Donald Trump is in Trouble – Part 2

As an American citizen who considers himself relatively well informed as well as deeply invested in the future of the nation, the 2016 U.S. Presidential election has been simultaneously bizarre, exciting, depressing, entertaining and embarrassing. In particular, yesterday represented perhaps the most overwhelming news day of my lifetime from a purely political perspective. The purpose of today’s post is to provide readers with an updated analysis of the race, and how I think things have changed. At this point, I’ve watched the disturbing and vulgar Trump audio a couple of times, and I’ve gone through enough of the Wikileaks Podesta emails to have a more informed opinion than I did yesterday. This post isn’t going to try to inform readers of how I think voters should react, but it will focus on how I think they will react. After all, my opinions are of little to no significance when it comes to what will happen on November 8th.

As disgusted as I am with the current state of the financial industry, I learned a lot of very valuable lessons from my decade on Wall Street. One of the most significant of them is incapsulated by the saying “you need to trade the market you have, not the market you want.” So what does that mean?

It means that you can be completely convinced that the market is rigged, unfair, irrational and wrong (and you can be right), but that’s not necessarily going to make you money — and if you’re involved in the buying and selling of securities you really only have one objective: make money. This is why the best traders are typically not the smartest people in the room, but they tend to possess more wisdom, judgment, and understand momentum better, than their peers. They accept that things are the way they are, and they play the game accordingly. I learned this lesson the hard way, by personally losing a lot of money trying to trade a market I thought should exist as opposed to the one that did. Losing money is a great way to be taught lessons, and Wall Street taught me many.

Many things in life come about as the direct results of your actions, but many other things are completely out of your control. The understanding and acceptance of this reality is one of the things that I’ve always found appealing about eastern religions/philosophy. The 2016 Presidential election is a perfect example. I’ve been writing and warning about many of the societal problems currently enveloping us since at least 2008. I’ve pushed ideas of non-statism, community, ethics, Constitutional principles, etc, hoping that I along with many others could tilt the inevitable populist backlash against status quo corruption, fraud and evil toward a positive message. Yet despite all of my efforts and energy, we got Trump. One of the worst possible messengers for a populist backlash ended up being the only person to make it to the final round. If it were up to me, the current race would look something like Ron Paul vs. Bernie Sanders, but here we are with two incredibly sick, twisted people to choose from. There’s nothing I could’ve realistically done to prevent this outcome, so now I need to accept the race I’m given, not the one I want.

Acceptance; however, doesn’t mean abandoning your principles, and in this case I’m proud to say I never did. Despite my absolute disgust with Hillary Clinton for all that she is and all she represents; despite my genuine desire for a successful populist movement in America, I never became a Donald Trump supporter. I always felt he was a bad guy, and I’m not in the habit of helping bad people reach the pinnacle of power. I don’t have a dog in this fight and I never did.

That said, I have steadfastly maintained that I thought Donald Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton this entire race. I’ve stuck with this prediction the whole time, even earlier this summer when everyone was proclaiming him to be finished I wrote a piece titled, Don’t Count Out Donald Trump Yet. As such, you need to understand that I’m not writing this piece as someone who harbors a bias against his odds of success.

That said, after watching yesterday’s audio and reading through the Wikileaks revelations, my prediction has changed for the first time this election. All things equal from here on out (meaning no additional huge revelations against Hillary), I think Hillary Clinton will defeat Donald Trump. I don’t think it’s going to be a landslide, but I think she’s probably going to win. The audio was very harmful for Donald Trump, and now I’m going to explain why.

