A FRIENDLY REMINDER: THE COLLECTIVIST MOVEMENT DOESN'T SPRING OUT OF NOWHERE

 WHY IS IT THAT LIBERALS ALWAYS ACCUSE CONSERVATIVES OF BEING NAZIS? YET THE NAZIS WERE THE NATIONAL SOCIALISTS PARTY OF GERMANY. WE PASS THIS REMINDER OF WHO IS BEHIND THE GLOBAL SOCIALISTS MOVEMENT FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE ON THE INTERNET. IF THIS INTERFERS WITH ANYONE'S COPY RIGHT PLEASE NOTIFY US IN THE COMMENTS SECTION JUST BELOW THIS BLOG POST. IF THIS HAS COPYRIGHT PROTECTION WE WILL BE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO REMOVE IT FROM OUR SITE. IF INDEED, AS WE SUSPECT, YOU ACTUALLY WANTED THE WIDEST EXPOSURE POSSIBLE WE ARE PLEASED TO EXPAND THE FORUM FOR DEBATE. IF YOU SUPPORT THIS POSITION OR DENY IT FEEL FREE TO REPLY IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW.

FROM THE 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW:

 "Kroft: “My understanding is that you went … went out, in fact, and helped in the confiscation of property from the Jews.”

Soros: “Yes, that’s right. Yes.”

Kroft: “I mean, that’s — that sounds like an experience that would send lots of people to the psychiatric couch for many, many years. Was it difficult?”

Soros: “Not, not at all. Not at all. Maybe as a child you don’t … you don’t see the connection. But it was — it created no — no problem at all.”

Kroft: “No feeling of guilt?”

Soros: “No.”

 This man advised Hillary Clinton

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM WHAT'S LEFT OF OUR CREW 2019

AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BOOKS

 

YO, Merry Christmas, Thanks for keeping us temps off da street

Editors Note: Three years ago the guys above were part of the warehouse crew here at AAB back when we were an Amazon Portal. Then Louisiana elected a Democrat and we were instantly forced out of business. (SEE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ELECT DEMOCRATS TO PUBLIC OFFICE)  They are now unemployed as new Democratic state tax measures have driven our former suppliers and advertisers off of the internet via any sites actually incorporated in Louisiana. 

                                                                       

 Namazu here, don't forget to tune in on the 27th the second day after Christmas as we restart regular operations. The blog is operational 24/7, new posts begin again on the 27th. Try to have a Merry Christmas as politically incorrect as it is to say that and knowing that the Grinch stole our House majority. Lumps of coal to all those Demoncrats and RINOS out ther

WE THE PEOPLE CAN BUILD THE WALL EVEN WITH A NEGLIGENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN OFFICE

https://www.gofundme.com/thetrumpwall

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EDITOR'S NOTE: We now see that while the people are building the wall on privately held border lands there is still going to be a need for the federal government. Mexican interests have bought up a great deal of US side border property. This assures gaps in any barrier where the Feds have not exercised rights of imminent domain. 

EDITORS NOTE: January 14, 2019

THE BUILD THE WALL FUND IS NO LONGER JUST FUNDING THE WALL THEY ARE BUILDING IT AND THE FEDS CAN'T STOP THEM. Brian Kolfage's Gofundme drive to finance the wall started running into issues of Federal non cooperation. So the focus has changed. The fund is actually starting to build the wall on private lands in cooperation with land owners who abut the border. No one can stop them. At the point where the focus changed from simply funding the wall to actually building it the fund was raising about $1 million every day and half. You can still donate, the monies are now being used as we write this to build wall sections. More over according to Brian Kolfage: " "Our highly experienced team is highly confident that we can complete significant segments of the wall in less time, and for far less money, than the federal government, while meeting or exceeding all required regulatory, engineering, and environmental specifications". Go to https://www.gofundme.com/thetrumpwall for more details.

SEE ALSO: https://webuildthewall.us/

 Brian Kolfage is a medically retired member of the US Air Force who lost two legs and a hand and wrist in Iraq. Like about 61 million other Americans he believes in border security and is convinced, as is President Donald Trump, that the situation on our Southern Border is such that a physical wall is absolutely needed. Meanwhile a negligent House of Representatives has been elected that has no intention of funding the wall construction despite what the people want ,and the fact that construction has already started, and that in the end, Mexico will be forced to reimburse the U.S. Treasury (read why and how HERE) . 
If every one of the estimated 61 million Trump supporters denoted $80 this would cover the complete wall construction. But even if the gofundme campaign launched by Brian fell well short of that goal, the fact that as of this writing his campaign has raised nearly $1 million is reasonable assurance that the construction will continue. Meanwhile, the Democrats continue to try to open the border so that they can register more illegal democratic voters. 

We be;lieve that Brian is correct  and that the Trump Administration is legally able to accept the donated funds for this express purpose. We trust the assurances that Brian has described in his gofundme posting. Learn more about Brian personally at Facebook. We think Brian is right about both the need for the wall and the ability of we the people to directly fund it. We believe he is a trust worthy guy and the perfect leader for this people's movement. Show the new Democratic Party House of Representatives that if they don't look out for the people we will look out for our selves and we will remember who betrayed our trust in 2020. Be sure to read the how and why, eventually we will recoup costs from Mexico (HERE). When we do, if we the people fund the wall we will be in a good position to insist the incoming revenues from Mexico go to border security. Our Socialists neighbor to the North, Canada has begun to welcome immigration by supposed "former" ISIS members. We share the longest open border in the world with Canada. Soon we will need a very expensive second wall. As long as the Democratic party continues to exist and win elections, any election our national security is up to us. Donate to the wall and vote Republican, even if you feel that you have to hold your nose to do it. 

 If you prefer to not donate on line but would like to support the wall send your check to:
 Make Payable to : "WeFund The Wall" C/O

Brian Kolfage 
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Castle Rock, CO 80104

REALITY FIRM MAY REFURBISH THE SS UNITED STATES

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/realty-firm-may-rebuild-ss-united-states-as-moored-facility


SS United States in her heyday (file image courtesy SS United States Conservancy as featured in the linked article in Maritime Executive. 

