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PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID J. PHILLIP / AP (The New Yorker)
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-and-the-ku-klux-klan-a-history
A Possible Rape
Just as we were expecting Mrs Clinton to lose her bid for the presidency of the United States, rumours are circulating that Mr Trump may have raped a 13-year-old and then threatened to kill her if she told.
Such matters have to be investigated. One is innocent until proven guilty and to this rule there can be no exception, but rape, however, is a criminal offence. I suspect, moreover, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation will have to investigate allegations of connivance between Mr Trump and the Kremlin. There is considerable fear outside the United States that Mr Trump will be elected into the office of President of the United States. The Ku Klux Klan, no less, has endorsed his candidacy.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-and-the-ku-klux-klan-a-history
Protocol
President Obama criticized Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey for re-opening the investigation into Mrs Clinton’s emails. Mrs Clinton used her personal computer to send emails in her professional capacity as United States’ Secretary of State. It is not a secure way of sending emails. Mrs Clinton has stated that she was not directed not to use her personal computer, but that she is accepting full responsibility for her actions. Moreover, Hillary Clinton’s emails were investigated and she was cleared.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/fbi-leaks-hillary-clinton-james-comey-donald-trump
Consequently, when FBI Director James Comey announced he was re-opening the investigation into Mrs Clinton’s email, the earth shook. He had put Mrs Clinton at a disadvantage in an election where voters do not have a choice. The alternative is Mr Trump, which is the unthinkable. By re-opening the investigation, Mr Comey broke a protocol. It was too late. I saw a figure, but could not trace my way back to the source. However, if my memory serves me well, the figure was 60 days and I had read the New York Times and The New Yorker.
The protocol applies to governmental agencies, such as the FBI, and it is used to protect the candidates, the electorate and, ultimately, democracy. Consider, for instance, that a voter may be persuaded not to vote for the candidate of his or her choice, only to learn that the candidate of his or her choice was the better candidate. It is easy to poison the mind of voters. Mr Comey failed to protect Americans.
Newspapers can disclose news, which is how I learned about the possible rape of a 13-year old. In this matter, timing is again an issue. Mr Trump’s victim, if indeed he raped a 13-year old, should have spoken earlier, but she reported that Mr Trump told her he would kill her if she talked. The word “killing” may have been used metaphorically, but to the victim, it was a genuine threat and the ultimate form of intimidation. Besides, it is a known fact that Mr Trump is a sexual predator.
https://fr.scribd.com/doc/316341058/Donald-Trump-Jeffrey-Epstein-Rape-Lawsuit-and-Affidavits
It is also a known fact that Mr Trump is a liar, but would he lie to a young woman who could ruin his reputation and career? I doubt it. If he is elected to the presidency the United States, Americans will have a liar as president and commander-in-chief and Mr Trump may have lied his way out of a conviction: rape. He can afford the very best lawyers.
Hillary and Bill Clinton, PHOTOGRAPH BY JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY
Two Investigations
The plot thickens. I was under the impression that the FBI investigation was about Mrs Clinton’s emails, which it may be at the moment. However, the FBI is also investigating the Clinton’s, or “so-called ties” between Hillary and Bill Clinton. Specifically, they are investigating the Clinton Foundation. Yet we are told that emails are being investigated.
“Dropping a bombshell less than a week before the Presidential election, the F. B. I. Director James Comey revealed on Wednesday that the Bureau was investigating Hillary Clinton’s ties to Bill Clinton.”
I should tell why the FBI could not investigate the new cache of emails earlier than it did. There was a formality the FBI could not skip. What is it, precisely, that the FBI could not investigate before 8 November 2016, the day of the election? It seems a witch hunt the purpose of which would be to eliminate Mrs Clinton and elevate Donald Trump to the presidency as he wishes, without an election.
“To say that they are investigating so-called ties between Hillary and Bill Clinton while offering no specifics about what those ties might be is unconscionable this close to an election,” Podesta told CNN. John Podesta is Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman.
“A New Age of Endarkenment”
In my last post, I asked Who (and how) had put the FBI up to such shenanigans as re-opening an investigation days before an election and possibly sabotaging the better candidate’s campaign thus empowering an ignoramus and a man who cannot contain himself. If a man feels free to assault women, he will feel free to assault the world. Whoever put the FBI up to re-opening an investigation into Mrs Clinton’s emails is an unconscionable individual.
