Tag: us election 2016

Here’s the real reason Donald Trump is now the 45th #POTUS following 2016 #ElectionDay

November 9, 2016 benign0 38 Comments

It’s easy to make a fearless election forecast when the stats are already showing a “>95%” lean towards a particular candidate. As of this writing a kick-ass New York Times up-to-the-second election results monitoring board is showing a needle that has gone squarely into the “very likely” field in a speedometer-type widget labelled “Chances of…

Media, Politics

A choice between a Pig and a Crook

October 22, 2016October 22, 2016 Hector Gamboa 16 Comments

So the third and final debate between two candidates vying for the presidency of the United States of America has come to a close. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, based on recent polls, is on her way to defeat Republican candidate Donald Trump. America has a little more than two weeks before its people would determine…

Politics

The status of the West Philippine Sea dispute now depends on the result of the elections in the United States

June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 60 Comments

Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte has a lot to clean up after President BS Aquino leaves office this June 30. Besides traffic, political corruption, the Mindanao problem, power problems and typhoon rehabilitations, the incoming administration has a lot of problems to fix. And that includes Aquino’s failed foreign policy towards China. What Aquino did was take…

Government, Politics

Inequality is the engine of political change that society and government need to come to terms with

June 6, 2016 Add 29 Comments

What is the biggest problem in the world today? ISIS? No. That is the effect of inequality. Drugs? No. That may be a cause of inequality, but more an effect as well. Over-population? No. The New York Times and other Think Tanks, who used to advocate mandated population control, now say poverty is the cause…

Economy, Government, Society

Comparative Politics: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Rodrigo Duterte and the rise of populist leaders

May 31, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 6 Comments

Yesterday, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was officially proclaimed as the duly elected 16th President of the Philippines after defeating administration candidate ex-DILG Secretary Manuel “Mar” Araneta Roxas II. This, despite the administration’s clear and obvious attempt to cheat Duterte. Vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos was not lucky enough to get through the cheating by the administration….

Politics

Donald Trump vs Megyn Kelly circus reveals underlying hypocrisy of Big Media

January 29, 2016 benign0 5 Comments

A controversial tweet from a fan of top contender for Republican Party presidential nomination Donald Trump depicting Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly in a meme and calling her a “bimbo” has gone viral. The meme features photos of Kelly posing provocatively in a small black dress and high heels. The meme included the captions “Criticizes…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

US President Barack Obama’s eighth and final State of the Union Address

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 FallenAngel 7 Comments

United States President Barack Obama delivered his eighth, and final, State of the Union (SOTU) Address at the United States House of Representatives last January 12, 2016. Whether or not one agrees with Obama’s politics and policies, and whatever one may think of him, I think it’s hard to deny that not only does he…

Government, Politics

Why Americans are embracing Donald Trump’s view of the world

November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 benign0 11 Comments

Donald Trump is on a war path against political correctness. And America is increasingly behind him as he leads the charge to take the beachhead. US media reportedly does not know what to do about Trump. It covers him because he delivers the all-important ratings their shareholders salivate over yet, in doing so, the industry…

Civics, Government, Media, Politics, Society