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The Official Politics Thread (enter at your own risk)

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There. Resident WHO political commentators and gurus can knock yourselves out in here and conduct your endless bickering. All other threads will be locked.
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goose wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 20:41
Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 20:26
goose wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 20:06 Or maybe the LEI read which has been below 100 for about 6 months straight?
It really is hard to believe that you are trying to claim the GDP numbers coming in so hot is not good news ffs!

Not only is it a big win but it is happening without much help from the Fed and with the democrats shutting down the Gov’t. Let’s also not forget the amount of Gov’t jobs/ bloat being reduced to help the private sector.

And it’s lead by a strong consumer. Thats what counts.

Pick the peanuts out of that. 
 
I’ve shown you in absolute mathematical terms what demand really is. Backed up by PMI & LEI data. Layer onto that the ballooning personal debt and credit card delinquency and you have the consumer data. If you still wanna ignore basic maths & clear data then I cannot help you.

Funny how when GDP growth was negative in Q1 it was all about the pull forward of inventories, but now when that unwinds you wanna ignore it?

Cutting jobs isn’t going to deliver growth btw. 
Cutting Gov’t jobs is good for private sector jobs.

Everybody but you understands that Capex is what lays the table for manufacturing jobs and output. Money is being spent, warehouses, plants and factories are being built. Even Rolls Royce has joined the party. Give it time PMI will follow, those that know understand this natural occurrence, it will happen and when it does I’ll be here to mock you again.

Beginning of last year you were screaming inflation and Stagflation. That obviously didn’t happen. I’ll be back to remind you of what an absolute idiot you are in a few months when the hiring starts and again when production takes off.

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Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 20:26
goose wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 20:06 Or maybe the LEI read which has been below 100 for about 6 months straight?
It really is hard to believe that you are trying to claim the GDP numbers coming in so hot is not good news ffs!

Not only is it a big win but it is happening without much help from the Fed and with the democrats shutting down the Gov’t. Let’s also not forget the amount of Gov’t jobs/ bloat being reduced to help the private sector.

And it’s lead by a strong consumer. Thats what counts.

Pick the peanuts out of that. 
 
 
I’ve shown you in absolute mathematical terms what demand really is. Backed up by PMI & LEI data. Layer onto that the ballooning personal debt and credit card delinquency and you have the consumer data. If you still wanna ignore basic maths & clear data then I cannot help you.

Funny how when GDP growth was negative in Q1 it was all about the pull forward of inventories, but now when that unwinds you wanna ignore it?

Cutting jobs isn’t going to deliver growth btw. 
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See the Orange one has come out with more bollocks and insults; he needs to keep his trap shut and for once i agree with Starmer.

 'Insulting': Starmer reacts to Trump's comments on Nato troops in Afghanistan

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Donald Trump's remarks about British troops in Afghanistan were "insulting and frankly appalling".
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goose wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 20:06 Or maybe the LEI read which has been below 100 for about 6 months straight?
It really is hard to believe that you are trying to claim the GDP numbers coming in so hot is not good news ffs!

Not only is it a big win but it is happening without much help from the Fed and with the democrats shutting down the Gov’t. Let’s also not forget the amount of Gov’t jobs/ bloat being reduced to help the private sector.

And it’s lead by a strong consumer. Thats what counts.

Pick the peanuts out of that. 
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Or maybe the LEI read which has been below 100 for about 6 months straight?
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Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:48
goose wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:17
Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:14 Sssssh! Don’t tell Goose.


I gave you this lesson yesterday.
Refer back to my posts about net exports & inventories. Strip them away then talk to me about demand.
 
Here you go Goose and remember now, we had a Gov’t shut down that hurt the GDP numbers, without the Dirty Dems playing politics these numbers would be even higher.

I know it hurts!


https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc ... %20percent.
 
 
it's like groundhog day.
gross demand was 2.9%. the net exports is figure is driven by weakening demand which the PMI figures underline.
Q3 in 2023 and Q3 in 2024 were stronger. Who are we blaming for that?
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Hammer I am" wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:43
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 18:58
zebthecat wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 18:30
That is weapons grade straw clutching.
As others have said they were based in Helmand province which was one of the most dangerous places in Aghanistan and got blown up and attacked regularly. Special Forces fought behind the lines alongside US Special forces. 
He said it, meant it and it was a pack of lies.
 
