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Right wing Oz PM and legislature greatly up war spending....
...in line with other nervous, VERY nervous, neighbors of the Chinese bully hegemon. Just what seems to be behind it?
Well, listening to radio Oz, it would seem that Chinese interference in Aussie government affairs has been going on for at least two decades. The usual shtick,--- bribing of pols, other officials, academics, etc. Africans will know. They've been taking belt and road up the hind side for decades as well.
But apparently, it goes much deeper, as do all such stateshuperson decisions. It would seem that a number of factors in the personal civil and political freedom democracy that is the PRC, are converging on the one party state.
China has a gaggle of strong winds on her nose. Water, food, other resources-including non -oil/coal energy, health care, jobs, minority dissent, and so on. Neo Han Imperialism in Darker Africa has helped a bit, but is also beginning to backfire, as people and some governments there wake to to smell the tea and won-ton soup..
Combine this with the above worried neighbors, including others, such as the USA and the West, all joining to stand up to the many now clear sins of high Party rulers' dictates, and these dictators also are more and more nervous. Worrisome indeed.
It seems a stretch to me, but then such levels of politics often plum evade me. But I'm reading in many sources, hearing in international radio and TV, from other ham radio operators, and Asians (wealthy Han Chinese), who visit this popular tourist trap on the ocean, alarming talk..
Combined with the major screw ups/cover ups, of the most recent gift to the world, the Wuhan Virus, and the pushes backs from neighbors, we now hear pleas to stop treating the PRC as an enemy. Right, AS IF, quite.
The responses of increased military spending, including a good deal for IT defenses, and huperson intelligence, are mostly allegedly based on fears of a popular melt down in China! Hard for me to fathom. But as always, don't take my words for it.
But can the world afford such military spending?
Well, listening to radio Oz, it would seem that Chinese interference in Aussie government affairs has been going on for at least two decades. The usual shtick,--- bribing of pols, other officials, academics, etc. Africans will know. They've been taking belt and road up the hind side for decades as well.
But apparently, it goes much deeper, as do all such stateshuperson decisions. It would seem that a number of factors in the personal civil and political freedom democracy that is the PRC, are converging on the one party state.
China has a gaggle of strong winds on her nose. Water, food, other resources-including non -oil/coal energy, health care, jobs, minority dissent, and so on. Neo Han Imperialism in Darker Africa has helped a bit, but is also beginning to backfire, as people and some governments there wake to to smell the tea and won-ton soup..
Combine this with the above worried neighbors, including others, such as the USA and the West, all joining to stand up to the many now clear sins of high Party rulers' dictates, and these dictators also are more and more nervous. Worrisome indeed.
It seems a stretch to me, but then such levels of politics often plum evade me. But I'm reading in many sources, hearing in international radio and TV, from other ham radio operators, and Asians (wealthy Han Chinese), who visit this popular tourist trap on the ocean, alarming talk..
Combined with the major screw ups/cover ups, of the most recent gift to the world, the Wuhan Virus, and the pushes backs from neighbors, we now hear pleas to stop treating the PRC as an enemy. Right, AS IF, quite.
The responses of increased military spending, including a good deal for IT defenses, and huperson intelligence, are mostly allegedly based on fears of a popular melt down in China! Hard for me to fathom. But as always, don't take my words for it.
But can the world afford such military spending?
Truth talkers calling out the propaganda
David icke...
Peter Hitchens...
The wisdom of some men is worth listening too and it's a delight to hear the truth being talked about...bold men earn respect and telling it as it is...has always been my motto...
My advice is to listen to these men...understand and get a backbone
It's getting exciting. Will it happen ?
Trump had the lowest approval rating of any of the recent presidents on January 1st of a re-election year.
But, can he actually beat Jimmy Carter on election day ?
Carter fell all the way to an average of 37.9% approval rating. The worst.
Trump is currently at 38%. But, I believe he's got more terrible leadership in him.
He can do it !
He's officially the worst president in US history. He ignored at least 10 warnings
about the impending (at the time) pandemic.
His response to the California fires was......to rake the forest.
He turned the military on peaceful protesters.
He indirectly killed thousands of people with lack of leadership during the pandemic.
