Kamala Harris is off and running with a mind meld of the most progressive policies of Biden, AOC, and California governor Gavin Newsom.
Kamala Steers Left
Swing voters? Who needs ’em asks the Wall Street Journal editorial board.
On Tuesday outside of Milwaukee, Ms. Harris was introduced by an “educator” with a doctorate who said that thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration, “I had almost all of my student-loan debt forgiven.”
And if that plank of progressive big government doesn’t appeal, Ms. Harris has others. The VP said she sees a future where “every worker has the freedom to join a union,” and “every person has affordable health care, affordable child care, and paid family leave,” and “every senior can retire with dignity.”
The promise is that Uncle Sam will deliver it all. She also pledged to sign federal laws to ban “assault weapons” and override state abortion limitations.
This is a strange strategy. Ms. Harris is talking as if she’s running in the Democratic primaries and trying to beat California Gov. Gavin Newsom for her party’s presidential nod. In reality she leapfrogged that fraught step and is going straight to the general election.
In Milwaukee she sounded as if her main political task is to get Democrats enthused about finishing the pieces of Mr. Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that failed in the Democratic Senate. That means more government entitlements for healthcare, child care, and more progressive culture war.
Kamala Harris Isn’t the Change Democrats Need
Also consider Kamala Harris Isn’t the Change Democrats Need
In 2016 Republican voters nominated Mr. Trump to the dismay of GOP elites who thought he was unelectable. This year, liberal pooh-bahs are pushing for Ms. Harris, and the question is whether rank-and-file Democrats have changed their minds about her.
Gallup reported this month that 55% of U.S. adults want immigration levels reduced. That’s up significantly from 41% a year ago and the highest level since 2001. “The shifts in attitudes have come after monthly illegal border crossings reached record levels late last year,” the polling company said. Moreover, Gallup’s “monthly measure of the most important problem facing the country finds immigration consistently ranking among the top issues this year.” In Ms. Harris, Democrats are offering a candidate who was put in charge of addressing the border crisis and who failed so miserably at that task that more than half the country is now demanding a reduction in immigration.
As a senator, Ms. Harris co-sponsored a bill introduced by fellow Democrat Cory Booker that would “establish a commission to study the impact of slavery and continuing discrimination against African-Americans and make recommendations on reparation proposals for the descendants of slaves.”
Ms. Harris’s past support for reparations is likely to go over as well as her past support for giving illegal immigrants free healthcare. Do the party elites expect voters to forgive and forget all this because she’s a black woman? Ms. Harris’s sudden elevation may well trigger higher black turnout this year, but not all of it will benefit Democrats. If the polls are correct, a growing number of black voters believe that liberals like Ms. Harris care more about the welfare of illegal immigrants than they do about the welfare of black communities.
Democrats are changing the name at the top of the ticket when what’s really needed is a course correction, and someone from Ms. Harris’s wing of the party isn’t likely to provide it. Mr. Biden’s re-election bid was flailing, only partially due to his age and infirmities. He was also struggling to convince voters that his prescriptions for everything from inflation and crime to immigration and foreign policy were preferable to what could be expected in a second Trump presidency. In choosing Ms. Harris, Democrats are betting that Donald Trump will beat himself in November.
Change Where?
Kamala Harris isn’t the change voters want because she is promising no change at all.
At least she’s honest. Biden promised to be a moderate and a healer. How’d that work out?
Vote for me, I’m dumb but honest. Hmmm, could that work? Somehow I doubt that is the message voters want to hear.
Appeal to the Base?
Is the Democrat base now the extreme Progressive Left?
Regardless, it’s clear that neither Trump nor Harris has any use for swing voters.
Trump and Harris both can’t be right, but they both can be wrong. One of them will win anyway.
A Word About the Polls
Expect a bounce for Harris. But that bounce may be nothing more than a sigh of relief that Democrats saved Democracy, not from Trump, but from Biden.
With the weight of Biden gone, there will be more enthusiasm headed into the Democratic convention. Then the convention will likely add a bit of a bounce.
We won’t have any readings for a week that mean anything. But if there is no bounce at all in the polls for Harris in the next few weeks that could be a sign that it’s curtains already.
Who Can Afford More Mistakes?
Given that Trump is ahead, he can afford more mistakes unless they are truly gross errors.
Also the economy is slowing fast if not in recession. I think the latter. That helps Trump.
On July 8, I commented Weak Data Says a Recession Has Already Started, Let’s Now Discuss When
Since then, more weak data hit the fan.
I tie the economic picture together in Three Top Reasons Mortgage Delinquencies Are Rising
Rot starts at the periphery then spreads to the core.
Also see Signs of Severe Credit Card and Auto Loan Stress in Generation Z
Panic is coming and it will hit before November.
Where does she think she is, Canada?!?
These things are considered normal here north of the border:
“every worker has the freedom to join a union,”
“every person has affordable health care, affordable child care, and paid family leave,” and
“every senior can retire with dignity.”
Our national debt is no worse than the US, actually less per capita.
Yup. It’s so awesome up here, canadians are not moving to the US at record rates.
https://thehub.ca/2024/06/19/canadians-are-heading-to-the-u-s-at-record-levels-amid-economic-strain-tax-pressures/
Title: Adapting the 2nd Amendment: Modern Firearms and Constitutional Change
Introduction
The 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” has been a cornerstone of American law and culture for over two centuries. However, the firearms landscape in the 21st century is vastly different from that of 1776. The development of firearms technology has brought about substantial changes in terms of accuracy, rate of fire, and overall firepower. In this essay, we will explore how the 2nd Amendment should be adapted to address the modern era, striking a balance between preserving individual rights and safeguarding public safety.
