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tjfleck6

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It’s petty. That said, it does show that Biden/Harris weren’t in charge of the 46 Admin.
Oh it is petty, but an indicator that there is more to come out on how decrepit he was. Also, 6 months from Liberation Day is not enough data for Jeff. But Biden is still going strong with his going on 5 month old Stage 4 cancer diagnosis. How come there is no concern for his health?
 

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I know Kelly is a rightie, but I think this post is in poor taste. It’s a disconnect that is very similar to the comments from the Left about Kirk’s assassination.


Dumb post by Kelly. If anything, equate it to the Ukrainian girl and say thanks to Democrats, foreigners aren’t even safe in American when in custody. They are safe from Ice, but not lunatic Democrats inspired to murder ICE officers
 

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I looked up the article and the "solar" plant that is being closed after 10 years is even crazier than I thought. California built a thermal solar plant with $1.6 billion in loan guarantees from he Obama Admint and started producing in 2014. Thermal solar means they have big arrays of mirrors in the desert reflecting heat toward 3 towers that heat liquid to create steam to turn turbines. Apparently it is inefficient (and terrible for birds), so PG&E has negotiated termination of their purchase agreement for the electricity. Socal Edision is still contracted for electricity from the 3rd tower but that is expected to be terminated as well once negotiated.

At the time it went into production the plant was hailed as one of the largest solar facilities in the world and a big step forward for green energy. However, the lesson learned was it was terrible technology and actual solar panels work much better and have been improving their efficiency and cost. I couldn't find anything on how much of the loan guarantees the taxpayer is going to be stuck with.
 

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Well, Jeff’s silence on the question of Schumer insisting on 1.5 T in new debt or the government shutdown informs that Jeff is full of crap when saying he cares about the debt. But we knew that.

Anyway, yet another bad day economically for Jeff. New claims down and Q2 GDP revised UP to 3.8 percent growth. But, we need to wait 6 months. Let’s cut that excessively high rate!

 

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“It’s just a bad landlord”.

This will age like milk, too. Even CNN has multiple articles in recent years warning about taking Tylenol during pregnancy.

Tylenol does not want their product used during pregnancy, but because RFK, Jr (a life long Democrat) the HHS Director says it shouldn’t be taken, the programmed Lefties do the exact opposite and slurp it up. That is a mental illness. Then add in “well he isn’t a medical doctor”, too. Somehow they didn’t have an issue with Becerra, the Autopen Admin’s Director. He was a lawyer, IINM.
 
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Well, Jeff’s silence on the question of Schumer insisting on 1.5 T in new debt or the government shutdown informs that Jeff is full of crap when saying he cares about the debt. But we knew that.

Anyway, yet another bad day economically for Jeff. New claims down and Q2 GDP revised UP to 3.8 percent growth. But, we need to wait 6 months. Let’s cut that excessively high rate!


You beat me to the NEW numbers from the BEA in our economy with the NEWEST numbers showing 3.8 % UP !

But I was busy executing trades to sell ALL my options bought as Puts of COIN this morning with a gain of 138 % AND RDDT Puts as well out at $ 12
bought at $ 7.90 !

It turns out that sitting out the triumphs of the Trump Economy is just silly !
 
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Tylenol does not want their product used during pregnancy, but because RFK, Jr (a life long Democrat) the HHS Director says it shouldn’t be taken, the programmed Lefties do the exact opposite and slurp it up. That is a mental illness. Then add in “well he isn’t a medical doctor”, too. Somehow they didn’t have an issue with Becerra, the Autopen Admin’s Director. He was a lawyer, IINM.

A viewpoint from the most informed instead of the clown show.,
 
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I'm glad Trump and Musk have made up. (Musk sat with Trump at the Kirk memorial) One of the things Doge highlighted was the fractured IT systems our Federal government has. This announcement touts AI but there is alot of just infrastructure work needed to get modernized and safe from hackers and bad actors. Trump does create waves at times but his administration is constantly identifying and starting to address issues our government has ignored for too long. The deficit is one of the toughest but as Schumer just showed, the Dems have no interest in controlling spending.

 
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A viewpoint from the most informed instead of the clown show.,

"In more than two decades of research on the use of acetaminophen in pregnancy, not a single reputable study has successfully concluded that the use of acetaminophen in any trimester of pregnancy causes neurodevelopmental disorders in children."

- this is false, CNN has shared studies in the past

"“The studies that are frequently pointed to as evidence of a causal relationship, including the latest systematic review released in August, include the same methodological limitations—for example, lack of a control for confounding factors or use of unreliable self-reported data—that are prevalent in the majority of studies on this topic."

- That's because it would be incredibly cruel to force some pregnant women to take medication for a study, and to completely withhold medication for others. Tell Fleischmann to run a study if he is that confident there is no connection. Good luck finding people to sign up.
 
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"In more than two decades of research on the use of acetaminophen in pregnancy, not a single reputable study has successfully concluded that the use of acetaminophen in any trimester of pregnancy causes neurodevelopmental disorders in children."

- this is false, CNN has shared studies in the past

"“The studies that are frequently pointed to as evidence of a causal relationship, including the latest systematic review released in August, include the same methodological limitations—for example, lack of a control for confounding factors or use of unreliable self-reported data—that are prevalent in the majority of studies on this topic."

- That's because it would be incredibly cruel to force some pregnant women to take medication for a study, and to completely withhold medication for others. Tell Fleischmann to run a study if he is that confident there is no connection. Good luck finding people to sign up.
The studies also say the impact is more likely with 28 days of steady use. Everyone says Tylenol is the safest pain med to take during pregnancy but that you should use it sparingly. Not using it when you have a fever poses a much bigger risk to the fetus than not taking anything at all.

The clown show always overstates the risks of medical intervention and undetstates the risks of doing nothing. Not surprising since RFK Jr is an anti-vaxxer.

Could see an uptick in birth defects in MAGA babies if women refuse to take Tylenol when they have a fever.
 
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