech Success:The Magnificent 7 (excluding Tesla) showed exceptional growth, with EPS increasing by 26% year-over-year, outperforming consensus estimates.
I'm eating more hamburger and less ribeye. My dogs are getting more liver and less breast (which is probably better for them, anyway - so, no biggy on that score). Trump was widely expected to bring grocery prices DOWN. His tariffs cannot possibly fail to drive them up - at least item by item. And when you stop to think about the size of the avocado market and what tariffs will do to restaurant and grocery store prices, it is a caution. I'mmighty happy that I have a great fondness for hummus, because I'm not going to be able to justify spending more on guacamole than it already costs - and it's going to goup by around 20%, based on a ten percent tariff.
The tariffs Trump promised were to BRING JOBS BACK - not to raise the price of groceries.
When you complain, ur friends roll their eyes and ur enemies rejoice
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
20 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
Fuelman » 20 Aug 2025, 12:08 pm » wrote: ↑ Did I not post I was against Kaka raising the corporate tax rate? Pretty sure I said higher Profits generally lead to higher stock prices. You have a brain fart?
The tariffs are targeted, not across the board. The reason I have never voted for a Democrat is because from my experience, my taxes always go up along with all the hidden regulation fees.
The markets are firing on all cylinders right now even with the tariffs. Will that last? I do believe the full effect of tariffs remains to be seen.
If you read the below AI ****, keep in mind how much wages have gone up over the last few years. A direct input cost.
Yes, it has been a record or one of the strongest earnings seasons on record for S&P 500 companies, with aggregate earnings rising 11% year-over-year, far exceeding expectations. The high frequency of earnings beats and strong guidance from many companies, including the Magnificent 7, suggest continued growth and an exceptional performance for the period. Key highlights of the 2Q 2025 earnings season:Record Earnings Beats:A high percentage of S&P 500 companies beat their earnings estimates, with some analysts calling the frequency of these beats a record. Surpassing Expectations:Aggregate S&P 500 earnings surged by 11%, almost tripling the consensus expectation of 4%. Strong Guidance:58% of companies in the S&P 500 increased their full-year 2025 guidance, a significant increase from the first quarter. Resilient Performance:Companies were able to blunt the impact of tariffs and benefit from a weaker dollar, leading to strong results. Mega-Cap Tech Success:The Magnificent 7 (excluding Tesla) showed exceptional growth, with EPS increasing by 26% year-over-year, outperforming consensus estimates.
How long will you need to figure out the connection between the NotFree Lunch and the taxes necessary to pay it?The reason I have never voted for a Democrat is because from my experience, my taxes always go up
If "hidden", how do you know they are there?along with all the hidden regulation fees.
20 Aug 2025 3:01 pm
It's so good, you used it...instead of your own.Vegas » 20 Aug 2025, 2:59 pm » wrote: ↑ Yet, you refuse to use your definition. Are you not confident in it?
You shouldn't be. It was half-assed.,
Which is probably good, because you clearly don't understand the concept...
you are making a "survivorship bias" fallacy. And **** you if you think I am going to define that for you.
Like I said, I am not your mother. Look it up.
20 Aug 2025 3:02 pm
Copies me again. More evidence...Blackvegetable » 1 minute ago » wrote: ↑ It's so good, you used it...instead of your own.
Which is probably good, because you clearly don't understand the concept...
Still won't answer.
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20 Aug 2025 5:59 pm
Cannonpointer » 19 Aug 2025, 11:57 pm » wrote: ↑ It's a new tax. On you. From Republicans.
These are facts. The rest can be as speculative as you like. But the facts are facts.
New tax. On you. From Trump.
The test of time . . .
Will it still be a $3 grapefruit in a few months?
Not much ever goes down in price anymore. Tariffs or not.
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.
I like the very things you hate.
20 Aug 2025 6:11 pm
Wages up "compensates for" inflation...Fuelman » 20 Aug 2025, 12:08 pm » wrote: ↑ Did I not post I was against Kaka raising the corporate tax rate? Pretty sure I said higher Profits generally lead to higher stock prices. You have a brain fart?
The tariffs are targeted, not across the board. The reason I have never voted for a Democrat is because from my experience, my taxes always go up along with all the hidden regulation fees.
The markets are firing on all cylinders right now even with the tariffs. Will that last? I do believe the full effect of tariffs remains to be seen.
If you read the below AI ****, keep in mind how much wages have gone up over the last few years. A direct input cost.
