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Thursday, November 10th, 2016

Yeah.  I remember this one.  As the numbers came in, and the popular votes cast lagged behind the electoral count, four years back.

He lost the popular vote by a lot and won the election. We should have a revolution in this country! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2012

The phoney electoral college made a laughing stock out of our nation. The loser one!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2012

And so it goes, 4 years later.

the presence of the vowels

Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

If only states that began with vowels counted…

Trump would have really, really cleaned up.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah.  Meanwhile all Clinton has is Indiana and Oreon.

It’s an electoral firewall with the vowel states tat the Clinton camp could not overcome.

I don’t know what the Democrats need to do to break through this front.  Perhaps propose some vowel pandering program?  I know, for instance, that Obama carried the Rust Belt states that swung over Trump’s way with the “GE Bail-out” and by dent of the Rich Guy he was running against was not as crass and so “like them” as the rich guy Clinton had to run against.

Perhaps the answer lies in introducing the word “New” into the states.  New York, New Jersey, and New Mexico — Clinton swept the “New States”.  Think about it, some enterprising Democratic state legislator in one of those states.  You could sell it as a way to reinvigorate the economy.

where the race stands

Sunday, November 6th, 2016

A greater proportion of educated women, a smaller proportion of uneducated men, a greater proportion of and a higher turn-out of Hispanics and a lower turn-out of Black voters.  And a larger swarth of a third party vote that keeps everyone under 50.

And so goes Hillary Clinton’s coming — likely — win over Donald Trump as opposed to Barack Obama’s win over Mitt Romney.

I don’t know if this is “Generic Republican” versus “Generic Democrat”, in a race whose polling has shown greater volatility than typical — bumping from a “dead heat” to seemingly with Hillary Clinton just about to break out to a thumping maybe she doesn’t warrant but certainly Trump does.  A decent amount of noise in the numbers, where partisan poll responses shy away a tad when their loosely aligned candidate has current bad news, with the “For the Love of God — don’t you remember why you were pulling away from Trump a week ago?” exhaustion.

And maybe the latest cloud of dust being cleared, Anthony Weiner’s email cache not changing the verdict you decided was either just or sweeping under the rug on Hillary Clinton, means the slight break-free for Hillary Clinton is at last coming to pass, and she can outdo Obama from 4 years ago…

… While losing Ohio and Iowa, but winning North Carolina.

the three third party vote report

Friday, November 4th, 2016

Susan Sarandon endorses / votes for Jill Stein!

Which helps Trump, because now the hordes of voters who vote off of what Susan Sarandon says will now be moving over to vote for Jill Stein.

Maybe this will be offset by the endorsement (kinda) of Hillary Clinton by the Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate Bill Weld for Hillary Clinton — and, no, this probably isn’t what’s effecting Gary Johnson’s inevitable slide in the polls … that’s probably due to the vote tightening to something where voters are faced with Hillary versus Trump — the thing that’s getting at Bill Weld.

See too Evan McMullin.  A shame.  I thought the Mormon cohorts would do some good in rejecting the obviously un-scriptual Trump  — even if only back to Bush Republicanism.  You can’t park the 6 electoral votes elsewhere?

say goodbye to the Chicago Cubs, I hardly knew thee

Thursday, November 3rd, 2016

George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997.

Here’s another thing: I love losing streaks. I wish some year a baseball team would lose 162 games. I especially like decades-long, postseason losing streaks. In fact, as soon as my v teams are out of the running, I start actively rooting for the Cubs, Red Sox, Bills, Broncos, and Vikings to get as far as they can in the postseason so that ultimately they can let the big prize slip away one more time. I think it is an infinitely more interesting news story for a team to repeatedly fail at the highest level than it is for them to finally win. If the Cubs ever win  a World Series, the news coverage will be the most boring bunch of shit you can imagine.

Indeed.  The Chicago Cubs are now no longer an interesting or compelling team/franchise.  Just like the Red Sox ceased being last decade.  The glue that held Chicago Cubs fans up is gone, and now the team fan camaraderie will wither away.

Election-wise, it is worth that historically, every time the Chicago Cubs have won the World Series in an election year, the Republican candidate has won.  Good tidings for Donald Trump?

two choices for President.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

Apparently, in-house at least Larouche is a write-in candidate for president.

American citizens should write in LaRouche’s name at the presidential ballot box to stand for the re-adoption of Alexander Hamilton’s economic principles, as LaRouche has reclarified them.
“I’m writing in LaRouche and Alexander Hamilton, let’s get the nation to elect the right principles” will cut through the dread with which Americans are questioning each other about the approach of Election Day. The only option for survival of the United States and the world economy, is offered by Hamilton’s principles as clarified by LaRouche’s Four Laws. Decide the future.

But throw him out.  You don’t vote for corpses — do you?  (Maybe Ron Wieczorek does?)

