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Nuckle head Americans
Last 6 weeks or so the haters are crawling out of the wood work. He's in get over it. The real question I want answer's. Hillary emails. Could they have compromised national security ?. Well never know. As it effects those at the highest levels of government.
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Trump meeting with Romney
Now this is one great moment of history. To reconcile and connect with those that wanted him to quit for the position is just amazing.
That to me spells good leadership. Humble and very forgiving. A trait we would want our president to possess. Coupled with his determination to control the direction of our nation towards rebuilding and strengthening our economic and military system, he must be very careful in picking out those that will support him and contribute for the good of our country specially in local and foreign policy.
Secretary of State is one of the most sensitive responsibility our country has. Maintaining our connections with other countries demand a very crucial and critical relations that spell win win however, if and when conflict can't be avoided, then make sure that we are not on the short end of the stick.
I am just excited to share this moment of unexpected gesture.
Note:
I'm aware political blog is not welcomed by most of you but I feel all these events happening in my country will affect the world one way or another.
I won't apologize but appreciate your reads and comments if any.
Thank you.
That to me spells good leadership. Humble and very forgiving. A trait we would want our president to possess. Coupled with his determination to control the direction of our nation towards rebuilding and strengthening our economic and military system, he must be very careful in picking out those that will support him and contribute for the good of our country specially in local and foreign policy.
Secretary of State is one of the most sensitive responsibility our country has. Maintaining our connections with other countries demand a very crucial and critical relations that spell win win however, if and when conflict can't be avoided, then make sure that we are not on the short end of the stick.
I am just excited to share this moment of unexpected gesture.
Note:
I'm aware political blog is not welcomed by most of you but I feel all these events happening in my country will affect the world one way or another.
I won't apologize but appreciate your reads and comments if any.
Thank you.
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current politics
When it comes to politics, I try to keep an open mind. But, I do like to express how I feel when I see something.
What do I mean when I say keep an open mind, primarily....I watch all the main news networks, Fox, CNN, and MSNBC.
There is only one that I have noticed lately that is breaking down the background of Trump's recent picks to fill important roles in his presidency.
The common theme I see going on is racism.
There is no doubt, Trump won.
With the way he won....was concerning to me.
now...
With who he is surrounding himself with...is even more concerning.
BTW...
I like that little story that he shared at one of his rallies...
The story where that lady picks up the ill snake along the road and brings it home to nurse it back to health. The snake ends up biting the lady and kills her. The snake says, "You knew I was a snake."
What do I mean when I say keep an open mind, primarily....I watch all the main news networks, Fox, CNN, and MSNBC.
There is only one that I have noticed lately that is breaking down the background of Trump's recent picks to fill important roles in his presidency.
The common theme I see going on is racism.
There is no doubt, Trump won.
With the way he won....was concerning to me.
now...
With who he is surrounding himself with...is even more concerning.
BTW...
I like that little story that he shared at one of his rallies...
The story where that lady picks up the ill snake along the road and brings it home to nurse it back to health. The snake ends up biting the lady and kills her. The snake says, "You knew I was a snake."
The rise and rise of the referendum
Your vote counts. Baddum TISH.
Referendums have been called on issues as diverse as peace deals, nuclear power, and whether New Zealand should change the national flag.
Colombia held a referendum on a longed-for peace deal in October, with voters rejecting it in a shock result.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Turkey to vote on reinstating the death penalty, backing or scrapping talks on EU membership, and changing the constitution in his favour.
On 4 December Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will ask Italians if they support his plan to cut the number of senators in Italy's upper house by two-thirds, ending its ability to bring down governments.
Switzerland is the "country most likely to" where public votes are concerned, and has already had 12 in 2016. The next is scheduled for 27 November, when people will consider a proposal to phase out nuclear power plants.
Britain's post-war Prime Minister Clement Attlee called them "a device of dictators and demagogues". Recently the UK was asked if we wanted to stay in Europe. The three main political parties - Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats - all wanted to stay. 17.4 million people had other ideas.
