Posted on 12/15/2019 4:54:20 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
December 15th, 2019
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rep. Adam Schitt, D-Calif; James Comey, fired FBI director; Pam Bondi, White House special adviser on impeachment. The panel will be radio host Guy Benson of Townhall.com; Julie Pace of The Associated Press; Katie Pavlich of Townhall.com; and Mo Elleithee, executive director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; focus group in Kent County, Mich., on how impeachment is affecting voters. The panel will be Peter Baker of The New York Times; Eddie Glaude Jr., professor at Princeton University and author of “Begin Again”; Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute; and Heidi Przybyla of NBC News.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Sen. A. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Anthony Salvanto and Ed O’Keefe of CBS News. The panel will be Dan Balz of The Washington Post, Kelsey Snell of NPR, Edward Wong of The New York Times and David French of National Review.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Rep. Jabba the Nadler, D-N.Y.; Schitt; Sen. Ted Cruz, R- Texas. The panel will be former Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J.; Patrick Gaspard, Open Society Foundations president; Rich Lowry of National Review; and Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and author of “Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America”; Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas. The panel will be Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif; former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.; Democratic strategist Paul Begala; and Mary Katharine Ham, CNN political commentator.
SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow; Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas; Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.; Judge Michael Mukasey, former U.S. attorney general; George Papadopoulos, author of “Deep State Target” and former Trump campaign aide. The panel will be former Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and Kim Strassel of The Wall Street Journal and author of “Resistance (At All Costs).”
*NOPE = “Never Obtain the Presidency, Ever”
Is their self-image and righteous political superiority enough to counter the economic boom passing them by, with high taxes, loss of freedoms and all the rest that liberalism brings. Perhaps they think they're better than their racist, homophobic neighbors to the south..
Your friends must be in the east where blue population centers dictate to the western plains.
Boys will be Boys, Life goes on. And do not forget the Wolf whistles as construction sites in New York city.
That is why we have TWO genders, and I like it that way.
Always enjoy watching the female movement while walking behind them.
Sure call me a pig, but boys will be boys - Always. Except for the Pajama geeks
"Patriots facing significant penalties for illegally taping Bengals during Week 14 game vs. Browns."
Good post and all too true. Name recog.is truly key.
60 seconds is a long time I'd get rid of them in less than 30...
I consider it extremely rude and offensive. Jailed and put on a perpetual sexual offender’s list?
No.
Fined and ordered to pay damages? Yes.
The guy was a Youth Minister in some local church for goodness sakes! He certainly should lose that title.
Yeah, starting with Joseph Kennedy’s mother and father!
Absent a conservative leader it seems hard to say how the Canadians reverse where they are headed.
Good one! gotta love Powerline they got the best images.
Possibly, but the greatest fear of China is a decoupling from the US and a rearranging of supply chains outside of China. The US only exports about $150 billion to China while importing about $500 billion from China.
By comparison, we export $280 billion to Canada and import $300 billion. We export $250 billion to Mexico and import $315 billion. The new USMCA is far more impactful than the China deal for use. It involves $1.15 trillion worth of trade activity.
Also, our total trade activity with the EU is greater than it is with China. The US has the world's must lucrative consumer market. We import $2.3 trillion of goods and services annually and export $1.5 trillion. China needs us far more than we need them. Trump is the first President that understands that we have all the leverage.
Thanks for posting this, I missed these comments by Rush late Friday
It is a "bust for us" because that is the narrative of the MSM. The reality is that it is devastating for both the Dems, Deep State, and the MSM. It provides the foundation for the Durham/Barr investigation.
In today's society, he is likely to lose far more than that. He will go to jail, have a record that will prevent future good employment, be expelled by his church, and be labeled a sexual predator. His life will never be the same again because of that one second.
Comey only briefed Trump on the golden shower part of the dossier, nothing else. The briefing was the green light to have the MSM start covering the dossier as legitimate news. Clapper gave CNN the green light to start the MSM coverage.
One of the sites (AT ?) this week jumped off of dear Greta Sundberg's call to "put the officials up against a wall" (for which she's apologized). Author reminded how the youth of Stalin and Hitler were weaponized for the cause...to the point of turning in their parents. Youth was the key.
