Midterm Elections

[Perspective]

BREAKING: White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump?s escalating trade war


So what do we have here ? shoving a slice of white welfare cheese between two slices of white welfare bread ?

Logic is ? we need to make a more painful trade environment so we can throw money at the people who are too stupid to realize they?re cheering on actual socialism while thanking us for protecting them from the socialists

A question I ask on a near daily basis now, is this from The Onion?

 

[morekaos]

I didn't say mission accomplished.  I was supportive and still am.  If winning is advancing the ball then yes I would still say that is winning.

We've surprised and unilaterally moved apart from close allies.
We've canceled major war games and military prep in the region weakening our standing there.
North Korea appears to actually be ramping up their nuclear efforts
And China has increased support of the rogue dog.

JIMHO, advancing the ball like that leads to the other team scoring safeties.

Or intercepting on the one and scoring a pick six...

Satellite images show North Korea has begun dismantling key test site

Washington (CNN)New images published Monday by the prominent monitoring group 38 North indicate North Korea has begun dismantling key facilities at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station -- a move analysts say represents "an important first step towards fulfilling a commitment" made by Kim Jong Un during his summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/23/politics/north-korea-satellite-images-38-north-sohae/index.html

 

[fortune11]

BREAKING: White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump?s escalating trade war


So what do we have here ? shoving a slice of white welfare cheese between two slices of white welfare bread ?

Logic is ? we need to make a more painful trade environment so we can throw money at the people who are too stupid to realize they?re cheering on actual socialism while thanking us for protecting them from the socialists

A question I ask on a near daily basis now, is this from The Onion?

The Onion is probably , sadly , on life support by now since no longer relevant in this new  bizzaro world

But, you know what we really need to make america great is a couple of six year plans to make most glorious beet harvest.  Sure, Trump?s command and control eight year plans seizing the means of production in the name of the proletariat are not exactly traditional GOP policy but it?s that or the *socialist* Dems you must choose one

 

[morekaos]

This would provide never ending Pocahontas/Hiawatha fodder...I hope its true!!

Leader of the Persistence
Elizabeth Warren?s full-body fight to defeat Trump.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/elizabeth-warren-fight-to-defeat-trump.html

 

[Kings]

BREAKING: White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump?s escalating trade war


So what do we have here ? shoving a slice of white welfare cheese between two slices of white welfare bread ?

Logic is ? we need to make a more painful trade environment so we can throw money at the people who are too stupid to realize they?re cheering on actual socialism while thanking us for protecting them from the socialists

A question I ask on a near daily basis now, is this from The Onion?

The Onion is probably , sadly , on life support by now since no longer relevant in this new  bizzaro world

But, you know what we really need to make america great is a couple of six year plans to make most glorious beet harvest.  Sure, Trump?s command and control eight year plans seizing the means of production in the name of the proletariat are not exactly traditional GOP policy but it?s that or the *socialist* Dems you must choose one

is the onion real news now?

 

[Perspective]

BREAKING: White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump?s escalating trade war


So what do we have here ? shoving a slice of white welfare cheese between two slices of white welfare bread ?

Logic is ? we need to make a more painful trade environment so we can throw money at the people who are too stupid to realize they?re cheering on actual socialism while thanking us for protecting them from the socialists

Whoa, I just assumed this would be a bill introduced in Congress, forcing the "Libs" to vote against Farmers, apple pie, the flag and America. It is not.

Channeling Troll Trump: "UNBELIEVABLE! We need to END Welfare Now! These Farmers Need to pick themselves up by there [sic] BOOTSTRAPS and Get to Work! No More Bailouts! Big Guv should Not be Choosing winners and Losers! Sad! No More!"

 

[fortune11]

Again , who needs the onion ?  Below is straight from Trump

? ?I?m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don?t want Trump! ?

Too good ? Just a week ago, he was a poodle practically sitting on Putin?s lap.

 

[fortune11]

[quote
Whoa, I just assumed this would be a bill introduced in Congress, forcing the "Libs" to vote against Farmers, apple pie, the flag and America. It is not.

Channeling Troll Trump: "UNBELIEVABLE! We need to END Welfare Now! These Farmers Need to pick themselves up by there [sic] BOOTSTRAPS and Get to Work! No More Bailouts! Big Guv should Not be Choosing winners and Losers! Sad! No More!"

The $12bn in emergency aid for farmers  will come in a direct assistance program created during THE DEPRESSION (no need for Congressional approval)

If our economy is STRONGER THAN EVER- why are we using depression era emergency support?

And these aren?t your fantasy land small farmers from children?s books . These are gigantic agribusinesss mostly owned by rich people (white gop donors )

Now , can we talk about lazy minorities and immigrants scamming the system again ?

 

[fortune11]

So trump himself suggested cash payments to stormy Daniels to shut her up.

I guess evangelicals now get to explain to their kids that the difference between gay people and Donald Trump is that gay people actually respect marriage.

 

[Kings]

So trump himself suggested cash payments to stormy Daniels to shut her up.