Changing Firearms Technology
When the 2nd Amendment was ratified, the primary firearms available were single-shot muskets and flintlock pistols. These weapons were characterized by limited accuracy, slow reloading times, and a low rate of fire. The smoothbore barrels of muskets made them less accurate compared to modern firearms with rifled barrels. The slow reloading process of the time hindered the rate of fire.
In contrast, contemporary firearms are highly accurate due to advancements in rifling technology, optics, and targeting systems. Semi-automatic and automatic firearms can fire multiple rounds in quick succession, significantly increasing the rate of fire. High-capacity magazines further enhance the firepower available to individuals.
Adapting the 2nd Amendment for the 21st Century
To modernize the 2nd Amendment, we must consider several key aspects:
1. Restricting access to certain firearms: One approach could be to restrict the ownership of highly lethal and rapid-firing weapons, such as any firearm that can be fired from ammunition stored in a magazine, in other words any firearms other than single shot firearms which require reloading after each shot, to individuals who have undergone rigorous background checks and demonstrated a legitimate need for such weaponry. This would aim to balance the rights of gun owners with the safety of the general public.
2. Enhanced licensing and training: Requiring comprehensive training and licensing for gun ownership can ensure that individuals are proficient in safe firearm handling and storage. A tiered system of licensing, where individuals can gain access to more powerful firearms as they demonstrate responsible use, could be a potential solution. Also licensing the actual firearm, just like an automobile would track the transfer of any firearm to insure the new owner has the appropriate training and licensing.
3. Mental health and domestic violence checks: Strengthening background checks to include evaluations of mental health and history of domestic violence can help prevent firearms from falling into the wrong hands. This would address a significant concern regarding public safety.
4. Technology-based safety measures: Requiring gun manufacturers to adoption of smart gun technology, which allows only authorized users to discharge a firearm, could enhance safety without infringing upon the right to bear arms. In addition manufacturers should be required to fire every weapon and register the resulting forensic marking with the appropriate federal agencies.
5. Federal regulation and standardization: Implementing consistent federal regulations that provide a framework for state-level firearm laws could streamline the complex and often inconsistent patchwork of state laws, improving accountability and enforcement.
Conclusion
The 2nd Amendment was written at a time when the concept of firearms was vastly different from what it is today. The constitutional framework, however, is flexible enough to adapt to changing circumstances while still preserving fundamental rights. As society grapples with the implications of modern firearms technology, it is imperative to strike a balance between protecting individual rights and safeguarding public safety. The ongoing debate surrounding the 2nd Amendment calls for thoughtful consideration and deliberation, leading to adaptations that acknowledge the realities of the 21st century. By modernizing the 2nd Amendment, we can address the challenges of today while honoring the values and principles that have shaped the United States for over two centuries.
The Second Amendment was written when the firepower of individual colonists’ arms were more or less equivalent to the small arms of the occupying British military. That balance has been lost and should be equalized. The justification for the Second Amendment was never hunting or target shooting. That’s why the word militia is included. And, no I don’t have any glib answers.
Hmmm guess I should buy an ICBM to equalize
I think we should trust our government to always know what is best for us since they are clearly smarter, have (great) integrity, and are better informed in all that matters to society. Also, government always has our best interests at heart.
LMAO! Did we learn NOTHING from Covid?
The Case for a Maximum Wage Law: Bridging the Wealth Gap in America
Introduction
Income inequality has become a defining issue of our time, plaguing societies across the globe. In the United States, the wealth gap between the ultra-rich and the working class has reached staggering proportions. To address this growing problem, it is imperative to consider bold solutions that promote fairness, economic stability, and social cohesion. One such solution is the implementation of a maximum wage law, which would cap the earnings of the highest-paid worker within a corporation at no more than 12 times the salary of the lowest-paid worker. This essay will argue that such a law is necessary to promote economic justice, reduce income inequality, and create a more balanced society.
I. Income Inequality: A Growing Problem
II. The Need for a Maximum Wage Law
III. Possible Criticisms and Counterarguments
Conclusion
The implementation of a maximum wage law limiting the highest-paid worker in any U.S. corporation to earning no more than 12 times what the lowest-paid worker earns is a bold and necessary step towards achieving economic justice, reducing income inequality, and creating a more balanced and equitable society. While there may be legitimate concerns and criticisms, the urgency of addressing income inequality outweighs these challenges. Such a law would promote fairness, encourage fair labor practices, and contribute to economic stability, ultimately strengthening the social fabric of the United States. It is time for our society to embrace the principles of economic justice and take meaningful steps towards a more equitable future.
No.
The ratio should not be 12, it should be 14.7139851145 because I know better than you.
The Government must work much harder for equivalent outcomes in life.
And you should have brown eyes, not blue.
[ROTFLOL]
What is the basis for awarding income in your world? It seems to be your version of ‘fairness.’ Instituted by the Federal Fair Value Agency, your income will be determined by congenital public servants with a two-year degree in public service. They will decide if a neurosurgeon with 30 years of surgery on motorcycle-accident victims is worth 1.3 or 1.4 times a chemical engineer, with one year of experience, but she just invented a new lubricant that eliminates the need for oil changes in your car. …. ETC.
If you cannot seen the sheer inanity of this, I can’t help you. BTW, I knew that neurosurgeon. He was worth every cent of whatever he was paid, NOT 12 times the burger flipper’s income.
I recently had an MRI, cost if uninsured $3500, Medicare paid $160, co-insurance paid $40 my out of pocket $0. The hospital accepted $200. How is this fair? Single payer would eliminate this discrimination. 20% of ask, paid by insurance and accepted as payment in full is normal. WTF America? If all medical had to accept the price determined by medicare, insurance would cost 80% less and we could all afford to be insured. Medical service could be subsided by the federal govt, just like big oil.
