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Bizarre. There’s no other word to describe it. Ok, maybe there is but that is the first word that came to my mind. I’m sure you watched the debate. These are my rants and thoughts in no particular order:
Trump lied over and over.
Lester Holt had to hold his tongue and that bugged me. But really, there was nothing he could do. There wasn’t much Clinton could do either. Trump lied so much that we would never have gotten to the issues if we just talked about how much Trump was lying, and called him out on it every single time.
But what really drove me insane was how many times Trump went overtime and Holt didn’t do anything! And how many times Trump interrupted!? Too many times to count. I kept saying out loud, “Lester, just interrupt the motherfucker and tell him to stop babbling and shut the fuck up so we can hear Clinton.” Yeah, I was frustrated. Ugh. My better side did not show up.
Trump was unprepared, incoherent, and completely incapable of answering any questions that gave us any idea of his plans. I learned absolutely nothing from him except that he is an insane, infantile, bully, and as we all know, a Lying Sack Of Shit. Please add your thoughts here too.
Trump claims Clinton is not presidential. And he is?! Trump is blatantly insane – did you catch his crazy demeanor? He was constantly in motion – drinking water, twitching, continuous face contortions, sniffing his nose, sighing, and pursing his lips, leaning in, outbursts, interrupting. Did I say interrupting? Got any more to add?
I’m embarrassed. Actually no, I’m not embarrassed. However, I would think anyone voting for him would be. He is not fit to be presidebt…oops president. Go back to reality TV - That’s where you belong.
And did I mention Lies? LIES Lies lies…And people call Clinton a liar. Why are they not calling out Trump who lies ALL OF THE TIME? What about telling Clinton that she’s “not nice?” Hellooo…do you remember saying horrific things about women, OTW’s, not to mention your racist and sexist remarks? This is such typical republican hypocrisy, why would Trump be any different? His supporters aren’t either. They are more vitriolic and down on Clinton calling her a liar, evil…you name it. But they seem to give good ole Donald a pass on EVERYTHING.
Trump questions whether Clinton has stamina to be president. A sexist remark in my opinion. Clinton spent 11 hours testifying during the Benghazi hearings in Congress, +++…we all know Clinton has stamina. She’s proved it time and time again. What about his stamina? He couldn’t even last 90 minutes during the debate. By the end of the first hour he looked exhausted, dazed, and having a hard time focusing.
And he had the gaul to question Clinton’s temperament. Wha’at?? Need I go on? And I haven’t even said anything about the issues. This was the most bizarre (and frustrating) debate I have ever seen. There was so much weirdness and disconnectedness between the questions asked of Trump and his answers, and Lester…I’ll say it again…”Why didn’t you just Tell Trump to shut the fuck up?”
Sigh. I’m not saying anything about the debate that no one else didn’t notice, including the Trump supporters. Yes, Clinton crushed his ass. There is no doubt, he got trumped – she won. There was a few drop the mic moments, but the only people who noticed were Clinton supporters. I almost missed them myself because I was so distracted by Trump’s behavior.
You think she would be a shoo-in after this debate, right? Any logical person would see that. But logic doesn’t play here. I’d be surprised if the needle moved more than slightly to the left after this one. Sure some on the fence are now seeing the insanity of Trump but I wouldn’t keep my fingers crossed that many will. Why? Because no matter what happened during the debate it all boils down to this, something that he and his supporters all know:
If racism got in the way with what people wanted to do, Trump would be out.
If sexism got in the way with what people wanted to do, Trump would be out.
If having no qualifications to be president got in the way with what people wanted to do, Trump would be out.
If caring about what’s best for the country got in the way with what people wanted to do, Trump would be out.
If truth got in the way with what people wanted to do, Trump would be done. But…the truth is, Lies don’t matter. Truth never gets in the way with what people want to do. Racism doesn’t either. Sexism doesn’t either. Qualifications don’t either. And I’ll throw in logic too. Because it’s evident that people aren’t being logical about what’s best for the country or Trump would be done.
The truth is the only thing that matters is COLOR. In the end whites are going to vote color. They may be shouting the mantra “Make the Country great again,” but under their breath they’re saying “Keep the country white.”
