US Presidential Election 2020

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wearthefoxhat
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Archery1969 wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:23 pm
I too love the USA. Back in 2012 i had planned a hunting trip to Sierra Nevada mountain range. The outfitters i had booked with let me down, got chatting to a guy in a local bar who said "me and my dad will pick you up tomorrow at 5.00am from your motel". Was the best 4 days experience of my life. Offered to pay them for their time and knowledge, told me not to insult them and come back and visit if that way again. Been back three times since and we stay in contact on skpe etc.

Everyone i met in that area was very friendly but yes they do like their guns. I asked many of them what they would do if their government tried to ban firearms and they had to hand them in for destruction. All of them pretty much said the same thing, government doesnt have enough ammo. :lol:
Nice one.

The only part of the U.S, that I'm interested in is Las Vegas. The WSOP has been postponed, talk is that is might re-appear in Oct 2020. IMO, a better time of year due to the climate/heat, should hold it then every year.

It will be interesting to see how Las Vegas evolves, up or down, as the global recession kicks in. There are lots of rumours going on about that some casinos there won't re-open, or be bought cents on the dollar when they do. The house prices will also be lower again.
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Naffman
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wearthefoxhat wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:12 am
Archery1969 wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:23 pm
I too love the USA. Back in 2012 i had planned a hunting trip to Sierra Nevada mountain range. The outfitters i had booked with let me down, got chatting to a guy in a local bar who said "me and my dad will pick you up tomorrow at 5.00am from your motel". Was the best 4 days experience of my life. Offered to pay them for their time and knowledge, told me not to insult them and come back and visit if that way again. Been back three times since and we stay in contact on skpe etc.

Everyone i met in that area was very friendly but yes they do like their guns. I asked many of them what they would do if their government tried to ban firearms and they had to hand them in for destruction. All of them pretty much said the same thing, government doesnt have enough ammo. :lol:
Nice one.

The only part of the U.S, that I'm interested in is Las Vegas. The WSOP has been postponed, talk is that is might re-appear in Oct 2020. IMO, a better time of year due to the climate/heat, should hold it then every year.

It will be interesting to see how Las Vegas evolves, up or down, as the global recession kicks in. There are lots of rumours going on about that some casinos there won't re-open, or be bought cents on the dollar when they do. The house prices will also be lower again.
I was speaking to a guy last year in Vegas and he kept going on about how amazing a place it is to live (which I can imagine it is) and how much his house value had gone up, I thought he was a knob but he also said he went bankrupt on his first house so held off on that judgement just on account of his honesty.

Anyway Vegas is so tourist based, pretty much everyone works in the casino/tourism industry and this will hit them so hard, I had a look at the value of houses there a few months back and it already seemed high. Going to be a lot of keys getting handed in, if they haven't already.
Archery1969
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I like the look of this and seems very cheap at $343,000. :)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7113 ... 4184_zpid/
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Archery1969 wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:25 pm
I like the look of this and seems very cheap at $343,000. :)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7113 ... 4184_zpid/
Basic requirement is a pool 8-)
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Trader Pat wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:52 pm
Archery1969 wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:25 pm
I like the look of this and seems very cheap at $343,000. :)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7113 ... 4184_zpid/
Basic requirement is a pool 8-)
Mortgage est. says $1700 p/month, if anyone out of work can afford paying that for a few months plus all their bill's then good luck to them, but they really need to start getting the economy going again, and I think Trump wants it too, just depends when the state governors allow or are able to.
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The Political Gambler believes Biden trades shorter than 1.5 before the election :shock: :?
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Archery1969 wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:25 pm
I like the look of this and seems very cheap at $343,000. :)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7113 ... 4184_zpid/
If you want to see how low prices can get look what happened in Chicago and around Boston, I'm not sure I'd invest in a town built on entertainment just when the economy and socialising in general might be decimated. With that and Vegas looking like the water table will dry up in the next decade there could be tumbleweed blowing down the strip soon.
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Big firm on Hillary last couple of days, I imagine the Clintons wield a lot of power in the Democrat party, who's better for Trump though Biden or Hillary, I'd probably say Hillary
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Ukraine have released the transcript & recorded call of Joe Biden proving he bribed the Ukraine Goverment into the sacking of the Attorney General investigating the firm Joe's son worked for. What was it called.... quid pro quo? Joe tried to explain this away with "the guy was corrupt" another blatant Joe lie, surely he stands very little chance, hes gonna be replaced imo.
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He also said you ain't black if vote Trump :shock:

The guys lost the plot, and that @paulmotty is w@nking in his sock over the latest polls showing Trump well behind :roll:
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jamesg46 wrote:
Fri May 22, 2020 6:11 pm
Ukraine have released the transcript & recorded call of Joe Biden proving he bribed the Ukraine Goverment into the sacking of the Attorney General investigating the firm Joe's son worked for. What was it called.... quid pro quo? Joe tried to explain this away with "the guy was corrupt" another blatant Joe lie, surely he stands very little chance, hes gonna be replaced imo.
source?

The only thing I've found is

"The recordings don't appear to contain anything that would incriminate Biden or his son and were seen by some observers as a political effort to help U.S. President Donald Trump's reelection bid."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... Biden.html

and that's the daily mail!don't think I want to know which dark corners you're getting your info from. Let's stick to substantive claims shall we? Here and everywhere. Read the transcript! :lol:
jamesg46
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sa7med wrote:
Fri May 22, 2020 6:24 pm
jamesg46 wrote:
Fri May 22, 2020 6:11 pm
Ukraine have released the transcript & recorded call of Joe Biden proving he bribed the Ukraine Goverment into the sacking of the Attorney General investigating the firm Joe's son worked for. What was it called.... quid pro quo? Joe tried to explain this away with "the guy was corrupt" another blatant Joe lie, surely he stands very little chance, hes gonna be replaced imo.
source?

The only thing I've found is

"The recordings don't appear to contain anything that would incriminate Biden or his son and were seen by some observers as a political effort to help U.S. President Donald Trump's reelection bid."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... Biden.html

and that's the daily mail!don't think I want to know which dark corners you're getting your info from. Let's stick to substantive claims shall we? Here and everywhere. Read the transcript! :lol:
The source has to remain anonymous, as always :lol:
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Lots of polls given Biden the lead, but seemingly not reflected in the market. Or the polls are biased or inaccurately based?
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https://youtu.be/ErwIlvQ_RVk

Watched this earlier today, old video but there was a part in there which was pretty interesting, the states that China aimed their Tariffs at.
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Euler wrote:
Fri May 22, 2020 7:52 pm
Lots of polls given Biden the lead, but seemingly not reflected in the market. Or the polls are biased or inaccurately based?
Polls reflecting that a fair few swing voters have lost their jobs with Trump at the wheel, and will vote for a change on that basis....when asked now.

Market reflecting there's a belief in that Corona will die down, that the (job) market will recover before the election, and/or that Trump will be successful in shifting the blame for the botched job fighting Corona onto China, Europe, US governors, democrats, blacks, or anyone else in the line of sight.

Would be my guess...
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