Thread before the Gardening Thread, October 26

Too Many Stories - Trump is Hitler

One of our challenges, and one of the challenges for the "other side" right now is that there are so many stories that it is hard for people to focus. Do you ever feel this? Take the "Trump is Hitler" theme in The Atlantic:

It is entirely reasonable to think that this was planned as part of a larger psy-op rolling out over several days to justify violence at some point in time if "necessary". James Carville had just threatened insurrection and nobody much seemed to notice. (Piece also touches on some stories you may have missed.)

But then the LA Times and the Washington Post refused to endorse Kamala, even though she had confirmed that she was running against Hitler.

And Joe Rogan didn't seem to be afraid of Hitler, either. Kind of undercut Kamala's speech and The Atlantic's stories.

Let's be unburdened by what has been, okay wokesters? Let's not boycott Amazon Prime to show that we disapprove of WaPo's insufficient hatred of Hitler! We wouldn't want to be like those stupid MAGA types who do boycotts, would we?

Okay, maybe we could petition them to change their motto to something that doesn't mention democracy dying in the dark. Maybe something like "What can be, unburdened by what has been". Let's go really Marxist!

And maybe Jennifer Rubin could resign.

The Economy

I think the big story for the weekend was supposed to be that 23 Nobel Prize Winners said that Kamala's economic plan was better than Trump's. At least Friday is when my lefty "friends" on social media picked it up.

I have a hard time imagining that all those Nobel Prize Winners really think that taxing unrealized capital gains is going to expand the economy. What an accounting nightmare! Among other drawbacks. I don't know if that made it into Kamala's final written proposal, but her values remain the same, as she repeatedly says.

I'm not sure Trump has completely explained his economic plan for the eggheads. Here's one rundown on tariffs, via the 9/26 Morning Report. A Penn-Wharton analysis is also at odds with the 23 letter signers.

There have been some problems in the past with tariffs. Bush did a steel tariff which didn't work out. But Trump is not the only one for whom tariffs have worked.

For Trump, tariffs have been a negotiating tool, as described by a fellow billionaire. He used tariffs to negotiate the "remain in Mexico" policy, for example. Tariffs were not permanent. Tariffs were a bargaining chip.

The story of the eloquent billionaire who described this perspective on tariffs, is remarkable. He lost a brother and employees on 9/11.

On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I was taking my son to his first day of kindergarten. My phone kept ringing and disconnecting. I later learned it was my brother Gary trying to call to say goodbye. Cantor Fitzgerald was located on the 101st to the 105th floors of the World Trade Center. We lost 658 people that day, including my brother Gary, who was 36, and my best friend Doug, who was 39. I promised to take care of all the families. They became part of my family. Over the next five years, Cantor Fitzgerald gave the families $180 million and paid for their healthcare for 10 years.

Today, the purpose of @CantorRelief is to take care of people who are in need.

AMERICA!

Weekend Reading

Only days after the leak of Israel's plans for retaliation against Iran were leaked by someone in the USA, Israel launched a retaliatory counterstrike.

Here's something deep to think about when appropriate:

The profundity of evil

by Douglas Murray

On October 7 & Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil.”

This is a challenging piece.

The Founders' Notions of the Freedom of the Press

By Arthur Milikh

Editor's Note
As Arthur Milikh explains, today’s journalists are water-carriers for the Destructive Left.

But as the regime they defend expands in power, the tyranny the press champions may one day curtail the very freedoms the profession relies upon.

This essay has been adapted from Arthur Milikh’s contribution to Against the Corporate Media: Forty-two Ways the Press Hates You, edited by Michael Walsh.

Buy the book. FREE SPEECH IS ON THE BALLOT

Music

Toccata and Fugue

Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Last week's thread, October 19, Yes, the First Amendment Is On the Ballot

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