Taxing Our Way To Prosperity, Krugman Edition

Paul Krugman comes out in favor of the sort of austerity program he has bashed for years when done in Europe:

You’re probably tired of hearing this, but modern G.O.P. economic discourse is completely dominated by an economic doctrine — the sovereign importance of low taxes on the rich — that has failed completely and utterly in practice over the past generation.

Think about it. Bill Clinton’s tax hike was followed by a huge economic boom, the George W. Bush tax cuts by a weak recovery that ended in financial collapse. The tax increase of 2013 and the coming of Obamacare in 2014 were associated with the best job growth since the 1990s. Jerry Brown’s tax-raising, environmentally conscious California is growing fast; Sam Brownback’s tax- and spending-slashing Kansas isn’t.

His editors dropped one word - his second paragraph originally opened with "Don't think about it".

But folks who do think about it will wonder why the Dread Reagan boom gets such short shrift; why comparing Clinton's tax hikes at the start of a recovery to the Bush tax cuts at the start of a recession to the Obama tax hikes midway through a recovery makes any sense; and why we are comparing California to Kansas rather than low-tax Texas.

Folks with a bit of a memory will recall that Paul Krugman pounded the Obama stimulus as too small and timid back in 2009 but was scarcely calling for higher taxes on anyone. He eventually even admitted that lower taxes on lower income people (e.g., cutting the payroll tax) could be stimulative.

And folks armed only with an economics textbook will wonder just what growth model would predict that higher taxes on the rich lead to higher growth.

Just for example - back in 2010 Krugman opposed attempts to boost aggregate demand by lowering taxes on the rich because either (a) they would simply save the money, or (b) even if they propped up consumption by spending it, they could just as well have borrowed to maintain their consumption.

Of course, if that is true, one might flip that coin and argue that raising taxes on the rich won't have any impact either. If they pay for their higher taxes by reducing their savings, then the net of public and private savings is unchanged and the economic impact is tiny. If they pay for their higher taxes with a combination of reduced savings and reduced consumption, then the net impact is a contraction of private sector demand, which does not sound expansionary.

Now, maybe in some environments the government can claim they were up against a borrowing constraint. In that case, raising taxes and spending all of it, while forcing their rich to reduce both their savings and consumption, can still lead to a net increase in public and private aggregate demand.

But does anyone actually have the impression that in 2010, with long term rates at historically low levels and short term rates near zero, that the government was having a hard time borrowing? My goodness, that ready access to funds has been Krugman's argument in favor of increased stimulus spending; is he now going to pretend that only tax hikes could make that spending possible?

Don't think about it.

FACT-CHECKING THE OPINION CHECKERS: Krugman is reporting from LiberalLand with this:

The real revelation on Wednesday, however, was the way some of the candidates went beyond expounding bad analysis and peddling bad history to making outright false assertions, and probably doing so knowingly, which turns those false assertions into what are technically known as “lies.”

For example, Chris Christie asserted, as he did in the first G.O.P. debate, that he was named U.S. attorney the day before 9/11. It’s still not true: His selection for the position wasn’t even announced until December.

Actually, it is still not false. This is from a PolitFact link provided in Krugman's column:

A spokeswoman for Christie, Samantha Smith, wrote in an email Friday that Christie received a phone call on Sept. 10, 2001, from Attorney General John Ashcroft that set in motion a months-long hiring process.

"The point he was making was on Sept. 10 he accepted the job," Smith said in a phone interview.

Smith pointed to an article in New Jersey's Star-Ledger newspaper from Sept. 11, 2001, which read: "President Bush nominated former Morris County freeholder Christopher Christie as the state's next U.S. attorney yesterday."

It continues: "...the White House notified Christie that he is the President's choice and that extensive background checks on his qualifications would begin immediately."

The story, written by Kate Coscarelli and Robert Cohen, estimated that those checks would take "up to six weeks, after which the formal nomination would be put forth to the Senate."

Christie was officially confirmed by the U.S. senate on Dec. 20, 2001, and sworn into office on Jan. 17, 2002.

But Christie is a Republican, so you know the claim is still rated Mostly False. A different source, Political Ticker NJ,  has this:

Here’s the Star-Ledger on the morning of September 11, 2001, probably the most famous “where were you on the morning of” in state history since JFK was assassinated.

“President Bush nominated former Morris County freeholder Christopher Christie as the state’s next U.S. attorney yesterday, but the candidate’s lack of criminal-law credentials generated a new round of opposition from New Jersey lawyers.”

