Displaying 481 To 510 Of 18,974 Comments Can a Brexit-Type Vote Happen Here and Elect Trump? Oops. I just added this link but found you had already replied. Here it is again below. At the moment I don’t think there is anyone who can pull the Labour Party together, they need to go back to putting the people first. Back to their roots to get the people on board. One of the biggest mistakes Ed Miliband made was being bullied by the Tories to turn their backs on the unions. In fact, they voted in step with the Tiries on far too many occasions for my liking. The working class voters in rural regions never forgave them for that. Corbyn promised to re-establish the union connection to the Labour Party. He is a good man and will do the right thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is an election before the end of the year. Never liked Boris to begin with. He, Cameron and Osborne are all friends from their Eaton days and painted with the same brush. There is not one alternate on that list who thinks differently from Cameron, so having a new leader will change absolutely nothing. We are going over in November and I think it will be my last long distance journey. Getting the house on the market is one of the main reason we have to go. I pay as much yearly property tax as some rich foreigner pays in London, and it’s draining my piggy bank savings. I’ll just have to grin and bear it; accept the loss. Trump’s descent into hell has already begun. There is a new scandal now. He asked British, European, Australian, to name a few, politician to fund his campaign. They complained to the U.S. Federal Election Commission as it is against U.S. Federal law to solicit money from foreign countries and are disgusted. As one member of Parliament said, “What is this crap? I can’t even vote for him.” Clueless doesn’t cover it. —- Trump fundraising emails overseas prompt complaints here and abroad —- Here is the New Yorker link. The astonishing rise of Jeremy Corbyn http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/23/the-astonishing-rise-of-jeremy-corbyn » Posted By Kalima On June 30, 2016 @ 7:23 pm In defence of Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party has never really accepted his leadership from day one. He came out of nowhere after the defeat in the last GE and bumped off some contenders who thought they deserved the position. The Party has always been split, he didn’t get the support he needed, they didn’t rally behind him, so a “no-confidence” was hardly surprising. I put this link on MB last month and found it very interesting. Remind you of anyone? 🙂 —- The astonishing rise of Jeremy Corbyn http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/23/the-astonishing-rise-of-jeremy-corbyn —- As for Boris Johnson, his stand down as the next PM and Michael Gove the useless, the man who destroyed the education system by changing the curriculum and introducing U.S. style charter schools labelled “academies”, I don’t believe it was backstabbing at all. More than likely it was a devious plan between friends so that Boris could walk away from the mess he created the same way as Cameron passed the buck. Buyers remorse came only a few days after the devastating decision to leave the EU, and judging by the politicians, the leave side never thought it through or imagined the inevitable consequences or the strong, united reaction from the EU. They seriously believed they were important enough for business as usual after throwing Europe under the bus. How’s that for British arogance? Watched on and off on the Beeb, and the number of people now trying to give up their British citizenship for a European passport is something I have never seen before and hardly a cause for celebration. Here is something to laugh about. Only 9% of Europeans think that trump has what it takes to be president. I think those 9% are all from Far Right haters across Europe so even that low number is tainted. Let the haters vote for trump because even though the probability is now so low with Clinton expected to win at 80%. Should it happen, he is the last person in America who could ever do anything for them, and the most clueless person ever to run for office. As you say, their anger will continue along with the demise of the Republican Party, the only good thing to attribute to trump’s contribution to the most bizarre election season I have ever seen. The Brits voted out of anger in 2010 and got Cameron the Thatcher wannabe who ruined what was good and just in the country. They did it again last Thursday and now have a bunch of weak kneed politicians who have no ideas how to deal with the fallout of leaving the security of the EU. If I didn’t have family and friends there I would say, “Fuck you! You broke it. You fix it.” When the hardships to come will affect those I care about, it’s hard to turn my back completely, and I