Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

There was no lie.  I stated facts. 

When and where did you criticize Rasheeda Tlaib?  

When and where did you criticize Ilhan Omar?

Feel free to provide some proof to counter my factual assertion.

I'll stand by my assertions regarding your lockstep support of the squad and virtually all Democrats, even the ones who hate Jews and want the country of Israel wiped off the map, and want all Jews in Israel killed by Hamas.

When I called out Ilhan Omar for her vile anti-semitism, You were the first and only who came on this forum and gave her a pass claiming that she apologized for her vile Jew hating comments.

You defended a Jew hating vile Democrat congresswoman.  

That's a fact.  

IMO, there is something wrong with your brain, it is broken.

When and where did you criticize Hitler? When and where did you criticize the neo-nazi groups that support Trump?

IMO, there's something wrong with your brain, it is broken...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Oh, the old and tired leftist ploy of avoiding the question by asking a question.

Here's a clue for you, when You engage that stuff, it is solid evidence that you've lost the argument.

As for the stupidity of bringing Hitler into the mix, when did I ever praise Hitler or more importantly when did I ever make excuses to defend what Hitler did or say?

Answer is Never

Now on the other hand, You DID make excuses for Ilhan Omar, and you still would to this very day.

And you're a Jew who apparently feels the need to give comfort and aid to someone who hates Jews and Hates the state of Israel. 

That sort of makes one wonder why you would make excuses for a vile anti-semite?  It implies the question WHY would a person do that?

The answer is because she's got a D after her name.  

YOUR Driving motivation and YOUR instinctive response (ALWAYS) is that IF one of your Democrat politicians makes a vile racist, bigoted, anti-semitic statement about the Jewish people or Israel, even chanting "from the river to the sea" a known anti-semitic trope, YOU will be the first person out there making excuses for their evil thoughts, to the point that you will lie and say "Oh, she didn't mean it, and she's apologized".

At this point all I'm saying is that IMO, you're gullible and stupid when you do that.  

What I will also say is that I'm glad that by your massive diversions over and over and over, in all of your impotence to provide any evidence to the contrary, we can see that You cannot show that You have criticized one member of your Democrat party, EVER.  

That tells me that you're a blind sycophant of the Democrat party.  It is obviously your very religion since you worship them like some sort of God entity.

You ask these kinds of questions and employ these kinds of tactics.

About the only thing I've ever said in regards to Omar, other than what you may have thought you've heard in your head, is that she had apologized for some anti-semitic remarks she had made. That's hardly a defense of her. 

That said, I don't see you criticizing anything some anti-semitic mouthpiece or group that supports Trump and there are plenty of them. I've not heard any of them apologize for their remarks and some are being elevated to positions in the Trump administration.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Name the person and name the remarks and I'll give you my opinion.  Until then, I'll stand by my correct assertion that you are a lapdog of the Democrats. 

If you can show me 2X where you have differed from the Democrat party or 1X where you have criticized one Democrat, it would be a miracle. 

I've criticized Mitch McConnell and called him out as the sleaze he is, I've criticized Paul Ryan and left the party because of him.

I've badmouthed Thomas Massey here who is the asshole that he's always been. 

I've criticized Rand Paul.  I've criticized Rinos of the party all over the place.  

Those are just a few off the top of my head,

Name ONE f'in Democrat you've ever criticized openly.  You're a leftist hack and you're full of shit lockstep leftist.

I'll check back for your response.

You evidently suffer from selective amnesia. I started an entire thread on Gavin Newsom, a likely future presidential candidate, and why I wouldn't vote for him and, in fact, have voted for Republicans vying for his governorship when it came up on the California ballot.

That's just one example but I don't feel obligated to jump through your hoops to provide others.

As far as those in the Trump administration is concerned, you could have simply utilized google:   "Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists".     https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism

"Kash Patel, other Trump officials, linked to antisemitic extremists"
https://san.com/cc/kash-patel-other-trump-officials-linked-to-antisemitic-extremists-report/

But, really, do you think anybody cares about your opinion?

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

No, when I make assertions I can prove them.  

You want to play semantic games James as to what you stated.

This is a fact.  You stated this:  Trump was going to institute tariffs on the Pharmaceutical industry which was going to destroy the economy and You implied that he was already destroying the economy.

You are free to refute the fact above but you would have to lie to do so.  

I didn't tell you to make that claim and it doesn't matter Why you stated that, be it that You were simply regurgitating another lefty who told you so, or whether you came up with that analysis on your own.

The fact is that you made that prediction.  I called you out for saying it, and you claimed that I was putting words into your mouth, which I clearly proved that I wasn't, and that You stated it.  

You never put qualifiers on your statements or assertions.  You never said well Trump might change the percentages of his tariffs which may not end up destroying the economy", You simply said that he was going to put tariffs in place on pharmaceuticals which were going to cause the costs of drugs to rise, which will destroy the economy.

You are proving yourself to be nothing more than an incorrect hysterical leftist who has been wrong about 

It is now getting a little boring showing that you said what you claim you did not say.  I'm happy to do it, but I'm certain that others now realize that you're simply angry that I'm showing facts about Your statements.  

Your doomsday predictions about the economy are NOT coming to fruition.  

Now then, lastly you claimed that there were reasons why the economy has not crashed as you falsely predicted that it would.  

Your new mantra is that Trump decided not to raise the tariffs and therefore that is the reason that the economy is still ok.

Here's another fact.  Trump still has massive tariffs on Chinese goods, and since the vast majority of pharmaceuticals are made in China, then there should be massive increases in drug costs according to you.

