Showing an utter lack of self-awareness the Times editors assure their readership that, contra Trump and one bad year of crime statistics, crime is NOT out of control and the long term trends have been very good since the 1990's.
Of course, the next time there is a mass shooting and Obama is tearing up on television this will all be forgotten. As will this, from their editorial:
The surge in killings was fueled by street violence in a handful of major cities. While murder rates rose significantly in 25 of the 100 largest cities in 2015, an analysis by The Times found that half of the increase in killings in big cities came from just seven — Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Milwaukee, Nashville and Washington — where most of the victims were young African-American males. Guns were used in nearly three-quarters of the 15,696 homicides in 2015.
So basically, young black men in a few big cities are shooting each other, so therefore we should restrict access to firearms across the nation. Because Black Lives Matter.
As to what we shouldn't do:
Unfortunately, the debate over how best to fight crime is always a combustible one, so even relatively small changes in crime rates can lead to big and often destructive changes in law and policy, like mandatory-minimum prison sentences or stop-and-frisk policing. In the name of greater public safety, policies like these have done immense damage to minority communities around the country, and particularly to the young black and Latino men who have borne their brunt, even as evidence shows that they do little if anything to reduce crime.
Hmm - here I thought I just read that crime had been falling since the 90's, yet now I am being told that aggressive policing didn't have anything to do with it. In New York City crime fell during the Giuliani Gulag and the Bloomberg oppression, but their policies had nothing to do with it. Whatever.
Only the deplorable bitter clinger law abiding people should have no guns.
Posted by: henry the deplorable | September 29, 2016 at 07:22 PM
As Sheriff Clarke says in his PSAs in Milwaukee, the police need a partner. Get armed and get trained. The police need us.
Posted by: henry the deplorable | September 29, 2016 at 07:24 PM
The primary victims of inner-city lawlessness, aside from the perpetrators who shoot one another, are the people, almost exclusively minority, who have to live there. Trump was very close to making this point in his "law and order" statements in the debate before he got distracted on the question of whether the bad crime rate (but not nearly as horrific as it was under Dinkins, or as it currently is in other large prog hells), in NYC has gone up a little or down a little, depending on how you count it. I don't really know but I suspect this is something that does resonate with a substantial portion of the minority population, BLM showboating notwithstanding, which of course is why Trump talks about it.
Posted by: boatbuilder | September 29, 2016 at 07:36 PM
So the fact crime is lower now than 25 years ago means that an upturn is ok?
The abuse of statistics ought to be a crime.
Posted by: jimmyk on iPhone | September 29, 2016 at 07:42 PM
The New York Times readers (and editors and reporters) like to say, against all evidence to the contrary, that they are the "reality based community".
I'm not certain what their reality is, but back in the day in Berkeley we would have called their reality a bad trip.
Posted by: Skeptical Voter | September 29, 2016 at 07:54 PM
Off the wrenching topic, with apologies, my monograph on the Alice books went off into pre-production today; I hope JOM folk will forgive my absence as a commenter (I was never absent as a reader--I think the term "lurker" is unfair). I know I have changed names but I believe you most recently know me as Catsmeat. Go Trump!
Posted by: Catsmeat | September 29, 2016 at 09:25 PM
wonderful, catsmeat,
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | September 29, 2016 at 09:28 PM
Congratulations! I hope you have time to comment more freely now.
Posted by: henry the deplorable | September 29, 2016 at 09:29 PM
Congratulations, catsmeat!
Posted by: Deplorable Momto2 | September 29, 2016 at 09:35 PM
Congratulations! Yay, more commenting, I hope!
Posted by: Porchlight | September 29, 2016 at 09:39 PM
Google poll. Big sample. Don't know where the data comes from.
https://t.co/Myt9Hsj0vi
Filter by state.
Sure looks like a Trump win to me.
Posted by: Porchlight | September 29, 2016 at 09:49 PM
"young black and Latino men who have borne their brunt"
Criminals don't "bear the brunt"--their victims do. Stop-and-frisk saves black lives, too.
Put a Commie in the Oval office and next thing you know, the Murder Rate is up 11% and your Wal-Mart is stacking pallets in the front doors to stop looters--way to go, Barry.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives | September 29, 2016 at 10:39 PM
Retweeted Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher):
Gallup: Hillary won the debate by 34 points, much less than President Romney in 2012 and roughly the same as President Kerry in 2004.
https://t.co/sCMBMNW053
Posted by: Stephanie Deplorable Beeotch | September 29, 2016 at 10:44 PM
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | September 29, 2016 at 10:58 PM
Welcome back and congratulations catsmeat.
Posted by: clarice b. for Brainiac | September 29, 2016 at 11:24 PM
who is publishing the monograph?
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | September 29, 2016 at 11:26 PM
Nytol.
Posted by: clarice b. for Brainiac | September 29, 2016 at 11:33 PM
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/09/29/authorities-tried-twice-to-deport-man-shot-by-police/
From the comments:
Trump supporter gets clobbered..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVNITyutX8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGRFEiLBZCE
This guy is typical of El Cajon.
Posted by: Threadkiller | September 30, 2016 at 12:20 AM
Reposted from previous thread:
I don't usually have time to watch the videos you link MM but I always make sure I watch the 1st few minutes when Trump enters. The reaction from the crowd is always so enthusiastic it gives me goose bumps everytime I watch them!
Posted by: Texas Liberty Gal | September 30, 2016 at 12:31 AM
so is deutsche bank, too big to fail,
https://www.opensecrets.org/usearch/index.php?q=deutsche+bank&cx=010677907462955562473%3Anlldkv0jvam&cof=FORID%3A11&siteurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opensecrets.org%2Finfluence%2F
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | September 30, 2016 at 12:43 AM
the odd thing is lavrov does have the better part of the argument, this time,
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/world/middleeast/syria-russia-aleppo-cease-fire.html?_r=0
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | September 30, 2016 at 12:51 AM
raises the question from earlier today,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/deutsche-bank-clients-take-steps-to-cut-exposure-1475179586
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | September 30, 2016 at 12:59 AM
in the end, they show their true face to us,
http://nypost.com/2016/09/29/congress-says-oops-over-the-sue-the-saudis-bill/
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | September 30, 2016 at 01:45 AM
Here's a pretty good tweet on the 9/11 bill, buc:
Daniel Lin @DLin71 50m50 minutes ago
Daniel Lin Retweeted The Hill
They vote for a bill they oppose
They endorse someone they hate
They defend actions they find abhorrent
They wonder why they’re distrusted Daniel Lin added,
The Hill @thehill
McConnell: Obama failed to communicate "potential consequences" of 9/11 bill http://hill.cm/2ODJOnT
33 retweets 72 likes
Posted by: glasater | September 30, 2016 at 03:05 AM
Wow. I thought my opinion of Ryan and McConnell could go no lower. Boy, was I wrong!
It's a real trick, making themselves (and their party) look petty, incompetent and careless of the lives of our military, and making Obama (and Harry Reid!) appear to be thoughtful and sober.
I mean, you have to really work at it to pull off something that stupid.
Posted by: Free James D! | September 30, 2016 at 05:32 AM
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/09/30/th-sound-will-vanish-english-language-due-multiculturalism-linguists-say/
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 06:07 AM
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/09/29/called-miss-piggy-gives-trump-big-thumbs-turns-weight-gain-issue-back-reporters-395401?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
This has the video of Trump and th ebeauty queen, in case you haven't seen it. He was very nice to her and defended her from the reporters, including CNN, who started the whole story.
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 06:13 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-3814755/Why-SAS-soldiers-mad-bad-dangerous-know-fearless-killers-thought-crossing-desert-without-water-boots.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK
This is another article on the origins of the SAS. Includes title of new book for those who want to order it.
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 06:20 AM
The L.A. Times daily tracking poll (Sep. 23-29, which includes 4 days pre-debate and 3 days post-debate)
http://graphics.latimes.com/usc-presidential-poll-dashboard/
has Trump up 47.3% to 41.7%, thus Trump support is up +.6% from yesterday while Clinton support is DOWN .8% and not only reflects two straight days of significant increases in Trump's lead but it may be a mainstream media acknowledgment of a significant Trump victory in the debate given Hillary's accelerated decrease in the weekly average after GOING UP .3 yesterday. At this point, of course, the increase may simply reflect a better lead-up to the debate for Trump. We shall see in the coming days.
