Russian Election Interference: We Need to Know and We Need to Know Now
12/13/2016
Let's get one or two things straight from the outset here about the hacking of the email servers of the DNC and RNC:
We don't know for sure how Russia was attempting .. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/world/europe/russia-trump-election-cia-fbi.html .. to influence the presidential election. Oh, there is plenty of smoke coming at us from the CIA, the FBI, and every other agency that collects data, spies, or just generally fucks with people. We've known that since at least early October, but, you know, it's hard to pay attention to that when a tangerine-haired howler monkey is screeching .. http://res.cloudinary.com/dk-find-out/image/upload/q_80,w_1440/20230531_srlskc.jpg , "Emails!" across the tops of the jungle trees and the other howler monkeys are hooting along. But the public hasn't been shown the evidence .. https://theintercept.com/2016/12/12/obama-must-declassify-evidence-of-russian-hacking/ .. that hackers associated with Russian intelligence agencies were screwing with the apparently far-too-pliable minds of the average American voter. Yeah, we can make some assumptions, and, really, and, c'mon, lots of this shit is pretty goddamn .. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/why-cia-thinks-russia-wanted-trump-win-n695131 .. obvious. But, unlike pizza parlor child molestation ring fantasies, some of us like to be shown proof, especially from the goddamn CIA, before we sharpen our pitchforks and pour lighter fluid on our torches.
And that's why we must keep pressure on Congress, on President Obama (who needs to get out in front on this, transition be damned), on journalists to investigate this shitstorm before it engulfs us all. We need answers and we need them fast. Donald Trump's election already has an asterisk next to it because the one historic aspect of it is that he lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million. We don't need to find out in a year that Russia dicked us harder than a horny bear on a rotting log. By then, we'll be chest deep in whatever flood of fuckery Trump and his superfascist team of generals and capitalist pigs have planned, and it's a hell of a lot easier to stop something from happening than extricating yourself from it once it's happening. Ask anyone who's had cancer or gotten hooked on heroin. No, you stop this now if it needs to be stopped.
If Trump was anything like a decent human being and a patriotic American, he'd be leading the call for investigations. In fact, if he gave a happy monkey fuck about anything other than his ascension to whatever realms of blind power and emperor-like wealth he hopes to attain, he'd ask Congress to postpone the Electoral College vote until there was some kind of closure on the issue of election interference. The only reasons not to be leading the charge for legitimacy is that Trump either knows that he better get his wee paws on the executive branch so he can start fucking with people before anyone subpoenas his taxes or he colluded in some way with Russia, even if it was something as bizarre as, fuck, who knows at this point, let's say...paying off Putin to keep the RNC emails quiet. This is all so absurd that we're out of Robert Ludlam-land and headed straight to Don DeLillo-ville (read a fuckin' book).
After all the lunatic conspiracy theories of this stupid century that's in its hormonal teenage years, the 9/11 insider job, the climate change "hoax," birtherism, and the multiple nefarious crimes of Hillary Clinton and her cronies, we are facing something that is more real than any of it. Right now, there is more evidence than all of those combined times 1000 that Russia .. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/how-russia-wins-an-election-214524 , a nation that is antagonistic to the United States, might have, at the very least, taken advantage of a trove of hacked emails to push the needle just enough to get a dangerously inexperienced egomaniac with business ties to Moscow elected president. (This is not to mention the assist from the Republican FBI director.) It's also entirely possible that Russia fucked with the election on multiple fronts, up to and including manipulation of a candidate. And the evidence is not coming from internet savages and talk radio masturbators, but from sources at intelligence agencies and major media outlets. Yeah, the CIA has done a shit-ton of evil in the world. But they sure as hell aren't always wrong.
So all of this is scary, man. Like stomach-dropping scary. One preservation instinct that will kick in really quickly is to try to forget about it, to just let the installation of the Trump presidency happen and go about our business. We all pretended that George W. Bush actually won in 2000 and didn't burn the joint down. Except this time is different. People across the political spectrum understand that Trump is a real and present danger to Americans, whether through eliminating their health insurance or getting us into more idiotic wars. We need to know the extent of Russian interference as quickly as possible. And, if such interference existed, the election itself needs to be challenged on every possible front. Take things to the Supreme Court. If President Obama has evidence that the Trump campaign had any coordination with Russia in regards to the hack, the response needs to be forceful and direct, possibly including arrest of those involved. Either we give a damn about democracy or we don't. At the very least, let us believe that Trump was elected without foreign intervention. Let us just be disappointed with his idiot hordes as he sends us to the reeducation camps.
The point here is that we are exploring uncharted lands, filled with starving alligators, rapist pirates, and syphilitic prostitutes with teeth around their assholes. Tread carefully, motherfuckers, because one wrong step and horror awaits you.
Louisiana-raised Lee Papa — better known as the Rude Pundit — has a few IMPOLITE OBSERVATIONS about BP, THE GULF OIL DISASTER, Katrina and the Louisiana legislature.
By Kevin Allman @KevinAllman
Photo by Mark Manne
What's wonderful about the Louisiana legislature is that its timing is awesome," says Lee Papa. He's just getting wound up. "Within months of Katrina, they were debating and passing an abortion ban that would go into effect only if Roe v. Wade was overturned, a bill that helps approximately nobody. Now, with the oil creeping onto the shore like a stoned Blob, they actually debated whether or not to allow concealed weapons in church. Again, just awesome.
"It's not just fiddling while Rome burns. It's using the flames to smoke crack."
Irish court releases assets worth $100 million to Russia's Khodorkovsky
Wed Dec 7, 2016 | 10:46am EST
Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event at Canary Wharf in London, Britain, November 26, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
An Irish court on Wednesday released assets worth $100 million to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, part of the former Russian oligarch's global legal effort to recoup billions of dollars seized in the years following his 2003 arrest.
Khodorkovsky was Russia's richest man before he fell foul of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Yukos oil company was broken up to pay alleged unpaid taxes.
He was pardoned in 2013 and is involved in a number of cases to recover funds frozen by authorities around the world.
