tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post4870749251284297842..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Donald Trump and the American TalibanSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-28613707223053664172017-02-01T09:01:19.354-05:002017-02-01T09:01:19.354-05:00hi RT....reading your comment I got a vision in my...hi RT....reading your comment I got a vision in my head of Trump actually materializing in 1692, looking like a talking turkey, and having to prove to the fanatical pilgrims that he was not the devil himself. Only to fail miserably and be roasted alive. Or at the very least be forced to flee for his life. I admit that things look a little bleak at the present time, but I still believe it will be the shock we need to create a real movement for change. The Democratic establishment <br />seems paralyzed and out of it. And that should help the reformers turn it into at the kind of party that can crush the Republicans in the next election. However, as you point out, it will be a choice between progress and catastrophe. And at this stage nobody can predict where that madman might take us... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-1897624452885686072017-02-01T08:51:21.388-05:002017-02-01T08:51:21.388-05:00hi anon.... I wouldn't laugh too loudly. Preve...hi anon.... I wouldn't laugh too loudly. Preventing women from getting abortions can lead to unsafe abortions and many many deaths. But maybe you can sell Pepe to the French, they love frog's legs....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-72274117521920677612017-02-01T08:49:38.960-05:002017-02-01T08:49:38.960-05:00hi salamander...thanks for the suggestion I'll...hi salamander...thanks for the suggestion I'll look that book up. Although god is on our side isn't she? Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-141452782710167142017-02-01T08:48:27.909-05:002017-02-01T08:48:27.909-05:00hi rumleyfips...yes that's true, the higher co...hi rumleyfips...yes that's true, the higher courts can change judges, and Harper certainly learned that lesson the hard way. But while Trump has appointed a fairly reasonable right-winger, I believe the idea is to get Kennedy to retire so he can appoint a harder line judge. And should some of the other judges be forced by old age to resign, we'll have a Trump court for the next twenty years...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-5722715623307749692017-02-01T08:44:51.421-05:002017-02-01T08:44:51.421-05:00hi anon...yes I know, I realize Clinton was flawed...hi anon...yes I know, I realize Clinton was flawed, but I always felt that Trump was a fascist, and I thought Americans should have gone for the lesser evil. Still if we survive Trump I think he will do us a favour, by preparing the ground for a left-wing movement for real change. So in the end he may turn out to be our useful idiot...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-5526956837496988892017-02-01T08:42:01.291-05:002017-02-01T08:42:01.291-05:00hi Steve...so it seems. I distrust religious fanat...hi Steve...so it seems. I distrust religious fanatics of any kind, and needless to say they all hate me...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-63540916306916056892017-02-01T06:56:13.386-05:002017-02-01T06:56:13.386-05:00How many know there were less abortions performed ...How many know there were less abortions performed in the US under Democratic presidencies. Why do you think that is?<br /><br />There are pro-life Democrats, such as Democrats for Life of America:<br /><br />http://www.democratsforlife.org<br /><br />In November 2004, Sister Joan Chittister--an author, social psychologist, and Benedictine nun--was interviewed on the PBS program, NOW, by Bill Moyers.<br /><br />http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript346_full.html<br /><br />Chittister commented: "I'm opposed to abortion. But I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking. If all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed and why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is."<br /><br />I’m Catholic and ‘pro-life.’ Here’s why I would never vote for Donald Trump.<br />http://fusion.net/story/367080/trump-catholic-abortion-special-needs/<br /><br />Obama’s Culture of Life: The Abortion Rate Has Fallen 13% Under This President (February 3, 2014)<br />http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/03/newsflash-republicans-abortion-rate-fell-13-president-obama.html<br /><br />If You Are Truly Pro-Life, You’d Vote Democrat<br />http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithfuldemocrats/2012/09/if-you-are-truly-pro-life-youd-vote-democrat/<br /><br />Why Are Fewer American Women Getting Abortions? (June 17, 2015)<br />http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/american-abortion-rate-decline/395960/<br /><br />Republicans Talk A Lot About Lowering The Abortion Rate, But They Don’t Actually Deliver (February 4, 2014)<br />https://thinkprogress.org/republicans-talk-a-lot-about-lowering-the-abortion-rate-but-they-dont-actually-deliver-cea7537eb87b#.m5gao61dp<br /><br />Pro-lifers who support Donald Trump are kidding themselves — and hurting the movement<br />http://www.vox.com/first-person/2016/10/25/13380272/donald-trump-pro-life-abortion<br /><br />Donald Trump Would Set Back The Pro-Life Cause More Than Hillary Would<br />https://thefederalist.com/2016/10/20/trump-presidency-hurt-pro-life-more-than-hillary/<br /><br />There is no Pro-Life Case for Donald Trump<br />https://mereorthodoxy.com/no-pro-life-case-donald-trump/<br /><br />Hillary Clinton Is the Best Choice for Voters Against Abortion<br />http://www.christianpost.com/news/hillary-clinton-is-the-best-choice-for-voters-against-abortion-170258/<br /><br />Donald Trump's powerful pro-life argument<br />http://theweek.com/articles/656494/donald-trumps-powerful-prolife-argument<br /><br />Why pro-lifers absolutely must not vote for Donald Trump<br />http://theweek.com/articles/659320/why-prolifers-absolutely-must-not-vote-donald-trumpDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-59441779582644726072017-02-01T05:46:56.650-05:002017-02-01T05:46:56.650-05:00Simon: "And will just as certainly lead to Tr...Simon: "And will just as certainly lead to Trump's defeat in the next election."<br /><br />25th Amendment<br />https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv<br /><br />Does anyone here seriously think Trump will be President even 6 months from now?<br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-30428911991019583042017-02-01T05:41:19.463-05:002017-02-01T05:41:19.463-05:00The Answer || Official Music Video
