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Chicago area sees greatest population loss of any major U.S. city, region in 2015:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-population-record-loss-met-20160324-story.html
Denver grows by another 18,582 people as city’s boom accelerates:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29681318/denver-grows-by-18-582-people-citys-boom
The Tale of two Cities….
And Denver will evaporate just like cities do eventually. Then it will be some other city.
It’s all part of the birth-death cycle of cities.
Producers and taxpayers get fed up with carrying the burden of the collectivist Democrat administrations with their corruption, incompetence, and patronage schemes.
I recall reading that between Friday and Sunday night in chicago, there’s a homicide every 48 minutes. That adds up after a while.
Who is Dick Cheney? Poster boy of corruption and incompetence. Set the bar very high.
I won’t argue with you on the first point, but he was definitely not incompetent. He did his energy buddies a solid.
…but to the rest of us….
Must not have been a high bar. Even Obama and Hillarious beat him to it.
Greetings from Chicago! Temperature is a bit brisk, no one throwing copper that I’ve heard — at least on the magnificent mile.
The land of High Housing Crime. No coincidence.
folks in chighetto are friendly- although screwed by pension math
Don’t move here you won’t like it.
Illinois policy dot org has good information as to why the folks are packing the box and getting out of this liberal utopian flea infested cess pool of corruption.
A blessed Good Friday to you all.
This….
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/heres-where-americans-moving-160439625.html
The bigger it gets, the worse the traffic, smog and crowds…
APOSTASY
The National Council Of Churches
A chronological overview of Communist infiltration in our churches.
http://www.reformed-theology.org/html/issue07/apostasy.htm
“Ultimately, “a world government of delegated powers.” Complete abandonment of U.S. isolationism. Strong immediate limitations on national sovereignty. International control of all armies and navies. A universal system of money…. Worldwide freedom of immigration. Progressive elimination of all tariff and quota restrictions on world trade …. A “democratically controlled” international bank ….”
“Many duties now performed by local and national governments “can now be effectively carried out only by international authority.” Individual nations… must give up their armed forces “except for preservation of domestic order” and allow the world to be policed by an international army and navy…”
Globalism=Communism…And it’s been funded by wealthy Oligarchs and largely influenced by Fabian Socialists in England.
Real conversation yesterday:
Cruz supporter: Does it bother you that Kasich took $700,000 from George Soros?
Kasich supporter: Who is George Soros?
Me: What the F?
95% of the electorate are stupid. You can expect a lot of conversations like that. Especially with the vegetables who thought a candidate backed by Soros and Goldman Sachs would bring “Change we can believe in.”
Ignorance of George Soros effectively means that the person doesn’t read crackpot right wing websites which fill the minds of so many with nonsense. Prepare to scream What the F? when The Donald loses.
Donald Trump is your next US President. Get over it and get on with your life.
I cant wait for higher taxes to pay for all the improvements. We need to pay our bills.
That goes for you too.
That’s fine, but the person is what I would call very active in conservative stuff.
He’s just a mild mannered former Nazi collaborator bent on the destruction of nation states and formation of a world government run by Oligarchs.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Informed people know all about the Koch brothers but nothing about Soros.
Bingo.
when The Donald loses ??
Trump is the manifest of the turn to the hard right that started in 2000…The year I left the republican party after 30 years and went Independent….I smelled that rat a mile away….
Here lies the GOP: Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward dumbfounded dip-sh*ts huddled in their trailers. They sold their intellect to the lowest bidder and got into bed with religious fanatics and scapegoaters and radio personalities who extolled the so called virtues of “conservatism” by pointing their fingers at just about everyone……until there was nothing
Protecting your borders is not racist.
Most mainline church congregations have stagnated into irrelevance.
Millennials like socialism — until they get jobs:
“The expanded social welfare state Sanders thinks the United States should adopt requires everyday people to pay considerably more in taxes. Yet millennials become averse to social welfare spending if they foot the bill. As they reach the threshold of earning $40,000 to $60,000 a year, the majority of millennials come to oppose income redistribution, including raising taxes to increase financial assistance to the poor.
Similarly, a Reason-Rupe poll found that while millennials still on their parents’ health-insurance policies supported the idea of paying higher premiums to help cover the uninsured (57 percent), support flipped among millennials paying for their own health insurance with 59 percent opposed to higher premiums.
When tax rates are not explicit, millennials say they’d prefer larger government offering more services (54 percent) to smaller government offering fewer services (43 percent). However when larger government offering more services is described as requiring high taxes, support flips and 57 percent of millennials opt for smaller government with fewer services and low taxes, while 41 percent prefer large government.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/03/24/millennials-like-socialism-until-they-get-jobs/
“For me, the most important thing is expressing myself,” said Jewel Packard, 24, during an interview conducted via reaction GIFs in the communication app Slack. “Sometimes that means tattoos, and sometimes that means podcasts.”
Packard, who co-works at a bespoke underwear startup, and whose hobbies include 7 a.m. dance parties and sexting, said that she values her ability to express herself almost as much as she values her parents’ Netflix account.
“When it comes down to it, life is really all about finding a hashtag for yourself and sending hilarious emoji on Venmo,” Packard said, and then, after a moment of reflection, added: “Lena Dunham.”
Perhaps no one embodies this difference better than Davis Parkworth. The CEO of venture-backed shoelace marketplace Eyelet, Parkworth, 23, oversees an office where employees must give “trigger warnings” before entering the cafeteria, and where the office speaker system plays hits from Adele just as often as new tunes from 13-year-old YouTube a cappella sensation Kurtiz Blorch.
“If we’re not helping the environment, we’re not a successful company,” Parkworth enthused, wiping a kale stem from his handlebar mustache.
“Feel the Bern!” one of Parkworth’s employees shouted, generating a roar of approval from the kombucha-sipping creative team, many of whom had never applied for a mortgage or car loan. Just then Fillmore, the office rooster, strutted by. This was not your father’s shoelace company.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-o-gilbert/a-trend-story-about-millennials-new-york-times_b_9543158.html
“For me, the most important thing is expressing myself,” said Jewel Packard, 24, during an interview conducted via reaction GIFs in the communication app Slack. “Sometimes that means tattoos, and sometimes that means podcasts.”
Sweetie, in the real world no one gives a rat’s ass what special snowflakes like you have to say.
Living on mommy and daddy’s money.
‘Last spring, as Beckett Delaney was hoverboarding to his office in SoHo, his man bun flailing behind him in the wind, he came to an abrupt halt. “I realized I just couldn’t work that day,” Delaney recalled recently, in between puffs of an e-cigarette outside the Bushwick Sweetgreen. “Because I hadn’t finished binge-watching Master of None.”
‘Delaney’s attitude is typical of his youthful cohort. Millennials — the demographic group also known as Generation Y, Generation Me, and Daesh — have found it difficult to balance dueling priorities as they exit their parents’ basements and enter the real world.’
