The Real timschochet

I don’t know that they’re not. The ones legally seeking asylum aren’t the problem, the ones crossing the border without papers are.

Hopefully the ones that deserve it will get it.

Not sure why you bring up the 6 million number, that’s dead people. Undocumented immigrants only cost us money in the short term, when they come here in too large numbers at once. Long term they’re a net cost benefit. So if we can control the flow and keep it down they don’t cost anything at all.

I read that wrong: not 50%, 40%: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/migration-at-us-southern-border-slumps-amid-regional-efforts Still a pretty big number.

Israel is bombing Hamas who hides behind civilians. That makes things very difficult for Israel. But Israel is also not being as selective or as careful as they could be. Israel has overreacted and I believe they have committed some war crimes here, just as we did in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

We’re actually not too far apart here. Except that you place a little too much emphasis on Alinsky.

Thank you. Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL was on Morning Joe today. He argued that the organizers of the protests were out there after October 7 congratulating Hamas. And thus was well before Israel invaded Gaza. I have no doubt this is true. To Greenblatt, this proves that all or most of the protestors are pro-Hamas and virulently anti-Semitic. But what Greenblatt ignores in making this argument is that although the organizers were there at some campuses, the protests were tiny, maybe a few dozen people. It wasn’t until Israel invaded Gaza, and started bombing civilians, that the protests grew very large in size. What does that tell us? Not that the protestors are necessarily right, but that they’re responding to what they believe is an injustice. The organizers may be radical, in support of Hamas, the bulk of protestors are not. And this also has a bearing on “from the river to the sea” as well. The organizers lead the students in this chant. Some of them really do want the eradication of Jews in the region. Others probably see it as a legitimate cry for Palestinian independence. But I am skeptical that the students who are chanting it have given any thought to what it means beyond “we want Israel to stop bombing civilians.”

White nationalism is evil. White supremacy is evil. Communism is evil. Marxism is evil. Socialism isn’t evil but it doesn’t work, and almost always leads to bad outcomes. Conservatism is not white nationalism. Conservatism is not white supremacy. Liberalism is not Communism. Liberalism is not Marxism. Liberalism is not socialism. See how easy that was?

Are there any McCain Republicans left in your state? Any Goldwater Republicans? Two men, very different in terms of policy, but one thing they both had: tremendous integrity. They were two of our greatest American statesmen. What happened to that party?

This isn’t “Biden’s Vietnam.” While there are some apt comparisons to the Vietnam protests, it’s not the same for one major reason: there’s no draft. Students may be sympathetic to the Palestinians but they don’t have to fear being sent to the Middle East.

I have trouble believing that a lot of Democrats would go out of their way to vote.

Once again you skip over the direct evidence (the tape). And then you change the subject again. Oh well, let’s see if the jury agrees with you. Who knows? Maybe they will. Nothing would surprise me at this point.

Biden is withholding arms because he doesn’t want Israel to invade Rafah. I agree with this. Wait- did Biden call Netanyahu and demand incriminating evidence against Trump (fabricated if necessary) in exchange for releasing the arms? Because THAT would be an impeachable offense, don’t you agree?

Next, jon, let’s take your point #1: you assert that Cohen paid off Stormy Daniels without any direction from Donald Trump. Cohen is obviously going to testify otherwise, but putting that aside: what possible motivation would Michael Cohen have to give $140,000 to Stormy Daniels if not at Trump’s direction? Can’t we (and the jury) use a little common sense here?

You didn’t address any of my responses to you. Let’s take your points #3 and 4. You claim in these two points that Trump had “no known involvement” in the payments that reimbursed Michael Cohen. Yet there has been repeated testimony that Trump knew about and directed every payment that left his office. More specifically there is a tape in which Trump discusses the exact reimbursement with Cohen and how it is to be handled. How do you square this with your assertion of “no known involvement”?

I certainly don’t take any opinions as facts. But I do enjoy listening to MSNBC. (On my phone or in my car through Sirus; I rarely have time to actually watch.)

You felt the need to post this twice? it’s interesting to me that you call anyone who disagrees with you bootlickers and yet this is a long list of everything Trump’s fiercest supporters are telling us about this case, which apparently you have swallowed without question: I’m not going to break it all down but it’s absurd to believe that Cohen paid off Daniels without Trump’s knowledge or direction. Also, you ignored continual testimony that Trump looked at and questioned every check and payment that left his account, so it’s also absurd to believe that his company repaid Cohen without his direct knowledge (proved in a taped conversation as well.)

Crime Bootlicker would be a great band name.

In the Indiana primary tonight 20% of Republicans voted for Nikki Haley. Something is going on here. What nobody knows is: will these folks stay home or vote for Biden?

Maybe it will all collapse. It’s so big I can’t pretend to understand it. But it sure seems like these complaints are only made when there is a Democratic President. And I don’t believe a President Trump will even try to address this issue. Early on when there were several candidates for President on the Republican side, only one of them discussed significant spending cuts or serious ways to tackle inflation. That was Tim Scott. Trump made a few comments on social media ripping him for it and Scott quickly shut up. He’s had nothing to say since.

Hey it confuses the hell out of me. Thank all gods for Quickbooks.

Are we counting Jeff Davis?

They’re not.

looks like Trump will be skipping Baron’s graduation: https://people.com/donald-trump-headlines-minnesota-event-same-day-barron-graduation-8644487

Well there are a lot of reasons for this. The main one being the Palestinian people themselves- no doubt they are the biggest culprits. And their Arab neighbors are also very much to blame. But some of the blame does lie on Israel’s shoulders and the USA.