That is the only logical reason that Trump is still in the running and why he is polling so close to Clinton.
And that is why Clinton is no shoo-in. If this truth scares you, then do something. I HOPE my sisters in this country wake up, woman-up and take their position and power. This election is no joke. It is a must that Clinton win. Oh…We do have our work cut out for us.
Readers: I know you want to give your two. I’m done. The forum is open.
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/SB, Abeque, and all the indigenous peoples: Thanks for posting your concerns. I knew very little about this pipeline. However I did more reading and what I have read really concerns me.
Our Native Americans have suffered through so much from the massacre and genocide of 12 million peoples, to robbing them of their lands, to displacement of their children (really, kidnapping!) into foster homes, taking them away from their culture, their language, their traditions and their families.
And now this.
When a young Native American girl says, the oil industry keeps pushing for it because they don’t care about our health and safety. It’s like they think our lives are more expendable than others,’ looking at history, she is correct.
We have built several holocaust museums that condemns Germans. And yet it is another issue to build a museum that confronts our own genocide. There isn’t a museum that confronts the genocide that was perpetrated by our own ancestors towards Native Americans or towards African Americans.
Even in Washington, the Native American museum doesn’t address the genocide but rather a sort of a “historical amnesia”. We have no problem pointing the fingers at others who have done such atrocities, but when it comes to ourselves, when we can’t even examine, not to mention document, who we are and what we have done in our own country, it is truly sickening.
And now this.
Energy Transfer Partners demolished Native American burial grounds damaging irredeemable ancient cairns and stone prayer rings, and attacked the peoples with dogs and pepper spray. Did they even care?
An earlier plan that would cut the pipeline across the Missouri River upstream from Bismarck, North Dakota, was rejected to avoid contaminating the state capital’s water source, yet they had no issue building the pipeline downstream to the present contested crossing, where the Standing Rock Sioux says they’ll be the ones who suffer in the event of a spill.
Considering that from 2012-2013 alone, there were 300 oil pipeline breaks in the state of North Dakota, my guess is the Native Americans have every right to be concerned over the safety of their water, and their livelihood, and every right to want to protect their land.
It’s obvious that the livelihood of the Native Americans aren’t valued as much as whites when you consider their horrific past and present day treatment.
Lawrence O’Donnell speaks well to this:
I know I’m digressing here but, like the murders of African American men, and our shouts of “Black Lives Matter,” cops killing blacks is the modern day lynching, could this pipeline be the modern day genocide? Ok before you go off on me, because I know that sounds radical and far-fetched – and I don’t mean to sound like a fear-monger, but biological warfare was used against the Native Americans in the past.
Yes, genocide may not be intentional but after what happened in Flint Michigan (A 2011 study on the Flint River found it would have to be treated with an anti-corrosive agent for it to be considered as a safe source for drinking water. Adding that agent would have cost about $100 a day, and experts say 90% of the problems with Flint’s water would have been avoided.), my feeling is, nothing is beyond the white man and the atrocities he will commit to his fellow humans when money is the motivating factor. The way OTWs are grossly and continuously mistreated in this country, I wouldn’t throw that question into the trash just yet.
Isn’t it about time we treated our Native Americans with the respect, care, and humaneness that they deserve? Like all OTWs who don’t see the light of justice, my heart goes out to them. I stand in support of them with them.
Archaeologists from institutions including the Smithsonian and Chicago’s Field Museum joined opposition to Energy Transfer Partners’ project this week, accusing it of destroying burial grounds.
Completion of the Dakota Access oil pipeline seemed almost inevitable. But then the Obama administration stepped in this month and offered a respite to the medley of Native Americans, environmentalists and Midwestern landowners who oppose it.
Three federal departments announced that work would stop on a pivotal section of the 1,172-mile pipeline in North Dakota while they second-guessed how the Army Corps of Engineers approved most of the project in July. The move was applauded by critics, who say the pipeline could pollute drinking water from the Missouri River and destroy land that’s culturally important to Native Americans. Many also object to the energy company acquiring land from family farmers in Iowa via eminent domain.
