2020 US Election (Part One)

[rah]

I was thinking of a different word than mock.

 

[Lohrenswald]

First one's less than a year away I believe.

oh my

I can

hardly

wait

I am

so excited

I hope there is

lot of hype beforehand

hurray

 

[Lexicus]

oh my

I can

hardly

wait

I am

so excited

I hope there is

lot of hype beforehand

hurray

Trying your hand at freeform poetry?

 

[Lohrenswald]

不是

it's the sound of

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[Lexicus]

rip your attempt at formatting

i hope you can get it right, it will look cool

 

[Lohrenswald]

i hope you can get it right, it will look cool

code block was the best I could come up with

also I'm pretty sure it's spelled wrong but so it goes

 

[Lexicus]

code block was the best I could come up with

also I'm pretty sure it's spelled wrong but so it goes

Yeah it actually is "exasperation" not "exaspiration" , buti think i like your spelling better anyway, it's more vaporwave that way

I have to say, after reading most of this book on Minsky I have little faith in either Warren or Sanders to actually reign in the financial system. I don't think either of them understands what the real problems are or how to solve them.

Obviously I do not believe any of the other candidates will do anything about that issue either.

 

[Takhisis]

reign in

If you're going to correct Lohrenswald's spelling then I'll have to point out that it's ‘rein in’.

 

[Lexicus]

I mean, yes, I know the right word is rein. It was a typo/oversight.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Biden famously bikes regularly... Trump actually mocked him about it during the campaign... so...

Also... Hillary does water aerobics, and yoga, while Bernie chops wood for exercise.

Trump evidently believes exercise hastens your death, so he actually goes out of his way to avoid it.

We ought to base the selection of the next president on a footrace.

So, maybe Castro? Or Booker? Ha! booker!

 

[Sommerswerd]

They look ok for 200 year-olds

I thought you liked Bernie...

Compare to Pelosi, for example.

Looks fine to me.

I was thinking of a different word than mock.

He said "apple" pie not "American Pie"

 

[rah]

How old is that picture?

 

[Sommerswerd]

We ought to base the selection of the next president on a footrace.

I'd favor one of those American-Ninja style obstacle courses, where you fall into a pool of water or mud when you screw up... Like on that "Titan" show The Rock currently hosts.

We prefer our politicians young and beautiful, and we want the elections/administrations to be like reality shows anyway... so lets drop the pretense and just go all in on it.

How old is that picture?

*in CinemaSins voice* Thaaaat's ageist

 

[rah]

can't help it, I'm aged. And not that well. And she really hasn't either.

 

[Lexicus]

I'm guessing the picture is about three decades old. Just a guess.

Pelosi appears to have aged quite well given how competent she reportedly is at wrangling the House. My problems with her are mostly with her politics, and her age isn't an issue to me except insofar as I think it may be good for the Democratic Party to offer pathways to younger people to advance their political careers, and of course how her age affects her politics particularly wrt to issues like global warming which seem on the whole to be a lot more urgent to young people.

 

[Estebonrober]

Yeah it actually is "exasperation" not "exaspiration" , buti think i like your spelling better anyway, it's more vaporwave that way

I have to say, after reading most of this book on Minsky I have little faith in either Warren or Sanders to actually reign in the financial system. I don't think either of them understands what the real problems are or how to solve them.

Obviously I do not believe any of the other candidates will do anything about that issue either.

Ok I read the introduction to that book which obviously means I did not read the entire book. I'm not convinced Warren wouldn't help address the books premise in real terms. It has become obvious to all since the financial collapse that the idea of the invisible hand of the market saving itself was a fundamentally flawed concept. I would imagine Warren has at least cursory knowledge of this after all she is the finance regulating senator we all know and love. I'm actually shocked Krugman insists that the neo classical model should still be followed, but its hard to give up on what one has believed for so long.

 

[onejayhawk]

I thought you liked Bernie...

Looks fine to me. He said "apple" pie not "American Pie"

That picture predates color photography.

J

 

[metalhead]

I have to say, after reading most of this book on Minsky I have little faith in either Warren or Sanders to actually reign in the financial system. I don't think either of them understands what the real problems are or how to solve them.

Nobody who gets elected president is ever going to really understand economics. Or a whole host of other things which it would be beneficial for them to know.

However, they will appoint people who, hopefully, do understand economics to advise them. A little of the right kind of knowledge goes a long way; a little misinformation leads you to appoint sub-moronic Laffer acolytes like Larry Kudlow.

So it's much more about philosophy than knowledge. Will Warren or Sanders appoint people who give them good information that can be acted on? I don't see why not. Both are inherently quite suspicious of anything having to do with large financial entities, so it's reasonable to expect they'll make good choices. Warren especially, because she has actually run a bureau effectively before, and one tasked with reining in corporate excess at that.

 

[Sommerswerd]

That picture predates color photography.

*in CinemaSins voice* Thaaaat's racist

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Beto is running. He's not the favorite to win the nom but he's probably in the 2nd tier at this point with the likes of Booker and Warren.