Tag: politics

The Brexit Party is crushing both the Tories and Labour in the European Election polls:

The Brexit Party has surged into the lead in the race for the European Elections after a top pollster predicted Nigel Farage’s new party could win its first election. A second YouGov survey on the state of the party’s ahead of EU Parliament elections shows the Brexit Party rising dramatically from 15 per cent to 27 per cent.

Most of the gain comes at the expense of Ukip – which when led by Mr Farage won the 2014 contest – which plunged from 14 per cent to 7 per cent.

Labour falls to second place on 22 per cent, down two, and the Tories are now third on 15 per cent.

The sensational new result comes after YouGov Political Research Manager Chris Curtis said it was ‘entirely plausible’ Mr Farage could upset conventional wisdom about new parties to top the poll.

Mr Curtis said a combination of a weak Tory party and Mr Farage’s direct attack on Ukip’s drift toward the hard right would all help the Brexit Party.

Adding to the trouble for Theresa May’s party are fears of a ‘donor strike’ amid fury at the Prime Minister’s handling of Brexit.

It would be more than ironic, it would be revolutionary if Theresa May manages to completely destroy the Conservative Party over her treasonous refusal to keep her word and accept that No Deal was better than a bad deal.

A single early poll concerning European elections that should never have taken place is a long, long way from winning in an actual UK Parliamentary election, but it is one hell of a start.

The Week suggests three reasons:

The question, then, is whether or not capitalism seems to be improving American lives. If so, it’ll remain dominant. If not, alternatives will look increasingly attractive. Here are three pieces of evidence that the capitalist system in America is, indeed, broken:

1. Leaders are paving the way for a second massive economic crisis within a generation.

Regulators are starting to ease the rules put in place after the economic meltdown that led to the Great Recession a decade ago. The Fed, for example, wants to loosen requirements for big banks to have plans in place to close in an emergency without requiring a government bailout. Congress and regulators are making it easier for those same banks to make the kinds of high-risk loans that led to the last economic disaster. The government last year rolled back the Dodd-Frank law that enshrined many economic protections into law.

2. It is becoming more and more difficult for the average American to live life sustainably.

3. The party of capitalism put Donald Trump in the White House.

All three reasons are legitimate, though not as significant as two additional reasons. The first is that there are now tens of millions of US citizens from nations with strong socialist traditions. For example, two of the three major Mexican parties are members of the Socialist International.

The second is that the media is dominated by individuals whose politics range the gamut from Marxian to Trotksyite.

A progressive embraces the Ineffectual Dork Weasels:

The vast majority of people in the IDW are extremely liberal on all of the core issues like abortion, climate change, gay marriage, etc. They’re not neocons, they’re not alt-right, and they’re not racists. They’re the opposite of that, actually, and the main thing they have in common is the desire to preserve and amplify good-faith conversation.

Rather than bash them due to something you heard from this one place—or that one friend—take the time to actually listen. Most of them are progressive just like you and me. And if you’re not liberal that’s fine too—listening will show you that true discussion is still possible.

The author suggests that Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson as partial exceptions who are not “extremely liberal”, but of course, he also mistakenly believes the Littlest Chickenhawk “doesn’t want to impose his religious ideas upon you through government” which is unintentionally hilarious to anyone who has read Shapiro’s book dedicated to the notion that both America and Western Civilization are Jewish.  But he did produce this useful chart:

Replacing Kirstjen Nielsen with Ann Coulter would take care of the problem of immigration very nicely indeed:

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen abruptly resigned Sunday, as the president continues to fume over continued illegal border crossings. CBS News first reported Nielsen’s impending departure, which Mr. Trump confirmed in a tweet after a 5 p.m. meeting with Nielsen at the White House.

Nielsen’s resignation is effective immediately. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan will serve as acting DHS secretary, Mr. Trump announced.

“Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service,” Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday. “…I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for @DHSgov. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!”

Nielsen’s exit comes as Trump eyes “tougher” approach on immigration
Nielsen’s departure is a part of a massive DHS overhaul engineered and directed by top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, according to a senior U.S. official. It’s unclear whether Nielsen is deciding to leave voluntarily, or whether she has been pressured to resign.

You probably think I’m kidding, but I’m totally serious. The God-Emperor could use a good hatchet-woman to shake up his administration.