still have ends to tie up over there. Namely a house to sell that dropped to half its value the day after the Brexit vote. Thanks Tories! — Pew poll: Trump at 9% with Europeans http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/29/politics/pew-poll-obama-trump-clinton/index.html » Posted By Kalima On June 30, 2016 @ 4:57 pm No, I don’t think trump can win in a similar way because while the U.K. and Europe chose austerity, the American v oters chose President Obama who along with congressional Democrats, stopped the Republicans from implementing the same brutal agenda in the U.S. There are 65 million people in the U.K. compared to over 350 million in the U.S. most of whom are not anti-immigration. Of those 65 million, only 45 million of the population in the U.K. were eligible to vote. The republican scare tactics of the msm are deplorable as is the comparison to the Brexit farce in the U.K. The Caneron government is to blame for the decision to leave while the president has been fighting as hard as he could to improve the lives of Americans, not destroy them. I find the comparison rather insulting to President Obama, but what else is new? The vote in the U.K. was about hardships imposed by the Tory government as too many Brits had no idea what the EU even was or did. Yes, some were about immigration but what they don’t know about many immigrants from Europe is that some corporations send people to Europe to find workers and bring them back to work in the U.K. paying them very low wages, providing inadequate housing, and leaving them adrift in the country once the work is completed. So the meme “they are stealing our jobs” is the propaganda of monsters like Nigel Fararge and the Tory xenophobes to strengthen their own platforms and have dissatisfied voters crossing over to them. The hardships in the U.S. are the direct result of repub legislation in repub controlled states. Most intelligent repubs know that. Like the U.K. there are the haters and racists who will vote for trump because he enabled them to come out of the closet and gave legitimacy for them to be open with their hate. The U.K. Is now facing verbal abuse of anyone with a different skin colour, some actually citizens born there, and hate crimes. What bothers me is the lack of unified outrage from both the politicians and the general public. The U.K. may have voted to leave but until they do they still have to abide by EU rules and laws, among them, hate crimes and human rights. —- Brexit: Wave of hate crime and racial abuse reported following EU referendum —- With trump’s falling poll numbers, and some repubs crossing party lines to vote for Clinton, I don’t think that a GE can be compared to a misguided decision to leave the security of the EU. According to BBC sources, about 3 million people now want a second referendum because they realise they have been lied to by xenophobic Tories, and “Nasty Little Nigel” the racist and bff of the European extreme Far Right nut jobs like Le Pen and Geert Wilders. Both not welcome in the U.K. because of their hate speech. As Farage stood like the jerk he is, insulting the EU parliament, all I could think of was the skinheads in the 70’s roaming around the streets insulting foreigners, and in some cases trashing their businesses and causing grave bodily harm. I know about these extremists because we were almost attacked one night leaving a London Tube station while they screamed insults against my Asian husband, and threw insults at me for being with him. We were lucky to find a Bobby at the exit, some were not. It has started again, and I fear for the country that once was my home. Knowing that this man had unleashed this horror again, I wanted to weep. I have hope that the majority of American voters are against everything trump stands for, and will vote accordingly. As usual, AdLib, you approached the issue with the clarity and understanding that will never be seen in most news sources, and so-called expert opinions. Thank you as always. » Posted By Kalima On June 28, 2016 @ 5:49 pm Weekend Music Thread – Goodbye to EU (You) I remember that one of your first comments on MB asked about my poem, so I thought you might like this song too. Sometimes it feels good to shed a tear. Sometimes it feels even better to remember who we are and were. If we look hard enough, we will still find ourselves there. We never really left. Hugs from Tokyo. 