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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    Twirling Time, Mar 16, 2020
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  2. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    Spartan Squad, Mar 16, 2020
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  3. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Lol. Mehdi Hasan. Go look through his twitter feed. He’s basically a Bernie surrogate. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was. Bernie pulled that shit with David Sirota. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s done it again.
     
    Regan MacNeil, Mar 16, 2020
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    BTW, regarding the Fed. A bit lost in their announcement is that they eliminated all reserve requirements for banks. So banks are now free to make as many loans as they want without any regard for the level of Federally-insured deposits they actually have to back those loans.

    I don't know if you can even call this "fractional" reserve banking anymore. What could possibly ever go wrong with that?

    What is beyond f'in stupid about it. ... It's not like credit has seized up or there is a lack of money sloshing around. It's the exact opposite problem that the world is now facing. They made credit so ridiculously artificially cheap and available through their manipulation that they created credit-fueled bubbles everywhere and those bubbles are now starting to pop and we are on the precipice of massive credit defaults. But to repeat the cliche. ... When all you have is a hammer and all you know is a hammer. ... everything looks like a nail.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 16, 2020
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  5. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

     
    HanSenSE, Mar 16, 2020
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  6. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Mar 16, 2020
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I know he is going to be blamed beyond the harm he even caused, and that actually does bother me because we should be honest about what politicians can and can't do and evaluate them based on realistic parameters rather than politicizing everything and creating false narratives. This virus was going to be a bad thing for the world regardless of who was president, obviously, and no president could have mitigated all of the suffering this is going to cause.

    Of course, he, in particular, made it about as bad as anyone in his position could.

    As a president, he is the biggest fucking abomination possible. There is only one thing we should expect from a leader during a public health crisis. Honesty. Give people the best information available, do it without any ambiguity, and be a leader -- give sober (not phony) reassurance so people don't let the anxiety run away on them beyond reason. Unfortunately, America opted for a con man who is congenitally incapable of honesty. It's not like this should be a surprise to anyone, even if they deluded themselves up until now. It shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone before he became president. Most childen have the innate bullshit detectors to immediately spot a BS artist who is that cartoonish.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 16, 2020
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  8. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Awesome. Great. Perfect timing.

     
    Inky_Wretch, Mar 16, 2020
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  9. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Re: Biden's running mate

    Tammy Duckworth should be near the top of the list.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Mar 16, 2020
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  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Stocks halted right at the start after a 9 percent drop.
     
    MileHigh, Mar 16, 2020
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  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Only question after last night was whether we will reach a level 2 halt today. I think there is a pretty good chance.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 16, 2020
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  12. GilGarrido

    GilGarrido Active Member

    That sounds more like a convention speaker than a person you want inspiring confidence in their ability to take over if your high-risk-age-group presidential nominee doesn't make it to age 82, which he would be in 2024. Put her in the Cabinet.

    It might be risky, but I wonder if Biden would benefit by naming some Cabinet nominees before the election. Would give the impression he's well-organized and ready to hit the ground running and might blunt some of the "don't change horses midstream" crisis boosts that normal Presidents seem to get. Sort of like the British "shadow governments." Might also energize supporters of some of the ex-candidates named. That assumes none of the people he names would cause unpleasant pre-election surprises, of course.
     
    GilGarrido, Mar 16, 2020
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