tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post961516373727422197..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: What Is Your Greatest Fear in a Trump Presidency?Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-23929139472772964032016-08-17T15:10:18.302-04:002016-08-17T15:10:18.302-04:00@darcy: Bud Light is OK by me. Life is too short t...@darcy: Bud Light is OK by me. Life is too short to have to make every beer a hop-heavy craft beer.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-54758278477505780012016-08-17T11:01:59.327-04:002016-08-17T11:01:59.327-04:00Bud Light? You just leaped off your pedestal. Bud Light? You just leaped off your pedestal. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-38597965425788867352016-08-17T10:33:31.552-04:002016-08-17T10:33:31.552-04:00Wow, you guys really go off overnight.
I don'...Wow, you guys really go off overnight.<br /><br />I don't understand R&Bs incessant need to try and define me as the opposite of what is real and obvious from my comments. Every assumption about me is about 180 degrees wrong. In fact he's so good at getting it wrong, it's clearly purposeful, as it seems to suggest he actually knows the truth but works against it for some reason.<br /><br />I simply stated from a position of personal knowledge and experience that a trade war will destroy American jobs, including the ones I provide, and nearly every company I'm aware of. We would simply need to shut down, including all my customers which are mostly larger American manufacturers. I'm not speculating - I'm sure of it. <br /><br />bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-69123952901270354342016-08-17T10:32:33.834-04:002016-08-17T10:32:33.834-04:00Rocky Mountain Meetup! I have enjoyed every frien...Rocky Mountain Meetup! I have enjoyed every friend I've met from the original Althouse gang have all been terrific! <br /><br />@chick: I will never give up my Bud Light!! I will drink a Coors if bought for me, of course. ;)<br /><br />Forever Tigers and Lions fan, but I did root for the Broncos in the Super Bowl. My boyfriend has a connection to major league baseball and football. I went to Tyler Polumbus' retirement party. Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642443487136176511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-21077414355129876332016-08-17T00:00:37.085-04:002016-08-17T00:00:37.085-04:00Oh thank the Lord! I no longer need to shut my bli...Oh thank the Lord! I no longer need to shut my blinds and pull my drapes shut on top of that. The feeling of being watched day and night will soon be over! However, my poor dog Thelma has been traumatized by the snoopy neighbor who watches every step she makes when she goes out to tinkle. If she wanders just one paw onto his lawn the ugly mean man with the binoculars charges out outside with pepper spray. I don't think Thelma will ever trust short squat hairy men ever again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491417913698360451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-52500383414197520832016-08-17T00:00:01.874-04:002016-08-17T00:00:01.874-04:00Morally, anyone who knows how to win but let Trump...Morally, anyone who knows how to win but let Trump go ahead and screw everything up is far more culpable than the Idiot Trump Child.<br /><br />Retards get a pass, and always will. Joe is just being Joe. <br /><br />But you?<br /><br />No Sir.<br /><br />You had the imbecile do the dirty work because your dad was a piece of shit and you are lazy and now you want to blame the dolt, just like a dolt would.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-29199023053242751872016-08-16T23:56:35.759-04:002016-08-16T23:56:35.759-04:00For several people - and you know whom you are -
...For several people - and you know whom you are - <br /><br />Some data points from that poll<br /><br />*The key groups driving Trump's numbers are as follows: <i>he continues to lead among Independents (34-30%)</i>, <b>middle income voters-$35k-50k annually (44-32%), $50k-75K annually (44-41%)</b>, Catholics (46-36%) and NASCAR fans (45-35%). Trump has also <i><b>increased his share of Hispanic voters</b></i> with 26% in this poll (up from 21% a month ago), which is just one point shy of the 27% Mitt Romney received in the 2012 general election. <i>Trump has also closed the gap among older Millennials.</i> Trump is tied with Clinton at 30% among 25-34 year old voters. <br /><br />*The key groups driving Clinton's numbers are as follows: <i>she leads among women at 40-36%</i>. Clinton's lead among women has decreased slightly in the last month. <b>Her winning the presidency will depend heavily on Millennials turning out to vote</b>, currently Clinton lead Trump 40-26% among 18-29 year olds. Clinton is also winning among weekly WalMart shoppers, 46-38%.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-42604441707003392462016-08-16T23:55:39.129-04:002016-08-16T23:55:39.129-04:00Basta. Back to the topic. I guess you have no fear...Basta. Back to the topic. I guess you have no fears about Trump. You are fearless. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-29355087156180230092016-08-16T23:55:08.331-04:002016-08-16T23:55:08.331-04:00Can anyone imagine if Trump had not won the nomina...Can anyone imagine if Trump had not won the nomination of the party he leads, the GOP, and ran on the Trump Ticket?