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LordMortis wrote:

Chaz wrote:"If people would just stop talking about it so much, there wouldn't be a problem!"

I used to think this way about racism but not for the reason you are implying. Before Internet really shone a light on institutionalized violence against people based on skin tone in today's US, I assumed it was the sort of thing was strictly a learned thing that was mental is all. A matter of language that reared it's ugly head into policy disadvantages. I had no idea how horrible the reality of my country is.

pr0ner wrote:Actually, and while I doubt I'll get a straight answer, I would love Rip to defend Trump's statement on Hannity last night that the national debt is going DOWN because the stock markets have gone up so much since he was elected.

He actually said on Hannity last night that the stock market increase has been enough to wipe out all of the deficits the Obama administration racked up in 8 years.

pr0ner wrote:He said this at a rally earlier in the day:

Trump wrote:Very proudly, just in the stock market alone, we have increased our economic worth by $5.2 trillion, that’s right, since Election Day. $5.2 trillion. Think about that, that’s a quarter of the $20 trillion that we owe.

I mean, the stock market going up is great for my personal finances. Not so much for the National Debt.

This is probably how Trump went bankrupt so many times.

Rip wrote:

pr0ner wrote:Actually, and while I doubt I'll get a straight answer, I would love Rip to defend Trump's statement on Hannity last night that the national debt is going DOWN because the stock markets have gone up so much since he was elected.

He actually said on Hannity last night that the stock market increase has been enough to wipe out all of the deficits the Obama administration racked up in 8 years.

I have no interest in defending his political spinning and fabricating, as I have said I am only interested in policy. As long as the right things get done I don't care if he thinks he does it because some magical all powerful supreme being said he should.

Rip wrote: SO if you look at it like that he is right, The Wall Street division recovered much of the loses of the Government division......

noxiousdog wrote:

Rip wrote: SO if you look at it like that he is right, The Wall Street division recovered much of the loses of the Government division......

That's not how it works.

Skinypupy wrote:Christ, what an asshole.

...We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!

Look, we all inherently know this is true...but why on earth would you come out and actually say it? Especially so soon after the disaster?

Rip wrote:

pr0ner wrote:Actually, and while I doubt I'll get a straight answer, I would love Rip to defend Trump's statement on Hannity last night that the national debt is going DOWN because the stock markets have gone up so much since he was elected.

He actually said on Hannity last night that the stock market increase has been enough to wipe out all of the deficits the Obama administration racked up in 8 years.

I have no interest in defending his political spinning and fabricating, as I have said I am only interested in policy. As long as the right things get done I don't care if he thinks he does it because some magical all powerful supreme being said he should.

Paingod wrote:The only 'Policy' Trump seems to have left is "Trump Good. White Good. Money Good. Everything Else Bad."

Paingod wrote:The only 'Policy' Trump seems to have left is "Trump Good. White Good. Money Good. Everything Else Bad."

Archinerd wrote:

Paingod wrote:The only 'Policy' Trump seems to have left is "Trump Good. White Good. Money Good. Everything Else Bad."

Too complicated.

It's really just "Trump Good".

Archinerd wrote:

Paingod wrote:The only 'Policy' Trump seems to have left is "Trump Good. White Good. Money Good. Everything Else Bad."

Too complicated.

It's really just "Trump Good".

Rip wrote:Bad? It has been great.

Stocks doing well, unemployment down, less federal employees/contractors, fewer illegal immigrants, NK/Iran finally being shown the back of the hand. If not for his stupid tweeting it would be rosy. You can take Trump out of New York but you can't take the loud mouth shit talking New Yorker out of Trump. I can live with it.

The United States plans to withdraw from UNESCO, citing financial reasons, as well as what it said was anti-Israel bias at the U.N.’s educational, science and cultural organization.

UNESCO was notified Thursday morning of the U.S. intention to withdraw at the end of 2018. The State Department said the United States would like to remain involved as a nonmember observer state.

The withdrawal means the U.S. will halt the arrears it has run-up since it stopped funding the organization in 2011 to protest the admission of the Palestinian Authority as a full member. By the end of this calendar year, the unpaid U.S. bill will amount to $550 million. With no sign that U.S. concerns would be addressed, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson decided to pull out.

