Yes, even you could own your own business, your own corporation, and provide meaningful employment to thousands. You could pay livable wages to the poor. You could provide housing, food and other necessities.

But you won’t. Why is that?

It’s because your fake concern for the poor is really self-interest. Little socialists such as yourself want the government to take wealth from others and give to whatever class you like, all so you don’t have to.

Wall Street, CIA, Big Tech, military industrial complex, and Davos appreciate your vote.

What an election! It exceeded my expectations.

The censorship, the suppression polls, the propaganda, the deceit, the threats and violence—it may have an effect on many, but not on everyone. I have regained faith in humanity.

I hope Trump does something drastic during his remaining days, just so I can see an anti-Trumper’s head explode one last time.

I think the divide of power between wealthy and poor, at least in the West, is largely overstated. Wealth alone cannot force a poor man to do anything, and vice versa. In fact, the rich and poor often engage with each other in consensual, common enterprise, whether through employment or other contracts.

No amount of wealth can enslave you or I because the wealthy do not possess a monopoly on violence. The wealthy are subject to the same laws, and, at least where the law is faithfully executed, the same punishments. So I cannot see how the wealthy are the “masters of mankind” when they are unable to force mankind to do anything.

Rather, we must look to which class has expropriated the means of political organization and domination, and have convinced us of its legitimacy. These people can force us to give it our earnings, can imprison us if we disobey, and kill us should it choose to do so.

This master is the state.

“The State, completely in its genesis, essentially and almost completely during the first stages of its existence, is a social institution, forced by a victorious group of men on a defeated group, with the sole purpose of regulating the dominion of the victorious group over the vanquished, and securing itself against revolt from within and attacks from abroad.”

https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/oppenheimer-the-state

I never said it was a fact. The police say it appears the Biden vehicle may be at fault. Biden goons claim the Trump supporting vehicle was trying to murder Biden. Take your pick.

Another DNC ruse regarding the “ambush” and “attack” on the Biden bus.

A statement from the San Marcos Police Department said after research of the incident and viewing online video, it appeared the crash happened in their jurisdiction. “The at-fault vehicle may be the white SUV and the victim appears to be the black truck,” the statement continues. “Calls to the driver of the white SUV have gone unanswered and SMPD has not been contacted by the driver of the black truck. Since SMPD has not spoken to either driver at this time, additional investigation would be required to fully ascertain who was at fault.”

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/fbi-investigating-alleged-incident-involving-trump-supporters-biden-campaign-bus/

The white SUV was a Biden supporter. The cognitive dissonance must be profoundly painful.

It’s too early to tell who is going to win, I think. Though many polls show a resounding win for Biden, some say the exact opposite.

Sheer enthusiasm paints a different picture altogether. Trump can pack stadiums.


Then again, this apparent enthusiasm may be a sign of social distancing choices rather than support. Biden just may have stricter measures for his rallies.

The so-called silent majority is still silent, and there is only anecdotal evidence that such a group exists.

The advantage of being a Trump "Covidiot" is that you're not afraid to visit the polling station, and can be sure your vote counts. Mail-in votes could be showing up for days after the election.

So it will not only be interesting to see who wins, but also who was right in predicting the winner.

Oh you have a president and prime minister. Thanks for the explainer.

Yes, I am a dual citizen, thanks to official multiculturalism.

I no longer vote in Canadian elections because I do not like proportional representation—coalition and minority governments and all that. I find my vote means very little in the grand scheme of things,

Are you able to vote for your leader? Here in Canada the party leader is nominated by the party and thus Canadians are unable to vote for the prime minister. The American system is to me far superior on those grounds.

Anti-Trumpists upset with a little protest. That’s rich. If only they hadn’t harassed every trump rally and appearance, their whines wouldn’t sound so hilarious.

They aren’t pro-Biden; they are anti-Trump. Anti-Trumpism forces them to toss their principles to the wind. Out of one side of their mouth they will lament systemic racism, and out of the other they would gladly vote for a duo whose political careers led to the mass incarceration of dark-skinned people. Out of one side of the mouth they teach us the failures of neo-liberalism, and out of the other they vote for its champion. They would sink the entire ship if it meant Trump’s exit.

Nope. Read what I said.

It will take years.

Likely after Donald has passed away and everybody has forgotten about Ivanka.

Right. And then she’ll do the Washington book circuit and become a CNN contributor, where the press and their obsequious readers will fawn all over her. You should write a quatrain about it.

Yes, I’ve heard it all before. I guess we’ll wait for that to come out. Any time now.

I’m not going to pretend that your media-informed ignorance is an accurate representation of anything, especially after pretending, without evidence, that it was Russian disinfo.

U.S. economy rebounded strongly in the third quarter

The U.S. economy grew at a record annualized rate of 33.1% between July and September, clawing back much of the ground it had lost during the coronavirus-fueled shutdown earlier in the year, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Expect the president to gloat about these numbers in the coming days, to the chagrin of fear-mongers everywhere

Hunter’s father is running for president, and he’s implicated in his son’s dealing. Cry about it.

After making sure I wouldn’t see anything illegal, I I finally took a look at the Hunter Biden images leaked by the Chinese dissidents, and for the most part they are just nude selfies and pictures of himself banging young hookers while smoking crack. Accusations of pedophilia and incest linger, but cannot be published for obvious reasons. Apparently the laptop was sent to the FBI back in Dec. 2019 with no action take as of yet. Guilliani brought his own copy to the Delaware police recently, claiming there was illegal images on there. The Delaware police sent the copy to the FBI. My guess is we’ll hear nothing of it.

