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Sunday 30 October 2016

EVERYBODY FOR TRUMP


EVERYBODY FOR TRUMP



EVERYBODY FOR TRUMP

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - Final Advice

So now, there are only 9 days to go before election day. After all the campaigning, all the debates, all the rallies, all the personal attacks, all the dirty tricks, all the media collusions, all the corruption, all the rigging, all the accusations, all the denials, all the Facebook postings and all the tweets, your decision boils down to 3 questions:

(1) Do you think it unwise of yourself to vote for a dishonest, untrustworthy and corrupt criminal to be your president?

(2) Do you think that things need to change for the better in America?

(3) Do you believe that your federal government is drowning in a swamp of corruption that needs to be drained?

If you answer "yes" to any or all of the 3 questions above, you cannot possibly vote for Hillary Clinton.  So, you must vote for Donald Trump!

Saturday 15 October 2016

The Politics of Sexual Assault Accusations

With Hillary Clinton reeling from the massive release of Wikileaks hard evidence of her lies, collusion and corruption, her campaign had responded by suddenly highlighting several cases of women coming forward to accuse Donald Trump of past sexual assaults. The sudden rush of cases and the seemingly coordinated nature of these complaints slightly more than 3 weeks before Election Day is nothing short of extraordinary.

Without going into the details of each individual case, I'll be pointing out 7 factors that undermine the credibility of all these complaints.

1. Lateness

Why are these complaints made so close to Election Day? Election season for Trump actually started on 16 June 2015 when he formally announced his intention to run. That is a full 16 months ago. So, they had plenty of time and opportunity to start their complaints, yet they all chose to bring it out only now, 3 and a half weeks before Election Day. It appears that they want to influence the outcome of the election.

2. Coordination

Why did the women all come forward at the same time? It is as if the women felt that there is some urgency for them to be heard now and heard together. Why the urgency and the need for the stories to reinforce each other? This is highly suspicious.

3. Avenue of complaints

Why did all the women go to the media instead of reporting to the police or sue Trump in court? It appears that they are more interested in fueling publicity rather than genuinely seeking justice for their grievances.

4. Lack of spontaneity

Why did they not complain at the time when the alleged assault occurred? None of them had thought of complaining since the alleged incidents occurred. Then, suddenly, they all felt the need to speak out. This suggests that they may have been motivated by some person or agency; and since all the cases have this common characteristic, it is conceivable that they are motivated by the same person or agency.

5. Long history

Why did the women take such a long time after the alleged incidents to start complaining for the first time? One 74 year-old women claimed that she was assaulted when she was 38 while on a plane. That was a full 36 years ago! So, why now? It is quite incredible a person can wait 36 years before suddenly speaking out.

6. Sudden surge in complainants

Some people say that the greater the number of women who complain, the more convincing they are because there is corroboration and it reflects a certain consistency in Trump's behavior. I beg to differ. It appears to me that the high number of complaints presenting within a few days of each other gives the picture of a deliberate tactic to overwhelm the defences of Trump by denying him enough time to investigate each case or to find evidence to disprove their cases. It seems that the cynical aim is just to leave doubts in the minds of voters on November 8. It wants voters to think: "Well, one woman can lie, but not 6 or 7?" Whoever planned this is aware that it may be difficult to prove or disprove such accusations within a few weeks.

7. Coincidence

It is interesting to note that the Access Hollywood tape came out just before the 2nd debate. This time, these claims of sexual assault came out at the same time WikiLeaks was releasing thousands of emails that provide hard evidence of Clinton's crimes, lies, collusion and corruption. If you watch the mass media, there is frenzied coverage of these sexual accusations everywhere, and in contrast, there is a uniform blackout on those WikiLeaks email revelations. Why did the media value sex accusations cases so much more than issues of national importance which they totally ignore? Answer: total contrivance.

Conclusion

Considering all 7 factors, it appears that this rush of accusations of sexual assault is a well-planned coordinated attack on Donald Trump to prolong the voting public's negative perception of Trump's sexual behavior which was rather unfairly triggered by a recording of him sex-boasting during private locker-room talk 11 years ago. It seeks to distract from or drown out the genuine hard evidence WikiLeaks emails provide of Clinton's misdeeds. Voters must be made aware of all this as the mainstream media continues to bombard them with saucy stories.

Friday 14 October 2016

The Surreal US Presidential Election 2016

As a blogger from South-East Asia observing world events for many years, I can't remember ever seeing something as bizarre as this year's US Presidential Election.

