Phil1111

Trump promised $25K to father of fallen soldier but didn't follow through: report http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356090-trump-promised-25k-to-father-of-fallen-soldier-but-didnt-follow

Those dirty rotten Leftists will do anything to undermine the right.

Why does the right hate Soros? http://www.politico.com/story/2010/10/why-does-the-right-hate-soros-044343 The dirty tricks that demonise George Soros https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/15/dirty-tricks-demonise-george-soros Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has pledged $10 million to combat hate crimes in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President, the largest donation of its kind since a spike in attacks following the Nov. 8 poll. http://time.com/4581137/george-soros-donald-trump-hate-crime-minorities-election/

Democrats have evidence to prove that the Republicans are wrong. The Republicans know it is the other way around. (Let's see who picks up on the meaning of that statement.) The two parties have different value standards. And the divide is growing wider. You can't harp on value standards with Trump sitting in office. That's laughable. Well it is laughable but Ron is right about a widening value standard between the parties. A 14% decline in trust and opinion towards the US since trump was elected. Means a little over a billion more people have developed mistrust of the US in only six months. http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/26/u-s-image-suffers-as-publics-around-world-question-trumps-leadership/

You think Soros promotes democracy? Really? LMFAO!! What in your Breitbart educated mind does he promote?

Breitbart and the Russians should be going into a real frenzy soon. "George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 billion to his Open Society Foundations,... Founded by Mr. Soros more than 30 years ago, Open Society promotes democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. In recent years, the organization has increased its attention on the United States, investing in programs to protect gays and lesbians and reduce abuses by the police. Everything that the Russians, trump, Breitbart, et al, hate. Imagine giving money to promote democracy instead of buying private 757 jets and golf courses. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/business/george-soros-open-society-foundations.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Of course. Obama sold out the nation to the Russians to help the Clintons get rich. James Comey and Robert Mueller both conspired to cover it up. Got it. Where is RoyReader when we need him? Busy on midterms.....Elections that is!

I'm of the opinion that none of Mr. Trump's feigned indignation has anything to do with a song, a flag, soldiers, and certainly not the black athletes. I'll get back to this. He is attempting to destroy your latest national health insurance program nicknamed after his predecessor not because he thinks it's faulty - he just wants to eliminate all record of a man who publicly made fun of him at the WH correspondents dinner. He fired the FBI Director not because he was incompetent, but because Comey had dared stand up to him. The encyclopedic volume of people he has taken hateful and derogatory shots at via Twitter firmly establishes he thinks and behaves no better than a pathetically resentful grade-school bully. If somebody rejects him, he will get even. Even if it takes decades. Returning to the topic and Trumps attempt to convert the NFL players message and fan flames of misguided patriotism against the NFL organization is purely a direct result of his sound defeat and subsequent humiliation by the exclusive members-only club of NFL ownership. He is still pissed-off and by god, the NFL will pay... "In 1985, the USFL voted to move from a spring to a fall schedule in 1986 to compete directly with the NFL. This was done at the urging of New Jersey Generals majority owner Donald Trump and a handful of other owners as a way to force a merger between the leagues. As part of this strategy, the USFL filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the National Football League in 1986, and a jury ruled that the NFL had violated anti-monopoly laws. However, in a victory in name only, the USFL was awarded a judgment of just $1, which under anti-trust laws, was tripled to $3.[2] This court decision effectively ended the USFL. The league never played the 1986 season, and by the time it folded, it had lost over US$163 million" source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Football_League Just my $0.02 The more I think about it, the more I think this is dead-on accurate. Wellll I don't know about that. trump has never indicated a interest in sports for the sake of sport. I think its just a way to hobnob with other rich owners. Jerry Jones, Robert Craft, etc. His comments about "smash mouth football", etc. show a poor understanding of where the game is today. There are enough injuries on a game to game basis without his nutty ideas. IMO its just another way to appeal to his base, to distract, to bully and get even with those who stand up..er kneel to take a poke at him. I agree with everything you said with he exception of the bold type last section. I'm sure he would love to own a NFL team. He was probably pissed off at his court loss. But that was just a hail mary pass to try to save a loosing league. The award that the court gave the plaintiffs was right on. Other leagues have tried to do the same thing as a way to dilute the brand. To get a team without paying the franchise fee.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/14/277058739/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-survey-says OK, so now we have to account for the other 10% of Americans who are trump supporters. IMO they are the ones that think Elvis is still alive. 25% above from study and another 10% is the 35%, the total who are still trump believers.

