Politics

[Hunt anything]

Social Security was hacked apparently.
It's pretty cool that I'm forced to participate in this ponzi scheme even though it's basically a mathematical impossibility that I'll ever receive any amount of money from it that comes close to what I've put in after inflation. Good thing they take it from me and I don't get to invest that money how I want.

I think it was GW Bush that tried to allow us to do just that. He was almost laughed out of Washington for even suggesting such a thing!

 

[Certus]

Thanks @mdwest and @sgt_zim

 

[Hunter4752001]

From each accoring to their ability, to each according to their position in the Party....

 

[CJW]

GOP pollster on Trump-Harris: ‘I haven’t seen anything like this’

He's been called "The Nostradamus of pollsters."

www.nj.com

“She’s got intensity now. She’s got an intensity advantage. She’s got a demographic advantage and I haven’t seen anything like this happen in 30 days in my lifetime,” he said. “Now my groups are broken up by young women saying, ‘I’m not voting for him anymore.’”

He added: “The people who are undecided have all collapsed towards Harris. The people who are ‘weak’ Trump have all collapsed towards undecided.”

 

[Corey0372]

I think it was GW Bush that tried to allow us to do just that. He was almost laughed out of Washington for even suggesting such a thing!

I dont mind it existing, but it should be optional

like someone who just wants the easy button.... doesnt wanna think about it, sure let them put money into it, but if I don't want to I shouldn't have to

 

[CJW]

Important to note that this is day 25 of the the MSM not asking Kamala a question.

She also still has yet to receive a single primary vote. Coup successful!

 

[Hunt anything]

Important to note that this is day 25 of the the MSM not asking Kamala a question.

She also still has yet to receive a single primary vote. Coup successful!

Yet every time I think about it I get a sinking feeling that she may very well win this election and take the house and senate with her.

 

[WAB]

Yet every time I think about it I get a sinking feeling that she may very well win this election and take the house and senate with her.

Their strategy is brilliant. If she talks they lose, so don’t talk. Hard to believe that American voters are this stupid.

 

[CJW]

It's just another version of basement campaign.

 

[Brent in Az]

Important to note that this is day 25 of the the MSM not asking Kamala a question.

She also still has yet to receive a single primary vote. Coup successful!

Same strategy Biden used. Hide in the basement from the reporters.

Pretty cowardly, if you ask me.

 

[Red Leg]

Of course it is the same strategy - it works - along with the added excitement she is generating by not remotely being Biden. It will continue to work through the convention at least. I am pretty sure several here predicted exactly this scenario. We will know by the middle of next month if it will last through the election.

 

[Brent in Az]

Elon Musk invited Kamala for an interview on X.
What are the betting odds that she will accept?.. ..lol

 

[mdwest]

Elon Musk invited Kamala for an interview on X.
What are the betting odds that she will accept?.. ..lol

I’d say somewhere between zero, and none… lol…

 

[Red Leg]

Strieff over at RedState has done another update on the Ukrainian attack into Kurst. Like all his work, it is well worth a look.

Russia Invaded, Week 1. The State of Play

redstate.com

 

[freefall]

Not real familiar with Musk’s background other than he’s from South Africa (I think?) but can he run for President in the USA eventually?

I'm pretty sure he can not.

 

[freefall]

Their strategy is brilliant. If she talks they lose, so don’t talk. Hard to believe that American voters are this stupid.

As P T Barnum said, "Nobody ever lost a dime betting on the stupidity of the American public".

 

[wesheltonj]

Of course it is the same strategy - it works - along with the added excitement she is generating by not remotely being Biden. It will continue to work through the convention at least. I am pretty sure several here predicted exactly this scenario. We will know by the middle of next month if it will last through the election.

If Trump does not start defining her now, before her convention it’s going to be too late after the convention, she will have the bump to pull ahead and not look back.

While I doubt I would see the ad buys in Texas, as that’s a given for Trump. He had better start spending in the swing state yesterday.

 

[Zambezi]

The only author for which I stood in a lengthy line to have an autobiography signed was named Margaret Thatcher. I also wanted to tell her thank you. I would vote for someone like her in an instant. I should also note, I supported Nikki Haley, and am convinced she would be a far superior campaigner and president than Donald Trump.

Just don't ask a Rhodesian about Thatcher!

She was awesome for the UK and give her a solid 9/10...

As a Rhodesian I'd give her a 5 second head start to outrun 180gn travelling at 2700 fps

 

[BigHill]

wow.

 

[VertigoBE]

Please don’t misunderstand me, I’m not a misogynist and I fully agree and accept that women can be every bit as competent or more competent than men. I just believe that any governmental leadership role is a man’s job. I think that the majority of people share that view, perhaps a small majority (at least in the West) but a majority all the same. The majority of people respect a man more and more importantly fear a man more than a woman. That’s just the way it is and the way it has been for thousands of years. Among other things the prescriptive and natural role of men is to be the head of the household, leader, fighter, protector, rescuer and provider. This is not a knock on women and absolutely zero disrespect is meant.

Margaret Thatcher was a great leader. There are obviously exceptions to every rule but the rule remains.

Another hot take I’ll add is that I don’t believe women should have been allowed the right to vote either. For better or worse.

Women shouldn’t be in government leadership roles?
Women shouldn’t have the right to vote?

I’m not quite sure in what century or country you live in, but those are precisely misogynous statements. And I could not disagree stronger with them.

I’ll grant you that on average men have more an innate tendency to lead than women. Not necessarily more competence in it however. Machismo and all that.

I have worked for and currently am reporting to a woman, who is clearly very competent in her leadership role.

Women also bring life to this world, for the most part raise the family and provide a home worth fighting/working for. How could they not have the right to vote?