Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[iam416]

Single party rule is bad.

[froot loops]

I would have to imagine this bounces back and forth. Nixon and Wallace in '68 both ran on "the world has gone to hell". FDR in 1932 did too to a certain extent. Incumbents (and incumbant parties) will always be more apt to go for "things ain't so bad". But I guess the bigger part of his argument is that today the pessimism is clearly unfounded.

The weird thing about this campaign is this one is much more pessimistic than the 2008 campaign. And 2008 was clearly a point for pannnnic!

[hack]

Read that Easterbrook story. Typical him``Everyone is wrong and the numbers prove it! I will now present an opinion as fact, without any numbers to back it.'' Same lack of insight and judgement that led to his downfall in the first place.There's just a piece missing in there. It's like data journalism without the data.

[Dr. Strangelove]

US raises taxes 522% on Chinese steel!

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36319141

[iam416]

Read that Easterbrook story. Typical him``Everyone is wrong and the numbers prove it! I will now present an opinion as fact, without any numbers to back it.''

Hmmmm. There's a disconnect there. No one who actually read that would reach that conclusion. But hey, you're you.

[iam416]

The weird thing about this campaign is this one is much more pessimistic than the 2008 campaign. And 2008 was clearly a point for pannnnic!

Yeah, but the 2008 campaign didn't allow for the real voter backlash. The crash came after the nominees were picked. There was no room for the socialists to cry about the evils of market economics. So they had to wait. If the crash had been in 2007 you would have had this election.

Easterbook is rather spot on. The socialist progressives are making a case for sweeping change and for that you can't say things are good. You can't say the quality of living has in this country has improved massively over the past 2-3-4-5 decades. You can't say crime has been decreasing for 2 decades. You can't say environmental regulations are in full effect. And not only can't acknowledge how good things are in the US, but you have to say they're BAD.

So, instead of acknowledging increases in quality of life and wages, it's income inequality!!!! we'd rather have everyone making $10 than the bottom 99% making $25 and the top 1% making $100!!! Instead of acknowledging reduction in crime and general improvement in race relations, it's BLM narrative fed by a Ferguson lie. Instead of acknowledging the massive strides in environmental protection over the past 50 years, it's a cataclysmic scare mode on climate change w/ little to no evidence to support.

And the Rs, who are typically optimistic about America, go and nominate a guy who pushes a total Nationalist agenda from protectionism to building a wall.

Oh well. Easterbook is right -- children born today in the US are the luckiest in the World and of any generation.

[Wild Hoss]

Frank Easterbrook with a realistic take in the NYT....what's with all the pessimism? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/op...cool.html?_r=0

The sure sign of general prosperity is when the center-stage argument is about bathroom usage.

Thanks Obama!

[iam416]

The sure sign of general prosperity is when the center-stage argument is about bathroom usage.

Heh. Truth.

[edindetroit]

US raises taxes 522% on Chinese steel!

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36319141

That sounds like a big number but what are the before and after numbers?

[entropy]

The sure sign of general prosperity is when the center-stage argument is about bathroom usage.

Flavor of the month... One must find something new to hate about your opponent or that hate runs dry. Same goes for network TV.

I'm still of the opinion these distractions are exactly what the parties want so they avoid having to make real decisions or address real problems.

[entropy]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/15/jon-stewart-enabler-donald-trump/JglP41Xar7kkQlBNhWuCEK/story.html?event=event25

"Throughout his tenure at ?The Daily Show,?? Stewart hammered one basic note: that the establishments we?re stuck with are hopelessly corrupt, that our politicians and journalists are buffoons.
This happens to be the exact same note that Trump hits at every one of his rallies and in all his interviews. It?s the most convincing aspect of his appeal, frankly.
To hear Stewart now excoriating ?the media? for its role in promoting Trump as a candidate is to ignore that Stewart himself was one of the central architects of our current zeitgeist."

[Wild Hoss]

Flavor of the month... One must find something new to hate about your opponent or that hate runs dry. Same goes for network TV.

I'm still of the opinion these distractions are exactly what the parties want so they avoid having to make real decisions or address real problems.

I am of the opinion that you're the problem. My Deport Entropy Super PAC kicks off in November. Its gonna be yuuuuuuge. The greatest Super PAC ever. We're going to make best PACs.

[Wild Hoss]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2...?event=event25


"Throughout his tenure at ?The Daily Show,?? Stewart hammered one basic note: that the establishments we?re stuck with are hopelessly corrupt, that our politicians and journalists are buffoons.
This happens to be the exact same note that Trump hits at every one of his rallies and in all his interviews. It?s the most convincing aspect of his appeal, frankly.
To hear Stewart now excoriating ?the media? for its role in promoting Trump as a candidate is to ignore that Stewart himself was one of the central architects of our current zeitgeist."

I see this alot, but it misses the obvious point; saying that the process is broken doesn't equate to Donald Trump being the solution.

[entropy]

I am of the opinion that you're the problem. My Deport Entropy Super PAC kicks off in November. Its gonna be yuuuuuuge. The greatest Super PAC ever. We're going to make best PACs.

I have been in KC a long time.. at least for me. I'm surprised it has taken this long for the locals to "help" me move again. I certainly would have thought KC would be less patient with me than Detroit.

[Wild Hoss]

I have been in KC a long time.. at least for me. I'm surprised it has taken this long for the locals to "help" me move again. I certainly would have thought KC would be less patient with me than Detroit.

We're going to "move" you off the goddamn planet bucko. Then its all rainbows and unicorns...and in Wiz' case, male blowup dolls.