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Right, like this would be tyrant would keep his hands off anything remotely resembling power. The longer he's around the more I think of him as a lazy Stalin. Just as evil but with a lazy streak that keeps him from working at it.
[NEWS.YAHOO] A US official on Monday disputed a French source's account that President Barack Obama had told his allies at a G7 summit the strong dollar posed a "problem".
Amid mounting fears over the Greek debt turmoil's impact on the fragile global economy, a US official said: "The President did not state that the strong dollar was a problem.
"He made a point that he has made previously a number of times: that global demand is too weak and that G7 countries need to use all policy instruments, including fiscal policy as well as structural reforms and monetary policy, to promote growth."
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I'm sure he figgers the strong dollar is an opportunity, if he can somehow make it into a crisis.
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The Establishment in a nutshell: People like obooboo and e. warren decry capitalism to the rafters, but bend over and take it from Wall Street. What Wall Street wants is a weak unto death dollar (this is called 'begger thy neighbor') and unlimited immigration to provide cheap labor while the aforementioned stooges wipe their chins and caterwaul for "a living wage." Got all that?
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[TIME] Washington is used to taking responsibility for anything that goes wrong in the world. But Europe and Greece need to figure this out No skin off our national fore...
With each passing day, it seems the stakes climb higher in Greece's game of chicken with Europe. What is Washington's attitude toward all this? The U.S. needs a solid, stable E.U. to coordinate on foreign policy priorities like Russia, ISIS and the rise of China. The U.S. just wants the Greeks and the rest of Europe to work out their differences.
So what is Washington's strategy? It seems to be an incoherent mix of what I call "Indispensable America" (the U.S. must lead), "Moneyball America" (target your strategy shrewdly), and "Independent America" (this problem is not OUR problem).
At the G7 presser in Germany, President B.O. was asked whether European governments were being too difficult on Greece. The President responded by nudging the Greeks: "It is going to require Greece being serious about making some important reforms." Then he prodded everyone else: "If both sides show sufficient flexibility, we can get this problem resolved....but it will need tough decisions from all involved."
Since his own philosophy is pretty much akin to the Greek Left, he can't say hardly anything...
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"If both sides show sufficient flexibility, we can get this problem resolved....but it will need tough decisions from all involved."
Be nice to the gentleman, and he'll be nice to you...
A charity administered by the New York Times received a $100,000 check from the Clinton Family Foundation on July 24, 2008, months after the paper endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, according to a New York Times spokesperson.
However, the check was a “replacement check” for one that had been sent in 2007 that the Times never received, the spokesperson said.
“The Neediest Cases Fund received a $100,000 check from the Clinton Family Foundation on July 24, 2008,” Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy said in an email to BuzzFeed News on Monday. “It was a replacement check for one dated June 22, 2007, that was apparently sent to an incorrect address and never received.”
“As you may know, The Times administers the Neediest Cases Fund, heh
which provides direct assistance to New Yorkers in need through seven beneficiary social service agencies,” Murphy said. “This donation and our editorial board’s endorsement of a candidate in the 2008 Democratic primary have absolutely no connection to one another.”
I think there's insufficient 'pro' between the 'quid' and the 'quo'...
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I don't suppose the Pub Congress is going to be looking into the pro quid pro arrangements the Clinton Foundation (read as money laundering or slush fund or pass through deals) has had with Hillary and others. Will this be a question that comes up in the 2016 election debates by the likes of a Candy Crowley?
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...Special bravery award to be awarded to Caitlyn! for whatever it was that made her braver than, say, the five thousand or so troops and families that have sacrificed to keep this country safe and try to raise two nations out of barbarism and oppression.
Mike
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More trolling for votes and money to run. Has Hillary been seen appearing with Caitlyn Jenner yet?
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06/09/2015 12:27 Comments ||
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Yes, but the $1 question was, what is Catlyn?
Next time I ride on the outside of a glorified pickup truck in front of a 40+mph prairie fire to save some 100 head of cattle, I will remember that progs do not think that is brave.
...I wonder if entrails have been read, chicken bones thrown, and tea leaves divined...
This could result in a friendship gone to pot !
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The court decision, expected any day, could have far-reaching implications because millions would lose their insurance if the court rules against the administration.
Maybe they should've read it before they passed it. Haste makes waste!
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...At this point - even with the horrifying chaos a decision against the ACA would cause - I would like to think that within the last few days there was a very quiet, frank meeting at the White House where someone laid it on the table: the decision is almost certainly going to go against us, and we're going to be stuck with whatever happens next. If the GOP wants to, they can hang us high on this one, and there's nothing we can do about it.
Interesting times....
Mike
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Trying to bring pressure on SCOTUS to decide in favor of the AFA subsidies? He doesn't give a flip about the concept of three co-equal branches of government--he'd really like to be a dictator.
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How dare anyone actually believe in that wretched old piece of paper written by a bunch of white slave owners! Obey me! You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God. (do I need to put a /sarc on that?)
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Paraphrasing Andrew Jackson "Mr Roberts has made his decision. Now let us see him enforce it."
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
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None of the alleged horrors have come to pass?
My health insurance went up another 20%. On top of the last 20%. On top of the initial 20% it went up the day Obamacare passed. That 20% keeps getting bigger, if anyone does math anymore.
“The rugged individualism that defines America has always been bound by a set of shared values; an enduring sense that we are in this together,” Obama plans to say, according to excerpts released Tuesday morning by the White House. “That we have an obligation to put ourselves in our neighbor’s shoes, and to see the common humanity in each other.”
I find it highly ironic that he starts out talking about "rugged individualism" and then shifts so smoothly to "common humanity" as if they are not diametrically opposed concepts, as if individuals who take responsibility for themselves must allow those who do not to steal from them. It's classic double think. Most likely the justices can see through it and this statement is meant for the proles. But there's still no telling what the justices will do. Roberts has gotten to be the joker in the deck.
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[NEWS.YAHOO] A US official on Monday disputed a French source's account that President Barack Obama had told his allies at a G7 summit the strong dollar posed a "problem".
[TIME] Washington is used to taking responsibility for anything that goes wrong in the world. But Europe and Greece need to figure this out
