An interesting approach based on various factors in the economy.
“What sets apart the Moody’s Analytics models and their predecessors from similar efforts is a focus on regional economic growth that produces state-by-state projections of the Electoral College outcome.”
Bloomberg!
Isn’t the number supposed to be going down?
Although to be fair, even Kirk Douglas may be younger than those two guys.
“Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, after saying in March that he wouldn’t run for president, is backtracking and preparing a potential run for a 2020 bid,” said a spokesman for the billionaire.
Well, among all the New York mayors currently on the national scene, he’s the one I like best. Having said that, let me add that it is roughly equivalent to saying that among all the stooges, Shemp has the most sensible haircut.
We changed the cover of Don Jr's book to make it a little more honest and put them up in Barnes and Noble. You're welcome, Junior! pic.twitter.com/ZZqfRP6Jhj
— Jason Selvig (@jasonselvig) November 7, 2019
Which is nothing new, so why buy the book?
You may enjoy some of the writing.
Trump careens from one self-inflicted crisis to the next, “like a twelve-year-old in an air traffic control tower, pushing the buttons of government indiscriminately, indifferent to the planes skidding across the runway and the flights frantically diverting away from the airport.”
Working for Trump is “like showing up at the nursing home at daybreak to find your elderly uncle running pantsless across the courtyard and cursing loudly about the cafeteria food, as worried attendants tried to catch him,” the author writes. “You’re stunned, amused, and embarrassed all at the same time. Only your uncle probably wouldn’t do it every single day, his words aren’t broadcast to the public, and he doesn’t have to lead the US government once he puts his pants on.”
Given the overwhelming evidence that there certainly was a quid pro quo involving military aid for Ukraine and investigating Biden, Trump’s defenders are airing out a new strategy:
Guiliani, Mulvaney and Sondland created the quid pro quo situation without Trump’s permission.
Yeah, I know it’s ridiculous given the Trump-Zelenskiy phone call, but what else do they have?
What a great scene from “L’enfer” (1964), and I had never seen it before today, despite the fact that I feel a special connection to Romy Schneider.
I’m sure I have mentioned before that Romy is the first actress I ever saw naked on screen, and it happened a year or two before the release of the film pictured above. I told the entire story in my review of Boccaccio ’70.
See a similar reminiscence (or add your own) in the comments.
I think I downloaded the Tor browser once, but never used it because the whole dark web thing sounds sleazy (and mostly illegal), and I couldn’t think of one thing I would actually want or need from there. I notice it’s not on my computer now, so maybe I uninstalled it, or maybe I only considered downloading it, but never did.
There are legitimate uses for Tor. You can use it to surf regular sites anonymously, and some news sites, like BBC, actually use the Tor network to get their blocked content past powerful national censors, like the ones in China, Iran and Vietnam. Be that as it may, I still can’t come up with any overpowering reason for me to use it.
One of the ideas kicked around by Burnett and the president was shooting a new version of the Trump-branded Apprentice, tentatively titled The Apprentice: White House, and to produce it shortly after the president leaves office. This time, however, the TV program would be explicitly politics-themed and take full advantage of Trump’s status as a former president of the United States and a newfound Republican kingmaker.
The Daily Beast, November 7, 2019
This gives us some insight on why Burnett has consistently refused to co-operate with investigators who want to obtain the behind-the-scenes footage of Trump’s (alleged) outbursts of racism and misogyny during the filming of The Apprentice. He is maintaining close communication with Trump about post-Presidential money grabs for the two of them!
For the record, I agree with Burnett and Trump that the concept has tremendous financial potential. I would expect the viewership on this show to be several times higher than it was on The Apprentice, when Trump was just a blowhard New York businessman. Trump has now attained cult and folk hero status with about a third of all Americans, and lots of them would watch this show diligently to see their hero in action.
“President Donald Trump must pay a $2 million judgment for improperly using his Trump Foundation charity to further his 2016 presidential campaign, a New York state judge ruled Thursday. “
Continue reading “Trump must pay $2 million for fraudulent use of his “charity””She is a tiny little thing at 5’2″, 110, although I guess Ariana Grande is even smaller (listed at 5’0″, 104).
(Sorry, IMGUR)
“Senator Elizabeth Warren receives 20 percent support among Iowa likely Democratic caucus- goers, with South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg getting 19 percent, Sen. Bernie Sanders at 17 percent, and former Vice President Joe Biden at 15 percent.”
The difference between first and fourth is meaningless statistically. The MOE is 4.5. The result just shows that, as of now, any one of them could be the winner
This is actually the third consecutive Iowa poll in which Biden has finished fourth. The latest NYT poll and the Iowa State poll produced the same finding.
The details show …
… that Mayor Pete has a realistic chance of winning. Among white likely caucus-goers with a college education, Buttigieg tops the field! Among “moderate and conservative” Democrats, Buttigieg slides into the top spot by a point over Biden. But there is a more important fact buried in the details: among those who support the other candidates (outside the big four), 22 percent say that the little fella would be their second choice, 21 percent say Bernie, 12 percent say Sleepy Joe, and Pocahontas gets only 6 percent, so Pete might be the top choice if the poll were a forced choice between the four people who actually have a chance.
… that Biden himself may face the daunting prospect of winning the nomination after an Iowa loss. That’s a tough row for His Somnolence to hoe. From 1996-2016, the Democratic winner in Iowa has been the eventual nominee (although two of those were incumbent presidents, so the process was perfunctory). It can be done. Bill Clinton lost both Iowa (1) and New Hampshire (2) and went on to the 1992 nomination. In fact, Clinton finished a dismal fourth with only 2% of the vote in Iowa, but an also-ran finish in Iowa is not really considered a defeat for an upstart underdog, as Slick Willie was at the time, while it can seem like the kiss of death for the front-runner.