From my perspective, Americans are currently being denied the right to elect their president and Mr Trump, who will take them to a “new age of endarkenment” is being foisted on them. We know the “how,” a breech of protocol, but the saboteur has not been identified.
Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian (UK) writes that
If Donald Trump wins, it’ll be a new age of darkness.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/04/if-donald-trump-wins-new-age-endarkenment
Mrs Clinton used the wrong computer, but as I wrote in my last post, she has devoted a life time to the well-being and the security of all Americans. Once he is in office, Mr Trump will do away with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Obamacare. This is very wrong. Citizens pay taxes and, in return, their government ensures their security. No one is omitted. Leaders negotiate a Social Contract with the citizens of a country, which is not happening in this particular election. This election isn’t an election.
Donald Trump behaves exactly how you would expect an American fascist to act. PHOTOGRAPH BY MANDEL NGAN / AFP / GETTY
I wrote that he did not have a platform, a program, but he does. He has a platform and a program, but it is of a bitter savour.
His platform is resentment and his program is revenge, and that is an ideology with many faces and one name. This is fascism with an American face.
WHY TRUMP IS DIFFERENT —AND MUST BE REPELLED
Conclusion
The protocol should not have been violated. Sowing the seeds of doubt about a nominee as a campaign is drawing to a close is paramount to endorsing the nominee’s opponent. Mr Comey’s last-minute revelation is an assault on democracy, words I have already used. In this election one should vote for the nominee whose devotion and dedication to the United States is an established fact. That privilege is being trampled on.
Retired General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell is not an admirer of Hillary Clinton and he has called Donald Trump a “national disgrace” and “international pariah.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37364189
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/politics/colin-powell-dcleaks/
Yet, he has stated that he would vote for Mrs Clinton because she is an experienced politician. She is, by leaps and bounds, the better and safer choice. In such a case, a rational individual has to take Blaise Pascal‘s wager.
“In Pensées, Pascal surveys several philosophical paradoxes: infinity and nothing, faith and reason, soul and matter, death and life, meaning and vanity – seemingly arriving at no definitive conclusions besides humility, ignorance, and grace. Rolling these into one he develops Pascal’s Wager.” (See Pascal, Wikipedia.)
According to Pascal’s Wager, if one elects Mr Trump one has every thing to lose and nothing to gain.
I tried to finish this article earlier, but a migraine stood in my way and the pain will not abate.
Love to everyone. ♥
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- Pascal & Leibniz: Details (19 November 2015) (Le Pari fatal)
- Taxes: the “freedom we surrender” (15 October 2012)
- The Social Contract: Hobbes, Locke & Rousseau (12 October 2012)
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JoAnn Chateau said:
You hit all the sad points with great feeling and eloquence, speaking for so many.
I’m not enamored with Hillary. She has adapted too well to a corrupt system. But I can picture her wanting to be free of that system. So, let’s get her in office and work on that together.
Trump…? My imagination does not stretch that far.
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michelinewalker said:
I also have reservations about Hillary, but the corrupt element has just dealt her a terrible blow. This will have changed her. You’re right. Let’s get her elected and go from there. That protocol is important. It protects democracy. Trump… ? Let’s not think about it. Thank you for writing JoAnn. Take care of yourself. Micheline
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JoAnn Chateau said:
A compassionate thought, “This will have changed her.”
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michelinewalker said:
Thank you JoAnn. By and large, humans do not change, but certain events have a permanent effect. She was hit by thunder, got up, and said: disclose everything. It was reassuring. I reread Colin Powell. He is not a great admirer of Mrs Clinton, but he will vote for her. The alternative is a calamity. I added Pascal’s wager to my post. In his world, there was a hell: “infinite losses.” So even it one is not convinced that God exists, one wages that God exists, one chooses “finite losses” as one has everything to lose.
I was the victim of a catastrophe from which I’ll never recover, but I’m writing posts on WordPress and I have a community. It’s a normal life.
It will have changed her and she will be a good president.
Love, Micheline
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JoAnn Chateau said:
I hear you. We’ll stay strong and calm — on this Election Day. Here’s hoping for the best, and particular best wishes to you always.
