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The men you're about to meet are suitably qualified to serve as elders in a local congregation. They are characterised by personal godliness, God has given them an ability to teach and refute error and they possess the necessary leadership qualities to take responsibility for others. They share those three indispensable qualities in common. But as we've reflected on those whom God has sent us, three additional notable features have become evident. The first is the diversity of the planters. They're very different from one another. There's a range of ages. There's a range of ethnic and social backgrounds. And they've come with both Anglican and Free Church affiliation. This rich mix of planters has already enriched our weekly Antioch Planters' Workshop.
The second notable feature is the variety of contexts into which they're planting. All of the church plants will be launched in London. But the range of proposed locations expresses Co-Mission's intention to reach the many cultures that live in our great capital city. We're trying to reach Bangladeshis in East London, Koreans in West London, the South American immigrant community spread throughout the London Boroughs, families in the suburbs as well as young professionals in Central London and the working class estates in North-East London and Croydon.
The third notable feature is the quality of the applicants. The overwhelming majority of the planters come with prior theological training and extensive ministry experience. We've been thrilled at the calibre of candidates that the Lord has sent us.
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Leading conservation scientists from around the world have called for a substantial role for nuclear power in future energy-generating scenarios in order to mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. In an open letter to environmentalists with more than sixty signatories, the scientists ask the environmental community to "weigh up the pros and cons of different energy sources using objective evidence and pragmatic trade-offs, rather than simply relying on idealistic perceptions of what is 'green'."
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Getting to sample a 25 Year Old from a distillery that shut its doors in 1994 is quite a privilege in itself. Add to that the fact that this one's a distillery bottling that's been bottled in 2015 after 25 years of maturation initially in ten American and European oak casks before being married and finished in first-fill Oloroso Sherry casks. This makes the offering a fairly unique one too given that you don't find too many distilleries that are still bottling their spirit so many years after closing down. The 2015 edition which is limited to only 1500 bottles only comes in a 70cl bottle and also comes with a 5cl miniature of the whisky, as well as a section of a stave from one of casks that matured the whisky!
Now coming to whisky itself, here's what I thought of it..
This ones got a really nice sweet nose with lots of honey coming through along with butterscotch, vanilla and some definite notes of wood too. Then comes the scent of sweet spices, a good dose of gingery notes and finally some really nice juicy apples. Palate: The palate on this one is extremely distinctive.. I mean those bitter sweet notes coming from the citrus and lush ripe tropical fruits are almost unmistakable. Totally enjoying it by now. Hold on to it for a bit longer and I also get some licorice, lots of berries and some black tea notes too. Finish: The finish is just as grand as the entire packaging of this whisky itself.. long, smooth and very warm.. with a bit more of those sweet spices from the nose and more of the berries from the palate that carry their way through. Just like the distillery its whisky too definitely keeps you thinking about it for a long ime after its gone!! A lot of people have been commenting about the price and whether I'd buy it for what its been priced at. To be honest.. I don't know.. all I can say I've thoroughly enjoyed this dram and if someone did put their money on it… I'm fairly certain they'd enjoy the whisky!
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Littlemill used to be great value-for-money, über fruity stuff, but it's collected such a following and hype in the niche market (not to mention getting all but sold out) that you just can't find value anymore... As happens with almost all mothballed distilleries that still have great stuff lying around.
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@Jules I did manage to pick up a bottle of 23 year old Littlemill off Whiskybroker for £80 about 5 weeks ago and it's just as good as the 25 year old going for £2000+ that's been recently released. Thing is I'm a bit reluctant to open it now because of the valuation placed on Littlemill bottlings.It's already 'worth' over double what I paid and I honestly don't know whether or not to drink the stuff.Still it's not the worst problem to have!
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@jules... if you are looking at drinking the spirit from these distilleries.. you might still find some decently prices Indie bottling's in the market.. however some of the newer releases are really priced high.. I'd assume they are all going with the hype that has been created around collecting closed distilleries and paying pretty much any amount for it.. and like @maltmate302 said.. buying one of the cheaper Indie bottles now and keeping it for a while might not be such a bad idea


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At 6 p.m., former Gourmet magazine editor Ruth Reichl dishes out a reading from her newest tome, Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $40). Since shes won four James Beard awards and made and broken the reputations of more restaurants than we can count, its probably safe to assume the book is incredible.
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Learn about doctoral programs that offer training in holistic medicine using various forms of natural healing. Keep reading for more information, including common prerequisites, career options and licensing requirements. Schools offering Allied Health degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
What Doctoral Degrees Can I Earn in Holistic Health and Medicine?
If you're looking for Ph.D. programs in holistic health and medicine, there are two closely related degrees you can pursue. First, there's the Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ND), which typically requires four years to complete. This type of program will prepare you for a career as a holistic care physician, in which you focus on treating the whole patient and addressing the causes of illnesses and maladies. As stipulated by the Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC), you'll only find campus-based accredited ND programs, since online programs do not provide adequate training for licensure.
Another option is to earn a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM), which typically takes two years to complete. If you're already a licensed acupuncturist, this program can help you advance your understanding of the practice as well as the broader field of Chinese medicine. These degrees are not widely available and can also only be found in campus-based programs.
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You'll need a bachelor's degree before applying to an ND program. While majoring in a science field is often helpful, it may not be required. However, you'll typically be required to complete prerequisite coursework that is heavily science-based, including biology, chemistry, physics, calculus and psychology. Additional courses in anatomy, biochemistry and botany are helpful. It also helps to have work or volunteer experience in a health care setting in addition to basic knowledge of natural medicine.
DAOM programs require you to possess a master's degree in either acupuncture or Oriental medicine. Your transcripts must be from a school that is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM). You'll also need to be currently licensed as an acupuncturist or in the process of obtaining a license. Most programs prefer that you currently practice acupuncture and, in some cases, you'll need a minimum number of years of professional experience before applying.
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In an ND program, you'll learn about holistic medicine as it applies to a wide spectrum of ailments and illnesses affecting all age groups. This will include the philosophies and theories that shape holistic medicine. You'll learn how to diagnose and treat diseases using tools such as herbs, homeopathic medicine and manual therapy. You'll also study modern medicine, including biochemistry, pathology and microbiology. In addition to your lecture and laboratory-based coursework, you'll complete clinical training under the supervision of a licensed holistic physician.
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Early adopters have used the product for oil and gas reservoir simulation and seismic processing, simulations of enzyme catalysis and vehicle design, Microsoft said.
Research from industry analyst IDC revealed that the high-performance and technical computing market grew by about 24% last year, generating $9.2bn revenues – the second consecutive year of 20%-plus growth in this market.
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When debating, they say you shouldn't ask a question if you don't already know the answer.
Hillary Clinton wasn't on the debate stage Saturday when she tried to blast Bernie Sanders for his supposed lack of initiative on healthcare reform. But the principle still applies.
During an event in St. Louis, Missouri, Clinton accused the senator from Vermont of being soft on healthcare reform before he made a single-payer system one of his main campaign promises.
"Where was he when I was trying to get healthcare in '93 and '94?" she asked a crowd of supporters.
Sanders was a little closer than Clinton may have given him credit. Like, right behind her.
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And, as Bloomberg's Jennifer Epstein pointed out, the then-First Lady welcomed Sanders as an ally in those days:
Clinton today: "I don't know where he was when I was trying to get health care." Clinton in '93: pic.twitter.com/H4ETjeH4gU— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) March 12, 2016
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When Betty Dukes decided in 2001 to take on the world's largest retailer, Walmart Stores, Inc., she first thought she would be a lone soldier.
Yet as the years have passed, more than 9,500 women openly have stepped forward to join Dukes in a nine-year crusade to thwart alleged persistent discrimination against Walmart's female employees in pay and promotions. The fight has become the largest gender-bias class-action lawsuit in U.S. history — representing about 1.6 million former and current female employees and possibly costing the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer billions of dollars.
At first, "I found myself standing alone, but I wasn't standing alone," says Dukes, 60, who joined the retailer's Pittsburgh, Calif., store in 1994 as a part-time cashier for $5 an hour.
Dukes, a native of Tallulah, La., saw the job as a chance to better her life by climbing the corporate management ladder at Walmart, she says. But in 1997, by which time she had advanced to the level of customer service manager, she found out that each step beyond that point was becoming steeper — and more frustrating. The company, she says, offered her little chance for advancement. She went to her many managers to complain, though that turned into an ongoing quarrel and eventually led to a demotion to cashier and pay cut of about 5 percent, she says.
Her struggle became central to the federal lawsuit, filed in June 2001 in the U.S. District Court. In late April 2010, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a decision allowing the case to go to trial as a class action on behalf of the millions of former and current female Walmart employees — which the suit says represent 72 percent of all hourly employees.
Dukes and the five other main plaintiffs charged in the suit that Walmart violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The retailer consistently paid its male employees more than women for the same work, and women have had to wait longer than men for promotions, they maintain.
The lawsuit claims that women account for only one-third of what Walmart considers management. At the store level, they hold "traditionally 'female' positions, such as assistant managers whose primary responsibility is supervising cashiers, and the lowest level of managers."
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Dukes came to Walmart with 20 years of retail experience, working at chain stores such as Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway, Inc. "I was definitely familiar with the retailing industry, and I had the basic skills," she says, adding that she had never faced any problems in her prior jobs.
Her troubles at Walmart began just a few months after she was promoted to be a customer service manager in 1997, she says. "It was a combination of things," she says.


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(CBR) If the rumors are true, then Marvel and DC's long-established comic book rivalry might soon translate to a number of big box office brawls. Earlier this week, Nikki Finke revealed Warner Bros.' possible film slate for their presently expanding DC Cinematic Universe. If "Batman v Superman" is just the dawn of justice, then this list encompasses justice's afternoon, evening, and night.
The films included on the possible schedule are "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (May 2016); "Shazam" (July 2016); "The Sandman" (Christmas 2016); "Justice League" (May 2017); "Wonder Woman" (July 2017); a Flash and Green Lantern team-up (Christmas 2017); and "Man of Steel 2" (May 2018).