Well, duh.
You should have paid $3500.
If a privileged class didn’t ride on Government coattails the average costs for everyone would be lower.
If medical facilities were required to publish prices for standard services (e.g. MRI) there would be comparison shopping and actual competition.
You can’t be serious. These are corporations that fix prices across the nation in violation of the law without fear of being held accountable. How is it that non-profits charge the same amount as for-profits?
I’m sure Lisa can speak for herself… However, the best (perhaps only) way to lower medical costs is to stimulate innovation, lower barriers to entry, and enable greater competition by providers. Single payer does NONE of that. Single payer will negotiate a flat rate for all providers of a given service (using the usual cost structure) with built-in profits for the provider.
Why innovate if all you receive is the flat rate? And if you do achieve cost savings, how long before the single payer reduces the flat rate?
I see you had no reply to the big oil subsides.
Perhaps if you spelled out what those ‘big oil subsides’ (sic) are?’
The US tax code provides for a depletion allowance (to recover some costs against oil recovered/remaining) and a depreciation allowance to cover fixed assets with extended life. Both allowances are for all businesses, not specific to oil.
Now, there are other oil-specific allowances, for example ‘incentives for domestic production and write-offs tied to foreign production.’
The most-cited allowance is intangible drilling costs.” It dates from1913 to encourage development of U.S. resources. It allows deduction of up to 80% of the costs of drilling, including wages, surveys, etc in the first year–not over the life of the well. Congress can change the rule whenever it wants–Democrat or Republican.
How much do you want to pay per gallon when you fill up your car?
But think of the millions of people in the healthcare industry who would lose their jobs! Healthcare insurance would be decimated! Think about no more drug advertising on TV. How many would that unemploy.
These reasons and many more are why the healthcare stakeholders and politicians will NEVER agree to single payer health insurance in the USA.
There are but a few thousand politicians in the US for 330 million people who should have the power to make these decisions?
It’s not a question of “should”. That is how a representative form of government works.
And as I pointed out and remind you again, there are millions of people who would be against single payer because it threatens their jobs.
The only way single payer like Medicare would ever succeed in the USA would be to slowly lower the age of Medicare legibility over decades. Say 5 years lower every 10 years? This would slowly force the healthcare and medical insurance industries to rethink their business model.
The pay for all healthcare employees would drop like a stone. The desire to become a healthcare worker, let along a doctor, would plummet. It’s a narrow road between expense to the public and being able to provide the best care. I fall more on the side of additional regulation of healthcare facilities right now, but there will never be a perfect solution.
Never allow perfect stand in the way of good.
Oh great, platitude responses.
As you appear to be a new poster here, I suspect that you are an old poster who was banned and has chosen a new post name. I’m trying to think who you were…
If the going price is $3500, and the true cost is $200, why wouldn’t an entrepreneur start McDoctor and do MRIs for $300?
Three words: Certificate of Need
Pelosi endorsed Kamala. I guess we have to elect her to see what’s inside.
Excellent column for the listing of Harris numerous weakness.
if you lose your senile puppet, it is necessary to find a stupid one. The billionaires have the perfect replacement at hand. It sort of has a Roman flavor in a way.
“Democrats are offering a candidate who was put in charge of addressing the border crisis and who failed so miserably at that task that more than half the country is now demanding a reduction in immigration.” Put in charge of the addressing the border crisis is a gross over statement. The President asked her to work on studying and addressing with Central American governments the root causes of the large flows of migrants from that geography.
Well, Curt, you may be technically correct that she was given a job suited for a clerk buried deep in the State Department hierarchy, but VPs live in a world of politics, not technology.
If the Biden administration’s handling of the border were popular, “Her masterful execution under the guidance of elder statesman President Biden” would sum up MSNBC’s take. But such was not the case. So, the VP takes the fall. As she should. The border was handled as she preferred.
I live in a world where to be successful, I must first understand issues before I adopt an informed opinion that I am willing to share and act on. I will never accept that my fellow Americans are too lazy or willfully ignorant. I firmly believe that if you are a serious person, you will actually take information and determine its credibility and accuracy before forming an opinion.
I guess you have led a charmed life.
Apparently you have never had a boss that told you to do something that you rather not do.
Can’t speak for Curt, but such charmed lives do exist. As an employee, my job always became, “Do what you think will help.”
It started when a guy I worked with came to me and said, “I just got promoted. I’m your boss now. What are you doing?” I told him. He said, “Cool.” And we never talked about it again.
I had one boss who told me to do things that I did not want to do because it conflicted with my principles. I quit and started my path to self employment. I have been self employed for 12 years now.
Yes! 99%. (There’s always a 1%, though. If only for fun or for life, itself.)
All of this is great, except we are still waiting for Kamala’s opinion, and it has been OVER THREE YEARS. I’m thinking lazy and willfully ignorant.
From the unbiased BBC: March 2021.
US President Joe Biden has put Vice-President Kamala Harris in charge of controlling migration at the southern border following a big influx of new arrivals.
Mr Biden said he was giving her a “tough job” but that she was “the most qualified person to do it”.
Harris apparently isn’t an easy person to work with or for. That doesn’t bode well for someone who needs to bring everyone together.
Politicians know nothing about economics and many voters know less. Harris will never be selected at open convention. Hillary is just waiting to be begged to save them.
“never selected”
You might want to check the usual Democrat media sites. They couldn’t have come out with “Harris is the second coming” articles faster.
Just checked. They have moved on to VP and bad-bad-Republicans.
No amount of inauthenticity can deflect American voters if one panders to their ignorance and keeps calling them great. I mean, they elected Ronald Reagan, Bush jr, and Biden.
