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| 6ixStringJack: As for Executive Orders? Bill Clinton had 364 of them in 8 years. GWB had 305 of them in 8 years. Barack Obama had 276 of them in 8 years. Joe Biden had 162 of them in 4 years. Trump may have had more than any of them with 559 so far in less than 6 years, but if you're going to pretend this is a Trump only phenomenon, you're either an idiot and/or a liar. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 22:29 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: We are not a Democracy, and we're certainly not a "Liberal" Democracy. You fail your civics test outright. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 22:25 | |||||||||
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second: 2) The second Trump administration has broken from these traditions, both at home and abroad. Domestically, Trump has ruled through a cascade of executive orders, bypassing Congress and issuing diktats that appeared on their face unconstitutional, illegal, or reflective of extremely bad judgment. Internationally, he has sided with the world’s dictatorships, such as Russia, at the expense of fellow liberal democracies. And he has at a stroke dismantled the liberal economic order by imposing arbitrary tariffs on friendly countries under the claim that America was being exploited by the open economic world it itself had created. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 22:25 |
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second: 1) The United States is the world’s oldest and best-established liberal democracy. While the country has had a checkered past of deviations from the ideal set forth in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal,” it has over 250 years created a remarkable space for liberty and prosperity in North America. More than that, since 1945 it has labored to create a liberal world order, where other liberal democracies could flourish and interact. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 22:24 |
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second: Last year, President Donald Trump took the unprecedented step of ousting Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after alleging economic data was being “rigged” without evidence. Now, research suggests Trump’s move packed a punch against the U.S. economy. A new analysis published in the Center for Economic and Policy Research from four economists indicates that the U.S. economy took a $20 billion hit in lost economic activity due to Trump’s firing of McEntarfer last August. The analysis attributed the figure to a “sharp increase” in policy uncertainty that depressed economic activity since businesses operating in a cloudy landscape tend to pause investment decisions. “Protecting the credibility, independence, and technical capacity of federal statistical agencies is therefore not merely an administrative concern,” they wrote. “It is a consequential economic one.” [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 20:52 |
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| second: 2) For all of their nonlinear thinking and idiosyncratic views, voters have told me a couple of things over and over again: They think the system is broken, and they feel that they’ve been lied to in ways that make their life tangibly worse. Fewer of them now believe that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can get ahead in this country. Instead, they think that “establishment” politicians are benefiting from this system while everyone else loses out. Because of that, they want to place their trust in leaders who come across as “real people” who are genuinely interested in improving voters’ day-to-day life—not just winning and holding political office. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 20:12 | |||||||||
| second: 1) I’ve conducted more than 400 focus groups with thousands of voters across the political spectrum. Here’s what I’ve learned: People are wild. They are full of contradictions. They lament our deep political divisions while raging about their political enemies. They believe in grace but cut their Trumpy brother out of their life forever. They’re married to an immigrant but voted for the guy who wants to deport millions of people who have the same immigration status as their wife. They hate the government and want to lower the national debt, but they also want the government to spend more to help them and their communities. They call themselves pro-life but believe in a woman’s right to choose. I could go on. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 20:11 | |||||||||
| second: One of the reasons the discussion of whether the US is “winning” the war against Iran seems so surreal is that it is looking more and more likely that the result of the war will be a historic withdrawal from the Persian Gulf area and maybe even much of the Middle East: [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 16:41 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: Losers. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 05:59 | |||||||||
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THG: GA MAGA Republican Mike Collins says they are going to cut Medicaid and Social Security! - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 05:07 |
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| second: “We won,” ?President Donald Trump declared in March, less than two weeks after launching his war of choice against Iran. Claiming that Iran was “very much destroyed and, even, obliterated,” Trump had already promised the conflict would bring peace to the region and, somehow, the globe. “The heavy and pinpoint bombing will continue, uninterrupted as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” Trump wrote. But six months and two failed ceasefires later, the floundering conflict sputters along. And you may have noticed that world peace has yet to be announced. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 04:49 | |||||||||
