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Let's look at this a little deeper. "multiple black Democratic staffers told me" thats heresay right there. He names no one "I heard". "that senate Democrats dont give a sht about issues of race/racism" what is that even supposed to mean? They arent black anymore too? This is the same "Democrats dont care about black people" thing. People can choose to go with that if they want I realize its not that cut and dry. Also it depends on expectations/actual awareness and other factors. This is a cartoonishly vague and easily picked apart quote though. -
stringer bell wrote: »stringer bell wrote: »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6pojh0Ddrk
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/kellyanne-conway-denies-tiffany-trump-is-registered-to-vote-in-two-states-yes-she-is/Top Donald Trump White House aide Kellyanne Conway denied on NBC’s Today Thursday that Tiffany Trump was registered to vote in two different states, even though Tiffany Trump is registered to vote in two different states.
“I talked last night with Tiffany Trump, and she said it is flatly false that she is registered in two states,” Conway said.
“And I recall talking with Tiffany all through the fall when she was making sure she could reregister in New York to vote for her father. She had been registered in Pennsylvania and went through the process, said it was very byzantine and took a long time. But she said she is not registered in two states,” she continued.
A quick search of the Pennsylvania and New York online voter registries reveals that Trump is indeed registered in both states.
An hour after Conway’s interview, NBC reported that Pennsylvania election officials confirmed that she was still registered there, even though she no longer resides in the state.
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NoCompetition wrote: »
Let's look at this a little deeper. "multiple black Democratic staffers told me" thats heresay right there. He names no one "I heard". "that senate Democrats dont give a sht about issues of race/racism" what is that even supposed to mean? They arent black anymore too? This is the same "Democrats dont care about black people" thing. People can choose to go with that if they want I realize its not that cut and dry. Also it depends on expectations/actual awareness and other factors. This is a cartoonishly vague and easily picked apart quote though.
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What is Shaun King, is he black I'm really confused on that. All I see him do is tweet and write articles for the most part.
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My only question is -
HOW the ? ...
Did people not see this coming?
HOW the ? did over 40 million adult human beings ... vote this man to be President of the United States?
Voting Donald Trump in the White House will be one of the most embarrassing things in human history once its all said and done -
NoCompetition wrote: »
Let's look at this a little deeper. "multiple black Democratic staffers told me" thats heresay right there. He names no one "I heard". "that senate Democrats dont give a sht about issues of race/racism" what is that even supposed to mean? They arent black anymore too? This is the same "Democrats dont care about black people" thing. People can choose to go with that if they want I realize its not that cut and dry. Also it depends on expectations/actual awareness and other factors. This is a cartoonishly vague and easily picked apart quote though.
Why you mad tho? I know I came too real. Hurt your feelings cause you know your a simplistic gullible clown. And it hurts to have it adressed. Some of us can think deeper. While you take some heresay "I heard" and believe it without question. You dont even have the intelligence to question the source and authenticity when its laughably questionable. Above your grade so you get frustrated and angry. Pitiful and simplistic. -
https://www.google.com/amp/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/rundown/watch-live-british-prime-minister-theresa-may-speak-gop-retreat
Theresa May to speak at GOP Retreat
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ThaNubianGod wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Peso dropping like a rock. Mexico is dumb as hell
The peso has been dropping for months and a wall would only make it go lower. People have no idea how many ranchers on the border don't want a wall because they own land on both sides and use it for grazing
Peso was up this morning aorund 0.8%, and then dropped like a rock after the Mexican president cancelled. For Mexico this is stupid because Trump can easily take 14b from multiple places, and still hurt them in other ways. They depend on us.
So making them pay 14 billion is a good move for them
14b now is better than getting it taken out anyway plus other penalties. Mexico can't ? with us at all.
Mexico is the U.S's second biggest trading partner. Everyone would lose. You cant just say "Mexico cant ? with us" and plus that sounds stupid in a 2017 global economy.
....and What penalties? Trump could double the entry fees at the Mexico-US border for people coming in, but that would be a drop in the bucket to cover the 15-25 billion needed for the wall. You put tariffs on Mexican goods/ border tax, you have yourself a trade war.
