Some reasons to vote for Bloomberg:
1. Trump’s only campaign issue is running against a socialist. He can’t do that against Bloomberg
2. Bloomberg is the only one Trump fears.
3. Bloomberg best knows how to reestablish and re-populated with expertise government agencies that have been destroyed by Trump.
4. He is very tough.
5. He has many years of donating to and helping liberal causes and candidates.
6. He can defeat Trump.
7. He already has the money and expert infrastructure to finish the campaign.
Sanders would be disaster and would lose decisively to the worst president in US history.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020
The Coronavirus exposes Trump's incompetence
Trump
and the Trumpsters are trying to have us believe that the Coronavirus isn't
that big a deal, it's just a bad cold. They are telling themselves that
this is just some kind of evil media campaign to hurt Trump. Good grief!
Japan has closed schools, the World Health Organization has raised the level of
alert to global spread to "very high". People die at ten
times the rate of influenza deaths, and those numbers are assuming that the
totalitarian police state of China is sharing honest statistics about this
disease. I believe the death rate in China is probably higher than they
are admitting.
The world wide reaction to the coronavirus has absolutely nothing to do with Donald Trump. But of course Donald Trump is pathologically narcissistic, meaning he can only view the world in terms of how it affects him. And he is afraid that since this virus is causing the stock market to drop it is some kind of evil plot of to hurt his re-election. So, he does what he always does when he doesn't like the news, he attacks the news-people who report what is going on in the world.
Very, very sadly, we find out that Trump has stripped the government of the expertise needed to combat the rapid spread of a dangerous disease by cutting budgets and forcing scientists out of the government, forcing out those who have actual knowledge and expertise in handling these kinds of contagions.
Michael Bloomberg was asked if he would appoint a Czar to address this kind of outbreak if he were president. He gave the smartest answer I have heard. He said "no" he would not appoint a Czar, he would have a Czar and an organization already in place with policies, practices, and training to be able to respond on a dime to these kinds of events. He said you can't start from nearly nothing and have an effective response.
Trump appointed VP Pence to head up the emergency response, and it looks like his primary function will be to control the messaging of the government - i.e. downplay the news so the stock market doesn't tank. Lovely.
America and the world have been exceptionally lucky for the three years of the Trump presidency in that there have been no major emergencies that this incompetent and ignorant president has had to deal with. He has devastated nearly every governmental department, especially by driving out scientists and experts in almost every field - from the Energy Department dealing with radioactive nuclear weapons and waste, to the Agriculture Department making us safe with highly sophisticated science forwarning us of extreme weather events, to health scientists and experts keeping us safe from outbreaks of diseases.
Well, we now have an emergency coming at us that was not just one of the many, many, many self made emergencies created by Trump's bullying, ignorance, and authoritarian violations of law and the constitution. And Mr. Trump is so far looking like he is incapable of handling it.
And, also by the way, people seem to be comforted by the notion that “only” 2% of the people who contract the disease die. Are you kidding? If you catch the disease you are supposed to feel good that your chances of dying is “only” one in fifty? People are saying that many thousands die of the flu worldwide every year and so far only a handful have died from this disease. Well, it turns out that that chances of dying from the flu is about .2 to .4 percent. That is, your chances of dying from the flu is about one in 500, not one in 50. And those who die of flu are likely those who are already compromised, the aged, the very young, those with other health issues. The coronavirus killed the Chinese doctor who blew the whistle on its danger, and killed the head of the hospital where the outbreak started. These were healthy adults, not people at risk.
All you need to know about the seriousness of this disease is to look at the photos and videos of the Chinese people taking the temperature of people who might be at risk – they are completely covered in Hazmat garb with taped ankles and wrists, masks, goggles, etc. Why are they so protected? Because they know what this disease looks like and they very, very much do not want to catch it.
I hope that this disease is not as serious as it could be, and that it fades away and vaccines are developed quickly to combat it. But, the way the country, and the world, must respond is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Too bad our Federal Government is run by an idiot, and has surrounded himself with idiots, and has a right wing media bubble that protects him at all costs – in this case the costs could become way too many lives lost.
Good grief!
