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Paul Krugman | Thinking About the Trumpthinkable

Paul Krugman, New York Times
Krugman writes: "You have a party whose domestic policy agenda consists of shouting 'death panels!', whose foreign policy agenda consists of shouting 'Benghazi!', and which now expects its base to realize that Trump isn't serious."
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lan Abramowitz reads the latest WaPo poll and emails:

Read these results and tell me how Trump doesn’t win the Republican nomination? I’ve been very skeptical about this all along, but I’m starting to change my mind. I think there’s at least a pretty decent chance that Trump will be the nominee.

Here’s why I think Trump could very well end up as the nominee:

1. He’s way ahead of every other candidate now and has been in the lead or tied for the lead for a long time.

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No, You're Not Paranoid: The Koch Brothers Really Are Spying on You
Katie Herzog, Grist
Herzog writes: "There's a secret intelligence network funded by evil billionaire brothers determined to choose the next American president. No, that's not the plot of the new James Bond movie - it's life in the U.S.A. circa 2015."
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2 Palestinian Americans Barred From Southwest Flight After Passenger Claims to Feel 'Unsafe'
Nicole Rojas, International Business Times
Rojas writes: "Two Palestinian Americans were barred from boarding their flight home from Chicago on November 18th after a fellow passenger claimed to feel afraid to fly with them."
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Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fritakis | Official Vote Tally on Ohio's Pot Issue Deemed "Statistically Impossible"
Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fritakis, Reader Supported News
Excerpt: "The 'stolen election' controversy over this month's officially defeated Ohio pot legalization referendum has gone to a new level."
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he "stolen election” controversy over this month’s officially defeated Ohio pot legalization referendum has gone to a new level.

“The results are not only impossible but unfathomable,” stated Ron Baiman, Assistant Professor of Graduate Business Administration at Benedictine University, where he teaches economics and statistics.

The Columbus Free Press asked Baiman to calculate the odds of the official vote count of Ohio’s Issue 3, to legalize marijuana, being correct – compared to the tracking polls charting voter preference leading up to this year’s November election. The Free Press supplied Baiman with poll results taken prior to the election by noted pollster Jon Zogby.

The polls leading into the November 3 vote showed the referendum passing. But the official results claim it lost by 2:1.

The standard assumption with such polling is that the undecided voters in the poll would have potentially gone 50-50. Thus half of them would be voting no and the other half would be voting yes on Issue 3. Baiman pointed out that with such an assumption being probable, the odds against the referendum losing 2:1 go through the roof. They are, he said, “one in a trillion.”

The analysis showed that even if the most illogical outcome is assumed – that every single undecided voter in the polls voted against Issue 3 – it is still statistically impossible to accept Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s official tally as being credible.

If the Zogby poll was accurate, says Baiman, one would expect the official outcome as reported by the state once in every 105,000 elections.

As general rule, undecided voters do not tend to split more than 60-40 percent in favor of one side or the other.

Pre-election tracking polls are performed using a random and representative sample. They accurately reflect how voters of various demographics are likely to vote. All such polls do contain a margin of error. The Zogby poll has a 4.9 percent margin of error, which leaves the official outcome of the Issue 3 vote still very far out of the realm of reasonable statistical probability.

Another Issue 3 poll done by the Kitchen Group showed a closer split between the yes and no vote. It was conducted one week before Election Day, with a random survey of more than over 1000 Ohioans. The odds that Husted’s official tally is correct based on the Kitchen poll are even heavier than with the Zogby poll…in this case yielding a result that would be expected only once in once in every 799,000,000 elections. [see attachments]

There can be only two explanations for this.

Ohioans can assume that the well-funded corporate multimillionaire growers backing Issue 3 who hired highly-regarded pollsters were given made-up drivel as the poll results. Or, Ohio’s notoriously corrupt, antiquated and highly-vulnerable voting system was hacked or manipulated by partisans like Ohio’s Secretary of State Husted.

