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I doubt few poor black guys know who Nicklaus was or care what he thinks.
I assume that contemporary black sporting heroes would all be far richer than Nicklaus ever was and more influential. What do they think and do in the poltical sphere? Find me Lebron James tweets, they would be far more relevant.
Haven't seen the thread debating the two appointments to our High Court this week. Would have thought they impact our lives more than the US Supreme Court but I am open to be corrected.
It is. For anyone.
Dementia is a pandemic in a similar vein to corona. And it's death rate is 100%. No vaccine, no cure, masive impact on individual families and great cost to society. Sound familiar?
The best stock market returns occur with Democrat Pres and Democrat Congress, followed by Democrat Pres and split congress ....
So rich get richer even if their man gets the Tijuana on Tuesday. Not fair.
i dont think anyone actually dies from dementia- though it undoubtedly contributes to poor health.
and it is not contagious.
The only thing is that I believe that Biden is going to wind back the tax cuts to the most wealthy that Drumpf brought in but I may be wrong about that.
There are many really good sites showing the gap between rich and poor growing in the US which accelerated with Reagan. Trickle down economics actually became trickle up...
It will be interesting to see what the markets do after this election. Some of the multiples make absolutely no sense. You'd think there should be a major correction but the Fed(s) keep propping it up.
It may end up as over priced and out of whack as Australian property prices.
It may end up as over priced and out of whack as Australian property prices.
You are right about the top end tax cuts.
One thing about the American Dream is that it is so engrainedd in the American Psyche that so many of even the most disadvantaged with everything stacked against them seem to buy into it.
Gap between top and bottom is growing in every western country and places like Asia and India.
Question is whether the bottom is rising. I would rather see the measure be absolute than the gap. There has always been disparity.... Being working class as in UNskilled and poorly educated in the 20s and 30s was no picnic, think of the slums of Richmond and Collingwood. Better education and other policy developments in western and Asian governments plus technology, health etc has meant that more people can become or stay wealthy.
However US policieslead to an underclass of low wage workers, urban decay and social issues ....all of which predates Trump. Won't be fixed in one term by any President or party.
To be fair, pointless celebrity endorsements is normally the domain of the Democrats
That wasn't a coincidence.
The only time we saw the gap between poor and rich reduce was when there were very progressive taxes (highest tax rate in the USA of 91% under a Republican Pres back in the 1950s).
Trickle down economics has always been a lie, trickle up has always been the goal.
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Doesn't 50% of all populations have to be below average intelligence?
In the states its way more than 50% that are below average intelligence, they've not only voted Trump in, previously they had voted in George Dubbluya , Bill C & Ronny Reagan.
what a hole that place finds itself in.
Technically a percentage will be bang on average, so there will be slightly less than 50% above or below.
Yeah, which is why I used "about" in the original post.
Trump says supporters were 'protecting' Biden campaign bus they surrounded on Texas highway
United States President Donald Trump expresses his admiration for supporters who surrounded a Biden campaign bus driving on a Texas highway, in an incident being investigated by the FBI.
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Donald Trump praises supporters who surrounded Joe Biden campaign bus on Texas highway
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US President Donald Trump says his supporters were attempting to "protect" the Biden campaign bus.
United States President Donald Trump has expressed admiration for supporters who surrounded a Biden campaign bus driving on a Texas highway, in an incident being investigated by the FBI.
Key points:
Mr Trump told a campaign rally his supporters were attempting to "protect" the bus
Up to 100 vehicles were in the "Trump train"
A video of the incident appears to show one of the Trump supporter's vehicles making contact with another car
It comes just two days ahead of the US election amid heightened fears of civil unrest and violence before and afterwards.
Several videos on social media show dozens of SUVs bearing Trump campaign livery and American flags crowding around the bus on its way from San Antonio to Austin on Saturday local time.
Mr Trump tweeted one of the videos saying: "I LOVE TEXAS!"
He told a campaign rally later that his supporters were trying to "protect" the bus.
"But it is something, did you see the way our people they ... you know they were protecting his bus yesterday, because they're nice," he said.
"They had hundreds of cars. Trump! Trump! Trump and the American flag."
CNN reported that people in up to 100 vehicles were in the "Trump train" with some yelling profanities and obscenities.
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One of the videos appears to show a Trump supporter's SUV making contact with another unmarked car.
The Texas Tribune newspaper reported that the sideswiped vehicle was being driven by a Biden campaign staffer.
'This is not who we are': Biden
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden addressed the incident during a campaign stop in Philadelphia on Sunday.
"Folks, this is not who we are," he said, adding that Trump supporters "tried to run [the campaign bus] off the road".
"We are so much better than this," he said.
"It's not who we are. And we gotta change it."
Mr Biden also referenced reports that Mr Trump's supporters shut down a major road in New Jersey.
"We've never had anything like this. At least we’ve never had a President who thinks it's a good thing," he said.
The FBI is looking into the incident.
"FBI San Antonio is aware of the incident and investigating," special agent Michelle Lee, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Antonio, told Reuters in an email.
"No further information is available at this time."
Mr Trump later on Sunday retweeted a screenshot of the FBI statement and suggested the agency should stop investigating the incident.
"In my opinion, these patriots did nothing wrong," he said in the tweet.
"Instead, the FBI & Justice should be investigating the terrorists, anarchists, and agitators of ANTIFA, who run around burning down our Democrat run cities and hurting our people!"
An FBI spokesperson said the bureau had no comment about the president's tweet.
Police called to escort campaign bus
The Biden campaign bus was transporting staff and Democratic candidate Wendy Davis who is running for a Texas congressional district.
A communications director for the Biden campaign in Texas, Tariq Thowfeek, told the Wall Street Journal those aboard became afraid for their safety after the bus was forced to slow down and veer out of its lane.
They called police who escorted the vehicle to its destination.
"Rather than engage in productive conversation about the drastically different visions that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have for our country, Trump supporters in Texas today instead decided to put our staff, surrogates, supporters, and others in harm's way," Mr Thowfeek said in a statement.
Travis County Democratic Party chair Katie Naranjo said on Twitter the incident was an attempt to intimidate the Biden campaign.
Texas House member Sheryl Cole said the campaign event the bus was travelling to was cancelled.
"Unfortunately, Pro-Trump Protestors have escalated well beyond safe limits," she said on Twitter.
"Sorry to all who looked forward to this fun event."
'More fake news and propaganda'
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told CBS News she saw a "a little bit of the Trump supporters surrounding the Biden bus".
"Certainly you don't want harm, and we shouldn't be hurting other people," Ms McDaniel said.
"So the President would not endorse that.
"But … I can't comment on that because I haven't seen the whole video."
Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West said in a statement that reporting of the incident was "more fake news and propaganda".
Mr West said the media should be more concerned about alleged violence perpetrated by "leftists from Antifa and BLM".
"Prepare to lose… stop bothering me," he said.
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A former head of the US National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Russ Travers, recently warned political violence could "spin out of control" in the days leading up to the US presidential election, potentially resulting in "a lot of people getting killed".
Mr Travers said Mr Trump's ongoing rhetoric about the potential for a "rigged" election could lead to mass casualties if the President lost.
"I fear there are a lot of people out there with very warped views of reality and a lot of guns who could willingly take up their weapons in defence of what they believe is the President and the constitution," he told ABC News.
"That, I think, is a worrisome possibility that is growing as the political rhetoric gets more and more severe."
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The % below 50% will determine the average, there appears to several million people in the US with 0 intelligence, this will heavily weight the averages.
