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Post by nephillymike on Jul 13, 2024 19:24:40 GMT -5
Dude doesn’t need this hassle. As he said in the debate, he could be just spending his days golfing.
I expected them to take a shot at him. Thought it would be closer to election day to cause most unrest.
Thank God they missed.
I think he just won the election.
Crazy times.
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Post by md717 on Jul 14, 2024 0:09:33 GMT -5
They couldn't have framed that shot (sorry, poor choice of words) of him with his fist in the air and the flag flying above him any better if they had set the whole thing up for a campaign commercial. (No, I'm not suggesting that the whole thing was staged for that purpose, of course.) I can't imagine the turmoil or the aftermath of this event had the shooter been successful.
If I hear one more person say "both sides have to dial back the rhetoric; turn down the temperature" I think I might scream. There is no "both sides" here. Only one side is saying things like "existential threat to democracy" and "Hitler" and "rapist" and "evil" and "convicted felon." That side needs to be held accountable for their rhetoric.
I agree, there's no stopping him now. I think the Dems will quiet down about pulling Biden out of the race, since they must realize that no one is going to beat him so they might as well let ol' Joe take the fall as his swan song.
PS - the stock market is going to go bananas on Monday. You heard it here first.
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Post by robbieratchet on Jul 14, 2024 8:57:52 GMT -5
There are 3 certainties in life: death, taxes, and violence from the Communists.
Fortunately, commies can't shoot for shit. Remember the Bernie supporter who shot up the GOP Congress baseball practice? Fired over 50 shots over several minutes (according to witnesses) and all he did was wound Steve Scalise. Holy shit, if we ever give these animals a taste of their own medicine.....
Shooter was 150 yards away with an AR. My mother makes that shot. Anyone on this board probably makes it. Trump is very lucky to be alive, and if I were him I'd be monitoring just about every prominent leftist's Twitter today and making a list.
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Post by nephillymike on Jul 14, 2024 11:13:43 GMT -5
We’re in a real precarious situation.
The usual Trump would be blaming the left in bombastic style and will further the great divide.
If he can find it within himself to rise above it and soften the rhetoric, he will win this election in Reaganesque landslide and will have impact for years to come.
Here’s hoping he rises above it .
The first posts are encouraging. 🤞
Did you see the ultra slow mo camera that shows the bullet wizzing by? Holy shit.
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Post by md717 on Jul 14, 2024 11:14:18 GMT -5
if I were him I'd be monitoring just about every prominent leftist's Twitter today and making a list. Please don't tell me that some of our leftist friends are celebrating this event and/or mourning its failure. I guess it wouldn't surprise me. |
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Post by nephillymike on Jul 14, 2024 13:05:54 GMT -5
This will be an interesting investigation.
Trump officials insist that they requested more secret service to be allocated to them while the guy in charge says it is categorically false.
Someone’s lying.
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Post by robbieratchet on Jul 14, 2024 15:01:01 GMT -5
x.com/i/status/1812424693741228220The shooter was in a Blackrock ad last year. I can't find this anywhere on youtube (it's likely been scrubbed already), but thankfully Twitter is in good hands. For those of you living in 1995, Blackrock is the cartoonishly evil corporation buying up residential land here at home, and they have an exclusive contract to "rebuild" Ukraine once the war is over. This is why conspiracy theories exist. Was this little punk manipulated into doing this somehow, apart from 8 years of Dem rhetoric? We'll never know. Normally, I'd roll my eyes at suggesting he should "rise above it," but in this case I'd agree. A failed assassination attempt 3 days before his convention speech?! That defiant picture of him? Just stay above the fray and cruise to victory - I'm not even sure they can cheat their way out of this. I've said before on this page, his VP is strictly assassination insurance. Vance, Vivek, or DeSantis. If he picks Tim Scott or Marco Rubio, he may as well be signing his own death warrant.
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Post by md717 on Jul 14, 2024 15:55:07 GMT -5
I think it's a woman in charge of Secret Service. I've heard people call her a "DEI Hire." I don't know if that's true.
