ilarynx

9secondkox2 said:

spheric said:

9secondkox2 said:

melgross said:

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

Trump winning its a given at this point.

The world needs it.

Fortunately no. The world needs for him to be put in a home.

It’s almost cruelty that Jill and co. Haven’t set up Joe in a nursing facility already. There has been FAR too much embarrassment from the guy. Not only can he not ambulate safely, but routinely spaces out and needs handholding and direction for the most basic things. Recently have you seen the looks on the Italian and Canadian prime ministers faces as Joe basically disappeared without going anywhere? The guy needs to retire and get consistent care. He may only be a little older than Trump, but he’s declined so much faster. Meanwhile trump is holding his own and then some with master manipulators and fast talkers like Logan Paul. 

You may not like Trump, but he is clearly the far more sound candidate than Biden - and pretty much everyone else in that side of the aisle. 

"Religion is such a great thing it's so it keeps you know there's something to be good about you want to be good you wanna it's so important I don't know if it's explained right I don't know if I am explaining it right you know you want to be good you want to go to heaven when you have something like that you wanna go to heaven OK so you want to go to heaven so if we don't have heaven OK you almost say what's the reason why do I have to be good let's not be good what difference does it make"
~ Donald J. Trump~ June 2024

Sounds like everyone else I’ve heard (Heck, I’ve heard actual pastors do a bad job explaining) except Joe:

  

“I’m religious.” 

Proceeds to enact rules and laws that violate major aspects of said religion. 

*smiles blankly*

-Joe Biden - 2021-2024. 

Take the guy who gives a pathetic but possibly honest take on the fundamentals of basic religion or the guy who pretends to be religious yet is a complete hypocrite in everything he does. 

I’ll take the honest guy. At least you know where he’s coming from. 

And since I’m not electing either one as my pastor, I’ll take the guy who knows how to get things done, gets world leaders to toe the line, and cares about national security, economic strength, the tangible betterment of America and knows how to accomplish it over the demonstrably dangerously incompetent one. 

Wow. Not just malinformed, but suffering a chronic case of cranial sphincteritis it seems. 

Clever ploy though, to avoid specifics of your claims ("enact rules and laws") - WHICH laws and rules, precisely? (Same question for the alleged "accomplishments")

ANYone who refers to Trump as "the honest guy" has stepped away from The Reality Table long ago. Just ask his first wife. Then ask his 2nd wife. Then ask whatever number his current wife du jour is. Ask the chumps who were defrauded of their money by Trump University.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/04/10/trump-university-settlement-judge-finalized/502387002/
 
My favorite is the disclaimer here:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump


Those who cannot recognize an honest person from a blatantly dishonest person deserve our pity.  

I bought a 3rd MacBook in 2 months today (students still in house). Went to put today's MB on the Apple Card for the Goldman Sachs 12mo same as cash. Constant errors. After an hour in the store and on text with GS Customer nonSupport and getting bounced to 7 different "specialists" we called only to find out that GS was experiencing a "glitch" and couldn't process any transactions. 

Either they created the glitch themselves or are shamefully incompetent. Maybe a mix of both?

red oak said:

foregoneconclusion said:

The 2017 tax cuts that CEOs used for stock buybacks are due to expire. These are the same tax cuts that the Fed predicted would increase inflation. Go figure…

Federal tax receipts have soared since the 2017 tax plan.  It is spending that is completely could of control that has caused the huge deficits and inflation 

That false narrative is one that is promoted by Fox propaganda, but unsurprisingly, reality paints a different picture. The numbers show that tax revenues were basically flat (falling compared to GDP) in the years following the 2017 tax scheme. The “soaring” increase in revenues did not occur until the subsequent administration implemented new fiscal policies that included a stimulus package. 

The false narrative that spending is THE cause of deficits and inflation is another fantasy.  

https://fortune.com/2024/01/20/inflation-greedflation-consumer-price-index-producer-price-index-corporate-profit/

https://apple.news/ANxNkDz3NRhu8-NnTaYT9QA

The truth is usually a little more complicated than the bumpersticker slogans touted by propaganda outlets. I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised to see the same groups who deny science are often the ones incapable of comprehending math as well. 

9secondkox2 said:

Looks like folks have had enough experimentation gone wrong snd want a proven leader again, so good move by cook. 

Still love this photo of Cook doing his best Squidward impression. 

Ha! That's a good one! Some kindergarteners see Barney as a "proven leader." Likewise, some chronological adults perceive "leadership" in much the same way. 

Tim Apple Cook, as the head of the most valuable company in the country, is nigh on obliged to meet with the heads of both parties, lest he be perceived as showing partiality. 

The Pied Piper was also a "leader". 


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/10/trumps-meeting-russians-closed-us-media-but-not-tass-photographer/101520384/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44852812

beowulfschmidt said:

ilarynx said:

beowulfschmidt said:

ilarynx said:

welshdog said:

Trump is the unsurprising result of concepts and rhetoric that were started by Reagan. He used his phony, homespun speaking style to convince people that it was okay to dislike your government. It was okay to disassemble your government because "big" was bad. It was okay to think that helping people in need was an intolerable expense. While Reagan is not so popular with young extremist conservatives now, he and his goals were worshipped by Republicans for a couple decades. During that time you can see how each wave of conservative victories at the national level led to incrementally more extreme positions. Newt Gingrich, Lee Atwater, Karl Rove, GW Bush, neo cons, the Tea Party and now the most extreme - MAGA. Reagan started the ball rolling and Trump is the result anyone paying even slight attention should have expected was coming.

