July 22, 2016 6:28 AM
Morning Reads for Friday, July 22, 2016
“When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.”
—Frederic Bastiat
- Live, work, play for movie folks.
- Pretty scarves for a cause!
- That’s right, blame the computer.
- Not wasting his time.
- Ugly.
- More ugly (plus bonus points for Darwin Award nominee).
- Anybody want to start an office pool?
- Can he sue his way into the Oval Office?
- Fail.
- “Silicon Valley’s kooky libertarian?” Some might differ…
- Move along. Nothing to see here.
- Ransomware. The next new thing to scare the pants off of you.
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Trump did try to widen the tent will it work?
INSTANT POLL: Trump’s speech was a hit with voters
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/instant-poll-trumps-speech-hit-052004293.html
Saw part of his speech and it was just ok. Nothing new.
The other speakers alternated between good and not so good. PayPal guy was pretty good but the screaming preacher was a little too much. A 75 year old former football player is not gonna attract many young voters. Not sure why they used that woman that mostly talked about her business. I didn’t see much “tent widening.”
I thought this was a strong video, combined with Ivanka and some other speeches it was a strong showing, considering the times. 70 percent of people are going backwards, and the above spoke to them. Not sure it will work, but strategy made sense. Trump speech really was pushing the hot buttons.
BTW I can post you studies from the right as well.I just used a left think tank so you would not claim bias…..
………If you look at the EPI data from 2002 to 2014, then each grouping up to and including the 70th percentile saw its inflation-adjusted income decline………..
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/02/martin-omalley/martin-omalley-says-70-us-are-earning-same-or-less/
To be fair, the instant pols after each party’s speech is always skewed towards that party. The questions is for people who viewed the speech. The people who lean in the direction of the other side do not tend to watch the other parties convention.
He also started catering to the middle and removing some of the more extreme code words his base thrives on. Example – are not banning Muslims now and having religious tests, we are banding people from counties that create terrorist. (I’m going to miss my radical catholic cousins from North Ireland visiting every other year.)
Ellyn,
All very good points.
The punk from Texas is rolling through town today to add another anchor to Mike Crane’s sinking campaign – http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/politics-government/election/article90730577.html – If not for work, I would love to be there to thank the Cuban Canadian for unifying the GOP in support of Trump!
Krauthammer was right. The guy committed a long winded suicide the other night. Of course Jeb! wasn’t there, either. Rubio literally phoned it in. Take your toys and go home, boys. The GOP doesn’t need you.
You could post the same on Hillary with some issues as well?
Supports private prisons
94 Crime Bill/War on Drugs supporter
Trade deals that hurt working class people
Wall Street friendly
War Hawk/Neocon
Hillary said one thing and did another…….Like all the issues…..just one example…..
……….After The Intercept revealed that the Clinton campaign had received campaign donations from private prison lobbyists, a number of activist groups confronted Clinton, leading her to announce that she would no longer accept the money and later declaring that “we should end private prisons and private detention centers.”………
Private Prison CEO Unconcerned About Hillary Clinton’s Pledge to End His Industry
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/27/private-prison-trump-clinton/
After Doubts, Economists Find China Kills U.S. Factory Jobs
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-18/after-doubting-economists-find-china-killing-u-s-factory-jobs
Just facts not your spin……….
ACP, love the link, perfect.
Regarding Trump, his positions are obviously not completely in line with ‘traditional conservative values’ if that defines the old GOP that lost (popular vote) 5 of the last 6 presidential elections. He didn’t mention abortion last night but reached out to LGBT folks directly, something that never happens during a GOP acceptance speech. But I do think it can be argued that he takes a ‘conservative’ approach when he calls for:
– less bureaucracy, all dept heads must justify their budgets/personnel
– lower, simpler tax system with fewer special interest deductions
– re-negotiation of certain trade deals and more one-on-one relationships instead of these big, multi country deals that pander to the lowest common denominator in the deal
– a new look at our role in NATO, something that many conservatives have suggested. nothing wrong with making sure it works for us just as much as the other members
– an opening of 1st Amendment rights by eliminating the Johnson Amendment
– serious protection of 2nd Amendment rights codified by recent court decisions
– win wars quick, take care of business then get our warriors home to their families
– border security – I don’t agree with building a wall no matter who pays for it, but we must secure our borders utilizing technology, drones and ground personnel. Also reform of the entire immigration process is needed.
