Trumped

[fan_since79]

Dow Jones futures are plunging tonight after this latest tariff threat.

Good times on the stock market roller coaster. Yesterday the market dropped like a rock, then recovered 700 points before the close. Each day is a new stomach-churning ride.

 

[Amazing Larry]

Not if you don’t watch it. I’ve checked out of politics and the market for the last couple of days. It’s been great! Baseball is on tv, I’m busy at work, hell I even porked the wife. 

Time to heat up a Sabatino’s sausage and throw some Trader Joe’s sour kraut on it. Should go good with my beer. 

[Tank]

3 hours ago, LHalo said:

Not if you don’t watch it. I’ve checked out of politics and the market for the last couple of days. It’s been great! Baseball is on tv, I’m busy at work, hell I even porked the wife. 

Time to heat up a Sabatino’s sausage and throw some Trader Joe’s sour kraut on it. Should go good with my beer. 

wait, this is allowed on a weeknight?

[Blarg]

Only if you ignore the stock market and politics. Otherwise you're friend zoned.

And as a side note if Heat is streaming on Netflix don't crank up the shootout scene, that will just piss her off.

Edited April 6, 2018 by Blarg

[arch stanton]

And whatever you do, don’t knock her up when she’s 43 and you’re 52 and you can see the sweet warm light of freedom down the empty nest tunnel 

[AngelsLongBall]

15 hours ago, LHalo said:

Not if you don’t watch it. I’ve checked out of politics and the market for the last couple of days. It’s been great! Baseball is on tv, I’m busy at work, hell I even porked the wife. 

Time to heat up a Sabatino’s sausage and throw some Trader Joe’s sour kraut on it. Should go good with my beer. 

Congrats on the sex!

[red321]

31 minutes ago, AngelsLongBall said:

Congrats on the sex!

and condolences to the wife

[Thomas]

Will We Stop Trump Before It’s Too Late?

President Trump.CreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times

By Madeleine Albright

https://nyti.ms/2GFY3XO

[Blarg]

Another call to arms from the other side of the hallway. 

[mtangelsfan]

Lol

[UndertheHalo]

What part of Albright piece do we disagree with ? Trump is waving the nationalist banner.  In doing so dangerously enmpowering nationislts in countries with weak institutions.  Nationalism is a great danger to global peace and stability.  That is a fact that has demonstrated itself repeatedly historically. 

Edited April 7, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[UndertheHalo]

And his moronic protectionist economic policy is probably going to sink the economy.  The present roller coaster we’re on doesn’t exactly signal good things to come. 

[mtangelsfan]

14 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

What part of Albright piece do we disagree with ? Trump is waving the nationalist banner.  In doing so dangerously enmpowering nationislts in countries with weak institutions.  Nationalism is a great danger to global peace and stability.  That is a fact that has demonstrated itself repeatedly historically. 

I don't think "nationalism" is the issue

[Jason]

 

The left still campaigning for Trump 

[Blarg]

I hope his home burns to the ground when nobody is home.

 

Hey, what's the problem with that, nobody gets hurt? Get a grip.

[Lou]

I'm sure Trump is uninsured 

[Rico]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/trump-fought-legislation-requiring-sprinklers-nyc-buildings-article-1.3921642

Nearly two decades ago, Trump, then one of the Big Apple’s most prominent real estate moguls, lobbied against Mayor Rudy Giuliani-era legislation that considered whether sprinklers should be installed in all residential buildings after two fatal fires in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

[Taylor]

46 minutes ago, Rico said:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/trump-fought-legislation-requiring-sprinklers-nyc-buildings-article-1.3921642

Nearly two decades ago, Trump, then one of the Big Apple’s most prominent real estate moguls, lobbied against Mayor Rudy Giuliani-era legislation that considered whether sprinklers should be installed in all residential buildings after two fatal fires in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

He's just a smart businessman who understands the plight of middle America.

[mtangelsfan]

48 minutes ago, Taylor said:

He's just a smart businessman who understands the plight of middle America.

Every place built before a certain date is grandfathered in.  It is unrealistic to do anything else

[Rico]

It's possible to put in sprinklers at a later date.  It costs money of course, but could possibly save lives.

[mtangelsfan]

20 minutes ago, Rico said:

It's possible to put in sprinklers at a later date.  It costs money of course, but could possibly save lives.

That happens almost nowhere, not even California.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

In CA apparently if a building is 4 floors (could be more but basing this on how many floors our building is) or fewer there's no requirement to have fire alarms on the upper floors.  I guess the hope is that any fire is slow moving and people on the upper floors get notified in time and get out.  We found this out during the first fire drill in our new building when security had to come up to notify someone that the drill started because the alarms are only on the ground floor and you won't hear them on the upper floors.  I would think the cost to install an alarm at a minimum in the lobby on the upper floors outweighs the risk of someone getting hurt in a fire and the resulting lawsuits.  I realize there's a huge difference between a fire in a sky scraper vs. a 4 story building but it just goes to show that if it isn't required even something simple that could save lives isn't deemed to be worth it by the owners/management. 

[Rico]

Trump did put in Sprinklers in another one of his buildings. It cost him 3 million. 

[Jason]

Lol. We are now talking about fire suppression in  the Trump thread

[Taylor]

43 minutes ago, Rico said:

Trump did put in Sprinklers in another one of his buildings. It cost him 3 million. 

That's only three times the "modest" loan he received from his father.