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[QUOTE=Spidy;3001139] "YES", under the Dems, the feds raised the gasoline tax in 2008.
...and Bill Clinton, some 20+ years ago. ...[/QUOTE]It's been 28 years, to be more precise (October 1, 1993), since the gas tax, was raised, since a Dem in Bill Clinton, left office back in 2001.
Looks like the Repubs, have more work to do and catching-up to the Dems, than previously thought! [i][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/i]
[QUOTE=NewtonYork;3001146]Look at what's happening to Spain and Portugal. So-called industrialized nations. Rolling blackouts? People killing each other on the streets of Lisbon and Barcelona for the last can of tuna? At this rate, it'll happen here in the States. Thanks a lot! Let's get NVDA's stock price up first, back to at least $140, then we can focus on fixing the economy.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/business/stock-market-recovery-trump-tariffs.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3001092]God, you are so full of shit. These are today's headlines.
In a clear shift in tone Friday, China's Commerce Ministry said it was weighing starting talks with the USA To halt a trade war while expressing Beijing's wish for the Trump administration to "show sincerity" to talk. Previously, the ministry had demanded that Washington slash its steep tariffs on China first as a condition for negotiations.
S&P Erases All 'Liberation Day' Losses As Beijing Bends Knee.
Trump's April tariff revenue topped $17 billion. That dwarfs any haul from his first term.
USA Payroll growth totals 177,000 in April, defying expectations.
Trump came into office on January 20 of the 1st quarter. That was Biden's quarter.
Is that what you are going to do every day is make shit up about how great the economy was under Biden and how terrible it is under Trump? Maybe you do not get this from Thailand but not that much has changed with the economy.
But there is some bad news for parasites like you: DOGE staffer Steve Davis told Fox News's Jesse Watters Primetime that a $4 billion coronavirus fund allocated to the Department of Education had virtually no oversight. "There was a $4 billion COVID fund in the Department of Education, and there was no receipts required, so people could draw down on it, and when people looked into itit wasn't us, it was before us they found the money was used to rent out Caesar's Palace for parties, rent out stadiums," Davis said. He added that DOGE implemented a simple fix: requiring receipts for withdrawals. "That was the only change that was made," Davis noted. "And upon doing so, nobody drew down any money. ".
Now we just to look at all those on entitlement programs and the old folks who use their handouts to buy hookers.[/QUOTE][URL]https://m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/doge-cancels-over-200000-credit-cards-who-is-affected-and-what-it-means/amp_articleshow/118900635.cms?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID[/URL]#amp_tf=From%20%251%24's&aoh=17418201357735&csi=0&referrer=https%3 A%2 F%2 F [URL]www.google.com[/URL]&share=https%3 A%2 F%2 Fm. [URL]economictimes.com[/URL]%2 Fnews%2 Finternational%2 Fus%2 Fdoge-cancels-over-200000-credit-cards-who-is-affected-and-what-it-means%2 Farticleshow%2 F118900635. Cms.
Take away their free money CCs and ghost payrolling gigs aka "remote WFH" and things are looking up.
Next up privitize the joke called the USPS.
"Now we just to look at all those on entitlement programs and the old folks who use their handouts to buy hookers".
But hey you can just look at this as USAID to single 3rd world mothers, in The PI, Siam, Brasil, Colombia, The FKKs for Romania et al.
But if I was Our Lord and Savior I would say if you leave the USA and don't return for over 2 yrs, you lose your right to vote and SS unless US Military etc.
But who knows maybe that's a bad idea? Just think then we would be stuck with the likes of SUB / Bottom be.
I would also be ok if they paid them premium benefits to never return also LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Opposite of a Golden Visa a Golden Exit package / parachute, they would give up their passport / citizenship and right to ever return / vote!
And if they refuse the offer send them to CECOT where he belongs.
[QUOTE]If there is a policy which is racist, identify it and point out why you think its racist so logical people on both sides can see it and fight against it without bias.[/QUOTE]Ok, here is one of my favorites:
The Republican (you know what) want (insert color of your choice here) girls to have more babies to increase the (insert color of your choice here) population in the Dis-United States of America. But they don't give a fuck about the child after their (insert color of your choice here) mother pushes it out of her vagina and it plops itself down in the Dis-United States of America. Ready to receive a lifetime of privilege simply because of who they are, not what they have done (especially if they are male).
