my vanity project was going to be digging up as much stone as I could and building a literal mountain in the middle-of-nowhere midwest, just for shits and giggles.

just keep stacking blocks of stones until their own weight collapses in themselves, then tada midwest had a mountain

worlds smallest violin is playing right now

happens every time a social media platform gets popular, no real way around except strong/consistent moderation

they 100% know what they’re doing, everybody knows the game by now. powell was running the fed during the dot.com crash and 2008, him being there now is no accident

powell was in charge during dot.com and 2008 too…the money printer will never stop while he’s in charge

the FED doesnt exist to protect the US economy, the job market, or to check inflation…it exists to keep the game running as long as it can

it suggests dumb emotional traders are buying gold when it’s overpriced, gold insiders will sell enmasse sooner or later

eh, my guess is this bull market doesn’t stop until trump croaks.

the day he dies spy jumps 10% and then it craters 30%+ eod.

corruption and war are bullish as fuck

economics doesnt run the stock/futes markets, gamblers do

and i guarantee you anyone whose worked in finance long at a serious level knows this very well. nobody big will scream the alarm until they’re positioned for the crash.

the banks won’t do shit though, because they fully expect uncle sam to bail them out on the taxpayers dime again like they have many times before (and they probably will)

obligatory SMAC is best comment

how does one do the last bit, uh…researching for a book i’m writing, promise

many americans are just tired of the game at this point, you know republicans are selfish lying scheming pieces of shit, so you can just assume they’re going to do the absolute worst things they can and plan accordingly.

democrats…you have to do a dive into their entire life history to find out if/how badly they’re going to fuck you. where even the “good” ones like buttigieg will sell the country out in a heartbeat, like sure they’re not directly fucking you…but they’re definitely playing favorites.

devil you know vs. the one you don’t

they’re all playing the same game

it’s a big club and we’re not in it

the SEC does not exist under republican administrations and it only exists to protect rich people under democrat ones, as it has been literally since it was created.

whole goddamn US economy is built around speculation and insider trading trying to get an edge on that speculation

this is how it has always been

fuck it, if they could get worked up enough about this to ban genital mutilation atleast that could be 1 win.

not worth the rest of the shit going on but atleast its something

britbongs also chopped down all their trees and waged a worldwide war for spices they never used, they’re a silly people

been waiting for that pendulum to swing almost 50 years now…

i recall my spanish friend saying something like it wasnt really franco that was the problem, but all the aristocrats wanting to use him as their source of legitimacy

them being immortal would probably speed up their removal, if change can only happen through violence then your hand is forced