“The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it’s moving America toward a fascist theocracy, and everything that’s happened in the Reagan administration is steering us right down that pipe.” 

- Frank Zappa, 1986

To be fair, FDR is the one who really kick-started the trend towards fascism in the U.S., though there were arguably hints of it even before then.

Only when you replace "fair" with "stupid" in that sentence does it become accurate. 

However, it does provide lots of laughs when you run across someone whose lessons in "history" have come from sources such as the Daily Caller and Info Wars. On even numbered days the wing-nuts declare FDR the biggest socialist on the planet, and on odd numbered days apparently he's declared the biggest fascist on the planet. Such ahistorical declarations can be quite hilarious, and equally pathetic. 

To paraphrase an old adage, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to be laughed at."

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/four-freedoms

Imprisoning an entire race of people based on their heritage, without any kind of due process, seems pretty fascist to me.

Transferring all the monetary gold in the country to the government, without any kind of due process, seems pretty fascist to me.

There is a tendency these days to throw the word “fascist” at anything one disagrees with, or just unpleasant or unsavory actions. 

The internment of US citizens of Japanese descent after the declaration of war that resulted from Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, was certainly racist and against the spirit of American ideals, but whether it fits the definition of fascism is a different question. 

A formal declaration of war puts enormous power into the Executive branch. As for “due process” the SCOTUS at the time ruled in the Korematsu case that FDR’s actions were Constitutional. 

I agree with you and with most people today that the Korematsu decision was horribly flawed, but the case did go through the process at the time. 

As for the transfer of gold, that was the result of flawed monetary system tied to gold.

I guess Nixon’s Wage & Price Freeze was also fascistic “as you see it.” But “wrong”, “flawed”, “dumb”, even “illegal” do not necessarily equate to “fascistic.” 

macgui said:

ilarynx said:

Either they created the glitch themselves or are shamefully incompetent. Maybe a mix of both?

Maybe neither? Maybe just an occasional glitch that can happen in a non-perfect world?

Having had hundreds of transactions with the Apple Card and 0 actual problems and a couple of misunderstandings on my part quickly cleared up by Apple Card "specialists", I've no indication that either scenario is likely. 

Probably both, and more. My 1st hand experience  today  indicates a royal Goldman Sachs F-up. 

Below is an excerpt of the text "customer support" text initiated by the Apple sales person in the store. Attached is the full PDF text string. For anyone thinking this represents good customer support but just a bit of a non-perfect glitch, would probably look up to the movie "Chernobyl" as an exemplary way to handle a "glitch". 

Getting bounced between over half a dozen different "specialists" in a little over 30min is not some "occasional glitch" - glitch or not, THAT is a royal failure on the part of Goldman Sachs Customer Service. 

A subsequent 10-min phone call to GS elicited the fact that they were experiencing technical problems which were preventing transactions. WHY the 7 people on the GS CS text system couldn't/wouldn't share that fact - and save me an hour of wasted time - is a FAILURE of internal communications. 

The Apple sales person noted that about 1/4 of the problems he sees with the Apple Card were similar to mine. 

The Apple sales person apologized several times for the poor (nonexistent) customer service provided which delayed me for over an hour in the store. He was exasperated as well.

After completing the transaction (without the Goldman Sachs installment plan), the Apple sales person apologized 5 times before I left. We were both frustrated in the process but laughing at the absurdity of it. 

Goldman Sachs are a bunch of overpaid incompetent clowns. The Keystone Cops run a smoother operation. 

QED

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

A debate at this point is unnecessary, Harris destroyed the cost of living in 4 years, we don't need another 4 years of that.

Trump was better at literally every marker that impacts the majority of the USA population.

MAGA.

Reality avoidance, or Putin payroll? 

https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/russia-indictment-tim-pool-benny-johnson-rubin

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/goldman-sachs-sees-biggest-boost-us-economy-harris-win-2024-09-04/

Is Trump getting another plane out of the deal? "Bribe Force 1"

🙄

Trump tariff strategy as explained by Mike Luckovich - 

https://www.ajc.com/opinion/0411-mike-luckovich-big-boy/2ZRQGX6IERBMTFF5FSBI6A4AXA/

9secondkox2 said:

I think that’s only part of the story. 

Jinping didn’t want to negotiate himself so he sent “his people” to do so. Trump did the same. 

I think when key leaders want to negotiate, trump will do so. But he’s got really strong competent folks doing that, so he doesn’t need to overextend himself doing every little thing. He’s the president. He has a team. He’s empowering his team to do what they’re supposed to do - as leadership classes teach leaders to do. The guy does everything. It’s about time he lets the other guys rise up. When you have a talented team, you can trust them to do important stuff. 

"[Trump has] really strong competent folks". Man, stop with these jokes. They're kinda sad. 

The word "folks" is plural. Please name the multiple "really strong competent folks" who will be negotiating for Trump. 

Failing that, please name the multiple "really strong competent folks" in the Trump regime. 

Failing that, please name the multiple "really strong competent folks" in the GOP. 

If nothing else, it will help define what the acolytes define as "really strong competent folks".