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Blinking
What will happen if we stopped blinking............
Even for finacials, Trump is the worst president ever
Tonight from Yahoo Finance;
Amen !! Trickle down only works for the top and even that is just short term, because in order for
them to make money long term, people have to be able to afford their products.
The more the lower 70 % can afford, the better EVERYONE is long term.
In response to:
Summers calls Trump 'worst of America's 45 presidents,' says stocks 'do better' during Democratic administrations
Julia La Roche
Correspondent
Yahoo FinanceAugust 16, 2020, 10:37 AM EDT
Economist Larry Summers, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration and National Economic Council director for Obama, says Trump "has been the worst of America's 45 presidents."
"I think he's doing grave damage every day — both in terms of the incompetence with which we are dealing with problems like COVID and in terms of the erosion of American institutions and the rule of law, traditions for respect of all Americans," Summers said in a wide-ranging interview on Yahoo Finance's "On The Move" this week.
At this stage, the 65-year-old former public servant says his "best guess" is that former Vice President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will defeat Trump in November.
What's more, Summers contends that a Biden administration will restore and accomplish several things that will benefit the country, from restoring the office's traditions and norms to enacting policies that support the middle class.
"I think they will bring a return to traditional norms of American civility and seriousness of purpose, whether the issue is listening to public health professionals on a disease, whether the issue is consulting in civil ways with our allies on matters of international concern, whether the issue is engagement with all Americans being treated equally, rather than appealing to racism," Summers said.
He added that the Biden-Harris ticket put forth "powerful ideas for addressing some of the most pressing problems that we face," pointing to green investments, health care, taxes, and inequality.
He praised their program as "impressive and ambitious" and thinks they'll have a "very good chance" at enacting a substantial part of those policies "quite quickly" upon assuming office.
"And, I'm certainly one who, at times, has had to warn against those excesses. But, I can tell you that the data are remarkably clear that, on average, the stock markets, on average, corporate profits, do better during Democratic administrations than they do during Republican administrations. And, so it's not just the little guy that does better. It's actually capital and Corporate America that does better."
The economist explained that's because "the foundation of our economy is the middle class, and when you have policies that are based around supporting the middle class it ends up being better for everyone."
"And when you have policies that rely on a trickle-down theory, it's not even best for those who have bought into the implementation of those policies," Summers added.
Summers calls Trump 'worst of America's 45 presidents,' says stocks 'do better' during Democratic administrations
Julia La Roche
Correspondent
Yahoo FinanceAugust 16, 2020, 10:37 AM EDT
Economist Larry Summers, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration and National Economic Council director for Obama, says Trump "has been the worst of America's 45 presidents."
"I think he's doing grave damage every day — both in terms of the incompetence with which we are dealing with problems like COVID and in terms of the erosion of American institutions and the rule of law, traditions for respect of all Americans," Summers said in a wide-ranging interview on Yahoo Finance's "On The Move" this week.
At this stage, the 65-year-old former public servant says his "best guess" is that former Vice President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will defeat Trump in November.
What's more, Summers contends that a Biden administration will restore and accomplish several things that will benefit the country, from restoring the office's traditions and norms to enacting policies that support the middle class.
"I think they will bring a return to traditional norms of American civility and seriousness of purpose, whether the issue is listening to public health professionals on a disease, whether the issue is consulting in civil ways with our allies on matters of international concern, whether the issue is engagement with all Americans being treated equally, rather than appealing to racism," Summers said.
He added that the Biden-Harris ticket put forth "powerful ideas for addressing some of the most pressing problems that we face," pointing to green investments, health care, taxes, and inequality.
He praised their program as "impressive and ambitious" and thinks they'll have a "very good chance" at enacting a substantial part of those policies "quite quickly" upon assuming office.
"And, I'm certainly one who, at times, has had to warn against those excesses. But, I can tell you that the data are remarkably clear that, on average, the stock markets, on average, corporate profits, do better during Democratic administrations than they do during Republican administrations. And, so it's not just the little guy that does better. It's actually capital and Corporate America that does better."
The economist explained that's because "the foundation of our economy is the middle class, and when you have policies that are based around supporting the middle class it ends up being better for everyone."
