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I know this comes as a complete shock, but Trump was actually a person before he became president. Shocking, I know. So, what he did prior to becoming president can still be attributed to him. Shocking right, holding people responsible for their actions. Such liberal snowflake whining right..... I don't know why the village idiot,trump, isn't defending PR. Trump doesn’t deny that four of his businesses have filed for bankruptcy. He argues, however, that filing for bankruptcy is a common business decision, and he was smart to make the moves when he did. "Hundreds of companies" have filed for bankruptcy, Trump said earlier in the debate. "I used the law four times and made a tremendous thing. I'm in business. I did a very good job."... Bankruptcy 1: The Trump Taj Mahal, 1991.. By 1991, the casino was nearly $3 billion in debt.. Bankruptcy 2: Trump Plaza Hotel, 1992... By 1992, the hotel had accumulated $550 million in debt. Bankruptcy 3: Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts, 2004... had accrued an estimated $1.8 billion in debt I Could go on, from the article, but why bother, $5.3 billion just in the first three alone http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/21/carly-fiorina/trumps-four-bankruptcies/ The entirety of PR debt is $73 billion and trump, personally, has left investors out to dry for 13% of that amount of money. But it gets better. Because now trump is now running a bigger casino. The USA. He has a fiscal plan for the USA. Its called tax reform.

By endorsing other "winners". I usually include a quote from the story but the whole article about nutty,nut Judge Moore from Alabama needs to be told. How this guy ever got elected to be a judge is beyond me. No concepts of psychology, interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, group think, mass delusion, can explain this nutjob. "crackpottery" just dosn't meet the smello test for this guy. Yet he won. https://www.salon.com/2017/09/29/roy-moores-victory-and-the-republican-feedback-loop-of-crazy/ This story has a bit of a description that address some of the illogical psychology of his "win". Yes. I am aware of the populist rage afoot in the land. I did not need Hillbilly Elegy to tell me about the alienation that working-class whites—especially in rural, economically challenged areas—feel toward the sneering, culturally blue swaths of the nation. (That said, the book was a ripping good read.) I am all too familiar with the bubbling stew of racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, nationalism, antisemitism, anti-intellectualism, anti-establishmentism, anti-governmentism, anti-mediaism, and revanchism that Donald Trump has ushered center stage in American politics. But seriously, Roy Moore? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/the-lawlessness-of-roy-moore/541467/

I think he is from PR. His support for trump clouds his judgement as to how good a job the Feds. can do.

You think they're jeopardising their income streams because it's trendy? They are celebrities and they are behaving as such. MSM plays it up because it creates sensationalism. There are more important issues in America than this one. Veteran suicide, adolescent suicide, veteran homelessness, drug addiction, etc. That's why leadership from the President should be directed in those areas. Rather than picking fights with the NFL, the mayor of San Juan, Senator McCain etc. A leader picks the issue, drives the narrative to achieve the result. Is not sidetracked by issues that distract from the narrative of the most important objectives. A leader pounds the pavement and the podium, equally. With focus on the end achievement.

That does not change how people feel. That is why Donald Trump is the POTUS. If you want to address people's emotions, you have to do better than quote laws or statistics. Oh Ron! There you go with feelings and emotions. Again. I am a professionally trained counselor. That is what I do. Sports psychologists have long operated on the basis that feelings and emotions are nearly as important as talent and physical ability. But Wendy is quite correct that emotions will always be trumped(pardon the pun) by the purely factual, the physical.

That does not change how people feel. That is why Donald Trump is the POTUS. If you want to address people's emotions, you have to do better than quote laws or statistics. Oh Ron! There you go with feelings and emotions. Again.

