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Dear ttbn,

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You wrote :

1. « It's a poor show when you are told by friends in the US to keep your political thoughts to yourself for your safety's sake »
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Yes, I wonder why that is, ttbn.

I was hoping mhaze might throw some light on that, but I guess there’s nothing in his tool kit about it. Let’s give him a bit more time. I’m sure he’ll come up with something, like maybe : “It’s Kamala Harris’s fault. That's just an alias. Her real name is Calamity Jane ! ”.

Nothing to do with Donald Duck, of course. He gets shot occasionally – and he can prove it ! He hears the shots coming. He's got his ears to the ground. But he never retaliates.
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2. « Niall Ferguson wrote an article asking if we (US) were now the Soviets »
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Yes, I saw the video of Niall Ferguson’s ARC speech yesterday. His statistical evidence confirms the well-known sociological phenomenon of the similarity of life styles of the various strata of society in each country : intellectual elite compared to intellectual elite, rich compared to rich, middle class compared to middle class, poor compared to poor, throughout the world, irrespective of the different political regimes in each country’ .

Billionaires have more in common with each other in Moscow, New York, Berlin, London, Beijing, New Delhi and Paris, than they have with their own countrymen. The same goes for the intellectual elite and the middle and poor classes. Social stratification tends to differentiate nationally and assimilate internationally.

As for the possible Sovietisation of the US, if it were to occur at this election, I doubt that it would change much for the poor and lower middle classes. The others would probably suffer, but the risk is that of Trumpism rather than Sovietisation.

We shouldn't forget that Trumpism translates as follows :

• “America First” means “Trump First” !

• “Make America Great Again” means “Make Trump Great Again” !

• “Trump America” means “Never Trump Trump” for your safety's sake !

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Dear Banjo,

Trump has said he does not touch alcohol.

Think about that.

That means that every statement, every interview,
every tweet ... completely sober.

"I was hoping mhaze might throw some light on that"

Someone told tbbn something. What light do you want shed?

"We shouldn't forget that Trumpism translates as follows :

• “America First” means “Trump First” !

• “Make America Great Again” means “Make Trump Great Again” !

• “Trump America” means “Never Trump Trump” for your safety's sake !"

I thought Banjo was at defcon5 in terms of his Trump derangement Syndrome, but it seems he still has a way to go.

What I find amusing is that none of our TDS crowd - Banjo. Foxy, Paul - ever say exactly what policies they disagree with or why they think Kamala would be anything other than a disaster. Its all mean tweets and such like. Equally they never even attempt to explain why they favour the elitist candidate over the candidate running with the support of the working class. I guess some concepts are just too hard to contemplate.

In the Trumpiverse - Theirs is a movement to save America
that's on the brink of failure. And only Trump can
save America from a "radical left" apocalypse.

Some concepts are indeed hard to contemplate.

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Trump’s Political affiliations :

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1. Republican – 1987

2. Independence Party of New York – 1999

3. Democrat – 2001

4. Republican – 2009

5. Independent – 2011

6. Republican – 2012
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Where to next ?
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But first, he has some unfinished business to do :
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gztBFzKbnwM

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Hi BP,

I do believe there is a vacancy for a "New Fuhrer", the last one passed away in 1945. There have been lots of would-be's if they could-be since, but Donald looks ideal.