The speech will be forgotten. -- DanTheFan 03/26/2022 5:21PM
Last sentence was extremely counterproductive and shockingly stupid. -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 2:16PM
Yeah, the best strategy would be appeasement. That worked will with -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 6:20PM
Best strategy would have been to arm Ukraine extensively prior to the -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 7:45PM
I agree we should be giving them the Migs if they want them. I am highly -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 7:58PM
Agree on all fronts....would also add that implications go beyond Europe -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 9:55PM
I don't like that statement but found the Russian response interesting. -- JohnHoo2 03/26/2022 5:15PM
It just sounds like a not so subtle dig at US regime change policy imo -- hoodeyo 03/27/2022 3:33PM
I had the same reaction when I heard the reaction Lavrov's comment...but -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 6:16PM
"God bless our troops." ?? ** -- Newt 03/26/2022 4:50PM
Agree, if he said what the board is repeating, sure, think it all you want. -- GoochlandHoo 03/26/2022 4:20PM
Which statement is that? Is it the "Putin cannot remain in power"? -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2022 3:50PM
Yes...but the white house is vigorously walking it back. ** -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 7:28PM
Some would suggest this is having an adult as President again. -- Hoodafan 03/26/2022 3:04PM
And yet you would have loved the same words coming out of Reagan’s mouth. -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 4:17PM
"We start bombing in five minutes." ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 4:20PM
I place the odds at 8 to 5 or 2 or 3 of 5. ** -- Wahoo Gus 03/26/2022 3:44PM
I had it at 25 or 6 to 4 ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 03/26/2022 4:24PM
You wouldn’t know an adult leader if you saw one. Proof: … Trump. ** -- WaxHoo 03/26/2022 3:20PM
And those others would be the idiots who thought it was better to have a -- SixerHoo 03/26/2022 3:13PM
He wouldn’t have given it. Better chance he’d be in Moscow -- hooshouse 03/26/2022 3:45PM
I think it's not too farfetched to believe that he did that in his secret -- NJHoo 03/26/2022 3:55PM
Probably explains Putin's missile attack Lviv today in far western Ukraine, -- Hoo TV 03/26/2022 2:34PM
Yes...and unfortunately for Ukrainians that may be the start. Military -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 2:39PM
Except the missile attacks occurred before Biden's speech, and Lviv has -- Hoo TV 03/26/2022 3:59PM
Details, details ** -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 4:45PM
I would suspect that there is a direct channel between the WH & Pentagon. -- Chuck Taylor 03/26/2022 2:53PM
Of course there is....but last sentence was a surprise to all. Referring -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 2:57PM
It seems consistent with recent remarks, so not all that surprising. -- Chuck Taylor 03/26/2022 3:19PM
Well, they’ve walked it back. ** -- hooshouse 03/26/2022 2:46PM
That comment won’t walk back ** -- WaxHoo 03/26/2022 3:18PM
Why do they even feel they need to? It just plays into the hands of the -- Hoo TV 03/26/2022 4:55PM
With Joey, it's kind of walkered back. ** -- ResistHoo 03/26/2022 3:20PM
No ** -- WaxHoo 03/26/2022 3:21PM
Yeah, we should take Putin at his word. I thought you guys liked -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 2:21PM
Only if his words are strong and powerful. Then we should totally believe -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2022 3:45PM
If we're referring to the line that "Putin cannot remain in power," then I -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 2:31PM
I'm more in the Gary Kasparov school these days. Providing off-ramps isn't -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 2:37PM
The US isn't going to war in Ukraine (pray to god), -- hoodeyo 03/26/2022 2:45PM
The off-ramp should be unconditional withdrawal, or close to it. The -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 2:52PM
So, they withdraw and leave tens of thousands of innocent citizens dead and -- NJHoo 03/26/2022 3:47PM
Agreed. And seized assets will help finance reconstruction— both -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 4:15PM
They want control of the resources in Donbass and offshore Crimea -- hoodeyo 03/26/2022 3:22PM
Don’t give them the choice. ** -- WaxHoo 03/26/2022 4:56PM
I like Kasparov, but I also think he's full of shit when he talks about the -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 2:42PM
Yes ....it is dangerous militarily and economically. Naïve & uninformed -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 2:55PM
Putin backers should be ready to suffer the consequences for a long time -- NJHoo 03/26/2022 3:39PM
I stop short of direct military confrontation in Ukraine as well. But most -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 2:49PM
Yeah, it's hard to say. But we've seen the power of social media to get -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 2:57PM
I agree with all that. But I think what the population believes is less -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 3:06PM
Yes, we are referring to that line. CNN white house correspondent was -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 2:33PM
Yeah, what the hell? -- hooshouse 03/26/2022 2:24PM
Privy to info? Like in Afghanistan or transitory nature of inflation? -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 2:31PM
Winning already was "existential" for him. It's not Biden's fault. ** -- VAGentleman05 03/26/2022 2:49PM
Please lecture us on inflation after your guy ran the massive deficits and -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 2:37PM
Give it a break....either you don't know what you are talking about or you -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 2:46PM
I would wager a lot of money that I know more about economics and finance -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 3:03PM
You would lose that bet... ** -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 6:05PM
Do you have a degree in economics, an Ivy League MBA, a CFA, several -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 6:13PM
Yes... -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 6:28PM
Right. Sorry, you'll have to be a lot more specific. ** -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 6:41PM
I don't have to do anything.... -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 7:26PM
LOL. More condescending BS from you. Be that way if you want. I don't -- TomGlansAski 03/26/2022 7:43PM
Well don't want you to misunderstand.wasn't trying to be condescending -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 9:51PM
Appreciate your note and sorry to be a bit harsh previously. -- TomGlansAski 03/27/2022 12:54AM
I'm on the sell side...in terms of what I like now... -- orangenblue 03/27/2022 03:29AM
It also has to do with consolidation of markets to a few companies. This -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 2:51PM
Did the consolidation all occur in the last 14 months? -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 2:59PM
No, but it's one of the factors in why things get ratcheted up. Corporate -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 3:05PM
No incentive to bring prices down? Not even to sell more product? -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2022 4:31PM
You're right about the $2. Gas Buddy says the national average was $2.09 in -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 4:57PM
Neither monopolies nor oligopolies charge the highest price possible, they -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 4:46PM
I agree with you that it's obvious why gas was lower 2 years ago and -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2022 4:56PM
Look, if there are only two major manufacturers of diapers, for example, or -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 5:05PM
And to add... in the diaper market specifically, the entrenched players -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2022 5:49PM
Certainly some industries are more fragmented and competitive than others -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2022 5:22PM
Price is a function of supply and demand. Supply of pieces of green paper -- orangenblue 03/26/2022 3:25PM
Well there’s been some market consolidations and that the shares of the gia -- 111Balz 03/26/2022 3:56PM
I believe I said that. But yes there has been consolidation. From the -- Seattle .Hoo 03/26/2022 3:50PM
Yes. What a relief to have an adult president again. ** -- SixerHoo 03/26/2022 1:52PM
Ambassador Taylor just put Nile Gardiner in his place on Fox News. -- hooshouse 03/26/2022 1:55PM