The Real timschochet

This is really delusional. All of it.

I changed my mind because I had more time than I thought. Oh well. Sorry you can’t handle that. What a loser you are.

The answer to your question is yes I absolutely can. As to your first point: the key to Howard Roark, as with all of Rand’s heroes, is absolute integrity. Roark is NOT a “fock you” kind of guy: he’s indifferent to what people think about him. One of the most important lines in the book is when he tells Elsworth Toohey: “I don’t think about you.” In both terms of integrity and indifference to others, Donald Trump couldn’t be more opposite to Howard Roark.

I’m not going to believe Trump loses Iowa because of one poll. But let’s be clear: if it’s even close in Iowa that means great things for Harris in Wisconsin and Michigan.

I disagree with a lot of her ideas now, but at my core I still agree with her main principle: that capitalism is a moral good. I still very much believe that. My beliefs about free trade and immigration are rooted in this principle. Donald Trump is not a capitalist; if you know your Ayn Rand, he is very much like a Jim Taggert or Orren Boyle type. Kamala Harris, though favoring government intervention at times, is actually far more of a free market type than Trump is. I know that this must seem counterintuitive to you, nonetheless I’m absolutely convinced of it.

Certainly disagree with you here. But even so it mattered more in 2008 because McCain’s health was always a question mark.

Some good guesses here. I voted for Reagan with my first vote in 1984- very proud of that. He is still my favorite President of my lifetime. I’ve been to the Reagan library twice. If you come this way it’s worth seeing. Incredible man, incredible history. In 88 and 92 I voted libertarian. I was really into Ayn Rand back then. In 2008 I was a huge fan of McCain but I couldn’t pull the trigger because of Palin. In 2012 I voted for Romney. I liked Obama, still do, but I preferred Romney’s economic ideas, still do.

Put up a reasonable Republican and I may vote for him or her. I have before. If you guys lose this election you’ll only have yourselves to blame for choosing this guy again.

lol it wasn’t a vow fockhead. I said I didn’t think I would post until then. What a character you are.

And that pleases me too. I’ve sort of written off Georgia and NC. But maybe the campaign knows something I don’t.

I really like learning that Kamala is headed to North Carolina today. There was a rumor earlier this week that she had pulled funding from NC because internal polling there was awful. She would not be heading there with 3 days left if that was the case. Trump is also there which suggests his internal polling shows he is concerned.

Because the “truth” becomes highly subjective under such circumstances.

I believe in punishing those people who commit crimes like this. I don’t believe in punishing those people who have not committed violent crimes, even if they arrived here without legal documents. Thats the gist of my disagreement with most of you here. I just don’t think we should punish innocent people. (And yes I get that by coming here illegally they’re not exactly innocent. But the ones that didn’t commit violent crimes- fine them. But don’t round them up. It’s not right.)

We have to face reality as unfortunate as it is (at least IMO): a majority of young people get ALL their news from social media. Which means that, in less than 20 years, a majority of ALL Americans will get their news from social media. And that is truly scary.

I may have more time to post than I thought today, we’ll see. Im getting excited now- this is crunch time. Pretty optimistic, I stand by my prediction (Harris loses Georgia and North Carolina but wins the other 5 swing states and the Presidency) but make no guarantees.

If you like these guys you should also like: Flogging Molly The Real McKenzies and, of course…The Pogues

Actually I do need to stop. This was fun but I am super busy. This will be my last post until Tuesday night. I will comment on the election, eat crow if I must (I don’t think I will but you never know). After that I doubt I will post for months here, or very rarely. So you’re getting what you wanted. Stay well!

See the problem is for me is that your study is from FAIR, which is a hate group: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_for_American_Immigration_Reform Ita no different than if you presented me a study from the KKK.

It’s easy enough for you to look at the amount of taxes coming in and costs going out if you want to, I provided part of the information for you. More difficult would be to ascertain the amount of money we all save in prices from these people working for such low wages- but we know that this is a very significant amount. I have provided my argument and the reasons for it. I get that you don’t like it and in fact it’s not a popular position in the country right now. But if your main rebuttal is that I must be wrong because I’m not very bright that’s not especially compelling.

Things HAVE changed- to our benefit. Please take a look at my last post. What I am sharing IS fact. I’m sorry you hate it, but I suggest that has more to do with your own biases than it does with my accuracy.

It’s absolutely true today. Here are studies done within the last few months: https://calbudgetcenter.org/news/new-study-undocumented-immigrants-contribute-8-5-billion-in-california-taxes-a-year/ https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/ And yes they commit less crime. This study is from a month ago: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate

I don’t know why people keep repeating this. It’s simply not true. Kamala Harris will, in no particular order: 1. Appoint Supreme Court justices and other judges who will protect a woman’s right to choose. 2. Support Ukraine and NATO against Russian encroachment. 3. Support free trade. 4. Promote comprehensive immigration reform. 5. Promote ways to defeat climate change. I, and millions of Americans, hopefully the majority, are for all of these things.

Undocumented immigrants pay far more into our system than any benefits they receive: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/adding_up_the_billions_in_tax_dollars_paid_by_undocumented_immigrants.pdf

The cost of mass deportation: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mass-deportations-cost-government-resources-60-minutes/ It would essentially destroy the economy. Which is why it will never happen. I don’t care if Trump is elected in a landslide with a Republican Senate and House it will still never happen. But there will be some big show for the benefit of MAGA and even that will be ugly and potentially disastrous. So let’s hope he loses.

I’m not cool with it.