Hillary Clinton is American, owned by financial interests to whom she is completely in thrall, a rabid neo-conservative warmonger, completely uncritical of Israel and focused for any claim to be progressive entirely on identity politics. Which is also a precise description of today’s Guardian newspaper. The once august and intellectual title is now a shrill cheerleader for far right Blairites and wealthy American feminists.
The Guardian is as unabashed in its support for Clinton as in its support for the Blairites. The stream of “feminist” articles about why it would advance the cause of women to have a deeply corrupt right winger in the White House is steadily growing into a torrent. It is a perfect example of what I wrote of a month ago, the cause of feminism being hijacked to neo-conservative ends.
Bernie Sanders is not perfect – nobody is. But he understands that obscene and still burgeoning wealth inequality is the greatest problem of western society, and that the state framework supporting crazed banking structures is the root cause of this. The support for him is a sign of the inevitable popular reaction to the extreme inequality of society. Sanders is channelling that reaction effectively.
The establishment therefore circles its wagons around Hillary Clinton. The hope is that women can be persuaded it is an act of misogyny simply to stand in her way. The other great establishment hope is that the Democrat party machinery is so strong in black communities, that black Americans can be in effect ordered to vote for a woman who epitomises the system which disadvantages them, rather than an apostle of genuine change in the economic order. I retain hope the establishment may find that black Americans are cleverer than that.
The machinery used to manipulate identity politics – racial and gender – is all that Clinton has. If Clinton beats Sanders, it will be the perfect demonstration of the fact that identity politics has become the enemy of progress in society.
In the field of identity, Bernie Sanders would be the first non-Christian President of the United States. Would that not be wonderful in a country whose politicians feel the need to genuflect to swarms of religious evolution-denying nutters who believe foreign wars are good because they presage the Rapture?
And would it not be great if the first President since Carter not in thrall to Israel were Jewish?
“…given my own experiences with the UK Boarder Agency in relation to trying to get my own wife into the UK have come to zero.”
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I would like to empathise but could you give some more details, please?
Is it any wonder that junior doctors in England are leaving the NHS in droves.
Jeremy C#nt is doing his best to weaken the NHS, and allow TTIP to infiltrate it
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2pQHajjGhFg/Vr8bhzebXuI/AAAAAAAAcIs/uD1XLuI9fmY/s1600/hunt4.jpg
The Americanisation of the NHS, if it comes to fruition, will see HMO’s and big pharma decide who qualifies for medical insurance and treatment. Currently there’s around 50 million Americans with no health insurance.
Some Americans can’t afford it, others don’t qualify for it. HMO’s and big pharma executives paid off politicians including Hilary Clinton and now along with big business decide US policies. Policies regarding health, designed to make the rich, richer and the poor insignificant.
France, Cuba Canada and the UK amongst other nations realise the benefits of universal health care, don’t let the TTIP agreement take that away from the UK.
@Habbabkuk,
My own woes are of no concern, I was just utilising personal experience to illustrate the fact its difficult for persons legally to enter the UK if not holding a EU Passport.
@Republicofscotland,
The NHS ‘Junior doctors” contract issue is one for England only given health is devolved to Wales and Scotland, however, obviously the dramatic cuts to our block grants impact health care provisions within our two country’s.
Suffice to say, both New Labour and the Tories, together with the Orange Bookers in the LibDem’s desire all state provisions to be privatised, and as such do their masters bidding to destroy universalism in health provision.
Indeed, Ms. Clinton’s attack dogs have been hard at it trying to demonise sanders in the USA for having the temerity to suggest the USA to adopt a NHS style health service – check out where Ms. Clinton’s funding comes from, it just ain’t Wall Street, its big pharma and the insurance sector – and yet, The Guardian and the feminist/zionist cabal contained therein demand women vote for Clinton. Stange is it not I did not see feminists or The Guardian demand that women vote for Thatcher because she was a women, quite the reverse throughout the 80’s The Guardian was very much anti-Thatcher. Well Mrs Clinton is 10 times worse than the Thatcher witch, which gives you a clear idea how far The Guardian has defended and how disgraceful and rightwing its feminist writers are most of whom I’d string up if ever given the chance. Obviously I’m no liberal and take these assaults against the commons most seriously.
