Perhaps Trump should study up on how Woodrow Wilson was able to purchase what is now the USVI from Denmark in 1917 for $25 million (roughly $500 million today).

Appointment of judges who rule on the law and don’t make it, reduction of unnecessary and counterproductive government regulation and intrusion, tax reform leading to increased employment and prosperity, providing for common defense to keep all safe, border security and administration of immigration...

Trump, I like 80% of what he has done as President, I hate 80% of what he says/tweets. Trump is a crude, egocentric buffon. He is not the racist that the mlm makes him out to be. Imho he is less racist than Obama. His rhetoric is not the smooth soothing crap that the big O put out, but his actions a...

I made a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Authority last fall. There seemed to be out right overt discrimination against Christians and Jews in the Authority, but not against Muslims and Christians in Israel. The stated objective of the PLO and Hamas is outright destroying of Israel, while that of...

I'd go as far as to offer shooting & gun handling/maintenance instruction and competition at the high school level. I happen to feel that if as many people as possible knew the truth about guns, their capabilities and how to use them properly, the better off we would be. Dispelling myths, develo...

Well as a law abiding citizen of the United States of America I believe that only law abiding citizens should have the means to purchase fire arms also I believe that skill testing and training should be mandatory + can you correctly disassemble and reassemble your weapon + can you correctly load a...

I see Dems today rejected amendment to notify police when someone applies to buy a gun and is turned down on the background check. This includes notifying ICE for "undocumented" illegal aliens. So much for enforcement... Link to the actual bill? I’d like to read all the amendments Sent fr...

I see Dems today rejected amendment to notify police when someone applies to buy a gun and is turned down on the background check. This includes notifying ICE for "undocumented" illegal aliens. So much for enforcement... Hahaha, that amendment is awesome. Which R came up with that liberal...

I see Dems today rejected amendment to notify police when someone applies to buy a gun and is turned down on the background check. This includes notifying ICE for "undocumented" illegal aliens. So much for enforcement...

If I’m reading the 2017 FBI link correctly and your opening post there were more homicides with hammers and blunt objects than with rifles of all types. Why are we hung up on a subset of rifles and ignoring hammers? Not to mention 876,000 deaths by abortion in the US in 2017. Sent from my iPhone us...

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kalm wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:
You think productivity gains have been even across the entire economy?

Do you think income gains have been even?

Are they supposed to be even?

Some of this is valid, some not so much. I had to look up the Twin Metals lease and that just depends on how you prioritize a healthy ecosystem. Around here examples like the Anaconda copper mine and the Silver Valley which affected downstream waters in Lake Couer d Alene and the Spokane River wate...

Other shackles include, in no particular order: Bending environmental rules beyond precedent to hamper the economy, (ie the faulty logic behind not renewing the Twin Metals lease) and delaying business action in general through overzealous environmental regulation where administrative rules go beyon...

Trump leaves me cold on many of the random things he speaks in needlessly inflammatory terms, mocking the tactics of the leftists ridiculous rhetoric and I cringe when he opens his mouth. On the other hand the things that he has done have been more successful than the actions of most, if not all of ...

I agree on all 3. And that's similar to what they have with the euro & pound, too- Have the penny, but also a 2 cent piece, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent. 1 and 2 euro/pound coins. Paper doesn't start until the $5 euro/pound bills. We already have the $1 coin. Just start cranking out more o...

Classical liberalism is a political ideology and a branch of liberalism which advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom. Notable individuals whose ideas contributed to classical liberalism include John Locke. Classical liberals agreed with Thomas Hobbes tha...

This sums it up nicely. Well done. :thumb: As I've said before, California is the cereal state - it's filled with fruits, flakes and nuts. Residents aside it is also filled with beautiful places. There are states with better beaches, better mountains, better whatever but I don't think there is a st...

The struggle is not really along Conservative vs Liberal lines, but rather Urban vs Rural with Suburbia as the battle ground that decides which values win any particular election.


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Is there truth to the report that this was brought on by a You Tube video and therefore our bigoted right wing populace in the US is to blame? Oh wait that was the last administration’s truth...


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She didn’t claim it to gain employment. She did it after she was employed to show the department was diverse. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'm a liitle more inclined to believe Ivytalk on this one, as I'm sure he is a little more familiar with the hiring climate back in those days. Plus, as C...

I wonder if the same folks who believe that the Supreme Court is undermined by Kavanaugh stretching the truth on teenage drinking feel the same way about the Senate when Warren stretched the truth about her ancestors. I say impeach them both or neither. A package deal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapa...

She's anywhere between 1/32 - 1/512th Native American... The inherent imprecision of the six-page DNA analysis could provide fodder for Warren’s critics. If her great-great-great-grandmother was Native American, that puts her at 1/32nd American Indian. But the report includes the possibility that s...

Thinking that the Democrats did what they needed to do is absurd. Holding the letter fromDr Ford back through the investigation process of Judge Kavanaugh almost led to her allegations not being investigated and hampered her right to be heard. Please explain how Cory Bookers speech was what any leg...

I think Democrats did what they needed to do. Whether it means they increased enthusiasm among Trump cult nut jobs or not, they had to show their own people that they would fight in order to maintain their own side's motivation. We'll see how it works out. Thinking that the Democrats did what they ...