Since there is not, what is your new excuse?  You are wrong again, so what you say holds no merit in fact whatsoever.    

Not that I believe anything Rich asserts James or anything anybody says is remotely accurate, since I wouldn't want to lend credence to anything he says without scrutinizing it first even though it's generally a waste of time and effort given the source, I'll respond to this:   "Trump was going to institute tariffs on the Pharmaceutical industry which was going to destroy the economy and You implied that he was already destroying the economy."

"The U.S. economy shrank faster than previously thought during the first three months of 2025, with growth contracting for the first time in three years."

"The country's gross domestic product fell at an annual rate of 0.5% from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in its third and final GDP report for the period. The agency's initial first-quarter GDP report, issued in April, estimated a 0.3% decline, which was later revised to a 0.2% dip in its second print."

"First-quarter growth was weighed down by a surge of imports as U.S. companies and households rushed to buy foreign goods before the Trump administration's tariffs went into effect."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gdp-report-first-quarter-2025-declined-commerce-department/#:~:text=While%20that%20represents%20a%20solid,costs%20of%20tariffs%2C%20Powell%20noted.

So, it's obvious, other than to Richie, that the tariffs have negatively impacted the economy and if the economy recovers, it's only because the tariffs are being delayed, significantly modified, or rescinded......

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Not that I believe anything Rich asserts James or anything anybody says is remotely accurate, since I wouldn't want to lend credence to anything he says without scrutinizing it first even though it's generally a waste of time and effort given the source, I'll respond to this:   "Trump was going to institute tariffs on the Pharmaceutical industry which was going to destroy the economy and You implied that he was already destroying the economy."

"The U.S. economy shrank faster than previously thought during the first three months of 2025, with growth contracting for the first time in three years."

"The country's gross domestic product fell at an annual rate of 0.5% from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in its third and final GDP report for the period. The agency's initial first-quarter GDP report, issued in April, estimated a 0.3% decline, which was later revised to a 0.2% dip in its second print."

"First-quarter growth was weighed down by a surge of imports as U.S. companies and households rushed to buy foreign goods before the Trump administration's tariffs went into effect."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gdp-report-first-quarter-2025-declined-commerce-department/#:~:text=While%20that%20represents%20a%20solid,costs%20of%20tariffs%2C%20Powell%20noted.

So, it's obvious, other than to Richie, that the tariffs have negatively impacted the economy and if the economy recovers, it's only because the tariffs are being delayed, significantly modified, or rescinded......

"US tomato prices could jump as soon as Monday"

"If tomato prices jump because of new tariffs on the Mexican-grown produce, restaurant owner Teresa Razo says her businesses could go bust."

“I give it three months, and then we go bankrupt,” said Teresa Razo, owner of two Argentine-Italian restaurants in Southern California."

"On July 14, a nearly three-decade-old US-Mexico trade agreement may give way to 20.9% tariffs on most Mexican tomato imports. That could mean higher prices for Americans at the grocery store, at the pizza parlor — anywhere that uses tomatoes. And for some small businesses, higher prices could close them down entirely."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-tomato-prices-could-jump-153025655.html

I don't know why these shop owners don't take their advice from Davis...

It was Pete!

"Hegseth left Trump in the dark when he paused Ukraine weapons shipments"

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-urkaine-weapons-pause-trump-b2785458.html

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

It was Pete!

"Hegseth left Trump in the dark when he paused Ukraine weapons shipments"

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-urkaine-weapons-pause-trump-b2785458.html

It wasn't Richie, It WAS Pete!

"Putin rebuffs Trump in call, vows to press on with Ukraine war"

https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-rebuffs-trump-call-vows-press-ukraine-war

Trump's response? Deny air defenses and other munitions to Ukraine! Russian media is raving about it!...

https://www.foxnews.com/world/pentagons-weapons-pause-ukraine-could-encourage-escalate-putins-war-ambitions-security-experts

"The Social Security Administration has sent a misleading email to beneficiaries stating that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cuts and spending law eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits for most recipients."

“The new law includes a provision that eliminates federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for most beneficiaries, providing relief to individuals and couples,” it said.'

"But it does not eliminate federal taxes on Social Security. Budget reconciliation, the arcane process Senate Republicans used to pass the bill while avoiding a Democratic filibuster, does not allow changes to be made to Social Security."

"An identical note was posted to the SSA’s website on Thursday, the same day multiple beneficiaries told NBC News they received the email."

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/politics/president-trump/social-security-administration-sends-misleading-email-lauding-trumps-new-tax-cuts-law/3738887/

So, Trump via one of his cronies, had SS post a blatantly political and falsely worded message posted as an official message. 

From the above link:

"Jeff Nesbit, a former top Social Security Administration official during the Biden administration, said the political emails were highly unusual, slamming them as “unbelievable” and “unconscionable.”

“I was deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Appointed by President Biden. The agency has never issued such a blatant political statement,” Nesbit, who also served in the George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, posted on X. “The fact that Trump and his minion running SSA has done this is unconscionable.”

"Joseph stressed, however, that her recommendations, which are non-binding, do not speak to the merits of the allegations against Dugan, who is presumed innocent until proven guilty. A jury trial before U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman was set to begin July 21, but has been delayed."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/federal-judge-recommends-case-continue-against-hannah-dugan/ar-AA1IcnOi

In other news:
    
 "The Trump administration said ‘many Jewish groups’ support a controversial nominee — some have never heard of him"

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/kfile-paul-ingrassia-trump-administration-jewish-groups

This guy advances wacko conspiracy theories, to say the least...No wonder Trump picked him... Richie probably supports him, too.