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[dwy000]

58 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

Nah we need to wait for the “experts” to come in and micro analyze how this isn’t actually a deal and everything is idiotic and how Trump is really just soooo stooopid. 

Well there is the part where Iran state media just denied the ceasefire.  Which is odd because its not like Trump to announce that something has been done when it hasn't. 

[Gregmal]

Nice, so we're already hard at work looking for and hoping there's no ceasefire, so we can satisfy our daily itch to "get Trump"...

[dwy000]

7 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

Nice, so we're already hard at work looking for and hoping there's no ceasefire, so we can satisfy our daily itch to "get Trump"...

No....we are literally reacting to Trump's statement and the response from Iran.  And given Trumps repeated history of, well, lying, its sad that we look to Iran to actually believe what he's stating or not. 

 

I'd love there to be a ceasefire. But its sad that nobody (other than Cubs) believes our own president until another country confirms or denies it. 

[cubsfan]

3 minutes ago, dwy000 said:

No....we are literally reacting to Trump's statement and the response from Iran.  And given Trumps repeated history of, well, lying, its sad that we look to Iran to actually believe what he's stating or not. 

 

I'd love there to be a ceasefire. But its sad that nobody (other than Cubs) believes our own president until another country confirms or denies it. 

 

Maybe they take out the Ayatollah - that works for me.

[Parsad]

34 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

Maybe they take out the Ayatollah - that works for me.

 

That would just make him a martyr for Iranians and other terrorist groups.  Internal regime change and facilitating that is the ideal way.  Or you bring them to the table and keep them under control going forward.  Cheers!

[dwy000]

31 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

Massive bombing going on in Tehran tonight. 

Rumors the Ayatollah taken out.

How's that possible?  Theres a ceasefire. 

[zzzyx]

3 hours ago, dwy000 said:

How's that possible?  Theres a ceasefire

?   Not claiming I know what’s real and what’s not…but this isn’t inconsistent with the terms as laid out…is it?

[Parsad]

Diego Luna's fantastic monologue about immigration on Jimmy Kimmel tonight.  Cheers!

 

 

[73 Reds]

5 hours ago, Gregmal said:

Nice, so we're already hard at work looking for and hoping there's no ceasefire, so we can satisfy our daily itch to "get Trump"...

The US and Israel deserve an "A" grade thus far.   Haters will be delusional haters no matter what.  They sound and act more laughable every day.  So be it. 

[whiskybravo]

4 hours ago, Parsad said:

Diego Luna's fantastic monologue about immigration on Jimmy Kimmel tonight.  Cheers!

 

 

On a humanitarian basis, I feel for migrants attempting to better their lives.  They have become pawns in American politics.  

Why would the Dems leave the border unprotected for four years?  Did they think that would be a force for stability?  It sure wasn’t in NYC.  
 

I don’t know when or how the US will come to a sane immigration policy.  Doesn’t seem likely in the current political environment.  Maybe it will take real pressure on the labor force, but what do I know? I am always so full of doubts.
 

 

[cubsfan]

8 hours ago, dwy000 said:

How's that possible?  Theres a ceasefire. 

 

My sincere apology - I posted bad info. Honest mistake!

[adventurer]

1 minute ago, cubsfan said:

 

My sincere apology - I posted bad info. Honest mistake!

From here on out I personally believe the world rotates backwards now.

[Spekulatius]

9 hours ago, Parsad said:

 

That would just make him a martyr for Iranians and other terrorist groups.  Internal regime change and facilitating that is the ideal way.  Or you bring them to the table and keep them under control going forward.  Cheers!

The Ayatollah is 86 years old. If he is taken out, a new Ayatollah is already chosen who looks exactly like the old one. i think taking out the Republican guard machinery and leadership has a larger effect.

[Spekulatius]

Interesting fact- Israel fiscal deficit is 6.9% of GDP, about the same than ours and they are fighting a war.

https://tradingeconomics.com/israel/government-budget

[Blake Hampton]

[Blake Hampton]

Interest rates should never go up. They should be immediately lowered to zero and remain there forever.

 

Also, Trump has an economics degree from Wharton.

[Gregmal]

Well if you can point towards price instability/inflation that’s plaguing us go for it. Instead every Q Jerry’s got a new “concern”;(not dissimilar from people who are always afraid the end of the world is just round the corner) the latest being that now he’s essentially equating future inflation concerns with screen staring at oil prices. Tariffs were a dud for him, another failed forecast. And all that continues to prop up the backwards looking CPI stuff is housing, which is elevated because of ….drumroll, higher rates. 

[Gregmal]

12 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

Also, Trump has an economics degree from Whar

Where’s yours from? Do you think lounging in academia gives one credibility?

[Blake Hampton]

The man who's never wrong:

 

[Blake Hampton]

I think Trump should make himself the next Fed chair.

[LC]

3 hours ago, whiskybravo said:

Why would the Dems leave the border unprotected for four years?  Did they think that would be a force for stability?  It sure wasn’t in NYC.  

 

Didn't republicans reject a bipartisan border security bill a few years ago? 

 

Trump and his cabal of Republicans don't want to solve border issues.

They want to leverage border security issues to push forward their own agenda. 

[whiskybravo]

11 minutes ago, LC said:

 

Didn't republicans reject a bipartisan border security bill a few years ago? 

 

Trump and his cabal of Republicans don't want to solve border issues.

They want to leverage border security issues to push forward their own agenda. 

I don’t know the details of the bill, though it was pushed by Dems to say that Republicans are resisting the fix of the border.  They are still pushing that talking point even after Trump fixed the border day 1.  Jill Biden or whoever was running the country then didn’t want to stop the flow of unvetted illegal migrants.

[Gregmal]

1 minute ago, whiskybravo said:

I don’t know the details of the bill, though it was pushed by Dems to say that Republicans are resisting the fix of the border.  They are still pushing that talking point even after Trump fixed the border day 1.  Jill Biden or whoever was running the country then didn’t want to stop the flow of unvetted illegal migrants.

Yea, it was floated by democrats during election year to solve the problem they created, the problem in fact, that they basically ran on; remember Joe running on open borders and the surge of migration post his inauguration?
 

So sure, it was scuttled by Republicans, but that’s the game and I’d have more sympathy if the resolution was genuine but creating a problem and then solving it at the last minute so you can claim some victory ahead of elections is bs.

[Red Lion]

16 minutes ago, LC said:

 

Didn't republicans reject a bipartisan border security bill a few years ago? 

 

Trump and his cabal of Republicans don't want to solve border issues.

They want to leverage border security issues to push forward their own agenda. 

Neither side wants to fix immigration, sadly. 
 

Just go back and look at the last several administrations. Trump 2.0 is trying to blow its wad on big beautiful bill. Biden pushed the inflation reduction act. Trump 1.0 pushed tax cuts, covid stimulus, and tried to kill Obamacare. Obama pushed the ACA. Immigration reform could have likely been passed at any of these junctures. 
 

Politicians love having a problem to blame on the other side. 
 

It’s quite unfortunate because I suspect most American voters would like to see more legal immigration to this country, and a path to legality for those who have been here decades keeping their heads down. 

[cubsfan]

3 hours ago, adventurer said:

From here on out I personally believe the world rotates backwards now.

 

It won't happen often - so enjoy it while you can!