tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6158604323533877309..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Is it US or Them? There are 5 billion too many people in the World Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85937603137582494002018-04-06T20:59:18.697-04:002018-04-06T20:59:18.697-04:00Har de har har - some joke -
April 6, 2018
Senato...Har de har har - some joke -<br /><br /><b>April 6, 2018<br />Senator Kamala Harris jokes about killing Trump, Pence, or Sessions<br />By Thomas Lifson</b><br /><br /><br />https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/04/senator_kamala_harris_jokes_about_killing_trump_pence_or_sessions.html#ixzz5BwaBkAXs <br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6898430609231769752018-04-06T20:49:35.877-04:002018-04-06T20:49:35.877-04:00Swamp: Guess Who Set Up Andrew McCabe's Legal ...<b>Swamp: Guess Who Set Up Andrew McCabe's Legal Fund ?</b><br /><br />https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/04/06/swamp-guess-who-set-up-andrew-mccabes-legal-fund-n2468181<br /><br />Read and find out, and make your skin crawl.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5917867472271842132018-04-06T20:05:59.717-04:002018-04-06T20:05:59.717-04:00Kudlow: We’re Not In A Trade War With China … Yet
...<b>Kudlow: We’re Not In A Trade War With China … Yet</b><br />ED MORRISSEYPosted at 4:01 pm on April 6, 2018<br /><br />https://hotair.com/archives/2018/04/06/kudlow-not-trade-war-china-yet/<br /><br />The pain hasn't yet begun.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13954925925833858552018-04-06T20:01:45.270-04:002018-04-06T20:01:45.270-04:00Ah, Tucker is on. He's a straight shooter.Ah, Tucker is on. He's a straight shooter.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64328539212691813732018-04-06T20:00:04.931-04:002018-04-06T20:00:04.931-04:00Though he exaggerates a lot, so much so one can...Though he exaggerates a lot, so much so one can't believe a word he says.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18051931525571702232018-04-06T19:59:11.442-04:002018-04-06T19:59:11.442-04:00If Quirk said:
"Bob, the pain's good for...If Quirk said:<br /><br />"Bob, the pain's good for ya" I wouldn't believe a word of it.<br /><br />Even coming from Quirk, who is usually a straight shooter.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16363981426090112932018-04-06T19:56:38.967-04:002018-04-06T19:56:38.967-04:00The pain in my hip ain't making me any stronge...The pain in my hip ain't making me any stronger. I can barely hobble around.<br /><br />Never trust a politician who say pain is gonna make you stronger.<br /><br />It usually just hurts and takes your energy away.<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58492456204606352212018-04-06T19:52:06.907-04:002018-04-06T19:52:06.907-04:00TRUMP THREATENS $100 BILLION MORE TARIFFS...
'...<b>TRUMP THREATENS $100 BILLION MORE TARIFFS...<br />'Pain' will make us 'much stronger'....DRUDGE</b><br /><br />I don't like the sounds of that.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45193422272861873062018-04-06T19:48:56.340-04:002018-04-06T19:48:56.340-04:00Also The Donald is mistreating the Kurds.Also The Donald is mistreating the Kurds.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23426963651084972972018-04-06T19:21:56.994-04:002018-04-06T19:21:56.994-04:00I don't know any thing about economics but I g...I don't know any thing about economics but I get the feeling The Donald is pushing things too fast.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85433803816435288842018-04-06T19:16:13.336-04:002018-04-06T19:16:13.336-04:00As long as he stays out of jail -
Trump Derangeme...As long as he stays out of jail -<br /><br /><b>Trump Derangement Syndrome leads to police charges against city council member - 4/6/18<br />A mental health crisis grips tens of millions of Americans, causing untold anguish to their friends and families, and costing the victims dearly in terms of emotional turmoil and self-destructive behavior More</b><br /><br /><b><i>A mental health crisis grips tens of millions of Americans, causing untold anguish to their friends and families, and costing the victims dearly in terms of emotional turmoil and self-destructive behavior they undertake in the grip of this vicious mass hysteria: Trump Dermangement Syndrome (TDS). The latest example comes from the affluent City of West University Place, Texas, a bedroom suburb of Houston with a population of just under 15,000 people, 90%-plus of them white. Channel 2 in Houston reports:....</i></b><br /><br />https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/04/trump_derangement_syndrome_leads_to_police_charges_against_city_council_member.html#ixzz5BwADNKB5Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39274305023231498582018-04-06T19:10:42.201-04:002018-04-06T19:10:42.201-04:00In my book, the only fella that knows more about m...In my book, the only fella that knows more about macro economics than Kudlow is Quirk.<br /><br />If things get tough the nation can always turn its longing eyes to Quirk-O.<br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40730742334911647672018-04-06T19:07:45.744-04:002018-04-06T19:07:45.744-04:00How China can win a trade war in 1 move
