Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 13:29:18 GMT -5
I am tired today. Is your answer that a stupid idea is justified when offered to a stupid audience? Price controls are a bad idea. We agree. Yes, I agree it’s a bad idea, and one that I don’t think will actually be implemented. Sometimes good politics is also proposing bad ideas that people think are good ideas. I certainly wish it weren’t that way, but we are not a terribly bright country. After all, if we were, Trump wouldn’t even be sniffing the presidency again, and never would have been elected in the first place. Somehow, Trump’s economic stances are even worse than Harris’s (now a 20% blanket tariff!?!), and he is more likely to pull the trigger on his idiotic ideas. I guess you gotta fight dumb with dumb when you are dealing with dummies. Where are you on the $25K housing bribe?
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 13:07:38 GMT -5
Interesting. The article talks about the inflation caused by the extraordinary conditions arising from the pandemic. It’s like, at one point, we understood that the worldwide inflation was caused by the lingering effects of the pandemic, but since then, blame has been placed solely on the administration by people with a woeful understanding of economics (or those who have a vested interest in convincing people the administration is to blame, like Republicans). And therein lies the problem. I agree that it’s not a great idea because the effects of price controls typically exacerbate inflation. With inflation now largely under control, using Federal Reserve interest rate adjustment as the primary tool, things to seem to have gotten better. However, the average American voter has the “price go up, blame current president” understanding of economics. Now we are left with ridiculous, populist-like suggestions like price control regulation because you can’t really tell voters “you guys don’t understand what you are talking about.” I’m sure the people in Harris’s circle know this suggestion is dumb, but you have to give people something, especially when their approach to understanding the underlying problem is, for lack of a better word, dumb. I am tired today. Is your answer that a stupid idea is justified when offered to a stupid audience? Price controls are a bad idea. We agree.
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 12:35:25 GMT -5
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 12:29:37 GMT -5
That explains Biden and China as well… It’s so good to have you back. Were you on vacation? Preparing to take Harry to Lower Canada… How is your crowd?
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 10:26:10 GMT -5
That explains Biden and China as well…
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 10:20:02 GMT -5
Food Price controls mandated by DC? That should end well… Your wallet would be happy. If that’s all you have, you know it’s a terrible idea.
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Post by Elvado on Aug 17, 2024 5:47:53 GMT -5
Food Price controls mandated by DC?
That should end well…
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Post by Elvado on Aug 10, 2024 10:39:58 GMT -5
So the Harris camp admits Walz”Misspoke” about his military career
English translation: He lied and got caught.
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Post by Elvado on Aug 9, 2024 20:21:36 GMT -5
Imagine if Biden had fabricated a story that confused Jerry Brown and Willie Brown. The media would be howling for him to step down. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to confuse former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown with former California Gov. Jerry Brown in recounting what he characterized as a near-death experience. During a news conference from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said he once flew with Willie Brown in a helicopter that "went down" when he was asked about Vice President Kamala Harris' past relationship with the former mayor and whether he thought the relationship had played a role in her career path. www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-appears-confuse-willie-brown-jerry-brown-rcna165903Kamala, “going down” and Willie Brown fit together so very well.
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Post by Elvado on Jul 24, 2024 17:22:49 GMT -5
There is one democracy in the Middle East.
Its duly elected leader spoke to Congress today.
The VP did not attend
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Post by Elvado on Jul 24, 2024 7:35:33 GMT -5
Brian Wiese players arrive in MLS having played a high level style of soccer and always fundamentally sound. Our outside backs are always dangerous, well drilled and skillful. Dylan Nealis is no exception.
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Post by Elvado on Jul 22, 2024 6:09:45 GMT -5
Democrats in power., especially those who have failed as spectacularly as Biden/Harris. Call me racist and misogynist all you like. I will not vote for either major party ticket because neither is qualified. You? I will vote for anybody who will prevent Trump from being president and voting for a third party undermines that. I will vote for whoever is on the Democratic ticket. If they dig up JFK’s corpse and put him at the top, I’ll vote for it. Trump is antithetical to everything I value, so I will vote for anyone or anything that is less so. Good for you. I can’t vote for either party because they care only for power and longevity. .
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Post by Elvado on Jul 22, 2024 5:58:13 GMT -5
How about starting a career laying under a political boss 30 years her senior? Good messaging? Admirable? Are we really gonna get into an argument about “admirable”? Your guy is a rapist, a felon, an adulterer, an insurrectionist, and found liable for massive fraud, so spare me the pearl-clutching about messaging or being admirable. It’s so profoundly hollow. We know you are terrified of women and people of color being in power, so just be honest and come out and say it. Democrats in power., especially those who have failed as spectacularly as Biden/Harris. Call me racist and misogynist all you like. I will not vote for either major party ticket because neither is qualified. You?
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Post by Elvado on Jul 22, 2024 5:49:28 GMT -5
Kamala Harris has spent three and a half years failing her way to the top. A far cry from underneath Willie Brown… Trump has spent a lifetime of privilege failing and conning his way to the top. So in terms of being a failure, Trump wins in a landslide. How about starting a career laying under a political boss 30 years her senior? Good messaging? Admirable?
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Post by Elvado on Jul 22, 2024 5:43:20 GMT -5
Despite all their intent to project confidence, there is one thing that is absolutely certain: Republicans are now scared. The breathlessness with which they are trying to frame Biden dropping out as anti-democratic, threatening law suits, and claiming that nothing has changed is a huge a tell. Their convention of lies and Trump worship is over, and now all the focus will be on the Democratic Convention. This is a huge opportunity to sell an alternative vision for the country than the dystopian hellscape Republicans are offering. Trump was nearly assassinated just a week ago and that’s already old news. Things move fast, and Democrats need to take advantage of that. Democrats have squandered enormous opportunities in the past, they best not do that when they have the temporary narrative advantage. Kamala Harris has spent three and a half years failing her way to the top. A far cry from underneath Willie Brown…
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Post by Elvado on Jul 21, 2024 17:56:44 GMT -5
Freddie Brown accepted the induction plaque today before the Nats game (shown in photo with inductee Ryan Zimmerman). As near as I could tell, Freddie and I were the only two people at the ceremony/game who also were at the championship game in Seattle.... View AttachmentAnother self-inflicted PR injury for Georgetown. A baseball team who arrived 21 years after our title has done more to honor that team than GU. Good Lord.
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Post by Elvado on Jul 21, 2024 14:38:23 GMT -5
What time did the wire clear into his account?
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Post by Elvado on Jul 21, 2024 14:37:08 GMT -5
So they have not covered up his slipping? He won’t pardon his son? Please… Don’t worry, I’m not getting in a debate with you over this. God forbid one of your children ever makes a mistake. They have made plenty and will make more. Likely not as many as I have.
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Post by Elvado on Jul 21, 2024 14:29:12 GMT -5
Good riddance. I hope the family of the innocent truck driver he accused of being drunk is enjoying his political demise.
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Post by Elvado on Jul 21, 2024 14:15:56 GMT -5
No whining. He has been incapable for years. The real scandal is the con job his enablers have run in protecting the fact that the emperor had no clothes. Just wondering what price the Biden clan exacted. As for Trump, he runs based on the only two motivators in his life: Ego and Money. He is also unfit for office. Your take on Biden is straight from the Fox News script. My goodness what load of BS, with all due respect. So they have not covered up his slipping? He won’t pardon his son? Please…
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