He called the KKK, Neo-Nazis & Alt-right "very fine people".
He actually suggested injecting disinfectant.
While blacks are being killed unjustly by police, he issues an executive order to protect.... statues.
He actually had kids put in cages....away from their parents !
There's only a few months remaining until election, but odds are, that he's going to screw a few more things up....big time.
Hopefully, his horrible decisions will not cost more lives.
However, will his approval rating dip even lower than Jimmy Carter's ?
He CAN do it ! It's the peanut man vs. peanut brain in the battle for lowest approval rating on potential re-election day.
But, can he actually beat Jimmy Carter on election day ?
Carter fell all the way to an average of 37.9% approval rating. The worst.
Trump is currently at 38%. But, I believe he's got more terrible leadership in him.
He can do it !
He's officially the worst president in US history. He ignored at least 10 warnings
about the impending (at the time) pandemic.
His response to the California fires was......to rake the forest.
He turned the military on peaceful protesters.
He indirectly killed thousands of people with lack of leadership during the pandemic.
He called the KKK, Neo-Nazis & Alt-right "very fine people".
He actually suggested injecting disinfectant.
While blacks are being killed unjustly by police, he issues an executive order to protect.... statues.
He actually had kids put in cages....away from their parents !
There's only a few months remaining until election, but odds are, that he's going to screw a few more things up....big time.
Hopefully, his horrible decisions will not cost more lives.
However, will his approval rating dip even lower than Jimmy Carter's ?
He CAN do it ! It's the peanut man vs. peanut brain in the battle for lowest approval rating on potential re-election day.
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Trump starts his reelection year with a low approval rating
Recent presidents’ average approval ratings on Jan. 1 and Election Day of the year they ran for reelection
..................................................... Approval Rating
President Election Year On Jan. 1 On Election Day Change
Lyndon B. Johnson* 1964 76.0% 74.0% -2.0
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1956 75.5 67.9 -7.6
George W. Bush 2004 56.7 48.4 -8.3
Jimmy Carter 1980 55.9 37.9 -18.0
Ronald Reagan 1984 54.1 57.9 +3.8
Harry S. Truman* 1948 54.0 39.6 -14.3
Bill Clinton 1996 52.5 54.6 +2.2
Richard Nixon 1972 50.7 61.3 +10.6
George H.W. Bush 1992 48.9 32.6 -16.3
Barack Obama 2012 45.7 49.5 +3.8
Donald Trump 2020 42.6 ? ?
Gerald Ford* 1976 39.3 43.6 +4.3
*Acceded to the presidency mid-term. In Johnson’s case, he took office mere weeks before the calendar turned to 1964, which also may have affected his numbers.
Trump starts his reelection year with a low approval rating
Recent presidents’ average approval ratings on Jan. 1 and Election Day of the year they ran for reelection
..................................................... Approval Rating
President Election Year On Jan. 1 On Election Day Change
Lyndon B. Johnson* 1964 76.0% 74.0% -2.0
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1956 75.5 67.9 -7.6
George W. Bush 2004 56.7 48.4 -8.3
Jimmy Carter 1980 55.9 37.9 -18.0
Ronald Reagan 1984 54.1 57.9 +3.8
Harry S. Truman* 1948 54.0 39.6 -14.3
Bill Clinton 1996 52.5 54.6 +2.2
Richard Nixon 1972 50.7 61.3 +10.6
George H.W. Bush 1992 48.9 32.6 -16.3
Barack Obama 2012 45.7 49.5 +3.8
Donald Trump 2020 42.6 ? ?
Gerald Ford* 1976 39.3 43.6 +4.3
*Acceded to the presidency mid-term. In Johnson’s case, he took office mere weeks before the calendar turned to 1964, which also may have affected his numbers.
MAGA Campaign Failure
Trump Rally Fizzles as Attendance Falls Short of Campaign’s Expectations
President Trump’s attempt to revive his re-election bid sputtered badly as he traveled to Tulsa for his first mass rally in months but found a small crowd and delivered a disjointed speech.