The poll shows black support for Donald Trump down from 18.2% two days ago and 17.7% yesterday is now at 16.9% -- hmmmm.
Posted by: RattlerGator | September 30, 2016 at 06:28 AM
Here's the LAT tracker graph. Trump's lead is just outside the margin of error.
https://i.redd.it/sgcufc2t0nox.png
Posted by: Porchlight | September 30, 2016 at 06:53 AM
Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump
Anytime you see a story about me or my campaign saying "sources said," DO NOT believe it. There are no sources, they are just made up lies!
3:20 AM - 30 Sep 2016
-------------------------------------
For those who think he isn't pushing back hard enough, note the time stamp of 3:20 AM.
And he is exactly right. Never believe stories which are nothing but unattributed "sources." The NYT is particularly good at this.
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 06:54 AM
So where is Julian Assange's knock out punch?
Like waiting for a customer to send you "the big order".
Posted by: Buckeye | September 30, 2016 at 07:18 AM
One senator who wanted to talk more about the legislation before it became law was Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
Corker said he tried to arrange a meeting this weekend with Senate leaders, Obama, and Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss “a better route” for the legislation.
“We were unable to get the meeting,” a frustrated Corker said on the floor. “For reasons that still are unknown to me, that was not achievable. There was no desire whatsoever to sit down and meet.”
Earnest said the White House had spoken to Corker.
“He’s going to have to explain to his constituents why he supported a piece of legislation that he claims to harbor significant concerns about,” Earnest said of Corker.
Corker spearheaded a letter Wednesday signed by 28 bipartisan senators raising concerns with the law and saying they would consider changes to it, a particularly unusual missive on the day the President’s veto was turned back.
“Every one of those senators that signed the letter voted for the bill, including Sen. Corker. So obviously they thought it was better to have the bill than not,” Schumer noted.
Fuck off, Corker. This spineless worm took away the power of the Senate to reject the Iran deal and now he's whining about the possible consequences of his vote. Maybe if he and his fellow whores were more concerned about doing their jobs instead of campaigning to do more damage he wouldn't be embarrassing himself and the country. Every damn one of them should be voted out and start anew.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 30, 2016 at 07:23 AM
Concerns have mounted within the Clinton campaign regarding the looming “Florida problem” for several weeks, and most recently, and despite millions in spent advertising targeting the state, Donald Trump’s lead in Florida is now turning into domination.
http://dcwhispers.com/clinton-campaign-considers-giving-florida-swing-state-losses-follow/#LMHPmhyMk60Fb1Or.99
Posted by: Deplorable Momto2 | September 30, 2016 at 07:49 AM
From the same article above re: Florida
Love this!!!
And then, just yesterday, Hillary Clinton was a no-show at a planned event in Hollywood, Florida. The campaign gave no public statement regarding Mrs. Clinton’s sudden absence, but perhaps it was the embarrassment of only a handful of supporters showing up and being outnumbered by Trump supporters standing just across the street:
Posted by: Deplorable Momto2 | September 30, 2016 at 07:52 AM
Momto2
The Clinton camp must realize Florida is gone. They are really cranking up the ad buys in Ohio.
Their action in the last few days don't strike me as those of someone who "won" the debate.
Throwing everything, including a porn queen at the wall to see if anything sticks.
Posted by: Buckeye | September 30, 2016 at 08:02 AM
The ads in Ohio are just as terrible and emotion laden as ever. Maybe Curb Dive needs some more shimmying to buck up the pussyboys with their frowny faces.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 30, 2016 at 08:06 AM
Can Trump win Wisconsin? unstated in the story is his SE WI underperformance is from #NeverTrump hordes here. These are the same asshats that want to raise the gas tax instead of end the "prevailing wage" law for road building. I used to call these the Tommy Thompson R Socialists. Maybe if they see Tommy's speech at the recent rally they will pull their heads out of their asses... but I doubt it.
