US Erection 12 *AND* 16 *AND* 20 *AND* 22 *AND* 24

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Reefer2 wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 1:12 pm
rats19 wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:51 pm
Reefer2 wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:37 pm yawn, burp, fart - deflect deflect deflect.

And Strange does what Strange does best - adding nothing to the thread.
He adds wisdom reef... that’s why you don’t understand
Sure - continue with shit like this, isn't that what your beloved leader does instead of proper debate?

deflect deflect insult deflect deflect insult deflect

1, 2 3 - cue the rest.......
President Trump started off as aggressive as any President ever in working for the American people as he promised. Now as President Trump’s first 100 days in office come to an end, here is a complete list of his accomplishments and his resulting impact on the economy and world affairs in this very short period of time:

The US Stock Markets are at record highs and millions of Americans are benefitting in their retirement savings accounts.

* The DOW daily closing stock market average rose more than 15% since the election on November 8th. (On November 9th the DOW closed at 18,332 – on March 1st the DOW closed at 21,115).

* Since the Inauguration on January 20th the DOW rose 6.5%. (It was at 19,827 at January 20th and reached 21,115 on March 1st.)

* The DOW took just 66 days to climb from 19,000 to above 21,000, the fastest 2,000 point run ever. The DOW closed above 19,000 for the first time on November 22nd and closed above 21,000 on March 1st.

* The DOW closed above 20,000 on January 25th and the March 1st rally matched the fastest-ever 1,000 point increase in the DOW at 24 days.

* The US Stock Market gained $2 trillion in wealth since Trump was elected!

* The S&P 500 broke $20 Trillion for the first time in its history.

* In the history of the DOW, going back to January 1901, the DOW record for most continuous closing high trading days was set in January of 1987 when Ronald Reagan was President. The DOW set closing highs an amazing 12 times in a row that month. On February 28th President Trump matched President Reagan when the DOW reached a new high for its 12th day in a row!

President Trump decreased the US Debt in his first 100 days by $100 Billion. (President Obama increased the US debt in his first 100 days by more than $560 Billion.)

The US Manufacturing Index soared to a 33 year high in this period which were the best numbers since 1983 under President Reagan.

President Trump added 298,000 jobs in his first month alone (after President Obama said jobs were not coming back!).

Housing sales are red-hot. In 2011, houses for sale were on the market an average 84 days. This year, it’s just 45 days.

Illegal immigration is down 67% since President Trump’s Inauguration.

NATO announced Allied spending is up $10 Billion because of President Trump.

After being nominated by President Trump, Constitutionalist Judge Neil Gorsuch was confirmed and sworn in as Supreme Court Justice in early April.

The President has signed 66 executive orders, memoranda and proclamations as of April 19th, including:

* Notifying Congress of a strike on Syria after it was reported that the country used gas on its citizens.

* Dismantling Obama’s climate change initiatives.

* Travel bans for individuals from a select number of countries embroiled in terrorist autrocities.

* Enforcing regulatory reform.

* Protecting Law enforcement.

* Mandating for every new regulation to eliminate two.

* Defeating ISIS.

* Rebuilding the military.

* Building a border wall.

* Cutting funding for sanctuary cities.

* Approving pipelines.

* Reducing regulations on manufacturers.

* Placing a hiring freeze on federal employees.

* Exiting the US from the TPP.

In addition to all this, the President has met with many foreign leaders from across the globe including Xi from China, Abe from Japan, etc.

All of this without a whole lot of support from Congress and rabid assaults from the Lame Street Media.


In a 100 days ... ffs
Now the list would be expanded on expediently
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Jesus Rats your just guzzling the koolaid !

Yeah I’ll agree that under trump the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer and the world has become a more dangerous place.

But the those aren’t necessarily good things.

Your list is unfair because each point could be dissected and be show to have not much to do with the fat slug.

But who has the time or patience on a mobile phone to argue.
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ukcanuck wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:13 pm Jesus Rats your just guzzling the koolaid !

Yeah I’ll agree that under trump the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer and the world has become a more dangerous place.

But the those aren’t necessarily good things.

Your list is unfair because each point could be dissected and be show to have not much to do with the fat slug.

But who has the time or patience on a mobile phone to argue.
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ukcanuck wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:13 pm But who has the time or patience on a mobile phone to argue.
Reef would thank you for providing his excuse to dodge Ratski's post

... but he's "guzzling" something else right now. :mrgreen:
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rats19 wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:30 pm
ukcanuck wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:13 pm Jesus Rats your just guzzling the koolaid !