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Post by robbieratchet on Jul 14, 2024 16:08:22 GMT -5
I think it's a woman in charge of Secret Service. I've heard people call her a "DEI Hire." I don't know if that's true. Would you hire a woman to protect someone who you cared about that was in constant danger? Answer honestly, and you'll answer your own question. |
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Post by nephillymike on Jul 14, 2024 19:22:37 GMT -5
The key phrase in Biden’s address tonight:
“ here in America, we need to get out of our silos where we only listen to those with whom we agree, where misinformation runs rampant”
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Post by robbieratchet on Jul 15, 2024 11:29:46 GMT -5
The key phrase in Biden’s address tonight: “ here in America, we need to get out of our silos where we only listen to those with whom we agree, where misinformation runs rampant” That kid changed everything. They might not even replace Biden now, as the replacement would be entering a losing battle. Just lose with the demented old man, probably have a 48-52 seat Senate, a slim GOP House that won't do shit anyway, and reload for the 2026 midterms. What a time to be alive. Would any of our resident leftists like to weigh in? Based on the views this thread has gotten, I know you're out there.  Edit: MSNBC pulled "Morning Joe" from the air this morning, in all likelihood because they knew their hosts were basically going to celebrate the shooting. I can't wait to see what they do with Joy Reid later |
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Post by md717 on Jul 15, 2024 22:00:08 GMT -5
They might not even replace Biden now, as the replacement would be entering a losing battle. Just lose with the demented old man . . . Hmmm . . . I think I might have read that somewhere before, maybe even earlier in this same thread!  |
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Post by robbieratchet on Jul 16, 2024 14:10:50 GMT -5
Hmmm . . . I think I might have read that somewhere before, maybe even earlier in this same thread! When you find yourself agreeing with me, take comfort in knowing that you're right. |
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Post by md717 on Jul 21, 2024 20:22:12 GMT -5
Hmmm . . . I think I might have read that somewhere before, maybe even earlier in this same thread! When you find yourself agreeing with me, take comfort in knowing that you're right. I guess we were both wrong. |
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Post by robbieratchet on Jul 22, 2024 16:29:57 GMT -5
When you find yourself agreeing with me, take comfort in knowing that you're right. I guess we were both wrong. He made it clear he wasn't dropping out.....then got "covid," dropped out through a tweet (with a letter he clearly didn't write), and nobody has seen him for 5 days. Yeah, sounds legit. These are scary times and we're in uncharted territory, but it's refreshing to watch as the system destroys its own legitimacy. |
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Post by nephillymike on Jul 22, 2024 18:49:38 GMT -5
They had the early debate so they could get him out.
They succeeded in doing so in 24 days after the debate. Amazingly fast. To watch CNN and MSNBC turn on him en mass after the debate, you knew it was a set up.
Did they really do all this to have Kamala at the helm? That doesn’t seem to make much sense. Why put your eggs in her basket? Why not upgrade like Obama wants to?
If the united Republican team with an almost assassinated candidate can’t beat Kamala fuckin’ Harris then we deserve what we get.
Trump needs to up his game. Enough of the generality exaggerated best this, best of all time that, and outright lies that are easily fact checked. Just come with facts and the facts are on your side in most cases. Case in point. In the Biden debate, Biden was bragging about how inflation was down and Trump shot back with “ lowest inflation ever, best economy ever, best president of all time etc. All he had to do is state the CPI when he started his term, the CPI when he left and truthfully say it computed to a cumulative 7 %. Then do the same thing with Biden to show it was over 22% with still six months to go. That’s a drop the mic shut the fuck up stat that nobody can refute. He can’t miss those open layups. He needs to put the time in to prepare for his speeches and debates. Remember, he doesn’t need to win votes from his base, he needs to win votes from those who did not intend to vote for him.
One other thing. There are tens of of millions of voters who wanted to vote for someone not named Trump or Biden. The Dems just gave people a slight out by offering Harris. Not as much as a new candidate would, but it something. Trump needs to overcome that. Hopefully Vance can force him to bring his A game!
