American Politics

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2724676]Repubs are thriving when economy is in tatters. No, they won't do shit for economy, but they're great at 'xplaining how Dems are to blame when economy is in tatters.

Expensive gas is good for Repub. Cheap gas is bad for Repubs. Cheap gas distracts people from voting right. As in ultra-right.
[/QUOTE]Man, you dumb Dems do not understand anything.

[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/high-gas-prices-pump-alter-driving-habits-aaa-finds[/URL]

The DoE's official implied gasoline demand data shows the weakest demand since the COVID lockdowns (on a seasonal basis) and weakest overall since 2013.

And this is good?

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2724676]
Expensive gas is good for Repub. Cheap gas is bad for Repubs. Cheap gas distracts people from voting right. As in ultra-right.
$6 per gallon would be fantastic.
[/QUOTE]I found this from one month ago when gas prices in USA had just passed USD 5:

Hong Kong: $11.35.
Norway: $10.22.
Denmark: $10.04.
Finland: $10.08.
Greece: $9. 49.
Netherlands: $9. 33.
United Kingdom: $8. 39.
Spain: $8. 35.
France: $8. 27.
Italy: $8. 01.
Israel: $7. 94.
Germany: $7. 65.

Cheapest:
Venezuela - $0. 08.
Libya: $0. 12.
Iran: $0. 20.
Syria: $1. 08.
Algeria: $1. 19.
Kuwait: $1. 29.
Saudi at $ 2. 35.

[URL]https://fortune.com/2022/06/17/most-expensive-gas-prices-around-world-2022/[/URL]

Things no doubt have changed a litttle.

But for US people to feel less pain, why doesn't the govt invest in public transport. Buses, trains etc. Oh I forgot, that would take competence and a commitment to helping the US public instead of themselves.

[QUOTE=JustTK;2724864]I found this from one month ago when gas prices in USA had just passed USD 5:

Hong Kong: $11.35.
Norway: $10.22.
Denmark: $10.04.
Finland: $10.08.
Greece: $9. 49.
Netherlands: $9. 33.
United Kingdom: $8. 39.
Spain: $8. 35.
France: $8. 27.
Italy: $8. 01.
Israel: $7. 94.
Germany: $7. 65.

Cheapest:
Venezuela - $0. 08.
Libya: $0. 12.
Iran: $0. 20.
Syria: $1. 08.
Algeria: $1. 19.
Kuwait: $1. 29.
Saudi at $ 2. 35.

[URL]https://fortune.com/2022/06/17/most-expensive-gas-prices-around-world-2022/[/URL]

Things no doubt have changed a litttle.

But for US people to feel less pain, why doesn't the govt invest in public transport. Buses, trains etc. Oh I forgot, that would take competence and a commitment to helping the US public instead of themselves.[/QUOTE][blue][Deleted by Admin][/blue]

Bus and rail lines in the United States exist already and easily carry the folks who choose that over alternates, like their own vehicles.

Show me where regularly scheduled busses or trains depart fully occupied where dozens of other eager riders are left at the station?

[B]Hunter Biden had a high-end income and lavish lifestyle. But he struggled with tax issues for years - CNN, July 27th 2022[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/hunter-biden-emails-invs/index.html[/URL]

I am confused! Why is CNN talking about Hunter Biden's issues?

[QUOTE=Gino02;2724990][B]Hunter Biden had a high-end income and lavish lifestyle. But he struggled with tax issues for years - CNN, July 27th 2022[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/hunter-biden-emails-invs/index.html[/URL]

I am confused! Why is CNN talking about Hunter Biden's issues?[/QUOTE]That's an easy one; because as a typically pro Repub campaigning Mainstream Media source, it is in CNN's financial interest to find something, anything, that will help their beloved Repub Party win more congressional seats this November so they can better provide more of those Bad News, "A Great Repub Depression / Recession Looms!" headlines and topics it craves to attract viewers.

And in this time of a historically positive economic recovery, expansion, jobs creation, wage growth, national security and Western Democracy Alliance strengthening under Joe Biden and the Dems, silliness about some inconsequential dude named "Hunter" is all they've got.