He actually attacked the countries, not the troops. Here's the full quote. Only a Grade 1 TDS sufferer would claim he is attacking the actual soldiers.

"We’ve never needed them (Nato member countries). We have never really asked anything of them. They’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that, and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."
Being Nutsin's little sidekick has rotted your brain, those are the points everyone has already countered. Ok perhaps you can counter in your own worlds in bold how US didn't ask for assistance by triggering article 5, and how NATO troops were hiding behind American soldiers by being posted in Helmand province etc. feel free to change the subject as usual though 
 
 
Hammer I am, are you Goose’s little side kick?

How many cats you got?
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zebthecat wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:33 btw - It still won't be true even if you type it in block caps..
 
 
Surface is a black belt at making straw man arguments(Take that as a compliment, Surface). In my own experience its best not go down an infinite rabbit hole with him
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goose wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:17
Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:14 Sssssh! Don’t tell Goose.


I gave you this lesson yesterday.
Refer back to my posts about net exports & inventories. Strip them away then talk to me about demand.
 
 
Here you go Goose and remember now, we had a Gov’t shut down that hurt the GDP numbers, without the Dirty Dems playing politics these numbers would be even higher.

I know it hurts!


https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc ... %20percent.
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Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:32
goose wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:17
Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:14 Sssssh! Don’t tell Goose.


I gave you this lesson yesterday.
Refer back to my posts about net exports & inventories. Strip them away then talk to me about demand.
I know it’s hard to face the truth of your limitations Goose. First step is acceptance. You need to accept you have a lot to learn. For your own sake.
 
 
 
my limitations? no its simple maths as i pointed out yesterday. 
C+I+G+(X-M)

Any comments on todays PMI figures? minimal growth across the board.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 18:58
zebthecat wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 18:30
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 01:26
I think you have this the wrong way round. It's you that's guessing what he meant. I'm simply repeating what he actually said. Which was that Britain avoided the front line in Afghanistan. Factually true. And not a criticism of British troops.
That is weapons grade straw clutching.
As others have said they were based in Helmand province which was one of the most dangerous places in Aghanistan and got blown up and attacked regularly. Special Forces fought behind the lines alongside US Special forces. 
He said it, meant it and it was a pack of lies.
 
He actually attacked the countries, not the troops. Here's the full quote. Only a Grade 1 TDS sufferer would claim he is attacking the actual soldiers.

"We’ve never needed them (Nato member countries). We have never really asked anything of them. They’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that, and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."
Being Nutsin's little sidekick has rotted your brain, those are the points everyone has already countered. Ok perhaps you can counter in your own worlds in bold how US didn't ask for assistance by triggering article 5, and how NATO troops were hiding behind American soldiers by being posted in Helmand province etc. feel free to change the subject as usual though 
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btw - It still won't be true even if you type it in block caps..
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goose wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:17
Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:14 Sssssh! Don’t tell Goose.


I gave you this lesson yesterday.
Refer back to my posts about net exports & inventories. Strip them away then talk to me about demand.
I know it’s hard to face the truth of your limitations Goose. First step is acceptance. You need to accept you have a lot to learn. For your own sake.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 18:58
zebthecat wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 18:30
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 01:26
I think you have this the wrong way round. It's you that's guessing what he meant. I'm simply repeating what he actually said. Which was that Britain avoided the front line in Afghanistan. Factually true. And not a criticism of British troops.
That is weapons grade straw clutching.
As others have said they were based in Helmand province which was one of the most dangerous places in Aghanistan and got blown up and attacked regularly. Special Forces fought behind the lines alongside US Special forces. 
He said it, meant it and it was a pack of lies.
 
He actually attacked the countries, not the troops. Here's the full quote. Only a Grade 1 TDS sufferer would claim he is attacking the actual soldiers.

"We’ve never needed them (Nato member countries). We have never really asked anything of them. They’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that, and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."
There you go again and in bold at that.
None of those statements are true.
The USA triggered NATO article 5, the only time it has been done, and asked for help.
Almost 20 countries answered the call.
Those armed forces were in the front line and they died helping the USA.
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Nutsin wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 19:14 Sssssh! Don’t tell Goose.