Assets worth $100 million were frozen for over five years as Irish police conducted an investigation in the wake of Khodorkovsky's 2010 conviction in Russia for money laundering.
The freezing order was revoked by Dublin's District Court on Wednesday, a lawyer for Khodorkovsky Sean Gillane said.
Khodorkovsky welcomed the decision, tweeting that "the lie about the money being laundered has remained a lie".
The head of the International Center for Legal Protection, which is coordinating legal cases related to Yukos, said Russia was "extremely surprised" by the ruling, Russian state news agency RIA reported.
He said the Russian state was not given an opportunity to represent its interests in the case.
Khodorkovsky, who is being investigated in Russia on suspicion of ordering a contract killing, said in a statement he would use some of the funds to campaign for human rights in Russia.
(Reporting by Conor Humphries; Editing by Louise Ireland)
.. so to, in case any missed them, outing the juicy sequence of Rachel Maddow videos starting around halfway down in yours .. the first features Putin's opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky .. the next two Tillerson as possibly Trump's most controversial nominee ..
Putin brooks no quarter for rivals
For transnational sovereign Exxon, business model is policy
Exxon support of dictator stability counter to US foreign policy
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Is Donald Trump a Threat to Democracy?
Jennifer Heuer
By STEVEN LEVITSKY and DANIEL ZIBLATT DEC. 16, 2016
Donald J. Trump’s election has raised a question that few Americans ever imagined asking: Is our democracy in danger? With the possible exception of the Civil War, American democracy has never collapsed; indeed, no democracy as rich or as established as America’s ever has. Yet past stability is no guarantee of democracy’s future survival.
We have spent two decades studying the emergence and breakdown of democracy in Europe and Latin America. Our research points to several warning signs.
The clearest warning sign is the ascent of anti-democratic politicians into mainstream politics. Drawing on a close study of democracy’s demise in 1930s Europe, the eminent political scientist Juan J. Linz designed a “litmus test” to identify anti-democratic politicians. His indicators include a failure to reject violence unambiguously, a readiness to curtail rivals’ civil liberties, and the denial of the legitimacy of elected governments.
Mr. Trump tests positive. In the campaign, he encouraged violence among supporters; pledged to prosecute Hillary Clinton; threatened legal action against unfriendly media; and suggested that he might not accept the election results.
This anti-democratic behavior has continued since the election. With the false claim that he lost the popular vote because of “millions of people who voted illegally,” Mr. Trump openly challenged the legitimacy of the electoral process. At the same time, he has been remarkably dismissive of United States intelligence agencies’ reports of Russian hacking to tilt the election in his favor.
Mr. Trump is not the first American politician with authoritarian tendencies. (Other notable authoritarians include Gov. Huey Long of Louisiana and Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin.) But he is the first in modern American history to be elected president. This is not necessarily because Americans have grown more authoritarian (the United States electorate has always had an authoritarian streak). Rather it’s because the institutional filters that we assumed would protect us from extremists, like the party nomination system and the news media, failed.
Many Americans are not overly concerned about Mr. Trump’s authoritarian inclinations because they trust our system of constitutional checks and balances to constrain him.
Yet the institutional safeguards protecting our democracy may be less effective than we think. A well-designed constitution is not enough to ensure a stable democracy — a lesson many Latin American independence leaders learned when they borrowed the American constitutional model in the early 19th century, only to see their countries plunge into chaos.
Democratic institutions must be reinforced by strong informal norms. Like a pickup basketball game without a referee, democracies work best when unwritten rules of the game, known and respected by all players, ensure a minimum of civility and cooperation. Norms serve as the soft guardrails of democracy, preventing political competition from spiraling into a chaotic, no-holds-barred conflict.
Among the unwritten rules that have sustained American democracy are partisan self-restraint and fair play. For much of our history, leaders of both parties resisted the temptation to use their temporary control of institutions to maximum partisan advantage, effectively underutilizing the power conferred by those institutions. There existed a shared understanding, for example, that anti-majoritarian practices like the Senate filibuster would be used sparingly, that the Senate would defer (within reason) to the president in nominating Supreme Court justices, and that votes of extraordinary importance — like impeachment — required a bipartisan consensus. Such practices helped to avoid a descent into the kind of partisan fight to the death that destroyed many European democracies in the 1930s.
Yet norms of partisan restraint have eroded in recent decades. House Republicans’ impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998 abandoned the idea of bipartisan consensus on impeachment. The filibuster, once a rarity, has become a routine tool of legislative obstruction. As the political scientists Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein have shown, the decline of partisan restraint has rendered our democratic institutions increasingly dysfunctional. Republicans’ 2011 refusal to raise the debt ceiling, which put America’s credit rating at risk for partisan gain, and the Senate’s refusal this year to consider President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee — in essence, allowing the Republicans to steal a Supreme Court seat — offer an alarming glimpse at political life in the absence of partisan restraint.
Norms of presidential restraint are also at risk. The Constitution’s ambiguity regarding the limits of executive authority can tempt presidents to try and push those limits. Although executive power has expanded in recent decades, it has ultimately been reined in by the prudence and self-restraint of our presidents.
Unlike his predecessors, Mr. Trump is a serial norm-breaker. There are signs that Mr. Trump seeks to diminish the news media’s traditional role by using Twitter, video messages and public rallies to circumvent the White House press corps and communicate directly with voters — taking a page out of the playbook of populist leaders like Silvio Berlusconi in Italy, Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey.
An even more basic norm under threat today is the idea of legitimate opposition. In a democracy, partisan rivals must fully accept one another’s right to exist, to compete and to govern. Democrats and Republicans may disagree intensely, but they must view one another as loyal Americans and accept that the other side will occasionally win elections and lead the country. Without such mutual acceptance, democracy is imperiled. Governments throughout history have used the claim that their opponents are disloyal or criminal or a threat to the nation’s way of life to justify acts of authoritarianism.
The idea of legitimate opposition has been entrenched in the United States since the early 19th century, disrupted only by the Civil War. That may now be changing, however, as right-wing extremists increasingly question the legitimacy of their liberal rivals. During the last decade, Ann Coulter wrote best-selling books describing liberals as traitors, and the “birther” movement questioned President Obama’s status as an American.
