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whose removing the comments and why?

Biden would take sloppy thirds on Whoopi with a cherry on top.

In another news, 22% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing in their residences, and 35% of families can not afford shoes according to Rosstat (Russian statistics agency).

Ceffer says

Biden would take sloppy thirds on Whoopi with a cherry on top.

I don't think you understand how horrible that woman smells. Just look at creepy Joe, leaning as far away as possible.

Trump's second biggest flip flop in the past few days is his change of mind about whether he wants congress to get the full Mueller report. Apparently he has learned what's in it in the interim.

Why doesn't congress just say to the attorney general, please give us the full report so that we don't have to have a series of hearings with members of Muellers team or Mueller himself.

Don’t stop...believing...hold on to that TDS!

That's right. I'm deranged for thinking Trump is not qualified to be POTUS. Keep telling yourselves that.

Elgatouno says

CBOEtrader says

whose removing the comments and why?

In an effort to even the playing field Patrick decided to make me a moderator. I do what ever I damn well please. Go cry to Patrick.

@patrick

Is this even close to being true, or just a April Fools Day joke?

Not true. Elgatouno is not a moderator.

I think we need a more in depth investigation...its only been about 2 years and we've only spent several millions of dollars. It's at least worthy of a much more complete investigation such as the one we did on the twin towers.

marcus says

That's right. I'm deranged for thinking Trump is not qualified to be POTUS.

He's been in the job for about 2 years and the USA is still functioning...no world wars, no nuclear bombings. People are doing as well or better than they were doing during the last presidency. What exactly do you mean when you say he's not "qualified"?

komputodo says

I think we need a more in depth investigation...its only been about 2 years and we've only spent several millions of dollars.

I don't think necessarily think we need a more in depth investigation. But maybe we (or Congress) are entitled to find out the results of this one.

By the way, people say the investigation brought in more in fines than what it cost, i.e that it was profitable.

Of course Mueller's team of "17 angry Democrat" are disappointed. Let's see Mueller, himself, give a televised press release on the subject of Barr's summary.

This is a prosecutor's document, not an even-handed news report. By design, it's a one-sided piece to paint the worst possible picture of Trump with respect to Russian collusion so as to be able to go forward and have a trial. If a witness speaks well of Trump, that information doesn't go into the report. If a witness speaks of Trump collusion, that goes into the report without any rebuttal witness testimony (because no rebuttal witness is called).

Elgatouno says

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Some members of the special counsel Robert Mueller's team reportedly view their findings as more damaging to President Donald Trump than Attorney General William Barr

Your title is misleading and inaccurate. No one called "bullshit" and all this report amounts to is a pile of bullshit and more rumblings from Democrats, the deep state and NYT grumbling their whole Russia collusion delusion narrative fell apart and they are desperately trying to keep it on life support.

This is a remarkably stupid play on the part of the liberals. If there is any hidden illegal activity at all in Mueller’s report, especially if it relates in anyway to Russia, it’s painfully obvious that Trump will spill the collusion beans on Hillary, Obama, The FBI, and the CIA. None of them have been his friend.

The US has a fine history of colluding with, interfering in, and overthrowing sovereign nations. On Hillary and Obama’s watch we have Libya and Egypt for certain. Syrian activity would be a nightmare. Another big nasty would be if the dynamic duo had involvement with the Ukraine in the revolutionary nastiness brewing in Kiev five years ago between them and the Russian military in the public square (not wearing uniforms).

I almost think this is a trap set by Trump. He knows they refuse to lose here, but if Mueller knew there offsetting hypocrisy, and killed the investigation, then it could be everyone BUT Trump who gets their butts kicked.

???

Oh I can't WAIT.

This is going to be epic.

deepcgi says

I almost think this is a trap set by Trump.

Ya think? It's gonna be chock full of stuff Mueller uncovered with 2800 subpeonas that ain't good for the other team, possibly Podesta or the Biden Kids or others.

WASHINGTON — Some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have told associates that Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry and that they were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated, according to government officials and others familiar with their simmering frustrations.

Some people told some other people that something happened, some people told us. The typical "New Standard" of sourcing.

