When the LA Times fired me in July 2015, they claimed that the LAPD had given them official police documents showing that I had lied in an article. After I sued them, however, it turned out that that was a lie. The documents were completely unofficial. And they had been given to the Times by the police chief, Charlie Beck, as a personal vendetta to get even for cartoons that personally offended him because they were about his incompetence and tolerance of brutality.
Democrats and their allies in the corporate media keep emphasizing that Donald Trump is an existential threat to American democracy who is so dangerous that he must be stopped at all costs. A vote for a third party, or staying home on election day, they say, is the same as essentially voting for Donald Trump. Whether or not you think they are exaggerating, there seems to be no limit to their arguments.
Hillary Clinton has been directly responsible for the deaths of more than 1 million Muslims. She voted for the US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, which killed over 1 million people total. As Secretary of State, she watched approvingly as President Obama ordered predator drones to assassinate thousands of innocent civilians, including many women and children. Almost all were Muslim. Also Secretary of State, she pushed to overthrow the government of Syria and Libya, leading to brutal civil wars that have killed tens of thousands of Muslims. Oddly it’s Donald Trump — who has never killed anyone — who is in trouble because he said intemperate things about Muslims.
Khizr Khan, Father of a 27-year-old Muslim Army captain who died in the US invasion of Iraq, delivered a speech at the Democratic national convention that sparked a controversial exchange between him and Republican nominee Donald Trump. It was a bizarre argument. Democrats complained that such brave young men could never make it into the United States under terms proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the US. This is true. But if that’s a policy had been placed, he wouldn’t be dead. Nor would be the Iraqis that he killed.
America celebrates the possibility of its first woman president, Hillary Clinton, it’s important to remember that the way that we are perceived overseas is not likely to change because the policies are not going to change.
The 2016 Democratic national convention is being highlighted by the discussion over whether or not to vote for Hillary Clinton as a so-called lesser evil.” Even if you don’t like her or her policies, mainstream Democrats say, it’s important to vote for her because otherwise, Donald Trump will be elected and he will be worse. But what happens if, in the next election, Donald Trump runs against someone worse than Donald Trump? Would Donald Trump be the best choice then? If so, why would be unjustified to vote for him now?
The party candidate isn’t true to its basic principles, lies, is ruthless, breaks the law and has record-high disapproval ratings in the polls. How the hell did America’s oldest political party wind up with such a terrible candidate? Easy: they plotted and schemed.
The third night of the 2016 Republican National Convention featured an attempt by Ted Cruz and Donald Trump to “big dog” each other. Trump flew his jet over the Quicken Loans Arena during Cruz’s speech. Cruz urged delegates to “vote their conscience,” in other words, not necessari;y Donald Trump, the party nominee. Chaos ensued.
The video game sensation “Pokemon Go” has led players to weird places like the National Holocaust Museum, Rikers Island prison in New York, and even drug sales locations. Hey, maybe this app can be used to do good!
Trump’s political genius is centered around his manic style. He issues one outrageous statement after another, so that the media and critics can only begin to respond to each before it gets eclipsed by the next one, with the net effect that nothing ever gets fully processed. If elected president, he’ll probably do the same thing. Hey, it worked for George W. Bush!
