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Trump
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Dec 24, 2018 - 09:31am PT
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That’s real news, huh?
That’s cool that those folks are putting their own money where their mouths are, instead of just whining and name-calling about it on some Internet forum. I think it was only 41% of folks who wanted the wall when Trump was elected, so that’s great that they’re kicking in their own money instead of waiting for all the rest of us to pay for it.
Seriously, if you think Trump got elected because his supporters were relying on him making Mexico pay for the wall, I can understand why you’re confused that they almost all still support him. I know we all like to imagine how stupid other people are, but it probably wouldn’t hurt us to do a little more thinking ourselves.
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WBraun
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Dec 24, 2018 - 09:33am PT
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These guys here can't think ever.
That's why they're dumber than all the people they rant against all day long here every day .....
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apogee
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Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Dec 24, 2018 - 09:47am PT
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Trump, I don’t think there’s anything here to ‘imagine’ about the stupidity of people who fervently supported this shyster, believed and supported his schlock, then decide to give millions of their own cash to not only pay for a government project, but to do so in spite of the campaign promise their candidate made to make another country pay for it.
Your admonitions against pejoratives towards some people are appreciated, but it’s really quite difficult to not call this what it is: This is highly layered stupidity. Period.
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capseeboy
Social climber
portland, oregon
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Dec 24, 2018 - 10:09am PT
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It was the night before x maus and all through the kraut
the only trolls stirring
were looking for corporate handouts
the Right folks blamed satan's spawn
for wanting it for free
the Lefties blamed grinch for
90 billion in corporate subsidies
buy it now
no money down
with 8 billion people
there's still enough for me
The Atlantic
Americans Should Be ‘Screaming Mad’ About Amazon’s Free Money
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/578494/amazon-handouts/
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Dec 24, 2018 - 12:09pm PT
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So we approach the end of the year, with the end of the 10-year bull market. Trump has managed to turn the stock market into dust.
He blames the Fed, but he appointed the Fed. The Fed is doing it's job. the Mnuchin comes out with statements that he is looking at liquidity of major banks-----something that NO ONE was worried about---before. but they are now! What does he know that we don't?
Trump starts talking about replacing the head of the FED--his guy. Of course, that introduces all sorts of MORE uncertainty into the process, causing the markets to tank, once again!
Can this idiot turn a recession into a depression?
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Dec 24, 2018 - 12:31pm PT
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The adults have left the Romper Room, and the incompetent, impulsive president, and his incompetent, impulsive staff, are free to "follow the gut" when making important decisions.
Here's an early example of what is to come:
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had a "gut feeling" that it would be a good idea to call up the six largest banks, and express concern for their financial stability. News of the phones calls rattled the already shaky markets because it reminded everybody of the frantic phone calls that government officials were making to big banks just ahead of the 2008 financial meltdown.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/upshot/the-economy-is-still-strong-the-risk-for-2019-is-that-leadership-turns-a-mild-shock-into-a-crisis.html
A majority of the nation is increasingly alarmed by Trump's refusal to consult with anybody (he only trusts his "gut") before committing the nation to policies that are sheer insanity. Even worse, when Trump does take advice and direction, it comes from Fox News opinion pundits like Sean Hannity, Janine Pirro and Laura Ingraham, and not from career policy-makers.
To Wit:
 Trump ordered all US troops out of Syria, thereby handing total control of the conflict and primary influence in the Middle East to Vladimir Putin. Russian citizens are cheering that "their boy" (Trump) is coming through for them, and he's doing Putin's work for him.
Trump wants to fire the head of the Federal Reserve, and replace him with someone who will lower interests rates by turning the printing presses up to 11. Trump claims he studied business at a university ("The Best"), but he doesn't understand that recklessly printing money to lower interest rates will lead to hyperinflation (Trump doesn't know about Zimbabwe and Venezuela).
Trump refused a $25 billion deal for his border wall in March, but last week he shut the Federal government down after Fox News pundits ridiculed him for not getting $5 billion for the wall.
The situation is going to get worse, as Trump additionally surrounds himself with people who won't confront him. Trump has always been a one-man show, and he wants to enforce that management style in the White House.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Dec 24, 2018 - 01:12pm PT
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Richard W. Painter
@RWPUSA
We shouldn’t be surprised if we find out later that insiders in the circle of @realdonaldtrump
have been selling short for the whole month of December.
https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/1077277351489228800
Painter was a chief White House ethics lawyer during 2005-07
I would hate to be Chicken Little calling for a falling sky, but what if....
It would make things very easy for Putin to invade Ukraine if the economy of the world were in a freefall.
And what's this about, Trump saying Saudi Arabia has agreed to rebuild Syria?
So....does that mean the spoils of the war(Syria) now belong to SA?
Serioulsy - has Donald Trump been the shiny coin/twisted car wreckage we couldn't keep our eyes off of while some of the world's other powers have been busy playing games and are to sink our Battleship?
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lostinshanghai
Social climber
someplace
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Dec 24, 2018 - 01:59pm PT
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It was rumored then dismissed that President Trump was going to pardon Bernard Madoff in place of the chairman of federal reserve Jerome Powell. Madoff who is serving a 150 year prison sentence would be perfect Trump said. He was once the chairman of NASDAQ and was able to steal over 64.8 billion of investers monies. The President asked his advisers whether he had the ability to do so. Incoming White House acting chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told the prsident he can't. Trump now realizes' that now but said with the funds that Madoff created in the past and then try again could have paid for his border wall. Most all of his aides with the exception of Terner Mnuchin said that this would be a bad idea.