But wait there is more: The State Department of the Dis-United States of America are there to for those mothers giving birth outside of the Dis-United States of America to ensure that child receives the same lifetime of benefits they would of if she plopped down her new bundle of join on US Soil.
Now the baby is here. Republican (you know what) they do not want spend penny of USGOV money on taking care of that kid after they arrive.
The following comes right from the web site that is a favorite of Republican (eh, thinkers)?
[QUOTE][b]Congress should end federal spending on school food programs[/b]. That could be accomplished by combining the programs into a single block grant for each state and phasing down the funding over time. The states could adapt the programs if they choose, and structure them to fit the local needs of their residents.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/cutting-school-food-subsidies[/URL]
[B]The Defense Rests![/B]
[U][b]The Topic is: The Rule of Law in the Dis-United States of America[/b][/U]
[QUOTE=HotDog666;2998578]Let me refresh your memory on this topic: you claimed that the "rule of law" was what distinguished American (mis) treatment of the likes of the El Salvadorian and Mahmud Khalil from how Russia behaves. I've literally given you evidence of how a) the Executive continues to defies the judiciary and b) how your laws are made up as you go along with regards to Mahmud Khalil, in defiance of your supposed constitution, everything America claims to stand for, and natural justice, based on contrivance and downright lies by the Executive. I also note how you've characteristically disingenuously transitioned your rebuttal from "rule of law" to "due process" which are not synonymous. If it is due process, then going back to my original point, Russia and other tyrannies also have "due process". There are courts and trials. These are due process, but it does not amount to justice.
Finally no matter how many times you repeat your canard it does not make it true. Mahmud Khalil was not a guest, he was a permanent resident. It would not have mattered regardless but your lies in endeavouring to gloss over his treatment in the "land of the free unless you criticise Israel for genocide, home of the brave" cannot be permitted to go unchallenged.[/QUOTE]The reality is: [B]The Article 3 branch of the Dis-United States of America is under attack[/B]!
[QUOTE]As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment. The intimidation campaign has strained judges and their relatives and legal scholars fear it could have a chilling effect on the judiciary.[/QUOTE]As the Article 3 public servants perform their assigned duties on behalf of my fellow Americans individuals (of unknown political affiliation) are working hard to impede that work outside of the courtroom.
[QUOTE]The presidents supporters unleashed a wave of threats and menacing posts. And they didnt just target the judge. Some attacked Boasbergs brother. Others blasted his daughter. [b]Some demanded the familys arrest or execution[/b].[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/[/URL]
[QUOTE=NewtonYork;3001146]Let's get NVDA's stock price up first, back to at least $140, then we can focus on fixing the economy.[/QUOTE][U]NVDA[/U]
[QUOTE]But do not worry. SC swears it is going up so you should buy it. And BTW, did he mention the killing he is making in gold?[/QUOTE]NVDA had a high of 153. When the DeepSeek news it came out it took a hit to the level it is while I am looking my iPad mini writing this post: 114.
[U]Gold[/U]
[QUOTE]And BTW, did he mention the killing he is making in gold?[/QUOTE]Here is my latest trade:
[QUOTE=SubCmdr;2999150]
[B]How did that trade go?[/B]
[U]Lets do some trader math[/U]
I bought at 32700/ baht.
I sold at 52650/ baht.
52650 - 32700 = 19,950/ baht increase.
[U]That is a [b]61.01%[/b] increase![/U]
[/QUOTE][B]Facts: They are horrible thing to overlook![/B]
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[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3001092]God, you are so full of shit. These are today's headlines.
In a clear shift in tone Friday, China's Commerce Ministry said it was weighing starting talks with the USA To halt a trade war while expressing Beijing's wish for the Trump administration to "show sincerity" to talk. Previously, the ministry had demanded that Washington slash its steep tariffs on China first as a condition for negotiations.
S&P Erases All 'Liberation Day' Losses As Beijing Bends Knee.
