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The Washington Post, citing two people with knowledge of internal discussions, reported on Thursday that some officials had discussed the idea of canceling some of the massive U.S. debt held by China as a way to strike at Beijing for perceived shortfalls in its candidness on the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump's top economic adviser denied the report. "The full faith and credit of U.S. debt obligations is sacrosanct. Period. Full stop," White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told Reuters. Asked whether he would consider having the United States stop payment of its debt obligations as a way to punish Beijing, Trump said: "Well, I can do it differently. I can do the same thing, but even for more money, just by putting on tariffs. So, I don't have to do that." www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/05/01/business/01reuters-health-coronavirus-usa-china.html

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eBay sales have been brisk. I've been cleaning out my closets for the past year or so & using the funds to finance music gear (studio & live). The month of March saw my sales go to zero & over the past few weeks things have picked up a lot. I'm just selling to get cash back out of stuff that I haven't touched in years. Some I actually make a profit on & some is just for cash flow (50/50). --- Shameless plug follows. I have a chunk of gold & silver jewelry listed, including some nice gold & diamond fleur de lis for the Louisiana lovers & Francophiles out there! www.ebay.com/usr/tunawish

Have some friends over for a BBQ & jam session.

Pure & utterly nonsence to me. something can't be utterly nonsense. utterly is an adverb, utter is an adjective and therefor grammatical. so, utter nonsense, yes, but only if you spell it correctly. LOL. Gotta love it when someone makes spelling mistakes while correcting someone else's spelling. No to meting that sentence structure. Pro tip: If you're gonna pompously correct someone else's spelling be sure to spell check your work. It's a typical neo-con deflection tactic. They learned it from the obfuscater in chief.

How do you stop the extreme stupidity coming from the left & the right? TERM LIMITS 1 & done.

I just saw the 1st television ad, from a local ambulance chaser, soliciting plaintiffs re: business interruption insurance. and here's the same turd being arrested for DUI & refusing the field sobriety test & the breathalyzer. www.pnj.com/story/news/2016/06/01/maloneys-dui-charges-dropped/85243512/ He used to run a bunch of ads saying "if you've been arrested for drunk driving, don't call me". A real smug POS.

I doubt the average individual will understand & will in fact be confused by the whole set up. When I was working overseas, I'd go ashore & there were always crew members who'd get excited when they got 40 or 50 of the local currency in exchange for a dollar & they thought they were getting a deal. TBF, sometimes we actually were getting a deal because food, drinks & touristy crap were super cheap whether you used local currency or USD (early 90's Venezuela comes to mind). --- What do you get when you combine currency devaluation with decreasing cost of goods & services?

TBF, he has a lot of experience holding his breath with a mouth full of Trumps twig & berries.

I'd be happy to bail out an individual AirBnB host with an assumable mortgage, if I like the property. ;)

I got this a while back & just started reading it today. Previous posters have recommended other books on the same subject as well. Possibly topical?

You've officially become the house troll here. Greg’s not wrong. Dalala already said “I’d rather vote for a guy who stutters.” I’m waiting for the Biden voters to say “we’re voting for the lesser of two evils.” It’s time Americans take a look at the two party system. The last 40 candidates have been complete and utter shit. Not a single person in the last and current election cycle have been “leaders”. All a bunch of hacks with shady pasts and motives. If you’re voting for Biden, I don’t want to hear a single negative thing about Trump from here on out. They are literally two versions of the same individual. I've already said that I'm voting for the lesser of 2 evils. Trumps brand of evil is infinitely more dangerous, and yes, the 2 party system blows. also Term limits. One and done, never 2 serve at the national level again. I left twitter over 2 months ago to avoid these kinds of discussions / troll fests. Never had the urge to read or post in the politics section here. Too bad this thread turned into a shit show. Over & out (do your best to draw me back in troll masters).

You've officially become the house troll here.

Sounds like a game of musical chairs with a scorching hot potato on every seat & most of the players are pants-less.

