The Savior wrote:Where's Manafort these days?

Before the election, Ray Dalio, head of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, said markets could drop 10% in the event Donald J. Trump won the presidency. A week later and amid a rally that’s caused stock markets to hit new record highs and bonds to fall the most in a year, Dalio is changing his tune about president-elect Trump.

pacino wrote:i'm not a big fan of his

Mr. Friedman has made clear his disdain for those American Jews — especially those connected to J Street — who support a two-state solution for the Israelis and the Palestinians. Writing in June on the website of Arutz Sheva, an Israeli media organization, Mr. Friedman compared J Street supporters to “kapos,” the Jews who cooperated with the Nazis during the Holocaust.

“The kapos faced extraordinary cruelty,” he wrote. “But J Street? They are just smug advocates of Israel’s destruction delivered from the comfort of their secure American sofas — it’s hard to imagine anyone worse.”

At a private session this month at the Saban Forum, an annual gathering of Israeli and American foreign policy figures, Mr. Friedman declined to disavow the comments and even intensified the sentiment.

Questioned by Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of the Atlantic, Mr. Friedman was asked if he would meet with various groups, including J Street. Mr. Friedman said he would probably meet with individuals but not with the group, according to several people who attended.

Mr. Goldberg then raised the kapos comparison and asked if he stood by it. Mr. Friedman did not back away. “They’re not Jewish, and they’re not pro-Israel,” he said, according to the people in the room.

Grotewold wrote:man Chuck Todd really comes off as a douche on Keepin it 1600

JUburton wrote:I think he's a decent host/commentator and a pretty smart guy but also seems like a douche.

I thought the early week 1600 with McMullin was great. Lovett in rare form.

pacino wrote:it's interesting how different presidents cope with the job, and how they grey while in office. Obama lost a little weight and quit smoking. Trump appears to be getting fatter and fatter as he approaches D-Day.

Brantt wrote:

pacino wrote:it's interesting how different presidents cope with the job, and how they grey while in office. Obama lost a little weight and quit smoking. Trump appears to be getting fatter and fatter as he approaches D-Day.

Bulletproof vest.