We Had A Great Visit With Our Daughter Abby And Her Family.

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I RECENTLY HEARD A REVIEW OF VICTOR HANSON'S INTERPRETATION OF WHY RADICAL LEFTIES CAN NEVER MOVE TO THE CENTER.

HIS VIEW IS RADICAL LEFTIES KNOW RATIIONAL AMERICANS CANNOT ACCEPT WHAT LEFTIES ARE SELLING BUT NEITHER CAN THE LEFTIES BRING THEMSELVES TO EMBRACE THE LOGIC OF THE CENTER IF THEY ARE TO GAIN POWER . I HOPE TO LCATE HANSON'S ACTUAL ARTICLE BUT DO NOT HAVE THE TIME BECAUSE I HAVE TO PACK.

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I HAVENOT THOUGHT THROUGH THE SPECIFIC IMPACT OF A RECESSION PRECEDED BY SEVERE INFLATION ON CONSUMER TASTES AND BUYING TRENDS BUT IT WILL HAPPEN. I BELIEVE THE POPULARITY OF SAY NIKE AND THE ABILITY TO SELL TENNIS SHOES OR SPORTSWEAR WITH A NIKE EMBLEM WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT AND THAT WILL PROVE TO BECOME THE CASE FOR MANY UN-NECESSARY "FASHION ITEMS" THAT NO LONGER HAVE APPEAL AT A DISPARATE CONSUMER COST.

THE SAME EFFECT MAY ULTIMATELY IMPACT A $7 CHARGE FOR A STARBUCK'S CUP OF COFFEE VERSUS A DECENT CUP FOR SAY $3.

WHEN EXCESS DOLLARS ARE UN-AVAILABLE, CONSUMERS CAN AND WILL QUICKLY RATIONALIZE, OUT OF NECESSITY, STRETCHING A SHRINKING DOLLAR. MANUFACTURERS ALSO HAVE WAYS TO MANIULATE THE PRICE AND AMOUNT OF A "NECESSITOUS" ITEM BUT CONSUMERS, WHEN FORCED TO STAY AHEAD OF INFLATION COMBINED WITH A RECESSION, ALSO HAVE WAY OF ADJUSTING. 

CONSUMERS , WHEN FORCED, LEARN NECESSITY IS SIMPLY A WORD TO SALVE THE EGO.

LET THE BATTLE BEGIN IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY BEGUN.

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IF THE SLOW DOWN HAS BEGUN TO OCCUR BUT OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER ARE SEASONALLY GOOD MONTHS A FED ENDUCED RECESSION IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN 2023.

FURTHERMORE, IF MARKET'S DISCOUNT 6 OR SO MONTHS IN ADVANCE, A MARKET RECOVERY COULD ALSO BEGIN IN MID 2023, BECAUSE A  REPUBLICAN SWEEP IN 2022 SHOULD RESTART CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY. 

THUS, BUYING STOCKS IN ANTICIPATION NOW MIGHT BE THE RIGHT THING WHEN ONE LOOKS BACK BUT IT IS ALSO A GUTSY THING TO DO.

BUT THEN, WHAT DO I KNOW.

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As I warned, the interest on our exploding debt is now consuming more of GDP as it exceeds an annual cost of over 1 trillion dollars. This can eventually become a spiraling portent of a future financial death knell. 

Radical liberals want power through an expanding government that eventually  intrudes into every walk of life thus, cutting off individual freedoms and rights.

The problem with big government is that it results in increased failures and eventually a pyrrhic victory for those who pursue power in this manner while taking those who support individualism with them at the same time.  

It does, however, leave a few emboldened who benefit greatly such as the current crop of thought control technology billionaires.  Perhaps this is their ultimate goal? I would o bet against it.

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I can think of no one I would rather see go down in defeat again than Hillary. Bring her on.

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Ex-Clinton adviser: Hillary setting up 2024 presidential bid with ‘open borders’ critique of Biden.

By Mark Moore

​Hillary Clinton is “dusting off” her husband’s playbook by criticizing the Biden administration’s “open borders” to put herself in place to mount a 2024 presidential run, veteran political consultant Dick Morris said in a new interview.

Morris, a former aide to President Bill Clinton, said Hillary is setting herself up to enter the race as a “moderate” choice for Democrats in two years for what would be her third shot at the White House.

“I see more and more signs that Hillary’s going to run,” Morris told John Catsimatidis on his WABC 770 AM radio show in an interview that aired Sunday​, noting that she has been remarking that Americans “do not believe in open borders.”

“These are all signals that she is going to be the moderate candidate for president. She’s going to say after the election, ‘See, the left cost us the House and the Senate. If we stay with a left-wing candidate in 2024, we’re going to lose the White House. I’m the only one who will tack to the center and give us a chance at victory​,​’​” Morris said.

Morris said he’s aware of the strategy she’s employing “because it’s the strategy I designed for Bill Clinton in 1992” when he won the Democratic nomination.​

“​Hillary is just dusting off Bill‘s playbook that I wrote for him and applying it herself this year,” he said. 

Hillary Clinton is criticizing the Biden administration's "open borders" to put herself in place to mount a 2024 presidential run. Hillary Clinton is criticizing the Biden administration’s “open borders” to put herself in place to mount a 2024 presidential run.Drew Angerer/Getty Images Morris said he's aware of the strategy she's employing "because it’s the strategy I designed for Bill Clinton in 1992" when he won the Democratic nomination.​Dick Morris said he’s aware of the strategy she’s employing “because it’s the strategy I designed for Bill Clinton in 1992” when he won the Democratic nomination.​

The former secretary of state and senator from New York during an interview on MSNBC last month called out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for flying migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, alleging the Republican was engaging in human trafficking. 

“So many other Americans — I happen to believe still the majority of Americans — are good-hearted and generous and when people end up on their doorstep in need, they’re going to respond. They’ll feed them and house them and the kids in the AP Spanish class will be let out of high school so they can go and translate. That’s the kind of American spirit that we try to celebrate at the Clinton Global Initiative,” she said on MSNBC on Sept. 16, adding “nobody wants open borders who has any idea of how government and countries work.”​

Morris was building on comments he made to Catsimatidis on last week’s show when he predicted that Democrats will ditch President Biden in favor of Clinton over fears a more far-left candidate could end up nominated.​

Clinton (left) ran in 2008, but lost the nomination to former President Barack Obama. She lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.Clinton (left) ran in 2008, but lost the nomination to former President Barack Obama. She lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.

“Once Biden pulls out, the polling will show that the Democrats are leaning toward some crazy radical like Gavin Newson, Bernie Sanders. Maybe even AOC herself,” Morris ​said, referring to progressive lightning rod Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 

​“That’s going to drive the Democratic Party leaders to go to Hillary and say, ‘Hey look. Please run again. We need you to save us from the crazy left,” ​Morris said.

“Otherwise we’ll have Sanders as our candidate. We’ll lose Congress by a ton. And we’ll get wiped out in the presidential race.’”

Clinton ran in 2008, but lost the nomination to former President Barack Obama. She lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.

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