While this is of course big news to longtime DC Comics fans, this reveal – if true – could have a great impact on Marvel Studios' still-developing Phase Three slate of films. We know the two companies have a competitive history; earlier this year, Warner's pushed "Batman v Superman" to May 6, 2016, a release date already occupied by a Marvel film – one we now know is "Captain America 3." If there's truth to this leak, then DC plans to release films in months that Marvel's already claimed. Things could get very interesting, and here are five things we think could happen.
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October 21, 2016 "The falling leaves drift by the window, the autumn leaves of red and gold. more »»
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October 21, 2016 Upper Peninsula ? Marquette: Had no reports from boat anglers as many have pulled their boats or windy conditions have made it difficult to get out. more »»
Ring-necked pheasants offer great hunting opportunities
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October 7, 2016 Upper Peninsula - Marquette: Boat anglers are catching lake trout and coho near the Lower Harbor and near the white rocks. Salmon are starting to run in the rivers. more »»
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September 30, 2016 "Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream, time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream. more »»
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September 30, 2016 HARVEY — Third-graders at Cherry Creek Elementary School were shown photos of colorful blazingstar and other native Michigan wildflower. more »»
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September 30, 2016 Upper Peninsula Marquette: Windy conditions have restricted boat anglers. Salmon are starting to move into the rivers. The Chocolay River had coho and the Carp River had some coho and a few chinook. more »»
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September 23, 2016 MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has made recommendations for designated non-motorized trails at the scenic and popular Little Presque Isle tract. more »»
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September 23, 2016 "The river's on the rise, crows are in the skies, look at that big yellow cornbread moon. more »»
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September 23, 2016 Upper Peninsula Salmon have not showed up in streams along the west end but should start staging near the river mouths within the next couple weeks. more »»
Small game season!
September 16, 2016 MARQUETTE — Small game season opened Thursday and thousands of hunters in Superiorland, the Upper Peninsula and state have taken to the woods in search of game. more »»
DNR to make trails recommendations for Little Presque Isle in Marquette County
September 16, 2016 MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has scheduled an open house to detail its recommendations for designated non-motorized trails at the Little Presque Isle tract, an outdoor... more »»
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September 16, 2016 Upper Peninsula - Marquette: When they can get out, boat anglers caught lake trout in 140 to 180 feet near the white rocks. more »»
Superior safety
September 9, 2016 MARQUETTE — Lake Superior, inviting as it is with its beauty and recreational opportunities, can be a pretty scary place. more »»
Gone fishin'
September 9, 2016 Upper Peninsula Menominee River: Continues to produce walleye. Shore anglers are fishing crank baits on the bottom. Pike, smallmouth bass, freshwater drum and crappie were also caught. more »»
Artistic Waters
August 26, 2016 MARQUETTE — Bill Waters likes to burn cedar incense around his miniature canoes. Not for the smell, although it is aromatic, but for the ambiance. more »»
Gone fishin'
August 26, 2016 Upper Peninsula - Marquette: Lake trout fishing was moderate when boat anglers could get out. The better fishing was near the Sand Hole and the white rocks. more »»
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Fake Moral Outrage by Establishment against Trump will Benefit Him: 3
In the previous post of this series, I talked about how the rapid and continuing fall of public trust in mainstream media over the last 15 years has greatly diminished their ability to hurt Trump's chances in the 2016 general election. This fall in public trust has greatly diminished the ability of other associated organs of the media to hurt Trump's real-life popularity. Many of you might have heard about a series of "polls" conducted by various mainstream media outlets over last 3-4 weeks that supposedly show HRC with 7-12% point leads over Trump.
So you might ask- aren't all these recent "polls" evidence of the decline of Trump's popularity and chances of winning the general election?I would say – NO. Here are the reasons I think that most, if not all, of the recent telephone-based polls might have been rigged to spread a false narrative about Trump losing to discourage his supporters from actually casting their vote in the general election.
1] Both HRC and Trump had better than 99% name recognition among the american electorate prior to them even entering the primaries of their respective parties. Compare that to previous presidential elections and ask yourself- did previous presidential candidates like Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Bob Dole, Barack Obama, John McCain, Mitt Romney had such widespread name recognition among the electorate prior to announcing their intention to run for office? Some of you might ask- why does that matter? Well.. it matters because most people make up their initial impressions about others after getting to know them and will continue to maintain that impression unless confronted with multiple lines of evidence that they were wrong.
In other words, we have all known (for over two decades) that Trump is a brash loudmouth who loves to associate and have sex with attractive and often much younger women. I would go so far as to say that revelations of Trump being a secret beta and nice guy would have done far more damage to his image and popularity than behaving like himself. Similarly, HRC has almost always been almost perpetually associated with shady deals, 'legal' lying, selling political favors, taking money from other rich people and generally being a robotic corporate puppet. Even her staunchest public supporters do not describe her as honest, trustworthy or a decent human being.