As a matter of principle I don’t like how Bannon and his friends are leaking Hunter Biden’s private affairs. His degeneracy, as ugly and predictable as it is, is his own business.

What we can say is that any claims of “Russian Disinfo” is complete horseshit, itself the wildest disinformation, and spread by the most useful of idiots. But the most staggering of blows is the media blackout on the subject. A media who spent weeks searching through Brett Kavanaugh’s year book or Trump’s tax documents will not touch this story.

The famed “anonymous” has been revealed to be Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s chief of staff Miles Taylor, who is now a CNN contributor.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/miles-taylor-former-dhs-official-and-adviser-to-john-kelly-is-anonymous

Amy Coney Barrett was just sworn in yesterday. She is Trump’s third Supreme Court appointee. Another originalist on the court is a good thing in my estimation. But the political hand-wringing is equally as fascinating and satisfying.

Your interlocutor’s argument is a homunculus argument because it raises the question as to exactly what is sensing “perception” or “experience” (or whatever medium we wish to posit), and how it is able to sense at all. This leads to an infinite regression because it lacks any grounding in a self. It's selves all the way down. So when you ask who or what is experiencing this "perception" you might find he is unable to provide a decent answer. Besides, one cannot perceive perception any more than he can observe observation, employ employment, or legalize legalization. Nominalizing verbs often confuses things whenever the verb collides with its noun version.

I think it is the other way about: the solipsist requires leaps of faith. He must believe, against all evidence to the contrary, that he is not in direct contact with the rest of the world, like a fish in a fishbowl. He must then conjecture how he indirectly receives information through what I assume is some curating interface, possibly prone to error and deception, maybe run by an evil demon, but no less able to project “experience” onto what is surely a veil. Most likely he does not think about how solipsism could be possible at all.

Maybe try extending your notion of self to the very surface of your skin, no more no less. I think solipsism is impossible to believe on such a basis. Only then is one able to conclude that he is in direct contact with the rest of the world, and that it can be known.

Right, all those alcohol-swigging, 15-year-old journalists. Only a pervert would pretend such a person was 15.

I’m not a republican.

A global pandemic is worse than Benghazi? Man, I never would have figured that out.

I'll assure you that the GOP will Benghazi the living hell out of this for the next 4 years.

Anyways, the COVID death toll is currently sitting at 55500 Benghazi's and counting. GOP remains silent.

Comparing Benghazi and coronavirus? No strand of chewing gum could connect the two.

Here’s the Giuliani scene from the new Borat.



It’s deceptively edited, but clearly he’s tucking in his pants after she removes the microphone from him. A dupe’s idea of a story is a still-shot from deceptively edited Borat film. So awesome.

A US-brokered deal has been reached between Isreal and Sudan, marking another win for Arab-Isreali relations. In exchange Sudan will be taken off the state-sponsored terrorist list, but first they had to pay the compensation for the victims of American embassy bombings.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-sudan-agree-to-normalize-ties-in-u-s-brokered-deal-11603469178

Previous administrations and their nanny-state allies could only ever dream of such advances in Middle East peace.

Here’s a number of investigations regarding Trump, his family, his campaign, the Trump organization. Lobbying violations, inflated insurance claims, hush money payments, tax practices, campaign contributions etc. I’m sure they’ll let you know if they find anything.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/13/us/politics/trump-investigations.html

Let’s hope the Biden family’s dealings will receive the same scrutiny.

It looks like the idea that Hunter’s emails were Russian disinfo was itself disinfo. The director of national intelligence denied that this was some ploy by the Kremlin. One of Hunter Biden’s former business partners confirmed the emails. If the press and social media continue to suppress it, no one will forget.

State checkpoints, stay at home orders, closed businesses aren’t a sign of peace and quiet, to me. We’ve reached peak statism. Despite our educated populations, who no doubt know by now what one has to do to protect himself, the nanny-state forces new restrictions. Police checkpoints on roads leaving Melbourne; shuddered businesses with a new lockdown in Ireland; curfew in Madrid. They have taken power and refuse to relinquish it.

is an example of defending racists, rapists, sex offenders, colluders and tax evaders. Oh, and killers. Let's not forget killers. 300,000 dead through sheer stupidity and counting.

If you keep repeating it it will magically become true.

So now we believe the FBI. But not before. :smirk:

Now we don’t believe them, nor do we care, but before we did?

Iran just got busted pretending to be Proudboys, intimidating Dem voters, in order to hurt president Trump and help Biden.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/20/proud-boys-emails-florida/

How does that definition not include oral sex?

Lewinski was guilty of performing “sexual relations”, while Clinton was just a passive object, I suppose. It’s a kind of lying that only a lawyer could muster.

It’s true, and I never said otherwise. For the record I supported Clinton back then, regretfully.

Accusations you can easily make but can hardly prove.

Racists, rapists, sex offenders, tax dodgers... I forgot tax dodgers.

Another unjust accusation. There is a pitchfork-wielding mob out there somewhere waiting for you.

You mean neo-cons. And you mean the Bushes Sr. & Jr. You really are a vicious liar, aren't you!

Are you that ill-informed?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/us/politics/joe-biden-iraq-war.html

The phrase “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinski” is embedded in the American psyche, I’m surprised you forgot about it.

Do you ever get tired defending racists, rapists and sex offenders?

Couldn’t come up with an answer, could you? I never tire of defending people from unjust accusations, just as you never tire of making them.

People can be impeached for obstruction of justice, as history has shown.