Assassination in Turkey - Update 2

Daily Mail: Reports " The shooter has been named on social media as Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, 22, an off-duty police officer from the Ankara special forces department. Altintas was later shot dead by police, according to local reports  "

Lets Get Real:

This Assassination could either be part of Daesh reaction to Syria or a lone wolf, an individual who sees Russia as the main threat in Syria.   It is to early to say at this point the motive for the attack, with the exception that it comes from Russian action in support of Assad in Syria and its bombing of people in Syria.   As stated this story is developing.   In this age of terror the West and the Russians need at least a working relationship, it might be the right time for a Trump Presidency.

Bill Clinton on Trump Voters and the FBI - Trump Era

Fox News: Reports " Former President Bill Clinton mocked President-elect Donald Trump’s intelligence, said “angry, white men” helped secure his victory and blamed FBI Director James Comey for Hillary Clinton’s November defeat during a spontaneous Q-and-A at a New York bookstore earlier this month. "

Lets Get Real:

The former President is not helping his wife or the country with the above remarks, we might share his view but the election is OVER, HRC has lost, the question is what next for the former First Couple.   The blog would suggest a short holiday, away from politics and then find something else to run for, Governor of New York, or back to the US Senate as a Senator from New York.   There is nothing like a new political fight to make the past the past, and then the old hound dog will have fun on the campaign, the former President has been off his game of late when it comes to elections, a new fight would make them both happy.

Shooting in Turkey - Age of Terror

BBC News: Reports that the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov has been assassinated in Turkey.

Lets Get Real:

The Ambassador Andrei Karlov was visiting a photo gallery in the Turkish Capital.   The gunman was killed by Turkish security forces, at present it is to early to say if the attack was due to Russian military action in Syria, as the BBC reports notes the assassin did shout out  " He can be heard yelling "Don't forget about Aleppo, don't forget about Syria" and uses the Islamic phrase "Allahu Akbar" (God is great").  " . The death will confirm to Moscow that the real threat to the West is not Russia but Islamic terror.  This is a developing story.

Obama vs. Trump - The Trump Era

CNN - Politics: Reports " Gloves-off White House creates rift between Obama and Trump teams "

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This is why Presidents like either their Vice - President to win or the Party nominee.   The only President who has been that lucky is the great Ronald Reagan, his successor was Bush 41, his Vice - President.    Every other President in the modern era, ( 1980 onwards ) with the exception of Reagan has seen his Vice - President or Party nominee lose.   The fact that Bush 41 won helped the Reagan legacy, while you would be hard pressed to see other Presidents invoked as much as Reagan is by Republicans and Democrats.   At the present the Democrats are being foreign policy hawks, this is a great surprise to this blogger, the Gipper has to put up with constant attacks by liberals that he was to hard on the then USSR.  That is what happens Dems when you lose an election.

Hillary Clinton vs. Putin of Russia - Trump Era

Guardian: Reports "  Clinton accuses Putin of acting on 'personal beef' in directing email hack..Hillary Clinton says cyberattack targeting the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta was Vladimir Putin’s way of seeking personal revenge "

Lets Get Real:

The above is about right, but its not the whole story, HRC was a bad candidate, she did not connect to the rust belt voters, the old Reagan Democrats.   The white working class has fallen behind in economic terms in the Obama Era, while the top 1% of the country has gotten all the benefits.   One only has to look at the rusted factories in these States, they were the life blood of communities, once they went towns and cities started to decline.   The Trump promised to bring back jobs to the rust belt States, we shall if he can give rebirth to the industrial heartland of the US.    HRC was a bad candidate who did not come across as authentic, she is no Bill Clinton.

Obama to HIT back at Russia - Trump Era

Daily Mail: Reports " Trump and Obama at war: Handover turns sour as the President vows to hit back at Russia over hacking after 'ignoring it because he thought Hillary would win' - as Trump AGAIN dismisses the intrusion by bringing up DNC dirt "

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Thus President Obama will strike back against Russia, we have heard before that he would strike after a red line was passed, and what did he do, NOTHING.  The Russians must laugh when Obama says he is going to ACT.   The US in cyber warfare could close down Moscow etc, but will they, any action must not be an overreaction, also how good is Russian IT.   The US should be careful not to cause WW3 by hacking the wrong thing, that is not an argument for doing nothing, it is an argument for doing something with a brain cell.  Let us recall in 1983 the Russian systems showed a nuclear strike by the US on the then USSR.  The Soviet Officer in charge did not get the Kremlin up, he thought it was technology error, as it was, the West and Russia got lucky, those chances are rare in history.

NO Hope - Michelle Obama - Trump Era

BBC News: Reports on remarks by First Lady Michelle Obama, " ..US First Lady Michelle Obama has struck a much less upbeat tone in her last TV interview before the family leaves the White House. "

Lets Get Real:

The above remarks do not help in bringing the US together after a tough election, in fact they can be stated to be self indulgent and a little on the egotistical side, the election of President Obama did not make the US a shinning city on a hill, it was that before Obama and will be after Obama, the above shows what can happen if you read your own press statements and think they are true.   The Obama Administration has been a disaster for US on the domestic front, thus with the case of ObamaCare and on the international front with the birth of Daesh in the Middle East and the deaths in Syria.  The election of Donald Trump is a rejection of the Obama legacy, that can be hard to take, no President wants to feel rejected.