First of all, if you want to accurately forecast the outcome of this election you need to get into the minds of the masses. Just like trading financial markets, what you think is right doesn’t matter. What matters is what everyone else collectively thinks, and whether or not they’re going to get off their asses and vote. A big part of why I thought Trump would win related to the fact that I believe many people were simply looking for an excuse to vote for him. Justified disgust with the status quo in general, and Hillary Clinton in particular, pushed millions of Americans into the camp of being willing to take a gamble on Trump despite disliking him personally and disagreeing with him on many issues. I felt strongly that there were millions upon millions of Americans you could place into this category — people who were “flirting with the idea of voting Trump.” I believe a significant amount of these people will not vote for him as a result of the audio. Will it be the majority of them? Probably not, but it will be a material number and arguably enough to swing the election. No, I don’t think these voters will shift to Hillary, and no, I don’t think committed Trump voters will change their minds. However, I do think enough of these willing to be convinced, leaning-Trump types will now stay home or vote third party. It’s these voters who I expected to swing the election in Trump’s favor, and they are now unreliable.

Does Trump’s vulgarity excuse the incalculable crimes of Hillary Clinton and her husband, making them preferable in this election? No it doesn’t, but that’s not the point of this article. Most voters are too superficial, too busy trying to survive and too uninformed to weigh all the very important issues rationally. As an example, think about how most conversations are going to go down this weekend. Let’s say you’re out with a bunch of friends for drinks tonight. Someone says, “so have you seen the Trump audio?” If someone in the group hasn’t, someone will pull out their phone and it’ll be watched in 3 minutes. What if someone then says, “yeah, but have you seen the leaked Hillary emails?” What will your response be? You can’t adequately explain the importance of that to your friends in 3 minutes. Instead, you’ll have to send them a lengthy article that they’ll never read. So by the end of this weekend, pretty much everyone in America will have heard the Trump audio, while maybe 10% will take the time to analyze what came out of Wikileaks. There goes your election.

Despite all of that, I still can’t say with certainty that Hillary will win. However, I do think the landscape has changed enough, that for the first time this entire election season, I am no longer confident of a Trump victory. Then again, I was absolutely convinced that Hillary was unelectable after she collapsed on 9/11 and mislead everyone about her health, and I was wrong about that. That’s how completely crazy this election is, and there’s still a month to go. Anything can happen, particularly with the debate coming up this Sunday. So while it’s certainly not out of the question, there will have to be some very material events over the next month to put Trump back in the driver’s seat.

At this point, I’ve accepted that we are screwed. Totally screwed. The American people cannot win at this point, whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton prove victorious. In the coming days I’ll explore this topic further and provide some thoughts on how to think about the next four years, which as I said in a recent interview, will be among some of the worst in U.S. history.

In Liberty,
Michael Krieger

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36 thoughts on “Donald Trump is in Trouble – Part 2”

  1. I still think elaborate setup for Obama to ride in and rescue us all. He plans to convert us all from citizens to #shareholdercitizen

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  2. I’d expect the next four years to be some of the worst in this nations history in many regards, but they also have the potential to be some of the best in other ways.

    The one thing good that will come out of this election, regardless of who wins, is the loss of confidence in .gov by the american people as well as other nations.

    Europe is crumbling just as badly as USA is. Neither N. America, nor Europe will allow political/lawyer/globalist types to set up whatever system comes after this one fails. There are too many options out there and information travels to quickly to stop the cream from rising.

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  3. PEOPLE! Pay ATTENTION* There are over 800 secret prisons fully operational and empty in the U.S. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!
    HILLARY WILL FILL THEM WITH AMERICANS! INNOCENT AMERICANS.
    This election is no different than Bush two terms then Obama 2 terms. Rigged! It is all PLANNED!
    FRICKEN READ! RESEARCH! HILLARY WILL BE PRESIDENT! Damn it. 9/11 was a SHAM. SINCE then if you just research all the laws passed since that date…and have paid attention to events many of which have been disproven and were (more to come) false flags…you can very easily connect the dots. Read very REAL documents that exist about Jade Helm, Agenda 21, Mockingbird etc. If you are not scared at least a little…then you live a happy oblivious life. Just watch BLDG 7 fall on 9/11 and go from there. Way too much to write here. This is not a conspiracy nut posting. Rather a highly intelligent observer and student of all things, awake and fully aware..whereas most Americans have absolutely NO CLUE that this is all factual what I write! Fricken read! It’s ALL THERE for you to learn.

