The economy grew 2.9% in the 3rd quarter

When one (that would be Obama) does just about anything he can to retard economic growth ("growth" = increasing REAL JOBS and DOMESTIC PRODUCTION and SMALL BUSINESSES) and assure that a WELFARE NANNY STATE expands .... then one can distinguish .... which is not "having it both ways"!

"Regs and Uncertainty"! Originally Posted by LexusLover

That's an opinion and not really a very good one.

But we aren't even disagreeing. You appear to be saying that Obama owns the shitty growth and doubling of the debt. And I agree.

But I also think - unlike Bambino, apparently - that Bush owns the Great Recession. He had 8 years to guide the economy away from the shoals. But he crashed it on the rocks. So he takes the blame, too.

I don't characterize that because I don't have to, mope. Originally Posted by Revenant

Gee, that's odd. You didn't hesitate to characterize the 3rd quarter 2016 results for the OP, did you mope?

But you won't answer my simple question on how to characterize an 8.2% drop in GDP?

It's ok. I understand. You don't want to admit to losing the argument even more decisively than you did last time.

Which has nothing to do with when the last recession officially started or ended. It has to do with when the financial meltdown occurred and when the economy tanked.

Gee, that's odd. You didn't hesitate to characterize the 3rd quarter 2016 results for the OP, did you mope? Originally Posted by lustylad

No, not odd at all. That's because THIS thread is about the OP's desperate attempt to make 2.9% for a single quarter look like an Obama accomplishment.

Our last argument in the OTHER thread was about you acting like a know-it-all while bungling the start and end dates of the Great Recession. I made the simple and accurate statement that it began in December 2007 and you tried to "set the record straight" like a pompous ass and tried to tell us it began at the end of 2008, just before the election. When I pointed out the true dates, you tried to switch to "brunt" of the recession.

You got schooled by me. But rather than shutting up, you have turned into a stalker who followed me to this thread to try to revive the argument - even thought this thread is about something different.

THAT is how we all know that YOU know you lost the argument in the other thread.

It's ok. I understand. You don't want to admit to losing the argument even more decisively than you did last time. Originally Posted by lustylad

Look in the mirror on this one, Stalker Lad.

Which has nothing to do with when the last recession officially started or ended. It has to do with when the financial meltdown occurred and when the economy tanked. Originally Posted by lustylad

It has EVERYTHING to do with when the Great Recession began and ended. Because that is the point YOU GOT WRONG when you tried to correct me.

And it is why you continually try to change the subject to something you think favors you.

But that won't be happening because I will not let you change the subject, Stalker Lad.

No, not odd at all. That's because THIS thread is about the OP's desperate attempt to make 2.9% for a single quarter look like an Obama accomplishment.

So you know exactly how to characterize 2.9% growth, but you don't have a clue how to describe -8.2%? How does that work again? Is it like the way you can easily characterize your own puny 3" dick - but you turn speechless at an 8-incher? You either know how to gauge and measure and evaluate these things or you don't! Which is it, mope?


Our last argument in the OTHER thread was about you acting like a know-it-all while bungling the start and end dates of the Great Recession. I made the simple and accurate statement that it began in December 2007 and you tried to "set the record straight" like a pompous ass and tried to tell us it began at the end of 2008, just before the election. When I pointed out the true dates, you tried to switch to "brunt" of the recession.

I already explained to you at least 3 times I wasn't challenging the official start and end dates for the recession. What I challenged was your reference to the "2007 financial meltdown". Only a blind masochist like you is so stubborn that he can't bring himself to say – oops, I meant 2008! There was no financial "meltdown" in 2007. I already pointed out to your willfully retarded ass that the DJIA hit an all-time high in October 2007 – if anything, that is a MELT-UP rather than a meltdown, you dolt.


You got schooled by me. But rather than shutting up, you have turned into a stalker who followed me to this thread to try to revive the argument - even thought this thread is about something different.

THAT is how we all know that YOU know you lost the argument in the other thread.

Look in the mirror on this one, Stalker Lad.