Given these facts, it is hard to believe that people are actually surprised by revelations that Trump enjoys the sexual company of attractive women. I mean.. he was just saying what every physiologically normal guy in the world thinks and would like to do- and most women know that too. As many of you know, HRC's husband has actually settled charges of sexual assault by numerous women throughout his public life, while HRC was simultaneously trying to discredit them. Furthermore, the vast majority of people know that the relationship between HRC and her husband is well- business like rather than based in any emotion familiar to most people.
2] The most peculiar thing about all the polls in the previous 3-4 weeks which show HRC having a significant lead over Trump is that they are all phone-based polls. The more eagle-eyed among you might have noticed that in tracking polls (which have been historically more accurate) show the race to be fairly even between the two- with a surprisingly high number of undecideds for this stage of the race. So why is their such a large gap between the results of tracking polls and telephone-based polls? And perhaps more curiously, why did this gap open up around 4 weeks ago? Well.. here is what I think is happening.
Tracking polls unlike telephone-based polls repeatedly survey the same large group of individuals. In other words, the choice of whom to survey is made before the intensive phase of the election has started. Consequently, properly done tracking polls tend to be more accurate and far harder to manipulate than other types of polling- especially telephone-based polls. In contrast to that, telephone-based polls will almost inevitably sample a constantly shifting set of individuals. While this shifting polling base is not problematic by itself- if the polling is done honestly and with appropriate statistical corrections, it can be easily manipulated to give a desired answer.
For example- You can easily inflate HRC's poll numbers by oversampling white-middle aged women with a college degree living in certain zip codes. You could also over-sample registered democrats or frame the questions in a way that makes the person say that they will vote for HRC, even if they do not intend to do so at voting time. It is also possible to reject responses favorable to Trump by applying biased corrections or just plain faking the numbers. I have been in science long enough to know that a significant part of research published in "top" peer-reviewed scientific journals is not reproducible and likely the result of fraud, numerical manipulation or cherry-picking of data.
3] We already know, thanks to Wikileaks, that HRC campaign operatives spend a lot of time and money cultivating "journalists" in mainstream media. We also know that these "journalists" or presstitutes are more than willing to take orders from the HRC campaign and write false news stories, hit pieces on people the campaign wants to attack. Furthermore, these presstitutes have been shown to allow the HRC campaign to write articles and hit pieces that are then attributed to others and suppress information damaging to that campaign. It does not therefore take a leap of imagination or reasoning to believe that other organs of mainstream media, such as pre-election polling, are at least equally compromised.
We know for a fact that Bernie Sanders frequently received 10-15% more votes than he was expected to, based on such polls, in the democratic primaries. We also know that the HRC campaign was busy sabotaging his campaign through rigging of the rules of who could vote in primaries, stacking super-delegates against him, getting presstitutes to write hit pieces on him and otherwise denigrating him. Some of you might remember how AP called the democratic primary, based on a lead of one super-delegate, the evening before the last set of party primaries. It should therefore not be surprising if the entire "Trump is falling behind in polls" meme is fiction concocted by the HRC campaign in close co-operation with the mainstream and corporate-owned media.
The next post of this series will contain actual examples (with links, figures and charts) of what I am implying in the current one.
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One of the Best YouTube Explanations for the 'Hikikomori' Phenomenon
Recently came across a very good explanation of the 'Hikikomori' phenomenon from a YouTube blogger who has made some very good videos about living in Japan. I was particularly impressed about how he explains the difference between 'Hikikomori' and other similar sounding phenomena like 'Herbivore Men' and 'MGTOW'. FYI- It is almost 30 minutes long.
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Fake Moral Outrage by Establishment against Trump will Benefit Him: 2
As I mentioned in the previous post of this series, there are three main reasons why the attacks on Trump by the establishment and mainstream media have failed to have any lasting effect on his standing in the supposedly "objective" polls and, perhaps far more importantly, his popularity as measured by size and enthusiasm of his rallies. Moreover you can see large numbers of his non-paid supporters routinely hitting back in the comments section of numerous negative propaganda articles put out by the mainstream media. As some of you might remember, mainstream media presstitutes have been writing articles about his campaign "melting down" or "in disarray" for almost a year now.
Even supposedly "good" presstitutes like Matt Taibbi have written more than one article on the downfall of Trump. Don't believe me? Here is a link to an article he wrote on September 6, 2016 – How Donald Trump Lost His Mojo and here is a link to one he wrote on Oct 14, 2016 – The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump. Though both articles pretend to be different, they have an almost identical basic theme- namely that Trump is imploding. But there is a problem with them in that they do not reflect observable reality. The point I am trying to make is that all mainstream media articles predicting the imminent demise of Trump's presidential campaign are almost totally based in wishful thinking rather than an objective analysis of events.
So what is going on? Why are even supposedly "objective" presstitutes like Matt Taibbi writing the journalistic equivalent of 'Letters to Penthouse' than anything vaguely resembling journalism? Why has wishful thinking and make-believe replaced anything vaguely resembling journalism? Why are so many journalists willing to believe something is happening when there is no worthwhile evidence of it happening? Why are so many journalists unwilling to see Trump supporters as anything other than stupid and racist whites? And perhaps most importantly- why do these journalists exhibit so much hate and contempt for people who support Trump?
