Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Updated:  https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/world/video/american-couple-mexico-killed-bernal-nr-digvid

"President-elect Trump said it will be “very hard” to lower grocery prices now that they have risen, but he predicted they will come down."

"In a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, Trump struck a more measured tone than he did on the campaign trail."


"Trump frequently blamed the Biden administration for high grocery prices during the 2024 campaign, often railing on the campaign trail against hefty price increases for bacon, cereal, crackers and other items."

“We’ll get them down,” Trump told shoppers during a September visit to a Pennsylvania grocery store."

"In a speech in August in North Carolina, Trump told voters, “From the day I take the oath of office, we will rapidly drive prices down and make America affordable again.”

“Prices will come down. You just watch,” he continued. “They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast. Not only with insurance, with everything.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5038002-trump-food-prices-lowered/

I wonder how long it'll be before buyer's remorse sets in and people realize they've been taken for a ride by a con-job?

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Now that's an interesting theory Chris, definitely within the possibilities.  

I'd vote for lousy leadership.  Look what they did in Afghanistan and what they have purposely done to this country just to keep power.

They will do anything to cause havoc with the approval of the deepstate.

Did you hear what this dirtbag Biden is doing with the border wall?  He's auctioning it off to people starting at 5 bucks per section, just to make it more difficult for Trump to continue building the wall.

These leftists hate this country. He is without question the most vile scumbag ever to sit in the WH.  

They are as rotten as they can get.

"Did you hear what this dirtbag Biden is doing with the border wall?  He's auctioning it off to people starting at 5 bucks per section, just to make it more difficult for Trump to continue building the wall."

"If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) response to Newsweek in 2023 aligns with Friday's reports, it might not be as nefarious as Crane believes. A spokesperson said at the time that the materials were being disposed of in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations."

"USACE has already transferred approximately $154 million worth of the roughly $260 million of bollard panels and other materials in accordance with standard excess property disposition procedures," a spokesperson said at the time."


https://www.newsweek.com/govplanet-biden-selling-border-wall-sale-auction-2000729

But, not to worry, Trump and Richie assured Mexico would pay for the wall anyway...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Nim Rod the communist, is once again looking like the buffoonish idiot he always has been.  

The supporter of the Trump "JD" Putin-commie assured us, along with Trump, that Mexico would pay for the wall. We're all sure he'll update us on the payment status any day now...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

It literally took me 2 seconds to find it.  

Here is a Newsweek article for you.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-administration-auctioning-pieces-of-border-wall-report/ar-AA1vPtSI?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Is Newsweek FAR LEFT enough for you or do you need another Leftist source?

I am guessing that since you never could find the Hunter laptop story after you said that the New York Post was fabricating the story when they broke it that you probably needed a computer that didn't cover up any story detrimental to Biden and his administration.  


You might want to learn how to use a computer.  You can't seem to find anything ever.  

Is your computer search engine stuck on the Daily Beast or does it only give You NPR as sources?

I already cited Newsweek in post #4. Of course, Rich chooses to overlook this:

"If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) response to Newsweek in 2023 aligns with Friday's reports, it might not be as nefarious as Crane believes. A spokesperson said at the time that the materials were being disposed of in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations."

"USACE has already transferred approximately $154 million worth of the roughly $260 million of bollard panels and other materials in accordance with standard excess property disposition procedures," a spokesperson said at the time."


https://www.newsweek.com/govplanet-biden-selling-border-wall-sale-auction-2000729"

And I'm not talking about Trump on this one but...

"Obesity rate among US adults fell in 2023 for first time in over a decade: Study"

"The study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum found that obesity nationwide has dropped from 46 percent in 2022 to 45.6 percent last year. The researchers also discovered that obesity has declined substantially in the South, including among women older adults, ages 66 to 75.'

(I seriously doubt that)

"A new research study, that was released in mid-November, found that almost three-quarters of Americans are considered obese or overweight, with greater spikes among those between the ages 5 to 24."

(That's probably more accurate, to say the least)

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5040586-obesity-rate-dip-study/

Originally Posted by James Brown

Probably correlates to inflation Rod.  Poorer obese people can not afford as much food, especially junk food.

