Politically the issues
are clearer now in a perverse sense. I
mean by that Hillary is obviously the one to vote for despite her shortcomings. When faced with the lunacy of Donald Trump
there is no real choice any more. Even
Republicans don’t believe a religion of 1.3 Billion people should be barred
from entering the United States because of a few long wolf terrorists, who were
born here to begin with. Donald Trump’s insistence
on an extreme pro second amendment rights position is madness in the light of
the Orlando shootings. We need to hope
and pray we elect a new democratic congress that will pass sensible gun
legislation. Of course it’s a testament
to the gay lobby that now even Shawn Hannity is trying his darndest to appear “gay
friendly”. Just like all those
imaginary Bernie supporters. I think
most of Donald Trump’s promises about the economy are pure BS and once Trump
gets into office will be just about the time the economy crashes, and Trump won’t
have a clue what to do. The thing with the economy is that people
like Shawn Hannity have this model of a static economic pie and of that static
pie the poor are allotted only so much and the rich are allotted the rest and
if you tax the rich they will eventually become as poor as the other 99% which
would be awful. But the truth is that it’s
a rapidly standing pie, but even in the economic pie’s rapid expanse, the poor
are still taking home less spendable money and the wreath of the rich is
becoming unfathomable! According to one
statistic I saw- - anyone with more than $700,000 in assets is in the one
percent. That can’t be right. I do wonder how many of the one percent have
kids or dependents who are as impoverished as I am. In terms of Trump making “better deals with
foreign countries” you know this is the first thing Trump will forget about
once he comes into power. This video I’m
watching says Fascism often starts with the nativist working class who feel
that they haven’t gotten a square deal and want, of course, to blame the
foreigners. Meanwhile President Obama
asks, “What difference will it make if I refer to ISIS terrorists as Islamist
Extremist Terrorists? It won’t make any
difference militarily as a means of fighting them”.
I had the Gary and Shannon show on over
lunch. Bernie Sanders is making five
demands. First of all he wants to have a
dominant role in writing the platform.
He wants all open primaries next times.
He wants same day voter registration.
This would be a problem because it takes the voting officials too long
to identify who you are that way. He wants
an end to super delegates. And he wants
the leadership of the Democratic Party thrown out and all new ones installed,
no doubt ones of his own choosing. It’s
not quite like the criminal who demands a hundred thousand dollars in gold and
a free flight to the Camen Islands, but it’s close. In soap land now Victor’s testimony before
Roman is up for sale to the highest bidder.
If Kate gives him back the majority of his money he’ll start saying
stuff about Nicole that isn’t true. But
if Kate turns him down he’ll say that Kate asked Victor to arrange the papers
for the fake marriage. Meanwhile Dario
knows Clowie. But now Clowie doesn’t
trust him after he decided to tell her the truth.
It didn’t occur to me
that the Orlando shooting would be a false flag stunt. After all we know who the shooter is and we
have the FBI information about his terrorist connections. Still the attack plays beautifully into
Donald Trump’s scenario. We “need an
event” like the beheadings of summer 2014 to whip up the people into a state of
psychological hysteria and get them to vote Reputlican, even if only on sheer
emotion. The attack fits the same
pattern observed dozens of times over the last several years; in particulars,
the summary execution of the suspect and disbelief of those who knew him best,
including his family. Yet again, the
timing of the attack combined with the demographic of the alleged victims and
the demographic of the alleged gunman, dovetail too well with the domestic and
geopolitical agendas in Washington. The Orlando shooting is simply perfect for
at least six top priorities of a future Trump regime:
- push
the Gay agenda,
- go nuts with the Second Amendment,
- justify
Orwellian surveillance,
- embolden
the police state,
- fan hatred of Muslims,
Money Draw call came
just before two. I went out and talked
to Glen a while and then got in line which wasn’t too long. That new Linda girl has this red blotch on
her face. Is it from too much rogue that
won’t come off? Gabby was hanging
around sometimes lying on the floor. I
asked for and got fifteen dollars. I
took two pieces of chocolate and left. I
went out and bought John Blacks and a turquoise lighter. They modified the wheel so it’s easier on
your fingers, I guess. Larry Barton paid
me back the two cigarettes he owed me. After
a while I got in line to see Dr Saran.
They were calling names alphabetically for once. Though they were only up to “G” I figured I’d
take my chances. For most of the time I
got to sit down in a chair. Now they’ve
gone to those drugstore blood pressure indicators where the nurse doesn’t have
to do anything. I think the figure was
121 over 78 or something. It wasn’t
rounded off to five’s the way they usually do it. I asked Dr Saran for my blood test results
and the folder was empty. He said he’d
look into it. I thought there was something else I should remember to ask him
but I couldn’t remember. Bill has spent
almost no time in the room and isn’t here now.
The Cleveland Cavileers beat the Golden State
Warriors in a game played in California.
Now the Cavileers are only one game down 2 to 3. Thursday is game six and Cleveland stands a
good chance now. Friday the heat wave
begins. I went for medication but unlike
last night the line was really long again despite the fact it was Tom passing
them out. I got free coffee from Glen on
credit. In general cigarettes were very
hard to come by, which is good because I only owe John one Pall Mall. In his room Glen pointed out they’re making
the coffee packets longer now for a stronger brew. I still fell asleep right at the end of the
game and woke up at nine o clock when Bill asked me the time. I was pretty drowsy and decided to go to bed.
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