On the surface, it looks like both sides are conducting increasingly acrimonious campaigns against each other; but their rhetoric do not seem to be directed at each other, more like past each other.

Extraordinarily, Clinton's campaign hardly talks about her vision for America or her take on significant issues. Most of her firepower is directed at attacking Trump personally, using every word, phrase, sentence or old audio recordings of Trump's to turn them negatively in every which way she can; no matter how mundane, harmless, commonplace, irrelevant or out-of-context they may be. Her campaign will then have these allegations repeated ad nauseum by surrogate agencies who disguise themselves as official news media round the clock. Together with coordinated trivial stories about how they impact on polls and anecdotal accounts of reactions from Republican elites, this blanket coverage by highly recognizable news outlets is so well-synchronized that one would have marvelled at their consistency if not for the fact that you are equally horrified by their utter implausibility. The surreal nature of this phenomenon is aggravated by the child-like gullibility of those in position and power and, frankly, who should know better than to buy into this unlikely narrative. You cringe when you hear politicians and pundits suddenly spouting prudish and puritan pronouncements about their own personal behavior even when they are in their own private space. Everyone suddenly swears that they never talk like men (or women), when they are at the pub, in the yacht, in the changing room, or "locker room", if you prefer the term, or in your intimate moments in your own bedroom ...

"Am I going to be the first one to admit it? No, not me. I'm good, I'm clean, respectful and polite at any time, in any place! You? ... I'm sure you wouldn't dare to say otherwise!" This is just like a mirror-image of real locker-room talk where men outdo each other boasting about their sexual prowess and recklessness; and women about how easily they wrap their fingers around their men. The more outrageous the claim, the better, or if you have the stomach to listen, the more vulgar it is, the better. Of course, this kind of banter is usually exaggerated or, more likely than not, an on-the-spot fictional contrivance, the nature of which is implicitly understood by all present. Nobody ever takes this kind of talk seriously ..., perhaps only when it conveniently shows up as an ancient dusty audiotape to be exploited for political gain. I daresay, if we are on Mars and a Martian politician were to pull this sort of stunt, everyone will end up on the floor holding their stomach in uncontrollable laughter. Unfortunately, we are on Earth and Earthlings say in all seriousness that such talk, if detected, is incontrovertible evidence of one's moral weakness and no one should look at this person in the same way again. Ever. No amount of pointing out of the obvious is going to help undo the stupor of political correctness.

To me, it strikes me as the silliest thing in the world for an election outcome to hang on such a frivolity. Of course, don't get me wrong - morality is of utmost importance, but, this Access Hollywood tape is of dubious value if you are really interested in morality. Just be a little smarter - don't fall into the hands of moral manipulators!

On the other hand, Trump has built his case with a list of policy changes in the midst of allegations of Clinton's incompetence, dishonesty, collusion, corruption and crimes involving state secrets, perjury and obstruction of justice. He is being helped by well-timed periodic releases of hacked Clinton emails by WikiLeaks, whose intentions are unclear except that they are doing their best to undermine her campaign. The fantastic part of these leaks are not the juicy bits in the email which in an ordinary world would have ended any election campaign immediately; but the amazing extent these expose are being apparently ignored by former journalists of the mainstream media who have suddenly switched careers en masse and become campaign volunteers for Clinton. It is as if journalism had ceased to exist in America in an instant! Equally incredible is the apparent willingness of supposed poll participants to base their judgement more on Trump's compromising private conversation than the hard evidence of official Clinton emails detailing corruption, collusion, crime and treasonous political agenda. In Mars, Clinton would have been disqualified a long time ago, much less, to still appear in the polls.

In fact, since we are on the subject of fantasy, dreams and surrealism, my idea of a perfect 2016 US Presidential Election would be one between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders battling it out in a contest of policy proposals sorely needed to revitalize a slumping America whose malaise is the real legacy of Obama's poor 8 years of stewardship. In that dream world, no one will talk about Trump's supposed sex scandals and Sander's assumed socialist tendencies. Come to think of it, if the Democratic Party had not rigged their Primaries, Sanders would have been nominated and this ideal contest would have materialized. Democracy would have been less molested, but since claims of molestation of one form or another are rampant on Earth (or is it only in America?), we have to find democracy elsewhere in the solar system ... probably on Mars!
CLINTON DIRTY TRICKS PART 2

Now that the lewd talk audiotape has been discredited as evidence for Trump's disrespect for women, there is suddenly a rush of new accusations of sexual misconduct 3 weeks before Election Day. There, the Clinton dirty tricks machine is rolling again.