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Stranded Migrants Block Railway, Call Hunger Strike
Yannis Behrakis, Reuters
Behrakis writes: "Moroccans, Iranians and Pakistanis on Greece's northern border with Macedonia blocked rail traffic and demanded passage to western Europe on Monday. One Iranian man, declaring a hunger strike, stripped to the waist, sewed his lips together with nylon and sat down in front of lines of Macedonian riot police."
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Homicide on the Rise in Mexico: 47 People Killed Everyday
teleSUR
Excerpt: "According to official figures, the number of preliminary inquiries and investigations for homicide in Mexico went from 13,149 to 14,069 this year, which translates to a staggering 47 murders a day."
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Only 3 Northern White Rhinos Left on Earth After Death of Nola at San Diego Zoo
Maureen Nandini Mitra, Earth Island Journal
Mitra writes: "Nola, one of the last four Northern White Rhinos remaining in the world, died at San Diego Zoo Safari Park Sunday following a bacterial infection."
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CLG: Putin: ISIS financed from 40 countries, including G20 members, US created Daesh terrorists: GOP presidential candidate Santorum

News Updates from CLG
17 November 2015

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Previous edition: CIA Director Brennan Met With French Security Chief Before Paris Attacks - Report

 

Breaking: Russian plane crash in Sinai a terrorist attack - Russian Security Service | 17 Nov 2015 | The Russian plane crash in Sinai, Egypt, was caused by a terrorist attack as traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of the plane, Federal Security Service director Aleksandr Bortnikov told President Vladimir Putin. "We can say that that [Sinai plane crash] was a terror act," Bortnikov told Putin. According to the FSB chief, experts analyzed passengers' belongings as well as the parts of the plane. "After the examination on all these objects, we have found traces of a foreign-made explosive substance," Bortnikov said. "During the flight, a homemade device with the power of 1.5 kilograms of TNT was detonated. As a result, the plane fell apart in the air, which can be explained by the huge scattering of the fuselage parts of the plane," he added.

 

Putin: ISIS financed from 40 countries, including G20 members | 16 Oct. 2015 | President Vladimir Putin says he's shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states. During the summit, "I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) [but still I-CIA-SIS] units by private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries and, there are some of the G20 members among them," Putin told the journalists.

 

US created Daesh terrorists: GOP presidential candidate Santorum | 15 Nov 2015 | Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has blamed the United States for the creation of Daesh (ISIL) [I-CIA-SIS], after the terrorist group claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks. At least 129 people were killed in multiple coordinated attacks on Friday night in one of the deadliest assaults to hit the French capital since the World War II. Some 352 were also injured -- including 99 who are in critical condition -- in the attacks...ISIL terrorists, who were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, now control parts of Syria and Iraq.

 

Police 'Let Fugitive Terror Suspect Go'  --A search is under way for Saleh Abdeslam who was pulled over by police but then released despite being identified by authorities. --French police getting 'help' from the FBI (CNN) | 16 Nov 2015 | A man wanted over the Paris terror attacks had been questioned and released by police hours after the massacres, it is claimed. Salah Abdeslam, 26, reportedly helped with logistics and rented a black Volkswagen Polo used by the gunmen who stormed the Bataclan concert hall and killed at least 89 people on Friday night. He was apparently spoken to by officers on Saturday morning when they pulled over a car carrying three people near the Belgian border. Police then checked Abdeslam's ID and subsequently let him go, officials told the Associated Press.

 

ISIS Threatens to Attack Washington, D.C. in Video; Security Increased Across U.S. | 16 Nov 2015 | ISIS delivered a new threat to the United States in a video released today, claiming that it will carry out an attack on the nation's capital. The terror group, which quickly claimed credit for the deadly Paris attacks last Friday, said that the carnage in France was just the beginning. Security is ramping up across the country. There is a heavy police presence in Times Square, and U.S. Capitol Police sent a security awareness reminder to congressional offices today. U.S. Park Police have also increased patrols to protect "treasured icons."

 

Lindsey Graham: 'There's a 9/11 coming' | 16 Nov 2015 | GOP presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham warned Sunday that "there is a 9/11 coming" if the United States does not play a leading role in a ground war against ISIS. In an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," Graham said he hopes France will invoke a NATO provision that would draw its allies into a war against ISIS. "They should. The world should be at war with ISIL," the South Carolina senator said.

 

CIA chief warns Islamic State may have other attacks ready [He would know!] | 16 Nov 2015 | CIA Director John Brennan warned on Monday that the attacks in Paris claimed by the extremist Islamic State movement were not a "one-off event" and that the militants may have similar operations ready to launch. Foiling those plots, however, could prove difficult because Europe's intelligence and security resources are severely stretched trying to keep track of the hundreds of European extremists who have returned home from fighting in Syria and Iraq. The Islamic State, which threatened in a new video on Monday to attack in Washington, appears to have formed an external operations branch [Langley, VA?] that may have readied follow-up strikes to the Paris attacks, he said.

