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They’re both blowhards...

What trump does affects everyone in the country, as opposed to Kilauea affecting a few thousand people who bought homes downslope from on this active volcano. Btw, every time I visit cnn.com I see new video of the eruption.

They make me want to shout...yeah, yeah.........

One of my favorite episodes of No Reservations was in Paris. He's doing an early morning tour of the modern Les Halles and for breakfast they have a rare piece of beef on baguette with red wine, and he says something like, "This is breakfast. !@#$ Cheerios man!" I cooked for 6-7 years in my youth and having read read Kitchen Confidential wished I had written it. He was an astute observer of the places and cultures he visited, and I appreciated his commentary. I've met his Russian buddy Zamir a couple times and follow him on FB. He's crushed. It makes no sense....RIP Tony.

It does seem as if the democrats, the party leaders associated with the DNC, actually try to help the republicans win.

What was the biggest financial crisis when banks were heavily regulated from the 1930s to 1980?

Bigger financial crises are a consequence of a lighter government hand over finance.

Yes, if we can just go back to a time like it was before the Fed was created, or the SEC, of CFTC, of FDIC there'd be no crises. Just like there were no crises before those institutions were created...good times man...

I think he makes it this year too. He certainly was the fan favorite from last year's camp, and with a year under his belt he will be even better. I think it was BB.com that listed the WRs by speed, and I was surprised he was #2, I believe (Proehl surprised me there too). If I were a betting man, I'd put money on him making the roster.

1. Poyer makes the Pro Bowl. 2. Hughes gets 9+ sacks. 3. Groy starts more games at center than Bodine.

No. I’m saying It wasn’t some nefarious plot which required illegal activity. Hopefully we’ll find out more details then we’ll know whose speculation is correct. Btw, if you haven’t, read that article I posted, as there are a lot of interesting financial issues related to the $ international system.

Guilty until proven innocent? As a major oil player, Iran had/has billions in funds held outside the country. I doubt very much the US would've gotten involved if the funds were dirty. I'll wait for more details before I say they're guilty. This wasn't the CIA, it was Treasury and State.

I'm not sure how using the $ as a vehicle currency to convert Iranian funds held in Omani rials into euros would constitute laundering? The $ is used all of the time in this way. In order for the transactions to go forward, the banks involved would need the temporary license so as not to "violate" the sanctions. The only thing to see here is the administration tried to do Iran a favor, helping get access to some illiquid funds, as an additional reward for signing the deal.

Not sure where this article should go, but there are so many issues related to discussions here, it seemed like a good place... http://www.atimes.com/article/oil-and-gas-geopolitics-no-shelter-from-the-storm/

"The heels of a recession"? The economy was in free-fall. Anyone with a good understanding of economics understands that the conditions underlying this crisis were more severe than those underlying the Great Depression (the 1930s, btw, was the most anemic recovery in history)--the ratio of private sector debt to GDP was a little over 200% in 1930, and it hit 300% in 2008. I believe it was a study by Rogoff and Reinhart that showed recessions are deeper and the recoveries slower the higher the level of private debt leading into the recession. Given the severity, it required unprecedented action to stop the bleeding using both fiscal and monetary policies. It wouldn't matter who was in office starting in 2009, it was going to be a bad 4 years. Now his second term, that's a different story... Afterward too...

Is that the new Jerry Ostrowski wearing #60?

Prices have been trending slightly upward ever since OPEC and Russia announced production cuts last year. The most recent spike was a consequence of issues surrounding Iran and Venezuela and Hedge Funds making historic long bets. The latter causes price to overshoot, so we're now experiencing the pull back. My prediction for the year was a trading range of $50-$70 for WTI.

Not the Eagles man......

Sad. I didn’t even realize he had ALS.

Did a search, but didn't find anything under "Babachenko" the journalist that Ukraine said was murdered, then tried to implicate it was a Russian hit, only to say it was faked to set up Russia. Now it's really falling apart... https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-02/real-assassin-arrested-staged-kiev-hit-linked-ukrainian-intelligence-official-story

9 draft picks too.

From the mid-1960s until 2000 US manufacturing jobs hovered around 17 million +/- 1 mil. Your technology impact is accounted for in that data, as manufacturing output increased over this time period (output increases with the same number of workers). In 2000 there were 17.3 US million manufacturing jobs, and by 2007 they fell to 13.9 million, a 20% drop. Over this same time period, the goods deficit with China increased from $84 billion to $260 billion, or 300%. I'm sure it's just a coincidence....

You'll have expand on that one, since it doesn't really address any point in the thread. If you're talking about me, I may have once said something related to farm workers, that you won't find "Americans" picking strawberries.

Have you looked at the Browns schedule? The play the NFC South and AFC West. Even their last place schedule has them playing the Jets and Houston, both teams that were "bad" after the starting QBs went down. Based on 2017, they have something like the 5th hardest schedule vs the Bills' 18th. The Browns will be a tough out for people, but that schedule is brutal. Bills should win more, even with a less settled QB situation.

Star will also be important for Edmunds. If he forces double teams, Edmunds will be able to run free.