Trump's ban, coincidentally, leaves out those countries where Trump owns hotels and has investments, while also excluding Saudi Arabia - the biggest exporter of terrorism. You'd be forgiven for thinking that the US and Saudi Arabia had some sort of perverse arms trade going on......

As its been trawled out in the media also, the US never had 'free borders' anyhow, it's unbelievable to think that some Americans think they did. Nah, this is merely a charade to entrench the support of the Breitbart reading fuckwits of the 'free world'. It's merely designed to incur greater partisanship and heighten the culture wars, providing greater differences to the 'us' v 'them' mentality within America.

Quote of the year.

One of Banksy's great work:

Even the Native Americans probably arrived as immigrants, albeit a hell of a lot longer ago than most in the USA- LA Times

Goes with what I've said for years about the UK that the difference between myself and first generation immigrants is my Dad's family arrived four generation ago and my mother arrived herself as an immigrant- beyond that no real difference in terms of being a homosapien with beliefs, ideals and plans. As long as you aren't arriving with plans of destruction, harm or religious based idiocy (we have enough idiots already in residence to cater for that sort of rubbish ) then really it goes back to the mantra of 'immigration built the nation'

What's the context and consensus on Twitter for WWIII?

Also depending who is suggesting the contacts and social media aspects- it's completely unworkable and closes the USA off as a place to visit for tourism or work, which may please the more rabid redneck initially but he/she will feel the effects sooner or later, presumably when the welfare cheques have trouble being meet.

I've been reading a Constitutional Rights Foundation article on High Crimes & Misdemeanours as well as the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, and I'm idly wondering at this point how far Donald Trump would have to go against the constitution as an example before his position comes into question with people inside his own circle or outside at least of the protesters who have been against him from the start- Constitutional Rights Foundation 

I've never trusted CNN to be honest since the first Gulf war days, although in fairness to them it does at least sound like the kind of idiotic policy that could come from Donald Trump. As to a third world war my own feeling is if such a war occurred it would likely begin as a result of Asian confrontations between China and the USA, although given the economic, human and military costs I am sceptical at least at the moment of any flash points resulting in all out war, although of course with the leadership of China and the mentality of Donald Trump I would not rule anything out at present.

They came for the Muslims and we said NO.