Typo alert, that should be descended and not ‘defended’, bloody auto correct systems!!!
As Turkey shells northern Syria for second day demanding: “the powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia withdraw from areas that it had captured in the northern Aleppo region in recent days from insurgents in Syria, including the Menagh air base. The shelling has targeted those areas.”
As forwarded by Professor Tim Anderson
The professor further goes onto outlines the losers and their dangerous conduct whilst losing the war.
Thanks for that link to Andre, Brian, the situation is getting worse now that Turkey is starting to shell Kurdish forces, our NATO allies in the fight against IS, it is inexcusable.
Merkels refugee plan is based on keeping refugees nearer to Syria and she is getting a lot of flak from Hungary’s fence builder Mr. Orban.
The EU failed to accept a worse case scenario when they designed Schengen and to stop refugees would require a comprehensive lasting cease fire and arrangements for a reformed Syrian Parliament.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/merkel-refugee-plan-faces-resistance-in-brussels-and-ankara-a-1077131.html
Listening to Assad yesterday rejecting any reforms before Syria’s integrity and sovereignty, gosh, that funny word again, are being respected. Russia will realise that Assad is a stumbling stone, a recoiling spring that perpetrates and very likely spreads the war to its proxies.
Re: EU referendum.Unless Cameron explains how he will replace farm subsidies and EU science grants, how he will create new markets with his enthusiasm for the TTIP, when only a few countries have signed up to it, unless this secrecy surrounding this NHS privatisation massacre to come is lifted, we should boycott his referendum, its not worth the paper its printed on.
Off course, I’m only saying that because I do not have the vote as a EU citizen here, blah blah, after living here longer than in my country of birth means that I shall not have a say on this issue which acutely concerns me as much as anybody else.
The BBC website is saying three Britons have been caught in Greece with a load of 22mm bullets. Where the hell were they going? Elephant hunting?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35571438
@Nevermind,
I trust you are aware that Assad is the duly elected leader of Syria, that at the last election in 2014 he won an overwhelming mandate and far from being opposed to reform, was actually undertaking reforms until the USA and its ME and EU lackey’s decided they wanted regime change.
As for you views and Russia and Putin, completely off the Richter scale as far as the facts are concerned I’m afraid, Putin is supporting the legitimate government of Syria, he’s supporting the duly elected government of Syria and Assad, from what Polls we know of, has ratings our Western leaders could only dream of.
Please, lets stay factual and stop aping media propaganda that has lied and deceived continually with regards Syria, much as it did against Libya. Don’t buy in to the neoconservative bullshit as you really will live to regret it, now I’m not a Putin Bot, can slag off Russia should it deserve criticism, but on Syria its actions have been noble, i.e. Syria is an ally and Russia has been invited to render military assistance. Do compare and contrast with the US treatment of, and honouring of alliances in South Vietnam after the 1972 Paris Peace Accords – Ford shat on the South.
@Chris Rogers, steady there ! You are like a breath of fresh air on this Blog, but be aware that it’s the blog of somebody who believes that Russia is embarked on Empire building, and that it is the “greater evil” in the World today ! A view not just supported by the pro-Establishment trolls, but also by Craig’s loyal buddies & bodyguards here ! 😀
My views on Syria, and indeed the Ukraine are informed by verifiable facts and not some flight of fancy – no nation has a right to impose regime change on another nation period. The facts speak for themselves are far as Syria is concerned and Russian military assistance in support of the legally constituted government in Syria as recognised by the UN – afraid to say persons cannot have their cake and eat it and hypocrisy is something I’m opposed too – and whilst i may not have had any diplomatic training, I do hold a BA and MA in European History and Politics, as well as post-grad legal qualifications, together with being a qualified adult lecturer, so not one to piss about with the historical record.
Assad’s last election was also Syria’s first since daddy took power in a coup. Out of two dozen or so candidates the only two allowed to stand against him were practically unknown so fair or not it was no surprise he won.
Chris Roberts
“My own woes are of no concern, I was just utilising personal experience to illustrate the fact its difficult for persons legally to enter the UK if not holding a EU Passport.”
