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I do think there's a social desirability bias to polls, and it will play a role in next month's election. No one seriously wants to defending voting for garbage like Donald Trump. But they don't trust "Flip Flop" Harris or Statist Harrisonomics.https://t.co/sAOk9k7hTz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2024
We libertarians know better. All of these statist uniparty Presidents illegally and unconstitutionally abused the limited powers of the office. https://t.co/gQ6YCyunpc
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2024
Wow. It's sad when McDonalds' employees don't recognize their most famous customer...https://t.co/yWoTqHTnIS https://t.co/750Uic0OFq
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2024
This is Soft Rock America. Trump held a rally in California over the weekend. The chances of Trump winning CA next month reminds me of the signature hit of the Mamas and the Papas.https://t.co/dbhmSw2Bgf
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2024
The Mets finally snapped the Dodgers' 33 scoreless inning streak with a leadoff homer in game 2 of the NLCS.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2024
I do not know what drugs this Trumpkin OP is on. No, Rove, the GOP strategist to last achieve a majority vote for POTUS (Bush, 2004) has NOT endorsed Harris.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2024
"Ryan is the most conservative Republican member of Congress to be picked for the vice-presidential slot since 1900." https://t.co/FLafBcxlfK
Easily better than Trump or Harris. Massie would be the smartest VP since Jefferson. https://t.co/3PTrqNnQXX
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
Nope. Massie is a smart guy, but he's wrong about the risks posed by natural COVID infection:https://t.co/GV6y1tB21Y https://t.co/sqr0G5Gben
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
When I pulled up historian Brion McClanahan's latest podcast episode on YouTube, I noticed Google had tagged it with some PC label on climate change. The episode discusses Canadian secession; what the hell? The Canadian lefty 's opinion Brion critiques cites the topic.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
Cato Institute does a fiscal scorecard on state governors biannually. Among those who earned an F on tax and spending: Tim Walz (D-MN), running mate to Kamala Harris.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
I'm seeing the Trump News Network (FNC) promote the economic illiterate's illegal promise to "protect" American producers with "strong" tariffs. There is no such authority. Trump's tariff war with China was counterproductive; ask the farmers who lost contracts to Brazilians.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
To provide some context, most Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics have to routinely monitor their blood sugar to ensure they are in a normal range. For most, this means pricking finger tips, applying to a test strip, and reading results in a glucometer.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
The device: no finger prick!
The utter chutzpah of the Facebook response: I saw either the same or an alternate scammer just yesterday scanning down my feed.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
I don't think I captured my report to Facebook, but I specifically noted I saw a warning about such counterfeit devices on Omron's own website.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
My latest essay is an annotated review of the first portion of the VP Candidate debate on some foreign policy and climate change (which I really don't like writing about). Both candidates sucked, of course, although Vance seemed to be better prepared.https://t.co/2KWrmW8HbD
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2024
Trumpkins are circulating clips of supposedly "Jimmy Carter", a seemingly unconscious, open-mouthed old man propped up in a wheelchair, allegedly on a day of casting an early ballot for Harris. I haven't found a conventional news source covering such an event. Trumpkin hoax.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2024
It does appear David Duke did endorse Jill Stein over Donald Trump. I guess Duke never got over Trump rejecting white supremacists at Charlottesville. #sarcasm (Jill. of course, rejected Duke's endorsement.)
