American Politics

[QUOTE=Tiny12;3066394]Apologies Elvis, my reference to you was intended to be a compliment combined with humor. Obviously it didn't come off that way.[/QUOTE]LOL. I guess that I am little sensitive on the matter. It is nothing personal. I made a rational decision based on fact and observation and am reaping the benefits of that decision to this day.

I guess what bugs me so much is that the people who were so fucking stupid with Covid think they were so smart. And of all the stupid shit on Covid, the worst was turning it into a red-blue matter. Why anyone would waste their time on studies saying Democrats were less likely to die of Covid than Republicans is beyond me.

I am skeptical of study designs and proving a preventive measure. For example, if you are in a city of a million people and half have Covid, you may be able to show that wearing masks is beneficial. If only one in a million has it, then it is impossible to show that it is of benefit.

Thing is the NFL did the best studies on masks I saw. What they saw is that if you talked to someone with Covid for over 5 minutes without a mask, you were at risk for getting Covid. If you wore a mask, the time it took to transmit the virus went up dramatically. To me, the universal take away was to keep your conversations short while speaking in person versus everyone wearing masks and what bugged me about is the most likely place to speak for over 5 minutes unmasked was at the family dinner table. If you are going to go in on masking, then you need to go all the way or not at all and emphasize the short conversations. And sure enough, the most common place Covid was transmitted was in the home.

With Covid, there was all this emphasis on "doing something" and way to little on determining if that something actually worked.

As the United States and China compete for dominance in artificial intelligence, energy is emerging as a critical battleground.

In just five short years, [B]China has added more power capacity across all energy technologies than the United States[/B] has built in its entire history, and that gap is only growing over the next five years. China plans to add more than 3. 4 terawatts of energy generation capacity, nearly six times as much as the US.

[B]Chinas Secret Superpower in the AI Race,[/B] Feb 5th, 2026 [URL] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-05/china-s-energy-buildout-is-its-ai-superpower-in-race-with-the-us[/URL] China, isn't just some "Johnny-come-lately", and is doomed to fail, as some would have you believe, but for years have had solid planning in place, developing their economic, manufacturing, technological and electrotech prowess at a rate that is extraordinary.

[URL]https://www.foxnews.com/media/whoopi-goldberg-argues-america-de-balled-unserious-world-stage[/URL]

Well yes, the left and the right has been.

The middle will always hold and win.

God Bless America and MAGA.

Libertarians burn in HELL.

And just like that, Trump and his MAGA Cult no longer care about high gas prices.

Here is a quote I made up as I went along of Trump declaring the price of gas thanks solely to his plunging America into another Repub, quagmire, counterproductive War of Choice in the Middle East based on Repub lies to be mere "peanuts" compared to the threat of a nuclear attack from Iran that he himself facilitated by tearing up the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2017, twice, right before he immediately, say it with me, "defunded and removed" the inspectors, thereby allowing Iran to do anything it damn well pleased unmonitored for the next 9 years.

[B]Trump Calls High Gas Prices Peanuts as Economic Approval Rating Plunges.
May 19, 2026[/B]

[URL]https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-joe-biden-gas-prices-11968147[/URL]

And below you will see screenshots of the statements from AAA and a chart from Gas Buddy, both of which I made up as I went along, showing that the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the USA today is higher than it was at any time under Biden except for less than about 2 months way back in 2022 when it only maxed out for a few hours at as much as about $0. 49 more than "peanuts" according to Repub MAGA Cult Leader Trump.

Of course, if anyone has been paying attention to the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that they and I have made up as we went along you would know that while gas was only briefly slightly higher under Biden, his economy was also creating millions more private-sector jobs than all three Repub presidents' economies combined, including Trump, vs now while Trump's BLS jobs creation numbers are typically Repub crap and his Trump Tariffs and Iran War Gas Prices inflation rate is not only exceeding the increase in wages but even before his Bribery Payback Iran War of Choice wages were seeing the weakest gains in 2025 of the previous 5 years.

All reports BLS made up as they went along at my request, of course.