‘They have stacked up record student loan debt, and yet spend thousands on frivolous items like Beyoncé concert tickets and groceries; they yearn for more than just a paycheck, and yet continue to be employed in jobs that provide them with paychecks in return for their labor.’
‘On the subject of marriage, Delaney, who practices yoga but is also an atheist, echoed an idea that the DJ/Model/Ecoterrorist Callista Larson often repeats to her hundreds of thousands of devoted Instagram followers.’
“You’ve gotta ask yourself: Would you downvote the Yik Yak of your own life?” Delaney mused. His mood quickly soured. “Broad City is on,” he explained, removing a selfie stick from his man-purse.’
‘This devotion to personal expression has presented itself in several outlets for the cosmopolitan millennial, including the $435 “Hamilton”-themed SoulCycle class in Red Hook, and the increasing popularity of Dr. Vanessa Sullivan, a hypnotherapist in Murray Hill who speaks only in references to the 1999 film She’s All That.’
‘Would you downvote the Yik Yak of your own life?’
Would you downvote the Yik Yak of your own life?
That effing awesome!
This better be satire. lol
It’s satire, you goobers!
My estimation of the collective IQ here just dropped 20 points’
I think the real problem here is that this is entirely believable. That says more about Millenials than it does about HBB.
If you look at the title, they’re poking fun about the kinds of articles they see about millennials in the NYT.
How believable it is is entirely dependent on how long you’ve spent in the angry, fat old man echo chamber.
‘My estimation of the collective IQ here just dropped 20 points’
How could you not work in the word daddy as you argue on the internet?
What? I think autocorrect has translated your post into stroke victim-ese. Either that or I’ve been listening to that language for so long, my mind is doing the translation automatically.
I suspected; when it got to the kale dropping out of his mustache, I knew.
Yous guys do realize this is fiction, right?
It’s worse than this. Watch “Hot Girls Wanted” on netflix. You’ll be depressed for days.
The wikipedia entry was depressing enough, thanks.
Seriously. Cute teenagers degrade themselves for life for pitifully small amounts of money. There is something seriously wrong with the moral compass of this country.
All of which is less money spent on overpriced housing:
“Health insurance premiums have increased faster than wages and inflation in recent years, rising an average of 28 percent from 2009 to 2014 despite the enactment of Obamacare, according to a report from Freedom Partners.
According to the report, while premiums increased by 28 percent from 2009 to 2014, wages increased by only 7.8 percent.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/24/health-insurance-premiums-rising-faster-than-wages.html?intcmp=hpbt3
But…but….people are saving $10/week on gasoline.
It’s a boon for the middle class!
That they are paying $75-250 more each month for insurance premiums and must cough up $2,000-$5,000 to cover the deductible before insurance pays anything has no deleterious effect what-so-ever.
The failure of ObamaCare is glaringly obvious anymore.
It was obvious to anyone not blinded by ideology.
ACA is horrible for most of the middle class. Yet they do nothing to add more competition. Just campaign promises….why wait so long?
Because that’s a feature, not a bug. It’s looting, and it’s deliberate.
750 yard bullseye right there.
Obama is going to reap a fortune, post-”public service,” from the insurance companies that benefited from the Obamacare scam.
while premiums increased by 28 percent from 2009 to 2014
My health insurance premiums were going up at a much higher rate than that in early 2000s, then went down appreciably with the advent of Obummercare, and have since increased to nearly but still less than what I was paying before O-care’s inception.
My premiums tripled, and haven’t gone back down.
Check your taxes
Obamacare aka the ACA wasn’t in effect until 2014 so it is weird they stopped with that year. My overall experience is that premiums went down first, then up slightly. I have read that insurance costs, while still increasing, are increasing at a much lower rate than prior to the ACA. There’s also the question of accessibility, mainly removing the pre-existing condition exclusion.
premiums went down first, then up slightly. I have read that insurance costs, while still increasing, are increasing at a much lower rate than prior to the ACA.
That’s exactly my experience.
Ditto. Of course I didn’t have junk insurance to begin with, so my policy was already ACA compliant.
Looks like health insurance is staggering under the weight of the new pre-existings and the Medicare “poors” signing on, and under the burden of upgrading junk plans to compliant plans.
Meanwhile, the Millenials were supposed to kick in more premium when they got better jobs and had kids. Except, they aren’t getting better jobs or having kids.
Should be interesting to see what happens from here on out.
’staggering under the weight of the new pre-existings and the Medicare “poors” signing on’. Maybe so, but our cadillac plan was eliminated for 2016.
BCBS eliminated their no deductible plans here in TX. At first they said they’d only remove them from the exchanges but then they withdrew them from employer provided plans as well. Apparently, they lost their a$$ on them.
We had over $125k of billed in 2015 but our out of pocket was nominal, like $1,000 or so. Of course the premiums were close to $2000 / month.
Hopefully, they figure it out and can make money. Usually more customers is a good thing…
Mine went down too, very affordable. But I heard it has been brutal on small biz that pay their employee’s insurance.
Students Stiff Taxpayers on $600 Billion of Non-Perfoming Loans:
“This rise in college attendance by women appears to be responsible for the inflation of tuition. From 1968 to 2016, the cost of attending college grew by 1,272 percent. That compares to the consumer price index, which rose only 279 percent; medical costs, which grew 670 percent; or new car costs, which grew only 95 percent, according to Advisor Perspective blog.
After deducting student loans owed by borrowers enrolled in school, or in the six-month grace period after leaving school, 46 percent of student loans are currently not being repaid. That is a slight improvement over 2014.”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/24/only-half-of-student-loans-being-repaid/
“This sucker could go down” — George W. Bush
It was still plenty affordable back in the 80s. I don’t think things started going crazy until the 90s, when the Clintons were busy abusing women, lining their pockets, and asleep at the switch of terrorism and moral fiber.
The graph here shows it, bad during Clintons, worse during Bush and Obama.
http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/commentaries/College-Tuition-and-Fees-130718
Much of that was caused by state legislatures becoming less generous with the funding of their universities, leading them to seriously increase tuition.
The reality is higher education costs are grossly inflated and have a very long way to fall.
Much of that was caused by state legislatures becoming less generous with the funding of their universities, leading them to seriously increase tuition.
That’s exactly what happened in the Centennial State. The subsidy from Denver has become so small that some State U’s have been toying with the idea of privatizing. That said, there are some state colleges in the state that charge $5000 a year or less. Mesa State, in Grand Junction, is tuition free if you have a A- average in HS, and score in the 90th percentile on the SAT or ACT.
Mesa State, in Grand Junction, is tuition free if you have a A- average in HS, and score in the 90th percentile on the SAT or ACT.
So they’ve got Bernie Sanders-style free college in Grand Juntion, CO.
Got TABOR? Article in the Denver Post today says it is under attack by the lefty held house.
Got TABOR? Article in the Denver Post today says it is under attack by the lefty held house.
It’s been under attack since it was passed.
So they’ve got Bernie Sanders-style free college in Grand Juntion, CO.