Such extremism, once confined to the political fringes, has now moved into the mainstream. In 2008, the Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin linked Barack Obama to terrorism. This year, the Republican Party nominated a birther as its presidential candidate. Mr. Trump’s campaign centered on the claim that Hillary Clinton was a criminal who should be in jail; and “Lock her up!” was chanted at the Republican National Convention. In other words, leading Republicans — including the president-elect — endorsed the view that the Democratic candidate was not a legitimate rival.
The risk we face, then, is not merely a president with illiberal proclivities — it is the election of such a president when the guardrails protecting American democracy are no longer as secure.
American democracy is not in imminent danger of collapse. If ordinary circumstances prevail, our institutions will most likely muddle through a Trump presidency. It is less clear, however, how democracy would fare in a crisis. In the event of a war, a major terrorist attack or large-scale riots or protests — all of which are entirely possible — a president with authoritarian tendencies and institutions that have come unmoored could pose a serious threat to American democracy. We must be vigilant. The warning signs are real.
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are professors of government at Harvard University.
Lastly, yet another wrap-up on the most authoritarian president authoritarian USA has ever elected president.
A professional opinion: You don't need a psychiatrist to know there's something wrong with Donald Trump
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Trump should never be president, but not because he may or may not have a mental disorder. He shouldn't be president because he disparages women, denigrates Mexicans and Muslims and mocks the disabled. He shouldn't be president because he demonizes the media and impugns those who challenge him. He shouldn't be president because he insinuates that his rivals might be assassinated and advocates the commission of war crimes. He shouldn't be president because he rejects science and demonstrates a remarkable lack of knowledge or interest when it comes to foreign and domestic policy.
As a psychiatrist, I don’t have a public opinion on Trump. As a citizen, I certainly do.
On this LIVE Sunday, Dec. 18 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we look into the ongoing cyberattacks on Infowars.com as the establishment attempts to shut down independent media not controlled by the ruling elite. Also, Sheriff Joe Arpaio joins the broadcast to discuss outgoing President Obama's questionable birth certificate and what this could mean legally. http://www.carlgallups.com/obamafraud.html
National Geographic makes history with new gender issue
Leftists Attempt to Stop Trump by Taking to the Streets
Published on Dec 18, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
In a last ditch effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, leftists like Nancy Pelosi's daughter are trying to flip electors in the electoral college. Tomorrow will be the ultimate test for the integrity of our democracy.
Published on Dec 18, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
Creepy Clowns have been sighted all over the capital of the lone star state for some time now. Alex Jones was out on a cold night pontificating and he was confronted by a creepy clown. This is obviously satire playing off or fears of clowns, but Alex does cover topics ranging from Plato's cave to Russian hacking.
In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Steve Inskeep asks President Obama about Russian interference in the U.S. election, executive power, the future of the Democratic party and his future role.
President Obama talks about how he's approached discussions on race during his time in office and reflects on the varying degrees of racism in America.
Published on Dec 19, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
The globalists are waging psyops and maneuvers on all fronts. Nothing remains sacred as the First Amendment is pushed front and center into the Propaganda machine's wood chipper. Meanwhile China and the globalists move to foment order out of chaos, utilizing growing tensions on Russia's border and the South China Sea. Alex wields the sword of truth cutting through the lies shoveled to a minority of the public by a broken media monstrosity feeding on its own hubris.
Full Show - Russian Ambassador Assassinated: Does This Mean WW3? - 12/19/2016
Published on Dec 20, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
On this Monday, December 19th 2016 transmission of the Alex Jones Show, electoral college electors will officiate Donald Trump's presidency today, even as they continue to receive death threats. And surprise, a new study confirms liberals are far more intolerant of other people’s opinions. On today's show, illuminati investigator Jordan Maxwell breaks down his latest research, his take on the election and more. We'll also continue looking at the war on free speech, under the guise of combating "fake news."
Rachel Maddow reports on the long history of assassinations of Turkish ambassadors that make today's assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey particular painful as it comes amid a string of terror attacks around the world. Duration: 19:30
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about the latest details learned in the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey. Duration: 7:36
Seth takes a closer look at the political crisis in North Carolina, where Republicans sought to strip power away from the incoming Democratic governor before he takes office.
Full Show - Globalists Push WW3 To Stop Trump From Saving America - 12/20/2016
Published on Dec 20, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
On this Tuesday, December 20th 2016 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Vice President of media content for National Enquirer, Dylan Howard, will discuss yesterday' s assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey. Trump insider Roger Stone will also join the broadcast to explain the President elect's next move after securing enough Electoral College votes. Also, we will cover the terrorist attack in Berlin where a Pakistani refugee drove an 18 wheeler through a Christmas market, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more.
Strange Bedfellows | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
This Hispanic lady was purchasing items and the transaction was almost complete, then her friend brings up some shirts to be added to her purchase instead of getting in line. And this lady went off!!! Warning explicit language FYI...this wasn't the entire scene, people tried to let her know it was out of order, but she wasn't hearing that. #exposingTheRacism #louisvilleKy #prayForAmerica
The video shocking people across the nation is a shopper's rant aimed at two women inside Jefferson Mall.
“Go back to wherever the f*** you came from, lady!” A woman said in the video.
Standing in line at the JC Penney in the Jefferson Mall just five days before Christmas, one woman says the only thing she could think to do was pull out her cell phone and start recording.
“I think in this day and time you think, hey just to be on the safe side because the world that we live in now, let's get this on video,” a witness, Renee, said.
WHAS11 talked to Renee by phone this afternoon. Since she posted this video last night, she's received a number of threats but she knew she needed to get this video in the public eye.
“I'm just grateful that God had me at that place and time so I can bring light to the fact that racism is alive and well,” Renee said.
“You all are nobodies. Just because you come from another country it don't make you nobody. Nobody. You're probably on welfare. The taxpayers probably paid for all that stuff,” the woman said in the video.
