The Republican Primary Race Is Filling Up

[HoughMade]

Have I mentioned that a neighbor from when I was a kid, who used to babysit me, was the "governess" for Tiffany Trump (Donald's daughter with Marla Maples) and that the husband of of that family used to be on the Donald's personal staff?

How many degrees of separation does that make me from the presumptive nominee?

 

[jamil]

I know. And I know you know I know. In case it went by you, I was goofing around in that post...the written form of an evil scientist laugh (as best as I could do anyway) should be an indicator.

I know that you know that I know that you know. That was just for the benefit of those who don't know what you know, or what I know. You know?

 

[jamil]

Have I mentioned that a neighbor from when I was a kid, who used to babysit me, was the "governess" for Tiffany Trump (Donald's daughter with Marla Maples) and that the husband of of that family used to be on the Donald's personal staff?

How many degrees of separation does that make me from the presumptive nominee?

[video=youtube;yazr8JkazmE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yazr8JkazmE[/video]

 

[T.Lex]

Have I mentioned that a neighbor from when I was a kid, who used to babysit me, was the "governess" for Tiffany Trump (Donald's daughter with Marla Maples) and that the husband of of that family used to be on the Donald's personal staff?

How many degrees of separation does that make me from the presumptive nominee?

Dude. I would totally be shocked if you're not in his will.

 

[HoughMade]

He's not returning my calls. Maybe he's on INGO.

 

[IndyDave1776]

At least one of the three isn't hell-bent on destroying the republic as a matter of personal principle.

I'm sure none of the three thinks that's what they're doing... or would admit it in public.

Soros makes no plausible secret of his ambitions to destroy nation-states in favor of a globalist arrangement in his own image. Bloomberg has a stable leftist record of habitually undermining the foundation of the republic. Trump, as far back as I can remember, has considered his personal strength and well-being to rest upon the strength of the United States, which even if he is far from being my dream candidate, he brings to the table a virtue that no one else is. Given some of Cruz's connections and benefactors, and the fact that he was for the trans-pacific trade treaty before he was against it in response to pushback, it seems that we are back down to Trump as the non-globalist in the room. Yes, I would like a more reliably conservative individual, but at least he understands which country to whom he is supposed to be loyal, which is an increasingly rare virtue in Washington.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Trump suggesting the US default on debt may be one of his more radical ideas

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/u...n-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

On CNBC this morning Trump suggested that one strategy he'll use for reducing the national debt is having bond holders accept "haircuts". To be clear what that means, he'll try to get people who own US Treasury bonds and are owed X to accept X/2, or some reduced amount of what they are owed.

That's called defaulting on a debt obligation

 

[T.Lex]

Trump suggesting the US default on debt may be one of his more radical ideas

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/u...n-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Its also called "reverting to form." That's what he did with banks - threaten to bankrupt them if they didn't accept less.

Doing that as a sovereign nation has different costs.

 

[Tombs]

Obama on election: 'This is not entertainment' - CNNPolitics.com

It's funny how much some conservatives sound like Obama.

"I just want to emphasize the degree of which we are in serious times, and this is a really serious job. This is not entertainment. This is not a reality show. This is a contest for the presidency of the United States."

"What I'm concerned about is the degree to which reporting and information starts emphasizing the spectacle of the circus because that's not something we can afford," Obama said. "And the American people, they've got good judgment, they have good instincts, as long as they as have good information."

 

[Hohn]

Trump suggesting the US default on debt may be one of his more radical ideas

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/u...n-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

A partial repudiation is the ONLY thing the US can do with its debt. Seigniorage has limits that we are basically at already because of our modern financial system.

Thus, repudiation of the interest at least--if not the principal, in part-- seems inevitable.

check out this article:Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Why Default on U.S. Treasuries is Likely | Library of Economics and Liberty

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I know that you know that I know that you know. That was just for the benefit of those who don't know what you know, or what I know. You know?

I don't know.

 

[Tombs]

Trump suggesting the US default on debt may be one of his more radical ideas

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/u...n-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Are you going to give birth to enough children to work off that debt, and make sure that you have many many grandchildren?

Because if you're not, you're effectively shafting our ability to pay off our debt.

It's not a radical ideal, as it's impractical, not only impractical, but impossible to pay off that kind of money. That's a significant portion of the entire planet's GDP.

 

[jamil]

Obama on election: 'This is not entertainment' - CNNPolitics.com

It's funny how much some conservatives sound like Obama.

"I just want to emphasize the degree of which we are in serious times, and this is a really serious job. This is not entertainment. This is not a reality show. This is a contest for the presidency of the United States."

"What I'm concerned about is the degree to which reporting and information starts emphasizing the spectacle of the circus because that's not something we can afford," Obama said. "And the American people, they've got good judgment, they have good instincts, as long as they as have good information."

Says the "most transparent administration in modern history."

 

[jamil]

I don't know.

All I know: "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to GodFearinGunTotin again."

 

[Tombs]

Says the "most transparent administration in modern history."

I find it most ironic that he has the nerve to act like he hasn't treated the presidency like a reality TV show.

I guess ordering bombings on Yemen family weddings is a bit too heavy for even reality TV, though...

 

[Dead Duck]

I find it most ironic that he has the nerve to act like he hasn't treated the presidency like a reality TV show.

I guess ordering bombings on Yemen family weddings is a bit too heavy for even reality TV, though...

In defense, I've been told you can't throw a rock anywhere in Yemen without it hitting a family wedding.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

All I know: "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to GodFearinGunTotin again."

 

[ArcadiaGP]

After Trump was named presumptive nominee last night, Google search "Libertarian Party" skyrocketed

 

[Tombs]

After Trump was named presumptive nominee last night, Google search "Libertarian Party" skyrocketed

Looks like a spark then a fizzle.

 

[jamil]

"Hey, Libertarian party. I could maybe go for that."

"Oh. No free ****. Nevermind."