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Post by robbieratchet on Jul 23, 2024 18:17:09 GMT -5
They had the early debate so they could get him out. They succeeded in doing so in 24 days after the debate. Amazingly fast. To watch CNN and MSNBC turn on him en mass after the debate, you knew it was a set up. Did they really do all this to have Kamala at the helm? That doesn’t seem to make much sense. Why put your eggs in her basket? Why not upgrade like Obama wants to? If the united Republican team with an almost assassinated candidate can’t beat Kamala fuckin’ Harris then we deserve what we get. Trump needs to up his game. Enough of the generality exaggerated best this, best of all time that, and outright lies that are easily fact checked. Just come with facts and the facts are on your side in most cases. Case in point. In the Biden debate, Biden was bragging about how inflation was down and Trump shot back with “ lowest inflation ever, best economy ever, best president of all time etc. All he had to do is state the CPI when he started his term, the CPI when he left and truthfully say it computed to a cumulative 7 %. Then do the same thing with Biden to show it was over 22% with still six months to go. That’s a drop the mic shut the fuck up stat that nobody can refute. He can’t miss those open layups. He needs to put the time in to prepare for his speeches and debates. Remember, he doesn’t need to win votes from his base, he needs to win votes from those who did not intend to vote for him. One other thing. There are tens of of millions of voters who wanted to vote for someone not named Trump or Biden. The Dems just gave people a slight out by offering Harris. Not as much as a new candidate would, but it something. Trump needs to overcome that. Hopefully Vance can force him to bring his A game! 🤞 All he had to do was be coherent, and failed miserably. Then they tried to take out Trump, and we almost had a Haley/Kamala nightmare. Brought to you by the defenders of democracy. She is so god-awful. Unbearable. Always has that smug look on her face, the way she talks, etc. Oh, and she's a literal whore. We just witnessed a coup. We should never accept her as our president, no matter what. This will be a crazy 4 months. We haven't even had the race riots yet. |
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Post by nephillymike on Jul 24, 2024 17:06:26 GMT -5
I wouldn't say he failed miserably. but he did not succeed. Hopefully he improves significantly in that area.
I don't know if I agree with the "coup" theory. True, the early debate was so they could replace Biden if needed. and he failed and they needed to. If he came off as coherent as he was in the SOTU address, I don't think there would have been a "coup". If you're planning a coup, is Kamala your replacement in shining honor? I don't see it. Now if someone else steps in, then the "coup" theory has more credence IMO.
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Post by robbieratchet on Jul 25, 2024 14:31:57 GMT -5
I wouldn't say he failed miserably. but he did not succeed. Hopefully he improves significantly in that area. I don't know if I agree with the "coup" theory. True, the early debate was so they could replace Biden if needed. and he failed and they needed to. If he came off as coherent as he was in the SOTU address, I don't think there would have been a "coup". If you're planning a coup, is Kamala your replacement in shining honor? I don't see it. Now if someone else steps in, then the "coup" theory has more credence IMO. Biden didn't want to step down, and made that crystal clear, and he fairly won the primaries as is expected of an incumbent. Then he stepped down, disappeared for days, and all of a sudden Kamala is the second coming. That's called a "coup" in every sense of the word. If you have a different definition for that, please tell me. Unless you believe that Joe and Jill decided over a bowl of Farina on Sunday morning "nah fuck it, we're done being in charge." The logical choice has to be Kamala. She's the VP, and you can't really put a white male in front of her without alienating some of your political factions. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but I have a hard time believing that she'll be replaced at the convention. Right now it's a whole bunch of snakes jockeying for veep. And maybe they announce her veep, and then an "assassin" takes her out, and they can stick their real replacement in there? I still think you're way too idealistic about what time it is. That wouldn't surprise me at all. |
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Post by nephillymike on Jul 29, 2024 19:57:08 GMT -5
I know what time it is. Weeks before the debate, I mentioned to others and probably on here, that it was a set up. After the debate, I pointed out the Dems abandoned him in unison in a millisecond. The powers that be gave them the go ahead and they followed in step. After the debate, I offered the eight people in my office a bet that before the election, someone would try to asassinate Trump. The seven women thought I was some kind of conspiracist nut job and were doing me a favor by not taking my dollar. The man declined to bet because he thought I was right. I think that opened a few eyes, at least I hope so. I’m very intuned to the time. Check out this bullshit www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3100147/on-kamala-harris-role-media-cross-border-outright-lies/Asshole Trump better up his game so we’ll win. Otherwise, we’re fucked. |