Renee says while standing in line, the shoppers added more items to their order while they were checking out, and the woman who was right behind them began sounding off, telling them to get in the back of the line.
“At that point I think everybody was kind of like yeah, that's not right. No one said it but no one was against that part, but then when the racist remarks started you can tell people were embarrassed and ashamed,” Renee said.
She says a few people in the line spoke up and agreed with the woman's remarks. But Renee says for the most part, the two shoppers at the front of the line stayed silent.
“We need more love in this country just for this reason,” Renee added.
Renee tells us that when she stopped recording, the woman continued talking. She noted the recent election and said that things would change.
Sen. Murphy: Flynn is a 'dangerous character in the White House'
All In with Chris Hayes 12/20/16
Senator Murphy responds to the news that Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's choice for National Security Advisor, met with the leader of a far-right Austrian political party aligned with Vladimir Putin and founded by Nazis. Duration: 8:20
Two emergency managers charged in Flint toxic water crisis
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/20/16
Rachel Maddow reports on two Michigan emergency managers charged in the Flint water crisis with each facing over 40 years in prison, bringing to 13 the number of people charged in the crisis as the investigation continues. Duration: 21:29
Investigation yields new charges in pursuit of justice for Flint
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/20/16
Bryn Mickle, editor of the Flint Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about the ongoing investigation into the Flint water crisis and the latest set of charges against two state emergency managers, and the likelihood the investigation will reach Governor Rick Snyder. Duration: 4:36
Terror experts eye pattern after Berlin Christmas market attack
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/20/16
Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about the latest intelligence has learned about connections between recent terror attacks and terror groups like ISIS. Duration: 8:32
Trump adviser Flynn met with leader of party founded by ex-Nazis
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 12/20/16
The NY Times reports that Trump's National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, met with the leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, founded by Nazis in the 1950s. Lawrence discusses the fallout of the meeting with David Frum, Joe Cirinicione, and Michael McFaul. Duration: 12:37
Is Trump taking foreign policy tips from Richard Nixon?
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 12/20/16
A new Washington Post report suggests Donald Trump will conduct foreign policy using Nixon's so-called 'Madman Theory.' MSNBC's Brian Williams speaks to Katy Tur and Michael DuHaime. Duration: 6:41
Full Show - Did German Police Have Prior Knowledge Of Berlin Market Attacker? - 12/21/2016
Published on Dec 21, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
On this Wednesday, Dec. 21st 2016 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we analyze the manhunt for the Berlin killer, especially how German police likely knew about the suspect months ago, but ignored him due to “political correctness.” We also look into the next upcoming attacks against Trump with insider Roger Stone. And we talk to Justin Godesky, the young man behind the Trump playing cards.
Rash twitter rants, skipping intel briefings a bad mix for Trump
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/21/16
Rachel Maddow shows how Donald Trump exposes himself to the risk of humiliation by forgoing the Presidential Daily Brief for intelligence advice from Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, and then firing off rash tweets. Duration: 11:03
Manhunt across Europe for suspect in Berlin attack
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 12/21/16
Authorities across Europe are searching for Anis Amri, the man they believe attacked Christmas shoppers at a Berlin market. MSNBC's Brian Williams talks to terrorism expert Malcolm Nance. Duration: 3:01
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes 11:50 AM - 22 Dec 2016 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/811977223326625792 [with comments]
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Full Show - Migrant Crisis Continues As Obama's Shadow Cabinet Is Poised To Fight Trump - 12/22/2016
Published on Dec 22, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
On this Thursday, Dec. 22 broadcast of the Alex Jones Show [with Jon Rappoport hosting the fourth hour], we look at how the election wrapped up in Donald Trump's favor and continue analyzing the aftermath of the truck attack in Berlin. We'll also look at Obama's efforts to derail the US ahead of Trump's inauguration, and his plan to stay in Washington DC, which some believe will allow him to run a shadow government parallel to Trump's. On today's show, philosopher and Freedomain Radio host Stefan Molyneux joins the program to give his take on the Berlin attack, "fake news," social justice warriors and more.
Published on Dec 22, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
Alex Jones breaks down former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s comments that Trump may not keep promise to “drain the swamp" as Gingrich admits he was wrong a day after Jones called out his lies. There is a nationwide attack taking place on Trump and the rise of nationalism, and freedom loving Americans have to combat the lies and manipulations being pushed by the mainstream media and the alligators of DC.
Lewandowski brokered Trump-Slim meeting Trump’s former campaign manager, who debuted a new lobbying firm Wednesday, met with the Mexican billionaire this month. The meeting between Donald Trump and Carlos Slim this past Saturday occurred about 10 days after Corey Lewandowski’s visit with Slim. 12/21/16 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/lewandowski-trump-carlos-slim-232905 [with comments]
Case Closed! Trump Was Right. Obama's Birth Certificate A Fake
Published on Dec 22, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
The evidence is conclusive. Barack Obama's birth certificate is a forged document. Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Cold Case Posse holds an urgent press conference revealing forensic evidence that proves once and for all that Donald Trump was right about Obama's birth certificate. The document is a fraud. Share this video with those who refuse to accept the undeniable evidence that Barack Obama is a Ghost President.
Trump tweet startles with apparent nuclear policy reversal
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/22/16
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President-elect Trump, talks with Rachel Maddow about what Donald Trump meant to say in a new tweet that seems to reverse U.S. policy on nuclear weapons. Duration: 23:11
Ethics questions loom over Trump HHS pick, Rep. Tom Price
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/22/16
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President-elect Trump, talks with Rachel Maddow about revelations in the Wall Street Journal that Trump's pick for HHS secretary traded health-related stocks while sponsoring related legislation. Duration: 12:02
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President-elect Trump, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump telling lies about Martha Raddatz, and whether Melania Trump's use of the lawyer from the Gawker case is a harbinger of Trump's intention to eliminate media he doesn't like. Duration: 11:27
Rachel Maddow expresses her appreciation to Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President-elect Trump, for taking time out to hash through important issues in a way that is "civic, civil, and confrontational when it needs to be without being mean." Duration: 0:32
I hope this opens peoples eyes to how things really are in today's society. Even if you don't like Trump, please do not vote for Hillary because our country will be ruined.