Love your Baghdad Bob imitation! Have you tried stand-up comedy? Maybe you could go back to New York and join the cast of SNL!


It has EVERYTHING to do with when the Great Recession began and ended. Because that is the point YOU GOT WRONG when you tried to correct me.

Quit lying, pinocchio. As your fellow New Yawker Warner Wolf likes to say - "let's go to the videotape!" Here is your original post and my response:

After the 2007 financial meltdown, NOBODY on Wall Street or in government got punished.... Originally Posted by Revenant

The meltdown was in 2008/09, not 2007. Originally Posted by lustylad

And it is why you continually try to change the subject to something you think favors you.

But that won't be happening because I will not let you change the subject, Stalker Lad.

Who's changing the subject? I came onto this thread to compliment you because it appeared you actually knew how to read and interpret GDP data for a change! You're too ill-mannered to accept the compliment. So I guess you want us to go back to thinking you're still an ignorant mope when it comes to economics. Ok, ignorant mope – if you insist! Originally Posted by Revenant

Aw, fuck! I forgot you can't respond to embedded rebuttals. Oh well, I guess that means you lose again, Carlos Danger. Don't let me divert you from your next sexting session.

Try again Stalker Lad:

Originally Posted by Revenant View Post
No, not odd at all. That's because THIS thread is about the OP's desperate attempt to make 2.9% for a single quarter look like an Obama accomplishment.

STALKERLAD:
So you know exactly how to characterize 2.9% growth, but you don't have a clue how to describe -8.2%? How does that work again? Is it like the way you can easily characterize your own puny 3" dick - but you turn speechless at an 8-incher? You either know how to gauge and measure and evaluate these things or you don't! Which is it, mope?

Revenant:
MORE LIES. You are trying to change the subject from the start and end date of the Great Recession - which YOU got wrong.

You are now obsessed - for reason only YOU know - with trying to get me to characterize 2.9$ growth vs. -8.2%. As if that weill somehow correct your error on the dates of the Great Recession. It won't and I won't play your game, Stalker Lad.

BTW - nice Freudian slip talking about dick sizes. I didn't realize you were a pathetic homo. I thought the tranny fuckee had that franchise locked up.

Our last argument in the OTHER thread was about you acting like a know-it-all while bungling the start and end dates of the Great Recession. I made the simple and accurate statement that it began in December 2007 and you tried to "set the record straight" like a pompous ass and tried to tell us it began at the end of 2008, just before the election. When I pointed out the true dates, you tried to switch to "brunt" of the recession.

STALKER LAD - I already explained to you at least 3 times I wasn't challenging the official start and end dates for the recession. What I challenged was your reference to the "2007 financial meltdown". Only a blind masochist like you is so stubborn that he can't bring himself to say – oops, I meant 2008! There was no financial "meltdown" in 2007. I already pointed out to your willfully retarded ass that the DJIA hit an all-time high in October 2007 – if anything, that is a MELT-UP rather than a meltdown, you dolt.

Revenant - If that was even remotely true, why was it necessary for you to clarify the "brunt" of the recession being in 2008?

You got schooled by me. But rather than shutting up, you have turned into a stalker who followed me to this thread to try to revive the argument - even thought this thread is about something different.

THAT is how we all know that YOU know you lost the argument in the other thread.

Look in the mirror on this one, Stalker Lad.

Love your Baghdad Bob imitation! Have you tried stand-up comedy? Maybe you could go back to New York and join the cast of SNL!
Is that supposed to be a response to something, Stalker Lad?

STALKER LAD - Who's changing the subject? I came onto this thread to compliment you because it appeared you actually knew how to read and interpret GDP data for a change! You're too ill-mannered to accept the compliment. So I guess you want us to go back to thinking you're still an ignorant mope when it comes to economics. Ok, ignorant mope – if you insist!

Revenant - Are you fucking kidding me? The ONLY reason you came into this thread was to resume the argument with me, Stalker Lad. You didn't even address your comments to MunchMaster the OP of the thread. When was the last time you did that?