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2024
A native Texan residing in Maryland. I did vote for Cruz over Trump in 2016. Allred is a brave man. Cruz was a debate champ in college.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2024
#TexasDebate
I oppose Trump's un-American scheme to deport over 11 million unauthorized aliens, de facto fellow Americans, the vast majority who are law-abiding neighbors and part of our economy. Latin Americans weren't part of our economically illiterate quota system until 1965.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2024
I love Maryland's election system... I just got confirmation my general election ballot has been counted. So, Chase Oliver has at least one vote from Maryland, my third straight vote for the LP candidate over Trump.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2024
Donald Trump is such a repulsive human being. I literally have to bite my tongue whenever I hear his voice. He's incapable of running a Reaganesque positive campaign; he only knows how to fear-monger. Anything he has to say about immigration or tariffs is 100% wrong
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2024
I know Kamala Harris is from California, bit it's easy to see she's a dodger fan based on how she evaded questions from her FNC interview.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Kamala Harris will skip the traditional Al Smith dinner, a fundraiser for Catholic Charities. (I had designated Catholic Charities while AmazonSmile operated.) It operates a number of secular assistance missions. Leftists despise voluntary competition to Statism.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
It's obvious from the design of the Electoral College (i.e., # districts +2) that a district plurality vs state winner-take-all was intended, like NE and ME. Think that hypocritical California "democracy" lefties are willing to give up a dozen or so red district electors?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Nope. "79% of Americans" thinking America is going in the wrong direction is not a surrogate on Presidential leadership. Biden has a 41% approval while Congress has a 24% approval. Nobody is credible on the surging national debt and entitlement reform. https://t.co/tz1V61tG9b
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
X sent out an alert it's changing the nature of blocking, that trolls may see but not engage with one's posts. Fine; I just don't want my feed cluttered with uncivil rubbish from crackpots confounding freedom of speech with its abuse. If trolls read my tweets, they may learn.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Bill O'Reilly termed his segments the "no-spin zone". I have yet to hear a single original analytical insight from Kamala Harris. Nearly everything she says is predictable, sort of political cotton candy, sweet to taste but it doesn't satisfy your appetite.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Megyn Kelly https://t.co/XoqFlqW11P
It looks like Kamala Harris has stolen Cherokee Lizzie's "I've got a plan for that" shtick. We have a wonderful free market that meets our needs best without government meddling. Since when did stealing and spending your neighbor's money become virtuous?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
The things we do in pursuit of 'publish or perish'. I published but still perished in a short academic career. I'll never forget this one interview where the dude said "I could've published too, but not at the expense of my students." Dude! I worked 70 hours a week!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Plagiarism is personally a sore topic for me. I particularly remember catching an unrepentant Asian grad student at UWM I caught plagiarizing work in my class and under 2 other profs. I was accused of sabotaging their foreign student program.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
No, Trump can't end sanctuary cities, nor can he commandeer the nation's cops. This corrupt political whore is incompetent on his legal and constitutional limits as POTUS. That alone makes him dangerous because he surrounds himself with yes men.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Lawyers negotiate settlement terms. and Trump lawyers try to leverage terms by agreeing to Daniels terms if Daniels agrees to another hush agreement about Trump. Daniels tells Trump what he can do with his tiny penis. 2 of 2
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Congratulations to Caitlin Clark for winning WNBA Rookie of the Year and all-WNBA first team. (Hopefully she'll be selected for our next Olympic team.) More than any other female athlete, she draws more fans to events or watching sports. I like to watch her, a great shooter.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
This is Soft Rock America. Sad to hear of the passing of Mitzi Gaynor; what guy wouldn't dream of being Mitzi's love interest in "South Pacific"? https://t.co/4FBozbUiEX
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Trumpkins are the squeaky wheels in the GOP, probably no more than 25-30% of the base. These losers, who back a real-life RINO, pretend real conservatives are "establishment". I'm in MD; Trumpkin Dan Cox got beaten by Dem Wes Moore 64-32% in succeeding GOP Gov. Hogan.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
She was then a US Senator from the People's Republic of California talking about state, not federal programs. Pay attention
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Trump has a habit of hiring VPs smarter than him. https://t.co/sBQIfJFO3V
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
Congratulationd, IDF, on the execution of war criminal Sinwar of Hamas.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 17, 2024
The Cleveland Guardians' stunning come-from-behind victory in game 3, including a 2-out, 2-run homer to tie in the bottom of the ninth and a freakish Andrés Giménez putout from almost right field in the 10th, set the stage for Fry's winning homer in the bottom of the inning.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Vandalism of GOP yard signs has been a thing for years.https://t.co/CqZtlCimEr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
I'm waiting for a Trumper tantrum over legal aliens. https://t.co/wOlbds6hYd
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
The Founders never believed in a strong general government. The current mess is a uniparty construction. Oh, Trump did reduce some regulations but also added others with his anti-trade faux populist rubbish.https://t.co/yu8HiOnpAQ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Wow, Trump is showing signs of Biden-like cognitive decline. When asked about affordable childcare (which I argue is not a general government issue) he doesn't say much about it beyond his older daughter is on the issue and then starts talking tariffs.https://t.co/sExNJKLwN0
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Each member of your family can only vote once, in one state election. So sorry your family members aren't smart enough to choose Chase Oliver.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
So Coach Walz 's basketball team won in the fourth period. So what?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
FACT: this crackpot rubbish has been debunked by Snopes.https://t.co/rQpr1YOvs2
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
It's a charity event, and she is in the home stretch of a tight election. Personally, I think she should have done it, but I understand why she didn't attend. No, she's not afraid of Trump. He's dodging losing a second debate to her.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Chuck is probably telling Trump what he did with Trump's campaign contribution while Trump was a registered Democrat.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Melania Trump wrote in her currently released book that she is pro-choice, like our Catholic President Joe Biden. Cardinal Dolan needs to talk to both of them.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
" U.S. Capitol Police reviewed the shooting and found that it was lawful and within department policy. https://t.co/JtmDYFXyKE…"
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
X label on the cop killer of unarmed Ashli Babbitt. Ask me what I think of cops protecting fellow cops. Babbitt wasn't a mortal threat to Byrd.
