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

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat


On Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> On 08/10/2026 23:38, spike wrote:
>>> We can't determine if he cheated if we have voting machines.
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>>... Spike, you should have been a politician.

>...Or should yet be.  Now's a good time to get an education on how campaigns work and begin preparing to run in a future cycle - and the Republican party, considering the condition it will likely be in in a couple years, might back a libertarian for state legislature in 2028.

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Adrian things have changed since you left the state.  When one party becomes dominant, it doesn't continue for years with a 60-40 voter majority, for that party would win every seat and every office.  The remaining republicans change their name to democrat, then all of the candidates are the dominant party.  However... the result is what we see in the primaries, where the real action takes place.  The November election is a side show, months after the main event.

My main interest in politics is in making money betting on these kinds of insights.

I will say this: were I to gain political power, my pet project would be sell tickets to destroy those voting machines.  All ballots would be paper, with some kind of verification system which would maintain voter privacy while improving voter confidence in the outcome.

spike