True Blue Drew
True Blue Drew's JournalAustralia: Ravaged by drought and fire
This was uploaded by DW four days ago, but I've waited to post it till this weekend afternoon, so that more people can watch the whole 28-minute video. Warning: you may find a few images hard to watch.
Lucky we have a Stable Genius in the White House to reassure us this isn't really happening, huh?
Bernie Wins Iowa. . .According to Bernie!
Folks, this is the exact same video posted earlier on this forum. Watch it, or the previous video posted earlier, then go to the lower right-hand corner and click. The YouTube logo is located there, and will appear. Click on that, and it'll take you out of DU and into YouTube itself. Check underneath to see who uploaded it, and you'll see that it was none other than the junior Senator from Vermont and/or his campaign.
Thanks a Lot, Iowa!
You just gave Biden, our best chance of ousting Trump, a kick in the nuts. But hey, I genuinely thank you for eclipsing the BIDEN DOES TERRIBLY lead with your own technological incompetence. Who knows? Maybe Joe is now in position to do BTE in NH!
Super Upset: The Niners Will Win!
I'd prefer to post this on Saturday, but I'll be indisposed from tomorrow till Monday.
I know everybody's going Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs over Mahomes and the offense of KC, which I totally get. But this Super Bowl reminds me of John Elway and the Broncos in 1986: a great quarterback, explosive offense, but an iffy defense, going up against Phil Simms and the Giants: Good (not great) QB and offense, but a killer defense. And we all know the old saying about what wins championships! It's an old saying because, an overwhelming majority of the time, it turns out to be correct! Mahomes is Elway, Jimmy G is Simms, with Richard freakin' Sherman!
49ers 31, Chiefs 23
Bernie Is the Opponent Trump Wants
JAN 28, 20202:49 PM
William Saletan, Slate
That sounds like good news for progressives. But it isn’t. Sanders has major liabilities that haven’t been exploited in the primaries. If he’s the nominee, those liabilities could hand the election to President Donald Trump. David Frum made this case on Monday in the Atlantic, and Jonathan Chait, writing for New York magazine, has backed it up with evidence from recent elections. But polls suggest that Trump has already identified a theme that would destroy Sanders: his socialism.
Trump is running on the economy, but he knows many voters don’t like him. He needs to give those voters something to fear about the other party. That’s where socialism comes in. Trump uses that word at every rally, hoping to make Democrats look radical and scary. Sen. Elizabeth Warren agrees with many of Sanders’ ideas, but she doesn’t call them socialism. Sanders does. He plays right into Trump’s hands.
If you hang out with young progressives, you might be under the impression that socialism is popular. It is, but only on the left. In the latest Gallup poll, taken in September, liberals and Democrats viewed socialism favorably, but Americans as a whole rejected it, 57 percent to 39 percent. In the same poll, respondents viewed capitalism favorably, 60 percent to 35 percent. A Harvard/New York Times poll, taken in July and August, found similar results: Americans endorsed capitalism, 57 percent to 37 percent, while rejecting socialism, 59 percent to 34 percent. Polls taken in May by the Pew Research Center, in March for the libertarian Cato Institute, and in December for Fox News yielded similar results. In every survey, socialism scores well among progressives but gets trounced, among voters as a whole, in a showdown with capitalism.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/trump-bernie-sanders-socialism.html
If the electorate contained only people under 40. I'd say that Sanders would have a really good chance of defeating Trump. But we all know such is not the case, and "socialism" isn't a popular concept---or even word!---for a majority of elderly voters. (You know, the ones that always turn out on Election Day.) But it is Saletan's final words that really bring it home:
"If you think socialism is important enough to risk losing the election, vote for Sanders. But if all you want is a progressive government—one that offers a public health insurance option, makes college more affordable, and mobilizes the country against climate change—you’re a lot more likely to get it by nominating a pragmatist. It feels good to vote for the candidate you admire most. But if Sanders wins the nomination and Trump wins the election, you’ll have four more years to feel the burn."
Netanyahu withdraws bid for parliamentary immunity from prosecution on corruption charges
Source: Reuters
JANUARY 28, 2020 / 4:49 AM
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he is withdrawing his bid for parliamentary immunity from prosecution on corruption charges.
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister said in a statement the immunity proceedings in parliament would have been a “circus” and he did not want to take part in this “dirty game”.
The case now moves toward trial, a process which could take months or years. The right-winger, who faces a national election in March, is under no legal obligation to resign.
Israel’s attorney general Avichai Mandelblit indicted Netanyahu on corruption charges - the first of their kind against a serving Israeli prime minister - last November following a long-running investigation. The charges included bribery, breach of trust and fraud.
Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-plan-netanyahu/netanyahu-withdraws-bid-for-parliamentary-immunity-from-prosecution-on-corruption-charges-idUKKBN1ZR0PT
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