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Dr.Sack

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  1. Hillary also had the backing of a majority of Bush's foreign policy advisers. It's quite clear that the establishment Democrats have become two faced on the issue of war. This used to be the party that condemned war, and voted protested against it. Now they vote for illegal wars, drone citizens without due process, and conduct 7 interventions while dropping 26k bombs a year, so much so that they ran out of them.

     

    This is not your grandfathers Democratic Party. They are pro-fracking, pro-war, pro-regime change, pro-Wall Street bailouts, pro-big Pharma, pro-private health insurance, pro-a $7.25 minimum wage.

     

    Their entire platform was platitudes and PC outrage. They paid lip service to the millennials that voted enmasse for Sanders, and after getting his endorsement ran towards the center hoping to gain the endorsement of surbia traditionally white Republicans. Bill Clinton said they wouldn't need Sanders voters. Chuck Schumer falsely predicted for every white working class voter they'd gain two surburbian Republicans. The strategy failed epically.

     

    If no one was paying attention Hillary's entire campaign message was Donald Trump is a horrible person. What was her campaign message outside of that? When given the choice between and Republican in policy and a real Republican, voters will pick the Republican every time.

  2. I see a lot of commenters on here keep on regurgitating Chicago school neoliberal establishmentarian economics.

     

    Have we really digressed into an era where empirical evidentiary facts are dismissed as "political"? If climate change is real, and it is as confirmed by 99% of all scientists & even the NSA & the CIA agree, then can we also use empirical data which clearly show right to work state workers make 3.2% less? That is a fact. Let's debate in a fact based world. If you don't like opinions, fine. But come with facts.

     

    It should be also pointed out that private sector union membership is near a 100 year old low. The correlation & causation can be blamed on many factors, but there can be no denying the fact that Trump WON the vast majority of private sector union workers in the mid west. Why not embrace this new coalition instead of attacking it?

  3. A friend of mine bought an Audi SUV for his wife's Christmas present and has been gushing over how great Audi is and has been buying shirts, cups, and other Audi swag for the last two months (since before he bought it)

     

    I have since been randomly pointing out that my Nissan SUV does this, that, and the other thing that the Audi does, but for $20k less :P

    Audi is a status purchase.

     

    Nissan not so much, but their Infiniti brand that's swag too.

     

    Who doesn't want heated seats, heated cup holders & a helicopter button Bondesque option?

  4. Threatening Mexico with invasion, putting Iran "On notice." This can't end well. He has even said we might get another chance at taking Iraq's oil! Then last night he took Iran to task for taking over Iraq.

     

    How long before we have a war?

     

    Hey, let's elect a crazy man, what could go wrong?

    26k bombs dropped by Obama last year in 7 Muslim majority countries.

     

    The question is if he will outdo Obama?

  5. 49 year old Columbia, Harvard & Oxford educated.

     

    Lots of interesting case decisions my favorite being his opinion for the 2015 case of "Energy and Environmental Legal Institute v. Joshua Epel".

     

    A few contradictions: for the death penalty, but against assisted suicide. Also never understood the strict interpretation of the constitution, as social issues on the 1790s are different. As far as a central bank and specific industries they did not exist at the time our founding father wrote it.

     

    A few pros: he is for states rights over federal power, which will do me well in many states with legalized cannabis.

     

    Overall he is not going to be someone who shakes things up and overturns Roe v Wade which is the fundamental line in the sand for most liberals. His appointment should be swift and I expect the only push back will be from the corporatist Democrats like Boxer, & Booker.

     

    When comparing and contrasting Garland vs Gorsuch there is not much of a difference.

  6. The fastest way to make me ignore something is to use "it's a long read..." and "The Atlantic" in the same sentence.

    That's how I feel every time i come across a Tim Graham or Jerry Sullivan Bills article.

     

    For now I'm keeping to catching the Sal Capaccio updates on twitter, inbetween the Trump rants.

  7. In a not so shocker Trump who once said drug companies are "ripping us off" now wants to deregulate and give them tax cuts.

     

    Campaign rhetoric: I will take on Big Pharma and get them to lower prices.

     

    Post election victory: I will give them whatever they want and maybe they'll lower prices, who cares? The top 5 only makes $50 billion in profit per year.

     

    www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/01/31/cramer-warns-pharma-still-not-safe-to-own-despite-trumps-softened-stance.html

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