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This all seems like re-arranging deckchairs on the Titanic. We're now going to face two years of exhausting and ultimately sterile circumlocutions about who will be the feckless GOP's 2024 pick. Yet I still see no evidence that even the most rock-solid conservative choice for the WH will be able to change the trajectory America is barreling down. The only chance of this happening would be a very strong character entering the Oval Office with the complete backing of a MAGA GOP led Congress with a mandate to destroy 90% of the current bureaucratic DS apparatus and put droves of Dem traitors in prison. This won't happen. So what's the answer? It has to come from the States. DeSantis and some of the red state governors won big on Tuesday because they showed voters how our leaders should be handling the main issues facing us: the insane Covid crap, illegal immigration, voting reform, etc. And the divides outlined above on abortion and the generational outlooks only further emphasise the need for some kind of break up of the country. We cannot live together and no election will change this.
Wait a minute. I can't find any good data on the 2022 electorate's demographics, but I thought I heard that the youth vote was large this cycle. Also, the young vote ostensibly went early and heavily Dem due to abortion and student loan forgiveness. 70% of unmarried females (presumably skewing younger) voted Dem. This doesn't seem to reconcile with abortion being a non-issue. Has anybody seen any trustworthy exit polling & analysis?
Analysis from Just The News. The GOP outvoted the Dems by 6 million votes (so far) according to Cook. It just didn't translate to the electoral wins projected by many:
Basically lots of money due to low interest rates desperately looking for returns, creating lots of bubbles. With higher interest rates, there will be a blood bath.
The problem is it doesn't explain how it got that way. I think you can trace this back to Dubya and Mueller. This transformation was driven from the top. None of the agents were complaining, We need more analysts, we need more intel. That said, the demonization of conservatives has roots going back to Freeh and Ruby Ridge. But again, that was driven from the top--including by Bill Barr.
Mark, I forgot that Louis Freeh actually existed until you mentioned him, then I recalled that G. Gordon Liddy always referred to him as "the hapless Louis Freeh" .
I hope that I am wrong, but my suspicion is that whoever is elected as President in 2024 - whether fraudulently or legitimately - will face an impossible task, with the decline (and fall?) of the US dollar and petrodollar, the final recognition that the West is indebted far beyond any ability to ever repay or refinance, the collapse of Western economies as their green energy fantasies crash on the shores of reality, the eventual realization that Western militaries are overpriced paper tigers, and the exposure of the massive corruption in Western civilization.
I am more optimistic for 2024. We hit rock bottom before then, so either we stay there for the foreseeable future or we maybe get Trump back, if he is still interested, and we recover lost ground.
Miracles do happen. A strong conservative Potus might make an impact. But he would have to ensure that the changes he makes - if he is allowed to - are lasting and profound. No historical example fits exactly, but it would have to be someone like Diocletian, who restored some efficiency and normality to the Roman Empire after a catastrophic era of anarchy and debauchery. I don't see anyone who fits that bill at present (Sorry, Donald!)
Yes, one would think that the guy whose whole life has been making deals could.
Only his being in office stopped the neocon deep state and the incompetent, less than useless neocon diplomatic corps from fomenting wars for a few years.
Yep. Despite the irritating way he is behaving right now, Americans owe him a massive debt of thanks for holding off some of the globalists' worst designs for a few years.
Apropos of your comments regarding the political impact of single women and the likelihood that marriage will make a comeback in our coming dark age, I just watched an amusing, provocative and insightful rant by Milo Yiannopolous on just this topic. Check it out:
This explains how Biden could sit in his basement and win while Trump attracted hundreds of thousands to his rallies and...'lost'.
It explains how repulsive candidates like Whitmer and Fetterman can 'win' as long as the party machine collects enough ballots in Detroit and Philadelphia.
It explains how a dead guy can win in Pennsylvania.
It explains how Biden could get 81 million votes without campaigning.
(By comparison, as of today a grand total of 45 million votes have been cast for Dem congressional candidates...)
It explains why Hillary told Joe in 2020: "Don't concede until the mail in ballots are counted."
If you vote at a polling place you actually have to go to the polling place, step into a booth... alone... and make a decision who to vote for. If you hand your ballot over to a party employee collecting ballots at your apartment building they can fill in the ballot for you. You might even collect a small 'bonus' for handing your ballot over...
