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I realize you guys are hurting....I get it. You are right where I was 4 years ago. And it sucked ass. At the time I wasn't sure how I could deal with 4 years of Donald Trump, he pretty much represents everything I'm against. But 4 years later I still own my house and other than paying a little more in taxes not much has changed.

I have news for you guys....4 years from now your life will not have changed much either. They're not going to take your guns or your houses. Just chill.

I've recently had some serious health problems and do you know how much I cared that Joe Biden won the election....zero fucks. Didn't even think of it. In the end that shit doesn't matter. My mind was focused on spending time in between covid with loved ones like my friends and family.

Get your fucking priorities straight!
 
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Lol...I try not to lose sleep over shit I don't have much control over....I just try to take care of mine...that I can control. Go with the flow when you can. Get better Grads....you dildo licker you.. 😂😂😉
 

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Grads, I appreciate your sentiments and your attempt to help the conservatives understand the situation through your own experience. However, many of us feel this time is different. Different than when obama was elected. The democrat party has taken a hard left turn in the last several years. We now have antifa, BLM, the squad, a promise from the incoming senate leader to “change America” and the most liberal senator ever ready to serve as VP. All those forces are planning to push Biden, who is already weak, as far left as possible resulting in radical changes to the country that can never be reversed. Even if Trump would be re-elected in 4 years with the house and Senate on his side, their just isn’t going to be any going back to the America us conservatives know and love.
 

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I realize you guys are hurting....I get it. You are right where I was 4 years ago. And it sucked ass. At the time I wasn't sure how I could deal with 4 years of Donald Trump, he pretty much represents everything I'm against. But 4 years later I still own my house and other than paying a little more in taxes not much has changed.

I have news for you guys....4 years from now your life will not have changed much either. They're not going to take your guns or your houses. Just chill.

I've recently had some serious health problems and do you know how much I cared that Joe Biden won the election....zero fucks. Didn't even think of it. In the end that shit doesn't matter. My mind was focused on spending time in between covid with loved ones like my friends and family.

Get your fucking priorities straight!
I wish I could agree with you on all of this.

Agree on getting priorities straight and spending time with friends and family- I hate seeing some of my friends wound up so tight but I get it.

This isn't just about who landed in the White House. Most important is how they landed there. Media and tech bias have changed the game and censorship beyond anything Orwell could have dreamed up. Even my left leaning customers have come right out and said there's no way this was clean.

I'm not mad or sad anymore, I'm numb to it. I don't love or hate the right or the left but I sure loved the process that kept them in check.

I was skeptical and cynical at best before this, and that was a good thing. Today, I have zero trust or faith in a system I once appreciated and that's going to take me a while to get my head around.
 

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You’re going to tell us about priorities now. Yea right
In a way, you should maybe have actually paid more attention to the words, than who wrote them. This is probably one of the best compositions I've seen from @GRADS . Not trying to pick a fight with anyone, just observations.

Unfortunately, his observations are a bit skewed. Obviously more left than myself, and also no children. The left shutting down and silencing the opposition, either by tech or cancel culture, is purely communist or totalitarian. Choosing not to see it, does not make one less guilty. As a parent, I want my kids to have the same opportunities I did. With the current course, that will not happen.

So no, this is not like Obama, or Trump, or anything we have seen. We're all screwed, but only half of the populace knows it. The others will be lead to the slaughter, and loss of the freedoms they take for granted.
 

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So where’s my powerboat magazine???


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In a way, you should maybe have actually paid more attention to the words, than who wrote them. This is probably one of the best compositions I've seen from @GRADS . Not trying to pick a fight with anyone, just observations.

Unfortunately, his observations are a bit skewed. Obviously more left than myself, and also no children. The left shutting down and silencing the opposition, either by tech or cancel culture, is purely communist or totalitarian. Choosing not to see it, does not make one less guilty. As a parent, I want my kids to have the same opportunities I did. With the current course, that will not happen.

So no, this is not like Obama, or Trump, or anything we have seen. We're all screwed, but only half of the populace knows it. The others will be lead to the slaughter, and loss of the freedoms they take for granted.
Sorry but I see it different. This guy has a failed business and claimed bankruptcy. Instead of getting back on the horse he sits at home and let’s his wife work. I may not be rich, i may not be smart, but I know what my priorities are.
 

