BIGREDIOWAN Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Man do I wish I had some disposable income for something like this. What a great opportunity. Honestly the "you must go back" part would be my only concern - once you see the big, wide world you may not want to. I'd do it in a heartbeat if I wasn't rooted here now. I absolutely love Des Moines and what's going on here. Not even close to the same city it was when I was growing up here. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Des Moines is a pretty great city to live in. 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 He's been working so hard and just hasn't had any chance to get away and he fully supported Obama's right to go on vacations and get away from Washington.....I'm shocked this town has this attitude. Link to comment
NM11046 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 They have no soul - truly. Why would you dissolve this? 4 Link to comment
commando Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 They have no soul - truly. Why would you dissolve this? it was an obama rule so therefore it must be evil and eliminated 1 Link to comment
commando Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 trumps policy in 1 picture? Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 They have no soul - truly. Why would you dissolve this? it was an obama rule so therefore it must be evil and eliminated Also, its "pro business" (a.k.a. anti-consumer, or anti-labor). Remember GW Bush's "tort reform"? Tort law is one of the few defenses (along with labor unions and governmental regulations) that consumers/citizens/workers have against corporate interests that hold all the financial and political cards. So, naturally, Republicans are anti-tort, anti-union, and anti-regulation. It doesn't behoove them politically to say they are anti-labor, or anti-consumer protection, but that's the end result IMHO. To me, the difference with Trump is that he simply doesn't care about the optics of it. This exposes the ugliness of the policy. 1 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I'm not usually a Garrison gal, but this is a great short read. And thank you to some of you, as you are my "truth tellers" 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I would expect to find such nonsensical garbage on a tabloid headline, but this is an actual factual thing that was said. This dude preached at Trump's inauguration. Frickin' crazies, man. 2 Link to comment
zoogs Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 Mad King Donald made his nuclear threats to North Korea off the cuff. This is American foreign policy -- brinksmanship and escalation, to be precise -- conducted by one man with no review, meditation, or forethought. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/us/politics/trump-north-korea.html These are the actions of a dangerous loon who should never have been let near the presidency. Those who enabled it, shame. More on our unhinged commander-in-chief: https://theintercept.com/2017/08/09/the-madman-with-nuclear-weapons-is-donald-trump-not-kim-jong-un/ At one point during the meeting, according to Scarborough, the then-GOP presidential candidate asked his adviser, “If we had them, why can’t we use them?” (...) To be so blasé, enthusiastic even, about the deployment of the ultimate weapon of mass destruction is a stark indicator of Trump’s childishness, ignorance, belligerence and, yes, derangement. Here is a president who is impulsive, erratic, unstable; whose entire life and career have been defined by a complete lack of empathy for others. Remember his strategy for defeating ISIS? “Bomb the sh#t out of ‘em” and “take out their families.” So do you think civilian casualties were on his mind in Bedminster on Tuesday when he issued his “fire and fury” warning? Come. Off. It. Congress has the power and the authority to vote him out. To abstain from action is to take ownership of the man and everything he so plainly is; one can no longer feign surprise when another careless provocation ends up in conflagration. Impeach him now before he sets the world on fire. This is no laughing matter. 4 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Zoogs please write a letter capturing your last paragraph and send it to your senators. Link to comment
zoogs Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/07/trump-tpp-deal-withdrawal-trade-effects-215459 The decision to pull out of the trade deal has become a double hit on places like Eagle Grove. The promised bump of $10 billion in agricultural output over 15 years, based on estimates by the U.S. International Trade Commission, won’t materialize. But Trump’s decision to withdraw from the pact also cleared the way for rival exporters such as Australia, New Zealand and the European Union to negotiate even lower tariffs with importing nations, creating potentially greater competitive advantages over U.S. exports. A POLITICO analysis found that the 11 other TPP countries are now involved in a whopping 27 separate trade negotiations with each other, other major trading powers in the region like China and massive blocs like the EU. Those efforts range from exploratory conversations to deals already signed and awaiting ratification. Seven of the most significant deals for U.S. farmers were either launched or concluded in the five months since the United States withdrew from the TPP. Man of the people Donald Trump pulls out of the TPP. Shocking the result, right? Link to comment
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