All Activity

Perspective: DJI March 19, 2022 - 34,000 DJI March 19, 2026 - 46,000

Started off slow, but getting the VCU, Aggie, and Texas upsets back to back to back will help some

Whatever happened to @LumRaiderFan? I haven’t had a good ole disagreement with him in a while.

A Ponzi scheme that can’t be stopped. On this, I totally agree.

What happened to DOGE? Trump said they could cut 2 trillion in spending. It started hot and heavy then just fizzled away. Amazing especially since DOGE found so much fraudulent spending and billions and billions just disappearing into thin air with no trace where it went. Again our government is nothing more than a money laundering organization disguised as a government.

Good info. I still receive my projection data. Oil for the futures contract 6 months from now is set at $72/bbl. (E&C companies receive this data to help prepare estimates and project viability projections.) Of course, that’s a lot longer out than 4-5, even 8 weeks.

Not happy about the price of gas/oil but we’re still not where we peaked in 2022. Just food for thought. [Hidden Content]

At least he tries to use data most of the time. Some may be a little off, or exaggerated to try to make a negative point. But, at least he is willing to debate sometimes instead of just lobbing grenades with no substance and running like some around here. He’s not wrong about the debt either. But—politically speaking, and cost wise—a temporary tax holiday would be the lesser of two evils, and directly benefit those paying the bills. I told Reagan this wasn’t going to be short, and it wasn’t going to be pretty. It never is. He firmly believed POTUS would get in and get out. It never works that way. Been there. Done that.

I merged identical topics.

SURGES PAST $39T!! Wow! But let’s do a quick Google/AI search. National Debt by year: 2020, the last full year Trump was in office. ND increased by $1.49T 2021 or Biden’s first year in office increases $2.45T in a single year or almost double Trump’s last year in office. 2022 it increased $2.24T. 2023 it increased $2.33T 2024 it increased $2T Now in the first year of Trump’s second term the ND increased $2,35T. So which year was this dramatic surge again? I think they all need to be reigned in but pointing out Trump seems disingenuous at best.

Texas up by 15, Aggies up by 16.

Sacrilege to butcher David Allan Coe like that.

Tax tax tax - the government way And just like clockwork, our resident Trump disliker does not agree with lowering taxes

We’re not. The rest of the world is experiencing a delay of delivery. Why are we emptying our SPR for the world’s benefit when the world doesn’t pay to refill it?

Honestly, if we’re experiencing a shortage of oil, is there a better way to drive up demand than to artificially cut the price of gas?

Let's see... 1. Provide an 18.4/gal price break to the American public for a month or so from pausing Federal taxes. Not a lot. But, $.18 means ~5 gallons, you save a buck. Cost is probably somewhere around $25 Billion--just my guess. Rob the amount from Treasury to make up for the loss in HTF. Or... 2. Empty 178 MM barrels from SPR to help the World supply (not just America), then pay at least $70/barrel to refill SPR all strictly on the backs of the American public. Don't forget, 178 MM barrels only refills to about 40%. Still haven't made up for what the previous Administration pulled out in their term to help gas prices. If trying to help the American public, which would affect the budget less?

[Hidden Content]

Glad I am subsidizing my income with poker and sports gambling.

I had HP in three of my brackets. Two of those were in a $100 and $250 bracket pools.

We passed $39 trillion in debt this week. One of every three dollars the federal govt spends is borrowed, and interest rates can’t come down right now. Trump gave big tax cut last year and promised to offset the cost with tariffs, but they were proven illegal, refunds are pending…. But we already slashed tax revenue. We quite simply put, can’t afford to cut any tax revenue right now. It makes even less sense then Doge checks.

I’m still good so far. Picked High Point. Duke had me nervous

This is UT Alums party that he defends.