Nigel Short Appointed FIDE Vice President

[Ken Craft]

I wish the admin would drain the Chesstalk swamp. ;^)

[Paul Bonham]

...creep...grammar school drop out moron...creep...loser moron...moron that can't read...idiotic creep

Sid, you need to stop trying for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

How relevant a point drop is in the Dow is judged by the percentage drop not the point magnitude. 800 points is about a 3.2% drop which is more or less within the norms of market volatility, the 1987 crash was something on the order of a 22%+ drop.
This drop is well within the norms as over 10 Trillion dollars in market cap has been created since Trump was elected or over a 33% gain since he got elected when the Dow was around 18000 compared to 25000+ today....

LOL typical Repug garbage. "Well within the norms" is like saying as the Titanic sinks that the tilt of the deck off the horizontal axis is well within the norms.

Read it and weep: US deficit rises 17% to the highest level since 2012

You do know about the theory pertaining to U.S. budget deficits, don't you Sid? The theory says that when the economy improves, deficits get PAID DOWN.

The only time in recent memory it came close to happening was during Bill Clinton's presidency, when there was actually a budget surplus.

But we've had 10 years of Repug administrations since year 2000 and every one of those years the U.S. budget deficit has RISEN. That is despite the Dubya tax cuts and now the Trump tax cuts, all of which were designed to grow the economy to the point where increased tax revenues would more than offset spending... meaning the eventual realization of budget surpluses. Ha ha ha ha!!!!!

You see why I mock the experts that you so blindly rely on in your headlong rush to the cliff with the rest of the herd.

"The White House has steadfastly defended its policies, arguing that the yawning gap is a reason to cut deeper into social programs to balance out increases to the military budget."

So starve the masses so that we can continue to pay for an 18-year-and-still-going war in Afghanistan.

[Nigel Hanrahan]

Nothing at all, that is the result of what you get with the likes of Nigel Hanrahan polluting practically every thread with his politics.

It's a great honour to be the target of incendiary attacks by the resident genius. People that I've never met instantly have a good opinion of me.

Thanks, Sid! Keep up the good work!

[Kerry Liles]

This thread has degenerated into a complete waste of time. Admin should lock the thread and probably delete the last 2 pages or more.

[Sid Belzberg]

You "Segway" (sic) into it many times yourself, every time you bring up Israel as if we all care more about that nation than we do about our own.

As far as bringing up what nationalism did to the Jews in WWII, it is very relevant since that very nationalism (minus the military component) is being trumpeted by Trump like no one has done since WWII. And in support of his nationalism, he and the Repugs are all working to send as many visible minorities as they can out of the country, on the ridiculous notion that they are "taking away" jobs from Americans. The truth is, they do the jobs Americans won't do such as picking agricultural crops.

Your reaction only shows how badly you take losing a debate, because it is quite obvious that I didn't say anything negative against your ethnic heritage and you don't set the rules about whether such ethnic heritage can be mentioned at all. I mention it because it's relevant, showing that you are one of those who are doomed to repeat history, having learned nothing from it.

Let's see, yesterday you wrote about how great your money managers are and also wrote that "inflation is irrelevant" which I suppose those experts are telling you. Today the Dow drops over 800 points on what? Interest rate worries, that are tied to inflation! So yeah, I can see how embarrassed you must be feeling right now, and you use the scapegoat of me mentioning the nationalism that led to WWII.

Get a backbone and some common sense. The sooner you turn against Trump and his policies, the better it will be for you.

Israel as if we all care more about that nation than we do about our own.

Back off creep, I have never implied any such thing.

and you don't set the rules about whether such ethnic heritage can be mentioned

Can you not read you grammar school drop out moron? I said "request"....not demand.

Get a backbone and some common sense The sooner you turn against Trump and his policies, the better it will be for you.

I will be the judge of that creep. I certainly would not take advice from a loser moron like yourself. All of Trump's grand children are Jewish and Israel considers Trump the greatest ally and friend they have ever had. His actions speak far louder then the hollow words of his lame duck predecessor who's final antiIsrael act during the final weeks of his presidency fed Israel on Dec 23 2016 to the jaws of the antisemetic, antiIsrael UN .

Today the Dow drops over 800 points on what? Interest rate worries, that are tied to inflation!

More evidence that you are a moron that can't read, If you read my posts I specifically said that Inflation would be kept under control by modest interest rate hikes.(in other words was fully expected)
How relevant a point drop is in the Dow is judged by the percentage drop not the point magnitude. 800 points is about a 3.2% drop which is more or less within the norms of market volatility, the 1987 crash was something on the order of a 22%+ drop.
This drop is well within the norms as over 10 Trillion dollars in market cap has been created since Trump was elected or over a 33% gain since he got elected when the Dow was around 18000 compared to 25000+ today. Of course this is too much for a moron that can't read like yourself to comprehend.

Go crawl under the rock from where you came you idiotic creep!

[Paul Bonham]

I previously requested that you refrain from finding ways to "Segway" into the subject of my ethnic heritage practically every time you post. WTF is wrong with you, you creep?? Bye

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You "Segway" (sic) into it many times yourself, every time you bring up Israel as if we all care more about that nation than we do about our own.

As far as bringing up what nationalism did to the Jews in WWII, it is very relevant since that very nationalism (minus the military component) is being trumpeted by Trump like no one has done since WWII. And in support of his nationalism, he and the Repugs are all working to send as many visible minorities as they can out of the country, on the ridiculous notion that they are "taking away" jobs from Americans. The truth is, they do the jobs Americans won't do such as picking agricultural crops.

