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LeDaro: Candidate for the President of the United States
Campaign slogan – Make America Great Again.
Continue readingLeDaro: Candidate for the President of the United States
Campaign slogan – Make America Great Again.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- James Stewart examines how Donald Trump could be paying zero taxes using shelters designed specifically to enrich real estate developers while serving no social purpose. And Alexandra Thornton and Brendan Duke po…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Paul Krugman rightly points out that it’s to be expected that Republican establishment figures would line up behind Donald Trump since he shares their top priority of handing still more money to the richest f…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- William G. Gale, Hilary Gelfond and Aaron Krupkin examine the evidence as to the effects of upper-class tax cuts, and find that they serve no purpose but to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of those w…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Donald Trump Went Over the Deep End
He was already the most dangerous demagogue ever to run for President of the United States.He is a foul bigot, a creepy misogynist, a bloated narcissist with delusions of grandeur.He has exceeded the bounds of human decency over and over again.But now …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The American Nazi Party Endorses Donald Trump
Well I suppose it shouldn't be a surprise, and let it not be said that I didn't call it long agoIf it walks like a bully, and quacks like a bigot, it probably is a fascist.So no wonder the American Nazi Party thinks it has found its Fuhrer.Read…
Continue readingLeDaro: Candidate for the President of the United States
Campaign slogan – Make America Great Again.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Childish Recantation
That is the only conclusion I can draw from the fact that in at least temporarily acquiescing to the demands of Republican orthodoxy, Donald Trump makes a conspicuous display of reading notes instead of using a teleprompter or speaking extemporaneously…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Beginning of the End of Donald Trump
When I last left Donald Trump he was crowing about America great again, while seeming to take his orders from Vladimir Putin.But somehow still managing to enjoy a slim lead over Hillary Clinton.But what a difference a week makes. For now I'm in Edi…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Past His Best-Before Date
While I have long admired the film work of Clint Eastwood, his politics are a profound disappointment. Despite his advanced years (he is 86), I am unprepared to excuse him for this:Clint Eastwood has stopped short of endorsing Donald Trump, but in an i…
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Protection Our Constitutional Rights Should Be A Priority For Trudeau As A Result Of Trump Nomination
(Anti-terror bill C51 just took on a whole new face with Donald Trump’s nomination for US President) Has anyone noticed that one of the major policy promises the Trudeau Liberals were elected on seems to be missing in action? When Justin Trudeau took office it seems like the mad rush to legalize pot was […]
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: You are just encouraging ‘What’s his name?’
Psychiatrists tell us that one of the motivations for jihadists is the notoriety. They seem to consider the death and destruction as a measure of their success. Maybe that is why the Republican candidate for the American presidency is feasting on his own controversy and building his campaign on outrageous lies. Every time he is […]
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Trump and Proto-Trump and babies #nlpoli
Speaking about his popularity and the loyalty of his supporters: “They say that I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” Donald Trump. Sioux Center, Iowa, January 2016 And on babies…S…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Republican Senator’s speech against McCathyism could have been about Trump
In the eleven years since I started publishing this blog, I have almost entirely focused on Alberta politics. But while my writing focuses on provincial politics here at home, like many Canadians I pay close attention to what is happening… Continue R…
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Gratuitous advice on snapshots in time.
You know that you get what you pay for but this advice is free anyway. You should try not to get your knickers in a knot every time a poll is announced that says the Republican candidate might win the presidency in the U.S. As horrifying as the thought might be Canadians are resilient and […]
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: News From Dystopia
We interrupt this program to bring you important news. But please remember, as Johnny Carson used to say, “I merely report these things, folks. I don’t make them up.The Colorado Springs fire marshal gave a measured response after being attacked by GOP …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Larry Elliott discusses how the rise of Donald Trump and other exclusionary populists can be traced to the failed promises of neoliberal economics:The fact is that the US middle class, which in Britain we would c…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: All Grown Up
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