{"id":22105,"date":"2016-06-02T21:02:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T04:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=22105"},"modified":"2016-06-02T21:02:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T04:02:59","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-02062016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/02\/squatchs-open-thread-02062016\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 02\/06\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well today has been a relatively quiet, relaxing day . . . the dreaded task was the priority which means walking up and down 2 sets of stairs.  Seven loads . . . my spring cleaning as far as the laundry goes.  Now the knees are sore but at least the laundry is done.  Today has been cooler with little sunshine, but no rain.  I thought it was to rain all day . . . maybe tomorrow.  Speaking of tomorrow, Friday is a teaching day so I'll get to see my little guy, Simon.  He's so funny . . . every white car he sees is mine in his mind.  He calls out my name driving his mom a little crazy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

CBC<\/span><\/strong><\/a> — <\/span>An Ottawa bus driver is "overwhelmed" by the thanks and praise he's receiving online for coming to the defence of a student wearing a niqab after another passenger yelled Islamophobic taunts at her.  …<\/p>\n

After that, he just continued calling me a terrorist and a freak, and at one point he even screamed at me to assimilate," she said. "I was angry, but you can't respond to hate with more hate, so I tried to keep it cool and just to explain to him. Other passengers at that point had started to speak up as well."<\/p>\n

A few moments later, OC Transpo bus driver Alain Charette parked the bus and came to her defence, saying he had called authorities.<\/p>\n

Kudos to the bus driver who stood up to haters!  More people need to do the same to make the world a better place.<\/span><\/p>\n

ThinkProgress<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — Political pundits are struggling to comprehend Donald Trump’s rapid ascent to the Republican presidential nomination.<\/p>\n

On MSNBC<\/font><\/a> and in the New York Times<\/font><\/a>, he’s been likened to segregationist George Wallace. Louis CK and Glenn Beck<\/font><\/a> have compared him to Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump has rejected these comparisons<\/font><\/a>. But he is here to help.<\/p>\n

Mahatma<\/strong> Gandhi<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In February, Trump tweeted an image comparing his effort to secure the Republican nomination with Gandhi’s struggle for freedom through nonviolence.<\/p>\n

This is one of six persons (3 are former US Presidents) to whom Trump compares himself.  Megalomaniac and demagogue are words that come to mind.  Blow hard too!!<\/span><\/p>\n

HuffingtonPost<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — "Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different, they are dangerously incoherent,” she said. “They’re not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lies. He is not just unprepared, he is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility.”<\/p>\n

The election, Clinton added, presented “a choice between a fearful America that’s less secure and less engaged with the world and a strong, confident America that leads to keep our country safe and our economy growing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Clinton came out with guns blazing!  The next 5 months, presuming Clinton is the nominee for the Democrats, is going to be full of fireworks.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Politico<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — Paul Ryan was the last holdout.<\/p>\n

By bowing to Donald Trump, the new power inside the Republican Party, the House speaker and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have consummated the marriage that the GOP establishment has resisted all year long. Their political fates are now formally hitched to the bombastic businessman, and they'll have to deal with the consequences.<\/p>\n

Love, though, this is not.<\/p>\n

Both men have made clear that their support for <\/b>Trump has its limits and that Republican candidates will be advised, even encouraged, to run as far away from the presumptive nominee as they need to.<\/p>\n

If Trump strays too far from mainstream GOP views, they'll call him out. And Trump’s attacks on fellow Republicans need to stop, McConnell advised in an interview with CNN on Thursday.<\/p>\n

OK, what most of us thought would happened eventually has happened — Lyin' Ryan and McTurtle have climbed on the Drumpf bandwagon.  But there are still some noteable holdouts as noted in this <\/span>Huffington Post<\/strong><\/span><\/a> article.<\/span><\/p>\n

My<\/strong><\/span> Universe<\/strong><\/span> —<\/p>\n