I understand your point. But IMO Mayors have very limited authority. Certainly they can"t go to the dock and grab containers owned by FEMA or private concerns. Order the captains of ships to release cargo's. No fuel, no comms,no electrical, no water. No federal leadership for the first week either. Wait breaking news!! "Trump slams Puerto Rico: ‘They want everything to be done for them’ http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353216-trump-criticizes-san-juan-mayors-poor-leadership-during-puerto-rico Trump: 'Fake news' is trying to 'disparage' first responders in Puerto Rico http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353217-trump-fake-news-is-trying-to-disparage-first-responders-in-puerto 'Not enough' troops, equipment in Puerto Rico, says general in charge of relief http://thehill.com/policy/defense/353137-not-enough-troops-equipment-in-puerto-rico-says-general-in-charge-of-relief

Standby water rescue boats MUST be available anytime a DZ is close to water. Wind can aggravate the landing and pickup. Tangled lines and possible canopy damage requires people in the boat with training. Everyone in the equation must be excellent swimmers. With training anything can be done. The premise that this idea will reduce injuries because a water landing is softer is fatally flawed.

IMO judgment, self righteousness, and hatred are shared equally by those who believe in any god and those that don't. The indifference that the world has today for the Rohingya, for Kurds,etc. is no different. The Pope, Islamic leaders have said nothing just as few voiced concerns. When ethnic cleansing, hatred, prosecuted religions and skin color before. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41420973

Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore failed to disclose at least $50,000 he earned from speaking engagements in his filing to the Senate Ethics Committee. The former Alabama Supreme Court judge told the Senate Ethics Committee in his filings that he did not profit "for an article, speech or appearance." However, Moore's filings with the Alabama Ethics Commission show that he made between $50,000 and $150,000 from speaking engagements, according to the commission's 2016 filings. The Daily Beast was the first to report Moore's failure to disclose such income. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/352975-moore-didnt-disclose-at-least-50k-in-income-on-senate-ethics A lying politician and a judge at that. Who'd have thunk it.

Or as trump put it to his friends. "For my friends anything. For the peasants, the tax code".

Not exactly. It shows that the cops (or feds in this case) were able to convince the judge that there is probable cause to search for evidence. It's more that the judge believes the cops are convinced that there is evidence. A bit of "hair splitting", but an important distinction. Technically you're both right. A crime and evidence that the state believes should be collected. There may not be a crime and there may not be evidence. But the motion before the judge lays out the states belief in both, via affidavit.

Reaganomics promised to reduce the government's influence on the economy. That policy was dramatically different from the status quo. Prior presidents Johnson and Nixon expanded the government's role. Reagan pledged to make cuts in four areas: The growth of government spending. Both income taxes and capital gains taxes. Regulations on businesses. The expansion of the money supply.... The result? The federal debt almost tripled, from $997 billion in 1981 to $2.857 trillion in 1989. (Source: William A. Niskanen, "Reaganomics," Library of Economics and Liberty.) https://www.thebalance.com/reaganomics-did-it-work-would-it-today-3305569 So no.

The U.S. law that has protected workers from gender and racial bias for more than half a century should not be extended to cover gay and lesbian employees because that isn’t what Congress envisioned when it passed the bill, Trump administration lawyers told a federal appeals court. Judges must interpret laws based on lawmakers’ intent, and Congress didn’t have the LGBT community in mind when it crafted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Justice Department attorney Hashim Mooppan argued on Tuesday in Manhattan. The agency made its case in defense of a New York skydiving company accused of firing a worker for being gay. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-26/trump-administration-says-workplace-bias-rules-don-t-cover-gays Gay skydivers, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and trump's ideas of justice. Sounds like a natural fit.

His selective outrage is very Christian. Let no stone be uncast.

Ron is a good fit for NASCAR. 1. Lots of confederate symbols waving in the wind. 2. Hats removed and right hand covering the heart during the national anthem. 3. Flypast of military aircraft at end of anthem. 4. Pre-race Invocation. Because NASCAR is a private organization they get away with it. 5. No Blacks to be seen. Keeping up national anthem controversy, Trump touts NASCAR's patriotism http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/politics/donald-trump-national-anthem-nascar/index.html Dale Earnhardt Jr. the most popular driver in NASCAR, who is retiring this year, tweeted: Dale Earnhardt Jr. ✔ @DaleJr All Americans R granted rights 2 peaceful protests Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable-JFK 5:54 AM - Sep 25, 2017 Credit to him.

Says everything about your personal perspective. 11 presidents -a couple wars -several recessions -end of cold war -collapse of Soviet Union - 9/11 and this is the turning point from your point of view. That Obama's legislation changed the US internal perspective to one of hate and division.

