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. 27, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET The United States economy is starting to show signs of strain as President Trump’s abrupt moves to shrink federal spending, lay off government workers and impose tariffs on America’s largest trading partners rattle businesses and reverberate across states and cities. Funding freezes and firings of federal workers combined with the prospect of costly trade wars are souring consumer sentiment, raising inflation expectations and stalling business investment plans, according to recent economic surveys. Local economies are also bracing for a sudden withdrawal of fiscal support, forcing officials to contemplate tax increases or municipal bond offerings to stabilize their budgets. https://archive.ph/iznzK

What's the specialty weird is that he accused me of more or less the same thing. Maybe he's projecting?

Comments like this most likely give a far more accurate indicator of your IQ then any unproven claims you make.

Thanks for the empty generalization. Got something called evidence to back it up in the case of those three pollsters cited in the article? Maybe I should put it in smaller words you should you might possibly better understand. Before you make claims, you should do your homework.

Actually unlike many partisans on this in this forum. I didn't count on a Democratic victory in 2020 or 2024. Of course right wingers have the advantage of me here. Not only did they mostly predict that Trump would win in 2024 but also in 2020. And they mostly still believe that their prediction for 2020 was correct!

For those of you who may not be aware of what test Harrisfan is referring to, it's an online IQ test which Harrisfan claims gave him an IQ ranging between 127 to 143. It seems bizarre that someone claiming to have a high IQ would believe that such a claim coming from an anonymous person should have valid evidentiary value. The proof is in the pudding, and to mix metaphors, given the quality of his posts, Harrisfan's claim is very weak tea. I can imagine Harris as a schoolboy who gets an "F" on a test and then tells his teacher "I don't care if my examples weren't relevant and I didn't offer evidence to back up my claims. The fact is I have an IQ between 127 and 143, and that is enough to qualify me for an "A". Harrisfan once again offers evidence of his mental incapacity by claiming that the polls are leftist without offering any evidence. Apparently, if the results of a poll or polls aren't to his liking, that makes them leftist. This kind of thinking, if you want to dignify such mental processes with that word, clearly undercuts any claim to superior mental acuity.

Another person a alleging themselves to have a high IQ but somehow doesn't understand the need for evidence to back up their claim.

Do you understand what cherry picking means? The article cited the three latest polls. You got that? Not one but three. Now a person with a high IQ would try to offer evidence that there were other polls taken about the same time that had sharply different results. Or, perhaps, they would some evidence that these three polls, or some subset of them, have a history of bias. In other words, a person with an IQ ranging from 127 to 143 would offer something called evidence. They woould definitely not believe that offering a negative characterization unbacked by evidence would have any dispositive value.

Canada's ruling Liberals mount a comeback with Trump threats, polls show OTTAWA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Liberals, who a few weeks ago looked certain to lose an election this year, are mounting a major comeback amid the threat of U.S. tariffs and are tied with their rival Conservatives, according to three new polls. An Ipsos survey released late on Tuesday showed the left-leaning Liberals have 38% public support and the official opposition right-of-center Conservatives have 36%. The Liberals have overturned a 26-point deficit in six weeks, and run advertisements comparing the Conservative leader to Trum https://archive.ph/R3sZu

Yes. Their conduct is disgraceful compared to the open society that is Russia.

Given the recent events vis-a-vis Putin and Trump, and Trump's attitude towards economicallyl advanced nations, the question ought to be "To be a Maga supporter, is it a prerequisite to hate democracies?"

What was truly impressive about this was the way Musk & Co. openly acknowledged their errors and promised in the future to be more transparent and...oh wait a minute...

One demonstration of high IQ would be to provide analysis to back up a reputation. No evidence of any analysis in your comment.

The nation’s biggest egg producer has seen rising revenues and profits. Now some Democrats are calling for an investigation into pricing practices in the industry https://archive.ph/GuAkw

Another irrelevant comment. Not exactly demonstrative of an above average IQ.

When you do post facts they're usually irrelevant. Like the one you used in this thread to support that claim that Trump's approval rating wasn't declining. Produce some evidence from this thread that shows I lied.

Or maybe I could just photoshop results. How to prove that you didn't. Actually, given the foolishness of your comments that depend on mathematical reasoning, it's not likely that you could photoshop those test results. More likely that you got someone to do it for you.

I back up those comments with apt evidence. Whereas on the rare occasions when you offer evidence, it's almost invariably irrelevant or false.

there you go again. I said my IQ must fall within a range higher than yours and you decide that means 95-99. So funny.

What was Biden's rating on Feb 26, 2021 and what is Trump's rating today?

In your case, posting irrelevant facts and making personal comments.

Your comments give me all the data I need. They are certainly inconsistent with someone claiming an IQ of between 127 and 143. But given that I immediately saw through the faulty evidence that you offered, that must mean that I have an IQ higher that falls within a higher range than yours. Or would, if I actually credited the significance of your so-called "evidence".

I have taken to insulting people who engage in making personal comments. Demonstrate that you can keep your comments confined to the topic and the insults will stop.

Thanks for digging in on your stupidy. As for running away, you still haven't acknowledged how dumb your citing of Truimp's approval rating vis a vis whether or not it's declined. And that's not the only piece of nonsense you've offered here.

More irrelevant comments. Another data halfwit.,