Ravi S. Iyer: Worldly

Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/29/trump-supporter-charged-with-voting-twice-in-iowa/ , Oct. 29th 2016. The article links to this video clip of a campaign speech by Mr. Trump, Trump says voter fraud is 'okay' if the votes are for him, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LObQFaTwcg , 1 min. 20 secs, published on Oct. 22nd 2016 by Washington Post. I have transcribed Mr. Trump's comments in the video clip below: (Isn't) it amazing they say there's no voter fraud. Folks, it is a rigged system and it is a rigged election, believe me. According to the highly respected Pew, there are 24 million voter registrations in the United States that are either invalid or significantly inaccurate. (A) lot right! 24 million. (A) lot. There are 1.8 million dead people that are registered right now to vote. And folks, folks, some of them vote. I wonder why, I wonder how that happened. They woke up from th...

All the President's Men, Revisited, 1 hr. 26 mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo7KWzOgnf8 , published Feb. 29, 2016 From the youtube video description, "A Robert Redford small feature on the impact of Watergate 40 years later. The video reassembles the major players of the film 'All the President's Men, 1976' along with political guests and reexamines both the film and actual events surrounding Watergate." Ravi: I found it to be a very interesting video. 

Here's an article on Donald Trump's campaign in The Hindu today (Oct. 29th 2016), Why Donald Trump has already won, http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/why-donald-trump-has-already-won/article9282367.ece by Neelanjan Sircar, a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (India). The sub-title for the article is, "The defining characteristic of his campaign has been an unapologetic endorsement of nativism that threatens to unleash an angry, paranoid population that no longer trusts American institutions". The nativism quoted above seems to refer to European American (white) "natives" of the USA (different from native Americans/American Indians, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States ). In the context of Trump being critical of USA democratic institutions and his statements about the likelihood of the election being rigged against him, the article states that it is a dangerous game, and concludes with the sentence: ...

Trump: Cancel the election and declare me the winner, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJQzFGnufv4 , 45 secs, published on Oct. 27th 2016 by CNN. The description says, "Speaking at a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump quipped that the election should be canceled and he should be declared the winner." Given below is a transcript of the above video. Mr. Donald Trump: As part of our plan to bring back American jobs we will lower taxes on our businesses from 35% down to 15%. We will go from the highest to among the lowest. Hillary Clinton wants to raise taxes on small businesses upto 45%. What a difference! You know, what a difference, this is! [In/I'm] just thinking to myself right now, we should just cancel the election and just give it to Trump, right? [Audience seems to say yes/yeah.] What do we even have to [vote?] What do we [??] Her policies are so bad. Boy, do we have a big difference! Hillary also says she wants...

FULL SPEECH: Hillary Clinton & Michelle Obama Rally in Salem, North Carolina (10/27/2016) [Oct. 27th 2016], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fXI5e7_xfo , around 57 min (speech gets over 50 mins). Full transcript of the speech is available here: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/updates/2016/10/27/joined-by-first-lady-michelle-obama-in-winston-salem-clinton-vows-to-preserve-the-progress-of-the-last-eight-years/ I have given below some extracts from USA First Lady Michelle Obama's speech. So Hillary has done her job. Now we need to do our job and get her elected president of the United States. Because here’s where I want to get real. If Hillary doesn’t win this election, that will be on us. It will be because we did not stand with her. It will be because we did not vote for her. And that is exactly what her opponent is hoping will happen. That’s the strategy, to make this election so dirty and ugly that we don’t want any part of it. So when you hear folks talking abo...

10/27/16 (Morning Joe) Destroys Corrupt Clinton Foundation (Laughable) "Total Corruption", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig8RWXS-LZA , 20 min 26 secs. Hillary Clinton's Victory Prize: Congressional Investigations, http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/hillary-clinton-s-victory-prize-congressional-investigations-n672926 , Oct. 26th 2016. Donations to Foundation Vexed Hillary Clinton’s Aides, Emails Show, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/us/politics/bill-hillary-clinton-foundation-wikileaks.html , Oct. 26th 2016 Inside ‘Bill Clinton Inc.’: Hacked memo reveals intersection of charity and personal income, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bill-clinton-inc-hacked-memo-reveals-intersection-of-charity-and-personal-income/2016/10/26/3bf84bba-9b92-11e6-b3c9-f662adaa0048_story.html , Oct. 26th 2016 Inside Bill Clinton’s nearly $18 million job as ‘honorary chancellor’ of a for-profit college, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bill-clinto...

The moments Pence’s plane flirted with disaster, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/mike-pence-plane-skid-runway-230433 , 28th Oct. 2016 Ravi: I am so glad to know that all people on USA Republican nominee for vice-president Mike Pence's plane were safe after it skid off the runway while landing at La Guardia airport (in New York city). Hmm. Political leaders while out campaigning have to take so many risks. This happens in Indian politics too. Those who are in positions of power can use govt. provided transportation and travel in relative safety. [In India, even govt. transportation can be unsafe at times as happened in the tragic case of the fatal crash of the helicopter carrying the late chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in Sept. 2009, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y._S._Rajasekhara_Reddy .] But those that are not in power have to use transportation and other facilities funded by the political campaign! And sometimes they have to cut corners...