Yeah I’ll agree that under trump the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer and the world has become a more dangerous place.

But the those aren’t necessarily good things.

Your list is unfair because each point could be dissected and be show to have not much to do with the fat slug.

But who has the time or patience on a mobile phone to argue.
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Strangelove wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:39 pm
ukcanuck wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:13 pm But who has the time or patience on a mobile phone to argue.
Reef would thank you for providing his excuse to dodge Ratski's post

... but he's "guzzling" something else right now. :mrgreen:
Lol what’s that expression? when good men do nothing ;)
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Strangelove wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:39 pm
ukcanuck wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:13 pm But who has the time or patience on a mobile phone to argue.
Reef would thank you for providing his excuse to dodge Ratski's post

... but he's "guzzling" something else right now. :mrgreen:
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ukcanuck wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:13 pm But who has the time or patience on a mobile phone to argue.
For sure, so let's look at just one of these:
rats19 wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:26 pmPresident Trump decreased the US Debt in his first 100 days by $100 Billion. (President Obama increased the US debt in his first 100 days by more than $560 Billion.)
Since the federal budget runs from October 1 through September 30, a president inherits his predecessor's budget and does not have any control of the first year’s deficit, unless he can get a spending bill approved by Congress. Did Trump do this?

Otherwise, it's more reasonable to say that the $100 billion reduction during Trump's first 100 days is Obama's legacy, and the $560 Billion increase during Obama's first 100 days is due to Bush!
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5thhorseman wrote: Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:14 am
ukcanuck wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:13 pm But who has the time or patience on a mobile phone to argue.
For sure, so let's look at just one of these:
rats19 wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:26 pmPresident Trump decreased the US Debt in his first 100 days by $100 Billion. (President Obama increased the US debt in his first 100 days by more than $560 Billion.)
Since the federal budget runs from October 1 through September 30, a president inherits his predecessor's budget and does not have any control of the first year’s deficit, unless he can get a spending bill approved by Congress. Did Trump do this?

Otherwise, it's more reasonable to say that the $100 billion reduction during Trump's first 100 days is Obama's legacy, and the $560 Billion increase during Obama's first 100 days is due to Bush!
It seems typical, and not just for Trump, to claim responsibility for any positive and lay blame on the last guy for any negative.
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rats19 wrote: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:26 pm
President Trump started off as aggressive as any President ever in working for the American people as he promised. Now as President Trump’s first 100 days in office come to an end, here is a complete list of his accomplishments and his resulting impact on the economy and world affairs in this very short period of time:

The US Stock Markets are at record highs and millions of Americans are benefitting in their retirement savings accounts.
**Stock market stats - yes, it went up **

As for the stock market, yes it's gone up. How does that help the average American? Well, 50% of the population has Zero invested in the stock market. 9% of the Market's value is pension plans. 10% of the population owns 84% of the stocks. So a rising stock market is not the same thing as a great economy for the majority of workers.

President Trump decreased the US Debt in his first 100 days by $100 Billion. (President Obama increased the US debt in his first 100 days by more than $560 Billion.)

Debt is still going up - and likely going higher with the new tax cuts. The new tax cuts are not helping the average American in the long term as corporations use most of the money to buy back stock and increase share value (see above).

The US Manufacturing Index soared to a 33 year high in this period which were the best numbers since 1983 under President Reagan.

Not sure which index they're referring to, but this one shows growth, but not the "best numbers since 1983" - the number haven't topped the 2014 index even. https://www.investing.com/economic-cale ... ng-pmi-829

President Trump added 298,000 jobs in his first month alone (after President Obama said jobs were not coming back!).

Job rates remain steady from before trump was elected - but of course he'll claim credit. :D
https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/mon ... obs-report



Housing sales are red-hot. In 2011, houses for sale were on the market an average 84 days. This year, it’s just 45 days.


Home sales are dropping - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPNHSUS


Illegal immigration is down 67% since President Trump’s Inauguration.

It's been dropping for several years, but I'm sure trump's hatred towards immigrants (unless they're working at mar-a-lago) has made some people change their mind - https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/illeg ... tatistics/

NATO announced Allied spending is up $10 Billion because of President Trump.

NATO spending has increased for the past 3 years, but trump will take credit for that as well: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/07/trump ... -spending/


After being nominated by President Trump, Constitutionalist Judge Neil Gorsuch was confirmed and sworn in as Supreme Court Justice in early April.

Wow - what a fuckin' acheivement THIS was! :D repubs held off the vote and should have nominated an Obama pick - completely shameless.

