Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
| GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
77 responses to “1201th post to start the week. Go.”
uno
LikeLike
Lots of Euros in attendance tomorrow. I don’t like Macaroni being there
LikeLike
Italian and German pm are fine.
LikeLike
Bitter hardest hit….
“Director Spike Lee’s multi-part documentary series for ESPN Films about former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a national debate when he protested racial injustice nearly a decade ago, will not be released, the filmmaker and ESPN said.
“ESPN, Colin Kaepernick and Spike Lee have collectively decided to no longer proceed with this project as a result of certain creative differences,” ESPN said in a statement to Reuters on Saturday.”
LikeLike
Zzzzzzzzzz. I never supported him. I said ignore him.
LikeLike
There is a rumor that Isaac Newton, previously basking in comfort in the afterlife, is now worried that FLA2025, after doing away with the basic laws of economics and supply and demand, is now moving to declare the Laws of Physics no longer apply either under Trump.
For example, Newton’s Third Law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, would be cancelled. Just like there is no consequence for increased costs and taxes under FLA2025’s novel (?) theory of economics, there is never any reaction or consequence to anything Trump does because there can never be any reaction to perfection extraordinaire.
Stay tuned.
LikeLike
Ma, we are going to have a big haul with that Kaepernick bait.
LikeLike
Forrest looking good. Chelsea looks rusty. Hopefully, Arsenal can rise above ManU. Jason, continues to be the self acknowledged Dick from the Internet. . What else is new. Carry on , my uneducated little Dick friend.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I don’t like Macaroni being there”
Tina would prefer only pro-Putin toadies and bots be in attendance so they can declare Russia has now annexed Ukraine and enslaved its 40 million people and everyone can go home.
LikeLike
I think we need to call for an emergency A-hole Meeting to determine if an A-hole can be a Dick without a major conflict.
We need to dive deep into the annals to reach a conclusion.
LikeLike
FLA2025 needs some original material. I am a big fan of Scott Adams but that strip was already posted yesterday.
LikeLike
I would think that a business that reduced its profits long term so as to not pass on the costs of the tariffs won’t be in business long. However, I will defer to HHR’s economic experts.
LikeLike
FLA2025 shouldn’t be so hard on the Internet, since all the trash he posts here is regurgitated directly from it.
I have been kind to him by implying his novel theory of economics is “original” but we all know better.
LikeLike
would think that a business that reduced its profits long term so as to not pass on the costs of the tariffs won’t be in business long”
Nah.
That is old school.
According to FLA2025, reduced profits magically fade into the cosmos, and there is absolutely no effect on investments, marketing, shareholder value, etc.
He probably never had a job, because if he did, he would realize that for example, if you had a cut in salary, you might have less disposable income.
When mommy and daddy fund you, that of course is not a problem.
LikeLike
Jason, the Dick from the Internet appears fixated on me with his ridiculous, misstated and out of context attacks. I must be doing something right to get so deep under his skin. It’s always amusing to gin up a Dick from the Internet like Jason. Now he’s upset that I keep posting Dick cartoons that parody him perfectly. Ironic because he keeps posting the same Jason the Dick from the Internet rants. Oh well, if it gets a rise out of Jason the Dick, it must be good so here’s another
LikeLike
Bitter wrote – would think that a business that reduced its profits long term so as to not pass on the costs of the tariffs won’t be in business long”
——-
Well it all depends on the size of those tariffs, doesn’t it bitter. If the margin was 4% and now it’s 2 after tariffs, are you marginally better off remaining in business selling at a 2% net profit? Like everything, it involves lots of context and consideration of numerous variables. Apparently not for Jason the dick from the Internet, who doesn’t understand such concepts, but the Japanese automakers and the analysts at Goldman Sachs seem to think so. Check out the links and the articles I posted on yesterday’s thread and you can read it from them. Ignore Jason the Dick from the Internet. He thinks pulling out is an effective form of birth control
LikeLike
To make it easier for you Bitter, here are the links –
For everyone but the HHR village idiot –
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/companies/japan-carmakers-export-price-cut/
“Japan’s automakers slashed the prices of their models exported to the U.S. at a record pace, in a sign that companies are sacrificing profits to remain competitive as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit cars.