 We first wrote about the SS UNITED STATES in November of 2016 in : COULD THIS BE A FEMA ASSET OR WILL IT CRUISE AGAIN OR HEAD FOR THE SCRAP HEAP: Exploring Decaying SS United States Ocean Liner. https://americanadmiraltybooks.blogspot.com/2016/11/could-this-be-fema-asset-or-will-it.html  Since then there has been extensive exploration of what to do with the the aging but seemingly potentially utilitarian and historic hull. 

 A recent study indicated that the vessel is structurally sound but can not be brought up to the present SOLAS code without modifications that would negatively impact the ships stability.  One New York real estate company proposes to make over the historic vessel as a permanently moored hotel, condo or mixed use facility.Maritime Executive has the story and you can link in here: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/realty-firm-may-rebuild-ss-united-states-as-moored-facility

If you have serious questions about ISM obligations and compliance, or need marine survey work for compliance /conversion. additions. stability issues , etc. contact our resident ISM expert via E-mail or phone

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LESSONS FROM FARTING TERMITES

 From the personal E-mail of Editor in Chief Johnas Presbyter

I found the E-mail exchanges quoted below in my personal E-mail. The names of the communicating parties have been removed to protect them from the PC police. There is real food for thought here on subjects from climate change to political analysis and dialogue.


THE WASHINGTON TIMES SOME TIME AGO REPORTED:  

"The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from the Consulate at Bergen, Norway.Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard of temperatures in the Arctic zone.

 

Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes.Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf stream still very warm.Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well known glaciers have entirely disappeared.Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic,

while vast shoals of herring and smelts which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing grounds.Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will! rise and make most coast cities uninhabitable.

I must apologize. I neglected to mention that this report was from November 2 , 1922, as reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post 96 years ago. This must have been caused by the Model  T Ford's emissions or possibly from horse and cattle farts."

 I found this post most interesting. Seems there have been climate alarmists as long as there has been Climate awareness. One of the responses was priceless and is quoted below. Funny you start thinking about methane gas and really interesting theories emerge. The scary thing is both of these posts are as real as a heart attack!-Johnas
Continue reading for an alternative "theory" ( probably the actual origin of atmospheric methane) that is mind blowing. 

Termites down loaded from a Public domain site. Please use comments section if you are aware of any copyright and image will be immediately removed. 

 Very interesting. Sorry it took me so long to notice this fuel for thought. Here is some more food for thought about the percentage of methane gas in the atmosphere. The percentage of methane gas in our atmosphere is about the same as it has always been since we developed the technology to measure it. The evidence is that the percentage of methane gas in the atmosphere has probably been pretty stable since before the rise of the mammals. So where did the original methane come from? 

 Believe it or not....termite flatulence ! This is not a joke this is why methane was here before the mammals. The largest biomass on earth is the sum total of all of the termite family. Termites represent more individual members in terms of living species and the combined weight of the global biomass of all the presently living termites exceeds the combined weight of all of human kind and their cattle. Termites have been on earth eating dead vegeta tion and expelling methane for millions of years before man and his cattle, chickens, and hogs appeared. More over termites contribute far more to the maintenance of steady methane levels today than all other life forms and agricultural / industrial activities combined. 

 We really don't know what roll methane plays in our atmosphere exactly or how its presence contributes to biodiversity. But we know this, it is only after termite provided methane appeared in the atmosphere that biodiversity really exploded.

 Makes you wonder; who really is the dominant life form on the planet man or termite? Which species has really had the greatest impact on the planet? We already know the termite family has more individuals , more total weight, a proven beneficial effect on the atmosphere , a probable beneficial effect on biodiversity, and a great capacity to survive humans and their domesticated mammals.

 Now personally I think  Im smarter than a termite and that the collective intelligence of the human race is of a wholly different order. Some of us (typically not liberal progressives or other collectivist ) are capable of critical thinking. Real critical thinking requires a heathy dose of humility . Critical thinking allows us to consider the termites and the cosmos . Collectivist thinking likens us to a termite mound in need of a queen. Critical thinking allows us to appreciate the termites and their role in our evolution and appreciate the qualitative difference that has evolved. Collectivist will push us back into the Termite mound where we will produce only flatulence not nearly as useful as that of the termites. 

 Never forget that in the 2016 election the Communist Party USA did not field a presidential candidate but instead endorsed Hillary Clinton. Now you may more clearly envision where she was taking us. 

 There is no copyright on this. If after your own critical analysis you find this to be food for thought, please pass it on.

 
Termite mounds can be as impressive as primative human shelters, and far more complex inside. But do you want to be a drone?


The Great Catfish got into the role of termites a few times in the past, long before we noticed the above quoted exchange:

The Great Namazu

"But we also mentioned how the planet acquired most of its atmospheric methane content not by man and his domestic animals but from termite flatulence over many more millions of years than any of you mammals have been on the planet. Obviously the Great Dying occurred before any of you bipeds were walking above ground. Scientists have long wondered about the "Great Dying" and most often in the past speculated that the event was related to one of those macro agents of climate change. Our discussion of termite flatulence was the first hint I issued that sometimes agents of macro climate change can be micro in nature. Now a number of scientist reviewing the latest data on the Great Dying are starting to theorize that the cause of the macro climate change was indeed micro in nature, indeed smaller individually than the termites ,which by the way, survived the "Great Dying". https://americanadmiraltybooks.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-great-namazu-explains-great-dying.html

THE GREAT NAMAZU EXPLAINS THE GREAT DYING

Termite Flatulence Alone Did Not Cause The Great Dying, There Was Probably A Microbial Alliance

 

The Great Namazu Explains "The Great Dying"

American Admiralty Books Safety & Privacy Policies   EU VISITORS WARNING POSSIBLE COOKIES AHEAD

 As I explained in my essay IN DEFENSE OF THE REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF DEMIGODS I am a personification of forces of nature. Demigod was not a job description that I chose. As I explained to my now friends from the religious right as a giant catfish I'm ineligible for baptism though, as I explained, personally I'm a monotheist. But as a product of the human imagination, as a personification of forces of nature I'm very concerned with the future of intelligent bipeds on this planet since I'm utterly reliant on your collective imagination for continued existence. So when certain political elements start playing fast and loose with scientific data I fell obligated to apply my 3,000 years of accumulated wisdom to set things straight. In looking at how little real data you bipeds have on weather over even the last 200 years my 3,000 year perspective has been a pretty accurate BS detector. But I have to admit in the interest of scientific accuracy that I have no particular advantage of hindsight when we start talking about events 252 million years in the past. Yet we know that about 252 million years ago the greatest extinction of life forms ever on this planet happened. Knowing why would be most instructive in helping the intelligent bipeds, and consequently we surviving Namazui, to survive a similar event. 

