Recent content by BlueSmoke

Trump always resorts to bully tactics the more desperate he gets. Why is he desperate? Maybe he still thinks he can get the peace prize. Or maybe he understands Putin's in trouble. Either way, Zelensky is holding some decent cards so Trump's bully tactics will have no affect whatsoever.

Was this an actual ceasefire? Or just an exchange of hostages and prisoners?

I have to hand it to MAGA Republicans. They have formed a coalition of voters that make for odd bedfellows who disregard all the contradictions in their policies.

Priceless comment that Biden didn't do enough regulating. Reminds me of the 2008 Great Recession. Republicans ran around blaming Democrats for stopping them from regulating the mortgage industry. It seemed to escape them what they were admitting with that excuse. I hope Elizabeth Warren...

Price floors? That sounds like government intervention. I thought that was bad?

So Trump made some noise about sending Ukraine Tomahawks and now Putin is going to meet him in Hungary. After Alaska, Trump is so desperate for some real "Putin love". Some folks speculated that in Alaska that Putin sent one of his lookalikes. That could be why Trump was so pissed. But just...

So how does getting paid for this stuff work? They give it to you in cash in a brown paper bag or something? (I obviously have no clue. Protesting is not my thing, but I have wondered about the crowds that get into the protest pictures. Especially those that get behind Trump at his rallies )

See Israel's PM is speaking from paper rather then a teleprompter. If Trump does the same, then the ad lib comments may be a bit wilder then normal.

I don't follow your question?

A foreign base on U.S. soil? On the outrage scale, this is Nuclear level.

I look so forward to the coming Trump Truth Social post demanding that Pam Bondi locate the Antifa folks in that crowd and prosecute them. Of course, MAGA has been known to eat their own before. But at least someone in that crowd would be locked up (and not pardoned).

There must be something perverse about me. When reading about this shipping issue, I couldn't help but laugh.

Ah, I was going to ask if anyone had noticed the announcement of the farm bailout that was supposed to have happened on Tuesday. After reading this, the reason for the delay is obvious. They are going to make the farm bailout part of the shutdown negotiation and resolution. Just wait for it.

I think I have wondered about that on a post or two. After hearing Morning Joe this morning, it would appear Dem leadership has good reason to believe that Trump will fold on this one if for no other reason then its in his own best interest. Therefore, I have concluded that the reason the...

Next week, one side or the other will fold. Can't say I'd be disappointed if its the Dems. This has all the feel of going thru the motions and showing some fight for the Base. And if the Dems win on healthcare, its actually a win for the PUBS. It just saves them the trouble of fixing it...