Last month, the export price index for vehicles shipped to North America plunged 19.4% from a year earlier on a contract currency basis, the biggest drop in records going back to 2016, according to the Bank of Japan’s corporate goods price report Thursday.”
https://sherwood.news/markets/japanese-carmakers-are-indeed-eating-the-bulk-of-trumps-tariffs-at-least-for/
“ The president’s stance, they said, betrayed his basic ignorance about how tariffs work…But it was too simple of a story, implying a near automatic pass-through of tariffs to higher consumer prices and ultimately inflation. That story ignored another potential. It’s quite possible that some part or all of the tariffs would, indeed, be more or less paid by foreign producers who are worried that high tariffs would make their goods too expensive for Americans, costing them market share in the US. One solution: they could cut their prices, essentially paying for some of the tariffs by reducing their excessive profit margins. And that seems to be what some of the world’s most sophisticated exporters, Japanese automakers, are doing. Goldman Sachs analysts following the Japanese economy recently spotlighted this chart showing the plunge in the price of Japanese passenger car exports to North America compared to prices in the rest of the world.”
LikeLike
If the margin was 4% and now it’s 2 after tariffs, are you marginally better off remaining in business selling at a 2% net profit?
I am not an expert but I believe 4 is bigger than 2. 4 is also further away from 0 than 2 is from 0.
LikeLike
Yes, in the example I gave, net profit was higher than the hypothetical tariff, leaving a marginal but reduced profit, but a net profit nonetheless. Since its net profit, you’ve covered all costs and have a reduced but remaining profit. Is it worthwhile for a business to continue under such circumstances ? This is a complex but regular decision made by businesses on an ongoing basis. Many will easily choose to remain operating profitably under such circumstances just like the examples I gave. Read the write up I excerpted from the analysis above regarding the Japanese automakers profits. This is what is happening with them real time.
Again. This involves many variables and is not an absurd absolute like Jason, the dick from the Internet makes it out to be. But he’s a just a Dick
Here’s the excerpt –
“ The president’s stance, they said, betrayed his basic ignorance about how tariffs work…But it was too simple of a story, implying a near automatic pass-through of tariffs to higher consumer prices and ultimately inflation. That story ignored another potential. It’s quite possible that some part of the tariffs would, indeed, be more or less paid by foreign producers who are worried that high tariffs would make their goods too expensive for Americans, costing them market share in the US. One solution: they could cut their prices, essentially paying for some of the tariffs by reducing their profit margins. And that seems to be what some of the world’s most sophisticated exporters, Japanese automakers, are doing. Goldman Sachs analysts following the Japanese economy recently spotlighted this chart showing the plunge in the price of Japanese passenger car exports to North America compared to prices in the rest of the world.”Ow, if their profits went negative, then of course, they wouldn’t be in business for a length of time. “
LikeLike
Is it worthwhile for a business to continue under such circumstances ?
You tell me. A business with a 2% net profit is barely breaking even to my non-expert brain. It leaves no margin for negative changes or sudden unforeseen factors. I would think the stockholders would be underwhelmed or pissed at this level of performance.
LikeLike
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14993017/most-dangerous-cities-trump.html
I am relieved that York, PA is not in the Top 5. However, I heard that there has been a rash of not coming to a complete stop at stop signs.