Over 252 million years ago the carbon mix in the earth's atmosphere changed radically in a relatively short time. This created climate change, and something often referred to as the "Great Dying". The end-Permian extinction event caused the extinction of roughly 90% of the life forms in the oceans and wrecked similar havoc on land. In previous posts on massive natural climate change we focused on mega climate changers like massive volcanic activity, planetary orbital changes, planetary axis wobble, comet and meteor strikes. But we also mentioned how the planet acquired most of its atmospheric methane content not by man and his domestic animals but from termite flatulence over many more millions of years than any of you mammals have been on the planet. Obviously the Great Dying occurred before any of you bipeds were walking above ground. Scientists have long wondered about the "Great Dying" and most often in the past speculated that the event was related to one of those macro agents of climate change. Our discussion of termite flatulence was the first hint I issued that sometimes agents of macro climate change can be micro in nature. Now a number of scientist reviewing the latest data on the Great Dying are starting to theorize that the cause of the macro climate change was indeed micro in nature, indeed smaller individually than the termites ,which by the way, survived the "Great Dying".

 New data indicates that the change in the carbon percentage in the atmosphere may have been caused by some microbial unwitting alliance with the termites. It is speculated from new data that a microbe mutated and ran wild fire through the oceans. This microbe evolved ( via a rather sudden mutation ) an ability to digest organic material into methane. To come to this new understanding of the causation of the "Great Dying" scientists had to look at the geochemical clues, the most prominent one in the geological record is a sudden swing in the balance of carbon isotopes stored in rock of the same period. If geologists can determine the cause of the sudden carbon profile shift they will be able to identify the cause of the "Great Dying". In the past science has speculated about the usual culprits, macro causes like massive volcanism, or a drop in sea level, but none of the macro causes quite match the data and you bipeds weren't around to blame things on. So far, the microbial explanation seems to be working out as the best fit.

 Here at the Namazu School of Climatology we vehemently deny being "climate change deniers" ( a political , not scientific term) Climates change , that's what they do. We may possibly be having an effect on climate right now but in terms of rising temperatures that effect, if any had been decreasing for some time when two years ago a bunch of solar flares at least temporarily gave us two harsh winters that dropped average global temperatures back below a fraction of a degree of their average when we first began to notice "global warming". The predictions are that these solar flare events will continue to drive colder than average winters through 2012, though that seems a bit speculative. Our point is that climates change, that's what they do. The causes may be macro or micro but nature has plenty of such climate change mechanisms and there is nothing we can do about them. However if we'd simply admit that climate change can be sudden, drastic, and happen independent of man's actions we might finally be able to concentrate some governmental, corporate, and individual effort on doing what we can technologically to insure the survival of human civilization in time for the next major event. Its not a case of if, its a case of when. But by addressing building codes, flood control, and food production security large urban concentrations of bipeds will be able to survive. Right now such a climate change would result in a "Great Dying" of the bipeds.

Here are some links to some more scientific explanations:
http://www.space.com/26654-microbe-innovation-started-largest-earth-extinction.html?cmpid=514648

http://www.astrobio.net/topic/solar-system/earth/geology/an-extinction-in-the-blink-of-an-eye/

CONGRESS MAY SPLIT ON FUNDING MORE COAST GUARD ICE BREAKERS STORY IN MILITARY DOT COM.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/11/24/congress-pplit-funding-coast-guard-icebreakers-counter-russia.html?ESRC=coastguard_181128.nl

Congress Split on Funding Coast Guard Icebreakers to Counter Russia

The new Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika launches at St. Petersburg, Russia in June 2016. Russia has been modernizing its icebreaker fleet to strengthen its presence in the Arctic. (AP Photo/Evgeny as posted at Military Dot Com) 

MILITARY DOT COM has posted a feature explaining the outlook for Congressional funding of much needed additional Coast Guard Icebreakers. The Coast Guard is down to two functional ice breakers in its fleet, that's down from half a dozen in the 1970s and frankly that wasn't enough then. Russia is making outrageous claims in the High Arctic and they have more than 40 ice breakers. We are becoming bystanders in the High Arctic. Despite claims of bipartisian support Congress appears split over funding new Ice Breakers. Every American needs to get up to speeed on this issue. Read more about it Military Dot Com 

WE ENCOURAGE LADIES TO FISH.

 Women are starting to discover the sport of fishing, opening a whole new market for services, boats, and fishing gear manufacturers and vendors. We found this image on our goggle profile home page. WE APPRECIATE SUCH INPUT.

 Unfortunately goggle doesn't give us a  delete button so all sorts of people post things there we have no use for, and no appreciation of, such as scantily clad women, shinny custom cars, dish ware, and cook ware for sale, cartoons. jokes etc.. We can't delete them and we don't appreciate all the posts that have nothing to do with the subjects of this blog. But ladies the entire crew and especially the Fishing Section appreciate your interest in sport fishing and applaud your recent entry into the ranks of professional sport fishing via tournament fishing, sports writing , and guide services.