Your reaction only shows how badly you take losing a debate, because it is quite obvious that I didn't say anything negative against your ethnic heritage and you don't set the rules about whether such ethnic heritage can be mentioned at all. I mention it because it's relevant, showing that you are one of those who are doomed to repeat history, having learned nothing from it.

Let's see, yesterday you wrote about how great your money managers are and also wrote that "inflation is irrelevant" which I suppose those experts are telling you. Today the Dow drops over 800 points on what? Interest rate worries, that are tied to inflation! So yeah, I can see how embarrassed you must be feeling right now, and you use the scapegoat of me mentioning the nationalism that led to WWII.

Get a backbone and some common sense. The sooner you turn against Trump and his policies, the better it will be for you.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Vlad's practice of calling others idiots

If the shoe fits,...

and using that as justification for not debating with them is like a neighborhood bully who picks on little kids and when a bigger kid comes for him, he hides in the bushes and later brags about not engaging in violent behavior.

There's a word for it: COWARDICE.

As Miyamoto Musashi says, "Do nothing which is of no use."

As Nietzsche says, "Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you."

It is not cowardice to decline to slaughter the feeble or the weak. Don't you have a new chess variant federation to organize or has that fallen off your "to do" list?

[Ed Seedhouse]

Despite your pronouncements this provides evidence that state sponsored programs to train people how to defeat polygraph tests have been going on for many years.

There are always the con men willing to separate the gulls from their money. What there isn't is any evidence that any of this "training" has any real effect.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Lets watch our language, as there are kids and their parents reading...

Thank you, Sid, for the slight adjustment.

[Sid Belzberg]

What in blue blazes do the last two pages have to do with Nigel Short?

Nothing at all, that is the result of what you get with the likes of Nigel Hanrahan polluting practically every thread with his politics.

[Ken Craft]

What in blue blazes do the last two pages have to do with Nigel Short?

[Sid Belzberg]

since the painful lessons from WWII are something you should be very sensitive to.

I previously requested that you refrain from finding ways to "Segway" into the subject of my ethnic heritage practically every time you post. WTF is wrong with you, you creep?? Bye

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[Paul Bonham]

Therefore Ford's ex byfriend's testimony that she was involved in showing someone how to defeat a polygraph is not at all far fetched ...

"not at all far fetched" you say...... was it far fetched that Kavanaugh did get drunk in 1982 and sexually assault Dr. Ford?

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Yes, and as bad as the homeless crisis is it would likely have been far worst under Hillary as her economic platform would have had even less money in a stagnant economy to help those that can't help themselves. As you pointed out under Trump at least those that can help themselves can now do so. Your point about inflation is so far utterly irrelevant.

You complain that if the economy was stagnant I would be blaming Trump.... then you say that if Hillary had won the economy would be stagnant.... I think this is called a double standard.

Accelerating inflation is not irrelevant. One reason, besides the U.S. $21 trillion debt -- which Trump complained about during his campaign and then passed tax cuts that will GROW it, which as I said earlier is his typical m.o. -- is the student debt problem and the auto loan problem. Both of these pools of debt have risen dramatically since the 2008 recession. Rising rates make these debt pools more dangerous in terms of the overall economy. The actions Trump is taking, including trade actions against China and Europe (which by the way goes against decades of GOP policy, yet now the GOP is totally behind Trump, bringing to mind the term "herd instinct") is going to recklessly accelerate the inflationary trends that are already arising just from a hot economy.

I saw an interview of a Republican congressman, don't remember who, and he was asked about how the GOP is now viewing Trumps' trade actions. What this idiot said was that instead of the GOP resisting Trump on this, they should all get behind him "so as to very quickly win the trade war" and bring all the benefits of that victory to the U.S.

There is a whole lot of presumption behind that view. It presumes that China, Europe et al are just going to lay down and surrender. But so far that is the opposite of what is happening. The game of chicken will go on. We can only hope a Democrat-controlled Congress impeaches Trump just to end this madness. On the other hand, it would be good to let this go on to its natural conclusion just to teach future generations what NOT to do in international trade.

I'm really astonished with you, Sid, that you have bought into this revival of nationalism, since the painful lessons from WWII are something you should be very sensitive to.

[Sid Belzberg]

Polygraphy has been faulted for failing to trap known spies such as double-agent Aldrich Ames, who passed two polygraph tests while spying for the Soviet Union.^[70][94]However Ames did fail several tests while at the CIA that were never acted on.<sup>[95]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph</sup>

Nice try! I do admit to leaving out one word in my comment: there is no scientific evidence that anyone can consistently defeat a polygraph test.

Thank you for providing a reference. Despite your pronouncements this provides evidence that state sponsored programs to train people how to defeat polygraph tests have been going on for many years.

Therefore Ford's ex byfriend's testimony that she was involved in showing someone how to defeat a polygraph is not at all far fetched given that her field is psychology.

The U.S. economy is prospering in the sense that most people who want a job can find one.

Yes, and as bad as the homeless crisis is it would likely have been far worst under Hillary as her economic platform would have had even less money in a stagnant economy to help those that can't help themselves. As you pointed out under Trump at least those that can help themselves can now do so. Your point about inflation is so far utterly irrelevant.

[Fred Harvey]

Oh dear! And there we thought that with the transfer of ownership, this site was going to be cleaned up. And here we still have the kindergarden arguments...sorry to interrupt....