"Now it is faced with a front-runner who, in the interval between the two Priebus comments cited above, said of a protester, "I'd like to punch him in the face." This is a front-runner with no credible agenda and no suitable experience. He wants the United States to commit war crimes, including torture and the murder of innocent relatives of suspected terrorists. He admires Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and sees no difference between Mr. Putin's victims and people killed in the defense of the United States. He would round up and deport 11 million people, a forced movement on a scale not attempted since Stalin or perhaps Pol Pot. He has, during the course of his campaign, denigrated women, Jews, Muslims, Mexicans, people with disabilities and many more. He routinely trades in wild falsehoods and doubles down when his lies are exposed."
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Let's be clear Trump's approach is becoming the Republican Party
Washington Post ... Robert Kagan February 25, 2016:
"Let's be clear: Trump is no fluke. Nor is he hijacking the Republican Party or the conservative movement, if there is such a thing. He is, rather, the party's creation, its Frankenstein's monster, brought to life by the party, fed by the party and now made strong enough to destroy its maker. Was it not the party's wild obstructionism — the repeated threats to shut down the government over policy and legislative disagreements, the persistent calls for nullification of Supreme Court decisions, the insistence that compromise was betrayal, the internal coups against party leaders who refused to join the general demolition — that taught Republican voters that government, institutions, political traditions, party leadership and even parties themselves were things to be overthrown, evaded, ignored, insulted, laughed at?"
Trump's power is created by an extreme that he then extends into the destruction of democracy in America ... Watch out ....?
Arthur
"Let's be clear: Trump is no fluke. Nor is he hijacking the Republican Party or the conservative movement, if there is such a thing. He is, rather, the party's creation, its Frankenstein's monster, brought to life by the party, fed by the party and now made strong enough to destroy its maker. Was it not the party's wild obstructionism — the repeated threats to shut down the government over policy and legislative disagreements, the persistent calls for nullification of Supreme Court decisions, the insistence that compromise was betrayal, the internal coups against party leaders who refused to join the general demolition — that taught Republican voters that government, institutions, political traditions, party leadership and even parties themselves were things to be overthrown, evaded, ignored, insulted, laughed at?"
Trump's power is created by an extreme that he then extends into the destruction of democracy in America ... Watch out ....?
Arthur
NYTimes: Trump's Il Duce Routine
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/opinion/donald-trumps-il-duce-routine.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Europe knows that democracies can collapse. It watches Trump with memories of when the sky darkened.
Europe knows that democracies can collapse. It watches Trump with memories of when the sky darkened.
NYTimes: Obama Sends Plan to Close Guantánamo to Congress
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/us/politics/obama-guantanamo-bay.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
The president has long worked to empty the prison in Cuba, which he calls a counterproductive symbol of American power.
The president has long worked to empty the prison in Cuba, which he calls a counterproductive symbol of American power.
REPUTED MOB LEADER AMONG 15 INDICTED ON RACKETEERING COUNTS - NYTimes.com
Trump had dealings with such concrete mobsters, not unlike those operating in Canada ..
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/22/nyregion/reputed-mob-leader-among-15-indicted-on-racketeering-counts.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/22/nyregion/reputed-mob-leader-among-15-indicted-on-racketeering-counts.html
Monday, 29 February 2016
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Iran election: Reformists win all 30 Tehran seats - BBC News
So Iran might become a peaceful player on the world stage?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35681250
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35681250
Saturday, 27 February 2016
Paul Krugman: Republicans Should Not Be Shocked by Donald Trump's Racism Given They Invented it - The Daily Banter
To anyone familiar with Republican electoral tactics, it is clear that Trump is basically saying what their constituency believes -- that black people are lazy, Mexicans are stealing their jobs, torturing Arabs is fun, and women should stay in the kitchen. Of course Republicans cannot come out and say this given they need to attract moderates in general elections (who understand it is a tactic and vote mostly due to economic reasons), but the insinuation is enough to rile up and activate their base of angry white voters.
