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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1444 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined:
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Here's Gross Domestic Product over the last few yrars:
See Tha small increase in growth rate (steepening of the graph) in 2018, followed by a return to the previous rate? That's Trump’s tax cut. (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product [GDP], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | FRED | St. Louis Fed, June 7, 2019) Edited by JonF, : No reason given.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4344 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.9 |
I don't really want to listen to your idiocy. I regret that I wasted a single second reading her, or thinking about and responding to her. At least it makes the Trump mass psychosis easier to understand.What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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From The New York Times:
Deceased Strategist’s Files Detail Republican Gerrymandering in North Carolina, Advocates Say It appears that the Hofeller drives may provide a smoking gun that the Republicans' redistricting of North Carolina was, indeed, racially motivated and partisan gerrymandering.
The advocacy group Common Cause said in court documents submitted in Raleigh on Thursday that the Hofeller files include new evidence showing how North Carolina Republicans misled a federal court to prolong the life of their map of state legislative districts, which had been ruled unconstitutional. The Republicans told the federal court hearing the map case that they would not be able to draw new legislative districts and hold public hearings on them in time for a proposed special election in late 2017 or early 2018. In fact, Common Cause said, Mr. Hofeller’s files show that almost all the work had already been done. The legislators told the court that racial data on voters “was not even loaded into the computer used by the map drawer,” ensuring that the newly drawn district boundaries would not be based on race. But every proposed district map found on Mr. Hofeller’s hard drives had been scored for the racial makeup of the district. 'Course, now that they have been caught with their pants down, Republicans are doing what Republicans do best: screaming! They are now claiming that Hofeller's daughter acquired her fathers records illegally and making threats. Ms. Hofeller is underred.If this was a witch hunt, it found a lot of witches. -- David Cole, writing about the Mueller investigation. |
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined:
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Trump's success in reaching a deal with Mexico and forestalling tarrifs (at least for now) isn't getting much play on the right. Steve M has an explanation.
(Lots more examples of burying at the link).
quote: ON MEXICO, TRUMP SEEMS TO WIN, BUT WINNING DOESN'T FIT THE RIGHT'S BUSINESS MODEL ABE There are now reports that the deal "consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States over the past several months." No doubt more to come. Edited by JonF, : No reason given.
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
Dupe.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1444 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
When I heard yesterday about Mexico stopping caravans at their southern border because of Trump's threat of a tariff, I was very excited and thought of posting about it here. But I didn't because I heard it on the radio, didn't expect to be able to find published confirmation, and didn't want to go through another battle at EvC. The whole story wasn't out yet though. But it is great news that Trump's deal is working. And the amazing thing to me is that anybody here knows about it and calls it a success.
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9076 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.7 |
This was all agreed to months ago. Little donnie did nothing this week except politicize and desecrate the Normandy Invasion ceremonies.
quote:Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal - The New York Times So little donnie lied. Again. Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1444 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
I can't read your link so if there's something crucially important there please quote it. Never mind, I guess that was the quote you posted.
I have no idea what you think he lied about. if there was an agreement so much earlier apparently Mexico didn't honor it until now. What's your point? Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5930 Joined: Member Rating: 5.8 |
Uh, that was in the quote that Theodoric provided. Are you trying to claim that you could not read that? Or that you simply wouldn't read it?
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
The agreement didn't go in force so much earlier. If it had, and Mexico started cheating so immediately, the obvious tactic is to announce that and use it as leverage against them. Trump would be ecstatic doing that.
So, it seems like a good agreement so far. But the song and dance about tense negotiations and threats of tariffs damaged the economy and pissed off a lot of people, including the Republican moneybags. A very poor tactic.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1444 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Sorry I guess I am obtuse about this, but then I do have a problem with how the Llbeftists explain things.
I do think I get the bottom llne though: the deal has gone through, Mexico IS going to stop the caravans, and there will be no tariffs as long as they do. Yippee if so. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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DrJones* Member Posts: 2284 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 6.8 |
Mexico IS going to stop the caravans, and there will be no tariffs as long as they do.
it doesn't matter if they stop the caravans or not, any tariffs will scuttle the new NAFTA deal which has yet to be ratified.It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds soon I discovered that this rock thing was true Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet All of a sudden i found myself in love with the world And so there was only one thing I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang along ling long - Jesus Built my Hotrod Ministry Live every week like it's Shark Week! - Tracey Jordan Just a monkey in a long line of kings. - Matthew Good If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist! - Get Your War On *not an actual doctor
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1444 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Of course it matters if they stop the caravans, since that is what we want above all, cessation of the floods of illegal immigrants over our border, and as I understand it that WILL stop the tariffs Trump threatened against Mexico so that should make everybody happy.
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DrJones* Member Posts: 2284 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 6.8 |
I'm saying donny's threat of tariffs was stupid. If he had imposed the threatened tariffs Mexico's government would not ratify the new NAFTA deal. All he did was cause a blip in the stock market, harming american companies and investors.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1444 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Looks to me llke he knew what he was doing and that Mexico would stop the flood of illegal immigrants because of the threat of the tariff. \
However, any action to stop the caravans is late coming and up to this point it has looked like Trump has backed down or his policies have failed, so although I'm happy IF this is what it sounds like and IF it continues, part of me is skeptical and cynical about it. I can hope up to a point, but I've been getting used to disappointment. We'll see where it goes. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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