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

[Adrian Tymes]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
> 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.

Things were like that long before I left California.  That's why they
shifted to having the top two in the primaries be in the general
election, even if they're from the same party: so the general election
remains somewhat relevant.

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

Thus the suggestion to shift your interest: get into office and apply
that perspective to the public good.

> 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.

Would not the verification system itself be a machine that some would
want to destroy?

Though I recall voting on paper ballots for most of my elections, even
in California.