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Chemistry professor (retired), Idahoan, science geek, public education advocate, river lover, laser builder and aimer, investor

Pacific Northwest
Joined February 2009
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Brian Lenney takes over for Scott Herndon, thinking he doesn’t answer to his voters. Remember what happened when Herndon told those who questioned him to shut up because they are not a Senator?
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Now would be a good time to remind everyone of these Trump facts, because apparently some people still need the refresher. Please meet the President of the United States: Flew on Epstein’s plane at least seven times. Just friends, I guess. Pleaded the Fifth more than 400 times in a single deposition. Nothing says “innocent” like refusing to answer a single question about your own business. 34 felony convictions. A record most people would call disqualifying. And 91 criminal charges. Accused of sexual misconduct or assault by at least 26 women. But sure, tell me again how he’s a great guy. 6 corporate bankruptcies. The self proclaimed greatest businessman alive somehow keeps running out of money. 5 draft deferments. Funny how the toughest guy in the room never actually showed up for duty. He said, "no thanks", when asked to serve his country. Speaking about McCain, Trump stated: "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured." 4 criminal indictments. Not two. Not three. Four. 2 impeachments. A club of exactly one president. 2 of his own companies convicted of criminal tax fraud. Convicted. Not accused. Convicted. During the 2016 presidential election, Trump’s campaign orchestrated a televised Iowa fundraiser meant for veterans but directed the foundation’s money to boost his political campaign. The charity was used to buy personal items, including a $10,000 portrait of Trump. The New York State Attorney General filed a lawsuit in 2018, regarding Donald J. Trump Foundation, alleging a "pattern of persistent illegality" and self-dealing. The investigation found that Trump used the charity as a personal "piggy bank." The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The Eric Trump Foundation Controversy: This investigation revealed that the charity raised money under the guise of FUNDING THE ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, but was allegedly charged over $1.2 million by the Trump Organization for using Trump-owned golf courses, shifting donor money meant for sick children back into Trump businesses. 1 fake university shut down. Trump's charities always involved cheating and grifting. HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO RUN A CHARITY IN NEW YORK He and his family are no longer allowed to run a charity in New York because the Trump Organization used the funds for Trump-owned golf courses, SHIFTING DONOR MONEY MEANT FOR SICK CHILDREN INTO TRUMP BUSINESSES. He was ordered to pay 2 million dollars for looting his own so called charity. Paid 25 million dollars to settle the Trump University fraud lawsuit because scamming people who believed in you costs money eventually. Ordered to pay 5 million dollars in the first E Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict, then hit with 83.3 million more in the second. A jury said it twice so nobody could pretend it was a fluke. First president in modern history to increase the deficit every single year of a full term. Fiscal responsibility, apparently, was always just a talking point. Kept the debt to GDP ratio above 100 percent for his entire first term. Presided over the largest single day point drop in Dow Jones history at the time. So much for the guy who claimed to be a genius with money. Set the record for the longest government shutdown in US history in his first term at 35 days, then couldn’t resist beating his own miserable record in his second term with a 43 day shutdown, followed by yet another shutdown just months later. THE ONLY POTUS TO HAVE 3 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS IN HIS TERMS. Added roughly 2.25 trillion dollars to the national debt in his first year back in office alone, pushing the debt past 39 trillion dollars. Somebody remind me who the party of fiscal discipline is again. Pushed through the largest defense budget increase since World War Two while the debt kept climbing anyway. Purged more than 300,000 federal employees in his first year back. Pardoned nearly 1,600 January 6 Capitol rioters on his very first day back in office, including Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy. Law and order, except when it’s inconvenient. At least 40 of those pardoned rioters have already been rearrested, charged, or sentenced for new crimes since walking free. Shocking absolutely nobody. His family’s crypto ventures, including a meme coin and World Liberty Financial, pulled in more than 1.4 billion dollars in disclosed earnings while he sat in the Oval Office. Draining the swamp was apparently code for filling his own pockets. Sent the National Guard into American cities at a cost of nearly 500 million taxpayer dollars in 2025 alone, then BRAGS about lower crime. He has no long term solution - ever. He just sends in the military. The military seems to be his answer to everything. His own tariffs are projected to cost the average American household more than 2,500 dollars this year. YOU'RE PAYING FOR THIS. NOT CHINA. YOU! Got America involved in a forever war with Iran, though promised the exact opposite. Peace deal with Russia and Ukraine on Day One. He has continued to side with Putin and has never admitted that Russia invaded Ukraine - UNPROVOKED. Now sitting at one of the lowest approval ratings of his second term, stuck in the mid 30s while inflation and gas prices make everyday life harder. None of this is a conspiracy theory, a rumor, or something you saw in a group chat. It is the actual, documented record, sitting in plain sight for anyone willing to look. So the next time someone tells you to relax and give him a chance, ask them how many more indictments, judgments, and shutdown records he needs to rack up before that chance runs out. Charles Curtis Rone
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Kudos to whomever made this video. It's accurately hilarious. 👇😂👇😂👇
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Enough of this bag of gas.
