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Argentine analyst says 8% decide their vote on Election Day
There is an 8% of voters who decide on ballot day whom they prefer and will support, and “they definitively decide the election, even more when it's a runoff”, according to Jorge Giacobbe an Argentine political pollster and analyst. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe problem that Cameron - and most other European “leaders” - faces is that he (and they) have backed themselves into a corner by repeatedly mouthing the blatant lie that “Islam is a peaceful religion”. Despite what many here say Cameron is not a stupid man, he is a scared man. He cannot suddenly turn around and say he was wrong because he would lose face. And he certainly cannot say the sort of things that we are saying here because if he were to do so all hell would break loose and the muslims would retaliate with massive bombing and terror attacks far worse than what we have already seen.
Nov 14th, 2015 - 03:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0One way to divert the pressure - and to shift the onus from our “leaders” - would be to have a totally impartial investigation into Islam - something like a Royal Commission - to decide (1) is Islam compatible with Western democracy? (2) is Islam in the public interest of the native European majority?. Finally, (3) if the findings were negative (as it logically should be) - should Islam be totally banned or just restricted and controlled?
In order to be genuinely impartial such an investigation would have to invite submissions not just from the usual hand-wringing liberal apologists and taqqiya-spouting “moderate muslims” - but also from the likes of people who the media have dismissed and demonised as “Islamophobes” - Geert Wilders, Robert Spencer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Bridgitte Gabriel, Pamela Geller, Douglas Murray, etc., and others who have studied the “Religion of Peace” and found it to actually be a “Religion of Hatred and Violence”
Of course, if the inquiry were genuinely impartial - and making it so would be the biggest stumbling block - it is obvious that it would find against Islam. Such an announcement would then make it much easier for our leaders to crack down on Islam in a big way - either making it illegal or (as I have previously suggested) restricting its practice to a few enclaves (where muslims are already a majority or near majority) on the basis that it was
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Nov 14th, 2015 - 03:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Spamming never gets more people agreeing with you.
Nov 14th, 2015 - 04:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0On topic. I think it may even be higher than 8% as a lot of people are very confused by the mis-information and fear-mongering. The debate will have a big influence followed by the ultra-smearing next week.
“...we must remember that 70% of voters act on a rather reasonable logic...”
Nov 14th, 2015 - 05:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, except that of them, many put the current President in power, twice.
“...for 30% it's like choosing between Frankenstein and the wolf man, since they do not like or feel comfortable with any of the two candidates...”.
Or, if you like, the Zombie return of Kirchnerism, or something different. Just go for the lesser of two evils.
Nothing changes. Don't delude yourself. Right in rotting roadkill is still left of center. Just another shade of gray. rotting roadkillians are morally bankrupt.
Nov 14th, 2015 - 05:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Dig that hole a little deeper.
My sincere apologies for posting my earlier comment (No 1) here instead of the correct place, the one about the Paris atrocities.
Nov 14th, 2015 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Still it gives me a good opportunity to complain about the dismal primitive comments system in use here.
My first complaint is this - having read a thread (as I did with the Paris story) and then deciding to login and make a comment - surely any half-decent comments system should leave you on the page that you were on? Not so with this appalling system which randomly seems to alight you onto a different thread. I naturally assumed that I was still on the Paris thread after logging-in. Wouldn't that be logical?
My 2nd and major complaint is this. Merco-Press gets a lot of comments - often over 100 per thread - and, especially, a lot of replies and replies to replies (and banter) to those initial comments. Why does it not have a decent comments system like Discus? I can only imagine that the owners (or owner? I often suspect this is a one-man band) is too tight-fisted to spend the little bit of extra money that would give its readers a decent commenting system .
6 Ernest
Nov 14th, 2015 - 07:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Considering that there is rarely any moderation, I suspect it is a great site for drawing out all the nasties and Trolls, and capturing all the Troll orchestrations and messages.
Thanks for that No 7, now I can continue with my rant....
Nov 14th, 2015 - 09:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There should be a way to either delete or edit one's own post.
Why does Merco-Press logout after about 15 minutes or so, and with no warning? More than once I have written a post, submitted it, and then lost it due to that.
Was I consuming too much electricity or something?
8 that's funny, I thought it was just me - seems to be something new.
Nov 14th, 2015 - 10:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Now I write my responses elsewhere at my leisure, then cut and paste.
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Nov 15th, 2015 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hot tip for you Ernest that will solve all your problems....
Go to edit account and stay logged in....
Even if you shut the page you will still be logged in...and it will not log you out...
..and you will never lose a post....;-)
Ernest,
Nov 15th, 2015 - 07:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Take that tip from Troll @10
He has lots of experience on all sorts of forums.
As “cleverer than thou, voicey ”, he can't resist showing off, but in this case he probably knows what he is talking about.
Right now, his main raison d'être is to use the Paris killings to promote the message that the EU and NATO powers should stay out of the Middle East, leaving Russia to have free reign to 'sort things out' there.
Tell us it's not true, “voice”.
BTW, did you go to the cenotaph on Wednesday in Dunoon, and pay respects to the brave Scottish fallen who fought for Britain and freedom from Totalitarianism?
Did you bow your head like Corbyn?
@ 10, 11
Nov 15th, 2015 - 10:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I did as Voice suggested but there is no feature that I can see which would keep me logged-in.
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Nov 15th, 2015 - 10:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He's on so many forums that he is likely confused.
I find that my Smartphone seems to “reload” MP every once in a while - with an error message saying there was a “problem”
Voice has proved to be digitally challenged on several occasions. Don't listen, his advice is crap and is usually powered by whisky.
Nov 15th, 2015 - 11:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@14 T-Voice
Nov 16th, 2015 - 12:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0“voice” is like one of LeCarre's classic spies - personality flaws, personal vices, divided loyalties, an underlying bitterness, and ultimately a deep disillusionment
Pathetic and miserable old curmudgeon.
Troy, yeah, a pedant too. Our description here is Old Fart! :-) Dunoon is full of them, he must fit right in.
Nov 16th, 2015 - 12:40 am - Link - Report abuse 012
Nov 16th, 2015 - 01:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0...remember me...
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