Americans can be persuaded of anything at all, as long as they are not on the effect side of a two by four to the face.
Luckily, there is a zero percent chance that she will be elected President.
It is highly doubtful that she will even be the Democratic nominee.
She will most likely be replaced at the convention in mid-August due to consistently poor polling numbers.
I don’t think it’s wise to say anything has a zero percent chance.
I think it highly likely they stick her with a VP with ‘appeal,’ her low intelligence and lack of ability notwithstanding. The mass media will continue to brainwash the populace. Kamala squeaks across the finish line. Putin and Xi apply pressure in Ukraine (if it still exists) and the Philippines. WWIII by 2026.
Sounds like a seductive book title: “The Promises of Kamala”
Well, she has been known to be X-rated in her ambitions
One has to wonder if Ross Perot was thinking of her when he referred to the ‘giant sucking sound; in 1992?
For those that argue Kamala Harris was a good prosecutor, read.
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2024/07/24/kamala-wants-to-frame-campaign-as-prosecutor-versus-felon-thats-not-good-for-her-n2177308?bcid=bdcbdef8fa0ad8158103b210559089e3a135192c5f1fd785216816c8acbd0ede&lctg=29316833?utm_source=rsmorningbriefing&bcid=bdcbdef8fa0ad8158103b210559089e3a135192c5f1fd785216816c8acbd0ede&lctg=29316833?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip
Biden empowered/enabled Kamala to be the Border Czar. How did that work out?
Untrue characterization!
Wrong.
Notice that the mainstream media is running 24×7 to tell us she wasn’t in charge of the border; however, for 3+ years folks have said it and the MSM never batted an eye to dispute the claim. If I asked folks prior to the last week if Kamala was supposed to take a direct role in limiting illegal immigration at the border, that Biden tasked her with the significant problem there, they ALL would have said yes. UNTIL she now has to face the disgusting border failure as the candidate with responsibility for that failure.
I am always astonished at the parsing of language by the Democrats to deflect abject failure. I now ask this simple question Curt, was and is the border an unmitigated disaster started under the Biden ADMINISTRATION (which includes VP Harris as a matter of definintion of ADMINISTRATION)? If she isn’t tied to it then is the issue magically a non-issue, just randomly occurring as if no one is responsible?
You see how clever you think you are? It’s silly. The border and the flood of illegal immigration IS the direct responsibility of Biden/Harris, you don’t get to conveniently parse that away through clever language.
As Bibi said yesterday, because he’s not running for election in the U.S. – useful idiots. One google search showed me that the press has the narrative to run with – “she’s not the border czar”. Odd, they didn’t run with that newsbit for 3 years when the common belief was that her role was that. Not sure how you don’t see that it’s CBS, WaPO, NYT, Time, LA Times, CNN, MSNBC all running the propaganda Machine 24x7x365.
Democracy saved lol.
There was a bi-partisan bill to address the border that was killed by Trump and his republican cult to shore up his campaign.
Did you read the bill by any chance?
Before this moment, I never heard anyone in the administration state that VP Harris was the “border czar.” Based on the numbers, if illegal border crossings had been an “unmitigated disaster” over the last three years, that would not be an outrageous characterization. Should the administration have to answer for that? Yes. Are there reasons for the flood over illegal border crossings other than ineptness? Yes. The pandemic measures taken in 2020 to limit illegal crossings had to be removed when the pandemic was over—that pandemic period with relatively low unlawful border crossings caused a pent-up flow of illegal crossings once those pandemic measures were lifted. This issue of illegal border crossings is not unique to any particular administration over the last 50 years. It is ridiculous that legislation has not been written and passed into law which reforms our immigration and amnesty processes. For this, there is plenty of blame to go around.
Addressing that characterization, then.
“I’ve asked her … to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help — are going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border,” Biden said in March 2021.
Okay. WHAT DID SHE ACHIEVE? Exactly. Besides a visit and handing out US taxpayer money? Her brilliance and wealth of experience achieved absolutely nothing, not even a slight stemming.
SHE FAILED!
If Democrat primary voters didn’t want Kamala, why does the party think the country wants her?
The party just wants to beat Trump – they care about little else.
We in California are well aware of how dangerous she is. She’s clairvoyant, too – amazing in that she filed paperwork to enable funding – BEFORE Joe bowed out. Uncanny, isn’t it? LOL
RedState has written articles about how bad Harris and Newsom are – seek them out. Also, Californians on X are speaking out. Just enter Harris or Newsom in the search field and you’ll see plenty!
Californian here. Homeless and filth are almost everywhere and now in areas where you’d never see it. Regular stores like Target, Walmart, and others now have more and more sections locked up to customers. Everything is getting more and more expensive and the state and local governments continue to take more and more taxes and fees to cover their costs without concern for the people paying for it.
Another California resident here. Pretty much everything from California should be outright rejected. There are still good people here – we have simply been overrun with illegals, Hollywooders, Silicon Valleyers and other assorted weirdos, reprobates, and marxist criminals
Trump is a visionary. Harris is a smart politician. All politicians swing in the wind lying effortless when needed.
“Smart”
very smart.
Clearly she’s smart than you and probably less cringe worthy. 😁 That’s my nice thought for the day!
She is corrupt, like Biden and Newsom. Read the books, Blood Money and Profiles in Corruption, both by Peter Schweizer.
she is very conservative with her money and investments
her husband is a lawyer. he earned $1.3 million/y as a partner in dla piper, before moving to dc. gamala is smarter than her jewish husband. he is a gw prof earning “ONLY” 175k/y, down 87%.
yes.
