“Someday They’re Going To Murder The Bugler” tra la la.

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The Trolling Trumpeter may be putting himself at risk.As he moderates some of his grotesque and unseemly campaign promises, the sieg heiling ,alt-right,breitbart supporters are not happy.those on the left are not happy but are “waiting to see”.The use of force to preserve power is more predictable in human history than the use of force to gain power.This is not a moral difference but a pragmatic matter of where force is likely to reside.I have a dim recollection of some threat being made to the master of ceremonies of The Apprentice,but this is a wholly different story.Trump is about to discover that the ship of state does not change direction with a shifting of oars,its ponderous mass may take years to shift direction safely.Abrupt change will leave vacuums that will be quickly filled internationally by regional alliances.Domestically,rapid shifts build uncertainty and resentment.Dog whistle appeals to second amendment folk have mobilized…

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The Most Powerful Man In The World

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There are three or four men in the world who can bring civilization to an end.None of them have Islamic names.Presumably this cannot happen without consultation with trusted and informed advisers but in fact the order to let loose nuclear hell can be given without advice and must be obeyed.If you trust the system of advisers take a look at who they are.We don’t know the Russians,or the Chinese,England which has a woman in that position may not have the capability,maybe the French,Maybe Israel but probably not India (Pakistan is already an issue re its nuclear arms).We do know Trump and now we see some of his key advisers.”You”re fired”could become “you’re fried”.
Nuclear devastation is overwhelming and hard to wrap one’s mind around but giving consent for execution by drone is easier to comprehend.What is not easy to see is a precise,surgical,collateral damage minimized process.Look to escalation of the…

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The Apprentice Was A Forerunner Of Trump’s Presidency And A Projection Of The Workings Of His Mind.

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There’s real bad news for those who think that The Trumpeter can be worked with constructively.The summary punishment and dismissal of many who paraded through Trump Towers is only the beginning.Interviewing Nikki Haley and Mitt Romney as candidates for Secretary of State,in view of their calling him out pre-election,means to me that he has no respect for the importance of the job and will consider putting in place those whom he can humiliate or ignore at the great Valhalla meetings of his cabinet.This situation parallels the appointment of Alex Johnson as Foreign Minister by Theresa May,the Prime Minister of the U.K.Of course,the U.K is post Brexit,and the U.S.hasn’t turned it’s back on the world just yet.
Putin’s Russia hasn’t much to offer in terms of trade and banking pacts as China discovered and Great Britain is looking for trade and banking primacy with the U.S. to survive Brexit.Militarily NATO will…

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Our Political Future

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On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 2:40 PM, <rmvidaver> wrote:

Hi Claude and Chet

While I’ve taken a “vow of silence” relative to the nation’s current political machinations—it is just too painful to talk about—I do have some visions of an ‘unholy’ future that are worth mentioning and have to do with the US’s overall political structure. We’re relatively unique in having just two parties, historically and in the present. Yes, England and Canada operate with a limited number of parties but most democracies across the world have multiple parties spanning their political spectrum. Germany, France, the Scandinavian countries, even Israel govern themselves thru the coalition of minority parties which are unreliable bed-partners at best and enemies at worst. Everybody has his/her own party advocating strenuously for the particular focus espoused by their group with less concern for development of an overall national policy. One advantage of the American system…

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And The Winner Is…CHINA !

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Hillary’s overcautious,run out the clock,approach to the presidency,with the help of a media whose hunger for air time and continued use of a low bar for the Trumpeter has likely ushered in a descent into neo-fascism.Symbolic interaction heralds the rise of the oligarch all over the world in accord with our evolutionary legacy.Trump is our oligarch and has been selected by Putin to blunt the push toward globalism.Putin will probably not abandon Assad but will encourage Trump to use nuclear arms in the Near East.This means that Isis will persist.Nato is savagely weakened and Putin is about to reestablish as much of the old Soviet Union as he has any use for.
Obamacare is dead,there is no replacement,the loss of jobs will continue.Misogyny will increase and the cherished Supreme Court majority will be obtained.As the U.S.reels under problems that require looking forward and a global solution,the Chinese model of state…

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R.I.P. JR

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Janet Reno passed away two days ago.She suffered from a destructive form of Parkinsonism.She was the first woman U.S.attorney general and a public servant who stood firm against the Davidian revolt in Waco TX and the sentimental holding of a Cuban child in Miami FL.She was a doggedly intense public servant who fearlessly and flairlessly did her job.R.I.P. JR

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The Comey Effect

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The stock market has come roaring back,ostensibly shaking off the ill timed FBI announcement of possible Hillary Clinton culpability and following the denial thereof 10 days later.Hillary will probably win anyway and maybe her margin will only be reduced minimally,but irreparable damage has been done to American’s faith in government,law and order,American exceptionalism and the ability of a concept of fairness to transcend class,color and the raw power of money.
With a Trump victory there would be no issue of national healing and restoration of fundamental egalitarian belief.A Trump victory would be the beginning of our descent into fascism.But a Clinton victory would not end the paramilitary aspirations of the far right,the impatience of the left for meaningful tax and immigration reform,the politicization of the courts and law enforcement including the FBI.Add to this stew the loss of jobs to the relentless march of technology,the obsolescence of public education,and the…

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The Addictive Nature Of Election Chaos

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I find myself compulsively watching the election countdown despite the stick and carrot coverage by the media.The rabid emotionalism of the Trump campaign with its accompanying threat of violence, is a constant which tonight resulted in the beating of a protester,the hustling off the stage of the trumpeting Troll,and an attack on a CNN photographer whose camera was taken away.No DS,free speech,a belief in individual liberty and free( but regulated) markets does not define the GOP but rather capitalistic democracy and the Democratic party with all its warts seems better at it.
The Republicans ” coming home” to the Trumpeter despite previously abandoning him on ethical grounds make clear the opportunistic and unethical nature of the political process.Where is the moral/ethical firewall located in a world dominated by the love of money and power? The promise that”we won’t be stopped”coupled with “lock her up” and ” execute her” can only…

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The Troll Now Officially Has Support From The Klan: Repudiation Seems Tepid

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It appears possible although still improbable that the Trumpeting Troll( Internet meanie)with the help of the FBI director,might slime his way into the White House.PTSD is spiking,so too anxiety attacks and depressiveness.But neo-nazis,Aryan nation,antisemites,and black,brown and yellow haters,LBGTE haters,and garden variety misogynists are braying and howling it up.Incredibly the people who are elected to govern are planning not to govern until things seem more propitious should Hillary be elected.The Trumpeting Troll marching around Jericho(Washington) has already attracted Rodentia and now his blasts are not to bring the walls of Washington(Jericho) down but to raise the wall south of the border up.
If Hillary wins,we’ll impeach her the GOP cognoscenti howl.We won’t let Democrats appoint any mor Supreme Court Justices,we’ll repeal Rowe Wade,and deep six AHC (Obama care).
The more discerning will note that there is no substitute plan for Obamcare and the sabotage of several states has made the plans…

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