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Where is This?
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
60 responses to “Where is This?”
Havana Cuba
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That was quick. Cuba it is!
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how did you recognize it?
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DW – just the shades of the building, and the lampposts look similar to scenes from Godfather Part 2!!
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Not the lampposts, the benches
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Lucky guess!
I should have hit the market last week and taken advantage of Wjite House “incompetence “!
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nycmike23,
The Cuba scenes in “”Godfather 2” were filmed in the Dominican Republic.
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vacuuming, then had to go on a hike, now to Bible study.
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The previous thread was very illustrative that while Big Joe might be a Dem, he is a lot smarter than NYC the fake “conservative”.
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Damm, Walt helped write the Bible, lived the Bible, and now studies the Bible
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Walt, did you see the link to Cash Cow in the news at the bottom of the last thread?
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I should have hit the market last week and taken advantage of Wjite House “incompetence”
Must be a new definition of “competence”.
Trump tanks the market 4000 points, then backtracks and the markets comes back 3000 points.
This is the kind of “competence” that would get you fired in the real world.
I think NYC is the kind of guy who goes to the race track, loses 10 grand, then manages to win 5 grand back.
Goes home and tells wife “Hey, I won 5 grand at the races!”
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For those who didn’t click the link, Cash Cow got over the fence, wandered into a casino in Seneca Falls, NY, because the automatic doors opened, and she rubbed her head against a slot machine that still had valid play credit on it, and it turned up three cherries and she won over half a million dollars.
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Jason,
I’m unaffiliated. I also try to ignore cult members, they exist on all sides.
Big Joe
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Trying to say that this past week was an example of competent leadership is classic cult member behavior. If Biden had acted like this, well … somehow I think the reaction will be just a little different.
I actually think that this will work out well for Trump. He can still claim that he got what he wanted (punished China) and the markets will breathe easier because, for now, the worst case scenario has been walked back. They will claw back to all time highs and the stock market will become a non-factor again.
Big Joe
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Don’t worry about the Cultists, Big Joe.
If Trump told them to jump off a cliff, they would do it and thank him for providing a cool breeze on the way down.
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The market went up and down. Shocking!
Stop your crying.
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Marv – I don’t know where the Godfather was shot, but the scenes when the setting is in Cuba, the picture above reminded me of that movie. I would assume that DR has some similar hues.
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Goes home and tells wife “Hey, I won 5 grand at the races!”
-As if I could tell my wife I went to the track, let alone spend $$ without her knowledge!!
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“Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippie, you know, they were getting a little bit yippie, a little bit afraid.
I think Trump was the one who got a little yippie, but with good reason.
The thing is that any “gains” you make by threatening trade wars and tariffs, in my view, are not worth the long term damage you do to commercial relationships that often take years to develop.
Still, I give Trump credit for backing off and not listening to morons like Peter Navarro, who probably told him to “stay the course”.
If Trump can coerce some countries to give the US a better trade deal and call it a win, fine with me. Nobody would win a global trade war.
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LOL Jason, I do wonder what the breaking point would be. Perhaps a 20% drop in the market caused some cracks. We had Musk v Navarro; Ted Cruz and Rand Paul speaking out; negative media coverage even from friendly outlets. That’s why we got the entirely predictable flip flop.
Big Joe
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“The previous thread was very illustrative that while Big Joe might be a Dem, he is a lot smarter than NYC the fake “conservative”.”
-Wouldn’t be the first time the “smarter” person was the one yapping about a volatile stock market.
I’ll keep buying my Brk-b just like I have since 2000, and enjoy each dip as I go along.
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Mike,
Dollar cost averaging is ultimately the best strategy, so kudos to you. The funny thing is that that Liberation Day and it’s reversal all took place within the same pay period. So for many people, those 401ks never got to buy the dip.
There’s nothing wrong with a volatile stock market. These past few days were a little north of “volatile” though. Just sayin’. Besides, the option premiums went sky high and shorting that premium was the easiest money out there.
Have a good evening folks. Be back later. I missed HHR, might stick around this time.
Big Joe
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Both Big Joe and Jason, at the end of saying Trump did this wrong, Trump did that wrong, both end up by saying “Trump can get a better deal….”
i feel like I’ve seen this movie before……
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Chicon opposed the tariff pause on a previous thread.
After Trump did it, has he been here yet to praise it as the greatest decision since Trump’s last decision.
themohel
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 pm
A time out would show weakness and result in other countries holding firm. Jason loves this idea because he hates tariffs”
Does Chicon think Trump is showing “weakness”
A friend wants to know.
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I missed HHR, might stick around this time.
