[quote]pushharder wrote:
https://twitter.com/RumsfeldOffice/status/456156891534483456/photo/1[/quote]
Another example of the “known unknown?”
"The Fed?s balance sheet is approaching $4.1 trillion, a hard number to wrap your head around.
It?s a big number, even by Washington standards. It?s twice the government expenditures for all 50 states, equal to the net worth of 56 Bill Gates and could buy 6.5 billion iPhones, notes Vincent Reinhart, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley."
Is it just me or does it not seem right that the Fed’s spending is TWICE the government expenditures for all 50 states?..
[quote]Bauber wrote:
"The Fed?s balance sheet is approaching $4.1 trillion, a hard number to wrap your head around.
It?s a big number, even by Washington standards. It?s twice the government expenditures for all 50 states, equal to the net worth of 56 Bill Gates and could buy 6.5 billion iPhones, notes Vincent Reinhart, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley."
Is it just me or does it not seem right that the Fed’s spending is TWICE the government expenditures for all 50 states?..
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It costs money to consolidate all the power into one place.
[quote]cwill1973 wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
"The Fed?s balance sheet is approaching $4.1 trillion, a hard number to wrap your head around.
It?s a big number, even by Washington standards. It?s twice the government expenditures for all 50 states, equal to the net worth of 56 Bill Gates and could buy 6.5 billion iPhones, notes Vincent Reinhart, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley."
Is it just me or does it not seem right that the Fed’s spending is TWICE the government expenditures for all 50 states?..
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It costs money to consolidate all the power into one place.
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Lol very good point.
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]cwill1973 wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
"The Fed?s balance sheet is approaching $4.1 trillion, a hard number to wrap your head around.
It?s a big number, even by Washington standards. It?s twice the government expenditures for all 50 states, equal to the net worth of 56 Bill Gates and could buy 6.5 billion iPhones, notes Vincent Reinhart, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley."
Is it just me or does it not seem right that the Fed’s spending is TWICE the government expenditures for all 50 states?..
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It costs money to consolidate all the power into one place.
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Lol very good point.[/quote]
Better point:
“balance sheet
noun: a statement that shows the financial condition of a company at a particular time by listing the amount of money and property that the company has and the amount of money it owes”
Not “spending”…owning. You know…assets less obligations. That sort of thing.
[quote]DrSkeptix wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]cwill1973 wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
"The Fed?s balance sheet is approaching $4.1 trillion, a hard number to wrap your head around.
It?s a big number, even by Washington standards. It?s twice the government expenditures for all 50 states, equal to the net worth of 56 Bill Gates and could buy 6.5 billion iPhones, notes Vincent Reinhart, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley."
Is it just me or does it not seem right that the Fed’s spending is TWICE the government expenditures for all 50 states?..
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It costs money to consolidate all the power into one place.
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Lol very good point.[/quote]
Better point:
“balance sheet
noun: a statement that shows the financial condition of a company at a particular time by listing the amount of money and property that the company has and the amount of money it owes”
Not “spending”…owning. You know…assets less obligations. That sort of thing.
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Balance sheet…
Yeah our current government says that noun doesn’t exist.
[quote]Bismark wrote:
If you call me an elitist enough times does it make me one? You and Goebbels would get along in that regard.[/quote]
lmao.
If you actually had the self awareness to take a step back and listen (read) the nonsense that comes out of your keyboard you’d understand why the above makes me chuckle.
You’re so cute when you play dumb to fit your own preconceived narrative.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Bismark wrote:
If you call me an elitist enough times does it make me one? You and Goebbels would get along in that regard.[/quote]
lmao.
If you actually had the self awareness to take a step back and listen (read) the nonsense that comes out of your keyboard you’d understand why the above makes me chuckle.
You’re so cute when you play dumb to fit your own preconceived narrative. [/quote]
Graduate students are fun.
I know I was a bigger asshole when I was in grad school…INTELLECTUALS EVERYWHERE!
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Bismark wrote:
If you call me an elitist enough times does it make me one? You and Goebbels would get along in that regard.[/quote]
lmao.
If you actually had the self awareness to take a step back and listen (read) the nonsense that comes out of your keyboard you’d understand why the above makes me chuckle.
You’re so cute when you play dumb to fit your own preconceived narrative. [/quote]
Graduate students are fun.
I know I was a bigger asshole when I was in grad school…INTELLECTUALS EVERYWHERE![/quote]
Yeah FUCK THOSE asshole graduate students!!
Oh… wait…fuck
I am one.
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Bismark wrote:
If you call me an elitist enough times does it make me one? You and Goebbels would get along in that regard.[/quote]
lmao.
If you actually had the self awareness to take a step back and listen (read) the nonsense that comes out of your keyboard you’d understand why the above makes me chuckle.
You’re so cute when you play dumb to fit your own preconceived narrative. [/quote]
Graduate students are fun.
I know I was a bigger asshole when I was in grad school…INTELLECTUALS EVERYWHERE![/quote]
Yeah FUCK THOSE asshole graduate students!!
Oh… wait…fuck
I am one.[/quote]
Me too 
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Bismark wrote:
If you call me an elitist enough times does it make me one? You and Goebbels would get along in that regard.[/quote]
lmao.
If you actually had the self awareness to take a step back and listen (read) the nonsense that comes out of your keyboard you’d understand why the above makes me chuckle.
You’re so cute when you play dumb to fit your own preconceived narrative. [/quote]
Graduate students are fun.
I know I was a bigger asshole when I was in grad school…INTELLECTUALS EVERYWHERE![/quote]
Yeah FUCK THOSE asshole graduate students!!
