Phil1111

Triggered? Is that what you call it when you resort to vulgarity and people answer back? At least you are slightly more clever than Marc. Even though you both keep claiming how "hilarious" you feel we are as you express your anger. Remember the Cuban missile crisis? The "libtard" JFK handled that without starting a war. I'm doubting Trump could. Remember when the libtards said Trump was gonna lead us to WWIII or a nuclear war last year? Even as early as this January and February? Doesn't look like its gonna happen now. "Donald Trump has declared that North Korea still poses an “extraordinary threat” to the United States, just days after saying that the country’s nuclear program no longer constituted a danger. In an executive order on Friday, the president extended for one year the so-called “national emergency” with respect to the nuclear-armed nation, re-authorizing economic restrictions against it. While expected, the declaration comes just nine days after Trump tweeted: “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” following his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/22/trump-north-korea-extraordinary-threat-nuclear-program

I read three stories in the lase week where republican ;eaders were going democrat. The biggest factor will be republicans who don't turn out for midterms and democrats who are motivated to turn out. On another note, did you predict a Hillary landslide too? No, but I knew there would be a train wreck if the orange, lying, idiot was elected.

As usual Fox news is wrong. "The nuclear species is going extinct,” Mycle Schneider, lead author, World Nuclear Industry Status Report, September 12, 2017 "The "nuclear renaissance" that we have long waited for is falling short. In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, the number of new projects has drastically dropped. Among other things, they’ve been plagued by huge cost overruns, lower cost competitors, public fear, an aging workforce, rare required materials, and often unmanageable waste problems. According to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report, the number of construction starts of nuclear reactors worldwide has sunk from a high of 15 in 2010, to 10 in 2013, to 8 in 2015, to 3 in 2016, and to just 1 in the first half of 2017. And most tellingly, premature nuclear shutdowns are occurring in even the richest nations." https://www.forbes.com/sites/judeclemente/2017/09/29/nuclear-subsidies-are-bad-energy-policy/#27c315b87b2c Why let fact get in the way of political bias.

Percentage of each country that is fluent in English. Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/which-countries-are-best-at-english-as-a-second-language-4d24c8c8-6cf6-4067-a753-4c82b4bc865b/ Its all part of their MS-13 training. How can they rob someone if they only speak Spanglish?

Oh well; I take that back. She is as bad as Trump. Can anyone seriously imagine Michelle Obama wearing such a thing on such an occasion? I can not wait to read the justifications for such a tone deaf, selfish, and for our nation, embarrassing act. Bit by bit these idiots are robbing us of our national pride. It's sickening. I actually do think that she means well but is too naive for all of this. HOWEVER, she's not some lady out for a stroll, she has her own staff members and I can't imagine how she walked 10 feet without someone saying, "Melania, are you sure that's the message you're trying to send?" She's a damned fashion model, she knows that her clothing is a message. Thats what I was thinking. She did stand up to hubby and spoke out to bring the idiot to his senses on this issue. But WTF does she not has a staff or something?

I read three stories in the lase week where republican ;eaders were going democrat. The biggest factor will be republicans who don't turn out for midterms and democrats who are motivated to turn out.

Oh, gawd; The book has forewards by John McCain and Robert Byrd. https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Another-Vote-Wont-Landslide/dp/0870127489/ All about what you say and what you do.

And the bug eating the rest of the time? No windshield on that bike either. She would have had to clean it after every ride anyway. I wouldn't ride up there without a full face helmet. I haven't made the drive from the mainland US to Alaska, but I've heard the bugs are horrendous. Carry an extra jug of windshield wiper fluid and spare wipers because you'll be washing bug guts off a lot on the drive. If you don't have a full face make sure that you ride with your mouth closed.

Improper entry is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine and or up to 6 months in jail And the subsequent or second entry is a felony. And fucking around on your wife is a misdemeanor in New York State. Impeachment is for High Crimes and misdemeanors. Zero-tolerance, the law is the law! You can support that right Marc? You believe in law and order and stringent adherence to the law. Zero tolerance is the law. Trump is upholding a 1997 Supreme Court supported law. I don't agree with his executive order which will eventually be overturned in court anyway. As for the kids and the families well I'm glad for them. How about zero tolerance for emoluments clause violations? Collusion with enemy governments? Lying under oath?