The President has signed 66 executive orders, memoranda and proclamations as of April 19th, including:

* Notifying Congress of a strike on Syria after it was reported that the country used gas on its citizens.

Yes, that did a lot of good.

* Dismantling Obama’s climate change initiatives.

Because dismantling Obama's work is all trump is really concerned with. It's better to burn more fossil fuels and pollute the world - YAY
* Travel bans for individuals from a select number of countries embroiled in terrorist autrocities.

How many tries did it take until they found a way to make this happen? Another crowning acheivement

* Enforcing regulatory reform.

I'm guessing this means gutting regulations and letting companies put more shit in the air and water.

* Protecting Law enforcement.

Haven't noticed any real results from this - more just a feel good thing than anything else.

* Mandating for every new regulation to eliminate two.

Yeah - ok.... :roll:


* Defeating ISIS.

They were on the way down and out - but trump continued Obama's policies for the most part.

* Rebuilding the military.

More investment in the world's largest military? Why?

* Building a border wall.

Waste of money - and an environmental disaster.

* Cutting funding for sanctuary cities.

Appealing to his base - and punishing cities who realize immigrants contribute to the community.

* Approving pipelines.

Because we need more pipelines! :D

* Reducing regulations on manufacturers.

Maybe we can have a Bhopal right here at home! :D

* Placing a hiring freeze on federal employees.

Sure - why not... But then he still isn't filling positions that need to be filled.


* Exiting the US from the TPP.

I guess we'll find out how this one plays out. Looks like China is picking up the slack and working closer with trading partners, while trump alienates all of his.
Of course, there are two sides to every story, but I think if you look at all of these "accomplishments" and balance it out with other things like:

Lying constantly - if this person is so awesome, why does he lie every single day?

Not making up his mind on DACA, and instead floundering around and having no policy, while real lives hang in the balance.

Pulling out the Paris Agreement and the Iran Treaty - making it look like American can't keep its word, while offering nothing to replace these deals.

Constant attacks on the press.

Puerto Rico - nice job throwing out the paper towels.

Insulting traditional allies at every chance he gets.

This list goes on.... but to me the big picture is that he is doing everything he can for the corporations, and nothing for the average American who is losing income each year, while working more. He is doing his best to destablize democracies in the west, while promoting dictatorships. Why is this ? It's easy to say "Russia should be our friend" - but why insult every leader of the western democracies? Why support the far right groups? Why support Brexit? This is Russia's dream come true - de-stabilize the west, as Russia can't get any stronger.

Of course there are other things like "Fine people on both sides" when referring to nazis. Pardoning the guys that took over the Oregon Wildlife Refuge. Retweeting far right anti islamic tweets...

There's the revolving door of corrupt, unqualified people going in and out of his cabinet and inner circle. "Only the best people" :D

100 ways he's hurt the average Joe:
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues ... americans/

Anyways, I know I can't change anyone's mind, but hopefully I can dilute the kool-aid a little. ;)

But I will leave you with:
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Commie corn lost me when he attempted to explain a higher share price is only good if you own stock, otherwise it is bad. LOL
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Topper wrote: Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:35 pm Commie corn lost me when he attempted to explain a higher share price is only good if you own stock, otherwise it is bad. LOL
Fake news, deflect, fake news, deflect.

Hit with truth so instead of a rebuttal, Trump would scream fake news or deflect.

Must be Hilary’s fault.
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Please Reef,try to comprehend.

It was one sentence.

Do failing companies have increasing share values?

If the majority of companies making up an exchange index are failing, is that index rising?

If a company is failing can it afford to expand, modernize, or hire additional staff?
Over the Internet, you can pretend to be anyone or anything.

I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
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Topper wrote: Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:40 pm Please Reef,try to comprehend.

It was one sentence.

Do failing companies have increasing share values?

If the majority of companies making up an exchange index are failing, is that index rising?

If a company is failing can it afford to expand, modernize, or hire additional staff?
Holy shit that might be first time I’ve actually read you bothering to explain something !

But isn’t the point corn is trying to make is that yeah great but what about the remaining 90 % of the country. Unless you’re going to argue that Reagan’s trickle down economics works. So far trump’s accomplishments only help club members
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Topper wrote: Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:40 pm Please Reef,try to comprehend.

It was one sentence.

Do failing companies have increasing share values?

If the majority of companies making up an exchange index are failing, is that index rising?

If a company is failing can it afford to expand, modernize, or hire additional staff?
I just said that Trump never answer a question, he reflects or crys fake news. Last week he said he was mis said something or misunderstood or what ever his excuse was.
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