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Sorry but I see it different. This guy has a failed business and claimed bankruptcy. Instead of getting back on the horse he sits at home and let’s his wife work. I may not be rich, i may not be smart, but I know what my priorities are.

Excellent post !
 

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Sorry but I see it different. This guy has a failed business and claimed bankruptcy. Instead of getting back on the horse he sits at home and let’s his wife work. I may not be rich, i may not be smart, but I know what my priorities are.
I had to chuckle a bit...my wife just left for work:p Probably a bit different, she doesn't bring home a ton of coin.

I don't know about his situation in particular. I know I saw a lot of construction shops close up the last go around. My guess would be some filed BK, others defaulted on a lot of stuff. I sold 95% of my equipment, and moved on. I sure as hell didn't get "back on the horse"...fuck that horse, send it to pasture. It is a whole different ballgame owning a business than being an employee. Knowing the trades is one thing, but knowing the trades and keeping everything else in line a bitch. I don't fault people for their past. I didn't file, but could have. I'm also not driving anything shiny new, or have any toya that are from this century. Happier though, and I rarely feel like killing anyone.

...but I digress.

What I mean is sometimes the words are better, or more important, than your feelings for who spoke or wrote them. If someone you disslike sings your favorite song, does the song lose it's value to you? It goes the other way as well. If someone you respect, or think well of, says something stupid, do you think higher of the words, less of the person?

And yes, we all have different priorities. Mine are different than your's, and both are different than Greg's, and so on and so forth...
 

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I realize you guys are hurting....I get it. You are right where I was 4 years ago. And it sucked ass. At the time I wasn't sure how I could deal with 4 years of Donald Trump, he pretty much represents everything I'm against. But 4 years later I still own my house and other than paying a little more in taxes not much has changed.

I have news for you guys....4 years from now your life will not have changed much either. They're not going to take your guns or your houses. Just chill.

I've recently had some serious health problems and do you know how much I cared that Joe Biden won the election....zero fucks. Didn't even think of it. In the end that shit doesn't matter. My mind was focused on spending time in between covid with loved ones like my friends and family.

Get your fucking priorities straight!

I’m glad you are feeling better but this is laughable. You cried for 5 years that Trump was going to get us into WWIII, was a secret agent for Russia, was going to ruin the economy, and that the US was going to turn into Nazi Germany. You whined and cried and threw a fit, all the while your stock portfolio grew and your life got better (aside from your personal health).

By yore own admission you were basically unaffected by a Trump presidency, just like we all said you’d be 4 years ago.

As a Democrat you enjoy paying the higher taxes levied upon you by Gavin, so I have to believe you are supremely happy with the results of the last 4 years, especially when you look at your AAPL stock.
 

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Sorry to hear about your situation Grads and I do hope you can recover.

An entirely separate discussion is the Biden presidency and here’s my position...

Unifying with your Democratic Party absolutely, unequivocally, will not be happening. We remember the last four years and will not be forgetting... ever.

I’ll let this FB post speak for itself. I can’t verify it’s accuracy but the message is spot on nevertheless....

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I realize you guys are hurting....I get it. You are right where I was 4 years ago. And it sucked ass. At the time I wasn't sure how I could deal with 4 years of Donald Trump, he pretty much represents everything I'm against. But 4 years later I still own my house and other than paying a little more in taxes not much has changed.

I have news for you guys....4 years from now your life will not have changed much either. They're not going to take your guns or your houses. Just chill.

I've recently had some serious health problems and do you know how much I cared that Joe Biden won the election....zero fucks. Didn't even think of it. In the end that shit doesn't matter. My mind was focused on spending time in between covid with loved ones like my friends and family.

Get your fucking priorities straight!


Sorry, I had to! I do in all actuality appreciate your statement though. May you continue improving and get into that new speedboat!
 

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Agree that health is more important than everything else, but I had to laugh at everything else.

When you’re supported by others it’s much easier to give other people’s money away because you don’t have a piece of that pie. You don’t know the value of the dollars in your bank account because you sat on your ass when it was earned.

Under Trump, he was never trying to take away your rights nor attack the constitution. Under Biden, House, and Senate majority it is 100% under attack. It’s blatant.
 