It's coming. I had hoped I wouldn't be around to see it, but too late....it's happening in our schools and universities now. Frightening. I want to shout to my nieces and nephews, but they're not paying close attention.
Not so fast on this one. There are some with differing opinions
Art Of The Deal Versus The Art Of War Over the past 18-months we have written numerous articles about the ongoing “trade war,” which was started by Trump against China. As I wrote previously:
“This is all assuming Trump can actually succeed in a trade war with China. Let’s step back to the G-20 meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping. As I wrote then:
‘There is a tremendous amount of ‘hope’ currently built into the market for a ‘trade war truce’ this weekend. However, as we suggested previously, the most likely outcome was a truce…but no deal. That is exactly what happened.
While the markets will likely react positively next week to the news that ‘talks will continue,’ the impact of existing tariffs from both the U.S. and China continue to weigh on domestic firms and consumers.
More importantly, while the continued ‘jawboning’ may keep ‘hope alive’ for investors temporarily, these two countries have been ‘talking’ for over a year with little real progress to show for it outside of superficial agreements.
Importantly, we have noted that Trump would eventually ‘cave’ into the pressure from the impact of the ‘trade war’ he started.
The reasons, which have been entirely overlooked by the media, is that China’s goals are very different from the U.S. To wit:
China is playing a very long game. Short-term economic pain can be met with ever-increasing levels of government stimulus. The U.S. has no such mechanism currently, but explains why both Trump and Vice-President Pence have been suggesting the Fed restarts QE and cuts rates by 1%.
The pressure is on the Trump Administration to conclude a “deal,” not on China. Trump needs a deal done before the 2020 election cycle AND he needs the markets and economy to be strong. If the markets and economy weaken because of tariffs, which are a tax on domestic consumers and corporate profits, as they did in 2018, the risk-off electoral losses rise. China knows this and are willing to “wait it out” to get a better deal.
China is not going to jeopardize its 50 to 100-year economic growth plan on a current President who will be out of office within the next 4-years at most. It is unlikely as the next President will take the same hard-line approach on China that President Trump has, so agreeing to something that won’t be supported in the future is doubtful.”
As noted in the second point above, on Friday, Trump caved to get the “Trade Deal” off the table before the election. As noted in September, China had already maneuvered Trump into a losing position.
“China knows that Trump needs a way out of the “trade war” he started, but that he needs something he can “boast” as a victory to a largely economically ignorant voter base. Here is how a “trade deal” could get done.
Understanding that China has already agreed to 80% of demands for a trade deal, such as buying U.S. goods, opening markets to U.S. investors, and making policy improvements in certain areas, Trump could conclude that ‘deal’ at the October meeting.”
Read the highlighted text above and compare it to the statement from the WSJ: on Thursday:
“The U.S. side has demanded Beijing make firm commitments to purchase large quantities of U.S. agricultural and other products, better protect U.S. intellectual-property rights and widen access to China’s financial-services sector.”
What is missing from the agreement was the most critical 20%:
Cutting the share of the state in the overall economy from 38% to 20%, Implementing an enforcement check mechanism; and, Technology transfer protections
These are the “big ticket” items that were the bulk of the reason Trump launched the “trade war” to begin with. Unfortunately, for China, these items are seen as an infringement on its sovereignty, and requires a complete abandonment the “Made in China 2025” industrial policy program.
The USTR did note that the Phase One deal:
“Requires structural reforms and other changes to China’s economic and trade regime in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture, financial services, and currency and foreign exchange.”
However, since there is no actual enforcement mechanism besides merely pushing tariffs back to where they were, none of this will be implemented.
All of this aligns with our previous suggestion the only viable pathway to a “trade deal” would be a full surrender.
“However, Trump can set aside the last 20%, drop tariffs, and keep market access open, in exchange for China signing off on the 80% of the deal they already agreed to.”
Which is precisely what Trump agreed to.
I don't know if you caught it during the Senate hearings on the IG report, but Grahamnesty mentioned that McCain showed him a copy of the Steele dossier right after he received it. McCain also gave a copy to the FBI using his aide Kramer. I bet Graham bought into the entire Russia hoax narrative as did McConnell, Burr, and Ryan. Grahamnesty was a part of the cabal that wanted Trump out of office. Grahamnesty has proudly said he didn't vote for Trump in 2016. He is not to be trusted.
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