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Post by hoyarooter on Feb 12, 2024 20:07:00 GMT -5
Been off line for a couple days, but I'll keep this short and sweet. Maybe. But then I sometimes need to ask my wife the date, so that's something of a so what question. I've listened to a number of Biden's speeches in recent months. Does he strike me as someone who has cognitive issues? Yes, but he's nowhere near the oatmeal for brains stage. And he's nowhere near the sociopath/psychopath stage. And never will be, despite moronic references by some to The Biden Crime Family.
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Post by tashoya on Feb 12, 2024 21:52:37 GMT -5
I forget sh!t all the time and am far from demented. Do I want 2 octogenarians as the choice for president? No, but that’s apparently what I’m gonna get. No way am I voting for a clear dishonest grifter who has no skin in the game on making our country better (only interested in whatever profit he can make for himself) and who is demonstrably less in charge of his faculties than the guy that is in office, who despite Dr Elvado’s medical professional conclusion, has a pretty successful term of results so far. There’s also no question that Mr Hur has zero medical expertise yet went out of his way to load his findings up with politically motivated superfluous nonsense. If a lawyer can masquerade as a doctor, i can certainly do the reverse because my grandfather was a lawyer, and a damn good one at that. Just to be clear, you would have preferred charges? Because here, there was plenty criminal.
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US Inflation Rate is at 3.09%, compared to 3.35% last month and 6.41% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 3.28%.
The US Inflation Rate is the percentage in which a chosen basket of goods and services purchased in the US increases in price over a year. Inflation is one of the metrics used by the US Federal Reserve to gauge the health of the economy. Since 2012, the Federal Reserve has targeted a 2% inflation rate for the US economy and may make changes to monetary policy if inflation is not within that range. A notable time for inflation was the early 1980's during the recession. Inflation rates went as high as 14.93%,
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 23, 2024 12:16:40 GMT -5
Biden gave $90 billion to red America. The thank-you went to spam. The Biden administration has launched the most ambitious federal program for rural areas since rural electrification. Back in the 1930s, only 1 in 10 farms had electricity. Thanks to New Deal legislation, rural electricity became universal by the mid-1950s. Now, Biden-era programs are funneling $90 billion into high-speed internet over 10 years, with the goal of having universal broadband (defined as 100 mbps download speed and 20 mbps upload) by 2030. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, for example, devoted $65 billion to the task, including $42 billion for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. Among other pieces of legislation, the 2021 American Rescue Plan provided another $10 billion that states could use for high-speed internet. President Biden probably won’t be getting much thanks from the rural beneficiaries of his programs; nearly three-quarters of those in rural precincts voted for Donald Trump in 2020. Some Republican lawmakers condemned these bills as “socialism” and even applied the label “traitor” to those who supported the infrastructure bill. But the massive rural infusion makes good on Biden’s promise to be “a president for everybody,” as he put it to a gathering of House Democrats this month. “A lot of these things are happening in red states, but the Americans need help,” he said. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/23/rural-internet-biden-broadband/
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Post by tashoya on Mar 7, 2024 23:45:58 GMT -5
It's like the old magic 8 ball said, "Signs point to yes."