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Post by nephillymike on Jul 29, 2024 21:15:01 GMT -5
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Post by One on Jul 31, 2024 20:22:01 GMT -5
I wouldn't say he failed miserably. but he did not succeed. Hopefully he improves significantly in that area. I don't know if I agree with the "coup" theory. True, the early debate was so they could replace Biden if needed. and he failed and they needed to. If he came off as coherent as he was in the SOTU address, I don't think there would have been a "coup". If you're planning a coup, is Kamala your replacement in shining honor? I don't see it. Now if someone else steps in, then the "coup" theory has more credence IMO. In his first year didn't he cancel things like The Wall, the Keystone pipeline - essentially the domestic oil industry in addition to dangerously depleting our oil reserves - and Title 42? Not to mention the botched withdrawal from a war zone that equipped the enemy with $billions in state-of-the-art military equipment and surrendered more $billions in a strategic and state-of-the-art military base, empowering Iran likely that triggered the invasion of Israel, the return to the Paris Agreement to impoverish the world, mandating EVs (and setting a self-destruct for gas vehicles), and granting homeland authorities to the WHO (pandemic business closures anyone). Add in deepening the national divide with references to Trump and those who agree with his polices as threats to Democracy, LAWFARE, proudly disregarding SCOTUS (i.e. student loans) and failing to protect it's justices. That's just the tip of Biden's "fundamental transformation" because there's so much more. If Biden were in practice the Commander in Chief it would have been a coup. But the government has been run by committee - by people we didn't elect, don't know, and never see. The power base hasn't changed and it won't change. That's why Trump isn't safe. Vance probably isn't safe, and to a far lesser amount, no one who opposes these people is safe. If I'm not mistake Kamal got Biden's war chest, she's a woman of color, and the media is either that committee or owned by them. They're already revising or deleting their own historical reports on her. There's an endless line of air heads who vote who will obediently follow the words of the corrupted fourth estate even if the words now contradict those of two years ago - shit, two months ago. Dudes for Kamala. Women for Kamala. The idiots stretch from sea to sea - I'm pretty sure they all do the wave too. In 2020 we had one candidate who attracted non-stop sell out crowds at his rallies and one who had duct tape on his mouth and napped in his basement. The media carried him from dream world over the finish line with a record 81 million votes - assuming we believe those who did the carrying and don't even consider the truckloads of non-investigated evidence to the contrary. Only a homie would believe something like that couldn't happen to THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.  |
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Post by nephillymike on Aug 2, 2024 21:15:04 GMT -5
As always. Great points One. It is real scary. Trump went from a 2.5-1 favorite versus Biden to now a very slim favorite vs Harris. Sure there is an enthusiasm bump that will probably go thru the Dem convention, but we need to hope the issues will prevail.
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Post by One on Aug 4, 2024 6:57:06 GMT -5
As always. Great points One. It is real scary. Trump went from a 2.5-1 favorite versus Biden to now a very slim favorite vs Harris. Sure there is an enthusiasm bump that will probably go thru the Dem convention, but we need to hope the issues will prevail. When you think about it, there's really not much difference between the majority of our educational system and our media. Both have become directed by indoctrination instead of information. So the "issues" are not just defined by them, both our "educators" and the media are gatekeepers for the veracity of the "issues." Take almost everything Trump: Russiagate, the 2020 election, Stormygate, etc. The "issues" are either obfuscated or manufactured. Russia does interfere in our elections, always has. Biden is in the White House largely because the media censored vital information and misstated or ignored facts. Trump is a convicted felon because they manipulated the laws and the trial. Maybe I'm just another theorist, but all of this sure sounds a lot like what was 1930's - 40's Germany and 1950's - '70s Russian SOP. But, again, the teachers and the media will tell us it's Trump doing it. If it wasn't for their shenanigans we wouldn't have Trump (or, at this point, need him), Biden, Harris or Obama. Prestidigitation. It's more than an uphill battle. |
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Post by robbieratchet on Aug 4, 2024 11:32:49 GMT -5
The overarching danger that has hung over our heads is that one day, it won't matter how bad the economy is, how bad crime is, how bad etc. etc. etc. is, and finally, how god-awful whatever puppet they put up for office is. They will simply have the votes to win no matter what.