<br /><br />April would have evidence for her "Trump risks everything he created over decades of ABB (always be branding) because he has absolute faith in Hillary and it's obviously so and in fact there are no valid alternatives" theory, and also that Trump Ticket following could actually, were it to exist if Trump weren't the GOP nominee, be considered cultists to Trump's personality.<br /><br />Like Bobby Knight, Pete Theil, and Carl Icaan or Icahnn.<br /><br />Those rubes politically are even too dumb to know how dumb they are and junk, totally!<br /><br />Thank God we're so smart, I can't imagine how horrible it would be to be like dumb and junk.<br /><br />Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-67824606628579558602016-08-16T23:53:39.153-04:002016-08-16T23:53:39.153-04:00More bullshit. EVERYONE knows your real name. YOU ...More bullshit. EVERYONE knows your real name. YOU post w/ your real name sometimes. EVERYONE knows your business. You had a short lived reality show on it. Your health. Well, many here contributed to you when in the hospital. We've gone all over this all MANY times and every time you try and sell this HORSESHIT you diminish yourself more each time in the eyes of people who like you. It's pitifully weak ass stuff. You sound like the true psycho who used to roam here. You're not a victim. You just ran into someone you can't bullshit or bully. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-60066227568692530332016-08-16T23:43:18.104-04:002016-08-16T23:43:18.104-04:00It's not my job to jump at your beck and call....It's not my job to jump at your beck and call. But just to give some examples your love to reference my business, my health and my real name. As you have done to other people at other places. You are a sad and needy little man in the grips of an obsession. I don't know gives you the idea that you have the right to lecture me but I think you should go fuck yourself. I don't value your opinion and I regret ever giving you the time of day. As Shouting Thomas has said you are just a guy. Just a raving psychotic moron who has nothing better to do.<br /><br />Take it from me folks. Don't interact in real life with people from blogs you frequent. It is almost always a disaster. You will regret it.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-83468770001940719152016-08-16T23:43:16.829-04:002016-08-16T23:43:16.829-04:00I get the feeling that we tolerate this lack of fr...<i>I get the feeling that we tolerate this lack of free trade because a limited but growing number of American companies are allowed to manufacture in China and reexport here.</i><br /><br />Since I'm talking to myself here, I may as well critique myself. <br /><br />But what about Trump's ties to China! [pun intended]. <br /><br />Yes, Trump makes ties in China. He talks about it. He doesn't like it. He says it's either do that or make no ties at all. On the other side we have companies like Apple saying "hell yes we love China! We want to build everything in China."When faced with the prospect of exporting the engineering aspects to China they came up with a brilliant plan: We'll import the Chinese labor to California! <br /><br />As R&B pointed out elsewhere, we all signed onto this to some degree. But everyone sees the endgame. There is an endless supply of cheaper labor. It's almost like a physics problem causing social problems. Can't you just see future colleges students getting degree in "Social Disruption Studies"??chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-25576664237127364192016-08-16T23:36:23.158-04:002016-08-16T23:36:23.158-04:00There's a great flick, The Bear. I saw a docum...There's a great flick, The Bear. I saw a documentary on the making of the movie and the guy who trained the grizzly bear. The movie touched our adopted son. The movie, w/ very little dialogue, is about an abandoned grizzly cub that is adopted by a mature male grizzly. Hmm. Might work for grown men as well. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-63018903426732730972016-08-16T23:29:21.804-04:002016-08-16T23:29:21.804-04:00Sorry - brown bear. Sorry - brown bear. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-32648069018496587282016-08-16T23:28:07.113-04:002016-08-16T23:28:07.113-04:00People can get along despite the odds. Here's ...People can get along despite the odds. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7CxwRJw_Kw" rel="nofollow">Here's a guy who's great friends with a grizzly bear</a>. A fucking grizzly bear!<br /><br />Granted, he raised it from birth but let's pretend that's a minor detail.Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-45162582030843933592016-08-16T23:26:45.110-04:002016-08-16T23:26:45.110-04:00The Chinese have a much, much longer history of fr...The Chinese have a much, much longer history of free trade abuse than just this century with us. It has little to do with communism. They are the textbook case in the history of trade secrecy. They perfected and protected the <a href="http://www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml" rel="nofollow">silk trade for 2000 years!</a> Porcelain enamel is another. Their goals have not changed. Their industries had to be dragged into the WTO. They are still not good players. This is not sinophobia, this is fact. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-52464588570278536412016-08-16T23:24:04.936-04:002016-08-16T23:24:04.936-04:00As usual the peeper wants to make it about him. Ev...As usual the peeper wants to make it about him. Everybody knows your act. Same as it ever was.