The Trolls all left OT to infest other threads.
Even the Players League thread is not immune to the Juvenile Cult with their obnoxious animated signatures!
28 Jan 2018, 22:06
What Happened To OT?
Why did, and when, did OT die? This was one of the best sections on the forum, why does no one even seem to reply to threads on it anymore?
Also, paratroopers had little effect in WWII and should not be in game. Discuss.
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29 Jan 2018, 12:25
What a pity, going and trolling the PL and the like is very bad form. Seems like the trolls are no longer benign here.
29 Jan 2018, 14:04
What is OT?
29 Jan 2018, 17:37
The "off topic" forum section.
Seems kinda obvious in retrospect, doesn't it? But don't feel bad; I had the same initial reaction.
30 Jan 2018, 02:37
My initial reaction was we were going to talk about Overtime in American Football. Then I saw the section it was posted.
"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." - General George S. Patton, Jr.
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
30 Jan 2018, 07:34
Why not go back to politics?
I remember a big thread here in the forum about the last us election. There where a lot of people they speak for Mr. Trump. So what did they say now, round about two years later? Are they pleased with him - will they vote him again?
31 Jan 2018, 17:23
That sounds pretty good. Tbh, Trump doesn't seem to do much other than act like a moron, but that could be because the media report on what he does good. Apparently though, the economy is doing much better under him.Xarus wrote:
Why not go back to politics?I remember a big thread here in the forum about the last us election. There where a lot of people they speak for Mr. Trump. So what did they say now, round about two years later? Are they pleased with him - will they vote him again?
As an Irishman, I cannot vote for him.
1 Feb 2018, 02:34
The economy was already doing fine. We won't know how the economy is doing under him for a year or two yet. Remember Bushes free rein on the banking system didn't cause an economic collapse until his last days in office, before the deregulation that allowed sub-prime lending caught up with the market.
"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." - General George S. Patton, Jr.
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
1 Feb 2018, 13:54
Hmm, guess so. Isn't employment very low now though?
1 Feb 2018, 23:42
It was low before Trump took office, other than the chronically unemployed who had no skills, no desire to work and usually don't last if they do take a job because they don't want to work.
"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." - General George S. Patton, Jr.
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
2 Feb 2018, 00:13 (edited)
Of course, Pete, the raw unemployment rate numbers during most of the eight years of the Obama Administration masked the lowest labor force participation rate in 35+ years (since women entered the labor force in a big way in the early 1970s). The raw unemployment numbers do not tell the whole story, but, yes, in answer to Duck's question, the unemployment rate is down since Trump took office. Unemployment stood at 4.9% in October 2016 (the last full month before the 2016 presidential election), and it was 4.1% in December 2016 (last full month for which data is available). The labor force participation rate has remained more or less constant the past year at 62.7 to 62.9% and minor fluctuations could easily be attributed to new graduates entering the labor market and known seasonal variances. The big hit to the labor force participation rate occurred as a result of the 2008-09 recession, when it dropped from 66.4% (January 2007) to a low of 62.3% (September 2015). Since then the LFPR has risen slightly and maintained as previously described.Peter Mat wrote:
It was low before Trump took office, other than the chronically unemployed who had no skills, no desire to work and usually don't last if they do take a job because they don't want to work.
With a growing population of 320+ million, the U.S. economy must grow at or above the rate of population increase in order to offer jobs to those newly added adults who have reached working age. The U.S. gross domestic product grew at an anemic rate of 1.6% in 2016, and a significantly better 2.3% rate in 2017 -- although the 2017 numbers are not yet the final revised numbers. Most importantly, we are seeing evidence of major capital investments by American business as we begin to see the repatriation of over $1 trillion held abroad by U.S. multi-national corporations, which had previously kept overseas profits outside of the jurisdiction of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service because U.S. corporate income tax rates were higher than Ireland, the UK, and most of the industrialized world. The recent tax bill enacted by the U.S. Congress has apparently corrected that problem.
Let me know if any of the jargon used above is unclear. My education and previous work career were heavy on the economics and finance, and I have been known to descend into econ-speak.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000
2 Feb 2018, 00:29
So what do you think will happen with the tax windfall? I am of the opinion that corporations will 1) purchase share buy backs, 2) Increase dividends to stockholders and 3) invest in efficiency improvements to further reduce their workforce, which of course is one of the largest drains on capital. I do not think they will hire thousands of workers as the President would lead us to believe will happen.MontanaBB wrote:
because U.S. corporate income tax rates were higher
"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." - General George S. Patton, Jr.
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
2 Feb 2018, 08:31
Actually one problem with Trump is, to my eyes as a foreign onlooker, he hasn't really fulfilled his promises. Two that immediately come to mind are his wall, which I hear very little of, and his promise to boost the coal mining industry. AFAIK both of these don't seem to have been addressed by him.
2 Feb 2018, 11:04
There was a report on NPR a week or two ago, that coal production is up some due to releasing of environmental regulations. However the cheap cost of natural gas is another driver for the slow growth.Quasi-duck wrote:
boost the coal mining industry
Remains one of the stumbling blocks in getting a budget passed by both houses of congress. It seems that we as the American tax payer will have to pay for it though as the Mexicans said no, so that is a definite break on a campaign promise. There are other stumbling blocks in the budget process as well.Quasi-duck wrote:
his wall
"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." - General George S. Patton, Jr.
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
"Do, or do not. There is no try" - Yoda
2 Feb 2018, 14:39
So how is this different than any other politician?Quasi-duck wrote:
Actually one problem with Trump is, to my eyes as a foreign onlooker, he hasn't really fulfilled his promises.
2 Feb 2018, 15:15
I believe in terms of keeping promises he's done better than recent Presidents.Quasi-duck wrote:
Actually one problem with Trump is, to my eyes as a foreign onlooker, he hasn't really fulfilled his promises. Two that immediately come to mind are his wall, which I hear very little of, and his promise to boost the coal mining industry. AFAIK both of these don't seem to have been addressed by him.
He passed tax reform. He didn't get everything he wanted but the big thing in my view is the drop in the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%.
He promised to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and did so.
He promised to institute a travel ban on certain countries that harbor terrorism. He has done this. This will go to the Supreme Court and they will uphold it because he can in fact do this.
He promised to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord and did it. He approved the Keystone XL pipeline as promised, and lifted regulations on coal. The bounce back for that will take time.
He's moved the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. That is something just about every President has promised.
2 Feb 2018, 16:26
Yes he made a lot of the things that he has promised, but i my mind as a European in the beginning of the 21 century, he makes a old school politic only for the next two or three years. Egoistic and non working for the future.
To cancel global contracts to save the environment and to say that the global warming is a "fake news" is insane. If we had more international politician like him the life on earth is obsolete. If we not stay all together a "yes we can" and take the last grasp at straws we have no future, I believe.
We need more a global Apollo program, not to fly to the Moon - but to save our life on Earth.
2 Feb 2018, 16:49
How about the most famous promise kept to voters? How did it go..?
"If you like your provider, you can keep your provider. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."
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2 Feb 2018, 22:34
A lot of interesting points, though the fact that he denies global warming is pretty unacceptable imo. It's kind of a big deal.
2 Feb 2018, 23:56
He also denies the Earth is flat...
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