That's great to hear! I look forward to seeing Trump's support of the investigation. Sounds like he finally took the advice of his counsel who already quit that he should cooperate with the investigators. Marc has yet to explain WHY trump promised to lock her up for all her crimes. When trump has a republican attorney general, republican house, senate, FBI director, etc.,etc, Why has trump let her go scot-free Marc?

Thanks for that because stories with real life injuries bring focus to thinking.

[dark] Great, so you can have an open casket service! [/dark] Skydiving fullface helmets don't offer anywhere near the amount of protection you need in any serious crash. Just compare the amount of padding material in a motorcycle helmet vs a skydiving helmet. The motorcycle helmet manufacturers don't put the padding in because they like it, they put it in because they NEED it to meet the minimum safety standards for such helmets. And a motorcycle crash isn't that much faster than someone crashing while swooping something

Once again you address no issues and you attack me. Nothing new. I'm used to it. And as usual I really don't give a damn what you think. Trump's doing fine and it's going to be fun to be around after the midterm elections! That said I hope you and yours keep doing what you're doing. Because the people don't like it. By the way, Did you see that Trump's approval ratings are higher than Reagan's Obama's and anybody else at this. In there presidency? Probably not. Not in your new cycle. But Marc, old, uneducated,white men, are a dying demographic!!!!!...!!!!! Demographic means breed of tribe. "The Latino population in the United States has reached nearly 58 million in 2016 and has been the principal driver of U.S. demographic growth, accounting for half of national population growth since 2000. " http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/18/how-the-u-s-hispanic-population-is-changing/ Within another election cycle, everything trump did will be undone, you're AR-15s will be history, etc. Here is you're old bud Cory speaking up for the trump tribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrt7q6QKF5o

US intelligence officials: North Korea will sell nuclear tech to Iran http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/392868-us-intelligence-officials-next-fear-north-korea-will-sell-nuclear

Somehow, I don't think I'm going to like what my retirement account does tomorrow. "China has vowed to retaliate with quantitative and qualitative measures if the United States goes ahead with its additional tariff plan against Beijing. The Ministry of Commerce said the new threat from US President Donald Trump of imposing tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese products was an act of “blackmail”, which was against earlier agreements and disappointed the international community. “If the US side loses sanity to launch the list, China will be forced to take comprehensive measures combining both quantitative and qualitative ones as a powerful hit-back,” the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday." http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2151361/trump-threatens-slam-china-us200-billion-new-tariffs-unless BREAKING: Dow is set to drop more than 350 points as Trump ratchets up pressure on China with more tariffs https://www.cnbc.com/pre-markets/ Remember, its easy to win trade wars, its the Dems fault and anyway Hillary did it first.

So are tariffs. Can't ignore it on one side and demand protection on the other side. This is what happens when nutty ideas like winning trade wars is defined as "easy". Trump doubles down: 'Trade wars are good, and easy to win' https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/02/trump-trade-wars-are-good-and-easy-to-win.html 10 minutes ago: Trump calls for tariffs on additional $200B in Chinese goods as trade war ramps up http://thehill.com/policy/finance/392906-trump-directs-trade-representative-to-prepare-tariffs-on-additional-200 Anybody wanna bet that Xi and China are not going to turn the other cheek.

