Mark Davis

I think the whole hot/crazy scale was make for Kristi Noem. She's 53 and looks like that.

Sure, that's how he stays in power. But it's those very traits that make me believe he's willing to just grind Ukraine all the way down over time. He's years into this now and he has many more troops than Ukraine does to just make this an inevitable end.

There he goes. That Trump wants to make people show up to work.

The history of Russia tells us when weakness is shown, a replacement comes. It's not in his background or what he's ever been.

That was a little more than a "you lie" moment.

We will see what the deal is. I doubt Putin could survive long term in Russia if he agreed to the Ukraine in NATO. I have zero doubt he's willing to sacrifice millions of lives to stay in power. But Ukraine in NATO is not in the cards, it wouldn't have been under Harris either. That deal just isn't there to be made because Putin's a creature of survival as well.

I read it, I think it's wishful thinking at best. There's no reason to think Putin would stop of his own accord. He's never governed and certainly hasn't stayed in power by backing down. He went on for years under Biden/Harris but now magically would be the time he would stop? I don't buy it.

The conflict can't end without starting the process, which Trump has done. The war is grinding in terms of both costs and lives. A war that only Russia can win long term by throwing endless bodies at it.

He's not just trying, he is taking action. Under Biden all we were doing was arming Ukraine at our expense with no end in sight. We both know defeating Russia outright isn't a possibility. I think people see that he's making a change to end this conflict if he can. It's way more than we were doing. What we were doing had no end game.

It's funny how the shades of the debate are now how we are going about finding a deal to end this war. This war was never going to end under Biden. Succeed or fail I give Trump credit for getting the process started. Ukraine is incapable of maintaining this stalemate long term strictly from a manpower standpoint alone. A deal is the only long term answer for Ukraine. If you're on the side of Ukraine, it's the same as it ever was, the best possible outcome is ending the war under the best possible deal. Defeating the Russian military was never a possibility.

I'm not sure given where we are on inflation that the fed can take action to lower rates such as in a QE. Like you mentioned, that would ramp up inflation.

I understand the difference. I don't understand why it's necessary. How many other Boston residents died that day whether they were wielding a knife or not and did the mayor offer her condolences as well? If she didn't, why does this case merit it and the others not? Again, I understand your general meaning. But the fact she came out and made this statement infers some level of need, if not responsibility from the city. To a lot of people who hear it, they hear that something was done wrong. You're correct in by the definition that it doesn't, but putting the statement out at all infers something to many who will see/hear it.

Bizarre to issue a public statement if nothing is to be apologized for. You can feel empathy for the family but not be sorry that the officer acted to save the lives of innocent citizens. I think making a public statement such as the mayor did comes pretty close to a tacit apology for the lethal use of force, which appears warranted in this case.

He's got a better chance of the media rumor from years ago of Putin having advanced cancer is true and it's somehow taking him a record breaking amount of time to succomb.

Are you saying you expect Zelensky might be willing to put his fate in the military might and fortitude of the EU? I give him more credit than that. Honestly it would be nice if they had that backbone and power, and maybe we can help them get there, but for right now it's a fantasy.

Unless that alternate deal is with China, it's worthless. I do know there are only two militaries in the world that would give Putin pause. This has always been the best possible outcome for Ukraine. They've done an amazing job to stall the Russians as long as they have. But on manpower alone, they cannot prevail in a war of attrition against Russia. It's simple math. At some point, there has to be a deal. If they fight to the last man, Ukraine will be ground down to nothing.

I actually agree with you. I think Zelensky made a mistake today though. Some people like the prickly edge Trump has, others like you despise it. But we should both acknowledge it exists. Zelensky had to know that as well. While it may or may not be a bad look for Trump and the U.S. depending on who you ask, it's not a make or break event for Trump or the U.S. Zelensky has the future of his country in the balance. He's not in a position to take on Trump in a combative way because he needs a security guarantee, which Trump is tacitly implying by a minerals deal. He made a mistake today that was unforced. Likely I think this gets fixed behind closed doors but someone is going to have to swallow their pride to make it happen. Given what Ukraine has to lose and President Trump's personality, I think we both know who that is going to be. That's just the reality regardless of the side of the political aisle.

Moreso than the minimum wage folks, I thought the "pay your fair share" crowd would love the tariffs. Keep in mind that it's the government collecting the funds.

You do realize that the time value decay of those type funds means even if you go a week at Dow flat or even slightly negative, you're going to be way behind? Those are geared for intraday and 2-3 day trades mostly. In short, whether bull or bear, they won't deliver 3x results short or long over time, but much less. The costs of the daily resets are quite high.

Surely everyone realizes all these takes are already known and baked in to the market. If someone wants to make some trades on this and post scans of their trade confirmations that takes some balls, but otherwise I suspect everyone here is rocking on as we always have been and it's just political posturing to support our political views. I've said it before, if someone is just sure in their mind we are headed for a cliff, that's a hard way to sleep at night and should adjust their position now. I wouldn't advise it, but people do it.

It's a circular firing squad that is inevitable. Once you hire someone like Reid, Maddow, Olbermann, you are going to be some kind of "-ist" when you let them go. They pander to that kind of thing so of course in the case of Reid you have the likes of Maddow and Olbermann suggesting or outright saying that the very company that employed them for years and let them spew that nonsense is now racist against Reid. If it were Maddow it would be homophobic or that and that she's a woman. Meanwhile, people are let go every day around the country when their unit isn't performing well. If Joy Reid were making MSNBC money, she would still be there.

I was on a plane with Angelina Jolie from LA to Dallas maybe 20+ years ago. I wasn't all that impressed. I did almost get trampled by people chasing her down the DFW concourse. To be truthful, I didn't even know who she was though. Someone had to tell me. Odds are I couldn't pick out anyone from your list if I passed them on the street, not just because they are on the left, I just don't really follow or recognize movie/music people.

Funny he brings up Katy Tur his former girlfriend. He's a bitter and mentally unstable man.

I think he would have lost by more in terms of popular vote. Not sure on the electoral college. It’s possible Trump could have flipped Minnesota, Virginia, New Hampshire, or New Mexico or some combination of those had Biden been the nominee. I think with the immigration crisis any Democrat was going to have trouble winning but once they essentially decided a real primary wasn’t happening, that effectively ended any real chance.

Joy Reid will be fine. There's a market for race baiters and she's an expert in the field.