An actual distrubance in the force

Drill drill drill.

One solution for everything

Gold at an all time high; stock market having a big fall day.

I’m getting the feeling China is not going to play nice this time. They
can probably endure more dissatisfaction at home than the US.

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China is already heavily manipulating currency. Economically, they are in a much weaker place to start than the USA. The biggest advantage is the government controls the press. The US has a tougher row to how because the press is anti-administration.

This circus of congressmen travelling to El Salvador is great news for the administration. Distracts from the tariff battles.

As long as we get a deal done with Mexico, we’ll be fine. An increase in produce and beer prices would not go over well.

China owns a lot of treasuries but prefers not to sell at a loss. They could slow walk pharmaceuticals which could be problematic.

Locally, the China tariffs are great for the local fishermen & shrimpers.

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I think that’s right. They don’t have to worry about elections. US voters don’t respond well to someone messing with their wallets even if it’s a short term issue. We’ve seen that over and over.

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Yeah, the press should just stop reporting on the markets and prices and
consumer sentiment.

And that’s good for US consumers ?

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There are always some winners with tariffs.

Well, maybe it will slow down all the coal plants China is building

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Why would you, as an American consumer, care about that ?

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So happy to be paying higher prices on everything just so China doesn’t build more coal plants. Love the winning!!

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course diss GIF

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Aren’t you the big Chinese clean air propagandist?

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Please don’t turn this into a climate change argument.

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No, I’am not, and I didn’t take the discussion there.

But I’ll ask you again, why as an American consumer, you want to pay more
for shrimp and fish ?

If it supports Texas shrimpers & fisherman. In fact, all I buy is Texas shrimp.
https://texasgoldshrimp.com/

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So you’re good with paying $11/lb to $26/lb for shrimp today.

If they go from $22/lb to $52/lb you’re still good with it ?

The child favorite sit and spin !

So you are good with slaves making cars?
So you are good with slaves making solar panels?
So you are good with slaves making shoes?

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Do you shop at Walmart or Target ? Or maybe Loews and Home Depot ?

How do you sleep at night with all those slave labor made products and
appliances in your house ?

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Moving the goal posts NRGcoog?

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