THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY

[Duchess]

I don't give a shit about Hunter Biden. I wasn't even talking about him but Sal globbed on to my comment about trump trying to shake down Zelensky and somehow equated that to Hunter Biden. 

[rothschild]

I don't give a shit about Hunter Biden. I wasn't even talking about him but Sal globbed on to my comment about trump trying to shake down Zelensky and somehow equated that to Hunter Biden. 

You would if you gave an actual shit about democracy.

[Duchess]

Hunter Biden doesn't have one goddamn thing to do with democracy. WTF is wrong with you.

I haven't watched any politics in a week now. I can't help but see some of it while I'm scrolling by, but I'm not actively looking for anything. I don't want to be interested right now. I need a fricken minute. 

[rothschild]

I don't give a shit about Hunter Biden. I wasn't even talking about him but Sal globbed on to my comment about trump trying to shake down Zelensky and somehow equated that to Hunter Biden. 

As for shaking down the Ukrainian gov't, that's precisely what Biden did to get it to shut down an investigation into the same energy company that hired his son.

Here's Joe saying there's nothing wrong with his son being hired by an energy firm being investigated by the Ukrainian gov't.





Here's Joe bragging about getting the Ukrainian prosecutor fired.

[username]

Please don’t!!! 

I’ve never said any president or party is perfect (far from it—I think both parties are horribly flawed and they’re even more so when you get to the extremes on either side (I consider Trump extreme although he’s becoming the new normal for Republicans sadly and I’d never vote for Bernie or AOC). 

Rather than your critiques, I’d like to hear how you’d raise the bar across party lines (or in spite of them).

Besides which my “bar” is higher than voting for an election denying, insurrection inciting, convicted felon, blatant racist and sexist pig who goes off on crazy tangents, speaks incoherently often, demands loyalty above all else and gives everyone who disagrees with him some childish, insulting nickname because he’s losing his god damn marbles. The roach that got under the bar is/was Trump.

So you think Trump's deficiencies rise to the level of supplying arms to a nation that's committing genocide, and if so, what does that say about your standards?

Do you want to parse the meaning of genocide while a people are being exterminated? What does that say about your standards?


It doesn't look to me like you've taken stock of the true political nature of the American state. You seem to be looking at Trump in isolation from the system he is a part of.

You seem to want to absolve those you supported of any responsibility for Trump's return to power, insisting that they did everything they could have done to prevent it, which strikes me as absurd because there are innumerable things that could have been done differently over the course of the last four years. But you say no, there are not, which I find to be consistent with victim psychology. No ability to look at what could have been done differently, just steadfast insistence that the fault lies elsewhere.

The mentality of powerlessness, and by extension, the exoneration of responsibility; and by your standards, it's acceptable for a nation's rulers to have such a mentality.

If you'd like to better understand the political nature of our nation I suggest you read Rousseau's Political Economy, followed by Sun Tzu's The Art of War, which articulate the unwritten rules of the game, as opposed to the insipid fluff that's disseminated by academia. At that point your expectations will be vastly more reasonable, and you will understand that Trump is precisely what *should* be expected in a society such as ours.

Welcome to MAGA Country. Please enjoy your stay! 

Congratulations for stuffing my mouth (posts) with so many words I DIDN’T say that I’m completely fucking bored by u and I have zero desire to correct all the shit you just spewed. I have neither the time or interest to assist you with your reading and comprehension skills. 

I’ll ride out the next 4 years in my comfy 1% bubble. Hopefully Trump doesn’t tank the markets with his economic agenda or get twitchy with nuclear codes. And we’ll see if his policies work out for those who voted for him because of the price of eggs. 

In some ways it’s lovely being married to a wealth manager/investment management analyst (who’s seen it all over the past 25 years). I don’t know how he’s moving our money around at this moment (if at all) but he’s very good at his job. Good luck to the Palestinian’s/Gaza under Trump. Seriously, I have my doubts but I hope a lot of people fair better under his dictatorship errr, I mean leadership. I’m going to be an oligarch. 

[sally]

I don't give a shit about Hunter Biden. I wasn't even talking about him but Sal globbed on to my comment about trump trying to shake down Zelensky and somehow equated that to Hunter Biden. 

You said he was trying to shake down Zelensky for dirt on Biden. Wouldn't Biden's son oddly being hired by an Ukrainian energy company apply to that subject?

