Category Archives: American Politics

Bloomberg goes after Steve Deace

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Bloomberg story Michael Bloomberg and his empire are about as hardcore #nevertrump as you can get. Late night religious Conservative talk show host Steve Deace is also. Since they’re both on the same team, why did Bloomberg decide to make … Continue reading →

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Tanks from Turkey cross into Syria

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Fred Stiening

CNN Things can’t possibly get more confusing or dangerous. Turkey says they did it to go after Kurdish fighters backed by the US to “get ISIL” – or is it to overthrow President Assad? Or to kill ISIS? In recent … Continue reading →

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Reuters says Clinton up +12%

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Fred Stiening

UK based Reuters continues its meddling in United States politics with their latest poll showing Hillary with a 45-33% lead over Trump If that was accurate, you would expect many state polls to show a larger than 12% lead to … Continue reading →

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The LA Times poll

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The poll being used by the LA Times is interesting. Not necessarily accurate, but it is a tracking poll. They have a group of 3000 people and about once a week update people’s answers, so you see trends, even if … Continue reading →

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Meet the new Donald Trump

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Donald Trump was in Charlotte today. His speech set a new tone for his campaign. Video and transcript The new Donald Trump is less combative, but perhaps more palatable to that group of people who still might vote for him. … Continue reading →

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Is Hillary Clinton at the Cleveland Clinic?

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Alex Jones has been floating this story that the Secret Service says there will be breaking news soon about Hillary’s health problems. Joe Biden has suddenly become very visible in the Clinton campaign. Her visit to Biden’s house looked to … Continue reading →

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Why is there so much crime at Walmart?

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Bloomberg is running a story how police departments around the country are getting bogged down with needing a permanent presence at Walmart https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-walmart-crime/ On the positive side, this seems to make Walmart stores an aggregator of criminal activity by being … Continue reading →

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Breitbart takes over Trump campaign

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Stephen Bannin has been named to take over the Trump campaign. He has a Harvard MBA and earlier in his life worked in the Goldman Sachs M&A division. He has been running the business aspects of Breitbart and has had … Continue reading →

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AETNA pulls the plug on Obamacare

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Without the protection of the federal “risk corridors”, pretty much nobody is willing to write individual health insurance policies. With the withdrawal of Aetna, that leaves exactly one provider left in NC – Blue Cross, and they have not said … Continue reading →

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Meet Fred Trump

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Fred Stiening

NY Times The NY Times story is amazingly neutral. The only negative thing they mention is Fred Trump would not rent apartments to blacks, but that is already pretty widely known. Donald Trump is not going to get many black … Continue reading →

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