LSURussian

re: Trump’s Justice Department launches a criminal investigation of Fed chair; JPow responds

Posted by LSURussian on 1/13/26 at 2:39 pm to NC_Tigah

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privately funded

I just wonder how much that quid pro quo arrangement will cost taxpayers??

The Fed's renovation is also "privately funded" out of its earned revenues, not from taxes.

re: Atchafalaya Bridge looking tough fellas. Think Gov Landry needs to comment?

Posted by LSURussian on 1/13/26 at 1:38 pm to AncientTiger

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Atchafalaya Bridge

Fake news.

The photo is of a bridge in Florida...

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A video spreading widely on social media purports to show support columns for the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, which carries Interstate 10 between Baton Rouge and Lafayette, crumbling into the swamp — but the structures aren’t in Louisiana, state officials say.

The same video was previously shared on TikTok by user “buckmaster55” — with a location tag of Caryville, Florida. In both versions of the video, the cameraman says “better be careful coming over this I-10 bridge in Caryville!”

LINK

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re: When will the “Supreme Court” “rule” on tariffs?

Posted by LSURussian on 1/13/26 at 1:18 pm to texag7

If only there was a way to search the internet to learn when a tariff decision might be expected to be announced... :banghead:

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re: Trump’s Justice Department launches a criminal investigation of Fed chair; JPow responds

Posted by LSURussian on 1/13/26 at 12:28 pm to Big Scrub TX

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Trump’s Justice Department launches a criminal investigation of Fed chair; JPow responds

This is so fricking stupid.

You and I rarely agree with each other but on this issue we are in lockstep. It's Trump's way of intimidating Powell to reduce overnight rates faster just to please the real estate developer, The Donald.

And I'm disgusted by the claims that Powell is wasting taxpayer money with the cost of the Fed's headquarters renovations. I don't know if the cost overruns are justified or not but the renovations are not costing taxpayers a penny.

The Fed is not on the federal government's budget. The Fed's expenditures are paid from the Fed's self generated revenues including the cost of the renovations.

And I guess the complainers about the renovation costs forget that Trump45 was President when the renovation plans were first approved in 2017.

re: Clintons are Refusing to Testify

Posted by LSURussian on 1/13/26 at 10:29 am to AlterEd

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Contempt of Congress incoming.

Doesn't mean anything.

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re: Daniel Stern from Home Alone busted trying to pick up hooker

Posted by LSURussian on 1/12/26 at 3:33 pm to Shexter

I guess he didn't want to be home alone...

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re: Housing market is in shambles

Posted by LSURussian on 1/12/26 at 3:29 pm to fareplay

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Housing market is in shambles

There are many "housing markets" in the U.S.

Which one are you referring to?

New all-time high closings on the S&P500 Index and Dow Jones 30

Posted by LSURussian on 1/12/26 at 3:23 pm

I've been posting on the Money Talk Board for so long that I can remember new record stock market closing highs would have this board :nana: :usa: :bow:.

Now, it's :snoozer:.

SPX: 6,977.27

DJ30: 49,590.20

I receive a daily "on this date" alert and one of today's notable events was "On this date in 1906 the Dow Jones closed above 100.00 for the first time ever (100.26)."

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by LSURussian on 1/12/26 at 12:36 pm to Leopold

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The reason that Russia is losing is because it's Russia.

Reminds me of my first day after work in Moscow when I got back to my apartment building there was a sign on the elevator (they call it a "lift") that said, in Russian, of course, "Lift is not working."

Since my apartment was on the top floor (13th floor) before I started my trek up 13 flights of stairs carrying my briefcase and laptop computerI thought I'd try to find out when the elevator would be repaired.

So I walked down one flight of stairs to the basement in hopes the building maintenance guy would be there and I could ask him.

Sure enough he was sitting on a chair in his "office" reading the Russian edition of Playboy magazine and had one of those Russian cigarettes filled with Turkish tobacco dangling in his lips which made his small enclosure smell like oily rags burning.

So, in my best Russian I asked him, "Why is the lift not working?'

He didn't even look up from his magazine nor remove the cig from his lips when he replied, "Because this is Russia."

That's when I knew that I now had 14 flights of stairs to climb to get to my apartment...

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by LSURussian on 1/12/26 at 12:22 pm to No Colors

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Poor ole JB.

He came out of the gate with his new alter guns blazing. 91 posts in his first 30 hours.

Then: Poof!

Nothing in the past 30 hours.

His avatar is gone.