The NYT is mealy-mouthed and deserves to be kicked for this.

They also refuse to use the word liar, when they are writing about someone obviously lying their ass off.

and you especially like making other people have to smell it?
#122 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Is that POPCORN I smell???

#35 | POSTED BY TAOWARRIOR

Thanks.

So it's more accurate to say we didn't so much drop our protectionism, as much as the world became smaller etc.

I'm asking if the United States was imposing across-the-board high tariffs on foreign imports, thus protecting corporations located here (and therefore American workers)

Or are tariffs just a periodic thing, a dust-up called a trade war.

So honest question:
Back in the good old days when we still had most of our manufacturing base located domestically, did we have high tariffs?
Were tariffs big in say, 1960, and then decrease over time, down to a level that made rampant globalization more attractive?

i can't be arsed with the googs....and i know there are so many here who've lived through it :]

-'He ---- on the carpet'

It's not so much Pence as it is the Full Irish Breakfast.

You can't stop the FIB, you can only hope to eject the FIB in the proper receptacle.

All i knows is if the stuff goes up in price at the Wal-Marts, I'll be like whut in thuh hay-ell hay-penned???

Alright America. We got the guy who [didn't] write a book called 'The Art of The Deal' getting ready to make a deal.

What have the Chinese written? 'The Art Of War' or something like that?

We're golden.

I'm worried they will continue to cut the interest rates and leave no room for action if there is a recession.

Republicans wouldn't do that, though, so never mind...

#123 | POSTED BY GTBRITISHSKULL

You're spinning your wheels.

Keep in mind, GOAT is actually an algorithm:

1. Deflect negative attention away from trump
2. If called out to stay on topic, make topic about GOAT.
3. If called out on making topic about GOAT, acuse others of making GOAT the topic.
3a. Score quick GOATPOINT by nitpicking semantics that no one else gives a toss about and changes nothing in the overall thread.
4. If called out to defend republican actions in thread topic, claim to not be affiliated with any political party, and return to 1.

Tread carefully.
Most who enter the endless loop end up insane.

You know... if you have to keep telling people that you are joking... maybe you are doing it wrong.
:)
#124

I knew Jeff was joking. You could practically see the belly-laughs in the post - 'Watch this: I'm going to trigger some libs by saying 'Triggering libs''

I've seen worse attempts: 7/10

Can bribing Refs and QBs be far behind?
#6 | POSTED BY TFDNIHILIST

Point shaving. Miss that meaningless field goal at the end of the game to totally ---- the spread...
(I've only watched a game in vegas a couple times, but the screams of anguish or joy to meaningless points are pretty amusing)

"they'd feign their faux outrage just like folks here are."
Eberly has refined his own Fake News to perfection.
#120 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

I don't understand the 'faux outrage' thing on a blog.
How would one go about qualifying for legit outrage?
The angrier one is, the more faux it becomes on a blog.

'Look at this guy losing his schitt in post #273....clearly a contrived performance...'

some don't like to be touched or fondled...

But you can grab their skwak like a Brunswick bowling ball if you're a 'Star'...

the SCHIFFERBRAINS crowd
#9 | POSTED BY ANDREAMACKRIS

Andrea is onto my crowd...

We meet after six outside the mall, smoking cigarettes and giving the stink eye to the Olds.

In Lamplighter's post he was referring to conventional wisdom in terms of predicting an election, usually based on polls, approval ratings, or just a general consensus of the flaming bag o' dogschitt in office.

But conventional wisdom isn't ready for the farmer who's losing it all because of Trump, to go ahead and vote for Trump.

"conventional wisdom" relies on rational behavior. Trump cultists are anything but.

How can you tell someone's a vegan?

- Don't worry, they'll let you know.

Just carry some baby wipes when traveling.

Restores junk to an almost original condition.

Boaz, you know the log cabin' thing is a metaphor for a Trojan horse, right?
They're trying to infiltrate your party.

Imagine the walls of a log cabin' falling away as a group of men looking like ----- eye for the straight guy' in pink boxers leap out, yelling Ssssuprise, baytchessss!!!'

What a way to ruin the annual Hell No, Metric System!' Pig Roast. :(

I'd be weary if I were you.

It will survive the mess our current economy is in
POSTED BY JUDITY

All you can do is let the wildfire burn.
When you think it's done, stroll through the ashes of the post-recession wasteland, turning over smoldering rocks that may be hiding treasure.

At that point, Ray will pedal by on a golden bicycle.

you can't compare 2.5 year performance to 6 year performance.
#19

Maybe that's why Hatter's post compared 2.5 year performance to 2.5 year performance?

I woke up with an inverted yield curve in my left knipple.

An ill omen, to be sure.

If we hit a recession in 2020, that should seal DT's fate in the election.

I'LL TAKE IT!

Huh?
All I was saying
#25

I love it when people get the post # references crossed up (or ignored) and just bomb the ---- out of someone, non-sequitur.
:)

"In order to pay for those changes, the bill calls for raising payroll taxes on wages over $400,000. Wages up to $132,900 are currently taxed."

Significant.