You know not what you speak. There are no absolutes.
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naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Peso dropping like a rock. Mexico is dumb as hell
The peso has been dropping for months and a wall would only make it go lower. People have no idea how many ranchers on the border don't want a wall because they own land on both sides and use it for grazing
Peso was up this morning aorund 0.8%, and then dropped like a rock after the Mexican president cancelled. For Mexico this is stupid because Trump can easily take 14b from multiple places, and still hurt them in other ways. They depend on us.
So making them pay 14 billion is a good move for them
14b now is better than getting it taken out anyway plus other penalties. Mexico can't ? with us at all.
Mexico is the U.S's second biggest trading partner. Everyone would lose. You cant just say "Mexico cant ? with us" and plus that sounds stupid in a 2017 global economy.
....and What penalties? Trump could double the entry fees at the Mexico-US border but that would be a drop in the bucket to cover the 15-25 billion needed for the wall. You put tariffs on Mexican good, you have yourself a trade war.
You know not what you speak. There are no absolutes.
They already said it will likely be a border tax, and yes that covers it. 14b is a fraction of our budget.
And Mexico benefits way more from trade with us, than we do with them. They have no leverage, none. We could start ? with their remittance if we want, there's a whole host of things we can do. Then you got May coming from the UK here and talks of a UK trade deal.....bad timing for Mexico. -
ThaNubianGod wrote: »naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Peso dropping like a rock. Mexico is dumb as hell
The peso has been dropping for months and a wall would only make it go lower. People have no idea how many ranchers on the border don't want a wall because they own land on both sides and use it for grazing
Peso was up this morning aorund 0.8%, and then dropped like a rock after the Mexican president cancelled. For Mexico this is stupid because Trump can easily take 14b from multiple places, and still hurt them in other ways. They depend on us.
So making them pay 14 billion is a good move for them
14b now is better than getting it taken out anyway plus other penalties. Mexico can't ? with us at all.
Mexico is the U.S's second biggest trading partner. Everyone would lose. You cant just say "Mexico cant ? with us" and plus that sounds stupid in a 2017 global economy.
....and What penalties? Trump could double the entry fees at the Mexico-US border but that would be a drop in the bucket to cover the 15-25 billion needed for the wall. You put tariffs on Mexican good, you have yourself a trade war.
You know not what you speak. There are no absolutes.
They already said it will likely be a border tax, and yes that covers it. 14b is a fraction of our budget.
And Mexico benefits way more from trade with us, than we do with them. They have no leverage, none. We could start ? with their remittance if we want, there's a whole host of things we can do. Then you got May coming from the UK here and talks of a UK trade deal.....bad timing for Mexico.
Your view is oversimplistic and just wrong.
Again, slapping tariffs on Mexican goods would make Mexico respond in kind. American consumers would pay the price for more expensive goods.
Markets are doing well now but they are very fragile and always have been highly speculative. Sh*t could snowball.
Trump can talk tariffs all he wants, but he doesnt want to be the man responsible for putting North America into a recession. That would truly be unprecedented. One man... -
naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Peso dropping like a rock. Mexico is dumb as hell
The peso has been dropping for months and a wall would only make it go lower. People have no idea how many ranchers on the border don't want a wall because they own land on both sides and use it for grazing
Peso was up this morning aorund 0.8%, and then dropped like a rock after the Mexican president cancelled. For Mexico this is stupid because Trump can easily take 14b from multiple places, and still hurt them in other ways. They depend on us.
So making them pay 14 billion is a good move for them
14b now is better than getting it taken out anyway plus other penalties. Mexico can't ? with us at all.
Mexico is the U.S's second biggest trading partner. Everyone would lose. You cant just say "Mexico cant ? with us" and plus that sounds stupid in a 2017 global economy.
....and What penalties? Trump could double the entry fees at the Mexico-US border for people coming in, but that would be a drop in the bucket to cover the 15-25 billion needed for the wall. You put tariffs on Mexican goods/ border tax, you have yourself a trade war.