 One of the things we hope more women in fishing will lead to is more fly tying and the making of lures in the off season. Men are losing these arts. But today a lot of artificial lures and flys we cast into the water are costing upwards from $5. Every angler knows fish like cover such as fallen logs, rock ledges, weed beds etc.. You can lose a lot of expensive lures in waters with good fish habitat. Each creek, river, pond, impoundment, or lake is a different environment with unique local food species. The only reasonably priced way to get lures that reflect local food species is to build them yourself.  The lady anglers could lead the way in this movement. 

 Ladies if you have something to share about your fishing experiences, don't hesitate to send us a comment on this blog. If you want to send something longer or a photo please send it to our Google Profile Home Page. Google Plus; Johnas Presbyter https://plus.google.com/u/0/100165001677844813061?tab=jX  click on "Home" and please accept our apologies for some of the off point, off color, and tasteless postings there. We have no delete button but this is our only way of receiving photos . To the young lady who caught the great trout above thank you for sending in the image. If you'd like to send your name via the comment section at the end of this post we would be happy to caption the image. If you happen to be a tournament angler, or guide send contact information and we will feature it as free advertising for you. Keep fishing ladies. And men, take your wife or girl friend fishing she wont catch them all. 

DEMOCRATS MOVE FULL SPEED AHEAD ON IMPEACHMENT DESPITE A LACK OF EVIDENCE OR GROUNDS.

THE GREAT CATFISH EXPLAINS HOW THE DEMOCRATIC "BIG LIE" WORKS


Greetings Bipeds! The Left is at again. Lend me your ears and I will explain all!

Editors Note: 11/12/19: The Muller Investigation folded which the following was in response to. None the less , this is worth a reread as the new "Ukraine gate "investigation " goes into its televised stage. The Muller investigation which was totally rigged to damage the President ended with out a glove being laid on the President while most of America learned that HIllary had taken Russian money and sold them our uranium. Of course the MSM did their best to keep Hillary's misdeeds from public scrutiny.But those who understood how the Marxists "Big LIE" works twittered over the heads of the MSM. As the Marxist democrats launch their second try at a coup look for the elements of the big lie. 

Presently we see the stacked tribunal complete with Marxist members touting publicly that "hearsay is better than evidence". Maybe they suppose that an average American doesn't know the difference between hearsay and evidence or why hearsay is banned from American tribunals as too unreliable to make serious judgement upon. The Democrats imposed the unheard of rules that the President may not confront his accuser, his legal counsel may be thrown out of the tribunal at the sole whim of the democrats in charge. All witnesses so far admit that they weren't in on the phone call and are simply repeating hearsay.  Hearsay is inadmissible in any other American tribunal. The Democrats still control the release of documents. The Democrats play to the media in an attempt to make hearsay sound like "evidence"

The Democrats have no chance of dragging the President to trial for impeachment. It takes a lot more than a simple majority to pass an indictment up to the Senate . It is very doubtful that the handful of Congressmen by which the Democrats claim dominance over the house are sufficient in number to achieve the constitutionally required percentage for indictment. Two Democrats voted with the Republicans to drop the present "investigation". The Republicans have control over the Senate, even if the Democrats actually secured an indictment it would die in the Senate. So why drag out the big lie again? The entire aim is to try and build a public impression that the President can't be trusted reducing his base and the impressions of the independent voters, and the growing number of Democrats either crossing over the party line or dropping out of the party to become independents. Below are a series of posts that were written during the Muller era that serve as case studies in the operation of the"Big Lie" and other Marxist plays being used by the Democratic leadership.


EDITORS NOTE: Abraham Lincoln said that .."You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time". We believe after years of dealing with him that you can't fool the Great Catfish any time. This is the response of the Great Catfish to the tweet cited below and recent announcements by the Muller investigation concerning the unnamed "Person of Interest No.1"

  🇺🇸 Consmover  🇺🇸 Retweeted

American 🇺🇸Alley ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️Clear Flynn‏ @alley167 16h16 hours ago

Amazing demonrats sit on television stating if you speak to Russia about building a hotel your colluding. Yet Hillary actually received money from Russians and paid for Russian lies. You can only have it one way. Is it OK or not? @JudgeJeanine the asshat on your show tonight

 The Democrats front man for the "Big Lie" is Robert Muller who has been put in charge of a pseudo-investigation to convince the American people that Donald Trump stole the scheduled Hillary coronation . More over the leftists want you to believe that Trump did it through collusion with Russia, who for reasons yet unexplained, favored Trump over Hillary. Common sense of course would ask at the outset why would Russia want Trump to be elected when Hillary actually took their money and delivered to them a substantial portion of America's uranium supply. But the "big lie" is the way of the left. Whatever you might be accused of accuse your political opponent of the same thing, only louder, more insistently, make it look official, and repeat until the public believes your big lie. But as soon as the election was over I was able to easily explain how and why Donald Trump won. Not with voter fraud but in spite of massive Democratic voter fraud. Let's revisit that analysis reprinted below: 

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THE GREAT CATFISH EXPLAINS THE HILLARY LOSS

THE PLAIN AND SIMPLE REASON WHY TRUMP WON AS EXPLAINED BY THE GREAT CATFISH:

"Greetings Bi Peds! 

 I've waited a while before commenting, the American lame stream media was having its day but it looks like they have finally fabricated their final crazy reason for why Hillary failed to make her scheduled coronation. You've heard it by now, "the Russians did it". As usual everyone over looked the true, simple and mathematically correct explanation. So since so many of you have come to rely on me for such insights I thought I'd explain the election in terms even the most left leaning democrat could understand. Here is the math.

1. Depending on whose survey you rely on between 71% to 79% of adult Americans are Christians. Let's roughly average the high and low and suggest that  75% of voting age Americans identify with some type of Christian denomination.

2. Based on the primary presidential elections of both parties neither of the final candidates had very good public approval ratings. It was clear from the polling but not reported directly by the main stream media that most Christians saw the election as a choice between the "lesser of two evils." 

