Posted on 03/20/2020 11:29:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
I consider Trump to be Churchill.
A protector.
And more.
And there’s no cure for that...
“Get real.”
Save that comment for people you know out there out may not be supporting the President. I’m not one of them.
Given the relative low IQ/low information nature of a significant chunk of the voting population, it’s about as real as it gets.
It has to do with various financial derivatives, where a lot of the institutions playing, are in the position more like a naked short, than a covered call. There is simply not enough debt in the world to match the derivatives. And there is not enough cash to even pay the debt.
So when someone finds they bet wrong, they have to sell other things, so come up with the money, because they don't have it sitting around in cash.
Or, if someone else, bought on margin (borrowed), they are required to hold collateral worth such-and-such proportion, as collateral. If they end up underwater, they might have to sell some of their collateral; or the brokerage doing the short for them, just might grab part of their collateral and sell it anyway (that's the risk of shorting). But guess what happens when a lot of people try to sell at once? That's right. The price goes DOWN. And the price going DOWN, means a new set of people, who had been doing OK, suddenly find they are underwater too, on something else, or their collateral suddenly was worth less, so their brokerage had to sell, too. Pretty soon it's a blood bath, with people selling almost anything, at any price, just to lay hands on some cash. The banks either are too suspicious of each other, or have been happily borrowing money to buy back their own shares and keep the price up, rather than LENDING to other people. Which is, you know, kind of the supposed reason for having a bank. Which is why the Govt. has been pouring in so much money: not to bail people out, but so that there's some cash available to move around in the first place.
Jesus.....................
“Can you imagine a crisis like this with Obozo at the helm?”
Oh, he would sleep just fine.
Personally I think any attempt to do so at this time would be political suicide, possibly even viewed as sedition or treason in an attempt to gain political capital at the expense of the American people
And the SchiffBurger is desperately trying to fend off looking into his illegal access to phone and other personal records by claiming “Sovereign” immunity
What the hell does that mean, I am a king and outside the law and you have no right to stop me or question my motives...
Watch your back Adam, me thinks thee doth protest too much
Pain trains comin!
Sic Semper Tyrrannis!
bkmk
I imagine that a few more polls start showing this trend the fewer people will get the virus. The hysteria will fade quickly.
Yes. Even children’s show characters need some respect. smile.
My husband said something to the effect he was born to handle something like this. The calmness, the demeanor, the lets cut the BS and get it done attitude. Can you imagine if this was Obama?
I think you are spot on.
That was real Obama levels too.
Not when they should have been investigating corona virus instead of debating about calling (more) witnesses the first time - which is what their Republican opponents will be pointing out.If they did try, I question they could get their freshman members in competitive districts to go along.
. . . and I also doubt that the Senate would be willing to convene for that purpose again. In the middle of a presidential election campaign?
In his next term..................but only if they don’t lose the House, which I think they will lose.............BIGLY..............can you imagine less than a hundred Dems in the House?....................
He’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
Or Hillary... The media would ignore it with either of them as President.
Good thing is, I think he understands that perfectly, so he just does what he thinks is right.
I like that.
Yeah, we might wind up with someone who backs Trillions in new money printing, promises hundreds of Billions in free giveaways to people, bails out business right and left and then advocates citizen lock downs.
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