[username]

Hmmm, I just heard something that hadn’t occurred to me (although it should have). As president elect, Trump is taking calls from many world leaders (that I knew). What I hadn’t thought about was, as an example, if he wants BiBi to “finish the job” why wouldn’t Trump encourage him to do as much as possible between now and his inauguration? He has an opportunity to give Israel (or other countries) the green light to do their worst (or best depending on how u look at it) but some distance since he hasn’t assumed office yet. The example I heard was throwing his support behind Israel taking out Iran’s nuclear weapon development sites. Soooooo, if the wars abroad become even more horrific in the next month or two, whether he admits it or not, it makes sense to me that Trump will have his hands all up in that. I guess we’ll see.

[rothschild]

Congratulations for stuffing my mouth (posts) with so many words I DIDN’T say that I’m completely fucking bored by u and I have zero desire to correct all the shit you just spewed. I have neither the time or interest to assist you with your reading and comprehension skills. 

I’ll ride out the next 4 years in my comfy 1% bubble. Hopefully Trump doesn’t tank the markets with his economic agenda or get twitchy with nuclear codes. And we’ll see if his policies work out for those who voted for him because of the price of eggs. 

In some ways it’s lovely being married to a wealth manager/investment management analyst (who’s seen it all over the past 25 years). I don’t know how he’s moving our money around at this moment (if at all) but he’s very good at his job. Good luck to the Palestinian’s/Gaza under Trump. Seriously, I have my doubts but I hope a lot of people fair better under his dictatorship errr, I mean leadership. I’m going to be an oligarch. 

And I have little desire to parse words with a bird living in a gilded cage who fancies herself in the 1%, whose intellectual skills are best suited to living comfortably.

Does hubby know blockchain and smart contracts? Let's hope for your sake that he does, because disruptive technology is very disruptive.

[Duchess]

Some weird shit coming out of Russia since the election. Yesterday they had Malaria's nude pix on repeat and today this.

[username]

Congratulations for stuffing my mouth (posts) with so many words I DIDN’T say that I’m completely fucking bored by u and I have zero desire to correct all the shit you just spewed. I have neither the time or interest to assist you with your reading and comprehension skills. 

I’ll ride out the next 4 years in my comfy 1% bubble. Hopefully Trump doesn’t tank the markets with his economic agenda or get twitchy with nuclear codes. And we’ll see if his policies work out for those who voted for him because of the price of eggs. 

In some ways it’s lovely being married to a wealth manager/investment management analyst (who’s seen it all over the past 25 years). I don’t know how he’s moving our money around at this moment (if at all) but he’s very good at his job. Good luck to the Palestinian’s/Gaza under Trump. Seriously, I have my doubts but I hope a lot of people fair better under his dictatorship errr, I mean leadership. I’m going to be an oligarch. 

And I have little desire to parse words with a bird living in a gilded cage who fancies herself in the 1%, whose intellectual skills are best suited to living comfortably.

Does hubby know blockchain and smart contracts? Let's hope for your sake that he does, because disruptive technology is very disruptive.

You didn’t parse words with me; you attributed words and thoughts to me that I never expressed. I guess when you have nothing to say, baffle them with bullshit?

You’ve stated yourself that you enjoy pointing out the world’s problems. If you’re SO VERSED in the problems, one would think you’d also have an arsenal of solutions in mind. So for a change, please provide a list of all the solutions that Trump/MAGA will bring to the table. 

I’m NOT going to talk to my hubby about blockchain and/or disruptive technology. If it has any bearing on wealth management, the markets/economy, financial planning or investment analysis he will know about it and talk my ear off for at least an hour. I don’t want to have to kill him after 30 years of marriage. I’d rather hear a lecture on colonoscopies, thanks anyway.

[username]

Congratulations for stuffing my mouth (posts) with so many words I DIDN’T say that I’m completely fucking bored by u and I have zero desire to correct all the shit you just spewed. I have neither the time or interest to assist you with your reading and comprehension skills. 

I’ll ride out the next 4 years in my comfy 1% bubble. Hopefully Trump doesn’t tank the markets with his economic agenda or get twitchy with nuclear codes. And we’ll see if his policies work out for those who voted for him because of the price of eggs. 

In some ways it’s lovely being married to a wealth manager/investment management analyst (who’s seen it all over the past 25 years). I don’t know how he’s moving our money around at this moment (if at all) but he’s very good at his job. Good luck to the Palestinian’s/Gaza under Trump. Seriously, I have my doubts but I hope a lot of people fair better under his dictatorship errr, I mean leadership. I’m going to be an oligarch. 

And I have little desire to parse words with a bird living in a gilded cage who fancies herself in the 1%, whose intellectual skills are best suited to living comfortably.

