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Saudi Arabia and the US: Dirty Money?
An examination of Xiemen Ltd., a company based in Canada, may shed light on further foreign influence on American foreign policy from Saudi or Emirati donors to the Trump campaign. In a May 21, 2018 Associated Press article written by Desmond Butler and Tom LoBianco entitled “The Princes, the President, and the Fame Seekers”, Xiemen is stated to be connected to UAE-influenced legislation pushed through the US congress to declare Qatar, once an ally of the US in the Middle East, a state sponsor of terror. A second article by the same authors in the Lebanese Daily Star details that Xiemen Investments acted as a go-between for a $25 million investment into the Donald Trump campaign.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
Trump Won't Leave Gracefully
I am watching, like most Americans, for the polls to confirm that Donald Trump will no longer be President of the United States of America. Sadly I am less enthusiastic about the positive merits of Biden than I am about just getting rid of Trump. But there is one thing I know, more than eighty percent of murders are committed by family members, Trump has been like the abusive husband to America, and most husbands kill their wives when they are breaking up. This is going to be a mighty big break up.
By Helen Stuart5 years ago in The Swamp
Donald Trump's Last Stand From the Eyes of an Abuse Survivor
I don’t usually care about elections. I’m jaded. No election has ever changed my life that much, if at all. That’s probably because I’m a member of at least two disenfranchised groups, I’m poor and I’m a woman. But I am eagerly waiting for the results of this 2020 election to come in and say with finality that Donald Trump will no longer be President of the United States. I am not a political pundit or anything else. I am a survivor of domestic abuse and I see Trump as an abusive husband to America and a perpetrator of disrespect and shame to women and minorities.
By Helen Stuart5 years ago in The Swamp
How the Australia Points System eases the entire process of Immigration
Australia uses a point-system to screen the best and the brightest international students from all corners of the world. The points system was introduced so that skilled workers can be selected without any bias. In addition, it sets a clear and transparent standard for entry and allows the Australian Government to control economic migration into the areas that are a major driver for the country’s economic growth.
By Neha Dixit5 years ago in The Swamp
American Presidential Election 2020
Donald Trump did not even think so. Will win the election - he was confident. But he did not seem to understand what had happened. He is losing his second term as the first incumbent president since 1992. Through a nuclear disarmament deal with North Korea, the arch-enemy of the United States, through mediation to normalize Middle East relations with Israel, and through a trade war with China, he may have thought he would gain greater support in the country. So he became desperate to win the election. But he may not have known that the coronavirus issue had eaten him to the ground like a worm. He has canceled a historic nuclear deal with Iran signed by former President Barack Obama.
By Md Zahirul Haque5 years ago in The Swamp
Hidden benefits
Although this week is marked by the US election, in Canada we also vote to bring in our government. When I was younger before I could vote, I always used to wonder why everyone seemed to get angry when discussing their vote. Like with everything else in our lives, we have our own opinions. I don't think that anyone can say one party is their exact vision, so we go with what's really important to us and which party holds more of those ideals important as well.
By Yvette McDermott5 years ago in The Swamp
American Police Brutality and its Impact on Society
One of the reasons I completed my studies in law enforcement is to empower citizens to protect themselves against any who violate or abuse the law for their own benefit. But first I have to explain legal details that the average American doesn’t always know or understand. The justification for my analysis here is based in both law and philosophy. You have to remember that police are regular citizens, just like you. They’re not legally distinct from citizens, they are merely citizens who have entered into public employment with their local, state, or federal authorities. They’re not military, even if formerly so. There’s a common saying, “once a soldier, always a soldier”. Maybe in mentality, but not legally. Soldiers are legally distinct from civilians, police are not. This difference is key, but even this legal distinction is temporary and conditional upon active duty service. Once the service is over, the distinction is gone.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
A Socialist Argument Against Marxist Orthodoxy
For new socialists, Marxism, and its most popular schools of thought; Maoism, strict Bolshevik-Leninist (Trotskyist), and Marxist-Leninist (Stalinist) arguments are among the least accessible, most difficult to understand ideas in socialist and communist thought. This may be why Trotskyists, Stalinists, and other Marxists in general are considered, or perhaps consider themselves, to be the most intelligent, crème de la crème of socialism. Is this perception valid? Largely, this is debatable. The most frustrating aspect of this school of thought for new, young socialists, those just starting out in their socialist thought after leaving neoliberalism, is the inaccessible, ivory tower reputation of orthodox Marxism. Orthodox Marxists of all stripes may view this as an unfair criticism, or an inaccurate analysis, but it pays off to maintain perspective regarding the new socialists, to have an eye for the new “recruits” to socialism, in an effort to grow socialist thought in the United States and elsewhere.
By Johnny Ringo5 years ago in The Swamp