Amazon today is offering for free (download, not including any ISP meter charges) a Kindle edition of Kamala Harris quotes. It's not worth my time to download.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
No, unlike Trump, I'm Catholic (and Never Harris or Trump), I can say I don't feel disrespected because Kamala Harris skipped the Al Smith (Catholic Charities) dinner. This is just Trump as usual spreading his divisive BS. NOTE: Catholic Charities supports immigration services.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
No. There are superior technical alternatives to generate, sign and validate ballots, encrypt them, store and count them, etc. I personally have had my fill of trying to find a parking spot in a school parking lot and waiting in long lines (with public health issues) to vote.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Some high-tech consultants, like me, aren't Luddites. And I'm not a member of the uniparty.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
The issue is NOT settling for any woman. (That's how you might end up with an AOC or MTG in the White House.} The world deserves better than an unqualified Kamala Harris. In 2020 I voted for Jo Jorgensen.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
This political whore is a lifelong career politician. He led some of the most politically divisive politics in our lifetime. He ran as a centrist, governed as a leftist. He is incompetent and not mentally fit to be POTUS. In trying to run again, he put ambition over the country.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Agreed. We already have a baked-in $2T deficit. Both Trump and Biden will have run up almost $8T deficits. Harris would be even worse. We are now paying for Biden's college loan cancellation voter bribes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
There is nothing honorable about killing a preborn child.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
You delusional leftists are treating a conservative policy list like it's a form of uranium. You hacks have been doing this BS forever (e.g., the Green New Deal).
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Not only is Trump a petty, pathetic, ungrateful SOB for dissing Haley's endorsement, many Trumpkins are actually admiring socialist Tulsi Gabbard (who alienated other Dems in her 2020 run) as an alternative to conservative Haley.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
"Nikki Haley"
How is suicide defending democracy? It's tragic she's a widow, but her late husband is responsible for his own choices.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Leftists were going to claim Harris won no matter what for having the "courage" to go on FNC. I've only seen snippets of the interview, but she seemed inarticulate in what I've seen.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
I would rather own a baseball signed by the late Pete Rose.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
Leftist are already pissed that Harris has flipped on fracturing, Medicare for All, defunding police et al. Biden ran as a centrist but governed from the left. The last thing Kamala wants just weeks before the close election is further agitating her left base. https://t.co/x1wY8EvMlv
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 18, 2024
This is pretty stupid, even if the OP is a leftist.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 19, 2024
Trump will get at least 70M votes, and a tiny number of billionaires aren't even a rounding error of that.
Statists like the Dems spend money at the expense of the private economy; they impede economic growth and jobs.
Interesting. I was watching tonight's Yankees/Guardians game in Cleveland when I noticed a couple of old Cleveland Indians signs. The name was changed to a more politically correct one in 2022.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 19, 2024
As a Catholic, I'm annoyed at other Catholics contradicting Jesus' message about judging others. Trump helped support Catholic Charities by attending the dinner. Catholic Charities supports a number of secular missions, including immigration services. https://t.co/Qen2sVuigz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 19, 2024
Neither a federal codification of Roe nor a federal ban is constitutional. The only way to pass relevant legislation is to amend the Constitution, highly unlikely, but even if you got past that, it probably wouldn't pass one or both chambers, e.g., a filibuster.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 20, 2024
I am at a loss to explain why Trump is bragging about having seen a famous pro golfer in the shower. Is this some weird way of reaching out to gay voters? Or is it another way of bringing up trans women in women's sports? What the hell does this have to do with the Presidency? https://t.co/gKdQrRqcL1
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 20, 2024
I happen to have been Never Trump as early as when Trump briefly hinted at running in 2012. I can't speak for others, but I lost a third of my retirement in the 2020 pandemic stock market crash. This asshole almost triggered a global war by assassinating an Iranian govt official. https://t.co/XHn0FroyWm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 20, 2024
Trump is the embodiment of the Peter Principle. Trump's trade war has literally cost the typical household hundreds of dollars in Trump taxes (tariffs) and farm/other exporters. (Then the SOB reimburses farmers using tariff revenues he stole from other Americans.) https://t.co/690hew5X2R
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 20, 2024
Well, give credit to Georgia's defense, especially in the first half, as my Texas Longhorns got outplayed and outcoached in last night's SEC home game showdown. Texas' front line was dominated, and Texas didn't capitalize on 2 interceptions in that dismal first half.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 20, 2024
As an American League fan, I'm traditionally against the Yankees short of the World Series, but congratulations on their dominating championship series against the Cleveland Guardians.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 20, 2024