Jeff Spr...<b>How China can win a trade war in 1 move</b><br /> <br />Jeff Spross<br /> REUTERS/David Gray<br />April 6, 2018<br /><br /><br />China will not be easily cowed in a trade dispute. Chinese President Xi Jinping is now exchanging threats of tit-for-tat tariffs with President Trump, who announced Thursday he's considering raising the stakes another $100 billion. China vowed to defend itself "at any cost."<br /><br />Compared to the scale of the U.S. economy, the numbers are still relatively trivial and mostly theoretical. But if things do spiral into all-out trade war, it's worth noting China has a nuclear option.<br /><br />I'm referring to rare earth metals.<br /><br />These are elements like dysprosium, neodymium, gadolinium, and ytterbium. They aren't actually rare, but they do play crucial roles in everything from smart phones to electric car motors, hard drives, wind turbines, military radar, smart bombs, laser guidance, and more. They're also quite difficult to mine and process.<br /><br />It turns out the United States is almost entirely dependent on foreign suppliers for rare earth metals. More importantly, it's almost entirely dependent on China specifically for rare earth metals that have been processed into a final and usable form.<br /><br />Basically, if China really wanted to mess with America, it could just clamp down on these exports. That would throw a massive wrench into America's supply chain for high-tech consumer products, not to mention much of our military's advanced weapons systems.<br /><br />In fact, China isn't just America's major supplier of rare earth metals; it's the rest of the globe's major supplier as well. And in 2009, China began significantly clamping down on its rare metal exports. Once, China briefly cut Japan off entirely after an international incident involving a collision between two ships. This all eventually led to a 2014 World Trade Organization spat, with America, Japan, and other countries on one side, and China on the other.....<br /><br /><br />http://theweek.com/articles/765276/how-china-win-trade-war-1-move<br /><br />I'm just glad we've got Kudlow on the job looking out for USA now.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66663219185467918662018-04-06T17:22:22.560-04:002018-04-06T17:22:22.560-04:00Doug Thu Apr 05, 04:25:00 PM EDT
We await Quirk&#...Doug Thu Apr 05, 04:25:00 PM EDT<br /><br />We await Quirk's refutation of the substance of the chargeDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72793146181071375962018-04-06T17:13:04.992-04:002018-04-06T17:13:04.992-04:00Well, that answers that!Well, that answers that!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25955783601616524242018-04-06T16:36:09.052-04:002018-04-06T16:36:09.052-04:00surcharge tax on what? the money they hold offsho...surcharge tax on what? the money they hold offshore that they've so kindly told the IRS about?Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38090197235934599042018-04-06T16:31:39.355-04:002018-04-06T16:31:39.355-04:00.
Right, and my charge was about you.
..<br /><br />Right, and my charge was about you.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4038643619429313432018-04-06T16:29:11.537-04:002018-04-06T16:29:11.537-04:00The charge was about the ex post facto memo author...The charge was about the ex post facto memo authorizing Mueller to do what he did after he had already done it.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76860283341180730552018-04-06T16:19:36.337-04:002018-04-06T16:19:36.337-04:00Simple. Pass a surcharge tax of 4%. Give them a 2...Simple. Pass a surcharge tax of 4%. Give them a 25% discount by buying the 3% amount in treasuries.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30114257833074119202018-04-06T15:46:26.870-04:002018-04-06T15:46:26.870-04:00{...}
You whine about Fusion GPS. You're sil...<br />{...}<br /><br />You whine about Fusion GPS. You're silent about Cambridge Analytica.<br /><br />Not only are you a passive aggressive hypocrite, you are a brainwashed moron.<br /><br />The great "MSM" conspiracy?<br /><br />The same as with "fake news", it's simply a matter of projection with you guys on the right.<br /><br />Well, not you guys here. You're a little different. You would prefer reading some bullshit conspiracy theory printed in 'The Gateway Pundit' than listen to real news. You're like some teeny bopper reading 'Teen Life' or those bored housewives reading the 'National Enquirer'. But let's talk about the fairly 'normal' people in Trump's base.<br /><br />Trump and his supporters have made a concerted effort to prevent real news from reaching his base. His first ploy was of course to start trying to classify any negative story about him or his policies as 'fake news'. His right wing supporters in the media took up the meme and ran with it, the Limbaughs, FOX, all the conspiracy sites you guys visit. We've documented it here before but you still refuse to believe it.