[QUOTE=AxelHeyst;2724308]Paulie97 in your vehement defense of the Nancy Pelosi's Jan 6 House Inquisition you omit the key fact in my post that the star witness, White House assistant Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony was 100 percent hearsay. And wait for it, within hours of Ms. Hutchinson's allegations, the Secret Service agents actually involved came forward and said what Ms. Hutchinson testified to under oath did not happen.[/QUOTE]An agent reportedly questioned the part about Rump lunging at the steering wheel but this has yet to be said under oath. The meat of the story stands, that Rump demanded to be taken back to the Capital so he could support the murderous goons he unleashed. Whining about Pelosi doesn't save you from these facts.

Also, and once again, "hearsay" isn't useless. It's essentially the testimony of what another person said, and is used all the time to help secure criminal convictions. It's often admissible in court, and is especially useful when it comes to confessions made to the commission of crimes. And it's also very useful in these hearings which aren't a criminal trial, especially in the case of Hutchinson who was around the inner circle and offers direct testimony of the words and mindset of Rump's right hand man Mark Meadows as she was his assistant.

[URL]https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/secret-service-debunked-hutchinson/[/URL]

The big question here, is why don't you take advantage of some of the opportunities in our country to get an education? That is if you are from the US. Lying every day in a monger forum doesn't get you far. And that way you can learn how to do some research and stop being a stooge of Fox News and the con men of their nightly fiction hours, Hannity and Tucker, and a constantly lying tyrant like Trump and become a useful citizen. I mean we know you can talk, but what good is that if you don't know what the fuck you are talking about? You just look like a fool, like those traitorous goons that tore up the Capital, and that Rump never pardoned. Suckers.

[QUOTE=PVMonger;2724788]Hutchinson's testimony was 100% hearsay? Not even close.

First, hearsay only applies to a trial. Are the hearings a trial? Nope. So I call BS on your statement for that reason alone.

Need more proof? How about this: [URL]https://lawandcrime.com/jan-6-committee/house-judiciary-gop-claimed-mark-meadows-aides-blockbuster-testimony-was-literally-all-hearsay-evidence-the-truth-is-more-complicated/[/URL] or [URL]https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/28/cassidy-hutchinson-jan-6-testimony-00042985[/URL].

But you'll just call it "fake news" because that's what "FUX snooze" says it is, right?[/QUOTE]They aren't watching the hearings, rest assured of that. They are simply regurgitating what they heard on the Fox nightly fiction hours.

The sleazebag is constantly lying but this one he harped on and on about on air on the sidelines, playing the victim whining about four well earned WP Pinocchios rather than showing the Jan 6th hearings. No, Trump DID NOT give any order prior to Jan 6th to deploy the military to protect the Capital. That's in spite of Trump's yes man and acting Defense Sec Christopher Miller's claim on the Sean Hannity Show. His contradictory statement under oath before the Jan 6th committee confirms this. Kash Patel is also a liar. So lying on Fox is routine for wingnuts and carries no consequences. Lying under oath however does so that's when we are likely to get the truth, assuming they don't no show, take the 5th, or do the "I don't recall" 1000 times.

[URL]https://www.mediamatters.org/january-6-insurrection/sean-hannitys-main-attack-against-january-6-committee-shatters-amid-new[/URL]

[URL]https://twitter.com/January6thCmte/status/1552041350941532168[/URL]

[QUOTE=ScatManDoo;2724911]Bus and rail lines in the United States exist already and easily carry the folks who choose that over alternates, like their own vehicles.
Show me where regularly scheduled busses or trains depart fully occupied where dozens of other eager riders are left at the station?[/QUOTE]The issue is tht public transport has been neglected and / or underinvested for decades bcos the US Govt sees it as a hand out for the poor. This article explaims it pretty well.

[URL]https://www.vox.com/2015/8/10/9118199/public-transportation-subway-buses[/URL]

If the service is poor, only the poor will take it.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2724835]Man, you dumb Dems do not understand anything.

[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/high-gas-prices-pump-alter-driving-habits-aaa-finds[/URL]

The DoE's official implied gasoline demand data shows the weakest demand since the COVID lockdowns (on a seasonal basis) and weakest overall since 2013.

And this is good?[/QUOTE]Once again you fail to get the point of Xpartan's message. But that's normal for RethugliKKKants. That's why Donnie the Dumbass said that he loved stupid supporters.

He said that high gasoline prices are good for RethugliKKKans and meant to say [B]because they can campaign on it[/B]. So, in the interest of fairness, please point out a RethugliKKKan, any RethugliKKKan, who is [B]not making[/B] high gasoline prices a campaign issue.

The numbers just came out this morning: 2nd quarter in a row negative growth GDP.