I guess evangelicals now get to explain to their kids that the difference between gay people and Donald Trump is that gay people actually respect marriage.

trump is gay?

 

[Kings]

thanks mr. wonderful

Advice from a shark: Ignore the Trump circus, focus on Trump policy

I?m always being asked, ?What keeps you up at night about the stock market?? Lately the dialogue around trade wars among investors has intensified. Turn on any business media outlet and you will find a constant stream of pundits talking about the escalating risks associated with Presidents Trump's trade policies.

Last week, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow turned up the heat on China during an interview on CNBC where he stated he did not believe that Chinese President Xi Jinping was really interested in working on a trade deal.

You might have expected the market to trade down materially after a revelation like that. It barely moved.

During the contentious presidential campaign in 2016, Trump continually made reference to trade imbalances with Europe and China. These are two different issues.

The U.S. is likely to maintain a trade deficit with China even if all tariffs are removed. Why? The U.S. is the largest economy in the world, and the American consumer has a ferocious appetite for goods and services. The U.S. economy simply consumes more than it exports. This is not going to change anytime soon.

Tariffs are a different deal. They are imbalances. Take the automotive industry, for example. The Chinese and Europeans charge higher tariffs on U.S. cars coming into their markets than corresponding Asian and European automobiles entering the U.S. markets. This has been going on for years.

For decades, no U.S. president has had any interest in getting into a skirmish over this, as it was far more expedient to ?keep the peace? rather than get into an escalating trade war that may cost American jobs, reduce productivity and maybe cause creeping inflation.

Why take such a risk? No previous administration did, and the gap between U.S., Chinese and European tariffs continued to grow.

Then, Trump comes along. He is like a honey badger; he does not care about historic protocol. Maybe you like him, maybe you don?t. Maybe you are like me and no longer listen to the rhetoric, the tweets, the constant hysteria of news networks barking for or against him. If you are trying to make investment decisions, it's mostly useless information.

Trump is like no president before him: not good, not bad, but different. Want to manage through the turmoil? Here is a better strategy. Ignore the noise and watch the policy.

The policy is crystal clear. Listen to the messaging coming from Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Director Larry Kudlow and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. These are competent managers tasked with executing directives. They and their staff have delivered deregulation and tax reform and are now focused on trade.

Their message is clear. They are going to keep ratcheting up tariffs until the eurozone and China come to the table. They care about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Asian trade protocol, too, but these have been pushed to the back burner while they focus on the big dogs, China and Europe.

If you listen and believe the noise, this is economic suicide and will result in the end of the free world as we have known it.

So why has the market not corrected, and why have many stocks continued to hit all-time historic highs? Because the potential to equalize tariffs has such tremendous economic upside for the U.S. economy, investors are willing to put up with pain even if the chance of success is only 50 percent or less.

How much pain? A lot.

The markets know this is not going to happen overnight, but the upside is so enticing that it is willing to wait. Case in point: Trump recently remarked to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he sees a lot more German cars driving around the U.S. than he sees American automobiles on the Autobahn.

Maybe the Germans got the message. They are rumored to be bringing a deal on auto tariffs between the two countries when they meet at the White House soon. This is proof that if you don?t ask, you don?t get. I am going to go long on the U.S. auto sector going into that dinner.

My bet is that the strategy is about to start paying dividends ? the equalization of trade tariffs. This is a move toward a more free and competitive trade between the two auto markets that we have not seen in decades. Investors and employees will benefit.

China is going to be far more complex, but I?m willing to wait and, for now, so is the market.

I never endorse politicians. You can?t win because you will always make 50 percent of the constituency unhappy. But I do watch and study policy. I have to because I have to put money to work in the market every day, and policy can have a tremendous impact on returns.

You never know what the market will do tomorrow, but you can manage risk. My best advice in these extraordinary times? Tune out the circus and focus on the policy that actually gets implemented. It's getting interesting.

http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/398564-advice-from-a-shark-ignore-the-trump-circus-focus-on-policy

 

[morekaos]

I think this could be instructive to some...

What liberals (still) get wrong about Trump's support

Liberals and progressives are forever predicting Donald Trump?s political demise. After each purported outrage ? Charlottesville, separating children from their immigrant parents, now Helsinki ? they confidently contend that this latest event will finally force Trump?s supporters to abandon him. Yet not only does this not happen, Trump?s support has actually risen by 6% since late 2017. How do they keep getting it so wrong?

To quote Ronald Reagan: ?The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they?re ignorant; it?s just that they know so much that isn?t so.? They presume that because Trump is so unconventional in style, his coalition must be equally unconventional. But it?s not. The data clearly shows that Trump?s political coalition is pretty much the traditional Republican coalition. And the often virulent behavior of anti-Trump partisans has made partisan Republicans especially unwilling to abandon their leader even when he stumbles.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/23/liberals-donald-trump-support

 

[eyephone]

Attacking your critics. (Sounds like what they do in Russia, Venezuela, etc..)

 

[fortune11]

All the armchair economic experts attributing stock market resilience to trump

Take a look at actual earnings ? which are the strongest , continuing a trend which began in 2016. Gop tax cuts which would have happened with or without trump (president Rubio would have been at 60+ percent approval in this economy ) .

