Elections NYC mayoral race

[Scerpi]

TLDR

Don't blame you... I'd be doing this too if I were you

How's housing in Canada again?

Honk Honk...

 

[nhbbear]

Yeah, that guy can fucking fight unlike the leftist weird cunts trying to get him. That guy in the red jacket striding towards him, hands completely down, only to get completely flatlined with one shot - that's a guy who has never had a fight in his life and has been completely emboldened by an internet echo chamber and a mob around him. I hope he actually suffered a serious head injury from that and is taking stock on the real world outcomes he never knew existed.

Yeah, it always surprises and saddens me that you see people get into confrontations with extremists from either side and can’t fight a lick. Especially, when it comes to antifa-who tend to typically attack people that can never seem to fight back. You will see some guy walking down the street in Portland or at a protest-doing nothing but standing there with a sign, and they get fucked with and beat up. I never liked the proud boys-at all, but I appreciated that they were seemingly the only ones that would fight back or somewhat could fight back against antifa.

I don’t typically put myself into situations like that, but if I did, I can handle myself pretty well. Hell, I had a situation two days before nye where a guy was joking at me because I didn’t pull out from a stop sign into oncoming traffic-silly me. I raised my hands at him in the rear view mirror and went when it was clear and continued on to the store which wasn’t far. I am walking in and the guy that was in such an incredible fucking hurry pulls up next to me as I am walking and starts screaming at me-I kept walking and then he started threatening to get out of the car if I don’t learn to drive. I told him “buddy, I’m not the one unless you want to start the new year eating through a straw. Guy was fat and out of shape with skinny ass arms and really didn’t know what he was trying to get himself into. Of course, he could have been arms which I why I kept walking while he just glared at me from his car.

These clowns started a fight with someone better than them. The full video is out there. The first guy he hit was sticking an air horn in his face and he tried to walk away multiple times and the guy kept following him putting it right back in his face until he got popped. The rest was comedy.

 

[nhbbear]

*Shakira Law

Those hips don’t lie

 

[nhbbear]

There will always be slumlords... And they do need to be called out.

But don't mistake that for property owners who can't afford to maintain their units because rent has been fixed for decades... while costs having risen.

And lol at NYC buying them out and running them. I do want to see them do it and watch how it turns out.

Can you imagine average citizens hounding Mamdani at press conferences that the city run housing they live are complete shitholes? lol...

Yeah, it would be a shit show. I can’t imagine how much rent in nyc is. My sister-in-law’s brother lives in nyc on fifth or something and they live on Long Island and visit every once in a while. His place is in the millions/year.

An apartment around here, when I first got out of the academy and rented for a while, was around $450-650 for a two bedroom rental. We bought our first house for $99k and our first mortgage wasn’t too much more than that. Our second house was a big old Victorian and the mortgage was like $1300 and our current house is a 3200 sq ft Tudor style from 1910 in one of the best neighborhoods and streets in my area. Our current mortgage isn’t that much more/month. However, I heard that renting a place is around $1000/month now-so why in the hell not buy a smaller house rather than rent-where you get zero equity?

 

[Scerpi]

Nice copy-paste attempt to sound smart

Come on... refute on point I made in that post. Or should I stick to only posting Twitter posts so you can understand

Here you go... TLDR

Article One
- Mamdani hasn't actually done shit yet... He still needs State Legislature approval for the funding. But New York already has a massive deficit to contend with BEFORE "Free" Child Care
- His supporters say they need more taxes
- NYC already has the highest tax rate in the nation with State, Local & MTA Fees combined

Article Two
- New York State has a $34 Billion deficit
- Worst Budget Crisis since 2009 after the Bank Fallout
- Hochul has already promised no more tax hikes

Article Three (and Twitter Post)
- New York's hostile business and tax policies have caused almost 400 investment firms to leave since 2020... $2.7 Trillion in assets
- Texas now has more Financial firms and employees than New York

Done...

But Mamdani delivered on "Free Childcare"!!!

 

[Scerpi]

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Hahahaha!!

And that's why someone like you votes for someone like Mamani

 

[UberHere]

Hahahaha!!

And that's why someone like you votes for someone like Mamani

He’s 46 and renting. He doesn’t know any better. Probably pays fuck all in income taxes as well.

 

[UberHere]

True

False

False

False

So you’re mooching then, my bad. Since you’re living in an apartment and not renting,

 

[UberHere]

False. You're just dumb.

You’re a liar

I live in an apartment. I suppose I could accommodate a very neat roommate, but I don't wanna.

 

[UberHere]

No, you're just dumb. And the fact that you hold renters in contempt is absolutely telling.

I don’t but if you’re 46 and still renting, you’ve clearly made some piss poor decisions in your life

 

[UberHere]

You absolutely do

Not really. I just don’t value their opinions on anything political when it comes to taxation or property laws.

 

[HereticBD]

No, you're just dumb. And the fact that you hold renters in contempt is absolutely telling.

So you do rent.

 

[SurferH2O]

You are a Maple MAGA traitor. I could not possibly care less what you think about anything.

Yet you keep responding to him.



We all know you're just a troll shit poster.