Sure.. vote for more of this shit ….
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This is the worst kind of religious bigotry. Don’t lat anyone tell you they are a Christian. You should see it in their actions. This is not Christ-like. This is hate.
If your pastor isn’t encouraging you to vote right now, find a new church. Even if neither candidate is a Christian, we are called to vote for the one most aligned with God’s Word. In 2026, that means you have to vote Republican. Stop calling yourself a Christian if you vote for democrats.
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MAGA says Ilhan Omar isn’t using her real name. Melania Trump was born Melanija Knavs. Ted Cruz was born Rafael Edward Cruz. JD Vance was born James Donald Bowman. Nikki Haley was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa. Mike Johnson’s real first name is James. Rand Paul is Randal Paul. Newt Gingrich was born Newton Leroy McPherson. But suddenly MAGA wants a congressional investigation into names?
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Here you go, @1ChartMaster . A 30 minute pivot for $BE today, but that line at the bottom is a 5 touch trendline over the last 15 months, and this day had 3X the average volume. $BE is below the 200 day, but I think this trade has a lot going for it in terms of r/r. Already did a trim and stop at B/E.
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I cheated a bit - made the buy at the trendline, but I did watch for the confirmation from the candle. The last candles before close don't look great but I have plenty of cushion to be sure this will be a win.
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Great explainer here about Coreweave and AI investing risk in general. Thought you might pass it along to those asking, @epictrades1 . instagram.com/reel/DekSKq5hY…
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The wicks on these 30 minute candles are telling a story, and it’s not the usual October tales. Early weekend!
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Replying to @bbqbaseball62
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Replying to @MarioNawfal
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Guys it doesn’t matter the market is at all time highs this market is incredibly difficult. There’s people on here I know are good traders and I respected that haven’t shared a single struggle they just post about all their working trades in hindsight. Anybody who says it’s not difficult is a flat out liar I’ve lost respect for quite a few accounts on here.
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The worrying part to me is that Trump is most likely looking at the $QQQ $SPY and maybe $DJI $IWM If that’s the case there might be a fully wrong understanding of how bad the situation actually is for markets as a whole. The average individual stock holder is in massive pain and has been for a while. The AI trade is holding the markets up with nothing underneath. The rubber band is ready to snap back with the entire market if an end to the war is found, that said if there is no urgency through a misunderstanding of markets through a sole focus on indices, then the bond market flashing red lights will be ignored and there is a real chance the rubber band breaks and we get a true recession/slowdown. This will be blamed on democrats as always but make no mistake, this was fully because of the Iran war directly through Oil prices and more precisely because of what allies now have to do to stabilize the impact like Japan.
Another extreme reading on the NYSI, and it's still falling. Breadth is now more oversold than at the April 2026 bottom and the April 2025 low, and it's closing in on October 2023 levels. It's not far from the 2022 bear market lows either. For context, here's how far the S&P 500 fell in each of those periods: April 2026: -9% April 2025: -20% October 2023: -10%
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Letting the masses vote on issues that impact them… which party doesn’t want this? They are confident that they know better than the peasants and trickle down is awesome! Scared of their constituents, and sure as hell don’t want to listen to them, hence all of the town halls!
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They expect you to be dumb and not notice.
The latest MAGA Influencer orders came down:
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You're looking at the No. 1 Best Value Public University in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report. 👀🥇#GoVandals
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Thank you again to News Nation for having me on in light of the new polling numbers, which place me 12 points ahead of my opponent. I have a winnable race here in Idaho.
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This President claims a lot of firsts, most are pure bs. But…he wins “the biggest ever, no one has ever seen anything like it” award in one category for sure: treating his voters like absolute idiots.
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Trump’s Iran war inching closer to WWIII every minute and this is how Trump spends his time. Y’all are so easily distracted we deserve a president who literally steals our money.
BREAKING: President Trump says the term "Artificial Intelligence" should be renamed to either: 1. Superior Intelligence (SI) 2. Extreme Intelligence (EI) 3. Supreme Intelligence (SI) President Trump launches a poll to select a new name.
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Distinguished Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeff Sachs on Trump's 35-person cabinet: “Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We're led by grifters and fools.”
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