LikeLike
Bitter, what I was trying to convey is that this is not a simple or absolute issue. For some businesses, the decision will be a hard yes to remain operating with reduced profit margins. For others, maybe not. It depends on many variables, like the size of those margins, cash needs, reinvestment needs, the size of the tariffs, demand elasticity, etc. Of course, every business, shareholder, and executive wants fatter profits and plenty of cash generated to be distributed to shareholders and for business use. Your question or point was that they may not remain in business long if they reduce profit margins to pay tariffs. That is wrong as an absolute because many businesses would easily decide to remain operating profitably under such reduced profitability, just like the Japanese automakers have decided. As a further example, Toyota is trading at a 20% higher price than in 2023, even after absorbing all of the tariffs highlighted in the article I posted. Shareholders don’t appear very upset with their lower margins or long term outlook. Again, it’s not a simple absolute, but I hope this helps
Oh and bitter, I also owned a Jeep Cherokee and loved it. Ran it to the ground and bought a Jeep Liberty renegade. Loved that even more until I gave it to one of my kids and bought a sweet wrangler. It drives much rougher, but for down here in Florida, it’s a perfect alternate vehicle
LikeLike
This is interesting. Europeans want more money for Ukraine, but want someone else to pay for it –
LikeLike
What is the benefit to the U.S. if Ukraine falls to Putin? I say there is none but that’s me.
LikeLike
I don’t see a benefit “if Ukraine falls” either. However, I find it interesting that the Europeans want more money for the Ukraine but expect someone else to pay for it.
LikeLike
”This is interesting. Europeans want more money for Ukraine, but want someone else to pay for it.”
The free passers too.
LikeLike
I want more money for Ukraine, I don’t care who pays for it.
LikeLike
“You tell me. A business with a 2% net profit is barely breaking even to my non-expert brain.”
Actually, this statement is overly broad. A grocery chains net profits range from 1% to 3%. A 2% net profit is quite good for that industry.
LikeLiked by 1 person
zzzzzzz….
FLA2025 writes a lot of mumbo-jumbo trying to move the goalposts and pretend he didn’t say what he actually said.
The fact companies sometimes choose to stay in business at lower margins should be obvious even to a completely ignorant imbecile like FLA2025, but that is very different from saying there is no consequence to higher costs/taxes and that they have no impact on prices, demand, or profits.
And pretending that lower profits do not impact shareholders and the capacity of a company to invest in expansions, infrastructure, marketing, advertising, and other investments is something only someone completely ignorant of basic economic theory and laws of supply and demand would promote.
In FLA2025, increases in tariffs (taxes) and costs (tariffs) somehow magically disappear into his world of economic fantasy.
In the real world, outside his mommy’s basement, an increase in costs has far reaching consequences throughout the entire chain of supply.
Finally the “well it depends on the size of the cost”, yeah, that is obvious too.
But the point is that whatever the size of the cost increase, yes, that is obvious too, but the consequences are never zero.
Alas, no Nobel Prize for the imbecile.
Maybe better luck revoking the Laws of Physics.
LikeLike
I am always fine for paying for things that are in OUR interest.
LikeLike
Lol, the euros are coming tomorrow to “save the grifter” from being bullied by trump.
-cbs News
LikeLike
Well it all depends on the size of those tariffs, doesn’t it bitter”
Actually, no.
The impact obviously depends on the size of the cost/tax increase, but the idea that a “small tariff” has zero impact is false.
And of course, none of the tariffs being implemented are “small” . A 10% tariff can have significant impact when you are operating at slim margins.
LikeLike
As far as I know, Trump has been consulting with the Europeans non-stop.
I know Tina thinks that is bad.
So the rest of us should view it as a positive.
LikeLike
A grocery chains net profits range from 1% to 3%”
LOL
The imbecilic moron admits there are industries that operate at slim margins and therefore even a small increase in costs could have a large impact?
Hallelujah, sometimes even a brain damaged squirrel finds a nut.
LikeLike
The new ManU are playing well and should be ahead here. Good game.
Something I think that’s not fully appreciated is the weapons development and testing that we are obtaining. I know this is rather heartless and morbid to say but this war is a lot like the Spanish civil war, where we were able to learn how to successfully prosecute WW2. What the Ukraine has taught us as far as drone strategy and usage as well as the ineffectiveness of certain mechanized weaponry has been priceless. I agree that we should find a way to peacefully stop the killing, but we are certainly getting value for our financial and military support.
Oh, and Jason, the dick from the Internet, continues to misinterpret and take posts out of context to make an absurd absolute and ridiculous post. What’s hilarious is that he thinks he comes across as knowledgeable but really is just a limp internet Dick. He is, after all, Jason, the Dick from the Internet, just like this –
LikeLike
Why are these people not on Tina’s grifter list?