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Sorry to hear you’re having problems and hope they will be resolved speedily. To my knowledge the UK authorities are rather flexible with genuine cases, which I’m sure yours is (I refer to entry into the UK, not the granting of citizenship, for which a period of residence is required – as in most other countries for that matter. Lastly, I only asked because you mentioned it yourself.
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“I do hold a BA and MA in European History and Politics, as well as post-grad legal qualifications, together with being a qualified adult lecturer”
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In that case I do hope to see some fruitful and instructive exchanges between you and our Transatlantic Friend Lysias, who holds “several higher degrees” and appears to have had a very impressive and varied career.
Good luck.
Kempe,
And are you aware that less than one-in-four adults eligible to vote in last July’s UK General Election voted Tory – your point being what exactly given many of those who voted did not even understand the Manifesto’s each Party were standing on, and yet nearly 37% of those who voted, voted Tory, this despite the fact that they are but a nasty grubby Party. For the record I’ve always, and I mean always voted Labour when I’ve actually cast a vote, this despite the fact I’m a Green party member who believes in real plurality – hence my support for PR, but if we had PR in the UK, we’d have still had a Tory/UKIP led administration – although it would have been a please to witness said administration fall to pieces.
And lets not forget that as far as one Jimmy Carter is concerned the USA has descended into oligarchy.
I can go on, but its horses for courses, but as stated, one cannot have their cake and eat it I’m afraid and an Assad secular regime was/is preferable to civil war and chaos, as a majority of the Syrians in Syrian seems to agree on when asked.
The United States of America has taught the world the meaning of greed. As the last death-rattles of its Empire are gargling to oblivion there is a tense stand-off between Russia and the USA with the crazy Erdogan, whose ISIS oil has been cut off from source by Russian strategic bombing, the Mediterranean is awash with warships, the capability of which is unknown – or only partially-known. Even the military commanders of US forces are convinced that the US would be defeated very quickly (one says within 3 days) should the situation escalate into full-scale war. And we have that dickhead Philip Hammond as Foreign Secretary and pig-sticker Cameron as prime minister. What hope anyone?
http://www.inspiretochangeworld.com/2016/02/should-war-erupt/
“Is it any wonder that junior doctors in England are leaving the NHS in droves.”
You could always sign the petition.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121152
Macky
“You are like a breath of fresh air on this Blog, but be aware that it’s the blog of somebody who believes that Russia is embarked on Empire building, and that it is the “greater evil” in the World today ! A view not just supported by the pro-Establishment trolls, but also by Craig’s loyal buddies & bodyguards here !”
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What is the exact nature of your beef, Macky?
Is it Craig’s views per se or is it the fact that some of us agree with them whereas you don’t? Or is it something else altogether – the bitterness of a rejected lover, for instance?
Kempe : Assad’s last election was also Syria’s first since daddy took power in a coup. Out of two dozen or so candidates the only two allowed to stand against him were practically unknown so fair or not it was no surprise he won.
….. whereas in OUR democracy, we get to choose whether our Neocon Party leader wears a red tie or a blue.
Habbabakuk,
Re; Non EU Passport carrying spouses and entry to the UK, the law was changed without a Parliamentary vote by the Tories in 2012, basically up until 2012 one could enter the country legally with their non-EU Passport carrying spouse, but could make zero claims upon the state for a minimum two years. After the change of rules, UK citizens married to non-EU Passport holders are expected to have a minimum of £60,000 in savings and are not allowed to make any claims on the state for three years. Further, if you are working in the UK you must be on a salary of at least £23,000 PA and have sufficient savings to cover you for any unemployment period within said three years of spouses entering the UK. Regrettably, these savings requirements are not set out, that is they are arbitrary.
Having not received any income for 18 months – my business has not been performing – one is somewhat stuffed, despite the fact I have a home to live in wales with my very small family. Regrettably we don’t all have family trusts and if you run a small business your own money is at risk – so, a given some very bad luck, not of my own making, but just plain bad luck I’m stuffed. But obviously one knows nothing about business or the business I’m actually in, which by the way has exposed me to many person of real power. And yet I’ve never taken advantage of the fact, not the done thing from where I hail from.
