Mike Scott

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• Greg Tingey commented on The crazy years
  That's why Trump will probably be re-elected for a second term. I think not, from 5000+ miles away ... (!) Trump will be brought down/impeached/ removed & Pence installed, against a Dem-majority lower house 2018-20. Pence will then win in 2020 & a christofascist state ( Let's call it "Gilead" shall we? ) will over-ride the current arrangements....
• JReynolds commented on The crazy years
  Trump may be impeached - if the Dems are able to take back the House in 2018. However, it would take a miracle for the D's to get 60+ seats in the Senate. So they can impeach if they like, but the Senate won't convict. The most likely way for Trump not to finish his term is if he has some health-related catastrophe that leaves him incapacitated (or dead). This isn't unlikely, since he is 71 and doesn't eat healthy or generally take care of himself. However, that's not the way to bet either. Barring the unforeseen, Trump will be...
• allynh commented on The crazy years
  I hate to say this, Greg, but you are thinking like a rational man. What is happening is not rational, it is fear based. Think of the example you used of Europe in the 1930s. People rallied around a man who told them what they wanted to hear, who gave them a clear enemy to hate for all of their problems -- that he had all of the answers. People are afraid of losing whatever ground they have in their lives. Remember, an emergency that takes as little as $400 dollars can destroy them. You have a mix of slums...
• allynh commented on The crazy years
  This is the game that's being played. Until the Black woman had her half White girlfriend as part of the loan they could not get the loan. Struggle for black and Latino mortgage applicants suggests modern-day redlining Gentrification, Whites moving in to Black neighborhoods. This is what happened to Santa Fe. People had to sell, they could not get loans for home improvement. Blacks and Latinos say they have trouble getting home loans in Philadelphia. Here's what's happening...
• allynh commented on The crazy years
  Watch this: NRA backs Trump’s call for arming teachers: 'Schools must be the most hardened targets' Now watch this: Students who support gun rights say schools safer when ‘good guys’ are armed Now watch this. The Man in the High Castle Season 2 - We Pledge Allegiance... Are you paying attention....