Only for “smart” kids. Grand Junction is considered the boondocks over here, and no self respecting wants to go to school there. There generous scholarship is meant to attract higher caliber students,
Ft. Lewis College is also in the boondocks, but in a much more desirable boondocks, namely Durango (and the nearby ski resorts), whereas Grans Junction is an armpit.
Got TABOR? Article in the Denver Post today says it is under attack by the lefty held house.
I just read the article. The TABOR refunds are being cancelled not because TABOR is under attack, but because revenues were below projections, so there was no TABOR surplus. Also spending was cut (hospitals and highway construction), because of TABOR. No tax increases in the Centennial State.
There really is nothing the state assembly can do to stop TABOR. To repeal it they would need supermajorities in the Assembly and the Senate (which is GOP controlled). That isn’t gonna happen anytime soon.
It’s pretty odd that the state government would charge different tuition to different kids at different schools. I’ve heard about that in other states. It’s quite possible that the administrators are trying to increase their position in the annual US News rankings.
“…and moral fiber.”
Hafta [sic] google that one. Hehe.
College was affordable back when state governments subsidized state colleges and universities. The subsidies stopped, the prices went up.
LOL.
Rusty…. You’ve got DonkeyLogic.
The subsidies didn’t stop, but they were reduced dramatically. State taxpayers picked up 75% of the cost a few decades ago. Now they only cover about half. So the portion paid for by students and their parents doubled.
And now it’s a failure ridden system of graft and fraud
And now it’s a failure ridden system of graft and fraud
Because now they’ve got to hustle on the street for money.
That is right up your alley and Lola.
Which candidate will come out on top in the wife bashing competition?
All a distraction from a presumptive Democrat Party nominee married to a rapist.
Trump. Because Ted is about to get Cruzified, John Edwards style.
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/ted-cruz-sex-scandal-mistresses-cheating-claims/
Full disclosure: According to the wikipedia page that lists Trump’s endorsements, the National Enquirer has endorsed Trump. So therefore….
Hold on tight, this should be fun.
The Cruzbots better hope this ain’t true, but the Enquirer has a pretty good track record on politicians: John Edwards, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson …
Friends in Low Places:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTn0DhmWS7U
Go over to Instapundit and read the comments on any article mentioning Trump in the title. I think you’ll get a huge kick out of them.
I’m too busy tracking the escalation of this development:
http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/03/24/ted-cruz-sex-scandal-thoughts/
“The FEC investigated a $500,000 transfer made from Ted Cruz to Carly Fiorina, a competitor.
Why would Cruz donate money to another candidate?”
I’m going to end the cut and paste there. They’re warning people over on Reddit to avoid references to actual names right now, but the answer to the question is in the linked article.
r/The_Donald names anything they want. r/conservative will ban you if you criticize Ted.
Man, they name three of the women, one will help make sense of Palms post and one of the others is just as juicy. Popcorn Time
Which shows the divergence.
The establishment R party is over. The remnants united behind Cruz in a last ditch effort.
The remnants united behind Cruz in a last ditch effort.
I think Kasich is the rear guard of the GOP establishment.
“I think Kasich is the rear guard of the GOP establishment.”
Is that a double entendre? If so, +1.
The Kasich-Cruz thing reminds me of a barroom brawl I was witness to, back in the day when I wuz a college pup in Boston. A bunch of preppies decided to mix it up with some Southies. Everyone piled in so tight there wasn’t even room to throw a punch. Just a cluster of guys that resembled a football huddle moving around the room, up and down, side to side.
“Is that a double entendre? If so, +1.”
That made me giggle till my coffee got cold.
What’s making me giggle is the press conference with Teddy boy getting up on his hind legs, all steely eyed, whining about his family, calling Trump and his “henchman” Roger Stone “Dirty Tricksters”.
Priceless.
Looks like somebody rammed a broomstick in that suit sausage and called it a backbone.
Donald’s gonna fire him, and Ted’s gonna make that Charlie Chaplain boo boo face. Even sadder than Marco’s.
the National Enquirer has endorsed Trump.
Why does that not surprise me?
He’s got friends in low places!
This may surprise you, though. Salon is picking up the story.
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/25/twitter_just_lost_its_god_damned_mind_over_ted_cruzsexscandal_mongering/
If NE is a right leaning tab, Salon is the left-leaning equivalent. Yay! The left has its own tabloid.
Salon was one of the first major outlets to adopt Fox’s shrieking tree monkey style. Hysteria sells ads, apparently.
MSNBC is firmly on the bandwagon too.
The main difference is the demographics. Seen the NE lately? 65+. Mostly stories about old movie stars and musicians and their dying days. Bert Reynolds, Cher, Michael Douglas, etc. Heck, even Debbie Reynolds.
Brilliant target marketing, though, for this sort of “scandal”. It still plays with the 65+ crowd, and they do vote.
Enquirer was my gramma’s favorite… it was all space aliens and batboy back then. She wanted the aliens to come pick her up so she could tour the galaxy with them.
Same for me - I spent endless hours as a youth while visiting grandma, reading about the goings-on of people like Cary Grant, Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Elton John, Liberache, and hoo-boy the Natalie Wood drowning (murder?) was a huge deal.
Mind the gap:
https://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres16_WTA.cfm
Hill shill
New handle this week, Canklepants? It’s getting ever harder to keep track…
“Mind the gap:”
Hillary doesn’t have a gap. —Slick
I think having Jeb’s endorsement hurts Lyin’ Ted. Jeb spent more than $150,000,000 and got nothing. I spent a fraction of that and am first!
I think you having the endorsement of the National Enquirer hurts Ted more, you little dickens you.
Screw Cruz and the establishment crooks. He should have learned not to start a street fight with someone who will punch back twice as hard.
Cruz is a straight-up crap weasel so him using a PAC to take the low road in Utah was par for the course. Trump’s response, though, was tacky, tacky, tacky.
Ron Paul might have been the last class act we had running for President.
“Trump’s response, though, was tacky, tacky, tacky.”
But correct and bullseye accurate. I little care for the tender sensibilities of a Goldman Sachs stooge and Condoleeza Rice crony and CFR water carrier. I hope there are more sightings on her sobbing by the side of the road in the Austin area.
If you mess with the bull, you’re gonna get the horns.
When your opposition has been sufficiently demonized, anything used against them is allowed, and even necessary.
“Trump’s response, though, was tacky, tacky, tacky.”
But correct and bullseye accurate
His response was to make a threat revealing something about Cruz’ wife. A threat can’t be accurate.
Oh, ok. I was referring to something else.
“When your opposition has been sufficiently demonized, anything used against them is allowed, and even necessary.”
I support the use anything up to and including use of a tactical nuclear weapon against The Greasy Preacher. The man is a smelly stain on the filthy tshirt of America.
Well, it has now hit the google news aggravator page.