"And when you have policies that rely on a trickle-down theory, it's not even best for those who have bought into the implementation of those policies," Summers added.
Amen !! Trickle down only works for the top and even that is just short term, because in order for
them to make money long term, people have to be able to afford their products.
The more the lower 70 % can afford, the better EVERYONE is long term.
what is your definition of a easy going man vs a guy who faces life with all its challenges?
Here is my definition of a easy going man vs a guy who faces life with all its challenges.
I think easy going is lazy/ignorant/ at facing issues and problems/ could be deceitful at times, lacking the maturity to face problems and find solutions, or not wanting to appear to be arrogant?
On the flip side: Mature man who had to face difficult and find solutions/military trained/ had a solid family rules structures. A person who does not quit on life.
What is your opinion?
I think easy going is lazy/ignorant/ at facing issues and problems/ could be deceitful at times, lacking the maturity to face problems and find solutions, or not wanting to appear to be arrogant?
On the flip side: Mature man who had to face difficult and find solutions/military trained/ had a solid family rules structures. A person who does not quit on life.
What is your opinion?
Feelings of Loss
If you haven't noticed, loss sucks. In my experience, loss is usually accompanied with some degree of guilt. I guess I tend to blame myself for things. My fault or not. Sometimes it's easier to FIND blame rather than figure out what really went wrong.
Early on in life I came to the conclusion that I just can't have nice things. And not in a material way, just nice things in general. I've decided to hide. Here, in the blogs. To sort out my thoughts. To find direction. To figure out where the hell I lost track of where I was going.
Running away? No. Just contemplating. Thinking. Planning.
I can flow words over the QWERTY keys of this computer. They come easy to me (usually). The same words I write, for some reason, I cannot translate into spoken word. I have volumes and volumes of writings compiled over the years that will probably never be read by anyone but me. Hell, I may never read them again. I'll just stuff them in my file cabnet along with old tax returns and kid's report cards.
So I'm hiding. Not from the world, but myself. I need to change. I need to change something, but I can't find the answer as to what.
I feel like everything around me is moving at such a speed that it is all a blur. I can see my hands clearly if I look at them, but I cannot focus beyond them. I can trace the lines of my palm, but can't read a street sign.
But, I can make out the symbol on that sign. It's definitely a "no u-turn". Isn't it always?
Early on in life I came to the conclusion that I just can't have nice things. And not in a material way, just nice things in general. I've decided to hide. Here, in the blogs. To sort out my thoughts. To find direction. To figure out where the hell I lost track of where I was going.
Running away? No. Just contemplating. Thinking. Planning.
I can flow words over the QWERTY keys of this computer. They come easy to me (usually). The same words I write, for some reason, I cannot translate into spoken word. I have volumes and volumes of writings compiled over the years that will probably never be read by anyone but me. Hell, I may never read them again. I'll just stuff them in my file cabnet along with old tax returns and kid's report cards.
So I'm hiding. Not from the world, but myself. I need to change. I need to change something, but I can't find the answer as to what.
I feel like everything around me is moving at such a speed that it is all a blur. I can see my hands clearly if I look at them, but I cannot focus beyond them. I can trace the lines of my palm, but can't read a street sign.
But, I can make out the symbol on that sign. It's definitely a "no u-turn". Isn't it always?
"UNDER RATED"
We've All Watched A Really Lot Of Movies..........That's For Sure................... I Mean.........What Else is There.............. That Will Keep You............... Wanting To Keep Watching The Same Show................ From Beginning To The Very End?
