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Posts Made By: James Lacey

August 30, 2025 09:17 PM Forum: Politics

Are There Actual Signed Trade Deals?

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Jim Brown has the ability to impress a handful of unimpressive liberals like yourself.  

If you think he's the Einstein of this forum, bully for You AND him.  smile

Now then, is this the best you've got James?  I was hoping you would answer my questions which I posed to you earlier. 

I'll ask again, what did or what do you do for a living?  Not that it matters, but you seem to be dodging.

After all, you have indicated that both You and Jim Brown never have to worry about money again, so curiosity abounds.   wink

You made that statement/boast a couple of years back, perhaps longer than that.  

What did you do to make your millions, or were you born into it?    smile

My personal finances are not relevant to your credibility crisis, no matter how hard you try to make it about me. Regardless, I've been successful enough in my chosen career path to now be comfortable in retirement, which is all you need to know. As I've mentioned many times, I will never intentionally disclose my personal life to someone like you.

August 30, 2025 09:39 PM Forum: Politics

I freely admit to being a troll and that I've been a bit nasty in some of my posts directed at poor old picked on Rich Davis.

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

How is that denigrating your wife?  Nothing wrong IMO with her looking for a man out there to satisfy her needs, since you seem to have all kinds of issues that I see.   smile

Using Jim's late wife to attack him personally is a new low, even for you, Rich. Just when we all think you can't get any lower, you rise to the challenge and dig even deeper. The good news, though, is that I'm pretty sure Jim's late wife was a better person than you could ever hope to be in a thousand lifetimes, and nothing you can say or do will change that. And a reminder to everyone: never share personal details here, as Rich clearly lacks morality, empathy, and concern for others.

August 30, 2025 09:50 PM Forum: Politics

"Federal appeals court strikes down major chunk of Trump’s tariffs"

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
"A federal appeals court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers granted by Congress to impose tariffs, opening the door for the administration to potentially have to repay billions worth of duties."

"The 7-4 ruling raises doubt about deals Trump has struck with the European Union, Japan, South Korea and other major trading partners to reduce the “reciprocal” tariff rates on their imports, from the levels the administration originally set in April."

“We conclude Congress … did not give the president wide-ranging authority to impose tariffs” of the kind Trump imposed in his sweeping executive orders, the majority wrote.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/29/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-major-chunk-of-trumps-tariffs-00537643


Trump, as usual, concluded a court action such as this one is the result of a  "highly partisan court." So, as usual, he'll run to a highly partisan supreme court to overturn it. BTW, two of the dissenting judges were Obama appointees while the remain two dissenter were appointees of George W Bush.

The Trump administration is criminally incompetent. They don't know what they are doing, or how to run a country, and they don't know how to do it except through illegal means. And to think it's only been 7 months. I hope MAGA and the GOP get wiped out in the midterms and that Trump's last two years are nothing but all these clowns getting dragged before Congress. I mean I knew Trump's second term would be a s4!t show but they have exceeded my imagination completely.

August 31, 2025 02:29 PM Forum: Politics

I freely admit to being a troll and that I've been a bit nasty in some of my posts directed at poor old picked on Rich Davis.

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by James Brown

Yes it is risky, but I am deeply honored Jim M was willing to share his saddest moment with us last year, and hopefully some of us helped him through it, in a small way.

As I mentioned just above, Richard’s weaponization of Jim’s heartfelt disclosure is beyond shameful.  My previous post probably just exposed myself to the same treatment.   But hopefully our support of Jim M here, and in private messages then and now, have made his honest sharing of profound personal loss worth the pain Richard may inflict.

You have to wonder, given Rich's behavior, what kind of role models he had as a child? Did he even have any? Here's a plot twist: Rich's dear departed dad, that he's so keen to defend, turns out to be as real as his BME degree.

In the interest of fairness, though, it is true that JimM has been trolling Rich a lot lately. I'm not berating JimM at all; he's admitted as much, too. Some would say that Rich has it coming, and then some, but getting sucked into Rich's downward spirals is something I avoid as much as possible, or in other words, always. That's a game you can only win by not playing into his attempts to drag you down to his level, so he can ultimately play the victim card and blame all his problems on you. If this forum had a block feature, Rich would be at the top of my list.

September 1, 2025 02:53 PM Forum: Politics

I freely admit to being a troll and that I've been a bit nasty in some of my posts directed at poor old picked on Rich Davis.

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Accuses Jim M's late wife (who he never in his life met or even laid eyes on) of adultery, then says this: "I haven't said one thing to him to denigrate his late wife whatsoever."

What sort of mental handicap does one have to have to post something so stupid?

I attribute it to his utter inability ever to take accountability for his actions. I mean, we can all see what he wrote in black and white, but he tries to gaslight us and tell us we can't trust our own eyes and intellect? That right there is some over-the-top narcissism.

September 1, 2025 08:00 PM Forum: Politics

I freely admit to being a troll and that I've been a bit nasty in some of my posts directed at poor old picked on Rich Davis.

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



Yes, yes, extremely narcissistic, apparently just like you James.  

Oh wait, just like J Brown.

I can't recall the last time you looked in the mirror. 

You may want to try it sometime when you're practicing the words you will use to attempt to shame me.   smile

Virtue signal much James?  wink

September 1, 2025 10:08 PM Forum: Politics

Are There Actual Signed Trade Deals?