The controversy stems from a series of government decisions since 2014, when Energy Transfer Partners announced a plan to carry 570,000 barrels of crude per day from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota to existing infrastructure in Illinois. A look now at those choices explains why thousands demonstrated against the pipeline and dozens were arrested near the Standing Rock Sioux’s reservation and in Iowa in the summer.
“They’ve been using backdoor process to get the pipeline approved,” said Dallas Goldtooth, an activist with the Indigenous Environmental Network. “The antiquated permitting process was not designed for mega fossil fuels projects.”
New pipeline opponents emerged this week, when archaeologists from the Smithsonian, Chicago’s Filed Museum and other institutions wrote a letter to President Barack Obama this week. The letter criticized the Energy Transfer Partners’ “recent destruction” of Sioux burial grounds.
But construction rushes ahead, apart from a section near an encampment of hundreds of Native American protesters. It stands at 60 percent complete, according to a memo from Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren to employees this month.
Critics say the following moves explain why the pipeline looks to them like an environmental hazard and a government boondoggle.
The Dakota Access Pipeline would stretch 1172 miles, from North Dakota oil fields to an existing Illinois pipeline.
Oil Spills, Climate Change Concerns
Critics say that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used a lenient environmental review that didn’t adequately examine the potential for oil spills or the impact on climate change.
Getting the federal agency’s approval was essential because the pipeline would cross its rivers and waterways 202 times.
The Army Corps granted permission to an environmental assessment relied on skewed data from Energy Transfer Partners, according to attorney Carolyn Raffensperger. The assessment made alternatives to the pipeline, such as using railroads to move the oil, which sound costlier and it came to other conclusions that underestimated the environmental risks, said Raffensperger.
Pipeline spills happen nearly every day in the U.S., federal data shows. The environmental assessment didn’t address what damage a Dakota Access leak could cause, Raffensperger said.
“The approval process for pipelines is fatally flawed,” said Raffensperger, who’s litigating against the pipeline’s use of eminent domain in Iowa.
Critics argue the pipeline should have been vetted through a more rigorous environmental impact statement. The Army Corps says on its website that option would only be available if the environmental assessment had turned up anything troubling.
“The [agency] drafted an Environmental Assessment) to determine if the placement and operation and maintenance of the pipeline on federal real property interests have potential to cause significant environmental effects,” it states. “If there is such potential, the [Army Corps] will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.”
The Army Corps has shown some concern for negative consequences if hazardous materials were to get loose elsewhere.
It rejected an earlier route that would cut across the Missouri River upstream from Bismarck, North Dakota, partly to avoid the risk of contaminating the state capital’s water source. But it was remapped downstream to the present contested crossing, where the Standing Rock Sioux says they’ll be the ones who suffer in the event of a spill.
“We have designed the state-of-the-art Dakota Access pipeline as a safer and more efficient method of transporting crude oil than the alternatives being used today, namely rail and truck,” said Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren in a memo to employees last week that the company released to the press.
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‘Loophole’ Speeds Up Project
Out of all the local, state and federal agencies with some jurisdiction over the project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had the most influential input, although only 37 miles of pipeline would exist inside its territory. Its approval came last in the review process.
Sierra Club lawyer Doug Hayes said the Army Corps exploited “a loophole” opened by Obama’s energy priorities to push the pipeline through the review process. Hayes is litigating against the use of eminent domain to seize property from land owners along the pipeline’s route in Iowa.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers subjected the pipeline to what’s called the Nationwide Permit 12 process and narrowly looked at “several hundred” waterways crossing essentially as independent projects, rather than judging it as one, massive structure, Hayes said. This permit program was designed for small structures like boat ramps and mooring buoys that affect fewer than half an acre of the Corps’ jurisdiction.
The project should have been subjected to what’s known as a 404 permit, a part of the Clean Water Act that considers the impact from projects like airports, dams and mining exploration, according to Hayes and other opponents.
The Army Corps declined to answer The Huffington Post’s queries about the pipeline because of ongoing litigation, but material on its website said the agency could only evaluate the sections on its land, rather than the pipeline in its entirety.
“For this project, [the Army Corps] has jurisdiction over a very small portion of the overall pipeline and may not regulate where it does not have jurisdiction,” the site post states.
