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When a stock or fund price goes down a certain amount, it takes from a little to a lot more to get it back to the same level:
-10% requires +11.11% (10/90x100)
-15% requires +17.64% (15/85x100)
-20% requires +25% (20/80x100)
-25% requires +33.33% (25/75x100)
-30% requires +42.85% (30/70x100)
-10% requires +11.11% (10/90x100)
-15% requires +17.64% (15/85x100)
-20% requires +25% (20/80x100)
-25% requires +33.33% (25/75x100)
-30% requires +42.85% (30/70x100)
a man wearing a helmet is climbing up a large rock
Alt: a man wearing a helmet is climbing up a large rock
media.tenor.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Why aren’t we heading off a formal shadow government made up of those who merely believe in the rule of law, due process and the spirit of discussions with conclusions on policy?
April 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Why aren’t we heading off a formal shadow government made up of those who merely believe in the rule of law, due process and the spirit of discussions with conclusions on policy?
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Total federal spending is up +8% in 2025 year-to-date on April 9 over 2024.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
April 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Total federal spending is up +8% in 2025 year-to-date on April 9 over 2024.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
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Reddit is flooded with small businesses owners getting crushed by tariffs — devastated by the thought of raising prices, firing workers, or closing up shop entirely.
April 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Reddit is flooded with small businesses owners getting crushed by tariffs — devastated by the thought of raising prices, firing workers, or closing up shop entirely.
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Today the World Food Bank estimated several million people will die as a result of Narco Rubio and Terrorist Trump ending international food aid.
FUCK REPUBLICANS!!!!! FUCK NAZIS!!!!!! 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
FUCK REPUBLICANS!!!!! FUCK NAZIS!!!!!! 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
April 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Today the World Food Bank estimated several million people will die as a result of Narco Rubio and Terrorist Trump ending international food aid.
FUCK REPUBLICANS!!!!! FUCK NAZIS!!!!!! 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
FUCK REPUBLICANS!!!!! FUCK NAZIS!!!!!! 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
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Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss:
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
April 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss:
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
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Any country that puts dog killers , Nazis and pedophiles in charge deserves to have its markets crash. 🤷 🐕 👶 📉
April 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Any country that puts dog killers , Nazis and pedophiles in charge deserves to have its markets crash. 🤷 🐕 👶 📉
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The tariff negotiations are not going well.
April 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The tariff negotiations are not going well.
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I stand with the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands!
April 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I stand with the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands!
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CNN: Stock market plummets
MSNBC: Stock market craters
Highlights for Children: Stock market down big
FOX News:
MSNBC: Stock market craters
Highlights for Children: Stock market down big
FOX News:
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
CNN: Stock market plummets
MSNBC: Stock market craters
Highlights for Children: Stock market down big
FOX News:
MSNBC: Stock market craters
Highlights for Children: Stock market down big
FOX News:
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How to (Self-)Destroy a Hegemon in 6 Easy Steps:
1. Wreck academia + science infrastructure
2. Erect massive tariff barriers + supercharge econ inequality
3. Re-segregate your (very) diverse military
4. Destroy elements of soft power (e.g., USAID)
5. Dismantle your democracy
6. Nuke immigration
1. Wreck academia + science infrastructure
2. Erect massive tariff barriers + supercharge econ inequality
3. Re-segregate your (very) diverse military
4. Destroy elements of soft power (e.g., USAID)
5. Dismantle your democracy
6. Nuke immigration
April 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
How to (Self-)Destroy a Hegemon in 6 Easy Steps:
1. Wreck academia + science infrastructure
2. Erect massive tariff barriers + supercharge econ inequality
3. Re-segregate your (very) diverse military
4. Destroy elements of soft power (e.g., USAID)
5. Dismantle your democracy
6. Nuke immigration
1. Wreck academia + science infrastructure
2. Erect massive tariff barriers + supercharge econ inequality
3. Re-segregate your (very) diverse military
4. Destroy elements of soft power (e.g., USAID)
5. Dismantle your democracy
6. Nuke immigration
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here's today's post: "dumbest president ever just tariffed an island of penguins"
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dumbest president ever just tariffed an island of penguins
‘they hate us for our beef’
bit.ly
April 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
here's today's post: "dumbest president ever just tariffed an island of penguins"
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What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
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April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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the Dunkin’ logo has never felt more accurate
March 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the Dunkin’ logo has never felt more accurate
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Sorry, were the witnesses sworn to tell the truth?
March 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Sorry, were the witnesses sworn to tell the truth?
Prior to the leak, the Pentagon warned everyone about Signal.
Ahead of the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned of the app's weaknesses
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Prior to the leak, the Pentagon warned everyone about Signal.
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how is this real life?
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
how is this real life?
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Elon Musk. Boy genius.
March 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Elon Musk. Boy genius.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The UN approved a resolution for an International Day of Hope.
It was approved 161 to 1.
The only country to vote no?
America -- under orders by Donald Trump.
It was approved 161 to 1.
The only country to vote no?
America -- under orders by Donald Trump.
March 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The UN approved a resolution for an International Day of Hope.
It was approved 161 to 1.
The only country to vote no?
America -- under orders by Donald Trump.
It was approved 161 to 1.
The only country to vote no?
America -- under orders by Donald Trump.