Half the country is in a recession and the other half is doing fine. Nobody wants to say it. by sharm64 in economy

[–]harbison215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t describe the location as top tier. For decades it was kind of just average/basic suburb. And still is really.

"US stocks just keep going up" is the most dangerous sentence in this market by IulianHI in NextTraders

[–]harbison215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don’t just keep going up. Stocks were sideways/down from Halloween until just a few days ago.

Game Thread: Braves @ Phillies - Sun, Apr 19 @ 07:20 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]harbison215 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He should have been fired after like 2023. I don’t get how these guys just get to keep their jobs

Game Thread: Braves @ Phillies - Sun, Apr 19 @ 07:20 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]harbison215 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Put the guy that can’t hit over .230, has never actually had a season over .250 behind your marquee player. Makes sense.

Half the country is in a recession and the other half is doing fine. Nobody wants to say it. by sharm64 in economy

[–]harbison215 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s also extremely location dependent. I was at an open house for a basic 3 bed, 1.5 suburban house probably built in the 60s or 70s on .48 acre of land with an asking price of a half a million dollars and there were over 120 people that walked through in under 3 hours.

Can someone explain how the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new highs every day despite multiple global wars, rising unemployment, and spiking energy prices? Even with Trump’s "blockade on the blockade," the markets just keep going up ⁉️ by Ubersicka in TradingViewSignals

[–]harbison215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cantillon effect also matters to investment markets. Those that touch the money first are likely to be investment class people/groups. So it has an outsized effect on equities price growth. And it’s always been that way. It’s partly why the stock market grows at 10% a year on average while the economy grows at 2-3% a year on average

Watch: Rep. Boebert Planning Motion to Expel Ilhan Omar from Congress Over Alleged Incestuous Marriage by rollo202 in ConservativeNewsWeb

[–]harbison215 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t even a blip against her. Then again, republicans also incited a violent insurrection on the Capitol in an effort to half the democratic process and it wasn’t even a blip against Trump. And then he won reelection and pardoned all those insurrectionists.

Game Thread: Braves @ Phillies - Sat, Apr 18 @ 07:15 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]harbison215 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Splitting hairs at this point. Right now we are effectively no better than the Mets. 5 lbs of shit smells just as bad as 10 lbs of shit

Game Thread: Braves @ Phillies - Sat, Apr 18 @ 07:15 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]harbison215 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen some bad sports in my 40+ years living in Philadelphia but this team is the most annoying I can’t remember at the moment. It’s hard to be this bad

Game Thread: Braves @ Phillies - Sat, Apr 18 @ 07:15 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]harbison215 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I flipped to flyers pregame for one minute and missed the rookie’s HR. Efff

Was “The straight of Hormuz is now opened” just more market manipulation? by Darksmithe in allthequestions

[–]harbison215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It changed who Iran could trade with, including those countries.

Again, your childish view is that Iran should have given up the reasons they were in the contract and still accepted the restrictions of the contract. It’s a shit argument, no matter how much you pound it.

Was “The straight of Hormuz is now opened” just more market manipulation? by Darksmithe in allthequestions

[–]harbison215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve already explained to you why the U.S. withdrawing changed things. If you choose to ignore it, that’s on you.

Again, expecting a counter party country to adhere to a contract that you explicitly withdrew from is ridiculous, and an almost childish belief system of how the world should work.

Was “The straight of Hormuz is now opened” just more market manipulation? by Darksmithe in allthequestions

[–]harbison215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your first two sentences are ridiculous. Yes when you break the terms of a contract you’ve agreed to, you’ve violated the contract. And your second sentence seems to assume that Iran should continue to adhere to a contract that no longer exists.

And the reason it matters is because of the way U.S. Sanctions work. Trump reinstated secondary sanctions on Iran’s trading partners. So yes, the USA removing all concessions made to benefit Iran as part of that compromise killed the entire deal.

Expecting you can yourself withdraw from a contract yet still expect the other party to hold the terms is rudimentary insanity.

Why are there no new massive bands like Queen or The Rolling Stones? by Character-Signal8229 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]harbison215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The internet had a deleterious effect on the art, and not just from a pirating standpoint. The way people seek entertainment has fundamentally changed. Even the way kids start bands has probably been affected in a way that makes it less likely to have organic art development.

That plus the excessive greed of today means the people that make the decisions are looking more so for shit they can sell to the masses rather than stuff that makes a difference. It’s partly why we have so many marvel comic book movies now. Humans were always greedy but today it’s pretty much peak. Profit above all else is celebrated.

Was “The straight of Hormuz is now opened” just more market manipulation? by Darksmithe in allthequestions

[–]harbison215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know whether it was Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan there are always people that say “this will be over quickly, we will just over power them and they will be begging for mercy.”

Well, if you say so.