So, for those interested there is one Larouchie running for President — Christopher Earl Strunk.  On the ballot anywhere?  Not that I can tell.  But he filed wit the FEC, so that’s worth something!

Whom he?  He head the “Natural Born Citizen” party, which relates to the great “Obama Birther” controversy — an issue which I would think would now be as dead to the conspiratorial die-hards as the birther issue surrounding Chester Arthur — but who knows?

And on the eve of election… Don’t Forget to vote.
But if you do not, we will get, as president of the United States, Donald J. Trump … worse than Nixon, worse than George Bush, worse than any candidate that I can remember since I cast my first vote in 1952. I consider him even more dangerous than George Wallace, Lester Maddox and Lyndon LaRouche. If you don’t know them, “Google”!
Nah.  The choice is between Lyndon Larouche and protege Christopher Earl Strunk!

II.  Hm.

It is evident from Beijing’s characterization of the South China Sea dispute that it does not think the Philippines is capable of acting in its own diplomatic capacity. In one editorial published (link in Chinese) by state news agency Xinhua in May, Manila is said to be simply acting out a script that is “directed” by the US, with other countries including Japan acting as “cheerleaders” in the background. Chinese state media also rolled out a “US expert” from from the little-known “Executive Intelligence Review” to bolster its argument that the Philippines is merely America’s pawn.

III.  Plotting the post election gyration.

Lyndon LaRouche today emphasized that the carefully orchestrated campaign against Trump over his perversions will not succeed in damping the popular rage against Obama and Hillary.

So.  They’ll make their pitch to Trump voters.

Commenting both on the war hysteria and on the thorough breakdown of Obamacare, with millions of people being forced to pay 50-70% higher premiums for less care, he noted tha these are adding to the rage in the population against the killer Obama and his asset Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton is still suborbinate to Obama?  Wait.  Apparently.

Later, after Obama was elected President, when he offered Hillary the position of Secretary of State, Lyndon LaRouche knew immediately that this was a poisoned chalice, and warned Hillary not to accept it. But she was misled by her own ambition.
Hillary had lied to herself that she would be able to influence Obama for the better, as she conceived the better. Instead, she proved the bitter truth of LaRouche’s forecast. Over the first two years of Obama’s first term, Hillary Clinton degenerated into permanent hysteria out of sheer physical terror of Obama. She became nothing more than Obama’s brainless zombie—as she still is to this day.

Speaking to on the phone, I’m sure.

“Our job is to round up the necessary forces to search for a peaceful solution to Obama’s drive for war on Russia. If he starts a general war, it is doom. Get the people with guts, in the government and out, to shut down Obama, to get him out, now. Do they want peace? Shut him down.”

News flash, as you pursue an Impeachment brief in the lame duck phase:  Obama will be “out” in January.  (Really?  How do you publish this as a cover at this stage in the game?)

IV.  For the second straight year…  Bob Baker attends the “Kansas Cattlemen’s Association” — and, oh yes, there it is … under contributors “Executive Intelligence Review”.

 V.  He saw it coming.
“It was Mike who spotted the LaRouchies before Adlai Stevenson and the Democrats did in 1986. It was Mike who predicted David Duke was rising in voter approval in a run for Congress years ago. And it was Mike who saw the tribal power of social media a long time before the rest of the so-called political geniuses figured it out,” Marin said.
His knack for polls and political expertise even got his foot a bit into the entertainment world via another Joliet native, longtime “Saturday Night Live” writer Jim Downey, known for his memorable political satire during elections.
The two collaborated on political skits — Mr. McKeon providing analysis and expertise that Downey in turn used in his writing.And So… RIP.
VI.  Who the Hell did this thing?
A giant banner emblazoned with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the word “peacemaker” was draped from the Manhattan Bridge in New York City on Thursday, and police said they are trying to find out who hung it there.
While you can look over toward a possible political provocation by organizations associated with Webster Tarpley (who has a history of protesting for Putin) or Lyndon Larouche (who continue their work on behalf of praising Putin), it appears in naught.
And from here… Jeff Steinberg sells Russian Media on the Democrats thinking of Dumping Hillary line.
VII.  An interesting piece in the New York Times, recalling the experience of growing up in the Socialist Workers Party.
Selling polemics of the sort
It’s written in something between the tone of the old LaRouchie free papers you could get on the street and the argot of 30s era party organs. From another vantage point it reads kind of like taking Trump tweet language and stringing it out into actual prose. As you can see, it’s all but unhinged me.
  Or of this sort.

In 2000, Lyndon LaRouche supporters were seen canvassing on college campuses in direct opposition to Democratic nominee Al Gore, and waged a campaign against President Obama in 2008. One sign read “The Pure Evil of Al Gore” and another had drawn an Adolf Hitler mustache on Obama’s picture. LaRouche’s “Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement” has been described as a cult by some former members, and his total votes in the general election lagged behind at least seven other candidates in 2000.

