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I surmise he probably could gerrymander a bit more, other areas have already done it to such an extent that they have silenced their conservative citizens...but hey....that is how liberals think democracy works....and now that the republicans dare to do it back.....they are rather distressed.... my god they are women....

It does not matter what I think, what matters is what the people think and if you cannot see how they voted based on the economy that you are not merely lying to us, you are lying to yourself.

No, not directly of course, but lets just go with it.....lets just do it. I am all for it. Liberalism is about crushing social mobility, let them have it.....

Agree, which is why I created the associated I noted in my post.....just deny service to anyone white under the postulation that they are MAGA. This givens everyone a win. Democrats are racist against white people, so that itch gets scratched, its a faux political win for liberals, restaurants are going to shut down anyway, so it gets those people on their way.....and Democrat policies are shown to once more economically guy a major metropolitan area.....so those on the right get to point to it and remind people how focking stupid liberals really are

Its simple, Democrats have already declared anyone with light skin to be evil, so you just assume white people are maga and make them prove otherwise. Now, of course restaurants in DC have been closing at the rate of two per week already due to minimum wage changes, so this could really fock up their tax revenues....

There is a video of the police leadership out on the street trying to sell the lie of crime being down to people, and the response from those people is essentially that they are not living what those stats are saying....I focking love it.

Netzero eventually figured out that people were using multiple accounts but calling from the same number, and they made sure folks could not do that.....of course, at the time we had maybe 3000 modems in our data center for people still dialing in, so all I had to do was switch numbers...

Are we trusting whistleblowers again? Is Schiff working overtime to protect this whistleblower? Of focking course he leaked stuff...he is absolute focking scum

Do it.....please do it..... watch those businesses fail and fail....

I get that the mayor has attempted to suggest that crime is down, and they are manipulating statistics to do this, as they have done elsewhere. Here is the problem. Not unlike the gaslighting Democrats did on the border and the economy, this attempt to gaslight people on crime through the bogus stats wont work. The people who live there know they are being lied to. So in the end this is not merely self-defeating on the topic, but overall on Democrat credibility and public interest and trust in them

Maybe. I would understand if people are unhappy that the Biden-inflation seems to be sticking around, but its just not easy to wring that sh!t out once you allow it to happen. I think Trump oversold on his ability to influence changes in market prices. They go up rather easily and come down rather slowly. The important part for us being that he is building an economy, not simply trying to win votes by making stupid choices in the short term that might sell as good, but actually harm in the long term.

I tend to not put too much stock into the stock market performance Its nice when its doing well of course, but as a marker for overall economic health, it does not seem to really tell much of a story. Not going to be sad things are going well.

It is perfectly fine to oppose Trump. But when you oppose him on things that are clearly going well, with what people might see as manufactured concern or outrage, you lose credibility. If you instead concede on things he has done well, your criticisms have more teeth.

I think your position is salient. If I may, lets consider something Smerconish has said that I think could have merit.....I do not tend to agree with him on much, but he makes a point worthy of consideration....

It was decent last year, I recall acknowledging that fact at the time. I sorta held back though, and did not mention that government spending was propping it up, that is but one way we can be deceived by GDP. But I see the value in the measure and I think it should be assessed, I am just more suspicious of it than perhaps others. I think it has a Keynsian tilt, JMHO

I think you are just up in your feelings right now because you realize you have been caught, but the pain will pass..... being philosophically honest is what I have done all along. I could have hidden it all, but instead I laid it out.....suspecting that you might come back later and try the gambit of projecting your lying ways on me.....and of course you tried it.....failing again

I think people like to use GDP when it suits them, but as a measure of how good the economy is, I do not use it. It is far too easy to have that measure manipulated by things that are not good for the economy.

I see that we have common ground on this point. Why it can be nuanced I dont think it needs to be for us to have a forthright discussion about it.. I think the influence of the Fed rate is the prominent factor at this time in terms of employment performance, but it wont be for much longer. I think holding the rates where they are is useful for now, even if it might be muting performance, because the underlying growth in the economy suggests employment will improve. Right now I think Powell is saving Trump a little

I agree it has been the norm. I might add that I find the disparity in the original and final report to be disconcerting. While I am not enthused with the removal of that person from her role in delivering these in part because I think the process by which they arrive at those numbers is rather flawed, I have to admit that she did produce numbers that needed extravagant correction. I think your position on unemployment is on point, to me the overall performance is close enough to be "similar". And while I am historically no fan of the Fed at all.....I have to concede that Powell has done a masterful job over his tenure, and his resistance to lowering the rates right now adds up, and part of that is the jobs factor. The economy is heating up, and I think the guy is making good decisions to hold the rates....JMHO

This is a lie, and already pointed that out for you. When you asked for me to make the assertion I could have declined, but what I saw was an opportunity. Like a toddler, you remain rather entrenched that you can only be correct....and more often than not, you are wrong. Then you lie as you have done here, because you need to protect that narcissistic child deep inside of you. So I thought, you know what I am going to show him how he can admit he was wrong while remaining philosophically honest.....but you cannot seem to "get it". Now, the lying is something that distinguishes you, you will revert to it when ever you can. I might encourage you to reconsider, its not helping you

If you think so, I think that is fine. Tell yourself what you need to get through the day.

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-senators-who-tried-kill-yemen-war-resolution-were-paid-saudi-1236715 So of those 37 Senators who opposed it we now know that five were Republicans who received some money from Saudi special interests....and that represents Saudi meddling in our foreign policy......really?

Oh I will respond, because you are either being purposely obtuse or are believing your own lies...

I did indeed and every time the job numbers have come out I have consistently noted they are wrong, I have not done so for other areas. Can you say the same? I mean, I am sure you must have evidence of your concern on the topic of jobs from last year you can provide, right?

You could at least offer one of your lies with this dont get lazy on me now, sport.