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That was and still is the typical
Nov 6, 2018 6:02AM PST

beliefs and attitudes that Dems have and have had since forever.....and Trump was a Democrat at that time.

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Looks like
Nov 6, 2018 7:04AM PST

The Don at the time and the dems since forever are/were correct.

The Don was correct that rightys get their info from fox so he just says whatever he wants and fox covers for him.

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Speaking of lies,
Nov 7, 2018 10:38PM PST
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They don't. They're too smart.
Nov 7, 2018 5:17PM PST

And, it seems, they read better than you do.
My post discussed soy beans for animals, and an illustrative transaction.
Your post discussed pinto beans for humans, and a supposed and irrelevant transaction.
Mine was on the point I brought up.
Yours was deflective and distractive, with imagined facts.

You're an apt student of your Orange Master.

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You just make stuff up
Nov 7, 2018 5:29PM PST
"Soy leaves a US port at, say 50¢ a pound, a price based on supply/demand and utility. Tariffs mean China has to pay, say a dollar a pound."

Show us where you got those figures, or admit you just made them up.
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Oh, no!!! Another command
Nov 7, 2018 10:34PM PST

for me!!! I can't stand the browbeating!!! You're as bad as those JWs!!!

You just showed all of us that I made them up for my example, when you quoted me. In a passage that you yourself failed to read - or read but didn't understand. As usual. Prepositions, James.

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as suspected...
Nov 7, 2018 10:57PM PST

...another "strawman" argument from pruner

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Another voice heard.
Nov 5, 2018 5:07AM PST
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This just in.
Nov 8, 2018 4:01AM PST

"Questions about the impact of the trade war between the world’s two largest economies have largely been theoretical until now. That changed today when China published trade data for October, the first full month for which American tariffs on $250bn of Chinese imports were in effect. Chinese exports were strong over the past half-year as companies rushed to ship goods before America slapped duties on them. A big slowdown in October would have shown that Donald Trump was hitting the mark, at least in hurting China. Yet the opposite happened. Exports to America held up well; to other parts of the world, they accelerated. Firms that use China for manufacturing cannot uproot their supply chains overnight. Moreover, Chinese exporters have diversified their sales away from America and are now benefiting from a weaker yuan. Resilient exports will give Chinese leaders more confidence, and leave their negotiating hand stronger than Mr Trump had reckoned."

I'm surprised, since I found reports elsewhere that China was indeed being hurt.
Those reports of course were prior to today's hard data, and October is just one month. Trump has min. 24 to go.

No link, for the link-insistent. It's from my daily feed from The Economist, which is linkless. 'You want more? Go buy the magazine, cheapskate!' Or words to that effect. I get mine in the library.

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It's not just a month long situation
Nov 8, 2018 5:34PM PST

Of course they dumped as much before tariffs took effect. Not a big deal.