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Looks like it is all but sown up;

US election 2016: New York primary results

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36084957



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-us-2016-35404043


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Tweedledum, Tweedledee?

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Love or loathe it, Donald Trump is setting the agenda again

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/01/love-or-loathe-it-donald-trump-is-setting-the-agenda-again/


Wednesday was a good day for Donald Trump, a reminder of why we shouldn’t underestimate him. It’s not that he did or said anything particularly different – he just did his old thing in a more effective way.

By hammering home a tough message on immigration, he gets back to the basics and reminds us why he won the primaries.

First, Trump flew down Mexico way to discuss his plans for a wall with President Enrique Pena Nieto. The statement he gave afterwards was measured and well delivered, full of praise for the “amazing” and “spectacular” people of Mexico (Trump’s efforts at diplomacy read like a TripAdviser review) and he avoided the subject of who would pay for the gargantuan structure.

So, win #1 was standing side-by-side with a foreign leader and looking like a man who can actually get things done. Critical pundits complained that the bar is set too low for Trump – that just because he didn’t strike President Nieto on the nose doesn’t mean he’s the new Henry Kissinger.

But they’re missing the point. Trump’s poll slide is less to do with his issues than the perception that he’s unfit for the presidency. Show him doing the job and not doing it too badly and, like Reagan in 1980, he hopes to allay fears and convince people it’s worth taking a gamble on him.

Second, Trump returned to Arizona to deliver an electric speech – his second best since the convention – that contradicted much of what he just said in Mexico. Mexico will pay for the wall. A wall that will be “beautiful” (how? Will it have gold fittings?). He also pledged the creation of a special deportation force to kick criminal illegal aliens back across the border.

All of which might sound like red meat but in fact reflects a slight softening of his position. He did not call for all 11 million estimated illegal immigrants to be deported, and some of his lieutenants have said that he understands this to be a near-impossible task.

Again, critical pundits will focus on the tone of his remarks while failing to notice that the more time Trump has had to think his immigration position through, the closer it has come to the position not only of the GOP but of the Obama administration.

Under Obama, millions have been deported: he booted 400,000 people out of the country in 2012 alone. Republicans and Democrats deport because a) it’s what the people want and b) it’s their job to uphold the law.

So win #2 was re-establishing Trump’s tough stance on immigration while adding some necessary context: he will talk like an adult to the Mexicans and he probably won’t erect a police state to enforce his policy.

The clever optics and subtle messaging might reflect the influence of new campaign managers Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway. That the campaign has become a little more sophisticated since Breitbart’s Bannon came aboard strengthens my view that the influence of the so-called Alt Right is overblown.

Whether or not this can make any difference is a tough call for a columnist to make. But the Clinton campaign should be wary of allowing Trump to set the agenda again. Hillary, it seems to many people, has gone into hiding and is relying upon negative campaigning.

Trump, by contrast, is flying down to Mexico and laying out a concrete vision for the country. That vision is a fantasy: the wall would be so absurdly costly and politically difficult that its construction would class it as one of the wonders of the postmodern world.

But that’s not the point. The point is that pay is low, jobs are difficult to get in many rustbelt areas, Americans are concerned about immigration, and Trump has some sort of plan to deal with it. And he re-emphasised an argument on Wednesday that is entirely historically accurate: there have been moments in US history when the country has closed its borders to select groups.

The world is undergoing a Great Migration from south to north. Lots of developed countries are saying: “No!” Love it or loathe it, Trump’s plan is not without practical precedent.


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US election: Clinton calls half of Trump supporters 'deplorables'

How to win friends and influence people;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37327156
10 September

US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has called half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables".

Speaking at a fundraiser, she said they were "racist, sexist, xenophobic, Islamophobic - you name it".  She then went on to say the rest of the Republican nominee's supporters were "just desperate for change".
Mr Trump said the comments were "insulting" to "millions of amazing, hard working people".  In a tweet, he added: "I think it will cost her at the polls!"

Polls released earlier this week suggest Mr Trump is gaining on Mrs Clinton, and the rivals are neck-and-neck in the key battleground states of Ohio and Florida........>
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Mrs c revealed, inadvertently, what most... if not all... politicians think about the electorate.
Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies. The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.” ― H.L. Mencken
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An ex-FBI interrogator's tips on handling debate lies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37432146
6 October 2016 

.............One man has some advice for them.

Joe Navarro estimates that he conducted 13,000 interviews while working for the FBI, during which plenty of people tried to mislead him.

Before his retirement in 2003, he also taught advanced counterterrorism interview techniques for the bureau. The man knows how to weed out the truth: so what does he think?

1) Language really matters (including body language).................>

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It is October, October has its surprises;
8 October 2016

Hillary Clinton's Wall St speeches published by Wikileaks

Transcripts of private speeches by US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks.

