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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 11, 2018 - 08:14am PT
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The same could be said of the Republicans in particular, however; with the Euro bashing going on and their lack of sophistication, they are opting for the Mediterranean banks of the Russian oligarchs and vacationing at Trump's resorts.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 11, 2018 - 09:03am PT
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Trump isn't the only problem, he's one of the symptoms.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, having starved the economy of needed fiscal stimulus for six years, which inflicted enormous suffering on millions of jobless Americans who could otherwise have found work, executed an unprincipled pivot on deficits largely to blow America’s fiscal capacity on tax cuts for rich people. That’s what Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush did, too.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 01:37pm PT
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Trump is so reprehensible to the majority of Americans, he can't show his face at 9-11 memorial services in New York City and Washington DC. His absence from New York City is especially telling, given that his response to the World Trade Center's destruction was to falsely claim he "now owned the tallest building in the city".
The first thing Trump did on the morning of September 11, to presidentially memorialize the dead, mourn with bereaved families, and bring a divided nation together, was to Tweet this:
“We have found nothing to show collusion between President Trump & Russia, absolutely zero, but every day we get more documentation showing collusion between the FBI & DOJ, the Hillary campaign, foreign spies & Russians, incredible.” @SaraCarterDC @LouDobbs
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2018
Notice how Trump refers to himself in the first person ("we") and then, seven words later, he refers to himself in the third person ("President Trump").
It's like Trump is so out of his mind, he had an out-of-body experience while Tweeting his ludicrous denials of established facts.
Trump then flew to rural Pennsylvania for a 9-11 service.
Trump's parading himself victoriously at the head of a procession, with his wife and her attendants far behind him, has its antecedents in ancient history. There are depictions of similar behavior carved into the Arch of Titus and Trajan's Column, and in the Byzantine mosaics at Ravenna and Constantinople.
Rural Pennsylvania strongly supported Trump, and his promises to reinvigorate the steel industry.
It is disappointing that Trump didn't make good on his promise to reinvest in Pennsylvania, and fulfill the hope these people had in him.
Instead, Trump gave the money to rich people as a big tax cut.
New York State tax investigators are meeting with Michael Cohens' attorneys, to arrange a testimony-for-leniency deal.
The Trump Feeding Frenzy is upon us. Federal, State and Local prosecutors are aggressively jockeying for their respective positions in bringing Trump to justice.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/politics/new-york-tax-investigators-michael-cohen/index.html
New York State tax investigators are, apparently, eager to convict Trump, and obtain a monetary judgement against him NOW, before it is discovered that Trump's "immense wealth" actually belongs to Russian oligarchs.
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Norton
climber
The Wastelands
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Sep 11, 2018 - 01:39pm PT
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Top Trump Aide Was 'Astounded' by the President's 'Lack of Basic Understanding' of the Economy: Woodward
ex-economic adviser to the president Gary Cohn is reported to have been baffled by Trump's failure to grasp the principles of government fiscal and budgetary policy.
"We should just go borrow a lot of money right now, hold it, and then sell it and make a lot of money," Trump told Cohn, according to the book.
"Cohn was astounded at Trump's lack of basic understanding," Woodward writes. Cohn explained that Trump's plan would balloon the federal deficit.
“What do you mean?” Trump asked in Woodward's account. “Just run the presses — print money.”
"You don't get to do it that way," Cohn reportedly replied. "We have huge deficits, and they matter. The government doesn't keep a balance sheet like that."
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 01:42pm PT
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Trump must have slept through whatever classes he attended at the University of Pennsylvania. Somehow, Trump managed to receive a filigreed document to hang on the wall.
Trump's understanding of economics apparently comes from a fraudulent correspondence school called Mugabe University.
Trump is, truly, a Russian nesting doll of incompetence and turpitude. As each new hollow shell is revealed, it is more shocking than the last.
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Norton
climber
The Wastelands
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Sep 11, 2018 - 06:35pm PT
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His first secretary of state characterized him as a “moron.”
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, according to Woodward, told close associates that the president “had the understanding of ‘a fifth- or sixth-grader.’
Scott Pruitt essentially called him an imbecile “when it comes to things like the Constitution and rule of law.”
Former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh reportedly said working with him was “like trying to figure out what a child wants,” which feels like an insult to children. And of course, someone “purporting to represent the views” of Cohn sent an e-mail in April 2017 describing the president as “an idiot surrounded by clowns.”
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 11, 2018 - 06:49pm PT
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Trump trumpeting his failure to contract STD while draft dodging
Bitch is fat
And what about the Federal funds for the First Responders in New York
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Norton
climber
The Wastelands
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Sep 11, 2018 - 07:01pm PT
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“It is tremendously big, tremendously wet,” Trump continued. “Tremendous amounts of water.
wow, The US President on Hurricane Florence
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 07:30pm PT
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This guy is missing some part of the normal human brain; empathy and self examination are definitely not his strong suits. Please wake me and tell me this is just a dream. Please vote in November.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Sep 11, 2018 - 07:46pm PT
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Sep 11, 2018 - 07:48pm PT
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No worries,he stands no chance of re-election.
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Norton
climber
The Wastelands
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Sep 11, 2018 - 07:52pm PT
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“It is tremendously big, tremendously wet,” Trump continued. “Tremendous amounts of water.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Sep 11, 2018 - 08:27pm PT
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He was referring to Putins junk in the Moscow hotel room
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Sep 11, 2018 - 08:33pm PT
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I thought Donald was referring to the pee tapes...?
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 08:41pm PT
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imagine if his contingency had thought to run a smarter guy...
Trump used to be very intelligent, by all accounts.
And now?
I don't know.
Trump behaves in a manner not commonly associated with intelligent people, unless there is a hidden agenda and motivation.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 11, 2018 - 08:51pm PT
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What does trump say.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=35aT9ikWcqc
"The same man who boasted he now had the ‘highest building in New York’ whilst the Twin Towers were still smouldering, performs double fist pump as he arrives at 9/11 memorial service to honour Flight 93 victims"
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Sep 11, 2018 - 09:01pm PT
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Trump thought the 93 people were there to cheer him on for the MAGA tour...2 fisted Doofus...
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 09:14pm PT
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RottingJohnny,
Who is Trump's love interest, in that photo?
Inquiring minds want to know . . . . .
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Sep 11, 2018 - 09:27pm PT
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He's a retired california state employee who takes nice photographs and enjoys trolling us libtards...Goes by the name Jody...
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 11, 2018 - 10:29pm PT
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He's a retired california state employee who takes nice photographs and enjoys trolling us libtards...Goes by the name Jody...
Jody should not be disparaged, here. He was a State Trooper, which is, in California parlance, a member of The California Highway Patrol.
Jody's father is a GOD among park service wizards, and he belongs in an entirely different discussion.
"Itchy Balls" and "Phildo" are two local CHP officers known to me as sources of information.
They have attested, off the record, that Jody worked to ensure safety on California's highways.
Only a few people know the true identities of "Itchy Balls" and "Phildo".
#JodyGate
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