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There is zero chance he understood any part of that question (the one about reserve currency and protectionism). 

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  On 10/15/2024 at 4:58 PM, royiv said:

Do you think the fact that you are a very wealthy physician and businessman has anything to do with that? 

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No.  Because I wasn’t born any of that.  Poor af born in Lubbock and grew up in OKC suburbs.  When my wife (gf then) and I first went back we drove her Grand Am which I’m sure impressed the masses.  

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  On 10/15/2024 at 5:48 PM, 'stache said:

There is zero chance he understood any part of that question (the one about reserve currency and protectionism). 

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I would have loved to see a pivot to crypto.  He thinks that losing the dollar as a reserve currency is like losing a war, but he is going to push an alternative because he can make a buck off of it. 

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  On 10/15/2024 at 5:56 PM, CooterBrown said:

I've spent an obscene amount of time in Tulsa and OKC over the past 15 years.  Everyone I've ever met there has been some of the nicest folks I've met...and it never feels like the fake cordiality in Texas.  I have the same experience in Austin.  But both states are ran by complete assholes for assholes.  I think the disconnect is spending most of my time in the larger cities around college educated people and projecting it onto the entire population.  I can go 30 minutes outside of my neighborhood that went 85% for Biden and be surrounded by Trump caravans. We went out to Enchanted Rock a few weeks ago and my kid had never seen a Trump sign before.  She was like where the fuck did you take me? Is this child abuse?

 

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Interesting you bring this up.  Maybe the injuns or something else but the love in OK and Austin feel really genuine whereas west Texas is as you describe.  I have no trouble saying over 50% of people in west Texas are racists/sexists.  

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LOL, why did they ever agree to this one?  A smart person who will not be cowed is going to ask you a lot of in depth questions, it will go great.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:10 PM, kevwun said:

LOL, why did they ever agree to this one?  Smart people are going to ask you a lot of in depth questions, it will be great.

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Because it doesn't matter when you can spin anything into "they're tough on me" or "this guy has never liked me" and make it a grievance. That's all he plays to now. The grievances of men, white women, olds, and younger voters that are assholes. 

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:13 PM, mdmost said:

Because it doesn't matter when you can spin anything into "they're tough on me" or "this guy has never liked me" and make it a grievance. That's all he plays to now. The grievances of men, white women, olds, and younger voters that are assholes. 

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'He is an avatar for their grievances'.  If anything, being humiliated by an intellectual is only going to make them like him more.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:02 PM, ChiTownDoc said:

No.  Because I wasn’t born any of that.  Poor af born in Lubbock and grew up in OKC suburbs.  When my wife (gf then) and I first went back we drove her Grand Am which I’m sure impressed the masses.  

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But that’s not who you’re now. My point was, as others have alluded to, is you’re “one of the good ones” so you don’t see the overt racism that someone in a different station of life might experience. Willing to be wrong, but it was just a reaction I had reading the post I was replying to.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:16 PM, royiv said:

But that’s not who you’re now. My point was, as others have alluded to, is you’re “one of the good ones” so you don’t see the overt racism that someone in a different station of life might experience. Willing to be wrong, but it was just a reaction I had reading the post I was replying to.

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Yes saying I was treated the same.  It didn’t change.  If anything it was better back then before people had all the brainwashing.  

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"...Trump insists that [tariffs] will encourage companies to move factories back to the United States without raising costs for consumers — which is an argument many economists disagree with."

I've heard this quite a bit, phrased almost exactly the same every time.  Are there any legitimate economists who agree with Trump?

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:10 PM, bluto said:

I dare ya to swim into texags waters on the interview today 

“totally owned the interviewer”

”he’s on a roll despite being interrupted”

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3498147

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I know it's mindboggling but secrant is actually worse than txags.  Fucking SEC.  At least I can take solace knowing a bunch of liberal commie pinkos are running that shithole. 

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He’s ‘Obsessed’: What Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally Is All About

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-obsessed-madison-square-garden-podcasts?r=10es58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

 

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FOR THREE STRAIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS, Donald Trump mused about holding a rally at Madison Square Garden. Now it’s finally happening.

The ex-president’s campaign announced on Monday that he would appear at the world’s most famous arena on October 27, just nine days before voters head to the polls.