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 8, 2024 9:41:07 GMT -5
Is this Britt's carnage and disaster? GOPers must be very depressed since they are rooting for America to fail. Is this the soft landing? Also wages are rising at 4.3% while inflation only at 3.1%. The US economy added 275,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 3.9%, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists were expecting that US employers added around 200,000 jobs in February and that the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%. www.cnn.com/business/live-news/jobs-report-february-03-08-24/index.htmlU.S. economy adds 275,000 jobs, in latest sign of robust labor market The report marked the 39th straight month of job gains — in what economists have widely considered an exceptionally strong recovery from the widespread job losses wrought by the pandemic. As the election year enters full swing, President Biden has repeatedly touted the booming jobs market and easing inflation as a political victory, including in his fiery State of the Union address Thursday night. A year ago, many analysts had predicted that the Federal Reserve’s campaign to raise interest rates to ease inflation would lead the economy into a painful downturn, but that hasn’t happened. The unemployment rate has remained below 4 percent for more than two years, the longest run since the 1960s. Layoffs remain lower than pre-pandemic levels. www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/08/jobs-february-unemployment-election-labor-market/
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 8, 2024 10:39:12 GMT -5
CNN — More than 6 in 10 Americans who watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address had a positive reaction to the speech, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with a smaller 35% reacting very positively. Americans who watched on Thursday said, 62% to 38%, that the policies Biden proposed will move the US in the right direction, rather than the wrong direction. In a survey conducted before the speech, just 45% of those same people said Biden’s policies would move the US in the right direction. Before the speech, 51% of independents expressed at least some confidence in Biden’s ability to carry out his duties, and that rose to 68% among the same group of independents after the speech. Perceptions of Biden’s ability to carry out the duties of the presidency did not change significantly among either Democrats or Republicans who tuned in. www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/cnn-poll-biden-sotu-speech-reaction/index.html
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Post by Elvado on Mar 9, 2024 8:18:08 GMT -5
Sharp as a marble as always… The media has so lowered the bar for this guy that yelling now equals command… He had the button in his hand and still screwed it up. Priceless 247sports.com/coach/lincoln-riley-592/
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Post by hoyajinx on Mar 9, 2024 9:08:18 GMT -5
Sharp as a marble as always… The media has so lowered the bar for this guy that yelling now equals command… He had the button in his hand and still screwed it up. Priceless 247sports.com/coach/lincoln-riley-592/Sure, he messed up her name. But that’s just a distraction from a more important point: what soulless ghouls republicans are. Don’t kid yourself, they don’t care about Laken Riley at all. Honestly, they couldn’t be more pleased that she died at the hands of immigrant. It helps them push the demonstrably false narrative of rampant “migrant crime.” Just keep lapping up that Fox News goodness! They won’t ever lead you astray!
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Post by Elvado on Mar 9, 2024 9:22:38 GMT -5
Sharp as a marble as always… The media has so lowered the bar for this guy that yelling now equals command… He had the button in his hand and still screwed it up. Priceless 247sports.com/coach/lincoln-riley-592/Sure, he messed up her name. But that’s just a distraction from a more important point: what soulless ghouls republicans are. Don’t kid yourself, they don’t care about Laken Riley at all. Honestly, they couldn’t be more pleased that she died at the hands of immigrant. It helps them push the demonstrably false narrative of rampant “migrant crime.” Just keep lapping up that Fox News goodness! They won’t ever lead you astray! As per norm, the answer to any criticism of Oatmeal head is to attack the very deserving opposition which deserves every bullet. But please don’t try to tell me this is the best option. If Democrats loved “our Democracy” as much as they claim he and Kamala would be shown the door and replaced with competent candidates irrespective of what garbage the Republicans are serving.