Big Joe”
Welcome back!
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Big Joe – good to see you. Next time you come back, can you point out all of the “competence” from the prior 4 years? I’m trying to figure out how the Afghan withdrawal, Ukraine war, ridiculous amount of spending and over 10 million illegals are part of that equation.
Cheers.
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A 90day hood is fine, as those countries are willing to make a deal. Tariffs for our goods will be less.
meanwhile, Ccp goods are still tariffed.
The freepassers hate the tariffs on the Ccp.
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i feel like I’ve seen this movie before……”
Anybody like you who can only regurgitate canned talking points has seen a lot of movies before.
Big Joe and I probably disagree on most issues. But although he is (or was) a Dem he never came here to repeat talking points, and you could always have a meaningful discussion with him.
The fact he is not impressed by your infantile tirades and tantrums is not a surprise.
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A 90day hood is fine,”
It is?
Chicon thinks it is a sign of weakness.
Will you demote him from Cultist to RINO?
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Big Joe is always welcome here. We used to have more Dems. Tim and Transparent Dem Troll were my favorites.
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As I surmised 2 or three threads ago, Trumps liberation day tariffs were a negotiating tool. He brought them down to 10% for every country other than China after over 75 countries came to the negotiating table, and he’s holding the higher reciprocal tariffs as a card for reinstatement if the negotiations fail. He pulled the trigger on the tariff reduction after waiting as long as he could with the rising bond yields. I’m good with this strategy and still willing to see how it plays out in the long run, just like I did with Reagan when he imposed his much maligned trade strategy. The market clearly over reacted and that volatility definitely was disconcerting for many people. However, it was an opportunity for many others, like myself. I’m looking forward to some more volatility as we grapple with China and those 10% tariffs for the other countries get set to go back up in 90days. I have cash reserves primed and ready to jump at my target equities (Im also ready for the eventual long term bear market, which will definitely return some day). Some people look at a hive of bees and see chaos. Some see organized labor. None of us are bees so to each his own and I wish everyone well.
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FLA 2025 might not be a B but he is full of BS.
That whole post was basically a list of things that either aren’t true or never happened or never will happen.
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Transparent Dem Troll”
Actually wasn’t a Dem or a troll….
Funny some people didn’t know who it was.
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Next time you come back, can you point out all of the “competence” from the prior 4 years? I’m trying to figure out how the Afghan withdrawal, Ukraine war, ridiculous amount of spending and over 10 million illegals are part of that equation.”
Zzzzz…
Maybe NYC can find a post where Big Joe said anything about Biden.
But after being schooled on what is really happening in the stock market maybe “what aboutism” was all he had left.
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Trumps liberation day tariffs were a negotiating tool.”
Goebbels would be proud of this lie being repeated over and over.
Let’s ignore Trump’s 60 years promoting economic protectionism and isolationism and his description of tariffs as the “most beautiful word in the English language”.
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DW,
Yes, I did read the article about the Cash Cow.
BTW, to you stock market guys, my Cash Cow says she prefers Bull Markets.
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Jason, read what I wrote again. he kept his 10% tariffs that he called “beautiful”. The liberation day excess reciprocal tarriffs were the ones withdrawn and used as a negotiating tool. The rest is how I see it. I get you see it differently.
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You see it exactly as Trump sees it.
You will always see it exactly as Trump sees it.
But if by a miracle Trump sees it differently, you will see it differently.
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Do you guys know about the husband and wife that made a pact that the one who died first would try to make contact?
The guy dies and sure enough one night the wife hears a voice…
“Is that you Larry”
“Yes, and the sky is blue and the grass is green, and there is a cow in the field”
“Larry, wonderful, what is it like in the afterlife?
“The grass is green, and there is a cow. She is black and white with dark brown eyes”.
“Larry, goddammit here I am wanting to hear about the secrets of the afterlife and all you can talk about is some damm cow?”
“Oh I forgot to tell you, I am now a bull in Montana”
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Jason sez…..”After Trump did it, has he been here yet to praise it as the greatest decision since Trump’s last decision.
themohel
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 pm
A time out would show weakness and result in other countries holding firm. Jason loves this idea because he hates tariffs”
Does Chicon think Trump is showing “weakness””
Lol, the Captain of the short bus is at it again. He was calling for a timeout out of weakness. Trump got what he wanted (much to Jason’s chagrin) and then did a good faith pause.
I’m not surprised Jason can’t see te difference. Next he’ll be telling us that all these countries would have lowered their tariffs without Trump’s actions.
He’s been wrong every step of the way.