http://thedailybanter.com/2016/02/paul-krugman-republicans-should-not-be-shocked-by-donald-trumps-racism-given-they-invented-it/
http://thedailybanter.com/2016/02/paul-krugman-republicans-should-not-be-shocked-by-donald-trumps-racism-given-they-invented-it/
Thursday, 25 February 2016
What Are Trump and Sanders? They Are the End of American Exceptionalism | RealClearWorld
We all know exercise makes you live longer. But this will actually get you off the couch. - The Washington Post
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Bill Clinton targets Trump at Dallas rally | WFAA.com
Making America whole again may catch on? Uniting is stronger after dividing loses appeal ... Moral issues involved ...
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas-county/bill-clinton-targets-trump-at-dallas-rally/51356534
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas-county/bill-clinton-targets-trump-at-dallas-rally/51356534
BlackburnNews.com - Development Surges In Lambton Shores
Is such optimism and investment 'without necessary infrastructure and industry changes' and 'provisioning' warranted or foolish?
https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2016/02/23/development-surges-in-lambton-shores/
https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2016/02/23/development-surges-in-lambton-shores/
Federal Deficits Could Exceed $52B Over 2 Years, If Liberals Keep Their Promises
Does balancing the fed's fiscal budget matter, or are there other more important balances to work on? Why the focus on government when balancing other budgets are more important ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/02/22/liberal-budget-deficit-projections_n_9295012.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/02/22/liberal-budget-deficit-projections_n_9295012.html
Sunday, 21 February 2016
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Friday, 19 February 2016
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The author went to Koch school in Washington DC ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Oil:_The_Case_for_Canada%27s_Oil_Sands
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Oil:_The_Case_for_Canada%27s_Oil_Sands
Russia Wields the Kurdish Weapon - by Walter Russell Mead
Should America just declare war on Assad, which amounts to declaring war on Russian interests in the Middle East.
http://www.hudson.org/research/12217-russia-wields-the-kurdish-weapon
http://www.hudson.org/research/12217-russia-wields-the-kurdish-weapon
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Sunday, 14 February 2016
The Problem with Poland by Jan-Werner Müller | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books
The two pillars of our freedom since 1945 are being tested to their limits and we may as a generation be found wanting ... the pillar of maintaining adequate absorptive capacity of immigrants and of adequately housing our children and their families ...
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/02/11/kaczynski-eu-problem-with-poland/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Poland%20Scalia%20Coens&utm_content=NYR%20Poland%20Scalia%20Coens+CID_4e340fa2e851b03b57532243a917fccc&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=The%20Problem%20with%20Poland
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/02/11/kaczynski-eu-problem-with-poland/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Poland%20Scalia%20Coens&utm_content=NYR%20Poland%20Scalia%20Coens+CID_4e340fa2e851b03b57532243a917fccc&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=The%20Problem%20with%20Poland
Saturday, 13 February 2016
Friday, 12 February 2016
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Reaching back in philosophy and faith
It's curious that not all had Such a dim view of Muslims. Having a relative Lawrence 'of Arabia' and having worked in Libya over three years does not permit me to hold short sighted views by any stretch of the imagination. I actually have more to fear from those that are afraid.
http://www.adamsjefferson.com/papers/Widmer_peopleofbook.pdf
http://www.adamsjefferson.com/papers/Widmer_peopleofbook.pdf
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
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Sunday, 31 January 2016
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The Sneaky Way Austerity Got Sold to the Public Like Snake Oil | Institute for New Economic Thinking
Theory of need for budget constraint has produced atmosphere of indecision ..
http://ineteconomics.org/ideas-papers/blog/the-sneaky-way-austerity-got-sold-to-the-public-like-snake-oil
Truth is like a school of fish ...
http://ineteconomics.org/ideas-papers/blog/the-sneaky-way-austerity-got-sold-to-the-public-like-snake-oil
Truth is like a school of fish ...
Monday, 18 January 2016
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