The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 21st October 2016
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IBD/TIPP TRACKING POLL: Trump Leads Clinton By One Point Going Into Debate. Hmm.
Plus: “By gender, Clinton does much better among women — 47% to 37% — but Trump’s lead among men is just as strong at 47% to 32%. Trump does better among parents (46% to 32%), married women (44% to 41%), lower-class households (53% to 37%), and the religious, among whom Clinton’s support never tops 38%. Among those who express no religion, Clinton handily beats Trump 63% to 16%.”
UPDATE: Rasmussen: “Dead even.”
Bloody hell why has hilly war Clinton being supported by the media still!!!!!!
Now we know why Key snubbed the Chinese delegation when they failed to get an audience with his Deputy PM Billl English this week in his absence, so Jonkey the wizard of China and Judith Collins the business clone will be in hot water f next week this sours the love affair between China and Planet key.
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2039089/china-accused-orchestrating-new-zealand-snub-high-profile
China blamed for New Zealand snub of high-profile Hong Kong duo critical of Beijing
Former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang and Democratic Party founding leader Martin Lee Chu-ming had a meeting with the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Bill English cancelled
U.S. warship challenges China’s claims in South China Sea
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-usa-exclusive-idUSKCN12L1O9
Spetalnick | WASHINGTON
A U.S. navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday, drawing a warning from Chinese warships to leave the area.
The U.S. action was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters, U.S. officials said.
The Chinese Defense Ministry called the move “illegal” and “provocative,” saying that two Chinese warships had warned the U.S. destroyer to leave.
No comments seem to be updated all day, has the GCSB in collaboration with the SIS paid a visit and effectively closed this site down?
NZ SAS active in Iraq, fighting alongside Australia, US and UK, despite Key stating the contrary in February?
If this is true, then Key’s justification for the action should be interesting and goes on the growing list of lies he has told NZ!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/85603946/nz-sas-in-northern-iraq–reports
the real racism of the United States …but Nelson Mandela was not fooled
‘From ‘mad dog’ to ‘model’ and back: How West changed its mind on Libya’s Gaddafi’
https://www.rt.com/news/363525-western-leaders-gaddafi-libya/
…”Among the world leaders saddened by Gaddafi’s death was Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa. “In the darkest moments of our struggle, when our backs were to the wall, Muammar Gaddafi stood with us,” he said.
…”In 1997, Mandela defied the UN embargo to visit Gaddafi and thank him for his support during the anti-apartheid struggle. US President Bill Clinton called the visit “unwelcome.”
“No country can claim to be the policeman of the world and no state can dictate to another what it should do,” replied the former political prisoner.
US foreign policy under Hillary…a “basket of deplorables”
‘We came, we saw, he died’: How Gaddafi was hunted and brutally killed (TIMELINE)
https://www.rt.com/news/363454-timeline-gaddafi-death-anniversary/
‘Hillary Emails Reveal True Motive for Libya Intervention’
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/new-hillary-emails-reveal-true-motive-for-libya-intervention/
….”Not only did Defense Secretary Robert Gates promote his bizarre “staged bodies” theory on CBS News’ “Face The Nation,” but the even stranger Viagra rape fiction made international headlines as U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice made a formal charge against Libya in front of the UN Security Council.
What this new email confirms is that not only was the State Department aware of the spurious nature of what Blumenthal calls “rumors” originating solely with the rebels, but did nothing to stop false information from rising to top officials who then gave them “credence.”
It appears, furthermore, that the Viagra mass rape hoax likely originated with Sidney Blumenthal himself.”