[ExI] Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego

[spike at rainier66.com]

…> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego

 

On Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 10:50 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

>… why did the opposition party, with the advantage of being the incumbent, lose to a former president whose approval ratings were average?  …

 

>…There were multiple reasons, but it bears noting that, in 2024 as of Election Day, the Democrats were no longer running the incumbent….

 

Ja.  I never did go back and listen to all of that June 24 debate, but I suppose I should do it at some point.

 

>…This has been cited as a factor in a significant number of voters' decisions to not vote for Harris, whether or not they voted for Trump….

 

Ja.  Evidence: voter turnout was lower in 24 than in 20.

 

>…This can be seen as an act of self sabotage, similar to certain antidemocratic tactics they used to secure Clinton's 2016 primary victory that turned a number of voters against Clinton in the general.

 

And they would have gotten away with it too, had it not been for that meddling former ExI poster Julian Assange.

 



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