The world wide reaction to the coronavirus has absolutely nothing to do with Donald Trump. But of course Donald Trump is pathologically narcissistic, meaning he can only view the world in terms of how it affects him. And he is afraid that since this virus is causing the stock market to drop it is some kind of evil plot of to hurt his re-election. So, he does what he always does when he doesn't like the news, he attacks the news-people who report what is going on in the world.
Very, very sadly, we find out that Trump has stripped the government of the expertise needed to combat the rapid spread of a dangerous disease by cutting budgets and forcing scientists out of the government, forcing out those who have actual knowledge and expertise in handling these kinds of contagions.
Michael Bloomberg was asked if he would appoint a Czar to address this kind of outbreak if he were president. He gave the smartest answer I have heard. He said "no" he would not appoint a Czar, he would have a Czar and an organization already in place with policies, practices, and training to be able to respond on a dime to these kinds of events. He said you can't start from nearly nothing and have an effective response.
Trump appointed VP Pence to head up the emergency response, and it looks like his primary function will be to control the messaging of the government - i.e. downplay the news so the stock market doesn't tank. Lovely.
America and the world have been exceptionally lucky for the three years of the Trump presidency in that there have been no major emergencies that this incompetent and ignorant president has had to deal with. He has devastated nearly every governmental department, especially by driving out scientists and experts in almost every field - from the Energy Department dealing with radioactive nuclear weapons and waste, to the Agriculture Department making us safe with highly sophisticated science forwarning us of extreme weather events, to health scientists and experts keeping us safe from outbreaks of diseases.
Well, we now have an emergency coming at us that was not just one of the many, many, many self made emergencies created by Trump's bullying, ignorance, and authoritarian violations of law and the constitution. And Mr. Trump is so far looking like he is incapable of handling it.
And, also by the way, people seem to be comforted by the notion that “only” 2% of the people who contract the disease die. Are you kidding? If you catch the disease you are supposed to feel good that your chances of dying is “only” one in fifty? People are saying that many thousands die of the flu worldwide every year and so far only a handful have died from this disease. Well, it turns out that that chances of dying from the flu is about .2 to .4 percent. That is, your chances of dying from the flu is about one in 500, not one in 50. And those who die of flu are likely those who are already compromised, the aged, the very young, those with other health issues. The coronavirus killed the Chinese doctor who blew the whistle on its danger, and killed the head of the hospital where the outbreak started. These were healthy adults, not people at risk.
All you need to know about the seriousness of this disease is to look at the photos and videos of the Chinese people taking the temperature of people who might be at risk – they are completely covered in Hazmat garb with taped ankles and wrists, masks, goggles, etc. Why are they so protected? Because they know what this disease looks like and they very, very much do not want to catch it.
I hope that this disease is not as serious as it could be, and that it fades away and vaccines are developed quickly to combat it. But, the way the country, and the world, must respond is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Too bad our Federal Government is run by an idiot, and has surrounded himself with idiots, and has a right wing media bubble that protects him at all costs – in this case the costs could become way too many lives lost.
Good grief!
Friday, February 21, 2020
The Russians are helping Sanders win the nomination, and Trump win the election
Russia want Donald Trump to win the election in 2020. And they are actively working to help him. Just as they did in 2016.
Trump exploded in a fury when his intelligence folks told him that they have detected Russian help for his re-election, and he stopped his director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire from becoming his permanent intelligence chief for telling him that truth, and says he will appoint a completely unqualified man, Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, to head the intelligence services. Grenell's only qualification is total obeisance to Trump.
Nitwit.
And, wouldn't you know it, Sanders has been informed that Russia has been detected helping Sanders win the Democratic nomination. The reason is obvious - Russia knows, as we all do, that Trump can beat the Socialist Sanders.
Sorry to disappoint some of my liberal friends who think it is time for the Socialist Revolution in America. It's not. A Sanders nomination re-elects Trump, easily, overwhelmingly, obviously.
Russia knows it, and now my liberal friends do too.
Please do not put a socialist on the ticket. Trump is too dangerous to our democracy and to the world to re-elect him by making such an obviously poor choice.