I agree. You should still show respect. Kneeling is one way to do that, even if it's not politically correct. I'm a little surprised that the Oakland Raiders sitting out the national anthem caused such little noise. In any event the national fumbler has managed to distract attention from his week of loosing. -Health care amendment bill, down in flames -incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, trumps pick in Alabama, loosing. -trump's tax plan, ignored by congress, as the GOP starts from scratch. Going nowhere. -trumps buddies in the NFL turning their backs on trump. i.e. Jerry Jones, Robert Craft. - Six in Trump’s Inner Circle Reportedly Used Private Email Accounts While Working in the White House http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/09/25/six_of_trump_s_inner_circle_used_private_emails_for_government_business.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/as-if-republicans-needed-more-problems-alabama-may-just-hand-them-another-one.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/23/politics/nfl-goodell-trump-response/index.html

I've seen a couple reports where residents inland have yet to receive help so I hope you are right. PR is in trouble between the debt bomb and this hurricane. I hope that fed aid can get electrical on line soon. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/09/disconnected-by-disasterphotos-from-a-battered-puerto-rico/540975/ Odd that trump never traveled to PR like he did to Texas and Fla. I wonder if it.....

Would it be weird to bring in something other than beer? Will it be looked down on? I don't see why it should be looked down on - it's really the gesture that counts. On the other hand, you don't need to know about beer to buy it for others, and I'm sure nobody will care if you don't drink any of your own beer - they'll just be grateful that you supplied them with it! Edited to add: Good for you for having a responsible attitude to drinking and driving. :) Thats a good idea. Some food would go over really well and beer can get expensive outside the US. But that would mean ...no...no beer for me...to quench my thirst.

Yes But Iran, Syria, Turkey and Iraq, all disagree.

Why are football players of color 'privileged' to earn a living when they worked pretty hard to get to the NFL and white millionaire/billionaires simply 'earned' their money? Why are black people always supposed to be so 'grateful' for even existing in America it would seem. The Wall St conservative wants his tax breaks and wants to keep all his money because it is HIS afterall, he EARNED it, and he should be keeping more of it - among other tidbits of americana... Black football players are supposed to be thankful that we 'allowed them' to earn that money. This is a fundamental issue that continues to put non-whites (and women) in America at the bottom end of our idea of equality. Trevor Noah summed it up perfectly in a recent bit about 'when is the right time for black people to protest?' Outstanding.

Anthony Weiner Gets 21 Months in Prison for Sexting With Teenager Anthony D. Weiner, the disgraced former New York congressman who became caught up in a scandal over his exchange of lewd texts with a 15-year-old girl, was sentenced on Monday to 21 months in prison. Mr. Weiner, 53, had pleaded guilty to one count of transferring obscene material to a minor, and had faced up to 10 years in prison. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/nyregion/anthony-weiner-sentencing-prison-sexting-teenager.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65872309&pgtype=Homepage While I don't agree with and don't condone. I understand the concepts where people would want Weiner thrown into general population rather than the segregation units for sex offenders. This pervert only had about 10 strikes and still never got the message past the obsessions in his brain. I guess its only sexting so ...

Of course the NFL is supporting the players. They recognize the fumbler in chief's attempt to distract,change the subject from losing ,Russia, and rally white pseudo-nationalists. trump's speech was all about nationalism, uncompromising ideology and disrespect. Disrespect for any viewpoint other than US vs them. For his rallies disrespect, waving the flag, etc. are all part and parcel of the appeal. Its sort of like Michael Buffer announcing a UFC fight. trump uses the same crowd stoking concepts of emphasizing nicknames. Except for trump its to degenerate, to mock and to create the illusion that he is above those ideas.

Maybe so. Which means the dotard is correct. They could be fired. Which means it is the fault of the owners for allowing their paid servants to be uppity instead of knowing their place of subservience. Way to play the race card without actually playing the race card. Exactly what the POTUS is doing. You've got it. If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the NFL,or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect.... Sorry...I didn't see anything about race in the tweet. If the NFL wants the privilege, the benefit, the profits, of contracting a NFL player to play, they should not ask him to set aside constitutional rights and freedoms. Or insert any such clause in his contract.