3. The main stream media which hates Christian pastors and ignores their pronouncements, paid no attention to the public pronouncements of pastors, Catholic, Evangelical, or Old line Protestant, but basically they all advised their flocks the same. "In a contest between the lesser of two evils examine carefully the platforms of the candidates and vote for the candidate with the platform that comes closest to supporting Christian values." 

4. While different Christian sects disagree some what on abortion, no real Christian community supports abortion through out pregnancy with out restriction up to and including "partial birth" abortion. Hillary's platform supported abortion including partial birth abortion, demanded more Federal funding of abortion, promised abortion liking federal judge appointments. Hillary made public statements that Christians would have to conform their beliefs to accommodate abortion. Even Christians who may be tolerant of abortion before the first trimester can't agree with government mandated religious dogma. Believe me I'm just touching on the single most obvious anti Christian elements in the Clinton platform. By contrast Trump's platform was plainly "pro life" and his public statement about religion (Me? I'm Presbyterian") didn't even hint at being tolerant of governmental demands to control religious teachings.

5. Now consider this, roughly 75% of American voters are Christian, and 86% of Christians reported voting for Trump. Obviously they simply followed the advice of their pastors, who in fact never endorsed a candidate by name. The plain and simple fact that America , despite pronouncements by Obama and his lawsuit against the Little Sisters of the Poor, despite the disapproval of the American media, and other elitist elements is in fact "A Christian Nation" created  Trump's irreducible base. 

6. The whinny Democrats still can't get over their claim that "Hillary won the popular election". But if you eliminate California, Hillary lost the "popular election" in all of the "Great Fly over States" by a whopping factor. Want to guess how many of those California "voters" were illegals? Consider that California has more "sanctuary cities" than just about anywhere, issues drivers licenses without proof of citizenship, and has a "motor voter law". The whole state is a virtual illegal alien sanctuary and they vote. Hillary did not win the legal popular vote. She was tossed out because she is an enemy of Christians,  period, Meanwhile The Muslims, the hope of the democrats, constitute about .o9% of the population. Stop their unlimited immigration and given their apostasy rate in the US coupled with their strong religious impulse and I bet on a Christian conversion of the bulk of that population in a generation or two. This is especially true if we enforce the existing laws making murdering a family member for quitting Islam a crime.  It wasn't voter fraud, or the Russians, or a hostile media (get real!) the Christians kicked the bitch out. Get over it ! "

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  Now you might ask Why did the Christians think that Hillary was a threat to their freedom of religion specifically and the nation generally? I answered that question as well previously:

THE ELECTION OF HILLARY WOULD HAVE BEGUN THE FORMAL FEDERAL PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA

 PD

Recent WikiLeaks demonstrated that  Hillary Clinton campaign’s spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri has a deep disdain for  Catholics and Evangelicals. The now open hostility of Clinton to Christians prompted some thoughts quoted below from Republicans. Really, would anyone in their right mind vote for someone who has publicly stated that Christian doctrine must be changed to accommodate abortion, gay marriage , etc. Since when do candidates for public office campaign on promises to change the doctrines of any religion?  Should anyone with such a deep disrespect for the Constitution be elected to uphold and defend it? Christians, were paying attention, they held their noses if they had to, but voted for Trump and avoided increased direct Federal persecution of Christians. 


"The Clinton campaign’s disdain for the Catholic faith and Christian evangelicals is staggering. Catholicism has been the catalyst for the creation of hospitals, orphanages, and much of the university system across the world. To disparage the Catholic Church as ‘severely backwards’ is an insult to millions of people across the nation. If anything, these statements reveal the Clinton campaign’s hostile attitude toward people of faith in general. This is the United States of America—for centuries, people fled to our shores to find refuge from religious persecution. All Americans of faith should take a long, hard look at this and decide if these are the values we want to be represented in our next president. If Hillary Clinton continues to employ people with biased and bigoted views, it’s clear where her priorities lie."-Paul Ryan

"The hostility to religious liberty and the beliefs that we hold as Catholics should not go unnoticed or unpunished,” Trump campaign manager KellyAnne Conway said on the call. “We call on Hillary Clinton to apologize and to fire the staff who have engaged in this vicious anti-Catholic bigotry. All of this shows who these people are at the core.” -Trump campaign manager KellyAnne Conway

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Christians rarely believe atheists when they claim not to be anti Christian. In an abundance of caution they carefully examine the background of any candidate for public office who carries a ringing endorsement from a formally recognized atheist group. What national group is more openly atheistic than the American Communist Party? The media paid no attention to it but in fact Hillary was the endorsed candidate of the American Communist Party which did not field a presidential candidate in 2016 and urged their membership to vote for Hillary who would fight for everything they believed in. We did however notice this fact and published on it. We're certain that if more of the voting public knew this Hillary would not have done as well as she did.

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LEST WE FORGET HILLARY WAS THE ENDORSED CANDIDATE OF THE COMMUNISTS PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES

HILLARY CLINTON FACED NO OPPOSITION FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY WHICH DID NOT FIELD A CANDIDATE FOR THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE REASON WAS THAT HILLARY WAS THE FAVORED CANDIDATE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY USA, ENDORSED BY THE PARTY LEADERSHIP IF NOT BY FORMAL RESOLUTION. SOME DEBATE JUST WHAT CONSTITUTES A "FORMAL ENDORSEMENT". HILLARY DIDN'T DENY THAT SHE WAS FAVORED BY THE PARTY BUT DIDN'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO ANY RELATED ACCUSATIONS BECAUSE THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA NEVER MENTIONED IT, NOR APPARENTLY HAD TRUMP NOTICED IT. YET TRUMP'S VARIOUS UNSOLICITED AND EVEN REJECTED ENDORSEMENTS HAVE BEEN PLAYED UP BY THE MSM .  EVEN THE INFORMAL ENDORSEMENT OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY SHOULD TELL ANY AMERICAN WITH COMMON SENSE NOT TO VOTE FOR CANDIDATE. BELOW ARE LINKS TO VARIOUS SITES INCLUDING COMMUNISTS SITES EXPLAINING THE "ENDORSEMENT".

http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/communist-party-unites-behind-hillary/

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2016/09/03/communist-party-usa-endorses-hillary-media-yawns

http://www.cpusa.org/article/unity-can-defeat-trump-new-dangers-and-new-opportunities/

http://drrichswier.com/2016/08/08/communist-party-usa-nominates-hillary-to-be-the-first-communist-president-of-the-usa/

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/23834-communist-party-goes-all-in-for-hillary

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There definitely was and continues to be voter fraud. However while not unheard of it is rarely Republican. The Democrats on the other hand practiced it big time prior to 2016 and no doubt during the election. It is a stable of Democratic party political strategy. We noticed that and published the analysis below shortly after the election which is when the Democrats immediately started shouting that the election was stolen by the Republicans.

