The Real timschochet

In any event I would like Trump to address the public right now. He is our President and I need to feel safe. This makes me feel very unsafe.

I have a strange feeling, I could be wrong, that Trump is surprised by this. He was negotiating with Iran. And whatever else his faults are, he doesn’t want war. But it’s likely Iran will blame us with Israel anyhow.

I don’t know any liberal or neocon that desires this. I certainly don’t. But you’re welcome to provide evidence of that.

Iran is saying this is not juat nuclear sites but assassination attempts of military leaders. Who knows?

Holy . This is actually happening.

So I read yesterday that Trump said his two favorite Broadway shows of all time are Evita and Les Miserables (he went to see Les Miz last night.) That’s actually something we have in common, mostly: Evita is also my favorite show and Les Miz top 5. Of course the irony here is amazing: The theme of Les Miserables is the conflict between morality and the law when they find themselves opposed, and Hugo and his hero ValJean are clearly on the side of qmorality, whereas his villain, Javert (and Trump himself) argue for a self- serving no and order. Meanwhile Evita is about a populist right wing politician who embraces authoritarianism.

OK. I’m getting stoned now. (dentist appointment) so I’m done posting for a few hours.

I’ve been a pretty open borders guy my entire life but the current numbers of people coming are unsustainable even for me. And there’s a growing political reality that liberals need to face: this issue, not abortion, not the future of our democracy, not inflation, not Trump’s crimes, may very well be the #1 issue next November. And if that happens Biden is going to lose and Donald Trump is going to be our next President- shudder. So Biden needs to deal with this now. Not the Trump way, not inhumanly, but we’ve got to shut down the flow. If we don’t we’re all screwed.

Not really no. I think I’ve exhausted that topic but if you have any new questions about it, which haven’t been asked before, go right ahead.

Well you’re welcome to think so. But if you do the question then becomes for you why bother to read me? Nobody is forcing you to respond, yet you’ve got more posts in this new thread than anyone besides the guy who started it.

No idea if that number is accurate (I doubt it.) But whatever the actual number is he also has deported more than Trump has on a monthly basis. Which was my point.

Again my initial impression is that you’re right about his behavior. But tackling him and handcuffing him was completely unnecessary and over the top, and that’s the part I have a feeling most people will remember, not his poor behavior. The reason they’ll remember it is because it fits into the meme of the Trump administration being authoritarian and heavy handed.

I just couldn’t quit you.

Never much liked them.

1. So far Trump’s deportation numbers aren’t even at Biden levels; that’s why Miller is so upset; he wants them up to 3,000 a day. The protestors (none of them weak) have bought into the performance. But I’m glad they’re protesting anyhow. 2. None, how about yourself?

Realistically expecting bad outcomes from bad decisions isn’t fearmongering. I think Trump’s tariffs, and his immigration policies, are bad decisions that will lead to bad outcomes for our economy. I’m not in fear of those outcomes; I anticipate them but they’re fixable.

Regarding inflation: https://www.investors.com/news/economy/cpi-inflation-rate-may-trump-tariffs-federal-reserve-sp-500/ According to this analysis, the reason that tariffs haven’t yet raised prices is because companies are still relying on their current inventories. That makes sense but it also projects that prices WILL go up, and rapidly, later this summer. Unless Trump quickly backs off again. I certainly hope he does.

I’m not afraid. Are you?

Hey it’s good to hear from you too Jbycho! Anyone starting fires or looting or rioting should be arrested and punished. I think we can agree on that even if not much else.

And that’s great news. I don’t expect it to last but I sure as hell hope it does.

Good to hear from you Strike. Of course there is great irony in you regarding ANY of my posts as pathetic, but I’ll let that go. Sincerely hope you and yours are well. As to your question: I didn’t expect the economy to crash, though it could; I expected it to go down very badly IF President Trump carried through on his tariffs. So far he hasn’t all the way, though he has already done so much damage that I think we’re in for a downturn anyhow starting sometime later this summer. I hope I’m wrong about that and I’m happy that I’m wrong so far.

On this latest news: is it reasonable for me to think that Senator Padilla was rude to interrupt , rude to shout, AND it was completely ridiculous and unwarranted to throw him to the ground and handcuff him, AND it’s way over the top for Democratic leaders to act like this action is the “end of our democracy”? Because that’s my initial impression.

This is a sad story: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna100008 Yes I want police reform. Yes I want institutionalized racism in the inner cities to stop. But I also want police around this country well paid. The two goals are not contradictory. $22 an hour? For a police officer? That’s indefensible.

Yeah it’s been great. in itself it doesn’t bother me much. It’s a dull topic to me. But since the same 3-4 trolls have essentially decided to follow me from thread to thread with the same pedophile BS, that gets pretty tiresome. I think it’s time for me take some time off. Probably what you guys wanted right? Now you can celebrate. See ya in couple of months. Maybe.

Fine. I was incorrect ; I thought he said he would end cancer as we know it- that was what I remembered. But per your article he also promised to cure cancer. I don’t mind either as a goal. I don’t see any irony and I don’t think he deserves criticism for either goal. I don’t want to engage in a fight about it in this thread. Let’s move on.