Odds on Trump's Impeachment

I don't do strip clubs, guys. Although the scantily clad "alternative facts" running around are...tempting. But hey, you can still send money to my Provider Paypal account.

I don't do strip clubs, guys. Although the scantily clad "alternative facts" running around are...tempting. But hey, you can still send money to my Provider Paypal account. Originally Posted by Prolongus

Pro, give us a shout as to how that PPPA fund works out for you, k? I kinda need a new gig myself.
Hanging on the corner of Commerce and Griffin Streets with my sign "All Fund$ for my Hooker Addiction Mo$t Appreciated" just ain't cuttin' it anymore.

(For the record, my "Will Work for Food or Pussy" sign wasn't real effective either....guess everyone saw through the "will work for" ruse....)

16 Celebrities INVITES Donald Trump to DALLAS TEXAS grassy knoll.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...ent-1.12588837

DONALD TRUMP’S DECLARATION on Thursday that “if countries are going to have nukes, we’re going to be at the top of the pack,” flew in the face of decades of U.S. efforts to negotiate cautious, mutual reductions in nuclear arsenals around the world.

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/23/...ear-arms-race/

where are the closest bomb shelters? lol

CG

Over here on the west side the economy was doing better pre immigrant invasion. Texas (and the US) very much need Donald Trump to be successful with his immigration plan. Before it was us locals that had the construction and manufacturing jobs.

I am not a fan of Donald Trump but I support him. Originally Posted by camero73

Ok, let's assume for sake of argument you are factually correct. No illegals in any domestic industry when Bush was in office. Probably not true, but let's say it was. Two scenarios. Migrants are hired by contractors over citizens fir one of two reasons. 1) work harder for the same pay; or 2) the work as hard for less pay (and yes this assumes that employers share a bias or derive some benefit from citizen workers all other things being equal). But the bottom line is there is an economic genefit to the employer or they wouldn't be hired.

You replace the more efficient immigrant workers with less efficient citizen workers. Why is that good for the economy? Things will cost more for consumers. If you mention construction, a house that previously cost me $800,000 to build, bus costs $900,000. So I have to raise my selling price to $1.2 or 1.3M instead of $1.0 or 1.1M. I probably cut my margins a bit and have a lower profit. I build and sell fewer houses. Take fewer vacations so American Airlines is less profitable. My home buyer spect an extra $200k on his house. He has less to spend, etc. this reverberates through the economy ad infinitum.

If The White House keeps stomping on the first amendment, impeachment might might be nearer than you think:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/medi...gle/index.html

If The White House keeps stomping on the first amendment, impeachment might might be nearer than you think Originally Posted by Prolongus

The First Amendment does not require the federal government to kiss the New York Times's toches. The fact that this story has been widely reported demonstrates that the First Amendment is doing fine.

If The White House keeps stomping on the first amendment, impeachment might might be nearer than you think:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/medi...gle/index.html Originally Posted by Prolongus

Prolongus, i'm not a bit surprised that Trump would pull that "control who gets the news" card.

http://www.dailynews.com/government-...tary-operation

President Donald Trump told a group of CEOs Thursday that a “military operation” had been launched to round up criminal undocumented immigrants.

“We’re getting really bad dudes out of this country and at a rate that nobody has ever seen before,” Trump said. “And they’re the bad ones. And it’s a military operation because what has been allowed to come into our country — when you see gang violence that you’ve read about like never before and all of the things — much of that is people that are here illegally.”

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2...dup#.k3tQl5MeY

Trump’s First Roundup

In his speech on Saturday in Florida, President Trump told his supporters the operations were expelling “bad, bad people.” They were “gang members and drug dealers who are right now as I speak being thrown out of the country and they will not be let back in,” he said, to cheers.

This includes Pimps, Hookers, Drug Dealers, and anyone who has a warrant. Yes, even if your behind on your parking tickets and have a warrant, they are coming for you. How is YOUR vote for TRUMP working out for you and your family? lol

Y'all better hurry up and get those Latina's and those Asian AMP ladies before they get thrown out.

