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Thanks for your comments , Jem. I largely agree with the Vanity article, but not entirely of course. Really old line wealth is largely Democrat. But these folks, at least in my experience, understand the dangers of extreme wealth distribution. I am using the label "1%" figuratively here for...

Mainstreet is experiencing a reality check. Mainstreet thought the primaries were about Mainstreet choosing the people who get to run for President of the United States in the General Election. But now Mainstreet is waking up to reality, perhaps for the first time in modern electoral history...

At a few billion it is probably dwarfed by more pernicious forms of corporate welfare. That of course is not a justification.

There is of course nothing new in this idea. And it works. For example, Western European nations have for many decades heavily taxed gasoline and used the proceeds to subsidize far more efficient mass transit. This kind of socialist thinking is not likely to catch on in the U.S. until there is...

whatever.

In what way is the Islamic religion superior to Christianity, or any other religion for that matter? I see them all as a danger to human society, but some religions, such as the Christian and Islamic religions, seem more dangerous than others. I can't accept any religion that is more attractive...

Exactly! But he has me on ignore, so I can "have my way with him".

The best solution of all would be a one-State solution where the Israelis and Palestinians live side by side in Peace and Harmony. But that could never happen as long as one side or the other rules such a solution out. Certainly the Israelis are ruling it out at this time. In the same way, the...

That's too easy a question to answer, surely you could have done better. But since you didn't, I'll answer: The most conservative estimate is half a million. And that's just Iraqis! We also murdered 4491 U.S. Service members. You could argue that because all these people were killed in a war...

Are you sure they don't hate him because of his little dick? I mean look at those chubby little hands!

A fool and their money are soon parted.

Like virtually everything else he says its a bit exaggerated when he says he doesn't want your money, because the 7.5 million in donations he's received he's kept. So he may not want your money, but don't expect him to turn it down. He's spent about a quarter million of his own money, so far...

I parked my car in the garage last night and shut the garage door. This morning when I got up my car was outside the garage and the door was still shut. This is a fairly low probability event and yet it happened. :cool: Obviously quantum mechanical tunneling was involved. (Watch for my...

Every now and then someone comes up with a perfect descriptor. I don't know if you are the originator of 'passive-aggressive' to describe Ryan's response to the Trump candidacy, but congratulations if you are.

It would appear that a majority of U.S. voters are disenchanted with party politics. Soon we will see an independent candidate run a campaign on the internet and win. The internet is causing the parties to lose their strangle hold on the elections. Not this year though, because Sanders has...

Perhaps the party system is rigged. Fine, I have no problem with that, as long as they aren't misleading people. But it seems they are misleading people into thinking that by voting in the primary they will be choosing the party's candidate, when in fact they only seem to be choosing the...

Your clever remark reveals much insight into bubble formation. I agree, this is the real source of bubbles, but figuratively.

in post 16 above it is 'site' not 'sight'.

See my post responding to Gubinec for what I believe is the real source of bubbles. I wish I could take credit for the ideas I express, but it is really just Soros' ideas in another context. Regarding loose monetary policy, you're read something into my post that's not there. You are reading...

I certainly agree with that sentiment, and many others do as well. Much has been written regarding Greenspan's insouciance in the face of all the warnings and reports he had at his disposal. He did not act, and his inaction was the major factor leading to the crisis. Had he clamped down on...