Which Brings Me To My Dilemma
As Far As The Best Male Actors Go?......There Are A Lot To Pick From
But...I Feel That The Most Passed Over Male Actor For Earning An Oscar Was............ Paul Newman
He Should've Won An Oscar For The Following Movie Roles
1)"Somebody Up There Likes Me"
2)"Cool Hand Luke"
3)"Certainly For "Hud"
4" The Sting"
5)"The Hustler"
")The Long Hot Summer"
7)"And?......Definitely His Leading Role In.......... "Hombre"
8)" Exodus"
9) And Quite Possibly For ..."Road To Perdition"
Yet ....The Only Oscar He Ever Won Was For "The Color Of Money"
(Which I Feel Was Given To Him Because Of The Academy's Guilt For Their Past Judgements Of Over Looking Mr Newman In His Past Great Performances
He Was ... By Far...The Most Underated Male Actor That Got Screwed Almost Every Time
Which Brings Me To My Dilemma
As Far As The Best Male Actors Go?......There Are A Lot To Pick From
But...I Feel That The Most Passed Over Male Actor For Earning An Oscar Was............ Paul Newman
He Should've Won An Oscar For The Following Movie Roles
1)"Somebody Up There Likes Me"
2)"Cool Hand Luke"
3)"Certainly For "Hud"
4" The Sting"
5)"The Hustler"
")The Long Hot Summer"
7)"And?......Definitely His Leading Role In.......... "Hombre"
8)" Exodus"
9) And Quite Possibly For ..."Road To Perdition"
Yet ....The Only Oscar He Ever Won Was For "The Color Of Money"
(Which I Feel Was Given To Him Because Of The Academy's Guilt For Their Past Judgements Of Over Looking Mr Newman In His Past Great Performances
He Was ... By Far...The Most Underated Male Actor That Got Screwed Almost Every Time
Is there no level too low for slime to ooze to.
In response to:
Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris, who was born in California, does not meet citizenship requirements.
President Trump on Thursday encouraged a racist conspiracy theory that is rampant among some of his followers: that Senator Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nominee born in California, was not eligible for the vice presidency or presidency because her parents were immigrants.
That assertion is false; Ms. Harris is eligible to serve.
Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters on Thursday, nevertheless pushed the attack on his opponent. “I heard it today that she doesn’t meet the requirements,” Mr. Trump said.
“I have no idea if that’s right,” he added. “I would have thought, I would have assumed, that the Democrats would have checked that out before she gets chosen to run for vice president.”
Mr. Trump appeared to be referencing a widely discredited op-ed written in Newsweek by John C. Eastman, a conservative attorney who has long argued that the United States Constitution does not grant birthright citizenship, as proof. Ms. Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, was born in 1964 in Oakland, Calif., several years after her parents arrived in the United States.
In the hours after Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced Ms. Harris as his running mate, a new crop of memes and conspiracy website postings began proliferating online, suggesting that the junior senator was an “anchor baby” because of her background.
Mr. Eastman’s column attempts to raise questions about the citizenship of Ms. Harris’s parents at the time of her birth, and argues that she may be “owed her allegiance to a foreign power or powers” if her parents were “temporary visitors” and not residents.
Constitutional law scholars have argued that the argument against her parents is irrelevant, because Ms. Harris was born in California. And the requirements for the presidency, outlined in Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution, are these: “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of 35 years, and been 14 years a resident within the United States.”
On Thursday, Newsweek defended Mr. Eastman’s column, and denied that it had “nothing to do with racist birtherism.” But it promptly landed in the hands of a president who spread another race-based theory nearly a decade ago, when he began sowing distrust in the background of another Democratic politician of color: President Barack Obama.
In 2011, Mr. Trump began appearing on television to question whether Mr. Obama was born in the United States — spreading a lie that he has never fully apologized for.
“Maybe I’m going to do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate,” he said in an interview with ABC in April 2011. “I’d love to give my tax returns. I may tie my tax returns into Obama’s birth certificate.”
Mr. Obama eventually released his birth certificate. Mr. Trump never released his tax returns.
— Katie Rogers
Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris, who was born in California, does not meet citizenship requirements.
President Trump on Thursday encouraged a racist conspiracy theory that is rampant among some of his followers: that Senator Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nominee born in California, was not eligible for the vice presidency or presidency because her parents were immigrants.
That assertion is false; Ms. Harris is eligible to serve.
Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters on Thursday, nevertheless pushed the attack on his opponent. “I heard it today that she doesn’t meet the requirements,” Mr. Trump said.
“I have no idea if that’s right,” he added. “I would have thought, I would have assumed, that the Democrats would have checked that out before she gets chosen to run for vice president.”
Mr. Trump appeared to be referencing a widely discredited op-ed written in Newsweek by John C. Eastman, a conservative attorney who has long argued that the United States Constitution does not grant birthright citizenship, as proof. Ms. Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, was born in 1964 in Oakland, Calif., several years after her parents arrived in the United States.