Well.. there are many reasons for the way in which the mainstream media is treating Trump and his supporters. Some of these reasons are linked to the corporate consolidation of mainstream media outlets that has occurred in the previous three decades. Other reasons have to do with pressures linked to diminution of employment opportunities in mainstream media due to the spread and ubiquity of the internet. Still others have to do with the extreme geographical and socio-economic separation of well-known journalists and the people and subjects they write about. But the single biggest reason behind the biased reporting by mainstream media presstitutes has to do with false consciousness– as defined by Engels.
The vast majority of presstitutes who still work in mainstream media owe their jobs to their social connections and access to the establishment elite rather than their merit or ability. Furthermore, the career stability and prospects of almost all well-known or wannabe well-known presstitutes are linked to extent that they will prostitute themselves to the establishment elites. Consequently they see themselves as loyal servants and defenders of the status quo which allows their patrons to keep on screwing the majority of people. Many presstitutes also believe that cultivating subservient relationships with the establishment elite will result in them being invited to join the group. While that does work out for a select few- the vast majority of mainstream media presstitutes who toil away to impress their elite patrons are seldom rewarded with anything beyond a regular paycheck and occasional invitations to elite gatherings and similar small favors.
It is now quite easy to understand why mainstream media presstitutes will uncritically support and defend the most outrageous mistakes and behavior of their patrons- from supporting the war in Iraq, supporting the housing bubble, supporting various financial bubbles to supporting war with "insert name of country".. you get the picture. It is therefore a mistake to see the mainstream media in supposedly democratic countries like the USA as anything more the flunkies and stenographers of the establishment elite.
Trump and his supporters (especially his supporters) present the single largest internal challenge to american establishment elite in living memory. It therefore follows that all flunkies and stenographers of the establishment (aka presstitutes) believe that he and the movement behind him must be defeated and demoralized. Unfortunately for them, we live in 2016- an era where they have irreversibly lost their previous monopoly in controlling flow and dissemination of "news" and information. It also does not help them that a very small percentage of the population believes in what they have to say. I see their futile attempts at undermining Trump as being the final major attempt of their failing and decaying vocation to influence the course of events for the benefit of the establishment elite.
What do you think? Comments?
Fake Moral Outrage by Establishment against Trump will Benefit Him: 1
The previous week, or two, has seen the mainstream media being involved in the coordinated release and promotion of one (or more) audio recording of Trump making some allegedly lewd comments about women. They have also solicited and promoted the personal testimonies of women who have mysteriously remember instances of Trump groping them many years ago. Needless to say, these stories are poorly sourced and look very suspiciously timed. I should also point out more than a few of the accusers have direct, or indirect, links to the Clinton political machine.
It is most peculiar that the mainstream media is promoting these suspiciously timed stories about Trump while simultaneously ignoring the still ongoing releases of John Podesta's hacked emails by WikiLeaks. As some of you know, the emails released so far by WikiLeaks contain many revelations relevant to the electability of Hillary Clinton in the general election. Also,if you do not know who John Podesta is or need to refresh your memory of him- here is a link about him.
These leaked emails, among other things, highlight the extremely close relationships between her and large corporations and financial institutions- thereby justifying the commonly held belief that she is a tool of corporations and the elite. Other emails from the same leak have shown her disconnectedness and contempt for non-elite americans, especially if they are white and resident in non-coastal states. We now finally have full transcripts of at least three paid speeches given by her to Goldman Sachs (at about 230k per speech) and damaging excerpts from many similar speeches given to other banks and corporations.
Perhaps more disturbingly, these speeches have revealed that she admits (public positions vs private position)that she will say anything to get elected. It certainly does not help her credibility to privately say that Saudi Arabia and neighboring gulf Emirates fund and support ISIS/ISIL and then accept millions of dollars from them- including a million dollar check birthday check for Bill Clinton. There are others where she privately calls "common core" a failure, defends fracking, is against legalizing marijuana, is still totally for gay marriage.. you get the picture.
However almost none of these important revelations about HRC are being discussed in the mainstream media. The mainstream, or more properly the establishment, media is full of endless interviews of poorly aging white women who claim that Trump sexually molested them years ago. Oddly enough, none of these women made a formal or informal compliant about his alleged behavior at that time. Infact, many of these accusers continued to be on very good terms with him until he announced his intention to run for the presidency. Furthermore, there is no way to verify the veracity of their claims via third-party testimony or other forms of objective evidence.
The endless promotion of such news items about Trump while simultaneously refusing to cover the Podesta leaks strongly suggests that the mainstream media (in collusion with the Clinton campaign) is deliberately running a massive fake news operation against Trump to stop his democratic election to the presidency.
While there are those who think such negative coverage by the media will hurt Trump over the long-term, I think otherwise. And here is why.. How many of you remember the attacks on Trump's emotional stability from three months ago, or the attacks originating from the Khan family a couple of months ago or those by Alicia Machado from three weeks ago. In every single case, these attacks had no real lasting effects on Trump's standing in the polls. At best, these attacks appeared to have some negative effect in some polls for a few days followed by a rebound. In a future post, I will also share my thoughts on the apparently odd behavior of major pre-election polls.