Long before the protesters garnered the support of celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio and Pharrell Williams, three government offices expressed dismay at the Army Corps’ decision making.
The Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in March wrote separate letters raising the possibility of water contamination and destruction of historic sites in terms echoing the Standing Rock Sioux, The Associated Press reported in April.
They were concerned that tribes along the route had not been properly consulted and called on the Army Corps to go ahead with a formal environmental impact statement.
Those fears were realized earlier in September, according to the Standing Rock Sioux, who accused the company of deliberately destroying important artifacts, including graves shortly after the historical sites were identified.
“They went out of their way to desecrate this land,” said Allison Renville, who was at the protest camp that day and grew up on the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate reservation in South Dakota. “People were really upset. We were kind of shocked that it was even happening.”
Energy Transfer Partners insists that it is culturally sensitive to what might be underground and has denied encountering anything significant. The company has also claimed that protesters have attacked its workers, though spokeswoman Vicki Granado refused to provide specifics of any alleged altercation “for security reasons.”
The company’s chief executive wrote in a memo that multiple archaeological studies “found no sacred items along the route.” Environmental worries are likewise overhyped too, he wrote, as other pipelines crisscross the region. There are 25 crude oil and natural gas pipelines in North Dakota, according to the state’s pipeline authority.
Farmers’ Land Taken for Pipeline
In Iowa, protesters have fumed over the state’s use of eminent domain to force landowners to sell land that Energy Transfer Partners needs to build the pipeline. Police arrested more than 40 demonstrators for alleged trespassing at a construction site on Sept. 17.
Farmland cannot be seized through eminent domain in the state, attorneys said, unless it’s for a project with a public benefit like a highway or sewer line. Despite opposition, the Iowa Utilities Board in March determined that “the proposed pipeline will promote the public convenience and necessity.”
Among the roughly two dozen property owners at the time fighting the eminent domain order were a man trying to preserve land in his family since 1898, a family of turkey farmers and a woman who grows crops like blueberries, rhubarb and asparagus.
“We do not think there’s any public benefit from this at all,” said Kari Carney, executive director of 1000 Friends of Iowa. “The process was really sort of rammed through.”
Energy Transfer Partners claims that the pipeline will annually generate $129 million in property and income taxes.
As a financial precaution, the Iowa Utilities Board said its approval was contingent on the pipeline’s parent companies, which also includes Sunoco Logistics and Phillips 66, to put up money in the event the pipeline causes an emergency in Iowa.
An Iowa Utilities Board spokesman declined to comment due to ongoing litigation.
The next steps
Though the Obama administration froze work on one section of the project near the Standing Rock Sioux, construction continues elsewhere as much of the route is on private land.
Other tribes have joined the Standing Rock Sioux, who have a lawsuit pending against the Army Corps over the approval process. Some Iowa landowners have sued the state for its use of eminent domain.
The wildcard may be what decision the Obama administration reaches. Though the president was earlier a proponent of the Keystone XL pipeline, he rejected it last year. The statement the Department of Justice, the Army and the Department of Interior issued last week announcing work would not proceed near the tribe raised the question of whether the administration has undergone a transformation on projects like this.
“This case has highlighted the need for a serious discussion on whether there should be nationwide reform with respect to considering tribes’ views on these types of infrastructure projects,” the joint statement said.
If the pipeline comes to fruition, Energy Transfer Partners stands to reap huge benefits as other companies have abandoned plans for competing pipelines in the area.
“We got so lucky,” CEO Kelcy Warren told Bloomberg last year. “All of our competition vaporized.”
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Readers: Where do you stand? Thoughts?
The first Debate between Clinton and Trump is tonight 9:00 PM EST. Don’t forget to watch it.
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Mike, TM: I know that you already posted this, thank you. However, I think it is that important to post it again.
Readers: I will repeat Mike’s comment:
OTWs in Ohio unless you want to lose that state including the members they will send to both houses of Congress, you had better get registered now so that you can vote in November. They are now moving to cut off the date you can register which will enable you to vote in November.
This is your heads up. The republicans are trying to steal the state by eliminating same day registration and voting, and early voting. If you want to have a voice in this election, don’t wait –GET REGISTERED NOW. And spread the word.