CG

Ok, let's assume for sake of argument you are factually correct. No illegals in any domestic industry when Bush was in office. Probably not true, but let's say it was. Two scenarios. Migrants are hired by contractors over citizens fir one of two reasons. 1) work harder for the same pay; or 2) the work as hard for less pay (and yes this assumes that employers share a bias or derive some benefit from citizen workers all other things being equal). But the bottom line is there is an economic genefit to the employer or they wouldn't be hired.

You replace the more efficient immigrant workers with less efficient citizen workers. Why is that good for the economy? Things will cost more for consumers. If you mention construction, a house that previously cost me $800,000 to build, bus costs $900,000. So I have to raise my selling price to $1.2 or 1.3M instead of $1.0 or 1.1M. I probably cut my margins a bit and have a lower profit. I build and sell fewer houses. Take fewer vacations so American Airlines is less profitable. My home buyer spect an extra $200k on his house. He has less to spend, etc. this reverberates through the economy ad infinitum. Originally Posted by TexTushHog

I worked for a lawn care company beginning my junior year in high school. For the first 2 or 3 years after high school before going to college I worked construction as an electrician, some roofing and general construction. That was invaluable good experience for a young man and paid better. It was fun to.

I continued to work a little construction in spots with my last construction job being the summer of 1993. At that time the percentage of skill trade workers that were Mexican immigrants was 5% to 10% at the most.

Immigrants began to get a little more work and got even more when they began to offer to do the work for 1/2 the pay of what builders were paying locals. Some more showed up, then some more and once they got a little toe hold and with the help of our weak immigration laws the flood gates opened up with immigrants lining up down the streets of builders offices telling them we will do all the work for half of what you are currently paying your local workers. Making 8-12 bucks an hour was better than the $4.00/hr they were making across the border.

Builders got greedy and eventually gave the entire construction industry to them. What hold outs remained eventually said screw it. I can't enjoy my job anymore. I can't even communicate with these guys because they don't speak English. The construction industry now is 98% immigrants. WE are accommodating THEM and putting millions of Americans whom were born here out of work. What is wrong with this picture?

The same thing now is happening with our public school system. The affluent parts of town is kinda the same way it used to be but in general now if you want to be a public school teacher you have to be freakin bilingual.

We needed someone like Donald Trump 10-20 years ago. Thanks Obama and Bush. By the way, I am Caucasian and really like my African American brothers so this isn't what it may look like to some. Just the facts!

These protesting immigrants and things like "a day without immigrants" just need to be ignored. In fact you are being ignored. It's laughable.

The First Amendment does not require the federal government to kiss the New York Times's toches. The fact that this story has been widely reported demonstrates that the First Amendment is doing fine. Originally Posted by chicagoboy

What the hell are "toches"??
Uh, no, the 1st amendment is NOT doing fine when an administration selects and chooses whom it wants to report about what they are doing. Especially censoring news organizations that the White House doesn't like. Not my definition of "doing fine".

What the hell are "toches"??
Uh, no, the 1st amendment is NOT doing fine when an administration selects and chooses whom it wants to report about what they are doing. Especially censoring news organizations that the White House doesn't like. Not my definition of "doing fine". Originally Posted by Prolongus

Somebody please explain to Prolongus how to google unfamiliar words. Also, please explain to him what censorship is. He seems equally unfamiliar with that word's meaning.

WASHINGTON — President Trump turned the power of the White House against the news media on Friday, escalating his attacks on journalists

HONEST NEWS - NOT A TRUMP ASS KISSER: Reporters from The Times, BuzzFeed News, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Politico, the BBC and The Huffington Post

FAKE NEWS - VERY WELL KNOWN TRUMP ASS KISSER: Breitbart News, the One America News Network and The Washington Times, all with conservative leanings. Journalists from ABC, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Fox News.

Reporters from The Associated Press and Time magazine, who were set to be allowed in, chose not to attend the briefing in protest of the White House’s actions. These reporters knew trump wanted his ass kissed but also knew he didn't wash it, as reported by his wife. The Washington Post did not send a reporter to the session, they already knew trump is a control tweeter freak.

“Apparently this is how they retaliate when you report facts they don’t like,” CNN said in a statement.