Obviously, for an appointment that requires the advice and consent of the US Senate, a nominee does not assume the position on the day he’s first nominated. But this is clearly what Christie meant when he said “appointed,” both in fact and in context.

Gawker wrote that “Christie was rumored for the appointment in early September, pre-9/11, but wasn’t officially nominated for the post until December of that year, and wasn’t confirmed until January 2002.”

But that’s wrong, too. This wasn’t a “rumor.” Right here on PolitickerNJ, we reported on October 2, 2001, “There was some good news last week for former Morris County Freeholder CHRISTOPHER CHRISTIE, after the two Democrats representing New Jersey in the U.S. Senate said that they would not block his appointment as the United States Attorney.” If the Senators were already agreeing not to oppose, then the nomination was clearly more formal than just a rumor.

 

Comments

[Frau An- und Abmelden]

I'm trying not to think about it, honest.

[Jeff Dobbs]

This post would end with

::drops mic::

[jimmyk]

Because we've all said that cutting taxes works miracles even without cutting spending and deregulation. Wait, we haven't said that?

[Jeff Dobbs]

Absolutely gorgeous day in SF today. Conference is effectively over (all that save the ocean carp still going on), so I am enjoying myself in a sun-drenched beanbag chair waiting for the musical entertainment.

LT Smooth, man. Smooth, man, Smooth.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Tammy Bruce is unloading on the mailman's son.

[Threadkiller]

Not watching The Magpie does have its faults.
She is good at shutting up women. But not so good when it is a black guy:
https://youtu.be/BMJLOpKGd4w

[Frau Abhauen]

On topic?

UK exodus and Syrian exodus (on right click side)

[James D]

From a link over at Insty:

On Sept. 26, CGI, a branch of the Clinton Foundation, convenes its 11th annual meeting with a star-studded cast. Bill and Chelsea Clinton will be joined by Ashley Judd, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Ted Danson, Tina Brown, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sir Richard Branson, Bill Gates and George Soros. What will be missing is more than a million dollars from a who’s who of corporate behemoths that sponsored the meeting last year. Six high-profile firms ended their cash donations, to be replaced with only one similar high-profile corporate donor so far.

Would it be wrong to wish for the Earth to open up in the middle of this event and swallow the whole building up, dragging everyone in attendance to the abyssal depths forever?

I'm just asking.

[Jeff Dobbs]

LT Smooth plays a Takamine.

[henry]

Maybe Ahmed can make them a "clock."

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--...why comparing Clinton's tax hikes at the start of a recovery...-

Or ignoring the massive capital gains tax cut that was followed by the actual strong growth rather than the tepid growth after his earlier tax hike.

[rse]

Cross-posting from the dead thread.

So now all AP courses in American History and Government get taught with an "Interactive Constitution" with views from the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society. John Roberts came from the Federalist Society and ACS is behind polyphonic progressive federalism and the Constitution in 2020 being funded by Soros. http://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution#

Narciso-should we announce this is officially history as the dialectic?

On CGI, I was working this morning on the Global Ed vision from a conference early this year and every time the subject was the privatization of education, Open Society was speaking. School Choice was described as the way to quietly impose the international agenda. Wow.

[lyle]

This is stunning asininity:

Krugman opposed attempts to boost aggregate demand by lowering taxes on the rich because either (a) they would simply save the money, or (b) even if they propped up consumption by spending it, they could just as well have borrowed to maintain their consumption.

Does this cretin actually know any wealthy people? And this crank is taken seriously by the bien-pensant? More and more I find myself thinking of Burge's dictum: Most of the really smart people I know have college degrees. ALL of the really stupid I know people have college degrees.

[lyle]

Would it be wrong to wish for the Earth to open up in the middle of this event and swallow the whole building up, dragging everyone in attendance to the abyssal depths forever?

No, it's not wrong. But it IS too humane...

[MarkO]

Megyn? She lost me when she didn't defend free speech.

I don't even take her calls. Well I wouldn't. Maybe I'd see what she wanted, first.

[Threadkiller]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/18/post-debate-poll-trump-increases-lead-fiorina-leaps-carson-drops/

58% like outsiders.

[lyle]

Gettin' all Maverick-ey:

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/mairead-mcardle/mccain-defunding-planned-parenthood-through-cr-i-will-not-vote-shut

I bet he was using his patented gimlet eye when he announced this courageous stance.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

People like Fred Barnes keep underestimating the amount of animosity aimed at the GOPe or its staying power

[Jack is Back!]

