I am sure not many people watched the latest Democratic debate. It doesn't make much difference anyway. Clinton will be the nominee barring a big scandal. Sanders is more of a sparring partner than an opponent in the ring. So Clinton appears to be taking more shots at Trump than his "opponents". I agree that Trump will serve as a recruiting tool for ISIS. But I think Clinton went too far to say that there are ISIS videos featuring Trump right now. There is no proof of that so far that I can see. There is no point to exaggerate things.
But I don't understand the bromance happening between Trump and Putin. Putin says Trump is bright and talented and Trump says there is no proof that Putin has killed any journalists. Trump also says it is a great honor to be praised by Putin. Since I don't think Putin has our country's interest at heart, I think he must want to deal with Trump than somebody else after next year. So I can see why he praise Trump. But is Trump really that stupid to defend a dictator? It would be like FDR accepting the praise of Hitler and say that there is no proof that Hitler killed anyone. But then I guess Trump's supporters don't care what Trump says.
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Once again is time for my AAAAA-Angry Asian Absolutely Accurate Assessment of Big Ten Bowl picks. I have Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State winning. I have Nebraska, Wisconsin, MSU and Iowa losing. So I predict 6-4.
I think the playoff games are unpredictable. The consensus among the so called experts is that Oklahoma and Alabama are the two best teams. I think that is a stretch. I think all four teams can win the title and all four could easily have not been here except for some luck. But there is no controversy of the four being here. I have Alabama slightly favored over MSU but I think the line of Alabama favored by 10 points is ridiculous. If I am a betting man, I would take the points. Oklahoma is favored by 3 and half over Clemson. I also would take the points here. In fact I pick Clemson straight up over Oklahoma. I would like to see the semis before deciding on the final to see how each winning team played against another top team. But if I have to pick right now, I pick Clemson because I think Alabama may beat MSU but they will be beat up pretty badly physically from this game. I think Clemson will have a easier time against Oklahoma.
I think the playoff games are unpredictable. The consensus among the so called experts is that Oklahoma and Alabama are the two best teams. I think that is a stretch. I think all four teams can win the title and all four could easily have not been here except for some luck. But there is no controversy of the four being here. I have Alabama slightly favored over MSU but I think the line of Alabama favored by 10 points is ridiculous. If I am a betting man, I would take the points. Oklahoma is favored by 3 and half over Clemson. I also would take the points here. In fact I pick Clemson straight up over Oklahoma. I would like to see the semis before deciding on the final to see how each winning team played against another top team. But if I have to pick right now, I pick Clemson because I think Alabama may beat MSU but they will be beat up pretty badly physically from this game. I think Clemson will have a easier time against Oklahoma.
Sunday, December 06, 2015
Obama went on tv tonight in an attempt to reassure Americans about the threat from terrorists. I don't think it changes anything. Those who are against him will say the same things and those on his side will not change their tunes. There are no good and easy way to do this. This will continue into the next presidency. And whoever is elected will not have any better idea than Obama. If someone like Trump gets elected, God forbid, he will find that rhetoric will not get rid of ISIS and in fact plays right into terrorists hands and increase their ability to recruit.
You know, there are a lot of Americans who are angry that more is not done about ISIS. There are also a lot of Americans who have great fear of terrorism. But despite what happened in California this week, terrorism have not cause many deaths since 9/11. The chances of getting killed from terrorism is miniscule compared to the chances of getting murdered by fellow Americans. So how come those people who are angry at Obama are not a thousand times more angry about the people who don't want to stop gun violence? You don't want to stop people who are on no fly lists from getting guns? Really? Obama may sound careless when he described ISIS as a jv team. But we are not living in the most dangerous time as people suggest. Remember the 1960s when we were frightened of what the USSR will do to us? Compared to the USSR, ISIS is jv. Also 50,000 Americans died in Vietnam during that time. So the chances of Americans dying due to a conflict was much greater then. It was also greater during the Iraq war under Bush than now. So let's have some perspective. It took a long time to get rid of the threat from the USSR. It will take a long time to get rid of the threat from ISIS who by the way came into existence thanks to our invasion of Iraq.
You know, there are a lot of Americans who are angry that more is not done about ISIS. There are also a lot of Americans who have great fear of terrorism. But despite what happened in California this week, terrorism have not cause many deaths since 9/11. The chances of getting killed from terrorism is miniscule compared to the chances of getting murdered by fellow Americans. So how come those people who are angry at Obama are not a thousand times more angry about the people who don't want to stop gun violence? You don't want to stop people who are on no fly lists from getting guns? Really? Obama may sound careless when he described ISIS as a jv team. But we are not living in the most dangerous time as people suggest. Remember the 1960s when we were frightened of what the USSR will do to us? Compared to the USSR, ISIS is jv. Also 50,000 Americans died in Vietnam during that time. So the chances of Americans dying due to a conflict was much greater then. It was also greater during the Iraq war under Bush than now. So let's have some perspective. It took a long time to get rid of the threat from the USSR. It will take a long time to get rid of the threat from ISIS who by the way came into existence thanks to our invasion of Iraq.