Trump's April tariff revenue topped $17 billion. That dwarfs any haul from his first term.
USA Payroll growth totals 177,000 in April, defying expectations.
Trump came into office on January 20 of the 1st quarter. That was Biden's quarter.
Is that what you are going to do every day is make shit up about how great the economy was under Biden and how terrible it is under Trump? Maybe you do not get this from Thailand but not that much has changed with the economy.
But there is some bad news for parasites like you: DOGE staffer Steve Davis told Fox News's Jesse Watters Primetime that a $4 billion coronavirus fund allocated to the Department of Education had virtually no oversight. "There was a $4 billion COVID fund in the Department of Education, and there was no receipts required, so people could draw down on it, and when people looked into itit wasn't us, it was before us they found the money was used to rent out Caesar's Palace for parties, rent out stadiums," Davis said. He added that DOGE implemented a simple fix: requiring receipts for withdrawals. "That was the only change that was made," Davis noted. "And upon doing so, nobody drew down any money. ".
Now we just to look at all those on entitlement programs and the old folks who use their handouts to buy hookers.[/QUOTE]A rhetorical question; is a Chinese "weigh" a longer, shorter or the same length of time as a Trumpian "two weeks"? Lolol.
Oh look! Xi just stole the market manipulation control of the S&P 500 Index right out from under Trump's orange nose with that simple "weighing" comment. LOL. Brilliant. He didn't even have to sit down at a negotiation table to win that one from Trump. Lolol.
Now that Xi owns the market manipulation of the S&P 500, won it from Trump with the utterance of a single word, let's see where it goes when he uses the words "no longer weighing" in his pronouncements.
So Trump pulled an additional $17 Billion out of the pockets of the American Working Men and Women Consumers in April alone? Impressive.
And if the "expectations" were that Trump's sinking economy would only produce 133,000 jobs in April, I suppose even 133,001 would have "defied expectation". Still below what was produced in March, when it was a bit more realistic to identify it as "Biden's Economy", right? Way below.
I see so many Trumpsters' memes on the internet proclaiming how "great" things are now, how much better their economic conditions are now with lower gas and grocery prices, a safer border, sunny days, bunny rabbits and daisies abounding and all that.
How do you guys reconcile those claims while your guy is out there demanding that we see all this greatness as "Biden's Economy"?
Feeling betrayed yet?
[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3001337]But if I was Our Lord and Savior I would say if you leave the USA and don't return for over 2 yrs, you lose your right to vote and SS unless US Military etc. But who knows maybe that's a bad idea?[/QUOTE]If people played Hail to the Chief when I walked into the room. I would work with the congress to pass a law that required 4 years of military or civilian government service in order for you to earn your rights as a Citizen of the United States of America [B]that could NEVER be forfeited or removed for any reason once you received it[/B]. There would be no exceptions to this law. You either serve your four years or you don't. The age of eligibility would the be age anyone can be tried as an adult in a court of law. Only citizens could work in the the civilian government or serve on juries. Only citizens could hold public office of any type in the country. Only female citizens could have babies. They can get knocked up by whom ever they wanted to take the dick from. But one the push their bundles of joy out of the womb and through their vaginas the baby does NOT become a citizen until they serve like their mother.
[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3001337]Just think then we would be stuck with the likes of SUB / Bottom be.[/QUOTE]Why are [B]ad hominem[/B] attacks like this allowed?
[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3001337]I would also be ok if they paid them premium benefits to never return [/QUOTE][B]You mean i would get my 40 acres and a mule?[/B]
[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3001337]Opposite of a Golden Visa a Golden Exit package / parachute, they would give up their passport / citizenship and right to ever return / vote![/QUOTE]No taxation without representation. If I got 40 acres along Las Vegas Blvd. Sold it tax free I think I could do just fine if individuals of the party that harbor racists wish to take much stronger actions than this:
[QUOTE][b]The New Orleans massacre of 1866[/b] occurred on July 30, when a peaceful demonstration of mostly Black*Freedmen*was set upon by a mob of white rioters, many of whom had been soldiers of the recently defeated*Confederate States of America, leading to a full-scale massacre.[/QUOTE][URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Massacre_of_1866[/URL]
[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3001337]And if they refuse the offer send them to CECOT where he belongs.[/QUOTE]I would never refuse my 40 acres and a mule. So I wouldn't have to worry about any consequences that individuals of a party that harbors racists think I personally or others should endure.