TRUMP WON BIG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE ANTICIPATED VOTER FRAUD

Barack Obama Voter Fraud 2012 

Illustration from the Barack Obama Voter Fraud 2012 Website: http://obamavoterfraud.blogspot.com/

 We have very little doubt that there was massive Democratic voter fraud in 2012 and that while there was something of a movement at the grassroots level to try to get it corrected, it was too little too late. Once in office the Obama administration certainly wasn't going to do anything to correct the situation and the main stream media quickly buried the issue. Now with the 2016 presidential election past and the Democrats alleging everything from voter fraud to Russian interference to explain their loss it seems a good time to revisit the voter fraud issue. Its also time for the  Republican party to make plans to insure that their future candidates get a fair count. Democratic voter fraud must be anticipated since it is more probably than not something that occurred in the 2012 presidential election and has never been corrected. Our own Namazu posted the following examples from his research in an earlier post. Here we want to draw our readers to other sources and other incidents as well. We don't have the resources of the Government or the mainstream media, neither of which will make any attempt to "prove", much less correct the appearance of massive Democratic voter fraud. But in our opinion any reasonable person who looks at even a fraction of the evidence and indicators would have to conclude that Democratic Voter Fraud in the last Presidential election was "more probable than not". That is a sufficient level of proof to win a civil case and ample reason for the Trump administration and the Republican party to take extra and studiously efficient precautions against a repeat of this sorry history. Of all the facts that we find incriminating the simplest, most undeniable, fact is this:

OBAMA WON IN EVERY STATE WITHOUT A VOTER PICTURE ID REQUIREMENT. HE LOST IN EVERY STATE THAT HAD A VOTER PICTURE ID REQUIREMENT. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS HISTORICALLY STOOD FOURSQUARE AGAINST VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS. 

 Here are the observations from Namazu's earlier post:

1. In the Obama / Romney contest in key parts of the Greater Philadelphia area, Obama received 100% of the vote , without a single recorded vote for Romney, a mathematical and statistical near impossibility. 

2. In 21 voting districts in Wood County, Ohio Obama received 100% of the vote after Republican poll monitors were forcefully and illegally removed. Not a single vote was recorded for Romney, again a mathematical and statistical near impossibility.

3. In the same Wood county 106,258 voted in a county with only 98,213 eligible registered voters. 

4. In St. Lucie County, Florida there were 175,574 registered voters but 247,713 votes were cast.

5. Palm Beach County , Florida had a 141% voter turnout.

6. In one Ohio county , Obama won by 108% of the total number of eligible voters.

7. Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID to vote and lost in every state that did.

Here are some more observations from various sources: 

Evidence of massive Obama voter fraud in Colorado! Ten counties show 104% to 140% turnout! (CO)

Fraud: Some told they already voted, others brag about voting multiple times

Philly Polling Stations Where GOP Inspectors Were Kicked Out Had 90% Voter Turnout, 99% Voted For Obama… (PA) (Black Panthers kicked out the GOP observers and stood guard at the polling stations .)

Vote fraud alert: One out of five registered Ohio voters is bogus (OH)

via @BeachCity55 on Twitter: Senior parents in Florida told not to put their ballots through their reader but in a box. Senior votes in FL not counted? (FL)

"You have to vote for Dems" NYC poll worker tells GOP Senate candidate #Electioneering (NY)

At least 70,000 report voting problems, mostly in swing states

Obama's pattern of disenfranchisement of the military vote

Pundit Press: What Luck! Obama Won Dozens of Cleveland Districts with 100% of the Vote (OH)

"Did this Dirty Trick Get Obama Re-Elected?"

Vote Fraud Expert: Romney Votes Not Counted in Key States

Ohio Residents Told They Already Voted When They Showed Up At the Polls Tuesday (OH)

Two Ohio Election Judges Removed for Allowing Unregistered Voters to Cast Ballots (OH)

Democrat Admits He's Voted FOUR Times Already

Programmer Testifies About Rigging Elections With Vote Counting 

 After Trump won the Electoral College vote and claimed the Presidency the Democrats immediately challenged the election and demanded several state recounts. The recounts may have been indicative of Democratic Party voter fraud because each recount actually turned up a larger majority for Trump. The Democrats made a big issue of supposedly Hillary "winning the popular vote:" However, if one subtracts the California vote, a state she did carry, she loses the "popular vote" by a considerable margin. Why eliminate the California vote? You may have noticed that the Hillary forces did not ask for a recount there or any other investigation that would touch on the California vote. You see California issues driver's licenses without demanding proof of citizenship and yet has a "motor voter law". So in a state with a porous border with Mexico , an abundance of "sanctuary cities", and doubtless tens of thousands of illegal aliens allowed to vote, certainly the Democrats don't want to see any bright white lights turned on the California electorate. There must be an elimination of "motor voter laws in states" which do not require proof of citizenship for the issuance of driver's licenses. In any state where there has been serious evidence of voter fraud in the last decade such as California, Florida, and Ohio picture ID and proof of citizenship should be required by Federal official poll watchers in all Federal elections until those states address their issues of lax voter fraud prevention. 

