They reported this evening that Donald Trump cancelled a rally in Chicago because of a large number of protesters at the location. The Democratic party has been building up these groups for almost a decade: from The occupy movement, to the anarchists, to now Black-Lives matter. For some its just the right thing to do to silence Trump by any means necessary, including the young Egyptian student who now must leave the United States because he threatened to kill Trump. Democrats have been promoting the death of Bad Republicans since the George Bush Administration where even a movie was made. During the 2008 campaign Democrats made demonic images out of pictures of John McCain to again rationalize their actual hatred. Now the people they have been grooming since John Kerry placed the link to the daily Koz on his website in 2004 are threatening to become "acceptable" brownshirts in the name of stopping the "Nazi" Donald Trump.

The problem in all this is the history of Nazi Germany. To use the term brownshirt today invokes images of SS troopers. But the real Brownshirts, or SA, were just men who were fanatical followers of Ernst Rohm. Rohm in turn had chosen to support Hitler, but for a price. When Hitler became chancellor thanks to the strong arm tactics of Rohm's men, Rohm then began pushing for more power including the replacement of the Army with his men. Eventually Hitler, who had no intension of sharing power with Rohm, had no choice but to act and June 30th, 1934 Hitler personally arrested Rohm and over 200 of the leaders within the SA. The following day Rohm told Hitler he wouldn't commit suicide and was then killed by two SS troopers. By that time over 80 of the other arrested SA members had been killed- some estimates are that all were eventually executed. Its new leaders were then selected by the Nazi party and the organization was greatly reduced in power and size (many of the younger men forced to join the Army following the start of the war).

The point of this discussion: in 1968 the Democratic party held its presidential convention in Chicago. Earlier in the year Black activists and citizens had come out in a riot following the death of Martin Luther King. This and the protest at the pentagon prompted a slew of young, politically inspired, students to show up for the convention. Modern histories try to pain the "Hippies" as peaceful or even enlightened. The reality was quite a few came ready for a fight, a fight that became all the more their plan when the hordes of protesters the leaders expected didn't materialize.  In the end members actually hoped they would force mayor Dailey to declare martial law (to reinforce their views).

Now the Democratic party has formed groups even more radical then the ones in 1968. Will they stay away from the planned presidential convention and allow it to go forth without incident. Or will they show up to demand their share of power, particularly since many support Bernie Sanders who is rapidly being denied the nomination by the Democratic party's undemocratic policy of super delegates. To see them using Nazi tactics to silence Donald Trump is actually expected. But equally expected is to now see them show up for their payment for services at the pending Democratic convention. And thus, when will the Democratic party decide these groups are more trouble then they are worth.

Donald Trump may have in advertently exposed how corrupt the H-1B Visa system has become during the recent Republican Debate by saying he's now evolving on the subject. Its got to wield a lot of money for it to suddenly convince the "Donald" to change from standing against it to possibly supporting it. And that money was exposed a day later when India filed a Trade dispute with the United States over an increase in American fees for sponsoring these foreign workers.

Many people, including Trump have noted that Mexican workers send a lot of money back to Mexico from the United States. It is estimated that some 23 billion dollars goes to Mexico each year from both legal and illegal workers. Surprisingly India also receives an estimated 10.5 billion dollars in remittances from its citizens working abroad in the United States. But this money is a tenth of the amount now reported to go to India from the H-1B visa program.

Its called the outsourcing sector and it generates over 150 billion dollars to India each year by sending workers abroad to support high tech jobs. Its almost beyond imagining that 3/4 of India's annual revenue from the United States comes from deliberately sending workers abroad under the H-1B system. It does though explain why so many of these "trained engineers" always come with credentials showing their capability even as they- individually- show they can't do the work. It also explains the push by such suppliers as Tata Consultancy of certain tests to be used to screen applicants which universally show American STEM workers as incompetent while always passing the foreign workers supplied by Tata, etc. No one seems smart enough to consider that these suppliers are coaching their applicants on the right answers and or weighting the test against the standard training of American workers. Anything to insure the sponsoring of the indian worker who generates so much revenue for their home country. 

This said, the change in the fees alone is expected to cut profits by only 400 million dollars (less then 0.03%) which is still enough for India to file a trade suit. The fact these workers are working at reduced wages to the American workers they are many times replacing is not of concern to India. To India, the change in fee costs is putting Indian workers in a less favorable condition to their American counterparts. American counterparts they are otherwise putting out of work.

In the end the real scandal is yet to occur. It will come when the majority of these temporary workers return to their homes in India with skills and knowledge that was embargoed under US law from export. ITAR rules may sound like they only cover munitions, but since the 1990s they cover encryption technology and software and technology for space flight and satellite systems. Technology many of the high tech American firms are employing the foreign workers for. Soon the cost associated with these H-1B workers for American companies will go way up.

I can thank Ben Carson for finally seeing the truth and withdrawing from the election. To have only four men on stage for the recent debate made it more a debate then the previous ones where the debaters seemed constantly trying to get a word in on any of the subjects. I can only hope Kasich doesn't do as well as he expects on March 15th- the Ohio Primary- and finally also leaves the pack. Then the people can truly get down to who will be standing against Bernie in the election: I say Bernie since I truly expect Hillary to be under indictment before the summer. The only reason she isn't already is Obama; we just had all the charges dropped against Rick Perry that forced him to withdraw and we don't need Hillary charged too early and risk she gets off before the election is held.

It is reported that the leader of North Korea has ordered his nuclear weapons made ready. What that truly means is open to question, but its just another level up of the tensions on the peninsula. So far this year he has detonated another nuclear device, launched a long range missile, and immediately after the UN issued new sanctions, fired additional short range missile. And the annual military exercises held between the US military and the South Korean military is about to begin.

I hope he doesn't decide to launch a pre-emptive strike, in that the results would be completely out of his control. But he always declares these war-games are a cover for a planned invasion from the South. And there is some reports that he no longer trusts his own military, hence the number of leading officers that have either been executed, or have disappeared. 
Its getting too tense, something is going to happen: unfortunately.