Democracies are based on electing people who reflect our views to represent our interests. Referendums put the issue back into the hands of the individual voter. My first referendum was in 1991 - to support FW de Klerk in his campaign to end apartheid, yes or no? 85% of registered voters turned out to have their say. The result was a foregone conclusion - everyone, even those who voted no, knew what the answer was going to be, the only question was how close the vote would be. It wasn't. He had the support of 70% of the voting public.
The recent ones, not so easy to call. In fact the polls got them wrong, every time.
So are referendums good? They are certainly one man, one vote, in action. Every time the result shocks government, it underlines how out of touch our leadership has become.
Are they bad? They are expensive. They are divisive and cause lasting resentment. It does give every single numpty around, no matter how misguided in their views
an equal say. Are we properly informed, fully aware of the issues and consequences, qualified to have a say?
Referendums have been called on issues as diverse as peace deals, nuclear power, and whether New Zealand should change the national flag.
Colombia held a referendum on a longed-for peace deal in October, with voters rejecting it in a shock result.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Turkey to vote on reinstating the death penalty, backing or scrapping talks on EU membership, and changing the constitution in his favour.
On 4 December Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will ask Italians if they support his plan to cut the number of senators in Italy's upper house by two-thirds, ending its ability to bring down governments.
Switzerland is the "country most likely to" where public votes are concerned, and has already had 12 in 2016. The next is scheduled for 27 November, when people will consider a proposal to phase out nuclear power plants.
Britain's post-war Prime Minister Clement Attlee called them "a device of dictators and demagogues". Recently the UK was asked if we wanted to stay in Europe. The three main political parties - Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats - all wanted to stay. 17.4 million people had other ideas.
Democracies are based on electing people who reflect our views to represent our interests. Referendums put the issue back into the hands of the individual voter. My first referendum was in 1991 - to support FW de Klerk in his campaign to end apartheid, yes or no? 85% of registered voters turned out to have their say. The result was a foregone conclusion - everyone, even those who voted no, knew what the answer was going to be, the only question was how close the vote would be. It wasn't. He had the support of 70% of the voting public.
The recent ones, not so easy to call. In fact the polls got them wrong, every time.
So are referendums good? They are certainly one man, one vote, in action. Every time the result shocks government, it underlines how out of touch our leadership has become.
Are they bad? They are expensive. They are divisive and cause lasting resentment. It does give every single numpty around, no matter how misguided in their views
an equal say. Are we properly informed, fully aware of the issues and consequences, qualified to have a say?online today!
Hillary not being tried
Meaning either what she did is acceptable or perhaps Trump is getting soft.
I hope that there's a good reason why she's not going to be tried.
I'm disappointed if she's left unaccountable for those blunders and incompetence. Wouldn't you?
I hope that there's a good reason why she's not going to be tried.
I'm disappointed if she's left unaccountable for those blunders and incompetence. Wouldn't you?
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RECOUNT- Mich. Penn. Wisc.
The Green Party claims to have raised over $3 million to fund a recount in Wisconsin to challenge Donald Trump's victory.
They claim to have discovered voting anomalies in locations that used electronic voting.
YOUTUBE BREAKING: THE RECOUNT IS HAPPENING - Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Media News
The vid poster does quite a bit of 'editorializing'.
But the vid does lay out what's being reported.
I empathise with those who are sick of political blogs.
I get it!
I'm just bringing it up here. I did NOT request the recounts.
Don't kill the messenger!
They claim to have discovered voting anomalies in locations that used electronic voting.
YOUTUBE BREAKING: THE RECOUNT IS HAPPENING - Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Media News
The vid poster does quite a bit of 'editorializing'.
But the vid does lay out what's being reported.
I empathise with those who are sick of political blogs.
I get it!
I'm just bringing it up here. I did NOT request the recounts.