You know not what you speak. There are no absolutes.
Yup! Article is about a month old but no doubt that it's still relevant.
CNN reported that President-elect Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing a 5% tariff on all imports into the United States.
While the decision is not final, sources told CNN the tariff could be implemented through an executive order in the early days of the Trump presidency.
The move is not surprising, given that Trump made free trade one of the central topics of his campaign after criticizing China, Mexico, and Japan.
He suggested putting a 45% tariff on Chinese imports, said he would declare China a currency manipulator on his first day in office, proposed taxing imports from Mexico, said he'd "rip up" trade deals, and called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, "a ? of our country."
Trump has said in victory rallies since the election that for trade, "we have to look at it almost as a war," asking "who the hell cares if there's a trade war?"
Trump said China specifically is committing "the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world."
Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citi, wrote in a note to clients before the report of the new tariff that protectionist trade policies might spark a global trade war, "which could easily trigger a global recession."
Deutsche Bank has also addressed the negative risks of the Trump trade agenda. A team from the firm wrote in a note on Friday that "the biggest threat to growth is a possible protectionist turn, which could depress global trade and even trigger trade wars."
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-trade-policy-lead-to-global-recession-2016-12 -
Breezy_Kilroy wrote: »Trump is really going to ? off numerous leaders around the world.
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Breezy_Kilroy wrote: »naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Peso dropping like a rock. Mexico is dumb as hell
The peso has been dropping for months and a wall would only make it go lower. People have no idea how many ranchers on the border don't want a wall because they own land on both sides and use it for grazing
Peso was up this morning aorund 0.8%, and then dropped like a rock after the Mexican president cancelled. For Mexico this is stupid because Trump can easily take 14b from multiple places, and still hurt them in other ways. They depend on us.
So making them pay 14 billion is a good move for them
14b now is better than getting it taken out anyway plus other penalties. Mexico can't ? with us at all.
Mexico is the U.S's second biggest trading partner. Everyone would lose. You cant just say "Mexico cant ? with us" and plus that sounds stupid in a 2017 global economy.
....and What penalties? Trump could double the entry fees at the Mexico-US border for people coming in, but that would be a drop in the bucket to cover the 15-25 billion needed for the wall. You put tariffs on Mexican goods/ border tax, you have yourself a trade war.
You know not what you speak. There are no absolutes.
Yup! Article is about a month old but no doubt that it's still relevant.
CNN reported that President-elect Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing a 5% tariff on all imports into the United States.
While the decision is not final, sources told CNN the tariff could be implemented through an executive order in the early days of the Trump presidency.
The move is not surprising, given that Trump made free trade one of the central topics of his campaign after criticizing China, Mexico, and Japan.
He suggested putting a 45% tariff on Chinese imports, said he would declare China a currency manipulator on his first day in office, proposed taxing imports from Mexico, said he'd "rip up" trade deals, and called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, "a ? of our country."
Trump has said in victory rallies since the election that for trade, "we have to look at it almost as a war," asking "who the hell cares if there's a trade war?"
Trump said China specifically is committing "the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world."
Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citi, wrote in a note to clients before the report of the new tariff that protectionist trade policies might spark a global trade war, "which could easily trigger a global recession."
Deutsche Bank has also addressed the negative risks of the Trump trade agenda. A team from the firm wrote in a note on Friday that "the biggest threat to growth is a possible protectionist turn, which could depress global trade and even trigger trade wars."
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-trade-policy-lead-to-global-recession-2016-12
We dont want it with China.
China will hurt more from any trade war, but you might as pull out the stock market because sh*t wont be looking good.
I was thinking of investing a couple grand in stocks and long term investment this year.....imma have to hold off on that.
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naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Peso dropping like a rock. Mexico is dumb as hell
The peso has been dropping for months and a wall would only make it go lower. People have no idea how many ranchers on the border don't want a wall because they own land on both sides and use it for grazing
Peso was up this morning aorund 0.8%, and then dropped like a rock after the Mexican president cancelled. For Mexico this is stupid because Trump can easily take 14b from multiple places, and still hurt them in other ways. They depend on us.
