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Posts Made By: James Lacey

April 24, 2025 10:59 PM Forum: Politics

Thank you President Trump for doing what needed to be done to get the US Stock Markets to go up a bunch this week!

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Excellent work.  Credit given where credit is due!   Thanks Donald Trump, glad to see you caused the Stock markets to rise by a good bit over the last several days!  

AWESOME!

You can't be serious, can you? It's like thanking the arsonist for putting the fire out when the building is already destroyed.

April 25, 2025 03:53 PM Forum: Politics

Thank you President Trump for doing what needed to be done to get the US Stock Markets to go up a bunch this week!

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by James Brown

I think Richard is just trolling, but you never know.  Even someone as limited as him can look at the a YTD index chart and see that Trump's "policies" have not created a good market.  

Still, I remain hopeful that the market will do OK over the next four years, in spite of Trump.  "OK" but "not great" would be a fine outcome in my opinion.  Here is where Rod shows up to tell me how wrong I am.  Rod has been right about a lot of things lately!

My leading portfolio, which is over 80% growth and income equities in the form of mutual funds, is still down by almost 10% since "liberation" day.

The latest reports indicate that Trump's recent reversal on tariffs on China was driven by a warning from powerful retail CEOs, including those from Home Depot,  Target, and Walmart, who warned that without a serious reversal, they would all have empty shelves in two weeks. Also, container shipping traffic has already dropped drastically due to importers cancelling orders. I highly doubt the reversal has been made soon enough to prevent all shortages. It will take months to get the goods flowing again.

April 25, 2025 04:07 PM Forum: Politics

A direct question to James Lacey to inquire about his postings showing concern for Victims of violent crimes, those like females Jocelyn Nungarry, Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, at the hands of illegal aliens.

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by James Brown

I have a question for you Richard.  Do you think the illegals who allegedly raped, murdered etc. Jocelyn Nungarry, Laken Riley, Rachel Morin and others are entitled to due process of law?

It's always amusing when Richard refuses to answer a direct question, right after he's spent an unusual amount of energy getting worked up about the fact that I refuse to be entrapped by his loaded questions. He dares to call us intellectual cowards, when he refuses to answer your question, because he knows that if he says yes, then he has to admit Garcia is also entitled to his due process, and if he says no, then he's admitting that he doesn't honestly care about our Constitution or legal system. The truth is, Rich only cares about the Constitution and due process when he can use them to support his political position. Otherwise, he happily tosses them aside.

April 25, 2025 04:32 PM Forum: Politics

Thank you President Trump for doing what needed to be done to get the US Stock Markets to go up a bunch this week!

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

The day everyone was liberated of some of their wealth.

I wonder if anyone out there looks at their investments, purchasing power, etc., and thinks "I'm better off now than I was 6 months ago".

I was planning to make several large purchases this year, such as remodeling a bathroom and buying a new car. However, I have decided to put it all on hold as long as the orange menace is still intent on sowing chaos and instability in the economy. I'm sure many others feel the same way, even Republicans, according to many recent polls. It's not hard to understand. Trump's blunders are apparent, and they are affecting and pissing off a lot of people. Yet Rich wants to lecture us that supporting the rule of law is going to give us a black eye in upcoming elections, while he completely ignores the shambles Trump is creating.

April 25, 2025 05:14 PM Forum: Politics

Thank you President Trump for doing what needed to be done to get the US Stock Markets to go up a bunch this week!

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

I'm in the same situation as you.  I retire next week and my plan was to live off the income my 401K savings generate (+ SS, rental income, and other investments). The 401K value has decreased, though, so I'm recalculating.  I was also planning a bathroom remodel, now it looks like I might be doing it myself to save some $$.  Of course this means less work for the contractor; it affects everyone.

I remodeled a bathroom once, many years ago, and I will never do it again! I'd rather take a shower in an outdoor solar shower in the backyard for the rest of my life than do a bathroom remodel again! 

Honestly, though, our remodel is not urgent by any means. It's just something I was thinking about doing. We can continue as we are indefinitely. But, as you said, all this chaos and uncertainty affect everyone. All economic indicators are down, including significant drops in home sales, airline companies scaling back flights, and layoffs of employees. Credit card companies are reporting that customers are buying less. And so forth and so on. There aren't many good indicators out there right now.

April 26, 2025 04:01 PM Forum: Politics

A direct question to James Lacey to inquire about his postings showing concern for Victims of violent crimes, those like females Jocelyn Nungarry, Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, at the hands of illegal aliens.

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Interesting how asking a direct question to you is a strawman considering it is right there in the title of my posting.    

Does that work for all questions asked of you James?  smile

Rich:  "Is it raining outside James"?

