AKA

Moses_On_A_Motorbike

VPJDV AKA JDVance?

NVDAismygod

Cannot wait for Anduril IPO. Will be going ALL in. Anduril = Flame of the West, indicate the weapon's purpose in aiding noble men to combat enemies of the darkness AKA we sit in an air-conditioned box with a video game controller while we drone strike farmers in the Middle East

mintmouse

It's a famous example of US tech reaching a level of precedence that [caused our adversaries to give up](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/apollo-why-the-soviets-lost-180972229/). Where is Russian Moon **period**, boss? Tell me more about \*\*competitive\*\*, AKA stagnant Russia with it's outmoded 65nm chip capacity it has to try and scrabble together under a dark cloud repressive regime. [Russia has a chip problem.](https://www.astutegroup.com/news/defence/in-russia-the-chips-are-down/) "In the succeeding decades following the fall of the USSR, imports accounted for virtually all of the country’s microchips." "The Soviet-era microelectronics industry **could not compete** with international manufacturers." "Mikron and Angstrem are Russia’s only high performance chip fabricating companies. Their parent company, T Platforms, declared bankruptcy in 2023 and auctioned off its fabless chip design subsidiary (Baikal Electronics). T Platforms failed because it relied on domestic \[Russian\] technology. At its liquidation, the company was forced to repay a two and a quarter billion-ruble subsidy and the CEO was charged with misuse of office." Cope more

HighwayExotic2808

For everyone wondering who is buying right now, look at the volume since the initial drop…it’s barely moved AKA retail is trying to pump 

inappropriateshallot

I used to be able to get hard just by looking at a picture of a prostitute (AKA my wife) on my phone, not anymore!, WHAT HAPPENED. Now my son walks in and see's his dad naked with a flacid penis humping the couch and crying, THANKS OBAMA. WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY?! We dont know, we we're robbed of America, and his names starts with Brandon.

Haagen76

There is no way a 401K doesn't have a money market (MM) option AKA cash account that accrues interest. It sounds like the OP didn't understand that there is an MM option within the 401k itself. The assets could have been sold and placed in the 401k's MM.

FawningDeer37

Modi talking big game about “India’s water.” Bro it’s a river. Not good. Wouldn’t want The American Water Authorities AKA 🥭 to rename it to Our River.” 

frt23

I urge people to ask Grok, Chat GPT Perplexity to run scenarios if Trump's tariffs aren't reduced. Run a scenario of what even 50% tariffs on China was Right now the average tariff freight on a country is over 24%. Before Trump's term it was under 3%. So even with the Tariff paws, we are still heading towards a great recession Basically every scenario tells you that we are heading for a worse recession than 1987 unless Trump were to change his rhetoric and stop immediately so AKA if he died

meikawaii

And of course demand drops like a rock because high prices. Aside from absolute necessities this just encourages people to stop spending, AKA slowing down the economy for a recession or a depression. Genius move

Feisty_Employment_71

Just wrong never costed that much. And was estimated by DOGE to have already cut out 160 billion and independent AKA probably democrat analysts had it at 33 billion saved. Either way that’s money saved

HighwayExotic2808

So is tariffing international movies apart of his battle on fentanyl AKA the same shitty excuse he’s using to sign all these executive orders to tariff everything under the sun?

Cibonay05

Market is now expecting the feds to lower interest rates 4x this year...Boy is that wrong. Feds might have to raise rates because of the tariffs...Inflation is going to get out of control and our economy is going to get weaker and weaker...AKA Stagflation...not good

Next-Jump-3321

Ponytails that’s a good one lmfao And yes what happens is the price spikes UNTIL a country with a similar input cost and lower tariff comes into the market and offers the product at a lower cost. It’s not from increase of supply? If you think I have a GED that’s hysterical because I’m sure you and your 4 cats living in mom’s basement can understand how tariffs work. It’s a temporary spike until company’s either move manufacturing into America which is lower than the cost of the country with the tariff or they find a cheaper country to manufacture it AKA Apple moving to India. And there is a supply and demand aspect to this where if a price point is set too high, consumers won’t buy it. So through competition, yes, prices spike up, then come down once company’s adapt.

Galumpadump

Worked for a large RIA, we said the same think to our clients when they were down 20%+. These guys are bulls and will almost never go full defensive. Instead they just slightly pare back and reduce exposure into non-mega cap growth (AKA Non-Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet).