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I don’t follow sports, (other than racing).
I follow politics like most people follow their favorite team.
I pick a side that I am most agreeable with and watch the back and forth battle.
You win some innings, and lose others. But you keep rooting for your team. and the game never ends.
We have no control (or very little) over the outcome. But the information is useful for health, safety, and financial decisions.

You can turn it off at any time and do other things without thinking about it. Or turn it back on and see where its at.
Taking care of my family, my health, my finances, and helping my friends are my priorities. Politics matter very little here.
At the end of the day I turn it all off and sleep well.
 

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They called for impeachment pf Trump before he took office. The media, Hollywood d-bags and celebrities personally attacked Trump but more importantly his supporters. Madona said she wanted to blow up the white house. Accusations of voter fraud, Russian collusion, the BS impeachment. Leftist supporting and encouraging riots, exploiting covid to suppress the people, the list goes on. This is what we had to endure for four years.

Then we have an election where the left admits there was cheating but not enough to have changed the outcome of the election. Could you imagine a sports team that admitted, "Yes, we cheated but not enough to have changed the outcome of the game"?

Most of us are not angry about losing an election, we are angry about the blatant corruption, the media bias, and the vindictiveness of the left. We are angry about the racketeering and collusion of socialist media, not only silencing their opposition but attempting to eliminate any alternative sites. We are angry that some on the left are not satisficed with just winning the election, they want to go after anyone that opposed them and destroy us. Is that okay with you?

As others have said, there is a fundamental difference between Trump's election and this one. During Trump's tenure your life changed only for the better. Other than your totalitarian governor restricting your freedoms and shutting down the economy, your life was pretty darn good. That is why it is easy for you to say to relax and things will pass. I think we appreciate your sentiments but when Biden has said outright that he is going after the NRA, that his "gun czar" will be Beto who has said, "Damn right, we are going after your guns", when he says shit like, "If the protesters at the capital had been black they would have treated differently" (well, he's actually correct there. If they were BLM they would have been treated as hero's by the media and the left), when Piglosi and crew want to impeach Trump or invoke the 25th to remove him from office even though he only has a few days left, when Biden says he will support the green new deal, we know there agenda will negatively impact most of our lives. Gas prices will go up, taxes will go up, freedoms will go down. Massive spending programs will make inflation skyrocket. I won't even get into how the massive foreign aid program money gets returned to the corrupt politicians through backdoor shady deals. Or Biden's refusal to answer about packing the SCOTUS (kind of like
we have to pass obamacare before we know what's in it).

Grads, I really hope you can prove us wrong in after four years but when they have the house, senate and presidency they can pretty much do whatever they want.
 

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And where’s the order sheet for that 29 Shockwave???


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I voted for Trump. Biden won. I voted for Mc Cain. Obama won. I voted for Bush. Clinton won. I voted for Ford. Carter won. I was over it each time the following day. My life does not revolve around whoever's ass is currently in the seat.
 

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“Priorities”
No one on here would even exist if the men before us prioritized their own interests over the interest of the idea of a free nation.

Your post perfectly illustrates why this Nation will fail...self interest over sacrifice.

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I was telling my kids that since we live in California there is not much they are gonna do on the national level that will affect us. In Cali most of our guns are already gone, so are our rights and the GOP is almost non existence here as we are a one party state. So bring it on, we are used to it. Lol

BTW you know what’s ironic, we said the same thing in 2016, after 8 years of us tolerating Obama the dems will learn to accept Trump. Well that never happened after 4 years of tantrums. But the tards would never accept Trump.
 

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The problem is - it's a slow erosion, not immediate. They chip away till one day it crumbles. Right now, its as close to crumbling as we've seen it. Will we get thru 4 years with our rights fully intact? Hopefully, but nothing is garaunteed. Everything is always "fine....till one day it's not". There was a day that Rome finally went to shit
 

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I realize you guys are hurting....I get it. You are right where I was 4 years ago. And it sucked ass. At the time I wasn't sure how I could deal with 4 years of Donald Trump, he pretty much represents everything I'm against. But 4 years later I still own my house and other than paying a little more in taxes not much has changed.

I have news for you guys....4 years from now your life will not have changed much either. They're not going to take your guns or your houses. Just chill.

I've recently had some serious health problems and do you know how much I cared that Joe Biden won the election....zero fucks. Didn't even think of it. In the end that shit doesn't matter. My mind was focused on spending time in between covid with loved ones like my friends and family.

