Why did a President of our Great Country seem to be so willing to abase himself on a world stage?

Yeah. That's better. The Alaska Abasement.

We've gone from the Helsinki Humiliation to the Anchorage Abomination.

I wonder why OneDumbLump burbles half-ass "thoughts" but doesn't finish the story?

Lyin' OneDumbLump burbles They were catching up and then Johnsons US welfare policies put them back of the line again.

"In 2022, the official poverty rate for Black Americans was 17.1%, according to the Census.gov. This was a historic low for the Black population, even after accounting for changes in the Current Population Survey."

Thank you, Danforth. There may be others on here that I hope might benefit from this discussion! What you brought to it was really interesting. I hadn't considered the ramifications nearly as in depth as you did in #74. Most excellent!

Had I hit refresh and seen Danforth's response I wouldn't have even bothered!

Make the tradeoff based on what return you think you can get on those funds versus the guaranteed 8% simple each year you defer. You can look at your "break-even" point, too, based on how long you think you'll live. You know all about that stuff, though. The other thing is, if you aren't going to work, then you need to subtract out what you need to live on - and that amount won't earn anything towards your retirement for the rest of your life. It'll be gone. I put all the variables that were relevant to me in a spreadsheet so I could play "what if" games with PV and FV, etc.

This tax change isn't going to figure in on my decision since I won't be taking SS early. YMMV.

(pretty sure I didn't say a thing you didn't already know!)

aligning the institution's content with President Donald Trump's interpretation of American history.

GOP - party of Total Government Control. All bow to President Pedo.

L'Etat, c'est moi

President Pedo let Putin define the outcome, and President Pedo then adopted Putin's framing of the situation and what comes next.
President Pedo flat out said that any peace deal is completely up to Zelenskyy and not Putin or the US.
He's essentially demanding full capitulation to Russia's position.

No wonder Putin was smiling from ear to ear.

If Putin agrees to a ceasefire it's so he can retrench and then he'll be right back at it. He has nothing to lose.

Trump and Putin reiterating Trump's words that this war never would have happened if Trump was in office was so much of a blatant lie it should smack any anyone's conscience. Facts:

And for Eberly who may demand why I didn't provide the name of who President Pedo's press sec't sycophant --------- supreme is, just Leavitt alone already.

Trump's press sec't sycophant --------- supreme can't pronounce Nobel correctly. She keeps calling it the "noble" peace prize. Then again, President Pedo spells it "noble", too, so there is that..

And can I ask again, why does the Press continue to sane wash what these idiots do?

This was horrendous.
A complete own by Putin.
WTF? Our Troops literally rolling out the red carpet for a war criminal!
Chuffy nailed it.
All that and no cease-fire, which was the minimum President Pedo said he wanted from the first meeting.

"Trump had previously warned Putin of "very severe consequences" if a ceasefire is not reached and said he's prepared to "walk away""

Right. TACO Don. Always.
Pathetic. Weak. Spineless.

Trump waiting for Putin, then having Putin ride in "The Beast" with Trump - quit an set of images. Most memorable?
Putin's grin was so HUGE it pushed his ears up the side of his head.

Will the Helsinki Humiliation give way to the
Alaska Abasement?
Anchorage Affront?
Elmendorf Ignominy?

Or maybe he'll actually ...

Right. Never mind.

#39 and #40 were directed at the liar that goes by the alias "oneironaut."

like you refers to Oneironaut, of course.

The difference is MAGAts, like you, don't care that he's guilty. You prove that every day on this forum. You don't even care that President Pedo has sexually molested children.

You understand 90% of the country thinks this line of BS is BS. Right?

You wonder why?

Do you think I don't know his name? His story?

I didn't post it because it wasn't relevant to the point. The point was Trump is crying out about how all these undocumented people are criminals and have to be removed from this nation for our safety meanwhile he lets felons, child molesters, repeat criminals go free - and negotiated the release of a man that killed three people and was serving 30 years in jail for it. And that man is walking the streets of the town I was born and raised in.

But you want his name? It's not even relevant.

What's wrong with what I said Yav?

That phrase indicates you'd like the United States to be Nazi Germany. That it would please you greatly to see papers demanded and if not up to your wishes, that person whisked away. We have never had to live like that - authoritarian. Dictatorial.

It is evil.

what kind of sick twisted fcck says that kind of thing?

And he did it with the help of democrats.

Not one democrat voted for that massive 4 trillion dollar deficit building Big -------- Bill.
Trump's all on his own in ordering the inflation/stagflation crushing tariffs which are going to drive that deficit up even more due to interest payments on the debt.
And the idiots are all "yay! Trump is telling companies how to run their businesses, what Coke should use in their products, what museums should say, what people can think, say, do!"
The morons hordes chant "We've never been so FREE!" as they hand over the democratic republic they were entrusted to safeguard.

But don't worry. Trump's meeting Putin in Russia and he's going to get us Moscow and Leningrad as part of the peace deal.

(Don't blame me. I know he's going to Anchorage Alaska and that's in the United States. I know Leningrad is Saint Petersburg. I know we're not getting either under any circumstances. Take that up with demented donald.)

I feel so much better about troops being deployed in D.C. under President Pedo's firm (tiny) grip! /s

They're going to force their views on us no matter how they have to do it.

Trump is ordering the Smithsonian to re-write our history as we speak. He's made the African-American Museum remove exhibits. Personally I'd like to see people start refusing to do their dirty work on White-washing our history. I don't need to go to a museum that's all patriotic bullshht.

Unless you guys plan to riot, which you won't; because I think you know what will happen if you do.

You are so small minded. That's the only option you think there is? Typical of an authoritarians ass licker.