Here is Krugman from Ex's earlier link to the Ig Nobels wearing a bra as a face mask. Makes sense to me.

[woo wooo]

Trump will fix it! Why? Because!

"Post-Debate Poll: Trump Increases Lead; Fiorina Leaps, Carson Sinks

A Morning Consult poll, released Friday, surveyed 504 registered voters who watched Wednesday’s Republican primary debate and has only good news for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina. While the poll’s sample size is small (with a 4.4% margin of error), the poll’s trend is worth noting.

In this same poll, prior to Wednesday night’s debate, Trump sat at 33% support. Dr. Ben Carson sat in second place with 17% support. Today Trump enjoys 36% support. Carson is still in second place but with just 12% support.

Trump’s lead increased from +16 points to +24%. That’s an +8% jump.

With their shared status as outsiders, it appears as though Carson’s support went to Fiorina. Prior to the debate the former-Hewlett Packard CEO had just 3% support. She now sits in third place with 10%, only -2 points behind second place Carson."

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/18/post-debate-poll-trump-increases-lead-fiorina-leaps-carson-drops/

Carly and Ben can't fix it. Carly destroyed two great American tech companies along with tens of thousands of jobs and Ben is just an ok doctor.

All aboard the Trump Express!!!

[henry]

Does the Trump Express load at the Atlantic City Casino?

[Buckeye]

Kasich ought to save his Lehman buddies some money and pull the plug.

Until he spends some serious time with a shrink, no way he is going to become likeable.

[daddy (Vote for Pedro!)]

Very long OT, related to a comment on the previous thread:

...Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty, the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco, managed, during the years from 1697 through 1727, to father 888 children.

On Moulay being the worlds most prolific daddy , it would have tallied 889 children, if not for a Christian slave, ordered to convert to Islam. This excellent book, White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves tells the story of Moulay and one of his "White" slaves.

Teenaged Brit Seaman Pellow was captured by Moroccan Pirates in 1716, and wound up in Moulay's prison, where after torture and observing multiple beheadings, he converted to Islam to survive. 20 years later he escaped and wrote up his narrative of the horrible experience , but after conversion and being schooled in the language (since he was well educated) he was appointed as one of the guards at the door of Moulay's enormous Harem. This long transcript of that fascinated me as insight into Moulay:

Pellow was made chief porter to the innermost series of doors of the queen's Palace-the entrance that ultimately led into one of the sultan's several harems...

Pellow never glimpsed inside the harem, for to do so would have cost him his life.

The rules that governed the harem were strictly observed, and no one but the Sultan and his eunuchs were allowed into the inner sanctum...Pellow was informed of these rules and told that his function was to stop any visitor from entering these quarters between the hours of dusk and dawn...

It was not long before his resolve was tested to the limit. One evening, shortly after sundown, there was a loud knock on one of the doors that he was guarding...he knew that whoever stood on the other side of the door had managed to evade several other guards. He feared that the Sultan himself stood outside, yet he was under the strictest instructions not to open the door. "I had positive orders", he wrote, "to admit none after such an hour, without being before advised of it, and of some certain signs to be given accordingly." His orders were not merely to deny access to the person outside. "In case someone were to attempt to enter at such an unseasonable hour, and not immediately depart... I should then fire through the door."

There was a second knock, and Pellow demanded to know who was there. It was the answer that he most feared. Moulay Ismail was demanding access to his harem and was furious that a Palace slave was blocking his path. Pellow was momentarily in a quandary, aware that whatever course of action he choose was certain to lead to punishment. If he refused to open the door he faced torture and execution for disobeying the Sultan's commands. If he opened the door, contrary to orders, he would be put to death for proving himself untrustworthy.

The guards at the outer doors had panicked when they realized the Sultan himself was demanding entry, so fearful of disobeying an order that they had meekly opened the doors. But Pellow had always displayed a great independence of spirit and was rarely prepared to compromise. It was this stubbornness that had enabled him to leave home against the wishes of his parents. It had also-by extension-led to his capture. Now, it would result in a very different outcome.

Pellow's masterstroke was to dissemble, telling the Sultan "that I very much doubted it was him for that I have never known His Excellency to come at such an unreasonable hour without my being pre advised thereof." He added that whoever stood on the other side of the door "should at his peril be gone, or I would present him with half a dozen bullets through the door."

