thephan wrote:Well talk about under the radar, hardly a peep about the retaliatory air strikes on Iran. I can hardly find shit about it but it was said on NBC nightly news.

https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEM ... id=US%3Aen

joe table wrote:Bloomberg reporter shop apparently has some good leakers in Trump staff - behind the scenes of latest clown show

Inside the Oval Office, a Fierce Fight Over Trump’s Virus Speech https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... rus-speech

Bucky wrote:it was actually much tamer than i expected. what really caught my attention was a last minute edit to the script where they removed the part about him and ivanka (she's the first lady right) sending thoughts and prayers to those affected. I imagine they've taken note of being mocked for that as the main course of remedy

Monkeyboy wrote:My brother is a Trump supporter and today he told me Trump is an idiot. He said, "How are reduced taxes going to help when people don't have a paycheck because there's no work?" The emperor has no clothes.

My brother owns a windshield repair company and does well with it. He has two employees who both make around 50k/year. He said if business shuts off and there's no money coming in, he can wait 3 or 4 weeks before he has to lay off the first guy and another 2 weeks before he's have to lay off the other. He's told them this so they are prepared. It's unclear how this will affect his business, but he's concerned people will stay home and there will be much fewer repairs. He does have some corporate accounts, so maybe that will keep him afloat enough to keep everyone on the payroll.

JFLNYC wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:My brother is a Trump supporter and today he told me Trump is an idiot. He said, "How are reduced taxes going to help when people don't have a paycheck because there's no work?" The emperor has no clothes.

My brother owns a windshield repair company and does well with it. He has two employees who both make around 50k/year. He said if business shuts off and there's no money coming in, he can wait 3 or 4 weeks before he has to lay off the first guy and another 2 weeks before he's have to lay off the other. He's told them this so they are prepared. It's unclear how this will affect his business, but he's concerned people will stay home and there will be much fewer repairs. He does have some corporate accounts, so maybe that will keep him afloat enough to keep everyone on the payroll.

This is exactly the problem, isn’t it? The Republicans don’t believe in government and Trump doesn’t know how. So all they’ve got in their quiver is tax cuts and free market prayers. It’s the descendant of Hoover’s unwillingness to help during the depression (although he knew how to get things done; he just refused to have the Feds do anything). Hopefully the silver lining to this mess is that Trump and the Republicans’ callousness, unwillingness and inability to govern has now been fully exposed and it will lead to them being swept out of office in the Fall.

The Savior wrote:Apparently killed another top Iranian military leader.

traderdave wrote:Let's assume that the lunatic fringe is correct and this is all a plot against Trump. It still does not explain the utter failure of this administration to (a) recognize the threat; (b) develop a coordinated response to that threat; (c) communicate that response to those on the front lines; and (d) ease public concern.

I think it speaks volumes that the DOW 30 was down over 2,000 pts yesterday, the day after Trump gave his prime-time speech.