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So much for that peace prize!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday there was a "substantial chance" his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not take place as planned on June 12 amid concerns that Kim is not committed to denuclearization.

Trump raised doubts about the Singapore summit in talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who came to Washington to urge Trump not to let a rare opportunity with reclusive North Korea get away.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-press-south-koreas-moon-summit-north-134526563.html
 
You have to earn a peace pri...oh wait, maybe not....

Former Nobel chief: Obama Peace Prize a failure

The award, made by the committee in response to Obama's stated aim of ridding the world of nuclear weapons, came nine months after he took office.

"Even many of Obama's supporters believed that the prize was a mistake," Lundestad wrote in "Secretary of Peace. 25 years with the Nobel Prize".

"In that sense the committee didn't achieve what it had hoped for," he said, noting that Obama himself rarely mentions the prize.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/18/former-top-nobel-official-says-maybe-obamas-peace-prize-was-not-such-a-good-idea/72396794/
 
Bad news for Dems: Trump?s rating is rising where it counts in California
All that talk of a Democratic blue wave sweeping congressional races in California could be for naught if a new poll is on target: It shows President Trump?s approval rating surging to 50 percent in Orange County, site of four tight races that could determine if Republicans hold the House.

A more popular Trump is bad news for Democrats, who are trying to grab seven GOP-held congressional districts statewide that Hillary Clinton won in 2016, including the four in Orange County. That would give Democrats a big jump on their goal of flipping 23 seats nationally to regain the House.

One reason for the Trump uptick in the OC is that the number of voters who believe the country is on the right track has grown 10 percentage points over the past two months, Thomas said.

?If that holds and the trend line continues, ? Thomas said, ?then it?s buh-bye blue wave.?
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Bad-news-for-Dems-Trump-s-rating-is-rising-12932492.php
 
From Blue Wave to Blue Trickle to Blue Gurgle


Democrats entered 2018 with a double-digit lead in the congressional generic ballot, upwards of 15 points in some polls. Yet somehow in May, their lead in the RealClearPolitics average has shrunk to just four points. In some generic polls, such as the Reuters survey, the Democrats? lead has disappeared entirely. In fact, in the most recent Reuters? poll, Republicans are up more than six points generically.

Democrats right now are in a position mirrored almost exactly in May 2014, when they held a one-to-four-point lead on most generic ballots. Remember what happened? Democrats lost 13 seats.

https://amgreatness.com/2018/05/23/from-blue-wave-to-blue-trickle-to-blue-gurgle/
 
Looks like there won't be a recession before the midterms, and maybe not in time for the 2020 presidential election.  MAGA!

No recession until late 2020, so keep buying stocks, Credit Suisse says
A U.S. recession probably won't happen for another two years, and in the meantime stocks are a good bet, according to closely-followed Credit Suisse analyst Andrew Garthwaite.

"We conclude that a US recession is unlikely until Q3 2020," Garthwaite wrote in a note to clients Friday. "Remain overweight equities."

Typically, an inverted yield curve, when longer-term interest rates dip below shorter-term rates, and full employment with wage growth at 3.5 percent happen about a year before a recession. Garthwaite predicted those phenomena wouldn't hit the U.S. until halfway through 2019.

Based on that timing and historical behavior, stocks could keep rising until 2020.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/25/no-...so-keep-buying-stocks-credit-suisse-says.html
 
Liar Loan said:
Looks like there won't be a recession before the midterms, and maybe not in time for the 2020 presidential election.  MAGA!

No recession until late 2020, so keep buying stocks, Credit Suisse says
A U.S. recession probably won't happen for another two years, and in the meantime stocks are a good bet, according to closely-followed Credit Suisse analyst Andrew Garthwaite.

"We conclude that a US recession is unlikely until Q3 2020," Garthwaite wrote in a note to clients Friday. "Remain overweight equities."

Typically, an inverted yield curve, when longer-term interest rates dip below shorter-term rates, and full employment with wage growth at 3.5 percent happen about a year before a recession. Garthwaite predicted those phenomena wouldn't hit the U.S. until halfway through 2019.

Based on that timing and historical behavior, stocks could keep rising until 2020.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/25/no-...so-keep-buying-stocks-credit-suisse-says.html

there was another thread that said to sell your home a the top of the market before 2020...sounds like a good time to sell your home, cash out your retirement accounts, and follow the trump train around the country like a groupie for 11 months
 
Whatever happened to that conservative icon and role model Roseanne Barr  ? 

Seems like everyone was cheering for her super hit show (that was going to change liberal Hollywood as we know it) ,  just a few weeks ago and nothing since ...
 
fortune11 said:
Whatever happened to that conservative icon and role model Roseanne Barr  ? 

Seems like everyone was cheering for her super hit show (that was going to change liberal Hollywood as we know it) ,  just a few weeks ago and nothing since ...

I think her tweet was pretty dumb, but I don't think it minimizes the impact her show had on Hollywood.  Tim Allen's show was recently revived as a direct result, and the networks are all looking for ways to appeal to a MAGA audience.
 
akkord said:
Wasn't her show cancelled due to her comments?

Yes , not dumb but racist comments . So the outcome was expected .

