The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Nate Silver still saying that Trump is unlikely to win nomination


my favorite part-

Right now, he has 25 to 30 percent of the vote in polls among the roughly 25 percent of Americans who identify as Republican. (That’s something like 6 to 8 percent of the electorate overall, or about the same share of people who think the Apollo moon landings were faked.)

Phan In Phlorida wrote:Kasich proposes a new federal gov't agency "...of Judeo-Christian Values"

"We need to beam messages around the world about what it means to be part of a Judeo-Christian society."

traderdave wrote:

Phan In Phlorida wrote:Kasich proposes a new federal gov't agency "...of Judeo-Christian Values"

"We need to beam messages around the world about what it means to be part of a Judeo-Christian society."

Three cheers for smaller government. Forget what I posted previously about Kasich being one of the only seemingly reasonable GOP candidates.

pacino wrote:

traderdave wrote:

Phan In Phlorida wrote:Kasich proposes a new federal gov't agency "...of Judeo-Christian Values"

"We need to beam messages around the world about what it means to be part of a Judeo-Christian society."

Three cheers for smaller government. Forget what I posted previously about Kasich being one of the only seemingly reasonable GOP candidates.

come on traderdave, the moderate ones include 'Judeo' when they seek to be a religious nation-state.

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Nate Silver still saying that Trump is unlikely to win nomination


my favorite part-

Right now, he has 25 to 30 percent of the vote in polls among the roughly 25 percent of Americans who identify as Republican. (That’s something like 6 to 8 percent of the electorate overall, or about the same share of people who think the Apollo moon landings were faked.)

pacino wrote:Washington Gov Jay Inslee's amazing piece in the NY Times on refugees

pacino wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:I don't get those memes as it's the republican congress that refuses to bring any bills for spending to help vets, hell they won't even extend the first responders bill

Read an interesting article in the Economist on the difficulty the military has attracting qualified recruits. A big problem is that those most likely to enlist are simply ineligible--they lack the appropriate education, have a criminal record, or are too fat. (Also, the military won't take you if you have visible tattoos, but I would guess relaxing that standard could be considered.) But I would hypothesize the perception that the VA won't take care of you is probably hurting recruiting efforts. The article also pointed to a significant and growing disjuncture between the military and everyone else--people enjoy thanking vets, and even giving them #$!&@ discounts at Denny's--few actually considers doing service themselves.

a professional military has undoubtedly made our military better, but it's also detached it from everyday life and from much of our population. Before, if we went to war everyone felt it. Now, it's almost an abstract idea that affects very few people in the homeland. It becomes easier to simply avoid the war and the effects of it.

i'm not sure of the solution.

Bucky wrote:Fox New dude takes down student activist whose dad is a millionaire. 98% sure this is a strawman plant.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/11/12/c ... ee-tuition

traderdave wrote:That WaPo piece was dead on, IMHO. "How are we going to pay for this" seems like a very fair and extremely obvious question - shame on Ms. Mullen for not having a response ready to go. I do think Cavuto was a bit condescending at times during the interview but the interviewee surely must have realized that she was not appearing on Wayne's World. Frankly, I thought he took it easy on her during the segment.

These kids, a term I use somewhat enviously as I approach 50, are all-in with the disruption of the operation of colleges and universities (which includes disrupting the educational experience of fellow students that may not share their activist view of the world). The least they could do is know what the fuck they are protesting.

Warszawa wrote:So Evil Corp, I mean Pfizer, is getting bought by Allergan in a major tax inversion scheme. Anyway Obama can stop this?