Or this sort

Later that semester, the silver-maned McGurrin and I walked the wide path toward University Center. As we approached, he opined on politics and paused when we observed an escalating altercation. A hostile student and a young Lyndon LaRouche supporter exchanged words. Along the politico’s table hung signs that read “9/11 was an inside job.” Voices raised to shouts and suddenly the folding table seemed to explode and fall to the ground. The angered student stormed off leaving the young activist scrambling for pamphlets and other paraphernalia. No one was hurt, but this sort of tension lingered for some time.

A bid for the the World Socialists, or whoever you care to vote forSimilarly, you can send any message you like by not voting. You can say you are sitting out the election because both parties are neo-liberal, or because an election without Lyndon LaRouche is a sham, or because 9/11 was an inside job. The story you tell yourself about your political commitments are yours to construct.

VIII.  Apparently there was a LPAC video with an unusual number of views.  Here’s the only place that shows up when you type the link into google.

 IX.  Etc.
 Executive Intelligence Review and Stormfront in lieu of conspiracy theories about — from George Barna.  (International Jewish Bankers fundin Black Lives Matter.)
Who?  A “Never Trumper” of Kasich vintage who has donated money to Chuck Schumer and “socialist” Lyndon Larouche.
As Trump “finishes” the “Birther Controversy” … a comparison with Larouche.
 “They are other parties out there, an example would be the Citizens Electoral Council, now they are really crazy and there is no way I would put One Nation behind the Citizens Electoral Council or the Communist Party.

Gretchen Small: This was … as my magazine Executive Intelligence Review warned, this was a coup, a judicial coup by financial rapists – I think that is the only word you could use -  The only one?

Wait am I at a performance of Requiem put on by an organization backed by Lyndon LaRouche?

narrowly speaking,

Monday, October 31st, 2016

The jury in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge case were not charged with adjudicating 400 plus years and continuing of racial oppression, or of leveling White Privilege, or on sending one message one way or another on enactments of future protests of any group.

At best the “message” is to the Federal Government to remember to cross their “t”‘s, dot their “i”‘s and consider their charges carefully.

So, feel free to broaden the scope of meaning on the acquittal all you want, I will tend to try to narrow it down.

And try to figure out what the precise analogue would be with any of the confluence of lefty protest movements.  Most of the ones being bandied about don’t quite fit.  It does strike me, as I ponder the “armed” angle, that some luxuries exist out in the rural hinterlands, where you can shoot a gun in the air and have a better than even chance of it not landing on a human as against in the enclosed city where you can’t.

I do find it comical, however

Supporters call Thursday’s acquittal of seven Oregon refuge occupiers a victory for protest movements of all kinds, even if the affinity that patriot groups claim isn’t returned by activists of other banners.

The patriot groups voiced sympathy for such diverse potential allies as the Standing Rock Sioux, who are challenging federal land use decisions in North Dakota, and Black Lives Matter activists in Baltimore, who have taken on law enforcement’s abuse of authority.

All of whom go from rolling their eyes to putting themselves in the shoes of the Bundy-ites and coming up short.  It’ll be a while before Democracy Now covers their cause with any type of sympathetical approval, that’s all I’m saying.

Scott Woods, a West Virginia militia leader, said he would consider going to North Dakota if a militia called for help and he had permission to come with a gun.

Mm hm. …

A spot question hereabouts

McKelvey said protesters were, in part, promoting their campaign to write in group leader Teressa Raiford for Multnomah County sheriff and continuing to demand Mayor Charlie Hales’ resignation.

Feeling free to assume the absolute worst you can imagine and then some about Charlie Hales… what’s the point of ousting him about ten weeks before he will leave anyway?  Where’s that “Impeach Obama” racket when you need it?

Anthony Weiner?

Saturday, October 29th, 2016

A peculiar admission.

In the kind of potential turnabout rarely if ever seen at this late stage of a presidential race, Donald J. Trump exulted in his good fortune. “I think it’s the biggest story since Watergate,” he said in a brief interview, adding, “I think this changes everything.”

I think this changes everything.

What was there that had to be changed in Trump-land?

Before this, which … has had a quick turn-around on conservative opinion on James Comey, at the very least…

nationalreviewcovercomey … before this, what the hell was Donald Trump saying about the election?

… Granted, there was a small sniveling of possibility poking through his ultra-confident demeanor, but the message doesn’t much trickle down to his core of support.

“Given that we don’t know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don’t want to create a misleading impression,” he wrote, adding that his desire to keep the public abreast with developments superseded that concern.  

Skip to the bottom line: its Anthony Weiner sending Hillary Clinton photos of his private area, and … er… defending Dr. Who.