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In reply to Realitybites • 9:12a, 10/1/24
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"Very few Americans realize that, if Trump is NOT elected, this will be the last election. Far from being a threat to democracy, he is the only way to save it!Let me explain: if even 1 in 20 illegals become citizens per year, something that the Democrats are expediting as fast as humanly possible, that would be about 2 million new legal voters in 4 years.The voting margin in the swing states is often less than 20 thousand votes. That means if the "Democratic" Party succeeds, there will be no more swing states!!Moreover, the Biden/Harris administration has been flying "asylum seekers", who are fast-tracked to citizenship, directly into swing states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Arizona. It is a surefire way to win every election.America then becomes a one-party state and Democracy is over. The only "elections" will be the Democratic Party primaries. This already happened in California many years ago, following the 1986 amnesty.The only thing holding California back from extreme socialism and suffocating government policies is that people can leave California and still remain in America. Once the whole country is controlled by one party, there will be no escape.Everywhere in America will be like the nightmare that is downtown San Francisco."

- Elon Musk

The anti-"Democrat" Party are actually fascists although they will never admit it and probably don't know what the word actually means.
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11:10a, 10/1/24
[Here's an insightful essay from Oren Cass about the changing of the guard in US politics. Excerpts:
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Conservatives my age [Cass was born in 1983 RD] or younger were raised at the end of history, with market democracy the only option. Our idea of a Democrat is Bill Clinton, declaring the era of big government over. The global vision we saw American leaders pursue was not the epochal defeat of communism but the foolish embrace of China. Our experience of American foreign policy is repeated failure, in Afghanistan and Iraq, Syria and Libya, Crimea and Ukraine. I was fortunate to enter the labor market in 2005, when the economy was performing well, but most people in their 30s who earned college degrees graduated into the Great Recession and the painfully slow recovery thereafter.
For older conservatives, the triumph of Reagan's tax cuts and deregulation over 1970s stagflation is the dominant economic narrative. In finance, in technology, in health care, America was a nation ascendent. When younger conservatives think "economic boom," we are more likely to think of the late 1990s. The Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 were a squandering, not an achievement. Our crises are the rapid offshoring to China, the Wall Street meltdown, and the opioid epidemic; skyrocketing student debt and declining family formation.

We take the computer and the cellphone for granted and have experienced Silicon Valley's innovation mainly as the proliferation of rent-seeking corporations pursuing monopoly, abusing their market power, and disseminating corrosive social media apps. Intel is a floundering company that gave away American leadership in cutting-edge technology. General Electric is a cautionary tale of MBA mismanagement. Boeing is an embarrassment that somehow lost the ability to make reliable airplanes.

Thus, rejection of the old guard's conservatism is not some generic case of the young whippersnappers rebelling against their elders. Today's problems are ones to which the prior generation's solutions are entirely unresponsive. Often, today's problems are the direct result of that which the prior generation insisted on doing long past the point of diminishing returns. That the old guard continues to propose doing yet more of the same looks outright disqualifying. How can anyone propose yet another tax cut when the last three have sent us into a fiscal crisis and delivered none of the promised growth? Are we really supposed to let the model that gave us free trade with China guide our economic policy going forward?

J.D. Vance is the harbinger of the generational change. No matter what happens in November, he is the GOP's future.]
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In reply to GrowlTowel • 11:45a, 10/1/24
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BUDOS said:
Good points! Looks like some are thinking that the "surprise" is on its way. However, I don't see it making any difference, do you?


Judge Chutkan Readies October Surprise Pre-Election Publication of Jack Smith's Secret January 6 Brief Against Trump
https://l.smartnews.com/p-KxG4v/A3oh0M


Oh, Smartnews exclusive
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6:34p, 10/1/24
Trump backs out of 60 Minutes interview after initially agreeing. Harris will proceed.

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8:23a, 10/2/24
Why America is doomed...



The meaning of this chart is that neither party will be able to establish the degree of fiscal responsibility necessary to save the country, economy, and currency.

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In reply to Realitybites • 8:29a, 10/2/24
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Why America is doomed...