Obviously the message is working and ultimately will put states the GOP normally avoids in play.
The elephant in the room on free(r) trade is that it has resulted in a massive overall reduction in poverty and extreme poverty worldwide. It’s been a little of a leveling given the poverty reduction has occurred in some measure at the expense of the American worker.
The manufacturing jobs that left for the most part can’t come back. People are in denial if they think abrogating international agreements and imposing tariffs will bring them back. We’re going to have to turn back increasing income inequality and increase the middle class in other ways.
Trump supporter think his bluster and deal making experience will be of great use in foreign policy. NATO and foreign policy agreements aren’t like real estate deals that can readily be walked away from. The number of governments is a much smaller pool, and dealing with Martian governments isn’t an option.
It has hurt the world not just here…….This is why demand is down, people need to make enough money to buy the products they make. China is even more over leverage than the west! 2 hour workers cannot buy dollar 200k homes….Unless we fix this problem we will keep seeing bust and boom economics which hurt the lower 70 percent the most.BTW IMF has issued the same warning!
From your post:
…………The elephant in the room on free(r) trade is that it has resulted in a massive overall reduction in poverty and extreme poverty worldwide. It’s been a little of a leveling given the poverty reduction has occurred in some measure at the expense of the American worker………..
Gap between rich and poor ‘keeps growing’
……….In its 34 member states, the richest 10% of the population earn 9.6 times the income of the poorest 10%.
There is no standard measure of inequality, but most indicators suggest it slowed or fell during the financial crisis and is now growing again.
The OECD warns that such inequality is a threat to economic growth……….
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32824770
Boom, bubbles and bust have been a capitalist staple since at least the early 19th century, dating in the US at least as far back as the Panic of 1819 that followed the War of 1812. A root of the mid-20th century American middle class were changes wrought by the Progressive movement early in the century (of which the GOP was a part) and the Great Depression.
I agree leveling hurting the middle class extends beyond the US. It’s effects have generally been less in more socialist economies than the US. My comment concerned poverty worldwide not inequality. It’s much reduced, and an important if not well-known benefit of globalism.
Also, hugely impressed by Ivanka. What a elegant and poised young lady. An upcoming star in her own right!
FWIW, I’m still undecided.
I really like the quote from Frederic Bastiat. It is especially appropriate during a time when both houses of congress, (and both parties) have historically low favor-ability polling numbers. There are a lot of people today who may or may not have lost respect for the law, but they have definitely lost respect for the lawmakers.
Black Lives Matter brand Trump a “terrorist’ after his law and order comments! LMAO! You can’t make this crap up!! Please, please keep posting comments like this. To quote Dirty Harry, “Go ahead and make Trump’s Day!” He’s gonna get a crick in his neck watching his poll numbers rise!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/22/black-lives-matter-blasts-trump-terrorist/
It would not surprise me if a Black Lives Matter member or one of their surrogates gets a speaking role at the democrat convention.
(This isn’t great blog etiquette but since it’s the “Morning” Reads I’m bringing it back around in case people missed it on an earlier thread I posted late to) I’m also weighing in since, besides Andrew, it seems like a regular Trump love-in over here…
Rarely do I catch much from Colbert but last night some old man came on and gave a fairly interesting take on the state of Republicans and “conservative” media.
https://youtu.be/mNiqpBNE9ik?t=283
Worth a watch. I’ve bumped it through the (very understandable) gloating over the demise of Roger Ailes and straight to the Trumpy and Lumpy portion.
And, from one of Bart’s favorite columnists I imagine: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438182/ted-cruzs-anti-establishment-moves-harmed-gop-helped-trump-win “The Republican party, for all its faults, was the only vehicle for conservative ideas in our society. Ted Cruz, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, and the rest picked an ironic time to undermine it, since the party has never been more thoroughly conservative (at least as reflected in elected officials) than it was in 2016.”
“And we threw it all away for a con artist from reality TV.”
https://twitter.com/PoliticalLaughs/status/756540296830259200
I don’t know that it’s thrown away. Americans attention spans and memories are shorter than ever. An eight year encore of the personal animus of the last eight, half a generation, will bake it in.
Conservative ideas are at the mercy of Uber if Hannity, an entertainer saying what Conservatives want to hear to make a buck, is a vehicle. A recent Colbert or Maher show featured a collage of a half dozen hypocritical Hannity criticisms of Obama that apply to Trump, e.g. Obama’s lack of government experience makes him unqualified, yet today a guy without any consistency or government experience is the only guy that can fix what is broken.