CG

11 days record stock market !!!! pretty soon you ,all except the leftist fringe ,will realize....he's keeping his promises! NOT a politician........a real patriot.......

11 days record stock market !!!! pretty soon you ,all except the leftist fringe ,will realize....he's keeping his promises! NOT a politician........a real patriot....... Originally Posted by Tony Gambino

Oh really, lets take a closer look at your statement tony gambino.
Please check off all the things that he promised and has been done.
If you can't find any to check off, we can take another look at this list in 4 years from now. lol

GLOBAL TRADE WAR:
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...ade-war-234255

By Jenna Johnson January 22, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.9659a2982721

Most presidential candidates are careful to not promise too much on the campaign trail. That’s not at all the case for Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Listed below are 76 things that Trump has said he would do if elected, or has predicted would occur as a result of his election. If he were to win the White House, Trump has promised to:

1. Build a wall along the southern border that's taller than the arenas where Trump holds his rallies, taller than any ladder and one foot taller than the Great Wall of China. This "artistically beautiful" wall will be constructed out of hardened concrete, rebar and steel, and it will be "the greatest wall that you've ever seen" -- so great that the nation will likely one day name it "The Trump Wall."

2. Make Mexico pay for the wall. If Mexico refuses, then the United States will impound all remittance payments taken from the wages of illegal immigrants, cut foreign aid, institute tariffs, cancel visas for Mexican business leaders and diplomats, and increase fees for visas, border-crossing cards and port use.

3. "If I become president, we're all going to be saying 'Merry Christmas' again."

4. Get rid of Common Core because it's "a disaster" and a "very bad thing." Trump says he wants to give local school districts more control and might even eliminate the Department of Education.

5. The Environmental Protection Agency might also disappear.

6. Get rid of Obamacare and replace it with something "terrific" that is "so much better, so much better, so much better."

7. Knock down the regulatory walls between states for health insurance, making plans available nationally instead of regionally.

8. Rebuild the country's aging infrastructure -- especially bridges and airports that look like they belong in a third-world country -- for one-third of what the United States is currently paying for such projects.

[Republican candidate Donald Trump's platform: Because I said so]

9. Save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cutting benefits.

10. Defund Planned Parenthood.

11. "I will take care of women, and I have great respect for women. I do cherish women, and I will take care of women."

12. Frequently use the term "radical Islamic terrorism."

13. Temporarily ban most foreign Muslims from entering the United States "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." Trump would allow exceptions for dignitaries, business people, athletes and others who have "proven" themselves.

14. Bar Syrian refugees from entering the country and kick out any who are already living here. Trump says wealthy Persian Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia should pay to set up a heavily guarded "safe zone" in Syria.

15. Heavily surveil mosques in the United States. Trump has said he's open to the idea of closing some mosques.

16. Create a database of Syrian refugees. Trump hasn't ruled out creating a database of Muslims in the country.

17. Never take a vacation while serving as president.

18. Prosecute Hillary Clinton for her use of a private e-mail server while serving as secretary of state.

19. Make medical marijuana widely available to patients, and allow states to decide if they want to fully legalize pot or not.

20. Stop spending money on space exploration until the United States can fix its potholes. Encourage private space-exploration companies to expand.

21. Pick Supreme Court justices who are "really great legal scholars."

22. Ensure that Iowa continues to host the nation's first presidential nominating contest.

23. Strengthen the military so that it's "so big and so strong and so great" that "nobody's going to mess with us."

24. Be unpredictable. "No one is going to touch us, because I'm so unpredictable."

25. Allow Russia to deal with the Islamic State in Syria and/or work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to wipe out shared enemies.

26. "Bomb the s--- out of ISIS." Also bomb oil fields controlled by the Islamic State, then seize the oil and give the profits to military veterans who were wounded while fighting.

27. Target and kill the relatives of terrorists.

28. Shut down parts of the Internet so that Islamic State terrorists cannot use it to recruit American children.

29. Bring back waterboarding, which the Obama administration considers torture. Trump has said he's willing to use interrogation techniques that go even further than waterboarding. Even if such tactics don't work, "they deserve it anyway, for what they're doing."

