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How'd that fucking election turn out for everyone so far?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/13/fed-raises-2018-outlook-for-us-economy.html

The median real GDP forecast rose to 2.8 percent, up from 2.7 percent, for this year. There were no changes for 2019 and 2020, and the longer run median forecast remained 1.8 percent.

Economic activity has been rising at a "solid" rate, the Fed's statement said, marking an upgrade from "moderate" in the previous statement. The central bank raised its benchmark short-term interest rate a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday and indicated two more hikes will likely come this year.

Policymakers also lowered their expectations for the unemployment rate. The median projection for this year fell to 3.6 percent, down from 3.8 percent. For 2019 and 2020, the median expectation for the unemployment rate declined to 3.5 percent, from 3.6 percent.
 
#23
People are going to be livid when he gets the Nobel Peace Prize.

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craigh said:
People are going to be livid when he gets the Nobel Peace Prize.

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LMFAO! So appropriate, that shot... Boo fucking hooooooo!

I don't give a shit if Trump (who I consider to be somewhat of a lucky boob) wins it, but if he assists in the negotiations to denuclearize North Korea, I mean... shit.

Considering Obama got it and did shit to deserve it and then went on to bombing the shit out of foreign countries through drone strikes. So, let's talk bias.

Obama’s covert drone war in numbers: ten times more strikes than Bush
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.c...r-in-numbers-ten-times-more-strikes-than-bush
A total of 563 strikes, largely by drones, targeted Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen during Obama’s two terms, compared to 57 strikes under Bush. Between 384 and 807 civilians were killed in those countries, according to reports logged by the Bureau.

Obama should return his Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...2c504a-4f21-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html
It didn’t take Mr. Obama long to fail that test: among other things, a tsk-tsk response to Russia’s Crimea annexation; a dare for Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue his expansionist course, never mind Russia’s brazen dismissal of that threat with its follow-on incursion into eastern Ukraine, including the virtually certain downing by allied Russian militia of a Malaysian passenger aircraft. Perhaps most tellingly, there was Mr. Obama’s retreat from the “red line” he laid for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, allowing the Russians’ undeterred presence on the side of the Syrian dictator and his genocidal agenda.

One can only guess how a more robust U.S. policy might have contributed to fewer deaths and asylum seekers and the untold misery that the Syrian conflagration has brought about. Not a trivial list of Obama administration failings. An honorable, if belated, step would be to return the prize to Oslo marked “unused.”

Nobel secretary regrets Obama peace prize
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34277960
 
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These are all just scare tactics.
Both parties are going out of their way to tell their base that they will lose because that's how they drum up voter participation.

If Kavanaugh's nomination decision is going to be post-election, then that will be the rally cry for both parties - I believe this is why it's getting 24/7 coverage.

That said, Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight is still one of the best. His data is better thought out than anything I've seen.
 
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