🙂 » Posted By Kalima On June 26, 2016 @ 2:22 am BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO – NEIL SEDAKA ( 1962 ) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQmtTcr1ag » Posted By Kalima On June 26, 2016 @ 12:40 am Thanks, Fergie, and this is for you. sarah mclachlan – i will remember you https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz16ngdsG0 » Posted By Kalima On June 25, 2016 @ 11:56 pm Until it’s time for you to go – Barbra Streisand https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQZYUnX8GM » Posted By Kalima On June 25, 2016 @ 9:50 pm Dusty Springfield – If You Go Away https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCVxPEPx5Y The Beatles Hello Goodbye https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yq3JuKY2kQ For the Tory leadership, especially Cameron, who promised a referendum so he would be reelected and consequently screwed the country royally. The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Live https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMl5CRoFdk Boyz II Men – End of the Road https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9qc-h-y5G1o » Posted By Kalima On June 25, 2016 @ 8:47 pm Putting Lipstick on a Pig Named Trump Had never heard of this “new” guy until I read your article and checked him out, AdLib. Wow, what a sleaze bag! Well they say that trash collects more trash. I think that trump changing the direction of his campaign is a wasted effort, that train has already left the station the minute he opened his nasty trap. The whole world know what he is. He can’t take any of it back. He belongs with the Orcs in Middle Earth. Loved the graphic, it looks so much like him. —- Had to laugh at this Fox video saying Manafort is now totally in charge. In charge of what exactly, the most disorganised and frankly vulgar, racist and stomach-churning campaign in recent history anywhere in the Western world? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhLAh9lwNI —- —- Trump rejects new adviser’s push to make him ‘presidential’ http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/donald-trump-paul-manafort-corey-lewandowski-222430 —- Free tv slots. Paying no taxes and stealing from vets, could this creep be any cheaper? No wonder he claims to be rich. One thing is certain though, money certainly can’t buy class. —- The Daily Trail: Donald Trump’s day started out bad. It got worse » Posted By Kalima On June 20, 2016 @ 7:56 pm Weekend Music Thread – In the Summertime Scott Walker – The Summer Knows (Theme From “Summer of ’42”) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLFI80p7NDI Martha The Vandellas ‘Dancing in the Streets’ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5QlCKNSBINA Stevie Wonder Live – You Are The Sunshine Of My Life https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8LIwi_1Hg Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rjOhZZyn30k Blossom Dearie – Once Upon a Summertime (1957 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CaLb4isLGH0 » Posted By Kalima On June 18, 2016 @ 8:18 pm The nra, the slimy The msm are equally to blame for sensationalising mass shootings without reporting on the root cause of so many casualties in such a short space of time and without questioning the use of such weapons, their moral legitimacy, and their repercussions in a free society. As if the weapons used are in any way logical in the hands of civilians committing these heinous crimes. My biggest disappointment was the lack of unified protests in the streets, and like you, I wondered what it would take to finally say enough is enough. I worry about my friends. I worry about this sickness in America that makes people accept this violence as something that they can do nothing about, and I admire the determination of the groups in the articles below. The nra, the gun manufacturers, and the nra’s puppets in Congress must be held responsible for America to heal and fight against these powers that stand in the way of new gun laws and justice for those who lost their lives so violently and unnecessarily. —- The gay rights movement could take on the NRA — and actually win —- A Million-Mom Army And A Billionaire Take On The NRA http://www.npr.org/2016/06/17/482343185/a-million-mom-army-and-a-billionaire-take-on-the-nra » Posted By Kalima On June 18, 2016 @ 5:47 pm Hello, KT. Thank you for this article. I agree 100% with your opinion. There used to be a column in the NYT I posted on a regular basis on MB listing the names of those killed by gun violence each day, but this year it was discontinued. Lord knows why as it just recorded the horrific facts that the msm didn’t bother to report as news. If every life matters, then they should have. I will never get my head around the need for guns in civilian hands, it’s completely alien to me never having experienced living in a country where that was normal. Sticking with the 2nd amendment as it was written hundreds of years ago when guns were necessary to fight the enemy, is understandable, but the only enemies in present times are those being fought on a battlefield by the military, and to stop those who would harm the citizens of a country. Isn’t domestic gun violence harming the citizens of your country every day by robbing them of their lives? Hand guns alone give me the creeps, but assault