This is updated every 10 minutes so it reflects some reaction to today's new FBI letter to Congress:
https://electionbettingodds.com/ Frank Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Nov 6, 2016 6:15 PM, "Prof David West" <[email protected]> wrote: > If Trump were to win this election, the number one reason is the > insistence of democrats and liberals to demonize and marginalize the > populace supporting Trump. > > If the only people that support him are "angry" racist" "xenophobic" > "out-of-work-white-men" "could-not-graduate-from-college-because-of-low-IQ" > etc. etc. he could not possibly command more than 10% of the vote. > > Trump is a terrible person — but NOT atypical of the population in > general. Projecting his worst qualities onto the masses that support him is > a huge, hopefully fatal, strategic mistake on the part of the Clinton > campaign. But it would be simply a continuation of a fifty year trend: a > small elite that firmly believe they are the only ones capable of and > deserving of running the government and that anyone that opposes them is > ignorant and dangerous. > > davew > > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > My opinion: scorn is a very powerful position; you can be scornful of > God. People who feel powerless and left out find Trump appealing because > they identify with the power implied by his scorn of the elite, the > establishment, etc. Remember Spiro Agnew calling the educated "pointy > headed intellectuals"? > > In the meantime I'm very concerned with who's going to win the election. > > Frank > > > Frank Wimberly > Phone (505) 670-9918 > > > > On Nov 5, 2016 12:59 PM, "Owen Densmore" <[email protected]> wrote: > > A quote from the article is pretty telling: > > In America today, compared with 50 years ago, three times as many > working-age men are completely outside the work force. This pattern is > occurring throughout the developed world — and the consequences are not > merely economic. Feeling superfluous is a blow to the human spirit. It > leads to social isolation and emotional pain, and creates the conditions > for negative emotions to take root. > > > If I were one of them, I'd surely vote Trump. > > We do need to get over "who's going to win?" and ask "why has Trump got > such a *huge* following?" > > -- Owen > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I found the article from the Dalai Lama in the NYT today fairly plausible > explanation of why we have the current problem. But, I would say, no, > there will be no brotherhood with the Bundy's. The redistributionist > approach (that Brooks -- libertarian -- objects to elsewhere) arises in > order to give the possibility of free enterprise, not to preserve it for > those that haven't realized they've simply failed to be sufficiently > enterprising. > > > > I just took a look at the article, and it certainly is interesting and > puts into perspective why wealthy countries have a "The Sky Is Falling" > syndrome. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/opinion/dalai-lama-behind- > our-anxiety-the-fear-of-being-unneeded.html > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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