The meaning of this chart is that neither party will be able to establish the degree of fiscal responsibility necessary to save the country, economy, and currency.

we went to war with england over a 2% tax on tea.. just saying
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9:14a, 10/2/24
Sorry I'm late off the mark today. I got up at three to watch the debate, and then wrote something about it for The European Conservative. It starts like this:

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The vice presidential debate settled one important question: Yes, whatever happens in November, J.D. Vance, age 40, is the future of American conservatism. He was confident, he was smart, he was in command. A European conservative friend watching the debate with me said, "If the Republican Party had twenty J.D. Vances, they would be running the country."
But you know what the debate didn't settle?
Where the Democratic and Republican campaigns stand on the Ukraine war.
Where they stand on the economic and military challenges from China.
Where they stand on the issue of women's rights (and family rights) versus transgender rights.
Where they stand on the issue of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies.
Where they stand on the deep racial conflict in America.
The debate neither settled nor illuminated these issues, because the CBS moderators-Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan-didn't ask about them. They did, however, ask about climate change and January 6, two issues of burning importance to coastal liberals.
Whether it intended to or not, Team CBS protected Tim Walz's vulnerable flanks. On all of those unasked questions, the Democrats are vulnerable. The party stands for a failed status quo. Watching the debate from Europe, it was striking how insular and out of touch the journalist-led discussion wasand not only because the questions favored the Democrats.

Of course I was pleased as punch with how J.D. Vance performed. I know he could have scalped anxious Walz at any moment, but he had to be on his best, pink-tie behavior to calm women viewers at home, who think he's TOO MEAN. But yeah, what terrible moderators.

And by the way, what J.D. Vance said about Minnesota babies born during botched abortions being allowed to die is true.
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In reply to Redbrickbear • 9:42a, 10/2/24
Redbrickbear said:
Sorry I'm late off the mark today. I got up at three to watch the debate, and then wrote something about it for The European Conservative. It starts like this:

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The vice presidential debate settled one important question: Yes, whatever happens in November, J.D. Vance, age 40, is the future of American conservatism. He was confident, he was smart, he was in command. A European conservative friend watching the debate with me said, "If the Republican Party had twenty J.D. Vances, they would be running the country."
But you know what the debate didn't settle?
Where the Democratic and Republican campaigns stand on the Ukraine war.
Where they stand on the economic and military challenges from China.
Where they stand on the issue of women's rights (and family rights) versus transgender rights.
Where they stand on the issue of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies.
Where they stand on the deep racial conflict in America.
The debate neither settled nor illuminated these issues, because the CBS moderators-Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan-didn't ask about them. They did, however, ask about climate change and January 6, two issues of burning importance to coastal liberals.
Whether it intended to or not, Team CBS protected Tim Walz's vulnerable flanks. On all of those unasked questions, the Democrats are vulnerable. The party stands for a failed status quo. Watching the debate from Europe, it was striking how insular and out of touch the journalist-led discussion wasand not only because the questions favored the Democrats.

Of course I was pleased as punch with how J.D. Vance performed. I know he could have scalped anxious Walz at any moment, but he had to be on his best, pink-tie behavior to calm women viewers at home, who think he's TOO MEAN. But yeah, what terrible moderators.

And by the way, what J.D. Vance said about Minnesota babies born during botched abortions being allowed to die is true.
Vance is a great debater. So is Ted Cruz. They both made the mistake of tying themselves to an awful person who they once recognized as awful. It will haunt their presidential ambitions for a long time.

As to the Minnesota abortion issue, the article says that of the eight instances, three were "pre-viable," two had "fetal anomalies," and the other three were given comfort care. There is (understandably) no public access to the medical records in these cases. But they certainly seem like eight circumstances in which doctors and families made the heart wrenching decision that immediate care would not change an inevitable result.

Those decisions likely lessened pain and suffering, but the GOP wants to leverage incredibly difficult situations for cheap political points. Very Christian of them.
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In reply to Frank Galvin • 9:58a, 10/2/24
Frank Galvin said:
Redbrickbear said:
Sorry I'm late off the mark today. I got up at three to watch the debate, and then wrote something about it for The European Conservative. It starts like this:

Quote:
The vice presidential debate settled one important question: Yes, whatever happens in November, J.D. Vance, age 40, is the future of American conservatism. He was confident, he was smart, he was in command. A European conservative friend watching the debate with me said, "If the Republican Party had twenty J.D. Vances, they would be running the country."
But you know what the debate didn't settle?
Where the Democratic and Republican campaigns stand on the Ukraine war.
Where they stand on the economic and military challenges from China.
Where they stand on the issue of women's rights (and family rights) versus transgender rights.
Where they stand on the issue of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies.
Where they stand on the deep racial conflict in America.
The debate neither settled nor illuminated these issues, because the CBS moderators-Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan-didn't ask about them. They did, however, ask about climate change and January 6, two issues of burning importance to coastal liberals.
Whether it intended to or not, Team CBS protected Tim Walz's vulnerable flanks. On all of those unasked questions, the Democrats are vulnerable. The party stands for a failed status quo. Watching the debate from Europe, it was striking how insular and out of touch the journalist-led discussion wasand not only because the questions favored the Democrats.

Of course I was pleased as punch with how J.D. Vance performed. I know he could have scalped anxious Walz at any moment, but he had to be on his best, pink-tie behavior to calm women viewers at home, who think he's TOO MEAN. But yeah, what terrible moderators.

