American Politics

Based on my clear memory of both retailers and the reminders I get on YouTube videos, I never would have concluded that Walmart shoppers are wealthier than Target shoppers.

But they must be.

Either that, or the smarter management at Walmart has simply figured out how to sell an egg to their customers without losing money while the dumber management at Target has not:

[B]Walmart hits new highs and Target dives, painting a confusing holiday picture.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/20/walmart-wmt-and-target-tgt-earnings-show-mixed-performance.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2962470][b] Sign me up, I will work for free!! Just give me a badge and a vest and I'm ready to serve!![/b]

I will even do cemetery duty digging up the dead ones for repatriation!!

[URL]https://www.ice.gov/tipline[/URL]#text=ICE%20 Tip%20 Line%3 A%20866%2 DDHS%2 D2%2 DICE%20%7 see%20 ICE..[/QUOTE]You could never pass a Security Check. And neither could Donald Trump, most of his family and at least half of his Cabinet nominees. Not even for free.

I see you wearing a duku, picking up and tossing heads of lettuce into the cargo bed of a pickup truck. Good luck.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2962493]According to the final vote counts and the reports from the Muslim community leadership in PA, MI and WI, who would know better than anyone, this is the sole reason Trump squeaked by with one of the narrowest if not THE narrowest win of any 2nd term election potus candidate in history:

It was because less than 130,000 America-hating Muslims spread across just those three states shouted "Allahu Akbar!" as they sailed into the polling places and voted for Trump instead of Harris.[/QUOTE]And then there is the truth, [URL]https://www.voanews.com/a/in-historic-shift-american-muslim-and-arab-voters-desert-democrats/7854995.html[/URL].

A nationwide exit poll of more than 1,300 voters by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) found that significantly less than 50% of Muslim voters backed Harris. That compares with an estimated 65% to 70% that reportedly voted for President Joe Biden in 2020.

But going into the election, its polling indicated that the Arab vote would be split 42% to 41% between Trump and Harris, and Zogby said the election result likely reflected that chasm.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the first set of results from its 2024 exit poll of 1,575 verified American Muslim voters.

[URL]https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-exit-poll-of-muslim-voters-reveals-surge-in-support-for-jill-stein-and-donald-trump-steep-decline-for-harris/[/URL]

The national results show Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein received 53% of the Muslim vote, followed by President-elect Donald Trump with 21% and Vice President Kamala Harris with 20%.

Yeah, thanks for showing everyone who really belongs to the party of intolerance.

Hey, guess what. Target's major earnings miss had zero to do with any bullshit about Americans "suffering under Biden's terrible economy. "

Nope.

What happened was Target's crap management made a couple of huge mistakes:

1. They stocked up on inventory earlier in the year on the bet that they would have stock on hand for Christmas but Walmart would not and they would smoke Walmart on sales with all the bragging rights that go with it.

2. They fell for the Trump / MAGA / Mainstream Media total bullshit that President Joe Biden "can't talk, can't walk, doesn't know who he is, doesn't know where he is, doesn't know what to do" when the fact is the reason Target's crap management got #1 up there so wrong was because they had no idea how lucid, cognitively capable, fast, smart, well informed, fully prepared, shrewd and effective President Joe Biden would be at negotiating a damn quick settlement of the dock worker's strike that would have crippled American commerce while Target management was betting on it going on and on just in time for them to gouge their customers at a time of low inventories and beat Walmart on the books.

[B]Target's recent imports data tells the real story behind massive earnings miss.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/target-big-earnings-miss-consumer-demand-decline.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

[QUOTE]Target executives cited the recent U.S. ports strike and need to bring goods ahead of it as a factor in its big earnings miss on Wednesday, due to elevated freight costs and overly stocked stores.

Trade data reviewed by CNBC shows Target imported a level of goods this year across key months in advance of the strike that was similar to 2023′s peak shipping season, essentially flat to down in the overall number of cargo containers.

The data also shows that the value of goods Target imported was higher than at Walmart by $1.2 billion, reinforcing the real problem for the retailer: it missed on its forecast for consumer demand and price-point sensitivity.
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After its biggest earnings miss in two years and stock plunge, Target laid some of the blame on the recent U.S. ports strike, citing higher freight costs it absorbed as a result of preemptive action to move more product into the U.S. ahead of October. But cargo container trade data reviewed by CNBC tells a more nuanced tale.