[B]An interesting thought exercise[/B] Why don't you run for office? Or better yet, just send in your ideas to your Representative and Two Senators.
You are aware of this provision in the United States Constitution:
[QUOTE][b]The First Amendment[/b]: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, [u]and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances[/u].[/QUOTE][B]If you didnt know, now you know![/B]
[QUOTE]And if they refuse the offer send them to CECOT where he belongs. Spanish: [b]Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo[/b], abbreviated and commonly known as CECOT) is a maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. [/QUOTE]Cute quote!
Those who look to El Salvador as an example of good government should go live there. It is a benevolent dictatorship hiding as a democracy clothing. My only respect is due to their stance on Bitcoin. Which they rolled back after they needed to get on their knees for a loan from the IMF.
[QUOTE]In December 2024, El Salvador and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a staff-level agreement for a $1.4 billion loan. The agreement, which outlines key policy commitments and structural reforms, remains subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board before the funds can be disbursed. However, concerns persist among civil society organizations and broader segments of the Salvadorean public that approval of an arrangement with the IMF could enable continued democratic backsliding and allow Nayib Bukele to further consolidate his authoritarian grip. The IMF Executive Board can help mitigate such concerns by enhancing transparency and accountability in the IMF-supported program. As a first step, including the following considerations into the IMF program would strengthen democratic norms and the rule of law in El Salvador, especially in the areas of governance and anti-corruption. Similarly, by improving consultation and encouraging communication with and the involvement of civil society actors, the IMF team, management, and the board would support broader public buy-in and strengthen program implementation.[/QUOTE][B]Why is it that the only governments individuals who favor the views of the party that harbors racists only admire dictators and those that want to be dictators like Elon Musk?[/B]
In fact, those that have a problem with US Citizens who live outside of the Dis-United States of America are idiots who do not realize that those citizens pay taxes to the US Federal Government no matter where in the world they are living. So, outside services from the US State Department, Office of Consulate Services, me and my fellow Americans like me receive no benefits from our taxes. We retain our vote precisely because we pay taxes.
Individuals in the party that harbor racists that make statements that [I]Social Security is a hand out[/I] are uninformed at best, liars at worst. If you have a problem with Social Security. Be a man. Write to your elective representative and your two Senators and tell them you support Social Security being means tested. You do know you can do that right?
[B]You are aware of this provision in the United States Constitution[/B]:
[QUOTE][b]The First Amendment[/b]: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, [u]and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances[/u].[/QUOTE][B]If you didnt know, now you know![/B]
[URL]https://m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/doge-cancels-over-200000-credit-cards-who-is-affected-and-what-it-means/amp_articleshow/118900635.cms?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID[/URL]#ampshare=https%3 A%2 F%2 Fm. [URL]economictimes.com[/URL]%2 Fnews%2 Finternational%2 Fus%2 Fdoge-cancels-over-200000-credit-cards-who-is-affected-and-what-it-means%2 Farticleshow%2 F118900635. Cms.
[B]However, the State Department emerged as the only agency among the 16 that did not have any credit cards canceled during this initial phase of the audit.[/B]
That is because Elon Musk is scared shitless of the Secretary of State! Even Musk know who he can fuck with and who he cannot in the USGOV! The Secretary of State does not play nor kiss Musk's ass. The Secretary of State stood up against Trator Musk in the first Cabinet Meeting that POTUS held and shut Musk down.
[URL]https://youtube.com/shorts/jMHoGfWY0AI?si=Av9eK-b6jqn4jw3A[/URL]
[B]Oh, that was nasty![/B]
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Civilisations rise and fall. What precipitates their collapse? It's broadly one of two reasons. Firstly, it's another society ascertaining what made the incumbent civilisation so great, how to replicate and possibly improve upon these features through luck, circumstance, industry or other less respectable means. Take for example the UK, the birthplace of the industrial revolution, upon which the sun finally did set post WW2 which gave the impetus for America to exercise its latent industrial might.
