• Trump is a damn genius

    From TT@TT@dprk.kp to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 00:06:53 2025
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    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400. Not
    30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even dreamed of before." https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...
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  • From Sawfish@sawfish666@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 27 14:13:40 2025
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    On 9/27/25 2:06 PM, TT wrote:
    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400. Not
    30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even dreamed of before." https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26- trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...

    It's a cheap carnie show, is what it is...

    Since my much-loved governmental stability is clearly out the window, it
    means really eyeballing all of this closely, to see, what, if anything,
    I'll need to do, or even if anything is possible.

    No time to fall asleep at the wheel in the good ol' US of A, that's for
    sure.
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  • From TT@TT@dprk.kp to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 00:40:35 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    Sawfish kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 0.13:
    On 9/27/25 2:06 PM, TT wrote:
    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400.
    Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even dreamed of
    before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...

    It's a cheap carnie show, is what it is...

    Since my much-loved governmental stability is clearly out the window, it means really eyeballing all of this closely, to see, what, if anything,
    I'll need to do, or even if anything is possible.


    Not sure what one can do...
    Abandon stocks & bonds, buy gold?
    But gold has gone so much up & if that comes down...
    And where the hell does one keep all that gold anyway.

    I guess US short bonds still give decent gains. But that doesn't help
    much in Europe because of the currency risk. And if you buy currency
    hedged, you get pretty much only the 2% Euribor because of hedging costs.

    Well, maybe it's still best to do nothing much, at least with my
    portfolio. Maybe I should stop following financial news & go back to
    comic books. There's still lots of ground to cover... from ca 1987 to
    2025. That's a lot of comics. Do they even publish Tex Willer & Tarzan
    any more. That is the question.
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  • From jdeluise@jdeluise@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 27 14:06:28 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300,
    1400. Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never
    even
    dreamed of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is
    apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...

    Biden wasn't bad for the stock market though.. and you know that.
    Did you like Trump's 2020 COVID crash? Or had you not inherited
    your investment capital yet?
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  • From TT@TT@dprk.kp to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 01:10:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    jdeluise kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 1.06:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300,
    1400. Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even
    dreamed of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...

    Biden wasn't bad for the stock market though.. and you know that. Did
    you like Trump's 2020 COVID crash?-a Or had you not inherited your investment capital yet?

    Covid crash was hardly about US president...
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  • From jdeluise@jdeluise@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 27 14:28:43 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    jdeluise kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 1.06:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300,
    1400. Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never
    even
    dreamed of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is
    apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...
    Biden wasn't bad for the stock market though.. and you know
    that. Did you like Trump's 2020 COVID crash?-a Or had you not
    inherited your investment capital yet?

    Covid crash was hardly about US president...

    Not entirely, but "too late" Trump didn't help either. He'd spent
    the last three years slashing CDC budget. And when COVID-19
    arrived, he initially tried to just downplay it or ignore it.
    Whereas other countries e.g. UK were trying to help people remain
    employed by helping employers temporarily pay their salaries.
    Here, we saw a massive spike in unemployment and lots of small
    businesses going under. Meanwhile, state and regional governments
    were left to fend for themselves and *compete against each other*
    to retain equipment and a healthcare workforce. But the increased
    spending meant more more and more government workers were laid
    off. None of this instability is good for an economy, especially
    in the midst of a pandemic.
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  • From Sawfish@sawfish666@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 27 16:15:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    On 9/27/25 3:28 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    jdeluise kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 1.06:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300,
    1400. Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even
    dreamed of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...
    Biden wasn't bad for the stock market though.. and you know
    that. Did you like Trump's 2020 COVID crash?-a Or had you not
    inherited your investment capital yet?

    Covid crash was hardly about US president...

    Not entirely, but "too late" Trump didn't help either.-a He'd spent the
    last three years slashing CDC budget.

    AI can be your friend, if you let it, j:

    No, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget was not
    cut every year from 2017 to 2020. While the Trump administration
    repeatedly proposed significant budget cuts, Congress overrode these
    requests each year, resulting in mixed budget outcomes that included
    some increases.

    CDC enacted budget by year (2017rCo2020)

    2017: The final spending bill provided a total of $7.8 billion for the
    CDC, an increase of $605 million over the prior year.