Cobra25k

I’ll reiterate my comment from yesterday, Big Tech earnings have been better than expected and so has Q2 guidance. We have already seen peak fear and uncertainty from tariffs, and deals and more positive news will only continue in the coming weeks. Cyclical components of the economy such as durable goods, auto manufacturing, and residential construction refuse to roll over. These components are what determines the business cycle and if we are headed toward a recession. Unemployment continues to remain near all-time lows, as expected with the cyclical portions of the economy continuing to hold up. AKA, in the near term I believe we easily can continue higher, especially with the impressive earnings and margin expansion we have seen in corporate profits. Between April 2nd and April 7th, during peak fear and uncertainty, when everyone on Reddit was saying American exceptionalism is over, and this time was different, and this was the end of the stock market as we know it, I was buying heavily. I bought crowdstrike sub 350, bought Netflix sub 800, bought Meta sub 500, and bought ASML sub 600. I’m already up 20-30% on many of these purchases and I believe they will continue to run higher. They all have world class business models and were trading at a heavy discount due to all the uncertainty. Remember, the only time you’re going to get amazing deals on world class companies is during times of high uncertainty. It is the uncertainty that allows for the discounts. If you wait till the uncertainty is fully gone to invest, you will always have mediocre returns, because the deals will be gone too.

bdiddy_

Uh what? They basically said trump has to stop being a dick and they'll talk. AKA not happening

Suspicious-Tap7987

Correct. AKA GameStop.

BeauShowTV

AKA: Everybody but one guy wants to end this.

NVDAismygod

Don’t forget him publicly telling everyone for 500k you can have dinner with me AKA pay me 500k and I will approve whatever issue you’re having. New condo approval? I got you. New land to log trees? EPA gone.

Haagen76

You'd be surprised at the people who say stuff just to sway people and do the opposite. AKA: Troll

OtherDonkey2183

Your data AKA cock photos to anyone that wants it

bonerb0ys

I’m back in from 30% cash high to ride the wave. I’meaching out for companies that have good strategies to deal with Trump or capitalize on lower spending power. So far BRK.b, DOL.to, L.to, and CA/EU index (for dollar Risk) is my next 1-3 months. Trump is softening (AKA getting his asskicked), i don’t see as much risk as before.

PatricksPub

AKA the buy high, sell low mode

JanMikh

It’s been bad since 2020 for obvious reasons, it actually got BETTER by 23. To try and argue that 2020 with empty store shelves, supply distributions and multiple “stimulus payments” AKA “money for nothing” is somehow “better” than 23 is certainly absurd.

RandolphE6

Everything is always priced in. Every time you buy or sell you are making a transaction with someone else who is betting on the exact opposite thing you are. This is the basis for efficient market hypothesis. Do you know something everybody else (AKA the market) doesn't already know? Doubtful.

Equus-007

...in the 80's. That shit didn't last when they figured out that poor people, AKA their customer base, stopped shopping there since their main concern is getting things as cheaply as possible so they can continue to do things like eat and pay bills.

cpufreak101

AKA: "shelves will be empty in a week or 2 and I want you to blame Biden"

Budget_Upstairs_4296

Stinky finger? AKA bottom picker

Edmeyers01

Tariffs impact everyone. If people are looking for savings they will turn to the most affordable car to both maintain and that's affordable. AKA Model 3. Its about money. let's be real.

FallAspenLeaves

I’m waiting for the next rug pull AKA Tweet.

NVDAismygod

Melon starting an executive branch club. Costs 500k to enter so you can “be close to the president” AKA you give me 500k and that condo you’re having trouble getting approved? Don’t worry about it, I’ll push it through. Your logging company is running into environmental problems that stop you from working? I’ll just revoke the EPA Act 7 section 3 and you’re good to go