[B]The port strikes, which stretched from New England to Texas, wound up lasting only a few days, but many companies, including Target, had rerouted and pulled forward shipments, loading up on inventory to make sure they had the merchandise needed for the holiday season.[/b][/QUOTE]Lololol. This is who they were conned by Trump, MAGA and Mainstream Media into grossly underestimating:

[B]Bidens Amazing Win Settling the Dock Strike.
The terms are a total victory for dockworkers and for smooth supply chain operation, as the White House faced down exorbitant shipper profits. What would Trump have done?[/B]

[URL]https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-10-04-bidens-amazing-win-settling-dock-strike/[/URL]

[B]Biden helped end the dockers strike by saying reopening the ports to help Hurricane Helene victims would be patriotic.[/B]

[URL]https://fortune.com/2024/10/04/biden-dockers-strike-opening-ports-patriotic-hurricane-helene/[/URL]

Brilliant.

Competent.

Effective.

Great for America.

Thanks, Joe.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2962468][URL]https://dailystormer.in/matt-gaetz-paid-two-adult-women-who-were-once-children-for-sex-the-women-allege/[/URL]

[URL]https://dailystormer.in/yonder-****-tells-court-she-had-sex-with-matt-gaetz-when-she-was-a-tiny-child-aged-a-mere-17-years/[/URL][/QUOTE]

Not sure what you're advocating in you last post, but I'm happy to report, that the cretin and accused pedo, sex trafficker, and sexual misconduct abuser, Gaetz, has withdrawn his nomination and won't be infecting the AG office with such corrupt, vile and disgusting behavior, that those here were glossing over as somehow better than Hunter Biden!

[b]Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate[/b] [url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gaetz-withdraws-as-trumps-pick-for-attorney-general/ar-AA1uvWnP[/URL]

[QUOTE=Elvis 2008;2961719]So when it comes to the Attorney General, I want a guy who has been beaten up by law enforcement. He is the only one who will have the balls to carry out the reforms. The charges made against Gaetz pail in comparison to a corrupt FBI. We Republicans cannot risk having such corrupt Democrats, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Tiny 12;2961966] Elvis, Admittedly, Hunter Biden is a poorer candidate for Attorney General than Matt Gaetz. In terms of legal background and experience they may be roughly equal. Gaetz though has the edge in character and emotional maturity. BUT WHY APPOINT EITHER ONE OF THEM?[/QUOTE]
[indent][i][b](....kkkk!)[/b][/i] What now? Laptop dick picks vs. Pedo and sex trafficking?[/indent]

[QUOTE=NBC News] Gaetz's path was mired by a series of allegations of sexual misconduct, [b]including sex with a minor at a 2017 party.[/b] On Thursday, NBC News learned from a source familiar that the House Ethics Committee, which had been investigating Gaetz, was told that [b]a 17-year-old girl had two sexual encounters with the then-congressman at the party. [/b] ...

[URL]https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/matt-gaetz-withdraws-bid-attorney-general-sexual-misconduct-allegation-rcna181206[/URL][/QUOTE]

Like give me a fucking break already! Laptop dick picks vs. Pedo and sex trafficking. In what kind of depravity or sick frame of mind (psycho?), do you even have to be in, to attempt to even conflate the two as equivalent? Duh!

[b]Fact Check: Did Matt Gaetz Seek Trump Pardon Over Trafficking Allegation?[/b]
[url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-check-did-matt-gaetz-seek-trump-pardon-over-trafficking-allegation/ar-AA1uw6RK[/url]

Still can't forget how then Gaetz, ran to Trump on bent knee, for a pardon. We always speculated, what Trump had over Gaetz, and now we know what?

It will be interesting to see if Gaetz, is a teflon as Trump and raises from the ashes of pedo sexual depravity? [i][b](....kkkk!)[/b][/i]

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2962585]And then there is the truth, [URL]https://www.voanews.com/a/in-historic-shift-american-muslim-and-arab-voters-desert-democrats/7854995.html[/URL].

A nationwide exit poll of more than 1,300 voters by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) found that significantly less than 50% of Muslim voters backed Harris. That compares with an estimated 65% to 70% that reportedly voted for President Joe Biden in 2020.

But going into the election, its polling indicated that the Arab vote would be split 42% to 41% between Trump and Harris, and Zogby said the election result likely reflected that chasm.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the first set of results from its 2024 exit poll of 1,575 verified American Muslim voters.

[URL]https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-exit-poll-of-muslim-voters-reveals-surge-in-support-for-jill-stein-and-donald-trump-steep-decline-for-harris/[/URL]

The national results show Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein received 53% of the Muslim vote, followed by President-elect Donald Trump with 21% and Vice President Kamala Harris with 20%.