I would prefer the term ‘crafty’ over ‘smart’ in reference to Harris
she is a wily fox. trump has to know himself and his opponent. she can outsmart trump.
I know Trump has never lied! Are you a cult member too?
Should Presidential candidates be given IQ tests? Clearly Kamala Harris is too dumb to be President. She’s probably too dumb to be in any leadership role. I suspect her IQ is below 90. Trump is no genius, but he is clearly above average. Except for his Israel & China policies, his platform is in the right direction. One also gets a sense Trump is a good person. Harris is not a good person. A lifetime of confusion and being foisted in positions that were too demanding for her, has resulted in an angry and petty person who lashes out at the world. Her public persona is so cringe worthy it’s hard to imagine anyone actually voting for her.
“Trump is no genius, but he is clearly above average.”
You base this on what, exactly?
He’s bombastic and egotistical, but buster != intelligence
What he achieved. It’s obvious to anyone who does have TDS.
Assuming IQ is a factor in a leader’s capability… Putin is in the 150+ range, so both Trump (110-125) and Kamala (105-115) are deficient, yet are above average for the US.
Charisma is key for a US politician. Trump appeals mostly to the lowest common denominator. He’s bold and brash–MAGA, your stereotype real estate developer. He doesn’t have the answers, but thinks he does. Trade tariffs, college green cards, tax free tips, foreign policy… all problematic
Kamala is plain boring and lacks creativity, but the media is already brainwashing the masses. By November, Kamala will be inspired to reshape America, or some such nonsense.
If Gamala becomes president Kamala Harris tonight, with a 190M war chest, the D
will salivate. President Harris seeking re-election will move to the center to improve her odds. With some help from Shapiro, Roy, Whitmer and Beshear she might win the swing states.
She doesn’t have to do anything. The DNC/deep state chose a Californian to run because they want the electoral votes. That’s all. They could nominate a turnip (oops – did that already) and “win” when you factor in California.
she didn’t do anything for 4 years. she is unknown.
They already had deep blue California in the bag with all its electoral votes. The ideal candidate is from a large swing state or region. That alone makes Newsom a pointless VP possibility and raises the odds for Shapiro.
Don’t the VP and President have to be from different states, per the Constitution? I’m not sure Kamala can legitimately claim to be a DC resident. Yeah, she’s lived in the VP mansion in DC for four years but I’m not sure that counts since it’s paid for by the feds. It’s not like she owns it or paid rent….
PLEASE spread the word to stop the HOAX / MYTH of her being black, as though that would mean anything. Why is it used????
She is absolutely east Indian from both parents!
Mother from India and father from Jamaica. Last I checked Jamaica is in the Caribbean and the natives descended from Africa.
last i checked, we all evolved from Adam & Eve…
No one was in Jamaica before the African slaves arrived to work the sugar plantations? Seriously?
A bigger question is why is ‘black’ a factor in choosing a president. Biden said he would ONLY consider a black woman as VP? That alone showed me that Biden was not capable of the job of president. There were many women who were far better qualified, and NOT considered. And men, too.
This raises the question of what did Kamala bring to the job except the ‘color’ of her skin and her sex organs? Her brilliant insight? Vast experience? Global whatever? NOPE!
If ever there was a job where MERIT is crucial, it would be…. fill in the blank…
She is part black in her ancestry. That can be used against her as some of those ancestors were slave owner IIRC. Now Trumps family never owned slaves and Vances wife is full Indian and is a far smarter lawyer than Cameltoes.
Trump & Vance are a gift to the Democrats.
The attack ads almost write themselves:
The prosecutor vs the felon.
The prosecutor vs the rapist.
The prosecutor vs the pedophile.
The sound of desperation
LOL. Prosecutor?
That is a program that will fly only with the base.
The cs prosecutor vs the felon with conviction
The cs prosecutor vs the non-rapist (refer to court findings)
The cs prosecutor vs the pedophile (I don’t see where Biden is relevant)
I do not like Trump–my reasons are real and substantial.
Is it true you’ve been brainwashed since birth?
Given my conservative fiscal instincts, I am very worried that both Trump and Harris are willing to go broke, albeit with different fiscal strategies. But this election is not going to be about policies. It will only be about whether the country wants to put an Old Fart & Felon (OFF, for short) back into the White House.
I’m Democrat, but concerned how Harris may try to spend – hopefully Congress would act as a check.
For us centric swing voters, this election will be a real Hobson’s choice – far left, far right, or don’t vote at all.
Far right? Much of Trump’s policies are straight from JFK’s 1960 platform. YOU and your party have changed the messaging.
Not Hobson’s Choice, the choice comes down to character. Since all decisions, especially the toughest ones that are choosing the best worst choice are driven by character. Many very difficult decisions made by Presidents, especially foreign policy decisions come down to the best worst choice.
That’s food for thought.
“Best worst choice”…..like Biden recently saying that he got tough with Israel by sending them 500-lb. bombs, instead of 2,000-lb. bombs.
I was incredulous – but I guess that is how Presidents have to think.
Unfortunately, it is precisely how Presidents must arrive at hard decisions. This is why character is so utterly important when choosing a President.
I don’t know about Hobson, but if the choice comes down to character, what do you really know about Kamala other than her staff quit in large numbers.
Headboard Harris has said she wants to decriminalize illegal border crossings. Just another brain dead take in a congo line of them.
Headboard Harris” !!!!!!!!! heck-yeah
Better nickname for her is Hummer Harris. Rhymes with Bomber Harris of WW2 infamy for wreaking things.
The VP said she sees a future where “every worker has the freedom to join a union,..”
