Re: Posted by ScottS at 10:33 AM

"Biden has always been a liar"

It's all good because it's simply a case of hyperbole by a politician, right ScottS?

ROFLMAO!

It's one thing to be ignorant of what (then) Mr. Trump said he would do if elected.

It's quite another to support his plans thinking they would only be applied to "someone else".
This latter group deservedly should receive: no empathy, no sympathy, much derision, and much scorn.

They only want one thing: MORE

"Under a strong economy, people will vote for other issues.
Immigration, identity politics, education policies, and cultural values come to the forefront.
#25 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-05-06 08:31 AM"

Sounds like you believed the economy was strong at election time last year.

Several metrics agree with your belief and also indicate that the economy remained strong until after inauguration time this year.

How's that working out for you?

"yep - thanks to Zelensky and braindead Joe Biden for shipping weapons to Ukraine with zero accountability. But hey, Zelensky has a $35M home in Miami so he is fine with it.
#13 | POSTED BY SCOTTS AT 2025-05-05 10:06 AM"

Another case of hyperbole? LOL!

That claim about a $35M home in Miami owned by Zelensky is not true. It comes via Lauren Witzke. But hey, ALL politician's lie. Right? Maybe it's time to call out those lies and (even more importantly) stop propagating those lies!

"Lachlan Markay, an investigative journalist who previously worked for Axios and The Daily Beast, also traced Witzke's claim back to a post from DC Weekly, a website that's run by American conspiracy theorist John Mark Dougan, who fled Florida for Moscow in 2016."

"It was hyperbole - like when Biden said he would cure cancer. It is only a lie if you were dumb enough to believe anything a politician says.
#13 | POSTED BY SCOTTS AT 2025-05-05 09:02 PM"

B-b-but, Johnny did it, too!

Did that excuse work for you when you were a kid?

Classic whataboutism.

With a touch of gaslighting: "It's your fault for being so gullible".

ROFLMAO!!!

So, does this mean Mr. Trump committed perjury when he took the oath of office for President?

*sigh* tack on another felony.

RE: #7

If true, they are following USA's lead.

How about a compromise solution?

Alcatraz gets re-built and President Trump becomes a resident as a convicted felon. Win-Win?

"I already addressed this - it is an inventory build which will reverse in coming months. In Q2, there will be a net positive change as import value craters. The other part (other than imports) was government. All other actual aspects of GDP grew - consumer spending and net investment. That is why the headline number tanked the market but it finished up on the session as people read the report and saw it was actually positive.
#52 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 07:48 AM"

That prognostication might (or not) be true in the future, but how is that relevant to the claim ("GDP decreased by .3% due to cuts in government spending") regarding the Q1 2025 which is what the BEA link was about?

Re: #50

The Bureau of Economic Analysis disagrees. Their conclusion is the GDP decrease is mostly due to increased imports instigated by purchases ahead of the anticipated tariffs.

"Full blown depression?

#46 | POSTED BY GAL_TUESDAY AT 2025-04-29 05:34 PM"

Reminds me of that old joke:

Q: Why are you beating your head against the wall?
A: Because it feels so good when I stop.

Since when do we have the right to give away another sovereign nation's territory?

Land of the free; home of the brave my ---.

SHAMEFUL!

So, after a bit over three years for a conflict not even close to threatening our home soil:

"This war has dragged on entirely too long.
#91 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON AT 2025-04-26 05:31 PM"

THANK GAWD our Founding Fathers didn't feel the same way in 1778 (five years before the Revolutionary War ended) or you'd all be sipping tea!

" 'Is a debunked lie which you keep repeating.
#19 | Posted by ClownShack'

Debunked how? Last time I challenged you, you had nothing but numbers you pulled out of your ass. But, I am happy to see you actual links debunking it this time.

#21 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-25 02:28 AM"

Dear Bondi, dear Bondi

You have no complaint

You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't

So listen up buster, and listen up good

Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood

- apologies to John Prine

Shouldn't cost too much to put lipstick on a pig.

" 'Natural gas, oil and nuclear are our current best sources of energy.'

Best at what?

'ZERO government subsidies and ZERO mandates.'

You are so stupid and so lazy, you don't realize natgas, oil, and nuclear are all subsidized by the government.
#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-23 09:02 AM"

BINGO!!!!

Subsidies to promote fledgling industries is nothing new and (in concept) is prudent. In the case of petroleum development, subsidies are a way of 'priming the pump' (so to speak!). I wonder how many folks are aware of how much subsidies are still being given to the petroleum industry after more than a CENTURY! The amount is more than a TRILLION dollars. Can we at least agree petroleum development is no longer a "fledgling industry"?

To claim our society should not provide even a small fraction of the amount (in both time and $$$) that the petroleum industry receives to develop new energy sources (solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, etc.), is ludicrous.

Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.

"At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church, Ferrell said.

Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia. He spent 38 days there, the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy.

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

April 19, 2025:
250th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington-Concord.
"The shot heard round the world".

Re: #29 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-16 07:15 PM

No response to #24 and #25?

"Politics destroys and never ever improves.
#31 | Posted by Robson at 2025-04-17 07:26 PM"

The Continental Congress wants to talk with you.

"4 out of 5 medicaid recipients live in an urban areas
www.medicaid.gov

#12 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-15 08:35 PM"

BTW, from your cited source, the percentage of population using medicaid is slightly greater for rural vs urban areas.

"4 out of 5 medicaid recipients live in an urban areas
www.medicaid.gov
#12 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-15 08:35 PM"