Audio is from On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Being interviewed is historian Eric Weitz. Discussed is how Hitler rose to power and the "comeback" right-wing populism is making in Europe and in the United States in the form of Donald Trump. What economic and social conditions helped the Nazis come to power?
What lies behind the victory of Donald Trump? Racism? Rise of white anger? Or changes in science and technology? Guest: Randall Strauss, life of Thomas Edison and spirit of innovation. With Host Dr Kaku.
Exploration with Dr. Kaku, is an hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. It is broadcast each week on WBAI New York City (99.5 FM), and re-aired on stations across the country via the Ku National Radio Satellite. Exploration can also be heard worldwide as a live streaming simulcast by various national terrestrial radio stations and online archive curated by KPFA Berkeley (94.1 FM) and Pacifica Foundation Radio.
Join President-Elect Donald J. Trump and team for the USA Thank You Tour 2016 at the Ladd–Peebles Stadium.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2016 Donald J. Trump ?Ladd–Peebles Stadium 3:00 PM Gates open at 11am.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxxQTopzBXE [the openly, gleefully Christo-fascist festivities commence at c. the 1:28:00 mark; Franklin Graham's blaming God for Trump begins at c. the 2:14:35 mark; Kellyanne Conway's version of Fractured Fairy Tales begins at c. the 2:40:25 mark; Trump's performance begins at c. the 2:46:55 mark; Jeff Sessions's typical dazed batshit mumbling, during Trump's performance, begins at c. the 2:57:40 mark; Conway's second recital, with a cameo by Hope Hicks, also during Trump's performance, begins at c. the 3:12:45 mark; no comments yet] [replaces the since-gone-dark YouTube of the same included in the post to which this is a reply] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MXukUOX-js (no comments yet), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5iT12lq-sU (no comments yet), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4QvSo08izg (many ads; no comments yet), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riph4NCx_U0 (many ads; with comments), and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmcv4EDSNc (many ads; with comments)]
All This Talk of Voter Fraud? Across U.S., Officials Found Next to None Voters lined up in and outside the Valley Forge Volunteer Fire Department polling station in Pennsylvania on Election Day. DEC. 18, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/us/voter-fraud.html
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So What Are We Supposed to Do Now? | The Resistance with Keith Olbemann | GQ
Published on Dec 19, 2016 by GQ
The Electoral College has affirmed Donald Trump as our 45th President. Here’s what you can do about it.
Clinton allies rip into FBI after search warrant unsealed Hillary Clinton campaign aides and her husband, President Bill Clinton, have argued that James Comey's pair of letters cost her the election. 'It is salt in the wound to see FBI rationale was this flimsy,' Clinton's former spokesman says. 12/20/16 Updated 12/20/16 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/clinton-email-investigation-search-warrant-released-232852 [with comments]
Tornado Town, USA - big piece - map of mini-tornado alleys Four devastating tornadoes hit Moore, Oklahoma, in 16 years. Was it geography or just bad luck? May 26, 2016 http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tornadoes/
New Orleans Apologizes, Settles Police Shooting Suits for $13.3M- Katrina - Danziger Bridge NEW ORLEANS — The mayor of New Orleans on Monday announced the city has reached settlements totaling $13.3 million in lawsuits over deadly police shootings after Hurricane Katrina and a fatal beating just before the 2005 storm, and he apologized to the victims' families on behalf of the city. "I am hoping that in some sense the strength of these families will help the city find peace in our future," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at an afternoon news conference attended by some relatives of the victims. Landrieu said the settlements are with 17 plaintiffs. Sherrel Johnson, the mother of 17-year-old James Brissette, who died in the Sept. 4, 2005, shootings on the Danziger Bridge, was among the victims' relatives on hand for Landrieu's announcement. She said she "wholeheartedly" accepts his apology. "Since that time, it has been an awful long and rough road. But me and my family got through it," she said. Later, she added, "Now this is closure for me, and I can go forward ... because I know the old New Orleans does not exist anymore." [...] http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-apologizes-settles-police-shooting-suits-13-3m-n698016
What Their Reactions to Monday's Attacks Reveal About Trump and Obama Two sets of statements tell radically different stories about who was being attacked, and why. Monday’s horrors—the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin and the assassination of a Russian diplomat in Ankara—offer a natural experiment. Since they occurred during the brief window every four or eight years in which America has both a president and a president-elect, they provoked two sets of statements, one from the outgoing administration and another from its soon-to-be successor. The differences are revealing. The first difference, unsurprisingly, is that the Obama administration exercised caution. It said the Berlin atrocity “appears to have been a terrorist attack.” Team Trump, by contrast, simply called it a “horrifying terror attack.” The White House avoided speculation about the Turkish assassin’s motive. Team Trump, by contrast, called him a “radical Islamic terrorist.” More significantly, the two administrations used the attacks to tell radically different stories about who was being attacked, and why. The Obama administration identified the victims as members of a nation. Its five-sentence statement about the Berlin attack used the words “Germany” or “German” four times. And the White House linked the United States and Germany strategically, declaring that, “Germany is one of our closest partners and strongest allies.” Team Obama’s response to the Ankara assassination was also state-centric. It offered its “condolences to the Russian people and Government” and declared, “we stand united with Russia and Turkey in our determination to confront terrorism in all of its forms.” Russia and Turkey are not “partners” and “allies” of the United States in the way Germany is. Still, the Obama administration implied a world in which even nations with sharply different interests cooperate against their common foe: “terrorism in all its forms.” Taken together, the Berlin and Ankara statements gesture toward a liberal internationalist order of the kind the United States helped build after World War II: an inner circle of cooperation linking the United States and its closest NATO allies surrounded by a broader circle represented by universal bodies like the UN, in which countries band together across ideological and geopolitical lines to battle the transnational scourges that threaten them all. Team Trump’s statement was utterly different. It described the victims as members not of a nation but of a religion. Its statement about the Berlin attack didn’t refer to the victims as Germans. (It didn’t mention the words “German” or “Germany” once.) Instead, it defined them as people killed “as they prepared to celebrate the Christmas holiday.” The Obama team’s statement made no assumptions about the victims’ faith: It