The Real timschochet

Lots of speculation this morning that this will happen. Trump insiders know that he will be demolished if he faces Biden, especially if Trump is unable to interrupt. So they’re desperately looking for a way out of this. But that will make Trump look worse so I think in the end he will show up.

It doesn’t have to be a permanent condition for you. Educate yourself.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/22/trump-trade-tariffs/ For the record, the average import tax is currently around 3%. For Chinese products it’s 19% (which IMO is really hurting China’s economy without helping ours.) Trump wants it at 10% across the board. He essentially wants the same sort of full Protectionism that this country hasn’t seen since the days of Smoot-Hawley, which I believe brought on the Great Depression. Again, in my opinion, this one issue would be enough to oppose Trump’s re-election in favor of almost anyone else. I believe if enacted, even for a short time, the effect on our economy would be catastrophic. Trump supporters: do you agree with this proposal?

Hey @Horseman you were the dumbest poster in this forum for all of 40 minutes. But now you’ve lost the title. And given this dude you may have to work pretty hard to get it back.

You want people to show an ID to use a bathroom? You may be the dumbest person here and that’s really saying something.

Is there something to defend? It’s a really stupid point IMO.

I don’t need to. I get what I wrote. But keep in mind my agreement means nothing; I’m just one dude on the internet with rather iconoclastic views.

First off he’s your President too. Just as Donald Trump was my President. Second, climate change is a serious problem. The Earth is not dying. But human existence here will certainly be threatened if we don’t address it. Third we cannot solve climate change by restricting existing technologies. This is where the left get its wrong. We can only solve it by coming up with new alternatives that are cost effective than the ones we have. Nuclear fusion seems like the obvious answer. Finally: free trade creates wealth, and wealth creates technology. Free trade prevents wars. Free trade leads to prosperity. If you study human history, tariffs have never produced anything worthwhile. It’s a tax on the consumer. Read Milton Friedman (no wait you’ll never read him.) Read Ludwig Von Mises. Or Adam Smith.

Sure. What else you got?

Sure. But I find these issues to be of rather minor importance. I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about them.

Idiotland. Will I see you there? I heard you’re a tour guide.

If he still has a shlong he shouldn’t be in there. I may have misunderstood you. If a person is in the process of transforming but if it’s not biologically completed? Then I don’t know what to do with them with regards to bathrooms.

Bolded did not happen. I defended him, and later apologized for misunderstanding the situation. But I never denied defending him.

She’s right.

I agree on the sports issue, I always have. I do think it’s a rather minor issue and people make too much of it, but my opinion is that biological men should be prohibited from competing in women’s sports due to physical advantages. I disagree on the bathroom/changing room issue. I don’t think this qualifies as harm to others.

You’ve made this comment about me and others many times. So let’s get the record straight for anyone that cares: I don’t like it when the state attempts to interfere with private medical decisions made between doctors and patients. This is another principle of mine and there are only two exceptions. The first is when it affects public health, which is why in the case of Covid I didn’t mind mandating vaccinations even though something like that would generally go against my libertarian beliefs. Public health doesn’t apply to gender affirming care. The second exception is in the case of minors. I believe theoretically that there are instances in which the state can say “OK you can have that treatment but only when you’re a consenting adult.” Would gender affirming care be one of those instances? I’m not 100% convinced one way or the other but I lean towards restricting surgery until 18 but not hormones. I don’t believe, either way, that it’s mutilation.

I’m just not used to it. The ones I’ve encountered (usually in some kind of public setting like a restaurant) I have a bit of that “ooh gross” factor in me. Not exactly the most woke or politically correct attitude but I’m not a young man so I’m stuck with my prejudices. My defense of them, in a forum like this or in a general discussion, is theoretical and as I wrote, based on principle.

With regard to dearest Simone- I think that if I was forced to hang out with Jean-Paul Sarte for years I would develop some pretty crappy attitudes.

Dont forget his parole officer will have to agree with this. Otherwise the debate will have to take place at Ryker’s.

Damn, both accepted a CNN debate on June 27. Unfortunately I will be on a flight to Europe that day, and all of you will miss out on my brilliant commentary and analysis.

More info on the debates per NPR: Trump said the dates are acceptable to him but wants an audience. Yes I do believe this could be a sticking point. Trump also didn’t respond to Biden’s other conditions: no third party candidates, and the mic is off when it’s not one’s turn to talk, so nobody can interrupt (in their first debate in 2020, Trump interrupted Biden every few seconds.)

So stupid. Like I said it’s old shtick. Come up with something new.

You’ve never proven me a liar. Ever. You’ve proven me wrong at times (mostly on irrelevancies) but never deliberately so.

I have some Muslim friends that feel exactly the same way. Religious people of all stripes seem to have chauvinism in common. Personally I hope my daughters find happiness however they can. It’s not my place, or society’s, to direct them on what will make them happy.

I don’t believe in moral relativism either. Thats the main reason I defend transgender rights. I don’t know any transgenders in my life and in truth the ones I’ve met make me uncomfortable. But there is a principle involved here which is that they have the right to live their lives without interference or discrimination. To me that principle is a moral absolute; the exact opposite of moral relativism.