https://www.you...The Answer || Official Music Video<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sa3uRUguLE<br /><br />Wyland have “The Answer” to presidential inauguration blues<br />https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/wyland-the-answer<br /><br />Tomorrow, the world will look on in horror as Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States., Indie four-piece Wyland have tackled the Trump-induced malaise the best way they know how. "It got us really down to see people so divided,” they said, of November’s election results. "So we decided to write a song about it."<br /><br />“The Answer" is a swirling indie-rock track taken from Wyland’s upcoming EP Snake Hill, due out 3 March. The single comes complete with catchy chorus, radio-friendly guitar solo, and slightly cheesy but ever-so-appropriate lyrics. Accompanied by adorable stop-motion visuals of a play-doh alien encounter, it’s (almost) enough to make you forget all the shit that’s about to go down.<br /><br />"The video, created by the incredibly talented Hannah Darrah, is a metaphor about how we would like to bring people together," the band explain. “It's about how we wish we could help to fix the problems of the world with music as our sword."<br /><br />Snake Hill is out 3 March.<br /><br />http://noisetrade.com/wearewyland/<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/user/WylandTube/featured<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/wearewyland<br /><br />http://www.wearewyland.com/<br /><br />https://www.reverbnation.com/Wyland/showsDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-50759025814253157042017-02-01T02:23:59.391-05:002017-02-01T02:23:59.391-05:00I may be wrong, but I think the Salem witches were...I may be wrong, but I think the Salem witches were hanged. Burning at the stake was an Inquisition thing.John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-46238680697910270952017-01-31T21:34:44.375-05:002017-01-31T21:34:44.375-05:00Trump is in a time machine destined for 1950 and p...Trump is in a time machine destined for 1950 and pulling the rest of America along with him. The white male and good Christian culture was alive and well... although many of that era knew it could be better they were silent. As he approaches the landing strip turbulence and the ghosts of recent history who gave their lives for change obscure the target. His crew sensing the turmoil and the danger encourage him to dial in a new number where no one advocated outright resistance ... Salem 1692. His new education secretary DeVos with her creationist views wants him to dial it back 3000 years to meet the Creator, set the future and as any tourist rub shoulders with the dinosaurs that roamed the earth at that time. Hopefully the Trump time capsule will travel far into the past but not create a powerful enough vortex to suck America and the rest of the world with it!<br />And so the saga goes ...a)progress...b)difficulties...c)reset to the last stable point...d)new progress or oops we missed the docking bay welcome to prehistoric times.<br />RTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-80631016575689225602017-01-31T16:30:31.196-05:002017-01-31T16:30:31.196-05:00LOL! Trump is the gift that keeps on giving!
How...LOL! Trump is the gift that keeps on giving!<br /><br />How many women were burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials? <br /><br />I wish I knew how to work Pepe the Frog into this thing. LOL! This is the best!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-35686641014468749912017-01-31T13:39:06.654-05:002017-01-31T13:39:06.654-05:00.. suggest you find a copy of Under The Banner of ..... suggest you find a copy of Under The Banner of Heaven.. John Krakauer.. and see how justice can be distorted.. religion invented .. and the getting of 'god on your side' .. the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-55929345775058402832017-01-31T11:05:05.451-05:002017-01-31T11:05:05.451-05:00Things may not go as President Bannon wants. Kenne...Things may not go as President Bannon wants. Kennedy , while conservative, is not a right wing idealogue. A crazed far right zealot on the bench may force him away . Roberts is anxious to leave a legacy of achievement not destruction ( see the ACA decision ). A rabid judge on the right may shove Robert's centrist positions into the left camp. <br /><br />Byron Muldoon tried to pack the court with right wing idealogues and got his ass bit time and time again when the judges chose to follow the law. Ask Harper how that worked out. rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-55081333952645001132017-01-31T10:16:36.738-05:002017-01-31T10:16:36.738-05:00I can't get over the people who said that abou...I can't get over the people who said that about Clinton. She was far from perfect, but she was Gandhi compared to trump.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-28328999262923348852017-01-31T09:32:49.635-05:002017-01-31T09:32:49.635-05:00It is ironic that the American right and the Shari...It is ironic that the American right and the Sharia people are cut from the same cloth.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.com