[B]Jobs Growth Under Trump Even More Dismal Than Originally Thought.
Feb. 11, 2026[/B]

[URL]https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jobs-growth-under-trump-even-180031639.html[/URL]

[QUOTE]Instead of 584,000 jobs, or 49,000 jobs per month on average, the economy added just 181,000 jobs last year, for an average of 15,000 jobs per month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statisticss latest jobs report released Wednesday.[/QUOTE][B]Low-wage workers faced worsening affordability in 2025 as wage growth stalled.
Feb. 11, 2026[/B]

[URL]https://www.epi.org/blog/low-wage-workers-faced-worsening-affordability-in-2025/[/URL]

[QUOTE]Real wages declined 0.3% for low-wage workers in 2025, a stark departure from the unusually strong wage gains they had experienced over the previous five years.

This reversal was not inevitableit was caused by policy decisions that weakened the labor market.

Meanwhile, middle- and high-wage workers saw modest wage growth in 2025.

Low- and middle-wage workers have suffered from decades of slow and suppressed wage growth. To improve affordability, policymakers can and must raise wages. [/QUOTE]Oh, and there is also a screenshot of the skyrocketing Disapproval Ratings for Trump the demonstrably Winger-leaning RCP and I made up as we went along strongly suggesting more and more Americans are reading these things I make up as I go along and believing them.

[QUOTE=KeviKev68;3066731]If that were true how come Republicans didn't do anything about. It's quite rich to hear you bleating about sex trafficking when Trump's best buddy Epstein for 10 years was an inveterate scumbag sex trafficker. Those two were palling around over a decade ay Mar-A-Lago and god know where else.

Under Trump's "leadership" the DOJ sent Epstein enabler and co-conspirator Maxwell to a luxury "prison" camp where her clothes are dry cleaned and guards wait on her with diet cokes unavailable to anyone staying there.[/QUOTE]Your lies about Trump & Epstein are getting old. Only a fool would believe you. The sex traffickers Biden let into the USA are slowly getting arrested and deported by ice even with the democrats doing everything in their power to protect the sex traffickers, murderers and rapists with their sanctuary cities. Yes the sanctuary cities are protecting the sex traffickers and even the democrats in congress are doing everything in their power to stop ice from deporting these criminals. You must not live in the USA as you seem to know nothing about what is happening in America. It seems like you only report fake news from those communist fake news sites.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;3066715]So once those Repub billionaires migrate to their Deadbeat Repub Nirvana Red States, who will pay the taxes that keep the most important States re economic benefit to America, virtually all Blue and especially California, going? Will Blue States have to increase taxes on middle and lower income Americans to make up for the Deadbeat Billionaires rushing from one Deadbeat Repub Red State to another searching for the Free Ride of their Deadbeat Repub dreams?

Hey, welcome to my world for my entire working and investing life. That's what I was doing in California for the 50 years before I retired. And I was ok with that because I loved America and was happy to contribute more for less return for my tax dollar since it was a waste of time waiting for Deadbeat Repub Red State residents to pony up their share of the load.

Yet I somehow still managed to have a relatively prosperous and happy working life and now retirement with all those Blue State "thieves" stealing my money to keep America afloat where Deadbeat Red States won't. Relative to the bottom of the rung Red State retirees, that is.

Sorry to hear those poor put upon Deadbeat Repub Billionaires can't cut it in California as well as a decidedly non Billionaire patriotic American like me did without breaking much of a sweat. Then again, I was too busy working real jobs to spend all my time scurrying from one state to another looking for a free ride.[/QUOTE]California is broke and is a disgrace to America. It is a drain on the federal government and is delinquent on repaying their Covid loans. Only thing keeping California blue is the illegals voting which will never stop with out voter ID.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;3066715]So once those Repub billionaires migrate to their Deadbeat Repub Nirvana Red States, who will pay the taxes that keep the most important States re economic benefit to America, virtually all Blue and especially California, going? Will Blue States have to increase taxes on middle and lower income Americans to make up for the Deadbeat Billionaires rushing from one Deadbeat Repub Red State to another searching for the Free Ride of their Deadbeat Repub dreams?

Hey, welcome to my world for my entire working and investing life. That's what I was doing in California for the 50 years before I retired. And I was ok with that because I loved America and was happy to contribute more for less return for my tax dollar since it was a waste of time waiting for Deadbeat Repub Red State residents to pony up their share of the load.

