tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post8657309946000196714..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: House Of CardsOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-61064467148906868072016-08-23T04:21:58.671-04:002016-08-23T04:21:58.671-04:00The source of this film is Breitbart, Anon -- wher...The source of this film is Breitbart, Anon -- where Mr. Bannon has been spending his time. It's always wise to check the source of information before you recognize it as -- what's the Fox phrase? -- "fair and balanced."Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-44845275988682536522016-08-23T04:15:16.038-04:002016-08-23T04:15:16.038-04:00At least she publishes her tax returns, Steve.At least she publishes her tax returns, Steve.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-37186222734109727432016-08-22T23:00:01.677-04:002016-08-22T23:00:01.677-04:00Trump lies about how much money he has, Hillary li...Trump lies about how much money he has, Hillary lies about how much she hasnt.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-14863781153696182492016-08-22T22:01:31.855-04:002016-08-22T22:01:31.855-04:00Watch this video and see if you think it's a g...Watch this video and see if you think it's a good idea for the Clintons to take back the White House. I do not know a greater evil than these two considering all the damage they've done to the world and all the innocent people they've killed. All for bribe money. Pure evil.<br /><br />CLINTON CASH OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY MOVIE<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LYRUOd_QoM<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-21407993955283303142016-08-22T16:55:39.321-04:002016-08-22T16:55:39.321-04:00Agreed, John. The menu is not appealing. The choic...Agreed, John. The menu is not appealing. The choice has everything to do with what happens after the vote -- and trying to limit the damage.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-82480282636486001562016-08-22T15:11:16.546-04:002016-08-22T15:11:16.546-04:00A Sanders win wasn't in the cards, but could i...A Sanders win wasn't in the cards, but could it have been so had not some confirmed, and some other possible but as yet unknown, DNC nomination-rigging projects been in the deck?<br /><br />I think that, from among their available choices. each of the major parties has selected the candidate with the greatest chance of being beaten by the other party's nominee.John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-13810182448029176222016-08-22T13:13:16.718-04:002016-08-22T13:13:16.718-04:00I agree that this is an an unusual election, Anon....I agree that this is an an unusual election, Anon. But I don't see a Stein win in the cards -- just as a Sanders win wasn't in the cards.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-29066767051732033502016-08-22T13:03:43.027-04:002016-08-22T13:03:43.027-04:00If Trump were planning on taking the Clintons to t...If Trump were planning on taking the Clintons to the next level, the neocon establishment would be behind him instead of Hillary. Instead they are hysterical over Trump. <br /><br />Why? Because he mocked a disabled reporter? No. Because he talks about reining in outsourcing, war-for-profit and pharmaceutical gouging. Hillary promises the TPP: more outsourcing, longer monopolies on drug patents; plus she's a war profiteer.<br /><br />I'm no Trump supporter. But I'm also not easily manipulated by establishment lies and manufactured panic. I choose to think with my mind, not my feelings. If someone can point out rationally how Trump is more dangerous than Hillary, then please have at it.<br /><br />My research tells me Hillary is much more dangerous. Not only is she in bed with every plutocrat willing to make a donation to the Clinton Foundation (Canadian companies paying top dollar to get Keystone XL approved,) she's a neocon who will blow up the Democratic party, saddling it with a 12 year Great Recession for the 2020 election. <br /><br />If Trump wins (I also believe Jill Stein has a good chance to overtake Hillary because this is a crazy election,) that would provide a springboard to a Green New Deal super-majority led by Elizabeth Warren who would give actual meaning to the concept of first female president. She would go down in history as a hero who saved the world, like FDR. Now that's something worthwhile. Much better than picking through the dumpster for a 'lesser evil' entree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-15089637348957114732016-08-22T12:43:38.748-04:002016-08-22T12:43:38.748-04:00I agree, Toby. Stupid has its supporters -- and it...I agree, Toby. Stupid has its supporters -- and it can go viral.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-5866234167060411352016-08-22T12:09:40.025-04:002016-08-22T12:09:40.025-04:00One should never under estimate the capacity for c...One should never under estimate the capacity for citizens to vote for stupid. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-65835160318435317692016-08-22T11:44:34.910-04:002016-08-22T11:44:34.910-04:00The election is far from won, Mound. And I'm s...The election is far from won, Mound. And I'm sure the Republicans are looking for any chink they can find in Hillary's armor. But, for the time being, their real enemy is Trump.