Production in Hollywood has still not fully recovered from the freedom to join a union strike, last year. While a strike is not imminent, workers at Disneyland overwhelmingly authorized a strike, with living conditions what they are in Orange County. With Disney Corp. so concerned about children in Florida, one would think that they would want to take care of their employees, as family.
Enjoy https://ourfiniteworld.com/2024/07/22/how-does-the-economy-really-work/
God help us ! In promising everything, we will end up with nothing. That’s the way these things work when there is no personal responsibility.
Here’s the Conundrum: if our Government is gonna hand out freebies to every Tom, Dick and Henry, for ZERO work/no efforts and at the same time it will ENDLESSLY SPEND OUR MONEY overseas in fake wars, then I think I am fine with a handout here and there.
340 million are sitting comfortably in the ‘wagon’.
Now, who is going to pull?…..
It’s a self-pulling wagon!
Freedom to negotiate labor, affordable health care, affordable child care, family leave like every other developed nation, secure retirement.
Pretty terrifying.
Just promises at this point and goals (other than unions) that nearly everyone could agree aren’t bad things in and of themselves. It’s just the mechanisms to achieve those that create problems, but there’s not enough specificity there to say either yay or nay. At this point, you’re just pressing the libertarian panic button without a lot of information. There may be a time for that, but it’s not quite yet.
From an economic point of view, unions aren’t always bad. Markets depend on equal negotiating power. That tends not to exist at lower wage points, so unions can make some economic sense. Maybe not always as practiced, but at least in theory not always bad.
What’s terrifying is letting the government get involved in things it has no business being involved in. All the above things are better left to the free market to provide with government just being responsible for infrastructure and regulations (courts to protect consumers).
Everywhere government gets involved, costs rise astronomically. Look at Obamacare. It was supposed to have already solved affordable health care. Instead its made costs rise dramatically without solving anything.
Unions are fine at the private level, not the public one. But, and this is a BIG but, government must not set policies to protect those private unions. In other words, tariffs on cars to specifically protect private auto unions from foreign auto makers are not OK because it artificially drive up the cost of cars for everyone at the expense of auto union salaries.
“What’s terrifying is letting the government get involved in things it has no business being involved in.”
Yup. Things like money printing. And barring people from building houses and offices. And like the spying and ratting out required to know how much someone “makes,” as well what and for what something sells. etc..
Harris is a tragedy. But the ones above are the biggies. As long as those are in place; nothing else matters: America will never again be half the country to be born in, that even Russia is. Instead forever remaining nothing more than a third world, kleptocratic terror state even ISIS could only dream of.
Full report from Begbies Traynor Over 600,000 UK firms face financial strain amidst challenging economic climate – Begbies Traynor Group (begbies-traynorgroup.com)
Begbies Traynor data also showed that around 40,613 UK businesses are in “critical” financial distress, up 1.1% on the prior quarter and 34.5% higher than a year earlier:
Top 10 Sector Ranking – Critical Financial Distress
There are concerns concerns about the continued impact of high interest rates – for both consumers and businesses – even with the prospect of near-term rate cuts.
Palmer said:
Dems want the US to become a copy of Europe socialism. It works ok, but stifles innovation and is struggling with immigration.
It would basically mean handing the responsibility for global innovation and growth to China and India.
It’s odd because we have been to Europe 100 times since the early 80’s. They have “free” healthcare, and spend nearly NOTHING on wars. There is BUS and TRAIN transportation EVERYWHERE, and one can live without a car in many of the smaller towns, esp in Southern Portugal….everything is within walking distance. The life there is BETTER, and thus I am no longer bad-mouthing Europe as many Americans do since MOST OF THEM have never been to a Culture that hands down kicks ass on America. WE are not the greatest any longer. Europe is.
I can walk out of our Villa there in the Algarve, right into the Town Square and what do we find there? Musicians playing acoustic music and singing. Across from those minstrels: our friends are sitting outside at a table drinking a beer or a glass of wine because it is LEGAL to do so. It warm outside in the winter…sunny days with over 3000 hours of sunshine a year. The life is grand. We will live there until we die. F-OFF AMERICA!
Portugal is great for tourists and foreigners like you and has been so for decades. For the average Portuguese maybe not so much. Wages are low and property prices have skyrocketed in many areas thanks to golden visas (perhaps like you have) and foreigners coming and buying everything up. No one is flocking to Portugal as a hub of high tech or industry.
“For the average Portuguese maybe not so much.”
Still better than for the average American by now.
But yes: It also sucks. And: For exactly the same reasons as in America: “Wages are low and property prices have skyrocketed in many areas…”
And: Just like in America; “foreigners”, whether on “visas” or on the run from La Migra, has exactly nothing whatsoever to do with it.
Instead, as always: Prices are unaffordable because those Portuguese and Americans sufficiently competent to create something; anything, of value; in this case housing; are being explicitly barred from doing so. By their respective totalitarian terror states.
Solely in order to ensure that Portuguese and Americans NOT competent enough to create anything at all, can still sit and collect usury rent and “poppeti pjice appjeciation” for decaying shacks that the terror state has handed them in return for nothing other than pliant imbecility.
Resulting in scarcity and shortages, hence irrationally unaffordable prices for something which in free markets is trivially affordable. All while the respective countries’ capital stock decays, since nothing is being done to make up for the unchecked depreciation.
Hence: In both countries: Total real wealth gets lower and lower. While at the same time: An ever increasing share of that shrinking wealth, is handed to completely incompetent idiots who build nothing, create nothing, understand nothing, comprehend nothing,contribute nothing etc…. Instead just sitting there, like garbage bags, being stuffed with freshly printed money debasement-looted from their in-all-ways betters.