Posted by: henry | September 30, 2016 at 08:08 AM
CH
Buckeyette and I were watching the tube a couple of days ago and the ad about "protecting your daughters" from the evil, misogynist Trump came on.
Buckeyette quipped, "Maybe the one they shot for Monica Lewinsky's mom is on the cutting floor".
That's my girl!
Posted by: Buckeye | September 30, 2016 at 08:14 AM
Well, Well,!
Zero Hedge explains:
"Washington State law prohibits verifying citizenship of voter"
IMO , this is insane. It seems to me that all votes from Washington state should be disallowed until they can stop the fraud .
Posted by: Pagar a bacon, ham and sausage supporter | September 30, 2016 at 08:16 AM
CH @ 7:23
Replace "voted out" with "publicly executed in the most painful, degrading and drawn-out manner imaginable" and I agree with you 100%.
Posted by: James D | September 30, 2016 at 08:19 AM
Hilligula is counting on cemetary turnout in VA. Plus the felons that filled the cemetaries.
Posted by: henry | September 30, 2016 at 08:23 AM
So where is Julian Assange's knock out punch?
He drank it. Now, he's sleeping it off.
Posted by: Appalled (Alt-Moderate) | September 30, 2016 at 08:28 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfDrqnjfT6A
Interview with Scott Adams by Stephen Molynieux.
Pretty interesting, about 45 minutes long.
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 08:44 AM
http://www.routefifty.com/2016/09/state-budget-cuts-poor-parents/131955/?oref=rf-today-nl mourns the inability of poor single moms to afford "good child care". At no point does anyone mention that having a child while not married is what set all this in motion. No if you have a child taxpayers should cover their 'needs'.
I have been poking around with a paper that came out yesterday involving Pay for Success and it appears to me that there is a Bipartisan consensus among pols at all levels and quite tied to the Never Trumpers that they want Marx's Human Development Society precisely because they intend to monetize it for themselves and their cronies. No wonder WIOA envisions pols as providers of its services as well as the charters under ESSA.
Posted by: rse | September 30, 2016 at 08:44 AM
HIllary names Merkel her favorite world leader:
http://www.politico.eu/article/in-swipe-at-trump-clinton-names-merkel-as-her-favorite-world-leader/
Taxpayer funded ad encourages German women to wear the hijab, because ‘it’s beautiful!’
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/712025/UN-sponsored-German-non-Muslims-embrace-hijab?_ga=1.223703003.1582926105.1475157091
Posted by: Deplorable Momto2 | September 30, 2016 at 08:48 AM
What an embarrassment for Clinton in Florida.
Assange has a balcony presser scheduled for Tuesday. Which is in October. :)
Posted by: Porchlight | September 30, 2016 at 08:50 AM
Merkel?
Boy, does she have a read on this election or what?
Posted by: Porchlight | September 30, 2016 at 08:52 AM
Do we have an address so we can send Assange cookies?
Posted by: anonamom | September 30, 2016 at 08:53 AM
Do we have an address so we can send Assange cookies?
Hermits, obvs.
Posted by: Porchlight | September 30, 2016 at 08:56 AM
I'm probably behind the news, but USA Today declares Trump "unfit to be President"??? When his opponent is an obviously lying criminal, and in any case physically incapable of even campaigning, much less holding office?
What the MSM doesn't seem to understand is that the more wild and unsupported the innuendo and accusations, the less effective they become. They start to look like tinfoil hat types, or people I see wandering the streets of Manhattan shouting incoherently.
Amazing to see an entire industry render itself irrelevant.
Posted by: jimmyk | September 30, 2016 at 08:56 AM
Ivanka Trump @IvankaTrump 18h18 hours ago
Extremely proud of the @EricTrumpFdn for raising nearly $2 Million to support @StJude at their 10th annual fundraising event.
Chelsea Clinton takes private jet to North Carolina clean energy event while campaigning on behalf of her mother,flew to Asheville, North Carolina, the site of a 'clean energy roundtable.'
Posted by: Deplorable Momto2 | September 30, 2016 at 08:56 AM
jimmyk, the National Inquirer and Star are now the "sane" newspapers at the grocery store.
