CyborgZeta

I wish I could flee the country. But alas, moving to another country is hard. So I'm stuck here in the US, for better or worse.

Obama doesn't think Comey and the FBI are trying to influence the election. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-whitehouse-idUSKBN12V1ZO If Obama doesn't see a problem, I wonder what that says about Hillary and the rest of the Democrats.

I doubt Harry Reid, considering the FBI came out today and said they found no connections between Trump and Russia. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html

Forgot to include this in my original post, but this is also how I feel. I don't like seeing animals abused or treated cruelly.

Unless the transcript I read was mistaken, I'm pretty sure the response was, "If I was President, you'd be in jail over your emails". He didn't say he'd jail her because she's his opponent, but because she committed a federal crime.

I would prefer not to kill anything or anyone, so I personally don't hunt. I will only kill an animal if it threatens myself or my family.

At this point, I don't think the Brexit comparison really holds water with Trump anymore. Say you will about Nigel Farage, but he and the Leave campaign knew how to make their case to people. Farage has also had tons of crap thrown at him, but handled it much better than Trump. The so called populist uprising that is supposedly gripping the West right now...at this point, I'd say it's just a European thing. The different demographic situation in Europe lends itself better to populism. The more diverse population in the US, along with politics being sharply divided among racial lines, makes it harder for an equivalent populist campaign in the US to take power. Perhaps the right person could've enabled populism to prevail in the US; but Trump was the wrong person to choose as their messenger. At best, this election might just leave a "wound" on US politics.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3990#efmAE8AKdARdAV3 Interestingly, it appears someone in Hillary's campaign was afraid she wouldn't be able to win unless Trump was her opponent. Looks like he got his wish.

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/784772476903522304 These emails just further remind me how disgusting politics can be.

It's too bad the media is not discussing the latest leaks, but at this point I'm not surprised. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/open-trade-and-open-borders-hacked-emails-contain-transcripts-of-clinton-paid-speeches/article/2603971 Sounds like Hillary basically wants the equivalent of the EU for the Americas.

I would consider a third-party, if it came down to it. For this election, it's pretty much anybody but Hillary for me. Hillary's foreign policy frightens me; especially since I have friends in the military who would be the ones fighting wherever she decides to intervene. The issue with the emails also angers me, since I have experience working for the government, in addition to the rest of my family. Anyone who did what she did would've been severely punished (especially if you're in the military, enjoy being tried under the UCMJ), their security clearance revoked, and would be unlikely to get a government job in the future. To me, that sets a dangerous precedence.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wikileaks-cites-report-saying-clinton-mulled-killing-assange/article/2603430 I guess Hillary will continue with Obama's liberal use of drone strikes.

No, and I don't think it excuses it here either. Also, considering this election is getting into whether someone has the personal qualities to be President, issues like her emails bring up questions about Hillary. Back in the Commander-in-Chief forum, there was a veteran who pointed out that if someone like him, who had a security clearance, had done what she had done then he would've been prosecuted. Polls and surveys also show the email issue is actually important to voters. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/large-majority-of-voters-actually-do-care-about-clintons-damn-emails/article/2602460 If you think some of the concerns (ignoring Benghazi, in case anyone gets the impression I believe that's an issue) I mentioned are loaded questions or right-wing conspiracies, well that's up to you. If the recent polling is accurate, then they must be pretty strong right-wing conspiracies for Hillary's position in state polls to have dropped as much as they have.

I didn't hear any mention of Benghazi or Libya, myself. When talking about Hillary's foreign policy record, no one brought up her advocacy for the intervention in Libya. And by confrontational, I meant that Holt was bringing up past comments and things on Trump but asked nothing of Hillary. Whether it's about the emails, the Clinton Foundation, her pneumonia (specifically, how it plays into her lack of trust among voters), her mentioned advocacy for Libya, or even her basket of deplorables comment.

A lot of rambling and talking points. Basically everything they say at their rallies, but this time to each others faces. Both sides' supporters will think their candidate won, and I suspect a lot of undecideds will still be undecided. Surprisingly no mention of Benghazi, Libya, or the Trump/Clinton Foundations. Lester Holt was also much more confrontational with Trump than he was with Hillary; Trump might as well have been debating two people.

The Trump campaign has said Ms. Flowers won't be at the debate, so let's see what happens. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/297740-clinton-announces-guests-for-first-debate The commission overseeing the debates has said they do not want either side inviting people for the sake of trying to influence the debate in any way. Of course, Hillary's campaign is pretty clearly inviting certain people in an attempt to provoke Trump.

I had good results with Sigurd, Levin, Ayra and Lex. Tiltyu is pretty good too, IMO, thanks to Thoron. However, he can be tough to train.

I doubt we'll see anything before next Monday, but I suspect we'll definitely see some stuff in October. That's the month where everything gets crazy. Whatever he's got, it better be good.

Yeah, this election was always the Democrat's to lose. If they do manage to lose, I expect a lot of finger pointing; Bernie, the third-party candidates, you name it.

They're working on shopping a "Make America Great Again" hat onto the suspect's head, I'm sure.

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/ahmad-khan-rahami The suspect.

Figured this would be the appropriate topic for this. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/muslims-acism-america-most-disliked-group-discrimination-anti-mosque-a7311151.html Turns out, if there's one group American dislike almost as much as Muslims, it's atheists.

I don't want to touch on the topic of abortions, especially since I'm not sure where I stand. I do believe it is important that people are educated on safe sex and the use of condoms and contraceptives. Sex is an activity that has consequences, so it's important that people are responsible about it.

Classism has always been a thing. I've noticed there's been a bit of "age elitism", or something like that, as well among millennials. In the wake of the Brexit vote, I remember seeing a few comments saying, "This goes to show old people shouldn't be allowed to vote". It is true that younger people will have to live with the consequences longer than the older generations; but I don't think class or age makes one's insight any less valid.

I agree with this. Being nice by itself is, well, nice; but niceness alone isn't enough to warrant special attention. At least from my perspective.