TULSA, Okla. — President Trump’s attempt to revive his re-election campaign sputtered badly on Saturday night as he traveled to Tulsa for his first mass rally in months and found a far smaller crowd than his aides had promised him, then delivered a disjointed speech that did not address the multiple crises facing the nation or scandals battering him in Washington.
The weakness of Mr. Trump’s drawing power and political skills, in a state that voted for him overwhelmingly and in a format that he favors, raised new questions about his electoral prospects for a second term at a time when his poll numbers were already falling. And rather than speak to the wide cross-section of Americans who say they are concerned about police violence and systemic racism, he continued to use racist language, describing the coronavirus as “Kung Flu.”
While the president’s campaign had claimed that more than a million people had sought tickets for the rally, the 19,000-seat BOK Center was at least one-third empty during the rally. A second, outdoor venue was so sparsely attended that he and Vice President Mike Pence both canceled appearances there.
President Trump’s attempt to revive his re-election bid sputtered badly as he traveled to Tulsa for his first mass rally in months but found a small crowd and delivered a disjointed speech.
TULSA, Okla. — President Trump’s attempt to revive his re-election campaign sputtered badly on Saturday night as he traveled to Tulsa for his first mass rally in months and found a far smaller crowd than his aides had promised him, then delivered a disjointed speech that did not address the multiple crises facing the nation or scandals battering him in Washington.
The weakness of Mr. Trump’s drawing power and political skills, in a state that voted for him overwhelmingly and in a format that he favors, raised new questions about his electoral prospects for a second term at a time when his poll numbers were already falling. And rather than speak to the wide cross-section of Americans who say they are concerned about police violence and systemic racism, he continued to use racist language, describing the coronavirus as “Kung Flu.”
While the president’s campaign had claimed that more than a million people had sought tickets for the rally, the 19,000-seat BOK Center was at least one-third empty during the rally. A second, outdoor venue was so sparsely attended that he and Vice President Mike Pence both canceled appearances there.
Trump weaponizes the Bible
Forcing peaceful protesters aside - Trump strolls across the way, stands before a church, holds up a Bible and threatens city mayors with overwhelming military force. Kind of like Jesus carrying an AK47 for his sermon on the mount.
online today!
I (don't) approve of this ad...
For a few months now I've been hearing the phrase "defund the police" and the first time it was someone who feared it (literally) meant taking away money appropriated for police, as in dismantling the police force. Woooo ~~~ so scary!
Yes, it sounds that way as it comes out it the light of current protests.
The TV was on and I was watching some talk show videos on YouTube explaining the purpose of defunding was to be proactive and develop community programs to help resolve issues BEFORE it escalates into a problem for the police to handle. That makes sense. In the case of domestic abuse. By the time police are called, it's too late for something that counseling may have helped avoid a confrontation.
My attention was steered to an ad on TV in the other room... a political ad. I missed the visual. By the time I entered the room the ad was ending and Donald Trump endorsed it.
15 minutes later the ad played again. It showed protest/riots and claimed you won't be safe in Joe Biden's America. The ad depicted a darkened unmanned police department and a single light flashing on the phone that was playing a recorded message. The recording instructed several options for the caller and if you leave a message, someone will get back to you within a week!
I'm thinking the season for dirty politics is in full swing.
Yes, it sounds that way as it comes out it the light of current protests.
The TV was on and I was watching some talk show videos on YouTube explaining the purpose of defunding was to be proactive and develop community programs to help resolve issues BEFORE it escalates into a problem for the police to handle. That makes sense. In the case of domestic abuse. By the time police are called, it's too late for something that counseling may have helped avoid a confrontation.
My attention was steered to an ad on TV in the other room... a political ad. I missed the visual. By the time I entered the room the ad was ending and Donald Trump endorsed it.
15 minutes later the ad played again. It showed protest/riots and claimed you won't be safe in Joe Biden's America. The ad depicted a darkened unmanned police department and a single light flashing on the phone that was playing a recorded message. The recording instructed several options for the caller and if you leave a message, someone will get back to you within a week!
I'm thinking the season for dirty politics is in full swing.
What can be its implications? And the impact on the outcome of the elections?
Quite interesting. Isn't it?
COVID-19: Why media not highlighting or hiding the success story of Taiwan?