rifles with ammo to cause as much internal damage as possible in the hands of civilians, is sheer madness. Senator Murphy did a wonderful thing, but will the republicans finally do the right thing, I somehow don’t think so. They have lost almost everything in this election season already, so I doubt they will suddenly grow a conscience now. The only way to change this situation is to change the face of both the Senate and the House with new and determined people who really want to work hard to introduce new and responsible gun laws that would make America safer for its people. —- At Least 250 Shootings in the U.S. in the Two Days After Orlando Shooting http://www.teenvogue.com/story/over-250-shootings-america-two-days-after-orlando-attack » Posted By Kalima On June 18, 2016 @ 4:36 pm A Moment of Silence Says It All About GOP Policies A really great article, AdLib. It’s amazing that these same republicans can however speak in droves when it comes to blaming the President. If I see one more article about Obama being afraid to use the term “radical Islam”, and that these two words would miraculously stop these attacks, I think I will tear my hair out. First of all I haven’t read anywhere that the investigation in Orlando has been completed, so calling this an extremist attack has yet to be concluded. From everything I have read so far, there are indications that Omar Mateen frequented gay bars and even tried to pick up men on a gay app. Even his own father had accused him of being gay according to a family source. Just because he pledged allegiance to Isis, doesn’t make it so. Either that, or he was a raving homophobe.His ex-wife also claimed that he was bipolar. I have a friend who is bipolar but is not violent. Personally I believe that he had homosexual tendencies, felt ashamed as a Muslim, and took his anger out on the gay community, then called the police to make himself look important. The gop however hear “Muslim” “immigrant” and solve the case in an instant. I see no reason for the President to say more than he said in his statement after the shooting, but hey, why not blame him so that the public doesn’t blame them for opposing gun control? Like ostriches, they believe that if they hide their heads in the sand, no one will see or hear them, and in the case of gop politicians, forget that most of their nastiness and phobias, are recorded for all to see and hear. Now that is what I would call being stupid. Quite a cushy job they have there so I think they should all be payed what they are worth. Judging by the hours they put in and the actual work they get done, $6 an hour sounds about right to me and if they don’t like that, let them fight for a minimum wage increase like everyone else. Have the gop ever put forward a new plan to replace the legislation they want to repeal, except for offering people in dire medical situations coupons and potluck expensive insurance coverage? All in all, and without much thought needed, the Republican Party has absolutely nothing to offer the majority of Anericans, and they seem to be the last ones to know. After what trump said to demean the President, and paint all Muslims with the same brush, the length of time between the shooting and brief snippets from the gop “elites”, was as embarrassing and meaningless as a fart in a crowded W.C. at a train station. That after sinking as low as any political party can, they still feel no shame and continue on the same path to further destruction totally oblivious to the image they project even when it will mean a devastating defeat is simply mind boggling. The fact that any citizen can buy a weapon like the AR-15 with ammunition designed to inflict maximum tissue damage after it enters the body, is beyond any logical comprehension. All I can say is that I’m so grateful that I live in a country that bans gun ownership for private citizens, and requires strict regulations for issuing hunting licenses. Yes we do have the occasional knife wielding maniac, but most of these people are mentally disturbed and have not received any or sufficient treatment. On average they happen every 3 to 4 years and not many times in a single day. Day and Night. RWW News: Steve King: No Legal Protections for “Self-Professed Behavior” of LGBT People https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aeB6qdQdZfU Rep Steve King: Being Gay ‘Self-Professed’ Behavior, Not Protected https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_0gG9pxDjbk Rep. Steve King Says ‘We’re Sorry’ Gays Were Targeted In Orlando https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RZxJs5VsbZ4 Then for good measure, there was this, whatever this was. What this clip shows is the complaints against the President not being forceful enough on fighting terror, and not speaking those magic two words “radical Islam” is because the gop have pushed the idea the he’s not a Christian for almost 8 years, and still do to this day. Lawrence O’Donnell Humiliates Rep Steve King on The Last Word: How Ignorant Are Republicans? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W93SSXkTeiU » Posted By Kalima On June 15, 2016 @ 6:21 pm Weekend Music Thread – I’ve Been Everywhere Absolutely, Fergie!! I listened to this all through my stay in Hong Kong when I was away from home for a week visiting a dear friend. I got a wonderful welcome home so it became his song. » Posted By Kalima On June 12, 2016 @ 12:22 am I know that San Francisco still holds a special place in your heart, so the pleasure was all mine. 🙂 » Posted By Kalima On June 11, 2016 @ 11:37 pm For hubby. Oh hang on, for Fergie’s DH too. 🙂 Randy Crawford – Windsong https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DQzuY2BIYUw » Posted By Kalima On June 11, 2016 @ 11:35 pm For Fergie. San Francisco – Scott McKenzie https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0vkKy504U » Posted By Kalima On June 11, 2016 @ 11:19 pm Dedicated to Nirek, Bernie, that injured right shoulder, and the state of Vermont. Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra – Moonlight In Vermont (Verve Records 1957) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pt6JC3njOi8 » Posted By Kalima On June 11, 2016 @ 7:28 pm Ella Fitzgerald – I Love Paris https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v-jkwQ1_Mpo Frank Sinatra – Autumn in New York https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiWgT6stNg Norah Jones – A Foggy Day in London Town https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaxz0ws84WY Fast Car by Tracy Chapman Studio Version https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uTIB10eQnA0 Summer in the City – Lovin’ Spoonful https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m648v4s5sFc » Posted By Kalima On June 11, 2016 @ 4:23 pm Weekend Music Thread – One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 😆 Unless your wife’s name is Katherine, or dedicated to a breakfast cereal, is that for me? If so, Danke Schön Mein Herr! Will Glahé – Trink, Trink, Brüderlein Trink https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbskL4vPYA For The Planet’s spammers and hackers. Irish drinking song – Bugger off https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jbrzZWLu6Qw » Posted By Kalima On June 4, 2016 @ 11:23 pm Frank Sinatra – One For My Baby (and One More For The Road) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m121tmJzcAc Johnny Cash Beer Drinking Songs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ3VpAEDzXw Randy Crawford – Give Me The Night https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RFdQoYaijoU » Posted By Kalima On June 4, 2016 @ 6:25 pm Trump Sues All Americans For Repeating and Remembering What He Says People too dumb to think shouldn’t be allowed to vote when so many decent people are denied that right by dirty tricks. Just had a good look at that graphic you used and it scared the life out of me. What’s with the hair water slide? I’d rather meet a “Walking Dead” zombie in an alley at night than trump any day. The man is positively disgusting to look at. » Posted By Kalima On June 4, 2016 @ 12:38 am Hope springs eternal that most voters will wake up from this nightmare before the impending crash, and I so agree about the “undecided”. Four years of insane chaos with America sliding off the map on foreign policy and international support, or a dem who won’t screw up all that President Obama has worked so hard to change for the American people? Why would any sane person have to think for more than a second about that choice? What would they rather have? A cold or an incurable brain tumour? » Posted By Kalima On June 3, 2016 @ 4:48 pm Loved the article, AdLib and will be back later. To once again prove what a slimy crook he is, I just read this AP article. Btw, when I read your article it wasn’t much of a jump to actually believe he would say that, and that is a really scary movie script. To begin to feel that it’s normal to hear these insane rants until he disappears from the headlines and 24 hour cable tv, is like living in an alternate universe. —- Trump University model: Sell hard, demand to see a warrant —- To prove his “mafia” style campaign threats, here is one of his real life mafia connection. —- Donald Trump exclusive: Russian mob-linked fraudster a ‘key player’ in presidential hopeful’s business ventures » Posted By Kalima On June 3, 2016 @ 3:30 pm Weekend Music Thread – Honor, Respect and Love Thank you, Fergie, I always check yours too. Hope you are getting a rest this Sunday? We are about to have lunch on the first sunny day this week. Take good care of yourself. » Posted By Kalima On May 28, 2016 @ 9:06 pm Randy Crawford -Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AOT0jjkhTkw Taps