“I did NOT have sex with those women: Ms.__________, Ms._________. Ms._______________, Ms. _____________ and Ms. _____________”
http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/03/25/ted-cruz-sex-scandal-memes-cheating-affair-heidi-pics/
Some good stuff there, lol.
One of my faves: The Cuban Mistress Crisis.
Now THERE’S a headline.
I’m lovin’ it. All those “family values” voters out in Utarrgh, all scandalized into voting for Cruz by a photo of a pretty woman lying on a bear rug. Mitt Romney doing robocalls for the preacher. Sad panda boo-boo.
Whoopsie! Hold that bible high, Ted and give us your best sad panda boo-boo face.
http://i.imgur.com/ux1BqpN.jpg
There are many things to appreciate about Trump for those willing to take their blinders off and look objectively.
One thing is his diminishing the influence of religion and the evangelical right in the R party and the public sphere in general. Many Rs have been screaming for this for years.
Ironically, excluding them results in a bigger tent. Trump understands this intuitively.
Anyone with a brain has known all along that the number of evangelicals (both percentage-wise and in pure number) is considerably overestimated.
Both Evangelicals and leftists want you to believe otherwise.
That both want to inflate the number is perfectly understandable. Inflating the number inflates their power.
Many Rs have been screaming for this for years ??
Since November 2, 2000…..
Anyone with a brain has known all along that the number of evangelicals (both percentage-wise and in pure number) is considerably overestimated.
Who is doing this overestimating and how do you know that their estimates are bad?
Irrelevant.
Utah’s gonna self-destruct in November if their only choices are Trump v Hillary.
Utah’s gonna self-destruct in November if their only choices are Trump v Hillary.
Porn addicts have already self destructed.
Ted Cruz is a political Elmer Gantry.
I don’t think supporters of actually spent all of that $150M. It was just pledged to Bush but Bush dropped out before it could be spent on ads for him. There is probably quite a bit of it left. I remember some story that Rubio was trying to pick up those pledges but he never got enough delegates to justify.
I’m doubt that what’s left of the $150M will ever be spent, certainly not on rump. Trump is will likely lose to Clinton anyway, so no reason to throw money down that hole.
My prediction is that the GOP will USE Trump only as a vehicle to get Repubs to the polls to save the Senate. The $150M or similar will be distributed to struggling R Senators.
today’s super important news……
Tennessee bathroom bill gets new life in Legislature
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/03/23/tenn-transgender-bathroom-bill-flushed/82170788/
I miss the old Bill who used to get up and go swimming in the morning and then crow about how fit he was. I think the exercise helped his mental state.
Macbeth, what is the second handle Professor Bear is using?
While I’m not great at much, one thing I am pretty good at is pattern recognition.
You appear to be fairly adept at it as well.
The smell of rat is nearly overpowering right now. And that’s all I am going to say, as I have no proof other than smell and intuition.
We’ve gotta guess? I smell and intuit a tj.
Well, that’s nothing, as Housing Analyst has used close to a dozen names on here now, currently masquerading as ‘Jake’ (from State Farm?) and ‘The Central Scrutinizer.’
And living in your empty skull, rent free.
680 calories this morning. I do cardio machines now instead of swimming. Also lifting more weights to make up for lack of swimming.
Thanks for the update. I await your next one with bated breath.
The Soros scum will be out in force in Washington DC next month. Brown shirts are optional.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/24/thousands-pledge-to-get-arrested-in-d-c-protests-next-month/
Apparently CAIR would rather have a rabid neocon in the White House than Trump. Guess that explains why Obama and Hillary want to import millions more Muslims.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/25/cair-scrambles-to-register-millions-of-muslim-voters-to-stop-trump-movement/
Mother Jones says marriage is declining because men are pigs. Maybe it’s really declining because for most men it’s a sh*tty deal, given how stacked the legal system is against them.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/marriage-declining-men-pigs
50% of all marriages end in divorce, and 70% of those divorces are initiated by women. No single man with assets and options should ever marry.
Assets and options.
Once women start getting sued by men for emotional harassment, the marriage rate will begin to increase.
And not before.
marriage is declining because men are pigs
Let’s be honest, it’s a pretty good theory:
“I know, I know: #NotAllMen blah blah blah. That said, let’s unpack this a bit. Basically, an awful lot of men are—and always have been—volatile and unreliable. They drink, they get abusive, and they do stupid stuff. They’re bad with money, they don’t help with the kids, and they don’t help around the house. They demand subservience. They demand sex. And even on the one dimension they’re supposedly good for—being breadwinners—they frequently tend to screw up and get fired.
In other words, marriage has been a bad deal for women pretty much forever. But they’ve been forced into it by cultural mores and economic imperatives, and that’s the only reason it’s been nearly universal in the past.”
“I know, I know: #NotAllMen blah blah blah. That said, let’s unpack this a bit. Basically, an awful lot of men are—and always have been—volatile and unreliable. They drink, they get abusive, and they do stupid stuff. They’re bad with money, they don’t help with the kids, and they don’t help around the house. They demand subservience. They demand sex. And even on the one dimension they’re supposedly good for—being breadwinners—they frequently tend to screw up and get fired.
AKA: The Bad Boy
And for some reason, a lot of women flock to these losers like moths to a flame, while friendzoning “husband material” guys because they find them boring and unattractive.
AF/BB
Risk carries its price - be careful with risk.
Maybe it’s really declining because for most men it’s a sh*tty deal, given how stacked the legal system is against them.
UK judge awards wife 90 percent of assets in divorce case:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/a-judge-has-order-90-per-cent-of-a-couples-assets-to-the-wife-for-raising-their-children-in-a-a6942656.html
Where have all the good men gone?
These articles make humans in general look bad. Invariably it’s either “women work and no longer need the man’s money” or “men have tindr now an no longer need the woman’s guaranteed hooch.” No mention anywhere of two people loving each other and wanting to share their lives.
At this point I’d put my money on those bald eagles at the National Arboretum.
It is a shitty deal. Maybe that is why my current colleagues, who are mostly married, are stuffy. They think I am having too much fun! And they know I don’t worry about money. They know I rent small and drive an old car and could not care less about the materialism of Orange County. I miss my colleagues in the defense industry of L.A. Many of whom are never married boomers. I had lunch companions for ten years and this new place I occasionally have lunch or dinner with someone near my age.
More fundamental change, courtesy of the Establishment.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/court-alcoholic-illegal-immigrant-cant-be-deported/article/2586799
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/03/michael-pettis-trump-and-the-re-emergence-of-the-jacksonians.html
We’ve pelted Donald Trump with all the withering humor we can muster, and even though it is hard to imagine an easier target for elitist humor, with his blustering narcissism, his intellectual inconsistency, his questionable business record, and his truly stupid television show, above all of which rages his ferocious hair, it’s been so frustrating. Although we have shown again and again that he is dishonest, unfit for the presidency, and incapable of office, not only has he been able to survive, but he actually seems to thrive on the relentless series of what for any other candidate would have been knockout blows. Donald Trump’s supporters are indifferent to our wit and to our arguments, and we’ve convinced ourselves that this only proves what probably didn’t need much proving, that his supporters are racist nitwits and that they support Donald Trump for reasons that are too trivial to matter. This frightens us because collectively they seem to be bringing something new to American politics.