Chicon
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In order to believe the theory that Trump uses tariffs and trade wars s a “negotiating tool” you would have to ignore his 60 year stance advocating for economic protectionism and isolationism.
It is the ONE thing he has never wavered from. He has perhaps “evolved” on abortion and the size of government and even on deficits, but never on protectionism.
“We were at our richest from 1870 to 1913. That’s when we were a tariff country. And then they went to an income tax concept”
“I am a Tariff Man,” Trump declared in a 2018 online post.”
“he says “tariff” is his favorite word and represents “a very powerful weapon that politicians haven’t used because they were either dishonest, stupid or paid off in some other form.”
Does that sound like “negotiating tool”?
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and then did a good faith pause.”
LOL
Yesterday, a pause was a “sign of weakness”
Today, it is “good faith pause”.
The Cult mentality is astonishing….
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After Trump did it, has he been here yet to praise it as the greatest decision since Trump’s last decision.”
He is here.
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He was calling for a timeout out of weakness.”
Nah, I quoted Bill Ackman who suggested it was the right thing to do.
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themohel
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 pm
A time out would show weakness and result in other countries holding firm.”
That was day before yesterday.
Today is today.
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It takes great time and effort explaining why Trump is always right even when he holds opposing positions day to day.
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The Kennedy Center broke its all-time attendance record for a public event March 29, with over 11,000 attendees for the EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky fireworks show, the Daily Caller has exclusively learned.
The history-making moment was celebrated amid a flurry of criticism from liberals about President Donald Trump’s takeover of the entertainment facility. Critics voiced concerns about Trump’s understanding and appreciation for the arts when he took control of the Kennedy Center. However, attendance numbers have told a different story. With a focus on shifting away from politically-charged programming, the facility experienced tremendous success with a widely-attended fireworks show.
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The freepassers hate the tariffs on the Ccp.”
Finally something I can own up to being a freepasser for.
This is true, China could be a consumer market of 1.4 billion people for the US, I would love to see free trade between the US and China. I would love to see the US promoting free enterprise and free markets and capitalism in China rather than promoting protectionism.
But Tina is correct. I hate ANY type of tariffs and ANY type of trade wars.
I believe in free trade, free markets, and free enterprise.
Sue me.
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It takes great time and effort explaining why Trump is always right even when he holds opposing positions day to day”
Actually, it is not that difficult.
Like Chicon illustrated, yesterday is yesterday, today is today.
Timeout was bad yesterday, good today.
If you start with the premise Trump is always right, does it matter if he changes his position?
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Trump should just get someone to run ATF, both these guys have enough to do.
“FBI Director Kash Patel has been removed from his role as acting director of the ATF, and the job has been given to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, two Justice Department officials and another source familiar with the matter tell NBC News. ATF officials who learned the news today were shocked and confused, the two DoJ officials said, and no explanation for the change was given. The Justice Department did not respond to our request for comment. Nor did a spokeswoman for Patel. Driscoll, who is 38 pr 39, is expected to continue in his job as Army Secretary. Both roles are normally considered full time jobs. Sources say Patel had not been seen inside an ATF facility for weeks”
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More good news –
BREAKING NEWSCanada spectacularly bends the knee to the U.S. as Trump scores major victory over the ’51st state’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14590171/canada-donald-trump-victory-51st-state.html
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The Russian hoaxer now wants to investigate trump for “stock market manipulation.”
Freepassers will insist that trump,comply with the investigation, like the Russian hoaxer now wants,
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Said by nobody at HHR. Tina’s 237th fake statement falls flat. Again.
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Tina is trying hard to steal janzam’s HHR Clown Award.
She’s got her work cut out for her but never say never.
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Part of successful negotiations is that there has to be a level of trust between the parties. Not sure how any nation can trust Trump regarding tariffs when he changes his position daily.
NYC to say trust but verify in 3…2…1….Not sure how you verify ever changing positions.
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No, but i will say that you have a strange obsession with Biden. No one here is talking about Biden except you trying to interject him into the recent stock market swings we’ve been discussing. Quite strange, honestly.
Big Joe
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Jason, I think we’ll probably agree on a lot of things. In fact, I think most Americans will find lots of common ground. It’s only when people build up caricatures of “the other side” and then view every person even slightly leaning to that side as the caricature that we have problems.
Both parties love to build these caricatures of the other side. It’s a strategy that works. And it contributes to a reversion to tribalism and our eventual decline.
Big Joe
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Now that the Liberation Day Flip Flop Day is done, we will next have CPI Day. CPI due out at 8:30AM eastern, could possibly be another wild day if the number surprises.
Good luck
Big Joe
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TNT
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