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Why are you so ashamed of your economic achievements, as well as your academic achievements, and the fact that you worked in a grocery store for 40+ years? 

Even though it wasn't you who created it, there is still honor in having gotten up every day and gone to work to provide for your family in your family business.  smile

So then, I will ask again, since you have not only mocked my educational and business achievements, but you have demanded that I produce documents as proof of my similar achievements, I'm wondering why your openly displayed hypocrisy, is simply preventing you from answering simple questions.  

Go ahead and impress all of us. Tell us what Ivy league college that you attended and graduated from.

Tell us when you graduated high school.

Tell us about your greatest business achievement.  Heck, tell us the time you stacked some canned goods in your family store.  Provide photos of you working in your Mom and Dad's store.  smile

Instead of projecting your traits onto us as a way of avoiding responsibility for your claims, why don't you go first? You don't seem to realize that no matter how hard you try to shift the burden of your credibility crisis onto us, none of us will allow it. We are under no obligation to defend ourselves from your projection.

September 2, 2025 02:09 PM Forum: Politics

Are There Actual Signed Trade Deals?

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


So then, can you explain your reticence to brag about your education?  

I mean, you came on here mocking mine, claiming that I don't have any degrees from a College or University, and insisting that I produce photos of my diploma, and yet you haven't any further education past High School?

Is that because you weren't very ambitious or just that you worked for Mom and Dad and that was easiest?

At this point, I'm curious as to how a grand achiever like yourself doesn't like being grilled about his business background, when he is so demanding of others?

Is it just leftist entitlement?  That always seems to be the answer as to why leftist Democrats like you feel that they are entitled to have all of their hypocritical demands satiated.

So then, your Mom and Dad employed you your entire life and you retired from their grocery store business?  

Did you do anything else to enhance your income?  Sell crack cocaine on the side?  Did you come up with any great inventions?  

As I said before, enquiring minds want to know.  smile

As far as I know, it's an outright lie that Jim doesn't have any education past high school.

The only reason anyone is asking you to prove your credentials is that you chose to bring them up yourself. From the way you've conducted yourself, it doesn't seem very likely that you actually hold a BME degree. Further, you've spent more time questioning the intelligence and ethics of anyone who disagrees with you than addressing the points at hand. No one here is obligated to prove anything to you just because of your behavior, and no amount of projection on your part will change that.

September 2, 2025 03:13 PM Forum: Politics

Are There Actual Signed Trade Deals?

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



Well if he does that's good for him I suppose. 

To date he is unwilling to even mention any post high school formal education that he has undertaken, while at the same time he enjoys mocking my post high school education.

He's free to be skeptical of anything of which he chooses to be skeptical, but it is interesting that he apparently has worked in his parents' grocery store his entire life.

I don't know the name of the store for whom he worked.  I would guess that he was one who enjoyed his career and that's great, but for him to mock anyone else for their post high school formal education when he appears to have none himself is rather Ironic.     smile


BTW, if he does or doesn't, matters not one wit in his ability to discuss politics, economics, history, civics, gov't, etc...

The problem for Jim it seems, is that when he is challenged, and asked direct questions about the subjects listed, he is either unable to defend the leftist Democrat point of view on those subjects, or he ignores the questions completely.

And lastly, he puts on display for the world to see, his baldfaced hypocrisy in making Demands of me to put up evidence to prove something to him, namely that I have a degree, and yet when challenged in return to do the same, simply tell us all here whether or not he has a post high school education, he takes the typical leftist stance of saying back to me "I don't need to answer your questions Rich", which is typical of all leftist Democrats, including yourself James, as evidenced by your same responses.

The only reason anyone is asking you to prove your credentials is that you chose to bring them up yourself. From the way you've conducted yourself, it doesn't seem very likely that you actually hold a BME degree. Further, you've spent more time questioning the intelligence and ethics of anyone who disagrees with you than addressing the points at hand. No one here is obligated to prove anything to you just because of your behavior, and no amount of projection on your part will change that.

September 2, 2025 03:59 PM Forum: Politics

Are There Actual Signed Trade Deals?

Posted By James Lacey

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


I'll provide you the same response I've provided Jim Brown, You, and the rest of the other leftists here.

I couldn't care less what you believe about me or what you don't believe about me.

The fact is that each and everyone of you is free to be skeptical.  

Why would I care, and since that is the case, why would I bother jumping through hoops taking photos of a diploma or any other silly, ridiculous demands that you make of me?  

I guess I could question Jim Brown's JS Doctorate, and make the same idiotic demands of him, that you and the rest have been demanding of me, but that would be so stupid as to be asinine.  tongue

I'm not so childish that I would question that of him, nor would I make that demand of him, as I leave it to you, the RINO, and the rest of the leftists here for that mentality.  

I care about your opinion, your thoughts about me, and your assertions about me, as much as Jim Brown cares about what I think of his Juris Doctorate.

So then why would I give one care in the world whether you believe I have a Biomedical Engineering degree??

It is interesting though that you are so secretive about what you even did for a living.  

My guess is that you worked for the gov't, which is why you are such a radical leftist Democrat.  smile

I'm thinking that your leftism stems from that.