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You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Presser cancelled due to threats apparently. Why the press isnt covering the story
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
(Philip K.Dick)
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one thing is for sure .... if Sec Clinton is elected she will be in hearings forever Hillary could always get more involved with particular House races: Say for example visit Daryl Issa's home district many times and flood it with federal money, thus becoming popular enough to sponsor somebody to knock him out of the race next term. He can't investigate anyone if he is sitting in his garage wondering what happened to his House seat. She just has to do that to a few of the peskier House members and the rest will all start to behave. Believe me, they all want their little position of power and money. LBJ was the master of this Hardball, and look at all the stuff he got through Congress. It is possible but you can't be a Constitutional Scholar, College Professor, and Nice Harmless Guy like Obama. You don't go have a beer with somebody, you send Federal Marshals to arrest his ass. Or wait out idiots occupying federal property with weapons: Call in the FBI SWAT team..
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I loved this portmanteau today, calling the FBI statement as a "mailstrom"
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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Moderator Carpal Tunnel
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It's Turdsday, and Donald Trump is still campaigning, and much of the electorate pays no attention to his NUMEROUS faults. Meanwhile, the Senate and Presidential races are steadying at around 65%D-35%R chance for both. I wish it were not so close. I still see about 323 EC votes for Clinton - by giving her Florida, North Carolina and Nevada, and maintaining her firewall States. Having 56 Senators would be handy, but probably not in the cards. 52 was barely enough last time around.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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Well today at least the polls appear to be stabilising, trump is lo longer rising. I suspect as last Friday's Comey intervention recedes that Clinton's numbers will tick up slightly over the next few days. She is currently in a spot where a systemic opinion polling error in favour of trump would flip the election. The shy trump voter theory. Although it would appear that they dont exist. That said there is also the possibility of a polling error in favour of Clinton (The Hispanic vote not being adequately modeled in lively voter weighting). Early voting reports would suggest that as a possibility in Florida and Texas (yes that Texas) but such reports are generally not good predictors of eventual results. The firewall appears to have held over the past week, so she has that going for her. Trump appears to need to win at lease one blue state in which he is 3-4% behind - can such a deficit be made up in a weekend? I would put a small wager on sufficient female (and indeed sane male) traditionally republican voters pulling the level for Clinton to give her a decent popular vote plurality if not an outright majority. Where this vote is concentrated will of course be key. One other factor to consider is Trumps official and unofficial ballot security voter suppression*. I would not be surprised to see some incidents of violence in certain parts of the country. I really hope I'm wrong and every behaves in a polite, civic and dignified manner.... News reports of flashpoints however small could have a major influence -especially if breathlessly over-exaggerated as is the current vogue. And I've taken Wednesday off so I'll be appearing here all night with increasingly less sober commentary as it gets later (and earlier). *they should burn in hell for grabbing democracies pussy like that.
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
(Philip K.Dick)
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Unfortunately, (for his supporters), Trump has urged people to send in another ballot if they think the first one might not have counted. If the first one WAS counted, then this is voting fraud. Everybody who does this gets caught immediately because there is a list of registered voters and people are crossed off when they vote. If they find another ballot with the same name it goes right to the DA for prosecution.
They don't dismiss these charges: People who do this pay fines and get jail time. It is a very bad idea because it pays you nothing and you are sure to get caught.
And if anybody does it, I think they can say Trump told then to do it and drag him into it as the "mastermind".
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A San Diego church printed flyers in October stating that it was a "mortal sin" to vote Democratic because the party supports abortion, same-sex marriage, euthanasia, human cloning and embryonic stem cell research. It is a mortal sin to vote Democrat … immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell.
Contrarian, extraordinaire
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Makes the case for looking forward to going to hell  N'est pas?
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky
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Democrats are bouncing back... slowly.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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