NxNW said:

Democrats are not part of the far left, and never have been.

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Do you believe that there of the far left in the US? How many and how do they vote?


The far left has been part of the Democratic Party for a century. I do recall that when Humphrey formed his alliance: The DFL Party (Democrati, Farmer Labor), the Democrats were forced out of the Democratic Party.
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Perhaps, this is all a matter of definition. There is indeed a US political spectrum which is less and less useful. There are a signifcant number of those who are at the far left of the political spectrum. The vast, vast, Majority identify as Democrats and vote in Democratic primaries.
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Consider the House of Representatives. Should any be considered far left. If not, perhaps I should simply say those in the leftist 20% of American politics. Let us consider a truly evenly divided county, with a shrinking center. We have those on the far right (10%), the 30% right of center, the 20% centrists, the 30% left of center, and the 10% on the far left. And I well understand that the center is moving more and more to the right.

Those on the 10% far left are Democrats. Without their votes, the Democrats would have won many fewer elections. To be more blunt, when they are so dissatisfied with the democrats that they choose to stay home (or vote for a monority 3rd party), Democrats are much more likely to lose.
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Just BTW, I do not consider Sanders a member of the far left. He has much, much more in common with the left of center liberals than those of the far left. Actually, he has more in common with the centrists that with the far left.

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RileyG said:

I sincerely wonder if the pandemic has seriously ruined our economy in the years to come?

Who knows?

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Nah. This is 100% bad policy. I mean how many experts would a person need to hear that from?

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I'll believe he's serious only if he treats them the same as the Venezuelan narco terrorists.

NxNW said:

Things change. Now we're worried about what comedians say.

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Well comedians are definitely thr biggest threat to america

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RileyG said:

Agreed.

People can change their minds and affiliation. It's no surprise.

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Sure. And any attempt to draw definitive conclusions from this would be little more than wishful thinking.

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RileyG said:

I sincerely wonder if the pandemic has seriously ruined our economy in the years to come?

Who knows?

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I think we've emerged from that event, but Trump's meddling with the Fed & SEC to hide his failures does not bode still.

Tropical Wilds said:

Why are you assuming anybody talks about sex while they’re there? Thats an odd thing for you to sexualize… It’s kids, my dude. If your mind goes to whom the drag queen is having sex with outside of the library, I 1,000% promise you that is a you problem, not a drag queen problem.


Tell me about it. We got people on here theorizing on the sexual behaviors of people who are reading books to kids, then blaming the readers for the fantasies they’ve created… They could have avoided all that trouble if they simply didn’t fantasize about the gay sex they find so objectionable, that they assume this other person is having. It’s what the rest of us do.

Thankfully at every reading I’ve been to, the majority of people are able to be normal and just have fun. But I agree with you… People who mentally go to a place of sexualizing strangers so easily probably shouldn’t be around kids. Imagine if they see somebody who’s really flaunting their sex life for the world to see, like a pregnant woman. Holy smokes, what chaos.

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They are reading books promoting and normalizing topics like trans ideology. Examples include:
-Our Rainbow
-Pride 123
-This Day in June
-Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights
-Rainbow: The First Book of Pride
-Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution
-Pride: A Story of Harvy Milk and the Rainbow Flag

Now please dont waste your time trying to convince me that the intention is not the indoctrination of children to normalize sexual deviance.

Good news: the ads were legit for Harvard Medical School.

Surprised that it took so long.

rambot said:

I remember when Republican voters "cared" about inflation.

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Things change. Now we're worried about what comedians say.

essentialsaltes said:

My investments and 401k have gained in value, but I certainly have a concern that Wall Street has become divorced from the realities on Main Street.

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The stock market and economy are two different things. The former is forward-looking, while the later is backward-looking in that the Fed is reactive.

essentialsaltes said:

Is it a bubble that will burst when the fantasy can't be maintained any longer? I'm taking it seriously enough that I've liquidated some (not a lot) of my stocks into cash that I'm sitting on.

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Putting money in cash is a guaranteed loss due to inflation. Money Market or high yield savings is a better choice for short term savings.

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