The Supreme Court rejected a petition from Ohio Democrats Tuesday morning to restore a crucial week of early voting known as “Golden Week,” the only time voters can register to vote and cast a ballot in a single visit.
About 60,000 Ohioans voted during Golden Week in 2008 and 80,000 did so in 2012. In 2008, black voters were 3.5 times more likely to use Golden Week as white voters. In 2012, they were more than five times as likely.
The Court gave no rationale for their decision and there were no written dissents released, though justices may have disagreed behind the scenes.
Though a federal district court ruled in May that the cuts were “unconstitutional” and ordered the state to restore Golden Week, a federal appeals court overturned that decision in August, siding with Ohio Republicans who sought to cut this opportunity. A dissenting judge on that court criticized the ruling and argued that the early voting cut “imposes a disproportionate burden on African Americans” who disproportionately depend on that week to vote.
The Democratic Party then appealed, pleading with the federal court to stay the ruling until after the 2016 presidential election, in which the swing state of Ohio is expected to play a decisive role.
Because Ohio does not offer same-day voter registration on Election Day, and because the Governor is refusing to implement online voter registration until after the election, the Supreme Court’s ruling effectively eliminates the possibility for one-stop voting this November.
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Black Doctor: Thanks for your post. I’ve never heard the term “racial trauma” but the name is to the point and doesn’t leave one guessing what that would mean. I have no doubt that many OTWs are suffering from it. How could they not when their race is constantly having to deal with racism on a daily basis coming from so many avenues? The effects are devastating, and one can only imagine how difficult it is to overcome. My heart hurts for so many. I wish there were more that I could do.
Peace out.
Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog.If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
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It’s unbelievable to me that Trump is walking the streets. From rape and attempted rape allegations, to his infatuation with the assassination of Clinton, to the recent - using money from his charitable foundation to settle legal disputes, he should be indicted for something. If this was anyone but a white man he would at the very least be taken in and questioned. But no, not Trump.
I’m sick of it. I’m just livid every time I log onto my computer and start reading.
What is more unbelievable is that people, many people are voting for him. Now, as sickening as it may be, it doesn’t surprise me that he’s got men on his side. There are men out there who just don’t want progress…who just don’t want a woman to be the leader of our country…who just can’t accept a woman holding the most powerful position one can hold in our country, and possibly being successful…more successful than most of the past male presidents. In spite of the fact that we know that when women succeed, America succeeds.
But WOMEN?! Women voting for Trump? REALLY? It is so hard for me to fathom how so many women will vote against their best interest. And no doubt we’ll hear the bitching later on if he wins. Why would any woman vote for this misogynist, sexist, racist, fearmongering, insane, narcissistic, man?
Like what…you think if you vote for him, he’s all of a sudden going to change because he got your vote? He’s all of a sudden going to be on a woman’s side because she helped him get into the white house? Wake up. That’s about as logical as a woman having an affair with a married man and then ending up marrying that man and expecting he’ll be monogamous with her. Yeah, right.
Trump has no interest in women except to use them as he sees fit. He has no respect for woman. As Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”
Trump has shown it time and time again what women mean to him. Ladies: Don’t you think it’s time you believe him?
From The Telegraph in the UK. Evidently America isn’t the only one noticing Trump’s sexism.
Donald Trump, co-owner of Miss Universe, has been widely accused of sexism
Fat. Pig. Dog. Slob. Disgusting animal.
These are just some of the names that Donald Trump has called women over the years. Yes, a man who’s hoping to become President of the United States and presumably persuade a few women to vote for him, too.
The billionaire has been widely called out for his objectification of women – he has a tendency to criticise them for their looks – and sexist remarks.
Well, if you just can’t get enough of Trump-grade sexism, you’re in luck. We’ve rounded up some of ‘The Donald’s’ most sexist remarks over the years.
To include them all might have broken the internet, but we’ll keep updating the list as more emerge. Promise.
Brace yourself…
1990: When he belittled his wife
In an interview with Vanity Fair, while he was still married to Ivana, Trump said:
“I would never buy Ivana any decent jewels or pictures. Why give her negotiable assets?”
