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Brannock posted:If this isn't grounds to get him the gently caress out of government then what the gently caress is? I just don't think "$1,001 and $15,000 in RRPIX" is going to sound like a big deal to most voters. edit: also that fund hasn't been doing that well: quote:YTD (as of 7/29/2015) 1.02% Trabisnikof fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Jul 30, 2015 |
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Trabisnikof posted:I just don't think "$1,001 and $15,000 in RRPIX" is going to sound like a big deal to most voters. Plus it's finances which means that the average person will instantly tune out and ignore it because they can't understand it. "First, let's explain the concept of short selling...oh where did everyone go"
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Jul 30, 2015 20:11
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I just finished three books on the financial sector and I still don't understand it.  I did learn Wall Street has really good lawyers though. And it is full of incredibly lovely people. 
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Jul 30, 2015 20:16
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Klaus88 posted:I just finished three books on the financial sector and I still don't understand it. You make a bet that the stock goes down and if it does you make money.
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Jul 30, 2015 20:19
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Now that I think of it, he should enter the primary.
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Jul 30, 2015 20:19
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It's the ultimate insider trading. Instead of going for small potatoes like companies that make things, Rand Paul decided to bet on the failure of the country itself and work his damnedest to cash that very small check off of it. It's impressively dastardly. He's certainly not phoning it in.
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Klaus88 posted:gently caress the wall, I want him dancing a jig in mid-air from a noose
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Trabisnikof posted:I just don't think "$1,001 and $15,000 in RRPIX" is going to sound like a big deal to most voters. No, but "Rand Paul intentionally pushed the country to the brink of default to make money off it. And it wasn't even that much money!" is going to sound pretty bad.
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zoux posted:Plus it's finances which means that the average person will instantly tune out and ignore it because they can't understand it. Here's the thing, all you have to do is say that "Rand Paul bet against the country", or "Rand Paul puts his money on the country failing" and you'll be right.
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That seems really, really bad but I don't anyone will care. Also Rand is an idiot since after he ruins the country caps will be the new currency and his dollars will be worthless.
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Brannock posted:No, but "Rand Paul intentionally pushed the country to the brink of default to make money off it. And it wasn't even that much money!" is going to sound pretty bad. Who actually thinks Paul did it for the money and he doesn't actually believe this crazy poo poo? I mean, this is actually not a big deal. If this was a Democratic candidate that had invested in US treasury bonds no one (but talk show hosts) would say they tried to save the economy just for the sweet sweet treasury bond profit.
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A Winner is Jew posted:Here's the thing, all you have to do is say that "Rand Paul bet against the country", or "Rand Paul puts his money on the country failing" and you'll be right. If you had to short or long against Rand Paul getting in serious poo poo over this story, what position would you take?
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Jul 30, 2015 20:28
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zoux posted:If you had to short or long against Rand Paul getting in serious poo poo over this story, what position would you take? This is the media and financial fuckery we're talking about. The only winning move is not to play. 
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Jul 30, 2015 20:29
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Blind trusts are the biggest bunch of bullshit. "I don't know what's in it because it's being managed for me. What's that? What prevents me from talking to the person managing it? Why my fine moral character!'
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It's as likely as Rand Paul winning the nomination.
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A Winner is Jew posted:Here's the thing, all you have to do is say that "Rand Paul bet against the country", or "Rand Paul puts his money on the country failing" and you'll be right. "PANTS ON FIRE -  Because technically the fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that are -1.25x the daily price movement of the most recently issued 30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond ("Long Bond") for a single day. So clearly you're wrong when you said he bet against America  "- Politifact in the future
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Mulva posted:Blind trusts are the biggest bunch of bullshit. "I don't know what's in it because it's being managed for me. What's that? What prevents me from talking to the person managing it? Why my fine moral character!' Also it just so happens this person is also part of my family so good luck proving we talked about how to manage my blind trust when we went ice fishing last January.