In one of the extracts, Mrs Clinton told bankers that they were best-placed to help reform the US financial sector.

She also said she favoured "open trade and open borders". Mrs Clinton's main opponent, Donald Trump, has said he wants to renegotiate key trade deals.

Mrs Clinton had refused to publish the transcripts, from 2013 and 2014.

Her rival in the Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders, had repeatedly called on her to release the text of her speeches, which are thought to have earned her about $26m (£21m).............>


US election: Donald Trump sorry for obscene remarks on women


8 October 2016

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has apologised for obscene comments about women he made in a newly released videotape from 2005.

Mr Trump said that "these words don't reflect who I am... I apologise".

In the video, Mr Trump says "you can do anything" to women "when you're a star" and brags about trying to grope and kiss women...........>

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[b]"There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings."[/b] ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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Will be nice to have a real man in the White House instead of the wimpy Erckel dude we have endured for the past 8 years.
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  smiley35That Trump guy is learning!!! smiley9
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Would appear that some ethnic groups are not as evolved as others. If you believe that Darwin thingy.
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 Clearly Hillary's backers agree with you!
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  • when Trump vows to destroy the globalists and you remember you’re a globalist

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart. DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN
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Maybe the US should look to its neighbor and pick up a few tricks

(it is in the Guardian - it has to be true!)
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Polls - General Election: Trump vs. Clinton (4-Way)

This is a good link if you want to keep up to date in the final stretch;

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html
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“The truth is like a lion, you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose, it will defend itself.” St. Augustine
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Let's lighten the mood a little;

Latin America's Trump? Venezuelan leader rejects comparison

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Here are a few questions...
  • who would you be more comfortable having watch your children for the weekend:  clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable loaning your truck to; clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable staying on your sofa for the night; clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable working for; clinton, johnson or trump?
Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies. The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.” ― H.L. Mencken
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Reply to alaskaone (10/24/2016 3:12 AM)

Here are a few questions...
  • who would you be more comfortable having watch your children for the weekend:  clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable loaning your truck to; clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable staying on your sofa for the night; clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable working for; clinton, johnson or trump?

Interesting questions and the answers could sway me on domestic issues.  But do I really want someone who does not know Syria's largest city running foreign affairs?  Someone that clueless really is dangerous.  The others may be as dangerous - but maybe not. I would go for someone who knew something.
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Reply to WRS10 (10/24/2016 9:44 AM)

Reply to alaskaone (10/24/2016 3:12 AM)

Here are a few questions...
  • who would you be more comfortable having watch your children for the weekend:  clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable loaning your truck to; clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable staying on your sofa for the night; clinton, johnson or trump?
  • who would you be more comfortable working for; clinton, johnson or trump?

Interesting questions and the answers could sway me on domestic issues.  But do I really want someone who does not know Syria's largest city running foreign affairs?  Someone that clueless really is dangerous.  The others may be as dangerous - but maybe not. I would go for someone who knew something.

Not recognizing Alepo is hardly an issue of any importance... that he had integrity enough to ask for clarification rather than bluff his way through is an important issue, I think.
Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies. The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.” ― H.L. Mencken
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Any fact checkers out there?

