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No you see, in a world where most countries currency is pegged to the dollar, they want to really gently caress us cause it's funny.
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Peg everything to the euro
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Jun 2, 2017 19:44
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awesome-express posted:Peg everything to the euro
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Jun 2, 2017 19:45
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Lightning Lord posted:Pretty sure the rest of the world wants the US economy to be good and cool because it's a huge marketplace for their products when the only thing you want is to hurt your opponents, that's all you think everyone else is doing
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awesome-express posted:Peg everything to the euro an unironically good idea except it would further enable world powers to gently caress over small countries with no global influence
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awesome-express posted:Peg everything to the euro as a European, that is an awful awful idea
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theflyingorc posted:when the only thing you want is to hurt your opponents, that's all you think everyone else is doing Yeah, this. He's projecting hard. Trump doesn't see this or any other issue as real and he doesn't know anything about them. He doesn't know what climate change is, he doesn't know what the paris accord is. He is upset that Macron alpha-dogged him and he retaliated by pulling out of the paris agreement because he thought it would re-establish his alphaness. Instead it just means that everyone looks at him like "really dude? you're loving dumb goddamn" and the US will never be trusted the same way for several generations. If someone can look you in the face and tell you they believe trump understands what climate change is then they are lying sacks of poo poo, I simply don't believe anyone on this earth actually believes that trump knows the first god drat thing about it.
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I have trouble telling what stupid things the administration actually believes and what are just lies for the benefit of the rubes. Is there really any distinguishable difference anymore?
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awesome-express posted:Peg everything to the euro
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Peg everything to CAD, aka the Party Dollar.
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Lightning Lord posted:I have trouble telling what stupid things the administration actually believes and what are just lies for the benefit of the rubes. Is there really any distinguishable difference anymore? Trump doesn't know or believe anything. He acts out of petty instinct and his administration says whatever stupid bullshit they have to to agree with and try to justify his petty retard decisions. It's that awful and that simple. Some of them have policy goals of their own, and they try to influence his broken retard brain towards those goals. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
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ThePeavstenator posted:an unironically good idea except it would further enable world powers to gently caress over small countries with no global influence isn't the eu made up of small countries with no global influence? 
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Lightning Lord posted:I have trouble telling what stupid things the administration actually believes and what are just lies for the benefit of the rubes. Is there really any distinguishable difference anymore? Things I'm sure Trump believes: Trickle Down economics is good Regulation strangles businesses Things I'm completely sure he doesn't believe: Climate Change exists God Exists
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Lightning Lord posted:I have trouble telling what stupid things the administration actually believes and what are just lies for the benefit of the rubes. Is there really any distinguishable difference anymore?
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theflyingorc posted:Things I'm sure Trump believes: He knows that regulations strangle his business, I don't think he cares about anyone else's.
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haveblue posted:He knows that regulations strangle his business, I don't think he cares about anyone else's. Ask your average voter if they can name a regulation that has kept them from getting a job. Then ask them what 'small government' means to them
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theflyingorc posted:Things I'm sure Trump believes: Oh there's not even a chance he's ever thought of it such simple terms. It's more like: "I'm awesome and deserve to feel good." "gently caress anyone who doesn't agree that I'm awesome and agree to assist me in feeling good." He doesn't know or care a drat thing about climate change, the Paris accords, or any other policy issue. He knows that Macron and Obama and Merkel all like the accords and that he hates them all and that he needs to lash out right the hell now to get the immediate gratification that he craves. Add in some nudging from people who understand how to stroke his ego just right, and that's how the story begins and ends. Spiritus Nox fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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I'm late. Has spicer been on yet or did he run away and Pruitt hatched out?
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empty whippet box posted:Yeah, this. He's projecting hard. Trump doesn't see this or any other issue as real and he doesn't know anything about them. He doesn't know what climate change is, he doesn't know what the paris accord is. He is upset that Macron alpha-dogged him and he retaliated by pulling out of the paris agreement because he thought it would re-establish his alphaness. Instead it just means that everyone looks at him like "really dude? you're loving dumb goddamn" and the US will never be trusted the same way for several generations. like. i know the GOP is loving awful and lovely/selfish/etc. but how the gently caress do they not see trump as a massive detriment. he will kill the GOP hard in the long term.