    2018: The CDC's budget saw its biggest year-over-year increase of the
    past decade. It totaled $1.079 billion more than the previous year,
    which included one-time funding for new lab facilities.

    2019: The enacted budget was $7.3 billion, a $143 million increase over
    2018. However, after adjusting for inflation and one-time funding from
    2018, the budget was effectively flat.

    2020: Congress approved a $7.92 billion budget for fiscal year 2020, representing a $645 million increase over 2019 funding. Adjusted for inflation, this was a 7% increase.

    https://www.usaspending.gov/

    I have to say that your claim that "[Trump] spent the last three years slashing CDC budget" is an example of a re3flexive bias that you might
    want to think about, a bit, before all personal credibility is shot.


    -a And when COVID-19 arrived, he
    initially tried to just downplay it or ignore it.

    Yes.

    Whereas other
    countries e.g. UK were trying to help people remain employed by helping employers temporarily pay their salaries.

    Links would be helpful.

    Here, we saw a massive spike
    in unemployment and lots of small businesses going under.

    Yes. A relatively short (18 mo?) but very sharp spike in unemployment.

    https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-unemployment-rate.htm

    -a Meanwhile,
    state and regional governments were left to fend for themselves and
    *compete against each other* to retain equipment and a healthcare workforce.-a But the increased spending meant more more and more
    government workers were laid off.-a None of this instability is good for
    an economy, especially in the midst of a pandemic.

    Looks like Sweden did relatively well by simply ignoring policy mandates
    and leaving it up to individual discretion.

    Go figger.
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  • From jdeluise@jdeluise@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 27 15:42:26 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 3:28 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    jdeluise kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 1.06:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200,
    1300,
    1400. Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never
    even
    dreamed of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is
    apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...
    Biden wasn't bad for the stock market though.. and you know
    that. Did you like Trump's 2020 COVID crash?-a Or had you not
    inherited your investment capital yet?

    Covid crash was hardly about US president...
    Not entirely, but "too late" Trump didn't help either.-a He'd
    spent
    the last three years slashing CDC budget.

    AI can be your friend, if you let it, j:

    No, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget
    was
    not cut every year from 2017 to 2020. While the Trump
    administration
    repeatedly proposed significant budget cuts, Congress overrode
    these
    requests each year, resulting in mixed budget outcomes that
    included
    some increases.

    CDC enacted budget by year (2017rCo2020)

    2017: The final spending bill provided a total of $7.8 billion
    for the
    CDC, an increase of $605 million over the prior year.

    2018: The CDC's budget saw its biggest year-over-year increase
    of the
    past decade. It totaled $1.079 billion more than the previous
    year,
    which included one-time funding for new lab facilities.

    2019: The enacted budget was $7.3 billion, a $143 million
    increase
    over 2018. However, after adjusting for inflation and one-time
    funding
    from 2018, the budget was effectively flat.

    2020: Congress approved a $7.92 billion budget for fiscal year
    2020,
    representing a $645 million increase over 2019 funding. Adjusted
    for
    inflation, this was a 7% increase.

    https://www.usaspending.gov/

    I have to say that your claim that "[Trump] spent the last three
    years
    slashing CDC budget" is an example of a re3flexive bias that you
    might
    want to think about, a bit, before all personal credibility is
    shot.


    Fair enough.


    -a And when COVID-19 arrived, he initially tried to just
    downplay it
    or ignore it.

    Yes.

    Whereas other countries e.g. UK were trying to help people
    remain
    employed by helping employers temporarily pay their salaries.

    Links would be helpful.

    https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/examining-the-end-of-the-furlough-scheme/


    Here, we saw a massive spike in unemployment and lots of small
    businesses going under.

    Yes. A relatively short (18 mo?) but very sharp spike in
    unemployment.

    https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-unemployment-rate.htm

    -a Meanwhile, state and regional governments were left to fend
    for
    themselves and *compete against each other* to retain equipment
    and
    a healthcare workforce.-a But the increased spending meant more
    more
    and more government workers were laid off.-a None of this
    instability
    is good for an economy, especially in the midst of a pandemic.