Pharma patent protections are covered by NAFTA and other treaties. But I did read about a similar suggestion in the last week. Since trump doesn't seem too worried about honoring trade agreements its certainly an option. Big pharma is the largest US lobby force with massive hordes of cash that they throw about to congress. "Pharmaceuticals are a prime example. The U.S. pharmaceutical industry supports 4.8 million American jobs and has a total economic output of $1.3 trillion in total value of goods and services. Pharmaceutical innovation is naturally key to improving and extending lives with new tests, treatments and cures. In 2016, U.S. biopharmaceutical companies spent nearly $90 billion on research and development. If they can't make profits from that investment, the cures will be delayed or won’t happen. NAFTA was originally billed as one of the first trade deals ever to safeguard intellectual property that flows over national borders. That hasn’t been the case in practice. Canada’s patent protections have been weaker than ours and so the Canadian courts have invalidated some two dozen patents by American pharmaceutical companies, such as Pfizer. While Ottawa has reversed some of the blatant abuses, Canada and Mexico are now imposing back door price controls on American breakthrough drugs. Under a new pricing proposal called “benchmarking,” Canada’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board will consider a drug price “excessive” if it exceeds a median figure charged in other nations, excluding the United States. But as a humanitarian initiative, the United States often offers drugs at very low prices in poor nations that can’t afford the global market price. ‎Canada and Mexico are not Botswana." http://thehill.com/opinion/international/369413-nafta-20-needs-to-protect-american-business-patents But if trump wants to be an idiot Canada could be Botswana.

It's funny how the same folks that hide behind such sentiment continually resist all efforts to help those in need at home, too. It makes it difficult to infer from their suggestions anything other than the absence of a moral compass. Just for the record... I can't let this derogatory comment slide. You do not know me well enough to know how many people over the years I've helped. It's literally in the thousands. Life-changing type help. And, you don;t know anyone on here well enough to challenge their compass while sounding as though you are somehow morally superior. Well your words were "Callous? I'm sure many would say so." Setting that aside. in the US economy today there is what economists would call "full employment". "To economists, full employment means that unemployment has fallen to the lowest possible level that won’t cause inflation. In the U.S., that was thought to be a jobless rate of about 5 percent — above the April rate of 3.9 percent. " https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/full-employment Furthermore study after study shows the undeniable benefits to a countries economy that immigration brings. Here is one from the George W. Bush institute: Benefits of Immigration Outweigh the Costs https://www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/north-american-century/benefits-of-immigration-outweigh-costs.html from spring 2016 "Immigration fuels the economy. When immigrants enter the labor force, they increase the productive capacity of the economy and raise GDP. Their incomes rise, but so do those of natives. It’s a phenomenon dubbed the “immigration surplus,” and while a small share of additional GDP accrues to natives — typically 0.2 to 0.4 percent " Why Mass Migration Is Good for Long-Term Economic Growth https://hbr.org/2017/04/why-mass-migration-is-good-for-long-term-economic-growth A further study from the Wharton school of business: "Wharton experts agree that future government immigration policies can have a direct and beneficial fiscal impact on a country’s booming entrepreneurial sector as well as its GDP." http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/what-migration-can-and-cant-do-for-a-countrys-gdp/ I might discredit the above study however as it is from Wharton. Given that trump managed to skate through his business education at Wharton. It dosn't say much for that school.

I assume that you're referring to this: "Bannon on migrant family separation: Zero tolerance doesn't have to be justified http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/392665-bannon-on-migrant-family-separation-zero-telence-dont-have-to-be and I would agree. All laws, national policy and the actions of elected officials. Should be justified. Unjust laws have no place in democratic, egalitarian, societies. Children and families have become political pawns. For republicans and democrats.

On a per capita basis Canada admits twice the immigrants as does the US per annum. https://www.immigroup.com/news/immigration-united-states-america-vs-canada It makes up for the lower fertility rate of Canadian women. https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/canada.united-states/demographics Bannon on migrant family separation: Zero tolerance doesn't have to be justified http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/392665-bannon-on-migrant-family-separation-zero-telence-dont-have-to-be

Just be aware, that on the road, everyone is your enemy. Be very visible, and trust no other vehicle or driver. They all want to kill you. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS Skip to 2:20 for real lessons. The 3 Deadliest Mistakes you can make on a Motorcycle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnY8HnSHans

We are experiencing recovery. One of the main principles of recovery is that you only have to change one thing. That one thing is defined as everything. Remember if nothing changes, nothing changes. Those are catchphrases from the field of substance abuse treatment. We are enjoying a substantial economic growth at this time. I really don't expect anything from the past several years to remain the same. To paraphrase Lew Wallace, Every calculation based on experience from the Obama administration fails with the Trump administration. Thank God, Donald Trump is the POTUS. Everything happens for a reason. I personally don't believe that but I reference God and religion. God, in due course, will reward America for its sins in embracing trump. Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good. Its just unfortunate that the majority of righteous Americas are punished for the misdeeds of the minority tribe.