simply noted that the attack had occurred at “a Christmas Market.” The Trump statement, by contrast, implied that the victims all celebrated Christmas. And it linked those killed in Berlin to other “Christians” who “ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter … in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad.” The contrast grows even sharper when you add in Team Trump’s response to the Ankara attacks. Unlike Obama’s statement, which said nothing about the assassin’s faith, Trump’s called him “a radical Islamic terrorist.” The Trump statement also said nothing about working with either Russia or Turkey, let alone working with them against “terrorism in all its forms,” which implies that terrorism has forms other those rooted in Islam. What do these statements tell us? That Team Obama defines the struggle against terrorism as a conflict pitting countries of all religious and ideological types against a common stateless foe, while Team Trump defines it as a conflict between Christendom and Islam. (That’s how ISIS defines it too. The Islamic State also views the world in terms of religious civilizations rather than nations). The natural implication of Obama’s worldview is that preventing terrorism requires cooperation between very different nations. The natural implication of Trump’s is that preventing terrorism requires keeping Muslims out. Neither of Trump’s statements acknowledges the possibility that Christians might perpetrate terrorism or Muslims might be victims of it. (Indeed, on the very same day as the attacks in Ankara and Berlin, a gunman opened fire at a mosque in Zurich, Switzerland, injuring three.) The message to Muslims in Germany and the United States is the same one Trump has peddled for more than a year now: You are the enemy within. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/12/ankara-berlin-trump-obama/511202/
Trump's National Security Advisor's Twitter Account Shows Extent of Anti-Muslim Beliefs In the weeks leading into and following President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Gen. Mike Flynn as his key national security advisor, civil rights groups and the media were quick to point out Flynn’s long history of work with the organized anti-Muslim movement. As it turns out, Flynn has a lengthy history of rhetoric attacking Muslims on Twitter, too. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/12/20/trumps-national-security-advisors-twitter-account-shows-extent-anti-muslim-beliefs
If you think you can handle the truth, well here it is folks - all-star lineup of conspiracy theorists - anti-Clinton, da Jews! Oct 17, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_6XbOPqoTU
What lies behind the victory of Donald Trump? Rise of white anger? - reaction to (advances in) science and technology - source of wealth in modern society Dr. Kaku’s Universe Dec 2, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF4_TDbernA
Inside the Desperate, Year-Long Hunt to Find Donald Trump’s Rumored Apprentice Outtakes - with embedded video "Donald Trump's Finest Fibs" Throughout the election, both the media and the Clinton camp were obsessed by outtakes from the reality show, amid allegations of hair-raising things said by the now president-elect. An investigation into why such tapes never surfaced. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/donald-trump-apprentice-outtakes
MADDOW OPEN 12-20-16 - MICHIGAN EMERGENCY MANAGERS - FLINT - AND BS 'MiDAS' UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMPUTER THAT RIPPED OFF OVER 150 MILLION BY DECLARING 93% OF UNEMP INS CLAIMS FRAUDULENT AND DEMANDING THE APPLICANTS PAY FINES TO STAY OUT OF JAIL Two emergency managers charged in Flint toxic water crisis The Rachel Maddow Show 12/20/16 Rachel Maddow reports on two Michigan emergency managers charged in the Flint water crisis with each facing over 40 years in prison, bringing to 13 the number of people charged in the crisis as the investigation continues. Duration: 21:29 http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/two-officials-charged-in-flint-water-crisis-838218307691 Investigation yields new charges in pusuit of justice for Flint The Rachel Maddow Show 12/20/16 Bryn Mickle, editor of the Flint Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about the ongoing investigation into the Flint water crisis and the latest set of charges against two state emergency managers, and the likelihood the investigation will reach Governor Rick Snyder. Duration: 4:36 http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/investigation-yields-new-charges-in-pusuit-of-justice-for-flint-838235715596
AND INTERVIEW WITH ISIS EXPERT NYT REPORTER RUKMINI CALLIMACHI RE RECENT ATTACKS (INCLUDING IN JORDAN) - ISIS NOW CLAIMING BERLIN TRUCK ATTACK (INITIAL SUSPECT RELEASED, PERP STILL AT LARGE) Terror experts eye pattern after Berlin Christmas market attack The Rachel Maddow Show 12/20/16 Rukmini Callimachi, who covers terrorism for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about the latest intelligence has learned about connections between recent terror attacks and terror groups like ISIS. Duration: 8:32 http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/terror-experts-eye-pattern-after-berlin-christmas-market-attack-838242883555
Melania a model for Trump media crackdown? The Rachel Maddow Show 12/19/16 Rachel Maddow reports on Melania Trump's defamation lawsuit against a conspiracy theorist writer, helmed by the lawyer who represented Hulk Hogan against Gawker, in the broader context of Donald Trump war on the media. Duration: 6:08 http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/melania-a-model-for-trump-media-crackdown-837199939752
If you think you can handle the truth, well here it is folks - all-star lineup of conspiracy theorists - anti-Clinton, da Jews! Oct 17, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_6XbOPqoTU
https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF/videos Alex Jones (FULL SHOW Commercial Free) Sunday 12/18/16: Sheriff Joe Arpaio On this LIVE Sunday, Dec. 18 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we look into the ongoing cyberattacks on Infowars.com as the establishment attempts to shut down independent media not controlled by the ruling elite. Also, Sheriff Joe Arpaio joins the broadcast to discuss outgoing President Obama's questionable birth certificate and what this could mean legally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6RPCgLViLc Alex Jones (FULL SHOW Commercial Free) Monday 12/19/16: Infowars Under Cyber Attack, Jordan Maxwell On this Monday, December 19 transmission of the Alex Jones Show, electoral college electors will officiate Donald Trump's presidency today, even as they continue to receive death threats. And surprise, a new study confirms liberals are far more intolerant of other people’s opinions. On today's show, illuminati investigator Jordan Maxwell breaks down his latest research, his take on the election and more. We'll also continue looking at the war on free speech, under the guise of combating "fake news." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXZTGDA_QDI Alex Jones (FULL SHOW Commercial Free) Tuesday 12/20/16: Gerald Celente, Roger Stone, Matt Bracken - ties to/references Glenn Beck with Samantha Bee "Strange Bedfellows | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS - Glenn Beck" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSDfVRGI54 ) (above) On this Tuesday, December 20 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Vice President of media content for National Enquirer, Dylan Howard, will discuss yesterday' s assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey. Trump insider Roger Stone will also join the broadcast to explain the President elect's next move after securing enough Electoral College votes. Also, we will cover the terrorist attack in Berlin where a Pakistani refugee drove an 18 wheeler through a Christmas market, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU_At0Z2zHQ Alex Jones (FULL SHOW Commercial Free) Wednesday 12/21/16: Godesky Brothers: Trump Cards On this Wednesday, Dec. 21 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we analyze the manhunt for the Berlin killer, especially how German police likely knew about the suspect months ago, but ignored him due to “political correctness.” We also look into the next upcoming attacks against Trump with insider Roger Stone. And we talk to Justin Godesky, the young man behind the Trump playing cards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K94Gy3ItFtc