Try again Stalker Lad.... Originally Posted by Revenant

Congratulations, rev-an-anus! You gave it the old college try and responded to my embedded comments! Too bad you made such a mess of it that nobody can figure out who said what. Next time try to change the font color each time you reply, mope.

Unfortunately, you forgot to say anything about our original disagreement, as replayed in the words of your fellow New Yawker Warner Wolf in my last post.

So "let's go to videotape - again!"

After the 2007 financial meltdown, NOBODY on Wall Street or in government got punished.... Originally Posted by Revenant

The meltdown was in 2008/09, not 2007. Originally Posted by lustylad

What say you, rev-an-anus? Still clinging to your laughable argument that the financial system melted down in 2007 - a year in which the DJIA hit a record high in the final quarter? Or would you prefer to save what little face you still have by issuing a retraction?

Far be it from me to stalk you, rev-an-anus. But since you don't have enough common sense to know when to cut your losses, how can I possibly be expected to refrain from handing your ass to you over and over again? That's what you want, right?

I've already explained it to you multiple times, but now you're asking for it yet again, so here goes:

Ok ExNYer, you should know better than to fuck with me on economics. I monitored the economy carefully through the entire 2008/09 recession and remember it like yesterday. Did you even bother to open and use the link I provided? It was for real GDP, which economists measure in order to pinpoint when recessions start and end. I assumed you were smart enough to figure out how to use the link, but evidently you're too clueless. So I will do everything for you. Here are the (annualized) percentage changes in real GDP for the 6 quarters starting with Q1 2008:

Q1 2008: -2.7%
Q2 2008: +2.0%
Q3 2008: -1.9%
Q4 2008: -8.2%
Q1 2009: -5.4%
Q2 2009: -0.5%
Q3 2009: +1.3%

Do I need to interpret it for you, mope? The economy was bouncing up/down and basically going sideways until the fourth quarter of 2008 - when it suddenly fell off a cliff! Real GDP contracted at an annual rate of 8.2%, which is alarming. It continued to shrink at an annual rate of 5.4% in the first quarter of 2009, before bottoming out. From the recession's peak to trough, 84% of the slump in output was packed into Q4 2008 and Q1 2009 (the six-month period from October 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009).

So you are completely out to lunch with your assertion that “the economy was already in shambles” by the time Lehman collapsed in Sept. 2008. It was wobbling, but hardly in shambles yet...

All the empirical data supports everything I said. YOU are the only person who thinks otherwise. The real tanking didn't start until late 2008 – just in time to impact the November election. For the economy to “tank” means to head south in a hurry...

Get it now, mope? Originally Posted by lustylad

Have the revised numbers come out yet that shows they lied again?

Rev-an-anus! LOL! That's great!

The economy is in MUCH better shape than GW Bush left it.

Congratulations, rev-an-anus! You gave it the old college try and responded to my embedded comments! Too bad you made such a mess of it that nobody can figure out who said what. Next time try to change the font color each time you reply, mope.

Unfortunately, you forgot to say anything about our original disagreement, as replayed in the words of your fellow New Yawker Warner Wolf in my last post.

So "let's go to videotape - again!"


What say you, rev-an-anus? Still clinging to your laughable argument that the financial system melted down in 2007 - a year in which the DJIA hit a record high in the final quarter? Or would you prefer to save what little face you still have by issuing a retraction? Originally Posted by lustylad

So, THAT is what you are hanging your hat on? My use of the colloquialism "financial meltdown" is what you are basing your "argument" on?

Tell me, Stalker Lad, - since you think of yourself as some kind of economist - what is the definition of "financial meltdown"?

I mean, a "recession" is a objectively defined term in economics (typically 2 successive quarters of negative GDP). But what is the agreed-upon meaning of "financial meltdown"? I want a citation to an authority, NOT your self-serving bullshit.

Strangely enough, a Google search reveals nothing for "financial meltdown". And Google has a definition for practically everything.