I gave you this lesson yesterday.
Refer back to my posts about net exports & inventories. Strip them away then talk to me about demand.
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I’m gonna completely ignore the fact that #1 and #2 completely disregard health care in the US which is paid for outside of the pay cheque.

id much rather live on the continent with higher life expectancies, better healthcare, free education and proper football.

oh and best of all, no dumb Americans.
 
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Sssssh! Don’t tell Goose.


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Takashi Miike" wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 18:59 always find it strange, an apparent ex british citizen enjoying/welcoming the demise of his birth country because of some sick devotion to an orange oddball cսnt
Actually if you read what I wrote I am not welcoming our demise, in fact the opposite. I think Trump is bang on point when he comments on the current state of Europe.
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always find it strange, an apparent ex british citizen enjoying/welcoming the demise of his birth country because of some sick devotion to an orange oddball cսnt
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zebthecat wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 18:30
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 01:26
Mr Anon" wrote: 22 Jan 2026, 23:51
fuck me, you really going to defend that cսnt over that statement, all this "what he meant was" hand wringing is sickening 
I think you have this the wrong way round. It's you that's guessing what he meant. I'm simply repeating what he actually said. Which was that Britain avoided the front line in Afghanistan. Factually true. And not a criticism of British troops.
That is weapons grade straw clutching.
As others have said they were based in Helmand province which was one of the most dangerous places in Aghanistan and got blown up and attacked regularly. Special Forces fought behind the lines alongside US Special forces. 
He said it, meant it and it was a pack of lies.
 
 
He actually attacked the countries, not the troops. Here's the full quote. Only a Grade 1 TDS sufferer would claim he is attacking the actual soldiers.

"We’ve never needed them (Nato member countries). We have never really asked anything of them. They’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that, and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."
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And the US can crack on with it's being a world superpower, whilst also trying to be isonationalist at the same time.

Fuck me, even Somalialand could've worked out the two things aren't compatable in the 100 plus years, the US have battled with that toughie 
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I think your angst is somewhat misdirected, judging by this if true, is your real problem.

Can’t blame Trump for your reality. Your future looks fucking miserable and I hate that Europe is in such a self imposed mess. Fuck the Globalists and the EU.

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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 23 Jan 2026, 01:26
Mr Anon" wrote: 22 Jan 2026, 23:51
SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 22 Jan 2026, 23:16
 
British troops performed badly in both Iraq and Afghanistan, not because the troops were anything less than brave and utterly professional, but because they were criminally ill-equipped by Blair, Brown and Cameron. Furthermore the military leaders lacked the stones to admit this. This was well-documented at the time.

Trump's word are a criticism of the uselessness of their leaders and the leaders of other NATO nations and their continuing failure to properly fund the armed forces, not the troops.
fuck me, you really going to defend that cսnt over that statement, all this "what he meant was" hand wringing is sickening 
I think you have this the wrong way round. It's you that's guessing what he meant. I'm simply repeating what he actually said. Which was that Britain avoided the front line in Afghanistan. Factually true. And not a criticism of British troops.
That is weapons grade straw clutching.
As others have said they were based in Helmand province which was one of the most dangerous places in Aghanistan and got blown up and attacked regularly. Special Forces fought behind the lines alongside US Special forces. 
He said it, meant it and it was a pack of lies.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 22 Jan 2026, 23:16
MaryMillingtonsGhost wrote: 22 Jan 2026, 22:21 Over 450 British, not to mention other nations, troops dying because of NATO’s  Article 5 in Afghanistan after 9/11. Yet the dementia ridden man-child appears to think that the nations that stood side by side with American troops weren’t on the ‘front line’, as the septics obviously were.
The cսnt’s fucking deluded, and I truly wish that for the memory of our, and other nations fallen, he dies a lingering death.
The cսnt has finally shown his true colour.
 
British troops performed badly in both Iraq and Afghanistan, not because the troops were anything less than brave and utterly professional, but because they were criminally ill-equipped by Blair, Brown and Cameron. Furthermore the military leaders lacked the stones to admit this. This was well-documented at the time.

Trump's word are a criticism of the uselessness of their leaders and the leaders of other NATO nations and their continuing failure to properly fund the armed forces, not the troops.
How do you know what Trump "meant?" Are you the fucking rapist whisperer, or something?
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