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-88918058240461434292016-08-22T10:51:47.732-04:002016-08-22T10:51:47.732-04:00There remains more than two months before the Nove...There remains more than two months before the November vote. Plenty of time for sharp elbows in the backrooms where I expect most of the action will now play out. Does Hillary have some, as yet unknown, Achilles' Heel? Trump obviously does but he seems to be fending off his pursuers. I wouldn't take anything for granted at this point but, if Trump is holding an ace or two, he'll have to play it soon.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-8985061095286559642016-08-22T10:49:04.536-04:002016-08-22T10:49:04.536-04:00The Clintons have done very well for themselves, A...The Clintons have done very well for themselves, Anon. The entire system is corrupt and has been legalized by the Citizens United decision. Trump and Co. would take everything to a new level.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-33196224380412783962016-08-22T10:41:55.730-04:002016-08-22T10:41:55.730-04:00Follow the money? Now that's an idea. How abou...Follow the money? Now that's an idea. How about following the $100M in speeches the Clintons have taken in? Follow the "speech" payers to what they were actually paying $250k a pop for. The internet is lousy with research connecting the pay-to-play dots.<br /><br />Then there's the Clinton Foundation money trail. Foreign powers make a $25M donation to the Clinton Foundation. Next thing a related American legislative log jam is broken up. Call it 'democratic innovation.'<br /><br />Trump is a weasel of a businessman. A trust-fund kiddie who's able to get away with it because of a lax regulatory business environment.<br /><br />The Clintons are probably the worst bribe-taking politicians in American history. They were the ones paid to deregulate so weasel businessmen like Trump could make easy money at other people's expense. Now they want to expand their bribe-taking industry/dynasty by getting Hill in the White House. <br /><br />A wall can be tore down; a ban lifted. (If Trump could get these policies through Congress. America is a democracy, unlike Canada. The president doesn't have absolute power like an indirectly-elected PM.) But allowing corrupt bankers to write the banking regulations and the military industrial complex to write foreign policy: that could very well destroy civilization at this point in time. 35 years of robber baron looting has put the global economy on the verge of collapse: now that's a house of cards!<br /><br />(BTW, isn't the drama House of Cards based on the Clintons? Sure seems like it to me. Of course, the Ushers aren't nearly as ruthless.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-30022198250493676892016-08-22T10:30:33.687-04:002016-08-22T10:30:33.687-04:00Certainly what's been going on requires more W...Certainly what's been going on requires more Woodwards and Bernsteins, Pam. Perhaps they're there and they don't have the resources. Whatever the reason, the story is yet to be told.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-52292523447896821372016-08-22T10:28:16.964-04:002016-08-22T10:28:16.964-04:00Fifty-five years ago, Newton Minnow called the Ame...Fifty-five years ago, Newton Minnow called the American television landscape a wasteland, salamander. Trump is a product of that wasteland. His goal is to turn American politics into a wasteland. And he's managed to just about do that.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-34790197817922776432016-08-22T10:05:57.913-04:002016-08-22T10:05:57.913-04:00.. looks more and more like the toxic Trump train ..... looks more and more like the toxic Trump train to nowhere<br />The Oblivion Express.. is simply an expedient publicity scam.. <br />future TV ratings for a ludicrous fraud who's melting before our eyes..<br /><br />The current 'American Election' is stinking to high heaven<br />as the absurd reality show limps from one episode to an even worse episode<br />This is a truly bad mad made for TV movie unfolding.. almost sci fi slapstick<br />All that's missing is revelations that the Trump Train has a hostage car <br />full of bellowing GOP crazies & confused endorsers & donors<br />and that the passengers aboard are quite possibly crazier than the engineer<br /><br />At some point the train will be refused service.. <br />Hell, its already running on gaseous vapor & free media fuel<br />and we'll all be treated to one of the most stunning disintegrations<br />in the history of politics.. 3rd world crash n burn coo dee tat?<br />no this is shaping up as 4th whirled - lost dimension Aesop fable ..the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-83232762035461760442016-08-22T09:54:03.577-04:002016-08-22T09:54:03.577-04:00It's too bad Owen that journalists don't d...It's too bad Owen that journalists don't do that same kind of investigation on the corporate elite, particularly wall street.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.com