Politics

[Red Leg]

Rachel Maddow...

She was one of the MSNBC "reporters" that acted like a clown during the 2016 election cycle..

Much like a new member here, she was smug, arrogant, etc.. and essentially reported for months on how November was going to be a landslide for HRC.. Then on election night was reporting with glee as each state on the east coast closed its polls and reported a HRC win..

By the time polls started closing in the central time zone she started becoming obviously frantic, questioning everything from the American people to the actual polls, etc..

And by the time polls started closing in the mountain time zone she was in tears...

She doesnt appear to have learned her lesson... I dont watch MSNBC.. but the few clips, etc I have seen in news feeds, and from what I've been told by others, she's back to being smug, arrogant, etc... running unsupported hit piece after hit piece on conservatives... and wallowing in the glory she expects to experience in November...

What I find most interesting about Maddow is she is clearly very intelligent and is a legitimate, very well educated "scholar" (BA from Stanford, MA and PhD in politics from Oxford, etc..).. but she cant seem to make a fact based argument or present an opinion based on actual research to save her life.. Everything I have ever heard or seen from her is emotionally driven drivel..

While I am certain I wouldnt agree with many of her positions on things in life.. I think she might actually be worth listening to, if for no other reason than she is smart, and SHOULD have an analytical mind (hard to pull a PhD out of Oxford without an ability to analyze data and present fact based evidence to support a theory).. but she cant seem to get away from "I feel" and present anything of value from the "I know" perspective..

Interesting true story concerning Ms. Rachel and MSNBC during the Kavanaugh Hearing. I was transiting Denver on my way back to Austin from a hunt in BC. I had a first class ticket, and as I stood up to board, I noticed a tall gentleman with a bit of an entourage around him. He broke away and also moved to the line. It took me a minute to realize it was former Attorney General Eric Holder. I had an aisle seat, and sure enough, Holder had the window seat next to me. Being a gentleman, I introduced myself, made a polite comment with respect to our political differences, but sincerely thanked him for his service to the country.

This was one of the former Continental planes now operated by United with the small individual TV screens and live television. Shortly after takeoff, the former Attorney General put on his headphones and turned to MSNBC and Rachel Maddow to get an update on the hearing. I found that just a bit disappointing (heck CNN would have been better), but also singularly informative.

I personally can't abide Sean Hannity, but I immediately turned to Fox, and forced him to have to see Sean out of the corner of his eye for the remainder of the flight.

We did not bid each other goodbye.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

From the RNC convention on Tuesday night:

 

[Red Leg]

From the RNC convention on Tuesday night:

Watched it last night. Just terrific.

 

[Ray B]

We normally watch FOX, but as the President said, the hosts talked too much. So we found CSPAN and watched the speeches without commentary. They were great.

 

[rookhawk]

The USA has labelled both Canada and the EU as threats to their "National Security" in order to justify new duties declared by their military Commander-in-Chief on the international trade of steel and aluminum. So I suggest that USA made products such as firearms and ammunition should be sold exclusively within the USA so Canada and Europe can help our esteemed neighbour defend themselves and improve their national security. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that Canadians and Europeans should make do with their own products exclusively. For all our AfricaHunting friends in Canada, Europe, Africa and elsewhere, please don't buy any American made products. Lets's support the USA in their concern. One can never be too careful when there are evil guys to deal with, and it is our duty to help, as always.

I love Canada and I like Canadian hunters very much, but your thinking is a political one that is flawed on many levels.

First, Canada survives only by suckling the teat of US policies. Canada need not defend itself nor police the world to provide order, it lives off of the US covering for those protections. Canada is able to temporarily (until broke) dabble in socialist programs for its citizens because it need not have the same allocation of GDP to other services required of a superpower. Canada's politicians would love nothing more than to ban US-made weapons because it would allow for only Canada-made weapons which can be regulated and litigated into bankruptcy so Toronto and Vancouver can have full centralized control over the rural Canadian's liberties.

Canada's weak intelligence service relies heavily on Interpol and the Five Eyes partners to do all the heavy lifting with the USA to keep Canada safe from terrorism. Ironic, because the weak immigration policies and poor vetting on Canada's part allows about anyone into the country without much consideration of the existential threats they present. The rest of the world needs to follow up on these threats for Canada.

If Canada wasn't nearly totally dependent on the good will, the manufacturing capability, the medical innovation, and the intellectual property of the United States to exist then you'd see symptoms of self-reliance and independent capability in Canada. However, 90% of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the US borders giving the clearest of all evidence that Canada is a stall at the market place aimed clearly across the US border.

Canada is a neat place and contains nice people, albeit under a flawed constitution and a weak role in world affairs totally dependent on US policies for its very survival. The only thing that keeps Canada from being a failed socialist experiment nested in a weak monarchy is the USA pushing the socialists to remain free market capitalist at the threat of closing the border and denying trade.

You can hate these statements. You're welcome to change these facts by building your nation up, but in the meantime you need to express sincere gratitude rather than contempt for the USA that is providing the freedoms to Canadians through force of trade policy that you would otherwise not have with your corrupt Ottawa politicians.

 

[Ray B]

The current ANTIFA rioters appear identical in purpose and tactics to the 1930s Nazi Brown Shirts. If history is repeated, then even if the Democrats win in November, their storm troopers will develop a life of their own and become a threat to the very people who created them.