But we are wrong on all counts. Most of Trump’s supporters are not racist nitwits, and not only do they have legitimate reasons behind their support of Donald Trump, in fact they are very important ones. We are finally starting to see this. We are wrong, however, to see recent events as some kind of turning point in American history. The outrage which the American political establishment is being rejected certainly brings dangers and risks, but much fewer than we think because in fact we’ve been here many times before, and by remembering our history we can make some pretty good guesses as to how this all of will evolve.
Trump’s supporters belong to what we sometimes call the Jacksonian tradition in American history, and their history, which of course pre-dates the presidency of the man who gave them their name, combines the impressive with the shameful. Like Andrew Jackson himself they have been the strongest defenders of some of our most fundamental American values while undermining others. While their social peers in Europe have largely accepted their limited role in politics, except from time to time when they rise up in sans-culottes rage, the Jacksonians always demand to be heard when they feel their rights are threatened.
James Knox Polk was a big believer in Jacksonian principles.
the Jacksonian tradition in American history, and their history, which of course pre-dates the presidency of the man who gave them their name, combines the impressive with the shameful. Like Andrew Jackson himself they have been the strongest defenders of some of our most fundamental American values while undermining others.
The Scots-Irish. Born Fighting.
A little over a year ago there was a concerted media effort to play up the, to quote Pettis above, “shameful” things that happened in this country on Jackson’s watch. Without disputing any of that, it surprised me to see so much energy expended on cutting down the reputation of a President from two centuries ago. It seemed to me that this could only mean a growing unease in high places with the recirculation of Jackson’s powerful arguments against the banks, and central banking in particular (see an example below, copied from Jesse’s Cafe’ Americain).
Doesn’t look like they’re going to pull it off …
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“Gentlemen! I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country.
When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin!
Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I have determined to rout you out, and by the Eternal, (bringing his fist down on the table) I will rout you out.”
From the original minutes of the Philadelphia bankers sent to meet with President Jackson February 1834,
from Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States (1928) by Stan V. Henkels
Jim Webb said this week on Morning Joe he’d vote Trump over Hillary.
Jim Webb
The Scots-Irish spokesman himself.
Trump/Webb for the win.
I’m liking that pair up.
Sounds good on paper, but it probably wouldn’t work for the Don. Webb would resign the minute he had a strong disagreement with some policy or another and unlike when he resigned from the Reagan admin, such a resignation would be high profile and damaging.
Webb is a decent man with principles. “Fields of Fire,” a novel he wrote about the Vietnam War, is the best military-interest novel I’ve ever read and shows the man’s intellect and disgust with bureaucratic pinheads. He would’ve been a far superior candidate to any of the current “choices” but again, when 95% of the electorate is stupid, you may not end up with the best choices.
No skillz required…
“Hiring very attractive sexy real estate sales ladies”
https://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/evg/5494366516.html
“Gardens Realty”…. lol
Hookers…. housing hookers. A distinction without a difference.
From the article:
“the number of U.S. households spending 50 percent of their income on rent could increase to 15 million by 2025″
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-24/it-s-getting-harder-to-pay-the-rent-in-america
ObamaCare Failure: “This Is What Americans Spent Most Money On In 2015″
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-25/thanks-obamacare-what-americans-spent-most-money-2015
Why Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch still isn’t sold:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-25/why-michael-jackson-s-neverland-ranch-still-isn-t-sold
Jeffrey Epstein should buy it and host Democrat Party fundraisers there.
I thought a big corp bought it out and the Jackson family was fighting them to get it back. They have security out front there. Fancy flowers all died.
10,000 People Have Signed a Petition Demanding Open Carry Inside Quicken Loans Arena During the RNC
For all the ink spilled on the upcoming GOP visit to Cleveland and the attendant worries about Cleveland’s ability to deal with protestors in general and the sometimes violent nature of interactions between some Republican supporters and protestors around the country so far this year, sometimes it feels like the city isn’t fully prepared for what is actually coming down the pike.
Which brings us to this petition on Change.org, from Americans for Responsible Open Carry, which demands that THE POWERS THAT BE force Quicken Loans Arena to temporarily set aside its ban on weapons inside the arena so that folks can enjoy the Trumpian majesty of the convention while bearing arms.
http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/03/24/3000-people-have-signed-a-petition-demanding-open-carry-inside-quicken-loans-arena-during-the-rnc
It’s Gund Arena, not Quicken Loans Arena
And nobody in Cleveland calls it “the Q”
10,000 People Have Signed a Petition Demanding Open Carry Inside Quicken Loans Arena During the RNC
One firecracker goes off and the whole place erupts into an open fire zone.
I don’t what’s funnier, that everyone will be armed, or that the venue is the “Quicken Loans Arena”
And then nobody’s going to get 1237 delegate votes.
I’m for it. Arm the fools, and let Darwin work his magic.
Assuming they confine the firefight to the building.
I’m betting they will pull a “Waco Twin Peaks” moment, spill out into the street, and opening fire on the commies/worthless eaters/breeders/liberals protesting outside, when/if they “threaten” them.
Of course, who gets to define “threat”?
Talk to some (I’d say most) deeply rural residents of Flyover and “threat” is defined as “Commie-Democrat/liberal/non-white person drawing a (free) breath”.
The protesters are fair game for natural selection… what the hell do they think they’re gonna accomplish by screaming at a bunch of trumplings? Might as well be screaming at rocks.
$1.12 trillion is alot of Shekels:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-24/f-35-s-1-trillion-support-cost-ticks-up-as-more-flights-seen
“This sucker could go down” — George W. Bush
“Queens Real Estate Agent Accused Of Ripping Off Customers Again”
http://pix11.com/2016/03/07/queens-real-estate-agent-accused-of-ripping-off-customers-again/
But - given all the screeching monkeys - It’s still all good right?
San Rafael, CA Housing Market Implodes; Prices Plummet 12% YoY As Bay Area Economy Slows
http://www.zillow.com/san-rafael-ca/home-values/
Just traded my 2013 Challenger for a (leftover) new 2015 Challenger R/T.
(To all of the “new cars are a waste” types, go ahead and flame me and/or comment on my penis size. Then go pound sand. I refuse to drive boring, cramped, slow s##tboxes to save a few bucks. I make a lot of 200-300 mile trips, and life is too short).
It’s amazing what a premium trade (3 year old car with approx 50K miles), some cash, and a very close to 800 credit score will get you in the way of a deal on a new car nowadays
The fact that they had 6-7 leftover 2015 R/T’s this late in the 2016 model year says volumes about what the new car market looks like around here.
Also interesting was how hard they were trying to push me into a 72 month note.
