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On September 07 2016 09:44 biology]major wrote:
So it's a virtual tie right now, and there is supposed to be another email dump from assange. I recall saying a while back trump has no chance, I take it back. He might have the popular vote easy, but the electoral college will probably stick it to him in the end.

On September 07 2016 07:36 Sermokala wrote:
It does open a significant amount of pressure on mexico. A lot of those transfers are technically illegal money being sent over nation lines. And it is probably does support a ton of families that would go hungry and homeless without it. Without that money for a week or even a month and you'll have riots in the streets. Imagine how bad the situation would go if say $2 billion in welfare stopped being paid out in america.

Its like seizing the steel industry during the Korean war. It doesn't matter that it won't stick it just matters how fast it'll be until someone can reverse it.

On September 07 2016 09:44 biology]major wrote:
So it's a virtual tie right now, and there is supposed to be another email dump from assange. I recall saying a while back trump has no chance, I take it back. He might have the popular vote easy, but the electoral college will probably stick it to him in the end.

The Donald Trump campaign Tuesday walked back remarks the GOP nominee made Monday denying any communications with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi before his 2013 donation in support of her campaign.

According to Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks, when Trump told reporters he "never" spoke to Bondi about "it," he meant that he never spoke to her about Trump University, which Bondi was considering suing at the time of the contribution.

“His comments were in reference to any discussion about Trump University — not the donation,” Hicks told Politico.

In a separate AP report Tuesday, Hicks was unable to elaborate on the content of their conversation.

"I don't think this was a lengthy, memorable call," Hicks said. "Mr. Trump talks to a hundred people in any given day. So, I don't know if I will be able to provide that information. That's not exactly a realistic or reasonable request."

The donation in question -- a $25,000 contribution from the Trump Foundation to a political group supporting Bondi's re-election -- was received just days after Bondi announced her office was considering joining a lawsuit led by New York against Trump University.

Trump denied Monday speaking to Bondi.

“I never spoke to her, first of all. She’s a fine person, beyond reproach. I never even spoke to her about it at all. She’s a fine person. Never spoken to her about it, never,” Trump said, according to the Washington Post. “Many of the attorney generals turned that case down because I’ll win that case in court. Many turned that down. I never spoke to her.”

Scrutiny of the contribution was renewed last week by a Washington Post report that Trump paid a $2,500 fine to the IRS for making the donation through his charity, rather than from his own pocket. The Trump campaign blamed the move on a clerical error.

"Mr. Trump paid the fine," Hicks told AP. "All is squared away."

On September 07 2016 11:04 Plansix wrote:
He lies about being a charitable billionaire. Just like everything else.

On September 05 2016 16:48 GreenHorizons wrote:


Holy hell, you all really are that disconnected aren't y'all

Did you not see me mentioning she's seeking the endorsement of Kissinger? Not a sole among Bernie supporters said to themselves "I mean if only he could secure the Kissinger endorsement".

At 4.9 percent, the nation's unemployment rate is half of what it was at the height of the Great Recession. But that number hides a big problem: Millions of men in their prime working years have dropped out of the workforce — meaning they aren't working or even looking for a job.

It's a trend that's held true for decades and has economists puzzled.

In the 1960s, nearly 100 percent of men between the ages of 25 and 54 worked. That's fallen over the decades.

In a recent report, President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers said 83 percent of men in the prime working ages of 25-54 who were not in the labor force had not worked in the previous year. So, essentially, 10 million men are missing from the workforce.

"One in six prime-age guys has no job; it's kind of worse than it was in the depression in 1940," says Nicholas Eberstadt, an economic and demographic researcher at American Enterprise Institute who wrote the book, Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis. He says these men aren't even counted among the jobless, because they aren't seeking work.

Eberstadt says little is known about the missing men. But there are factors that make men less likely to be in the labor force — a lack of college degree, being single, or black.

So, why are men leaving? And what are they doing instead?

They might be like Romeo Barnes. He lives in District Heights, Md., and his last job as a Wal-Mart greeter ended 11 years ago. He's 30, black, single and has cerebral palsy.

"I have able-bodied friends who can't find work, so it's not just me," Barnes says.

He says he's sought administrative jobs, but says his disability and not having a college degree hold him back.

"Men are traditionally known for labor work. The lower-educated guys have to do stuff like that. And that's being taken away because we have machines," he says.

Indeed, economists say technology and overseas competition is displacing many jobs. The number of people collecting disability insurance, like Barnes, has also increased.

AEI's Eberstadt says criminal records may also play a factor. Some 20 million Americans have felony convictions — the vast majority of whom are men. But, he says, it's hard to know how big a factor that is, because the government doesn't keep data on their employment status.

On September 07 2016 11:11 biology]major wrote:


Well you are in luck! the opposing candidate is a shining example of truth and honesty.

On September 07 2016 11:22 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Out of curiosity, where do you see that it is a virtual tie between Hillary and Trump? 538 has Hillary with a 2/3 chance and Trump with a 1/3 chance: http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

On September 07 2016 11:11 biology]major wrote:


Well you are in luck! the opposing candidate is a shining example of truth and honesty.

On September 07 2016 13:45 GreenHorizons wrote:
I seem to remember much longer and stronger get out the vote efforts on both sides in previous elections, is it just a local thing, am I misremembering when those started, or is there notably less GOTV stuff going on?

On September 07 2016 13:46 ticklishmusic wrote:


you're in luck! the clinton is one of the biggest charities in the world, and beyond that you can see clinton's personal giving because she released about a decade's worth of tax returns and they have itemized donations.

good god man, it's like you don't know how to internet or something.