Saturday, February 20, 2016

Is Bernie Sanders Pulling Clear Of Democrats 'Anointed One' Hillary?



clinton and Sanders - opposites repel (Image Source)

No news of how the Republican primary is shaping up in South Carolina yet, but of course it is quite early in the day over there. Late polls predict another Trump win but by a smaller maging that pollibg has suggested in the week and a half following the New Hampshire Primary.

The only surprise then (if it can be called that, I think most peoples' reaction wil be "So what," is that Jeb bush, eclipsed by other candidates once again is likely to quite the race. Ah well, at least he can say to his Dad and brother, "If the GOP hadn't let that loudmouth Trump run I cudda been a contender."

The really interesting news from an impartial onlookers point of view however is a story from the Democrat camp even though they don't have much going on today.

Nika Knight writes in The Antimedia:

Offering further proof that it’s “Sanders’ moment,” Bernie Sanders makes enormous gains and poses a real threat to Hillary Clinton’s once-wide lead among Democrats, according to two polls released Friday.

Fox News‘ latest national poll finds that more Democratic primary voters now back Sanders at 47 percent, up from 37 percent in January. Clinton’s support, on the other hand, is at 44 percent, a 5-point drop from the previous poll. The new poll comes just a day after Sanders was shown to outperform Clinton in hypothetical match-ups against Republican candidates.
Fox News National Poll of Democratic Voters finds Sanders scoring 47% to Hillary's 44% and that Clinton’s drop-off has been most dramatic among female, white, and blue-collar voters.

Furthermore, notes Fox, “Three in 10 voters nationally would feel either extremely or very satisfied if Sanders wins the presidency (30 percent). That’s more than say the same about Clinton (24 percent satisfied), Trump (21 percent satisfied), and Jeb Bush (15 percent satisfied).” In addition, the poll found that among voters of all parties, “Clinton’s Achilles’ heel may be trustworthiness. While Democrats think by 75-22 percent that Clinton ‘has the integrity’ to serve effectively as president, a 55-percent majority of voters overall say she doesn’t. That includes 64 percent of independents.”

Sanders has also made extraordinary gains among Democrats in terms of electability. An Associated Press-GfK poll released Friday shows that Democratic voters’ belief in Sanders’ viability as a presidential nominee has gone up by a remarkable 21 percent. Clinton boasted a 41-point lead over Sanders on this question as recently as December, but Friday Sanders trails Clinton by a mere nine points.


Bearing in mind that I do not have a vote to cast and so only look at the candidates entertainment value, and that ever since I can remember I have been anti - establishment, throughout the past few months as the campaigns stated to take shape I have been drawn to Sanders and Trump. OK, I know, I know, one is a communist the other is a custard, but they are outsiders and neither could possibly be worse than any of the past few presidents.

The case is that one of the few things Britain and The USA still have in common is that neither is a democracy, in the end it does not matter who gets the most votes, the deep state and the shadow government will still rule and will preserve the status quo with just a little change of style in the window dressing.

Still, I'm glad Hillary is fading away, the woman is an unconscionable hypocrite.

Nevada Democratic Party Caucus Result: Not the shock Bernie Sanders supporters were hoping for but close enough to further undermine the myth of invincibility the Democrats propaganda machine tried to build around Hillary.


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Fear and Panic: EU Defence Budgets Boom Amid ‘Russian Threat’ Paranoia



Phobos and Deimos - Fear and Panic

Sssssh. Do you hear that? The sound of two horses, their firey hooves drumming on the ground, eyes glowing like embers as at full gallop they draw the chariot of Mars, the war god. Their names are Phobos and Deimos, Fear and Panic.

Paranoia over a supposed “Russian threat” and the fear of terrorism following the Paris attacks are causing panic among NATO and EU nations, causing governments to vastly increase their defense budgets: 31 European countries have raised their planned defense spending for 2016 by an estimated average of 8.3 percent, compared to 2015, according to a survey of European think tanks.


European Think Tanks versus Russian Armoured Tanks? Current Russian and Chiese military technology is more than a match for anything the USA and NATO have (although thank's to Obamas enlightened defence policy the USA has far more Gay, Bi, Lesbian and Transgender soldiers)

The constantly hyped threat of Russian aggression and the high risk of terror attacks in Europe have pushed member states to spend more on their defense budgets, reversing a trend of defence cuts the decline that weakened European military strength for over twenty years, says a joint study of European think tanks on the defense spending in Europe.

The rush to rearm has been most urgent in central and Eastern Europe, an area covering the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia, the survey, entitled "Defence Budgets and Cooperation in Europe: Developments, Trends and Drivers," states.

Those seven countries will raise spending by 19.9 percent this year, the report said, with Hungary pushing up spending by 22 percent to nearly €1 billion.

In southeastern Europe, an area covering Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, the rise will be 9.2 percent, while Western Europe will see a rise of 2.7 percent.

Among the key reasons for the defense spending increase, none of which stand up to scrutiny, are: "Russia’s aggressive posture", "non-conventional threats such as Islamic terrorism", especially after the Paris attacks, and "NATO’s renewed focus on collective defense, and the institutional influence it exerts on Allies."

The last factor apparently refers to NATO’s calls to spend two percent of each member’s GDP on defense.

In fact the Russian government has proved it has no intention of attacking the west by its reacting to repeated provocations and peace treaty violation by the US Government, the EU, and the madman who is Turkey's President, Recep Erdogan, with only verbal rebukes and reminders that certain lines cannot be crossed. Constrast this with the screaming and shouting, posing and posturing of the girlie man who has occupied The White House for the past seven years and the USA's collaboration with human rights abusing regimes in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Uzbekistan, and Israel to promote insurrection in nations whose dictators would not play the west's game of trying to undermine Russian interests.

As Putin has said, there are lines which cannot be crossed, and through the west's use of Turkey and its president Recep 'Mad Dog' Erdogan as their agent provocateur, our leaders have come dangerously close to crossing it


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