All_Pro_Bills

George Carlin said something to the effect that if politicians suddenly all became "honest" the entire system would devolve into chaos. I'm guessing that will prove to be true as illusions and corruption unwind.

I wouldn't worry too much about what Megyn Kelly thinks. Any women that uses a "Y" in her first name reveals she suffers from a bit of vanity. For me, that's a flashing red warning signal. And at 55 years of old she's well out of the window of opportunity where most men, with perhaps the exception of older men that were enamored by her in her prime, would consider her desirable. I don't believe there's any specific "type" that makes a person attractive and the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is quite true. And there are other qualities, attributes, behaviors, and beliefs that make a person attractive. A sense of humor, being curiously intelligent, and a dose of self-awareness can also go a long way. So there's hope for everyone.

Our political process has devolved into an argument between two eight year olds fighting over the rules of a kick ball game.

At this point I see most of Trump's pronouncements and threats as a lot of wind. And if I was in Canada I'd be more worried about China. Through stealth and what they call "elite capture" they've managed to infiltrate institutions, universities, and cultural organizations. Vancouver is more or less a satellite of the CCP. Thank their money laundering operation in British Columbia for high property prices. Triads operate freely out of Toronto. US intelligence and law enforcement has connected with Provincial and Canadian Federal law enforcement but not much has happened. I understand there's some crazy criminal wiretapping law where the government has to inform the crooks that their conversations are being monitored. Is that true? its sounds to ridiculous to be so. But I should not lecture. China has done a similar job here in the States paying off and inviting elites to play along with them for cash and perks while all the morons and simpletons are fixated on Russia. A classic misdirection ploy. We waste resources while participating in wild goose chases like this Ukraine democracy nonsense and they're razor sharp focused on a clear set of objectives and actions. I've got to admire their resolve while fearing their potential success. And please get those wild fires under control. The smoke is impacting an otherwise fine Summer day here.

The is comedy. Its as if Texas Republicans are the first to utilize the political tool of Gerrymandering. Anyone paying attention knows Democrats have successfully employed Gerrymandering to gain electoral advantages in Congressional elections in several States. And the media is playing along. Parroting the story about Texas while conveniently failing to site already implemented examples of the practice by the party once against moaning about the sanctity of democracy. What a bunch of tools. I think this is a potential learning moment. How about something like I won't do it if you won't do it. That sounds like a rational compromise. Any takers? No?

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) reported there were 7,437,000 job openings in June. There are plenty of jobs. And to my point again, the condition defined as stagflation does not currently exist.

Rare earth mineral dependency on China is something anyone watching the resource sector has been aware of for about 10 years. Its nothing new. But there are other sources. One of them is potential domestic mining. Of course doing that was another problem because getting a mining permit, approval for construction, and passing an environmental impact assessment review was next to impossible. So here we are. What I don't understand is when everyone realizes we've been painted into a corner by China, as they're playing the long game with sound strategic goals and objective, is why everyone acts so surprised and wonders why we didn't see this coming?

The definition, high inflation, low to negative growth, high unemployment is not met based on the current conditions.

Did you see the stories about the street riots and looting in Cincinnati after a Black mob attacked 2 White people? Neither did I. Now reverse the situation, use your imagination, and tell me what would be happening on the streets and how the media would report it. I suspect "mostly peaceful protests".

I agree but on the grand list of policy blunders greater than tariffs l'm still waiting to hear any admission from the left that inviting in 12 million generally unvetted illegals dependent on public assistance funds at the state and federal level, sucking up finite resources and producing next to nothing, not to even mention crime generally against legal immigrants, wasn't just as dumb if not dumber. So it's hard to buy into the puzzlement of why won't rational people admit tariffs are dumb when Liberals and Democrats, except for Maher and Carville, won't dare to never ever admit to any policy errors of even the slightest significance.

Trump's move was impulsive, and stupid, but very few people can articulate how these job numbers are produced. It's not a count. It's a statistical estimate produced by a model. You can produce any number you want based on the input assumptions the statistician makes. So the question you want to ask is what assumptions are you making about the economy and the job market? And judge their validity. If you want to know how many jobs are created just ask the IRS how many new W4 forms were submitted.

You're beginning to sound like a conservative.

Political candidates make a lot of promises. Few are kept. Trump said he'd better handle the economy. He didn't say he'd alienate our trading partners. Biden said he'd unify the country. He didn't campaign on letting in 12 million illegals and shifting resources targeted for helping Americans. Trump is right about the need for the Fed to lower rates but his constant berating of Powell painted the guy into a corner. After getting dressed down in public he'd look like a complete tool If he cut rates. These policy decisions should not be public theater but rather done in an official setting. In September there will be a Fed meeting and a rate cut. I'm guessing 50 points rather than the current expectation of 25 points. But it will be too late to avoid a downturn and a stock market drop. If it doesn't happen before that. That's when the money printing, QE and yield curve control enter the debt markets. The July job numbers show the employment situation is deteriorating and add in downward revisions for May and June and the numbers are ugly. Saddle up cowboys. We're all in for a rough and unavoidable ride. For a clue, watch Japan or perhaps Europe dive into a recession first. Its no different this time. Economic cycles start and end. We're close to the end of this one. Time to deal with reality and not the fantasy world of political conflict.