The Founders – The American Revolution would have ended by 1778 without aid from France, Spain and Holland. Many of the soldiers wore uniforms from France, fired guns and cannons from France, and used gunpowder from France. Without the French fleet blocking the British fleet, Cornwallis is able to escape Yorktown.
Churchill – Lend Lease kept Great Britain in the war.
LikeLike
Looks like it’s free passer vs free passer on industry profits of 2%.
LikeLike
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1957123655202144346
LikeLike
Would Schiffty destroying gubment documents and mortgage fraud be covered by Biden’s pardon?
LikeLike
Tina was a Federal employee. The exact opposite of business experience.
LikeLike
Rapid Response 47
@RapidResponse47
·
2h
.@SecRubio: “You can’t have a deal between two warring factions unless both sides agree to give up something and both sides agree that the other side gets something… Ultimately, where this should lead is to a meeting between the three leaders.”
LikeLike
Tina, I think Bitter is just sincerely exploring this concept in connection with the “2%” example. Jason, however, is just continuing to be the Dick on the internet, . Bottom line, what you wrote is completely accurate, but you know that and don’t need some affirmation from a dick on the internet.
LikeLike
Oh, and Jason, the dick from the Internet, continues to misinterpret and take posts out of context”
LOL
The last defense of the intellectually dishonest imbecilic moron.
“Taken out of context”.
I have reflected exactly what you posted, the fact you cannot defend that trash without completely revoking the basic laws of economics is not my problem.
Make your bed, lie in it.
No free lunch.
LikeLike
You can’t have a deal between two warring factions unless both sides agree to give up something “
Maybe Tina can tell us exactly what the Russians are “giving up”.
This should be good.
LikeLike
Would Schiffty destroying gubment documents and mortgage fraud be covered by Biden’s pardon?”
A state could bring charges for mortgage fraud, just like Letitia James brought up trumped up charges against Trump for “fraud”.
But neither CA or MD are ever going to bring charges against Schiff.
So the question is what federal charges can circumvent the pardon.
LikeLike
More blah blah blah from Jason, the self acknowledged Dick from the internet. Yeah. He’s an expert in “economics”, LOL! What a moron. Just like here –
It’s the the science/economics! Shouted Jason the dick from the internet, LOl!
Jason, please post some more of your delusional wisdom. We love it. It’s entertainment better than the comic strip to see the Dick in real life, LOl!
LikeLike
Maybe if Tina is having trouble coming up with something, the other Putinistas here are free to tell us what they think Putin is “giving up”.
Chicon? janzam? NYC?
The dream of a new USSR? Nah, he is not giving that up.
So what is it?
LikeLike
No free lunch for the dick from the internet, Jason! We get it – tariffs are never absorb, they always get passed on to consumers , and what the Japanese automakers are doing didn’t happen , but shit up! Words of wisdom from Jason, the Dick on the internet, LOl!.
LikeLike
“I have reflected exactly what you posted, the fact you cannot defend that trash without completely revoking the basic laws of economics is not my problem.
Make your bed, lie in it.
No free lunch.”
We got an answer.
“Your are a Dick’ for pointing that out.
LikeLike
LOl! Jason, the self acknowledged Dick on the internet is getting perturbed, LOL! More angry and delusional posts from the Dick!
LikeLike
“Tina, I think Bitter is just sincerely exploring this concept in connection with the “2%” example. Jason, however, is just continuing to be the Dick on the internet, . Bottom line, what you wrote is completely accurate, but you know that and don’t need some affirmation from a dick on the internet.”
Who knows what they are thinking. If it’s a post on foreign policy matter, I just ignore it giving their track record.
if it’s a post on business, I may have to ignore it given the “2% rule.”
LikeLike
What’s the over/under that thr grifter wears a suit and tie tomorrow.