Yes, it has been a record or one of the strongest earnings seasons on record for S&P 500 companies, with aggregate earnings rising 11% year-over-year, far exceeding expectations. The high frequency of earnings beats and strong guidance from many companies, including the Magnificent 7, suggest continued growth and an exceptional performance for the period. Key highlights of the 2Q 2025 earnings season:Record Earnings Beats:A high percentage of S&P 500 companies beat their earnings estimates, with some analysts calling the frequency of these beats a record. Surpassing Expectations:Aggregate S&P 500 earnings surged by 11%, almost tripling the consensus expectation of 4%. Strong Guidance:58% of companies in the S&P 500 increased their full-year 2025 guidance, a significant increase from the first quarter. Resilient Performance:Companies were able to blunt the impact of tariffs and benefit from a weaker dollar, leading to strong results. Mega-Cap Tech Success:The Magnificent 7 (excluding Tesla) showed exceptional growth, with EPS increasing by 26% year-over-year, outperforming consensus estimates.
Millions of fixed income savers are being completely **** over.
Long ago I read about retirees' pensions, 401k's, annuities, etc. being eyed as a mountain of cash ready for fleecing. All there needed to be was a way to get at it. That is happening right now.
Quantitative Easing sure helped people dig into untouchable funds eventually. Mystery Money.
Where is that **** these days?
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.
I like the very things you hate.
20 Aug 2025 6:30 pm
it's a win win...more revenue for the coffers while those who don't participate, will rapidly lose weight...DeezerShoove » 19 Aug 2025, 10:36 pm » wrote: ↑ We aren't broke?
According to everybody with fiscal genius here in NHB, we have been broke for a long time...
But, are you saying my financial advisor was right 7 years ago?
"When the world caves in, we will be the richest paupers on Earth."
--
I'm not intentionally trying to argue your point. Yes, the poor, downtrodden workers get ****.
I understand that. But aren't some of these tariffs for show? Yeah they suck, but will be backed off.
Does that sound like I'm in support of them or that I just don't know the details?
Just because I am honest enough to express confusion or lack of empathy isn't support.
What's the greater plan here? I don't know or even pretend about it.
I am paying the price just like everyone else. $3 for a grapefruit? WTF?!
Goddamned Brazilians . . .
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 Aug 2025 6:32 pm
Blackvegetable » 20 Aug 2025, 6:31 am » wrote: ↑ Do they have names?
Have you ever asked him what his credentials are?
"behind closed doors stuff"
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 Aug 2025 6:37 pm
Run ******...
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 Aug 2025 7:02 am
@Blackvegetable
Liberals are spoiled children, miserable, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic & useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats ~O'Rourke
The Democratic Party seems intransigent on their position of keeping the party ‘woke,’ detached, exclusionary, and totally insane.
The Democratic Party seems intransigent on their position of keeping the party ‘woke,’ detached, exclusionary, and totally insane.
21 Aug 2025 8:47 am
Wages can be a component of inflation, even though wages have gone up, profits are still going up.DeezerShoove » 20 Aug 2025, 6:11 pm » wrote: ↑ Wages up "compensates for" inflation...
Millions of fixed income savers are being completely **** over.
Long ago I read about retirees' pensions, 401k's, annuities, etc. being eyed as a mountain of cash ready for fleecing. All there needed to be was a way to get at it. That is happening right now.
Quantitative Easing sure helped people dig into untouchable funds eventually. Mystery Money.
Where is that **** these days?
Seniors always get screwed over and yes, your mountain of cash is a target for the never ending need for more cash by the government.
21 Aug 2025 9:08 am
The test of time? Okay. Grapefruits might or might not go up or go down? Okay.DeezerShoove » 20 Aug 2025, 5:59 pm » wrote: ↑ The test of time . . .
Will it still be a $3 grapefruit in a few months?
Not much ever goes down in price anymore. Tariffs or not.
The tariffs are a new tax. On you. From Trump.
They're not on Brazil or Mexico - though they certainly inconveninece those countries, by cutting into YOUR purchasing power of THEIR products.
But the new tax is on you - not them. You pay it - they don't.
The tariffs are a new tax. On you. From Trump.
And it isn't anything else. So just pay it - it's the law.
But please. PLEASE. Don't smile and say dumb stuff while you're paying it. K?
When you complain, ur friends roll their eyes and ur enemies rejoice
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
21 Aug 2025 9:16 am
Yes they are....and since there are no tariffs on those avocados, your point is mute.Cannonpointer » 20 Aug 2025, 7:32 am » wrote: ↑ 90% of our avocados are imported, stupid. There are no "Americvan" to buy.
So, let's recap the Ignorance here...shall we.
BV posted...Only the zealously stupid, like zeet and a few other local dim lights, believe that 1.87 has any meaning beyond the symbolic. Supply/Demand stooges who believe POTUS can control oil prices.........
Then he posted....Grifty was the entire reason gas went to 4.50 this year.
BV posted...Only the zealously stupid, like zeet and a few other local dim lights, believe that 1.87 has any meaning beyond the symbolic. Supply/Demand stooges who believe POTUS can control oil prices.........
Then he posted....Grifty was the entire reason gas went to 4.50 this year.
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