https://www.facebook.com/donaldtrumpforpresident2/posts/505696232955793

"He's nothing but a B-List TV personality. He has no business being in politics."
"He's been divorced and remarried. He can't commit to anything."
"He's dangerously ignorant about international affairs. The Russian leaders will walk all over him."
"He has no filter - doesn't think before he speaks."
"Until recently, he was a Democrat. He's not a real Republican. He hasn't paid his GOP dues."
"He used to be Pro Choice. Now, suddenly he's Pro Life?"
"That can't be his real hair!"
"He's a loose cannon. No one wants HIS finger on the nuclear button."
"His opponent has the experience and political savvy to be president. He does not."
"He's just not presidential."
"His temperament disqualifies him from ever being Commander-In-Chief."
"He's proven himself to be mentally unstable."
"The military will never accept him as Commander-In-Chief. He's not smart enough."
"The GOP doesn't want him to be the head of the party. He could never reach across the aisle to get anything done."
"Most Republican voters will just stay home rather than go out and vote for him."
"He's almost 70. Much too old to be president."
"Evangelicals will never support him."
"He says (Let’s) Make America Great Again. How dare he say we aren't still great?!?!"
"His intellect is thinner than spit on a slate rock.”
"90 percent of Republican state chairmen judge him guilty of simplistic approaches, with no depth in federal government administration and no experience in foreign affairs."
"His spontaneity with reporters and voters plays well but also gives him plenty of space to disgorge fantasies and factual errors so prolific and often outrageous that he single-handedly makes the word gaffe a permanent fixture in America’s political vernacular. He confuses Pakistan with Afghanistan. He claimed once that trees contributed 93 percent of the
atmosphere’s nitrous oxide..."
"After all his gaffs, he doubles down on them instead of admitting he made a mistake."
"He's threatening to upend our treaties and relationships with our allies by demanding that they pay for their own defense!"
"Because of his gross factual errors he might take rash action and needlessly lead this country into open warfare!"
"He's racist, xenophobic, and fuels the fires of hatred!"
"You shouldn't take him seriously. He has a penchant for offering simplistic solutions to hideously complex problems and a stubborn insistence that he is always right in every argument.”
"The rising turnout of his voters are not loyal Republicans or Democrats and are alienated from both parties because neither takes a sympathetic view toward their issues.”
"He wears the disdain he draws from the GOP elites as a badge of honor. Henry Kissinger’s championing the other GOP candidate and attacking him are actually helping him!"
"The fact that he could be deemed a serious candidate for president is a shame and embarrassment for the country.”
The New Yorker observed that his appeal “has to do not with competence at governing but with the emotion he evokes... [He] lets people get out their anger and frustration, their feeling of being misunderstood and mishandled by those who have run our government, their impatience with taxes and with the poor and the weak, their impulse to deal with the world’s troublemakers by employing the stratagem of a punch in the nose.”
"His unpopular opponent presided over the current Iranian crisis... and a reeling economy, yet surely the Democrat will prevail over him."
"Is he Safe? …he shoots from the hip … he's over his head … What are his solutions?”
"Voters want to follow some authority figure, — a leader who can take charge with authority; return a sense of discipline to our government; and, manifest the willpower needed to get this country back on track -- Or at least a leader from outside Washington,"

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Sound familiar? Youve heard this all about Donald Trump, right?

Try Again. All this was said of Ronald Reagan in 1976 and 1980. Most of it was BY OTHER REPUBLICANS, and Reagan turned out to be arguably one of the greatest presidents of the 20th Century, if not of all time (excluding possibly George Washington.)

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Can't really agree about reagan being a great president.  He wasn't.
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Africans chuckle at ugly US election

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-37756189

26 October 2016

Africans are laughing at the US elections on Twitter.

Allegations of sexual assault, high-level corruption and vote rigging are normally found in less stable countries, but this year's presidential race is testing the resilience of America's electoral system. Nigerians in particular have found the irony of the world's foremost democracy slipping into embarrassing feuds and demagogic threats too hilarious to resist.

Thousands have been picking events apart on Twitter under the hashtag #Nov8AfricanEdition - a reference to the date of the election.

Under the hashtag, Nigerians and other Africans have been flipping the script and imagining how events in America would be reported if they were happening in Africa, with fake "breaking news" headlines and sarcastic support.

The tag began trending after the third presidential debate, in which Donald Trump hinted he might not accept the election result if Hilary Clinton wins. The jokers saved their best material for Trump's claim that the US campaign is "rigged.".........>

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Sleeping like the enemy




.......In a campaign of unprecedented contrasts, it is one of the most striking similarities between Clinton and Donald Trump. Here are two well-to-do New Yorkers who add hours of travel to their schedules, and thousands of dollars to their campaign expenses, in order to avoid sleeping in the Middle America they promise they are running to represent

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-trump-sleeping-at-home-230605#ixzz4P8NRfdxP 
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Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies. The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.” ― H.L. Mencken
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 I voted straight "R" at the polls today.
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A hazmat suit is stylish, colorful and flattering – but robust enough to protect you from the deluge

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/nov/07/going-to-a-us-election-party-invest-in-a-toxic-bile-proof-outfit

Monday 7 November 2016

I’m having some friends over on Tuesday night to stay up and watch the US election. What should the dress code be?

Hayley, by email

How about a hazmat suit? A nice, stylish all-in-one orange number that outlines the figure but also protects you from all the toxic bile that will spew forth whatever Tuesday night’s result? Got you an outfit that can do both. At the very least, I would urge you to opt for fabrics coated in plastic, so that the various liquids that you may have on your person over the course of the night – tears of terror, vodka, your vomit – won’t stain. Tomorrow may well be traumatic enough without having to do laundry..........>


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Reply to alaskaone (10/26/2016 10:58 PM)

Can't really agree about reagan being a great president.  He wasn't.

But he was a great American...
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Re:Elections 2016 - 2020!

Date Posted:11/09/2016 6:11 AMCopy HTML

Reply to oldarmybear (11/08/2016 3:22 PM)

Reply to alaskaone (10/26/2016 10:58 PM)

Can't really agree about reagan being a great president.  He wasn't.

But he was a great American...

Yes, seemed a likeable enough guy.  It's just that he presided over a debt increase not matched until obama came along.

Not a good thing, to my way of thinking.

And it's starting to look like we may have a president trump.

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