The American Constitution

[jeremyrh]

I see that Trump is now giving voting advice to Jewish people https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/458135-trump-jews-that-vote-democrat-show-lack-of-knowledge-or-great.

I was wondering, does he have advice for Catholics or Muslims too. Or atheists.

Assuming that Jews have mixed loyalties - classic anti-Semitism.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... I was wondering, does he have advice for Catholics or Muslims too. Or atheists.

Of course: be loyal to America.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

If a diplomat says:

- yes, he means maybe
- maybe, he means no
- no, he is not a diplomat

If a lady says:

- no, she means maybe
- maybe, she means yes
- yes, she is not a lady

I am confused. Since the prime minister of Denmark is (supposedly) a lady (or one of the 63 genders in any case), she definitely is not a (very good) diplomat, but, as a lady, maybe there is a chance we will buy Greenland after all?

[RSL]

The question is: what the hell are we going to buy it with? I suppose we could trade Los Angeles for it. That would solve a problem or two. We certainly can't afford to pay cash.

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

I see that Trump is now giving voting advice to Jewish people https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/458135-trump-jews-that-vote-democrat-show-lack-of-knowledge-or-great.

I was wondering, does he have advice for Catholics or Muslims too. Or atheists.

Give it some time and he will.

Or maybe he will up the ante for the Jewish electorate and have the crowds chant: "Send them back"? Anything seems possible.

[faberryman]

The question is: what the hell are we going to buy it with? I suppose we could trade Los Angeles for it. That would solve a problem or two. We certainly can't afford to pay cash.

Sell long term binds. We apparently don't have any problem incurring debt. The Republicans just passed a trillion dollar tax cut ballooning the defecit for as far as the eye can see. And what do we have to show for it? A couple of quarters of growth and companies buying back their stock instead of investing or increasing wages.

[RSL]

The Republicans just passed a trillion dollar tax cut ballooning the defecit for as far as the eye can see.

Golly! So the Republicans took back the House? I didn't realize that. I thought the election was to come next year.

Fab, instead of posting crap like this, why don't you go out and shoot some more pictures of lakes or rivers or something?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... companies buying back their stock instead of investing or increasing wages.

There is nothing wrong with stock buybacks. It simply means the company sees no immediate opportunity for investment and returns the cash to shareholders so that they can invest it better or spend it. In any case, it helps the economy. As for wage increases, some companies were giving extra bonuses, but my last company (J&J) decided to shift the funds into innovation.

[Alan Klein]

You slay me. You take this nonsense seriously? Personally I think he just confused Greenland with Iceland, which is a much nicer place to go on vacation. There are photos on this very site from Iceland, but I don't remember any from Greenland, but I could be wrong about that.

If the US wants to expand its base in Greenland for military/political reasons, then there are tried and true diplomatic channels to accomplish this that have been in place since 1945 among NATO allies. Those procedures didn't need to be improved by wild-ass public tweets.

Alan, are you actually a paid Russian troll?       Because that would explain a lot.

Coming back to Trump. Doesn't it concern you that the only employees he can keep long term are his own kids? Doesn't it concern you that no American banks will lend him money? Or is that all "fake news".

What are you suggesting.  That I made a mistake by not voting for Hillary?  That maybe I should vote for the socialist Bernie or Pocahontas, the fraudulent American Indian?

[Alan Klein]

I see that Trump is now giving voting advice to Jewish people https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/458135-trump-jews-that-vote-democrat-show-lack-of-knowledge-or-great.

I was wondering, does he have advice for Catholics or Muslims too. Or atheists.

The point he was making is that some Jews are backing some Democrats in a knee-jerk manner who have shown they are anti-Semitic.  That's a pretty dumb thing to do and unloyal to your own self and interests.   

[Rob C]

The point he was making is that some Jews are backing some Democrats in a knee-jerk manner who have shown they are anti-Semitic.  That's a pretty dumb thing to do and unloyal to your own self and interests.

As I often thought: much similarity between parts of the US population and the Irish ones.

When is an American not either a Democrat or a Republican? Probably the same moment that an Irish person is not a Catholic or a Protestant.

Which prompts me to think that in the latter case, not so different to the spaces between Suni and Shia.

Interesting.

[Robert Roaldi]

Golly! So the Republicans took back the House? I didn't realize that. I thought the election was to come next year.

Fab, instead of posting crap like this, why don't you go out and shoot some more pictures of lakes or rivers or something?

What?

[Robert Roaldi]

What are you suggesting.  That I made a mistake by not voting for Hillary?  That maybe I should vote for the socialist Bernie or Pocahontas, the fraudulent American Indian?

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[faberryman]

What?

RSL is short of reasoned arguments so he is mocking me and my photography instead.

[faberryman]

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Red herring.

[RSL]

What?

The point is, Robert, that the House had to pass the cut along with the Senate. The House still is Democrat. To say that the "Republicans just passed a trillion dollar tax cut," is a bit over the top. Quite a bit. But it's pretty clear that Fab doesn't know the difference.

[faberryman]

The point is, Robert, that the House had to pass the cut along with the Senate. The House still is Democrat. To say that the "Republicans just passed a trillion dollar tax cut," is a bit over the top. Quite a bit. But it's pretty clear that Fab doesn't know the difference.

The House and Senate were both in Republican hands when the trillion dollar tax cut was enacted. But don't let facts get in the way of your story. Your problem is that your knee jerks so fast you don't have time to read the post before you respond.

[jeremyrh]

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[RSL]

The House and Senate were both in Republican hands when the trillion dollar tax cut was enacted. But don't let facts get in the way of your story. Your problem is that your knee jerks so fast you don't have time to read the post before you respond.

Yeah, you're right, Fab. I didn't check the date. And of course, there's no chance a Democrat congress -- House or Senate -- would ever pass anything like that... er, unless they called it the Obama 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill.

[Alan Klein]

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I already get Social Security and Medicare, free healthcare. What else are they offering?😀