So you are saying that ANTIFA is filling the same role as Hitler's SD? That appears likely, unfortunately for them, the professors at Reed College skipped over the part of the lesson plan about how the SS went about replacing the SD. It didn't end well for them, or a few years later for the SS.

 

[rookhawk]

So you are saying that ANTIFA is filling the same role as Hitler's SD? That appears likely, unfortunately for them, the professors at Reed College skipped over the part of the lesson plan about how the SS went about replacing the SD. It didn't end well for them, or a few years later for the SS.

Night of the long knives?

 

[Ray B]

Correct

 

[Hogpatrol]

Without the U.S. imports from Canada, they'd be Mexico V2.0.

These animated maps show Canada has so much more to lose in a trade war than the U.S. - National | Globalnews.ca

The Canada - U.S. trade relationship is far from equal. These five simple animated maps tell you why Canada has so much to lose in a U.S. trade war.

globalnews.ca

 

[rookhawk]

Without the U.S. imports from Canada, they'd be Mexico V2.0.

These animated maps show Canada has so much more to lose in a trade war than the U.S. - National | Globalnews.ca

The Canada - U.S. trade relationship is far from equal. These five simple animated maps tell you why Canada has so much to lose in a U.S. trade war.

globalnews.ca

Sadder yet, the only reason that the US is buying from Canada is because of wage and cost efficiencies of going over the border. As Canada does better (rising wages, higher quality of life) their goods increase in price and therefore are less competitive to alternatives.

Canada has to stay "poor" and products "cheap" in order to be an exporter to the USA. (let that one sync in my Canadian friends)

 

[Ray B]

I look for a stock market collapse by the end of the year. The market seems very similar to the tech wreck if 2000. The fang stocks are pushing the market to unsustainable highs.

Let me count the times that armchair stock analysts predicted a collapse in the price of companies. Then compare that number with the times there has been a collapse. The ratio is somewhere between 5 and 10 to 1. Oh well, go ahead and sell your stocks and buy gold- we'll see who has funds for a trip to Africa.

 

[Wheels]

From the RNC convention on Tuesday night:

There were more platform planks discussed last night than all of last week.


Hard to believe that "Orange Man Bad" and riots can be a platform. It is hard to imagine that they think this is a winning hand. It truly seems they are being led by Judas Goats.

I have been thinking that 40 states were within reach in this landslide. 45 may be a possibility if this continues. The Trump campaign thinks New York is now in play. We are living in interesting times.

The Democratic party may splinter after this election. It wouldn't be surprising to see a green/antifa wing and a centrist wing. That would be the worst thing that could happen to America in the long term. Things will never get done if we have to deal with a coalition government.

 

[Hogpatrol]

BLM is upset an attorney general was picked as VP. @Wheels, you got that right, we are living in interesting times.

 

[Wheels]

The moment people realize all hope is lost.

 

[Wheels]

 

[Wheels]

 

[Brent in Az]

Trump cures cancer. Democrats decide that they love cancer.

Democrat party is a nutshell.

 

[Ray B]

The Democratic party may splinter after this election. That would be the worst thing that could happen to America.

I disagree. If the Republicans win not only the President but several of the "down-ticket" elections a dividing of the Democrat party may be the best thing that could happen not only to the party but for the US. The Green bunch could revert to their "third party" status and the Democrat party could return to its place as the party for the middle class. We could get back to the basic economic issue being if you prefer supply or demand side policy but in either case free enterprise being the machine.

Contrary to other opinion, having the Democrat party jettison the far-left elements would be the best thing that could happen to both the party and to the US.

 

[Wheels]

Kellyann Conway leaves end of month. Two months prior to the election.

Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway Is Leaving the White House, Citing Family

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s longest-serving aides, is leaving the administration at the end of the month.

time.com

One of Carter Page's comments regarding Conway. This was really puzzling until reading REX on quodverum today. What if George Conway was involved in the plot against Trump and Kellyann knew about it.




Carter Page, Ph.D.

@carterwpage
·
Aug 23

Worthless. Other than herself, the only people that Kellyanne supported as "campaign manager" in 2016 was
@Comey
and
@TheDemocrats
(the falsehoods below were referenced in their fraudulent FISA affidavits). The
@WhiteHouse
is way better off without her:






This makes a person wonder if Durham finished his report, passed the information to Barr, who gave some of the highlights to Trump. Rex mentioned, keep your eyes open for unexplained resignations in the next couple months.

You just don't leave two months prior to the election. Something happened. Interesting to contemplate.

 

[Red Leg]

There were more platform planks discussed last night than all of last week.


Hard to believe that "Orange Man Bad" and riots can be a platform. It is hard to imagine that they think this is a winning hand. It truly seems they are being led by Judas Goats.

I have been thinking that 40 states were within reach in this landslide. 45 may be a possibility if this continues. The Trump campaign thinks New York is now in play. We are living in interesting times.

The Democratic party may splinter after this election. It wouldn't be surprising to see a green/antifa wing and a centrist wing. That would be the worst thing that could happen to America in the long term. Things will never get done if we have to deal with a coalition government.

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I assume you saw Hillary today advising Biden to not concede "under any circumstances." These people are playing with fire and don't even realize they don't control the matches. The troll farmers must be doing high fives. And not a single MSM anchor or correspondent called her on it. Not one.