 

French PM: More Attacks Being Planned --Manuel Valls warned that terrorists are planning attacks around Europe [How does he know this?] | 16 Nov 2015 | The French PM knew attacks were being prepared and has said that more are still being planned in France and across Europe. Manuel Valls said French intelligence services had prevented several attacks since the summer but warned: "Terrorism could strike again in the days or weeks to come." Mr Valls spoke about the threat across Europe as David Cameron confirmed seven attacks on a smaller scale being planned in the UK in the last six months have been stopped.

 

168 Raids In France, and 104 People Under House Arrest | 16 Nov 2015 | One hundred sixty-eight locations have been raided and 104 people have been placed under house arrest in the past 48 hours in France, the interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said on Monday. "It's just a start, these operations are going to continue, the response of the Republic will be huge, will be total," he said. "The one who targets the Republic, the Republic will catch him."

 

Paris Attacks: 150 Raids as France Goes to 'War With Terrorism' --'We are at war with terrorism.' --PM Valls | 16 Nov 2015 | French police launched dozens of raids overnight as part of a colossal manhunt in wake of Paris's deadly terror attacks. Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the RTL radio more than 150 raids were carried out across the country. The searches took place throughout the country, according to BFM TV, including in Toulouse, Grenoble, Bobigny and Lyon. Police in Lyon arrested five people and seized a rocket launcher, according to BFM TV.

 

French jets bomb ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, Syria; few may have been killed | 16 Nov 2015 | The French air force carried out bombing missions on ISIS [I-CIA-SIS] targets in Raqqa, Syria, for a second day in a row. ISIS claims Raqqa as the capital of its so-called caliphate. On Monday, France targeted a command center, a recruitment center, an ammunition storage base and a training camp in the city, the French military said. On Sunday, the air force struck similar strategic targets in multiple sorties...

 

More than half the nation's governors say Syrian refugees not welcome | 16 Nov 2015 | More than half the nation's governors -- 27 states -- say they oppose letting Syrian refugees into their states, although the final say on this contentious immigration issue will fall to the federal government. States protesting the admission of refugees range from Alabama and Georgia, to Texas and Arizona, to Michigan and Illinois, to Maine and New Hampshire. Among these 27 states, all but one have Republican governors. The announcements came after authorities revealed that at least one of the suspects believed to be involved in the Paris terrorist attacks entered Europe among the current wave of Syrian refugees.

 

51 arrested in protests after black man shot by Minneapolis police | 17 Nov 2015 | Hundreds of protesters shut down northbound Interstate 94 through Minneapolis Monday night reacting to the shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police. In all, 51 people were arrested. The Minnesota Department of Transportation reports protesters were on the freeway, attempting to block traffic...Several area metro police departments were on scene attempting to control the situation.

 

Two reportedly shot by off-duty police officer near Washington, D.C.'s Union Station --Station is located a few blocks north of the Capitol | 14 Nov 2015 | Gunfire broke out Saturday night in the Union Station area after an off-duty law enforcement officer saw a man with a knife, according to a spokesman for Metro. The officer fired several shots and hit the suspect and possibly a female bystander, according to Dan Stessel, a spokesman for Metro. The shooting shut down parts of Union Station and the surrounding area as police swarmed into the site.

 

Ohio Polls Showed Pot Legalization Winning...But Then It Failed, 2:1 | 13 Nov 2015 | In the lead-up to the November 3 referendum on pot legalization in Ohio, reputable mainstream polls show it winning. Then, amidst the usual "glitches" that distinguish the Buckeye State's electronic elections, it officially failed by a 2:1 margin. The outcome is a virtual statistical impossibility...In both 2004 and 2015, the vast majority of votes were cast on electronic machines owned by private corporations, with proprietary software. When a federal judge mandated a recount in a class action suit in 2004, 56 of Ohio's 88 counties failed to produce the required documentation. 

 

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OHIO: Another phony baloney vote!

Republicans can't legitimately win elections...who with any brains would vote for them? 

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Was Ohio's Marijuana Vote Stolen? TV Screen Shots Show Massive Number of Votes Flipping 
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Excerpt: "Televised screen shots taken Tuesday night of live election returns in Ohio provided by the Secretary of State's office showed hundreds of thousands of votes flipping from the 'yes' to 'no' column of Issue 3, the ballot measure to legalize marijuana." 
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The secretary of state's live returns don't make sense.

elevised screen shots taken Tuesday night of live election returns in Ohio provided by the Secretary of State's office showed hundreds of thousands of votes flipping from the "yes" to "no" column of Issue 3, the ballot measure to legalize marijuana.