Trump exploded in a fury when his intelligence folks told him that they have detected Russian help for his re-election, and he stopped his director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire from becoming his permanent intelligence chief for telling him that truth, and says he will appoint a completely unqualified man, Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, to head the intelligence services. Grenell's only qualification is total obeisance to Trump.
Nitwit.
And, wouldn't you know it, Sanders has been informed that Russia has been detected helping Sanders win the Democratic nomination. The reason is obvious - Russia knows, as we all do, that Trump can beat the Socialist Sanders.
Sorry to disappoint some of my liberal friends who think it is time for the Socialist Revolution in America. It's not. A Sanders nomination re-elects Trump, easily, overwhelmingly, obviously.
Russia knows it, and now my liberal friends do too.
Please do not put a socialist on the ticket. Trump is too dangerous to our democracy and to the world to re-elect him by making such an obviously poor choice.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Bernie Sanders got trump elected last time, will Democrats let him do it again?
One of the reasons Trump is the president of the United States is that Bernie Sanders put him there. That is, his avid left wing base put Trump in the White House, by either refusing to vote, or by voting for Trump in 2016. Trump won by a hair in the electoral college in three states - Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania - by only a total of 77,744.
I know I have avid Berniecrat friends, but it is obvious to me that if Sanders is nominated he will lose in a landslide not seen since McGovern lost 60.7 percent to 37.5 percent and won only one state - Massachusetts. Britain just went through this when the liberals put up a hard core socialist, Jeremy Corbyn, and elected an obnoxious lout named Boris Johnson by a landslide.
The Sanders people said that they know that Sanders is pretty extreme but his base is young and Sanders will make a dramatic boost in their turnout. Wrong. Iowa and New Hampshire just voted and the turnout was disappointing. The youth are not flooding to support Sanders. He almost won Iowa and barely won New Hampshire (where he had a big home field advantage being from next door Vermont), but the anti-socialist candidates won the biggest total by far against him.
Klobachar, Bloomberg, or Buttigieg are my choices. I will vote for any Democrat against the infantile and ignorant authoritarian in training, but I think any but Sanders will beat him, and Sanders won't.
I know I have avid Berniecrat friends, but it is obvious to me that if Sanders is nominated he will lose in a landslide not seen since McGovern lost 60.7 percent to 37.5 percent and won only one state - Massachusetts. Britain just went through this when the liberals put up a hard core socialist, Jeremy Corbyn, and elected an obnoxious lout named Boris Johnson by a landslide.
The Sanders people said that they know that Sanders is pretty extreme but his base is young and Sanders will make a dramatic boost in their turnout. Wrong. Iowa and New Hampshire just voted and the turnout was disappointing. The youth are not flooding to support Sanders. He almost won Iowa and barely won New Hampshire (where he had a big home field advantage being from next door Vermont), but the anti-socialist candidates won the biggest total by far against him.
Klobachar, Bloomberg, or Buttigieg are my choices. I will vote for any Democrat against the infantile and ignorant authoritarian in training, but I think any but Sanders will beat him, and Sanders won't.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Another of many steps toward authoritarian rule by Trump
Trump's Department of Justice, under the direction of Attorney General William Barr, overturned the 7 - 9 year sentence of convicted criminal Roger Stone yesterday. We'll see what Barr's Department of Justice mandates instead. This is what happens in authoritarian regimes around the world. Now the U.S. is one of those authoritarian regimes. This is just the latest of this president's authoritarian moves, and his minions support his authoritarianism.
One of the characteristics of authoritarian governments is their undermining their own judicial institutions. The four prosecutors of this case resigned in protest. This is the president over-riding his own Justice Department with a political mandate. Stone is a Trump supporter, so Trump interferes, and by so doing he sends a very loud message to all Trump supporters that he will defend their illegal actions on his behalf - that he will condone their illegal actions - htat he intends to continue breaking American laws - and that he and his corrupt followers are above the law.
The United States of America is in trouble. This authoritarian child is undermining the institutions of democracy - this authoritarian takeover of the Justice Department is just the latest example of a man who is convinced that he is above the law. Looks like Republicans agree.
This is not acceptable, if democracy is to survive.
"Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) said the move amounted to “obstruction of justice.”