So why are all these attacks on Trump by the Clinton campaign and mainstream (old) media failing to have any real effect on his popularity? Well, there are many reasons.. but they can be broadly classified into two categories. Firstly, it comes down to credibility or the lack thereof. It is no secret that constantly repeating stories and allegations with the same themes in absence of support from events in real life hurts credibility of those sources. The mainstream media have been crying wolf for so long that very few people (as a percentage of the population) still believe them.
Moreover, the internet allows Trump to issue his rebuttals and make counter-accusations to an audience that is far larger and more engaged than that now available to mainstream media. Some of you might know that many of Trump's recent campaign speeches have between 200-300k YouTube views (per speech) within 48 hours of uploading them. Furthermore the footprint of people who believe him, or follow him, on various social media platforms is in the tens of millions. Between that and his very well attended rallies, he has a far larger non-traditional media presence than HRC.
Secondly, the public image he has cultivated over three decades is such that controversies that would sink conventional politicians have no negative effect on him. Everybody knows that he is brash and rude rich guy who likes the company of attractive women. That is part of his image and appeal. Nobody expects him to speak like Obama or anybody else from an east-coast ivy league university. His lack of pretense about enjoying fast food or wearing ill-fitting suits makes him look normal and real in comparison to politicians with HRC who are incapable of anything approaching spontaneous or normal human behavior.
Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, people have grown to associate the media image of politicians like HRC with greed, corruption, lying and systemic decay. It does not help that public trust in institutions, from the medical establishment to journalism, is at an all time low- and still going down. In this environment, a candidate like Trump appears more viable and reasonable than all those credentialed expert-types whose only apparent skills seem to be finding new ways of scamming and looting the majority of people. We also cannot discount the possibility that some of his supporters want to elect him for the express purpose of destroying the status quo- one in which they have no worthwhile future.
What do you think? Comments?
Why Hillary Clinton is Losing in Polls to Donald Trump: 3
In the second post of this series, I put forth the idea that a significant part of popular support for Trump's candidacy is a reaction to the almost unanimous support of HRC by establishment elites and their upper-middle class enablers. It is no secret that a rapidly growing majority of the population has lost faith in the competence and ability of establishment elites and their flunkies (aka "credentialed experts and Professionals") to keep the system from imploding on itself. As some of you might know, this issue has been the subject of many posts on this blog- including some of the first ones I wrote in 2010.
It is also no secret that the establishment media and "objective credentialed experts" are trying very hard to persuade people to not vote for Trump.. and it is not working. But why is that the case? Why are most people ignoring the constant stream of distortions, lies and scams put forth by the mainstream media, "celebrities" and "credentialed experts"? Why did people appear to trust and believe them in the past but now ignore them? What makes people today so much less likely to believe in what "opinion leaders", "celebrities" and "public intellectuals" say? While I have covered some of the interlocking reasons for the now irreversible decline in public opinion about them in previous posts, there are a few issues especially relevant to the rise of Trump that could use some more illumination.
About 2-3 weeks ago, an angry HRC asked "Why am I not 50 points ahead?" during a televised interview. While that rhetorical question has since become a subject of much amusement to people throughout the country, I believe that an honest answer to that question highlights one of the major problems facing establishment elite in the USA- and indeed throughout the west. As many of you probably know, the mainstream media and "public intellectuals" blame everything from sexism to her multi-decade presence in national politics for her unpopularity. However the surprise and frustration expressed by HRC in that interview has far deeper roots than mere unpopularity. The question she is really asking is as follows- Why are so people willing to trust a political novice like Trump over a "credentialed expert" like her?
The answer to that question goes something like this.. "credentials" and "experience" are, at best, proxy markers for real-life ability and competence.
Let me illustrate that point with a couple of examples. Consider a population which believes that their health-care system is the "best" in the world because it looks, sounds and feels impressive and "professional". Most readers will immediately realize that the way a system looks, sounds and feels has no real link to it being excellent or even good. But let us imagine that the population of said country is delusional or stupid enough to buy such associations and lacks an external frame of reference to suspect otherwise. Now ask yourself- How long can this charade continue without the population openly losing faith in the system and its "credentialed professionals"? Based on my observations about the healthcare system in USA, repeated negative experiences with the system are the single biggest contributor to loss of faith in it. While external reference frames and decentralized flow of information definitely speed up the process, personal experiences are by far the largest and most powerful drivers for loss of faith in any given system.
Another example of this phenomenon can be seen in the generally negative perception of corporations capitalism among the under-40 age group in USA. Many "public intellectuals" believe that such perceptions in that age group has to do with them being entitled or spoiled. But as we know, it is the "public intellectuals" who are full of shit. Baby boomers (and older generations) have a more positive perception of corporations and capitalism largely because both appeared to largely deliver on their promises at some point in their lives (mostly between 1950s-1970s). In contrast to that- neither of the two have delivered anything about stagnation, misery and precariousness to anyone born after the very early 1970s. Consequently propaganda, regardless of scale or extent, is incapable of making most non-retarded people born after 1970 see corporations and capitalism in positive terms.
