Category Archives: Elections and politics

One Portland, Oregon Resident’s Voting Ballot – Part One, Candidates

Here’s how I’m voting this year…. this post list my votes for the candidates. I’ll do a follow-up post with the ballot measures. Thanks for Sydney for posing for the photo. (She did her own makeup.)

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Woman Says Bill Clinton Sexually Assaulted Her in 1980s

Former TV reporter says Bill Clinton sexually assaulted her in 1980s – CBS News We’ll probably never know for certain, especially with something that took place all those years ago. And maybe new evidence will emerge which changes things. But … Continue reading →

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A President’s Character Is Less Important Than Their Policies. Also, why I’m voting for Hillary Clinton and not Jill Stein

There’s been a lot of news, over the last two weeks, about Trump being a serial sexual assaulter – and although Trump now denies it, many of the accusations match up perfectly with Trump’s boasting. It’s clear that Trump is … Continue reading →

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Let’s Not Pretend Benghazi Was The Only Objection To Clinton’s Libya Policy

Issac Saul, a Bernie supporter who has learned to love Hillary Clinton, writes: Perhaps Clinton’s greatest blemish on her record is the destabilizing of Libya, which led to the Benghazi diplomatic compound attack. Certainly, it was one of the career … Continue reading →

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Clinton’s Role in the Honduras Coup

Postmarxed writes: Q: What did Hillary to do Honduras? As secretary of state in 2009, she helped orchestrate a coup against a center-left president there, which resulted in a wave of political killings.  LGBT activists and peasant activists in particular … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, International issues, Latin America | 7 Comments

“What About The Lady Macbeth Comparison?”: Decades of sexist questions asked of Hillary Clinton

You could argue about if this or that individual question would be asked of a male candidate; but the overall pattern is clear.

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Bigots Attack Melania Trump With Misogynistic, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Sex-Worker Comments

I’m all for laughing at Melania Trump (or her speechwriters) plagiarizing Michelle Obama’s speech, but of course, there are a lot of awful people who have to ruin the fun with disgusting bigotry. Aaaargh. GET OFF MY SIDE MISOGYNISTIC ASSHOLES! … Continue reading →

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An obligatory Nevada WTF post

[This is a guest post , reposted from Now Face North with Lirael’s kind permission. –Amp] As I’ve mentioned before, I am a Bernie Sanders supporter! I also have some thoughts, regarding different subsets of people, about the mess in … Continue reading →

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So It’s Trump vs Clinton

(Map source.) On the bright side, this makes Hillary Clinton’s chances as good as they possibly could be. On the dark side, this suggests that the Republican Party… well… 1. On Tuesday night, the Republican Party confirmed the worst suspicions … Continue reading →

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It’s a Frightening Thing That Someone in the 21st Century Would Seriously Make the Argument that Jeffrey Lord Makes in This Video

I did not see the full exchange, and I hope Lord did not get the last word, as he does in this video excerpt, which I found in a piece in The New York Times by James Poniewozik. It’s worth reading the whole thing. Here … Continue reading →

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