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Trump spent years trying to win over Indians. Then Biden picked Harris

Cuomo says coronavirus has inflicted ‘trauma’ and PTSD on Americans

BLM co-founder called for the abolition of capitalism

BLM riots most expensive in insurance history

U.S. charges 5 Chinese, 2 accomplices with broad campaign of cyberattacks

U.S. should have enough vaccine to return to ‘regular life’ by the third quarter of 2021

Judge sets bail at $1 million each for accused Lancester rioters

Big 10 football back on

Senate panel authorizes subpoenas in Republican probe of Obama officials

Trump signals he may back bigger coronavirus stimulus as Meadows says he’s optimistic about a deal

Traffic on some website called ‘Drudge Report’ down 40%

Indonesia drives Chinese Coast Guard ship out of its waters


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

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Trump says he told Navy to ‘destroy’ Iranian boats harassing U.S. ships

Trump and Biden are deadlocked in six key 2020 election states, CNBC/Change Research poll finds

USA: Virus kills 45,236, doubling in a little over a week ...

Northham: Protesters ‘so selfish’ for endangering healthcare workers

2019 was Europe’s warmest year ever recorded

Coronavirus live updates: Accuracy of coronavirus antibody tests questioned, Delta burning $100 million a day

HYDRO-DON’T: No benefit from malaria drug ...

Scalise: Sickening to watch Pelosi use small-business aid as leverage

McConnell slams breaks on next round of coronavirus aid

Kudlow voices support for shielding companies from coronavirus -related lawsuits

California cases rising ... NJ deaths hit high ...

Indonesia to ban Ramadan celebrations

Headlines

Can Trump survive Mueller?

Indonesia airline Garuda canceling $6 billion order for 49 Boeing 737 Max jets

Two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan ...

Turn in smartphones! How Mueller kept lid on Trump-Russia probe ...

How the FAA delegated oversight to Boeing

Trump says GDP growth would have topped 4% if Fed had stopped rate hikes sooner

Report: Biden advisers consider Stacey Abrams as running mate

Report: Final ISIS state stronghold in Syria falls

Trump to recognize Israel sovereignty over Golan Heights

Crashed jets reportedly lacked key safety features because Boeing charged extra for them

Freshmen Dems to meet with Obama next week ...

E.U. leaders unanimously agree to grant Brexit delay

White Nationalism (Updated)

I am a regular watcher of Smerconish on the CNN Saturday morning lineup. Because of the New Zealand mosque attacks, his survey question this AM was, ‘Does white nationalism pose a threat to liberal democracy?” The results were ... from 11,314 respondents 84% YES and 15% NO. This obviously is a self-selecting sample, so the results are biased. But the question itself does reveal something about the questioner ... namely: Are liberal democracies only run by whites?

Are there not liberal democracies run by those of other races? What about India? What about Chili? What about Ghana? What about Japan? What about Costa Rica? What about Israel.? What about South Africa? What about South Korea? What about Indonesia?

And do any of these countries have nationalistic tendencies?

Clearly nationalism of the non-white variety threaten the liberal democracies in some of these countries. And there is at least one white country which is not a liberal democracy ... namely Russia. So why would Smerconish limit his question to just white democracies?

Answer: “This is CNN!”

Afterthought: It is interesting that the New Zealand shooter most closely identifies not with Donald Trump ... but with Red China. Perhaps this is because how China puts Muslims in “re-education” camps ... and Trump doesn’t.

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'Ideological soundness': How a China skeptic sold Trump on a trade war

A potential Trump impeachment is a 'huge risk' for 2019, expert says

Pope calls for world love ...

2nd migrant child dies in U.S. custody, says Fed's

German president warns of polarization fueled by social media

Retail is on pace for worst December ever, but new year rally could be ahead

BOOM: Strongest holiday retail sales in years ...

McCaskill on Ocasio-Cortez: I'm a little confused why she's the thing

Trump invited to visit Turkey

Indonesia says avoid coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami

Debt up $1.37 billion since last year; $10,743 per household ...

Iraq makes Christmas a nation holiday

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Gillum hits back at Trump after president calls him 'a thirf'

Facebook suddenly banned ads from a start-up that offers users an alternative to a Facebook product

Bezos loses $19 billion ...

Democrats are worried they have no real message ahead of midterms

Lawsuit accuses Trump family of peddling get-rich schemes

This market reminds Jim Cramer of one of the worst declines he's ever seen

Trump may answer Mueller questions post-election, Giuliani says ...

Expert: Libya second Islamic State 'caliphate'

Pentagon to send 5,200 troops to the border

Indonesia searching for clues in crash of Lion Air brand-new Boeing jet with 189 aboard

[Trump] Approval: 50% ...

Bolsonaro supporters tell Brazilian Socialists: 'Go to Cuba'

Headlines

Trump cabinet exodus likely after midterms

IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion

Michael Moore reveals footage of bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc at Trump rally ...