So making them pay 14 billion is a good move for them
14b now is better than getting it taken out anyway plus other penalties. Mexico can't ? with us at all.
Mexico is the U.S's second biggest trading partner. Everyone would lose. You cant just say "Mexico cant ? with us" and plus that sounds stupid in a 2017 global economy.
....and What penalties? Trump could double the entry fees at the Mexico-US border for people coming in, but that would be a drop in the bucket to cover the 15-25 billion needed for the wall. You put tariffs on Mexican goods/ border tax, you have yourself a trade war.
You know not what you speak. There are no absolutes.
That dude is speaking with the intelligence of a toddler.
North of $1.2 Billion Worth of trade goods cross that border every single day ...
There are no "winners" in a US / Mexico Trade war.
Let's just ignore the precedents and messaging this type of behavior would evoke; and the ripples it would send through the global economy ..
Cuz you know "They can't ? with us"
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Not sure if anyone has said this, but it's going to take at least a decade to undo everything Cheeto's doing.
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Not sure if anyone has said this, but it's going to take at least a decade to undo everything Cheeto's doing.
This is just 1 week of damage ...
Over 200 more to go ... -
naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Peso dropping like a rock. Mexico is dumb as hell
The peso has been dropping for months and a wall would only make it go lower. People have no idea how many ranchers on the border don't want a wall because they own land on both sides and use it for grazing
Peso was up this morning aorund 0.8%, and then dropped like a rock after the Mexican president cancelled. For Mexico this is stupid because Trump can easily take 14b from multiple places, and still hurt them in other ways. They depend on us.
So making them pay 14 billion is a good move for them
14b now is better than getting it taken out anyway plus other penalties. Mexico can't ? with us at all.
Mexico is the U.S's second biggest trading partner. Everyone would lose. You cant just say "Mexico cant ? with us" and plus that sounds stupid in a 2017 global economy.
....and What penalties? Trump could double the entry fees at the Mexico-US border but that would be a drop in the bucket to cover the 15-25 billion needed for the wall. You put tariffs on Mexican good, you have yourself a trade war.
You know not what you speak. There are no absolutes.
They already said it will likely be a border tax, and yes that covers it. 14b is a fraction of our budget.
And Mexico benefits way more from trade with us, than we do with them. They have no leverage, none. We could start ? with their remittance if we want, there's a whole host of things we can do. Then you got May coming from the UK here and talks of a UK trade deal.....bad timing for Mexico.
Your view is oversimplistic and just wrong.
Again, slapping tariffs on Mexican goods would make Mexico respond in kind. American consumers would pay the price for more expensive goods.
Markets are doing well now but they are very fragile and always have been highly speculative. Sh*t could snowball.
Trump can talk tariffs all he wants, but he doesnt want to be the man responsible for putting North America into a recession. That would truly be unprecedented. One man...
Oversimplistic? lol. Nah, I've ran my own company for quite a while and know this well. Notice....the US markets weren't shook at all by the news. To be clear, I don't even think Trump is going to drop that import tax on Mexico, its a negotiating tactic, but that's under the assumption that mexico isn't completely stupid. If they keep it up i think Trump will use another method of getting that 14b, he has lots of options.
And North America into recession? If anything we could get clost to 4% growth by 2018. Don't buy into the globalist scare nonsense the MSM pushes. -
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Breezy_Kilroy wrote: »[img]https://scontent-iad3-1.? .fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/16179751_1553260124702979_8284270821998021069_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=367283b08155a392e6532e6671ace160&oe=591AF512[/img]
Ha!