RPO777

The way this is gonna impact meat markets is something consumers should be concerned about in the the mid to long term as well. Take for example, the beef commodity markets (the area I'm most knowledgeable about). Cattle herd management is a very finely tuned business with a lot of variables. Corn (feed) prices, seasonal rainfall patterns (availability of grass for grazing), dairy prices (how often dairy cows are handed over to meat markets), herd size management, seasonal fluctuations in demand, all these play a major role in decisions that can alter herd sizes. The big meat packers and cattle farms (Tyson, Cargill, JBS, National Beef) take very seriously mapping out projections in needs because a decision to cut herd size now would limit the ability of cattle farmers to bring forth more cattle in the next "generation" of cattle and has a ripple effect that goes for about 2 years, AKA the "Cattle cycle." You can't just wave your arms and suddenly have 30% more cattle for meat in 6 months, these things have to be planned out, with meat packing facilities, feed lots, etc. etc. Not knowing if a 125% Chinese tariff will apply to tens of thousands of tons of pork that was slated for export is a complete disaster. Refrigerating 12,000 tons of pork costs a ridiculous amount of money, and trying to dump it somewhere market-wise is a huge problem as well. The pork farmers aren't able to just keep pigs on their lots that were slated for slaughter--they can hold off for a few weeks but the costs of keeping the pigs alive will quickly make things unviable to where they have no choice but to sell. Cattle and pork farmers being uncertain of export demand in 5 months means they may need to look at radically trimming herd sizes to control costs or risk massive losses. But cutting herd sizes now may make it if tariffs end up being lifted at massive shortages of pork and beef in 6 months and spiraling price increases. Worse, if the export market for US meat dies, the major meat packers and farmering cooperatives could take massive losses from both lost revenue and overcapacity in their processing facilities and lots. These are massive businesses. Tyson is like a $70B/year business, Cargill $170B--Cargill is bigger than Honda Automotive Global ($150B). If these companies face massive losses and layoffs, the ripple effects on the economy are massive.

RampagingDeer

Apparently "rare astronomical phenomenon"... AKA ALIENS!!emote:free\_emotes\_pack:scream

RobutNotRobot

You can only pump and dump in short cycles so many times. The retail investors AKA suckers lose too much money and get burned out. Also at a certain point people are going to be evacuating the field to shore up material wealth. That will happen soon especially as people start to panic over shortages of goods.

LoudExcuse9421

Re: bread and circuses AKA, professional wrestling

SuperSpecialAwesome-

14th only takes majority of Congress AKA 8 Republicans.

Serendipatti

AKA The Three Stooges

zisenhart

Just like he’s doing to the Wall Street casino (AKA stock market) now.

momentimori

AKA negotiating with yourself.

LeagueofSOAD

I had 3000 BBBY AKA DKbutterfly shares before they were cancelled. Lost 5k on it. Im still in the community of whats left looking at the insanity of people still posting hype dates and tinfoil about getting a payout from lawsuits lol.

GAV17

> As long as we’re condescending Are you actually complaining about someone being condescending after how condescending yours was? Do you have 0 self awareness? > As long as we’re condescending about using google, maybe you should use it to look up the tariff act of 1930 AKA smoot-hawley. > Specifically how long it took to return to all time highs in the market. Cool, buy puts then. That's no where near what the market expects so you'll be rich.

AnEyeElation

As long as we’re condescending about using google, maybe you should use it to look up the tariff act of 1930 AKA smoot-hawley. Specifically how long it took to return to all time highs in the market. Spoiler: it took 25 years.

theravingsofalunatic

Fun Fact The Hedge Funds shorted more Tesla shares that exist AKA See GameStop

Typical_Two_5746

This is true in the short term, for example if you are betting that Amazon is going to go up significantly after their earnings report. But over time, you still get the risk premium for owning stocks even if they don’t perform better than expected. S&P 500 earnings were $250/share in 2024. Let’s say they’re expected to grow at 8% per year over the next 5 years and the multiple on earnings is expected to be 20x. That brings the S&P 500 earnings to $367/share, multiply that by 20 and you get an S&P 500 at 7,346 or a 33% return (without dividends) 5 years from now. That’s about a 5.9% return annually, add the dividend of ~1.5% and you get a return of 7.4% while cash will probably give you ~3%. That 4.4% is the risk premium, AKA what you’re getting paid to take the risk. So there’s still a return above cash even if stocks do as expected because stocks are risky. If stocks only outperformed cash when they did better than expected, no one would own stocks.

Apprehensive_Brick72

BBAI not involved/affected by tariffs (maybe involved positively due to border controls needs) catalyst: palantir-like signed deals start coming in (AKA shipbuilding etc) stock price cheap (PLTR trades at 100x sales, BBAI trades at 6x sales)

pundixmaster

AKA goldfish syndroom, he already shows the same skin color

thisMonkisOnFire

AKA Ja Morant getting injured and leaving the game...

