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You're both wrong and right. FF rate steers the direction of the interest rates, but the actual wholesale rates are set in the bank markets, most commonly Libor. Prime rate isn't the lowest rate that banks charge their best customers. It's almost always Libor plus a spread. If a customer is paying Prime, it's either in trouble or there's a hiccup in the debt markets.

More evidence than the posts above?

Your recent posting history proves otherwise.

This is closer to my definition of the deep state, which is largely the massive DC bureaucracy which is nearly impossible to dislodge. Funny how no one batted an eye when Obama & his cronies called it the Blob. That deep state/blob is not the same as the global cabal that Greggy defines as the Deep State that controls the world.

Greggy will come up with a convenient explanation of why Deep State keeps Trump alive, and it will be counter-intuitive to the existence of a global apparatus that's supposedly enslaved entire nations for decades, yet can't handle an overweight orange man with a predilection for fast food.

One infamous example.

Despite all the hype, there's still more compelling evidence that the palace coup was orchestrated by a select number of holdovers who thought they were protecting the country from the bad orange man. There's very little actual evidence that the plot extends far beyond the cone of Obama admin. If the Deep State is as wide and deep as you contend, why is Trump still alive?

Only because it was so utterly predictable.

Perfect combination of German efficiency and human depravity

If you've been paying attention, this is the entire point that people were making from the hearing. The media ran with the first part of the session where Sullivan berated Flynn, and only a handful corrected the narrative after Sullivan apologized for his misrepresentation. Because again, you're being selective in what you want to read. The NPR account is fairly even-handed, and if you are going to quote it, then quote the entire relevant section.

There’s a long and deep history of self-hating Jews selling out the tribes.

More Russians have been killed at the hands of Americans in the last 2 years than in decades. There's more internal pressure on Putin due to economic hardship caused by America than in any time over 20 years. But carry on because Trump won't publicly insult Putin

Now the Russia problem has reached the acute stage? Not when they supported an armed revolt and assassinations of Americans?

Even better than a Holocaust denial is the theory that espouses a Jewish - Nazi collaboration to murder the lesser Jews.

And not putting up a Trump tower in Moscow.

Score one for CBS shareholders and the abused. Moonves won't get any severance

First definition that Googlebot brings up is a perfect definition of Trump (and most other populists) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.

At least you're consistent.

Or the simpler explanation that there are a lot of newbies here who've never engaged with the Riddler? They quickly learn. Trump being a demagogue doesn't validate your points at all

Of course he is. A coarse one, as well.

What's so hard to comprehend? A real report was delivered to the Senate Intel Committee, and was conveniently leaked to WaPo. Are you disputing that the existence of the report itself is fiction?

The report isn't fiction. The content in the report may be

You didn't read the article, did you?

The report isn't fiction though.

Step up to the plate Greggy, real news or disinformation? New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep