Socialism 2016?

After a speech on Thursday explaining his socialism ideas, Senator Bernie Sanders gained a positive impression for socialism. 56% of Democratic primary voters polled said that they had a positive feeling of socialism. At Georgetown, Sanders explained that the redistribution of wealth was at the heart of American social contract and even linked himself to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Theodore Roosevelt. One interesting fact is that over half of Hillary Clinton's supporters also claimed that they approved socialism. 52% percent of Americans also agree with Sanders that America should place a higher tax on the rich and distribute that wealth back to the poor. It is also good to note that socialism is very highly rated with Americans under the age of 30.

Donald Trump's SNL appearance calls for equal time

After Trump's hosting of the late night show, many Republicans filed reports for equal time, and they will get just that. However, it won't be on SNL and won't even appear in a cameo on the show. John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore, and Lindsey Graham received their wishes and will appear in commercial and promotional air time on NBC, maybe during SNL.

Trump attack's Clinton's stamina

The Times reports that over the last few days Trump has been bashing the democratic presidential candidate by simply saying that she is too low energy to be president. If this sounds familiar, that's probably because it is. Trump used the same tactic with great results on Republican Jeb Bush. Trump later went on to say that Hillary is just not a strong enough person to be president.

Ben Carson says he saw Muslims celebrating on 9/11

After coming under fire for claiming that he saw Muslims in New Jersey celebrating 9/11, Donald Trump's presidential rival, Ben Carson too says that he saw Muslims celebrating on the horrific day. "I saw the film of it," Carson explained. Reports of this behavior are widely considered folk lore, as officials in the state of New Jersey deny it, but Ben Carson still claims to have seen the scenes on TV, but says not all Muslims are like that. The Times reports that Carson said he understands that people will respond inappropriately to anything and that that behavior was inappropriate.

Japanese Government

     Japan has a Constitutional Monarchy (parliamentary) system of government, much like Britain and Canada. Like America, however, the Japanese is divided into three branches, the judicial, legislative and executive. The Legislative branch of their government is known as the Diet. The Diet is composed of two houses, the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors. The executive branch is known as the cabinet. The cabinet consists of the Prime Minister, who is elected by the Diet and appointed by the Emperor, and no more than 17 Ministers of State, the the Prime Minister appoints. The Judicial branch is comprised of the courts. The Japanese government is unitary, which means this national government has a large amount of control over local governments.

     There are currently about 11 parties represented in Japan's Diet. The parties are: Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Innovation Party, Komeito, Communist Party, Party for Future Generations, People's Life Party, Social Democratic Party, The Assembly to Energize Japan, New Renaissance Party, and the Okinawa Socialist Masses Party. The major parties were the first five listed above. The Liberal Democratic Party is considered as the largest party and is, ironically, a conservative party. Most of the major parties are focused on Japanese Nationalism, conservatism, social liberalism, economic liberalism, and neoconservatism.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Japan
http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/explore/government/index.html
http://japan.kantei.go.jp/constitution_and_government_of_japan/fundamental_e.html

Trump gains even more attention after SNL

After receiving 12 minutes and 53 seconds of airtime on SNL, it seems that Trump received a lot of conversation on social media platforms. The Times reports that there was 28 percent more engagement around Trump this past Sunday then there was following the Republican debate in Colorado. Trump also saw a huge uproar in twitter action on the night of his appearance, during a time of day that is generally quite about politics. In his own way, Trump claims that the performance doesn't matter because the Nielson rating is expected to be high.

Ted Cruz's dad: Castro campaigner

Long before his son was a Republican presidential candidate, Rafael Cruz campaigned across Texas for none other than Fidel Castro. Rafael Cruz left Cuba in 1957 after suffering beatings from then dictator Batista, and attended the University of Texas where he spoke at local rotary clubs in favor of the Castro rebellion. Cruz ratifies his support by saying that at that time Castro had not yet spoken of his Communist ideologies. Although a friend claims to remember driving to Miami with the elder Cruz, Rafael claims that he never spent money, he only spoke.

Former Kansas Senator endorses Jeb Bush

Bob Dole, a former Senator of Kansas, has recently made it known that he is a fan and supports Jeb Bush.... and holds a grudge against Ted Cruz. Dole said that he feels Bush is "the most qualified" and that he liked virtually all the candidates "except Cruz." Last year during the Conservative Political Action Committee Cruz apparently mocked Dole and Senator McCain and it appears Mr. Dole isn't one to forget.

Republican Debate draws 13 Million Viewers

The fourth Republican presidential, aired on Fox Business News, drew a crowd of more than 13 million people. The Times Reports this was the highest viewership ever for Fox Business News, yet it was the lowest of any of the Republican debates thus far. This low rating could be contributed to the last Republican debate, which aired on CNBC, was accused of being bias and not allowing speaking time in a fair manner. It also could be attributed to the fact that Fox Business News is available in far fewer households than CNN, CNBC, and Fox news are available.

Man Behind the Mosque Questions

1. There was no formal process to making the "Ground Zero Mosque" a news story.

2. Pamela Gellar, an opposition for the mosque, brought it to the attention of Fox News.

3. On a lot of clips from cable networks we saw talking heads shouting at each other and arguing over the mosque. In addition to that, we saw very emotional sides of the story rather than facts.

4. They were never seen on cable news.

5. For knowledge on Islam, cable news relied on radical anti-Islamist. No, the information was not reliable because their information was incredibly biased.

6. The ownership is very important. As seen from this story an owner of Fox shares was also a donor for the mosque, which probably made it an important issue among the other owners as well.

7. Al-Waleed bin Talal, a Saudi Prince

8. The public simply got tired of it. It went on too long and the news of Fox's second largest shareholder donating money to the mosque probably made the public not trust Fox as much on the story and it just died.

9. Americans are not well educated when it comes to Islam.
45% say Islam is no more likely to encourage violence than any other faith.
35% say Islam is more likely to encourage violence.
Over half of Americans have a negative view of Islam.

American News 10 Facts

Journalism

1. Even though media use is spreading and becoming more popular, television remains the most dominant way that Americans receive news.

2. Almost 3 out of 4 Americans watch local TV news, making it the most popular method.

3. Those Americans who tune into cable news spend an average of 25 minutes watching it, almost double that spent on local and network news. 

4. The most dedicated cable news viewers average 72 minutes of viewing time a day.

5. Early morning newscasts pull 60% of the audience that late night does. 

6. 58% of Americans consume news from network and local news networks.

7. 38% of Americans access news online at home.

8. Viewers of one of the three cable news channels also views the competition regularly. 

9. 90% of Network news viewers also watch local news,

10. Many people get news from more than one source.