    Looks like Sweden did relatively well by simply ignoring policy
    mandates and leaving it up to individual discretion.

    Go figger.

    That is true. Perhaps people are more responsible, tidy and
    considerate in Sweden? imo, what people refer to as "lock downs"
    in the US weren't really lock downs. We were still going out to
    grocery stores, still getting food prepared by cooks coughing into
    the food and coming back from the bathroom without washing their
    hands, etc. Still getting deliveries from unknown and
    untrustworthy couriers.... Taking cabs with makeshift "air
    barriers" between the drivers and passengers.

    On the other hand my father died from COVID (as a complication of
    a more serious medical issue) and nobody was allowed in to see him
    as he was dying. Now that was cruel, imo.
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  • From Sawfish@sawfish666@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 27 17:17:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    On 9/27/25 4:42 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 3:28 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    jdeluise kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 1.06:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300,
    1400. Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even >>>>>> dreamed of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently >>>>>> doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...
    Biden wasn't bad for the stock market though.. and you know
    that. Did you like Trump's 2020 COVID crash?-a Or had you not
    inherited your investment capital yet?

    Covid crash was hardly about US president...
    Not entirely, but "too late" Trump didn't help either.-a He'd spent
    the last three years slashing CDC budget.

    AI can be your friend, if you let it, j:

    No, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget was
    not cut every year from 2017 to 2020. While the Trump administration
    repeatedly proposed significant budget cuts, Congress overrode these
    requests each year, resulting in mixed budget outcomes that included
    some increases.

    CDC enacted budget by year (2017rCo2020)

    2017: The final spending bill provided a total of $7.8 billion for the
    CDC, an increase of $605 million over the prior year.

    2018: The CDC's budget saw its biggest year-over-year increase of the
    past decade. It totaled $1.079 billion more than the previous year,
    which included one-time funding for new lab facilities.

    2019: The enacted budget was $7.3 billion, a $143 million increase
    over 2018. However, after adjusting for inflation and one-time funding
    from 2018, the budget was effectively flat.

    2020: Congress approved a $7.92 billion budget for fiscal year 2020,
    representing a $645 million increase over 2019 funding. Adjusted for
    inflation, this was a 7% increase.

    https://www.usaspending.gov/

    I have to say that your claim that "[Trump] spent the last three years
    slashing CDC budget" is an example of a re3flexive bias that you might
    want to think about, a bit, before all personal credibility is shot.


    Fair enough.

    Appreciated.



    -a And when COVID-19 arrived, he initially tried to just downplay it
    or ignore it.

    Yes.

    Whereas other countries e.g. UK were trying to help people remain
    employed by helping employers temporarily pay their salaries.

    Links would be helpful.

    https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/examining-the-end-of-the-furlough- scheme/

    Thanks, I will eyeball them after college football.



    Here, we saw a massive spike in unemployment and lots of small
    businesses going under.

    Yes. A relatively short (18 mo?) but very sharp spike in unemployment.

    https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-unemployment-
    rate.htm

    -a Meanwhile, state and regional governments were left to fend for
    themselves and *compete against each other* to retain equipment and
    a healthcare workforce.-a But the increased spending meant more more
    and more government workers were laid off.-a None of this instability
    is good for an economy, especially in the midst of a pandemic.

    Looks like Sweden did relatively well by simply ignoring policy
    mandates and leaving it up to individual discretion.

    Go figger.

    That is true.-a Perhaps people are more responsible, tidy and considerate
    in Sweden?-a imo, what people refer to as "lock downs" in the US weren't really lock downs.-a We were still going out to grocery stores, still getting food prepared by cooks coughing into the food and coming back
    from the bathroom without washing their hands, etc.-a Still getting deliveries from unknown and untrustworthy couriers.... Taking cabs with makeshift "air barriers" between the drivers and passengers.

    Always there is hyperbole in public discourse.

    Basically I had no problems with the vax rollouts, the requirements, and
    the spending to keep the economy afloat. Much was Biden's doing: a plus. Better safe than sorry, when dealing with an unknown pathogen. It's very
    easy to posture now, but then people were shitting their pants, waiting
    for the vax. That's what I was seeing.

