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Obamacare is in great shape - just like the Titanic before it hit the iceberg.
Humana to Stop Selling Health Plans on Obamacare Marketplace
http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/tns-humana-obamacare.html
Aetna Joins Other Major I…
@DanHardy I understand you're afraid and that facts bother you, Dan. I'm so sorry. Just remember the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
I'm sorry to say you even got the intent of that quote wrong.
" So, first of all, let me assert my fi…
@DanHardy It's been pointed out already that your arguments that illegal immigrants "bring down wages and take jobs" Americans want as opposed to jobs Americans don't want don't hold water. It is precisely those irrational fears used to stoke the ha…
@DanHardy Sorry, no apology for that. You have stoked irrational fear of them with your comments as DavidMoran and others have pointed out.
Said another way - I never said it.
@DanHardy, Fine, I'll admit I can't find any remark from you about Muslims if you admit that you have made comments about illegal immigrants and that while you are busy telling Crash "to stop living in fear" because of Glassner's work you need to st…
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No Dan, you got my quote wrong. I said: "He acknowledges that fear of illegal immigrants and Muslims is irrational here and yet in other threads claims they are a threat." Illegal immigrants is a less offensi…
@Danhardy
Can you show me the quotes where you included the word 'illegal' when refering to my quotes? I don't see any. Thanks They are all above this discussion. I'm not going to quote you every one if you are too lazy to actually read what people…
@Dan, You miss the point I used the word 'illegal aliens' not the word 'immigrants'. The word 'illegal' is a key word. Again, I did not miss the point. The word "illegal" was in every one of my posts regarding you and this thread. You yourself sudd…
@DH, evidently you weren't of age in the 1960s into the early 1970s. Your worldview, or whatever it is, would be more sophisticated if you had experienced all of the party identity morphing and pandering from Goldwater through Ford.
'When the law is…
No Dan, you got my quote wrong. I said: "He acknowledges that fear of illegal immigrants and Muslims is irrational here and yet in other threads claims they are a threat." Illegal immigrants is a less offensive term for the "aliens" you use. And it …
@LB
>> Dems chose to go the route of identity politics after their 2x defeat by Nixon and continued it after Reagan.
Now that's droll. You got the wrong party --- precisely backward.
What I got wrong is that it started earlier. What you g…
@Danhardy
illegal aliens
You got it wrong - i.e. illegal aliens not immigrants. You got the Muslims information wrong also. That is why you can't find a quote from me.
The Irish was to another poster not you. The items I mentioned in my…
Post-materialism is a euphemism for another euphemism--identity politics. The elite right-wing strategy has always been divide and conquer over race since Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 made the elites worry about a class uprising. Click here:https://en.…
I could poke holes in the specialized, inventive vocabulary being referenced. ""Postmaterialism." That sounds pretty crazy to me. The entire world has become enthralled by Consumerism. (Materialism.) Now more than ever, people can have it their way,…
"If the president can, without consulting the courts or Congress, banish U.S. lawful permanent residents, then he can do anything."
His basic premise is wrong.
'The first causality in war is the truth.'
http://abc7news.com/news/video-trump-support…
This is more sophisticated than most analyses:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/opinion/the-peculiar-populism-of-donald-trump.html
"Trump’s “authoritarian xenophobic” rampage has taken him to the White House. From his point of view, there are no …
Assuming we are in a period of rising interest rates, I would urge caution on any aggressive, long-duration, HY investment. Most investors are not seeking long-term volatility, and that is exactly what they will likely get. Search for non-index fu…
I'd add this. No one should try to follow Junkster in his trading. By the time you find out about where he put his money, and you invest, he may have changed everything.
He is not an adviser. And that is a good thing. He is honest. He isn't tryin…
@Dan You're right-Author Barry Glassner of the book you cite has exposed a lot of America's irrational fears. Among them, the fear of illegal immigrants and Muslims:
https://lclark.edu/live/news/34757-our-commitment-to-support-students-regardless-o…
I'm sorry, but it genuinely sounds to me that you are dissembling, @DanHardy.
When you stop living in fear; it won't sound that way.
https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities-Microbes/dp/0465003362
Duly noted. Yet (excerpt:) "...The irony of Trump’s message, of course, is that as he has begun to put his government together, he has leaned heavily on people who would seem to fit the mold of those he attacked, men and women of wealth and privi…
Since when did just posting link(s) become intellectual discourse?
That is really too easy and in a way cowardly i.e. the poster is afraid to commit to a position.
Even the WP says tells its followers what T is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli…
Friendly Reminder: Obama Selected The List Of Muslim Countries in Trump’s Executive Order
According to the draft copy of Trump's executive order, the countries whose citizens are barred entirely from entering the United States is based on a bill tha…
Who are the new media? Faux and Breitbart? Whom do you advise watching and reading?
Stop looking for people to tell you what to think. You need to learn to question what you are being told.
Trump win "populist?" Makes about as much sense as "alternative facts." He's an oligarch, not a populist. I understand that the association has been made between him and that adjective. I just don't follow the non-sequitur, there.
Google Trump popu…
More lolz from you --- who (other than you know who) would lie about something so easily checked?
I really should leave it to you to google and seriously instruct yourself.
But wallethub has the data parsed every which way; wikipedia keeps up; and…
"Our panelists have a dark view of developments in Europe, from the spread of populism ..." I guess the will of the people is dangerous.
@Dan, I didn't get that impression.
I think the concern was that the European Common Market and cooperatio…
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Haha, you do know that the Palmetto state is like this huge moocher and taker, right?
Some years > $7 federal moneys in for every federal tax dollar paid.
Talk about free-lunch crowd. SC is a caricature of what all good rightwinge…
I see 3% on the 10 year as the top.
Also:
"Our panelists have a dark view of developments in Europe, from the spread of populism ..." I guess the will of the people is dangerous.
I searched to see if others are seeing the end of the bubble.
The last article was in July.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonysagami/2016/07/14/4-signs-the-global-housing-bubble-is-already-bursting-heres-what-to-do/#1fbf3fa7446a
What do the citizens do with what we have seen and heard spoken/tweeted through the recent political campaign? What do the citizens do with the comments and statements of the past few days from the new administration and its representatives? This …
Mr. Hardy. A great link. As a former History grad student I appreciate analysis that looks further than the last quarter. My question, beyond politics, is whether the uncertainty of adult behavior roil the markets and hasten the inevitable. After …
Your comment about "relishing the collapse of the system..." suggests to me your post IS based on ideology...
I have to agree with you on your assessment.
The 'adults' have left the room a long time ago - never to return.
http://people.uncw.edu…
Hi @DanHardy
My question is in the thread that you posted/started..."Investors race back to U.S. bond funds". May be difficult to view with the IPhone. I'm presuming you saw a message to you that a post had been added to your thread. You'll have a p…