Don't kill the messenger!
Cuba's Fidel Castro Dies
He lived a long life. May his family and countrymen be comforted during this time of their loss 
Cuba's Fidel Castro, who defied U.S. for 50 years, has died
By ASSOCIATED PRESS 11/26/16 12:44 AM EST
HAVANA — Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90.
Castro's reign over the island-nation 90 miles from Florida was marked by the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The bearded revolutionary, who survived a crippling U.S. trade embargo as well as dozens, possibly hundreds, of assassination plots, died eight years after ill health forced him to formally hand power over to his younger brother Raul, who announced his death late Friday on state television.
Castro overcame imprisonment at the hands of dictator Fulgencio Batista, exile in Mexico and a disastrous start to his rebellion before triumphantly riding into Havana in January 1959 to become, at age 32, the youngest leader in Latin America. For decades, he served as an inspiration and source of support to revolutionaries from Latin America to Africa.
His commitment to socialism was unwavering, though his power finally began to fade in mid-2006 when a gastrointestinal ailment forced him to hand over the presidency to Raul in 2008, provisionally at first and then permanently. His defiant image lingered long after he gave up his trademark Cohiba cigars for health reasons and his tall frame grew stooped.
"Socialism or death" remained Castro's rallying cry even as Western-style democracy swept the globe and other communist regimes in China and Vietnam embraced capitalism, leaving this island of 11 million people an economically crippled Marxist curiosity.
He survived long enough to see Raul Castro negotiate an opening with U.S. President Barack Obama on Dec. 17, 2014, when Washington and Havana announced they would move to restore diplomatic ties for the first time since they were severed in 1961. He cautiously blessed the historic deal with his lifelong enemy in a letter published after a month-long silence.
Fidel Castro Ruz was born Aug. 13, 1926, in eastern Cuba's sugar country, where his Spanish immigrant father worked first recruiting labor for U.S. sugar companies and later built up a prosperous plantation of his own.
Castro attended Jesuit schools, then the University of Havana, where he received law and social science degrees. His life as a rebel began in 1953 with a reckless attack on the Moncada military barracks in the eastern city of Santiago. Most of his comrades were killed and Fidel and his brother Raul went to prison.
Fidel turned his trial defense into a manifesto that he smuggled out of jail, famously declaring, "History will absolve me."
Freed under a pardon, Castro fled to Mexico and organized a rebel band that returned in 1956, sailing across the Gulf of Mexico to Cuba on a yacht named Granma. After losing most of his group in a bungled landing, he rallied support in Cuba's eastern Sierra Maestra mountains.
Three years later, tens of thousands spilled into the streets of Havana to celebrate Batista's downfall and catch a glimpse of Castro as his rebel caravan arrived in the capital on Jan. 8, 1959.
The U.S. was among the first to formally recognize his government, cautiously trusting Castro's early assurances he merely wanted to restore democracy, not install socialism.
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Cuba's Fidel Castro, who defied U.S. for 50 years, has died
By ASSOCIATED PRESS 11/26/16 12:44 AM EST
HAVANA — Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90.
Castro's reign over the island-nation 90 miles from Florida was marked by the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The bearded revolutionary, who survived a crippling U.S. trade embargo as well as dozens, possibly hundreds, of assassination plots, died eight years after ill health forced him to formally hand power over to his younger brother Raul, who announced his death late Friday on state television.
Castro overcame imprisonment at the hands of dictator Fulgencio Batista, exile in Mexico and a disastrous start to his rebellion before triumphantly riding into Havana in January 1959 to become, at age 32, the youngest leader in Latin America. For decades, he served as an inspiration and source of support to revolutionaries from Latin America to Africa.
His commitment to socialism was unwavering, though his power finally began to fade in mid-2006 when a gastrointestinal ailment forced him to hand over the presidency to Raul in 2008, provisionally at first and then permanently. His defiant image lingered long after he gave up his trademark Cohiba cigars for health reasons and his tall frame grew stooped.