<br /><br />Here, however, is the latest example. The latest Pew research polling on how people get their news has been cited and posted here before. One key finding from the research was that most people get their political information from local news services. The same research showed that they do that because they have significantly more faith in what they hear from the local guys than they do from the national media.<br /><br />The conservative Sinclair Broadcasting Group, has been reported on here before too. It is the largest owner of local TV stations in the US and it is expected to get even larger with the purchase of the Tribune Group of stations. The move is currently being reviewed but is expected to be approved by the Trump administration. When it is Sinclair will be able to reach 72% of Americans on local TV.<br /><br />You want a conspiracy? Watch this video...<br /><br /><a href="https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/how-americas-largest-local-tv-owner-turned-its-news-anc-1824233490" rel="nofollow">Stepford Wives? How about Stepford News Anchors?</a><br /><br />Here is just one of the articles discussing the video...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-sinclair-promo-20180402-story.html" rel="nofollow">Conservative Media Giant Gives us 1984 Redux in 2018</a><br /><br />For a list of the numerous controversies Sinclair has been involved in from offering up commercial advertising as real news reports to the 'must read editorials' to the demanding that each local stations run at least 9 'reports' by ex-Trump flunky Epstein each week and more see the Wiki link...<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group" rel="nofollow">Sinclair Broadcasting Group</a><br /><br />- or-<br /><br />For a slightly more humorous take on Sinclair (it would be funnier if it weren't so serious) see the video below...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc" rel="nofollow">Trump Broadcasting Group</a><br /><br />There is little doubt right wing media has become an echo chamber for Trump. The presidents own actions blatantly exploits it. He tries to discredit any media outlet that says one thing negative about him or his policies. Any story he doesn't like he labels it 'fake news'. Truly ironic coming from the 'liar in chief'. It is very likely his administration will be very receptive to any moves that expand his right wing propaganda machine as in the Sinclair purchase of Tribune this at the same time he is threatening Amazon who is run by the same guy that owns the WaPo or that he is fighting the AT&T merger with Time Warner, a company that owns CNN.<br /><br />Dougissa, every time you open your mouth about this grand "MSM" conspiracy you simply prove the dumb can get dumber.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45370339460227725552018-04-06T15:41:52.889-04:002018-04-06T15:41:52.889-04:00{...}
Are you implying I said it? Well, if so, t...<br /><br />{...}<br /><br /><br />Are you implying I said it? Well, if so, that like most of the stuff you put up, is a friggin lie.<br /><br />Are you saying people shouldn't read the WaPo? Well, that's mighty damn hypocritical since you put up articles from them whenever it suits you.<br /><br />Are you saying the WaPo is part of your other buggaboo, the infamous 'MSM', a term you throw around here all the time yet have continued to refuse to define for us either because you don't have a clue or because they never gave you the definition of the term in those daily talking points you guys get from Fox News and Gateway Pundit.<br /><br />Without a definition, we are left to assume it is like one of those fairy tales parents scare their kids with to make them be good, that or that it's simply anyone who says or writes something you don't like. Trust me, your continuous whine about the 'MSM' truly does make you look stupid. And I mean that in the best possible way.<br /><br />Do you press it because you believe the 'MSM', no matter what you think it is, is part of a worldwide conspiracy to bring down Trump, a conspiracy that like all the others you dolts believe in varies only in it's breadth.<br /><br />I realize this will fall on deaf ears but it is you guys who are the ones who have been brainwashed. <br /><br />You talk about 'fake news' being used as an attack on Trump. <br /><br />Pure nonsense. Trump is the 'fake news' king. He is the liar-in-chief. Every other word he says it a lie. He can't help himself. You guys prove it true everytime you (or his lawyers) argue he shouldn't testify in person before Mueller. You know it's true and that he would likely hang himself. But the worst part is he tells you black is white and you believe it lie some dumbass Stepford Wives clone.<br /><br />{...}Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71442998787380827632018-04-06T15:38:00.232-04:002018-04-06T15:38:00.232-04:00.
