The problem with liberals is that they don’t even try hard enough.

The problem with liberals is that they don’t even try hard enough.

Recently cane across journalist Kara Swisher’s comments on the view where she stated that,

"We might have to get used to the fact that [Trump] may never pay for the things he's done... It's going to be very hard for Democrats, very hard for people, but there's a point where you need to move on."

Call me an optimist but how can you give up on prosecuting the most corrupt president in the history of this country, before even trying?

To suggest that Trump’s Epstein crimes, Corruption, Insurrection, Lies, etc will go unpunished and just give up on things is seemingly becoming THE liberal identity.

I mean let’s be serious every non-brainwashed person knows what happened on Jan6 and democrats were somehow so incompetent that they couldn’t put Trump in Jail? Like wtf man? How is Trump able to charge the fackin Governor of the Federal reserve for nonsense construction BS?

Ffs FBI directorJames comey literally got indicted for an INSTAGRAM POST! And you’re telling me there was nothing Merick Garland could have done?

Meanwhile progressives out there are getting sh*t done or at least commit to getting it done instead of giving up.

Ask yourself this, in the 1.5 year since Trumps rampant corruption, Epstein expose, ICE Concentration Camps, illegal Iran war, attack on freedom of speech, open threats by the FCC to take down non-regime aligned media and more how often have you heard from Chuck Schumer? Hakeem Jeffries? Or any establishment guys? Reminds of the Job Stewart snow that Chuck only activates when the approval rating goes down below 40 but this time looks like he’s waiting for some more before he can “activate”

Where is a democratic version of project 2025? What is the dems plan to undo the damage done by Trump and prosecute this corrupt administration? Any plans for ensuring no Pete Hegseth like character can come in again in future and fire generals like Randy George in the middle of the war for not being racist enough to ban female and black soldiers from getting promoted?

I’m sorry but in IMHO, liberals are just not trying hard enough, not putting in the vigour and energy needed to fight corruption and crime in the highest offices of this country.

https://www.tiktok.com/@theviewabc/video/7647572491463937293

u/Criticall16 — 8 hours ago

Buy China? China has been able to produce AI models like DeepSeek and GLP 5.2. It has memory stocks like CXMT and YMTC and big tech like BABA, Tencent, PDD, etc. All trading at a PE less than <15 and PEG ratio<1.5

u/Criticall16 — 10 hours ago

China has been able to produce competitive AI models like DeepSeek and GLP 5.2. Its memory companies like CXMT are now being reportedly considered to fix the memory shortage by AAPL. Despite all this the Chinese stock market has done VERY poorly, is this an opportunity or a value trap?

u/Criticall16 — 10 hours ago

Labor Force Participation Rate dropped to 61.5 in June, a level not seen in about 50 years. After recovering post COVID it has been in a free fall since November 2025 falling by 100 basis points in 7 months. Something concerning?

u/Criticall16 — 3 days ago

Why is Corporate America and Elites so angry?

I was watching CNBC this morning and saw an interview of surveillance company with close ties to Trump Regime, Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp do an interview.

The panel wasn’t even hostile to him with one of the three panelist’s being MAGA Joe one of the most radical right wingers on the TV currently while the other two being Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin.

But this didn’t stop him from melting down so much so that Becky Quick had to say, “you sound pretty angry” then Karp when onto say, “Madman Karp is livid”.

I get that Karp is a character but it’s not limited to him.

Jeff Bezos recently became active on Twitter only to fight the wealth tax and cry about DSA. Marc Andreson another billionaire is actively online complaining about how “doing charitable like building libraries is now illegal for billionaires” hence he spends his money influencing politics.

We all know about Elon no need to even comment. The richest man in the world is perhaps one of the most miserable and angry people out there.

