The US Hamster Wheel

[PHXPhlyer]

I, for one, am impressed by her. Former prosecutor, Attorney General, U. S. Senator. I think she will complement and balance the ticket.
She won't take any sh!t from Trump and will run rings around Pence.

PP

[Undried Plum]

Still waiting for congratulatory noises from Rodham Wossername.

All I hear is crickets and the faint sound of tumbleweed bouncing down the street.

[Undried Plum]

It didn't take the husband of Chump's former spokeswoman long to upload this little video!

[Boac]

The Chump's derangement continues unabated. He said he would not have chosen a black woman as running mate - "I would not go down that route".

Imagine what he would have said if Biden had picked a white male - "I would not go down that route"

A laugh a minute with this clown.

[Boac]

I think she'll make a great POTUS.

[Seenenough]

Still waiting for congratulatory noises from Rodham Wossername.

All I hear is crickets and the faint sound of tumbleweed bouncing down the street.

No Plum ,she said this where it seems that she implies that that she had to give some sort of consent or approval to welcome her in.

"I'm thrilled to welcome @KamalaHarris to a historic Democratic ticket," Clinton tweeted Tuesday. "She's already proven herself to be an incredible public servant and leader. And I know she’ll be a strong partner to @JoeBiden. Please join me in having her back and getting her elected."

[FD2]

Interesting stuff. How about addressing this issue of whether Trump is trying to manipulate events in the run up to the election, instead of just slinging mud at the Democrats in a sort of tit for tat comment?

President Trump's top military man has just been delivered an extraordinary request by two senior military staffers in a worst case scenario following the upcoming US election.

An open letter, published by online US military news site Defense One, is addressed to General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and paints a stark picture of what the authors believe could emerge following the upcoming US election.

Is this 'fake news' or is there an element of truth here?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/a ... d=12356143

[TheGreenGoblin]

Is this 'fake news' or is there an element of truth here?

Even the stopped clock is right twice a day...

As for Trump, he is simply a cock who has to be stopped...

[llondel]

OK, this is the sort of thing that appears on the polls that Trump sends out to people on his mailing lists.

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[Undried Plum]

He's a fukkin amateur.

Here's how political opinion polls are really created:

[Boac]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/a ... d=12356143

A difficult position for the military - to whom is your primary loyalty? Your country or a mentally unstable POTUS who has lost the vote?

One hopes that adequate protection is given to the nuclear codes, since there is no telling what the Chump might try.

[Seenenough]

Not the type of news CNN will report or the Biden Campaign will talk about.

STOCKSPublished 1 hour ago
Stocks battle for record highs after coronavirus jobless claims fall below 1M
Apple nears a $2T market capitalization

U.S. equity markets were mixed Thursday morning after initial jobless claims fell below 1 million for the first week since coronavirus lockdowns began in mid-March.

The S&P 500, on the verge of an all-time high after finishing Wednesday’s session less than six points below its record of 3,386.15, fell 0.23 percent. The index’s intraday high is 3,393.52.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, dropped 92 points, or 0.33 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.37%.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended Aug. 8 totaled 963,000, according to the Labor Department. The reading marked the first time in 21 weeks that filings were below 1 million and was beneath the 1.12 million filings that Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting.

Continuing claims, meanwhile, fell by 604,000 to 15.48 million, also better-than-anticipated.

Looking at stocks, Dow component 3M said July sales rose 6% from a year ago as business picked up across all of its units.

Fellow Dow component Apple Inc. is preparing a bundle, called “Apple One,” that will give customers who subscribe to multiple services from the company a discounted price, according to Bloomberg. Traders continue to watch the $467.77 level that, if eclipsed, would make Apple the first U.S. company to reach a $2 trillion market valuation.

Looking at earnings, Cisco Systems reported better-than-expected top- and bottom-line results and laid out a restructuring plan after the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in lower customer spending. Both Cisco’s earnings and revenue forecasts disappointed.

Ride-hailing app Lyft said its number of active riders fell 60% year-over-year in the three months through June as customers sheltered at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company said it may suspend service in California if a judge’s order saying the company must consider drivers employees rather than independent contractors is upheld.

Coach and Kate Spade-parent Tapestry reported a narrower-than-expected loss and said it will focus on its e-commerce platform as it looks to turn around its sagging business.

Looking at commodities, gold was down $13.30 at $1,935.70 an ounce while West Texas Intermediate crude oil was up 3 cents at $42.70 per barrel.

U.S. Treasurys were little changed, with the yield on the 10-year note holding near 0.69%.

[Undried Plum]

Trying to tell the time of day and the date, and their position in the sequence of events during a clearly imploding real economy, by taking a snapshot of the second hand of a clock would make you look deeply stupid, Seen.

I hope you're not deliberately doing so.

[Boac]

The good news, UP, however, is that with 169,000 fewer people to share in the stock market gains there will be more to go round. That's what's really important, after all.

[Boac]

Fingers crossed the new Israeli-UAE agreement holds.

[Undried Plum]

The cross is not the first symbol of peace that comes to mind for either the Yehudis or the Ayrabs.

[Seenenough]

Trying to tell the time of day and the date, and their position in the sequence of events during a clearly imploding real economy, by taking a snapshot of the second hand of a clock would make you look deeply stupid, Seen.

I hope you're not deliberately doing so.

I guess Plum, you are just one of those who sees a half a glass of water as being half empty.

[Undried Plum]

Trying to tell the time of day and the date, and their position in the sequence of events during a clearly imploding real economy, by taking a snapshot of the second hand of a clock would make you look deeply stupid, Seen.

I hope you're not deliberately doing so.

I guess Plum, you are just one of those who sees a half a glass of water as being half empty.

How wrong you can be, Seen!

You had a flip of the coin chance, and you got it wrong!

Clearly, your English Comprehension exam results were worth about as much as an SQA result this year!!!

[Seenenough]

Plum,your opinion is that the US economy is imploding and mine is that is that it is not imploding.Business sentiment is quite good in the US at the moment and I will continue to trade on the good sentiment, which Democrat politics is doing their best to destroy.

I am very happy with the results that I have managed to achieve within my investment portfolio.

[Boac]

Fingers crossed, then, Seen, the Chump doesn't kill you?