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Post by hoyajinx on Mar 9, 2024 10:27:07 GMT -5
Sure, he messed up her name. But that’s just a distraction from a more important point: what soulless ghouls republicans are. Don’t kid yourself, they don’t care about Laken Riley at all. Honestly, they couldn’t be more pleased that she died at the hands of immigrant. It helps them push the demonstrably false narrative of rampant “migrant crime.” Just keep lapping up that Fox News goodness! They won’t ever lead you astray! As per norm, the answer to any criticism of Oatmeal head is to attack the very deserving opposition which deserves every bullet. But please don’t try to tell me this is the best option. If Democrats loved “our Democracy” as much as they claim he and Kamala would be shown the door and replaced with competent candidates irrespective of what garbage the Republicans are serving. You’re acting like you made some compelling, insightful critique of Biden, and I was deflecting from it. You said he screwed up her name, and I acknowledged that. But it came as the result of a shameful, cynical, political stunt. Why wouldn’t I point that out? Incidentally, you helped prove my point: you don’t actually seem to care about the death of Riley as you’ve made absolutely no mention of it, except in the instance that you could use the political stunt surrounding it to gleefully pillory Biden for his gaffe and proclaim the he is, indeed, “oatmeal head.” Thank you for reinforcing my post. Second, having bad candidates isn’t itself an attack on democracy. I would personally prefer a completely different ticket. Having a candidate that aspires to authoritarianism, promises to fill government posts with lackeys from top to bottom, has no respect for the Constitution or rule of law, is likely deeply compromised by foreign influence, invokes Nazi talking points, promises persecution of enemies, and an endless litany of other corrupt ideology and goals IS an assault on democracy. There is a huge and obvious difference.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 9, 2024 10:45:35 GMT -5
As per norm, the answer to any criticism of Oatmeal head is to attack the very deserving opposition which deserves every bullet. But please don’t try to tell me this is the best option. If Democrats loved “our Democracy” as much as they claim he and Kamala would be shown the door and replaced with competent candidates irrespective of what garbage the Republicans are serving. You’re acting like you made some compelling, insightful critique of Biden, and I was deflecting from it. You said he screwed up her name, and I acknowledged that. But it came as the result of a shameful, cynical, political stunt. Why wouldn’t I point that out? Incidentally, you helped prove my point: you don’t actually seem to care about the death of Riley as you’ve made absolutely no mention of it, except in the instance that you could use the political stunt surrounding it to gleefully pillory Biden for his gaffe and proclaim the he is, indeed, “oatmeal head.” Thank you for reinforcing my post. Second, having bad candidates isn’t itself an attack on democracy. I would personally prefer a completely different ticket. Having a candidate that aspires to authoritarianism, promises to fill government posts with lackeys from top to bottom, has no respect for the Constitution or rule of law, is likely deeply compromised by foreign influence, invokes Nazi talking points, promises persecution of enemies, and an endless litany of other corrupt ideology and goals IS an assault on democracy. There is a huge and obvious difference. You personally would prefer someone else. We agree.
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Post by tashoya on Mar 9, 2024 11:22:27 GMT -5
You’re acting like you made some compelling, insightful critique of Biden, and I was deflecting from it. You said he screwed up her name, and I acknowledged that. But it came as the result of a shameful, cynical, political stunt. Why wouldn’t I point that out? Incidentally, you helped prove my point: you don’t actually seem to care about the death of Riley as you’ve made absolutely no mention of it, except in the instance that you could use the political stunt surrounding it to gleefully pillory Biden for his gaffe and proclaim the he is, indeed, “oatmeal head.” Thank you for reinforcing my post. Second, having bad candidates isn’t itself an attack on democracy. I would personally prefer a completely different ticket. Having a candidate that aspires to authoritarianism, promises to fill government posts with lackeys from top to bottom, has no respect for the Constitution or rule of law, is likely deeply compromised by foreign influence, invokes Nazi talking points, promises persecution of enemies, and an endless litany of other corrupt ideology and goals IS an assault on democracy. There is a huge and obvious difference. You personally would prefer someone else. We agree. The reason Biden is viable as a candidate is a direct result of who is running against him. Let's not act as though this is politics as usual. And, while Dems love democracy, we also realize that we have to back our horse that is most likely to win (and to protect democracy because we effing like it). We know the guy we have, warts and all, can win as he did last time by a large margin. No one else in the party has shown that they have anything close to the same odds of winning. Is that due to a lack of trying? Quite possibly. But, again, we need our old horse to beat your old horse and ours has done it once already. It would be foolish (to be kind) to back anyone with a worse chance of winning. Some of you like to say that you really wish it weren't Trump. But, certainly not anywhere near enough of you to actually run someone else. Why might that be? Is it because Trump is the best and brightest of what you cultists have? Or, would you prefer to be honest?
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