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OOh. Scary.

Nope, I’m a pomofo blue collar guy. No portfolio for people like me. My point was that a dozen or so FReepers defend the jab like they invented the damn thing so they are either leftist plants or have a lot of money riding on the performance of Pfizer/Moderna.

Can’t blame them too much I suppose. Some older folks have their retirement all planned out but with biden, that invested retirement plan ain’t lookin’ too grand at the moment so panic tends to set in. Might as well ride the jab wave and get them theirs. Money rules.

There’s more blue collars on here than you think I started out enlisted, and Blue Collar but through the sheer number of years on the job I became of the middle management, but still on pulling a lot of time on the road. Middle mgmt with a laptop and a tech team.

I only had savings bonds until I was mid 30s and had a few conversations and started a basic plan... the market was booming, The Reagan years...

I remember when Money Markets were at 13% and Vanguard’s were running hot. Hell, it was only beer and movie money I was putting away... MY OLD MAN WAS RIGHT!!! and might have been the first time in my life I realized it.

It grew and continues, fluctuates, and as we both realize... if you’re not hands on and use brokerages instead, you won’t realize where the money is being worked.

As a side note, I recall that Mr K (not the one on this forum) and I were having a discussion about vaccine-related stuff he had been listening to on the radio as he drove around during his work day. I said I had noted a great deal of hysteria over the issue, too - including from people who seem to have their wits intact, but get REALLY UPSET if you diss the holy vaccination. I have never seen people get like this over flu shots - it has been quite a while since I worked in a health care facility, admittedly, but the raging “You deserve imprisonment” or other invective doesn’t seem like any health care professionals I’ve ever worked around.

Anyway I was remarking on this really extreme anger compared to other flu epidemics and wondering why people who haven’t really shown any sign that they were that deranged over the issue of forced pharmacotherapy - which, you know, the same people are okay with 12-year-olds getting abortions without their parents’ knowledge, legalizing “sex work” (prostitution, which is known/proven to spread disease and societal problems like drug addiction) and so on. My body, my...... choice......?

I was like “What happened to all these at least marginally sane, rational people? I’ve been following some of ‘em for years and I never see them get so upset this type of thing.”

Mr K immediately reacted with anger, saying, “They know it’s political, that’s why!!”

That is: They know it’s nothing but a political power play. A lot of nice, innocent people will die or be ruined, but our Caring Left is willing to make that “sacrifice” to see their political enemies suffer further damage.

The long-term result will be a Dark Ages. (Not a “sort of” dark ages but a real Dark Ages.) Do they care? Nope: It’s time for political maneuvering against OUR ENEMIES!! Damn the torpedoes.

exactly

But forgive them for they know not what they do

even Trump was fully invested in the scamdemic

so Trump was either a sucker

or he was in on the Covid racketeering scam

no two ways about it

I'd say Trump was a sucker

You're more right than you probably know. I've been a moderator on other forums and when someone who was ordinarily level headed took an illogical position on a topic, wouldn't budge a millimetre and argue with everyone over it, with the odd exception of just someone getting their jollies being an antisocial troll, we'd typically find that there was a monetary interest involved. Put the ban hammer on the more disruptive ones, timeouts for others to see if they'd settle down. I have no doubt that's what's going on around here too.