    I also recall, in about Feb/March 2020 (WE got this...". This goes
    alongside "Mission accomplished" on the fuckin' aircraft carrier as
    bookends of arrogance and stupidity.

    The sole thing about the supports is that they went too long, likely
    inducing the inflation.

    On the other hand my father died from COVID (as a complication of a more serious medical issue) and nobody was allowed in to see him as he was dying.-a Now that was cruel, imo.

    I can't comment. No experience with this...
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  • From TT@TT@dprk.kp to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 10:02:39 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    jdeluise kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 2.42:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 3:28 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    jdeluise kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 1.06:
    TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300,
    1400. Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even >>>>>> dreamed of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently >>>>>> doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...
    Biden wasn't bad for the stock market though.. and you know
    that. Did you like Trump's 2020 COVID crash?-a Or had you not
    inherited your investment capital yet?

    Covid crash was hardly about US president...
    Not entirely, but "too late" Trump didn't help either.-a He'd spent
    the last three years slashing CDC budget.

    AI can be your friend, if you let it, j:

    No, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget was
    not cut every year from 2017 to 2020. While the Trump administration
    repeatedly proposed significant budget cuts, Congress overrode these
    requests each year, resulting in mixed budget outcomes that included
    some increases.

    CDC enacted budget by year (2017rCo2020)

    2017: The final spending bill provided a total of $7.8 billion for the
    CDC, an increase of $605 million over the prior year.

    2018: The CDC's budget saw its biggest year-over-year increase of the
    past decade. It totaled $1.079 billion more than the previous year,
    which included one-time funding for new lab facilities.

    2019: The enacted budget was $7.3 billion, a $143 million increase
    over 2018. However, after adjusting for inflation and one-time funding
    from 2018, the budget was effectively flat.

    2020: Congress approved a $7.92 billion budget for fiscal year 2020,
    representing a $645 million increase over 2019 funding. Adjusted for
    inflation, this was a 7% increase.

    https://www.usaspending.gov/

    I have to say that your claim that "[Trump] spent the last three years
    slashing CDC budget" is an example of a re3flexive bias that you might
    want to think about, a bit, before all personal credibility is shot.


    Fair enough.


    -a And when COVID-19 arrived, he initially tried to just downplay it
    or ignore it.

    Yes.

    Whereas other countries e.g. UK were trying to help people remain
    employed by helping employers temporarily pay their salaries.

    Links would be helpful.

    https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/examining-the-end-of-the-furlough- scheme/


    Here, we saw a massive spike in unemployment and lots of small
    businesses going under.

    Yes. A relatively short (18 mo?) but very sharp spike in unemployment.

    https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-unemployment-
    rate.htm

    -a Meanwhile, state and regional governments were left to fend for
    themselves and *compete against each other* to retain equipment and
    a healthcare workforce.-a But the increased spending meant more more
    and more government workers were laid off.-a None of this instability
    is good for an economy, especially in the midst of a pandemic.

    Looks like Sweden did relatively well by simply ignoring policy
    mandates and leaving it up to individual discretion.

    Go figger.

    That is true.-a Perhaps people are more responsible, tidy and considerate
    in Sweden?-a imo, what people refer to as "lock downs" in the US weren't really lock downs.-a We were still going out to grocery stores, still getting food prepared by cooks coughing into the food and coming back
    from the bathroom without washing their hands, etc.-a Still getting deliveries from unknown and untrustworthy couriers.... Taking cabs with makeshift "air barriers" between the drivers and passengers.

    On the other hand my father died from COVID (as a complication of a more serious medical issue) and nobody was allowed in to see him as he was dying.-a Now that was cruel, imo.

    Sorry to hear that.

    Is that where you inherited your Shiba Inu, Tether & Polkadot?
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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Pelle_Svansl=C3=B6s?=@pelle@svans.los to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 13:29:41 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    On 28.9.2025 0.06, TT wrote:
    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400. Not
    30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even dreamed of before." https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26- trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...

    There were people in RST that tried to warn that Trump was the worst of
    them all ... But you just continued posting baseless narratives of the
    "Biden" economy being about to fall off from a cliff.