30. Leave troops in Afghanistan because it's such "a mess." Protect Israel. And increase U.S. military presence in the East and South China Seas.

31. Find an "out" clause in the Iran deal and then "totally" renegotiate the whole thing.

32. "I promise I will never be in a bicycle race. That I can tell you." (This promise is connected to criticism of Secretary of State John F. Kerry, who was injured while riding a bicycle amid the Iran negotiations.)

33. Refuse to call Iran's leader by his preferred title. "I guarantee you I will be never calling him the Supreme Leader... I'll say, 'Hey baby, how ya doing?' I will never call him the Supreme Leader."

34. Negotiate the release of all U.S. prisoners held in Iran before taking office. (Five hostages were recently released, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian; Trump has taken some credit for this.)

35. Oppose the killing of journalists: "I hate some of these people, but I would never kill them."

36. Find great generals -- like the next Gen. Patton or Gen. MacArthur -- and do not allow them to go onto television news shows to explain their military strategy: "I don't want my generals being interviewed, I want my generals kicking a--." Trump likes generals who are rough, foul-mouthed and beloved by their troops.

37. Drop that "dirty, rotten traitor" Bowe Bergdahl out of an airplane into desolate Afghanistan without a parachute.

38. Fire "the corrupt and incompetent" leaders of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and dramatically reform the agency. Allow veterans to take their military identification card to any medical facility that accepts Medicaid patients to receive care. Embed satellite VA clinics in rural hospitals and underserved areas, and ensure than every VA hospital is permanently staffed with OBGYN doctors.

39. Invest more heavily in programs that help military veterans transition back to civilian life, including job training and placement services. Also increase funding for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries and mental health issues. Veterans who apply for a job at a VA facility will have five points added to their qualifying scores.

40. Bring back jobs from China -- and Mexico, Japan and elsewhere.

41. "I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created." Trump says cities like Reno, Nev., will "be a big fat beautiful beneficiary" of these new jobs.

42. Students at Wofford College in South Carolina, where Trump attended a town hall, will all have jobs at graduation.

43. Aggressively challenge China's power in the world by declaring the country a currency manipulator, adopting a "zero tolerance policy on intellectual property theft and forced technology transfer" and cracking down on China's "lax labor and environmental standards."

44. Rather than throw the Chinese president a state dinner, buy him "a McDonald's hamburger and say we've got to get down to work."

45. Replace "free trade" with "fair trade." Gather together the "smartest negotiators in the world," assign them each a country and renegotiate all foreign trade deals.

46. Put billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn in charge of trade negotiations with China and Japan, and pick an ambassador to Japan who is "a killer," unlike the current ambassador, Caroline Kennedy.

47. Tell Ford Motor Co.'s president that unless he cancels plans to build a massive plant in Mexico, the company will face a 35 percent tax on cars imported back into the United States. Trump is confident he can get this done before taking office. (Last year he incorrectly said this had already happened.)

48. Force Nabisco to once again make Oreos in the United States. And bully Apple into making its "damn computers" and other products here.

49. Impose new taxes on many imports into the country. Numbers thrown around have included 32 percent, 34 percent and 35 percent.

50. Grow the nation's economy by at least 6 percent.

51. Reduce the $18 trillion national debt by "vigorously eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, ending redundant government programs and growing the economy to increase tax revenues."

52. Cut the budget by 20 percent by simply renegotiating.

53. Get rid of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

54. Simplify the U.S. tax code and reduce the number of tax brackets from seven to four. The highest earners would pay a 25-percent tax. The corporate tax rate would fall to 15 percent. Eliminate the "marriage penalty" for taxpayers and get rid of the alternate minimum tax.

55. No longer charge income tax to single individuals earning less than $25,000 per year or couples earning less than $50,000. These people will, however, be required to file a one-page form with the Internal Revenue Service that states: "I win."

56. Ensure that Americans can still afford to golf.

57. Allow corporations a one-time window to transfer money being held overseas, charging a much-reduced 10 percent tax.

58. Get rid of most corporate tax loopholes or incentives, but continue to allow taxpayers to deduct mortgage interest and charitable donations from their taxes.

