Europe on the brink.

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Vol737 said:
Trump is NOT the Fed. Presidents don't set interest rates. These rates were brought to near ZERO largely in response to the financial crisis and the FED's decision to pursue QE....long before Trump was President. Surely, you knew that.
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I do believe that the Fed is compromised and is no longer (if it ever was) independent of the executive branch. It made no sense economically to keep the interest rates so low after 2010/11. Other than to ensure BO was reelected of course.
 
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IluvdoubleD's said:
get out of here....trump replaced the gov with HIS OWN people, even the CDC. It's his admins policies. Just like it's Bidens now. He is trying to correct the situation before it gets out of hand tho. Like I said, I think the fed might have one more in them before they have to reverse .
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You obviously have no idea how the fed is supposed to work.
 
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IluvdoubleD's said:
get out of here....trump replaced the gov with HIS OWN people, even the CDC. It's his admins policies. Just like it's Bidens now. He is trying to correct the situation before it gets out of hand tho. Like I said, I think the fed might have one more in them before they have to reverse .
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President Obama appointed Jerome Powell to the Fed. Trump appointed him as Fed Chair when Yellen stepped down. Powell has retained that post under Biden.
 
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Vol737 said:
President Obama appointed Jerome Powell to the Fed. Trump appointed him as Fed Chair when Yellen stepped down. Powell has retained that post under Biden.
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@IluvdoubleD's had an entire argument of how Trump created a problem by getting rid of Obama's guy and now Biden working to fix the problem, only to have you come in here and bring silly facts with you.
 
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hog88 said:
I do believe that the Fed is compromised and is no longer (if it ever was) independent of the executive branch. It made no sense economically to keep the interest rates so low after 2010/11. Other than to ensure BO was reelected of course.
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In theory, while a President can weigh in on the Fed, they're supposed to go on about their business wrt rate changes and monetary policy as they see fit. I know Trump directed his ire at Jay Powell at one point over further interest rate cuts, which I believe Trump was correct on. We needed to sit still for a bit. I'm not sure we were really out of the woods by 2010/2011, but the Fed probably could have made the case for ceasing QE a while ago and made a colossal blunder, IMO, by not beginning gradual rate increases in Q3 or Q4 last year. They're waaay behind the 8 ball now and could quite likely make things worse with these blunt force trauma rate increases. I think they could find they get behind again on the other side of this as well. The canary in the coal mine is that the debt is so pervasive with such momentum, these rate increases may not tame inflation to the extent people are hoping.
 
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Vol737 said:
In theory, while a President can weigh in on the Fed, they're supposed to go on about their business wrt rate changes and monetary policy as they see fit. I know Trump directed his ire at Jay Powell at one point over further interest rate cuts, which I believe Trump was correct on. We needed to sit still for a bit. I'm not sure we were really out of the woods by 2010/2011, but the Fed probably could have made the case for ceasing QE a while ago and made a colossal blunder, IMO, by not beginning gradual rate increases in Q3 or Q4 last year. They're waaay behind the 8 ball now and could quite likely make things worse with these blunt force trauma rate increases. I think they could find they get behind again on the other side of this as well. The canary in the coal mine is that the debt is so pervasive with such momentum, these rate increases may not tame inflation to the extent people are hoping.
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I don't think the rate increases will work to tame inflation. Our/the worlds response to Covid has put us in such a bind that would require some massive easing of regulations to get out of and we know that isn't going to happen. It's going to take a crash/full stop to put the breaks on inflation but of course that will lead to a myriad of additional problems.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Elon Musk is correct, Germany is in the same boat as the UK and France. People will either wake up right now from their Globalist self destruction....or we will witness the downfall of Western Europe.
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And Canada..I watch all this and see our future under radical Dems.
 