After looking on cars.com I saw they have a bunch leftover 2015’s in Denver too, and you can get a V8 for 30K. That’s a lot cheaper than the 2016 Camaros. Heck, you can easily pay that much for a V6 sedan.
Tempting… I haven’t had an overpowered road phallus for over a decade. Probably for the best. I constantly tempted the fist of Darwin when I had one.
I remember paying around $14K for a maxed out/loaded Taurus LX back in the spring of 1986 (when they were a super hot seller).
Stickered around $16,500, as I recall.
It’s hard to find anything worth buying for less than $30K. I’ve seen tons of guys buying F-250s/-350s/Dodge Cummins trucks stickering in the $65,000 range. Get away from the metro 75-100 miles, and $65K will buy a house.
My income has gone up some since 1986. But it hasn’t come close to doubling, unlike car prices, house prices, food prices, etc.
I still miss my 1997 Chevy Silverado.
I like the Challenger because:
- I’m a Mopar guy, and
- The car is bigger……..has an adult-usable back seat, and a huge trunk.
-It’s a LOT quieter than a Mustang GT. I’ve driven enough noisy hot rods to know that they will beat you to death on a 300 mile plus road trip.
In 2013, took my mom up to Akron, Ohio for a funeral in my 2013 Challenger. 900 miles/11 hours up, six hours of sleep, six hours in Akron, then 900 miles/11 hours back. No problem/sweat in a Challenger. One stop for gas each way, near Terre Haute, Indiana.
My 2006 MazdaSpeed 3 is faster. 263 hp, 0- 60 in just 5.9 seconds
28 mpg
134k miles, no complaints.
“It’s amazing what a premium trade (3 year old car with approx 50K miles), some cash, and a very close to 800 credit score will get you in the way of a deal on a new car nowadays”
Obviously a better deal than someone trying to buy a new car with a SNAP card and not enough cash to fill the gas tank.
Florida man tries to buy $60,000 BMW with food stamps, steals car after being denied
BY Sasha Goldstein
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, March 19, 2016, 6:31 PM
That’s not what food stamps are for.
A Florida man who tried to purchase a speedy BMW SUV with his Electronic Benefits Transfer card and a credit card later decided to steal the car — but was caught when he ran out of gas, police said.
Police said the stolen BMW was a $60,000 car.
Nicholas Jackson, 36, showed up to a Pompano Beach dealership with little in the way of currency and was sent away, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said. But the next day, the business was burglarized, and the owner found the $60,000 BMW X-6 and 60 sets of keys missing, police said.
Cops later caught up to Jackson in Palm City, some 70 miles north of Pompano, where authorities say he drove until the car ran out of gas. They also found the BMW with the gas tank on empty.
Jackson got a ride to the Martin County Jail, where he’s charged with grand theft auto and held on $20,000 bond.
I love Florida.
If I was me who posted this, I would for sure get the insults. It’s because of Trump worshippers versus he Ron Paul voter.
Congrats and enjoy! Personally, I like the Camaro more, but the Challenger will be a sweet ride with those 375 ponies and the retro look is very cool.
It’s pretty kick-azz, and a new threat to my driver’s license.
Except……
I test drove it twice, made the deal, signed the papers. Sitting in the dealer parking lot. Had pulled my “Best of Godsmack” CD out of the old car, figured some metal was appropriate for the occasion. So I have the CD in my hand, started looking for the CD player slot.
No slot. Looked all over, still couldn’t find it. Looked at the window sticker. Car doesn’t have a CD player, and isn’t available.
WTF??????????? Evidently, they eliminated CD players in new Dodges in 2014.
Got to my computer later, checked a couple of Challenger forums. Searched “2015 Challenger No CD Player”. TONS of posts. Started reading. Most of them morphed into a pizzing contest between the old guys (like me) bitching about it, and Gen-X/Millenial types telling the old farts to get with the (planned obsolesence) program.
The solution seems to be to locate an CD Walkman, then plug it into the jack for the Ipod. One of the problems with Chrysler’s system seems to be that it won’t recognize certain music file formats.
The solution is to rip all your CDs into your phone, and bluetooth connect to your ‘radio’.
You get no sympathy if you’re going to eschew the tiny magic jukebox that holds all the music you’ve ever owned. Gramophones are not standard equipment on these newer horseless carriages, because nobody wants them.
On the other hand, AM/FM radio is probably standard equipment.
CD’s vs played over Bluetooth, huge loss of sound quality.
I guess these new cars come with a job to do.
Yup. But most people don’t seem to notice or care.
My friend is an audiophile. Once you listen to a sound system that can easily cost $50K, it ruins music listening on just about anything else.
I’d rather listen to the music in my head than MP3s.
Your new car very likely has a USB jack or two and if you rip your CD’s a flash drive will hold a LOT of MP3’s, went that route myself and it works well. FWIW built a Vortexbox from an old computer to automate the process and had it rip FLAC’s for home (no loss of quality) and MP3’s (about 1/3 the file size) for the car, phone, etc. The Vortexbox software is Linux based and free, runs fine on obsolete PC’s, Macs, etc and also works as a music server for ripped CD’s. You can buy very low profile flash drives that are nearly invisible and don’t snag things, etc….
Hasn’t it got satellite radio? Put on a metal channel.
Listening to the local “Sports Talk” idiots here at my desk.
They just did an add for a local, high end food store, advertising “Atlantic Salmon”…………. supposedly “fresh from the boat, to your local store”, painting in your mind a vision of the grizzled New England fisherman coming in form the sea and offloading the catch.
Somehow, it sounds better than the reality, which is more like: “…..fresh from an Atlantic fish farm/prison run by some multi-national conglomerate, in-bred to perfection, from our processsing plant to your table…….”
Wow!! has everyone seen the movie, Spotlight?
People suck! Trust no one!!
very funny! Batman v Superman flop
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-affleck-batman-v-superman-reviews_us_56f54583e4b0a3721819b4da
Ted Cruz Sex Scandal Story Just the Latest Bombshell in a Bizarre Campaign
Republican lashes out at National Enquirer article claiming he has had several affairs.
The Republican presidential primary campaign, which has at times devolved into schoolyard taunts and nasty insults, has been rocked by an alleged sex scandal involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz: The National Enquirer reports the candidate has had a series of extramarital affairs involving five different women.
At a campaign appearance in Wisconsin Friday, Cruz rejected the allegations as “garbage,,” slammed the Enquirer for publishing them and pointed the finger at GOP front-runner Donald Trump as the source, further escalating their increasingly personal feud.
“It is a tabloid smear and it has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen,” he told reporters.
The senator later reiterated the denial on his campaign Facebook page.
Trump, who has an estate in Palm Beach, Florida, is reportedly longtime friends with Enquirer CEO David Pecker. The tabloid’s headquarters are in nearby Boca Raton.
Trump took to social media on Friday to deny any connection to the National Enquirer story.