Apprehensive_Bit2685

It’s hilarious how people in this group don’t know why Tesla went up after worse than expected earnings. Just goes to show how little they know about the stock market. The logic in the reasoning in here is decoupled from Knowing how trading works. Elon isn’t wrong in saying that Tesla is going to be the most valuable company in the world by multiples. The financials weren’t affected at the rate that it changed anyone’s mind on buying the shares at an obvious discount. Earnings aren’t as significant as you think they are in larger more established companies that obviously aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. AKA the forever companies

ptwonline

AKA "the pump". You know how the next part goes.

Dank-but-true

A legend to be sure but not on the level of control the narrative (AKA “guh”)

TurielD

AKA a typical investor. Markets would definitely go up.

Accurate-Toe-8409

AKA The most reputable source on the planet

Former-Inspector8253

Demented DT AKA DDT

stinky_wizzleteet

The best time in in the US, AKA Boomers was the 40+yrs that democrats ran the government after the depression. SS, Medicare, Medicaid, unions at an all time high, affordable education, housing costs affordable, huge public works like the national highway system, all time high manufacturing and blue collar jobs, civil rights, equal education, womens rights.... on and on. Regan and Nancy thought that was way too off the books in the 80s. Bankers stealing millions in the savings and loan scandal, no problem. A mom cashing in $50 of snap benefits for $25? Send them to jail. Got HIV/AIDS no help. Education, the devil. Also we should spread crack cocaine to impoverished neighborhoods to sell guns via Iran Contra. Bonus we can lock up people of color to work for slave wages. Thats the modern Republican party. Boomers just dont get how bad they have effed the rest of us or just dont care.

Realanise1

The latest thing was exactly one hour ago, so I'm not sure if you saw it. "Trump live: US president says it ‘depends on China’ when tariffs come down. US President Donald Trump says that if deals aren’t made, new tariffs could be set for China and other countries in a matter of weeks." AKA, the peeing contest/pump and dump/etc goes on. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/23/trump-tariffs-live-china-says-us-shouldnt-use-pressure-to-make-deal](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/23/trump-tariffs-live-china-says-us-shouldnt-use-pressure-to-make-deal)

Tomato-Tomato-Tomato

I disagree with this actually. Chinese are go-getters, however, unemployment is rampant in China, precisely due to the lack of retraining programs and an overeducated youth demographic who aren't willing to perform menial labor or cannot afford to live on it. Many youth take part in the lay-flat movement, AKA the Bai Lan movement, which is essentially youth making the choice not to be apart of the rat race because the barriers to success are unrealistic.

Initial-Good4678

AKA, he learned that he couldn’t.

Smart-Switch-8334

I recommend the boring stuff. AKA don't start here. I'm not saying you can't make money here. People get lucky and post nice gains, happens all the time. But part of that luck is being properly prepared, being knowledgeable. Learn all the basics about options first. Learn all the basics about penny stocks. Learn about reverse splits. Learn about delisting. Don't get caught holding massive bags because someone did a last minute pump effort trying to create exit liquidity out of newbies. I see this happening all the time. I only use these types of subs to add to my watchlist and investigate. Most of the time if you're hearing about a stock from a place like this, it's probably already too late. Long story short: do your own research. A LOT of it.

Correct_Highlight222

AKA the cost of doing business in the EU as a tech giant

ZestSweet

America First - AKA Blink First, or better yet, America Alone.

drew-gen-x

Market Voodoo AKA technicals shows that the $SPY was rejected once again at 544. This is the 3rd time since the Trump liberation day rally that the $SPY was rejected at this price level. Make use of this Market Voodoo as you will.

Over-Group8722

Of course things come up in R/D. But that's why its a budget and the budget needs to be reconciled by the Gov to understand what the true cost of the military is. It doesn't do us any good to just go "R/D costed more this year." Okay, on what? How do we prove that these cost actually went to R/D and not to "R/D"? (AKA the hands of the industrial complex CEO's and shareholders) We have a large standing military, and more so, we have a great understanding of what cost are involved in projects because we've done so many. No reason the Pentagon can't come up clean in their reports unless the money is going somewhere else and r/D really ends up being "R/D".

