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Has CNN finally got it (almost) right about why Trump won: and better yet, why Sanders would have won?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/opinions/why-trump-won-zakaria/index.html

Reasons:
1. The first is capitalism. There was a time when the American economy moved in tandem with its middle class. As the economy grew, so did middle class employment and wages. But over the last few decades that link has been broken. The economy has been humming along, but it now enriches mostly those with education, training, and capital. The other Americans have been left behind.

2. The second divide is about culture. In recent decades, we've seen large scale immigration; African-Americans and Hispanics rising to a more central place in society; and gays being accorded equal rights. All of this has meant new cultures and narratives have received national attention. And it's worried a segment of the older, white population, which fears that the national culture they grew up with is fading.

3. The third divide in America today is about class. The Trump vote is in large part an act of class rebellion, a working class revolt against know-it-all elites who run the country.

4. The final C in this story is communication. We have gone from an America where people watched three networks that provided a uniform view of the world to one where everyone can pick their own channel, message, and now even their own facts.

The first one is spot on: the divide is greater and there is a feeling (a Truth!) about the rich enriching themselves at the poors' expense: the Trickle down effect that is a failure (except if you are rich: it is a success).

The second: yes, people are scared if they are intolerant and susceptible to prejudice. (But i think this is much more about job loss than anything else).

The third is why HILLARY lost: the entrenched elite looking out for themselves and their friends is why the first one (Capitalism) came about. People are tired of elites looking out for elites, rich enriching rich. THIS IS WHY THEY SHOULD HAVE RUN SANDERS. Hillary was elite looking out for elite: Trump portrayed himself as the outsider who would shake things up and look out for the 'little guy' (true or not STILL has to be seen).
If they had run Sanders, i believe the Dems would have won.

Four: this is just a truism. Will CNN look at this and start reinvigorating itself and re-imaging itself as a bastion of real news?
.......ummmmm..... well i won't hold my breath.

CNN has it at least half right, but they are still skirting around the issue: Trump won because people distrusted Hillary to do anything but look after herself and her friends. In other words,

Hillary represented status quo: same old, same old.
Trump represented change (not Obama change, but change).

In my view/belief, Sanders represented the change people looked to Trump for: i believe Sanders would have done MUCH better than Hillary and would have won.

Rant on, Snidely. Rant on.

U.S. military detects WMD HIGHLY unusual submarine activity from North Korea:

What is the U.S. up to? Will there be a 'final solution to the North Korean problem'? Is there going to be some 'unusual military activity' from the US military in the N.K area?

Popcorn at 11, bring butter for your news: you may need it for easier insertion.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/north-korea-ejection-test-submarine-activity/index.html

Can we believe ANYTHING we are told by the U.S. military/Government after sooooooo many lies?
Will America finally start realizing that EVENTUALLY lies stop being believed after so many cries about wolf?

Will Roger stop fooling around on Mary with Paul? Will Hammond Industries keep itself from bankruptcy by killing George the CEO? Will Mary's psychiatrist tell his priest about Mary really being Paul?
STAY TUNED..... SAME. BAT. TIME....... SAME. BAT. CHANNEL!

Wow, @Scaramucci is the worst kind of loser -- a total fool. Threw the White House into complete chaos. Screw him, he's FIRED!

Coca-Cola Revamps Coke Zero

Coca-Cola to replace Coke Zero in U.S.

Coca-Cola is killing Coke Zero as we know it — and people are freaking out

What, no stevia?

I would submit this, but like, nah.

I've been following with great interest and great concern the news about the murder of Dee Whigham, a known transgender. She was stabbed 119 times, and her throat was slashed. It's become clear to me that transgenders cannot defend themselves. How, then, can they defend our great country? After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. God bless!

blanket pardoning.
Gives criminals the power to pardon cminals.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40692709

No, it's not Ethanol-Fueled. But it is relevant to Ethanol-Fueled.

Prosthetic penis sex attacker Gayle Newland jailed

I understand Gayle Newland’s impulse to catfish – I posed as a man online for sex

Continuation of Doctor Who freakout:

Two former Doctors clash over Jodie Whittaker casting

Bad Western cultural influence excised from China:

Justin Bieber banned from China for 'bad behaviour'

Japan's First Lady trolls God Emperor Trumpu-jiichan?

BBC, LA Times, Newsweek, and The Guardian.

How OJ Simpson paved the way for Donald Trump

Now, I'm beginning to burn in my new laptop, and am starting to set up the software on it. This process is proving not quite as trivial as I hoped it would be, the main problem being the Galago's HiDPI display. It seems that a lot of applications make assumptions about screen sizes that break stuff. The next major application that suffers from problems due to the high screen resolution is Emacs. I enabled desktop scaling in System Settings > General, and that manages to fix almost all the important apps, but it does something unexpected with Emacs. With desktop scaling on, Emacs expands to fill nearly the entire screen, saying that its window geometry is only 80x20. Attempts to set Emacs' window geometry manually to something reasonable via the -geometry command line switch, or in .emacs set-frame-size or in default-frame-alist doesn't help. Either results in a smaller Emacs window briefly appearing before the window again explodes to an irritatingly large size. This had me stumped for a while, until I realised that it had something to do with desktop scaling. Turning off desktop scaling results in a reasonably-sized window. Eventually, some judicious searches turned up this link, and I found a useful workaround by adding env GDK_SCALE= to the launcher command. Most standard apps are okay, but some others need special settings to be usable on HiDPI displays.

Pale Moon also seems to be only partially scaled. Many display elements such as scroll bars, checkboxes, etc are very small, but I can live with that for now. Gimp and Inkscape both still have very small buttons that didn't properly scale. As I install more and more apps it seems far too many of them seem to make the assumption that the display isn't going to be much more than about 1280×720. This should change with time but right now is a bit of a pain.

Parole board votes to release O.J. Simpson from prison in October

Also at BBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, Vice, and CNN. Wikipedia.

The OJ Simpson trials: Where are they now?

One thing to note is that despite a $33.5 million civil judgment against O.J., retirement income is protected under federal law.

Don't forget O.J.'s greatest gift to mankind. One national treasure begets another.

Woman In Saudi Arabia Arrested For Wearing Skirt, Crop Top In Video

5 Injured In Series Of Acid Attacks In London

The Evening Standard newspaper reports that nearly 1,500 acid attacks were reported in London in the past six years.

Hong Kong's High Court Expels Pro-Democracy Lawmakers

Man-Repelling Flamethrowers Are Being Marketed to Women in China

Although it's unclear if women in China are actually using these mini flamethrowers, they're not the most bizarre product aimed at keeping aggressive men away. That honor goes to the "anti-pervert" leggings that apparently give women's legs a hairier look and made the rounds on Chinese blogs in 2013.

That could attract a worse variety of pervert.