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stevenash

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  1. The race card. Who would have ever guessed it would be played?
  2. HOw can that be? After all, Mr. Obama promised the most transparent administration in history.
  3. The solution is an apology tour by Trump
  4. Sorry Dove- Nothing twilight zone about it- it is the truth
  5. Would that mean that you believe gun control is an effective deterrent to gun violence and should be implemented on a national basis?
  6. I believe some refer to it as the price of compassion.
  7. I hear that among the leaders (per capita) are Detroit, Baltimore, New Orleans, Oakland, and Cleveland. I wonder if there are any "common threads" amongst these cities and Chicago?
  8. someone is going to tell you that the real reason for so many shootings is lack of economic opportunity for the disenfranchised and the only solution is some sort of government funded( code for tax hike)local programs
  9. The economic forecasters to whom I listen state the following: The economy expanded at a sluggish 0.7% qoq saar rate in 1Q. While this was clearly a weak showing, it was fairly consistent with expectations given the pattern over the past several years of depressed 1Q growth. This reflects "residual seasonality" where the BEA struggles to appropriately seasonally adjust the data at the start of the year, thereby redistributing growth from 1Q to 2Q/3Q. Within the components, there was particular weakness in consumer spending, government spending and inventories which was offset by impressive growth in both nonresidential and residential investment. We think the momentum in investment should lend itself to further growth in 2Q which will be coupled with a recovery in consumption, prompting a solid performance for the quarter. On the upside, investment was quite robust with nonresidential structures investment up 22.1% and equipment up 9.1%, which is a decisive turn higher given the weak trajectory over the past several quarters. Residential investment was also strong, increasing 13.7% given the solid rise in housing starts and sales to start the year. But warm weather could have pulled forward housing activity from the spring months. Bottom line: the guts within the GDP report were stronger than the headline implies, likely setting up for stronger growth into 2Q and 3Q. This leaves us comfortable with our forecast of low-2% average growth this year, accelerating from 1.6% in 2016.
  10. Hmmm- I don't recall you cussing the Obama administration when tax rates increased
  11. I'm glad big pharma has deep pockets. that is what brings research and development of new life saving drugs, etc. I am also thankful that British Petroleum had deep pockets so all of the lawsuits didn't have to be settled/funded by bailout from govt/taxpayers.
  12. Rather than directly answering such a question, give me a few minutes to come up with some movie analogy in order to avoid responding.
  13. Are you saying he is speaking untruths or are you saying it is all just coincidental?
  14. Until 'repartions" come along ( and even then), I don't believe that chapter will be forgotten and/or not used to its best advantage.
  15. From the guy who insists he doesn't accept just any news source.
  16. Swamp of crooks? From the man who says he doesn't make allegations without sufficient evidence? Please show some evidence that Mr. Trump has appointed crooks to positions in his administration.
  17. Is pretending to be that naïve enjoyable?
  18. According to you, Fox lies all of the time. If you are right, they aren't publishing about it because it is NOT a lie.
  19. Your desire for more "eveidence" comes at very convenient times.
  20. Tobie- If this had come out about Donald Trump rather than Hillary, you would be commenting on it daily. Why no comment here?
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