hardly the same.

one whack job pulls a gun.  Assuming the others manage to kill the whack job (eventually), the survivors can go on with life much the same.

Iran or NK detonating a nuke somewhere will have environmental consequences for most of the world (even if Iran or NK were taken out without using WMDs).

I remember when nuke tests were common.

When aliens take over a trade that was formerly done by American that no longer want to do this work, keep in mind the work got re-priced.

It takes a reversal of this repricing to entice Americans to want to do this work.

Consider that all Americans are not equal in there amount of need for work.  I have often gone to the prison/parole system for workers that were willing to work hard at entry level.  Different segments of our society are willing to do different levels of 'unpleasant' work.

America, where Americans now come last, why is that again?

How many of us would pay for those things?  Think of something you buy today and probably double the price, are you in?

Prices are currently irrational. 
*I'm a building contractor in an area where new homes are built for $400-$600 / sq ft 
*Stock prices for companies that send jobs overseas while losing money on operations but magically increasing in value due to stock-buy backs are priced irrationally
*Cost of building cars in the US in many cases still defers to UAW power and cause their autos to be priced irrationally, Ford and GM are both moving more to Mexico
*The price of money is irrational as we go from ZIRP to NIRP
*Price of oil fluctuates over $100 / bbl - crazy again
*Top heavy govt means much of the working population produce nothing but hinderance
*Free enterprise has fallen victim to over regulation that protects big companies
*Too big to fail remains the reality, when they can't lose they don't price rationally.
*We subsidize companies and industries that take our money and then move overseas.
*We subsidize companies and industries for political reasons that have no hope of life beyond subsidy.

I don't agree its as simple as tariffs would double prices, too many things are fucked up to allow America to be great again.  Need to head back to pay as you go, spend what you can afford, govt by the citizenry, self reliance ... etc. in order to bring back opportunity to prosper.

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The last thing in the world the peddlers of "facts", "truths" and "information" want is for us all to get along, agree on common ground and get things done.

What is this 'get things done' of which you speak?  Forward?  Euro-model?

Seems to me anytime we get things done we go deeper in debt and even more of my money is confiscated to benefit others that didn't earn it.

Wow, where do you live that Senators give a crap about citizens?  The RINO's and others cater to donors and contributors. They would rather piss you off and keep the cash cow alive.

 You guys keep forgetting one small point here: It takes 60 votes to confirm a Supreme Court Justice.  Right now Republicans hold 54 seats.

 Again, please explain in a time when the Liberals finally have the chance to change the course of the court they would get behind a far right conservative as their nominee?

 Hell, at this point since fantasies are abounding, maybe the dems can get Obama to nominate Bill Clinton to the court.  At least he could get some of the RINOS in the senate to back him.  All he would need is 14 RINOS.

I dunno, I sense a change in the air.

Cruz hasn't just burned bridges in the Senate, he's done an all out nuclear attack on them.

Cruz has 16 Senators that side with him. That's it. Democrats would rather stick a fork in their eye than see him on the Supreme Court. McConnell hates the guy

Last I checked it takes the Majority Leader to bring it to the floor and a majority to confirm. The numbers simply aren't there.

Those numbers won't matter.  Cruz would have tremendous support to the point where voters will demand their RINO Senators confirm.