https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WChTqYlDjtI Mariah Carey – Hero https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0IA3ZvCkRkQ Cat Stevens – Peace Train https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d_X9eqYa6CQ Blowin in The Wind – Bob Dylan https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3l4nVByCL44 » Posted By Kalima On May 28, 2016 @ 5:50 pm If Superdelegates Weren’t a Fraud, Could they Help the Dems Win the White House? Thanks for taking the time to reply, Fergie, and I was glad to hear that you know what Bernie is doing behind the scenes. When you think that many European countries are doing just fine with a socialist government who provides all it’s citizens with access to healthcare, education, unions and so much more, socialist has no scary hidden meaning at all, it just stands for equality. Time will tell what Hillary will or won’t do, or can or can’t do. So very sorry to hear about further health problems, Fergie, and believe me when I say that I know what you are going through. I was diagnosed with premature aging of the spine in my early 30’s and get these attacks that last anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. In fact I’m just getting over one that lasted for a month. It was heaven to be able to stand up straight again, although bending is still a problem. We need to find some spare parts! My doctor always gives me a huge supply of heat plasters, and the warmth gets me through the night. Surgery was suggested years ago, but now there are too many disks involved to predict a good outcome. I hope that you at least find something for that intense pain, and will be sending out healing thoughts your way. Take care of yourself and I really hope that you have the right doctor to support you through this trying tim. I do, and feel very lucky. See you, and all the very best. » Posted By Kalima On May 28, 2016 @ 3:50 am Hello, Fergie. This is not a comment on your comment as such, or an opinion about your opinion, but I just wanted to point out that Bernie has been working hard to get these Progressives elected to Congress by sharing his time and campaign funds to help them do just that. The list is not complete as there are at least 6 more names, and they are all from immigrant families. I think it’s brilliant because even with Hillary as the dem nominee, having more Progessives in Congress who support Bernie’s ideas, is a winning situation, and might stop Hillary from going back to the center in policy making should she win the presidency. These are the things that the media don’t report on, about what Bernie is actually doing to help to bring about change. They are too busy reporting when trump farts, or there is another rumoured fight between Bernie and Hillary. I receive emails from the Bernie campaign, and the last time he mentioned Hillary, was to report that there were only 2 points between them in California. There was no bitterness or name calling, and never has been. The only criticism has been the same from the start, her campaign funding because he strongly believes in removing huge amounts of corporate money out of politics. Here is part of that list of Progressive candidates who support Bernie’s agenda. Tim Canova, a Progressive candidate from Florida challenging DWS. Jeff Merkley U.S. Senator from Oregon working on Climate Change legislation Russ Feingold WI Lucy Flores of Nevada, Zephyr Teachout of New York Mike Honda California (CA-17) Ruben Gallego Arizona (AZ-07) Keith Ellison Minnesota (MN-05) Donna Edwards Maryland Pramila Jayapal Here is a link to an article from an economist who agrees with many others that Bernie’s ideas for the future are not as far fetched or impossible as some are saying without really understanding how he plans to implement them. Maybe if people actually listened to what he is saying instead of throwing the word “socialist” around without knowing what it really means, his plans would make perfect sense. Here is that link in case you are interested. —- Jeffrey Sachs: Bernie Sanders easily wins the policy debate Sorry to butt in but I’m usually here working behind door #3 and happened to see your comment on my tea break. Hope that you are doing ok? Take care. » Posted By Kalima On May 28, 2016 @ 1:13 am So well stated, AdLib and I couldn’t agree more. In this frenzied battle to win, they will lose any respect they had left in the long run. It really does seem undemocratic to disallow Independents to vote. They will either vote Dem or republican unless there is some other party running with a chance of winning that I haven’t heard about. So it would be beneficial to either party and makes no sense to me at all. It just comes across as petty meanness by people who haven’t thought it through. I posted the link to your article to show how the Clintons play politics. Themselves before the needs of