"Socialism or death" remained Castro's rallying cry even as Western-style democracy swept the globe and other communist regimes in China and Vietnam embraced capitalism, leaving this island of 11 million people an economically crippled Marxist curiosity.
He survived long enough to see Raul Castro negotiate an opening with U.S. President Barack Obama on Dec. 17, 2014, when Washington and Havana announced they would move to restore diplomatic ties for the first time since they were severed in 1961. He cautiously blessed the historic deal with his lifelong enemy in a letter published after a month-long silence.
Fidel Castro Ruz was born Aug. 13, 1926, in eastern Cuba's sugar country, where his Spanish immigrant father worked first recruiting labor for U.S. sugar companies and later built up a prosperous plantation of his own.
Castro attended Jesuit schools, then the University of Havana, where he received law and social science degrees. His life as a rebel began in 1953 with a reckless attack on the Moncada military barracks in the eastern city of Santiago. Most of his comrades were killed and Fidel and his brother Raul went to prison.
Fidel turned his trial defense into a manifesto that he smuggled out of jail, famously declaring, "History will absolve me."
Freed under a pardon, Castro fled to Mexico and organized a rebel band that returned in 1956, sailing across the Gulf of Mexico to Cuba on a yacht named Granma. After losing most of his group in a bungled landing, he rallied support in Cuba's eastern Sierra Maestra mountains.
Three years later, tens of thousands spilled into the streets of Havana to celebrate Batista's downfall and catch a glimpse of Castro as his rebel caravan arrived in the capital on Jan. 8, 1959.
The U.S. was among the first to formally recognize his government, cautiously trusting Castro's early assurances he merely wanted to restore democracy, not install socialism.
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Hillary And Jillary
Hillary And Jillary sat on THE wall built by Trump if you recall.
Hillary and Jillary tried for a recount and still had a great fall.
All of Hillary's horses and all of Jillary's men
Couldn't win the election again.
Hillary and Jillary tried for a recount and still had a great fall.
All of Hillary's horses and all of Jillary's men
Couldn't win the election again.
Bahrain and Trump Ethical Concerns
Trump continues to set himself up for impeachment over his businesses and business connections... how bullish can a person be to disdain known rules and regulation of the Constitution in highest office as President, As I've said many times, Trump is about money in his own pockets and trying to make himself world known... 
Bahrain to host event at Trump's D.C. hotel, raising ethical concerns
Ethical dilemmas existed even before Trump was elected. But the president-elect hasn’t taken any actions to ease concerns.
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL and MADELINE CONWAY 11/29/16 01:52 PM EST Updated 11/29/16 03:37 PM EST
Bahrain has just booked at Donald Trump's new Washington hotel.
As ethics lawyers warn about potential conflicts of interest facing the billionaire businessman's presidential administration, the kingdom reserved space for a reception at the president-elect's flagship property less than a mile from the White House, according to an invitation from the country's embassy obtained by POLITICO on Tuesday.
“On the occasion of the forty fifth national day of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the seventeenth anniversary of his majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s accession to the throne,” the invitation begins, “Ambassador Abdulla Al Khalifa cordially invites you to a national day reception on Wednesday, December 07, 2016 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM.”
A Trump International Hotel representative declined to confirm the details of the event. “It’s always been a policy of Trump that we never ever discuss individual guests or groups in the hotel,” the sales and marketing official told POLITICO.
News of the reception drew an immediate rebuke from Richard Painter, one of several legal experts who has been sounding alarms over the possible conflicts presented by the unprecedented scope and scale of the incoming president's business interests.
Painter, President George W. Bush’s chief ethics lawyer, said a foreign government making payments to Trump’s businesses while he is president would violate a provision of the Constitution called the foreign Emoluments Clause.