Compared to most of Europe, America and the other Anglo laughing stocks, had a bit of a head start in the decay. But due to Spain and Portugal; under Franco and Salazar; never really being any less kleptocratic and unfree than even the US of the past 5 decades: Those two are almost just as bad as their bottom-of-any-barrel Anglo comrades, when it comes to pervasive, kleptocratic crony totalitarianism and nothing but.
They are playing for the tourists and ex-pats of the world looking for local color and authenticity. Forty years ago, it was authentic. Now it resembles too much like Disneyland.
The spend nothing on wars because the US is spending it for them. This is the crux of Trumps NATO argument.
Healthcare is ‘free’ but it’s of lesser quality than the top US healthcare. Canada has free Healthcare too but when I talk to my family and friends who live there, they absolutely do not brag about it and are amazed when I tell them I can get an MRI today (or other procedure) if I want one where they have to wait unless it’s critical.
Let’s see what Russian has to say about that.
“Free” European health care is cheaper and better than our US health care because we let legalized corruption run rampant. Same thing in other non-tradable sectors from education to legal services.
“It would basically mean handing the responsibility for global innovation and growth to China…..”
Done a decade ago.
America hasn’t been a place for innovation for decades. Neither has Europe.
“Kamala Harris is off and running with a mind meld of the most progressive…”
What is progressive about Marxism? The Soviet Union and China fell into the Dark Ages due to Marxism. Maduro chose who his opposition candidates could be and harrasses them, while warning that if he doesn’t win, there will be civil disturbance. Very much like what is being done to Trump, by Marxists hiding behind a benign sounding name, such as progressive is. My neighbor, who grew up under Castro, left “progressive” California, as he knows where it leads. Chinese ex pats who grew up under Mao, see it as well, and are warning. Progressive is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Progressive is a marketing term. Who is against “progress”? You can’t sell a turd if you call it a massive steaming heap of excrement, but if you call it something snappy, like “Fecal Therapy” people will swallow it and pay good money to do it. Politics is the original Dung Heap, it needs lots of marketing.
its there to confuse and influence you.
Exactly right. Democrats and Republicans used to be referred to as liberals and conservatives. But liberals somehow re-branded themselves as progressives. After all, who’s against progress? It’s just a word, but conservatives should have moved to a different descriptive term that implies incremental and fiscally sound change that improves opportunity for everyone. Of course these are just words which have little meaning in reality, since the actions of both parties, for the most part, serve only their own interests.
“swallow it”
You win today! 🙂
Marxism???? You are using that term incorrectly, but it’s great for generating the necessary fear to create a different form of authoritarian political systems. No one is talking about the state eliminating private ownership of anything.
Use “Marxism” correctly in a sentence.
You mean like private ownership of guns?
Just who is no one? Trump once said that the U.S. will never be socialist. The leftists in the audience booed him.
Marxism runs in the family. Her father was a university professor of Marxist economics.
I’m convinced that Biden had some sort of stroke or mini-stroke (transient ischemic attack) in Las Vegas last Wednesday. This isn’t a conspiracy theory. Hundreds of first responders heard the call go out over the radio to clear the streets and prep University Medical Center for Biden’s arrival.
What probably happened is that perhaps the situation wasn’t quite as dire as originally thought and/or Biden’s handlers realized that taking him to the hospital would let the cat out of the bag regarding his frail health. So they rushed him to AF1 instead and likely administered the Alteplase shot.
AF1 then flew back to Delaware in record time and Biden was placed in his limo by secret service like a sack of potatoes. For the past week, he’s been recovering from a stroke, not covid. Americans are being lied to.
Biden should resign during tonight’s speech, but like another commenter mentioned, that would take away the wow factor of electing the first female president.
if the CIA can induce a heart attack, they surely can induce a stroke.
My wife works in a hospital. That call is standard operating procedure. When the president is in town, they clear the decks. Sounds more ominous than it actually is.
It doesn’t sound routine to me at all.
“Jordan Schachtel, an investigative journalist and foreign policy analyst based in Washington, D.C., provided more detail regarding the chaotic events that transpired in Sin City last week.
Schachtel – who spoke with ‘over half a dozen law enforcement officers who participated in the president’s security detail’ – reported ‘several law enforcement officers on duty that day were informed over the radio that the president was dealing with an unspecified medical emergency.’
The foreign policy analyst revealed: ‘Far from a case of the sniffles, this was sent out on encrypted police airwaves as if something akin to a five-alarm fire had broken out.’”
Source: https://radaronline.com/p/mystery-joe-biden-medical-emergency-las-vegas-hospital-high-alert/
Kamala is getting a bump, will get a convention bump and would get another one should Biden quit before the election. But the bumps will wear off once the democrats remember why ZERO delegates supported her in the 2020 primary.
The Promise of Kamala, sounds like a tragic romantic novel that ends in despair.
That face and that tendency of her to “CACKLE” is off-putting. I can barely stand to look at her face. She is ugly.
Shallow much?
By the way, if a president can do anything as part of his official acts, there can be no discovery of anything. So if a president could discharge student loans as part of some other official act then no one can really stop it. This is part of the madness of the ruling the court handed down a few weeks ago that allowed Trump to walk. Nothing seems to be a problem under the guise of an official act.
Still beating this dead horse?
Courts stop official acts all the time. They do that by deciding whether the official act is constitutional. If it’s not, the act is declared null and void as was done when Biden tried to discharge student loans.
The ruling was very clear.
Democrats were fine with Biden violating the Constitutional authority on student loans. The Democrat AG held himself above the law, while Bannon and Navarrow were sent to prison for the same offense. Democrats refused to impeach Biden and refused to remove impeached Mayorkas. Democrats only care about the Supreme Court ruling because they oppose Trump, not the ruling itself.