Apart from this, CEOs from big banks seem to be angry as well, a few months ago I remember JP Morgan CEO was outraged by Trumps credit card cap “mandate” but didn’t have the balls to target him

>The U.S. government “should force all the banks to do it in two states, Vermont and Massachusetts, and see what happens,” Dimon said, drawing laughter from the audience. Dimon said “the left” and people who argue for price controls “will learn a real lesson, and the people crying the most won’t be the credit card companies,” he said.

Then there’s Bill Ackman, the man known for his lengthy essays on Twitter explaining how Israel is the morally superior actor in the genocide and being outraged on college students exercising free speech.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/business/to-save-free-speech-bill-ackman-lashes-out-at-journalists-and-higher-ed

Like man you have billions of dollars and more political power than all people in some states combined why are you so angry and outraged? Is this a fear of DSA? Nothing better to do?

u/Criticall16 — 5 days ago

Hosers am I tripping or all the yank owned Social Media platforms are trying to shove right wing propaganda down your throat?

u/Criticall16 — 6 days ago
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Here are some of the kids killed by cuts made by Elon/DOGE in his three month stint as a special govt employee (From NYT’s Nicholas Kristoff)

u/Criticall16 — 7 days ago

Are there any better bond ETFs than XFLI? What are you guys holding?

Looking for a bond ETF and I am down to ZFH and XFLI for their 5% yield and acceptable volatility.

I’m inclined to XFLI because ZFH has more exposure to corporates and equity markets and in a market crash will likely suffer.

XFLI is more conservative and diversified while offering a lower yield. Also from what I read it’s a continuation of the BSIIX mutual fund which has a history of doing decently.

One risk I see is that XFLI is actively managed and a change in management might cause a drop. But I don’t see that happening in the next 3-5 years which is my time horizon.

Thoughts?

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u/Criticall16 — 8 days ago

Atlantic Place Washroom Password

Here’s the password to Atlantic Place washroom:

1895#

Edit2: As someone pointed out in comments:
Don’t forget the big square wheelchair button
Please lock it once inside
You have no idea how many people don’t lock

[As of June 24th, 2026]

Edit: Imho public washrooms especially in area that has such a high foot traffic are as the pedestrian mall should be free. This is a matter of basic human dignity especially for women, children and people bladder problems. You shouldn’t be required to stand in line and buy something just because your kid needs to use the washroom.

Also, I would rather trade a corporate landlord paying a bit more in upkeep for their public washrooms than see people urinate in alleys and create public health issues.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-stand-up-for-the-right-to-sit-down-the-case-for-public-washrooms/

u/Criticall16 — 9 days ago

For the record: Yes, Elon Musk is responsible for the death of millions of children. Scientific research proves.

https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2825%2901186-9

Elmo says he wants to sue Ro Khanna because he claimed that doge cuts got children killed. Here are the scientific studies showing the truth:

“Forecasting models predict that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14 051 750 (uncertainty interval 8 475 990–19 662 191)
additional all-age deaths, including 4 537 157 (3 124 796–5 910 791) in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030.”

As per the scientific model created by Lancet and UCLA, Elon’s DOGE cuts are killing 700k kids a year

In addition to that from gates foundation which has worked extensively in Africa for decades.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/world/child-deaths-projected-rise-gates-foundation-intl

The number of children who die before age 5 is expected to rise for the first time this century, amid sweeping cuts to global health funding by high-income countries, according to a new report from the Gates Foundation.
Child mortality around the world is projected to reach an estimated 4.8 million deaths in 2025, an increase of 200,000 preventable deaths compared with last year, the Gates Foundation said in its new “Goalkeepers” report, which tracks global progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. That represents a reversal of decades of global health progress, given that child mortality had decreased every other year since 2000.

