Aristocrat Nancy Pelosi rips up State of the Union Speech

[Yzermandius19]

9 hours ago, godzilla said:

that "right" and "left" are manufactured terms developed by political parties to create a mostly imaginary distinction between themselves. its like when you go out to buy a car... all cars get you from point a to point b. they do the same thing. and sure, some might be a little more reliable than others or have a couple of more features. thats not enough to sell cars i'm afraid. car commercials create imaginary environments catering to particular personalities in order to draw the viewer in. "this car fits your personality"!

this is exactly what the political class does. but even worse, they go further and create boogie men that people fear that don't exist.

There are many distinctions between the two parties, if you think there isn't, you don't know anything about politics. In Canada all the political parties are the same, the same is not true in America.

[Rue]

6 hours ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

Well, what they didn't tell you is that Canadian tourists have a world reputation for being some of the cheapest bastards on the planet.

...the Americans are far more generous, and tolerated because of that.

 

Ok what is in that koolaid you are drinking. HERE YOU GO BUY HERE'S A SHINY NICKEL. 

“It’s the legacy of slavery that turned the tip in the United States from a bonus or extra on top of a wage,” Jayaraman argues, “to a wage itself.”

https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/

https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/

"Tipping started in our country right after the Civil War," Meyer said. "The restaurant industry as well as the Pullman train car industry successfully petitioned the United States government to make a dispensation for our industries that we would not pay our servers, but it wasn't considered slavery because we would ask our customers to pay tips. And therefore no one could say they that were being enslaved.

"And, no surprise, but most of the people who were working in service professional jobs and restaurants and in Pullman train cars were African-American," Meyer continued. "That's the history of how it started in this country. You don't see it Asia. You don't see it primarily in most European countries. But that's what it was, and it created a completely false economy."

https://www.businessinsider.com/tipping-is-a-hoax-born-out-of-slavery-danny-meyer-says-2017-1

 

 

[Shady]

U.S. Jobs Top Estimates With 225,000 Gain, Wages Accelerate

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-jobs-top-estimates

[Shady]

January adds a much stronger-than-expected 225,000 jobs

• The unemployment rate ticked higher to 3.6%, but for the right reason as the labor force participation rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 63.4%, matching its highest level since June 2013.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/07/us-nonfarm-payrolls-january-2019.html

[WestCanMan]

11 hours ago, godzilla said:

been there... its Harmlessville.

no, i've gotten lost in the US and had cops spot me and immediately escort me out and i was thankful for it!

Yeah my parents travelled across the States in '67 on their way to Expo in Mtl and had an incident like that near Detroit. Their car got surrounded and someone noticed the Canadian plates. They went straight up to Ont from there lol.

 

[Rue]

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/trumps-numbers-october-2019-update/:

Labor Force Participation — Despite the abundance of jobs, the labor force participation rate — which went down 2.8 percentage points during the Obama years — is up slightly under Trump.

The labor force participation rate is the portion of the entire civilian population age 16 and older that is either employed or currently looking for work in the last four weeks. Republicans often criticized Obama for the decline during his time, even though it was due mostly to the post-World War II baby boomers reaching retirement age, and other demographic factors beyond the control of any president.

Since Trump took office, the rate has fluctuated in a narrow range between 63.2% and 62.7%. It was at the high end of that range in September — 0.3 percentage points above where it was the month Trump took office.

Summary

Since President Donald Trump took office:

• The economy added 6 million jobs, and the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in nearly 50 years.
• Economic growth fell far short of the annual 4% to 6% Trump promised. The most recent rate is 2.0%.
• The federal debt went up more than $2.4 trillion. The annual deficit hit nearly $1 trillion in fiscal year 2019 – the highest since 2012.
• Median household income rose 2.3%. Average weekly paychecks rose 2.8%. The poverty rate and food stamp rolls declined.
• Stock prices rose: The S&P 500 index was up 29.8%. Single-family home prices rose nearly 23%, hitting a record level in June.
• The trade deficit — which Trump promised to reduce — went up 30%.
• The number of Americans lacking health insurance rose nearly 2 million.
• The number of murders dropped 6.9%. But the number of rapes went up.
• Illegal border crossings nearly doubled, as of the most recent 12 months on record.
• Trump has filled 43 seats on federal appeals courts, compared with 25 filled by Obama at the same point in his first term.

 

[Tdot]

On February 6, 2020 at 12:03 PM, Shady said:

Yes, in the same way it was made apparent when Jesse Jackson was awarded his.  

 

Interesting.

 

Jesse fought for civil rights, Limbaugh only fights for our White Supremacy. Jesse negotiated/got Caucasian USA hostages released from foreign enemies ---when no White USA politician could achieve it, whereas Limbaugh only negotiates talk radio contracts with Clear Channel Communications' Caucasian execs.

 

 

Edited April 3, 2020 by Tdot

[Tdot]

On February 6, 2020 at 9:53 PM, godzilla said:

... i've gotten lost in the US and had cops spot me and immediately escort me out and i was thankful for it!

 

Beattysville KY? Or, Dearborn MI??

 

lol

[Tdot]

On February 6, 2020 at 8:52 PM, godzilla said:

that "right" and "left" are manufactured terms developed by political parties to create a mostly imaginary distinction between themselves.

When regarding NATO and foreign policy, I can agree.  

Although I wonder about your fatuous thinking if you determined there's an imaginary distinction when regarding domestic issues? Such as abortion, affirmative action/White Supremacy, assault weapons, immigration/border wall, LGBT, workplace Unions, Stand Your Ground laws, Voting laws, etc... 

Edited April 3, 2020 by Tdot