Bernie Sanders and the black vote

The glaring weakness in the early stages of the campaign of Bernie Sanders had been his inability to connect with and gain the support of a significant chunk of the black community. The early stages of his campaign was focused almost exclusively on economic issues, seemingly with the belief that people would understand that economic injustices were at the root of many of the difficulties faced by the African American community and that his long-standing record of strong support for civil rights would speak for itself.
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Who’s next to drop out after Rick Perry?

The hapless Rick Perry has pulled the plug on his second run for president when it turned out that his current campaign had even less hap than last time. At least in 2012 he was seen as a viable candidate until the wheels started coming off after his ‘Oops’ moment, the risible failure of memory in one of the debates. This year he was seen as hopeless from the start.
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When inter-racial marriage was blocked after the Supreme Court ruled in its favor

We have seen that some of those who object to same-sex marriage have thrown up road blocks by saying that they will have nothing to do with any marriage, same-sex or opposite-sex, and that this means they are not discriminating against same-sex couples and thus they are honoring both Jesus and the law. Of course, they are also not carrying out the duties of their office and, if ordered by the courts to do so, can be found in contempt if they continue to refuse, as has happened in the case of Kim Davis in Kentucky.
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Jeremy Corbyn easily wins UK Labour Party leadership

TThe progressive politician, who had been a mere backbencher a few months ago and a total dark horse who had been given 500-1 odds of success, won easily with 59.5% of the vote, signaling an end to the Tory-lite Blairite dominance of the party that had prevailed for so long. It was a decisive defeat for the odious Tony Blair who had campaigned hard against Corbyn.
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James Blake arrest video

By now many people would have heard about 35-year old former US tennis star James Blake being tackled by a plain clothes policeman while he was waiting outside the fancy Grand Hyatt hotel in New York City for a car to take him to the US Open. The police claim that it was a case of mistaken identity. While that may well be true, it is incredible how brutally Blake was tackled, leaving him with cuts and bruises, when he was simply standing there minding his own business
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Donald Trump gummed by a newt

Continuing his desperate attempt to get attention, any attention, to his campaign that is barely even registering in the polls, angry Chihuahua Bobby Jindal, envious of the attention given to Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson when they were attacked by Donald Trump, has decided to go after him, no doubt hoping that Trump, after first saying “Bobby who?” might deign to retaliate and insult him too.
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A better way to handle protestors

The spectacle of protestors interrupting staged events is all too common. How the event organizers should respond is tricky, especially if the event is a political one where there may be strong passions on all sides and some groups may feel their views are not being represented adequately. How do you balance the need to let the protestors make their point and continue with the scheduled program without resorting to brute force and having the protestors physically silenced and removed? Event organizers may want to take a lesson from Stephen Colbert.
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The threat of violence in Kentucky

There is a group known as Oath Keepers whose membership consists of current and former military, police, and first responders who make it a point of sending heavily-armed people to places where there is tension. They have now descended on Rowan County to ‘protect’ Kim Davis, the Kentucky County clerk who has been refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her objection to same-sex marriage, from what they see as a tyrannical judge.
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