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The election is already conceded to clinton. And of course this guy running absolutely assures her victory. He knows he can't win. He is running for another reason entirely. The Republican establishment is running this guy as a last ditch effort to bring enough republican voters to the polls...

Why am I not surprised?

interesting remark. Please remind us of this after the election. Let's see then how prescient your remarks were.

Why is this nonsense still being posted? The shroud was radio dated by several of the most competent laboratories. Samples taken from the shroud were not from patches or repairs, but from the original shroud. The flax used to weave the shroud dates from the middle ages. There is no infra red...

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This is utter nonsense. There is nothing at all unfair about a progressive tax structure because under a progressive tax structure everyone pays exactly the same rate on the same dollar earned. It is a flat tax that is inherently unfair! The great virtue of a flat tax is simplicity, but at what...

God like? Which God had you in mind? Trumps economic plan is modeled after already dis-proven, supply-side economic stimulus and can therefore be expected to lead to exacerbation of economic problems caused by the wrong- headed, supply-side economics of the past. One thing it will do is make...

(underlining is mine) Keynesian economics applied to recessions has been shown to work well in many instances, but of course one must not expect to neglect common sense reforms and obtain equally good results. The Austrian vs. Keynesian economics debate was settled a long time ago in favor of...

In the U.S. almost anything can be "linked" to high cholesterol and obesity, which are endemic among the U.S. population, particularly in the Southern States. The irresponsible headline is designed to catch your attention. The CNN report is mostly about lead in drinking water. High levels of...

#$**##!!o_O and #$@^*%!!:wtf:

Agreed.

Our old fashioned and obsolescent methods of registering voters and our failure to keep voter rolls current probably allow some small amount of voter fraud to occur. It would only be in extremely close races where this would affect outcome. Nevertheless we ought to do what we can to make our...

You can find out easily enough using a google search how citizenship and residency is determined in States with motor voter laws, if you are interested in facts.

Billions of dollar equivalents in financial transactions take place daily over the internet. The amount of fraud is minuscule compared with the amounts transacted and these transactions are becoming more and more secure. Why are we still fooling with antiquated ways of voting? A person ought...

Shirking of duty is in many cases, perhaps most, not illegal. But it is always bad practice. For example, if the President, for political or any other reason, were to routinely ignore all Bills presented for his/her signature, the Constitution's requirements, according to the letter of the...

"shirk". Here are duties, according to the Constitution, that the congress regularly shirks by allowing the president to: engage in indefinite military action or invasion of other countries without declaring war; to suspend habeas corpus. Refusing to act on presidential appointments is also a...

Perhaps you're letting the rest of us crackpots off the hook too easily. I don't recall your time zone, but in mine the cocktail hour is beginning. Let us lift our glasses high and toast our fellow primates. Cheers!

My view is that mistakes have been made regardless of the party occupying the White House. We go through periods when the mistakes are more serious and/or more numerous. I consider the Congress to be the real problem for America going forward, as that is where the real power lies. When the...

The U.S. Central bank does not buy equities. During the 2008 crisis they facilitated Treasury acquisition of equities. But any equities temporarily acquired by the Fed were immediately transferred to the Treasury.

I really like Dalio's presentation of Economics 101, as it were. I don't see how anyone can do better than that as a succinct summary. I have always objected to the term "printing" as a way of describing QE, but I don't object to Dalio's use, as he points out that the Fed uses the money they...