When seen against the backdrop of Ohio's longstanding history of Republicans manipulating the vote count to obtain the outcome they seek, such as in the 2004 presidential election when Ohio returns selected George W. Bush to a second term, there are compelling reasons to question the official result where the pot measure went down to defeat.  

[Many are discussed in this radio discussion 30 minutes into the show (the first half is about nuclear power): http://prn.fm/?s=green+power+&+wellness]

To understand the context for this likely chicanery, you have to understand the backdrop of current Ohio politics.

According to the election night returns provided by Secretary of State Jon Husted, the people of Ohio defeated a November 3 proposition to legalize marijuana by a tally of nearly two-to-one.

The controversial measure would have established an oligarchy of 10 licensed growers operating regulated indoor grow sites of up to 300,000 square feet each. The pro-marijuana activist community was divided on the measure.

Husted was not a neutral election administrator. He vehemently opposed the measure, threatened its proponents with legal action, and live TV results showed hundeds of thousands of votes moving from the yes to no column in a matter of minutes.

Take a look at the two screen shots below, where hundreds of thousands of votes flipped from the 'yes' to the 'no' column in 11 minutes, even though the number of precints that reported only increased by 6 percent. These figures are provided by Husted's office to the media and public. In the first screenshot, with 39 percent of precincts reporting, the measure is winning 65-to-35 percent.

In the second screenshot, taken 11 minutes later, those percentages are flipped from the yes and no columns, even though the number of precincts reporting has only increased by 6 percent. Look at the number of votes in each column and you will see that 100s of 1,000s have been jumped from supporting to opposing the measure.

The promoters of the pot measure, Issue 3, should demand a recount, though the system is rigged and they would certainly be stonewalled. As in 2004's presidential election that came down to Ohio's close vote, critical election records are likely to not materialize even though they are legally required to be maintained.

Why is the system here rigged? It starts with the fact that Husted, a right-wing Republican and future gubernatorial hopeful, ran this election while visibly and actively campaigning against Issue 3 and threatening its proponents.

Husted vehemently opposes legalization of marijuana in any form. Less than a week before this year’s election, Husted accused Issue 3’s promoters of fraud, and has vowed to prosecute. He also is allied with state legislators who were prepared to negate (on “anti-monopoly" grounds) Issue 3’s legalization plan if it were passed by the voters.

Here are other factors that cast doubts on the official defeat of the Issue 3:

1. 1. Pre-election polling showed far more support. Three major polls prior to the election showed public support for Issue 3 in the range of 51 percent- to 53 percent and Responsible Ohio, the coalition behind Issue 3, confirmed to the Free Press that its internal tracking polls were consistent with these numbers.


2. 2. Results showed outsized swing from polling. The official vote total of 65 percent to 35 percent against the marijuana measure involves a shift of more than 15 percent away from the tracking poll numbers. The same thing happened in 2005 with the Reform Ohio Now measures on the ballot that would have created a nonpartisan state election administration system, removing the secretary of state's oversight of elections. The results, compared to pre-election polling, appeared to be flipped by up to 40 percentage points.


3. 3. Paperless electronic voting problems cascaded. Early on Election Day, media reported “glitches” in the electronic poll books in Cincinnati. Such breakdowns are common occurences in Ohio, which give the state’s operatives time and cover to manipulate the reported vote count. So extensive was the meltdown of the iPad tablets used as poll books in Hamilton County, Ohio (home of Cincinnati) that the state judge ordered the polls open an hour and a half longer. Voters were told to come back later.


4. 4. Live televised returns shows 350,000 votes flip. The screen shots taken in real-time from WHIO’s website, a Dayton TV station, show radical and inexplicable shifts in vote totals for Issues 1 and 3. One screen shot taken at 9:39 PM shows Issue 3 passing with 65 percet of the vote. Eleven minutes later, the percentages for Issue 3 flipped. The screen shot shows Issue 3 inexplicably losing 354,796 votes in the 11-minute span, even though the number of precincts reporting only went up from 39 percent to 45 percent.

What Next?

There are enough irregularities in Ohio’s statewide November election to merit a thorough investigation of the Buckeye State’s plans for the 2016 presidential election. The state does not need a repeat of the 2004 voting debacle.

Columbus Free Press is the Publication of Origin for this work.

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Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman have co-written six books on election theft; the next one,THE SIXTH JIM CROW: ELECTRONIC ELECTION THEFT & THE 2016 SELECTION will be out soon.  Bob’s FITRAKIS FILES is at www.freepress.org; Harvey’s AMERICA AT THE BRINK OF REBIRTH: THE ORGANIC SPIRAL OF US HISTORY will be out in 2016. 

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