In the News II

Quote: rxwine

At least the US open still gives a standard trophy for 2nd...just smaller. Wimbledon, they get a plate for 2nd. From which to eat crow perhaps.

First prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Second prize is a set of steak knives.

Quote: rxwine

At least the US open still gives a standard trophy for 2nd...just smaller. Wimbledon, they get a plate for 2nd. From which to eat crow perhaps.

The cruel thing about tennis is immediately after you lose the final match, you have to stay on the court and participate in an award ceremony with your number 2 status highlighted.
To quote pro cyclist Tadej Pogačar: “Second is good. It’s just not good enough.”

Aaron Rodgers out for the season. Torn Achilles.

The jokes kind of write themselves here.

Quote: ams288

Aaron Rodgers out for the season. Torn Achilles.

The jokes kind of write themselves here.

This is why I don't complain when players take home so much money the hurt their backs carrying it to the bank. One injury can destroy a career.

As a Patriots fan, "schadenfreude" comes to mind...

Nasdaq 100 futures had a huge volume bar on the news.


The subsidizing of the electric car scam before we can transition effectively and efficiently, is very bearish.

It'll take about 70 years or so to transition.

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August core inflation, excluding food and energy, rose 0.3%, hotter than expected

SEP 13 2023
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Energy prices fed much of gain, rising 5.6% on the month, an increase that included a 10.6% surge in gasoline.

Food prices rose 0.2% while shelter costs, which make up about one-third of the CPI weighting, increased 0.3%.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/13/cpi-inflation-report-august-2023-.html

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Well no nobody in California will ever need to work now. They just voted to pay unemployment insurance benefits to Striking Workers.

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triple whammy for Biden

Hunter charged with gun possession

Impeachment inquiry begun

possible Government shutdown looming

too, too much for him to handle

wish he would declare he's not running and allow some fresh faces to compete for the nomination

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I've never seen a person weaken the USA so much so fast.

I'd imagine Brandon is after the federal money and not the state money.

It only makes sense for CA and NY to follow the communist leader.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Wants to Open City-Owned Grocery Stores

14 Sep 2023
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Although Johnson’s police chief Umi Grisby claimed the city would not be “spending any taxpayer dollars,” Johnson’s office said the grocery stores would be funded by grant money from state and federal tax dollars.
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/14/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-wants-open-city-owned-grocery-stores/

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Biden is sinking city budgets through illegal immigration and then compensating them through Covid funds.

Eventually, the free money will run out.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson details $538 million gap in his first budget

9/13/2023
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In fact, the total cost of supporting Chicago’s migrants is expected to reach $200 million next year. And the $1.9 billion in stimulus funds that the city was allotted under the American Rescue Plan Act is drying up in 2024, after years of keeping the city’s coffers filled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-details-538-million-gap-in-his-first-budget/ar-AA1gG2jz

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