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  1. Trump may unintentionally drive change with China as countries are pushing back strongly against their policies.

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    BEIJING — China’s leaders have sought to project confidence in the face of President Trump’s tariffs and trade threats. But as it becomes clear that a protracted trade war with the United States may be unavoidable, there are growing signs of unease inside the Communist political establishment.

    In recent days, officials from the Commerce Ministry, the police and other agencies have summoned exporters to ask about plans to lay off workers or shift supply chains to other countries.

    With stocks slumping and the currency dropping 9 percent against the dollar since mid-April, censors have been deleting a torrent of criticism online, some of it directed at President Xi Jinping’s leadership.

    State news outlets, by contrast, have sought to promote the official line, with the authorities restricting the use of the phrase “trade war.”

    If the trade war escalates — and Mr. Trump has shown no sign of backing down — some worry that the public’s faith in the economy could be shaken, exposing the nation to much more serious problems than a drop in exports. New economic data on Tuesday showed slower growth in investment and consumer spending, and there are fears that the financial crisis in Turkey could spread.

    China’s leaders have argued that they can outlast Mr. Trump in a trade standoff. Their authoritarian system can stifle dissent and quickly redirect resources, and they expect Washington to be gridlocked and come under pressure from voters feeling the pain of trade disruptions.

    But the Communist Party is vulnerable in its own way. It needs growth to justify its monopoly on power and is obsessed with preventing social instability. Mr. Xi’s strongman grip may be hindering effective policymaking, as officials fail to pass on bad news, defer decisions to him and rigidly carry out his orders, for better or worse.

    Beijing has already had to shift course once, edging away from threats to match American tariffs dollar for dollar. Confronting the possibility that the tariffs may remain for months or years and that Chinese access to the American market could tighten further, Mr. Xi does not appear to have settled on a strategy for limiting the damage or for persuading Mr. Trump to negotiate a deal.

    Some inside the government have argued China should be more aggressive and put Mr. Trump on the defensive, while others have proposed concessions to address American complaints, said Chen Dingding, a professor of international relations at Jinan University in the southern city of Guangzhou.

    He said the debate was “a healthy development” because it would “inform the public and make policymakers better.”

    Others said it reflects indecision or political weakness on the part of Mr. Xi, who seemed unassailable in March when the Communist leadership abolished the presidential term limit.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/world/asia/china-trade-war-trump-xi-jinping-.html

  2. Going with masturbation as first order after my secretary installs blinds for my office.

    I just lost the company over $10M from an accounting basis and got a bonus. Lulz.

    Going to spend next few weeks to plan my 3-week vacation in Asia.

  3. On 7/17/2018 at 4:58 AM, slorch said:

    Good point.  'Cept I ain't a Trumper.

     

     

    I post what i'm gonna say and roll with it.  I enjoy the discussion.   I post to share a POV and respect that of others.

    That being said, there is most definitely a "bully" mindset in the political forum. The leftists try to shout down anyone with whom they disagree and then claim they are centrists( self-diagnosed, of course.)  Instead of forming an opposing viewpoint in a post, lazy people just neg.  You and I had our own runaround with that bullshit.   Fuck, just tell me I'm wrong and why you think so.  Why is my conservatism such a threat?   Posters will deny that this environment exists.  The evidence says it does.

    I  too, hate the socks.  Always have.  I hate the little fake trolly accounts.  Neggers are in the same boat.  I don't neg first, unless it is a sock or troll.  Whether one agrees or disagrees( many) with me, my shit is out there for all to see.  I treat this place like a bar/ cotton gin/ barber shop/ Dairy Queen where we can have a drink and talk shit and when we walk out the door and see each other out in town, we are neighbors and citizens in the same community.  Maybe that is too tra-la-la, but that's how i view it.  The potshot neggers are people who don't have a take and would get their ass kicked in real life, but they hide behind the anonymity of the web.  I am not crying about neg, but rather answering your question in your post.

    I do like it that for the most part we can post our views and roll with it.  Obviously the board is appealing to me, because here I am...but i hope what I described above answers at least part of your question.

     

    Maybe that's a lot of words to say that those missing posters are just pussies...or bad navigators of the internet.

    Except you engage in the exact same behavior and act like a petulant bitch 

  4. On 7/17/2018 at 5:05 AM, slorch said:

    You negged first.  Post your take and roll with it.  Stop being a fucking pussy. Otherwise there would be no negs, negger.

     

     

     

    Seems like a common occurrence for our resident snowflake.

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  5. On 7/29/2018 at 3:10 PM, slorch said:

    you are incorrect sir.  Sriracha is awesome.

     

    The other sauces are good too.

     

    My faves: Tabasco Chipotle, Cholula, Valentina, Frank's,  any of the Louisiana cheapos are great.

     

    Hot sauce saved my marriage.  Wife could not cook for shit in the first 10 years... OMG!!!

    She still can't cook for shit.

  6. LOlz. You left out the part about my mom having a Rush Limbaugh tattoo.
     
    Let that hate keep ya warm at night, I guess... Hillary was not a move forward either.  That is why she was not elected.



    But you still would perform fellatio on Trump if asked, right?
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  7. It hurts you that the economy is booming in the energy sector doesn't it? Yes I have a smile on my face replying to your post. 



    Either an idiot or a troll. Is your logic that trump improved the energy sector, the global commodities market?
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  8. On 8/3/2018 at 2:45 PM, slorch said:

    Yep.  You negged first.

     

    You motherfuckers are the biggest pussies in the world in CR.  You think you're cute and then when I answer back, you're all surprised.

     

    LOFL.  Rep don't matter...until y'all cry about it.

    Lulz. Snowfake slorch gets negged so goes around negging all my post. 

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