 

[HereticBD]

You are a Maple MAGA traitor. I could not possibly care less what you think about anything.

Why did you deny renting, if you do in fact rent? Are you ashamed or something?

 

[SurferH2O]

*shitposter. One word.

He is on my Ignore List, and so are you. Sometimes I choose to respond to useless posts if they are especially dishonest or stupid.

Thank you, and please honor your ignore list. I know other members are jealous that they didn't make the list.



Seeing Ares' post improved my mood... just slightly.

 

[Scerpi]

Lol. And how are things going in Argentina?

Better and Better

US treasury secretary says Argentina has repaid its US credit line in a win for Milei​

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that Argentina has repaid the funds it drew from a $20 billion credit line with the Trump administration

Argentina has repaid the funds it drew from a $20 billion credit line with the Trump administration, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Friday, in a crucial step for Argentine President Javier Milei to restore confidence in his chronically distressed economy.

In addition to making payments to bondholders, Milei’s radical libertarian administration had “quickly and fully repaid its limited draw,” Bessent said, without specifying the amount.

Brazil's Petrobras imports natural gas from Argentina for the first time​

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Brazil oil company Petrobras (PETR3.SA), opens new tab has made its first import of non-conventional natural gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta reserve in the Neuquen basin, the company said on Monday.
In a statement, the firm noted the natural gas was transported on Friday via pipelines from Argentina to Bolivia, and from there to Brazil, totaling 100,000 cubic meters of gas produced by companies POSA, its subsidiary in the country, and Pluspetrol.

Argentina ends record year in oil production and energy surplus thanks to Vaca Muerta​

The country produced the highest number of barrels per day in 2025 and achieved the largest nominal positive energy trade balance​

2025 was a prosperous year for Argentina’s energy sector, all thanks to its biggest star: the huge shale oil and gas field Vaca Muerta, in northern Patagonia.

Oil production marked two records this year. The first was reaching the highest number of barrels per day.

In October, the country broke its all-time high record, producing an average of 859,500 barrels of oil per day, according to data released by the Energy Department.

Until then, the largest amount in its history had been an average of 847,000 barrels per day in May 1998.

Although the number went slightly down last November, the country was able once again beat the 1998 record, with an average of 864,000 barrels per day, according to G&G Energy Consultants.

Energy experts project that production will continue to grow, reaching one million barrels per day by 2027.

Energy surplus​

This huge production has led to the second record broken this year: the largest nominal positive energy trade balance in history.

In the first eleven months of 2025, the energy trade balance had a surplus of US$6.9 billion dollars, according to the Energy Department.

This marks a massive U turn, as not so long ago the energy sector was primarily responsible for the country’s deficit, which depleted the Central Bank’s reserves and triggered inflation.

In 2022, the year before Milei took office, the energy deficit reached US$4.4 billion (US$4.9 billion in today’s dollars).

Now, the main companies in the Argentine hydrocarbon sector estimate that by 2031 energy could have a surplus of around US$30 billion, meaning that — if that target is reached — agriculture would no longer be the driving force behind Argentina’s economy.


Are you even paying attention?

Where do you want to go next? Poland? Venezuela?

 

[Scerpi]

Not at all, but I don't particularly care to discuss my housing with you.

Apparently you don't want to discuss the feasibility of Mamdani's pipedream policies either

So what are you doing here?

Or are you just going to bury your head in the sand and flip me off again...

lol

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

Apparently you don't want to discuss the feasibility of Mamdani's pipedream policies either

So what are you doing here?

Or are you just going to bury your head in the sand and flip me off again...

lol

He won't discuss with anyone who he doesn't agree with already. It's just "I'm smart u dumb" self fellating noise

 

[Scerpi]

Propped up by US taxpayers

Argentina paid that back last month...

Argentina has repaid US for currency swap deal​

Argentina has repaid US for currency swap deal

Argentina has repaid the United States for a currency swap framework it provided to the South American country last year to stabilize its economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Argentina's central bank said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Argentina has repaid the United States for a currency swap framework it provided to the South American country last year to stabilize its economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Argentina's central bank said on Friday.

"I am pleased to announce that, reflecting its strengthened financial position, Argentina has both quickly and fully repaid its limited draw on the swap facility with the United States, such that the Exchange Stabilization Fund currently does not hold any pesos," Bessent said in a post on X.

The funds were used in October to pay back debt to the International Monetary Fund and to return foreign currency that had been used to support the exchange rate in the days leading up to the election.
Libertarian President Javier Milei, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, succeeded in extending his influence in the country's legislatures. Washington had signaled it would condition its financial support of Argentina on the outcome of the election.

But the swap line drew backlash in the U.S., with critics calling the move a bailout and arguing it disadvantaged U.S. agricultural exports against competition from Argentina for the Chinese market.

Bessent said in late October there would be no taxpayer losses and that Washington was looking to use its economic power to shore up a friendly government.

 

[Scerpi]

Not with you, because you are incapable of arguing in good faith

What are you talking about?

I've posted several articles as back up to my arguments.

And you've refused to discuss them or provide any kind of counter argument except insults.