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Twitter responds with fawning reactions from supporters, who dubbed the talk "spell-binding," "expertly delivered" and "truly presidential."Bitter Hillary gives Americans a warning: Trump and foreign adversaries could again steal the election...
Some observers noted that Obama's speech departed from his typical "uplifting promises of hope and change," however, instead focusing on "negativity" and "complaints."
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton again sounded alarms about election-meddling "foreign adversaries" in her speech to the Democratic convention, while urging voters to take revenge for her bitter 2016 loss to Donald Trump.Mainstream media showed its bias in the coverage of the convention - describing how Obama "torches Trump like American democracy depends on it". Grab your sick bag...:
Politico's Ryan Lizza was digging out the thesaurus to lavish Obama with superlatives.
Rubin, supposedly the Post's "conservative" blogger, declared that the entire convention was on par with a "superb mini-series," and worthy of an Emmy award.
The Republican Party's own convention kicks off on Monday, but even if the chattering classes have any tears left after this week's affair, it's extremely unlikely that they'll treat the GOP to the same level of sycophantic adulation.
It's also unlikely that viewers felt quite the same way. Biden does lead Trump in most polls, but ratings for the virtual convention are already coming in substantially below those of previous years.
1) The official narrative of a chance mishap of Turkish fireworks instigating the detonation of the 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate which had been sitting at the Port of Beirut for six years is entirely unbelievable.
2) This event should not considered in any way separated from the anomalously large pattern of explosions and arson which have spread across the Arab and African worlds in recent weeks.
3) This pattern of chaos must itself be seen in the context of the clash between two systems: The collapsing NATO unipolar alliance on the one side and the New Silk Road-led multipolar alliance on the other.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says that "all barriers and excuses have been removed" ahead of expected peace talks between the government in Kabul and the Taliban militants.
In a televised message to Afghan security forces on August 20, Ghani said his government had "met all conditions for a peace with dignity." He called on the Taliban to accept a permanent cease-fire and start negotiations with the government soon.
"We have shown our will and our commitment," he said, citing the release of thousands of Taliban prisoners, a major precondition for the peace talks sought by the United States.
Comment: Inadequacies and deficiencies are each candidate's argument against the other and this election promises to hit rock bottom. So who is worth electing? The one who does this the best or the one who does it the worst?