Yet I somehow still managed to have a relatively prosperous and happy working life and now retirement with all those Blue State "thieves" stealing my money to keep America afloat where Deadbeat Red States won't. Relative to the bottom of the rung Red State retirees, that is.

Sorry to hear those poor put upon Deadbeat Repub Billionaires can't cut it in California as well as a decidedly non Billionaire patriotic American like me did without breaking much of a sweat. Then again, I was too busy working real jobs to spend all my time scurrying from one state to another looking for a free ride.[/QUOTE]Liberal deadbeats in California take more from the government than they ever pay to the government. If you had a company and employed any amount of people you would not be a liptard. I can guarantee you that you never had 1000 employees in a blue state and made millions and paid millions in taxes. If so you would not hate America like you do. You would have been a California Republican. If you worked for someone for 50 years you would be a Democrat. That is the truth. You proved your investing knowledge when you made less money in Trump first year than in Biden or Obama year. If you didn't have your best year ever in 2025 you are not in the market.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3066768][URL]https://www.foxnews.com/media/whoopi-goldberg-argues-america-de-balled-unserious-world-stage[/URL]

Well yes, the left and the right has been.

The middle will always hold and win.

God Bless America and MAGA.

Libertarians burn in HELL.[/QUOTE]That's ok he got us part of the Epstein Files the rest will come later!

[QUOTE=EihTooms;3066775]And just like that, Trump and his MAGA Cult no longer care about high gas prices.

Here is a quote I made up as I went along of Trump declaring the price of gas thanks solely to his plunging America into another Repub, quagmire, counterproductive War of Choice in the Middle East based on Repub lies to be mere "peanuts" compared to the threat of a nuclear attack from Iran that he himself facilitated by tearing up the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2017, twice, right before he immediately, say it with me, "defunded and removed" the inspectors, thereby allowing Iran to do anything it damn well pleased unmonitored for the next 9 years.

[B]Trump Calls High Gas Prices Peanuts as Economic Approval Rating Plunges.
May 19, 2026[/B]

[URL]https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-joe-biden-gas-prices-11968147[/URL]

And below you will see screenshots of the statements from AAA and a chart from Gas Buddy, both of which I made up as I went along, showing that the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the USA today is higher than it was at any time under Biden except for less than about 2 months way back in 2022 when it only maxed out for a few hours at as much as about $0. 49 more than "peanuts" according to Repub MAGA Cult Leader Trump.

Of course, if anyone has been paying attention to the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that they and I have made up as we went along you would know that while gas was only briefly slightly higher under Biden, his economy was also creating millions more private-sector jobs than all three Repub presidents' economies combined, including Trump, vs now while Trump's BLS jobs creation numbers are typically Repub crap and his Trump Tariffs and Iran War Gas Prices inflation rate is not only exceeding the increase in wages but even before his Bribery Payback Iran War of Choice wages were seeing the weakest gains in 2025 of the previous 5 years..[/QUOTE]Yes Trumps ratings are a little lower but still twice as high as Shumer or rest of the incompetent democrats in congress. Democrats ratings lowest in history of the party which makes Trump ratings look great.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3066768][URL]https://www.foxnews.com/media/whoopi-goldberg-argues-america-de-balled-unserious-world-stage[/URL]

Well yes, the left and the right has been.

The middle will always hold and win.

God Bless America and MAGA.

Libertarians burn in HELL.[/QUOTE]And McConnell.

[QUOTE=Canada;3066781]Liberal deadbeats in California take more from the government than they ever pay to the government. If you had a company and employed any amount of people you would not be a liptard. I can guarantee you that you never had 1000 employees in a blue state and made millions and paid millions in taxes. If so you would not hate America like you do. You would have been a California Republican. If you worked for someone for 50 years you would be a Democrat. That is the truth. You proved your investing knowledge when you made less money in Trump first year than in Biden or Obama year. If you didn't have your best year ever in 2025 you are not in the market.[/QUOTE]How did all those people become Billionaires in California before they decided to take the Billions they made in California and scurry from state to state searching for their Repub MAGA Deadbeat Agenda Free Ride?

