2016 Primaries, Caucuses & Conventions

He's a big deal, actually. Soros funded the protestors and rebels in Ukraine, and I believe was at least indirectly involved with the Arab Spring in Egypt. He also controls MoveOn.org and funds a large portion of Black Lives Matter, both of which were present in and at least the latter had members which participated in the rioting in Chicago that canceled the Trump rally. He had also funded ACORN, La Raza, and some other groups in the US which are less than sterling examples of political activism (ACORN famously torn apart by investigative reporting, which I assume the anti-PP guys had hoped to mimic and failed to [different group investigating], and La Raza being a Mexican-supremacist organization that also promotes "reclaiming" Texas and California and Arizona and all them as Mexican territory).

There's a lot more to it, but essentially he's well known for funding groups that have/are likely to cause civil unrest.

He has an outstanding warrant for his arrest from Russia and recognized by Interpol with a Red Notice, specifically on the charges of attempted destabilization IIRC (of Russia specifically, not Ukraine in this case).

Soros is a big-time political player on the international scene.

While certainly the President of the US is an important role in that as well, Soros is one of the "special interests" that everyone is normally so concerned about.

 

This was the lead on Drudge Report this morning:





CRUZ KEEPS GOING...

NEEDS 87% OF REMAINING DELEGATES...

 

It seemed pretty clear what he meant at the time. But whatever, he says awful things, sometimes he backtracks, sometimes he doesn't, then he says something else awful. Who knows what he really thinks.

Personally I don't think he thinks much of anything - he doesn't seem to have an ideological goal in mind, certainly not in the way Cruz and sanders do. He just comes up with random populist crap and reacts to the situation he is in. If he this way with the military then who knows what could happen.

Ultimately I think this is all a vanity project for him.

 

In a 55 page thread various side discussions are bound to spring up. Perhaps I should have quoted BP's post since that's what prompted my remarks today. I just assumed since you chimed in that you were following along but I will allow for the possibility that you didn't realize that I was commenting on burns post.

 

I don't think Cruz is going to make it.

 

This should change your mind. If not, you should at least chuckle a bit.

 

This might be why Bernie lost:

 

bad memes?

no that can't be it

 

You should study socialism before making repeating stupid misconceptions. It makes you look ignorant. Even more so when you're convinced that donald trump of all people knows what he's doing.

Who ya'll gon blame when Johny Obamy is out of the office and the world still isn't paradise? And I know it's not gon be Trump, cause you're still convinced Bush was somehow an okay president, or at least better than Obama. I'll be looking forward to your answer in a couple of years.

 

Soros seems to Firk with people I think need Firking with.

other than that I am in a state of bored and desinterrested ambivalence.

 

The world will NEVER be a paradise! We can improve things as the generations roll along, to the degree that groovy choices are made. For now, pass the popcorn.

 

The new battle cry: Why can't the media 'stop' Trump?

By Howard Kurtz

Published March 17, 2016


There are limits, it turns out, to the mighty power of the press. Voters don’t much trust the media these days, and they get to decide which candidates they like.

Of course Trump has received disproportionate air time of his rallies and speeches in a way that is unfair to his rivals. But he also subjects himself to seemingly endless rounds of interviews—including the morning shows yesterday--taking all manner of journalistic questions in a way that his opponents do not. Hillary Clinton, for instance, has gone about 100 days without holding a news conference.

Trump, for his part, continues to trash the press. Even after his big victories Tuesday night, he complained about one pundit’s comments and took a whack at the “disgusting” reporters in the room. His campaign also yanked the credentials of a Politico writer who had written a one-sided and harshly negative piece about his campaign manager.

This sort of thing is hardly unknown in politics, but it’s small ball that consumes too much of Trump’s time. As he pivots toward a more unifying tone, he might try to rise above the daily cable chatter.

I am not pro-Trump or anti-Trump. I am a journalist. And journalists who aren’t in the opinion business are supposed to be fair. They often fall short, of course, but it is not a “failure” on their part that Trump is on his way to the Republican nomination—that is, unless you’re a Trump-hater who thinks it’s our duty to knock out the candidate you so detest.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/17/new-battle-cry-why-cant-media-stop-trump.html

(Emphasis mine).

 

Not with this attitude, this attitude stops improvements .

 

Geressen, those pictures of Bernie give new meaning to the phrase 'bad hair day' as does a windy in El Paso.

Sokolov, of course people should pay attention to what candidates say as well as their record. Since Trump doesn't have a record of being an elected official, we can only go with what he's said over the last couple decades or so of his life. Each of us have to decide whether his changes of mind are genuine or playing politics.

My point is that when I've seen Trump speak he hasn't said anything that out of line with what I've heard from other candidates. Besides regardless the individual is ultimately responsible for how they respond to what was said. I object to a lot of what Obama has said, but I don't threaten his supporters over it. I'm demanding and expecting the same treatment in return.

Bear in mind Trump is not my favorite candidate in this race. I'm more ideologically aligned with Cruz, but I also recognize his chances of winning enough delegates to keep Trump from getting enough to win on the first ballot, let alone win outright, are on life-support.

I will tell you that being called a racist, bigoted, homophobic, islamophobe who wants dirty air, dirty water and to throw grandma off the cliff gets tiresome after while. It is also hardly conducive to civil discourse. It's a bunch of BS. I think one reason why Trump is so popular is he's not taking that BS and has thrown some of it back in their face.

Now if you want examples of liberal hate speech including of elected officials all you have to do is a Google search.

Here's a classic; Maxine Waters telling the tea party to go to Hell. BTW there's a longer version of the video (unfortunately I can't find it now) where she goes on to mention something about sending them there.



Imagine the Hell there would be if a conservative republican said the same thing, but replace the words 'tea party' with any prominent black group.

 

Don't feel lonely with feeling WTF on that.

Back to the thread topic AZ and UT are next.