Countdown to Extinction: The 2016 Presidential Election

[Karl Henning]

Dang, the smoking gun is a string of medical rumor!  (And all the rumors about Clinton are true, none of the rumors about El Tupé are of any consequence!)

Separately, you cannot say that they don't get ample assists from El Tupé:

Clinton, Kaine criticize Trump's Gettysburg pledge to sue his accusers

What a maroon!

[Madiel]

The smoking gun:

"Clinton is now rumored to be suffering from a plethora of medical ailments, including: dementia, post-concussion syndrome, Parkinson's Disease, brain tumor, brain injury, complex partial seizures, and many more alleged ailments."

Read more: http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/wikileaks-just-dropped-bombshell-hillarys-health-truth-revealed/#ixzz4NuM86Guw

And you all thought I never posted anything negative about Hill!

There is something deeply hilarious about this. At the same time as it being deeply stupid.

[(poco) Sforzando]

There is something deeply hilarious about this. At the same time as it being deeply stupid.

Are you telling me this isn't true? I found it on the Internet.

[Madiel]

Are you telling me this isn't true? I found it on the Internet.

Which "this" are we talking about? The e-mail, or the conclusions and commentary surrounding it?

[(poco) Sforzando]

Clinton, Kaine criticize Trump's Gettysburg pledge to sue his accusers

He has laid out about eight years of work to be completed in his first 100 days, including a new constitutional amendment for term limits which we all know will go through Congress and be ratified by the required 38 states in, oh, no more than the three days it will take to put up the wall. And for a break he'll have ample time to depose at 10-12 trials to refute those accusing him of sexual misconduct. (That is, unless another 10-12 women come forward in the next two weeks.)

[(poco) Sforzando]

Which "this" are we talking about? The e-mail, or the conclusions and commentary surrounding it?

You wrote: There is something deeply hilarious about this.

I wrote: Are you telling me this isn't true?

Therefore, your this is as vague as my this, and vice versa. Hope this clears up the matter.

[Madiel]

You wrote: There is something deeply hilarious about this.

I wrote: Are you telling me this isn't true?

Therefore, your this is as vague as my this, and vice versa. Hope this clears up the matter.

Well this is all true.

[San Antone]

The experts might be surprised, there is still a chance Trump could win.  However, William Kristol advises a more pragmatic strategy for Republican voters:

... voting for the down-ticket Republicans would be a service not just to conservatism but to the country. The last thing America needs is President Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer riding roughshod for two years over free markets, individual liberties, and civil society.

The task of the next two weeks is simple: Save every salvageable Republican candidate for the Senate and the House from being dragged under by the dead weight of a sinking Trump.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-loser/article/2004996

[Herman]

The idea that Clinton is supposed to be bad for free markets, individual liberties and civil society is just too funny.

[Madiel]

Pragmatic. And yet, deeply melodramatic.

[Madiel]

A few minutes ago I read and enjoyed this thought:

There is literally nothing more ironic than a white, straight, billionaire thinking the system is rigged against him.

[Ken B]

A few minutes ago I read and enjoyed this thought:

Actually there is something more idiotic. That is rejecting ideas only because of someone's race, sex, or wealth.

[Madiel]

Actually there is something more idiotic. That is rejecting ideas only because of someone's race, sex, or wealth.

Um, you clearly do not understand what you're reading.

[Ken B]

Um, you clearly do not understand what you're reading.

Yes that was a problem in grad school too. I blame my grade 2 teacher.

[Madiel]

It's not a statement that the idea is to be rejected or is idiotic, a word that you came up that wasn't in my post. It's a statement that the claim is ironic. I'm not going to spell it out for you any further right now because typing on an iPhone is laborious.

[zamyrabyrd]

The idea that Clinton is supposed to be bad for free markets, individual liberties and civil society is just too funny.

Not funny at all.

[Ken B]

It's not a statement that the idea is to be rejected or is idiotic, a word that you came up that wasn't in my post. It's a statement that the claim is ironic. I'm not going to spell it out for you any further right now because typing on an iPhone is laborious.

Ah yes, I see. I did read it as idiotic.

[drogulus]

     The progress of the chart above gives you an idea of how status quo liberal/conservative politics and politicians have become unpopular. If you want a nice illustration of supply side tax burden shifting, just watch.

     The big thing about taxes is the growth of after tax income. It's therefore important what a tax scheme does to support or undercut aggregate demand. The chart above doesn't tell all but what it tells is important.

     I propose that all tax schemes should be viewed as deliberate efforts to get what results from them, not because it's true but as an epistemic tool. Suppose you want to use taxes to reinforce and amplify the gulf between the highest income earners and everyone else. Here's what I'd do, I'd learn from the chart above and try to do more of what was done to get there. I'd punish demand by shifting the tax balance down and keep it there.

[Karl Henning]

The experts might be surprised, there is still a chance Trump could win.

No denying that.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

[Zeus]

Donald is turning the tide:

Trump Finally Gets a Newspaper Endorsement
October 23, 2016 By Taegan Goddard

The Las Vegas Review Journal, owned by casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is the first major newspaper to endorse Donald Trump for president....