Posted by: henry | September 30, 2016 at 08:58 AM
Buckeyette quipped, "Maybe the one they shot for Monica Lewinsky's mom is on the cutting floor".
Brilliant, Buckeye. That needs a meme to go with it.
Posted by: Porchlight | September 30, 2016 at 08:58 AM
Cornell students voted overwhelmingly this week to provide free tampons in all bathrooms, including men’s rooms.
The "#FreeTheTampon" initiative received 78.6 percent of the 3,034 ballots cast.
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=8191
Posted by: Deplorable Momto2 | September 30, 2016 at 09:01 AM
http://www.newprofit.org/about-us/our-story/ is part of where my research has led and when you look at the board it ties to Bain Capital. Explains a lot about Romney's behavior in 2012.
Another related report cites Utah as an exemplar.
"At the state level, Utah has broadly embraced the integration of data, evidence, and outcomes in its policy and budget processes. Utilizing the capacity of state and local leaders, the private sector, and university partners, Utah developed multiple pay for success projects and created the Policy Innovation Lab at the University of Utah to support the growth of innovative and data-driven approaches to difficult social problems across the Western United States."
Wow. Makes Romney's and Orrin Hatch's priorities so much clearer.
Posted by: rse | September 30, 2016 at 09:09 AM
black moon tonight. Could be peak Hilligula.
Posted by: henry | September 30, 2016 at 09:11 AM
Amazing to see an entire industry render itself irrelevant.
We've catalogued their failures every step of the way. The J schools have, if anything, accelerated their doom. A more unsympathetic gaggle of smug dunces is almost impossible to imagine. Hubris personified.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 30, 2016 at 09:12 AM
Slick cancels on Florida stops and Peres funeral?
http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/09/28/clinton-cancels-tallahassee-trip/91218280/?utm_medium=%5B%27twitter%27%5D&utm_source=%5B%27dlvr.it%27%5D
Posted by: Porchlight | September 30, 2016 at 09:15 AM
Oh, I see. Cancellation in order to attend Peres funeral.
Posted by: Porchlight | September 30, 2016 at 09:16 AM
The NYT spin on Clinton ceding Ohio is rich. It's just too old and too white! She doesn't need it to win!
Sure she doesn't.
http://archive.is/dD7Ef
Posted by: Porchlight | September 30, 2016 at 09:19 AM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-29/just-spotted-front-new-york-fed-again
Interesting...
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 09:21 AM
the National Inquirer and Star are now the "sane" newspapers at the grocery store.
That is SO true. At least they are no different.
The MFM is the enemy of America.
Posted by: Janet S. | September 30, 2016 at 09:24 AM
What the MSM doesn't seem to understand is that the more wild and unsupported the innuendo and accusations, the less effective they become. They start to look like tinfoil hat types...
:-(
Posted by: Threadkiller | September 30, 2016 at 09:27 AM
Porchlight's LATimes Tracker
Real Clear Politics Average over same approx. period:
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 30, 2016 at 09:29 AM
Porch, note this sentence in your link:
Ohio has not fallen into step with the demographic changes transforming the United States, growing older, whiter and less educated than the nation at large.
Fallen in step.
As though it's a deliberate choice, to transform the country and change the demographics.
Which of course it is, and has been.
Posted by: James D | September 30, 2016 at 09:35 AM
the demographic changes transforming the United States
Yep! That's their goal and they aren't even trying to hide it!
Posted by: Deplorable Momto2 | September 30, 2016 at 09:42 AM
Assuming Trump takes NC, Florida & Ohio, loses Virginia & Pennsylvania, the state I'm watching is Colorado, per RCP:
It's one of the few states where Stein (green) and Johnson (pea green) actually make the chart.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 30, 2016 at 09:44 AM
and everyone must fall in step. Its a long march to Communism. Can
leave anyone behindlet anyone escape.Plus Dorothy Rabinowitz loses all logical function in her contribution to the WSJ this morning. She is now "in step."