The housing market bubble burst in 2006. By the end of 2007, financial losses were already crushing the big banks. They had $4.1 trillion in debt. All those CDOs were coming home to roost.

Bear Stearns was defunct by March 2008 - not the end of 2008. By September 2008, Lehman declared bankruptcy and Merrill was sold for pennies on the dollar. Do you think that Lehman and Merrill were not already in deep crisis by then?

You have a subjective opinion about what constitutes a "financial meltdown". If not, then why are you quoting the DJIA? What does that have to do with either the recession or the bank problems?

What difference does it make if the DJIA was at its high in the Q4 of 2007? The DJIA does NOT always align with the economy.

It is undisputed that the Great Recession went from December 2007 to about July 2009. Do you contest the start date because the DJIA was still high?

You have NO objective arguments to make - just your own hyperbole (cratering!) that is supposed to substitute for an argument.

You jumped into the thread to try to play the part of the intellectual and you stuck your foot in your mouth. All the rest of what you are trying to do is face saving. It isn't working.

Far be it from me to stalk you, rev-an-anus. But since you don't have enough common sense to know when to cut your losses, how can I possibly be expected to refrain from handing your ass to you over and over again? That's what you want, right? Originally Posted by lustylad

The next time you hand me my ass will be the FIRST time.

I've already explained it to you multiple times, but now you're asking for it yet again, so here goes: Originally Posted by lustylad

What is it that you imagine this explains?

Is this another attempt to shift the argument to when the "brunt" of the recession occurred - to try to cover the fact that you were WRONG about when it started (which was MY point)?

Wobbly? Going sideways? Are those some quantifiable terms?

I cite to you AGAIN, the NBER for when Great Recession began and ended:

http://www.nber.org/cycles.html

Look at the bottom of the table - December 2007 to June 2009.

Do you have ANY authoritative source to contradict that?

Or are you going to tell me about "the brunt" again? With red ink, no doubt.

Rev-an-anus! LOL! That's great! Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Really? That's like 4th grade level. I would have thought IFFY would chime in, not you.

Really? That's like 4th grade level. I would have thought IFFY would chime in, not you. Originally Posted by Revenant

NyChacheR... keep my name out of your mouth and I will keep letting you earn a living behind the dumpster, at the Taco Bell... Thanks

[U] Originally Posted by Munchmasterman

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There were no facts being checked here because Politico doesn’t seem to know what a fact even is.

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The ISIS evil “fact check” of Trump came from the same media outlet whose White House reporter decided that the Wisconsin flag, which carries the date 1848 to mark the state’s admission to the Union, was “a flag for the local union, Wisconsin 1848”. Politico ran an entire story asserting that Obama was flying a labor flag to oppose Governor Walker because its reporter couldn’t process basic history.

This is what happens when media outlets think that fact-checking is something that they do to Republicans rather than to themselves.

Fact-checking was one of those dinosaurs of journalism, like objectivity, which is viewed as largely irrelevant in a media culture whose Edward R. Murrow is Jon Stewart. Today’s millennial journalists spend most of their time exchanging sarcastic quips with their peers on Twitter, aspire to found their own Vox sites and write viral blog posts that seek a new angle on a trending left-wing narrative.

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The average media fact check is a masterpiece of unintentional comedy for thinking adults.

At the Washington Post, Michelle Yee “fact checks” Donald Trump’s comment that Hillary’s email scandal is bigger than Watergate and concludes that since Watergate led to Nixon’s resignation and Hillary’s email scandal has yet to lead to any convictions, it can’t be bigger than Watergate. Since the scandal has yet to be resolved, a fact check of it could only take place in the future.

CNN featured Toronto Star “fact checker” Daniel Dale who claimed that Trump said 35 lies in one day.

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Nearly every media outlet now boasts a fact check blog or headlines touting fact checks. But the biggest fact checking department of the media, rather than by the media, isn’t in the United States, but in Germany. In America, fact checking has become a type of partisan attack launched by media outlets at their political opponents. It’s bigger than ever and also more worthless than ever because it is factless.

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