US Election 2020

[TysonRoux]

It looks like the Dow Jones is in for another hiding today.

Damn that Obama.

 

[buka001]

1955... 99.99% of all black people have never seen or experienced a lynching. Maybe they'll get over their issues if somebody tell them they don't have to be the victim of the evil white man anymore. They don't even need the virtue signaling other white men to make symbolic laws protect them.

They could just buy a gun and protect themselves. It is America after all.

The black residents of Tulsa had guns. Didn't help much when they were outnumbered and a white guy bombed them from a private plane.

 

[rietrot]

You wouldn't - couldn't - understand, as you lack empathy. I cannot expect you to understand an issue like this. You are emotionally incapable of understanding that some people feel emotional hurt over this. It's not your fault, but it's pointless to expect you to understand.

You mistakenly call the feeling you have towards group victim mentally/persecution complex, empathy.

It's not.

I prefer sympathy over empathy. I would even think that you are racist for pretending you can be empathetic if you are white and you haven't experienced the pain and suffering from 2000 year of slavery and oppression for yourself.

 

[lumeer]

You mistakenly call the feeling you have towards group victim mentally/persecution complex, empathy.

It's not.

I prefer sympathy over empathy. I would even think that you are racist for pretending you can be empathetic if you are white and you haven't experienced the pain and suffering from 2000 year of slavery and oppression for yourself.

Out of interest, what do you feel when you listen to the song Strange Fruit by Billy Holiday?

 

[Unhappy438]

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2020

President Donald Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the country’s response to the coronavirus .

There is always a tweet for orangeman hypocrisy

 

[Unhappy438]

It looks like the Dow Jones is in for another hiding today.

Speaking of that

As long as my US portfolio is growing bigly, then I'm happy with the Don. I started offshore investing at the beginning of 2016, my portfolio was down in the last year of Obama, now it's hugely positive.

Hey Chris, hows it going bruv?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Speaking of that



Hey Chris, hows it going bruv?

Still largely in profit, but yes it's been a bad few days but as you know it's related to the corona virus, nothing to do with Trump. 1 of my 3 shares (Zoom Video Communications) has actually been having a fantastically good run as people are forced to work from home.

 

[buka001]

The guy in charge of the Corona Virus.

 

[cerebus]

as you know it's related to the corona virus, nothing to do with Trump.

That isn't true, it's related to the fear that the American system is unequipped to handle a pandemic outbreak from COVID-19, compounded by unconcern and apparent ineptitude from Trump's administration, and the fact that the departments that should be handling this have been gutted by - yes - Trump.

Stocks tumble for sixth straight day, finish in correction territory, on fears coronavirus will slow economy

U.S. stocks extended sharp losses for a sixth straight day Thursday, with benchmark indexes finishing in correction territory. as the global coronvirus...

www.marketwatch.com

What’s driving the market?
The latest slide began Wednesday night, after a news conference by President Donald Trump failed to reassure investors and as more new cases of the disease were reported outside China than inside for the first time.

Trump on Wednesday evening said Americans were at very low risk from the outbreak and said the nation was well prepared. He also announced that Vice President Mike Pence would be in charge of the country’s outbreak response.


“What we’re seeing today is a reaction to the government response last night,” said Dave Nadig, chief investment officer at ETF Flows. “The market is saying, we’re on our own.”

 

[Unhappy438]

Still largely in profit, but yes it's been a bad few days but as you know it's related to the corona virus, nothing to do with Trump. 1 of my 3 shares (Zoom Video Communications) has actually been having a fantastically good run as people are forced to work from home.

I didn't say it necessarily had anything to do with Trump (not yet at least), we will have to still see how it impacts the US and how the administration might handle that impact.

Was just generally interested in how your portfolio was performing. Good to see at least one of your shares is performing. With these big drops comes big opportunities as well.

 

[SoldierMan]

Goldbugs be like

 

[rietrot]

Out of interest, what do you feel when you listen to the song Strange Fruit by Billy Holiday?

Bored. It's not really a good song.

 

[Gnarls]

 

[Techne]

Looks like the DNC is willing to nuke Bernie.

 

[Gnarls]

Looks like the DNC is willing to nuke Bernie again.

Ftfy.

 

[lumeer]

Bored. It's not really a good song.

I have high empathy (the psychological trait is empathy, not sympathy). I find the song profound.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

That isn't true, it's related to the fear that the American system is unequipped to handle a pandemic outbreak from COVID-19, compounded by unconcern and apparent ineptitude from Trump's administration, and the fact that the departments that should be handling this have been gutted by - yes - Trump.

Stocks tumble for sixth straight day, finish in correction territory, on fears coronavirus will slow economy

U.S. stocks extended sharp losses for a sixth straight day Thursday, with benchmark indexes finishing in correction territory. as the global coronvirus...

www.marketwatch.com

What’s driving the market?
The latest slide began Wednesday night, after a news conference by President Donald Trump failed to reassure investors and as more new cases of the disease were reported outside China than inside for the first time.

Trump on Wednesday evening said Americans were at very low risk from the outbreak and said the nation was well prepared. He also announced that Vice President Mike Pence would be in charge of the country’s outbreak response.


“What we’re seeing today is a reaction to the government response last night,” said Dave Nadig, chief investment officer at ETF Flows. “The market is saying, we’re on our own.”

Nope. All market indices are down, including all the major European stock market indices (FTSE, DAX etc). The major issue is China because it represents roughly 20 percent of global GDP and is a key link for many American companies in terms of supply chains.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

The Sanders Tax

— If Democrats nominated Bernie Sanders, they would, initially, start off with somewhat of a penalty in our Electoral College ratings.


— Sanders’ policy prescriptions and rhetoric may complicate Democratic prospects in the Sun Belt, where the party’s recent growth has been driven by highly-educated suburbanites.


— Given the composition of the 2020 Senate map, which features more Sun Belt states, Sanders’ relative strength in the Rust Belt — assuming that even ends up being the case — nonetheless doesn’t help Democrats much in the race for the Senate.

Map 1: Crystal Ball Electoral College Ratings



Map 2: Hypothetical Sanders vs. Trump ratings

 

[SoldierMan]

Nope. All market indices are down, including all the major European stock market indices (FTSE, DAX etc). The major issue is China because it represents roughly 20 percent of global GDP and is a key link for many American companies in terms of supply chains.

Yeah don't China do a lot of the manufacturing these days, with Germany coming in second. It would have quite the hit on markets.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Lol. Makes a change for once. Very unusual for a leftie to be subjected to censorship.

Suspended for supporting socialism

Veteran Washington correspondent David Wright has been suspended by ABC over comments he made in private in which he described himself as a ‘socialist’.

Hidden-camera footage of Wright was captured by Project Veritas – a right-wing activist group which aims to expose ‘liberal bias and corruption’. Wright had no idea his remarks were being filmed.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1232666696357437441

In the footage, Wright says, ‘I would consider myself a socialist. I think there should be national health insurance… I’m totally fine with reining in corporations, I think there are too many billionaires, and I think there’s a wealth gap – that’s a problem.’

Wright also called Donald Trump a ‘dick’, but also added that ABC ‘doesn’t give [Trump] credit for the things he does do’. He was also critical of his network and the broadcast media more broadly.

Let’s be clear about what has happened here. A journalist has been suspended for espousing totally uncontroversial views in what he believed to be a private conversation.