59. On his first day in office, Trump would get rid of gun-free zones at military bases and in schools.

60. Use "common sense" to fix the mental health system and prevent mass shootings. Find ways to arm more of the "good guys" like him who can take out the "sickos." Get rid of bans on certain types of guns and magazines so that "good, honest people" can own the guns of their choice.

61. Impose a minimum sentence of five years in federal prison for any violent felon who commits a crime using a gun, with no chance for parole or early release.

62. Fix the background check system used when purchasing guns to ensure states are properly uploading criminal and health records.

63. Allow concealed-carry permits to be recognized in all 50 states.

64. Sign an executive order calling for the death penalty for anyone found guilty of killing a police officer.

65. Provide more funding for police training.

66. And provide more funding for drug treatment, especially for heroin addicts.

67. On the first day in office, terminate President Obama's executive orders related to immigration. This includes getting rid of "sanctuary cities" that Trump says have become refuges for criminals.

68. Deport the almost 11 million immigrants illegally living in the United States.

69. Triple the number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

70. Continue to allow lowly paid foreign workers to come to the United States on temporary works visas because Trump says they are the only ones who want to pick grapes.

71. End birthright citizenship.

72. Say things that are politically incorrect, because the country does not have time to waste with political correctness.

73. Make America great again -- and strong again, as it has become too weak.

74. Be a cheerleader for America and bring the country's spirit back. "Take the brand of the United States and make it great again."

75. Bring back the American Dream.

76. Start winning again. "We're going to win so much -- win after win after win -- that you're going to be begging me: 'Please, Mr. President, let us lose once or twice. We can't stand it any more.' And I'm going to say: 'No way. We're going to keep winning. We're never going to lose. We're never, ever going to lose."

For all of the motion, Trump is falling behind on his ‘100-day’ promise list. President Trump said he would fulfill 60 promises in his first 100 days. But no action has been taken on 45.

Steve Bannon’s not-so-subtle threat to the media
"It's going to get worse every day for the media.”

Doubts grow over stock market’s Trump-inspired surge
How much more can the “Trump Bump” lift the stock market?

CG

11 days record stock market !!!! pretty soon you ,all except the leftist fringe ,will realize....he's keeping his promises! NOT a politician........a real patriot....... Originally Posted by Tony Gambino

Tony we obviously have different political beliefs. I respect your opinion I just disagree with your assessment of Trump as NOT a politician and a real patriot

I'm a moderate liberal. I readily admit that the far left and the far right are a little bit goofy and make it harder for politicians to compromise for the greater good of the country.

Trump may not have started out as a politician but he has become one pretty damn quick. Look at his cabinet. Wall Street, Big Oil, etc. Not exactly the people who are going to " drain the swamp". And what happen to him " stepping out of his personal and family business interests. Just asking.

Patriot?- Whats up with this love affair with Russia and Putin. Not just his kissing Putin's ass publicly but so many of Trumps people have known ties and communication with the Russians. Just asking

Tony we obviously have different political beliefs. I respect your opinion I just disagree with your assessment of Trump as NOT a politician and a real patriot

I'm a moderate liberal. I readily admit that the far left and the far right are a little bit goofy and make it harder for politicians to compromise for the greater good of the country.

Trump may not have started out as a politician but he has become one pretty damn quick. Look at his cabinet. Wall Street, Big Oil, etc. Not exactly the people who are going to " drain the swamp". And what happen to him " stepping out of his personal and family business interests. Just asking.

Patriot?- Whats up with this love affair with Russia and Putin. Not just his kissing Putin's ass publicly but so many of Trumps people have known ties and communication with the Russians. Just asking Originally Posted by themystic

Some of these guys he hired for his cabinet raise a big red flag for me to. That guy from Wall Street and the Big Oil Exxon CEO in particular. Hmmmm, is Trump really going to look out for the middle class? Him wanting to deregulate things is scary.

Home owners & auto insurance costs used to be regulated until about 15-20 years ago when lawmakers deregulated it. Since then insurers can charge much higher premiums.