I have to give Trump credit for landing the only job in America where you can't be fired for being a racist buffoon.
 
fortune11 said:
akkord said:
Wasn't her show cancelled due to her comments?

Yes , not dumb but racist comments . So the outcome was expected .

I have to give Trump credit for landing the only job in America where you can't be fired for being a racist buffoon.

At least Roseanne didn't pray for the deaths of older blacks.  That would have been racist.  You and Irvinecommuter share that type of racism in common.
 
This is so funny, it?s surreal.  The tax cuts have these clowns chasing their tail. How do you soak the rich, and help the rich in almost the same sentence?

Blue-state Democrats have a new cause: Helping millionaires

Some Democrats in blue states are looking to create loopholes to the federal tax rules on state and local property taxes.
The so-called SALT provisions say taxpayers can only deduct up to $10,000 in state and local taxes from their federal returns.
The cap means many affluent people in high-tax states may see their taxes climb.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/blue-state-democrats-have-a-new-cause-helping-millionaires.html
https://youtu.be/rNHoMbmbnj8
 
Roseanne?s network (ABC) wanted to showcase the average Trump voter. And that?s exactly what they got . Liar Loans comments being exhibit A .

Her problem turned out to be that she far too authentically represented the actual worldview of a significant chunk of the Trump base.

Funny how the the same people mad about Roseanne's "free speech" being violated because she got fired for being blatantly racist were just celebrating the NFL forbidding players from silently and peacefully protesting during the National Anthem.
 
Now imagine if Roseanne tweeted these comments out, but change the word 'white' to 'black':

fortune11 said:
I have seen white trash bros do the same thing on occasion .  Only thing is they are much more threatening and their vocabulary is somewhat limited beyond just vomiting a diarrhea of f- this and f-that but quickly backoff when you stand your ground.

fortune11 said:
Even if a small percentage of that changes this cycle , the grip on power that old white evangelicals have can be dismantled .

fortune11 said:
GOP is about to go through the ringer and there aren't enough fox-addled older white male voters to save them

Her show would be gone just as quickly.

You can't criticize Roseanne for being a racist buffoon while acting like one yourself.  You need to first look inside yourself, figure out where this animus towards people of other backgrounds comes from and work on improving your own outlook.
 
what's factually wrong about the statement ?  it is simple math as to voter turnout and projections.

you really are living up to to your "Liar"  screen name now  , Trump couldn't have picked a better nickname for you himself :)
 
fortune11 said:
what's factually wrong about the statement ?  it is simple math as to voter turnout and projections.

you really are living up to to your "Liar"  screen name now  , Trump couldn't have picked a better nickname for you himself :)

I don't know..  "fortune" seems like a pretty poor pick for you.  How rich can you be if you are this envious of older, white people?  8)
 
Liar Loan said:
fortune11 said:
what's factually wrong about the statement ?  it is simple math as to voter turnout and projections.

you really are living up to to your "Liar"  screen name now  , Trump couldn't have picked a better nickname for you himself :)

I don't know..  "fortune" seems like a pretty poor pick for you.  How rich can you be if you are this envious of older, white people?  8)

Maybe I consider myself fortunate to be living in southern California and Irvine.  Not sure how envious I should be of people like yourself who spent half their life on this forum ranting and complaining about their frustrations about living here and about every other ethnic group who looks and behaves different from them. 

Free Tip for you -- no matter how much actual money you have, if you are always worried and angry,  you are not wealthy !
 
fortune11 said:
Liar Loan said:
fortune11 said:
what's factually wrong about the statement ?  it is simple math as to voter turnout and projections.

you really are living up to to your "Liar"  screen name now  , Trump couldn't have picked a better nickname for you himself :)

I don't know..  "fortune" seems like a pretty poor pick for you.  How rich can you be if you are this envious of older, white people?  8)

Maybe I consider myself fortunate to be living in southern California and Irvine.  Not sure how envious I should be of people like yourself who spent half their life on this forum ranting and complaining about their frustrations about living here and about every other ethnic group who looks and behaves different from them. 

Free Tip for you -- no matter how much actual money you have, if you are always worried and angry,  you are not wealthy !

I was hoping you would use this opportunity to reevaluate your racist views, but I see you would rather continue the hate.  C'est la vie.
 
Liar Loan said:
fortune11 said:
Liar Loan said:
fortune11 said:
what's factually wrong about the statement ?  it is simple math as to voter turnout and projections.

you really are living up to to your "Liar"  screen name now  , Trump couldn't have picked a better nickname for you himself :)

I don't know..  "fortune" seems like a pretty poor pick for you.  How rich can you be if you are this envious of older, white people?  8)

Maybe I consider myself fortunate to be living in southern California and Irvine.  Not sure how envious I should be of people like yourself who spent half their life on this forum ranting and complaining about their frustrations about living here and about every other ethnic group who looks and behaves different from them. 

Free Tip for you -- no matter how much actual money you have, if you are always worried and angry,  you are not wealthy !

I was hoping you would use this opportunity to reevaluate your racist views, but I see you would rather continue the hate.  C'est la vie.

In psychological terms , this (calling others racist when you actually are one) is referred to as "projection " .  Step outside your bond bubble and look it up : )

This is a defense mechanism that you use to be able to live with yourself.  In that sense you have learned very well from your cult leader. 
 
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