Moulay Ismail ordered Pellow to hold fire and barked "that if I would not let him in, he would certainly chop off my head the next day." Then, changing his tone, he said "that if I would admit him, he would give me such a fine horse...with all the rich furniture in the empire."

Pellow instinctively mistrusted the Sultan and, convinced that he was being put to the test, declared that he would not open the door, "even if he would give me all the furniture and horses in the empire." He said that the reason for his refusal was simple: "I was entrusted and commanded by the renowned Moulay Ismail, the most glorious emperor in the world, to keep that post inviolable against all impostors and intruders whatsoever." He added, "that it was in vain for him any longer to persist." Moulay Ismail was so infuriated by Pellow's words that he began banging wildly on the door.

Pellow knew that it was too late to backtrack. He also knew that he was under orders to fire his gun through the door if an uninvited guest continued to demand admittance. He was sure that the shot was unlikely to hurt the Sultan. The door was made of heavily studded timber, and there were plenty of alcoves on the other side in which Moulay could take shelter. Yet he could scarcely believe that he- a palace slave- was about to turn his musket on the Sultan of Morocco. Nervously and half sick with fear, he began to charge his weapon.

As he pulled the flintlock, a huge blast reverberated around the palace. "I fired all the bullets which I had ready by me in a blunderbuss." The shot splintered the woodwork and peppered it with holes. It finally convinced the Sultan to retreat...As Moulay left he shouted wild threats at Pellow, while at the same time commending the guards at the outer doors who had given him access.

Pellow was terrified as to what would happen in the morning. He was woken early, along with the other guards, and ordered into the presence of the Sultan. Although certain he would face execution for his behavior, he soon discovered that the Sultan's fury was directed towards the guards of the outer gates. "All those who gave him admittance had some their heads cut off, others cruelly used." Pellow himself received extravagant praise from Moulay Ismail. "After being highly commended for my fidelity, I was rewarded with a much finer horse than he offered to give me in case I would betray my trust."

Can we please replace Mitch McConnell with Pellow?

[Old Lurker]

Henry if you are still here.

Does your Home Inventory Pro allow you to export the database to Excel...edit it there...then import back the edited data? The specs claim it can "export to Excel" but is silent on the import side.

As you were, guys.

[narciso]

yes, the thesis and the antithesis, or the truth and sophistry, rse,

[James D]

Can we please replace Mitch McConnell with Pellow?

I'd be OK replacing McConnell with the horse.

[narciso]

if you don't know where they are coming from,

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/our-iranian-interlocutor_1032488.html?nopager=1

[lyle]

Heh. How very Caesarian of you, James!

[Buckeye]

Excellent story daddy.

I fear that no Pellow will get past the guards at the outer doors, if you catch my drift.

We may have to "shoot" the guards first.

[narciso]

from the last thread:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/our-iranian-interlocutor_1032488.html?nopager=1

[narciso]

you can say that again:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/managers-vs-managed_1028522.html#

[henry]

OL, that I don't know. The data "import" function is one I haven't used. My input data came from physical objects, not an electronic form. For some, I could have used the bar code scan in, but haven't tried that yet either. I have not found a full screen edit capability... just the one at a time thing (I haven't looked very hard for it either). However, a direct file edit would be very useful.

BTW, I have this which may be different from Home Inventory Pro.

[James D]

lyle, to be honest, we could replace Mcconnell with horse manure and we'd be no worse off than we are now. It might even smell better than he does.

[lyle]

Right you are, James.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Sitting at Pier 23 having lunch overlooking the bay. I most certainly do not wish you were here.

I wish mrs run was here. I would hold hands with her so hard.

[Old Lurker]

Thanks Henry.

I do think that is a different program but I will fiddle with both.

[lyle]

SF is truly a beautiful city, Jeff. Bay area is just spectacular. Too bad it's so effed up.

[Daddy on the new iPhone]

Jeff "Otis Redding'" Dobbs, I think you know what tune you are supposed to be singing.

[narciso]

yes, we concur on that point:

http://therightscoop.com/this-is-enormous-hypocrisy/

he might as well be speaking in sanskrit,

[Extraneus]

Pretty sure McConnell could be trusted inside the harem.

no one but the Sultan and his eunuchs were allowed into the inner sanctum...

[Jeff Dobbs]

I don't know, daddy.

sittin on the dock of the bay?

I left my heart in san Francisco?

YMCA?