There is ignorance, and there is deliberate ignorance. To those who believe Biden’s mental condition was suddenly noticed by Harris, cabinet members, Democrat leadership and the media only immediately after his debate performance: Pick one.
Th PresJodent will resign very soon to give her running room. That is what the PTB wants.
This is why I keep saying there is room in the middle for a reform candidate. Neither party has the answers to most of the country’s problems. Student loans are a perfect example. One side wants forgiveness and the other wants to make you a debt slave for life. The reasonable solution would be to let one declare bankruptcy and have student loans discharged like anyone or any entity does in a bankruptcy hearing. Trump should be promoting this because he’s declared bankruptcy so many times that no one remembers.
there is room but no space. The methods of election are controlled by the duality of the dnc/rnc. The candidates of the DNC are selected by the donors, the RNC having failed (thankfully) at massive graft ala Romney and other rich men, finds itself led by a populist, so far that is the only candidate that even recognized and discussed the deep state controlling this nation.
I took “no bankruptcy for student loans” as the boomers in congress all had friends who cynically used bankruptcy to dodge their loans. That doesn’t fit the narrative of congress-critters being skunks, but there it is.
BTW, go back to 2006-ish when congress was passing the current student loan package. The opponents’ claims of what would happen were dead on target. Such is not the case as often as we like to think.
LOL look at your preposterous tortured language! “One side wants forgiveness and the other wants to make you a debt slave for life!” Good God what liberal tripe.
How about we try this again: One party wants to forgive a person’s student loan debt and one party wants the student debtor to pay their debt. Pretty non-inflammatory revision of your statement. Now one could argue their points–your sentence was one-sided.
I expect anyone who takes on a debt, a transaction in which only they and the creditor were involved, to repay the creditor. Simple. Your sentence says you don’t.
I can assure you that no one I’ve spoken to who believes folks should repay a debt thinks that that same debtor should be a debt slave for life. But that choice was made when the debt was undertaken. Who, pray tell, has pushed for higher education to rise like 5x the rate of inflation in the U.S. for the last 50 years? Who are the real debt enslavers?! Nearly every university is pushing liberal nonsense and many are massively wealthy too! Funny that!
The government has created a mess in (everything) higher education financing. Backstopping loans, capping interest rates. Triggers massive inflation in higher education. I would normally agree that bankruptcy should be an option but then the government would have to also exit the entire game and banks would have to take on the risk of non-payment/bankruptcy.
Still, I wanted to challenge your statement because I think it shows inherent political bias in how you view student loan debt forgiveness. I’m against it. The Supreme Court has ruled that should that not be done through executive fiat but instead through legislation. And finally I am conservative and don’t wish for debt slaves but I also expect folks to pay their bills–all their bills.
Why stop at rent control, student loans paid for or Guaranteed Minimal Income? Why not support the Green agenda by offering free Teslas to everyone. Point is, people believe the govt owes them this free stuff. Whoever throws water on this parade loses. This is a multi generational thing that won’t be solved in Nov. Sprinkle in abortion and gun control and, Voila, Welcome President Harris. While our side is still high giving the RNC as the GOP’s Super Bowl ( and rightly so), the left is out, changing the rules and on full win mode. That’s like having United Airlines tickets, showing up at the gate, only to learn your flight has been cancelled.
rules for radicals, strangle the system with the system. Create a nation of benefits derived from the government and increase it until the government is bankrupt. Create your revolution on the bones of the corpse you created.
Its a simple plan and it works when working with mal educated masses who only desire more leisure, more time to binge watch, bigger meals and lower prices. The 7 sins are rampant in the Republic and being fed by the Democrats to create a new Kingdom.
But she’s willing to go to the mattress for you.
Nice intellectual flex there, brosef
Is there a hidden meaning in this?
She began her career literally on her knees servicing Joe Brown. its well known, google her gag reflex.
Are you proposing that fellation should be illegal?
She will “take the knee” to get it done.
Trade balance and Building permits are going to have GDPNow up at 3% heading into Q2 Prelim GDP which comes out tomorrow
it is possible they are going to pull out all the stops so they can install Kamel Toe as their new puppet
Much depends on the polls strangely, though not the way the tv bots think. If they cannot get them up to plausible steal levels, then it will be the Mark Wahlberg solution
The choice is clear, President Camacho 2024. Seriously, there is a serious choice…Insolvency fast or insolvency at medium speed appears to be in play. Americans as a whole are so corrupted by “services” I wonder if we can pull back from the abyss. A local government in my area took fire for cancelling the budget of the state extension service/4-H because most of the kids had left “Woke-H” and gone to different groups and a person calls a county commissioner saying “Who’s going to inspect my pressure cooker”? Learned and taxed helplessness.
Learned is the key point there. Both parties want folks thinking that their life will end if “their guys” don’t get in to make everything right. Learned dependence is rewarded. I’m so glad that I get to pay off student loans for all of these deadbeat students.
a government big enough to check your pressure cooker, is big enough to take your pressure cooker…..
I thought “finish the job” was referring to Mr. Crooks’ failure … Money talks. The Senate Majority Leader is NY, House Minority Leader is NY. Not sure that’s ever been the case. The richest man in NY is Mike Bloomberg, failed presidential candidate, clearly unlikeable on a national level, leading bankroll of disarming the peasants. $100bn net worth dedicated to technocratic rule a la WEF, progressive politics to pander to the masses. Kamala reads scripts handed to her since she is paid to do just that. People have move passed this and are angry.
Biden, Trump, Kamala etc. These choices are the signs of a failed State and should give no one any real reason to be bullish on the USA. Pretty sad state of affairs. But hell, we’ll just print another trillion in 100 days and go on our merry way into the dustpan of empires.