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Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:51 pm
by Geezer
And China says Art of what???

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:21 am
by twocoach
Geezer wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:51 pm And China says Art of what???
The Art of War is Trumping the Art of the Deal because it involves planning and thought.

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:31 pm
by japhy
Ah ha ha ha ha........The official, who the White House asked to have remain anonymous, dismissed a Fox News report that the Pentagon was “blindsided” by the pullout.

“That surprises me that anyone would say that, because this is something that was discussed among senior leadership here at the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon,” the official said when asked about it on the call. “I don’t know how anyone could have been blindsided.”

Asked who in government Trump consulted about the withdrawal and which officials agreed with the decision, the official declined to provide any specific names.

“I’m not going to get into each and every one of the people that the president discussed these issues with, but he discussed them with his senior advisers in ... defense, diplomatic and ... his staff here at the White House,” the official said.

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:46 pm
by Geezer
That's why Mattis quit.

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:09 am
by Shirley
Geezer wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:46 pm That's why Mattis quit.
Large of Mattis to speak up about Trump betraying our allies, the Kurds.

#not

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:09 am
by Shirley

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:24 am
by Shirley
Long time coming:


Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:08 am
by Shirley
Because

"trickle down" maga:


Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:31 am
by Shirley
Today In:

"The Art of the Deal"
by Xi Jinping


Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:40 pm
by Shirley
Meh, republicans are so ardent about compensating for the lack of support for their policies, I've little doubt they'll find a way to "fix" this, and continue to suppress the votes of people they doubt will vote for them:


Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:40 am
by Shirley

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:44 pm
by Shirley
"Trade wars are good and easy to win."
Donald Trump


Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:13 pm
by Mjl
Feral wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:44 pm "Trade wars are good and easy to win."
Donald Trump

Why is that bad?

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:27 pm
by Shirley
Mjl wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:13 pm
Feral wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:44 pm "Trade wars are good and easy to win."
Donald Trump

Why is that bad?
Because it creates jobs and adds to our GDP?

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:30 pm
by Deleted User 286
It doesn't create jobs if they're buying up real estate and renting it to Americans.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.market ... C8CF37FE9B

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:42 pm
by Geezer
Follow the money.

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:46 pm
by Shirley
IllinoisJayhawk wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:30 pm It doesn't create jobs if they're buying up real estate and renting it to Americans.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.market ... C8CF37FE9B
The figures on foreign investment in the United States...don't count purchase of real estate by foreign individuals. There are signs that those real estate purchases are also declining.

...Research shows that foreign owned companies pay more, spend more on research and development, and produce more exports than comparable US-owned businesses, said Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

"They shine," said Hufbauer. "They're often here because they want to reach the US market."

...A slowdown in economic activities overseas and a strong dollar can also act as headwinds for foreign investment.

...Foreign direct investment includes money that a foreign company spends to build a plant or open an office in the United States, such as the Foxconn facility under construction in Wisconsin, at an estimated cost of up to $10 billion, and a $1.6 billion auto plant being built in Alabama by Toyota and Mazda. And it can also count expansion of existing facilities, such as a $600 million investment in a BMW plant in South Carolina.

It also includes purchases of US businesses by foreign companies, such as when China's Haier bought the appliance business of General Electric (GE) in 2016.

The figures on foreign investment in the United States also don't count purchase of real estate by foreign individuals. There are signs that those real estate purchases are also declining.

[...]

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:47 pm
by Mjl
I thought it was mostly government bonds. Huh.

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:53 pm
by Shirley
IllinoisJayhawk wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:30 pm It doesn't create jobs if they're buying up real estate and renting it to Americans.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.market ... C8CF37FE9B
How do you know that the person who sold that real estate to the Chinese didn't use it to invest in an American business?

(Just because all your spare cash goes into the G-strings of the strippers at that club just outside the Peoria city limits, doesn't mean everyone's does.)

Re: Today in "so much winning"!

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:32 pm
by Deleted User 286
Feral wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:53 pm
IllinoisJayhawk wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:30 pm It doesn't create jobs if they're buying up real estate and renting it to Americans.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.market ... C8CF37FE9B
How do you know that the person who sold that real estate to the Chinese didn't use it to invest in an American business?

(Just because all your spare cash goes into the G-strings of the strippers at that club just outside the Peoria city limits, doesn't mean everyone's does.)
LOL @ Peoria Strip Clubs.

I'm not from Peoria.