And of course, that's before you get into the massive cheating that will take place. This election will tell us how close we are to that point. My guess is we're already there, if not damn close.
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Post by nephillymike on Aug 6, 2024 19:52:45 GMT -5
Harris-Walz
If Trump can’t beat them, then it is over.
Asshole will make it a lot closer than it should be.
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Post by robbieratchet on Aug 7, 2024 12:21:07 GMT -5
Harris-Walz If Trump can’t beat them, then it is over. Asshole will make it a lot closer than it should be. I'm truly shocked at the VP pick. In a different time, Mark Kelly would've been the obvious choice. Then again, in a different time, Kamala would still be in San Fran blowing her boss to get ahead. Walz was clearly picked over Shapiro to lock up the pro-terrorist vote. That's what time it is. The System believes they inherently have the votes. Should be a fun few months. And by "fun," I mean horrifyingly depressing. I suggest moving to Florida. If you ever have any interest in checking out some houses down here, private message me. Getting the hell out of the northeast was the best thing I've ever done. |
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Post by nephillymike on Aug 7, 2024 19:24:09 GMT -5
I’m in the moving business and we move a lot of people down there.
Definitely one of more popular places. It’s grown a lot over the years. A lot more crowded than years ago.
South Carolina has become popular place too.
I don’t know this , but I’m guessing the house values relative to the Pennsylvanias are not the bargain they were 15 years ago.
I remember when I was in public accounting late 80’s early 90’s, I had clients down there and the amount of home you could get for the money was a great deal. New Yorkers would cash in their overpriced property, move down there and have a shitload left over to retire with. Gotta feeling it’s still good but not near the windfall.
How do you see it?
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Post by robbieratchet on Aug 8, 2024 12:19:32 GMT -5
I’m in the moving business and we move a lot of people down there. Definitely one of more popular places. It’s grown a lot over the years. A lot more crowded than years ago. South Carolina has become popular place too. I don’t know this , but I’m guessing the house values relative to the Pennsylvanias are not the bargain they were 15 years ago. I remember when I was in public accounting late 80’s early 90’s, I had clients down there and the amount of home you could get for the money was a great deal. New Yorkers would cash in their overpriced property, move down there and have a shitload left over to retire with. Gotta feeling it’s still good but not near the windfall. How do you see it? I'm a realtor. Tons of price reductions and a down market here, for now. Still, there's always action and always things happening because of the amount of rich old people who pay cash for condos. Good deals can be found anywhere if you know what to look for. Plenty of people selling their houses have several hundred thousand dollars worth of value increase from when they bought 5-10-15 years ago. On a side note, as a kid my family would always go to Wildwood in the summer. I've sort of had a desire to get a property there to rent out/use when I'm up there. But the prices are absolutely fucking insane. For real. And you only can realistically use the place for less than half of the year, and of course, the crappiest beach in Florida is significantly nicer than the best beach in NJ. Oh well. |
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Post by nephillymike on Aug 9, 2024 20:45:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I too have many fond memories of summer vacations in Wildwood Crest. My great aunt and uncle had a place in the Crest where they moved full time when they retired at a young retiree age. We’d always got a house close by for a week with my family, and then me and my sister would go down for a week when they’d spoil us. Even had a friend from NY who I got to know over the summers. Good memories.
Wildwood was the last of the shore properties to explode. Probably happened about 15 years ago which was after the Avalon, Stone Harbor and Ocean City paydays.
Sea Isle may still be comparatively “reasonably” priced.
Our owner just bought two side by side properties in Wildwood this year. Just fully furnished the one by Memorial Day, and they’ve been going down every weekend. The second property will be mostly used for a pool 🤔. It’s great for office productivity…. NOT!
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