That CTH piece is awesome. Also explains how the dead man got elected in PA. People getting paid to fill in ballots bubbles - straight ticket no doubt - or machines filling in the Dem bubbles on ballots, don't pay much attention. They just fill em in paying no heed to who's actually on there - dead or alive.
This all seems like re-arranging deckchairs on the Titanic. We're now going to face two years of exhausting and ultimately sterile circumlocutions about who will be the feckless GOP's 2024 pick. Yet I still see no evidence that even the most rock-solid conservative choice for the WH will be able to change the trajectory America is barreling down. The only chance of this happening would be a very strong character entering the Oval Office with the complete backing of a MAGA GOP led Congress with a mandate to destroy 90% of the current bureaucratic DS apparatus and put droves of Dem traitors in prison. This won't happen. So what's the answer? It has to come from the States. DeSantis and some of the red state governors won big on Tuesday because they showed voters how our leaders should be handling the main issues facing us: the insane Covid crap, illegal immigration, voting reform, etc. And the divides outlined above on abortion and the generational outlooks only further emphasise the need for some kind of break up of the country. We cannot live together and no election will change this.
Hmm on Ga…
Warnock's campaign has spent $135.8 million, while Walker's campaign has spent $32.4 million, according to data from the Federal Election Commission.
https://news.yahoo.com/runoff-election-georgia-may-decide-141409864.html
And in NY Hochul spent 7X her opponent.
Oz is super pro Vax, that may have also impacted gop turnout.
Wait a minute. I can't find any good data on the 2022 electorate's demographics, but I thought I heard that the youth vote was large this cycle. Also, the young vote ostensibly went early and heavily Dem due to abortion and student loan forgiveness. 70% of unmarried females (presumably skewing younger) voted Dem. This doesn't seem to reconcile with abortion being a non-issue. Has anybody seen any trustworthy exit polling & analysis?
Analysis from Just The News. The GOP outvoted the Dems by 6 million votes (so far) according to Cook. It just didn't translate to the electoral wins projected by many:
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/red-wave-after-all-gop-winning-popular-vote-wide-margin-despite
And Kherson, Fallujah.
https://twitter.com/JonErlichman/status/1590385789589868544
Some recent layoffs (% of workforce):
Seagate: 8%
Docusign: 9%
Shopify: 10%
Twilio: 11%
GoFundMe: 12%
Chime: 12%
Meta: 13%
Redfin: 13%
Lyft: 13%
Stripe: 14%
Patreon: 17%
Coinbase: 18%
Opendoor: 18%
Flipboard: 21%
Intel: 20%
Snap: 20%
Dapper: 22%
Robinhood: 23%
Twitter: 40-50%
All woke poster children, with the possible exception of seagate
10-20% layoffs is the real deal, folks. Time to batten down the hatches. It won't be pretty.
And undoubtedly all of the laid-off Millennials in SF voted for Ms Pelosi and her ilk. Let's see what their votes got them.
Interesting read on FTX’s collapse:
https://nypost.com/2022/11/11/how-the-crypto-collapse-of-ftx-hurt-tom-brady-steph-curry/
A comment in the article was it set back Crypto 10 years.
Analysis of investment vs revenue for Patreon: $450 million in investment with lifetime revenue since 2013 of $60 million.
https://voxday.net/2022/11/11/twitter-flirts-with-bankruptcy/
Basically lots of money due to low interest rates desperately looking for returns, creating lots of bubbles. With higher interest rates, there will be a blood bath.
They can always learn to mine coal.
We're such a great country:
Earnings estimates in trouble? Don't worry, just fire 15% of your work force.
Russia getting a little feisty? Don't worry, just provoke them into a war, steal their USD reserves and sanction them until they concede.
Populists getting on your nerves? No problem. Just accuse them of being racist, sexist, white nationalists.
Trump giving the game away? Just accuse him of being Putin's stooge.
Putin standing up to you? No problem just accuse him of being a madman.
Afraid you've not got enough votes to win the election? No problem just collect a few bushels of ballots and toss them in the drop box.
Folks won't take the vax? Fire 'em!
Too many Asians want in to your elite university? No prob, just give them a low score on personality and accept someone else.
Somebody tweet something you don't like? Cancel 'em!
I could go on and on, but you get the point. We are truly an exceptional country!
O/T
https://open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/the-fbis-transformation-from-national?r=1q9hq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
This article might be of interest to all .. former Bureau agents and everyone else. :-)
The problem is it doesn't explain how it got that way. I think you can trace this back to Dubya and Mueller. This transformation was driven from the top. None of the agents were complaining, We need more analysts, we need more intel. That said, the demonization of conservatives has roots going back to Freeh and Ruby Ridge. But again, that was driven from the top--including by Bill Barr.