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    • Yes Wayne,…. seems clear they have prepared for, either what effectively might be “totalitarianism” (run by them)….OR, IF the plebs get angry & want to lock them up …or worse!….It’s a fair bet that now they can no longer suppress the truth & facts anymore… the truth will out…also the plebs will increasingly know about the crimes….As their whole show is based on stealth (& MSM, Politicians & Academia lying “in concert”) you can bet they will be freaked out!…….It’s not like JFK today where something which was obviously “fishy” (i.e. killing Ruby in custody ++)…still took decades for much info to come out & get out to the plebs….

  4. Well, Michael, it would appear you have read too many articles or comments regarding Trump’s private conversation. Private being the operative word. Your entire post reveals how you’ve been persuaded by the onslaught of nothing.

    Why aren’t you writing about the disturbing idea that Trump wasn’t, at that time, even aware he was being recorded? That it was believed to be a private conversation. This matters, greatly.

    The language that came out of Nixon, LBJ’s and so many other mouths didn’t prevent them from serving this country. Clinton’s cigar episode didn’t get his rump booted. Why a different standard for Trump?

    I wasn’t going to bother listening to the audio, but after being assaulted all day long by mainstream media outlets blowing this affair up to mean something I finally listened. Immediately I thought, what in the world. Why would anyone give this a millisecond of their time?

    Honestly, as a woman, nothing he said rises to the level of sheer insanity the mainstream media, hillary surrogates, the useless #nevertrump neocons and now you are suggesting it to be. If you’re offended by what he said you obviously spent little time in team sports in high school or college, worked in a restaurant or worked for a union or in manufacturing or …hell, conversations at the water cooler are worse.

    The entire reason for this hit job, and a weak one at that, IS b/c Trump is winning and the neolibs cannot have that. Period. Imagine 8 more years of Obama b/c that is what you are advocating with this post, and I don’t believe ‘liberty’ fits into their plan.

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    • Despite me going out of my way to make clear that this post has nothing to do with what I think should happen, but what I think will happen, you still personalized your comment.

      This has nothing to do with me or what I think. I’ve never been a Trump supporter, and I am not a Trump supporter now. I’m describing what I think the voter response will be.

      You can disagree all you want. Time will tell if I am right.

    • Inadvertently, you’ve just proven Michael’s point. If engaged Trump supporters cannot “read for comprehension” what chance is there for careful sifting of the facts by the low IQ voter?

      I happen to come to a different conclusion than Michael but I don’t confuse his analysis as support for Hillary.

      One thing I **believe** Michael will agree with: if Trump wins this election it will be a clear signal that the level of repulsion by the average American for the status quo is off the charts. That would be the single best thing to come out of this otherwise dismal scraping of barrel bottoms.

    • Here’s what’s truly interesting about your last paragraph. Even if Trump loses, it will not negate the notion that “the level of repulsion by the average American for the status quo is off the charts.” If he loses, I think many of us will conclude (accurately) that it was the result of this audio being released, as well as him being a deeply flawed vessel for a populist uprising.

      So if Hillary gets in there and thinks she has a mandate for the status quo continuing, she’s in for a rude awakening. She’ll probably wish she hadn’t won in the first place.

      Let’s not mistake a Trump loss for there not being enough disgust out there. I think there is. I just think he was a truly poor vessel to address the anger and betrayal most of us feel. I plan on addressing the future and how we should think about it in a post tomorrow.

      Thanks for your message.

    • Also he might well have been just being joking around…or sort of flippantly saying something silly…like many do just for fun….Has any woman came out and said he groped them… or to use the MSM drone “abused them”…Really…it seems ridiculous to me…still as Michael says you can easy overestimate the plebs…

  5. Rome didn’t fall in a day,
    but buying cheap puts every so often
    prevents a stroke getting out of hand as it were.
    Furthermore, lots of cheap garbage on the way to
    repurpose and lubricate the slide
    if you are of a mind to it.

