jwill2017
jwill2017's JournalTrump: Americas Conspiracist-In-Chief
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"Incidentally, Trump’s support base contains an enclave of conspiracy theorists who see the President’s election as a validation of insidious government actions. Furthermore, because this particular enclave readily accepts factless sources, or misleading sources for that matter, Trump has been afforded a protective bubble of distractions. How so you may ask? The media’s ostensibly continuous obsession with covering Trump’s egregious lies provides a blanket of cover for his extremist policy decisions. While the media centered in on Trump’s Bowling Green Massacre fable, he slashed the EPA’s budget, implemented a Muslim ban, and dismantled tidbits of Obamacare, all by way of executive actions."
Americas Terrorism Conundrum
Via: http://radeconomist.com/americas-terrorism-conundrum/
"More recently, mainstream politicians on both sides of the aisle have found it politically beneficial and prudent to focus on the seemingly perpetual terror threat. In particular, Donald Trump has bloviatingly advocated a registry for immigrants coming from predominantly Muslim nations, which would effectively monitor those of the Muslim faith, and possibly prevent some Muslim immigrants from entering the country.. And while Trump has “strategically” steered away from this proposal after cruising through the Republican Primary, his passionate, and at times, bigoted base, still views strictly controlled immigration as imperative in preventing future attacks on American soil. But, one of the most pressing questions to answer is, “what led to this increase in violent hostilities?”
Obamas Vetting Order vs. Trumps Travel Ban: Quite Different
Via: https://partisancheese.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/obamas-vetting-order-vs-trumps-travel-ban-quite-different
"Trump himself attempted to deflect attention away from his order by pinpointing Obama’s 2011 vetting measure. But there are various key differences: In 2011, Iraqi refugees residing in Kentucky were planning a major terror attack but were ultimately unsuccessful. Obama’s order was in direct response to this terror plot. And it wasn’t a “ban.” Obama’s executive order reduced the number of refugees admitted overall and instituted a more stringent vetting process for Iraqi citizens traveling to the US or Iraqi citizens seeking to migrate to the United States. Most important, travel visas weren’t invalidated by Obama’s order."
Echoes of 1984: Retroactive Criminality
Via: https://partisancheese.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/echoes-of-1984-retroactive-criminality/
"From a legal standpoint, retroactive culpability presents Constitutional issues as it’s not legal to apply a criminal statute retroactively. Therefore, the Patriot Act’s intelligence provisions bring up complex legal questions in relation to the State’s authority to analyze old data. If, let’s say, “providing material support” to a terrorist group in the form of Paypal payments is currently illegal, but the said terrorist group wasn’t – at the time of the payment – classified by the State Department to be one, then how can my retroactive actions be criminal during the present?"
The Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Bromance
Via: https://partisancheese.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/the-steve-bannon-and-donald-trump-bromance/
"Furthermore, Bannon’s role at Breitbart is what has mainly contributed to his rapid career advancement, which placed him in what he would have previously classified as a corrupt political position, i.e, the chief adviser to the president. However, the conflict of interest present with Bannon’s close vicinity to Trump has contributed to a proliferation of cynical sentiments, especially with the Trump Administration’s refusal to accept objective facts. Of late, the two most egregious lies propagated by Trump and Bannon include:
1) A refusal to accept the fact that Trump’s Inauguration size was smaller than Obama’s ‘09 and ‘13 crowd sizes. The media, including Fox News, vehemently repudiated the Administration’s claims, but, in Trump-like fashion, most of those close to Trump refuse to take back the false claim.
2) Trump questioned the validity of the election, even though he won the Electoral College, in regards to the popular vote totals. More specifically, Trump reiterated the false claim of 3-5 million voters participating in the 2016 Presidential Election. And again, those close to Trump, like Bannon, don’t seem to be eager to callout this deceitful behavior."
Trump's American dystopia
Via: https://partisancheese.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/dystopian-past-present-future/
"We here at Partisan Cheese want to offer up a different type of blog. Rather than solely rely on opinion based inferences, we want to present the reader with historically accurate information in order to draw parallels between Dystopian themes, like Orwell’s novel 1984, and pressing issues facing this nation and the world. It’s simple: every week, we will extract pertinent themes from Orwell’s masterpiece, 1984 – and other dystopian writings – to highlight contemporary examples of total government control coming to fruition. Why Dystopian themes you may ask? Well, given the current world makeup in regards to its technologically-centric mindset, it permits government to intrude to varying degrees. Thirty years ago, the government would need to sift through paperwork and tangible evidence to combat external threat – nowadays, it’s as easy as following an individual’s Facebook likes, comments, interests, and locations. Basically, users of social media and email services are throwing up a lob ball pitch to the federal government. We are exposing ourselves without their assistance."
Class in Session: Flag Burning 101
...States, during the late-1800s and early-1900s, started to institute laws pertaining to the treatment of the American flag in response to a growing, and apparently unpatriotic commercial use of the symbol. In Halter v. Nebraska, the US Supreme Court granted a state’s right to pass laws dictating the treatment of the American Flag if its passage derived from the need to protect the public. Subsequent developments involving the treatment of the flag, however, only further bolstered an individual’s right to free speech: in West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnette, the Court set down a precedent that allowed children to reject saluting the flag because free speech is infringed upon in a scenario where it falls into the category of compulsory speech....
Via: https://partisancheese.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/class-in-session-flag-burning-101/
Trump's claim that Obama is the worst president ever is destroyed!
"How about another angle: Has Trump ever heard of the nonpartisan Brookings Institute? This well-respected D.C. think tank has Obama ranked 18 out of 44 presidents. Not too shabby right? But we know Trump won’t be willing to listen to a group of educated academics who have studied presidential performance for many years. So, what exactly is Trump’s argument based on?
Oh, I know – Trump’s argument is driven by an electorate that is susceptible to demagogic populism largely due to economic uncertainty. Democrats are included in the aforementioned statement, but at least they are willing to draw cogent inferences from a set of facts rather than rely on baseless value judgments. And what’s most upsetting about the individuals and policymakers that criticize Obama is that the same dissatisfaction isn’t applied to previous presidents when they share a similar ideological leaning. If Trump wanted to speak from a set of facts, he would at least cite Herbert Hoover or James Buchanan – the former presided over the worst economic crash in American history, while the latter ignored the unaddressed slavery issue that led to the country breaking into two."
Via: https://partisancheese.wordpress.com/2017/01/20/a-method-for-ranking-presidents/?preview_id=178&preview_nonce=54cae44acc
The Real Pusha Man: Big Pharma
"Basically, the FDA overlooked this crafty approach, which allowed the first direct-to consumer pharmaceutical advertising in 1986. One thing to note is that only two nations currently permit direct-to-consumer advertising: the United States and New Zealand. In 1997, restrictions were eased in regards to the disclosure of “all side effects” to “disclosing all major side effects the consumer should know about.” This decision opened up the floodgates of Big Pharma advertising – billions were spent in the newly lucrative legal drug market. But this decision didn’t come without some societal externalities.
After the change in law, problems arose with the claims being disseminated by Big Pharma. For example: Lipitor was marketed as a wonder drug for lowering LDL cholesterol, i.e, bad cholesterol. In a sly fashion, the commercial included the maker of the artificial heart. This supposed health care professional claimed to have taken the drug. Apparently, the drug worked so well that he was able to row a boat. However, “he” was actually a body double rowing the boat, and even worse, the doctor no longer was a doctor as he didn’t have a license to practice medicine."
Via: https://partisancheese.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/the-real-pusha-man-big-pharma/
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