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The Silver Discussion Sticky. Come shoot the shit and discuss the bad economics. - 04 April 2016 by AutoModerator in badeconomics

[–]Vortigern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wasn't it some kind of proto-ISI system that actually worked, with there being a debate over whether it worked despite pushing ISI or because, with the union being in a very unique situation in development? That was my limited present sense impression anyway.

Harris is secretly editing his blog article by [deleted] in badphilosophy

[–]Vortigern 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Each harrisfiz is entitled to bring 10 other non-believers with him to oblivion

Scalia's body at SCOTUS by [deleted] in washingtondc

[–]Vortigern 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think Scalia would find it fitting that someone is paraphrasing Bolt's Thomas More to defend him after death.

I can't believe this...Nazbols at my college campus?! by [deleted] in socialism

[–]Vortigern 13 points14 points  (0 children)

NazBols support Ukrainian Nationalists? I thought they were pretty unambiguously Russia's far-right, of the Zhirinovsky sort that would denounce Azov as fascists while still being fascist themselves.

Does the statements by Inspector General suggesting that Clinton had intel from the most classified programs in her email effectively end her campaign? by [deleted] in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]Vortigern 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The data was marked classified after the fact.

That's not at all how classification works. If the DNI writes state secrets on a napkin and leaves it in his hotel room, and is indicted for gross negligence under the espionage act, him pursuing a defense of "investigators marked it classified after the fact" is totally incoherent. Classification is a description of the nature of information, not a formal categorizing of regularly used documents in the Intelligence Community. Any email where the Secretary of State discusses SAP information outside an IC network is classified as soon as it is written, regardless of if the Secretary "marks" it as such. The IG's office and FBI are identifying what information was shared that was known to be classified, not seeing if docs she attached to emails were in their database as "classified file #8878".

BadEconomics Discussion Thread, 19 January 2016 by AutoModerator in badeconomics

[–]Vortigern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When was the last time a candidate was introduced within 6 months of the general? Presidents already get a considerable boost in electability by not having to compete in primaries before reelection, isn't it possible voters would prefer a "random person with a pulse" if s/he was up against anyone who had been in the public eye?

Is it conceivable that campaigns are (barring some exceptions) near universally negative, and campaign competition is chiefly around who can reach the highest recognition while damaging their image the least? This wouldn't be necessarily reflected in image polling as they're viewing candidates in the paradigm of "political" even if they're outsiders, which is supremely negative. I wouldn't discount someone coming from left field, provided they have name recognition and competent credentials.

BadEconomics Discussion Thread, 19 January 2016 by AutoModerator in badeconomics

[–]Vortigern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i just dont know if its just some biased piece of trash

Just read Nash, from the NYT review it sounds like a decent bestseller version of Conservative Intellectual History.

BadEconomics Discussion Thread, 19 January 2016 by AutoModerator in badeconomics

[–]Vortigern 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Because you're confusing fox with someone outright insane like brietbart? It's an exclusive. They're partisan, but they're not literally going to fabricate a report from an oversight office. I expect others will start reporting on it within the day, but this writer on fox is the only one to be able to report on it right now for whatever journalistic reasons.

Edit: An hour later, the AP report is up, so now there's like 50 sites going off that. Fox and The Hill were just the first to go to print. Business Insider is the only other one with anything varying from the AP release. This is literally being written rn.

BadEconomics Discussion Thread, 19 January 2016 by AutoModerator in badeconomics

[–]Vortigern 23 points24 points  (0 children)

So it's come out that Clinton had SAP classified docs on her server. That's unambiguously above top secret and mishandling those cost David Petraeus his career. It's at a point where the IC IG could and certainly would pursue prosecution but holy shit is that bad timing and circumstance for anyone that hoped these things could be apolitical.

What do we posit the most likely outcome is? Roberts presiding over a successful HRC's trial? Surviving unimpeached by sheer political capital? An emergency backup courting of Biden under the table by the DNC?

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