SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ....

 .... about the number of Trump voters in the USA and the support even from countries like New Zealand?

yes we should.

See here: TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN NEW ZEALAND

"I LOVE YOU DONALD"

Former Prime Minister Sir John Key says he understands why many Americans support incumbent President Donald Trump, as the world awaits the final result of the knife-edge US election.

In an op-ed for NZHerald.co.nz, Sir John says he watched one of Trump's rallies in full last weekend - something he hadn't done before.

"For the first time I could see why 5000 people had bothered turning up on a freezing afternoon to watch him.

"I enjoyed it partly because he is passionate. Trump is a man with energy to burn," Sir John wrote for NZHerald.co.nz.

           -  Mark Quinlivan NEWSHUB

Yesterday at the great "IS IT REAL OR ISN'T IT?" discussion on transubstantiation - 

Not this. This is a transformer sub-station.

- Kylie expounded on why Donald Trump has made America the greatest.

"Psst, Robert, listen up."

I knew that Robert is a Trump supporter and embraces the Republican Party manifesto - particularly the parts that are anti-abortion and pro-God but I hadn't been aware that Robert's influencer, his Svengali if you will, was his stepson Kylie.

Kylie gets his information from Fox News (and a little bit of TV One) which is like university students studying for their degrees using Marvel comics and Classics Illustrated comics as text books.

Now I don't claim to be an expert on US politics but over the last 5 years I have watched and read many media reports from the right, centrist and the left in order to get a balanced view. I've looked at some Fox, Breitbart News, The American Conservative and other stuff from the political right, along with CNN, Washington Times, New York Times, LA Times, MSNBC,  and other centrist and left media. The best of course are those that are placed in the middle like BBC and Al Jazeera.

I gave Robert and Kylie a link to the free FLIPBOARD App that gives access to hundreds of publications and channels around the world.

Kylie had some interesting things to say that I didn't know, for example that Joe Biden's brothers have been capitalising financially (in small ways) from their brother's position. I knew about his son Hunter. The thing is though that using a famous sibling's name to gain loans isn't corrupt unless the said sibling actually endorses it and asks the lending institutions to bail the others out. I read up on this - in reliable media - and found that while this has happened, Joe Biden kept a distance and did not ask for assistance. Once again it's a 'beat up' from the right.

Kylie had some disturbing revelations that he has got from Fox news but these are like the synopsises from B-grade horror films:

• 'Swamp monsters' - how he described US politicians (Democrats).
• Slave owners - he recounted how Democrats were slave owners (Andrew Jackson founded the Democrat party in the early 1800s and he and others owned slaves).
• Liars, frauds and cheats - Hillary Clinton's emails, Hunter Biden being given a Ukraine contract etc.

The interesting thing is, and understandable given his news source, is that he didn't mention Trump's tax evasion, Trump's impeachment, Trump family dodgy financial dealings in China, Russia and other places, Trump's fraudulent USA businesses, Trump's embracing religion for political gain , Trump's suspicious relationship with Vladimir Putin.... etc.

Funny that.