xenophobia

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(Analysis) — Destination Afghanistan was known as the big easy back in the halcyon days of the late 1960s. Hippies from throughout the affluent West hitchhiked to the capital, Kabul, where crash pads and hashish were cheap, and the locals were tolerant. Life appeared to be mellow in the scenic shadow of the Hindu Kush Himalayans. That was then.

There is a long history of xenophobic violence as many locals blame immigrants for high unemployment, particularly in manual labor.

Saturday, in the Washington Post Dan Balz reiterated an important point: Señor Trumpanzee Has No Understanding Of Governing... and nothing but disdain for anything to do with learning.

by NoahJust look at this goon! You know how you can just judge someone's intelligence just by looking at them? Ken Cuccinelli needs to tie a string to his wrist with the other end tied to the doorknob of his office just so he can find his way back. God knows how he finds his way home every night but I guess he has a limo driver, a white one of course.Thoughts come hard for Ken Cuccinelli.

by NoahAs the graphic I'm using for tonight's meme shows, the sales of video games have nothing to do with gun violence. It's a simple compare and contrast exercise. As one traitorous nutball $enate Majority Leader would say, "Case Closed." And, in this case, it actually is.

Latino Decisions surveyed Latino registered voters in Florida, Arizona and Nevada for a new memo released by Priorities USA this week. They will likely be an Anti-Trump bulwark in all three states, but could provide the Democrats with a much bigger share of the votes, if the Democratic Party were to magically come alive and start acting something like a political party.

States that Trump won is 2016 that look like he'll lose in 2020: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. States that Trump won is 2016 that look like swing states in 2020: Arizona, Iowa, Florida, North Carolina, maybe even Texas, Ohio, Georgia and Indiana. The June Trump state by state tracking numbers look dismal:

by NoahIf you've been watching the news this past week, you might have had the same reaction as I did, ie. didn't everyone with a functioning brain already realize that Trump is a flat out racist? I mean, hell, that's a big part of the appeal to those who voted for him.