Powers that Be: Could a Bernie Sanders presidency be overturned by the Electoral College?

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In a previous comment, we suggested that the Electoral College could save the world from a Trump presidency. In this piece, we will suggest that the College could imperil the world by blocking a Bernie Sanders presidency.

We fear that likelihood of the latter is greater than the former. Trump enjoys the backing of the Powers that Be, namely, the wealthy 1% minority that wield awesome power and resources to bend laws and governments and other invisible forces to do its bidding.   Continue reading

Last Resort: Can the Electoral College save the world from a Don Trump presidency?

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Many Americans will move to Canada if it happens. The BBC reported in March that it is the top threat to the global economy and US national security. It will do a lot wrong to mother nature and to the female gender writ large. We do not even want to imagine the insult and injury it has in store for the minority populations. On the other hand, after eight years of drought under President Cool, it gives comedians cause for optimism about the future of joke material harvests. It is a Trump presidency, and it has the world on red hot alert.

After New York’s primary this past Tuesday, the red should have gotten redder because Trump has “mathematically eliminated”—to use the phrase in his victory speech—his Republican rivals for the party’s nomination. Continue reading