1991: When he called women ‘beautiful pieces of ass’
Back when George HW Bush was US President, Trump spoke to Esquire magazine about the media: “You know, it doesn’t really matter what [they] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.”
From seminal tome, Trump: The Art of the Comeback on prenuptial agreements:
“There are basically three types of women and reactions. One is the good woman who very much loves her future husband, solely for himself, but refuses to sign the agreement on principle. I fully understand this, but the man should take a pass anyway and find someone else. The other is the calculating woman who refuses to sign the prenuptial agreement because she is expecting to take advantage of the poor, unsuspecting sucker she’s got in her grasp. There is also the woman who will openly and quickly sign a prenuptial agreement in order to make a quick hit and take the money given to her.”
2004: When he said he was irresistible to women
Back in 2004, Trump told the Daily News: “all of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me – consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected”.
2005: When he told a woman she’d ‘make a great wife’
According to one woman who appeared on the show, Trump told her: “I bet you make a great wife”.
The comment never aired on TV. Can’t imagine why – standard job interview stuff, right?
March 7, 2006: When he cracked an incest gag
According to ABC News, back in 2006 Trump said “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”
A spokesman later said it was a ‘joke’.
2006: When he slagged off Rosie O’Donnell part one
It’s no secret that there’s no love lost between Trump and comedian O’Donnell. Perhaps his most notorious rant against her came on American TV show Entertainment Tonight in 2006, when he said: “Rosie O’Donnell is disgusting, both inside and out. If you take a look at her, she’s a slob. How does she even get on television? If I were running The View, I’d fire Rosie. I’d look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers and say, ‘Rosie, you’re fired.’
“We’re all a little chubby but Rosie’s just worse than most of us. But it’s not the chubbiness — Rosie is a very unattractive person, both inside and out.”
He also took a job at her love life and managed to offend the LGBT community at the same time: “Rosie’s a person who’s very lucky to have her girlfriend. And she better be careful or I’ll send one of my friends over to pick up her girlfriend, why would she stay with Rosie if she had another choice?”
2007: When he compared women to architecture
This appears in his bible of business wisdom, Trump 101: The Way to Success:
“Beauty and elegance, whether in a woman, a building, or a work of art, is not just superficial or something pretty to see.”
At least our beauty isn’t superficial, eh ladies?
2007: When he called Angelina ‘not beautiful’
On Larry King’s CNN show, Trump addressed Jolie’s falling out with her father Jon Voight, saying:
“I really understand beauty. And I will tell you, she’s not—I do own Miss Universe. I do own Miss USA. I mean I own a lot of different things. I do understand beauty, and she’s not.”
Angelina: ‘Not beautiful’CREDIT: EVAN AGOSTINI
June 2007: When he pitched ‘Lady or a Tramp?’
Yes, really. This was reported to be a reality show, in which ‘out of control’ party girls were sent to charm school to learn some manners. Because, God forbid a woman should be anything but demure.
Tragically, it was never made.
2008: When he called Anne Hathaway a goldigger (sic)
When the actresses marriage broke-up, following her husband Rafaella Follierei’s financial and legal troubles, Trump told Access Hollywood:
“So when he had plenty of money, she liked him. But then after that, not as good, right?
2009: ‘The Trump rule’
Beauty queen Carrie Prejean wrote about the ‘Trump rule’ in her book, referring to the Miss USA pageant, of which Trump is co-owner. She claimed that the billionaire had the girls parade in front of him, so he could separate those he found attractive from those he didn’t.
She wrote: “Many of the girls found this exercise humiliating. Some of the girls were sobbing backstage after [he] left, devastated to have failed even before the competition really began . . . it was as though we had been stripped bare.”
Donald Trump is co-owner of the Miss Universe OrganisationCREDIT: REUTERS
Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy claimed: “So much of the boardroom discussion concerned the appearance of the female contestants—discussing the female contestants’ looks—who he found to be hot.
“He asked the men to rate the women — he went down the line and asked the guys, ‘Who’s the most beautiful on the women’s team?’ ”
Gene Folkes, a 46-year-old financial adviser, said: “I think it was most uncomfortable when he had one [female] contestant come around the board table and twirl around.”