Get your fucking priorities straight!
Just chill?
Changes are coming fast and sweeping, so don’t be so sure about where this all ends with liberals in charge. It does not end well for anyone without connections and tons of money under socialism including yourself.
BTW.....I said Father and Mother this morning by accident.
 
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I realize you guys are hurting....I get it. You are right where I was 4 years ago. And it sucked ass. At the time I wasn't sure how I could deal with 4 years of Donald Trump, he pretty much represents everything I'm against. But 4 years later I still own my house and other than paying a little more in taxes not much has changed.

I have news for you guys....4 years from now your life will not have changed much either. They're not going to take your guns or your houses. Just chill.

I've recently had some serious health problems and do you know how much I cared that Joe Biden won the election....zero fucks. Didn't even think of it. In the end that shit doesn't matter. My mind was focused on spending time in between covid with loved ones like my friends and family.

Get your fucking priorities straight!
Maybe you should take your dog and pony show to the community and make a real impact on society.
 

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Sorry but I see it different. This guy has a failed business and claimed bankruptcy. Instead of getting back on the horse he sits at home and let’s his wife work. I may not be rich, i may not be smart, but I know what my priorities are.

He Day trades stocks.. I know a lot of guys that day trade and are pretty successful at it..

RD
 

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The problem is - it's a slow erosion, not immediate. They chip away till one day it crumbles. Right now, its as close to crumbling as we've seen it. Will we get thru 4 years with our rights fully intact? Hopefully, but nothing is garaunteed. Everything is always "fine....till one day it's not". There was a day that Rome finally went to shit

It "was" a slow erosion.. These fuckwads aren't even in power yet and they are playing major game changers..

RD
 

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He Day trades stocks.. I know a lot of guys that day trade and are pretty successful at it..

RD
Dave it’s 2021... everyone day trades stocks. I’m not trying to be a smart ass either. I’m being serious. I’d say 80% of the guys in my class right now, are talking about their stocks.
 

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Thinking not everyone day trades stocks...I just left my buddy's shop. We were talking 3G...Girls, Guns and Gasoline. That and the 3B's, Beans, Bullets and Bandaids, and pretty much all bases are covered here.
We're just simple folk
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Thinking not everyone day trades stocks...I just left my buddy's shop. We were talking 3G...Girls, Guns and Gasoline. That and the 3B's, Beans, Bullets and Bandaids, and pretty much all bases are covered here.
We're just simple folk
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Like I said, it’s 2021 it’s a whole new generation. I wasn’t trading stocks in my 20’s but this new generation is
 

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Like I said, it’s 2021 it’s a whole new generation. I wasn’t trading stocks in my 20’s but this new generation is
It's weird. Have a couple of friends that do it as a retirement hobby I guess. I'd rather still have tangible items...could be toys, cars, even some money in a coffee can. Old ways of thinking I guess. When I was in my 20's, me and my friends would talk shop, or girls. When we weren't doing that, we were working, to make money, to get girls...endless circle it would seem!
 

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He Day trades stocks.. I know a lot of guys that day trade and are pretty successful at it..

RD
Dave it’s 2021... everyone day trades stocks. I’m not trying to be a smart ass either. I’m being serious. I’d say 80% of the guys in my class right now, are talking about their stocks.
LOL



I’m trying to find the YouTube vid of a bunch of 12 year olds sitting around a coffee table giving actual DD on certain tickers. Robinhood opened up the floodgates
 

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Lol still blows me away that people cannot decipher between Grad’s sincerity and screwing around.


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I realize you guys are hurting....I get it. You are right where I was 4 years ago. And it sucked ass. At the time I wasn't sure how I could deal with 4 years of Donald Trump, he pretty much represents everything I'm against. But 4 years later I still own my house and other than paying a little more in taxes not much has changed.

I have news for you guys....4 years from now your life will not have changed much either. They're not going to take your guns or your houses. Just chill.

I've recently had some serious health problems and do you know how much I cared that Joe Biden won the election....zero fucks. Didn't even think of it. In the end that shit doesn't matter. My mind was focused on spending time in between covid with loved ones like my friends and family.

Get your fucking priorities straight!


This just proved how delusional you are or were... You are under the illusion that the dums are actually of any value, besides fucking up the country...
 
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