td11 wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:he was pointing out that venezuela is in pretty awful shape and maybe all economic/government systems are flawed.

i would rather live here than in venezuela.

Of course venezuela is in shambles right now.

His point was socialism is bad. It is not. Capitalism itself ain't doing too hot

I remember when I joined this board, I delighted in contrasting Capitalism with what we have in the states, a corporatist hybrid of market-based systems set up with exceptions carved for tons of special interests. Conservatives love to suggest the US is moving toward socialism(eg. decreasing score of US on world economic freedom indicators, increasing gov't spend as proportion of GDP, etc) and liberals love to suggest is a failing capitalist state (eg. growing inequality, decreasing social mobility, lagging on various happiness metrics, etc).

If I had money to buy toilet paper, but instead was wiping my ass with leaves, I'd be pretty pissed at the system of pricing controls, whatever they were labeled.

Employees of Russian-linked cyber security firm being interviewed by FBI

Chaffetz officially hired as a Fox News contributor.

Congrats Donald, we still know you are a creep.

1. Stops what he is doing to talk about how lovely a smile an Irish reporter has. Ask where she was from, which is RTE. She is the America correspondent.

2. Trump talking about how we 'love Indian country', basically talking about how to exploit Native American's further it sounds like.

slugsrbad wrote:Chaffetz officially hired as a Fox News contributor.

did he already resign from office?

CalvinBall wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:Chaffetz officially hired as a Fox News contributor.

did he already resign from office?

I believe Friday is his last day

slugsrbad wrote:Chaffetz officially hired as a Fox News contributor.

Conservatism is basically one giant grift

Trump's 'energy summit' is everywhere, but mostly about ObamaCare, of course. Some hunk of it is about making America energy independent (TOO LATE CHUMP we are a net exporter). But bounced back to saying that the States will take on the burden of healthcare because they know what to do. Pass that buck. The states would be screwed, and nothing would really change about a crappy situation.

Things will change. For the worse.

I was reading about the Federalist Society last night. Scary stuff. Reps are very good at what they do

The Dude wrote:I was reading about the Federalist Society last night. Scary stuff. Reps are very good at what they do

I remember reading about them when Gorsech was beamed in. It is concerning, and it is bearing out to be more truth then fiction.

The first official 2020 fund raiser is tonight. The cheap ticket is $35K. Where will this soiree be you ask? Well the Trump Hotel in DC of course. Ethics, got none. Care, could care even less.

Given that Trump top lined at least $12.2M to the family coffers during the campaign, why should we even bother?

Good for youse guys. Protesters being removed from Pat Toomey's office in DC. As it is national reporting, maybe he will.... naw, who are you kidding.

slugsrbad wrote:Chaffetz officially hired as a Fox News contributor.

wonder if he gets a housing stipend

CalvinBall wrote:he was pointing out that venezuela is in pretty awful shape and maybe all economic/government systems are flawed.

explain the interpretive gymnastics that brought you to that 2nd part cal

Werthless wrote:If I had money to buy toilet paper, but instead was wiping my ass with leaves, I'd be pretty pissed at the system of pricing controls, whatever they were labeled.

Have you mailed your contribution for Martin Shkreli's defense fund yet?

Gimpy wrote:What a pathetic loser

So was this ginned up by the Trump organization to make Big Boy a Happy Boy by displaying these things? Sort of like him paying attention if they say his name. Was this some county fair, amusement park thing? Did they just make one on a website? Not that I had a good view of this thing, but it looked "professional" enough that it was on glossy paper.

At the end of the day it is silly to talk about how sad it is that this is part of the Trump Culture given the other problems facing us.

I hope Sports Illustrated doesn't come after the Bucky cover edition circa 1978is that I had made on the Wildwood Boardwalk

Wild wild wildwood days