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Orangeburst said:
so another AfD candidate has died..that makes 7. And we should support the EU?
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The AfD is likely Germans only hope. That or outright revolution overthrowing the government. I have zero faith in the EU member governments though. Britons voted for Brexit and yet they are still in the EU years later. The closest thing to a Conservative Party that France has won majorities in their national election...so the other parties conspired together to throw out the election results and remain in power. (Best I can figure, its complicated even Louder couldnt completely figure it out) The Italians actually managed to elect a Nationalist and Conservative female leader, but the EU still holds the real power there and immigration continues unabated. Could the AfD actually manage to turn things around in Germany starting with deporting criminal immigrants and putting Germans first in Germany? Its doubtful IMO. At this point it seems like Revolution (probably bloody) in each EU nation in Western Europe is the only way their way of life survives. Time is running out on that solution as well. Every year things get worse. Every year the window of survival closes further.
 
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Orangeburst said:
so another AfD candidate has died..that makes 7. And we should support the EU?
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I looked into this a bit. and maybe not so stinky.

The 7 that have died were part of 20,000 people running for several hundred local offices in one of their "states". the other parties have also had candidates die.

I haven't been able to find all 7 names, but the 4 that I did, the YOUNGEST was 66.

none of the deaths are expected to change the net results, AfD is still projected to gain tons of local authority in this election.
 
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🇩🇪 Germany: A Muslim woman, angry and veiled, scolded two young girls for not wearing a hijab.

They looked at her calmly and said: This is Germany.

Women here can kiss, drink, dance, laugh, walk free with or without a hijab.

That’s called freedom.
If you don’t like it, you’re welcome to live somewhere else.

This isn’t about Islam.
It’s about choice.
No woman should be shamed, veiled, or silenced by force.
Not in Iran.
Not in Afghanistan.
Not in Berlin.

Let every girl breathe freely.
Let every woman walk unveiled if she chooses.
This is 2025.
Let’s not bow to fear or fanaticism.

 
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LouderVol said:
I looked into this a bit. and maybe not so stinky.

The 7 that have died were part of 20,000 people running for several hundred local offices in one of their "states". the other parties have also had candidates die.

I haven't been able to find all 7 names, but the 4 that I did, the YOUNGEST was 66.

none of the deaths are expected to change the net results, AfD is still projected to gain tons of local authority in this election.
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Some were on their 50s
Cause of death by natural causes
But good to know Trump can knock off several old Dems just coincidence
 
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Orangeburst said:
Some were on their 50s
Cause of death by natural causes
But good to know Trump can knock off several old Dems just coincidence
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we are talking City Commissioners, Mayors, and other lower level bureaucrats like that. hardly a place for a conspiracy to kill off a national party.

I never fully understand the European parliament election process, but my understanding is these candidates in no way impact the national level elections, candidates, or seats.
 
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LouderVol said:
we are talking City Commissioners, Mayors, and other lower level bureaucrats like that. hardly a place for a conspiracy to kill off a national party.

I never fully understand the European parliament election process, but my understanding is these candidates in no way impact the national level elections, candidates, or seats.
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If the age median is roughly the same, wouldnt you expect deaths of other party candidates? The odds of just 7 AdF are astronomical…and throw in the fact that they are even cinsidering banning the party..not buying it.
 
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Orangeburst said:
If the age median is roughly the same, wouldnt you expect deaths of other party candidates? The odds of just 7 AdF are astronomical…and throw in the fact that they are even cinsidering banning the party..not buying it.
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its not just AdF. those are just the only ones making story lines.
 
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LouderVol said:
its not just AdF. those are just the only ones making story lines.
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www.yahoo.com

Germany's AfD: 'No evidence of unnatural deaths' in election campaign

A regional leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Thursday said the party has "no evidence of unnatural deaths" after several of its candidates passed away during an election campaign in western Germany. Local elections are set to be held in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's...
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According to official data, 16 candidates have died during the election campaign in North Rhine-Westphalia, of which seven were from the AfD.

In four cases, police have already ruled out unnatural causes of death. However, no other party has had more than one candidate die.
 
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