2011: When he called breastfeeding ‘disgusting’
Trump was in court testifying in a deposition over a failed Florida real estate project, when lawyer Elizabeth Beck asked to take a break to breastfeed her three-month old daughter.
After New York Times columnist Gail Collins wrote about rumours of Trump’s bankruptcy, he sent her a copy of her own article, with her picture circled and ‘the face of a dog!’ scrawled across it.
April 3, 2012: When he joked about his penis
In 2012, transgender Miss Universe contestant Jenna Talackova was kicked out of the contest for not having declared her trans status in her entry (the pageant does now accept trans people). Talackova’s lawyer, Gloria Allred, angrily said that no one had asked Trump to ‘prove’ he was a man by showing his anatomy.
In 2012, the singer criticised Trump’s friend and right-wing politician Mitt Romney. His response? To attack her appearance, of course.
August 28, 2012: When he insulted Arianna Huffington
Huffington Post editor and co-founder, Arianna Huffington is a regular target of Trump’s. But instead of attacking her liberal views, he tends to criticise her looks and make jokes about her divorce.
March 2, 2013: When he slagged off Rosie O’Donnell part two
March 3, 2013 : When he made an oral sex joke
Former Playboy playmate Brande Roderick was a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice in the US. During a tense boardroom battle, she knelt in front of Trump – who takes the Alan Sugar role – to ask him whether she could be the next project manager.
After a six second silence (an eternity on TV), during which Trump presumably willed some blood to return to his head – he said: “It must be a pretty picture. You dropping to your knees”.
Because isn’t that woman’s place in the boardroom – on her knees?
May 7, 2013: When he blamed sex assault on cohabitation
Rather than, say, questioning why so many assaults go unreported or why so few perpetrators are brought to justice. Nope, it must be down to the fact that women and men just can’t share the same living quarters.
2015: When he did a u-turn on abortion
Having previously supported the pro-choice lobby, Trump has now changed his stance on abortion to fit in with the Republican party.
He’s also said he’d be willing to shut down the US Government to defund non-profit reproductive health organisation Planned Parenthood.
He told the Des Moines Register in April: “In thinking about it over the years, I’ve had instances, and one instance in particular, a friend had a child who they were going to abort, and now they have it, and the child is incredible. And the man, he changed his views also because of that.”
April 7, 2015: When he called Arianna Huffington ugly part two
April 16, 2015: When he said Hillary couldn’t ‘satisfy’
…and therefore couldn’t satisfy America, in a thinly veiled reference to his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Where most of Trump’s sexist tweets remain, this one has mysteriously disappeared from the social media site. His office said one of the 10 staff who runs his Twitter account was responsible.
August 8, 2015: When he used the word ‘bimbo’
Kelly recently hosted the first Republican debate of the US Presidential campaign and gave Trump a tough time over previous accusations of sexism against him (really, we can’t imagine why).
After the debate, he responded by seeming to call her a ‘bimbo’ on Twitter.
Fiorina is the former Hewlett Packard boss and Trump’s Republican candidate rival. According to Rolling Stone, he said: “Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that?
“Can you imagine that, the face of our next next president? I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not supposed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?”
November 10, 2015: When he insulted Fiorina part two
His comment – “Why does she keep interrupting everybody?” – was immediately called sexist on social media.
At least, this time, Trump managed not to respond on Twitter himself or call the woman in question a ‘bimbo’. #Winning.
March 30, 2016: When he said abortion was ‘punishable’
Trump caused mass outage after advocating ”some form of punishment” for women who have abortions if the practise is banned (which it likely will be if he gets his way).
The Republican front-runner said he has “evolved” on the issue of abortion. He was pro-choice for years before changing his position and backing a ban.
He believes the Supreme Court ruling legalising abortion should be overturned, and that individual states should be allowed to ban it. His campaign said he believes abortion should be legal only in instances of rape, incest or when the life of the mother was at stake.
“There has to be some form of punishment,” he told MSNBC, referring to women who would seek to defy the ban.
Trump reversed his position two hours later, with a statement saying that he would punish doctors who performed abortions but not the women themselves. Well that’s alright then.