State Department officials said they hope the withdrawal will help push UNESCO to make changes that would satisfy Washington so the U.S. can resume full membership. Though it will not be able to participate in voting, as an observer the U.S. will remain part of discussions on culture, education, science and communication.

“It sends a strong message that we need to see fundamental reform in the organization, and it raises everyone’s awareness about continued anti-Israel bias,” said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity under department ground rules.

“It sends a strong message that we need to see fundamental reform in the organization, and it raises everyone’s awareness about continued anti-Israel bias,” said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity under department ground rules.

malchior wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:Look, we all inherently know this is true...but why on earth would you come out and actually say it? Especially so soon after the disaster?

First off again what a racist piece of shit - they are US citizens. We aren't "staying there". I want to scream in his face 'THEY ARE US CITIZENS'.

GreenGoo wrote:He should schedule construction during regular commuting hours. That'd teach them a lesson.

gbasden wrote:

malchior wrote:

Skinypupy wrote:Look, we all inherently know this is true...but why on earth would you come out and actually say it? Especially so soon after the disaster?

First off again what a racist piece of shit - they are US citizens. We aren't "staying there". I want to scream in his face 'THEY ARE US CITIZENS'.

You know if Houston had no power, water, cell service or food he'd mobilize anything with two legs or wheels. But those people didn't vote for him and are brown, and have an uppity mayor, so fuck them.

Federal officials privately admit there is a massive shortage of meals in Puerto Rico three weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

Officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) say that the government and its partners are only providing 200,000 meals a day to meet the needs of more than 2 million people. That is a daily shortfall of between 1.8m and 5.8m meals.

“We are 1.8 million meals short,” said one senior Fema official. “That is why we need the urgency. And it’s not going away. We’re doing this much today, but it has to be sustained over several months.”

The scale of the food crisis dwarfs the more widely publicized challenges of restoring power and communications. More than a third of Puerto Ricans are still struggling to live without drinking water.

However, Fema provides no details on food deliveries, keeping its public statements to the most general terms. On its website, Fema says it has provided “millions of meals and millions of liters of water”.

In fact many of those meals are military ready-to-eat meals that civilians find hard to digest if consumed for more than a few days.

Now the biggest provider of cooked meals says Fema is putting its operations at risk of closure.

World Central Kitchen, founded by chef José Andrés, cooks and distributes 90,000 meals a day through a network of local chefs and kitchens.

Its Fema contract, to provide just 20,000 meals a day, ended on Tuesday. Fema insists it is bound by federal rules that mean it will take several weeks for a new contract to emerge to feed more Americans.

“There is no urgency in the government response to this humanitarian crisis,” Andrés said. “They have all the officials and armed guards at headquarters, but they have no information about the island. They don’t even have a map they can share about who needs food. Fema is over-paying and it is under-delivering.”

$iljanus wrote:

Archinerd wrote:

Paingod wrote:The only 'Policy' Trump seems to have left is "Trump Good. White Good. Money Good. Everything Else Bad."

Too complicated.

It's really just "Trump Good".

"MAGA" would also be acceptable

tgb wrote:Morons
Are
Governing
America

LordMortis wrote:

tgb wrote:Morons
Are
Governing
America

And that is what I will see ever time I see a picture of that stupid hat forever more.

"They don't use the word Christmas because it is not politically correct," Trump said, complaining that department stores will use red and Christmas decorations but say "Happy New Year." "We're saying Merry Christmas again."

pr0ner wrote:Funny all that coming from someone who probably isn't religious in the slightest.

The Meal wrote:

pr0ner wrote:Funny all that coming from someone who probably isn't religious in the slightest.

The twice-divorced former casino mogul?

Rip wrote:

pr0ner wrote:Actually, and while I doubt I'll get a straight answer, I would love Rip to defend Trump's statement on Hannity last night that the national debt is going DOWN because the stock markets have gone up so much since he was elected.

He actually said on Hannity last night that the stock market increase has been enough to wipe out all of the deficits the Obama administration racked up in 8 years.

I have no interest in defending his political spinning and fabricating, as I have said I am only interested in policy. As long as the right things get done I don't care if he thinks he does it because some magical all powerful supreme being said he should.