Help this go viral. America needs to know how pervasive voter fraud was in the 2012 election, and that nothing has been done about it since. Look at the mainstream media polls before the 2016 Presidential election. Depending on which polls you believed at the time (MSM Clinton ahead by 1 to 2 %, others ,Trump ahead by as much as 4%, Political T shirt and hat sales 70% for Trump merchandise and about 28% for Clinton. Remember the popular vote doesn't elect a president, the Electoral College does. Win in certain key states and a candidate who lost the popular vote by a small margin can take office. 

The Democrats may well have stolen Ohio, Florida, and Massachusetts, and possibly Colorado in 2012. We may never know what they stole in 2016 because Trump won by a big enough margin to overcome the effect of Democratic voter fraud. Is it unreasonable to be prepared to contest these states legally, monitor their poles closely before the next Federal Elections?  Who will do this if not the Trump Administration and the Republican party? The immediate past administration more probably than not was run by the beneficiaries of the last fraud.  

Then there is the whinny Democrats lament that Russia and not "whistle blowers" released the Hillary E-mails? Stop and think a minute. It was the contents stupid! If she had not written damaging things the release by anyone wouldn't have mattered. The contents of those E-mails and the use of unclassified routing for classified material is what was so damaging to her reputation as a potential Commander in Chief. No matter who exposed them, she wrote them. Get over it leftards! And, go ahead and continue buying guns, we pragmatists, constitutionalists, and conservatives ( and other "deplorables") fully support your 2nd amendment rights. But if you think that you're going to use those arms to force your globalist, socialist, agnostic agenda on us....remember we were armed first, have a much larger proportion of military veterans among us, are better trained, and out number you.  Really, get over it leftards, you've already embarrassed your selves before all the decent tax paying reasonable people,  don't go getting your butts shot to ribbons. We've lost elections to your factions based on massive voter fraud and never threatened you. Learn to play the game or get off the playing field of democracy.  

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Another form of voter fraud used by the Democrats is illegal voting by illegal aliens. California for example does not require proof of citizenship to issue a driver's license yet has a "motor voter law". There may be as many as two million illegal alien voters in California, or about the margin that Hillary says gave here that state's popular election. So far the Trump Administration hindered at every turn by the "Deep State" has not made a dent in eradicating this illegal source of Democratic party voter strength. Again I noted this quite some time back.

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HOW ILLEGAL ALIENS AMONG US STEAL ELECTIONS EVEN IF THEY DON'T VOTE

THE GREAT CATFISH EXPLAINS:

NAMAZU, RETIRED JAPANESE GIANT CATFISH DEMIGOD TURNED NEWS ANALYST

Greetings Bipeds! 

 As we all know Donald Trump won big enough to over come massive voter fraud , especially in California and other states with large populations of illegal aliens and demented but unfortunately "legal" democrats (see: TRUMP WON BIG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE ANTICIPATED VOTER FRAUD ). But , illegal voting by illegal aliens is not the only way they tip the balance of any Federal election in favor of the deranged (er...I meant to say "democrats" but you get it) . The mere presence of illegals within a state , especially a state like California now declared as a complete "sanctuary state" by their own "Governor Moonbeam" tips Presidential elections. You see these illegals are counted by the U.S. Census Bureau as "citizens" or "residents" of the states they illegally reside in. This practice in turn skews the numbers that determine how many congressional seats a given state gets and how many Electoral College votes the state gets in determining Presidential elections. 

 We have another census coming up in 2020. That census will determine how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes states like California and all others that disregard Federal immigration law will have in the subsequent elections. We estimate that there are about 22 million illegal aliens residing in the United States. They are not evenly spread across the land scape. They favor residence in states like California, New York, Florida, and Texas. Their presence dilutes the strength of Republican legal residents in Texas and Florida and puts California and New York over the top in Electoral College seats and Congressional seats, where illegal voting by these pseudo democrats is not only tolerated but encouraged. Giving these states additional Congressional seats and Electoral College votes is manifestly unfair and disenfranchises legitimate Republican voters. It is illegal, when people like Governor Moonbeam collude with others to hide illegal aliens in residence to the disenfranchisement of lawful voters they violate criminally the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It is obviously unconstitutional to allow such a twisting of the census. The problem is so large that there exist a real possibility that the House could switch  to Democratic control by 2022 and a demonic Democratic global socialists again would occupy the White House by 2024. 

 Write the President, he could issue an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to identify only lawful residents and to take pains to establish such lawful identity. This would mean more burning of shoe leather and the related expense and less reliance on forms returned by mail. Of course such an executive order would be immediately challenged by the so called "justices" of the "Deep State" as they have challenged every Trump Executive Order and rubber stamped any and all Obama orders in the past, but it's worth a shot. The sooner it is issued the sooner it can be challenged and fast tracked to the US Supreme Court where it would have a fair chance of being upheld. In the meanwhile also write your Congressional Representatives and Senators for a legislative attack on this problem. Now is the time to act.  Remember the next Democrat in the White House probably won't be "Obama light" but a far more virulent form of the cancer than that which recently vacated the White House. 

I'm a 3,000 year old giant Catfish as large as Japan and I approved this message- Namazu
  “To date, not one bit of evidence of any type of coordination or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia to influence the election.” 

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So who is this enemy of the legitimate citizens of the United States we call "The Deep State" who have effectively but not always successfully opposed the Trump Administration at every turn? The daily operatives are entrenched bureaucrats with Democratic leanings, senior executive service appointees left over from the Obama administration, federal judges appointed by Democrats. The power behind this army of the entrenched "Deep State" includes most of the main stream media, minus some talk radio shows which have a conservative perspective, most daily news papers many of which are owned by the intensely left leaning Hearst organization. The Hollywood elite, and foreign based funders like George Soros. We looked at this issue early on.