All trade agreements have sections that deal with property and intellectual rights. Together with the mechanisms to deal with such violations. If trump was concerned with Chinese theft of intellectual property rights. That should be a focus of the negotiations not tariff wars. Tariffs unite a country with their government to fight such measures. The whole idea that US negotiators were presidents for free trade, for NAFTA, agreements. Is stupid and intellectually dishonest. trump consistently brings up a US balance of trade deficit. As THE cause of bad trade agreements. They have nothing to do with each other. They have everything to do with tax law (no GST, VAT) that favor consumption over savings. The desire of Americans to buy cheap Chinese crap. Canada and the EU in general have much higher environmental and social tax costs than the US does. The other trading partners less so. US subsidies to farmers, defense industries, aerospace match or exceed most if not all US trading partners. No country will fail to respond in kind to trump's bulling tariffs and negotiating bluster. It would be political suicide for any other countries leader. To bow down or defer to what amounts to US imperialism on trade. trump has put a condition into the current NAFTA negotiations that the agreement have a five year limit. Absolutely stupid. What corporation is going to build a factory or negotiate input sharing agreements. For only a five year life span? Such ideas are nothing less than monkey wrenches thrown into negotiations in order to appeal to his base. Its like the trump tweet "Trump tweeted, "Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn’t tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!" That number is a reasonable estimate of Canada’s dairy tariffs, which are high by any standard. That said, the United States has recently run a sizable trade surplus with Canada in dairy products,(In a previous post on the dairy issue I referenced a $400 million US trade surplus in dairy) driven by a strong business in a milk product that was unaffected by the high tariffs. Trump also glosses over the fact that the United States imposes its own trade barriers on certain American-made products. The statement is basically accurate but needs clarification, so we rate it Mostly True. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jun/13/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-tweets-about-canadas-2/ US subsidies for farmers, oil, aerospace, etc. were all negotiated into current agreements. Something that trump and his base refuse to acknowledge.

trump believes that Chinese jobs should be saved. That violations of US law by reselling sensitive US chips and technology to US enemies. Actions that resulted in a ban of seven years. Should all mean nothing and ZTE should be rewarded with new licensees. "ZTE is one of China’s leading makers of Android phones and wireless-network equipment. The company had $17 billion in revenue last year and, in March, a market value of $24 billion. That month, the company admitted to illegally exporting technology to Iran and North Korea in violation of U.S. trade sanctions. The U.S. Commerce Department fined the company more than $1 billion. At the time, ZTE vowed to reprimand employees who violated the sanctions. Instead, the company fired a handful of employees and gave bonuses to others responsible for the violations. In response, the U.S. banned U.S. companies from exporting components necessary to ZTE’s survival. The components include everything from Qualcomm chips to Google’s mobile operating system. The move was effectively a death sentence for ZTE, which a few weeks later announced it was shutting down. Shortly after, President Trump tweeted he would work with Chinese president Xi Jinping to reverse the ban, since it would lead to “too many jobs in China lost.” ZTE employs 75,000 workers and says it has business operations in more than 160 countries... Donald J. Trump ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done! 8:01 AM - 13 May 2018 http://fortune.com/2018/06/13/zte-trump-china-heres-fuss-all-about/ China Holdings of U.S. Debt Rose in 2017 by Most in Seven Years https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/china-2017-holdings-of-u-s-treasuries-rise-most-in-seven-years

Just for Marc: Trump praises his supporters as 'the smartest, strongest, most hard working and most loyal' in history "My supporters are the smartest, strongest, most hard working and most loyal that we have seen in our countries history. It is a beautiful thing to watch as we win elections and gather support from all over the country. As we get stronger, so does our country. Best numbers ever!" http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/392599-trump-praises-his-own-supporters-as-the-smartest-strongest-most Must be true because it comes right from the keypad of trump.