[DrJ]

It must be the day for words, though Last Bottle informs me that it is International Grenache day:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/424270/political-notes-pronunciation

Nordlinger can get a bit glib, but usually I enjoy his writing.

[Daddy on the new iPhone]

How come Trump has to immediately tell us what he thinks about the Muslim in Chief, but Hillary still doesn't have to state her opinion on the Keystone Pipeline?

There is big opportunity to use this supposed "gaffe" as a time to do some
Brilliantly effective. Counter punching, but I don't know
If trump or anyone else
On our side will rise to the occasion

[Daddy on the new iPhone]

Either works Jeff all's I know is that nobody built that City on Rock & Roll

[Miss Marple]

Listeners were calling in to Rush with suggestions for Trump. I was listening while running my errands.

One guy was so PO'd he could hardly talk, said it was a ridiculous thing and how come Trump is supposed to be apologizing for something a stranger said.

I will bet cash money that guy was a plant.

So, we will see what Trump does.

[lyle]

How come no one ever wrote a memorable song about...Oakland?

[Jeff Dobbs]

McCain apologized for a guy who spoke, like out loud and everything, Obama's middle name.

I don't like Trump one bit.

But he should double down here for the good of the nation

[narciso]

well you know what gertrude stein said about oakland, imho, he struck a middle ground, not
deriding the notion, but not affirming it either,

[DrJ]

How come no one ever wrote a memorable song about...Oakland?

Two responses:

1) Songwriters were cis-normative and expressing their white privilege, and

2) "Down to the Nightclub" doesn't count?

[Beasts of England]

LT = Lawrence Taylor? Didn't know he played...

[Jeff Dobbs]

Lyle:
"How come no one ever wrote a memorable song about...Oakland?"

Spending the last week taking the BART to and from Berkeley, passing through the 12th and 19th Street stops in Oakland, I ...... Wait, aren't there some memorable rap songs about Oakland?

[narciso]

ezra's dumberer treehouse member, removes all doubt,

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/18/9351903/trump-muslims-camps-supporter

[lyle]

rap songs

What are those?

[Beasts of England]

What rhymes with Oakland?

[lyle]

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-on-the-left/091715-771602-david-ignatius-trumps-foreign-policy-a-wade-into-the-shallow-pool.htm

Good Lord. Does this jackass have any background on BOzo's FP circa '08?

[lyle]

What rhymes with Oakland?

If I'm not mistaken, I believe it's "bitchez" and "hoze."

[Jeff Dobbs]

Oh, so Lyle does know rap.

[Frau Mit oder Ohne]

There's a eunuch and there's a eunuch-eunuch.
Choose wisely, little grasshopper.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

The last time Blitzer was that slattered was in front of Alex Trebek.

[Frau Mit oder Ohne]

Repeat from end of last thread:

DrJ - Apropos misused words -The list was good but it forgot "apropos."

[Beasts of England]

I'm thinking of Stepbrothers for some reason.

[narciso]

Yikes and zoink, it requires that qualifier.

[Jane]

I don't like Trump one bit.

But he should double down here for the good of the nation

I agree - on both fronts.

Instead he has cancelled his appearance in SC.

[DrJ]

Frau,

How is apropos misused? That's a nw one for me.

[lyle]

Oh, so Lyle does know rap.

I had to look it up...

Anyhoo, check this out from Taranto today:

But there was Vox on Wednesday peddling the Islamophobia narrative: Zach Beauchamp: “It’s hard to see this as anything but blatant, naked Islamophobia: Police surely would not have hauled off a white kid because of a clock.” (Talk about ignorant stereotypes: Beauchamp thinks no Muslims are white.)

Forget that it's about the teen Mooslim "clock maker." Note the the Voxer: Zach Beauchamp. Anyone remember him?

[Beasts of England]

Causal relationship, Jane?

[DrJ]

*new* (My "e" key sticks -- it got a splash of red wine a few weeks ago.)

[Jeff Dobbs]

Cruise ship in front of me appears to be boarding. Also, I was so preoccupied (not to be confused with the almost completely defunct Occupy movement here), that I almost missed the sffd boat motor on up to my location. Big boat, probably 60' and I nearly missed it.

it's a testament to our times. Or the number of beers I've had. One or the other, it's a toss up

[Beasts of England]

Blatant Naked Islamophobia would be a great name for a band.

[narciso]

Good news everybody

The gap toothed weathermen from Muncie will be back on the air.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Nononono. Don't give me the carp about islamophobia. The left triumphantly parades the fact that all school mass murderers are white dudes.