Does hubby know blockchain and smart contracts? Let's hope for your sake that he does, because disruptive technology is very disruptive.

I read the last couple of lines to my husband (cuz I knew he had to leave again quickly) and he laughed at the statement. Something about block chain and smart contracts being old news (and based on the underlying technology—he said wheels were a good investment at one time too) and disruptive technology being, errr, disruptive? Are you talking about AI? Anything you want to add to that? Shockingly he said something about not being interested in the opinion of idiots who don’t have the education, years of experience and depth of knowledge that he does in investing. Harsh but maybe if you ever land in Forbes best advisors list (many times over the last 6+ years) you might grasp his lack of alarm at your dire warnings.

[sally]

My BIL and his wife are both computer scientists and were the heads of micosoft until they retired millionaires. Anyway, they claim AI will take over many jobs. I'm lucky if I can turn my laptop on so I don't engage in too much conversation with them about it.

[username]

My BIL and his wife are both computer scientists and were the heads of micosoft until they retired millionaires. Anyway, they claim AI will take over many jobs. I'm lucky if I can turn my laptop on so I don't engage in too much conversation with them about it.

It’s the one technology advancement that disturbs me (although I tell myself people were afraid of computers and robots and technology before and somehow it hasn’t been catastrophic yet). But AI? It seems like a whole ‘nother level and it’s freaky to me. For all i know, all RC’s posts are A.I. generated (come to think of it). He’s a god damn chat bot or something!  

It’s not a technology I’m rushing to embrace even though I know I can’t keep my head in the sand forever. In SF, getting a ride in a fully autonomous vehicle is common now. Fuck that. I imagine I’ll try it one day (just because) but I’m old fashioned—prefer someone has their hands on the steering wheel.

[sally]

I think RC is one of the trolls that buddied around with those other old farts back in the day, otherwise I would believe he is AI lol.

[rothschild]

Congratulations for stuffing my mouth (posts) with so many words I DIDN’T say that I’m completely fucking bored by u and I have zero desire to correct all the shit you just spewed. I have neither the time or interest to assist you with your reading and comprehension skills. 

I’ll ride out the next 4 years in my comfy 1% bubble. Hopefully Trump doesn’t tank the markets with his economic agenda or get twitchy with nuclear codes. And we’ll see if his policies work out for those who voted for him because of the price of eggs. 

In some ways it’s lovely being married to a wealth manager/investment management analyst (who’s seen it all over the past 25 years). I don’t know how he’s moving our money around at this moment (if at all) but he’s very good at his job. Good luck to the Palestinian’s/Gaza under Trump. Seriously, I have my doubts but I hope a lot of people fair better under his dictatorship errr, I mean leadership. I’m going to be an oligarch. 

And I have little desire to parse words with a bird living in a gilded cage who fancies herself in the 1%, whose intellectual skills are best suited to living comfortably.

Does hubby know blockchain and smart contracts? Let's hope for your sake that he does, because disruptive technology is very disruptive.

You didn’t parse words with me; you attributed words and thoughts to me that I never expressed. I guess when you have nothing to say, baffle them with bullshit?

You’ve stated yourself that you enjoy pointing out the world’s problems. If you’re SO VERSED in the problems, one would think you’d also have an arsenal of solutions in mind. So for a change, please provide a list of all the solutions that Trump/MAGA will bring to the table. 

I’m NOT going to talk to my hubby about blockchain and/or disruptive technology. If it has any bearing on wealth management, the markets/economy, financial planning or investment analysis he will know about it and talk my ear off for at least an hour. I don’t want to have to kill him after 30 years of marriage. I’d rather hear a lecture on colonoscopies, thanks anyway.

I guess you missed the question marks in my post, User. They denote questions.

I offered to provide a comprehensive list of things the Biden admin could have done to improve the standard of living for Americans and prevent Trump from being reelected, you told me not to bother.

Make up your mind, woman.

[username]

Congratulations for stuffing my mouth (posts) with so many words I DIDN’T say that I’m completely fucking bored by u and I have zero desire to correct all the shit you just spewed. I have neither the time or interest to assist you with your reading and comprehension skills. 

I’ll ride out the next 4 years in my comfy 1% bubble. Hopefully Trump doesn’t tank the markets with his economic agenda or get twitchy with nuclear codes. And we’ll see if his policies work out for those who voted for him because of the price of eggs. 

