Reader Forum September 26, 2016

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  1. Leaked documents with sensitive FBI data exclusively obtained by Breitbart Texas reveal that 7,712 terrorist encounters occurred within the United States in one year and that many of those encounters occurred near the U.S.-Mexico border. The incidents are characterized as “Known or Suspected Terrorist Encounters.” Some of the encounters occurred near the U.S.-Mexico border at ports-of-entry and some occurred in between, indicating that persons known or reasonably suspected of being terrorists attempted to sneak into the U.S. across the border. The majority of encounters in Arizona were with Islamic known or suspected terrorists, both Sunni and Shi’a. Eighty-nine encounters were Sunni, 56 were Shi’a, 70 were “Other International Terrorist Groups or Affiliates,” and only 52 were with “Domestic Terrorism.”

    http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/09/26/leaked-fbi-data-reveal-7700-terrorist-encounters-usa-one-year-border-states-targeted/

    Time to build the wall!

  3. So seriously folks, there is a presidential debate tonight. I did a search to see if Trump has ever been in any one-on-one debate and came up empty. He has no record of being on a high school or college debate team and the republican primary wasn’t really a debate at all.

    My conclusion is that tonight will be Donald Trump’s first ever one-on-one debate of any kind ever.

    Hillary on the other hand has participated in 34 such events and over half of the, have been against President Obama, who is a darn good debater. She even beat him several times.

    Having that as a backdrop tonight should with all due respect be an absolute wipeout if preparation and experience mean anything. For Trump to beat Hillary in a one-on-one debate should carry the same odds as if my 60 year old ass entered a match race against Usain Bolt or a pick up basketball game against Steph Curry.

    My only hope of winning such a contest would be for those guys to come up lame, drunk, or absent. Tonight will be interesting to watch, but if Hillary doesn’t trounce Trump thoroughly, it may be time to place a bet against Alabama the next time they play a patsie like Kent State. This is Einstein against a 5th grader in a calculus competition.

    • You do not think a businessman like Trump has ever debated issues on a level playing field with other businessmen? That sounds strange coming from you Joe.

      • That is not what I wrote. What I wrote is that he has never participated in a one-on-one debate. Implicit in that is a formal debate with rules, time limits etc. A constructive negotiation between two business people seeking a win-win outcome is not to be confused with a rules based debate. They are very different kinds of events. Trump has no experience with formal debate. If tonight was a televised negotiation between Trump and Hillary on a real estate deal, I would give Trump a major advantage.

    • The low bar for Trump’s debate performance will give him a “huge win” if he doesn’t try to punch Hillary in the face. Most of his true believers would be okay with him even doing that.

      • She will do herself in if her history is any indicator. She can not go for an hour and a half without lying multiple times. That is why people call her “lying Hillary.”

      • All the Hillary Haters have now is a transparently contrived attempt to lower expectations for their man Trump. A campaign built around hopes for the death or indictment of his opponent and now the predictable attempts to lower expectations for Trump’s debate performance. Pitiful.

        • Trump will not become president because he beat Hillary Clinton. If he does become president, it will be because Gary Johnson beat Hillary Clinton for him. It’s time for sensible people to realize that a “protest vote” is a luxury they can’t afford.

    • I predict that after the debate the GOP will all say that their candidate won and the Democrats will say that their candidate won the debate. The actually winner of the debate(S) will be the next President of the United States after the real election is over in Nov. Until then all these post are not changing anyone’s mind IMHO. People are pretty much ready to vote now. I’m going to vote before Nov.

  4. Here is one real difference between Trump and Hillary on tax policy. They are polar opposites on the “death tax”. Trump wants to eliminate all federal inheritance taxes and Hillary wants to increase them to 65% for real rich corpses.

    Now the dead don’t vote very often, and the number of graves that are robbed by inheritance taxes are small, but it really seems wrong to confiscate anything from anyone when they die.

    Why can’t the people who inherit the wealth inherit the cost basis. That way any sale of assets will trigger a taxable event based on the aggregate profit associated with the transaction. This would allow those who inherit to keep their businesses and lands only owing taxes if they sell. The government still gets paid, but the survivors get to choose the time. This would be much simpler.

    Is double taxation really fair on any level?

    • Which of the two candidates has paid the most taxes thus far in their lifetimes? Taxes are academic to the Clintons. Not so for Mr. Trump.

      • Trump should release his tax returns, so we know the answer to your question. I suspect he dodges taxes the same way he dodged the draft.

        • Man Press left the door wide open on that one and you just drove a tank though the open door and ran him over! LOL

        • Trump should release his taxes. There can’t be anything that damaging or he would be on the wrong side of the jailhouse keys,

          Trump talked about bringing corporations back, one of the first things he should do is repatriate the Clinton Foundation.

    • The article does not say what the “discipline” was. Probably a couple of days off with pay.

    • HOLY COW!

      A whole classroom full of future Deplorables.

      We’re screwed, chewed and tattooed dude.

      100%….

  10. BREAKING NEWS!

    Trump just said he Will Not debate tonight unless there is a break half way through so he can scarf down a bucket of KFC with an extra large helping of mashed potatoes.

    Trump says if there is anything left over when he gets done eating, he’ll donate it to charity. “Wink””Wink”

    Kellyanne Conway says the compassion and goodness inside this man is beyond reproach.

    Trump agrees 100%….

  11. If this Nate Silver update winds up being a double post, I’m sorry. I tried to post it a little while ago and it didn’t show up, but I didn’t get “Spam Stopper,” either.

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