Save Rachel Maddow! Concoct more Trump hysteria! Dry the tears of the official TDS Muse! Any shred, scrap, innuendo or rumor will do! It's a gossip gofundme to protect
Rachel's show!
IMPEACH TRUMP FOR DISCREDITING RACHEL!

Nobody voted for Kushner.

I think we have enough people so I support no immigration of any kind. I'm an equal opportunity bigot I guess they'd say.

CovfefeButDeadly says

You thought wrong.

For sure, but at least he claims that he thought, however misguided his thought process is.

CovfefeButDeadly says

I don't think you understand how horrible that woman smells. Just look at creepy Joe, leaning as far away as possible.

Like a musty moldy dish rag.

Elgatouno says

Patrick says

Not true. Elgatouno is not a moderator.

Then how did I remove the comments?

You started 2 identical threads and refused to answer the most basic question in both. Congrats on the double spam

marcus says

That's right. I'm deranged for thinking Trump is not qualified to be POTUS

And for thinking Hillary was!

So shouldn't we be able to see the full report without the redaction of
nuggets that could cause “reputational” harm for “peripheral third parties.”

It ain't just that. There are issues by law with revealing classified details, aspects of Grand Jury Investigations, and anything that could reveal on-going investigations. Wanting a totally redacted Report, knowing that such is not possible by law, is a disingenuous way to claim that all redactions are to protect Trump. Next in the disingenuous train to keep the "collusion" alive will be to want all Mueller's working papers, to data mine any detail that can be used to infer collusion. Clapper himself has already been reduced to claiming the campaign quip made by Trump "Russia if you are listening, our media would like you to find the 30,000 missing emails" as evidence of collusion, as that is all he has got.

I thought Trumpcucks wanted less legal immigration not more

Many supporters of legal immigration are dead set against illegal immigration. Conflating legal with illegal immigration is disingenuous. A regulated immigration system is fine, unfettered illegal incursions and abuse of the HxB programs are not.

First of all Barr if he followed the letter of the Law the Democrats made after the Ken Star report that prevented the Bill Clinton White House Scandal from ever being read.
Nobody will ever see the Mueller report. It's their own law. Trump wants it to come out so he can finally begin locking everyone from Obama to Mueller up in Prison and charging many with Treason.

I will love watching the Antifa get mowed down by live fire by the National Guard before this is over.

Bring on the Report!

Elgatouno says

So, did you read the OPs? They most certainly are not identical.

React to the headlines, react to the headlines, - fuck reading, react to the headlines - and do it hysterically.

Elgatouno says

HeadSet says

Many supporters of legal immigration are dead set against illegal immigration.

This should be brought up with everyone's representatives why is it the Republicans won't come to the table?

Because Democrats and too many Republicans like massive, illegal immigration. Trump and a few Republicans are the only ones fighting this battle for the working class.

Elgatouno says

I sure got a good laugh.

You are not the only one...fucking hilarious - why bother with reading when you can just react...all we need now is someone carrying a club to a terrorist incident...

HeadSet says

Trump and a few Republicans are the only ones fighting this battle for the working class.

That I have to disagree about. Trump hires low-qualified H visa holders for his hotels.
"Practice what you preach" is a nice expression.

Que?

wrong link or sarcastic?

The Dem 2020 Race is a Clown Car.

Did you know that failed Georgia Gov candidate Stacey Abrams wrote Romance Novels?

“Softly, inexorable, he tested the contours of her lips, the damp heat urging him inside. Reaching for patience, Luke sank down into the chair she’d abandoned and settled her across his lap,” Colbert read.

“Her eyes fluttered open, her fingers clutched at his shoulders, when she tugged her closer, patience fled.”

“It was a really good kiss,” she responded.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/04/04/watch-stephen-colbert-mocks-stacey-abrams-by-reading-excerpts-from-her-erotic-novel/

The sad thing is the Media is gonna pretend it's a former era where Dems can say shit in 2019 to Spring 2020 to appeal to the batshit socialist base in the Primaries, and not be called on it later during the General.

