POLITICS: what have you done for us lately?

[Blackened Soul]

What other way is there for it to swing?

Will it really swing? will it really matter? will a difference really be made? The dems are caught up in a massive internal battle so even if there is any swing will it swing? and a swing song will not help you.

I thought that was the main tenet of this thread? Full circle.

I know.... we are just spiraling ever downwards...

[Bassist_Diver]

What other way is there for it to swing?

Will it really swing? will it really matter? will a difference really be made? The dems are caught up in a massive internal battle so even if there is any swing will it swing? and a swing song will not help you.

I thought that was the main tenet of this thread? Full circle.

I know.... we are just spiraling ever downwards...

YUP. Unless the party unifies it's going to be one fringe faction after the other constantly fucking everything up, and the inconsistency and instability will make it much more difficult for anyone to trust the government due to it being unable to get anything done. If you think Congress is bad now, it's just gonna get worse before it gets better. We haven't hit rock bottom yet and at this point I'm afraid of how much deeper it goes.

[D.o.S.]

We are all kinds of super fucked. As in "holy shit Ms. Diver and I are seriously looking at moving to Canada" super fucked. From G7:

Trump threatens U.S. allies on trade as he exits G7 summit | Reuters

Trump calls for Russia's G-7 reinstatement, adding to deep tensions with allies at sumit | LA Times

Trump: Will know within 'first minute' if North Korea is serious about giving up nukes | The Hill

Fuck me dead. I work with a few economics PhDs and public policy/public health gurus and they're all bracing for impact with the downstream ramifications of this git's inanity and lack of foresight. The butterfly effect of Friday will be very bad to everyone below the median HH income, and even people just north if it. Get ready for your grocery bills to potentially triple in parts of the country!

I predict the G-7 is about to become the G-6.

The people winning here are Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping as they watch the West fracture and turn on itself as we antagonize our closest allies. I really hope that when Trump is gone the damage can be repaired.

Regardless of what happens with the impeachment talk, if a Democrat or non-Trumpian is elected in 2020, we'll have at least 4 years before the damage is undone, likely longer if it's a Republican, even one who's not like Trump (Kasich, Susan Collins, etc). If one of Trump's evangelicals winds up getting elected after Trump we might as well bite the pillow, spread our cheeks, and point them towards China and Russia.

As an aside, Susan Collins sucks.

[Chankgeez]

Don't they all?

[Bassist_Diver]

As an aside, Susan Collins sucks.

Yes, but she's also the R who will most likely be the face of the party post-Trump, since she was who popped up in my 20 seconds of googling "republicans who most side with democrats"

In world events....

[Chankgeez]

Apparently, Larry Kudlow just had a heart attack.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 9759575040

I wouldn't've predicted that.

[Blackened Soul]

ew! I clicked on that! now I have to wash my hands!

[dubkitty]

i wouldn't have predicted that anyone in this administration had a heart. on the other hand, i had no idea that the Canadian death squads were so awesome, so there's that.

[D.o.S.]

Meh fuck Canada too.

[Chankgeez]

#ThankCanada

[comesect2.0]

did trump just save the world?

[friendship]

no

[Chankgeez]

I'm sure in some people's minds (mainly his own) he did.

[comesect2.0]

was watching news with some old ladys and the reporter comes on like world peace was just accomplished and I turned and saw general ackbar staring into my eyes and i yelled "ITS A TRAP!" and the old ladys gasped.

[Bassist_Diver]

So let me see if I get this straight....

1. North Korea agreed to the "denuclearization of the peninsula" but the two countries were never named specifically and the "peninsula" was not defined.
2. Tump said they discussed the atrocious human rights violations only "very briefly"
3. We are going to cease or "hostile" military drills with the South.
4. We did not draw up any steps to denuclearization of the North
5. Trump is actually going to bring that lunatic onto US soil and INTO THE FUCKING WHITE HOUSE
6. China is now pushing for sanctions to get removed
7. The fat psychopath got a mountain of photo ops with the leader of the most powerful country in the world (for now, at least) and his reign was legitimized by holding an audience with him along with the invite to the US

Sounds to me like Kim and China got exactly what he wanted while Japan and SK are now on high alert, the US was given a bunch of empty promises with zero merit or accountability while being clearly gamed on the world stage (again), and the NK citizens are still going to have to live in one of the most inhumane hellholes on the planet since the US just gave NK the optics that their human rights don't matter.