Posted by: henry | September 30, 2016 at 09:45 AM
Trump won't like this
Barry Blitt’s Donald Trump Miss Universe Cover - The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-2016-10-10
Posted by: lurkersusie | September 30, 2016 at 09:52 AM
A local dDem is running to prevent "cow rape". No, not by stopping ME immigration.
“Cows used for milk are routinely ‘artificially inseminated’ – or raped,” he wrote.
Science. Plus these raped cows fart and cause AGW. Mainstream Dem, WI version.
Posted by: henry | September 30, 2016 at 09:55 AM
Marie Antoinette went to the guillotine for far less ostentatious behavior than this...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2313602/Inside-Chelsea-Clintons-10m-luxury-fortress-stretches-entire-New-York-City-block--time-doorman-just-units.html
I hate the Omen every bit as much as I do her loathsome parents.
Posted by: James D | September 30, 2016 at 09:58 AM
I basically only follow the RCP averages. I'm really worried about Florida, btw, where Trump has lost last week's slim lead. He's down for the week in North Carolina too, although he's still marginally ahead.
The one thing that irritates me about RCP's graphs is that they change the increments from one state to the next, so that the graphs are not visually consistent at all. The same 0.8% can look like a gigantic lead on one chart while looking like a dead heat on the next.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 30, 2016 at 09:59 AM
James D.,
Decor seems to be by Ikea. Very cold and sterile.
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 10:04 AM
Well, cold and sterile suits her. It's not like there's anything resembling normal human emotions or thought processes going on in her head.
Posted by: James D | September 30, 2016 at 10:12 AM
Plus her husband has the singular ability to turn insider info into massive losses. True rocket surgeon there.
Posted by: henry | September 30, 2016 at 10:14 AM
JamesD:
It could be worse. It could run the length of a cross-town block!
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 30, 2016 at 10:15 AM
Why do you hate Webb Hubbell?
Posted by: -peter | September 30, 2016 at 10:18 AM
The pix and the floor plan are not the same apartment, (although the floor plan could have been a developer's preliminary drawing) so I suspect that's not the Clinton decor. In fact, if you look at the two living room pix, one at the beginning of the article and one at the end, they're from two different apartments.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 30, 2016 at 10:25 AM
henry-how can anyone watching that debate or clinton's other recent appearnaces and proclaim her to be "eminently sane"?
Posted by: rse | September 30, 2016 at 10:27 AM
henry wrote:
A local dDem is running to prevent "cow rape". No, not by stopping ME immigration.
“Cows used for milk are routinely ‘artificially inseminated’ – or raped,” he wrote.
Science. Plus these raped cows fart and cause AGW. Mainstream Dem, WI version.
A friend of mine actually is in the business of selling bull semen.
Don't laugh, he has become extremely wealthy.
Good old Ahia "regular guy".
Posted by: Buckeye | September 30, 2016 at 10:33 AM
rse, mass delusion. It must be something in the NYC water supply.
Posted by: henry | September 30, 2016 at 10:33 AM
Chelsea Clinton's Home - Ivanka Trump's Home
http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/a8707/chelsea-clinton-ivanka-trump-homes/
Posted by: lurkersusie | September 30, 2016 at 10:33 AM
JM Hanes, I'm having a very hard time disassociating that Real Clear Politics site from the establishment that is so freaked out by Donald Trump. Real hard. One look at the tweets from Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon is all it takes.
And if the polls are used (on the margins, admittedly) to primarily shape and pull public perception -- what an incredible control vehicle willingly given over to the controllers and shapers.
I'm humoring myself looking at the L.A. Times daily but if ever there was a year to say to hell with all of them, this is certainly it.
Posted by: RattlerGator | September 30, 2016 at 10:33 AM
Dana Milbank books a room at the Trump Hotel in DC and gives a tour of the room. I guess they expected to find something scandalous, but it looks like a beautiful room to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO3gbGh10pc
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 10:34 AM
So where is Julian Assange's knock out punch?
Like waiting for a customer to send you "the big order".
Posted by: Buckeye | September 30, 2016 at 07:18 AM
Personally, I'm not sure I want to see any attempted knockout punch from that source . . . until a week or so is left in the campaign.