Yeah, thanks for showing everyone who really belongs to the party of intolerance.[/QUOTE]Where in your link or in your quotes are the parts that refute what the final vote counts in PA, MI and WI and the Muslim community leaders in those states reported as them "giving the election win" to Trump?

Not one word of your links did or could change the data, evidence and numbers.

Trump's razor-thin win was due solely to less than 130,000 votes going to Trump instead of Harris in just those 3 states, particularly among the Muslim demo. Got it.

And with the fully expected flip to Repub control of the Senate by 3 seats or so in this overwhelmingly Repub-advantaged Senate election year and the pitifully narrow and easily flippable next time Repub majority in the House as has been MSM's push, hope, desire and result for years and years now, there wasn't even more than a Red Tinkle to go with Trump's historically narrow win for a 2nd term presidential candidate.

No landslide.

No mandate.

No red wave.

No historic rejection of Dem anything.

It was coin-flip win for Trump AND his MAGA Repubs, at best.

[URL]https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-immigrant-rape/2024/11/21/id/1189038/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGs0XVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZv2nUgFd8-Q5EDRBOnalOzqHxzIVkVrGnUbejB3nc2PErIXQUGMnBqO4g_aem_l7D5y1Yph1snx_iVKJ0h2g[/URL]

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2962682]Where in your link or in your quotes are the parts that refute what the final vote counts in PA, MI and WI and the Muslim community leaders in those states reported as them "giving the election win" to Trump?

Not one word of your links did or could change the data, evidence and numbers.

Trump's razor-thin win was due solely to less than 130,000 votes going to Trump instead of Harris in just those 3 states, particularly among the Muslim demo. Got it.

And with the fully expected flip to Repub control of the Senate by 3 seats or so in this overwhelmingly Repub-advantaged Senate election year and the pitifully narrow and easily flippable next time Repub majority in the House as has been MSM's push, hope, desire and result for years and years now, there wasn't even more than a Red Tinkle to go with Trump's historically narrow win for a 2nd term presidential candidate.

No landslide.

No mandate.

No red wave.

No historic rejection of Dem anything.

It was coin-flip win for Trump AND his MAGA Repubs, at best.[/QUOTE]Well, it may not have been a pummel. But the map shows a lot of red and ask yourself this. When is the last time Republicans had the trifecta?

[QUOTE=WestsideGuy89;2962830]Well, it may not have been a pummel. But the map shows a lot of red and ask yourself this. When is the last time Republicans had the trifecta?[/QUOTE]I believe the last time was 2016. Before that was 2004 I think.

Not so impossible.

And not coincidentally, each of those times preceded the two worst economic downturns within the next 4 years since a previous time it happened back in 1928.

Not exactly something anyone should be impressed by or ever, ever want to happen.

Unless it is a true landslide for the Dem, Electoral Maps always look like a sea of Red. That is because the states that typically go for the Repub are all about wide open spaces and land mass and not densely populated centers of business and commerce.

[QUOTE=WestsideGuy89;2962830]Well, it may not have been a pummel. But the map shows a lot of red and ask yourself this. When is the last time Republicans had the trifecta?[/QUOTE]The map always shows a lot of red based on how Republicans and Democrats are concentrated around the country. But, there is no denying that holding the White House and both houses of Congress is powerful. Still, I don't see a "mandate" for [B]everything[/B] Trump is talking about doing.

[QUOTE=Spidy;2962671]Not sure what you're advocating in you last post, but I'm happy to report, that the cretin and accused p***, sex trafficker, and sexual misconduct abuser, Gaetz, has withdrawn his nomination and won't be infecting the AG office with such corrupt, vile and disgusting behavior, that those here were glossing over as somehow better than Hunter Biden!

[b]Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate[/b] [url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gaetz-withdraws-as-trumps-pick-for-attorney-general/ar-AA1uvWnP[/URL]




[indent][i][b](....kkkk!)[/b][/i] What now? Laptop dick picks vs. P*** and sex trafficking?[/indent]



Like give me a fucking break already! Laptop dick picks vs. P*** and sex trafficking. In what kind of depravity or sick frame of mind (psycho?), do you even have to be in, to attempt to even conflate the two as equivalent? Duh!

[b]Fact Check: Did Matt Gaetz Seek Trump Pardon Over Trafficking Allegation?[/b]
[url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-check-did-matt-gaetz-seek-trump-pardon-over-trafficking-allegation/ar-AA1uw6RK[/url]

Still can't forget how then Gaetz, ran to Trump on bent knee, for a pardon. We always speculated, what Trump had over Gaetz, and now we know what?

