1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

More popular than Trump? Kinda like winning at the Special Olympics, isn't it? Not exactly an achievement.

Right! Not really an achievement.

1 hour ago, Yankeesvsredsox said:

One can see the obvious bias by the leftand their propaganda machine.If it was another President besides this one there would be a out cry 

in the streets about the lack of reporting on the Biden’s IRS whistleblower scandal.

Oh the optics.

8 days and counting and not a peep !

Do you mean that Comer's claims should be taken seriously? 

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

It was indeed relevant. Also given to Biden and his staff ahead of time by the reporter. The question is not the issue. The issue is the collusion between the media and the President to present events like this as if they were spontaneous journalism, not kabuki theatre.  And their attempts to hide it.

It's not really shocking considering the context, which was also diplomatic. In this context, it makes sense to safeguard the reply to this particular question.

Actually, it was quite a relevant question considering the context of the conference:

“Your top economic priority has been to build up US domestic manufacturing in competition with China, but your rules against expanding chip manufacturing in China is hurting South Korean companies that rely heavily on Beijing,” she asked. “Are you damaging a key ally in the competition with China to help your domestic politics ahead of the election?”

https://www.aol.com/news/newspaper-denies-submitting-advance-questions-191146305.html

23 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Not to mention the stick he will probably be getting from his wife Melania, because she won't be taking it well, especially with the Stormy Daniels fiasco still ongoing, and this after she had just given birth – – I don't think poor old donny will be getting much "loving" at home, more like the cold shoulder.

 

Som nam na.

Was there ever any true "loving"? I tend to make a different assumption about the reason why she married him.

6 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

This should be an alarm for all successful men, a woman can come along decades later and cry rape.

 

Well, I certainly hope it will be an alarm for anyone intending to rape another person, adult or kid (I mention kids because they often dare to bring it up only after they become adults).

52 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

The Republican dream of requiring in person voting only on a work day is the most anti poor (typical dem voter) restriction in their tool chest.

Spot on! In countries relying on in person voting, elections are usually held on Sunday. It also facilitates finding volunteers and thetefore having more, closer, voting spots.

8 minutes ago, riclag said:

For obvious reasons, it’s impossible to say for sure whether SVB might have been able to survive in an alternate universe without the 2018 rollback. And any bank collapse has numerous complex causes. So experts and advocates are divided on the extent to which the Trump law played a role in SVB’s downfall.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/facts-on-trump-2018-banking-deregulation/index.html

  First Republic Bank financial dilemma is  all during bidens watch not Trumps.

Nice try trying to deflect “all the blame on Trump”.

Experts are divided "on the extent", but several experts cited in the article support the claim that is is at least partly linked to the rollback.

BTW, how is Biden responsible for the bank's risky behaviour?

1 hour ago, riclag said:

First Republic Stock Crashes To All-Time Low As Biden Officials Reportedly Scramble To Save Bank

Another one reeling. 
 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2023/04/25/first-republic-stock-crashes-to-all-time-low-as-biden-officials-reportedly-scramble-to-save-bank/?sh=4bea3c1e30b1

 

It's a pity that there are not enough safeguards imposed to banks to avoid this kind of problems.

Oh, wait!

"In short, the 2018 rollback freed some banks from policies put in place in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 to try to stop these banks and the financial system from crumbling."

The facts on Trump’s 2018 loosening of regulations on banks like SVB

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/facts-on-trump-2018-banking-deregulation/index.html

Luckily, Biden is pushing to reverse this unfortunate deregulation.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-urges-regulators-to-reverse-trump-administration-weakening-of-common-sense-safeguards-and-supervision-for-large-regional-banks/

31 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

not with they faulty piece of shtt anything made in Russia with Chinese parts are not reliable, nothing to fear,  they will shoot themselves and their people with their faulty materials

Russian fighter jet crashes into lake after bursting into flames

https://au.yahoo.com/news/russian-fighter-jet-crashes-lake-164259282.html

 

Video shows moment Russia accidentally bombs its own city

 

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/04/21/belgorod-russia-accidental-bombing-wedeman-intl-vpx.cnn

I am surely not supporting Russia, but according to the article, even imprecise hits making random craters would be a significant impediment.

5 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/106-1999/s105

Yep! (From your source).

16 minutes ago, bignok said:

The US economy has been growing for 100 years so your point is null and void.

Please stop deflecting. I claimed that energy production and exports have increased under Biden. You opposed this claim. I have shown statistics confirming that energy production and exports have increased under Biden.

1 minute ago, bignok said:

The long term trend is up like gdp. Again nothing to do with Biden.

I wasn't addressing the issue of long-term trends. The numbers confirm my claim that production and exports of energy HAVE increased under Biden.

25 minutes ago, bignok said:

Very distorted and biased. GDP grows most years under any leader. Falls are recessions. After covid of course employment improves. 

 

Energy situation is worse.

It's never easy to recover after a major crisis. GDP growth was quite good compared to other G7 countries, and unemployment is at historic low. Reply about energy in my other post.

18 minutes ago, bignok said:

"America is wrestling with the worst energy crisis in nearly five decades, a period of high prices and limited supply. "

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-new-energy-crisis-11659153633

Nothing's better than numbers!

Reference first graph

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/narrative/index.php#InternationalDemandfor

Reference other graphs (exports)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-poised-become-net-exporter-crude-oil-2023-2022-12-19/

4 minutes ago, bignok said:

So nothing is his fault. Just hopeless anyway.

Plenty of things are his fault (at least partly): GDP growth, unemployment decline,  increased energy production and exports, industrial revival, infrastructures, better health coverage, medicine price decrease and capping.... There's a long list.

It appears He's not the only one involved in a conflict of interest.

"Now, a new story shows that Thomas isn’t the only one who’s been less than forthcoming on his disclosure forms. Politico reports that Justice Neil Gorsuch, nominated by Donald Trump in 2017, sold a massive property he co-owned to the CEO of a law firm that often argues cases before the court."

https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-ethics-scandal-just-151500875.html