The End of the World: A Political Thread. A New Hope coming soon!
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This morning I posted the Eminem video on FB and all I said was “got em lol” and boy did the Trump supporters come out foaming at the mouth. I’ve known these people most of my life and they act like I just disrespected their mother lol boy get a grip.
Oh, the stock market is doing great, don't diminish that. It's not to Trump's credit (well, it was partly a reaction to his election and proposals, initially). If you slice it at 3 years, you'll see something very different (you can make different cases by slicing the data differently). Anyone who owns stock is happy with their returns this year. On the other hand, there is a general expectation that all this run-up will be followed by a steep drop-off at some point in the near future.
CNN Money: "Investor euphoria after the election seemed fueled by enthusiasm for the Trump agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and infrastructure spending. The stock surge became known as the "Trump rally."
"But Wall Street is focused less on Washington now. Investors have dialed back their bets on the "massive" tax cuts Trump promised. The U.S. dollar soared after the election because of expectations that tax cuts and public works spending would accelerate the economy. Now the dollar has lost ground against other currencies five months in a row.
"The market has shattered records despite Trump's political troubles, suggesting they are no longer intertwined."
The stock market is at a record high, but the economy has been recovering nicely since 2009. The growth since 2009 has been completely steady. If anything, the positive economic news was suppressed and dismissed during Obama's term. Trump has done nothing for the economy that wouldn't have happened anyway.
The trumpologists are going full force on Hillary and her response taking five days, or so, to respond. Of course, they're not hypocrites at all, by taking "Hollywood" to task for not speaking up about Slimestein. But, ya know, they're not hypocrites at all.
Can we pause for a moment and just realize how absurd it is that the President of the US is getting into a twitter war with a late night host?
I love how there's some implied Jewish/Hollywood/liberal conspiracy that is more than just a little racist.
I love how there's some implied Jewish/Hollywood/liberal conspiracy that is more than just a little racist.
Well, now you know why trump didn't say a word about the chanting his racist base was doing in VA.
And the US is pulling out of UNESCO.....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...stinian-tensions/ar-AAtl9bS?OCID=ansmsnnews11
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...stinian-tensions/ar-AAtl9bS?OCID=ansmsnnews11
PARIS — U.S. officials have told The Associated Press that the United States is pulling out of UNESCO, after repeated criticism of resolutions by the U.N. cultural agency that Washington sees as anti-Israel.
While the U.S. stopped funding UNESCO after it voted to include Palestine as a member in 2011, the State Department has maintained a UNESCO office at its Paris headquarters and sought to weigh in on policy behind the scenes. The withdrawal was confirmed Thursday by U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to be publicly named discussing the decision.
It was not clear when the move would be formally announced. The decision comes as the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is voting to choose a new director this week, in tense balloting overshadowed by the agency's funding troubles and divisions over Palestinian membership.
Many saw the vote to include Palestine as evidence of long-running, ingrained anti-Israel bias within the United Nations, where Israel and its allies are far outnumbered by Arab countries and their supporters. UNESCO is best known for its World Heritage program to protect cultural sites and traditions around the world. The agency also works to improve education for girls in desperately poor countries and in scientific fields, to promote better understanding of the horrors of the Holocaust and to defend media freedom, among other activities.
The Trump administration has been preparing for a likely withdrawal for months, and a decision was expected before the end of the year, according to U.S. officials. Several diplomats who were to have been posted to the mission this summer were told that their positions were on hold and advised to seek other jobs.
While the U.S. stopped funding UNESCO after it voted to include Palestine as a member in 2011, the State Department has maintained a UNESCO office at its Paris headquarters and sought to weigh in on policy behind the scenes. The withdrawal was confirmed Thursday by U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to be publicly named discussing the decision.
It was not clear when the move would be formally announced. The decision comes as the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is voting to choose a new director this week, in tense balloting overshadowed by the agency's funding troubles and divisions over Palestinian membership.
Many saw the vote to include Palestine as evidence of long-running, ingrained anti-Israel bias within the United Nations, where Israel and its allies are far outnumbered by Arab countries and their supporters. UNESCO is best known for its World Heritage program to protect cultural sites and traditions around the world. The agency also works to improve education for girls in desperately poor countries and in scientific fields, to promote better understanding of the horrors of the Holocaust and to defend media freedom, among other activities.
The Trump administration has been preparing for a likely withdrawal for months, and a decision was expected before the end of the year, according to U.S. officials. Several diplomats who were to have been posted to the mission this summer were told that their positions were on hold and advised to seek other jobs.
Sigh.....
Vic Hansen they want taxpayers to rebuild the entire island, deal with it, the truth hurts, sometimes life sucks
Robin Wilder So we should have said that to Florida? Do you know Puerto Rico pays federal taxes? None of what you said makes sense. They are American Citizens. They paid for the help they are not getting right now.
The wealth will trickle down so much, we'll need to hire your trucks to carry all that cash!!! I don't know whether to hate or pity the poor fools who believe this.
This orange piece of s*** just destroyed health insurance and added a 20% tax hike to the middle and lower classes. Every person that voted for this mother f***er just f***ed everyone in the family. We said this would happen. We warned them. They didn't want to listen. Now, here is your reality. You f***ed yourself and dragged us along with you.
You can't fight stupid. We (and by we I mean just about everyone who saw through Trump's BS) warned them of all these problems. They are to stubborn to admit it yet. Unfortunately to learn that lesson, a lot of people are going to have to suffer first.
They do. They need to suffer, bigly. Unfortnatuly, they're bringing us along with them.
I've never called him the "p" word, never will. Hell, I hate calling him trump. That's why I'll never capitalize it again.
I hate that he's in the news every day. I hate that I have to see him every day. I hate that I have to talk about him, and his piece of s*** family, every day. But, I can't become complacent. Nobody can. I've said it before, we cannot let the man, his family, his appointees, the alt-right, ever become normal. They can never be allowed to become the norm. Thus, I have a four-year battle ahead of me. Hopefully, the regime doesn't last that long. We can only hope.
Well said.
The biggest thing that scares me is how people dismiss this as just "normal" right/left politics. Sure, the two sides are always bickering, but this Trump thing is not that. Not at all. Not even remotely close.
Trump can never, ever be allowed to convince us that this is normal.
He started a friggin twitter war with an island devastated by a major hurricane. That kind of disgusting behavior can never, ever, ever be allowed to slide as normal.
As much as I'd love to turn off the news and just bury my head for now I can't.
Good to know that the President is speaking at a hate group where they hand out stuff like this
But why are we so divided? Still remains a mystery.
But why are we so divided? Still remains a mystery.
What I have to deal with.
My fiancé’s brother endorsement of Trump when I asked I must have missed all the things Trump has done to better our country - “The Economy has taken off! He repealed the Obama mandate that forces people to pay to kill babies at planned parenthood...that's a big one! No more funding for sanctuary cities so the illegal immigrants to hang out! He aproved the Keystone and Dakota pipeline.. ( more jobs)...and Hillary isn't president right now!!!”
When I brought up Trump trying to start a fight on Twitter with NK he responds - “lol..oh you are living in a post WW3 world....you better believe it...thanks to Obama letting his Muslims take over our Country and causing a racial tension between black and white!!”
And - “You do know about the crazy Antifa liberal who just shot up a bunch of people in Vegas right!!!”
He says I watch too much liberal media, it is all proven to be fake the stories they run on Trump, I’m confused, and a bunch of my friends think Trump is great and a real President way better than Obama.
Is this real life?
My fiancé’s brother endorsement of Trump when I asked I must have missed all the things Trump has done to better our country - “The Economy has taken off! He repealed the Obama mandate that forces people to pay to kill babies at planned parenthood...that's a big one! No more funding for sanctuary cities so the illegal immigrants to hang out! He aproved the Keystone and Dakota pipeline.. ( more jobs)...and Hillary isn't president right now!!!”
When I brought up Trump trying to start a fight on Twitter with NK he responds - “lol..oh you are living in a post WW3 world....you better believe it...thanks to Obama letting his Muslims take over our Country and causing a racial tension between black and white!!”
And - “You do know about the crazy Antifa liberal who just shot up a bunch of people in Vegas right!!!”
He says I watch too much liberal media, it is all proven to be fake the stories they run on Trump, I’m confused, and a bunch of my friends think Trump is great and a real President way better than Obama.
Is this real life?
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