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second: 2) Economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson wrote “Why Nations Fail,” positing that countries with a strong rule of law and a widespread distribution of benefits, succeeded, while “extractive economies” typified by a ruler at the top who is above the law who, along with his cronies, siphons off as much created wealth as possible, fail. Not only does that fit the Trump Administration to a “T,” but once again in the past week the GOP majority on the Supreme Court has opined that at least a Republican President can simply ignore laws passed by Congress and proceed however he chooses. Let’s see how far the US has slid towards banana republic status in economic terms in the past 40 years since the Reagan Administration: [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 02:32 |
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| second: 1) 6ixStringJack wrote, "I'm pretty sure . . ." I know you are full of bullshit, 6ix. Trump is a thief, as are his multi-billionaire friends. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 02:31 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: I'm pretty sure the Somalians and Tim Waltz stole over $90 Billion taxpayer dollars in Minnesota alone, so try again. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 02:19 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: Loser. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.09 00:36 | |||||||||
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second: While tax-cheating Trump and unemployed 6ix pay no income tax, Immigrants in the U.S. pay hundreds of billions of dollars in federal state, and local taxes each year. • Overall Immigrant Payments: Immigrants contribute over $600 billion annually in combined federal, state, and local taxes. • Undocumented Immigrants: Households led by undocumented immigrants paid nearly $90 billion in taxes in recent tracked years (such as $89.8 billion in 2023), averaging about $8,889 per person. [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 19:33 |
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| 6ixStringJack: And Joe Biden and unchecked illegal immigration cost us a whole lot more. You have nothing to stand on, loser. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 17:12 | |||||||||
| second: The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices. Higher gasoline and diesel prices have cost the average U.S. household more than $760 since the war began Feb. 28. On Friday, diesel hit an all-time record high, and it’s continued to rise every day since. As of Monday morning it’s at $5.90 a gallon, per AAA, up about 60% from a year ago. [go to link] and [go to link] Fuel refineries can thank Donald Trump and his war for the windfall profits. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 16:37 | |||||||||
| second: The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices. Higher gasoline and diesel prices have cost the average U.S. household more than $760 since the war began Feb. 28. On Friday, diesel hit an all-time record high, and it’s continued to rise every day since. As of Monday morning it’s at $5.90 a gallon, per AAA, up about 60% from a year ago. [go to link] and [go to link] Fuel refineries can thank Donald Trump and his war for the windfall profits. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 16:37 | |||||||||
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second: President Donald Trump said on Monday that Canadian private jet maker Bombardier would no longer be allowed to sell its planes in the United States unless it started manufacturing in the country. “NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren’t good enough!” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a ‘piggybank,’” he said. [go to link] Is there nobody in the White House who will tell Trump to put on clothes rather than walk around in the nude, shouting nonsense, looking foolish? Or are they all naked fools, too? - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 15:43 |
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| 6ixStringJack: Either women are instinctual animals that can't be trusted with anything, or they're not. You can't have both. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 02:30 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: Yes. If women are slaves to their hormones and will methodically take their children down into the basement one at a time to strangle them to death and can't be held accountable for the most EVIL act a person can commit, there is zero reason why any woman should ever hold a position of power in the public or private sector again. The days of you faggots having your cake and gorging on it too are long gone, bitch. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 02:27 | |||||||||
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THG: According to Jack; Well then maybe women shouldn't ever hold any position of power in the public or private market. Maybe women should not be allowed to run for or hold office. Maybe women shouldn't ever be allowed to have a job where they hold a firearm. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 02:19 |
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THG: According to Jack; Well then maybe women shouldn't ever hold any position of power in the public or private market. Maybe women should not be allowed to run for or hold office. Maybe women shouldn't ever be allowed to have a job where they hold a firearm. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 02:19 |
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THG: According to Jack; Well then maybe women shouldn't ever hold any position of power in the public or private market. Maybe women should not be allowed to run for or hold office. Maybe women shouldn't ever be allowed to have a job where they hold a firearm. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 02:19 |
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THG: Well then maybe women shouldn't ever hold any position of power in the public or private market. Maybe women should not be allowed to run for or hold office. Maybe women shouldn't ever be allowed to have a job where they hold a firearm. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.08 02:19 |
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6ixStringJack: Look at you crashing out today. 