Just think, how come there are so many new accusations and only now? They are obviously politically-motivated. So, Americans, don't be fooled again. It is easy to accuse but difficult to substantiate. Clearly, these accusations are designed to influence the Election result. 


Remember: now it is a battle between Trump and the American people on one side; and the political, media and monied elites on the other. It's time to save your country! If you want to stop the bad policies of the past and to stop the widespread corruption of the federal Government and the political elites, vote for Trump!



Thursday 13 October 2016

DONALD TRUMP 
A victim of relentless dirty tricks

The US is now the laughing stock of the world because the US Government, the elite politicians from both parties, the mainstream press and media are all climbing over each other trying to attack one man round the clock. Why are they so afraid of him?

It is so ridiculous that their main piece of evidence against him is an accidental 11-year old audio recording of a private conversation he had with a media personality. In it, he was trying to impress the other party with his alleged sexual exploits. Well, I've news for you. Whatever is said privately don't count! That's because you don't know what other people and politicians say in their own private space. You don't know what Hillary or Obama say in their private space. It could be that they don't say lewd things at all; or they may say things far worse than Trump. You will never know, precisely because they are said privately. So, you can't assume what Trump said is terrible because you haven't heard what others say in their own "locker room". Until you've heard what everybody says privately can you make a comparison and judge as to how bad Trump's words are. You also can't compare what someone says privately with what others say publicly.

So, by its very nature, private conversations are private and are not normally heard by others. They are like thoughts. We cannot be judged by our thoughts, but by our actions. If, by chance, such conversations are heard or recorded, their agreeability cannot be ascertained since no comparison could be made with the private conversations of others. A thing is bad only if there are other things that are better. Therefore, that recording of Trump's private sexual boasting can be dismissed as irrelevant and it should not negatively prejudice our impression of his character. 

The use of this video is just a dishonest and dishonorable piece of political trickery. So, Americans, don't be fooled.

Tuesday 11 October 2016

Donald and Hillary

If you think Donald is rude,
Sexist, vulgar or even crude,
Please try not to be a prude.
He's gonna do a lot of good.

Evidence, Hillary obliterated
For the crimes she committed.
Justice has been obstructed
In a system fully corrupted. 

November 8th will be the day
When you will have your say,
Whether it's still pay for play
Or back to the American way!

Monday 10 October 2016

HILLARY CLINTON MAY HAVE RUN FOR PRESIDENT TO AVOID JAIL

Throughout the Democratic presidential campaign, I was mystified by 3 things:

(1) What is Hillary Clinton's vision for America and the main reason for her to run for President?
As her campaign wears on, her slogans had been "I'm with Her", "Make America Whole", "Love and Kindness", "Break Down Barriers", "Build Ladders of Opportunity", "Love Trumps Hate" and finally, "Stronger Together". The vagueness and the rapidity with which each slogan is adopted and discarded gives one the impression that none of them is genuine. At least, we know that Donald Trump is running to "Make America Great Again".

(2) Why did the Democratic Party feel the compulsion to undemocratically rig the Primaries against Bernie Sanders to nominate Clinton when Sanders was more popular and, unlike her, he was free from a long history of past or present scandals; and in all likelihood, would trounce Trump easily in the General Election? 
So, it is inexplicable that the Democratic Party went out of its way to, in one way or another, to nominate Clinton. It seems that there is a real need to ensure that only Hillary is made President.

(3) Why is it that, given Clinton's vast political experience, polish and knowledge, she found it necessary to concentrate on personal attacks, trying to slant every word he utters in a negative way and digging out decades-old audio and video footage of Trump caught in potentially politically-incorrect situations to conjure false public uproars?
One would have thought she should have the confidence to outsmart, out-think and out-talk him easily. After all, she is a career politician for 30 years and Trump is only into politics now. So, if gutter politics is her main weapon, one wonders what is the source of such desperation.

After watching the second debate, I am no longer mystified! While everybody was talking about the fireworks at the debate, discussing the proceedings and conjecturing about who actually won the debate, one moment in the debate struck me as most significant.