    Besides, you only thought Bidenomics was bad because he was supposedly
    in the "opposing camp" of your adopted Kulturkampf stance. An the
    mistaken belief reinforced by a 24/7 existence in an X bubble that
    matters of Kulturkapmpf are matters that matter. They only matter as far
    as begging votes of morans count.

    WE. KNEW. BEFOREHAND. WHAT. WAS. TO. COME.

    Never let your emotions, especially emotions driven by others, dictate
    your real-world investment decisions.
    --
    "And off they went, from here to there,
    The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"
    -- Traditional
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From TT@TT@dprk.kp to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 14:47:16 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    Pelle Svansl||s kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 13.29:
    On 28.9.2025 0.06, TT wrote:
    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400.
    Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even dreamed of
    before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...

    There were people in RST that tried to warn that Trump was the worst of
    them all ... But you just continued posting baseless narratives of the "Biden" economy being about to fall off from a cliff.


    As it is, SP500 earnings have hardly risen in past 4 years. Earnings
    have in principle stayed flat when we include inflation & buybacks. (did
    rise fast before that, I assume mainly due to inflation)

    Jobs numbers (& GDP?) can't be trusted, massive corrections. Hell, they
    just revised backwards looking jobs numbers (nonfarm payrolls) by nearly
    a million jobs downwards.

    And if we take into account money printing/debt, well, where did that
    growth disappear...

    Besides, you only thought Bidenomics was bad because he was supposedly
    in the "opposing camp" of your adopted Kulturkampf stance. An the
    mistaken belief reinforced by a 24/7 existence in an X bubble that
    matters of Kulturkapmpf are matters that matter. They only matter as far
    as begging votes of morans count.


    Nope, bigger factor than Biden's ridiculous woke war for trannies at
    military & black women for supreme court etc, was that he was a potted
    plant instead of being a president. He wasn't leading the state and it
    showed in policy.

    WE. KNEW. BEFOREHAND. WHAT. WAS. TO. COME.


    We all knew. But none of us knew it would be *THIS* crazy. Especially on
    the world trade.
    Granted that it really doesn't show much on stock markets, but there's a
    fair possibility it might at some point if stock markets ever return to reality.

    On bond markets I think it shows some.

    Never let your emotions, especially emotions driven by others, dictate
    your real-world investment decisions.


    Thanks, much appreciated. I never did.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Sawfish@sawfish666@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 07:50:56 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    On 9/28/25 4:47 AM, TT wrote:
    Pelle Svansl||s kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 13.29:
    On 28.9.2025 0.06, TT wrote:
    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400.
    Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even dreamed
    of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...

    There were people in RST that tried to warn that Trump was the worst
    of them all ... But you just continued posting baseless narratives of
    the "Biden" economy being about to fall off from a cliff.


    As it is, SP500 earnings have hardly risen in past 4 years. Earnings
    have in principle stayed flat when we include inflation & buybacks. (did rise fast before that, I assume mainly due to inflation)

    Jobs numbers (& GDP?) can't be trusted, massive corrections. Hell, they
    just revised backwards looking jobs numbers (nonfarm payrolls) by nearly
    a million jobs downwards.

    Just like China...they tell you whatever they like.

    Scary, isn't it?


    And if we take into account money printing/debt, well, where did that
    growth disappear...

    Besides, you only thought Bidenomics was bad because he was supposedly
    in the "opposing camp" of your adopted Kulturkampf stance. An the
    mistaken belief reinforced by a 24/7 existence in an X bubble that
    matters of Kulturkapmpf are matters that matter. They only matter as
    far as begging votes of morans count.


    Nope, bigger factor than Biden's ridiculous woke war for trannies at military & black women for supreme court etc, was that he was a potted
    plant instead of being a president. He wasn't leading the state and it showed in policy.

    ...and...AND, he backed doing away with the cap gains step up, and
    favored a wealth tax.

    Probably would not have extended the 2017 tax bill, which sunset in
    2026. That wouild have meant no more qualified business income
    deduction, a biggie.


    WE. KNEW. BEFOREHAND. WHAT. WAS. TO. COME.


    We all knew. But none of us knew it would be *THIS* crazy. Especially on
    the world trade.
    Granted that it really doesn't show much on stock markets, but there's a fair possibility it might at some point if stock markets ever return to reality.