Strange that the legality of the Syrian government is being undermined, yet the legality of the veracious brigands and warmongers in chief in the US, and worst still the legality of the genocide committing, child abusing, child torturing land stealing mass murdering “government” in zionistan remains beyond dispute.
As in the link in my earlier post, it is clear that the West has lost the war in Syria, now remains to be seen how dangerously will the West lose the said war? The sock puppet of al saud pederasts traipsing into Turkey to join forces with Sultan Erdogan of yea olde Ottoman empire are but subterfuge that the US is engaged in to find the extent of the resolve of the rightful and legal Syrian government as recognised by the UN, and their invited coalition?
The rightful and legal government of Syria did not invite Turkey, or the al saud pederasts or for that matter the Yanks and the French and the rest of the coat tail hangers of the US to their aid, yet these entities “feel” it is their business to push for regime change in Syria. When Hitler was intent on regime change in Poland there was a world war, but evidently that was because the Hun was intent on regime change, now that US is bent on regime change on an industrial scale across the mid east apparently it is a tolerable and noble effort!!!!!!!!
The fact is US has made aggression and war as a means of international dispute resolution and arbitration, this is a most unwelcome and awful development that so far has been blindly supported by the oligarch owned media as well as the state propaganda organ bunkum bullshit corporation. This version of the Alice in wonderland reality somehow seems to have come to be accepted as the current wisdom.
Assad is the president of Syria and thus he is the commander in chief of the Syrian armed forces that has been defending that country for the last five years. None of the oh so democratic liberators could have faced such and international onslaught on their respective countries and held their nerves, and kept onto their resolve to rid their country form the gun wielding brigands, cut throats and mercenaries terrorising their respective countries.
The fact that al saud and Erdogan are now confronting the Syrian armed forces in direct attacks should be proof for anyone as to the nature of the “moderate rebels” bullshit! These vile carpetbaggers in a last ditch attempt are trying to keep their dreams of dividing the Iraqi, Syrian territories between themselves.
Evidently the contagion of avarice and greed spread by the US is now infecting its’ minions too.
@Kempe, despite voting not being possible in Rebel held areas, and that some rebel groups vowed to disrupt the elections in any way possible, Assad still got the vote of over 10 million Syrians, out of a total population of 17 million;
http://journal-neo.org/2015/12/20/bashar-al-assad-the-democratically-elected-president-of-syria/
@The Clown @ 4.16 Piss Off Troll !
@John Goss,
I really do feel your pain, and no doubt anger, it really is bedlam out there. Although, as Adam Curtis detailed in his documentary ‘Bitter Lake’ the rot set in far earlier than when nixon took the US of the Gold Standard and converted the nation to the petrodollar way back in 1973. Indeed, Curtis has demonstrated that it was Roosevelt’s support for the House of Saud that is the root cause of many of the current problems in the Middle East – if you have not watched it, it is well worth viewing and makes uncomfortable viewing. But, alas its not just the Petrodollar, just remember neoliberalism as its known today had its roots in the 1940’s and from a tiny number of crack pots became accepted orthodoxy by the late 60’s in the USA via the IMF – see Chile as an example, and, as you are aware, neoconservativism has become the dominant strain in US overseas thought since the late 90’s, actually I’d go for a 1998 timeline with the US/UK intervention in the former Yugoslavia. So, here we in 2016 perhaps on the brink of nuclear war, and for what?
God knows, but we know oil and money are there somewhere regrettably -so much for the ‘Great Game’!
“Assad’s last election was also Syria’s first since daddy took power in a coup. Out of two dozen or so candidates the only two allowed to stand against him were practically unknown so fair or not it was no surprise he won.”
Yes, well, as it’s Kempe it’s understandable that in such a short paragraph he can get almost everything wrong. Assad’s last election was 2014. The previous one was 2007. There will be another, God-willing in 2021. In 2007 there were two opposition candidates, Trotskyist: Maker Abd Al-Hafiz Hajjar and businessman Hassan Abdullah al-Nouri. The other 21 could not raise the necessary popular support.