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Luigi Thirty posted:We're all going to work until we die in a corporate dystopia so you might as well accept it. We live in the cyberpunk future. Problem is, we're the people who runs get made on.
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Jul 30, 2015 20:39
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zoux posted:If you had to short or long against Rand Paul getting in serious poo poo over this story, what position would you take? What's the over/under.
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electric funeral posted:What's the over/under. Seven.
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John Goodman's looking rough.
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zoux posted:Seven. King me.
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colonel_korn posted:Nah he actually went there too The projection here from Graham is so obvious it's almost insulting. "If we give Iran the means to attack the west that is exactly what they will do! Which is also exactly what I would do to Iran if I had the means to attack them as president, but that's totally different because they are crazy and hellbent on our destruction!"
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In which a bunch of people with an axe to grind don't know how hard drives work.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:In which a bunch of people with an axe to grind don't know how hard drives work. How can supposed "experts" have never head of a head crash? Goddamn there are some stupid people.
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Mulva posted:How can supposed "experts" have never head of a head crash? Goddamn there are some stupid people. Partisanship is a hell of a drug. They most certainly have heard of a crashed hard drive, but this one is different. This one is suspicious for some reason! Isn't it convenient!
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ErIog posted:Partisanship is a hell of a drug. They most certainly have heard of a crashed hard drive, but this one is different. This one is suspicious for some reason! Isn't it convenient! So it isn't the result of a bad data retention policy forced onto the agency by a shoestring IT budget, but a nefarious conspiracy to force political groups to file as political groups and not social charities to make them list their donors? My god. This could go all the way to the president. Send up the Gowdysignal!
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OAquinas posted:So it isn't the result of a bad data retention policy forced onto the agency by a shoestring IT budget, but a nefarious conspiracy to force political groups to file as political groups and not social charities to make them list their donors? There's also a rumor going around the Gowdy was responsible for leaking that Hillary stuff to the Daily Beast and the NYT. Most people don't know or care who Gowdy is, but it's pretty hosed up to backchannel privileged information from a congressional investigation to attack a currently running presidential candidate. ErIog fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Jul 30, 2015 |
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Conservatives gonna con.
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Hey Mulva since you post a lot, lemme ask: What excites you about Hillary Clinton?
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blue squares posted:Hey Mulva since you post a lot, lemme ask: What excites you about Hillary Clinton? How about you ask in a thread that isn't this one or I dunno in a PM although I'm sure you don't actually care and just want to rev up the ol slapfight.
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whitey delenda est posted:although I'm sure you don't actually care and just want to rev up the ol slapfight. wrong. I haven't heard any Pro-Hillary arguments yet. I'm not trying to fight at all. However if this is a dumb thread to ask that in, my bad.
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blue squares posted:wrong. I haven't heard any Pro-Hillary arguments yet. I'm not trying to fight at all. Here's a good pro-Hillary argument: The Entire GOP Field.
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story about LA cops killing a homeless man back in March just got a whole lot worse loving hell. Straddle his chest, in full control of the situation, press the gun right over his heart in direct contact, and pull the trigger. So we have body can and forensic evidence of this now. Christ
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blue squares posted:wrong. I haven't heard any Pro-Hillary arguments yet. I'm not trying to fight at all. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3731513
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blue squares posted:wrong. I haven't heard any Pro-Hillary arguments yet. I'm not trying to fight at all. Pro-Hillary: who else would you have in the general election? Also SCOTUS SCOTUS SCOTUS!
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People have made pro Hillary arguments, in this very thread, which by the way is not the primary thread or Hillary slapfight thread. It's unbelievable hyperbole that you haven't heard anyone make a pro Hillary argument.
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Fried Chicken posted:story about LA cops killing a homeless man back in March just got a whole lot worse  Holy Christ on a bicycle built for two. I'm hopeful this gets the ball rolling on systemic police reform since we so desperately need it in the United States.
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