In the hours after Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced Ms. Harris as his running mate, a new crop of memes and conspiracy website postings began proliferating online, suggesting that the junior senator was an “anchor baby” because of her background.
Mr. Eastman’s column attempts to raise questions about the citizenship of Ms. Harris’s parents at the time of her birth, and argues that she may be “owed her allegiance to a foreign power or powers” if her parents were “temporary visitors” and not residents.
Constitutional law scholars have argued that the argument against her parents is irrelevant, because Ms. Harris was born in California. And the requirements for the presidency, outlined in Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution, are these: “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of 35 years, and been 14 years a resident within the United States.”
On Thursday, Newsweek defended Mr. Eastman’s column, and denied that it had “nothing to do with racist birtherism.” But it promptly landed in the hands of a president who spread another race-based theory nearly a decade ago, when he began sowing distrust in the background of another Democratic politician of color: President Barack Obama.
In 2011, Mr. Trump began appearing on television to question whether Mr. Obama was born in the United States — spreading a lie that he has never fully apologized for.
“Maybe I’m going to do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate,” he said in an interview with ABC in April 2011. “I’d love to give my tax returns. I may tie my tax returns into Obama’s birth certificate.”
Mr. Obama eventually released his birth certificate. Mr. Trump never released his tax returns.
— Katie Rogers
Dance, Dance, Dance
Was listening to some of the videos on here...reminds me of so many dance competitions
so who's gonna take me to funky town??
so who's gonna take me to funky town??Kabul Afghanistan
hi to all,
i am looking for a girl or a woman currently living in Kabul Afghanistan.
send me an email if there is one, thanks.
i am looking for a girl or a woman currently living in Kabul Afghanistan.
send me an email if there is one, thanks.
hmmmm
All around the the planet, hundreds of millions of people are waiting for events to unfold in the year 2012, that they...believe will bring either the birth of a harmonious new reality...or the 'end of the world'.
But what if those events were actually to take place THIS YEAR, in 2011?...and what are you all looking forward too???
But what if those events were actually to take place THIS YEAR, in 2011?...and what are you all looking forward too???
Geezer vs Young
An old physician, Doctor Gordon Geezer, became very bored in retirement and decided to re-open a medical clinic.
He put a sign up outside that said: "Dr. Geezer's Clinic. Get your treatment for $500 - if not cured, get back $1,000."
Doctor Digger Young, who was positive that this old geezer didn't know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000. So he went to Dr. Geezer's clinic.
Dr Young: "Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me?"
Dr Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from the box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young's mouth."
Dr Young: 'Aaagh! -- This is Gasoline!"
Dr Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back. That will be $500."
Dr Young gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.
Dr Young: "I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything."
Dr Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."
Dr Young: "Oh, no you don't -- that is Gasoline!"
Dr Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back. That will be $500."
Dr Young (after having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.
Dr Young: "My eyesight has become weak --- I can hardly see anything!"
Dr Geezer: "Well, I don't have any medicine for that so, "Here's your $1000 back" (giving him a $10 bill).
Dr Young: "But this is only $10!"
Dr Geezer: "Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500."
*Moral of story* -- Just because you're "Young" doesn't mean that you can outsmart an "old Geezer".
He put a sign up outside that said: "Dr. Geezer's Clinic. Get your treatment for $500 - if not cured, get back $1,000."
Doctor Digger Young, who was positive that this old geezer didn't know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000. So he went to Dr. Geezer's clinic.
Dr Young: "Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me?"
Dr Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from the box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young's mouth."
Dr Young: 'Aaagh! -- This is Gasoline!"
Dr Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back. That will be $500."
Dr Young gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.
Dr Young: "I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything."
Dr Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."
Dr Young: "Oh, no you don't -- that is Gasoline!"
Dr Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back. That will be $500."
Dr Young (after having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.
Dr Young: "My eyesight has become weak --- I can hardly see anything!"
Dr Geezer: "Well, I don't have any medicine for that so, "Here's your $1000 back" (giving him a $10 bill).
Dr Young: "But this is only $10!"
Dr Geezer: "Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500."
*Moral of story* -- Just because you're "Young" doesn't mean that you can outsmart an "old Geezer".
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