Oh… wait…fuck
I am one.[/quote]
Maybe you and Bissy are in the same classes…look around for a pretentious hipster-like person wearing glasses with no perscription and chewing on a pipe that never gets smoked.
SCOTUS upholds Affirmative Action ban in Michigan case.
The 6-2 decision clears away constitutional challenges to the state bans on affirmative action, which began in California in 1996.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, speaking for the majority, said the democratic process can decide such issues. ?This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be resolved,? he said. ?It is about who may resolve it. There is no authority in the Constitution of the United States or in this court?s precedents for the judiciary to set aside Michigan laws that commit this policy determination to the voters.?
Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a lengthy dissent which she read in court. She said the court had turned its back on earlier rulings that prohibited the states from withdrawing remedies for racial discrimination. The Constitution does not ?give the majority free rein to erect selective barriers against racial minorities,? she said. Her opinion cited the steep decline in the percentage of black and Latino students who were admitted to UCLA and UC Berkeley after the passage of California?s Proposition 209.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed with Sotomayor, while Justice Elena Kagan sat out the case.
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Bismark wrote:
If you call me an elitist enough times does it make me one? You and Goebbels would get along in that regard.[/quote]
lmao.
If you actually had the self awareness to take a step back and listen (read) the nonsense that comes out of your keyboard you’d understand why the above makes me chuckle.
You’re so cute when you play dumb to fit your own preconceived narrative. [/quote]
Graduate students are fun.
I know I was a bigger asshole when I was in grad school…INTELLECTUALS EVERYWHERE![/quote]
Yeah FUCK THOSE asshole graduate students!!
Oh… wait…fuck
I am one.[/quote]
Maybe you and Bissy are in the same classes…look around for a pretentious hipster-like person wearing glasses with no perscription and chewing on a pipe that never gets smoked.
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Only if he is going for a JD. Funny enough, I enjoy the majority of my classmates.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
SCOTUS upholds Affirmative Action ban in Michigan case.
The 6-2 decision clears away constitutional challenges to the state bans on affirmative action, which began in California in 1996.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, speaking for the majority, said the democratic process can decide such issues. ?This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be resolved,? he said. ?It is about who may resolve it. There is no authority in the Constitution of the United States or in this court?s precedents for the judiciary to set aside Michigan laws that commit this policy determination to the voters.?
Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a lengthy dissent which she read in court. She said the court had turned its back on earlier rulings that prohibited the states from withdrawing remedies for racial discrimination. The Constitution does not ?give the majority free rein to erect selective barriers against racial minorities,? she said. Her opinion cited the steep decline in the percentage of black and Latino students who were admitted to UCLA and UC Berkeley after the passage of California?s Proposition 209.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed with Sotomayor, while Justice Elena Kagan sat out the case.
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Sonia Sotomayor is a disgrace to the supreme court.
Don’t ask what race people are and just accept the best applicants based on scholastic achievements. It is really not that hard of an issue ffs.
Oh sorry dat racis’
Well now… Obama’s Justice department is blocking the local prosecutor’s request and the FBI’s investigators to bring grand jury inquiry after the honorable Sen. Reid.
LULZ
“People familiar with the probe said both FBI agents and local investigators have been frustrated for months by the Justice Departmentâ??s inaction on the initial accusations and evidence against the two senators, and those concerns were recently elevated to FBI headquarters.”
Double LULZ
Why do we bother defending Europe ?
[quote]cwill1973 wrote:
Why do we bother defending Europe ?
But the government loves you…just ask them.
Amazing what politicians will do for a guaranteed voting block.
/pandering to La Raza in the U.S.
[quote]cwill1973 wrote:
[quote]Bismark wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Bismark wrote:
[quote]cwill1973 wrote:
[quote]Bismark wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Think Tank Employees Tend to Support Democrats
A U.S. News analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan organization that tracks money in politics, suggests that employees at all but the most conservative organizations gave far more financial support to Democrats than Republicans over the last four election cycles.
Wait, you’re telling me the most informed Americans are inclined to give monetary support to… Oh. [/quote]
Doers vs. “thinkers”.
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Typical anti-intellectual rubbish from someone with an inferiority complex. There are plenty of doers employed at the think tanks in that list, unless you are disregarding former policy makers, diplomats, intelligence analysts and military officers, professions that many academics held before entering academia.
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Typical elitist rubbish from someone with a superiority complex. The notion that certain people will be drawn to certain fields has as much validity as the implications your original post on the topic do. [/quote]
If you call me an elitist enough times does it make me one? You and Goebbels would get along in that regard. What does your last sentence entail in regards to our discussion? It doesn’t change the fact that cwill1973 has demonstrated zero knowledge of beltway think tanks or their employees.[/quote]
That’s funny considering I’m a member of a national foreign relations committee and listen to speakers every month including Ambassadors, FSO’s, military leaders, among many others. In fact I will be listening to and asking questions of Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani next month. I just happen to think the Neville Chamberlain’s of the world have been, and always will be, wrong.
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Which national foreign relations committee if you don’t mind me asking? If it’s invitation by merit, I’m curious what your credentials are. If it’s participatory in nature, I sincerely congratulate you for being a student of global politics.
Where have I show my admiration for the inaction of Chamberlain? I’ve espoused the tenets of Realism in the majority of my FP posts here.
[quote]cwill1973 wrote:
Why do we bother defending Europe ?
The US doesn’t have forward deployed forces in Sweden. Europe is a strategically vital region. Why shouldn’t the US have forces there? The security apparatus in Europe isn’t a result of American benevolence, and nor should it be. It is interest based foreign policy.