Screwball Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago Gambling has been a problem for a long time. It's just easier now. There are more ways to do it as well. Visit a local animal club over the last 50 years and you will see tons of people pissing away money they shouldn't. Guy gets paid on Friday afternoon. Gets home Friday night and has lost it all in 4 hours. Happened 50 years ago and still happens today. Quote
Screwball Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago Speaking of gambling; those 100 year bonds. Why Alphabet’s 100-year sterling bond is raising new fears over debt-fuelled AI arms race - Bubblevision Quote
Tiger337 Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 12 minutes ago, Screwball said: Gambling has been a problem for a long time. It's just easier now. There are more ways to do it as well. Visit a local animal club over the last 50 years and you will see tons of people pissing away money they shouldn't. Guy gets paid on Friday afternoon. Gets home Friday night and has lost it all in 4 hours. Happened 50 years ago and still happens today. I agree. It's always been a problem, but it's more widespread because it's so easy and acceptable now. It is now widely promoted as a fun, entertaining activity and it's going to get worse. Quote
Screwball Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago And let's not forget the lottery. Example. I live in a small town. We have a Moose, Eagles, VFW, American Legion, Amvets, Elks, and probably another I can't remember. In 2019 alone, and I know this because I saw the numbers; around 600 members between the men and women and they spent $493,000 on the lottery alone in one single club. That's a drop in the bucket to the state operated gambling machines and ez-pull tickets they call them. Huge money. Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago (edited) Rate-cut expectations have surged (dovishly) higher this week (along with tumbling Treasury yields) amid a mixed macro picture (Labor market 'good', Retail sales bad, Housing ugly). Today could change all that as CPI for January prints with risk skewed to the upside. January brings annual resets and they tend to surprise on the high side. Despite the 'hot' whisper numbers (and 4 previous Januarys in a row of upside surprises), headline consumer price inflation came in cooler than expected in January (+0.2% MoM vs +0.3% expected). That pulled the headline CPI down dramatically from +2.7% to +2.4% - near the lowest in 4 years.. Edited 6 hours ago by Tigeraholic1 Quote
Hongbit Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago Santa Claus is more believable than today’s fake CPI report. Quote
Screwball Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, Hongbit said: Santa Claus is more believable than today’s fake CPI report. Consumer Price Index News Release - from the BLS Above is the link to the actual report. Can you tell us what part is not believable? If not, you are just making **** up, and no better than the guy you hate. That's why we tried to keep all the political horse**** out of here. To no avail, I admit. Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 24 minutes ago, Screwball said: Consumer Price Index News Release - from the BLS Above is the link to the actual report. Can you tell us what part is not believable? If not, you are just making **** up, and no better than the guy you hate. That's why we tried to keep all the political horse**** out of here. To no avail, I admit. Per Unhungbit.... The problem with that is you can’t get your rocks off feeding your bizarre fetish of trolling the right on a sports message board. Quote
Hongbit Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 51 minutes ago, Screwball said: Consumer Price Index News Release - from the BLS Above is the link to the actual report. Can you tell us what part is not believable? If not, you are just making **** up, and no better than the guy you hate. That's why we tried to keep all the political horse**** out of here. To no avail, I admit. Maybe all those years of hitting the bong are finally catching up to you. I’ve been posting on here years about my feelings on these reports and the BLS. Go use the search function if you are so bothered by my post. Quote
Screwball Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 23 minutes ago, Hongbit said: Maybe all those years of hitting the bong are finally catching up to you. I’ve been posting on here years about my feelings on these reports and the BLS. Go use the search function if you are so bothered by my post. I don't see any proof of what you are talking about. Care to give some or just bitch and insult people? About my bong business; which is none of yours, so you can kindly GFY. Quote
Hongbit Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago Just relax and let the weed do its job. You are going to scare the Doritos with all this anger. More zen, less profanity. Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Screwball said: I don't see any proof of what you are talking about. Care to give some or just bitch and insult people? About my bong business; which is none of yours, so you can kindly GFY. He is just trolling, nothing to see here. Probably elbows deep into a can of Hormel Chili. Quote
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