mac9001 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 8, 2017 -> 11:08 PM) I'm a lot more worried about the North Korean leader. He is a powerderkeg just dying to flick some nukes at the USA and South Korea. All he has to do to be remembered forever is start the war that begins the end of humanity as we know it. He's nutty enough to do it. If he sends a nuke our way, we will literally blow that country off the map and that means S. Korea will be blown off the map too. At that point China and Russia decide what to do. If the North Korean nukes cause a lot of damage in the USA ... wow. North Korean leaders have been making idiotic provocative statements for 60 years. It's part of their standard political modus operandi. When our leaders try to beat them at their own game it's time for genuine concern. Unfortunately that seems to be the path we're likely headed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Real question is, does Trump know Guam is our territory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 9, 2017 -> 04:39 AM) Real question is, does Trump know Guam is our territory? Sink it!!! Voted for Hillary and Obama... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before.... 6:56 AM - Aug 9, 2017 Fake news didn't even mention how Trump has our back and fixed the nuclear arsenal. No one has accomplished more in less time than the genius that is the Donald. Now after we blow up the world, we can blow it up again. Thanks Trump. Threaten everyone with nukes, maybe Germany will finally cut the Trump Organization a check for NATO fees. Tell Mexico to pay for the wall or Cabo is going bye bye. We are so lucky to be living in a nation where he is running things. Edited August 9, 2017 by Dick Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) FWIW during his first 100 days, Trump did not take any executive action on the nuclear arsenal. e: it was also Obama who kicked off the modernization process. yet another thing Trump had nothing to do with but is taking credit for. Edited August 9, 2017 by StrangeSox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 9, 2017 -> 08:33 AM) FWIW during his first 100 days, Trump did not take any executive action on the nuclear arsenal. Its also impossible to do any of what he says in the time he has been in office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 9, 2017 -> 08:35 AM) Its also impossible to do any of what he says in the time he has been in office. Yeah, nuclear weapons revamps do not happen in a matter of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 9, 2017 -> 08:33 AM) FWIW during his first 100 days, Trump did not take any executive action on the nuclear arsenal. e: it was also Obama who kicked off the modernization process. yet another thing Trump had nothing to do with but is taking credit for. What Trump has done is unprecedented. Just look at the jobs. There were only 7 or 8 times during Obama's tenure (maybe the worst president in history, always playing golf) where there were 6 month stretches of adding more jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 8, 2017 -> 10:52 AM) So Trump tweeted a link to a Fox News story about North Korea. It turns out, it was classified, and Fox News got the info from anonymous sources, something Trump has said is means fake news. He can't possibly be that dumb, can he? Looks like his new Twitter policeman needs more training. You know his Twitter policeman was fired, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 9, 2017 -> 08:52 AM) You know his Twitter policeman was fired, right? I thought Kelly took the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 FBI conducted a pre-dawn raid on the Mana Fort https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi...m=.42a354da87b2 FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of President Trump’s former campaign chairman late last month, using a search warrant to seize documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Federal agents appeared at Paul Manafort’s home without advance warning in the predawn hours of July 26, the day after he met voluntarily with the staff for the Senate Intelligence Committee. The search warrant was wide-ranging and FBI agents working with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III departed the home with various records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bmags Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of President Trump’s former campaign chairman late last month, using a search warrant to seize documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Aw man, that was my birthday! I knew Mueller was planning something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) NEW POLL: Nearly half of Republicans would back postponing 2020 election if Trump proposed it A majority of Republicans, 68 percent, also thinks millions of illegal immigrants voted in the presidential election and 73 percent think voter fraud happens somewhat or very often. The entire republican party is insane Edited August 10, 2017 by StrangeSox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/us/polit...ar-arsenal.html Trump fact checked into oblivion on updating nuclear arsenal....CSpan also did a special on this with the exact same conclusions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) Trump thanks Putin for kicking out US diplomats: 'We're trying to cut down our payroll' Russian President Vladimir Putin has President Donald Trump's thanks -- for booting U.S. diplomats out of his country. "I want to thank him because we're trying to cut down our payroll ... I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll," Trump told reporters Thursday at his New Jersey golf club. It is not clear how the Russian president kicking out U.S. diplomats would remove them from the U.S. payroll. Whole interview was insane, per usual. Very glad this man has unilateral control of 6,000 nuclear weapons. Edited August 10, 2017 by StrangeSox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 03:52 PM) Trump thanks Putin for kicking out US diplomats: 'We're trying to cut down our payroll' Whole interview was insane, per usual. Very glad this man has unilateral control of 6,000 nuclear weapons. His own tv show, he just thinks of them as "fired" and simply doesn't realize they're still the government's responsibility... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 It's crazy that our president reveres Putin. f***ing madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 06:36 PM) His own tv show, he just thinks of them as "fired" and simply doesn't realize they're still the government's responsibility... They're civil servants so they can't just be fired anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Just saying he perceives them in his own mind as being fired members of the bloated bureaucracy...kill two birds with one stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 4. The fiduciary standard gets punted Perhaps the biggest financial reform of the late Obama era was the “fiduciary rule,” the 2015 Obama regulation that requires investment advisers to act in the best interest of their clients when selling products like retirement investments. (The concern was that many advisers were pushing investments with a higher commission for the adviser, rather than a better return for the client.) It was assumed to be doomed under the new administration, but Democrats enjoyed a brief moment of celebration in May when Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he would allow the rule to take effect in early June. It now appears the celebration was premature. Only part of the rule took effect in June, and the Labor Department isn’t enforcing that part until the entire rule takes effect on January 1, 2018. But now even that won’t be happening: This week, in a court filing, the Labor Department revealed that it had sent a rule to the White House for review that would delay full implementation of the fiduciary rule for 18 months, until July 1, 2019—enough time for the Trump administration to make significant changes or repeal it altogether. Politico.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Nazi rally at UVA https://twitter.com/Hatewatch/status/896187...src=twsrc%5Etfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 06:44 PM) 4. The fiduciary standard gets punted Perhaps the biggest financial reform of the late Obama era was the "fiduciary rule," the 2015 Obama regulation that requires investment advisers to act in the best interest of their clients when selling products like retirement investments. (The concern was that many advisers were pushing investments with a higher commission for the adviser, rather than a better return for the client.) It was assumed to be doomed under the new administration, but Democrats enjoyed a brief moment of celebration in May when Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he would allow the rule to take effect in early June. It now appears the celebration was premature. Only part of the rule took effect in June, and the Labor Department isn't enforcing that part until the entire rule takes effect on January 1, 2018. But now even that won't be happening: This week, in a court filing, the Labor Department revealed that it had sent a rule to the White House for review that would delay full implementation of the fiduciary rule for 18 months, until July 1, 2019—enough time for the Trump administration to make significant changes or repeal it altogether. Politico.com The Fiduciary rule was a steaming pile of garbage. Good riddance to stupid legislation. The other side is that FINRA/SEC are probably going to be putting their own similar rules on the books without Congress, but they will be way better thought out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 10:45 PM) The Fiduciary rule was a steaming pile of garbage. Good riddance to stupid legislation. The other side is that FINRA/SEC are probably going to be putting their own similar rules on the books without Congress, but they will be way better thought out. Idk man, might have prevented my grandmother from blowing generational wealth in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 QUOTE (Quin @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 11:23 PM) Idk man, might have prevented my grandmother from blowing generational wealth in the 80s. Two sides to every coin, industry insiders vs. "mom and pop" investors who can't easily recover from a major investment setback in their 40s or 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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