Trump.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

The problem with just pulling the lever for anything but Trump is that it has not worked out so well with that thinking. Just pulling the lever is why dems are where they are now... and why a lot of people are not better off today. Trump may be trump... but your bank account matters.

[Jon Miller]

I also think Harris could beat Trump. A lot of the Never Trumpers and the Left would end up pulling the lever for the Democratic candidate unless given a good reason not to. I think.

The problem with Harris was her campaign (which is a big problem). I hope if she was selected that she would be humble enough to accept DNC/Biden help to have a good campaign.

JM

[Uncle Sparky]

Many US allies are not looking forward to another Trump presidency. North Korea, Russia, China, and, oddly, Israel welcome Trump.

On an unrelated note, does anyone know if Bulgaria still makes umbrellas?

[Uncle Sparky]

What definition of 'use' do you use?

[Geronimo]

I don't think Trump will necessarily win. Harris could beat him I think. In fact I think Trump is so good at offending everyone that there is plenty of time for Harris to beat him by a large margin. I have to concede that I don't really understand why she polls so low however. As a prosecutor in California she was far more effective at getting violent offenders in jail and keeping them there than the vast majority of her Californian peers. Her brief bid for presidency 2016 apparently revealed low charisma and tendency make unflattering gaffes and her vice presidential record will surely suffer from perceptions of her failure as Biden's "border tsar" but I think this could all be overcome by a plurality of voters not wanting to allow Trump to have a second term.

[Geronimo]

CBS and BBC have interviewed school mates and teachers. The picture seems to be a very conservative, good student, who always held conservative beliefs in civic classes, who failed at making the shooting team at school (seriously, America?), member of an exclusive shooting club (family membership, suggesting they may be upper middle class or higher). His dad legally bought the gun about 6 months earlier. The kid bought the bullets earlier that day.
Maybe you can be both conservative and anti fascist?​

what definition of fascist do you use?

[Geronimo]

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[N35t0r]

If only more conservatives were anti-fascist.

[BeBMan]

Trump gets tough on China...well, the one he's allied with:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/18/chip-stocks-trump-taiwan-defence-semiconductor

[Uncle Sparky]

CBS and BBC have interviewed school mates and teachers. The picture seems to be a very conservative, good student, who always held conservative beliefs in civic classes, who failed at making the shooting team at school (seriously, America?), member of an exclusive shooting club (family membership, suggesting they may be upper middle class or higher). His dad legally bought the gun about 6 months earlier. The kid bought the bullets earlier that day.
Maybe you can be both conservative and anti fascist?

[Dinner]

Except many other courts have already ruled on this and found the opposite. So, the court was making up new precedents while not being the Supreme Court. Yes, Thomas wants to change precedent. But it isn't changed yet.

JM

I agree that it will eventually end up in the supreme Court as usually happens when different courts reach contradictory rulings. I am fine with that as it is the system working as designed.

[Geronimo]

Except many other courts have already ruled on this and found the opposite. So, the court was making up new precedents while not being the Supreme Court. Yes, Thomas wants to change precedent. But it isn't changed yet.

JM

It's definitely a problem if this wasn't part of the normal appeal process and the judge's decision overturned precedent determined by a superior court.

[Jon Miller]

For those interested in reality the court found that the DOJ needs to actually follow the constitution and that means principal officers have to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. None of that was done with Jack Smith. Furthermore, the DOJ has been illegally diverting funds earmarked for a special counsel but Congress had repealed the law authorizing special counsels. So the law the DOJ used to justify appointing Jack Smith doesn't even exist because Congress repealed it

A completely unlawful partisan witch hunt from start to finish.

https://www.youtube.com/live/skjEOLB...LXtfS4xR2iONlm

Except many other courts have already ruled on this and found the opposite. So, the court was making up new precedents while not being the Supreme Court. Yes, Thomas wants to change precedent. But it isn't changed yet.

JM

[Uncle Sparky]

An American who finds pædos distasteful? So, a pre-Trump Republican, or a Democrat. Or a Green. Do you have other choices?
Trump is a truely vile man; I can think of dozens of reasons someone would want him dead.

[Dinner]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...riot-rcna99437

So... A nobody unpaid volunteer?