The clause bars officials from accepting gifts from foreign powers without congressional approval, Painter said, adding that a diplomat staying at a Trump hotel to get in his good graces would qualify as one.
Whether the Bahrain reception, set to take place a month before Trump’s inauguration, would violate the Constitution depends on whether the payments are made before or after Jan. 20, Painter argued. Regardless, he maintained that it raises serious concerns, and the only solution is for Trump to sell the hotel — either to his children or another buyer.
“The point is, this is not where we want to go,” Painter said. “This is a concern. This is not where we want to go.”
Next week’s event won’t be the first example of the blurred lines between the president-elect and the businessman who has yet to relinquish his business empire, though.
Roughly 100 foreign diplomats drank Trump-branded champagne at Trump International Hotel earlier this month as they took in a sales pitch about the hotel, according to a Washington Post report published Nov. 18.
But the ethical dilemmas existed even before he was elected president. And Trump — who still hasn’t released his tax returns and is the target of Democrats in Congress who are requesting a review of his financial arrangements for possible conflicts of interest before he’s sworn in as president — hasn’t taken any actions to ease such concerns.
Read more... very interesting article
Bahrain to host event at Trump's D.C. hotel, raising ethical concerns
Ethical dilemmas existed even before Trump was elected. But the president-elect hasn’t taken any actions to ease concerns.
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL and MADELINE CONWAY 11/29/16 01:52 PM EST Updated 11/29/16 03:37 PM EST
Bahrain has just booked at Donald Trump's new Washington hotel.
As ethics lawyers warn about potential conflicts of interest facing the billionaire businessman's presidential administration, the kingdom reserved space for a reception at the president-elect's flagship property less than a mile from the White House, according to an invitation from the country's embassy obtained by POLITICO on Tuesday.
“On the occasion of the forty fifth national day of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the seventeenth anniversary of his majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s accession to the throne,” the invitation begins, “Ambassador Abdulla Al Khalifa cordially invites you to a national day reception on Wednesday, December 07, 2016 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM.”
A Trump International Hotel representative declined to confirm the details of the event. “It’s always been a policy of Trump that we never ever discuss individual guests or groups in the hotel,” the sales and marketing official told POLITICO.
News of the reception drew an immediate rebuke from Richard Painter, one of several legal experts who has been sounding alarms over the possible conflicts presented by the unprecedented scope and scale of the incoming president's business interests.
Painter, President George W. Bush’s chief ethics lawyer, said a foreign government making payments to Trump’s businesses while he is president would violate a provision of the Constitution called the foreign Emoluments Clause.
The clause bars officials from accepting gifts from foreign powers without congressional approval, Painter said, adding that a diplomat staying at a Trump hotel to get in his good graces would qualify as one.
Whether the Bahrain reception, set to take place a month before Trump’s inauguration, would violate the Constitution depends on whether the payments are made before or after Jan. 20, Painter argued. Regardless, he maintained that it raises serious concerns, and the only solution is for Trump to sell the hotel — either to his children or another buyer.
“The point is, this is not where we want to go,” Painter said. “This is a concern. This is not where we want to go.”
Next week’s event won’t be the first example of the blurred lines between the president-elect and the businessman who has yet to relinquish his business empire, though.
Roughly 100 foreign diplomats drank Trump-branded champagne at Trump International Hotel earlier this month as they took in a sales pitch about the hotel, according to a Washington Post report published Nov. 18.
But the ethical dilemmas existed even before he was elected president. And Trump — who still hasn’t released his tax returns and is the target of Democrats in Congress who are requesting a review of his financial arrangements for possible conflicts of interest before he’s sworn in as president — hasn’t taken any actions to ease such concerns.
Read more... very interesting article
Trump talks to Taiwan
Today US President elect talked on the phone for about a half with the President of Taiwan This wad the first direct contact with Taiwann in 30 years. It is not known if President Trump intends to replicate President Eisenhower's visit to the Formosan Straits.
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