Neon Revolt points out that South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg is the Deep State’s candidate for president in 2020:

But who is this guy, exactly? Buttigieg was a complete unknown until just a few weeks ago, when he announced his Presidential campaign. And as of today, he’s either tied or tracking just above BIDEN(!!!) for 2020: So where did this guy come from? What has he done? And what accounts for this sudden rise to prominence from utter obscurity?

I think they get carried away from time to time. Just because they can fake popularize a media creation like Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peterson, they think they can create popularity for a politician out of thin air. But Obama was a one-off and was only possible due to the way white people think supporting black politicians will magically absolve them of racism.

The Democrats running a gay nonentity with a silly name like Buttigieg would make Reagan-Mondale look close.

Stay out of the race, old white man:

Some Democratic presidential candidates expressed support Saturday for the Nevada political candidate who alleged former Vice President Joe Biden kissed her on the back of her head in 2014. But they didn’t say it disqualifies Biden from joining the race.

Speaking to reporters in Iowa, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former HUD Secretary Julian Castro said they believed Lucy Flores. She wrote in New York magazine that she felt uncomfortable with her interactions with Biden.

Warren and Castro said it’s up to Biden to decide whether he should join the race. Biden spokesman Bill Russo said in a statement that Biden doesn’t remember kissing Flores.

Everyone knows Biden is a creepy old pervert. There are dozens of pictures and videos of him creeping on women and young girls.  The release of the incident by Flores is simply an early shot across the bow warning him to stay out of the presidential race.

If he doesn’t do the smart thing and leave it to the women and diversities, more incidents will be released to the media. And Biden has been playing this game long enough to know that.

No wonder the media is weeping and gnashing their teeth over the Mueller report:

“[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” On the question of obstruction of justice, Barr writes that while Mueller’s report “does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

Now that’s over with, let’s see the President get on with draining the Swamp and building the Wall.

The anti-BDS movement attacking American First Amendment rights appears to have gone seriously awry, as MoveOn has publicly thrown down a gauntlet in the face of AIPAC.

No Democratic presidential candidates committed to AIPAC conference as liberal group calls for boycott. With some Democrats advocating a re-evaluation of the U.S relationship with Israel, the progressive political advocacy group MoveOn is calling on 2020 candidates to boycott this year’s conference of prominent pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC.

It’s not clear yet which 2020 Democratic candidates — if any — were planning to attend this year. But in the past three presidential cycles, the eventual nominees for both parties spoke at the conference the year of the election.

Iram Ali, MoveOn’s campaign director, told NBC News that the boycott only applies to this year’s conference. That could leave the door open for candidates to attend next year, when the Democratic presidential primary will be in full swing. But she described alignment with AIPAC as anti-progressive.

“It’s important that the next Democratic nominee has progressive values, not only in their domestic policies, but also in their foreign policies,” Ali said. “You cannot be a progressive and support AIPAC because of the policies that they’ve supported.”

It’s mildly amusing to see the shock being expressed by conventional conservatives. Apparently their civnattery prevented them from ever thinking through the obvious implications of the changing Democratic Party demographics. Of course, they’re more inclined to piously denounce anti-semitism – DRRA – than they are to take advantage of the situation.

The Trumpslide 2020 just got that much bigger. It’s not that Jews will vote for Republicans no matter what bones Trump throws Israel, but at least they’ll probably be less enthusiastic about funding his opponents.

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability!
9:50 AM – 21 Mar 2019

I’d prefer the United States fully recognize its sovereignty over its own southern border myself. Does President Trump really believe any American gives a flying rat’s ass about what is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel in light of the complete lack of their own security?

I suspect this is primarily about trying to keep Netanyahu in office. Even so, whatever happened to America First?

The push for a re-vote on staying in the EU is voted down by the British Parliament:

MPs tonight voted against a second referendum on Brexit for the first time as Remain MPs prepare to seize control of the agenda to push Britain to a soft Brexit.

A proposal by the Independent Group to demand a new public vote on Brexit has failed after Labour and even the official People’s Vote campaign deserted the move.

The bid for a second referendum was crushed 334 to 85 in a blow to the hopes of campaigners who want a new vote.

Apparently no MP is eager to face the voters after telling them they have to vote until they vote for rule by Brussels.