Despite Trump’s occasional boast, no one on his team actually believes that they have a chance at picking up New York’s twenty-eight Electoral College votes.

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Instead, the event is a play for the candidate’s id.

Headlining Madison Square Garden represents the fulfillment of a longtime dream for an outer-borough kid who always has a New York state of mind, even after he technically became a Florida Man.

“I’m gonna fill the Garden,” Trump proudly boasted to a confidant who relayed the comment to The Bulwark on condition of anonymity.

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Trump, the confidant said, “has just been obsessed with this for at least a year. This is his campaign. So it’s happening.”

It won’t come cheap. The campaign will probably shell out at least $1 million to rent Madison Square Garden, pay union labor to build the stage, and manage the event, a source familiar with the discussions said. The arena can hold nearly 20,000 people.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:46 PM, CTC2 said:

As a white guy who has lived in Texas all my life I can assure you that the percentage is large.  What you are missing is what these same people are saying after you walk off.  Rural Texas is a cesspool of racism and Christian Nationalism. 
I own some land in East Texas. When I go into town, I hear the talk in the cafe. I encounter a large proportion of bigots.   But, I will say that the farmers and ranchers have no problem relying on illegal labor in their operations. 
Think about it this way, look at the rural margins for Ted Cruz after voting takes place. That tells you everything you should know about them. 

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Oh yeah, see my quote after on west texas.  You don't have to convince me.  I was more talking the country as a whole.  But that's over...  I'm born again baby, fuck them racist/sexist pieces of shit.  LFG

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:42 PM, BamaATL said:

*****************BREAKING SURLY ITEAM NEWS EXCLUSIVE*******************

Early turn out in Georgia is massive.  My ballot, cast at approximately 11:30, was the 634th of the day, and there were 200 people in line behind me, and no signs of slowing.  For reference, our precinct in 2020 had approximately 8000 votes cast in 2020, all manners of voting.  Today is on pace to have at least 1000 votes cast on day 1.  Also, unscientifically and just from observation, the crowd skewed markedly younger in comparison from 2020, I would guess down from an average age of 60sih then to roughly 50ish this time.  Overheard in line behind several Republicans, "This doesn't look good."  Lots of women, lots, by my guess approximately 2 to 1.  So younger, more women, about the same amount of racial diversity.  Lots less olds, lots.  

Observed, Republican poll monitor looking mighty unhappy about the turnout, Democratic poll monitor with a happy smile.  I'm not under any delusion that Dems will win my area, but negate any advantage held prior looks very favorable.  (Last time around 60/40 Republican-Dem.  We've got a shot at 45% in my mind).  

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I liked what I read until the last 3 sentences.   *If* your district is 45% D, why would you be enthused about the turnout?  You gonna be down 10 votes for every 100, but you want to make it up in volume?  I hope you're wrong about the percentages.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:37 PM, ChiTownDoc said:

Yes saying I was treated the same.  It didn’t change.  If anything it was better back then before people had all the brainwashing.  

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With all due respect, those pink shoes you had to wear as a poor boy won over your classmates. Go out and get yourself some today, and the world can once again be your oyster.

 

 

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:55 PM, locodos said:

I liked what I read until the last 3 sentences.   *If* your district is 45% D, why would you be enthused about the turnout?  You gonna be down 10 votes for every 100, but you want to make it up in volume?  I hope you're wrong about the percentages.

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Picking up 5% in my area negates 20k worth of Republican votes in other areas.  In a state won by 10k last time around, that's a big deal.  

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:47 PM, Francisco 2.0 said:

pay union labor to build the stage

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be a real shame if some disgruntled union workers did a shoddy job.  We know Trump loves unions and overtime pay.

On that Bloomberg interview, please please please do more.  People need to see this.  I have to say, I though Mickelthwait excelled at meats but an even better interviewer.

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Trump's answers remind me of a smartass comment I make whenever anyone tells me "I got a question for you."  I say, I have an answer, it might not be the right answer, it might not be the answer you want to hear, it might not even make any sense, but I always got an answer.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:57 PM, bolverk said:

With all due respect, those pink shoes you had to wear as a poor boy won over your classmates. Go out and get yourself some today, and the world can once again be your oyster.

 

 

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Pink men's shoes cost MORE these days.  The audacity.  

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