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Trump Administration Poised To Be The Most Corrupt Of All
As the chart above shows (from the New York Times), Donald Trump has business interest in many countries around the world, and many of those countries are... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Electoral College System Denies The Equality Of Each Vote
The top two charts (from the Cook Political Report and from CNN News) show the reality of the 2016 presidential election. As the top chart shows, Hillary Clinto... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Is Preparing To Betray Working/Middle Class Voters
From Josh Bivins at the Economic Policy Institute: During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised that he would take the side of American workers... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
My Thoughts On The Passing Of Fidel Castro
(Photo of Fidel Castro in from the Los Angeles Times.) At the age of 90, Fidel Castro has died. His brother (and current Cuban leader) Raul announced his death... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas Politicians Are Failing To Protect "At Risk" Children
The agency created to protect children in the state of Texas, Child Protective Services, is failing in its mission. That has recently become obvious, and the... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Message For Democratic Party Liberals
The following message is from Josh Barro in Business Insider. It may seem strange to some that the Business Insider would be giving good advice to liberal... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is Donald Trump Indebted To Russia For His Election ?
There is no doubt that the Russian democracy is just a sham. Russia is ruled by a strongman (a nice term for a tyrant), who controlled that government even for... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Donald Trump's Appointees Are As Scary As He Is
When Trump was elected by getting more than 270 electoral votes, there were some who thought his administration might not be so bad. Read more
Posted on 26 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Donald Trump Doesn't Deserve Any Patience Or Cooperation
The post below is an op-ed piece from the New York Times column of Charles M. Blow (pictured). He makes his opinion of Donald Trump very clear (and if I may say... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Will This Country Be Better Off Or Worse Off In 4 Years ?
This chart was made from information in a recent Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between November 12th and 15th of a random national sample of 1,659 adults, wit... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
19 Countries Believe Globalization Is Good, But Favors Rich
The charts were made from a survey the YouGov Poll did of at least 1000 people in each of 19 countries last October. The poll defined globalization as: The... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bannon Committed A Felony By Violating Campaign Law
(This photo and information in the post below came from mindy-fischer-writer.com.) One of Donald Trump's first picks for his new administration was to choose... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Were The Presidential Polls Really As Bad As Reported ?
POPULAR VOTE Hillary Clinton 64,384,635 Donald Trump 62,303,414 Difference 2,081,221 After our archaic electoral college system gave Donald Trump the... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Comparing Trump To Obama On Presidential Qualities
Both the charts above and below were made from information in a new CNN / ORC Poll -- done between November 17th and 20th of a random national sample of 1,003... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
National Exit Polling For 2016 Presidential Election
I thought you might be interested in the results from the exit polls. It can give a pretty good idea of which groups supported which candidate. The national exi... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Dan Rather Urges Us To "Stand Up To Be Counted"
(Photo of Dan Rather is from his Facebook page.) This is Dan Rather's latest comment on the outcome of the 2016 election (from his Facebook page): Now is a... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Will Break A Big (And Stupid) Campaign Promise
(The image at left is by Luis Vazquez at gulfnews.com.) During one of the presidential debates, Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton should be in jail for... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Has A Split Personality About Donald Trump
A new poll shows America has what could be considered a split personality over the impending Trump presidency. Or maybe they are just trying to be positive in... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
21 People Receive The Presidential Medal of Freedom
Yesterday, President Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 21 people. The medal (pictured) is the highest civilian award of the United States, an... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Garrison Keillor Comments On The Election's Outcome
(Photo of Garrison Keillor is from pbs.org.) Noted author and radio personality Garrison Keillor wrote the following op-ed for The Washington Post. So he won.... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY