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I feel your sorrow, Phil. Things do look bleak at the moment. What is most disappointing is all those millions, who after seeing the Orange Sphincter make a mockery of American democracy for nine years, said, “I’m with him.”

I sense that there’s something out there, something not yet seen, that will be a seismic event. Covid was a harbinger, imagine the current assembled assortment of clowns facing a future existential crisis that appears.

Their complete lack of empathy and compassion, coupled with their incompetence will turn the electorate against them. After all, the price of eggs became a MAGA rally cry against Biden. It won’t take much “suffering” to make them turn on the felon.

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Speaking of that hypothetical event, I just looked at my stocks, and they rose after the 2008 banking crisis and then zoomed up after the pandemic. Is that the plan? I don't have enough to be life-altering, but I wonder. To put the best face on it, Trump's cronies will get a heads up before market altering moves. Once they get theirs (their weslth to dlyrocket as in The Big Short), they might not care if the pendulum swings back left. All we have to do is wait and pick up the crumbs after 4 years.

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