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What is worrying me is that we have no peace candidate on either side. Mme. Clinton is a known bloodthirsty warmonger, and her election would be a catastrophe. I only hope the Republicans can manage to get her impeached and removed from office before she starts WWIII, which we cannot possibly win. ...

I think Sanders was encouraged to run and make H look more moderate, and was genuinely surprised by his success. The party thought Sanders had no chance but needed somebody else to run or there would be no debates for H to pose in. H thought she was going to be shadow boxing, and both were flabberg...

The fascinating thing to me is, with a field this weak, where are the challengers in the Dem party? What were they told (threatened?) by the Dem machine to keep them out? Why does the Dem machine think she can win? Is the vote count already fixed? I wish I knew. O'Malley was brought in to convince ...

Notes from the USA: The Democratic primary WARNING: SPECULATION FOR WHICH I HAVE NO PROOF LIES AHEAD I admit I have no proof, but for what it may be worth, here is what I think about the two Democratic candidates. First, I still think this the weakest field the Democratic Party had put out in decade...

Dr. Hanson used to be a historian of some repute. Now I guess he has become a polemicist for a certain political faction. He reminds me of James Kunstler on the left; every screed from either of these two men is more disingenuous than the last. Dr. Hanson used to be a fairly handsome fellow, but he ...

Maybe now, after this latest mass shooting in San Bernardino, we can ditch the narrative that these crimes are committed by lonely, depressed members of the lower classes. This shooter was, wait for it, "a qualified professional", along with equally privileged spouse. Guess those two "...

. Why Landlords Love Refugee Tenants . For the past five years, Daryl Anderson has been buying foreclosed homes in Cleveland on the west side of the Cuyahoga River, usually for less than $8,000. He fixes them up and rents most of the homes to new arrivals from Iraq, Somalia, and the Democratic Repu...

How to recognize a (probably) paid internet provocateur. I have a lot of experience with this because the biotech bullies have their paid agents all over the garden for a. 1. The person comes across, and probably is, an angry conformist who literally cannot cope with dissent or difference. The perso...

The most recent figures I have seen showed that about 30% or so of the voting electorate of the USA are registered Republicans, a slightly larger number, maybe around 32% or so, are registered Democrats and a larger number, about 35% as I recall, describe themselves as independents. Then there are t...

. Obama threatens to veto GOP halt on Syrian refugees . http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/liberal-journalists-obama-isis-response-puts-democrats-on-risky-path/article/2576589?utm_content=buffera908f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Liberal journalists: Obama ...

Mr. Perfect, I have yet to see praise for Mrs. Clinton on this forum, binary choices or not. Nor is anyone here responsible for the choices offered. There are always the options of staying home or making a protest vote for a third party. I doubt anyone here who is an American is even a registered De...

I am not concerned that Carson fluffed up his autobiography. He's still more honest than Clinton. What bothers me about Carson is his political naïveté. He's the perfect puppet. Why else do you think anyone would be financing him? Why would anyone from Wall Street be financing Hillary? http://www.w...

We have a multi-billionaire, former S&P 500 CEO, Harvard Lawyer/state AG/SCOTUS clerk, world renowned surgeon, multiple multiple term Governors, numerous people of color, a female and your responses are bat$#!t crazy, zombie, circus freak show. While you guys are running a lying inept corrupt c...

Nonc Hilaire wrote:I am not concerned that Carson fluffed up his autobiography. He's still more honest than Clinton.

What bothers me about Carson is his political naïveté. He's the perfect puppet.

Why else do you think anyone would be financing him?

Mr. Perfect, if your Republicans can play this right they win the WH this year. Mme. Clinton owns the Libyan adventure and she instigated the Syrian one. They would of course have to come up with a credible candidate, by which I mean someone who has already won elections and held public office. Mr. ...

No less than JHK agrees pretty much with my assessment of the Democratic debates. http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/cant-anyone-fix-this/ Kunstler has just, it would seem, figured out that Israel is about to loose its last, best (onliest?) ally to some sort of new civil war. Unfortunately for K...

Simpleminded, I suppose you do know that Sen Gillibrand is a Hillary groupie. Not only does the former First Lady get a senate seat held for her, she also got to handpick her replacement. Very, very interestink! as Artie Johnson used to say! It will be interesting to see how this all moves forward,...

Simpleminded, I suppose you do know that Sen Gillibrand is a Hillary groupie. Not only does the former First Lady get a senate seat held for her, she also got to handpick her replacement.

Having now seen the Democratic debate, I can say that news looks good for Mr. Perfect and the Republicans if they can field a creditable candidate. This is the weakest Democratic lineup I have ever seen. All five are Eastern and old. Mme. Clinton looked and sounded dreadful. I know it is unfair to u...

Mr. Perfect wrote:The guy earned 10 billion dollars negotiating.

Mr. Perf is the authentic voice of the USA today where money is the measure of all things, never mind how it was earned, you should excuse the expression., and the guy with mostes gets to run things.

For people who don't like to follow links, here is the gist :baby elephants to China as it has emerged that seven Chinese veterinarian doctors are camped at Hwange National Park preparing the animals for the rigors of a long-distance flight. Wongai Zhangazha The elephants are destined for Chimelong ...

http://www.theindependent.co.zw/2015/08 ... -wildlife/

This link describes what the Cecil brouhaha covered up. Coincidence? Your guess is as good as mine.

He may, one hopes, have put paid to the Billary candidacy. Ordered her to appear at his (third) wedding?? And she did? Half the American electorate is women. I doubt too many are going to vote to put a Slovenian model/starlet (I am trying to be polite here) in the White House. It was the Rs, remembe...

Nonc Hilaire, we might have to agree to disagree. If she were not obsessed with sex, if she could get her head out of her, ahem, female parts, if she had not swallowed the Freudian fallacy hook, line and sinker, she might, in my judgement, be worth reading. To me, she seems like one more hormonally ...

Where did I weep in front of any cameras? As a matter of fact, I avoid cameras whenever possible. How did poaching come into this? Trophy hunting is perfectly legal, if not ethical. I never said it should be banned, just that I personally don't respect it, and your attitude is hardly going to induce...