tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post4471981680228792999..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Trump movement cannot brag about still-worsening economyagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-79219596176948920862017-08-10T06:02:22.328-04:002017-08-10T06:02:22.328-04:00Same basic ideology and strategy as McMaster, but ...Same basic ideology and strategy as McMaster, but least Bolton would not be part of a boarding party from the Pentagon -- less of a coup threat. He doesn't have much political capital, compared to a General, so less able to twist Trump's arm or go over his head like McMaster does.<br /><br />We deserve somebody good, but if the Pentagon and Deep State have the leverage to make sure the guy sucks, at least let him be powerless too.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-65949901437334568112017-08-10T01:11:13.841-04:002017-08-10T01:11:13.841-04:00Cernovich is mentioning on twitter that the top ch...Cernovich is mentioning on twitter that the top choice to replace McMaster is fucking John Bolton. I really don't even know what to say to that. It's like that "instead of going to the box factory we'll be going to the box factory" joke from The Simpsons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-62428817739407539352017-08-08T17:30:24.002-04:002017-08-08T17:30:24.002-04:00Holding multiple jobs up to 20-year high:
http://...Holding multiple jobs up to 20-year high:<br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/more-americans-working-more-than-one-job-to-make-ends-meet-2017-8<br /><br />The more the Trump movement tries to spin rather than level with the people, the more they risk alienating the white working class, esp. in key Rust Belt states.<br /><br />If the blue-collar Rust Belt-ers don't feel this so-called improvement in their own daily lives (personal, family, friends, neighbors, co-workers moving on to greener pastures), they will conclude that either the statistics are lying and Trump is just spinning them like Obama was, or that the numbers are real but are going to different groups of people -- immigrants, yuppies, etc., whose improving fortunes the white working class would not see in their own lives.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-34646457278666112792017-08-08T16:16:56.678-04:002017-08-08T16:16:56.678-04:00off topic: what do you make of Jordan Peterson? off topic: what do you make of Jordan Peterson? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-89805422659619033292017-08-08T09:17:41.301-04:002017-08-08T09:17:41.301-04:00It stands to reason that those who benefited the l...It stands to reason that those who benefited the least from the status quo/recent tradition will be the most rebellious. Likely we're talking about those born since the mid 1970's.<br /><br />Current events are proving that too many shitty and spoiled people were born in the 60's (not to mention earlier), such that the better ones can't emerge and gain more clout.Ferylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336057631877941839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-24618780431041058452017-08-07T20:06:48.475-04:002017-08-07T20:06:48.475-04:00When we plan out what comes after Trump, it's ...When we plan out what comes after Trump, it's crucial to correctly identify what Trump's weaknesses were.<br /><br />Knowledge / awareness / omniscience -- as good as you can ask for.<br /><br />Motives / values / omnibenevolence -- as good as you can ask for.<br /><br />Power / authority / omnipotence -- nearly zero within DC, but having masses of supporters ready for collective action (like going to the polls, but maybe beyond that).<br /><br />After Trump, we need someone who is more of an insider, in the sense of a veteran of politics and who has a decent amount of political capital, so that they can actually get the Swamp to carry out the President's agenda, rather than face daily mutiny with no consequences.<br /><br />There are good guys within the Swamp, albeit damn few. Mike Flynn was one -- I'd bet the Trump supporters would be willing to give him a shot. He must have connections with the other good guys within the government and just outside the govt.<br /><br />And those good guys are all from the military / intel power groups, so he would be far better prepared to nip a coup in the bud. That is now a primary concern for our future populist-nationalist Presidents.<br /><br />Ideal plan: re-hire Flynn as National Security Adviser after firing McMaster, then during re-election switch out Pence for Flynn, he stays as VP during Trump's 2nd term, and runs on his own in '24. (Third consecutive term for a party must be the incumbent VP.)<br /><br />Or, somebody who Flynn would vouch for to take his place in that sequence.<br /><br />I'm halfway trusting Tom Cotton to play a more prominent role. Either as Flynn's VP, or even taking Flynn's place himself.<br /><br />He's at least making moves in the right direction on trade, industry, and immigration. And he's a late Gen X-er, so not totally committed to ruinous wars despite being a military guy.<br /><br />He's got Trump's two terms to prove he's not just a chameleon like the other Senators. We'll have to wait and see how he performs.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-56096791471794096112017-08-07T18:51:38.035-04:002017-08-07T18:51:38.035-04:00I don't think we disagree per se more we are o...I don't think we disagree per se more we are on different time frames . <br /><br />Single payer health care isn't a bad idea on its face but its not a solution to anything and its well beyond the US societies ability to do. In most respects diversity (religious, ethnic and cultural) means there is no us in the USA <br /><br />I favor the tariffs myself but automation will eat a lot of the jobs anyway. It doesn't matter how industrialized we are if people aren't need for the jobs. <br /><br />Immigration pause is again fine but illegals are only part of the problem, immigration on its face is the problem. We need to send a few million people back, especially anyone from a low trust culture <br /><br />The debt is well beyond that measure and having the USG force Zuckerberg or Gates or whoever to sell a bunch of stock to lower the deficit isn't going to work as the debt is far more than the 19 trillion commonly sited . Not opposed ,just think its a half measure in some ways when in reality we need to downscale to smaller businesses and have size and wealth limits <br /><br />The bottom two I do agree with though my trust for Trump is limited. His reputation as a sharper predates his Presidential run <br /><br />This doesn't mean there is anyone else I'd support over him, he is the best we've got right now and for a few years <br /><br />To paraphrase former Sec. Def Rumsfeld you fight the war with the army you've got, not necessarily the one you want <br /><br />As for power, we'll see. There is so much demoralization agit-prop out there, Trump could win every battle and the news would go all Baghdad Bob and claim otherwise. <br /><br />anyway, thanks for the reply and keep up the good workAB.Prospernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-40168149817502361692017-08-07T18:01:39.077-04:002017-08-07T18:01:39.077-04:00Trump has known the score and been proposing the r...Trump has known the score and been proposing the right kind of solutions for decades, especially during his plan to run third-party in 2000:<br /><br />Single-payer healthcare<br /><br />Re-industrialize economy through tariffs<br /><br />Pause immigration, send out illegals<br /><br />One-time wealth tax on super-rich to pay off national debt<br /><br />Wariness of mergers & acquisitions mania, esp in media<br /><br />Stock markets being bubbles, don't inflate w/ low interest rates<br /><br />And so on.<br /><br />He's not a neolib or neocon, and his position has been inflexible for decades.<br /><br />You're imputing impure motives or lack of knowledge, when he's proven both good motives and good awareness. It's the omnipotence quality that keeps him from being the God-Emperor.<br /><br />We don't need to help him learn new facts or constrain his motives. We need to help him wield more power, by coercing the rest of the power structure into obeying his instructions as manifesting the will of the people. Or else it's off to the guillotines with our disobedient public servants.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-62004826385231194352017-08-07T17:34:18.529-04:002017-08-07T17:34:18.529-04:00The economy can't improve till wages go up. He...The economy can't improve till wages go up. Heck half the S&P gains are in only 10 companies and of those only a couple actually produce goods . Its bunko all the way down <br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-11/just-these-ten-companies-account-half-sps-2017-returns<br /><br />Unfortunately wages can't go up till there is a shortage of labor. Labor won't be short until trade is curtailed, immigration reversed , automation controlled via taxation and a large scale anti trust/anti large business ideology is in play . we may even have to push women out of the work force as well. <br /><br />Taxation, debt ,immigration , regulation, and wealth concentration are strangling the economy by killing non state consumption (the governments together are 40% of GDP) <br /><br />so even if he has the support of the Deep State instead of the resistance President Trump being a slightly populist Neo liberal instead of a Neo Conservative couldn't fix anything <br /><br />It amazes me that people think a billionaire casino magnate and shady developer with a bad reputation for chiseling (no idea if its deserved) could solve anything. Its not his job.<br /><br />What he might do is be able to reduce immigration a bit and give people a chance to arm up get equipped, get good, get hard which is all anyone should expect from him <br /><br />Odds are very good the USA going forward , probably by the 2030's will resemble either a typical Latin American oligarchy , split into several nations or collapse into a Rwanda x Bosnia <br /><br />Nobody can avoid that fate because no one wants too , incompatible peoples (races, creeds, religions) shouldn't share a polity and while they can be enervated enough to allow it to happen, such a nation is not going to be a high climber.AB.Prospernoreply@blogger.com