It will be interesting to see if Gaetz, is a teflon as Trump and raises from the ashes of pedo sexual depravity? [i][b](....kkkk!)[/b][/i][/QUOTE]I honestly don't think you're a hypocrite Spidy. I think you're a Baiter. And not just any ordinary Baiter. You're a Master Baiter!

Close to 100% of the members on this board have paid women for sex and have had PFP sex while traveling, like Gaetz allegedly did. By your standards board members should be automatically disqualified from becoming Attorney General. Are you willing to give that up Spidy? Are you willing to renounce your chance for becoming Attorney General of the United States of America, ever? I don't think so.

Somehow if you travel with a sugar baby it's trafficking, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. And if you have sex with a woman who you think is 18 years old, but lied about her age and is marginally younger, then you're a P********. Well, you need to look up the definition of the "P" word, because there's no evidence whatsoever that Gaetz is one. Elvis made the case here.

[URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?2467-American-Politics&p=2961751&highlight=Gaetz[/URL]#post2961751.

And I'll point out that Gaetz and Joel Greenberg allegedly met the women on Seeking Arrangement. You have to be 18 years old to be on that site, ergo any woman who's under the age of 18 who's on the site lied about her age.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2962682]Where in your link or in your quotes are the parts that refute what the final vote counts in PA, MI and WI and the Muslim community leaders in those states reported as them "giving the election win" to Trump?

Not one word of your links did or could change the data, evidence and numbers.

Trump's razor-thin win was due solely to less than 130,000 votes going to Trump instead of Harris in just those 3 states, particularly among the Muslim demo. Got it.

And with the fully expected flip to Repub control of the Senate by 3 seats or so in this overwhelmingly Repub-advantaged Senate election year and the pitifully narrow and easily flippable next time Repub majority in the House as has been MSM's push, hope, desire and result for years and years now, there wasn't even more than a Red Tinkle to go with Trump's historically narrow win for a 2nd term presidential candidate.

No landslide.

No mandate.

No red wave.

No historic rejection of Dem anything.

It was coin-flip win for Trump AND his MAGA Repubs, at best.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2962833]Unless it is a true landslide for the Dem, Electoral Maps always look like a sea of Red. That is because the states that typically go for the Repub are all about wide open spaces and land mass and not densely populated centers of business and commerce.[/QUOTE]They're all coin flips. There are no Democratic landslides at the federal level. The last president to get over 55% of the popular vote was Ronald Reagan.

Bill Clinton understood that. Unfortunately Barrack Obama and Joe Biden's progressive handlers never did. They were just too sanctimonious and arrogant to understand.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2962833]I believe the last time was 2016. Before that was 2004 I think.

Not so impossible.

And not coincidentally, each of those times preceded the two worst economic downturns within the next 4 years since a previous time it happened back in 1928.

Not exactly something anyone should be impressed by or ever, ever want to happen.[/QUOTE]Well, 116,516 young American military men died after Woodrow Wilson was elected president. And 405,399 after a war that started under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 36,574 during Harry Truman's Korean War, and 58,209 during LBJ's Vietnam War.

That's not exactly something anyone should be impressed by or ever, ever want to happen.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2962005]I wouldn't be surprised if the final count in California and elsewhere places Trump with only a Plurality of the vote and not a Majority of the vote.

That would mean the majority of American votes was for "NOT Trump. ".[/QUOTE]Why is it that some blue states, counties and cities are so inefficient? It shouldn't take Californians weeks to count votes.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;2962870]Well, 116,516 young American military men died after Woodrow Wilson was elected president. And 405,399 after a war that started under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 36,574 during Harry Truman's Korean War, and 58,209 during LBJ's Vietnam War.

That's not exactly something anyone should be impressed by or ever, ever want to happen.[/QUOTE]It would have been so much better to have lost WWI, ignored Germany's declaration of War Against the USA in WWII, let the NAZIs win 80 years sooner and just sent unrequited love letters to the North Koreans, right?

All of those American deaths combined and we can include Eisenhower's Vietnam War and GW Bush's 9-11 Attack, War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan barely put a dent in Trump's Mass Murder of Americans by simply defunding and removing the Pandemic Prevention team leadership from those Chinese labs in 2019 against all expert warnings for him not to do something so dangerous and stupid and his next decision to spend critical year 2020 lying about the inevitable outcome of that previous horrific decision.

AND the spectacular, historic economic downturn that followed as night follows day and as he was warned about from the get-go.

But nice try.