Sawsan Omar al-Haddad, born in Latakia Governorate in 1963. (woman)
Sameer Ahmad Mo’alla, born in Quneitra Governorate in 1961.
Mohammad Firas Yassin Rajjouh, born in Damascus in 1966.
Abdul-Salam Youssef Salameh, born in Homs governorate in 1971.
Ali Mohammad Wannous, born in Homs in 1973.
Azza Mohammad Wajih al-Hallaq, born in Damascus in 1962. (woman)
Talie Saleh Nasser, born in Kafrin in 1967.
Samih Mikhael Mousa, born in Btaiha in 1963. (Christian)
Mahmoud Khalil Halbouni, born in Harasta in 1946.
Mohammad Hassan al-Kanaan, born in al-Sanamayn in 1964.
Khaled Abdo al-Kreidi, born in al-Al in 1966.
Basheer Mohammad al-Balah, born in Damascus in 1931.
Ahmad Hassoun al-Abboud, born in al-Mayadin in 1962
Ayman Shamdin al-Issa Alam, born in al-Husseinyeh in 1967.
Ziad Adnan Hakawati, born in Damascus in 1955.
Ahmad Ali Qsei’eh, born in Jabaq in 1951.
Mahmoud Mohammad Nassr, born in Zahiriye in 1969.
Ali Hassan al-Hassan, born in Deir Saras in 1965.
Ahmad Omar Dabba, born in Tazeh Shamaliye in 1969.
Mahmoud Naji Moussa, born in Tadmur in 1950.
Hossein Mohammad Tijan, born in Aleppo in 1961.
Establishment creatures like Kempe put out this garbage to try and make it seem like countries with corrupt electoral systems are all good and able to stand on two legs, sit at the table and sleep in beds and are superior to the more decent regimes because their four-legged electorate is stupid.
“. . . so much for the ‘Great Game’!”
Indeed. I posted this excellent summary a few days back. Well worth a repost.
http://australianvoice.livejournal.com/12523.html
I think it appropriate that Scalia, after having croaked in Texas, should be buried there. It’s the perfect State for the likes of him.
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.”
–Clarence Darrow
“….. whereas in OUR democracy, we get to choose whether our Neocon Party leader wears a red tie or a blue.”
Or, that ubiquitous flag on the lapel
John I believe this chap could be a Christian;
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Also this one could be a Jew:
In addition it seems that soon there will be calls for regime change in Poland;
Poland to sue over references to ‘Polish death camps’
Further in a move it seems Poland is to strip the medal granted to a J**ish historian;
Well if this is not asking fro regime change the what else is?
There was a previous presidential election in Syria in 2000 but as with the 2007 election no candidates were allowed to stand against Bashir and in both cases he walked it with more than 90% of the vote. I’m sure it was down to nothing more than Mr Goss’s failing memory that he forgot to mention this. The 21 disallowed candidates in 2014 failed to meet stringent pre-conditions.
@John Goss,
The fear of the USA in some European governing circles dates back well before 1900, indeed, as i’ve stated previously Otto Von Bismarck was highly concerned about the power of the USA from the time of German Unification after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. Indeed, the USA had been in expansionist mode since removing the shackles of Empire in the 1770’s – just look at its struggles/genocide against all indigenous populations and with Spain after the US War of Succession – Bismarck being rather worried, a trait De Gaulle also shared.
I think one must only loos back to the 1820’s and the USA’s line in the sand with regards South America to gauge its always had eyes on neighbours, and we have had a full litany of disasters since 1899, and that’s before the War on Terror – obviously to mention these issues makes us anti-American.
Anyway, thanks for the like and here’s a great link to a good article on SST dealing with Yank Psychology and inability to deal with the truth: http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2016/02/america-at-bay-evading-destiny-by-dr-michael-brenner.html#comments
“In 2007 there were two opposition candidates, Trotskyist: Maker Abd Al-Hafiz Hajjar and businessman Hassan Abdullah al-Nouri. The other 21 could not raise the necessary popular support.”
Correction that should have read, and I thought it did: “In 2014 there were two opposition candidates, Trotskyist: Maker Abd Al-Hafiz Hajjar and businessman Hassan Abdullah al-Nouri. The other 21 could not raise the necessary popular support.”