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09.07 22:38
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| 6ixStringJack: Nobody knows or cares who Nick Wilson is, and nobody cares what anybody at the HuffPo thinks about any topic they've ever written about. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 22:38 | |||||||||
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second: Wilson proposed a strategy he said would make the White House “more fearful,” “put them through more pain” and “weaken Trump more effectively” than impeachment — describing it as “a better way to torture Donald Trump’s White House.” [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 21:43 |
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| second: The SEC once considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal. Now, instead of investing profits into people, corporations use stock buybacks (at record levels) to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders. Before 1982, open-market stock buybacks were rare because the SEC offered no clear "safe harbor" guidelines, meaning companies risked facing market manipulation charges under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 if they repurchased their own shares. In November 1982, during the Reagan administration, the SEC adopted Rule 10b-18, establishing clear criteria for volume, price, and timing that protected companies from manipulation charges. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 20:19 | |||||||||
| second: 6) 6ix, adjusted for inflation, the U.S. direct cost of World War II is estimated between $4.1 trillion and $4.7 trillion, while the total global cost is estimated at roughly $60 trillion to $70 trillion in today's money. GDP Impact: At its peak in 1945, defense spending for the war effort accounted for approximately 40% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Nominal Cost: The U.S. spent roughly $330 billion in 1945 dollars during the conflict. The Republican Presidents have made their smaller wars more expensive and far more profitable than the biggest war in history. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 19:49 | |||||||||
| second: 5) 6ix, how much will Trump’s War on Iran cost? It is uncertain, but $trillions and $trillions is likely over the next 10 years. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 19:41 | |||||||||
| second: 4) 6ix, how much did Bush’s War on Terror cost? The post-9/11 War on Terror has cost the U.S. Treasury an estimated $8 trillion to nearly $10 trillion in direct and indirect budgetary expenses. Independent research projects, such as the Costs of War Project at Brown University, track these sweeping expenditures across multiple categories. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 19:38 | |||||||||
| second: 3) 6ix, how much did Bush’s Iraq war cost? The direct budgetary cost of the Iraq War for the United States is estimated at roughly $1.79 trillion, while total long-term economic and societal costs—including future veteran care and interest on debt—range from $3 trillion to over $6 trillion. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 19:37 | |||||||||
| second: 2) 6ix, how much did Bush’s Afghanistan war cost? The direct cost of the U.S. war in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 was an estimated $2.26 trillion, according to the Costs of War Project at Brown University. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 19:37 | |||||||||
| second: 1) 6ix, how much did Nixon’s Vietnam war cost America, adjusted for inflation? The Vietnam War cost the United States approximately $168 billion to $200 billion at the time, which adjusts to roughly $1 trillion to $1.3 trillion in today's dollars. Broader estimates place total direct spending (including aid to South Vietnam and allied expenditures) closer to $168 billion at the time, scaling up to $1.3 trillion. When factoring in long-term obligations such as veterans' medical and disability benefits, and interest on wartime borrowing, the total economic footprint climbs past $1.5 trillion. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 19:36 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: You're so fucking worthless and sad. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 19:05 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: Yes! He really said it!!! Shut the fuck up, dude. Everybody was swimming in Nam while that was going on. Only freak faggots like you obsess over Iran everyday. Most people don't even think about it because they have actual lives to live and aren't sad old dying men with nothing to live for like you. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 19:04 | |||||||||
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second: Q: If this is not a war, what exactly is it? Trump: A lot of people don’t call it a war. It's small potatoes for us. It's not a big thing. In this we lost 18 people and in Vietnam you lost 100,000 people [go to link] Yes, he really said it. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 18:16 |
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| second: I'm surprised Trump isn't talking about his face on Mount Rushmore anymore, but the WH did post a picture of him as Green Lantern with the words "In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might beware my power... Green Lantern's light!" [go to link] More truthful would be Trump as Sinestro [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 18:03 | |||||||||
| second: So now the US is supposed to hate Canada and love Putin? Is that where we are at with this corrupt gangster government? [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 17:23 | |||||||||
| second: The President of the United States is mentally ill, but everybody knows that. So while we should continue to focus on this degeneration taking place in front of our eyes, we should also, beyond that, ask what we can do about the powers, the interests, the system that put this horrifying person in a position of power. It’s May 31st. If you have been following some of the news you may know that Trump’s mental deterioration, which has been obvious for quite a while, got even more extreme in the past few days. Tellingly, the things that are really driving him into more obvious dysfunction are things that are blows to his ego. I was especially struck — I was rattled actually — by his reaction to the wave of artists canceling out on the self-glorifying concert series he’s holding on the mall. More at [go to link] - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 17:10 | |||||||||
6ixStringJack: You're an evolutionary dead-end. It just sucks for everybody else how long it takes when you're living through it. But we'll get there. 
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09.07 11:44
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| 6ixStringJack: You keep talking about what "historians" will do, but you forget you boomers are all dying off, and your offspring that agrees with you isn't having any kids and will die off as well. You're a problem that will fix itself, and then we'll fix the history books. Don't worry about it. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 11:42 | |||||||||
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6ixStringJack: My cousin owns some land on the moon. You interested?
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09.07 11:41
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| second: Trump claims US ownership of the moon. Sunday he publishing three dozen bizarre online posts in the span of two hours. Something is very wrong with the president, and yet, he still has the codes to the nuclear arsenal and is the single person who can order their use. “This is not normal. It’s like watching a slow-motion train crash. Historians will be aghast.” [go to link] Trump also shared an AI-generated image depicting himself blowing up the earth, as well as an AI-generated image depicting himself buying stocks in the Oval Office, alongside the admission that he had “made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and Many other type Holdings.” - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 10:21 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: I'm not saying what Trump is doing is right or wrong. That's completely besides the point. If Trump decides to end trade with Canada, it's literally hell on earth for Canada for the foreseeable future. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 07:40 | |||||||||
| 6ixStringJack: lol... "You can't take control of us"? They've already forgotten Covid, huh? You'd better ask your truckers what they think on the issue before writing checks that your asses can't cash, because they're the only ones with any balls between the entire lot of you. - http://www.fireflyfans.net 09.07 07:39 |
