Love
& War:
Faced with an unacceptable prospect, the GOP has a simple solution:
Change the rules. A week or so before the convention, Republican
rules can be changed by the delegates by a simple vote, one which
would allow many/most them to vote for whomever they wish,
particularly if they
no longer wished
to vote for Donald Trump. Sounds crooked? Ha, not nearly as much so
as the Democrats and their Father-Knows-Best superdelegates.
Once
Upon A Time In The West:
Voter suppression in Phoenix was apparently intentional and we
know who benefited from the lower turnout.
Gotta
Go: Within the
structure of the TTIP, the US insists that the EU's Precautionary
Principle must abandoned. The principle is enshrined in the Treaty
of Lisbon – the foundation document of the entire EU project –
and holds that whenever there is even the possibility that a policy
or action could harm humans or damage the environment, that policy or
action is prohibited. Bunch'a tree huggers.
All
Due Deliberation:
Every analysis of American political history strongly suggests that
rational deliberation has little to do with the political process.
“People vote based on emotion. Period. … Psychology is the only
necessary skill for running for president, and Trump knows
psychology.” He knows that facts don't matter and never have, and
that 90% of us will vote with our guts, not our brains.
Rats
And The Sinking Ship:
The Rockefeller Family Fund – whose money is based on Standard Oil
and its many children – is divesting itself off all investment in
fossil fuels, starting with Exxon. They'd like us to believe this is
because of their deep and abiding love of the environment and fear of
global warming, but these guys are making an investment decision.
Makes y'wonder.
Benchmarks:
Donald Trump, who goes around touting his business acumen, is
actually not doing all that well lately. Never mind the endless
string of bankruptcies, 18 out of 21 of his investments in hedge
funds and mutual funds lost money last year and so far this year 17
of the 21 are further down.
A
Parting Shot:
2 comments:
Re: Love & War: Same as it ever was. What will voters who stood in line for hours think when they realize it was all for naught?
Sadly, most of 'em won't. We can enlighten them but as Krugman points out in his piece today you can't 'cure' a 'true believer'. Like in Due Deliberation, we are reminded of the old Axiom, how fortunate is it for the leaders of the world that their followers do not think?
Returns us to that other axiom, stupid is permanent, ignorance can be fixed.
We the people allowed Congress to make it easy to do everything Andy Grove warned us not to let happen and then some.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-07-01/andy-grove-how-america-can-create-jobs
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