“I have no idea whether or not the cover story about Ted Cruz in this week’s issue of the National Enquirer is true or not, but I had absolutely nothing to do with it, did not know about it, and have not, as yet, read it,” Trump said in a statement posted on his Facebook page. “Likewise, I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin’ Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and henchman and then pretend total innocence. Ted Cruz’s problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz.”
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-25/ted-cruz-sex-scandal-story-just-the-latest-bombshell-in-a-bizarre-campaign
When 95% of the electorate are stupid, you can’t expect a statesman in the White House.
Enquirer CEO David Pecker
There’s a Dickensian name.
Government and banks are colluding. Housing will be unaffordable for 200 more years. You read it here first.
In order for that to be true, credit will have to expand faster than the interest rate, because all the new loans are going to pay off the old loans. I will not be participating in this, so someone else will have to double down…
or prices will come down to what people can afford.
Think zombie foreclosures… they were never zombified, rather the result of BIG FED mopping up supply and hiding the product. Like the diamond nonsense. Fake shortage.
The rent will be too damn much.
The purchase will be too damn much.
Blue, you actually made a brilliant play: buy a foreclosure in the rust belt without a mortgage. I spoke with Phony on the phone for a while. We concurred about the housing situation in South Florida; it’s brutal. For a long time I agreed with you, Ex, Goon, and Bill, et. al. This is where our thinking diverges: I think too many here are denying the BIG GOV commitment to keep RE up. Same with PPT. Shortsellers be warned. Yes, we all called bubble 1.0; but even the most ardent bears here must admit surprise about the quick and ruthless reinflation for 2.0.
I don’t like it, but unfortunately you pay either way. We’re all foam (unless you’re single and willing to live like a college student).
I’ve done some things that were unsustainable, like getting married to a beautiful gal who had inherited a progressive mental illness. I did everything in my power to make it last, until I couldn’t do any more. I’ll be 64 here in a few weeks and that will mark exactly half my life in that particular war against reality. I won’t be doing that again, I can tell you! 32 years. As Rodney would say, six of the best years of my life.
A lot of people laughed at me for giving up the (mortgaged) mansion we lived in and full timing on a 32 foot boat, ALONE. Long time friends and family considered it allowable. I saved cash because I had lived without any for quite a long time, against my intentions. So I could write a check for something others could not get financing for. See, it’s not because I was “brilliant”.
What you are doing is expedient, but it looks like you are rationalizing. I applaud you for not going into this thinking you will get rich on the updraft with borrowed money. You will just have a more convenient life for a while. And you will have a big fat mortgage. At some point in this process I think you will say you won’t do that again.
Rationalizing? What else am I supposed to do. I still have a few weeks for an out.
What would you do if you were in my situation?
What would I do?! I have no wife and my kids are having kids and buying houses. There aren’t any bicycles here. My glorious career is past its best by date. I am dreaming of launching my boat and cruising. I spend most of the day in my studio doing (trying) artsy things. I missed the library due date on my loan of the “History of the Peloponnesian Wars” and now I am in debt for 45c!
Really, I am the last person to ask what you should do. Do you expect me to yell “hard astern”?
Love your family as a noble sacrifice of your life. Romans 12:12 or something similar. Never apologize for doing what you think is best for them. Giving years of your life in service to a bank isn’t quite this, but you have to calculate your shortest path to the endpoint. Only you.
I’m curious: what do you tell your own children when they tell you they’re going to buy a house?
I ask how my grandson did at the soccer game. They already know how I view the housing bubble. They are being expedient and don’t need to apologize. I raised them to be comfortable just telling me straight what stupid stuff they have done and no tirade from me. Hey, you can’t top the stupid stuff I have done.
At least u got in on the scam
Enjoy
Not yet, but I’m in queue
Once you lock yourself in you quickly learn to lie to yourself. Then the lies to every around you fall off your tongue with no effort at all.
…from the guy that’s changed his name many times. Same Muggy that’s been posting since 2006.
Why don’t you post your metrics and any special circumstances so we can see how well your statements accord to your real world choices.
Feel free to also recommend any alternatives for my situation. I need a 3/2 in zip 33708.
Your gyrations have nothing to do with me. It’s your funeral, not mine.
I don’t see any numbers in your response.
Very well.
Jupiter, FL Housing Prices Crater 12% YoY
http://www.zillow.com/jupiter-fl/home-values/
Tune daily for more numbers.
Lol ^
falling prices my friend. falling prices.
First look: How the occupiers left Malheur Refuge
The occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge ended February 11
BURNS, Ore. (KOIN) — For the first time since the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge ended onFebruary 11, the media was allowed into the area to see the remnants of the occupiers.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided a tour for media and released photos of the way the occupiers left the refuge.
“It’s a little unsettling… when we come in every day we’re trying to take care of the land and build it up for wildlife,” wildlife biologist Linda Beck told KOIN 6 News. “I mean, you saw pictures of how much trash was here.”
The final cost of the cleanup is not fully known, even by officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. However, officials said the cost to taxpayers so far has been about $6.5 million.
http://koin.com/2016/03/23/first-look-how-the-occupiers-left-malheur-refuge/
“officials said the cost to taxpayers so far has been about $6.5 million.”
$6.5 million?
Looks like it’s about as much cleanup as a foreclosed house that was beat up.
But the Federal Government was in charge so $6.5 million for a $2,500 job is probably about right.
Now lets get that border cleaned up.
Trash OnThe Border : Mexican / Illegal Alien Contributions - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCOQ2D7hrck - 169k -
What is cheap prison labor for if not to clean up? not a problem if ya have a brain.
Let’s talk about Shekels. How many Shekels do you have? How many of them do you need to tell yourself that you’re “satisfied” with life? How many Shekels?
The Kinks - Got to Be Free:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qChiEGugE
P.S. recommend also the book “In and out of the garbage pail” by Fritz Perls
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society:
“Do you remember Walter how we said we’d fight the world so we’d be free?
We’d save up all our money, and we’d buy a boat and sail away to sea
But it was not to be
I knew you then, but do I know you now?
Walter, you are just an echo of a world I knew so long ago
Walter, if you saw me now, you wouldn’t even know my name
I bet you’re fat and married
And you’re always home in bed by half past eight
And if I talked about the old times, you’d get bored
And you’ll have nothing more to say
Yes, people often change but memories of people can remain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYMA-qlReg0
America’s moral decay and indifference to corruption, best exemplified by tens of millions of amoral dead souls voting for Hillary Clinton despite her decades of crony capitalism and sleaze, has infected even the officer ranks of the Armed Forces. I don’t know what’s worse: the lack of intelligence in 95% of the population, or the absence of basic integrity.
http://www.businessinsider.com/navy-officer-yet-facing-prison-time-in-sex-for-secrets-scandal-2016-3
Trump’s (hot) spokeswoman just “spilled the beans” on Heidi Cruz: Goldman Sachs director, CFR member, and Bush operative - in other words, her affiliations show what a phony “conservative” Cruz is.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-25/trump-spokeswoman-spills-beans-heidi-cruz-media-goes-crazy-over-cruzsexscandal
“Spilling the beans is quite simple when it comes to Heidi Cruz,” [Trump Spokewoman] Pierson said in an interview with MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki.