The willingness to vote for a political novice like Trump over a "credentialed" system insider like HRC in 2016 is, therefore, largely a consequence of many tens of millions of people having had multiple and sustained negative experiences with voting for the political status quo. To put it another way, no amount of hand wringing and scare mongering by the elites and their enablers will change the actual levels of popular support for Trump's presidential campaign.
What do you think? Comments?
Why Hillary Clinton is Losing in Polls to Donald Trump: 2
In the previous post of this series, I put forth the idea that HRC's continued downward slide in polls against Trump is largely due to unanimous support of her candidacy by elites and their upper-middle class enablers. I also mentioned that widespread loss of public faith in elites and their flunkies is not unique to USA and infact is one of the major trends that has arisen throughout the west in the previous decade. You might remember that I first predicted the rise of Donald Trump in a post on Aug 31, 2015– when the vast majority of journalists, talking heads and other elite flunkies thought it was a joke or a ploy to get a new reality show. I also subsequently wrote more than a few posts about the factors that have made Donald Trump's remarkable success possible.
And all of this brings us the inevitable question- Why is HRC such a remarkably unpopular politician? While more than a few of you will list a litany of reasons behind her lack of popularity, a close look at her public record and persona make her lack of popularity kinda odd. There is nothing about her public record or persona that makes her especially despicable compared to your average successful establishment politician in USA or anywhere else in the west. She is certainly not any more slimy or corrupt than other big name politicians such as Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, Bush43, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio.. well you get the picture. She also compares very favorably to hucksters like Ted Cruz and pretty much any other republican governor.
By all counts, her nomination as the democratic candidate and subsequent win in the presidential election should have been ridiculously easy. But as many of you remember, it has anything but easy for her to win the democratic primary against Bernie Sanders, a 74-year old independent senator from Vermont. Infact the DNC had to rig the entire primary process for her to "win" the democratic nomination. It is also noteworthy that Bernie Sanders was able to raise almost 250 million dollars in small donations from democrats and independents in order to campaign against HRC. So why were democrats and democrat-leaning independents willing to put so much money and energy to stop the coronation of a candidate who was not that much worse than other establishment democrat politicians and, at least on paper, much better than establishment republican politicians.
The establishment narrative and explanation for the remarkable fragility of her presidential campaign is based on the idea that people hate her because she is a woman. But is that really the case? Is her gender anything more than peripherally involved in her remarkable unpopularity among the democratic base and democratic-leaning voters? I should also point out that she was not always seen as an especially corrupt and dishonest politician. As late as 2008, she was seen as a very viable if moderately flawed candidate for the presidency. She also had far lower negative ratings during the 2008 democratic campaign than she has now. So what happened in the intervening 8 years? How did a reasonably well-regarded and fairly popular politician become somebody with extremely high negative ratings?
So, what changed?
Let us start by talking about what has NOT changed since 2008. HRC, you see, has not changed since 2008.. 2000.. 1996.. 1992.. who knows. She is acting like an establishment politician was supposed to in the early-1990s to early-2000s timespan. Her executive style and worldview are also deeply rooted in the late-1980s-early-2000s era when it was cool and very profitable to be an establishment neoliberal. Infact for most of the 1990s, many in the west seriously believed that neoliberalism was the only way. Moreover, the relative peace and high growth rates enjoyed by people in the 1990s (especially in the USA) were able to paper over the many systemic flaws and defects of that ideology. The first large-scale problems with the neoliberal status quo (9/11, Invasion of Iraq etc) only started becoming obvious in the early 2000s, but a credit and real-estate bubble was able to keep the lid on things till 2008.
But that by itself was not sufficient to make HRC, and others like her, so unpopular. I believe it was the response of the establishment (specifically the government) in USA to the 2008 financial crisis that put the proverbial 'nail in the coffin' for popularity of neoliberal politicians. As many of you know, Obama (and the democrats) promised a lot of reform in legally deniable language during the 2008 presidential campaign. We all know how that worked out for the 90-99%. The government in USA (and other western countries) used the 2008 financial crisis to bail out their financial backers and transfer the costs of doing so on everybody else. The post-2008 era has also seen corporations using "laws" and "rules" to speed up the financialization-driven exploitation of people in areas that were traditionally regulated or moderated to prevent that outcome. Furthermore, they also sped up the rate of replacing well-paying with low-paying precarious jobs often with no benefits- all thanks to various secret "free trade" treaties.
Consequently most people in USA (and other western countries) have increasingly come to view establishment politicians as irredeemable and incompetent liars who are incapable of improving the lives of the vast majority of those who voted them into office. While the public image of politicians throughout history has always been a bit sketchy, their voters did expect them to.. for the lack of a better expression.. not piss on them. Which brings us to the most important reason behind Hillary Clinton's abyssal favorability ratings. Most voters, you see, expect her to renege on every single promise she made about making their lives better. They expect her to work only for her extremely rich donors (domestic and foreign) and further enrich them while pauperizing everybody else. It does not help that her lawyerly parsing of words, or as I call it "anodyne" communication, is now seen as one of the main indicators of systemic and irredeemable dishonesty.
