What a pep rally.
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Our country was on a great economic roll in 2017 when Trump said he would pull us out of this American carnage.
At least Biden?s comments make sense. People are dying by the hundreds of thousands due to the pandemic. Jobs have been lost, businesses have gone under, domestic terrorists mounted an insurrection on our capitol. Race relations between cops and blacks have led to political protests and riots across the country. We gave a massive tax brake to the super rich and it didn?t pay for itself like dickhead said it would.
It?s not been a good 4 years. At least we won't have to deal with the flood of lies and BS.
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At least Biden?s comments make sense. People are dying by the hundreds of thousands due to the pandemic. Jobs have been lost, businesses have gone under, domestic terrorists mounted an insurrection on our capitol. Race relations between cops and blacks have led to political protests and riots across the country. We gave a massive tax brake to the super rich and it didn?t pay for itself like dickhead said it would.
It?s not been a good 4 years. At least we won't have to deal with the flood of lies and BS.
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Not sure what you were listening to, but for one, calling out white supremacy should only bother the real racists, right?
So refreshing not having to listen to morons spewing out lie after lie. Instead, we now have the likes of the brilliant Amanda Gorman and the truthful Jen Psaki taking center stage. Fuck all the anti-intellectuals anti-science Hannity-loving assholes.
Peace!
Not sure what you were listening to, but for one, calling out white supremacy should only bother the real racists, right?
So refreshing not having to listen to morons spewing out lie after lie. Instead, we now have the likes of the brilliant Amanda Gorman and the truthful Jen Psaki taking center stage. Fuck all the anti-intellectuals anti-science Hannity-loving assholes.
Peace!
Utopia over night,right?
Biden is a career politician, pathological liar. He stole the election and establishment rino republicans went along with it, they were probably in on it, now they have a puppet on the inside with no principles at all.
The stock market boom under Trump was best in my lifetime, why all the hate aren't you in the market?
Clinton and Obama both had better market gains than Trump, so again.....you prefer lies you are spoon fed over the truth.
I seriously hope you don't embarrass yourself like this at home and work.
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I seriously hope you don't embarrass yourself like this at home and work.
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time to stop all the lying and half truths ...we all know what happened to Tweety Trump
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/534881-trump-stock-performance-falls-short-of-obama-clinton
President Trump is closing out his time in office with a significant increase in the stock market, but has fallen short of stock gains seen under predecessors former Presidents Obama and Clinton.
From Trump's inauguration day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from 19,827 to 30,930 on Tuesday, a 56 percent increase.
That increase is below the 71.7 percent rise the Dow saw in Obama's first term, or the 111 percent increase under Clinton's first term.
A similar trend was true for the S&P 500, which gained 67.8 percent under Trump, rising from 2,263 to 3,799. It gained 84.5 percent in Obama's first term, and 79.2 percent in Clinton's first term.
The sole exception in the past three decades has been former President George W. Bush, who saw the Dow fall 3.7 percent and the S&P fall 12.5 percent in his first four years in office.
The figure will be unwelcome news to Trump, who frequently touted the stock market's performance as a sign of his economic acumen and business-minded policies.
The outgoing president still highlighted the market in a farewell address Tuesday.
"The stock market set one record after another, with 148 stock market highs during this short period of time, and boosted the retirements and pensions of hardworking citizens all across our nation," he said, adding that 401(k)s reached new highs.
"We?ve never seen numbers like we?ve seen, and that?s before the pandemic and after the pandemic."
Other indicators also show that Trump fell short of several of his major economic campaign promises.
Trump, who campaigned on the unlikely promise to wipe out the $14.4 trillion debt held by the public, oversaw a whopping 50 percent increase in the debt level instead, leaving it at $21.6 trillion.
While a significant portion of that increase was due to emergency spending to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half is attributable to the combination of unfunded tax cuts and increases in domestic and military spending on top of the debt's previous growth trajectory.
Trump also failed to achieve the 3 percent annual growth rate he promised on the campaign trail and in office, let alone the 4, 5 or 6 percent rates he occasionally touted.
He did oversee the largest quarterly economic growth on record in the third quarter, which rose at an annual rate of 33.1 percent, but that was largely a bounce back from the worst-ever quarter on record with a 31.4 percent drop in the second quarter amid the pandemic and 5 percent the previous quarter.
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https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
Trump doings
The 14 characteristics are:
Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
Supremacy of the Military
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
Rampant Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
Controlled Mass Media
Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
Obsession with National Security
Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
Corporate Power is Protected
The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
Labor Power is Suppressed
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .
Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
Obsession with Crime and Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
Fraudulent Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
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Hedgehog: don?t you invest in the market? Look how much better it performed under the Democrats.
I?ve made this point to you several times over the years. You?re not interested in facts, as your post clearly demonstrates.
If I ever posted something that could easily be proven untrue I?d be embarrassed. You guys, on the other hand, repeat it. Foolishness.
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I?ve made this point to you several times over the years. You?re not interested in facts, as your post clearly demonstrates.
If I ever posted something that could easily be proven untrue I?d be embarrassed. You guys, on the other hand, repeat it. Foolishness.
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Since the market tanked in feb 2020 because of a world wide virus from china....and almost hit the 17k mark in march/april...one could say Trump had the most impressive 9-10 month rally ever.
