The American Politics Thread

If you're the spokesman for the posters, I will go away. 

I'll talk to you Easy Money.  What do you want to talk about?   I'm listening.

I did say that Easy Money.  I'm so enjoying this conversation.  Notice the word "you" in my post.   Easy Money, did you know that "you" can be used in the plural sense as well as the singular?  It's true.  I meant "you" in the plural sense.  Perhaps this was the problem all along?  Easy Money,  You "singular" took it personally every time I used you in the plural sense.      I can see why you "singular" are upset.  

Anyway, I used You in the plural sense.   Over the last week there have been at least 10 folks active in this thread.  If the majority....Let's say 6 want me gone then I will go.   I'll bow out to the majority.    

By the way Easy Money.  You "singularly" are the liar.  Your post was edited 13 minutes ago.  How could I have been editing my post when it clearly shows I did edited the post in question 50 minutes ago?  Did I use a time machine?   How did I do it Easy Money?     

Just so you "singularly" will understand, As time moves on so will the 13 minutes and the 50 minutes edits I just described.  In an hour it will be 73 minutes and 110 minutes.  Do you singulary understand Easy Money? "Forgive and forget"  I forgive you for lying Easy Money, perhaps instead,  you singularly were confused. 

Other White House reporters complained about Acosta hogging the microphone and rudeness.  Did you watch the video of Acosta refusing to give up the microphone, so that other reporters could ask questions?  The president gave Acosta several minutes of microphone time.  Then Acosta pushed away a female white house staffer, who was attempting to pass the microphone to another reporter, who wished to ask a question.     Acosta would not share the microphone with other reporters.

How is the White House denying first amendment rights?   Steve, have you read and understand the first amendment?    Acosta is free to report whatever he wants...and he did today.  In fact Acosta is all over the news spouting his complaints.  Nobody stops him.  Only Acosta's permanent press pass was revoked.  Acosta can attend WH press conferences on a temporary pass.   CNN can send any other reporter to the White House on a permanent pass.  In my opinion, the President isn't curbing anyone's 1st amendment rights.  How many journalist has Trump jailed? Answer-  zero.   How many journalists did Obama jail?

https://freedom.press/news/obama-used-espionage-act-put-record-number-reporters-sources-jail-and-trump-could-be-even-worse/

      

Thought question.  If a reporters are denied White House Press Passes....Is that a violation of their first amendment rights?    Should the White House give a permanent press pass to every reporter or journalist who requests one?    

CNN is suing the White House.   Considering my limited legal knowledge of the 1st amendment, I predict CNN will lose. Anyone want to jump in on that prediction?  Correct predictions are a solid sign of a person's ability to dissimulate facts and reality. 

That's quite a frivolous interpretation of my words. I haven't asked about the difference. I implied your total lack of knowledge on the subject. For future reference, if you ever decide to pose as a sophisticated investor on some other forum.... what you're referring to is commonly known as "futures contract," or simply futures in the parlance of traders.

omphaloskepsis wrote:  I bought "oil puts".

OMG! I'm laughing.  Yeah,  I know what a futures contract is.    So you want me to dive deep into stock trading.  Let's talk Elliott Wave theory, or Japanese Candlesticks, or Chart Patterns. Pick your poison Ivnord.  Anything, I got it down.  I've been trading and studying the Stock Market for over 20 years.  Didn't dead cat bounce clue you in Ivnord?  Triangles, head and shoulders, double and triple bottoms, 3 bullish soldiers, inverted hammer, shooting star, bullish tweezers, dark cloud cover, gravestone doji,  flats, flags and penates, puts and calls, cup and handle, scalping, strangles, straddles,  divergence, expanded flats or the ever elusive rare "running flat".   Like most technical chart trades, I use RSI, Slow Stochastics, OBV, MACD Histograms coupled with 13 day, 20 day, 50 day, and 200 day moving averages. 

  For example- XOM recently dropped below it's 200 day moving average, then in a corrective move up tested the 200 day before closing again below the 200 day moving average. Since the retest, if XOM stays below the 200 day for 5 trading sessions this is medium level bearish.  Day two is today.   I anticipate whip-saw action for at least a few weeks as XOM forms an extended flat or a bearish triangle.  In other words I expect XOM to move sideways between the $75 and $82 dollar level.   I feel the range so wide that a short strangle would be too expensive.   Instead I'll wait for the 20 day to cross below the 200 day coupled with the ADX line moving up and a retest to the bottom of my anticipated bearish flag or flat before I short XOM again for a 4 dollar scalp.   Why only 4 dollars?  Because there is a decade of strong support at 70 dollars.  I seriously doubt XOM plunges down through 70 dollars without experiencing a multi-month long extended sideways trip.     

 I've reread at least two times, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator", Elliott Wave Theory,  4 different Japanese Candlestick books, countless other market technical text books.  I'm technical trader...Do you know what that is Ivnorn?   I use fib retracements of .618, .5, .38, 1.618 among others.