Have you read "Fantasyland" yet? https://www.amazon.com/Fantasyland-America-Haywire-500-Year-History/dp/1400067219?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-osx-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1400067219 That said, there is a difference (I think so anyway) between believing in a lie about subjective things like a god, and believing lies in objective facts. Many of the things Trump says are lies which can be proven to be lies simply by looking at objective facts. Had not heard of it. I agree, somewhat about some people believing in God but question their same beliefs in creationism.Only the US among modern industrialized western nations. Has allowed debate about creationism being taught in schools. With regards to trump, he is just an old fashioned lying salesman. The kind you find in auto transmission shops. Where every issue requires a "rebuilt" transmission. For him lying is just deeply ingrained in his psyche.

In some ways, we have always lived in a post-truth era Think about the way you search for information. If you’re a new mom who believes vaccines cause autism (and a number of women in your mommy group do, too) are you searching for research that shows whether they actually do, or are you Googling “vaccines cause autism” to find stories to affirm your belief? (Studies show there is no link between vaccines and autism.) The mother above is probably motivated by fear. Such “motivated reasoning,” says political scientist Charles Taber of Stony Brook University, shows that we are all fundamentally biased. “You have a basic psychological tendency to perpetuate your own beliefs,” he said “to really … discount anything that runs against your own prior views.” It gets even more complicated. Once we’ve convinced ourselves of something, research suggests facts don’t appeal to us. A study co-led by Nyhan found that trying to correct a person’s misperception can have a “backfire effect.” When you encounter facts that don’t support your idea, your belief in that idea actually grows stronger. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/20/science-march-war-truth-political-polarization/100636124/ I personally don't agree with this concept but it explains those who go to sources that predictably are proven wrong. Yet they keep returning to those same sources. Sort of like a old horse that keeps returning to a dry well. Because there was water there once.

Well without derailing this thread too much. You must have some views on the Kobe certification scandal. The headaches involved in this mess will cost companies far removed from Japan. Distributed supply chains through joint ventures, subcontractors, etc. Mean everything from aircraft to air conditioners, from microchips to missiles. Will have to be tested.

On the money, I like it.

Do you honestly think the trump clan of condo sellers would cut their own throats? That would be a line item veto from trump right off the bat.

http://www.climatesignals.org/climate-signals/california-increased-wildfire-risk Scrolling to mid-page shows increasing frequency and severity of Ca fire season story w/graphs.

You are probably correct on all of that. Where I come from most of that is not deductible, and for good reason. But once something like that is in place it;'s hard to take it away. Yes across the board. Thats why many suggest the republican reforms will go nowhere. Imagine the elimination of charity deductions for churches! For the elimination of the subsidy that atheists pay the state because they are "non-believers". Christian gun owners of America would rise up and...and...

He peppered a mosque with bullets - and his life changed http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41601034/he-peppered-a-mosque-with-bullets-and-his-life-changed

There are some more, but for now they are chickenhawks. They will show their real republican values when the battle with trump voters/supporters is decisive. It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide them; if equal, engage them; if fewer, defend against them; if weaker, be able to avoid them. trump supporters are defecting every day. Soon the numbers will allow attack.

So Ca. fires, multiple Cat 5 hurricanes.All the same year. Why does God hate America so much?

One concept about the tweets. It shows trumps mind is all over the place on any issue. Its back and forth a couple times a day on almost every issue.

Yet another absurd statement from Marc. John fails again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYtoNR0iN88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D6LXgd4gdg I will risk a warning from billvon by simply remarking that your responses here are totally clueless and devoid of all logic. Nah he quotes a You-tube upload source that started posting on you-tube 3 days ago, entitled "Donald Trump" who also uploaded "Photogenic mountain lion found dead in California hills" Its as good a source of facts as Breitbart.

Between Bill Clinton and Trump why would anyone want to bring politics into it? Hopefully someday people will bring their morality to the voting booth and not elect sexual predators. Do you foresee the possibility of there being moral candidates? Sex, money and power are the motivations for top positions. Sometimes just two of the three and sometimes all three. That is what you get when you remove God from your foundational teachings. I agree that sex, money and power are all top motivators for political position. Certainly is for trump who only pays lip service to "God". Only the US Mormon community recognized his personal religious hypocrisy. Pandering to God all the while: Going all out in breaking the following commandments of "GOD" -Thou shalt not commit adultery -Thou shalt not steal -Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour -thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife -

Nah. Its overtime and a pick six in favor of the union.

It certainly puts them in context.

In 2015, 10,265 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html 33,636 deaths due to "injury by firearms"(2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States DUI deaths are usually not intentional events. Vr. gun use where a few hundred may be accidental. You should fact check.