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Started by FunkMonk, November 08, 2016, 11:02:57 PM

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garbon

#17235
March 01, 2018, 03:48:13 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on February 28, 2018, 10:45:59 PM
Gun forums are in an uproar about Trump's gun meeting today. I lol'd.

Personally I think it's a ploy by Trump. Shrewd to be sure.

I don't think it is any of that. I think it is just what he does, spouts some nonsense that's not necessarily connected to anything he plans to do.
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The Brain

#17236
March 01, 2018, 03:59:58 AM
Trump is only slightly more sophisticated than a mineral. Shrewdery is not in his nature.
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mongers

#17237
March 01, 2018, 06:59:41 AM
Quote from: The Brain on March 01, 2018, 03:59:58 AM
Trump is only slightly more sophisticated than a mineral. Shrewdery is not in his nature.

What about shrubbery, does he do shrubbery?
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Grey Fox

#17238
March 01, 2018, 07:07:03 AM
What's todays gun meeting?
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The Brain

#17239
March 01, 2018, 07:29:30 AM
Quote from: mongers on March 01, 2018, 06:59:41 AM
Quote from: The Brain on March 01, 2018, 03:59:58 AM
Trump is only slightly more sophisticated than a mineral. Shrewdery is not in his nature.

What about shrubbery, does he do shrubbery?

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derspiess

#17240
March 01, 2018, 08:59:56 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on February 28, 2018, 10:45:59 PM
Gun forums are in an uproar about Trump's gun meeting today. I lol'd.

Personally I think it's a ploy by Trump. Shrewd to be sure.

Dunno if it's shrewd.  How many people will he win over?
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garbon

#17241
March 01, 2018, 10:12:07 AM
https://www.axios.com/poll-57-of-americans-think-trump-is-racist-1519861396-da61bd22-06be-43e0-a5e1-ebf3e00bba0d.html

QuotePoll: 57% of Americans think Trump is racist
A new Associated Press-NORC poll finds that the majority of Americans think President Trump is racist, including:

  • 57% of all adults
  • More than 80% of blacks, 75% of Hispanics, and nearly 50% of whites
  • 85% of Democrats and 21% of Republicans
Between the lines: The 57% figure is about the same as Trump disapproval numbers, (55% according to the RCP average). The findings seem to indicate that almost all of the country either approves of Trump's performance, or believes he's a racist.

They are forgetting about people who think he's racist and like it!
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grumbler

#17242
March 01, 2018, 01:42:38 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 01, 2018, 10:12:07 AM

...The findings seem to indicate that almost all of the country either approves of Trump's performance, or believes he's a racist.

No, there are option other than "approve" and "disapprove."  Plus, there isn't statistical evidence that racist = disapproval, as garbo notes.  So there are lots of possible combination, not the two this author assumes must exist.
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Habbaku

#17243
March 01, 2018, 01:53:52 PM
Bring on the wild, wacky world of 2002 again. The idiot is making noises about steel tariffs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_United_States_steel_tariff#Impact
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frunk

#17244
March 01, 2018, 01:55:21 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 01, 2018, 08:59:56 AM
Dunno if it's shrewd.  How many people will he win over?

I think we habitually overestimate Trump's shrewdness, and underestimate the number of people impressed with Trump's shrewdness.

The Minsky Moment

#17245
March 01, 2018, 03:55:43 PM
The gun thing is Trump as usual.  The man has contempt for the Constitution.  It is just a piece of paper for him.  The NRA was banking on the fact that gun rights would be the one civil liberty he would respect.  But Trump respects nothing but himself.  And raw power.
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Admiral Yi

#17246
March 01, 2018, 05:08:55 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 01, 2018, 07:07:03 AM
What's todays gun meeting?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A5-ikLYPzg

Big photo op.  Trump says he likes background checks and raising age to purchase assault rifles to 21.

Admiral Yi

#17247
March 01, 2018, 05:17:15 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfMC04Gpt8s

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Barrister

#17248
March 01, 2018, 06:14:17 PM
So he's done it - announced steel and aluminum duties.  Trump wasn't clear, but it sounds like it even includes Canada and Mexico (which were left out in 2002 because, you know, it violates NAFTA).
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jimmy olsen

#17249
March 01, 2018, 06:14:40 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on March 01, 2018, 01:53:52 PM
Bring on the wild, wacky world of 2002 again. The idiot is making noises about steel tariffs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_United_States_steel_tariff#Impact

25% on steel, 10% on aluminum
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/business/trump-tariffs.html
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