“We are seeing a full-frontal assault on the rule of law in America,” Pascrell said. “Direct political interference in our justice system is a hallmark of a banana republic. Despite whatever Trump, William Barr, and their helpers think, the United States is a nation of laws and not an authoritarian’s paradise.”
One of the characteristics of authoritarian governments is their undermining their own judicial institutions. The four prosecutors of this case resigned in protest. This is the president over-riding his own Justice Department with a political mandate. Stone is a Trump supporter, so Trump interferes, and by so doing he sends a very loud message to all Trump supporters that he will defend their illegal actions on his behalf - that he will condone their illegal actions - htat he intends to continue breaking American laws - and that he and his corrupt followers are above the law.
The United States of America is in trouble. This authoritarian child is undermining the institutions of democracy - this authoritarian takeover of the Justice Department is just the latest example of a man who is convinced that he is above the law. Looks like Republicans agree.
This is not acceptable, if democracy is to survive.
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Two right wing extremist triumphs yesterday
Yesterday saw two victories for right wing extremists - it was the official Brexit day in England, and the Senate Republicans voted to deny any witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial.
Trial? without witnesses? Just a sham. Of course if eye witness accounts of those who were directed by Trump to withhold military aid to Ukraine to force Ukraine to announce and investigation into a political opponent were allowed, it would have made no difference since the proof of Trump's crime was detailed and deep already with House witnesses. But eye witnesses of Trump doing his abuse of presidential power would have taken away the sham Republican defense that all the testimony was "hearsay".
Brexit? Right wing whackos were videoed in England waving their little English flags and whooping it up in celebration. Celebrating what? the demise of Britain and the reverting to little England.
So, authoritarianism in America took another step forward - it was never a doubt that the Republican Senate would acquit Trump, and it was never a doubt that they would disallow witnesses, and it was never a doubt that the defense lawyers would trot out labored and twisted defenses of the indefensible. Almost the entire Republican Party is now blatantly on record supporting unconstitutional cheating by a president to win a presidential election. My hope is this will be the death knell of the party that I once was a member of.
The xenophobia of England has now diminished and damaged what was once Great Britain.
And the xenophobic fears of brown and black people by too many of my conservative friends is diminishing and damaging what was once the Leader of the Free World - the United States of America. An ignorant and stupid leader of the Republican Party has conquered the Republican Party and is leading them into oblivion. Oh, they may be able to cheat their way to some victories in 2020, but the political victory for a party is more than votes in the next election. The Whigs disappeared by defending the indefensible - white supremacist defense of slavery - and the Republicans are about to disappear by defending the indefensible - a white supremacist defense of a white supremacist president.
Oh well. Let it play out.....
Trial? without witnesses? Just a sham. Of course if eye witness accounts of those who were directed by Trump to withhold military aid to Ukraine to force Ukraine to announce and investigation into a political opponent were allowed, it would have made no difference since the proof of Trump's crime was detailed and deep already with House witnesses. But eye witnesses of Trump doing his abuse of presidential power would have taken away the sham Republican defense that all the testimony was "hearsay".
Brexit? Right wing whackos were videoed in England waving their little English flags and whooping it up in celebration. Celebrating what? the demise of Britain and the reverting to little England.
So, authoritarianism in America took another step forward - it was never a doubt that the Republican Senate would acquit Trump, and it was never a doubt that they would disallow witnesses, and it was never a doubt that the defense lawyers would trot out labored and twisted defenses of the indefensible. Almost the entire Republican Party is now blatantly on record supporting unconstitutional cheating by a president to win a presidential election. My hope is this will be the death knell of the party that I once was a member of.
The xenophobia of England has now diminished and damaged what was once Great Britain.
And the xenophobic fears of brown and black people by too many of my conservative friends is diminishing and damaging what was once the Leader of the Free World - the United States of America. An ignorant and stupid leader of the Republican Party has conquered the Republican Party and is leading them into oblivion. Oh, they may be able to cheat their way to some victories in 2020, but the political victory for a party is more than votes in the next election. The Whigs disappeared by defending the indefensible - white supremacist defense of slavery - and the Republicans are about to disappear by defending the indefensible - a white supremacist defense of a white supremacist president.
Oh well. Let it play out.....
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