" In contrast to international trends, people in America who live in the most poverty-dense counties are those most prone to obesity"
"Counties with poverty rates of >35% have obesity rates 145% greater than wealthy counties."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3198075/#:~:text=Counties%20with%20poverty%20rates%20of,145%25%20greater%20than%20wealthy%20counties.

I'm wondering of the supposed decline in obesity is related to increased intake of Ozempic?

"Sourcing data from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the report found that deporting 8.3 million immigrants in the country illegally would reduce GDP by 7.4 percent and reduce employment by 7 percent by 2028, likely resulting in zero overall growth throughout Trump’s second term."

"According to an American Immigration Council (AIC) estimate sourced by the JEC report, deporting at a clip of 1 million people per year — echoing a proposal by Vice President-elect JD Vance to “start with 1 million” — could generate a 4.2 percent to 6.8 percent loss in GDP. The U.S. economy shrank by 4.3 percent during the Great Recession, the report’s authors noted."

https://thehill.com/latino/5036835-mass-deportation-economic-impact/

Originally Posted by James Brown

I agree.  Here is my logic on this issue:  

1.  Genuine mass deportation would indeed grind the economy in the sectors you mention to a halt.  (Besides being impossible to implement.
2.  The government is not going to grind the economy to a halt on purpose.
3.  Therefore, there will be no "mass" deportations.

So my conclusion is that Trump is blowing smoke about mass deportations, and also that the press that breathlessly reports these stories is blowing smoke too, knowing full well from their contacts inside the government that there is no true desire and no effective means to implement mass deportations.  Makes for a good campaign promise and a good opposition story though!

I would not be surprised to see an effort to deport those who engage in criminal activity beyond sneaking in.  Also the rate of illegal immigration can be curbed a ton without impacting the economy.

Do you agree, or am I missing something?  Seriously.

While I'd like to think your assessment is correct, here's what is missing:

1. Tom Holman, Trump's "border czar":   "Homan, Trump’s former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is expected to carry out what the president-elect has described as “the largest mass deportation operation in American history,” which his allies expect to expand to target potentially millions of people beyond the scope of undocumented immigrants who are accused of committing crimes."

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-chicago-b2662790.html


2. "Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced the state will continue to offer up more land to them for mass deportation facilities, stating that her office is identifying property to be ready for when the new administration takes office in January."  “We have 13 million acres around the state, and if there’s something that meets the federal government’s needs, we want them to be able to utilize that..."   "...the General Land Office was "fully prepared" to enter an agreement with the federal government to allow a facility to be built there for the "processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation's history."

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/texas-donald-trump-deportation-land-offer/

"A settlement has been proposed by the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Synta Technology Corp. of Taiwan; Suzhou Synta Optical Technology Co. Ltd.; Nantong Schmidt Opto-Electrical Technology Co. Ltd; Synta Canada International Enterprises Ltd.; Pacific Telescope Corp.; Olivon Manufacturing Co. Ltd.; SW Technology Corporation; Celestron Acquisition, LLC; Olivon, USA LLC; Dar Tson (“David”) Shen; Joseph Lupica; Dave Anderson; Jean Shen; Sylvia Shen; Jack Chen; Laurence Huen; and Corey Lee (“Settling Defendants and Co-Conspirators”). The other, non-settling, defendants and co-conspirators are Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co. Ltd.; Sunny Optical Technology Co., Ltd.; Meade Instruments Corp.; Sunny Optics Inc.; Wenjun “Peter” Ni; and Wenjian Wang. The lawsuit claims defendants and co-conspirators (1) unlawfully divided the consumer telescopes market and fixed prices for consumer telescopes and (2) unlawfully attempted to monopolize and conspired to monopolize the consumer telescope market in the United States. The settlement resolves the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs claims against the Settling Defendants and Co-Conspirators only."

https://www.telescopesettlement.com/

My guess my question is that counsel(s) will challenge claims which may not stand-up to legal challenges based upon receipts, dates, vendors or whatever so that more of the 32 million settlement remains in the pot and that 1/3 chunk of the pie that the lawyers get is commensurately accommodated?...