<br /><br />This is the reason why you should not meet bloggers n real life. Take it from my hard earned experience. Just say no.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-20791865918048127992016-08-16T23:17:47.329-04:002016-08-16T23:17:47.329-04:00LOL! I wear your derision as a badge of honor. You...LOL! I wear your derision as a badge of honor. You keep making accusations. Come on ass eyes, you accused me of constantly "using personal information." Examples. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-35007400492343181322016-08-16T23:17:01.780-04:002016-08-16T23:17:01.780-04:00OK, since this is the post on which everybody'...OK, since this is the post on which everybody's fulminating, here's something else (Trump had a good speech, well-watched online, link in Troop's Milwaukee post along with Roger Ailes now on board): Off the Examiner, not Gateway<br /><br />Zogby is the latest to make it <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pow-its-just-a-2-point-race-clinton-38-trump-36/article/2599471" rel="nofollow">a 2 point race</a>.<br /><br />As to accuracy, I can't say. This is an online poll, which I distrust. OTOH Zogby is a strong Arab partisan which makes this result surprising, so take your best shot.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-87324833860282100392016-08-16T23:13:31.250-04:002016-08-16T23:13:31.250-04:00@bags: Here's how I answer your 10:03 post:
B...@bags: Here's how I answer your 10:03 post:<br /><br /><i>Because China is not an open market, international companies cannot compete in some sectors. According to the U.S.-China Business Council, the Chinese government currently imposes restrictions on about 100 different sectors in both manufacturing and service industries, including much of the agriculture and food production, cloud computing, financial services, petrochemicals and health insurance, among others.</i> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/05/18/9-most-popular-usa-brands-in-china/2261067/" rel="nofollow">Link to source (USA Today, 2013)</a><br /><br />I get the feeling that we tolerate this lack of free trade because a limited but growing number of American companies are allowed to manufacture in China and reexport here. The petrochemical sector is particularly interesting to me because we sure as hell have offshored our own industry there and elsewhere. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-5218095938687004142016-08-16T23:10:42.851-04:002016-08-16T23:10:42.851-04:00Ritmo, We disagree. Regarding your question, I am...Ritmo, We disagree. Regarding your question, I am a libertarian, small 'l'.ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-83120664881304713862016-08-16T23:08:45.255-04:002016-08-16T23:08:45.255-04:00You really don't know your limitations. You ju...You really don't know your limitations. You just like to display them incessantly. You have nothing positive to offer but only attacks and criticism. But I guess that is ok. That is who you are. That is how you have rung up a record of being despised by so many people on blog after blog. This is just the latest that you have deemed worthy of dispensing your poison.<br /><br />It is unfortunate. But there it is.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-49699178683808623832016-08-16T23:05:42.914-04:002016-08-16T23:05:42.914-04:00Thanks Chickie -
I think there is an opportunity...Thanks Chickie - <br /><br />I think there is an opportunity to work a lot of stuff out this year. People accustomed to fighting each other are drawing down and hunkering into narrower and narrower bunkers, because the solutions are becoming harder and harder to ignore. It's creating new fights where fights need not even exist. We're too unaccustomed to solutions coming so close to grasp. <br /><br />Well, that's the way I prefer to see it anyway. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-51535999855593706472016-08-16T23:04:26.969-04:002016-08-16T23:04:26.969-04:00I am not a blogger. I know my limitations, unlike ...I am not a blogger. I know my limitations, unlike yourself. You think you are witty, clever, "imaginative" all evidence to the contrary. I have enough true self esteem that I can admit my limitations. You live in a Walter Mitty world. <br /><br />ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-75351342015501329672016-08-16T23:02:07.188-04:002016-08-16T23:02:07.188-04:00Ok I'll say something supportive of Darcie!
S...Ok I'll say something supportive of Darcie!<br /><br />Spinelli I don't know/can't remember what got you and Trooper on such bad terms but there is nothing wrong with being focused on this year's election. It's the first one in nearly a century where the elites are finally not the only ones that matter. A lot at stake and a lot of new blood and dynamics going on in it. The Libertarians might surpass 10% of the vote. Does Bags have an opinion on that? One might think so. Do you? I sure do. As I do on a lot of other things that went on this year. One can summarize it in many ways but to imply that it's somehow less interesting than any election since the 1960s, let alone decades before that, is not something I can understand. Trump just happens to occupy a large chunk of real estate in it, and for totally plausible reasons. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.com