At a crucial point, Trump said that if he becomes president, he would instruct his attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate her case of deleting 33,000 emails AFTER a congressional subpoena was issued to specifically preserve those emails. Clinton replied haltingly that it is "awfully good that someone with the temperament of Trump is not in charge of the law in our country." To which, Trump blasted "because you'd be in jail!" At that instant, the audience exploded into loud cheers. If you look at her expression and hear her tone when she was replying, you find that she suddenly looked so old, wearing a pained look with a faltering voice; and her downcast eyes upon hearing Trump's rebuttal and the spontaneous audience reaction, you will not miss that what Trump said touched a very raw nerve. The false smile which she employs whenever she is caught out is gone. This, I think, is a very significant moment. She knows she had done wrong and that it is unfair to all Americans that she is getting off scot-free.

If my theory that Hillary is running for the presidency mainly to avoid prosecution is correct, it will make perfect sense to the 3 mysteries above. She apparently does not have a vision or reason to run because her real reason may be to avoid jail by becoming president. Bernie Sanders was sacrificed because she is unsure if Bernie will collude with the Justice Department or not, to spare her. And she is using mainly smear tactics against Trump because she hates him for threatening to jail her.

I rest my case.

Sunday 9 October 2016

Donald Trump

Final comments on the lewd talk video: it is amazing how politicians of both parties and the mainstream media are all hypocritically behaving like little children, getting themselves into a frenzy over decade-old private alpha-male boasting talk which, to be frank, sounded rather mild. These are the kinds of talk you hear everywhere at the pub, at the beach, at the swimming pool, at the club-house changing room, etc. Donald merely told how he failed to bed someone and the truism that when you are a star, women will throw themselves at you! We would expect Donald to be someone like that! This shouldn't even be news, much less should we bat an eyelid.

So, this is just a piece of Democrat dirty trick designed to cover up Clinton's real problems about her advocacy of open borders, about her double-talk, about her appeasement of voters and about her admission of having lost touch with Americans. This little trick wouldn't have worked if politicians and media people could just grow up and act like smart adults.


I bet the average American voter is much smarter than them to be fooled by that!

Saturday 8 October 2016

Donald Trump
Is lewd talk the final nail in Donald Trump's coffin?

I don't think so! Just ask ourselves: why is an 11 year-old video only released 48 hours before the crucial 2nd presidential debate? Answer: this is made so by Clintonian left-wing design, a ploy so predictable that it works like clockwork. Let's see ... Step 1: pick some innocuous past event about Trump like Trump calling an overweight former Miss Universe fat 20 years ago; like Trump suffering business losses to the tune of $915m 21 years ago; like Trump claiming legitimate tax deductions; and now like Trump caught bragging about his sexual exploits in a private boys-talk conversation 11 years ago. Step 2: all mainstream news outlets scream outrage in concerted hysteria and coordinated over-reaction. Step 3: highlight prominent Republican leaders who take the bait to withdraw their support for Mr Trump out of self-interested defensiveness. Step 4: Clinton to keep harping on it during the debate so that it overshadows all other issues and effectively distract from her own proven crimes and corruption.


So, do not be distracted by this latest attempt to discredit Trump by using an old recording. It is designed to raise false alarm and make mountains out of molehills. From the tone and language of locker-room banter, it is obvious the 2 men were engaging in some playful boy-talk. The only unfortunate thing is that it was recorded and now misused for political purposes. This will not weaken the support of smart Trump supporters but it's designed to demoralize the Trump campaign.


Perhaps, let's hear from the 2005 video itself and listen in to Trump apparently discussing about a failed attempt to seduce a woman with show host Billy Bush.


“I moved on her, and I failed. I’ll admit it,”


"Whoa,” another voice said.


“I did try and f--- her. She was married.”


“And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, ‘I’ll show you where they have some nice furniture.’”


“I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look.”


When an actress, Arianne Zucker, appeared in the video, Billy Bush said “Your girl’s hot as s---, in the purple.”


“Whoa!” Trump said “Whoa!”


“I’ve got to use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her. You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”


“Whatever you want,” says another voice.


“Grab them by the p---y,” Trump says. “You can do anything.”


So, there you have it. It was a private talk between 2 men. If you don't know, in the adult world, men like to brag about their real and imagined sexual exploits to each other. It's the male equivalent of girl-talk. Yes, it is embarrassing when exposed, but it can hardly be taken as evidence of a serious character flaw in Trump.


Remember, the real issues of the presidency are: (1) whether change in policies is necessary, and (2) whether corruption in American politics should be stopped.