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Posts Made By: David Cotterell

March 4, 2025 10:17 PM Forum: Politics

Message from a friend

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Pure entertainment! Kinda like watching fake wrestling.
Sssssssh!  Don't tell Richard that wrestling is fake..

Dave

March 11, 2025 04:23 PM Forum: Politics

The Gulf

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Well, James, I'm sorry but you're a bit remiss there since you didn't mention the latest DEI revisions that require and are being performed on other historical facts.

For example, the "Enola Gay", emblazoned on the B29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, is being removed from government/military records because it contains, the word "Gay". In actuality, the plane was named by a pilot who also flew that plane and that was his mother's name.

And, not to be further remiss, the contributions of the Tuskegee airmen are also being expunged...
Good thing Rudy Gay retired from the NBA.  They'd have purged him too.

The books by Gay Talese removed from libraries in 5,4,3..........

Flintstones theme expunged for the line, "We'll have a gay old time"

"Don we now our gay apparel" - Christmas just won't be the same without you!

Dave

March 12, 2025 03:25 AM Forum: Politics

Can't think of anything clever to say about this horrific threat.....

Posted By David Cotterell

....he's directly threatening our sovereignty over a backdrop of lies.

Will cooler heads prevail?

March 16, 2025 03:19 AM Forum: Politics

The Gulf

Posted By David Cotterell

Hey, Jim.

Robert Heinlein had some good advice which I tend to follow when dealing with Davis.

"Never try to teach a pig to sing.  It's a waste of your time and it annoys the pig."

Dave

March 20, 2025 03:21 PM Forum: Politics

A trade deficit is not a subsidy.

Posted By David Cotterell

It would be nice if Mr. Trump, when he is complaining about  Canada, would understand that the "subsidy" being paid to Canada is not at all a subsidy.  It is a trade deficit.  As in the USA buys more stuff from Canada than Canada buys from the USA, to the tune of 60 or 200 billion dollars (amount in dispute).  It's not a subsidy because, for your 60 or 200 billion dollars you receive that amount of goods, products,  and raw materials in return.  Such a deficit is not at all surprising since we only have 1/10 the purchasing power that the US does due to our much smaller population. 

And, while I am here,  the 250% dairy Tariff is a marginal tariff which only kicks in if the US exceeds a negotiated, agreed-upon limit of dairy products into Canada.  Below that level?  No tariff...Free trade.   

Dave

March 26, 2025 02:41 PM Forum: Politics

Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


What "War plans" were being discussed?

Be Specific.

What "classified information" was being discussed?

Be specific.




How did Jeffrey Goldberg come to the conclusion that the information being shared was classified?  

Please explain. 

Did the people on the text site during their discussion say "here comes some classified information", and then proceed to discuss it?  

Here is a transcript of the email exchanges.

Here

This should be 'specific' enough for you.  

How did Goldberg come to the conclusion.....?  He read the emails.  Now you can read them too.

Dave

March 26, 2025 04:56 PM Forum: Politics

Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by James Lacey


It's crazy. They attack the journalist's character, call him a liar, and all kinds of vile stuff, yet they were the ones dumb enough to include him on a Signal chat about war plans? If a blunder like this doesn't get you fired, why do we even have laws trying to ensure and protect our national security? They should all be fired and charged; anyone who knew about it and wanted to cover it up should be fired, too.
These people are the Trump version of DEI hires.

DC

April 2, 2025 01:17 PM Forum: Politics

Twisted, vile Leftist Democrat party Honors Murderering Assassin Luigi Mangione with Health Care Bill. Doesn't get any more sick and demented than that

Posted By David Cotterell

"Hi, guys, Rich here.  Sorry for that post yesterday - I should have checked the story more carefully and I am sorry for any upset I may have caused.  I shall endeavour to do better in the future."

s/

April 2, 2025 06:13 PM Forum: Politics

Twisted, vile Leftist Democrat party Honors Murderering Assassin Luigi Mangione with Health Care Bill. Doesn't get any more sick and demented than that

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



Hi Guys, Dave C. here. 

I wanted to urge you all to contribute to Luigi Mangione's Go Fund Me account.

Personally, Where I reside here in Ontario, I contributed $2000, because I supported his actions of killing that CEO.  I can understand Luigi's point of view as I clearly stated in a previous posting.  

I'm not sure what the website address is for it down there in the states, but I wanted to thank Jim B, Russ C, and all the other leftists who have pledged to contribute at least $1000 each to the fund.

Thanks for all your PMs to me supporting Luigi and his mission.  smile

When I'm able to find the link, I will be certain to post it here to you all via a Private Message.

Go Luigi and those like you!  Glad that you're in the fight.

And to those Tesla terrorists, I know I speak for the entire group of leftists here in saying We appreciate your attacks on these evil Tesla owners!
Richard, I guess you are not going to admit your initial post with the headline,"Twisted, vile Leftist Democrat party Honors Murderering Assassin Luigi Mangione with Health Care Bill." was completely and utterly wrong.

An apology is even more unlikely.

Dave

April 7, 2025 06:43 PM Forum: Politics

" This Is Actually Like A Growth Slowdown. "

Posted By David Cotterell

Instability caused by the reaction to the tariffs is clear in this graph of today's DJIA up to about 2:20pm EDT.

Buy at A, sell at B.   Make about 5.5%.  Now take that as the new principal , buy at C, sell at D, make about 3.4%, E to F  2%, the G to H 2.7%.

How did you do overall..?    (1.055)(1.034)(1.02)(1.027) = overall gain 1.143 or 14%.  in less than 6 hours.

If you started this with a million dollars you'll have made $140 000 which is more money than the vast majority makes in one year. In 6 hours.

Create the chaos and ride the wave to make, as Dire Straits put it, Money for Nothing......  But only the top 1% or fewer people could do this..  

the broligarchs are making bank on this.  

Dave