    On bond markets I think it shows some.

    Never let your emotions, especially emotions driven by others, dictate
    your real-world investment decisions.


    Thanks, much appreciated. I never did.

    Trump is monetizing access to US markets. Sort of like a cover charge at
    the door of a nightclub. Tariffs, H1Bs. Pay to get in.

    I don't see any great substantive value in any of this--mainly an ego
    boost and talking points.
    --
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Pelle_Svansl=C3=B6s?=@pelle@svans.los to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 18:32:24 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    On 28.9.2025 14.47, TT wrote:
    Pelle Svansl||s kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 13.29:
    On 28.9.2025 0.06, TT wrote:
    "We will have reduced drug prices by 1000%, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400.
    Not 30 or 50%. Numbers the likes of which yourCOve never even dreamed
    of before."
    https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1971958483429073032

    In addition to math gone terribly wrong, the bulb head is apparently
    doing it by doubling drug prices coming from Europe.
    My Novo Nordisk & Orion shares are not happy about this.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/europe-markets-sept-26-
    trumps-100percent-pharma-tariffs-ftse-100.html

    How long has he been in power... 9 months? Jesus.
    And I thought *Biden* was bad...

    There were people in RST that tried to warn that Trump was the worst
    of them all ... But you just continued posting baseless narratives of
    the "Biden" economy being about to fall off from a cliff.


    As it is, SP500 earnings have hardly risen in past 4 years.

    If the prices are too high for your tastes, whom do you sue?

    Earnings
    have in principle stayed flat when we include inflation & buybacks. (did rise fast before that, I assume mainly due to inflation)

    Jobs numbers (& GDP?) can't be trusted,

    My nose for Deep State plots is tingling.

    massive corrections. Hell, they
    just revised backwards looking jobs numbers (nonfarm payrolls) by nearly
    a million jobs downwards.

    That is during a one year period. One Trump year period. The correction
    was within what was to be expected. Nothing to see here. Unemployment
    has continued to be low.

    A Bidenomics recession should be here by now, had we taken your word for it.

    We never do, though.

    And if we take into account money printing/debt, well, where did that
    growth disappear...

    Life is but ebbing and flowing.

    If you want real stories about disappearing cats, just take a look at
    the Finnish economy. The PerSu lady has done a spectacular job.

    Besides, you only thought Bidenomics was bad because he was supposedly
    in the "opposing camp" of your adopted Kulturkampf stance. An the
    mistaken belief reinforced by a 24/7 existence in an X bubble that
    matters of Kulturkapmpf are matters that matter. They only matter as
    far as begging votes of morans count.


    Nope, bigger factor than Biden's ridiculous woke war for trannies at military & black women for supreme court etc, was that he was a potted
    plant instead of being a president. He wasn't leading the state and it showed in policy.

    Looks like you'd do it again. Put the (lack of) civil rights of a tranny
    in a million ahead of your wallet.

    This is the bet Trump made and won.

    Thanks, much appreciated. I never did.

    Voting is an investment.
    --
    "Cough cough"
    -- Suzanne Lenglen
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From TT@TT@dprk.kp to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 18:45:27 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    Pelle Svansl||s kirjoitti 28.9.2025 klo 18.32:

    Voting is an investment.


    In that case my investment didn't pay off yet, you're still in Finland.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From jdeluise@jdeluise@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 28 10:34:43 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    Pelle Svansl||s <pelle@svans.los> writes:



    There were people in RST that tried to warn that Trump was the
    worst
    of them all ... But you just continued posting baseless
    narratives of
    the "Biden" economy being about to fall off from a cliff.

    Besides, you only thought Bidenomics was bad because he was
    supposedly
    in the "opposing camp" of your adopted Kulturkampf stance. An
    the
    mistaken belief reinforced by a 24/7 existence in an X bubble
    that
    matters of Kulturkapmpf are matters that matter. They only
    matter as
    far as begging votes of morans count.

    WE. KNEW. BEFOREHAND. WHAT. WAS. TO. COME.

    Never let your emotions, especially emotions driven by others,
    dictate
    your real-world investment decisions.

    Yeah, but Trump is about to give us all access to "MedBeds", alien
    technology that can cure all ills!
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