Taiwan is situated in the vicinity of China, just about 130 kms. away. She is not even the member of the WHO. But her performance in tackling the COVID-19 excels the whole world.
Just 449 infected cases and only 7 casualties.
Now the question arises as to why the media not highlighting the success story of Taiwan ? Why are they hiding it ?
The one and only inference can be drawn that they don't want the exposure of the failures of the political dispensations of the current regimes running the countries.
Just 449 infected cases and only 7 casualties.
Now the question arises as to why the media not highlighting the success story of Taiwan ? Why are they hiding it ?
The one and only inference can be drawn that they don't want the exposure of the failures of the political dispensations of the current regimes running the countries.
Sen McConnell Failed
As witnessed by recent Supreme Court decisions, Senator McConnell failed to fully convert the courts to a pro Neo-Nationalistic stance.
Neo-nationalism or new nationalism is an ideology and movement built on the basic characteristics of the classical nationalism. It developed to its final form by applying elements with reactionary character generated as a reaction to the political, economic, and socio-cultural changes that came with globalization during the second wave of globalization in the late 1980. In its extreme forms, it could be associated with several positions, such as right-wing populism, anti-globalization, nativism, protectionism, opposition to immigration, Islamophobia, Sinophobia, and Euroscepticism where applicable. With the globalisation and the idea of one single nation, neo-nationalists see a problem of identification and threatened identities. They claim for the protection of the symbolic heritage such as art and folk traditions which is also common for the cultural nationalism. It is what constituted the collective identity of the nations, which is not necessarily exclusive according to the desire of people from different cultures to join that nation. Particularly notable expressions of new nationalism include the vote for Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum and the 2016 election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States.
-- Wikipedia
Neo-nationalism or new nationalism is an ideology and movement built on the basic characteristics of the classical nationalism. It developed to its final form by applying elements with reactionary character generated as a reaction to the political, economic, and socio-cultural changes that came with globalization during the second wave of globalization in the late 1980. In its extreme forms, it could be associated with several positions, such as right-wing populism, anti-globalization, nativism, protectionism, opposition to immigration, Islamophobia, Sinophobia, and Euroscepticism where applicable. With the globalisation and the idea of one single nation, neo-nationalists see a problem of identification and threatened identities. They claim for the protection of the symbolic heritage such as art and folk traditions which is also common for the cultural nationalism. It is what constituted the collective identity of the nations, which is not necessarily exclusive according to the desire of people from different cultures to join that nation. Particularly notable expressions of new nationalism include the vote for Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum and the 2016 election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States.
-- Wikipedia
Wow ! Just wow ! How out of touch with society !
2:27 pm today in New York Magazine;
(continued in my first comment below)
In response to:
Trump Believes That He Is Losing Because He Hasn’t Been Racist Enough
By Eric Levitz
Over the past month, Joe Biden has opened up a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in national polls.
That same period witnessed the following milestones in American political life:
• For the first time since the movement’s inception, Black Lives Matter won the support of a large majority of voters — and a slim majority of white ones.
• The percentage of Americans who say that “racial discrimination is a serious problem,” that “police are more likely to use deadly force against Black people,” and that “white people are more likely to get ahead” all hit record highs in various tracking polls.
• For the first time in 55 years of polling the question, Gallup found more support for increasing immigration among the U.S. public than for reducing it.
• A Pew Research survey found that Biden boasts his largest advantage over Trump on two questions: Which candidate voters trust to “effectively handle race relations,” and which one can “bring the country closer together.”
• The Republican government of Mississippi voted to retire the last remaining state flag featuring a Confederate emblem. Five years ago, a white supremacist slaughtering African-American churchgoers at a Bible study wasn’t enough to get the Magnolia State to heed calls for removing a tribute to the slavocracy from its official symbol. In 2020, the murder of George Floyd proved sufficient.
• And Donald Trump concluded that the reason he is losing support to Joe Biden is that he hasn’t been nearly racist enough.
That last bit isn’t mere conjecture. On Wednesday, three Trump confidants told Axios that the president regrets heeding Jared Kushner’s advice to broaden his appeal by embracing milquetoast police and criminal-justice reforms; as one source summarized Trump’s thinking, he wants “no more of Jared’s woke shit.”