Gunman opens fire at Munich Mall. City police characterize as “terror attack.”
I’m personally perplexed and mystified as to who could possibly be behind this…
Could anyone help me out?!
http://www.newsweek.com/shots-fired-shopping-center-munich-local-police-germany-483312
Look at you citing left to center leaning news sources. Whod a thunk it.
Heck, back when it was a real magazine, I subscribed to that, US News and Time! I actually didn’t even notice that it was Newsweek when I linked it.
Terrorist shouted allahu akbar as he fired. Clearly the work of Mormon Missionaries…
What Trump got to without all the media filters and his verbal hyperbolic punches was to the heart of many American’s concerns. The convention showed he has some sound directional instincts and is willing to listen and adjust. The “wall” is hopefully a metaphor for enforceable immigration laws. The speech was a good showing and might bring some cliffhangers back to solid ground.
Those in the Clinton camp dependent on government largess and influential or unenforced laws will be getting out their socialist minions faster than a Venezulan rally or maybe an Iranian burning rally.
It should be easier to get Mexico to pay for a metaphorical wall.
The “wall” is hopefully a metaphor for enforceable immigration laws.”
It sad that politically informed Trump supporters have been reduced to hoping Trump’s pronouncement of the day is a metaphor. If life imitates art, Trump after a fashion is Peter Sellers in “Being There”.
The fix was in!
Leaked DNC emails reveal secret plans to take on Sanders
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/leaked-dnc-emails-reveal-secret-plans-to-take-on-sanders/ar-BBuFNEZ?li=BBnb7Kz
LOL…..you are a great apologist for the establishment.
Lol, this isn’t about establishment vs outsider. This is about sane vs crazy.
Just like your facts about Hillary and Tim support of screwed up policy, keep spinning….
“The world has, on the whole, benefited from free trade.” Very true. Our part of that world, worker-wise, has not. I’m about as Repub as they come, as you know. I’m interested in how we can make a better work environment for our own folks. Cheap worldwide labor rates surely make that tough. Can manufacturing really come back? Can currency manipulation be addressed? “America First” policies are not crap. You know that. Donald’s vow to at least try is music to the “Working Man’s” ears.
“I’m interested in how we can make a better work environment for our own folks.”
One problem for the GOP in general and Trump in particular respectively is that that a better work environment requires regulation, not deals. Another general GOP problem is that it requires more power to workers, including foreign workers, the former being contrary to GOP principles for 30 years.
It was a typo low wage workers you helped create via trade you helped negotiate, has created a demand problem. You keep making this about Trump or me…..but you avoid the facts, that the policy of not enforcing and or poorly negotiating trade deals is creating an economic mess.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/31/neoliberal-policies-have-led-to-inequality-imf.html
You said you were an expert lawyer on trade deals?
Tell that to all the working class people who loss jobs and wages!
Hillary goes to pains to find a 58 yr old white guy VP pick to appeal to the disturbed and confused old white guys.
Some comparison perhaps to Trump’s 57 yr old white guy VP pick, except that the GOP already has the old white guy demographic in the bag.
Ok, Hilly made her choice. Yall’s convention is next week. She’ll get her bounce and the game is on. Message v Message. An August, September and October race to Election Day. If nothing else, it will be interesting.
The upside lesson for many with Hillary is if you are going to do something, make it pay by any means necessary and if you call it non- profit or charity, make it pay big, really big.
It’s a bonus when you can get a massive speaking fee with luxury perks, wear expensive outfits to bash the rich and scare them into donating to your non-profit.
Noway, that ain’t stupid.
Look no further that Cuba and the Americas to find the people’s billionaires. Evita and the Castros would be proud.
You meant to say Trump, right?
Dem email leak by Assange extremely damaging to Hilly. Bernie will play the wounded opponent to the hilt. As he should. This stuff just continues to be a gift to Trump’s “rigged” message.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/top-dnc-staffer-apologizes-for-email-on-sanders-religion-226072
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3273404/Democratic-National-Committeewoman-says-party-clearing-path-Hillary-women-charge-want-way.html
And Lurch continues to prove himself a gen-u-ine fool…Please, pul-eeeezeeee continue…
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/23/kerry-air-conditioners-as-big-threat-as-isis.html