I'm curious. In what year was your picture taken? The sepia toning and uniform style in your avatar seem old. Most veteran pictures I see are usually in dress uniforms and have the f**g in the picture, even the military dress photos taken for the military serving in Vietnam. Below is a Vietnam era boot camp graduation portrait. (It is NOT me - just one I found on the internet to help you see why I'm asking). Actually, if you don't mind me asking, what war did you fight in?

Wow, where to begin?

Apple announced sales for Q4 would fall far short of forecasted earning due to slow sales in China. Tim Cook cited several contributing factors but the most impactful is the trade war which is causing uncertainty for all companies dependent on sales in China. That's why the market plunged.

Also, your claim about the highest stock market in history needs clarification because trump is not the direct cause (though he is a contributing factor). The market is like a fully loaded oil supertanker... it takes a long time for it to change direction. The market has been steadily gaining since the 2008 depression. The economy began turning for the better due to steps taken shortly after the "bailout" was passed, the economy began turning in direction. It has been recovering steadily since then. Clearly Trump has been a part of it - corporate America just loved his tax break but he is not the sole cause not the most significant contributor.

However, a president can sink the economy very quickly with a war.... including a trade war. Bingo! Now the market is very shaky and has lost a significant amount of market capitalization. The trade war and protective tariffs are not just slowing our economy but also China's and in turn slowing the world economies. That is the fear that Trump is causing and why the market is dropping.

One last point; something you will undoubtedly fine inconvenient; Pelosi was the leader in getting the "bailout" through the House in 2008 - while BUSH was still president.

You knuckleheads will say anything.... just like Trump will say wh**ever comes into his tiny little brain.... for instance, his defense of Russia's invasion of Afganistan. The Wall Street Journal castigated him for his revisionist history...it's just like your efforts to pin the market downturn on Pelosi. It appeals to you because it makes her look bad when, in t***h, it just makes you look stupid and uninformed.

DOW's performance in 2018 is the worst since 2008. Virtually all sentient beings understand the main causes are the trade war, the uncertainty over the future of the trump presidency, and trump's simple-minded incompetence. Perhaps you consider these factors "glitches"; that's how trump referred to the recent drops in the DOW.

[quote=Cykdelic]For the thinking impaired.....

Australia, was FOUNDEDby the British as a penal colony in 1788. Over the next 80 years, more than 160,000 convicts were t***sported to Australia from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, in lieu of being given the death penalty.

The United Kingdom USED the colonies in North America (not just the U.S. ) as a penal colony through a system of indentured servitude. ... It is estimated that some 50,000 British convicts were sent to colonial America and the majority landed in the Chesapeake colonies of Maryland and Virginia.

Please note the difference and quit making fools of yourselves.[/quote

America, notably Plymouth, was a refuge from political and religious opprssion... try and understand our history insted of perverting it to your perverse interpretations.

BS - the artist sees, the viewer appreciates (or not)

Viability as a measure is shallow? Are you serious? You would want a zygote to be considered human life? If it can't survive on its own, why is it life? There are terrible challenges facing such a potential life-form. If it can's survive on its onw, why is it more important than it progenitor who wishes to live her life free of your interference.

Is a******n wrong? Yes, but it is legal and necessary for those who are impregnated against their will. Does it happen too often? Yes but what is your alternative? Carrying a zygote to term against woman's will? How is that not s***ery to the state? Do I wish a******n was not a necessity? Of course; but I am committed to a women's choice as much as other members are committed to the 2nd amendment.... and NO LESS THAN THEM.

This is all such BS. Trump is an a**hole on many levels… a liar, a fraud, a misogynist, a grifter, a t*****r. If you support then you are too..... damn anarchists, damn Russian trolls... that's what you are. You have no love for the US, you only want to tear it down... the most elegant of all governments. you want to destroy it because you believe trump the liar.

You fools! You are nothing more than unwitting anarchists.... or worse.

You can’t help anyone; lies are the problem, not the solution.

The left is liberal, the right is conservative. You can try to lie your way out of it but it doesn’t work. The N**is weren’t liberals, just ask the survivors of Dachau et al.

You and LWW are liars and frauds. You’ve been outed, go back to your handlers and they’ll tell you “good job, you’ve had a good run”.

In the US, left is liberal, right is conservative, you and your comrade LWW try to confuse and diffuse the facts. Repeating the same lies makes you boring and laughable.

Your posturing is hilarious. LWW’s are simply lies and misdirection.

Give it a rest, go foul some other board with your BS.

Deal with the US political culture. In the US, the left is liberal, the right is conservative. Citing the Brit’s definitions doesn’t always align to American reality.... for instance, do you drive like them?

Dissembling is your stock in trade. I’m not sure anyone buys your patter but I find your Clouseau-like efforts as humorous.

Now you are clearly lying... don’t you have any integrity at all?

Yeah, of course, the country is more united now, the swamp has shrunk, and the world is a safer place now that Mr. Sunshine has provided such well thought out, exemplary leadership.

So, you must think Bone Spur is really helping the Republican party’s long term viability. Then how come, he was so humiliated by the “blue wave” despite all his campaigning preceding the midterms?

LOL - dreamer! It’s not about the past, it’s about the here and now... and your Uncle Fester and his Adams family disfunctionals are getting in deeper trouble every single day.

Ah, the fraud from the Internet Research Agency pokes his head above the sewage and spews more crap.

The gist of your absurd posit is the left is liberal so N**is are l*****ts.

So in your sad world, the Holocaust was the result of liberal N**i policies that embraced cultural differences and practiced inclusion, right?

What a crock... go back to your dacha you fraud. You’re no American and using someone’s picture in uniform is as contemptible as your efforts to promote your agency’s disinformation campaign..

Frank, my response was to LWW’s latest absurd posting. Look back on the thread.

So, does this mean you believe trump “leadership” is enhancing the best long-term interests of the Republican Party? If so, how do you explain the results of the midterm e******n?