Posts by Neil
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Hard News: Our own fake news, in reply to Russell Brown,
Trump Campaign Chief’s Firm Got $17 Million From Pro-Russia Party
Shortly after yet another less than transperent contact between Trump and Putin is revealed Trump ends Obama's support for moderate Syrian opposition groups. The Alt world is of course celebrating another win for Putin.
It's odd how those who argue Assad might be bad but the alternative is worse never argued Clinton might be bad but the alternative is worse.
It's a type of authoritarianism that might not be new but seems to be gaining momentum.
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Hard News: Our own fake news, in reply to Rob Stowell,
There’s a bit of pilger here, a dose of asange there. It’s not ideological. it seems designed just as much to confuse and undermine; to cast doubt and aspersions, as to push a line.
It's quite disturbing. It plays into the hands of Trump, Assad and Putin. Some of it like The Intercept is well financed.
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Hard News: Our own fake news, in reply to Russell Brown,
“If this was a charity run by President Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump, then we have no doubt we would not be funding it. So why are we funding the Clintons?”
Our local alt-worlders are a bit behind in their false equivalence. No mention of how criticism of the Trump-Putin nexus is is just the same as the Birther campaign against Obama.
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It's the sort of thing that got overshadowed by all the fake Hillary Clinton scandals and there's a remarkable number of US pundits still intent on down playing the Russian angle, instead spending money and energy attacking the Dems for trying to bring out into the open.
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Hard News: Genter's Bill: Starting at…, in reply to BenWilson,
I just don’t see any reason to continue this stupid charade of pretending that a continued prohibition of medical cannabis is somehow in the interests of the general public.
Replacing one charade with another which directly involves the medical profession may not be a good solution.
The idea that a doctor is the one informed of who the cultivator and/or supplier is rings alarm bells for me. What sort of responsibility does that imply being taken on?
I think doctors would be justified in taking a very careful look at the professional, ethical and legal ramifications of this bill.
I’d be interested to know what input from the medical profession the Greens had.
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Speaker: Britain: the crisis isn't…, in reply to Ben Austin,
It’s a bit like Trump in some ways – Corbyn’s style of campaigning actually works in some situations and GE2017 was one of those situations.
Some of the conclusions being made aren't necessarily based on much.
I found this on the US election quite interesting:
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The courageous thing for Corbyn to do would be to declare for Remain and second referendum.
Macron has left the door open.
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Regarding Labour during the Referendum. Regardless of what Corbyn thought pre Ref and regardless of whether the Labour Party thought it a good idea (who would think they would?), he was useless.
From talking with people who have some experience of Corbyn and that particular part of the Labour Party the Euroscepticism runs deep and goes back a long way.
For many that's what's disturbing about Corbyn. Perhaps his foreign policy views might moderate or be moderated by the PLP if he becomes PM and is as inclusive as he promises. What Macron and Merkel dont need at the moment is another anti-NATO leader as the face Trump and Putin.
But looking at some of his inner circle it's not obvious what a Labour govt's foreign policy would be.
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Hard News: Interesting Britain!, in reply to WH,
Labour held 349 seats going into the 2010 election. They currently hold 262.
After 7 uninspiring years in office and two exceptionally significant strategic errors - Cameron's Brexit and May's election strategy - the Tories still have more seats and a larger share of the popular vote than in 2010.
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FiveThirtyEight has a sobering analysis of one of the main features of 2016 which has been somewhat overlooked.
Between 2012 and 2016 the number of US voters living and voting in what are essentially Dem or Rep enclaves jumped by 10% - as much in just 4 years as in the 20 years from 1992 to 2012. That's a dramatic demographic change which would have certainly made a difference to how Obama did in 2012 vs Hillary in 2016.
It also perhaps explains why the Republicans have stuck with Trump. They have locked in support in critical counties - critical in terms of the electoral college.