“She is a Bush operative; she worked for the architect of NAFTA, which has killed millions of jobs in this country; she was a member on the Council on Foreign Relations who — in Sen. Cruz’s own words, called a nest of snakes that seeks to undermine national sovereignty; and she’s been working for Goldman Sachs, the same global bank that Ted Cruz left off of his financial disclosure,” Pierson said.
“Her entire career has been spent working against everything Ted Cruz says that he stands for,” she added.
Meet your future, California.
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/03/25/graphic-los-zetas-civil-war-continues-to-bring-terror-murder-innocent-victims/
The GOP’s nuclear option: how Trump could be denied the nomination even with a majority
You probably know by now that if Donald Trump doesn’t win over a majority of Republican delegates, he’ll fail to clinch the party’s nomination on the first ballot, and a contested convention will ensue.
But what’s gotten much less attention is that even if Trump wins that outright majority of delegates in the primaries, there’s a “nuclear option” that could deny him the nomination.
o do this, a majority of delegates at the convention would simply have to vote to change their rules, to free themselves up to vote for whichever candidate they want. And then they’d just … nominate someone who’s not Donald Trump.
This may seem shockingly undemocratic, but it’s completely possible given how the convention works. The delegates get to set their own rules, and no higher body can overrule them. So they’re perfectly free to change those rules at the last minute — even if those changes are obviously meant to alter the outcome of the race.
And as Trump has continued to rack up primary victories, some #NeverTrump enthusiasts have begun pushing for this strategy, or something like it. “I don’t care how many delegates he’s won,” the Weekly Standard’s Jay Cost recently tweeted. “The delegates can stop him if they have the will to stop him. If they don’t have the will, then I’m out.”
Now, few people currently believe anywhere even close to enough delegates would actually be willing to take such an extreme measure, because so blatantly overturning the results of the primaries would obviously provoke a massive uproar. And state law relating to delegate binding is complicated — some delegates may have obligations to vote for certain candidates under their state’s laws even if that national rule is removed.
Still, if a die-hard anti-Trump movement were to gain sufficient strength among the delegates — and felt confident enough to defy the apparent will of the voters — nobody could step in and stop them from using the nuclear option. Even if pressing that button could destroy the Republican Party.
http://www.vox.com/2016/3/24/11295380/republican-convention-rules-trump-delegates
Corporate mercenary and former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince is under investigation for all sorts of unsavory crimes. As one of the corporatocracy’s armed enforcers, though, don’t expect actual justice to be done.
https://theintercept.com/2016/03/24/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-under-federal-investigation/
Sanders is the king of credibility in 2016
By Brent Budowsky, columnist, The Hill
In the latest New York Times/CBS poll, the results show that Hillary Clinton (D) would defeat Republican front-runner Donald Trump by 10 percentage points and Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) would defeat Trump by 15 points — numbers consistent other recent polling.
Even more striking, the number of Democrats who consider Sanders honest and trustworthy was an astonishing 84 percent in that poll, almost 30 points higher than the same number for Clinton among Democrats and for Trump among Republicans.
Sanders is the king of credibility in the 2016 campaign because no matter how the question is posed, and no matter whether it is party members or all voters who are polled, Sanders leads all Democratic and all Republican candidate when it comes to honesty, trustworthiness or net favorable/unfavorable ratings.
Think about it: In an age of anti-establishment fervor, at a time when RealClearPolitics finds that Congress is held in disapproval by between 75 and 80 percent of voters, Sanders has achieved spectacularly positive numbers on matters of honesty, trust and favorability that are not matched by any Democrat or Republican running for president, or a Congress that is held in disrepute by more than three-fourths of the American people.
To the great degree that there is an anti-establishment fervor throughout the nation, we can view the relative strength of Sanders and Trump as a separate primary for primacy of the anti-establishment vote. In this primary, Sanders overwhelms Trump by landslide margins.
In the RealClearPolitics poll average, Sanders defeat Trump by a gigantic 17 points. In the last four polls on the RealClearPolitics list as of this morning, Sanders defeated Trump by margins of 15, 20, 18 and 15 points.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/273923-sanders-is-the-king-of-credibility-in-2016
Barney Sanders is pro-debt slavery.
Bernie Sanders is the only politician who has mentioned jailing bankers during debates.
And a socialist.
The Soros scum might be in for an unpleasant surprise if they try their mob assaults at the Republican convention this July.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/25/petition-to-allow-guns-at-rnc-convention-has-over-10000-signatures/
Why does Trump hate women so much? Could it reflect feelings of inadequacy over his “small hands?”
Donald Trump can’t stop saying nasty things about women - and it may cost him
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Arkansas Reagan Rockefeller dinner in Hot Springs, Ark., Friday, July 17, 2015.
(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on March 24, 2016 at 7:47 PM, updated March 24, 2016 at 7:54 PM
A nasty feud that escalated Thursday between Donald Trump and his chief Republican rival over their wives set off a new wave of alarm among establishment Republicans, who fear the GOP front-runner would drive away female voters in a general-election fight with likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Trump’s gender problem flared again this week as he and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas traded insults while Cruz’s wife, Heidi, became the target of vitriol on social media from Trump and his supporters. At one point, the real estate mogul retweeted an unflattering image contrasting Heidi Cruz’s appearance with his wife, Melania, a retired model.
“The images are worth a thousand words,” the caption read on the photo that Trump retweeted to his 7.2 million followers.
That message and others have prompted an outcry among Republicans and Democrats alike, while Cruz said Thursday that “real men don’t bully women.”
“Our spouses and our children are off-bounds,” Cruz told reporters while campaigning in Dane, Wisconsin. “It is not acceptable for a big, loud, New York bully to attack my wife. It is not acceptable for him to make insults, to send nasty tweets.”
He added: “Donald, you’re a sniveling coward. Leave Heidi the hell alone.”
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Must be the bottom of the barrel if you are going after the ugly fat old butch women vote.
The biggest wonder is why are any women favoring Trump?
Why are you so obsessed with Trump? Could it reflect feelings of inadequacy at being a mediocre leftist academic who women find to be a wimp and a bore?
Listen to the dude who makes twenty Trump pimp posts daily preach about obsession…
Because he is an arrogant bastard.
By “he” I mean Trump, of course.
We must embrace our fundamental transformation.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/03/24/after-brussels-attack-europe-wont-exist-in-ten-years/
While central bankers have massively enriched the .1%, the rest of the planet isn’t doing so well.
http://wolfstreet.com/2016/03/25/world-trade-collapses-in-unit-prices-languishes-in-volume/
Cousin-marrying produces DNA disasters like our own MightyMike.
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2016/03/25/muslim-inbreeding-very-sad/
Bank lives matter!
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-25/bank-lives-matter