James:  "Strawman!  Strawman!  I cry foul, Rich is introducing a strawman!!"   wink

The strawman is that you keep calling us bleeding heart liberals for Garcia. Additionally, you often use straw men in your posts. You routinely accuse people of things they didn't say or do, and then attack those imaginary things all the time. It is one of the main fallacies you often fall into. The other fallacy you are falling into is assuming that silence implies support. I've already said that there are many valid reasons someone may stay silent about a particular subject, and that silence means nothing other than the person is quiet on the matter.

Using your logic, your silence and active support for Trump shows, that you support rapists, serial sexual abusers, and felons. The hilarious thing is that Trump is a worse criminal than Garcia, and probably most of the people he is deporting.

April 26, 2025 04:05 PM Forum: Politics

A direct question to James Lacey to inquire about his postings showing concern for Victims of violent crimes, those like females Jocelyn Nungarry, Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, at the hands of illegal aliens.

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Are you that unaware to the fact that you use strawman arguments and whataboutisms more often than not in your responses? Amazing. I could quote them, but they are evident in most every thread you didn't start.

I guess it's that legendary Davis lack of self-awareness. He doesn't even realize he does it, and in his mind, they are "facts" and valid arguments, I guess. According to Rich's logic, since he's never said he doesn't believe in the tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny, and Sasquatch, we can therefore conclude that he does. Right?

April 26, 2025 04:16 PM Forum: Politics

Thank you President Trump for doing what needed to be done to get the US Stock Markets to go up a bunch this week!

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by Richard Davis


I'm not in shambles.  Nobody I know is in shambles.  Apparently you are.  

That's too bad.  I thought you told us years ago that you were like Jim Brown, independently wealthy??

So now you are not? 

I had surmised that when you got on here years back and claimed that You and Jim B were in such good shape financially that neither of you had to worry about money, that you had your ducks in a row.  

No?  You don't have your ducks in a row and now you're worried about your investments?  

Did things change for you financially? 

If not, then why wouldn't you purchase a new car and why would you NOT remodel your bathroom?

I'm remodeling my bathroom.  Now I have to build the vanity cabinet and vanity top, and I'm doing it myself, but I would assume that a guy like you who bragged about your fiscal condition back then, should be able to purchase a new vehicle and expend the money to get your bathroom remodeled.  

Why wait?

You've once again drawn an incorrect conclusion. I did not say I was in shambles. I said Trump has created a shambles, and given the context of my post, any normal rational person who wasn't nitpicking and looking for something to attack falsely would understand I meant the economic shambles Trump has created with his completely unnecessary trade war, which by the way, he's done an almost 180 degree reversal on at this point. Additionally, just because I choose to delay some large expenditures until the market has some time to recover from Trump's completely unnecessary economic wounding, it does not mean I am suddenly poor. It's the prudent thing to do since accounts will recover faster if you don't deplete them during a downturn, and it's a good time to reinvest. I don't need anything, and I owe nothing to anyone other than the taxman. Believe me, I'm doing just fine.

April 26, 2025 04:42 PM Forum: Politics

A direct question to James Lacey to inquire about his postings showing concern for Victims of violent crimes, those like females Jocelyn Nungarry, Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, at the hands of illegal aliens.

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by James Brown

Last, your “endless” due process argument is absurd.   All I want, and all the Constitution requires, is an appropriate hearing with notice and the right to counsel, plus appeal if desired.  

Fortunately, the Supreme Court agrees with me, which is why they issued the overnight order last weekend stopping the Trump administration from deporting the dozens of alleged Tren de Aragua gangsters held in Texas to the El Salvadoran prison without any hearing at all.  

Of course, according to you, the government was only being practical in that case.   Who really has time for even one hearing?

I can't wait to see how Rich and the MAGA-heads defend this deportation:


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/us-citizen-deported.html

2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects

A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”

April 26, 2025 05:37 PM Forum: Politics

Thank you President Trump for doing what needed to be done to get the US Stock Markets to go up a bunch this week!

Posted By James Lacey
Originally Posted by Richard Davis



Fear mongering again, like all lefties with TDS do?

That's surely a shock to the system.  

Why on Earth did the inflation rate drop last month by 0.4% to 2.4%?

I guess that's due to Trump f'ing up the economy eh?

It's pretty simple, really; it's almost entirely due to a sharp decrease in energy prices, and especially gasoline. You might be tempted to say that's a good thing, except for the fact that we usually see energy prices rise in March due to seasonal adjustments, such as increased demand from summer travel and the introduction of more expensive summer blends. It's all driven by the concerns about global growth and potential recession started by Trump's ridiculous and completely unnecessary trade war, which he has capitulated on anyway.

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