Posted by: RattlerGator | September 30, 2016 at 10:34 AM
Front page article in the WSJ today describes how Trump is winning Ohio on Rob Portman's coattails.
I take back every nasty thing I have ever said about Portman....at least until November 9.
Posted by: Buckeye | September 30, 2016 at 10:37 AM
RG, I'm with you re: the polls.
You have to look at who the customer is for the poll, and what exactly they're buying.
I doubt very much that any MSM outlet is paying for their polls because they want to present accurate information about the state of the campaigns to their audience.
The only polls that are accurate and not tainted by bias (in theory) are the internal polls each campaign conducts, the results of which we will never see.
Posted by: James D | September 30, 2016 at 10:39 AM
Personally, I'm not sure I want to see any attempted knockout punch from that source . . . until a week or so is left in the campaign.
Roger that RG...timing is everything.
I just get extreme satisfaction out of watching her squirm.
Posted by: Buckeye | September 30, 2016 at 10:41 AM
Plus Dorothy Rabinowitz loses all logical function in her contribution to the WSJ this morning. She is now "in step."
If you liked the railroading of the Amiraults then shimmy away with Curb Dive.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 30, 2016 at 10:42 AM
WSJ today describes how Trump is winning Ohio on Rob Portman's coattails.
Maybe the WSJ prefers that interpretation to "Portman is winning on Trump's coattails."
Posted by: jimmyk | September 30, 2016 at 10:43 AM
The only important difference between Chelsea and Ivanka's homes is that the Chelsea's is from ill-gotten crony wealth, whereas Ivanka's is from private sector success. (Not that I'm under any illusions that NYC real estate doesn't have a lot of cronyism too, but that's not necessarily the fault of the RE people.)
Posted by: jimmyk | September 30, 2016 at 10:46 AM
Even the Daily Mail is doing everything they can do to discourage anyone voting for Trump. Contrary to other evidence, they are giving Hillary Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado and North Carolina. Also, more than 3 stories about Machado and Trump.
Not only does he have to fight the MFM over here but also the ones overseas.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | September 30, 2016 at 10:48 AM
Btw I'll be offline next week in the state of McRINO and Flake (I promise to pop either one of them on the extremely off chance I encounter the goofs). From Scottsdale I plan on driving to the Petrified Forest and the next day to Flagstaff. Then two days on the south rim of the Grand Canyon and we're up in the air after that. We'll either do the north rim, Monument Valley or Canyon de Chelly before returning, depending on feedback we get regarding how doable each option is. We thought we allocated a lot of time but there is a LOT to visit.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 30, 2016 at 10:49 AM
BS on Chelsea's apartment. She doesn't live on 5th avenue and her condo at the Whitman is larger than 1,900sf. That's an old apartment not the 6 bedroom one she is caged up in now.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | September 30, 2016 at 10:52 AM
CH-I recommend trying to stop here in the same windsor arizona from the eagles song. http://www.laposada.org/
It is one of the last of the great railroad hotels built and was our base camp when we took the kids to the petrified forest and the painted desert. If no time to stay stop and at least get a meal. Great food and it's the same architect who created many of the famous building at the Grand canyon. From there we hit the meteor cater before going into the grand canyon through the far less visited east entrance. That entrance makes it quite clear that the canyon is actually a mountain range.
In flagstaff there is a great observatory if you like telescope viewing.
Posted by: rse | September 30, 2016 at 10:58 AM
Mary Colter was the architect. Could not recall her name. I just remember some of her other designs we saw on same trip. http://www.laposada.org/hotel_history_origins.html
Posted by: rse | September 30, 2016 at 11:01 AM
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/crooked-hillary-question-of-the-day20
A new feature!
Will Crooked Hillary promise that the 5 who were given immunity will never serve in her administration if she is elected?
Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | September 30, 2016 at 11:01 AM
http://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/two-mary-elizabeth-jane-colter-buildings-turn-100-in-2014/
Posted by: rse | September 30, 2016 at 11:02 AM
This is simply too pretty not to link. http://www.curbed.com/2015/7/29/9936432/mary-colter-architect
Posted by: rse | September 30, 2016 at 11:03 AM