According t MSNBC last night, Donald has no ownership interest at all in either Apprentice program. He is a hired actor/host, period. NBC is considering continuing the programs by hring somebody to replace Donald.
So could the Yellowstone Supervolcano. That doesn’t mean it would be worth the mess the rest of us would have to clean up.
Despite his mouth I don’t think Trump would be a terrible President. He reminds me of Rick Scott. No one likes him, but Florida hasn’t gone into a ditch under his leadership. It’s actually come out of the ditch better than any of the other states that were hit hardest by the housing crash.
We’d all hate him, but he would probably be the only drama in the country for 4-8 years. Which when you think about it, isn’t so bad.
Except the part about his “foreign policy.” And SCOTUS appointments. And probably 1000 other things if I knew more about what he says he wants to do.
That’s the thing, we still don’t know much about Trump other than that he really, really, really hates illegal immigration and NAFTA and China’s MFN status.
A protectionist President would be disastrous, I guess.
Rand Paul spews some incredibly stupid shit in TIME magazine about marriage and contract rights. Basically, he goes full libertarian on this issue. Here’s my favorite part:
Let’s unpack the stupidity:
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Supporters of the decision likely believe that rights of contract are not unlimited in any sphere.
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It’s an apples-and-oranges comparison: the decision was about who can enter into a marriage contract, if we want to phrase it that way, rather than what the terms of the contract might be.
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He’s right that some rights to contract are more equal than others - but they’re way greater in the economic sphere than in the marital sphere, not the other way around, as he implies.
Specifically, the marriage ‘contract’ is one-size-fits-all. You can supplement it if you want, with prenuptial agreements and the like. But everyone who gets married still has to enter into the basic contract. Employment contracts have to adhere to a handful of boundary conditions, but other than that, there’s a ton of freedom. An employer can pay an employee $7.25 an hour, or $1000 an hour. No paid leave, or 6 weeks’ vacation and 4 weeks’ sick leave. A generous contribution to a pension fund, or nothing. A generous health insurance plan, or nothing. Or anywhere in between.
- But of course, the freedom to determine the details of one’s employment contract are all on the employer’s side, unless you’re one of the lucky few who can literally write your own ticket. Any employer is going to have its standard contract, with just a limited amount of flexibility. The ‘freedom’ is all on the employer’s side; almost none of it is experienced by the employee.
And that’s just from three sentences.
It’s not all that stupid, actually. If marriage is actually limited to two adults, then it is like any other contract in that limits can be set. However, if multiple marriage is the end result of all this, then marriage is actually being treated as a special contract which the government may not regulate or interfere with. Which will mean the next logical progression will be sacredness of economic contracts.
Can’t see how that rebuts anything I’ve said.
I was going to post that article. An astonishingly frank editorial, well worth reading.
Actually he did do that.
No one involved with the Birther nonsense should be even remotely considered for high office.
An interesting, evenhanded overview of a possible campaign by Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio): John Kasich's presidential candidacy hinges on one last question: Can he raise enough cash? - cleveland.com
Jim Gilmore is running for president.
Actually, Obama does to. That was part of the Grand Bargain that the President wanted with Boehner as part of the debt limit talks.
And as the article points out, Clinton agreed to such changes to the program as well.
Jeb Bush just blew Clinton and his GOP rivals out of the water with his fundraising. $114 million. Yikes.
Interestingly, Bush’s $100+ mil comes mostly to his SuperPACs (over which he is supposed to have no control), while most of Clinton’s ~$70 mil is to her actual campaign, which she does directly control.
We’ll see how that plays out, but a very impressive haul.
Jeb seems to think that the Super PAC model is superior to the traditional model. I don’t think I agree.
Jeb! is going for the common-sense, no-city-slickers approach that made Sarah Palin famous:
Woooh, doggie, all dem big words, jes’ too much for me …
But he’s not forgetting to do his masters’ bidding:
As-pir-ations? Wazzat? BTW, we already have better than 4 percent growth.
But them book-larnin’ nerds gonna fix ever’damnthing with this commie global-warming hoohah:
Hope is not a strategy, as you may have heard.
Latest poll has Jeb! and Trump in a dead heat:
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Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, had the support of 15.8 percent of respondents in the online poll of self-identified Republicans compared to 16.1 percent for Bush, a former Florida governor.
They were followed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at 9.5 percent, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul at 8.1 percent, surgeon and author Ben Carson at 7.2 percent and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at 5.8 percent.
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