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Old 08-23-2020, 02:50 PM
 
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:: Does a triple check of the board name ::

Y'all know this is the investing board, right? What do you think is going to happen to this thread?

ETA: For those who aren't aware, usernames that end in lots of numbers (something that's obviously not a year, for example), is generally a flag for a troll or sock-puppet account.
When the thread title is President Trump announcement... it’s kind of impossible to not talk about Trump or politics though lol. It would be like saying, Putting my life savings and getting a second mortgage to buy TSLa... and then not expect people will talk about mutual funds, bonds, bankruptcy, etc.
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Old 08-23-2020, 02:57 PM
 
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Yeah, for sure don't trust one of the most respected, eminent doctors and researchers in the country, the very guy who has advised 6 prior presidents, including 3 'pub prezs, was on the front line of infectious diseases like the HIV/AIDS plague right from the beginning, worked directly to get funding and did what no other bureaucrat did at the time-- listen to and partner with the very population who desperately needed access to HIV/AIDS preclinical drug trials in the '80s, getting the FDA to allow those infected to try the drugs long before approval.

No, that doctor can't be trusted and hasn't proven himself, except for the decades he did just that.
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Old 08-23-2020, 03:07 PM
 
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Yeah, for sure don't trust one of the most respected, eminent doctors and researchers in the country, the very guy who has advised 6 prior presidents, including 3 'pub prezs, was on the front line of infectious diseases like the HIV/AIDS plague right from the beginning, worked directly to get funding and did what no other bureaucrat did at the time-- listen to and partner with the very population who desperately needed access to HIV/AIDS preclinical drug trials in the '80s, getting the FDA to allow those infected to try the drugs long before approval.

No, that doctor can't be trusted and hasn't proven himself, except for the decades he did just that.

The strategy that member is using along with other similar people I have met is... when your guy comes off as a lying moron, just tell yourself everyone is a lying moron therefore your guy is no worse than anyone else therefore you can continue supporting your guy and not have to admit you were wrong about him or her.
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Old 08-23-2020, 03:15 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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The niece could easily get the mother to say anything because when you are upset, you get people to sympathize with ypu, if only to make you feel better. Sneaking an audio recording of your own mom is pretty telling of what a scammer she is.
It was NOT her mother. It WAS her aunt - Maryann Trump Barry, once a federal judge. Niece is the daughter of Fred Trump, Jr. (a brother - the one who died of alcoholism). I am not a Trumper by a long shot - but I found reading about a surreptitiously obtained audio recording cringeworthy. Res Ipsa Loquitur - Trump - the thing speaks for itself. We don't need secret recordings - we are told every day who he is. Nothing she said is new to anyone who has two brain cells.
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Old 08-23-2020, 03:19 PM
 
Location: Charleston, SC
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No important announcement today. He's just replacing the FDA Chief Stephen Hahn with a Mega-Donor who knows nothing about Food, nor Drugs nor Administration.

The Emperor needs something to divert attention from the leaked audio of his family member calling him unspeakable names.

He's running out of Mega-Donors. Soon a $50 contribution will get you a Cabinet Appointment at $200K per year....prorated, of course, until Inauguration Day 2021.

Oh come on now. What I wrote was HUMOR......not politics. Of course, nowadays, they are one and the same thing. I can't help it if one of the 38% gets up on his hind legs over my sense of humor.
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Old 08-23-2020, 03:41 PM
 
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If you give placebo early enough, more people will survive than if you gave it when they're sicker.

False hope of early vaccines and treatments is an attempt to get business to reopen faster.
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Old 08-23-2020, 03:43 PM
 
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The emperor has no clothes.
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Old 08-23-2020, 05:07 PM
 
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When the thread title is President Trump announcement... it’s kind of impossible to not talk about Trump or politics though lol. It would be like saying, Putting my life savings and getting a second mortgage to buy TSLa... and then not expect people will talk about mutual funds, bonds, bankruptcy, etc.
I mean, I don't disagree with any of this, sure. I'm only saying this thread belongs on the politics board, not investing.
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Old 08-23-2020, 06:16 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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One can't divorce Washington rhetoric - whether truth or just hot air- from the stock market. The DC tail - whether policy or rhetoric - wags the stock market dog.

FDA official "authorization" of plasma therapy is pretty much a nonevent, imo, as it's been used for a long while now. Local reports in my paper all the time, hospitals labs are fine-tuning the protocol daily.


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Old 08-23-2020, 06:20 PM
 
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U.S. President Trump is doing a press conference today at 6:00pm ET to discuss 'coronavirus breakthrough'.
I wonder how what he has to say will effect the markets tomorrow!
They’ll ignore it.

It’ll be bull**** treatment... what... number four he’s come up with?

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No important announcement today. He's just replacing the FDA Chief Stephen Hahn with a Mega-Donor who knows nothing about Food, nor Drugs nor Administration.

The Emperor needs something to divert attention from the leaked audio of his family member calling him unspeakable names.

He's running out of Mega-Donors. Soon a $50 contribution will get you a Cabinet Appointment at $200K per year....prorated, of course, until Inauguration Day 2021.
It actually is important if you look at preceding events.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill...en-to-be%3famp

He threatened to resign if trump pushed a vaccine not proven to be safe.

But he’s still there. Its some plasma treatment. Based on antibodies from those who have recovered... which so far are showing to be in short supply (the anti bodies)...

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