That makes it 2 quarters in a row that the US economy shrank.

While at the same time the year over year rate of inflation is officially pegged at around 9%. Actually, it is much higher when food and groceries are included in calculation. Pols too that vital component out years ago.

So, what have got? A shrinking economy and rising prices. In other words stagflation! Baby.

Way to go Uncle Joe and radical woke Democrats.

And what do you suppose is their solution to this horrible problem? 1. Propaganda IE change the definition of inflation. That will work. 2. Print more money and raise corporate taxes. 2 of the 3 shit ball ideas that the Dems enacted when Biden came into office that got us into this mess in the first place. Boy oh Boy, this is going to hurt and last a long time.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2725018]That's an easy one; because as a typically pro Repub campaigning Mainstream Media source, it is in CNN's financial interest to find something, anything, that will help their beloved Repub Party win more congressional seats this November so they can better provide more of those Bad News, "A Great Repub Depression / Recession Looms!" headlines and topics it craves to attract viewers.

And in this time of a historically positive economic recovery, expansion, jobs creation, wage growth, national security and Western Democracy Alliance strengthening under Joe Biden and the Dems, silliness about some inconsequential dude named "Hunter" is all they've got.[/QUOTE]This dude is saying "CNN is pro Republican campaigning Mainstream Media source"! WTF is he smoking? No wonder he still supports Burden. Ok fellas, no more debates needed, he just established that he's a nutcase himself like Burden.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2725018]That's an easy one; because as a typically pro Repub campaigning Mainstream Media source, it is in CNN's financial interest to find something, anything, that will help their beloved Repub Party win more congressional seats this November so they can better provide more of those Bad News, "A Great Repub Depression / Recession Looms!" headlines and topics it craves to attract viewers.

And in this time of a historically positive economic recovery, expansion, jobs creation, wage growth, national security and Western Democracy Alliance strengthening under Joe Biden and the Dems, silliness about some inconsequential dude named "Hunter" is all they've got.[/QUOTE]It's covered simply for the reason that CNN is a legit news service though presented from a left-center angle. They often present information unfriendly to the left because that's their job. The reverse cannot be said of Fox which is not a legit news service but birthed from the habitual liar and "entertainer" Rush Limbaugh. This especially is true regarding the evening hours and Tucker and Hannity who aren't even remotely journalists. But in any case, your accusation that CNN is actively working to elect Republicans is ludicrous, and though your daily warring here is appreciated and usually useful, some of your posts are an embarrassment.

The Hunter Biden updates were newsworthy as he's the president's son. The same would have been newsworthy if one of Trump's sons had a crack addiction, owed the IRS large sums, and told their "assistant" to make his Porche payment but to take only 1500 of the 3000 owed to them. Then again it's hardly worthy of headlines and daily coverage, and is still a big nothing burger whataboutism in these debates. No conspiracy theories trying to implicate Joe have yet to pan out. We are individuals and no court holds us responsible for the actions of our offspring. Even if so he'd still be a choir boy compared to Trump.

[QUOTE=JustTK;2725140]The issue is tht public transport has been neglected and / or underinvested for decades bcos the US Govt sees it as a hand out for the poor. This article explaims it pretty well.

[URL]https://www.vox.com/2015/8/10/9118199/public-transportation-subway-buses[/URL]

If the service is poor, only the poor will take it.[/QUOTE]That may be true for connecting inner city to the suburbs but I think that the auto industry wanted to sell more cars and mass public transportation would have decreased sales substantially. Most suburbanites have at least two cars in the family. No doubt we could use some high speed rail but doubtful it will happen. Money for weapons and corporate welfare but none for universal healthcare, public transport or education. And last but not least seniors and social security to keep up with cost of living. We just got a little boost and I mean little. Probably enough to get up to next higher tax bracket.

P.S: didn't read the link. I Don't connect to links. Paranoid or something, hahaha.

[QUOTE=Gino02;2725193]This dude is saying "CNN is pro Republican campaigning Mainstream Media source"! WTF is he smoking? No wonder he still supports Burden. Ok fellas, no more debates needed, he just established that he's a nutcase himself like Burden.[/QUOTE]Almost 70% of what CNN says is just crap or false. Hopefully sooner or later someone will file a lawsuit against them and put them out of there misery. I wish Trump would do this and focus on fundraising. If he did this and retired he could totally get the last laugh and leave a winner.