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  6. Mike, I feel like the degree of shock/disgust you have in response to this “scandal” is really overblown. At least, it seems apparent in your writing.

    I can feel the tidal wave of media outrage hitting me over the head and making me dizzy. The sad thing is how petty and insignificant this event is. While Clinton can get away with murder and a Libyan genocide, Trump’s candidacy will be destroyed by his comments on women?

    Unless dead people vote in record numbers this year, Hillary can’t possibly win.

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    • I hear what you are saying, and I don’t think Trump is worse than the Clintons.

      I just think the average voter who is undecided will see it differently. I understand that you disagree.

  7. OK, maybe my morals are not working properly, but listening a the the TRUMP recordings I didn’t find anything shocking.
    Not all man are the same.
    He is a pig. I am fine with that.
    I do not feel he represents us all.
    Being a rich, and a pig, he will attract gold diggers & bimbos that act just the way he says they act.
    Am I assuming that all women are gold diggers that are happy if he grabs their p…y?
    NOT at all.
    Yet this is what is sold.
    You have lots of gold diggers out there, lots of shallow ladies… yes and you have lots of shallow pigs… so what is the problem? Usually they pair up perfectly…
    What is the shocking news?

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  8. Michael, you may not believe your post is suggestive, it is. To believe it is not is your prerogative, of course, but any who choose to stick a toe in this hit job is conjecturing whether you see it that way or not.

    Here is just a short sampling of the words you chose to use showing ‘feeling’ or ‘belief’ or ‘your thoughts’ –

    1. Para One you say ” I’ve watched the disturbing and vulgar Trump audio a couple of times” – The words ‘disturbing’ and ‘vulgar’ are emotive and pure opinion. I’m a woman. I find none of it vulgar. Distasteful, yes.

    Para seven – “Justified disgust with the status quo in general, and Hillary Clinton in particular, pushed millions of Americans into the camp of being willing to take a gamble on Trump despite disliking him personally and disagreeing with him on many issues.” – A gamble. Roll the di, Winner takes all. Again, this is your emotive response given your word choice “disgust” “disliking” “disagreeing”, along with the six paragraphs in b/w detailing how you arrived at such beliefs.

    Same para seven you say “However, I do think enough of these willing to be convinced, leaning-Trump types will now stay home or vote third party. It’s these voters who I expected to swing the election in Trump’s favor, and they are now unreliable.” – Again, your word choice “leaning Trump types will now stay home” “these voters I EXPECTED to swing” and “now unreliable”. What is telling this vote is ‘now unreliable’ – gut, instinct? If it’s your gut say that…My gut tells me… The way the thought is couched is pure emotional conjecture or supposition on your part.

    I will stop here. But I have news for you the MONSTER Voters see this hit job for what it is. A hit job of a guy who is packing stadiums where their pansy arse candidate can’t attract 500 students on a liberal campus. If you ‘think’ momentum hasn’t been growing for months and months and months behind this vote, and the word ‘pussy’ is going to stop, hell even dent this momentum, well, then you aren’t paying attention (which I know you are).

    Lastly, my gut tells me these voters could give a rip about a rank private conversation b/w two men…not when their children won’t have jobs or their being drafted to fight world war III or their child’s jobs will be going to illegals or overstayed Visa-1 employees. It’s too bad the Clinton mantra of 2016 isn’t what it was in ’92 – It’s the economy stupid…just my gut…

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    • Yes, I called it vulgar and disturbing and I understand that you don’t agree.

      Here’s the bottom line. I never supported Trump and I don’t support him now. Yes, I made personal assumptions about how certain voter demographics would respond to the tape. I understand you disagree with my conclusions. We’ll know whose gut is right soon enough.

  9. The individuals who have studied, run statistical analysis’ and made the argument about the Monster Vote define the word ‘Conservative’ and all they have to say about this manufactured hit job is this –

    “There are trillions at stake, trillions…”

    “The opposition to a Donald Trump presidency is not one side of the political aisle, democrats. The true opposition is the entire professional political machine which doesn’t actually have sides, the UniParty.”

    “Donald Trump represents an existential threat to the corrupted political system.”

    “There is only one party in Washington DC. Donald Trump is opposed by it.”

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/08/candidate-donald-trump-releases-video-and-statement/#more-122868

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  10. I don’t care if I’m right. I simply hold you and your solid work to a higher standard b/c you’ve worked hard, damned hard, for it. You do great work and your words have weight. Your opinions have weight. Your thoughts have weight. All of this is good, heck, it’s damned good b/c you do your due diligence time and again on whatever the topic du jour is.

    When you or any other writer who is not taking ownership of their own thoughts, opinions or calculations then readers, such as myself, are left wondering where in the heck is this coming from.

    And yes, we’ll see whose ‘gut’ is right come November…my money is on jobs, no more war and reeling in eight long years of Wall Street and the Military Industrial complex abuses.

    And btw, just so you know, I’m not a Trump supporter, but I know a hit job when I see one. I choose not to give it air b/c I’m damned if I do or don’t. That’s the way hit jobs like this one are constructed to work.

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    • Since you seem to appreciate what I do, I will take the time to address your concerns.

      First, let me clear one thing up. I take full ownership of all the thoughts, opinions, assumptions and forecasts in this article.

      Second, you want to know “where this is coming from.” It’s coming from me wanting to be honest with my readers about my thoughts on the election and where it’s headed. This entire time, I have forecast a Donald Trump win for very clear reasons. I believe that the release of this audio, this close to the election, could keep enough people who were “flirting with voting for Trump” home on election day and result in a loss. If my personal conclusions on this race change in such a material way from everything I have been writing for months, I feel I owe it to my readers to be clear, honest and up front about it.

      As far as this being a hit job, here’s my take. When I first heard the audio, I thought to myself, wow, why are they putting this out now. If I was on the Clinton team, or a member of the mainstream media working to elect Clinton (which they are), I would wait until a couple of days before the election to drop it. Then I heard about the Wikileaks emails, and I knew they released it in order to bury the Wikileaks news.

      If that’s right, it tells us the media is in cahoots with the Clintons to destroy Trump and put her in office, but we know this already. I’ve spent a ton of time writing about it over the past several months. Me focusing on that angle was not the priority in this case, because something of far more importance emerged that I felt the need to share. Namely, a shift in the election’s overall outcome.

      Finally, if you are a dedicated reader of mine, I ask you to go back and look to see how many of the media’s hyped up stories about Trump I’ve covered here or made a big deal about. I can’t think of any. I’m not stupid, and I see an irrelevant media hit piece when it emerges. The difference here is that these are Trump’s own words, on audio and you can’t blame the media for him saying them and for them coming out. Just like I don’t blame the Russians or anyone else for what has come out about the DNC or Clinton. Personally, I’m happy to have as much info out there as possible on those in line to become President.

      Hopefully, that should cover the issues you raised. The actual disagreement we seem to have is that you do not think the audio will have the same sort of impact on the election as I do. Maybe you’re right, and with a month left and the debate tonight, I certainly don’t think this is over given the horrid nature of Hillary Clinton as a candidate, as well as the distressed state of the nation.

      Michael Krieger

  11. Odd, no………?

    “Billy Bush is a Bush?!”
    ……
    Billy Bush is the son of Josephine Bradley and Jonathan Bush, a banker in Connecticut, one of the leaders in the second generation of the family tree. Jonathan Bush, born in 1932, is the brother of William H.T. Bush (a banker), Nancy Walker Bush, Prescott Bush Jr. (an insurance executive with a failed Senate run to his name) and George Herbert Walker Bush himself.
    If you’re following along, this makes Billy Bush the first cousin of President George W. Bush and Jeb Bush, the first cousin once removed of Jenna Bush, and the nephew of Poppy Bush.

    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/10/links-10816.html#comment-2682242

    Guess Who Else Was Partying in Paris at a Hillary Fundraiser?

    There has been considerable reporting on the fact that George W. Bush’s daughter, Barbara was spotted at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in Paris.

    CNN, for example, writes:

    Barbara Bush, a daughter of former President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, attended a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in Paris Saturday night, according a source familiar with the event.

    Bush posed for a picture with Huma Abedin, the longtime Clinton aide who was hosting the fundraiser with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

    Interesting, but is appears there was a much more significant Bush operator at the fundraiser.

    Here is a known picture of George W’s uncle, Jonathan Bush:

    http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2016/10/guess-who-else-was-partying-in-paris-at.html

    It looks like there’s no escape from the status quo…..they’re playing us very well.

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  12. We can pick these personal things about Hillary or Trump apart forever. This is not what any election should be based on, it should be about policy, not past so-called sexual deviancy, which resorts back to being a personal matter. These debates have focused on Trumps personal life What happened to the nation that was begging for policy specifics? So Trump likes poontang! Does he like it more than Bill Clinton or his wife?

    I believe a close examination of policies by Trump compared to Hitlery’s policies, unless one somehow favors Marxism, communism, and more socialism, how could anyone not want Trump’s policy over Hillary’s?

    I think the choice is clear when you examine their policy initiatives side by side. Do you want a globalist or do you want a statesman?

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  13. Fair observations Michael. Some of the commenters make me feel optimistic that the average voter may pay more attention to meaningful issues than you suspect. Those who find Trump’s comments beyond humanity are primarily never Trumpers already. For those on the fence, still wondering how to measure the lesser of two evils check out (Dilbert creator) Scott Adams’ comments on the tapes and closing tweet over on Zero Hedge.

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  14. Unless you’ve been living under a rock or are naive, this is hardly surprising, shocking, etc.

    The real stories are the old stories.

    Firstly, the fact that the Bush crime family got to Billy Bush over Trump’s bashing of Jeb and Junior and that they continue to pull from their bags of dirty tricks to continue with their rule.

    Second, that the media is running with the Trump news and making a mountain out of an age-old, oft-practiced issue of infidelity and self-aggrandizingly boasting about it. The fact remains that many past US presidents had extramarital affairs, including the father of the USA, Geroge Washington as well as Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Bill Clinton, among others. Not to mention half of Congress and perhaps half the marriages in the land.

    This is inconsequential news except for the fact that the all-in Clinton-biased media continues to relentlessly bash Trump and hide all Hillary’s wrong-doings and high crimes, etc.

    So will the ministry of propaganda and its propaganda machine do the trick or will the voters of the country see through the charade and behind the curtain of the Wizard? And even if they do, is the election-rigging already complete and that Trump has lost long ago due to the efforts of those controlling the levers?

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  15. Right now, the fate of our nation is reduced to a marketing contest that is decided by the collection and most effective application of dollars to persuade an innumerate herd that is, for the most part, living on a neoconsumer subsistence basis.

    That is the “market” we have to trade.

    We need to develop barriers for entry into said market.

    If we simply required some sort of qualification process for enfranchisement to ensure that the electorate actually has the capacity to think critically about their vote and the direction of the country, only a higher breed of candidate would be accepted for consideration and all of the current theatrics would be rendered indelibly moot.

    I will rely on a wiser and fairer person to develop the metric for said qualification.

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    • Smartest comment I’ve read on this blog. I agree. I have said for 20 yrs there should be an IQ test to vote and to get a drivers license!

    • You can’t blame the Plebs ..they are lied to by MSM for entire lives..their parents were too….. & sadly, also most everyone in Govt & Academia +++….If people don’t tow the line they get the axe! Thats how they operate!……perhaps almost ALL going on is a big racket…..Crooked media is the problem …. Popularity polls simply show the efficacy of the propaganda…..false & misleading Journalism ought be seriously fined &/or imprisonment for crimes. Gobbles was the Architect of the Modern West…& it’s prob being going on fir centuries too,,,

  16. Brilliant quotes in your piece Mike:

    “you need to trade the market you have, not the market you want.”

    And:

    “Many things in life come about as the direct results of your actions, but many other things are completely out of your control. The understanding and acceptance of this reality is one of the things that I’ve always found appealing about eastern religions/philosophy”.

    It is amazing how we are all caught up in the Hegelian Dialectic process, as usual, over the election of A or B.. America needs a third or fourth way. Normal people abandoning corrupt mainstream news, and the mainstream policitical parties is the only hope I think.

    Blessings to all.

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  17. Somethings you will find interesting:
    Not just about Bush (but Murray speaks from his own experience):

    http://truepublica.org.uk/global/ex-british-ambassador-makes-astonishing-speech-about-tony-blair-george-bush-war-and-profit/
    Ex British Ambassador Makes Astonishing Speech About Tony Blair, George Bush, War and Profit
    http://projectcensored.org/19-american-companies-exploit-the-congo/
    American Companies Exploit the Congo
    http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/rfk-jr-why-arabs-dont-trust-america-213601
    Why the Arabs Don’t Want Us in Syria
    http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html
    War Is A Racket

    Trump and HC are symptoms of a malaise:

    https://www.salon.com/2016/10/01/breaking-point-america-approaching-a-period-of-disintegration-argues-anthropologist-peter-turchin/
    Breaking point: America approaching a period of disintegration, argues anthropologist Peter Turchin
    http://peterturchin.com/age-of-discord/
    The Impending Crisis

    By the way Trump belongs to an industry that not only benefits from major tax loopholes but also subsidies
    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/opinion/campaign-stops/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-the-tax-loophole.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-4&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article
    Donald Trump and the Art of the Tax Loophole
    http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/2013/01/08/new-report-calls-for-examination-of-federal-real-estate-spending/
    New report calls for examination of federal real estate spending
    Hudson says too much debt. Borrowers are tapped out.
    http://michael-hudson.com/2016/10/democracys-debt-ladder/
    Economic Recovery’ Feels Weak Because the Great Recession Hasn’t Really Ended
    Paul Craifg Roberts on Hudson:
    http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/03/why-michael-hudson-is-the-worlds-best-economist/

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  18. Well Michael aren’t you special. So moral, so dedicated to principle, so unwavering in your disgust with Trump that you will attempt to convince others that NO MATTER WHAT they should not support him. Hillary, not a problem in your book because you simply do not care if she is elected as long as you can say that, by golly, you stood tall in your opposition to Trump, the dastardly man. All of which says a lot about the depth and intellectual honesty of your alleged beliefs. Actively sabotaging Trump is actively helping elect Hillary and you know it, but simply don’t care. Her morality, her crimes, her lies, her decades of corruption, her open borders policy, her future Supreme Court appointments, her abortion position, her sexuality, her treatment of others, her crazy love of war, none of it matters and nothing she does matters to you, only stopping Trump. Congratulations, there is a term the Hillary camp would use for people like you – Useful Tool. You will be the first to complain under her rule.

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    • I’ve been called a lot of things, but a “useful tool for Hillary Clinton” has never been one of them.

      I see this is your first comment on the site, and your content makes it clear you haven’t been reading me. I suggest you read my last few months of content. There aren’t many people in America who have been as dedicated to exposing the awfulness of Hillary Clinton as myself.

  19. Thanks for the always thoughtful perspective Mike. While I disagree on some points I agree that regardless of the outcome, the American people lose. It’s still completely possible that Trump is in the Globalist’s pockets and even if he wasn’t there is not much one man can do to stand up against the leviathan of corruption and anti Americanism that resides in the heart of the deep state. If Trump is really a representative of populist ideals the best we might hope for is that he makes the people that pull the strings overplay their hand and get sloppy, potentially shining a light on their activities for the less inquisitive US citizens to see.

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