Living On the Diagonal

WHY ARE DEMS ASKING WHO CAN STOP SANDERS?  BERNIE BEATS TRUMP! Bernie Sanders Stands for True Reform  “You can fool all the people some of the time,  and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." – Abraham Lincoln If there ever was a President for which these words hold true it is, Donald Trump.  I cannot wait for Bernie to  campaign and  debate Trump the Terrible. In politics, there one strategy that stands the test of time which Trump mastered this in 2016.   “The truth doesn’t matter. It is what people perceive to be the truth.” Remember in 2017 from his inauguration up to this very moment Trump has created an alternative universe that has become the “new normal.” If the top echelon of the DNC doubt Sanders   “electability” then Democrats can operate on the basis of fact. The “truth will be the norm.” Let’s be clear, among the Democratic candidates they w...

THE ALMOST ENDLESS NEWS CYCLE WE ENDURE SHOULD INVOKE ONE EMOTION AND IT IS OUTRAGE! Ancient History recounts Nero who twiddled his fiddle while Rome burned to the ground. Today, a towering wall of flames, whipped by a relentless wind ignites underbrush spreading the forest and on to homes at a frightening speed. California is in flames! SORRY, CALIFORNIA IT IS YOUR FAULT In real time all of America witness the carnage caught as television images and we can only gasp in disbelief. Commentators on the scene are left aghast as the words escape them. It is the image of an apocalyptic fire unabated engulfs families and their homes. Those of us afar safe from the fury are filled with horror but empathy and compassion as well. The cauldron of fire, billowing smoke robs oxygen from the air and homes are in flames. Our first thought is that what unfolds before us must be the result of an epic Hollywood scene. It is not. California is caught in a deadly downward spire. CALI...

ALL THINGS DONALD TRUMP, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUTIN’ On Monday, July 16, 2018 if you viewed the live television feed regardless of network the Trump/Putin Helsinki Summit press conference, as a viewer you have access to the raw data to form your opinion to an unprecedented historic event.     The immediate and overwhelming reaction of Congress, White House and Intelligence agencies came to a consensus. This was an absolute failure of a U.S. President to stand, defend our democratic process. With Vladimir Putin standing to his left, Trump accepted his denial of election “meddling” and refused to issue any form of a reprimand or an ultimatum to Russia. As the week progressed, the networks dissected every word, facial expression and body language of both world leaders. And, as if you did not notice certain segments of the press conference and the Trump walk back (would versus wouldn’t) have aired as in a continuous loop on your wide screen. However, there are...

HISTORY OF AN ATROCITY,  MEXICAN  REPATRIATES AND TODAY THE PRESIDENT IS IGNORANT OF THE LAW AND A HISTORY OF CRUEL IMMIGRATION Trump continues to mislead Americans, obfuscating the nature of the crisis at the Mexican border. His surrogates serve to confound and confuse the  "zero tolerance policy"  and tie it to a "law" that does not exist. Trump seeks to elude all responsibility at any means. The "sero tolerance policy first emerged in a February 2017 meeting  with White House officials and then DHS chief, John Kelly. The policy targeted Latin Americans who illegally gained entry and therefore be subject to family separation. Children are taken from their parents and placed in detention centers. While young children face a lifelong effect of trauma while caged while the parents are deported. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General sees it as upholding the law and this is a method of retaliation as an act of deterrence. It is to serve as a warning for any Latin f...

Friday, June 8th, 2018 TIME FOR FANS TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS TO TAKE THE FIELD FOR BADEBALL’S  CLASSIC ALL STAR GAME Nicholas Castellanos   AND THIS A SHOUT-OUT TO DETROIT AND BASEBALL FANS EVERYWHERE TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS TO VOTE FOR RIGHT FIELDER NICK CASTELLANOS Should the true, die hard baseball fans fail to vote  Nicholas Castellanos  as starter to this year’s All-Star game it will serve as an injustice for him, the Detroit Tiger organization and to the best traditions in our game. It is not so much as the game itself, but the individual honor to the player. (A list of facts / stats will follow at the end). For many, this is ho-hum and a non-event during the "dog days of summer" where once again not much rides on the outcome. The winner's advantage for World Series home field advantage I believe was an act of possible "collusion" among National League team owners as a long losing streak shortened odds and...