Richard. My quote of transcript "It wouldn’t be through injection. " was from original briefing on April 23. Its not a correction. The statement you are using to say he suggested injecting is "It wouldn’t be through injection". Transcript from April 23 when he supposedly suggested injecting bleach. Check for yourself. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-31/ This was clearly an inline correction by someone who blurted out an idiotic statement, realized it sounded idiotic, and then did an autocorrect.

Funny how you failed to bold by injection inside. Typical of Trumpty's base. They own themselves & then ignore the fact.

Yep. Yep & yep. Our choices are abominable but I'd vote for a warm turd running against Trump.

He talks a good game on China, but his record is very weak. If you really wanted to be tough on China, you would not be isolationist. The USA shifting to isolationism creates a void for China to fill. For example, he is complaining about the WHO and Chinese influence on the WHO. China's influence on the WHO has undoubtedly increased during Trump's reign because of the Trump administration pulling back. So when he is surprised at the new degree of influence of China on the WHO, his solution is to de-fund them further reducing the US influence. It's going to be rich when he quits funding NATO or the UN and then complains about other countries having more influence. Similarly, several smaller countries including middle eastern countries have relied on the US CDC in situation like this in the past. They have publicly said that the US CDC's message has been so confused that they are no longer relying on the US and that it has been suggested that the Chinese CDC might be the best option for them instead. Someone needs to tell Trump to lead, follow, or get out of the way. In the case of Coronavirus, he is doing more harm than good and is wasting years of goodwill, influence and trust that the USA had built up. He has a BA in economics? There's no way this clown didn't pay someone to do assignments for him. Can you picture him writing even a little 500 word essay, on anything?

Haha I saw this. Still waiting for someone to find some fine print saying "paid for by Phillip Morris" Here you go. www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-17/philip-morris-money-is-funding-pro-vaping-coronavirus-spin

I want honesty & not bullshit. I want leadership that acknowledges responsibility, and moves towards solutions rather than attacking those who attempt to steer us towards truth. Anyone who supports this moron is clearly unhinged from reality.

Pro tip, for anyone who's been contemplating shoving a flashlight up their keister to kill COVID. As tempting as it may sound, use a candle instead. Sincerely, Donnie

Yes, I see it now: intravenous bleach infusion, bombardment with UV rays, gamma rays, etc etc and patients will be straight up cured! And his apologists were out defending hydroxychloroquine because this guy was behind it... We now proudly celebrate ignorance in our culture--and you see the manifestation here on this forum and in the population at large. The consequences of said ignorance unfortunately does not merely fall on the ignorant, but spreads to the wider population via collateral damage. Oh well. I read this and and first i thought that cwericb and dalas were having a bit of fun. ...But then I saw the video. What.... the fuck?! This is no joke. The real joke is that some people keep rationalizing/defending this guy’s conduct. 50K dead. Not much else to say. "Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer claimed Friday that the controversy over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that states should be allowed to declare bankruptcy amid the pandemic has given new momentum to a federal bailout." If we get another 4 years of this fat orange pinhead, the USA will likely be divided & destroyed. Hopefully McConnell & his ilk will get the boot as well.

He's very talented at manipulating situations/people to his advantage. He's not just rocks for brains. He knows how to fool segments of the populace and I'd say does a pretty good job of it. Must have helped somewhat in the casino business. It didn’t help him to run a successful casino but it likely helped him survive the bankruptcy (bankruptcies).

LOL, is this your way of easing into saying you're wrong? +1. Hahahaha. Can't believe that they are letting 12 year old kids on this forum. Calling everyone a dip... I know, right.

LOL, is this your way of easing into saying you're wrong? People who constantly talk about what we don't know usually do it when what we do know goes against what they'd like to believe. If the data supported them, they'd talk about "let's look at the facts, gents". But when it doesn't, they talk about what we don't know. It's a fairly effective technique if you don't know about it. Yeah, and it seems like this guy is seriously conflicted with his reference to Orwell. HUGE LOL.