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michelinewalker said:
Dear JoAnn,
Yes, we have to stay calm. There isn’t much we can do at the moment.
I had to laugh. Mr Trump’s campaign managers had to take away his Twitter account. This is the tiny incident that tells a long story.
Let’s hope for the best and my kindest wishes to you. Micheline
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JoAnn Chateau said:
Yet another chuckle to lighten our load. 🙂
My favorite Trump blunder was when… somehow… his email list for campaign donations included UK Members of Parliament.
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michelinewalker said:
That could be quite embarrassing. I tried to send my three dollars, but my donation was rejected because I am not an American citizen. Tony Blair has been feeling guilty, but even he could not make a donation. That’s very funny. Obama and David Cameron were on very good terms. In fact, President Obama was also on good terms with the Royal family. He built bridges. Best, always, Micheline
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derrickjknight said:
I hope you are feeling better now
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michelinewalker said:
It could take a few days before I feel altogether better. But there’s improvement, which is good. I don’t think I’ll watch the election results coming in. I’m reading a novel by Dumas père: La Tulipe noire. It’s a fine novel. I hope you’re well. England is beautiful in the Fall. Keep well. Micheline
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derrickjknight said:
Thank you, Micheline. I won’t stay up either
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michelinewalker said:
Derrick,
There is great wisdom to carrying on with one’s routine. I hope you slept well. I did. My best regards, Micheline
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GP Cox said:
What do you think half the bloggers in the world are going to talk about when this election is over? Should be interesting – the media sure neglects everything else – we need to catch up.
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michelinewalker said:
We’ve forgotten everything else because this is such a huge issue for the United States and the world. But humans are survivors. We’ll find something else to talk about. We will bounce back, but if elected I think the United States will keep Donald Trump feeling “important” but that civil servants will protect the country. The problem is that the President of the United States is commander-in-chief but, there is always a protocol ready. I’m certain provisions have already been made by a team of experts, including the military. But we have learned a lot. I don’t understand why FBI director Comey broke the protocol. People are voting in a gale. Take care.
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twoifbycharm said:
Notice today after the FBI reported there would not be a further email investigation. During the investigation, Trump claimed that maybe the system was not as rigged as he thought. Now after the latest email situation was squashed, he won’t even talk to it, and switched back to conspiracy theories about the system being rigged.
A sociopath/narcissist simply doesn’t have the mental hard-wiring to process EVER being wrong. If they ever tell you they are wrong (or apologize), it is rare, and for strategic and manipulative reasons.
Be forewarned. We are seeing a sociopath/narcissist take advantage of people’s emotions, when many of them feel like the world have left them behind, and they do not possess the knowledge of geopolitical, business and economic issues to decipher Trump’s lies. They just want somebody to listen to them, and to rebuke Washington because of their pain (much of which is because they cannot hang on to the way things used to be for good or for bad). Donald trump behaves as a narcissistic sociopath. Please go to my post for more. https://twoifbycharmwordpress.wordpress.com/ .
Thank you. B. Ashley
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michelinewalker said:
I have the feeling Mr Comey will have to answer a few questions. He knew nothing would be found. Therefore, re-opening the investigation was obstructionism and it was ugly. One has everything to lose if Donald Trump is elected. The only person he cares about is himself and he has yet to say anything coherent.
I’ll go to your post.
Take care,
Micheline
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twoifbycharm said:
Thanks! I agree to your points. I actually know someone who has this condition. It is startling. The person behaves similarly as Trump. He is a sick person, and that is one reason why I am passionate about sharing this information. Again, thank you so very very much for your support.
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Christy B said:
We’ll soon know what is in store for the U.S….
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michelinewalker said:
Christy,
This is a catastrophe and it is consistent with Brexit. The problem is with the people. I am absolutely stunned, yet I expected the result. Love, Micheline
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Christy B said:
Stunned, yes, me too.
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michelinewalker said:
I suspected we could have an 11/8-9, but I’m stunned. It’s not just a small victory for Trump. It’s a huge victory and we live next door. The world can fight this and correct it. Would that he did not have the right to push “the” button. That is a real preoccupation. He could turn the Middle East into a Hiroshima/ Nagasaki. He’s a psychopath.
Let’s carry on but remain on the alert.
Thank you Christie,
Micheline
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