What do you think? Comments?
Why Hillary Clinton is Losing in Polls to Donald Trump: 1
One of the more interesting aspects of the 2016 presidential election is that Donald Trump is now either very close to Hillary Clinton, or beating her in battleground "swing"states, in multiple recent polls. Hillary's widespread slide in poll numbers in September has caused much consternation and hand-wringing among establishment democrats and their financiers- not to mention many white middle-aged women with desk jobs living in coastal cities. The HRC campaign has been in full panic mode since the first week of September.. and that was before her collapse at the 9/11 memorial service. Her campaign is now trying desperate tactics such as sending the cast of the preachy "west wing" TV to campaign for her in Ohio, more pathetic attempts to appeal to hip millennials and appearing with Zach Galifianakis on 'Between Two Ferns'.
Many democrat faithfuls are now openly starting to wonder why Hillary Clinton is almost tied in multiple polls with Donald Trump in late September, especially after supposedly besting him by 8-10% percentage points barely a month ago. I mean.. how can an intelligent woman with such a long history of "public service" and "policy experience" lose against a person who, in their eyes, has more in common with your used car salesman alcoholic uncle than anything approaching "presidential material". Hillary's supporters in the media, who are legion, have spent much effort trying to find factors for her seemingly irresistible downward slide in the polls. They have so far identified a number of potential culprits ranging from millennial idealism, Bernie Sanders, the low intelligence of the average american voter, white racism… you get the picture.
Now, I do not deny that some of these factors have had a negative impact on her poll numbers. It is however clear to me that her downward slide has occurred despite her campaign and supporters spending almost 250 million dollars (to date) on media ads against Donald Trump. It has also occurred despite HRC having almost unanimous support from the media in her campaigns attempt to denigrate Trump and simultaneously minimize the spread of negative information about her. In other words- massive amounts of negative advertising directed at her opponent AND the unanimous support of elites, mainstream media and pretty much every semi-famous person in good standing with the 'system' has not helped her poll numbers. Infact, this very high level of establishment support seems to have had a negative effect on her standing vis-a-vis Donald Trump.
But why is this happening? Isn't the USA full of conformist people who blindly follow authority while pretending to be rebellious and individualists? Shouldn't all these highly paid pundits, opinion manipulators, focus group experts and other assorted credentialed assholes be able to sell HRC to the american public- especially when the other option is supposedly a used car salesman who was lucky enough to be born to rich parents? And to be fair, while Trump has plenty of street smarts and media savvy- he isn't exactly the brightest bulb in the room. Why are so many people willing to give Trump a chance? Conventional theories about the popularity of, and momentum behind, Trump are based on one or more of three core beliefs: 1] His supporters and perhaps half of the american electorate are racist and stupid- aka the "basket of deplorables" 2] HRC is a really bad candidate for the presidency, especially at a time when establishment types have become unpopular throughout the west. 3] Trump is a master psychological manipulator – aka the Scott Adams theory.
Personally, I think that Trump's popularity is partly due to a combination of 1] and 2] plus economic insecurity. However the major part of Trump's successes is due to a much larger phenomenon that has to do with general loss of trust in institutions and professionals both public and private that has been going on for previous two decades. This trend was barely perceptible even in the late-1990s, and it started becoming obvious only in the early-2000s. However, even then, it was not exactly a major trend. It started accelerating around 2005-2006 and has now become one of the dominant trends of our times. While there are many reasons for its acceleration and spread, especially the growth of the internet, the single biggest factor propelling its growth is that people can no longer ignore evidence that western elite are incompetent, fraudulent, malicious and supremely corrupt.
It does not take a genius to figure out supposedly useful, objective and trustworthy institutions from universities and schools to hospitals and large corporations are run by people who are incompetent, short-sighted and frequently malicious. Similarly it is obvious that supposedly respectable professions from teachers, professors, doctors to people running non-profits and governments are full of barely competent and incredibly greedy people- frequently with some version of the 'god complex'. It is therefore no surprise that people distrust ideas and people supported by elites and their upper-middle class enablers. In other words, the waning of public support for HRC is mostly due to the fact that she is strongly supported by elites and their upper-middle class flunkies. The failure of her attempts to paint Trump as a dangerous idiot is largely due the fact that people simply do not care for the opinions of those they actively distrust.
What do you think? Comments?


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This article is about a street in Moscow. For a Moscow Metro station, see Sretensky Bulvar.
Sretensky Boulevard (Russian: Сретенский Бульвар) is a major boulevard in central Moscow of important cultural significance, a part of the Boulevard Ring encircling the centre of the city. Sretensky Boulevard's northern end is at Lubyanka Street and Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, and its southern end is at Turgenevskaya Square, where it becomes Chistoprudny Boulevard.
Sretensky Boulevard is a major thoroughfare, as it is a part of the Boulevard Ring. The Moscow Metro station called Sretensky Bulvar is a namesake of the boulevard.
Coordinates: 55°45′59″N 37°38′1″E / 55.76639°N 37.63361°E
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