In some ways it’s lovely being married to a wealth manager/investment management analyst (who’s seen it all over the past 25 years). I don’t know how he’s moving our money around at this moment (if at all) but he’s very good at his job. Good luck to the Palestinian’s/Gaza under Trump. Seriously, I have my doubts but I hope a lot of people fair better under his dictatorship errr, I mean leadership. I’m going to be an oligarch. 

And I have little desire to parse words with a bird living in a gilded cage who fancies herself in the 1%, whose intellectual skills are best suited to living comfortably.

Does hubby know blockchain and smart contracts? Let's hope for your sake that he does, because disruptive technology is very disruptive.

You didn’t parse words with me; you attributed words and thoughts to me that I never expressed. I guess when you have nothing to say, baffle them with bullshit?

You’ve stated yourself that you enjoy pointing out the world’s problems. If you’re SO VERSED in the problems, one would think you’d also have an arsenal of solutions in mind. So for a change, please provide a list of all the solutions that Trump/MAGA will bring to the table. 

I’m NOT going to talk to my hubby about blockchain and/or disruptive technology. If it has any bearing on wealth management, the markets/economy, financial planning or investment analysis he will know about it and talk my ear off for at least an hour. I don’t want to have to kill him after 30 years of marriage. I’d rather hear a lecture on colonoscopies, thanks anyway.

I guess you missed the question marks in my post, User. They denote questions.

I offered to provide a comprehensive list of things the Biden admin could have done to improve the standard of living for Americans and prevent Trump from being reelected, you told me not to bother.

Make up your mind, woman.

The few questions you “posed” related to MY standards or beliefs and were actually lame attempts to insult me…right???  Disingenuous much? That’s a question in case you miss the punctuation. 

Shut up, BOT.

[username]

And RC, what I WANT since you so graciously welcomed me to the next 4+ years of MAGA is a list/prediction of all the positive things that will come from a second Trump term and the MAGA movement. No more armchair quarterbacking and picking apart what prior administrations coulda/shoulda done. With your vast knowledge you must know what Trump can/should do to improve the world.

List it. Chop, chop.

[rothschild]

Congratulations for stuffing my mouth (posts) with so many words I DIDN’T say that I’m completely fucking bored by u and I have zero desire to correct all the shit you just spewed. I have neither the time or interest to assist you with your reading and comprehension skills. 

I’ll ride out the next 4 years in my comfy 1% bubble. Hopefully Trump doesn’t tank the markets with his economic agenda or get twitchy with nuclear codes. And we’ll see if his policies work out for those who voted for him because of the price of eggs. 

In some ways it’s lovely being married to a wealth manager/investment management analyst (who’s seen it all over the past 25 years). I don’t know how he’s moving our money around at this moment (if at all) but he’s very good at his job. Good luck to the Palestinian’s/Gaza under Trump. Seriously, I have my doubts but I hope a lot of people fair better under his dictatorship errr, I mean leadership. I’m going to be an oligarch. 

And I have little desire to parse words with a bird living in a gilded cage who fancies herself in the 1%, whose intellectual skills are best suited to living comfortably.

Does hubby know blockchain and smart contracts? Let's hope for your sake that he does, because disruptive technology is very disruptive.

I read the last couple of lines to my husband (cuz I knew he had to leave again quickly) and he laughed at the statement. Something about block chain and smart contracts being old news (and based on the underlying technology—he said wheels were a good investment at one time too) and disruptive technology being, errr, disruptive? Are you talking about AI? Anything you want to add to that? Shockingly he said something about not being interested in the opinion of idiots who don’t have the education, years of experience and depth of knowledge that he does in investing. Harsh but maybe if you ever land in Forbes best advisors list (many times over the last 6+ years) you might grasp his lack of alarm at your dire warnings.

Sounds like hubby works for one of Forbes' valued advertisers.

DirectBooks is newer than blockchain but barring unforeseen events, it's only a matter of time before a new reserve currency is formally issued, along with CBDC (central bank digital currency). Is a global ledger going to run on DirectBooks, or blockchain? Enquiring minds want to know.

[rothschild]

And RC, what I WANT since you so graciously welcomed me to the next 4+ years of MAGA is a list/prediction of all the positive things that will come from a second Trump term and the MAGA movement. No more armchair quarterbacking and picking apart what prior administrations coulda/shoulda done. With your vast knowledge you must know what Trump can/should do to improve the world.

List it. Chop, chop.

Why would Trump want to improve something he doesn't give two shits about? If he does bring some good into it it will be by accident.

[rothschild]

I think RC is one of the trolls that buddied around with those other old farts back in the day, otherwise I would believe he is AI lol.

You're not exactly a spring chicken, Sally. Old fartdom beckons to you with open arms.