Michael_J_Scarn

Lol. "I'm making money hand over fist, but I also want to teach you for a price." AKA scam.

HighwayExotic2808

Ahhhhh “new media” AKA regards slurping this administration’s cock

followedbymeteor

Bro what in the fuck is a closed-door investor summit? AKA the insider trading symposium of 2025 lmao How the fuck is a closed door investor summit with the mf secretary of the treasury telling people the status of trade negotiations legal? Fucking absurd

greaterwhiterwookiee

What!!?! Intelligent people are doing and getting themselves further educated to get into the profession or industry of their choice. That’s exactly what they’re doing. It’s not their fault college costs so damn much. So your argument here is they have to be intelligent AND be able to afford to go to college without taking loans, AKA Wealthy. Swing and a miss

Hot-Butterfly-8024

AKA “Staring at the Sun (Tzu)”.

Zealousideal_Money99

AKA "American exceptionalism"

meaty87

AKA an A-10’s wet dream

Cobra25k

It’s the times during the most uncertainty when you will get the best deals on world class companies. AKA - You need the uncertainty to get the discounts. Feel free to wait until the DOJ trial is over, and there is more certainty around Google Search and LLM’s, but by then, the insane discount Google is trading at today will also be long gone. If your bullish on Google like I am, today is a great day to buy. They have one of the best social media platforms in the world in YouTube. They are already scaling one of the only fully autonomous robo taxi service in our nation, and margins will only continue to get better as they continue to scale and move into new territories. They have are 1 of only 3 main cloud service providers in Google Cloud, which continues to have explosive growth and is very high margin revenue. They are a leader in AI and have a very highly capable and top tier LLM in Google Gemini which they continue to improve and integrate with their other Google products. All of this not even to mention their Bread and Butter Search ad revenue business. Or their entire ecosystem of Android, Chrome, G-mail, Google maps, Google docs.

quoicoubebouh

AKA Peter Lynch: The cocktail Theory

EngineerDirector

I’m selling weekly covered calls and generating weekly cashflow, the underlying assets are less important to me right now. AKA down like 30%

michaelklemme

From Chair of the FED to Pope: How I was an Absolute Fucking Legend By Jerome Powell, AKA Pope Michael I

BulletPlease

AKA this is peak fear the local bottom etc etc yada yada.. calls 2-3 weeks out on next big drop on volume.

skaw3334

AKA blanket tariffs, threatening other countries gold reserves, and technical default unless counties agree to refinance their debt.

3c2456o78_w

yes, I'm sure that China wants Taiwan so badly they would risk alienating literally every trade partner forever by fucking with 21st century gold (AKA chips)

OtherDonkey2183

Brotha you better wash that baby momma AKA your pillow

bemeandnotyou

What should scare everyone that has vested interest in US dollar is the sitting US president is trying his hardest to devalue it. One of his biggest talking points and most admired by his sheep following crew is how China is able to devalue it's currency. US dollar as a reserve currency makes it in demand AKA it makes higher relative to most currencies because of the fact that global commerce settles in US dollar. Brics want to move away from that and coincidently he is doing their bidding while "screaming he wants the Dollar to be strong".

RockerElvis

And allows Trump to remove tariffs for companies that help him (AKA bribery).

Fluid_Comb8851

AKA “Sucker’s rally.” Public line should be to the right of this.

anetworkproblem

Seems like it except it's dynamic. The question then becomes how much the "unclaimed" import certificates would cost. AKA, what is the tariff price.

the_cardfather

The market might react negatively but it will react positively to a reduction in interest rates or perceived reduction in interest rates. AKA don't fight the Fed. The bond market on the other hand looks really risky.

IAdoreAnimals69

So you're short 20,000 sharss? AKA 20 'calendar spreads'.

Highborn_Hellest

AKA becky

dan_pitt

AKA "Deal-making for those who've never made a successful deal in their life."

fighterpilot248

Not all states endure that a REAL ID = citizenship status. AKA: a non-citizen can obtain a REAL ID in most states

Apprehensive_Bit2685

Any businesses that have to close their doors because of this trade war is over leveraged and over reliant on China. Ill prepared, and frankly, doesnt deserve to take your money if they couldn’t plan out ahead of time for a downturn. That means they relied on a sole supplier that would tank their business if anything happened. AKA they put all their eggs in one basket and was managed poorly or simply couldn’t provide enough value to justify continuing to exist at a higher price point.