This account of Trump’s private reasoning comports with his public actions in recent days. Just this week, the president has:
• Described New York’s plan to paint “Black Lives Matter” down Fifth Avenue as a plot to affix a “symbol of hate” onto the city’s “greatest street.”
• Threatened to end an Obama-era policy that bars local governments from accessing federal housing funds unless they make affirmative efforts to track and reduce racial segregation in their communities. Trump said that he was reviewing this regulation on behalf of the “great Americans who live in the Suburbs,” and lamented that the policy is “not fair to homeowners.”
• Vowed to veto the Defense Authorization Act unless an amendment requiring the renaming of U.S. military bases that presently honor Confederate generals is stripped from the bill. (In announcing this position, Trump made sure to note that the amendment was sponsored by “Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren.”)
If one imagines Trump to be a rational political actor, it is difficult to make sense of these actions. According to Axios, Trump soured on Kushner’s calls for triangulation on criminal justice out of concern that indulging such reforms might be “seen as undercutting police” — as though anti-reform cops and Blue Lives Matter bumper-sticker owners were swing constituencies. George Floyd’s death has created plenty of political challenges for Trump. But one thing it absolutely hasn’t done is jeopardize the Republican Party’s grip on single-issue, “unshackle the police” voters.
Trump Believes That He Is Losing Because He Hasn’t Been Racist Enough
By Eric Levitz
Over the past month, Joe Biden has opened up a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in national polls.
That same period witnessed the following milestones in American political life:
• For the first time since the movement’s inception, Black Lives Matter won the support of a large majority of voters — and a slim majority of white ones.
• The percentage of Americans who say that “racial discrimination is a serious problem,” that “police are more likely to use deadly force against Black people,” and that “white people are more likely to get ahead” all hit record highs in various tracking polls.
• For the first time in 55 years of polling the question, Gallup found more support for increasing immigration among the U.S. public than for reducing it.
• A Pew Research survey found that Biden boasts his largest advantage over Trump on two questions: Which candidate voters trust to “effectively handle race relations,” and which one can “bring the country closer together.”
• The Republican government of Mississippi voted to retire the last remaining state flag featuring a Confederate emblem. Five years ago, a white supremacist slaughtering African-American churchgoers at a Bible study wasn’t enough to get the Magnolia State to heed calls for removing a tribute to the slavocracy from its official symbol. In 2020, the murder of George Floyd proved sufficient.
• And Donald Trump concluded that the reason he is losing support to Joe Biden is that he hasn’t been nearly racist enough.
That last bit isn’t mere conjecture. On Wednesday, three Trump confidants told Axios that the president regrets heeding Jared Kushner’s advice to broaden his appeal by embracing milquetoast police and criminal-justice reforms; as one source summarized Trump’s thinking, he wants “no more of Jared’s woke shit.”
This account of Trump’s private reasoning comports with his public actions in recent days. Just this week, the president has:
• Described New York’s plan to paint “Black Lives Matter” down Fifth Avenue as a plot to affix a “symbol of hate” onto the city’s “greatest street.”
• Threatened to end an Obama-era policy that bars local governments from accessing federal housing funds unless they make affirmative efforts to track and reduce racial segregation in their communities. Trump said that he was reviewing this regulation on behalf of the “great Americans who live in the Suburbs,” and lamented that the policy is “not fair to homeowners.”
• Vowed to veto the Defense Authorization Act unless an amendment requiring the renaming of U.S. military bases that presently honor Confederate generals is stripped from the bill. (In announcing this position, Trump made sure to note that the amendment was sponsored by “Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren.”)
If one imagines Trump to be a rational political actor, it is difficult to make sense of these actions. According to Axios, Trump soured on Kushner’s calls for triangulation on criminal justice out of concern that indulging such reforms might be “seen as undercutting police” — as though anti-reform cops and Blue Lives Matter bumper-sticker owners were swing constituencies. George Floyd’s death has created plenty of political challenges for Trump. But one thing it absolutely hasn’t done is jeopardize the Republican Party’s grip on single-issue, “unshackle the police” voters.
(continued in my first comment below)
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