Mnuchin is a good Sec of the Treasury, he was on the board of directors for Sears and Kmart for a number of years prior becoming Trumps chairman. Both Sears and Kmart filed for bankruptcy and are closing 142 more stores this month that's in addition to 2,600 stores that have closed in the past six years.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Dec 24, 2018 - 02:21pm PT
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Donating to the wall fund is a tough decision for some of these trump supporters. Do they help fund the wall, or they go buy meth?
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Dec 24, 2018 - 03:47pm PT
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin earned his Goldman Sachs partnership the old-fashioned way - - - - his father was a Goldman Sachs partner.
Trump earned his real estate fortune the old-fashioned way - - - - he inherited his father's real estate fortune.
Trump says that pulling troops out of Syria will save money. He says that it's a drain on American taxpayers to be involved in foreign conflicts.
This is the same Trump who wanted to increase the defense budget dramatically last year. Apparently, Trump thinks all the new weaponry is necessary here at home, and should not be used overseas, at all.
Alternatively, Trump is crazy and what he does makes no sense at all.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Dec 25, 2018 - 05:55pm PT
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Real estate sales in Russia require that sellers present a "Certificate of Sanity" from a qualified psychologist before the sale may commence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/business/moscow-russia-real-estate.html
Trump pursued a Moscow Trump Tower project throughout his presidential campaign. Trump claimed, as early as 2015, that he had "no deals in Russia", and has only recently admitted that was an outright lie ("that everybody knew about"). Trump pursued his multi-million dollar Moscow payday right up to the time he was inaugurated, with several Putin-connected Russian oligarchs sneaking into exclusive inauguration parties with tickets illegally purchased through straw buyers.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/special-counsel-eyeing-russians-granted-unusual-access-trump/story?id=56232847
Trump's Moscow tower project would have required the personal approval of Vladimir Putin. Trump and his Moscow project partners schemed to bribe Vladimir Putin with a $50 million penthouse suite, ostensibly as a marketing gimmick to encourage Russian oligarchs to buy apartments in the tower.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/30/is-floating-million-trump-tower-penthouse-vladimir-putin-illegal/
The tower was to include a signature "Ivanka Trump Spa", indicating that Trump's immediate family was also involved in the deal. This detail was revealed in the Moscow project's Letter of Intent that Trump signed, in his ostentatious script, in late 2015.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/politics/trump-signed-letter-of-intent-rudy-giuliani-moscow/index.html
Trump has not revealed why he abandoned his long-sought Moscow project.
It is entirely possible that Trump abandoned Trump Tower Moscow because he would not have been able to obtain a "Certificate of Sanity" from a qualified psychologist. Without a sanity certificate, Trump would not have been able to sell any units in his proposed tower.
Presumably, Trump's bone-spurs doctor is unwilling to certify - for the record - that Trump is not insane.
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Norton
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The Wastelands
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Dec 26, 2018 - 12:04pm PT
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*Podiatrist’s Daughters Say He Diagnosed Trump With Bone Spurs During War As A ‘Favor
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The diagnosis allowed Donald Trump to get a medical exemption that allowed him to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War.
On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that the two daughters of a late Queens podiatrist are going public with a claim that their father diagnosed the future president with bone spurs in 1968 as a favor to his landlord, Trump patriarch Fred C. Trump. The diagnosis allowed Donald Trump to get a medical exemption that allowed him to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Dec 26, 2018 - 02:23pm PT
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FBI opens new investigation into Trump administration to determine if french tickler found under Trump's bed belongs to Stormy Daniels or Sarah Sanders...
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Dec 26, 2018 - 03:27pm PT
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Go outside people... go kiss a girl or something.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Dec 27, 2018 - 11:35am PT
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So I see this morning's installation of The Trumpacolypse says that Cohen's cel phone pinged from Prague at a time coinciding with the fabled "didn't happen" Prague meeting.
Schindler says, on the matter: "AHEM...BIG HINT I dropped here ===> "Whatever the truth is, Team Mueller knows what Cohen has told them, and they have enough intelligence from myriad sources, some of them highly classified, to determine whether Cohen’s account is factual."
in regards to a post about an article where he said: "REMINDER: "The Prague meeting is more than the vaunted ‘smoking gun.’ It would constitute proof of Trump’s collusion with the Kremlin to secure his election, something most Americans would fairly label treason.""
https://twitter.com/20committee/status/1078343752589160448
It's like, if it were a chess game, the Mueller piece just keeps the Trump piece in check, move after move, after move after move.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 28, 2018 - 07:37am PT
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Put a cork in it, jackass!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 28, 2018 - 07:41am PT
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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Dec 28, 2018 - 08:02am PT
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Now I'm going to have to come up with a Cricket analogy or something.
Mueller is bowling, Trump is batsman, it's a sticky wicket, and Trump is constantly LBW.
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dirtbag
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Dec 28, 2018 - 08:47am PT
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I hope this shitbag goes down in flames.
Ideally on Mitch McConnell’s doorstep, so he can stomp it out.
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