the country, and not just with DOMA, on many issues that left millions stranded in one way or the other while they moved more to the Right than to the Left. People remember Bill as a purveyor of a good economy, but he actually walked in when the Dot com start-ups were beginning to take off. He didn’t create the booming economy, he sailed through his presidency on it, and left before it began to collapse. To show you that all the negative hype about Bernie’s vision for the country is just negative hype, I found this article to be very interesting and have read that many economists share this writer’s opinion. —- Jeffrey Sachs: Bernie Sanders easily wins the policy debate » Posted By Kalima On May 26, 2016 @ 5:06 pm This is really excellent, AdLib. I’ve been asking how superdelegates, the few chosen ones, can represent “for the people, by the people” and count that as being fair. No wonder Bernie protests that the primaries are “rigged”. They certainly are. States that don’t let Independents vote are also very undemocratic. It’s like telling them that their vote doesn’t count in this part of the political process. I find it appalling and dangerous. For months now I have read that Bernie has a better chance of winning against trump, and yet the DNC continue to spin their web of deceit. Do they want to lose the WH just to have the opportunity of a possibility of the first woman president? With her popularity at almost the same level as trump’s, do they think that will encourage people to vote for her in the GE? I don’t. Bernie has no damaging baggage. Anything trump would try to throw at him would roll off his back and not faze him in the least. Hillary on the other hand has a history of issues, some true, and not made up by republicans, and she will be in a fight that will have her defending the accusations from now until November, bringing up scandals that she and the Party’s establishment would rather forget. I see it as Mad Max and “Thunderdome”. If politics haven’t seemed crazy enough until now, just wait until she is announced as the Dem nominee. I don’t think that there has ever been a time in U.S. history where two nominees have been disliked as much equally. I agree 100% that superdelegates should be abolished, hardly democratic, as it robs the people of the chance to vote for the candidate of their choice. The DNC won’t come out of this debacle smelling of roses and that’s a given. Fight fair or don’t fight at all. The voting public is not as dumb as you hope they will be. I admire Bernie for standing up to this crooked DNC establishment ploy, and for having the conviction to say it out loud. Should Hillary lose in November, it will be one of the most disgraceful and dishonest moments in American political history after the unbelievable and disgusting performance we have all witnessed from trump. Right along with the demonic racists who crawled out of the moldy woodwork in 2008 and stayed out for almost 8 years growing bolder every year. A few days ago I read this article you wrote last year, and it sums up what I have aleays felt about the Clintons. Thank you for explaining what has bothered me during this primary season, and for writing about what I’m sure many Dem leaning voters are feeling right now. — Hillary Covers Up Truth of Why Bill Clinton Signed DOMA https://planetpov.com/2015/10/26/hillary-covers-up-truth-of-why-bill-clinton-signed-of-doma/ And so it begins. —- State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Clinton’s email practices » Posted By Kalima On May 25, 2016 @ 2:23 pmComments Posted By Kalima
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Trump senior adviser: Paul Manafort is now totally in charge
How’s that “totally in charge” working out fer ya, Paul? I can’t see trump giving an inch in this ugly clash of egos.
Wayne LaPierre, and all in Congress who take money from them need to be publicly shamed until their craziness is defeated. In a just and fair society, they would be charged as co-conspirators in the mass killing sickness in America. Like you, I could not fathom why the slaughter of 21 small, innocent children did not reach the hearts, produce a feeling of guilt and conscience of these monster enablers of so much carnage until I realized that they possess no heart, feelings of guilt or conscience.
Makes me wonder how long it took for this God fearing faux Christian to swallow his in-Christian anti-gay stance to admit that the gay community had been targeted? I expect him to go back to gay-bashing as soon as he wipes that pent up hate sweat from his face. For now the gay community “matters” because they were slaughtered and maimed by a madman, but as soon as the press furore dies down, they will be back to trying to make life as difficult as possible for them. Hypocrites down to the last one standing.
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