What objective metrics or subjective observations are you citing to conclude inflation is "starting to heat up"? The June CPI reported the 12 month figure at 2.7%. The number for the month of June was .3%. The problem isn't inflation. The problem is there are several different factors that need to be balanced which lead to a conclusion that the consequences of doing what's needed to bring down inflation are judged to be greater than the benefits. Otherwise, there's just a lack of will to do what's necessary and no desire on the part of the American public or elected officials to endure any pain or consequences of the actions needed to bring inflation down. It would be easy to lower inflation to zero or even negative. All you have to do is raise interest rates to 10% and cut government spending 50%. I'll wager that would do the trick and then some. Inflation problem solved. New problem, major recession, perhaps depression created.

A word of advice. If you're a man married to a woman or dating a woman and she says did you see the skimpy outfit that woman was wearing the correct answer is always "what woman". Never admit you look at anything or even under extreme torture admit that you find other women attractive.

There's still much denial out there. The laptop is real. The communications and documents are real. Meetings and connections took place. The big guy was directly involved. Influence peddling and payoffs. It's all genuine. Sure there's Russian psyop operations but of greater concern is the operation that elements and officials inside our own government were running against America. So there are two crimes here. Running an influence peddling racket. And running and participating in an organized cover up operation. Still some believe in a fake Russian disinformation story and a fake intelligence assessment from compromised former intelligence officials. A crime committed to hide another crime.

Most US Gulf coast refineries are configured to refine heavy crude. It was a big mistake to cancel the completion of Keystone. It would have benefited both Canada and the US. But that was the democrats appeasing the environmental base rather than prioritizing the economy. So the Alberta based oil business reacted and lobbied for the now completed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion to the coast near Vancouver. Much of that crude gets shipped down the coast to US refineries. China might be a market for Canadian crude but for now China is happy to receive discounted sanctioned Russian crude shipments and supply from the Saudis. At the moment the Permian is the only US Shale basin that has the ability to increase production. Others have experienced steep and rapid declines in production. As expected by geologists. In short order US production will rapidly decline. No big discoveries with the exception of the Arctic are likely. Offshore drilling is expensive. Drill baby drill is a fantasy. Shipping our NG production to Europe is stupid. The war situation is in part to inhibit the integration of Western Europe and Russia by eliminating a cheap sources of energy and expanded trade. An arrangement thst would cripple US influence over Europe. The smart thing for both the US and Canada would be to agree on a clear mutual beneficial relationship. That doesn't appear to be on the table. Personally, I hold two big Canadian oil companies in my investments. Canadian Natural Resources and Suncor. Both are solid long term well run energy plays with large reserves.

As I'm not one of them why don't you ask them? The question remains, what are democrats willing to do or change to get them back? My assessment is nothing and I stand by that conclusion. Just listen to them. Nobody here loves Trump and when you call posters with opinions that differ from yours "MAGA" its ridiculous. As least for me. I don't have a red hat, never interested in Trump's rallies or his full agenda. His policies and actions are not the greatest. I disagree with much of his agenda and actions. But he's the cleanest pig in the mud hole. I just know for me the democrats offer nothing.

Then the Democrats are crap out of luck in winning back these voters. Because the party will do nothing significant in terms of policy shift to welcome men back in because its dominated by radical leftists motivated to change the socioeconomic system of the country, feminists that hate men, and minorities playing the victim while clinging to a sense of perpetual entitlement that the system "owes" them something, forever and they're going to make you pay for it in every way possible. The approach here is to do more of what's not working until it does work. In summary, they want men to just bend over and take it.

What you're missing here is the cleanest Pig in the mud hole analogy. Or if you prefer, the concept of a lesser of two evils. Some Trump voters can be unhappy with Trump but they as sure as the Sun shines would be much more unhappy with Harris. So yeah, if you want to say remorse okay, but in the context of given no other option.

I'm all for releasing all information and holding anyone that abused women or minors accountable for their criminal and immoral behavior. And if Trump was a party to that he should be held accountable like anyone else. But I'm wondering if disclosure to the public is being withheld because the evidence will also implicate the Intelligence Community. Running or allowing a intelligence gathering Honeypot trap intended to blackmail various officials and others to be run on American soil. Likely by a foreign entity, namely Mossad and potentially involvement of others such as MI6. This could help explain the death grip Israel has when it comes to our government's perpetual bi-partisan compliance to Israel. I think the theory has come validity but I need to see some hard facts to get completely behind that it. And those facts don't appear to be forthcoming anytime soon.

Didn't Garland's DOJ and the FBI have possession and access to the Epstein case files and evidence? They didn't do anything with them. Why aren't people asking why they didn't release the files? And if Trump could be implicated does anyone believe the Biden DOJ would have held back if revealing damaging evidence would have cost him votes and likely the election to VP Harris? This alone would alert an objective thinker that something more is going on here.

Didn't he meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss and sign a trade deal with the EU?

A type of fuel cell? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_oxide_fuel_cell

What I'd like explained is the thought process at work with teachers that need to deal with disruptive students in the classroom without any support from school administrators that generally support liberal causes that discourage and prohibit the imposition of any negative consequences on distracting and bad behavior? Is it simply go along just to get along because any teacher daring to deal with discipline problems will be punished by the district and the other teachers and the union don't have the stones or will to back them up?