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos - chrono as uploaded Alex Encounters Hillary Clinton in the Wild and Confronts HER! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRR3BfBLhgI Leftists Attempt to Stop Trump by Taking to the Streets - after 12-18-16 show at home late 12-18-16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P9t_Xg5568 Nat Geo Promotion Of Transsexualism To Children Is Abusive - included at end of 12-18-16 show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RDA4FFCH74 AND RELATED FROM MSNBC: National Geographic makes history with new gender issue (MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibVKLLL6Bc ) MSNBC Live with Kate Snow 12/20/16 This month's National Geographic is releasing a special issue, exploring gender and how people's perceptions and belief on gender are changing across the globe. Duration: 4:02 http://www.msnbc.com/kate-snow/watch/national-geographic-makes-history-with-new-gender-issue-837837379642 Creepy Clown Confronts Alex Jones In The Woods - late/final 12-18-16, teased in "Leftists Attempt to Stop Trump by Taking to the Streets" second above - Alex takes off his shirts in the cold Austin night ( http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=127274846 ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJqoRjwi9sY Proof Obama Presidency Illegitimate, 1st Amendment Under Siege: 12/18/16 Full Show On this LIVE Sunday, Dec. 18 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we look into the ongoing cyberattacks on Infowars.com as the establishment attempts to shut down independent media not controlled by the ruling elite. Also, Sheriff Joe Arpaio joins the broadcast to discuss outgoing President Obama's questionable birth certificate and what this could mean legally. http://www.carlgallups.com/obamafraud.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOkzzizfs4U Alex Wields The Flaming Sword Of Truth - apparently separate piece, earlier 12-19-16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnhEorFpk8 Trump Secures 304, Securing Historic Victory - separate piece - eve 12-19-16 - 'they're gonna try to kill Trump' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfwRoYGb5eU Full Show - Russian Ambassador Assassinated: Does This Mean WW3? - 12/19/2016 On this Monday, December 19th 2016 transmission of the Alex Jones Show, electoral college electors will officiate Donald Trump's presidency today, even as they continue to receive death threats. And surprise, a new study confirms liberals are far more intolerant of other people’s opinions. On today's show, illuminati investigator Jordan Maxwell breaks down his latest research, his take on the election and more. We'll also continue looking at the war on free speech, under the guise of combating "fake news[."] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgH3gKYYOB0 A Merry Christmas from Alex Jones - separate piece late afternoon 12-20-16 - Christo-fascist incitement (of course) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ZDVY1qUYY Full Show - Globalists Push WW3 To Stop Trump From Saving America - [12/20/2016] On this Tuesday, December 20th 2016 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Vice President of media content for National Enquirer, Dylan Howard, will discuss yesterday' s assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey. Trump insider Roger Stone will also join the broadcast to explain the President elect's next move after securing enough Electoral College votes. Also, we will cover the terrorist attack in Berlin where a Pakistani refugee drove an 18 wheeler through a Christmas market, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVyI-HatklA
Manganese nodules as breeding ground for deep-sea octopuses - PR Biologists discover a new octopus species at more than 4,000 meters depth that guard their eggs, likely for years prior to hatching, and a community which may not survive without hard substrate such as manganese nodules https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/awih-mna121516.php
Kazuo Ishiguro: 'We’re coming close to the point where we can create people who are superior to others' - tie in particular to http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=126997323 Social changes unleashed by new technologies could undermine core human values unless we engage with science, warns author Imagine a two-tiered society with elite citizens, genetically engineered to be smarter, healthier and to live longer, and an underclass of biologically run-of-the-mill humans. It sounds like the plot of a dystopian novel, but the world could be sleepwalking towards this scenario, according to one of Britain’s most celebrated writers. Kazuo Ishiguro argues that the social changes unleashed by gene editing technologies, such as Crispr, could undermine core human values. “We’re going into a territory where a lot of the ways in which we have organised our societies will suddenly look a bit redundant,” he said. “In liberal democracies, we have this idea that human beings are basically equal in some very fundamental way. We’re coming close to the point where we can, objectively in some sense, create people who are superior to others.” [...] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/02/kazuo-ishiguro-were-coming-close-to-the-point-where-we-can-create-people-who-are-superior-to-others
The Age of Stupid - full documentary (Official) - further in particular to http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=126997323 Hello. This is the official, full-length (89 min) version of our 2009 movie, The Age of Stupid. This film was made completely independently (we arguably invented crowd-funding to fund it) over five long years. We're a tiny independent film company always struggling to make ends meet, so if you watch for free here, please make a donation - http://spannerfilms.net/donate - and also sign up to our email list: http://www.spannerfilms.net/mailing_list . Thanks v much and enjoy the film, Franny & Lizzie from Spanner Films - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Age of Stupid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects, Brassed Off) as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking back at old footage from our time and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? Launched at a Guinness World Recording-winning solar-powered premiere in London's Leicester Square, the film was released in cinemas worldwide, topped the UK box office (by screen average), became one of the most talked-about films of 2009 and garnered sensational reviews: The Telegraph called it "Bold, supremely provocative and hugely important", the News of the World described it as "A