Caltrops - Balance of Power





	[quote name="Ray of Light"]First, Politifact is <a href=http://i.imgur.com/Cehp4BY.jpg>full of shit</a>. It's owned by a newspaper that has endorsed a Democrat for the last century. And the Economist just named a Trump presidency as <a href=http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35828747>dangerous to the global economy</a> as jihadi terrorism. Its <a href=http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21663225-why-donald-dangerous-trumps-america>hitpiece</a> on him is standard-issue progressive handwringing: [quote]He would deport all 11m immigrants currently thought to be in America illegally. Apart from the misery this would cause, it would also cost $285 billion, by one estimate—roughly $900 in new taxes for every man, woman and child left in Mr Trump’s America. This is necessary, he argues, because Mexican illegal immigrants are “bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.”[/quote]Note the bizarre phrasing of "illegal immigrants" (in credit to the Economist, most media refuse to even use the <a href=https://www.raceforward.org/practice/tools/drop-i-word-campaign>I-word</a>) and the clear implication ("$900 in new taxes") that the cost of <i>keeping</i> illegal immigrants is zero. [quote]“The money [China] took out of the United States is the greatest theft in the history of our country.” He is referring to the fact that Americans sometimes buy Chinese products.[/quote]Yeah I think I heard about that. [quote]Mr Trump is far more dangerous than Pitchfork Pat, for two reasons. First, as a billionaire, he will not run out of money to finance his campaign. [/quote]Prior to this election, everyone agreed that big donor political influence was toxic to a nation. Now I see this kind of argument all the time, that no, it's actually <i>better</i> to have a politician owned by AIPAC because you'll know what they'll do (i.e., shred the constitution and accumulate national debt). [quote]Second, he faces so many Republican opponents that he could grab the nomination with only a modest plurality of the vote. [/quote]He's dangerous because... he may get elected. Anyway, I didn't intend this to be a post about how the Economist is run by progressive shills. Blackwater forgot the most signifcant source of funding that Trump doesn't take: Israel. Actual quote spoken to actual Jews: "<a href=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/03/trump-to-republican-jews-you-can-t-buy-me.html>I don’t want your money, therefore you’re probably not gonna support me.</a>" Insufficient fealty to Israel is both a capital crime in politics (you may recall one of the earliest GOP debates where,when asked how they will make America better, the field's response was <a href=https://www.salon.com/2015/09/17/ann_coulters_ugly_gop_debate_rant_how_many_f_ing_jews_do_these_people_think_there_are_in_the_united_states/>curiously Israel-focused</a>) and, in many ways, the keystone of Trump's campaign. It allows America to stop propping up Israel's source of cheap oil (<a href=http://www.mintpressnews.com/211910-2/211910/>you'll never guess who that is</a>), to make nice with Russia, to stop nation-building in the middle east. When Trump talks about a richer country from lower taxes, he's including the expected savings from not spending trillions to enhance Israel's position. [/quote]