ANd look at what?s driving the s&p ? it the same few tech companies from the west coast , the liberal bastion you all love to hate

This is all you need to know , don?t need to cut and paste 5 page articles after google search ...

 

[eyephone]

Trump = President
Additional roles: NFL advisor (he comments on NFL?s policy), Fed Chairman (he comments on the interest rates), Postmaster General (complains about Amazon, but other companies have use the same bulk rate)

Add FCC chairman (Trump appointed Ajit Pai. Trump bashes FCC move that wouldn?t approve the Sinclair Broadcast merger with Tribune)

 

[fortune11]

now , this is worth copying and pasting : )

but hey , republicans are winning the midterms , so this too must be good right  ?

White House Memo: Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality


By Katie Rogers and Maggie Haberman
(New York Times) -- WASHINGTON ? On the first couple?s recent trip overseas, Melania Trump?s television aboard Air Force One was tuned to CNN. President Trump was not pleased.
He raged at his staff for violating a rule that the White House entourage should begin each trip tuned to Fox ? his preferred network over what he considers the ?fake news? CNN ? and caused ?a bit of a stir? aboard Air Force One, according to an email obtained by The New York Times. The email, an internal exchange between officials in the White House Military Office and the White House Communications Agency last Thursday, also called for the ordering of two additional televisions to support Beam, a TiVo-like streaming device, to make sure the president and first lady could both watch TV in their separate hotel rooms when they travel.
At the end of the email chain, officials confirmed that tuning the TVs to Fox would be standard operating procedure going forward.
The channel-flipping flap was the latest example of how Mr. Trump, at a pivotal moment in his presidency, is increasingly living in a world of selected information and bending the truth to his own narrative. As his aides work to keep him insulated from the outside world, Mr. Trump is doubling down in his efforts to tell supporters to trust him over the words of critics and news reports.

 

[Perspective]

I think this could be instructive to some...

What liberals (still) get wrong about Trump's support

Liberals and progressives are forever predicting Donald Trump?s political demise. After each purported outrage ? Charlottesville, separating children from their immigrant parents, now Helsinki ? they confidently contend that this latest event will finally force Trump?s supporters to abandon him. Yet not only does this not happen, Trump?s support has actually risen by 6% since late 2017. How do they keep getting it so wrong?

To quote Ronald Reagan: ?The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they?re ignorant; it?s just that they know so much that isn?t so.? They presume that because Trump is so unconventional in style, his coalition must be equally unconventional. But it?s not. The data clearly shows that Trump?s political coalition is pretty much the traditional Republican coalition. And the often virulent behavior of anti-Trump partisans has made partisan Republicans especially unwilling to abandon their leader even when he stumbles.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/23/liberals-donald-trump-support

Strawman alert - Who's predicting his "demise"? What does this even mean? The opening premise is flawed/fraudulent. Long ago, I abandoned the idea that most people were decent and honest, working on a better future for themselves, and hoping for one for others. This is not so.

Let's not forget, that "news" you hear and/or watch, is 90%+ entertainment. It is there to keep you there for their commercials. The method is to engage all of your emotions. To inform folks is a secondary or ancillary objective, and to deceive is increasingly the primary objective.

 

[Kings]

now , this is worth copying and pasting : )

but hey , republicans are winning the midterms , so this too must be good right  ?

White House Memo: Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality


By Katie Rogers and Maggie Haberman
(New York Times) -- WASHINGTON ? On the first couple?s recent trip overseas, Melania Trump?s television aboard Air Force One was tuned to CNN. President Trump was not pleased.
He raged at his staff for violating a rule that the White House entourage should begin each trip tuned to Fox ? his preferred network over what he considers the ?fake news? CNN ? and caused ?a bit of a stir? aboard Air Force One, according to an email obtained by The New York Times. The email, an internal exchange between officials in the White House Military Office and the White House Communications Agency last Thursday, also called for the ordering of two additional televisions to support Beam, a TiVo-like streaming device, to make sure the president and first lady could both watch TV in their separate hotel rooms when they travel.
At the end of the email chain, officials confirmed that tuning the TVs to Fox would be standard operating procedure going forward.
The channel-flipping flap was the latest example of how Mr. Trump, at a pivotal moment in his presidency, is increasingly living in a world of selected information and bending the truth to his own narrative. As his aides work to keep him insulated from the outside world, Mr. Trump is doubling down in his efforts to tell supporters to trust him over the words of critics and news reports.

i love these stories.  it's like liberal fanfic

 

[fortune11]

We can already pre discount and assume one of these whenever MAGA dom has no logical response

1. A bunch of gifs
2 . ?I love this outrage ...you liberals still don?t get it ?
3. Some random thanks to trump

Maybe include them in your signature to save some time typing and spare the post count

 

[Happiness]

Long ago, I abandoned the idea that most people were decent and honest, working on a better future for themselves, and hoping for one for others. This is not so.

That pretty much sums up every mass murderer manifesto I've ever read. Can you give your pals on TI some advance warning before zero hour please?