I'll give you time to collude with Tiny12 to see if there is a "hominahominaSimpsonhominahomina" nuance or subtlety to apply to whatever MAGA Math you need to blame Joe Biden for your shocking reply.

Repub Trump, his supporters and everyone who could have but did not vote for Clinton in 2016, Biden in 2020 and Harris in 2024 obviously hates America, the Rule of Law, the USA Constitution, historic recoveries from Great Repub Depressions and Great Repub Recessions, private-sector jobs creation, a stronger and safer National Security and promoting freedom and democracy around the world.

But they sure do loves them some cop-killers and kiddie-diddlers and will go to extraordinary lengths to defend and protect them, pardon and reward them with millions and millions of dollars:

[B]Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets life sentence for child sex crimes.
Andrew Paul Johnson promised one of his victims money he expected to receive from the Justice Department, authorities said.
March 6, 2026[/B]

[URL]https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-trump-jan-6-case-gets-life-sentence-child-sex-cr-rcna261963[/URL]

[QUOTE]Andrew Paul Johnson was arrested in August, nine months after Trump pardoned him and hundreds of other Jan. 6 defendants for crimes ranging from low-level misdemeanors to felony charges like assaulting officer with deadly weapons.

Johnson, 45, was convicted last month of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16, as well as transmitting harmful materials by electronic device to a minor.
..........
Johnson told one of the victims that he would see a windfall from the government after his pardon and that he would put the victim in his will to take any leftover money, according to law enforcement.

Trump has discussed the possibility of taxpayer-funded payouts for Jan. 6 defendants. The Justice Department already gave out just under $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot as she jumped through a broken window leading into the House Speakers Gallery.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3066768][URL]https://www.foxnews.com/media/whoopi-goldberg-argues-america-de-balled-unserious-world-stage[/URL]

Well yes, the left and the right has been.

The middle will always hold and win.

God Bless America and MAGA.

Libertarians burn in HELL.[/QUOTE]He voted with Trump 99% of the time but terrified Trump by demanding all of the Epstein files be released.

Any time a proven winning Repub Congressman gets booted out in a primary it's a good thing for the country. So some blithering inexperienced Repub will either get defeated in November or serve in an utterly useless minority starting next year. All good.

[QUOTE=Canada;3066794]Yes Trumps ratings are a little lower but still twice as high as Shumer or rest of the incompetent democrats in congress. Democrats ratings lowest in history of the party which makes Trump ratings look great.[/QUOTE]Most Americans disapprove of the job Trump is doing on every issue that even the demonstrably Winger-leaning RealClearPolitics deems worth asking about so much they are willing to vote for another Party with low approval numbers just to put the breaks on his horrific policy and management results.

See, the poll ratings aren't "elections". They only tell you who will probably win an election within a normal +/-Margin of Error. In this case, at a 7 point advantage over Trump's Party, the Dems are poised to do quite well against Trump's Party this November.

No guarantee. I mean, Dems can't over come every election rigging scheme Trump and his Party pull every time and while they are throwing everything at this one. But the probabilities do favor Dems even if their Approval Ratings were 0%.

[QUOTE=Canada;3066778]Your lies about Trump & Epstein are getting old. Only a fool would believe you. The sex traffickers Biden let into the USA are slowly getting arrested and deported by ice even with the democrats doing everything in their power to protect the sex traffickers, murderers and rapists with their sanctuary cities. Yes the sanctuary cities are protecting the sex traffickers and even the democrats in congress are doing everything in their power to stop ice from deporting these criminals. You must not live in the USA as you seem to know nothing about what is happening in America. It seems like you only report fake news from those communist fake news sites.[/QUOTE]You call yourself "Canada" and have the audacity to question if I am an American? Who are you trying to kid. It's you who isn't an American as no one would refer to himself as "Canada" if they were American. Perhaps, you think Trump will still make an attempt to buy Canada? I wonder how that went over with King Charles.

It's accepted that Trump and Epstein pursued underaged teenagers over a decade. Don't be fooled by these fake assassination attempts created by FAUX News and Trump to get sympathy and a 1 billion dollar taxpayer ballroom that we don't need.