LikeLike
This woman has baggage. Fiona for Hillary has been wrong a lot. She was a believer of the Russia hoax and fake impeachment #1.
https://x.com/FaceTheNation/status/1957112182665097516
LikeLike
Tina wrote – Who knows what they are thinking. If it’s a post on foreign policy matter, I just ignore it giving their track record.
if it’s a post on business, I may have to ignore it given the “2% rule.”
————
Smart move. But don’t ignore the entertainment value. It’s priceless.
LikeLike
Has Tina told us what “Putin is giving up” yet?
LikeLike
What’s the over/under that thr grifter wears a suit and tie tomorrow.”
Putin has murdered, raped, tortured hundreds of thousands of innocent people, displaced millions.
Tina’s problem is that Zelensky doesn’t wear a suit.
LikeLike
The exact opposite of business experience.”
She is probably more qualified in business than the imbecilic moron who thinks the basic laws of economics have been cancelled because that fits his political bias.
I doubt he ever even ran a lemonade stand, even a lemonade stand kid probably understands that costs affect prices and profits.
LikeLike
Putin wears nice suits: gets free pass from Tina for unspeakable war crimes.
Zelensky doesn’t wear suits: “grifter”
LikeLike
NOW we are talking!
“Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump that the United States and its European allies could offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the war, a U.S. official said Sunday.”
What say the Putinistas, should we do a welfare check?
LikeLike
“I have reflected exactly what you posted, the fact you cannot defend that trash without completely revoking the basic laws of economics is not my problem.
Make your bed, lie in it.
No free lunch.”
We got an answer.
“Your are a Dick’ for pointing that out.
———-
LOl! I missed this one. Jason the Dick from the Internet is posting quotes of himself, just like the cartoon, LOL! I hope you all appreciate how lucky we are to have a real life Dick from the Internet, let alone one so stupid and self unaware our Jason, the self acknowledged HHR Dick from the Internet! This is too funny!
Tell us more about your deep business and economic insights, Dick from the Internet Jason. Lol! Tariffs are never absorbed, they always get passed on entirely to consumers , and what the Japanese automakers are doing didn’t happen , but shut up, It’s Economics, screams our HHR Dick from the Internet Jason!!!You are the genius of you. Everyone else on this blog can easily what a complete moron you are, though the entertainment is priceless. Keep posting quotes of yourself. We love it Dick from the Internet Jason!
LikeLike
Fla – You trust everything Trump does so you will cherry-pick everything that proves Trump was right. I will wait to see how it turns out.
LikeLike
Bitter said….”You trust everything Trump does so you will cherry-pick everything that proves Trump was right. I will wait to see how it turns out.”
No, you’ll do the opposite; you distrust everything Trump does, so you’ll cherry pick everything that proves Trump was wrong.
Chicon
LikeLiked by 1 person
I am sorry this happened to Tina, janzam and Chicon.
“A Ukrainian sniper has killed two Russian soldiers with a single bullet from a distance of 2.5 miles (4,000m), in what is believed to be a record for the longest shot by a marksman.
The sniper, from Ukraine’s elite Pryvyd (“Ghost”) unit, used a 14.5mm calibre Snipex Alligator rifle.
Footage shows two Russians collapsing inside an occupied building between the cities of Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk after being struck, according to local media reports.”
LikeLike
Tariffs are never absorbed, they always get passed on entirely to consumers”
Zzzzz…. imbecilic moron tries goal post moving, epic fail.
No, no one here said it necessarily gets passed on to consumers.
But the word “absorbed” as you use it, in the “disappears” sense, violates the basic laws of economics.
Higher costs do show up somewhere, they do not disappear as your idiot Internet friends think ( I know you are too stupid to come up with that yourself, just not too stupid to realize it is BS).
If the company chooses to translate higher costs into lower profits, then it will have fewer funds to invest, conduct research, pay shareholders. promote, advertise and market products, build facilities, etc.
Higher costs matter. There is no free lunch.
I am sorry to tell you magic doesn’t exist, I feel like when kids are told Santa does not exist.
LikeLike
No, you’ll do the opposite; you distrust everything Trump does, so you’ll cherry pick everything that proves Trump was wrong.