Scott Foval Reveals Who Was Really Behind the Romney 47% Video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImYb8tbHSw0 , 2 min 9 secs, published on Oct. 26th 2016 by Project Veritas Action [James O'Keefe seems to be the leader, perhaps (main) owner, of Project Veritas Action.] James O'Keefe's New Story About the 47 Percent Video Is Totally False, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/james-okeefe-scott-foval-new-47-percent-story-false , Oct. 27th 2016 Given below are links related to the Mitt Romney 47% video that was a significant event in the 2012 USA presidential election Meet Scott Prouty, the 47 Percent Video Source, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/scott-prouty-47-percent-video , Mar. 13th 2013 Scott Prouty reveals himself as man who shot ’47 percent’ video, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/03/13/scott-prouty-reveals-himself-as-man-who-shot-47-percent-video/ , Mar. 13th 2013 The Story Behind the 47 Percent Video, http://www.mo...

Cardinal Dolan confesses: charity dinner with Trump and Clinton was tough, http://religionnews.com/2016/10/26/cardinal-dolan-confesses-charity-dinner-with-trump-and-clinton-was-tough/ , 26th Oct. 2016 Please note that I have a PUBLICLY NEUTRAL informal-student-observer role in these posts that I put up about the USA presidential elections. Of course, as I am an Indian citizen living in India, there is no question of me voting in these elections.

Today's (Oct. 26th 2016) The Hindu carried an article, http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/how-can-a-selfrespecting-person-attend-reddys-daughters-lavish-wedding/article9268889.ece , where Karnataka's Health and Family Welfare minister K.R. Ramesh Kumar spoke against lavish weddings and public display of wealth at such weddings. He spoke in the context of the wedding of a Karnataka billionaire mining baron's daughter planned for next month. Here are other articles related to the same topic: No one should display wealth at weddings: Minister Ramesh Kumar, http://www.newskarnataka.com/bangalore/no-one-should-display-wealth-at-weddings-minister-ramesh-kumar , Oct. 25th 2016 Minister urges government to bring law to control ostentatious weddings, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Minister-urges-government-to-bring-law-to-control-ostentatious-weddings/articleshow/55060478.cms , Oct. 26th 2016 The articles give the following statements made by t...

Newt Gingrich Shouts At Megyn Kelly: ‘You Are Fascinated with Sex!’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKZ0adfd_Nk , 7 min 56 secs, published on Oct. 25th 2016. Newt Gingrich Accuses Megyn Kelly of Being ‘Fascinated With Sex’ in On-Air Meltdown, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/newt-gingrich-to-megyn-kelly-youre-fascinated-with-sex.html , Oct. 26th 2016 The full sentence of former USA House speaker Newt Gingrich is, "You are fascinated with sex and you don't care about public policy". How the GOP's first female presidential campaign manager manages Donald Trump, http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/24/politics/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-campaign-manager/ , Oct. 25th 2016 Trump: I'd love to fight 'Mr. Tough Guy,' Joe Biden, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/25/trump-fight-biden/92752556/ , Oct. 26th 2016 Biden: I wish I could take Trump behind the gym, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UilzDRQXES4 , 1 min 2 secs,...

FULL EVENT: Donald Trump Rally in St. Augustine, Florida (10/24/2016) Trump St. Augustine Speech, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCVGsJJ6I_0 , around 51 mins (speech gets over around 47 mins) Donald Trump tweet on the event: THANK YOU St. Augustine, Florida! Get out and VOTE! Join the MOVEMENT - and lets #DrainTheSwamp! Off to Tampa now! #AmericaFirst [Tweet has a short video clip of the crowd while Mr. Trump says, "If we win on November 8th we are going to drain the swamp in Washington D.C."], https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/790654003981918208 , 24th Oct. 2016 I have transcribed some parts of the speech below. Mr. Donald Trump: Thank you everybody. Thank you. Look up there [Trump points to somebody in the audience perhaps dressed as Abraham Lincoln]. It is Honest Abe Lincoln. Look at that. Wow! That's Honest Abe. Great to see you, Abe! Boy O boy! What a crowd! .. We have people over there standing in plants. They're (in the) plants. I hope you are...

Tweets of Lisa Bloom given below tell the story. Pinned Tweet, "My law firm will proudly represent any accusers sued by Donald Trump and crowd fund defense costs. Can’t wait to take his deposition!", https://twitter.com/LisaBloom/status/789916537561972736 , 22nd Oct. 2016 "BREAKING: my client Jill Harth and I respond to Trump's insults and threats yesterday. Spoiler: not backing down.", https://twitter.com/LisaBloom/status/790289824192294913 , 23rd Oct. 2016 A pic attached to the tweet above (and given below) seems to be this press release statement:  http://www.thebloomfirm.com/press-release-jill-harth-and-lisa-bloom-respond-to-trumps-insults-and-threats/ , dated Oct. 23rd 2016 [To open pic above in full resolution, use mouse right-click, Open image in new tab/window, and then click on the image to zoom out.] In the press release, Jill Harth states, "I kept quiet about Donald Trump for many years because after he settled my 1997 sexual harass...

[Note: Doing the transcript took a few days as there were other events which caught my attention. So this transcript was done in pieces and I am quite glad it is finally done. Also, I could not locate other transcripts for these speeches. (Update: I now see a transcript link here:  https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/updates/2016/10/11/joined-by-gore-in-miami-clinton-lays-out-plan-to-fight-climate-change/ . This is after I have finished the transcript of most of these two speeches on this post!!! Well, doing the transcript myself forced me to get pretty familiar with Clinton's and Gore's views on the matter. So I think it has been worth it anyway. end-Update) As it deals with climate change and are from a potential USA president and from a former USA vice-president and global leader on climate change, I felt that it is important to make the transcript of most of these two speeches.] Before the transcript, here are two articles on the event: Hillary Clinton and Al G...