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THE TREASURY AND ARMORY OF THE "DEEP STATE"

 THE DEEP STATE MISUSES FEDERAL ASSETS AND DATA BASES BUT IS ALSO WELL FINANCED AND SUPPLIED WITH PROPAGANDA TOOLS BY AN OUTSIDE SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATIONS:



  THE GREAT CATFISH EXPLAINS

GREETINGS BIPEDS! 
 Anyone who reads the "Fake News" , checks facts on the Internet, or is not half brain dead has to have noticed by now that left over Obama officials, mostly those protected by civil service status as either members of the Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) or the nose bleed heights of the General Service (GS) work daily to frustrate President Trump's efforts to make good on his campaign promises. In the process of offering unceasing resistance to every White House initiative these members of the "Deep State" are daily aided and abetted by the steady stream of "Fake News" flowing from electronic media and networked print establishments. Stealthy skills in the art of back stabbing and "leaking" plus civil service rules keep these treasonous rabble in office. Unfortunately once all of them are discovered and eventually removed , a process that could easily take eight years the Deep State Resistance won't be dead because it is actually created by sources outside of the Federal Government in terms of financing and propaganda materials. American bipeds you need to know the players and your favorite catfish is here to give you the program:

 There are four major globalist, atheist, socialists anti American organizations funneling money and data useful in propaganda into the Deep State Resistance: In a nut shell these are:

MEDIA MATTERS: A propaganda mill churning out daily propaganda in the guise of pseudo reports always to advance one or all of these themes: "The President got it wrong " (pick an issue in their reports he always has it wrong). The President can't be trusted (based on little more than his not being PC), The President made a big mistake ( anything that isn't socialists approved)

AMERICAN BRIDGE TO THE 21ST CENTURY: Is dedicated to collecting and organizing potentially damaging video such as Donald Trump utterances over the years that can be edited to indicate prior positions that reflect opposite his election platform positions. Presently they offer to the MSM over 2,000 hours of old Trump footage, and  over 18,000 hours of footage of members of his cabinet.

CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS in WASHINGTON (CREW) : A team of highly skilled lawyers working constantly at tracking and developing anything that could be worked into a seeming scandal. This is collection of true believers in the liberal globalists screed who mostly work pro bono.

SHAREBLUE: Is an electronic service designed to speed info that could be used to support themes as follows:
Trump is Authoritative
Trump is a Thief
Trump is under the influence of Putin
Trump is a manic depressive, weak and quick tempered personality
Trump was not elected by the majority of the American People and is therefore illegitimate.

 The money that keeps these four cogs of the well oiled anti Trump propaganda machine comes from people like George Soros, a non citizen of the U.S. , the Leftist Hollywood Elite, and a number of globalists corporations. The Democratic Party which seems capable of stopping at nothing in offering resistance to the President in delivering on any of his campaign promises could disappear over night and a tremendous resistance of lefty fools and foreign interests would continue the resistance. 

 Sensible, hard working, intelligent, moral bipeds you must keep up, your freedom is at stake. Know that almost every thing negative that you hear about the President, his cabinet, or political base  is untrue and comes from the above described propaganda machine. Expect that any Republican or conservative, or simply pragmatic candidate for public office will draw fire from this networked group of character assassins.  

DON'T LET THE ROY MOORE FIASCO  BE REPEATED. VOTE FOR THE PLATFORM AND IGNORE WHATEVER IS SAID ABOUT THE CANDIDATE. What is more moral, staying home from the polls, or voting for a no chance candidate vice a candidate who may or may not be flawed but is dedicated to a platform you believe in? More so than the probable 5,000 fraudulent votes in Alabama, Republicans who stayed home, or redirected their votes to a dilution candidate put the baby killing, Islamofacists, tax and spenders into a senate seat that was until about 30 days before the election a shoe in for a candidate with common sense and a moral ethical platform that the good people of Alabama understood. Alabama you and the nation were robbed by lies specially designed to make your sense of decency work against you. Let your sense of decency inform you on PLATFORMS expect an appeal to your sense of outrage once your candidate polls strong. Don't waiver, vote the platform and always remember the worst of all lies , the most skillfully told of all lies, is the half truth. Hold to the constitutional principal that a person should be presumed innocent until PROVEN guilty. These sexual allegations the Democrats love so much never seem to be fresh enough to warrant an arrest and trial so of course the "evidence" they offer will never be tested. In the Roy Moore Case the election is over and the seat lost yet just before the actual election it came out that his first accuser was in court records as living over 100 miles from the address he allegedly picked her up at on the pertinent date. The yearbook inscription was demonstrated to be fake. The other accusers brought on stage as accuser number one's credibility crumbled.....well, the election's over the seat taken by the liberals. No one is going to press the remaining "issues" unless Judge Moore runs for public office again, and then only about thirty days out. Bipeds ! are you starting to see the pattern?
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 Being a giant catfish native to the Pacific waters off Japan I can't vote in American elections. But having lived 3,000 years so far I have observed a lot of biped history. I believe in America's uniqueness. Consider the cowboy. Before America men who rode horses and carried weapons went about the countryside making war or simply looting and pillaging. Then the American cowboy appeared, a mounted, armed workman herding and caring for cattle, mending fences, and other workman like tasks. That was a new thing as was the idea that people copuld govern themselves without the nod from kings and their brand of mounted men. America is the first place to have its economic basis not on the Royal lands, ports and mines but on taxes voted on by the people or their representatives. People who had the absolute right to try any lawful economic activity, or occupation of their choice, the freedom to try. They also had the right to sell anything they were in lawful possession of, the freedom to sell.  They had the freedom to buy anything they could afford,  Finally they had the freedom to fail. Being possessed of the freedoms to buy , try, sell and fail their "inalienable freedoms of speech, religion, assembly , and representative governments were rarely challenged as they are today by the Democratic party. The Democrats aim at the freedom to fail. THey want to assure equality of outcomes. Of course once the freedom to fail falls, people will object to a planned economy that takes from the successful and gives to not only the needy but the indolant. Well the ruling party can't have that so freedom of speech quickly disappears. The last man left standing with a "bully pulpit" to castigate such a government is inevitably the religious minister, so its off to the death camps with them. Despite all of the great lies told by the Democrats remember that the Nazis were a nationalist socialists party. In 2020  if the American people fail to reelect Donald Trump you will be electing a National Socialists party and all that it implies. America as you have known it will be gone forever. 
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