More reporting:

https://www.semafor.com/article/06/22/2026/south-africa-to-raise-health-funding-cuts-at-un-meeting

The first phase of the US drawdown has already led to more than 8,000 job losses, disrupting services in 40% of public clinics in KwaZulu-Natal.
The Aurum Institute, one of the country’s largest frontline health partners, has cut its workforce from roughly 400 staff to just 17 in the rural province of Limpopo 18 months following the collapse of US grants. Abram Mashabela, an operational site manager for Aurum Institute, told Semafor the total withdrawal will all but wipe out the NGO’s capabilities in the province. “My biggest worry is that people will miss treatments… that will lead to drug-resistant HIV strains. All the hard work we have done will go down the drain,” he said.
Mashabela said the collapse of this community tracing network directly complicates and undermines South Africa’s rollout of Lenacapavir — the new, twice-yearly preventive vaccine — leaving public clinics without the administrative personnel required to manage the complex distribution of the breakthrough therapy.

What happened do the do your own research crowd?

What happened to the pro lifers?

What happened to Qanon?

Suddenly no one cares about children? GTFO here…

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u/Criticall16 — 13 days ago
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Hot Take: Gold may underperform in the next few months but is poised to up in the next few years.

Hot Take: Gold may underperform in the next few months but is poised to up in the next few years.

Gold has come down significantly from its peak of 5500 earlier this year now trading at around 4100. First off the decline was warranted. Gold ran up WAY too much before the start of Iran war. For an asset class worth close to $25 trillion to rally $1000 in two weeks(happened in January) is an indication of an over extended trade. Having said that futures market isn’t the full picture and hold demand is largely driven by central banks who buy gold as a reserve asset.

Talking of reserve assets in my assesment in addition to being over bought the reason for sluggish gold performance is also that central banks simply don’t have extra money to buy reserves right now. Biggest buyers of gold, China, India, Poland, Turkey, etc are all energy importers and are naturally focused on energy supply than reserves right now.
So, most countries are struggling with energy crisis and depleting their forex reserves to buy energy. As that changes gold demand might pick up again.

As per WGC, “Central banks have accumulated an average of 1,000t of gold over the past four years, up significantly from the 500t average over the preceding decade.1 This marked acceleration in the pace of accumulation has occurred against a backdrop of geopolitical and economic uncertainty, which has clouded the outlook for reserve managers.”

Another central bank factor is Kevin Warsh. Gold reacted violently to the downside during Kevin Warsh’s Congress testimony and then again on the first fed meeting. Warsh at least according to his writing and commentary is a major hawk for meaning he will keep interest rates higher. For a non yielding asset like gold high interest rates/yields are a major intermediate headwind.

However, my view is that one central bank buying won’t be effected significantly by this over the long term and two, due to the large US deficit and debt keeping interest rates higher is not feasible as a higher interest rate means a higher deficit as US government needs to pay more in interest.

Next, inflation has been remarkably sticky since 2020, 6 years after the pandemic we are still seeing 4% inflation and deficit around 5-6% it is clear that Fiat is losing value. Gold a physical asset grows in supply by less than 2% a year making it a a decent option for those looking to maintain their purchasing power.

Based on these factors IMHO gold is a good long term investment, if the fed raises rates it might go down temporarily but due to macro factors discussed above it’s bound to go up in dollar terms.

u/Criticall16 — 14 days ago

The official deal is out and yes it’s the L we thought it is.

From none other than the regimes favourite media outlet Axios:

>6. The United States of Americaundertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America.

>7. The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the United Nations Security Council resolutions, IAEA Board of Governors resolutions, and all unilateral U.S. sanctions, primary and secondary, in an agreed-upon schedule as part of the final deal. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America acknowledge the critical importance of the sanctions termination issue above-mentioned and expressed their intentions to immediately address these issues in the negotiations, in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/17/read-full-us-iran-deal-memorandum-understanding

The man who bankrupted a Casino, where the house always wins.

Has managed to lose a war with US Military under his command, which is the most powerful force military in history.

u/Criticall16 — 18 days ago

Newfoundland’s population dropped for the third straight quarter by -0.1%(-647) falling to 547,910 in Q1 of 2026. Net International Migration stood at 101, Births were 846 while Deaths were 1806. According to data from StatsCan.

u/Criticall16 — 18 days ago