Monarc73

AKA the 'Margot Robie in a Bubblebath' effect.

SuspiciousStable9649

Fidelity. You have to sign an ‘I am seeking max returns’ form. AKA ‘I’m crazy and ready to lose a bunch and won’t hold Fidelity responsible’ form.

someonessomebody

“People don’t understand the power of our country economically, IF YOU USE IT RIGHT” AKA “nobody seems to know that if you game the system, you can make lots of money.” No shit Sherlock, it’s called insider trading and people aren’t doing it on a colossal scale and then bragging about it on live TV because it is fucking illegal.

10Stylesl0AMG64

OPEC always wants Higher Prices. However, what they want most is discipline among it's members. Unfortunately for them KAZAKSTAN has been Overproducing AKA Cheating on their Quotas the last 1 year and 1/2. Despite constant assurances at their meetings that Kazakstan are cutting back. OPECS decision to INCREASE production the last couple months is seen as the only way to PUNISH overproducers such as Kazakstan and their economy. If they flood the market with OIL, Kazakstan will get LESS for the same barrel ($70.00 vs. 50.00). OPEC wants to hit Kazakstan where it hurts. Once they comply, I'm sure we will see higher Oil prices.

Clean_Preference5185

NVDA sells chips to China. Chips make the economy strong, China doesnt want to give in, so hit them where it hurts them most by fining NVDA and making them rethink how they do business and who they do it with. AKA Weaponizing NVDA to strong arm China.

Logic411

AKA...Bite me, dumbasses.

XaltotunTheUndead

I'll put this here, quoting myself from other threads: Trump is trying to cause an economic crash. Sabotaging the economy will provide a reason to declare a state of emergency and seize all powers. The \[Insurrection Act of 1807\](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection\_Act\_of\_1807) is a United States federal law that empowers the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion. With an economic crash, this \~\~administration\~\~ gang of gangsters hope for riots and unrest, which would allow Trump to invoke this Act. This seizing of powers during a time of crisis has initially been proposed by the reactionary and extreme libertarian \[Curtis Yavin\](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump), which is basically saying that since liberal and progressive America is headed towards a crisis that will impair the democracy and cripple most of the institutions that provide its checks and balances, then a Ceasar like figure should emerge and take powers, like some kind of \*benevolent dictator\*. In this sick fantasy he argues that progressive ideals have led to societal decay and advocates for a reboot of society. I believe the Trump \~\~administration\~\~ gangsters - who are influenced by \[Yavin's ideas\](https://www.advocate.com/election/jd-vance-dictator-endorsement) - are pursuing this sick fantasy. The CPAC that is trying to arrange for trump to stay beyond two terms, even arrogantly put a picture of \[Trump as Caesar\](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8weOaUqgFTBJ\_qFM\_lQZ9w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEyOTI-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed\_articles\_778/7f7f387417299b29e7b450f66c960be8) as their logo. Trump himself is now overtly \[gloating that there are "methods"\](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752) for him to stay (as per my first paragraph). That method probably now includes a strategy on how to capture all states, by way of Gerrymandering pushed at exponential levels, since many States' Supreme Courts and Governors positions have been taken over by MAGA pundits. (I'm happy that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has resisted this trend; some good news in this sea of gloomy news). Reducing the freedom of reporters, and barring print and TV media, or at minimum providing intense government pressure over them to control the narrative (as we've seen for Associated Press and the Gulf of \~\~America\~\~ Mexico debacle) is part of the plan. Taking over and crippling USPS (as we've seen in the past few days), starting by \[firing its head\](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5338948/usps-head-louis-dejoy-steps-down-as-trump-officials-consider-postal-service-overhaul) and \["overhauling" the service\](https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/2025/04/03/usps-changes-to-affect-mail-delivery-see-why-when-it-starts/82794301007) is for the purpose of controlling mail, and destroying the possibilities to have fair vote by mail. \[Firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\](https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305288/trump-fires-chairman-joint-chiefs-of-staff-charles-brown-pentagon) and putting one of his cronies in charge, is to be able to have martial law and use the army against the citizens, if need be. And now \[more senior military and intelligence figures\](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/national-security-agency-chief-deputy-director-dismissed-rcna199647) are being fired and will be replaced by docile elements. Some of these very competent people are even being fired due to \[crazy lobbyists having access to Trump\](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/03/nsa-director-fired-tim-haugh). With these high ranking people put aside, it's likely that a planned invasion of Greenland (AKA Denmark, a NATO ally and a European country!) could be started. Closing the Department of Education, ending funding to universities, ending affirmative action programs, will ensure that access to a good education stays limited and unaffordable to at least half the population and for poorest and most discriminated against citizens (in the USA half the population has access to a few percentage of the wealth). Having poorly educated constituents, will make manipulation of people easier, simply using populist slogans and empty promises. Uneducated people can be made to worry about bogus social issues such as a few trans athletes, while ignoring major issues such as society's wealth \[being funneled to an extremely small percentage of the population\](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/a-visual-breakdown-of-who-owns-americas-wealth). Massacring Medicaid and Medicaid will contribute to keep the poorest 50% of the population from having easy and universal access to healthcare. This, associated with the education points above, will further contribute to make half the population unable to perform critical thinking, and solely focus on making the ends meet, from paycheck to paycheck. That way, that's less people worrying about their civil rights and being critical of their government. Firing \[JAG\](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge\_Advocate\_General%27s\_Corps), lawyers, judges, etc. will make fair and unbiased justice unattainable to the average citizens. They are also restraining \[the freedom of many law firms\](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/trump-law-firm-executive-order) and ensuring millions of dollars of free law services flow towards the Federal government. \*\*It's a coup.\*\* a slow motion one, but a coup nonetheless. And the majority of Americans are just too stupid or too blind to see it. (sorry for being blunt). They are transforming the American democracy into an oligarchy. It seems like a conspiracy theory, but it's in plain sight for all to see, announced in the Project 2025 and elsewhere (see my first paragraph). This is very scary and dangerous, and people need to wake up to the fact that this is not random, \*\*he is following a carefully written democracy ending, martial law enabling agenda.\*\*

