[ExI] Trump suggests letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

[spike at rainier66.com]

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San Diego

On 11/10/2026 15:34, spike wrote:
> ...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
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>> ...or impeach him (although impeachment seems unlikely, or it would
already
> have happened).
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> -- 
> Ben
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>>... It did already happen, twice.
>
> spike


>...Unsuccessfully....

Ben, in the US system, an impeachment is equivalent to an indictment, which
is a formal accusation.  It is then up to congress to convict or acquit.  In
both cases, POTUS was successfully impeached, but both times acquitted.  

>... Two, that he does run and is beaten in spite of the inevitable election
cheating....

In spite of the obvious cheating, for some odd reason it is the democrat
party which insists on keeping the suspect voting machines.  I can't imagine
why.

>...As a gambling man, spike, I wonder what odds you'd give of Trump running
for a third term?
-- 
Ben

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Ben if those shares were selling for one cent, I wouldn't buy them.
Overpriced by a factor of 100.  If they were selling for on hundredth of a
cent, I would buy 100 shares, for one cent.  I have a rule for preventing my
becoming a gambling addict: never hold more than 1000 total shares and never
more than 100 shares of anything.

If I were to answer your question literally as asked, I would point out that
the current POTUS has several children which carry his name, one of whom
shares both first and last names.  I don't think any of them will run for
office however, and I wouldn't buy shares if they did.  I see that both the
current POTUS and Junior are each running at 3 cents, but the NOTs are not a
compelling buy, since a 97 cent investment suffers inflation.  If you think
the probability of the current POTUS will run for office is over 3%, this is
your big chance to make money. 

I see that Jon Ossoff is the betting leader on several sites now, generally
around 19, pulling ahead of Rep. Cortez, whose shares I think are a better
deal at 15.  Probably still overpriced at 15, but a better deal than Ossoff
at 19.

I am surprised that JD Vance (40 cents) is selling so far ahead of Marco
Rubio (19 cents.)  I might buy some Rubios this week and watch the Vances
for now.

spike