The Media Endlessly Talks About Interest Rates—Are They Even an Effective Economic Tool at This Point?

The one silver lining in the nomination of political hack Steve Moore to the Federal Reserve is that it might spur a productive discussion on the benefits (or lack of them) of monetary policy as an instrument of economic growth. This is principally because it’s just one ingredient for what is necessary to instill economic growth, and not a particularly good one at that. A more direct approach is via appropriately targeted and sufficiently large fiscal actions.

In regard to monetary policy, low interest rates kept in place for a long time can actually constrain economic growth unless they are coupled with sensible compensating fiscal policy, due to the adverse income impact to savers emanating from a resultant lower income stream. There is also a problem of political legitimacy when so little of the funding is explicitly approved by Congress, and is left instead to the discretion/creation of the Federal Reserve (which has historically tended to prioritize the narrow interests of finance over the rest of the economy). And Steve Moore, a leading advocate of cutting rates to promote additional economic growth (even as he has historically championed spending cuts), will simply perpetuate the (unfortunately) widely held notion of monetary policy as an effective cure-all, if his ideas gain policy traction within the Powell-led Federal Reserve.

In fact, what is truly required is well-formulated fiscal policy and less monetary policy activism, precisely the opposite of today’s prevailing trends. Solvency per se is not the issue. The key here is how the money is spent, lest fiscal policy become as diffuse in its effects as monetary policy has become, as well as discredited politically because of perceived ineffectiveness when long-standing structural issues (such as inequality) remain unaddressed.

Much More: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/04/the-media-endlessly-talks-about-interest-rates-are-they-even-an-effective-economic-tool-at-this-point.html

This is the first comment from comments section in the article about interest rates referenced in comment #2.

Jim A.
April 4, 2019 at 10:31 am


IMHO, the main issue is that corporate investment is not credit constrained, it is demand constrained.

There is no reason to expand if they can’t sell more of their product. In aggregate, consumers are constrained more by lack of income to service current debt than they are by the access to credit.

The result is that lower interest rates are neither as effective at juicing the economy, or triggering an inflationary spiral as they have been in the past. Indeed to the extant that all the juicing has boosted prices, it has only boosted the prices of assets that are expensive enough that they are bought with borrowed money: real estate, college degrees, and stocks.*

This “new normal,” has yet to percolate through to the movers and shakers, so even as some urge ever lower interest rates to boost the economy, others worry about inflation, and neither seems to realize that MOST of the extra credit just boosts income inequality. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so serious.

*especially PE and Leveraged buy outs.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/04/the-media-endlessly-talks-about-interest-rates-are-they-even-an-effective-economic-tool-at-this-point.html

There is also absolutely no reason to hire more people no matter how much and loudly the Golden Golem screams, if there is no increased demand.

Companies are in business to make a profit, not be a charity organization to hire people just for the hell of it.

Gonna call it: the Dems only hope in the 2020 election is to pick a brown candidate. They desperately need brown votes to have a chance after all the shit they’ve pulled, and crazy shit they e stood for. So they need to bring to the table something black voters can agree on: a black candidate. That means Kamala or Booker. Both are shit, but the rank and file Dems will get themselves worked up enough to vote for them in the general, and the blacks will come out to vote for “one of ours.”
It still probably won’t be enough, but it’s their only shot.
Nominate Biden or Sanders and they’re sunk. To the black vote it’ll be one old white dude vs another old white dude and they’ll just stay home.

Patrick says

The prediction of doom because of Trump is looking kind of worn and shabby at this point

Kind of like the list of accomplishments and playing out ever so slowly just like the elusive Big Beautiful, the Bestest ever Trade Deal with China that is getting quite long in the tooth and starting to smell fishy

Patrick says

Didn't happen.

Going to happen/is happening...if you were at the movies, you are at the point where the advertisements from the local businesses are ending, the gambit about the concession offerings is playing and the trailers for the upcoming movies is about to play.

Probably a good idea to get some popcorn and a drink now - you really do not want to miss the main feature.

So much winning.

Even more MAGA and winning - plus the stock market is up so that proves everything is just fine - not.