Generally, it's good to do strategic thinking in politics. If you have a political goal, you need a means of achieving it, and not just an idea. Of course, recognizing the need for strategic thinking does not mean that ideas are of no importance -- both good ideas and strategic thinking are necessary.
The meme goes
But the poor darlings just want free everything.
No we bloody don't, even here in socialist commie France.
When we earn enough we pay taxes, we pay towards the health care of all and we pay towards our retirement.
The idea of taxes is to pay for everyone to have at least the minimum chance to compete in life on an equal basis.
White noise machines are so useful when you don't want the public to hear what you really think of them... I guess this isn't quite a 47% moment, but it's not pretty:
From POLITICO
Clinton gives her take on Sanders supporters in leaked fundraising recording
Hillary may be struggling in the polls, but she has an Ace up her sleeve: the commander-in-chief.
You might remember that we are still at (undeclared and illegal) war with the universally hated ISIS, so the C-in-C has the ability to change the tone of the entire political debate on a dime.
The name of this gift is called Mosul.
Marilyn Morrison started the school year at Cannon Elementary School in Grapevine, TX as a girl for the first time. The third-grader will apparently not be finishing the school year there.
The constant bullying has become just too much.
It makes me feel like I'm my old self when I was a boy.
I just can't take it. It's too much for a kid like me.
--Marilyn
I was reading an Article in Slate and that sort of simplistic cover all title really annoys me.
First a blockade:
According to the independent journalism outfit Unicorn Riot, which has been reporting live on the Dakota Access protest from the camps, after praying at the second site, "a large amount of police vehicles arrived and blockaded the only exit on the public road leading to the DAPL work site."
Then a seriously militarized police raid:
Unicorn Riot continued:
Ah yes, Vox... that institution of journalistic excellence we've all come to know and love. Well, it would appear that Vox doesn't like the notion that there is systemic corruption in DC.