And by the way, what J.D. Vance said about Minnesota babies born during botched abortions being allowed to die is true.
Vance is a great debater. So is Ted Cruz. They both made the mistake of tying themselves to an awful person who they once recognized as awful. It will haunt their presidential ambitions for a long time.

As to the Minnesota abortion issue, the article says that of the eight instances, three were "pre-viable," two had "fetal anomalies," and the other three were given comfort care. There is (understandably) no public access to the medical records in these cases. But they certainly seem like eight circumstances in which doctors and families made the heart wrenching decision that immediate care would not change an inevitable result.

Those decisions likely lessened pain and suffering, but the GOP wants to leverage incredibly difficult situations for cheap political points. Very Christian of them.
In other words:

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12:02p, 10/2/24
Anybody smell a HuMcK sock?
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12:35p, 10/2/24

Another case of Male "feminist" being awful to women.

While the "mysogenistic" men tend to treat women nicely.

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In reply to Frank Galvin • 1:31p, 10/2/24
Frank Galvin said:
Redbrickbear said:
Sorry I'm late off the mark today. I got up at three to watch the debate, and then wrote something about it for The European Conservative. It starts like this:

Quote:
The vice presidential debate settled one important question: Yes, whatever happens in November, J.D. Vance, age 40, is the future of American conservatism. He was confident, he was smart, he was in command. A European conservative friend watching the debate with me said, "If the Republican Party had twenty J.D. Vances, they would be running the country."
But you know what the debate didn't settle?
Where the Democratic and Republican campaigns stand on the Ukraine war.
Where they stand on the economic and military challenges from China.
Where they stand on the issue of women's rights (and family rights) versus transgender rights.
Where they stand on the issue of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies.
Where they stand on the deep racial conflict in America.
The debate neither settled nor illuminated these issues, because the CBS moderators-Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan-didn't ask about them. They did, however, ask about climate change and January 6, two issues of burning importance to coastal liberals.
Whether it intended to or not, Team CBS protected Tim Walz's vulnerable flanks. On all of those unasked questions, the Democrats are vulnerable. The party stands for a failed status quo. Watching the debate from Europe, it was striking how insular and out of touch the journalist-led discussion wasand not only because the questions favored the Democrats.

Of course I was pleased as punch with how J.D. Vance performed. I know he could have scalped anxious Walz at any moment, but he had to be on his best, pink-tie behavior to calm women viewers at home, who think he's TOO MEAN. But yeah, what terrible moderators.

And by the way, what J.D. Vance said about Minnesota babies born during botched abortions being allowed to die is true.
Vance is a great debater. So is Ted Cruz. They both made the mistake of tying themselves to an awful person who they once recognized as awful. It will haunt their presidential ambitions for a long time.

As to the Minnesota abortion issue, the article says that of the eight instances, three were "pre-viable," two had "fetal anomalies," and the other three were given comfort care. There is (understandably) no public access to the medical records in these cases. But they certainly seem like eight circumstances in which doctors and families made the heart wrenching decision that immediate care would not change an inevitable result.

Those decisions likely lessened pain and suffering, but the GOP wants to leverage incredibly difficult situations for cheap political points. Very Christian of them.


And you wonder why your party can't win on policy.

Wow.
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4:14p, 10/2/24
The Nazis killed babies for being disabled; later adults too. Then Jews, Gypsies, Jehovahs Witnesses, Poles, Russians, etc.
just saying
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In reply to boognish_bear • 5:54p, 10/2/24
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30 days before the election?
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boognish_bear said:


30 days before the election?




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7:16p, 10/2/24
I think if that's the October surprise Trump will be fine. Trump is immune to legal issues moving the needle on his electability.
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7:23p, 10/2/24
Is October Bad Fiction Month?

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In reply to Osodecentx • 7:32p, 10/2/24
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boognish_bear said:


30 days before the election?
october surprise
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In reply to boognish_bear • 7:35p, 10/2/24
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I think if that's the October surprise Trump will be fine. Trump is immune to legal issues moving the needle on his electability.
i think this is right.. unless there is something extra grevious

Nothing i have seen so far will dissuade the Trump voters..
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7:43p, 10/2/24
This is the smoking gun? Trump was on his phone and on Twitter. Who would've ever guessed.

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Like so many other fascists, she wants the power and the perks but not the actual work or any accountability.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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In reply to Osodecentx • 7:45p, 10/2/24
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boognish_bear said:


30 days before the election?

That's why it's called "October surprise"

I suspect this will be empty snd meaningless like all the other lawfare attacks against Trump. It sounds like what the fascists did in 2020 and are doing again this year.
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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8:20p, 10/2/24
This will also have zero impact

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