DougThu Apr 05, 04:25:00 PM EDT
We await Quirk&...<br />.<br /><br /><i>DougThu Apr 05, 04:25:00 PM EDT<br />We await Quirk's refutation of the substance of the charge.</i><br /><br />What charge, you nitwit? You never make charges. When is the last time you actually came out and in plain English issued a single declaritive sentence? It's not in your nature.<br /><br />A year or two back, you came up with your little dot act. Admittedly, it was a clever move. <br /><br />When you first did it. <br /><br />Now, it appears that was it, you blew your wad and now prove daily you are simply a one-hit wonder like an aging Norman Greenbaum trying to live off residuals from 'Spirit in the Sky'.<br /><br />You were a pasive aggressive sap before the dots and you are a passive agressive sap now. You have simply adjusted your technique. Your Dot-Boy act grew old about 48 hours after you started it. It grew stale many months ago. Now, its just a continuous stream of the same old bullshit. You ought to at least try to come up with some new material. But you don't or can't.<br /><br />I wasn't kidding when I pointed out how many times you had put up that same stale shit, 'Mueller's my hero!'. And as I pointed out, it's stupid. No one here has ever said that. I've never have. I haven't talked about Mueller's character at all. I don't talk about Mueller at all except on two occasions; one, when talking about how he is conducting the current investigation pretty well and two, in mocking you guys when you put up fake news like 'He can't be trusted because he is Comey's BFF' and other nonsense you cull from your conspiracy sites.<br /><br />I think your little act is old, stale, and unfunny but I put up with it until recently when half the stuff you imply I say is just bullshit you make up. This...<br /><br /><i>.<br /><br />WaPo is truth.<br /><br />That is all.<br /><br />.</i><br /><br />As with most of your posts it is indecipherible. It may make sense to you, but to any normal reader they would have to ask, 'What the fuck does that mean?'.<br /><br />{...}Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1592437208857677052018-04-06T15:31:17.933-04:002018-04-06T15:31:17.933-04:00.
Nonsense back at you.
No one denies the Chines....<br /><br />Nonsense back at you.<br /><br />No one denies the Chinese are a bunch of crooks. That wasn't what I was complaining about. Most people would target specific actions designed towards the problem not threaten trade wars and actions you can't legally pull off under current international rules.<br /><br />Trump threatens $100 million in tariffs but his own trade experts have only come up with $48 billion that they can document at this point. Unless you want to dump the WTO and its rules, Trump's threats are going to require additional work proving the claims. In the mean time, he sends the markets down 700 points today.<br /><br />I meant what I said. If his words negatively affected his holdings by 3% instead of the markets, he wouldn't be so cavalier.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53773533909867881532018-04-06T15:19:15.048-04:002018-04-06T15:19:15.048-04:00Bring it on.Bring it on.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72846042839655810152018-04-06T15:18:21.010-04:002018-04-06T15:18:21.010-04:00THE CHINA TRADE WRANGLE: THE BUSH SPEECH; Bush, In...THE CHINA TRADE WRANGLE: THE BUSH SPEECH; Bush, Invoking 3 Presidents, Casts 'Vote' for China Trade<br /><br />By ALISON MITCHELL, NY TIMES<br /><br /><i>Calling trade relations with China the work of ''13 years and three administrations,'' Gov. George W. Bush of Texas today urged Congressional Republicans and Democrats alike to support President Clinton and vote next week to grant China permanent trade rights.<br /><br />Although Mr. Bush has long favored free trade, his address here today on the vast factory floor of a Boeing plant marked one of the very few times that he has tried publicly to affect pending legislation in Congress. He called next week's House vote ''among the most serious decisions our government will make this year.'' And he said ''no one serious about shouldering the responsibilities of the Presidency'' should remain silent.<br /><br />''From the start of this campaign I have defined some sharp differences with the Clinton-Gore administration,'' Mr. Bush said, a sleek Boeing 777 behind him. ''But today I want to address an important area of agreement. A pressing question now confronts the Congress and it will not wait until the next president takes office.''<br /><br />Mr. Bush drew some sharp distinctions between himself and Vice President Al Gore on China. But he portrayed the quest for a more open China, advanced through trade and the rule of law, as one that Presidents of both parties had fought for.<br /><br />''This is not a Republican or Democratic concern,'' Mr. Bush said. ''It is an American concern. This trade agreement is the work of 13 years and three administrations. We cannot let that work be undone.'' He did not mention his father by name, although he was one of those Presidents. But he quoted Ronald Reagan, who called free trade ''a forward strategy for freedom.''<br /></i><br />With his remarks, Mr. Bush put himself in a tradition of bipartisan cooperation on foreign policy that has increasingly been eroded in recent years. And the speech was just the latest example of his efforts to portray himself as leader willing to reach across party lines.<br /><br />MAY 18, 2000<br /><br />Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com