Macron fumes after Belgium chooses British-American F-35s over Euro jets

Brazil elects far-right congressman Bolsonaro to presidency

Trump celebrated the stock market surge in 2017' but he's been quiet about this year's decline

China's first private rocket fails after launch ...

Florida poll: Republican Gov. Scott toed with Dem. Nelson

Trump officials irked that Border Patrol Union endorsed 3 Senate Democrats

Indonesia says Lion Air pass anger flight from Jakarta to Sumatra has crashed

Poll: Dead heat in 3 Senate races ...

Paul Ryan: Conservatives now practice  Alinsky's 'tribal identity' politics

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'This is march or die': Kavanaugh urged to hit back hard

New tsunami warning system was meant to be installed in Indonesia before quake

Yale classmate says Kavanaugh misled Congress over drinking habits ...

[Sen.] Cotton: Ford attorneys to face D.C. Bar investigation for lying

[Kellyanne] Conway: 'I'm a victim of sexual assault'

Six months before Brexit, the U.K government is attacking the EU

CA bans secret settlements in sex harassment cases ...

Update: Still zero  evidence against Kav

U.S. reaches trade deal with Canada and Mexico, providing Trump with a crucial win

Tesla's shares surge over 15% after SEC settlement

Indonesia quake: Mass grave for 1,300 victims ...

... Avenati: This [FBI] investigation is a scam

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Trump optimistic about Kavanaugh, as FBI opens probe

SEC settles with Tesla's Elon Musk, will remain CEO but relinquish board chair and pay $20M fine

ACLU reverses policy, comes out against [Kavanaugh] nomination ...

Trump: FBI Kavanaugh investigation 'Blessing in disguise'

Press briefings fade amid Kavanaugh crisis

Setback for local California sanctuary law may boost Trump's tough immigration enforcement efforts

Update: Indonesian tsunami death toll over 832 ...

Border Patrol arrests of M-13 gangsters up 50 percent in 2018

Democrats plan to examine Trump's tax returns after midterms

If Trump abandons globalism, America's interests will suffer 'irreparable harm'

Britain to send troops to Arctic to stop Russian land grab ...

... [David] Brooks admits: Dems have no hard evidence against Kavanaugh

Headlines

Hold the Nobel Prize: Kim is setting a trap for Trump

Grassley flags 'apparent contradictions' in Comey's testimony about Mike Flynn

Apple CEO lauds gun-control activists ...

Italy lifts ban on Berlusconi holding political office

Bernie Sanders: Trump administration 'heartless' toward immigrants

Iraq votes in its first election post-ISIS- -- and everything is on the line

DENVER [POST]: This is how a newspaper dies ...

Hyperhype: Tesla with Autopilot slams into truck stopped at red light

Deadly Paris knife attack treated as terrorism

Family carries out suicide attacks on 3 churches in Indonesia's 2nd largest city

95 apartments promised affordable rent in San Francisco, 6,580 people applied ...

Facebook faces class-action lawsuit for saving text and call logs of users

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All these headlines have been found on Internet news sites. guess which ones cane from Politico.

Schiff criticizes Obama's handling of Russia

Drag queens to visit schools to end intolerance

Woman totally loses her mind over Confederate flag adorned Dukes of Hazard car

Trump in tweet: Clinton colluded to beat Sanders

Ex-president kicks off tropical holiday in Indonesia

CIA Director: Iran still top sponsor of international terrorism

Gowdy: Oversight panel won't pursue Russia, obstruction probes

Rahm Emmanuel: Trump is misreading his base

Female driver plows through crowd of Muslims in UK

White House shows no signs of reopening Paris talks

Republicans agree, Obamacare taxes must disappear

Maxine Waters bars Trump supporters from town hall

Chinese Hegemony

China is flexing its expansionist muscles ... making outrageous claims to large swaths of the South China Sea ... and building artificial islands to reinforce its sea lanes, oil exploration and fishing assertions in this region. All of its Asian neighbors (the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia) are pushing back and the Philippines just won a important victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague wherein China's claims have been denied ... see: AP Story. Unfortunately this decision in the Netherlands carries no force of real law ... just moral suasion ... and China is not swayed by suasion. This blatant Chinese hegemony presents one of the most serious threats to world peace in quite a few years.

In a related matter, President Obummer, after he returns from his current Black Lives Matter trip, is planning a few rounds of golf and a White House rap concert.

Afterward: See: Chuck Hagel Weighs In On CNBC and Enews: China Rattles Sword.

A Different Finger

While researching my previous blog,  One Finger Salute, I came across a different kind of one finger salute that President Obummer surreptitiously gave to the assembled African Muslim leaders at a U.S.-African Leaders conference last August in Washington, D.C. This stylized hand-sign, used by Muslims around the world, is called the shahada and is a show of solidarity and an affirmation of Allah being the one true God ... see: The American Thinker Revelation for a more complete description of how this sign is made and what it means to other Muslims.

If one questions how Obummer would know this symbolism, don't forget that he admittedly spent almost four formative years in Muslim Indonesia with his mother and step-father ... wherein he attended a madrassa school being taught the way of Islam.