Chicon”
Bitter, you do understand that Chicon has a huge issue even contemplating that Trump could be wrong on anything.
I think the poor bastard goes sleepless nights worrying about this terrifying possibility.
LikeLike
A Ukrainian sniper has killed two Russian soldiers with a single bullet
You really are enamored with death Jason!
LikeLike
Jason-We need a strong Russia to help balance the middle east because Putin was the only one standing up against chaos in Syria, Iran, lebanon, Gaza etc that Israel was trying and succeeding in creating.
Also having a globohomo world order with the EU and the wokes is terrifying as well.
LikeLike
When there is an agreement, I will blame Trump. It’s Al his fault for Ukraine,
-freepasser
LikeLike
It is a shame Joe and Kamala didn’t remain in charge, so they could continue their peerless strategy to defeat the Russians. It would be great to see many more Ukrainians die before losing the war anyway.
Where will Jason and Bitter turn for their war fix when this war ends?
Chicon
LikeLike
There are Ukrainians left? i thought NATO used them all up
Z started an over 65 draft a few months ago.
LikeLike
Bitter wrote – Fla – You trust everything Trump does so you will cherry-pick everything that proves Trump was right. I will wait to see how it turns out.
——-
I don’t know what you’re talking about and nothing I posted was based on an affinity of Trump, just facts. I even posted source material for you to read and form your own opinion, but fine,
Chicon, pegged it right.
LikeLike
Tariffs are never absorbed, they always get passed on entirely to consumers”
Zzzzz…. imbecilic moron tries goal post moving, epic fail.
No, no one here said it necessarily gets passed on to consumers.
But the word “absorbed” as you use it, in the “disappears” sense, violates the basic laws of economics.
Higher costs do show up somewhere, they do not disappear as your idiot Internet friends think ( I know you are too stupid to come up with that yourself, just not too stupid to realize it is BS).
If the company chooses to translate higher costs into lower profits, then it will have fewer funds to invest, conduct research, pay shareholders. promote, advertise and market products, build facilities, etc.
Higher costs matter. There is no free lunch.
I am sorry to tell you magic doesn’t exist, I feel like when kids are told Santa does not exist.
———-
More ignorant rantings and rediculous absolutes from Jason, the Dick from the Internet. We get it , Dick from the Internet Jason. The concept of long term strategic export pricing adjustments or tariff mitigation pricing in the context of international trade doesn’t exist. Businesses never reduce export prices to offset the impact of tariffs imposed by the importing country, aiming to keep the final price competitive for consumers while still maintaining positive profit margins, albeit at a reduced level. They never successfully do this in conjunction with careful cost analysis or supply chain optimization, like strategic export price adjustment planning calls for in conjunction with tariffs. Companies never implement this approach for the long-term to remain competitive in the face of trade barriers, balancing consumer affordability with profitability . Nah. Never happens. We get it, Dick from the Internet Jason. You are the economic genius of you. Lol! Tell us more about the Economics! And Science! , self acknowledged Dick from the Internet Jason, LOL! What a stupid Dick!
LikeLike
Chi – When did you decide to support Putin? When the war started, you pretended to support Ukraine. You no longer do. What changed? Was the desire to be in the Cult worth it?
LikeLike
Is it Happy Hour?
https://twitter.com/_johnnymaga/status/1957184358298911158
LikeLike
Jason wrote – No, no one here said it necessarily gets passed on to consumers.
——-
Pay attention everyone. The Dick from the Internet now admits tariffs don’t necessarily get passed on to consumers. This is a biggie and represent Baby steps for the Dick, but at least he’s moving in the direction of non-dick sanity. Now we’re getting somewhere. The Dick from the Internet Jason has repeatedly said on numerous threads that the tariffs will impact prices. Feel free to go back and check. He now admits that prices aren’t necessarily impacted, like I’ve been saying for weeks. Either the idiot learned something or he finally realized the blatant falsehood of his position, so at we got that going for us. Baby steps for the education of our stupid Dick from the Internet, Jason
LikeLike
NT loaded for the morning. Stay here for the overnight shift.
LikeLike
NT
LikeLike