I'm seriously thinking of joining twitter just to troll dumb ? like this
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ghostdog56 wrote: »
I see you flagged my posts. I know Im killin you with the realness. I dont care enough about you or your nonsense to flag you. Your no threat or factor to me. I aint troll nobody. I stated that tweet is hearsay, which it is and he named no names. Just pointed out the truth. Your showing you cant take it and in your feelings. Embarrassingly easy to beat and see through. But f it i can flag too. So here you go. Your the type to get banned. -
yall thought I was lying when I said trying to build that wall would start a war on US soil. Its too many of them here already to try to have them build the wall to keep their own people out. Its too risky
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mississippi-republican-who-pushed-voter-fraud-says-getting-death-threatsMS GOPer Who Pushed Voter Fraud Myth Says He's Getting Death Threats
A former Mississippi official who pushed unsubstantiated claims that "more than three million" votes were cast in the 2016 election by undocumented immigrants said in an interview published Thursday that he has received death threats.
“There are people who want to ? me,” Gregg Phillips, a Republican operative and former state official, said in an interview with The Clarion-Ledger. "It's insane."
Phillips said he was falsely accused of being an Israeli or Russian spy, according to the report, and insisted that his claims of massive election fraud are "not wrong."
"I’m just a guy putting a tweet," he said. "All social media seems like fake news, especially Twitter."
A widely-shared Nov. 14 article from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ website Infowars alleged that "more than three million" votes were cast by non-citizens in the 2016 election.
The article was based on tweets Phillips published days earlier asserting the same statistics, as documented by Politifact. Phillips refused to offer additional information about how he arrived at that figure, where he obtained his data or what that data was.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will sign an executive order to move forward with an investigation into alleged widespread voter fraud which he has baselessly claimed cost him the popular vote.
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ThaNubianGod wrote: »naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »naledgestate wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Shizlansky wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Peso dropping like a rock. Mexico is dumb as hell
The peso has been dropping for months and a wall would only make it go lower. People have no idea how many ranchers on the border don't want a wall because they own land on both sides and use it for grazing
Peso was up this morning aorund 0.8%, and then dropped like a rock after the Mexican president cancelled. For Mexico this is stupid because Trump can easily take 14b from multiple places, and still hurt them in other ways. They depend on us.
So making them pay 14 billion is a good move for them
14b now is better than getting it taken out anyway plus other penalties. Mexico can't ? with us at all.
Mexico is the U.S's second biggest trading partner. Everyone would lose. You cant just say "Mexico cant ? with us" and plus that sounds stupid in a 2017 global economy.
....and What penalties? Trump could double the entry fees at the Mexico-US border but that would be a drop in the bucket to cover the 15-25 billion needed for the wall. You put tariffs on Mexican good, you have yourself a trade war.
You know not what you speak. There are no absolutes.
They already said it will likely be a border tax, and yes that covers it. 14b is a fraction of our budget.
And Mexico benefits way more from trade with us, than we do with them. They have no leverage, none. We could start ? with their remittance if we want, there's a whole host of things we can do. Then you got May coming from the UK here and talks of a UK trade deal.....bad timing for Mexico.
Your view is oversimplistic and just wrong.
Again, slapping tariffs on Mexican goods would make Mexico respond in kind. American consumers would pay the price for more expensive goods.
Markets are doing well now but they are very fragile and always have been highly speculative. Sh*t could snowball.
Trump can talk tariffs all he wants, but he doesnt want to be the man responsible for putting North America into a recession. That would truly be unprecedented. One man...
Oversimplistic? lol. Nah, I've ran my own company for quite a while and know this well. Notice....the US markets weren't shook at all by the news. To be clear, I don't even think Trump is going to drop that import tax on Mexico, its a negotiating tactic, but that's under the assumption that mexico isn't completely stupid. If they keep it up i think Trump will use another method of getting that 14b, he has lots of options.
And North America into recession? If anything we could get clost to 4% growth by 2018. Don't buy into the globalist scare nonsense the MSM pushes.
4% GDP? You clearly dont know what you're talking about. How do get from 1.5-2.5 annual growth to 4% within a year? Even most conservative economists would say thats ? .
You would need a massive influx of immigrant labor, and a sharp rise in workers productivity to even come close to 4% because our workforce is getting older and baby boomers are retiring from the workforce in droves. Most economists believe that any projection around 2% is a good number until 2020.
The variables are just not there. It really isnt that hard to understand.
Projections for 2017 and 18':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSM8o9xnYZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8XKzI_NZKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZTUamlQus