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Saw that. Still makes me sad to see Charlie kissing up to third rate left wing writers/tv hosts.

Neither of them seem to realize that Trump's Vegas hotel doesn't have a casino, so the joke falls flat.

 

The guy has written for one mainstream publication after another. Plus, he engineered a WWE-style Twitter feud with Bill Simmons that had his sycophants writhing in ecstasy. Four days later, he was Simmons's bitch, writing for his Web site to turn a buck.

"How high, Mr. Simmons?"

He posted here under his own name a few times back when. I noted that one time and got a nasty gram from one of the Dynamic Duo telling me not to "out" Mr. Pierce, per Charlie's orders.

 

This might have already been posted, but I'm not plowing through all this to find out.

Since Trump's election, optimism about the economy is up. WAY up:

Optimism on economy, stocks surges since Trump election: CNBC survey

And that's not only because of Republicans:

"Optimism among independents doubled but it fell by more than half for Democrats."

Also:

CNBC survey: Trump is winning over Democrats and independents on his jobs agenda

 

So charlie pierce the poster was Charlie Pierce the talent writer?

Count me among his sych ... sync ... fans.

 

Polls are accurate!

 

Cool. You managed to post this without calling someone a crying pussy liberal. Well done.

 

Optimism on the economy is up because Republicans are way, way more optimistic than they were before, while Democrats are less pessimistic than Republicans were on Nov. 7. Also, such optimism is a weapon that points both ways. If conditions worsen, or just stagnate, Trump will get more blame than he deserves, precisely because he is perceived by so many as a business genius. Look, if as looks likely to happen, 20 million or so folks lose their health insurance in 2017, they are unlikely to be very optimistic about the economy or anything else. That's a large chunk of the populace. The economy is in good shape, not great, good, right now. It could get better. It might not, too.

 

Trump is promoting old legacy industries with his appointments and actions. Oil coal gas fast food

No internet. No automation. No software. No computers. No renewable energy

It's a long term losing proposition

 

One thing about markets. Government can push them in the direction they want to go and provide value added. But governments pushing against markets doesn't work very often. Coal's dead and will stay dead. Nothing anyone can do to bring it back. Oil and gas are big and will stay big, but they won't get bigger. Automation will be employed by companies everywhere whether Trump likes it or not (Spoiler: he's fine with it.) In four years, the alienated "white working class" (whites with only high school education) will almost surely be no better off, much more likely worse. They'll either turn on Trump or demand ethnic and racial cleansing to assuage their rage.

 

You missed this part: "Optimism among independents doubled"

 

But Trump kissing up to Alex Jones is awesome!

 

Once again. There are very few independents in reality. Most are Republican leaners, some are Democratic leaners, maybe five percent of them are actually not ideologically aligned with either party. Saying you're independent appeals to the ego of many people.