They are the most wanted list.

[narciso]

For sky dragon watchers channel,* national geographic

[narciso]

Has anyone been to the hotel adlon, it was refernced in one of the Dr who episodes and silva's latest?

[Threadkiller]

Instead he has cancelled his appearance in SC.

How is that related?

Is is similar to GW canceling any intrest in the country after he abandoned the free market?

[Threadkiller]

Is it...

[lyle]

I'd like a quick JOM straw poll, prompted by DrJ's NRO link @ 3:18:

How many of you pronounce "err" as "air" vs. "ur"? Okay, now how do you pronounce the modifier "ur"? (ur-text, e.g.) As "you're" or "ur"?

[Miss Marple]

Rush said the cancellation in South Carolina is because a business agreement which was supposed to be finished yesterday got carried over to today.

I do not know if this is true or a rumor or Rush blowing smoke.

[DrJ]

I say "ur" or "ehr" (as in error), and never "air."

[henry]

air ur

any more pronuciation questions will be anwered in MO French. Got it Jackwezz?

[Beasts of England]

I'm Southern, I say 'ay-uh'.

[Jeff Dobbs]

I say eijeahr. It's a subtle pronunciation from the nomadic tribes of eaterm Tibet.

[Threadkiller]

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/second-amendment-rights

No way is he conservative.

[Frau]

DrJ - This is what I was taught back in the pre-cambrian:

In English, apropos is conventionally used as a preposition meaning with regard to, and it’s also an adjective for pertinent or to the point.
Apropos is often misused in place of appropriate.

[James D.]

I hope Trump will say something to the effect that if he's responsible for something that one out of 20,000 people at an open campaign event said, and it was his duty to repudiate it...

Then Obama is responsible for every ignorant or bigpted or anto-amerocan thing said by anyone who's been invited to the White House over the last 7 years and needs to get started on the repudiating posthaste.

I imagine 5 minutes on Google will provide plenty of colorful (pardpn the pun) examples.

[DrJ]

Frau,

Really! I had never heard that one.

Being an old BSD Unix-head doesn't help, I suppose ("apropos subject" to find manual pages about "subject.")

[Jeff Dobbs]

No way a politician would say the right things when running, in contradiction to what they've said and done when they weren't running.

Right, Obama?

[Beasts of England]

Kinda like how we pronounce Bear Bryant: thuh BAY-uh. If you pronounce it 'the bair' you'll be outed as someone who drinks unsweet tea and puts sugar (SHUH-guh) on their grits.

[sbw]

er, I don’t know.

[DrJ]

someone who drinks unsweet tea...

Hey! I resemble that remark! :)

[Miss Marple]

I say "ur" for "err" as my mother was an English teacher and that's what she told me was correct.

I don't ever use something like "ur-text" so I have no idea how it's pronounced.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Leaving the pier. So sad.

[James D.]

TK @ 4:17

That ought to be the position of every R in the race. I wonder how many of them have a clear written position on the 2nd Amendment at all?

(I could look it up but I'm a. on my phone and b. lazy)

[Threadkiller]

Good point, Jeff. I guess we can't trust any of the guys, or the gal.

[Frau Duden]

Oops - premature posting!

Imho This and similar sentences are wrong and ugly to boot!

"That's not an apropos dress for the event."

Although I'm not totally finished with my crone-in-training course, it wasn't *that* long ago my third grade speller listed to-day, to-morrow and Hallowe'en. I can't remember when it changed.

And that was a school system based on John Dewey's "learn by doing" philosophy.

[Ann]

Look at Drudge. I can't take anymore of Obama's In Your Face Carp!!!!

[Beasts of England]

By the way, the Subterfuge is spotless, it's been gassed with $226 of premium, the vodka bilge is full, and it's primed for a fine happy hour cruise, and then a sunset trip to the Bat Cave. :)

http://entirelyadequate.com/2010/07/06/a-quick-trip-to-the-bat-cave/

[DrJ]

"That's not an apropos dress for the event."

That one I've never heard. Wow.

[Ann]

I am all in for Trump. He seems to be the only one with any guts.

TK, That Trump camo hat is in my cart. :)

[Skoot]

Obama "the whimperer" protests his $100M men, all 4 of them, aren't his fault, "Wah,wah, they made me do it, Mommy." My goodness, it's embarrassing.

Meanwhile, Putin's connecting the dots on O's red line with T-90's. Good times!

[Dave (in MA)]

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