deeply inconvenient kick up the backside", ABC Australia said "So tightly constructed and dynamic you leave the cinema energised rather than terrified... hits home like a hammer blow" and the LA Times said "Think 'An Inconvenient Truth', but with a personality". Multi-award-winning documentary director Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out) and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek (One Day In September, Restrepo) pioneered the now ubiquitous "crowd-funding" model to finance the film, and then spent four years following seven real people's stories to be interweaved with Pete Postlethwaite's fictional character: an Indian entrepreneur struggling to start a new low-cost airline, a Shell employee in New Orleans who rescued more than 100 people during Hurricane Katrina, an 82-year-old French mountain guide watching his beloved glaciers melt, two Iraqi refugee children searching for their elder brother, a young woman living in desperate poverty in Nigeria's richest oil area and a windfarm developer in Britain battling the NIMBYs who don't want his turbines to spoil their view. The Age of Stupid led to the formation of the 10:10 carbon reduction campaign which now operates in 45 countris (www.1010global.org). Recognising the film's unique contribution to independent filmmaking, the Huffington Post said that it "represents the future of film, film culture and film distribution and marketing". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va_MVxpboqg
A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education The people who best know the education advocacy work of Betsy DeVos, the billionaire tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be his education secretary, are in Michigan, where she has been involved in reform for decades. DeVos is a former Republican Party chairwoman in Michigan and chair of the pro-school-choice advocacy group American Federation for Children, and she has been a shining light to members of the movement to privatize public education by working to create programs and pass laws that require the use of public funds to pay for private school tuition in the form of vouchers and similar programs. She has also been a force behind the spread of charter schools in Michigan, most of which have recorded student test scores in reading and math below the state average. Many pro-school-choice groups have praised the choice, saying DeVos will work hard to grow new programs that give parents more school choice. But public education advocates say that they fear she will help propel America’s public education system toward destruction. The Detroit Free Press has written a number of articles about DeVos’s education record in Michigan. Here is an important piece [ http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/stephen-henderson/2016/12/03/betsy-devos-education-donald-trump/94728574/ ] looking at what a DeVos Education Department could be expected to do, written by someone who has watched her work for some time. He is Stephen Henderson, editorial page editor of the Free Press, where this first appeared. He gave me permission to republish it. [...] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/12/08/a-sobering-look-at-what-betsy-devos-did-to-education-in-michigan-and-what-she-might-do-as-secretary-of-education/
Teacher to Trump’s education pick: Let’s ‘address the elephant in the room.’ It’s you. The selection of Betsy DeVos by President-elect Donald Trump as his education secretary nominee has been attacked by public school advocates who see her longtime support for school “choice” and private Catholic education as evidence that she does not support America’s public education system. In this post, that sentiment is explained by an educator who has written an open letter to DeVos. He is Patrick Kearney, facilitator for Teacher Leadership in the Johnston Community School District in Iowa. He spent 25 years as a band director in private and public schools of Iowa, and is a past-president of the Iowa Bandmasters Association and past co-chair of the Iowa Jazz Championships. He was also a founding board member of the Jazz Educators of Iowa. His wife teaches in the Des Moines Public Schools and his son is studying education at Drake University. Here’s the letter, which first appeared on Huffington Post [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/an-introduction-from-public-school-teachers-to-betsy_us_5845e2fbe4b0707e4c8171a3 ]. Kearney gave me permission to republish it. [...] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/12/10/teacher-to-trumps-education-pick-lets-address-the-elephant-in-the-room-its-you/
Tornado Town, USA - big piece - map of mini-tornado alleys Four devastating tornadoes hit Moore, Oklahoma, in 16 years. Was it geography or just bad luck? May 26, 2016 http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tornadoes/
Trump national security pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book January 7, 2017 Conservative author and television personality Monica Crowley, whom Donald Trump has tapped for a top national security communications role, plagiarized large sections of her 2012 book, a CNN KFile review has found. The review of Crowley’s June 2012 book, "What The (Bleep) Just Happened," found upwards of 50 examples of plagiarism from numerous sources, including the copying with minor changes of news articles, other columnists, think tanks, and Wikipedia. The New York Times bestseller, published by the HarperCollins imprint Broadside Books, contains no notes or bibliography. Crowley did not return a request for comment. Multiple requests for comment by phone and email over the past two days to HarperCollins went unreturned. Crowley, a syndicated radio host, columnist, and, until recently, a Fox News contributor, will serve as Trump’s senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council. Trump’s transition team is standing by Crowley. "Monica’s exceptional insight and thoughtful work on how to turn this country around is exactly why she will be serving in the Administration," a statement from a transition spokesperson said. "HarperCollins—one of the largest and most respected publishers in the world—published her book which has become a national best-seller. Any attempt to discredit Monica is nothing more than a politically motivated attack that seeks to distract from the real issues facing this country." [...] http://money.cnn.com/interactive/news/kfile-trump-monica-crowley-plagiarized-multiple-sources-2012-book/
Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230
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Published on Apr 4, 2015
In which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style democratic government. All evidence pointed to the idea that capitalist representative democracies made for the best economic outcomes. It turns out that isn't the only way to succeed. In the last 40 years or so, authoritarian capitalism as it's practiced in places like China and Singapore has been working really, really well. John is going to look at these systems and talk about why they work, and he's even going to make a few predictions about the future. Also, thanks for watching this series. It has been amazingly fun to create, and we appreciate all of you.
.. John Green says it pretty much how it was, and how it is, as far as i feel .. :) .. one thought is that he didn't comment directly on the current lean to populist authoritarianism .. no prediction on that one ..
PS: as a relative know-little of the history i'd welcome any questioning of the video.
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