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Sloober posted:Ask your average voter if they can name a regulation that has kept them from getting a job. Well those darn wage regulations have kept lots of people from getting employed. I mean if we didn't have pesky wages we could have 100% employment! Let's not forget all the unemployed children due to child labor laws. That's millions of lost jobs right there!
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Dapper_Swindler posted:like. i know the GOP is loving awful and lovely/selfish/etc. but how the gently caress do they not see trump as a massive detriment. he will kill the GOP hard in the long term. I've thought about this a lot, and as far as I can see, there are basically three possible explanations, all equally terrifying. 1. They know and don't care because they will do anything and everything for immediate temporal power. Nothing matters. 2. They are literally that stupid. 3. They know and don't care because who cares about the ability to win elections if you don't plan on holding elections? Obviously the first two are the most likely explanations, but still loving terrifying. Trump's already shown us that you don't need to be competent to do enormous damage.
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Capitalism doesn't look beyond the next quarter so why should the GOP?
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Does anyone know anything about Bannon's daughters? It seems weird that they haven't surfaced as public figures yet. I would imagine they either cut him out of their lives years ago or they are traumatized wrecks in abusive relationships.
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BRISTOL PALINS BABY posted:Capitalism doesn't look beyond the next quarter so why should the GOP? I like this because it also works if you just literally mean 25 cents
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Why would they be public figures? Are they active in politics? I get why it happens, but I really dislike family members of politicians being brought up as cudgels on either side, unless they're doing something directly relevant.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:like. i know the GOP is loving awful and lovely/selfish/etc. but how the gently caress do they not see trump as a massive detriment. he will kill the GOP hard in the long term. Is he really that much of a detriment? I mean he pretty much gave every Republican lawmaker a happy ending today by leaving the Paris climate agreement. They got the most evil FCC head ever who's about to destroy net neutrality. There's plenty of other awful things trump has and will do before he's impeached so he's working out pretty well for Republicans even if they are having a hard time Killing Obamacare and tax reform
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business hammocks posted:Does anyone know anything about Bannon's daughters? It seems weird that they haven't surfaced as public figures yet. I would imagine they either cut him out of their lives years ago or they are traumatized wrecks in abusive relationships. I don't really know much about most government staff's daughters
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:I've thought about this a lot, and as far as I can see, there are basically three possible explanations, all equally terrifying. possibly. it honestly depends. i have various pretty conservative relatives including my godfather, who is great guy and is mostly conservative because fiscal stuff and abortion and mix of other reasons but is pretty left wing sorta forign policy wise(he isnt a neocon.) he is basicaly a Paleoconservative without the weird race poo poo. he doesnt like trump, but he hated Clinton more and basically (at least from my interpratation) that trump is a "a blow for the greater good" or some stuff.
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business hammocks posted:Does anyone know anything about Bannon's daughters? It seems weird that they haven't surfaced as public figures yet. I would imagine they either cut him out of their lives years ago or they are traumatized wrecks in abusive relationships. EDIT: this post previously had a photo of bannon's daughters but I deleted it after people pointed out it's intrusive Truancy-Bot fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Truancy-Bot posted:This is them apparently. i would very much like to not talk about these people, it seems very, very weird to do so theflyingorc fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Yeah, I don't see the point of talking about Bannon's children. Trump's kids outside of Barron are one thing because they keep poking their noses into politics, but Bannon's haven't done anything so it's just gross to bring them up
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I thought they were much older. I hope they're not crazy and that they were able to go to a school that had jews.
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Hot take: Lets not try and talk about a dude's kids who've chosen to not involve themselves in this poo poo
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Peg everything to Bitcoin Think we would do the peso or rmb before we got that desperate.
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Jaxyon posted:Hot take: Lets not try and talk about a dude's kids who've chosen to not involve themselves in this poo poo It is the smartest decision they have ever or will ever make in their lives and yes.
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My bad guys, I pulled the image. That was weird, should not have posted that.
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Thanks for taking it down. And yeah, don't do that stuff. Thread rules updated.
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