The other reason is when the incumbent civilisation forgets the values or key sucess factors that bought it into prominence. There are whole books devoted to why the Roman empire collapsed with multiple reasons but amongst those will be prominent that the Roman empire became decadent, corrupt and had a succession of incapable leaders.
Both of these reasons are pertinent to America: take the aphorism that never in history of humanity have so many people been alleviated from so much poverty in such a brief period of time as in modern day China. The Chinese learned from Lee Kuan Yew how to generate such incredible economic growth and in doing so also refuted the notion that economic growth necessitates a democratic system.
Trump is the embodiment of the other reason for America's demise. If you reject the very values that made you great in the first place (would the American economy have expanded as it did in the absence of its constitution, or legal framework or social values?) and if the rot comes from within then there is no one left to blame.
America will remain a highly influential power on the world stage simply due to its economic size and resources and its military might but the sun is setting on its being the sole superpower. The ascendancy of China to rival America on an eye to eye basis was always probable but is now inevitable. And the worst of it is America has accelerated its decline itself.
The ROW's goal must now be to shape a new world order in which America and China can co-exist without a military or other kind of war, simply for self interest purposes. Whether that's likely is something I don't know.
[QUOTE=HotDog666;3001545][URL]https://www.ft.com/content/b4efc86a-1064-4549-857d-619fb1841943[/URL]
Civilisations rise and fall. What precipitates their collapse? It's broadly one of two reasons. Firstly, it's another society ascertaining what made the incumbent civilisation so great, how to replicate and possibly improve upon these features through luck, circumstance, industry or other less respectable means. Take for example the UK, the birthplace of the industrial revolution, upon which the sun finally did set post WW2 which gave the impetus for America to exercise its latent industrial might.
The other reason is when the incumbent civilisation forgets the values or key sucess factors that bought it into prominence. There are whole books devoted to why the Roman empire collapsed with multiple reasons but amongst those will be prominent that the Roman empire became decadent, corrupt and had a succession of incapable leaders.
Both of these reasons are pertinent to America: take the aphorism that never in history of humanity have so many people been alleviated from so much poverty in such a brief period of time as in modern day China. The Chinese learned from Lee Kuan Yew how to generate such incredible economic growth and in doing so also refuted the notion that economic growth necessitates a democratic system.
Trump is the embodiment of the other reason for America's demise. If you reject the very values that made you great in the first place (would the American economy have expanded as it did in the absence of its constitution, or legal framework or social values?) and if the rot comes from within then there is no one left to blame.
America will remain a highly influential power on the world stage simply due to its economic size and resources and its military might but the sun is setting on its being the sole superpower. The ascendancy of China to rival America on an eye to eye basis was always probable but is now inevitable. And the worst of it is America has accelerated its decline itself.
The ROW's goal must now be to shape a new world order in which America and China can co-exist without a military or other kind of war, simply for self interest purposes. Whether that's likely is something I don't know.[/QUOTE]Trump's Meet The Press interview will go down in history as Exhibit [B]A[/B] for the total idiocy of any human being left on Earth who believes a single syllable of anything that fat fucking liar says.
Uh. You dumb fat fuck, going from "30 dolls to 2 dolls that cost more" is a 93% reduction in economic activity accompanied by higher prices along with, unavoidably and inevitably, a huge reduction in the number of employees on the payroll to sell dolls.
Otherwise known as Classic Repub Policy and Stewardhip Economic Stagflation.
Although it is doubtful the lady interviewing him on that typically pro Repub Mainstream Media program knew it because all she managed to do in the face of Trump's Gish Gallop fire hose of lies was to smile, nod and try to remember or figure out what her next question that won't get a coherent answer from that dumb fat fuck will be.
POTUS does not have to support the constitution. If he does not the Article II Branch of the USGOV can act.
[QUOTE]As adopted by the framers of the Constitution, this congressional power is a fundamental component of the system of checks and balances. Through the impeachment process, Congress charges and then tries an official of the federal government for Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. [/QUOTE][URL]https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm[/URL]
Why I have to explain this to grown men is beyond me. They must be guests if they don't understand it.