Not to nitpick or pick sides, but yeah, shouldn't we probably wait until the tax numbers for 2018 are finalized before we announce that revenues went up, particularly with them being as close as they are there?

posted by O-Trap

Exactly.

The biggest difference between the two is that the Democrats are at least honest about not trying to be fiscally sane.
 

posted by QuakerOats

 

Drain the swamp; bring in more disrupters.

Or just cut spending.  Apparently, we can make executive orders and declare emergencies for whatever our little hearts can explain, even allegorically, as necessary.  Maybe declare the ridiculous deficit as an emergency.

 

Obviously.  Except we always get the same old shit – locked in on entitlements and very little discretionary blah blah blah …….I would love to lead the turnaround team in DC; we could knock out hundreds of billions without batting an eyelash; their heads would be spinning.  They have NO CLUE what it takes to be responsible.  And they still want your healthcare; your energy; your retirement. Sickening.

posted by QuakerOats

 

 

Obviously.  Except we always get the same old shit – locked in on entitlements and very little discretionary blah blah blah …….I would love to lead the turnaround team in DC; we could knock out hundreds of billions without batting an eyelash; their heads would be spinning.  They have NO CLUE what it takes to be responsible.  And they still want your healthcare; your energy; your retirement. Sickening.

Sounds like you are making a case for running for office.  

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-dips-below-2019-highs-as-surging-u-s-supply-counters-opec-cuts-idUSKCN1Q901T

 - Record shale output -

Change we can [really] believe in …

posted by QuakerOats

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-dips-below-2019-highs-as-surging-u-s-supply-counters-opec-cuts-idUSKCN1Q901T

 

 - Record shale output -

 

Change we can [really] believe in …

Man, good to know Trump had nothing to do with this. 

I dug around the data site and going back over 12 years, shale production has increased every year, including every month over time. Shale even went up under the "evil marxist Obama administration" Gasp! 

So, it is more an efficiency/ the market figuring out how to be more effective than anything Trump of the Feds are doing. 

https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/drilling/ 

The increases are attributable directly to the (republican) states that have embraced the technology.  Had the libtards had their way, as in NY, MD etc..etc.. none of this would have happened.  Then Trump took it to the next level. 

Increasing our production to the point of energy independence, and exporting, and not having to be held hostage by other (often rogue) players on the world stage is indeed an example of MAGA.   J

posted by QuakerOats

The increases are attributable directly to the (republican) states that have embraced the technology.  Had the libtards had their way, as in NY, MD etc..etc.. none of this would have happened.  Then Trump took it to the next level.

No, I think the point was that despite the rhetoric coming from the Left, none of that ever became policy.  Not sure I could find much evidence that would show the Left was substantially less pro-fracking, in practice.

posted by gut

No, I think the point was that despite the rhetoric coming from the Left, none of that ever became policy.  Not sure I could find much evidence that would show the Left was substantially less pro-fracking, in practice.

Correct. I would even add that the Rs have not helped either. If you looked at the data over Bush/ Obama/ Trump, it is a gradual increase each month and year. The industry is helping itself, no matter the federal political party in power. 

It is the classic correlation does not imply causation example. 

posted by gut

No, I think the point was that despite the rhetoric coming from the Left, none of that ever became policy.  Not sure I could find much evidence that would show the Left was substantially less pro-fracking, in practice.

Not sure where you have been, but NY and MD (to name just 2 blue states) have either banned fracking or placed a moratorium on it.  If it wasn't for Ohio, PA and WV, those people would be paying double or triple for nat gas this winter (minimum).  {But would you hear the left crying that seniors would have to choose between their meds and heating their homes??)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/suburban-women-want-the-wall-buoying-trump-after-fleeing-in-2018

posted by QuakerOats

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/suburban-women-want-the-wall-buoying-trump-after-fleeing-in-2018

 

 

Once the wall is built and drugs continue to flow into the country and illegal immigrants still enter by the thousands, what will the soccer moms say?

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

Once the wall is built and drugs continue to flow into the country and illegal immigrants still enter by the thousands, what will the soccer moms say?

What will the Dems say when the wall is built and illegal border crossings go to almost zero?  

posted by Spock

What will the Dems say when the wall is built and illegal border crossings go to almost zero?  

"Who's going to fix my roof now?"

Have a GREAT weekend.

^^^^^^Checked my investments today...........making big gains!

posted by QuakerOats

 

GALLUP: Americans' Perceptions of USA World Image Best Since 2003... Another liberal talking point destroyed

Well, there's this little morsel...guessing you didn't read the whole thing.

Most say Trump not respected by foreign leaders

posted by gut

 

Well, there's this little morsel...guessing you didn't read the whole thing.

Most say Trump not respected by foreign leaders

That article seemed to use a hell of a lot of words to say that over the past 16 years, people have generally had positive vibes about a president's perception if he is a member of their party and negative vibes if he's a member of the other party.

And yeah, from reading the entire article, it seems that the general positive view of our standing in the world is derived from the current economy, but definitely not from how people feel other leaders perceive ours.

Overall, manufacturing gross output increased from $6.202 trillion in the second quarter to $6.343 trillion in the third quarter, a new all-time high, with gains for both durable and nondurable goods.

50 long years and an unswerving commitment to the United States of America, The President has finished his beleaguered trek to Vietnam......

Bone spurs be damned!!!!!!!!

Hopefully making the best of his (delayed) chance at national defense and world security.

posted by Devils Advocate

50 long years and an unswerving commitment to the United States of America, The President has finished his beleaguered trek to Vietnam......

 

 

Bone spurs be damned!!!!!!!!

https://politics.theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992?utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SF&utm_content=Main

Don't worry QQ, this is The Onion, which means it is satire and not real. I know you've had issues with that in the past, trying to use it as an actual source and all.

posted by Heretic

https://politics.theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992?utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SF&utm_content=Main

Don't worry QQ, this is The Onion, which means it is satire and not real. I know you've had issues with that in the past, trying to use it as an actual source and all.

If he agrees with it, he considers it real news regardless of the source.  In this case, he will recognize it as the liberal mainstream media trying to make a point under the cover of satire.  

So a US Congressman (Trump's butt buddy Matt Gaetz) publicly tampered with/threatened a witness (Michael Cohen) a day before he testifies to Congress about some shady Trump stuff. 

How can an elected US official be so fucking dumb?

posted by SportsAndLady

So a US Congressman (Trump's butt buddy Matt Gaetz) publicly tampered with/threatened a witness (Michael Cohen) a day before he testifies to Congress about some shady Trump stuff. 

How can an elected US official be so fucking dumb?

I saw that tweet when it happened and I knew it was not going to age well.  What a fucking dipshit.