At a rally, he said: “Bill Clinton was the worst in history and I have to listen to her talking about it?” he said in Eugene, Oregon. “Just remember this: She was an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler.
“And what she did to a lot of those women is disgraceful. So put that in her bonnet and let’s see what happens.”
And on May 17, Trump tweeted:
May 18, 2016: When he ‘apologised’ to Megyn Kelly
Nine months after suggesting Fox presenter Kelly was on her periods, after she took him to task over previous sexist comments, the Republican candidate apologised. Or tried to. When asked about calling Kelly a ‘bimbo’, Trump replied: ”did I say that? Excuse me.”
But he couldn’t resist adding another jibe: “Over your life, Megyn, you’ve been called a lot worse, wouldn’t you say?”
Charming.
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So Ladies: Heard enough? Do you believe him now? Vote him in and I’m sure this is just the tip of the iceberg for what we can expect. Only then, it’ll be too late. He’ll have power.
Readers: And we all know he’s said more sexist comments since this write was published. Have any to add? Post it in the comments below.
Fat. Pig. Dog. Slob. Disgusting animal.
Hmm..I’d say that describes Trump quite well.
Thoughts? Blog me.
Peace out.
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With all of this back and forth between those in favor and those who oppose, I thought this would be just perfect for “just noticing.”
I was such a fan of Olbermann. I rarely missed “Countdown with Keith Olberman” and “The Rachel Maddow Show.” The latter being one I obviously still watch. But once Olbermann left MSNBC, for some reason I only tuned into Current TV a few times and then never again. Why, I’m not sure because I think Olbermann is brilliantwith his commentary. Out of sight, out of mind…he just never came across my radar and I never went seeking for him.
Well….He’s baackk!! And I’m delighted to announce,”He’s still got it!”
From GQ The Closer, via The Huff Po. It’severything we already know jam-packed in17+minutes of pure fact and fun…it’s illuminating albeit in some pretty sick and scary ways.
Plus, he has 176 reasons why you-know-who shouldn’t be president.
(I guess I’m not the only one who is regarding the republican presidential candidate as you-know-who.)
Donald Trump has been called many things during his presidential campaign, but “demonic messiah in Oompa Loompa’s clothing” is probably a first.
That came courtesy of Keith Olbermann, who brought his colorful and sometimes controversial commentary style to his new GQ digital series, “The Closer,” on Tuesday.
His takedown of Trump will likely leave you nodding in assent and laughing.
Olbermann urged Americans to defend themselves against people who, like Trump, don’t commit “to anything except their own out-of-control minds and the bottomless pits of their egos” and called the Republican nominee “the most dangerous individual ever nominated by a major party for the highest office in this country.”
He was just getting started.
“His base wants few details and fewer facts; they just want to burn it down and blame their failures on the collective ‘other,’” Olbermann continued. “And Donald John Trump is their demonic messiah in Oompa Loompa’s clothing. We must stop him.”
Readers: So…heard enough? Perhaps Fallon wouldn’t inspire sitting straddlers, but with so much stupidity and ignorance out there, some people are just looking for an excuse, any excuse to keep the country white and “make America great again.”
Olbermann, on the other hand is diligently dishing out the facts, so I’m hoping Obermann’s words will wake-up, inspire, and take the leap to the left. Mind you, I’m not holding my breath. Although I have to say, this blog has had success in turning a few. Men too.
But some ladies, really? Wha’at’s up?! After all the misogynistic and sexist comments, do you really want a man who has no concern for women, their needs, their health? The man literally has no respect for women. That is the part that I struggle with when I see all of these women siding with him. It’s mindblowing to me. This is the time for women to come together in solidarity. For women to rise together. It’s OUR time. Give the girl a chance.
One can only keep doing their best and move forward. That’s my game plan. And thankfully with all of you here with me, let me say we are quite the team. :)
Any who…Excited Olbermann is back. Can’t wait to hear more of his brilliant banter.
Thoughts? Blog me.
Happy Sunday, everyone! It is a gorgeous stellar day here. I hope yours is the same. Thanks again for reading and engaging.
Peace, baby.
Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog.If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
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