RandyScores

This is a social media take "everyone still doing things like before" -> People have lost significant money and are making decisions based around that fact However you have to have a lot of money to lose a lot of money so those people are mostly able to persevere The only thing that has slowed consumer spending in the last 5 years is Covid. People are going to do what they want to do (AKA spend money) for better or worse

Candlelight_Fant4sia

Bearish for human lab rats AKA peasants

BlizzardThunder

Imagine being a 'social commentator' who bitches & moans about things like bail help nonprofits and other institutions that help the proletariat navigate their constitutional rights, then turn around and believe that a president should be able to do whatever he wants irrespective of congress & the courts (AKA the law). like just straight retardation. "I want a king daddy" bullshit.

xploeris

AKA "toflation"

garden_speech

> Ok I read the comment chain again and have not changed my stance. Predicting future cash flows and making trades based on those predictions will have to come down to making certain assumptions based on feelings. Did you read it though? It started because OP is freaking out about how the stock market isn't "tanking" but without mentioning numbers, and someone said: > How do you measure "completely tanked" cannot be just by feeling AKA -- you need to actually have numbers to discuss, you need to talk about cash flow at least, you need to be talking about things that can be debated other than just by saying "I feel like it". If OP had some sort of thesis regarding the fair market value of equities because of the current situation it would be different. There are "feelings" in every human interaction but the person would at least have an objective and verifiable (and falsifiable) claim. > Not sure what you’re talking about with science? Really broad term, but science in general is not predicting the future. Science is creating hypothesis that are based on feelings and guesses about an observation and then testing the hypothesis to determine whether your guesses were correct or not. Sure there are some emotional influences in the early parts of a scientific endeavor, but it’s not the basis of science itself. The end of an experiment that reveals the truth is the basis. I'm a statistician. This is wrong in... Almost every sentence. Hypothesis testing absolutely is predicting the future. The domain of the original model is part of the problem for hypothesis testing precisely because it may not hold in the future. This is why RCTs struggle when the populations don't align. Furthermore the end of an experiment does not reveal "truth" it reveals some probabilistically interpretable outcome. For example an RCT may find x is greater than y with some p-value. The researcher may choose to reject the null in favor of the alternative because p < 0.05 but that does not make the alternative hypothesis "true", it just says that if you're willing to accept a type 1 error rate of ~5% you can reject the null in favor of the alternative.

Opster79two

AKA a diaper