Mark, I forgot that Louis Freeh actually existed until you mentioned him, then I recalled that G. Gordon Liddy always referred to him as "the hapless Louis Freeh" .
I believe I've posted this video here before...but to me its a must watch. Mueller in his own words on the transformation of the Bureau.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JrF2X4Db84
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-fbis-transformation-from-national
I hope that I am wrong, but my suspicion is that whoever is elected as President in 2024 - whether fraudulently or legitimately - will face an impossible task, with the decline (and fall?) of the US dollar and petrodollar, the final recognition that the West is indebted far beyond any ability to ever repay or refinance, the collapse of Western economies as their green energy fantasies crash on the shores of reality, the eventual realization that Western militaries are overpriced paper tigers, and the exposure of the massive corruption in Western civilization.
Other than that I am pretty optimistic!
I am more optimistic for 2024. We hit rock bottom before then, so either we stay there for the foreseeable future or we maybe get Trump back, if he is still interested, and we recover lost ground.
Miracles do happen. A strong conservative Potus might make an impact. But he would have to ensure that the changes he makes - if he is allowed to - are lasting and profound. No historical example fits exactly, but it would have to be someone like Diocletian, who restored some efficiency and normality to the Roman Empire after a catastrophic era of anarchy and debauchery. I don't see anyone who fits that bill at present (Sorry, Donald!)
One point of the inflation is to reduce the burden on USD debtors...such as the USG.
Can Trump handle a multipolar world? One where the petrodollar does not rule?
Yes, one would think that the guy whose whole life has been making deals could.
Only his being in office stopped the neocon deep state and the incompetent, less than useless neocon diplomatic corps from fomenting wars for a few years.
Yep. Despite the irritating way he is behaving right now, Americans owe him a massive debt of thanks for holding off some of the globalists' worst designs for a few years.
yes, quite right, but also guaranteed his ouster!
Yup.
"We can't have someone in there not serving perpetual war!"
Apropos of your comments regarding the political impact of single women and the likelihood that marriage will make a comeback in our coming dark age, I just watched an amusing, provocative and insightful rant by Milo Yiannopolous on just this topic. Check it out:
https://youtu.be/0Yut997fqRo
Rascal, Europe is there already:
Ursula (president of EC)
Elisabeth (Fr)
Jacinda (NZ)
Nicola (Scotland)
Liz (GB) - opps! gone
Sanna (Finland)
Ingrida (Lithuania)
Kaja (Estonia)
Magdalena (Sweden)
Mette (Denmark)
(allowing for a tad more married than in US - but just as unhinged)
They are all identikit leaders too. Vacuous, untalented, never done a real job. Oh, and all groupies of Schwab.
Right, otherwise we have metrosexual simps:
Trudeau (Canada)
Macron (France)
Sunak (Britain)
Rutte (Netherlands)
Good point!
Courtney, Page, Rainforest...
@Rascal
Here's Sundance's explanation for how they do it. (Not saying they don't also fudge the counting.)
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/11/09/big-picture-2020-midterm-elections-highlights-distinct-difference-between-ballots-and-votes/#more-239592
This explains how Biden could sit in his basement and win while Trump attracted hundreds of thousands to his rallies and...'lost'.
It explains how repulsive candidates like Whitmer and Fetterman can 'win' as long as the party machine collects enough ballots in Detroit and Philadelphia.
It explains how a dead guy can win in Pennsylvania.
It explains how Biden could get 81 million votes without campaigning.
(By comparison, as of today a grand total of 45 million votes have been cast for Dem congressional candidates...)
It explains why Hillary told Joe in 2020: "Don't concede until the mail in ballots are counted."
If you vote at a polling place you actually have to go to the polling place, step into a booth... alone... and make a decision who to vote for. If you hand your ballot over to a party employee collecting ballots at your apartment building they can fill in the ballot for you. You might even collect a small 'bonus' for handing your ballot over...
That CTH piece is awesome. Also explains how the dead man got elected in PA. People getting paid to fill in ballots bubbles - straight ticket no doubt - or machines filling in the Dem bubbles on ballots, don't pay much attention. They just fill em in paying no heed to who's actually on there - dead or alive.
And, by the way, Biden calls ballot collection: democracy.
It's the former. Guaranteed.