The topic of colonialism has been one of the more interesting topics that has popped up recently and the dynamics fascinate me. I was looking at Google Earth today and if you adjust the global view just so all you see is North and South America, the New World. If, with the exception of Brazil and some French colonies on the Atlantic coast, South America was colonized by the Spanish how did the national boundaries come into being? Were they determined by local Spanish governors who got together and, with support of local tribes, decided who got what? Chile has the most extreme boundaries of any nation that I've seen, no other nation is so tall and skinny. Being tucked between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains I wonder if the Chileans feel isolated from the rest of South America. There's a lot to learn but I don't know how far I'll be digging.
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So, Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for president, not what I think is a good idea. I don't see him winning for a number of reasons, his age for one, and some of his views are too far left for a lot of voters. If he can't tone it down a bit he'll continue to come across a crank. I don't know how influential he is in the Senate but it doesn't seem like he has a lot of his colleagues marching to the beat of his drum.
There's still plenty of time to see who's going to be running against Trump, if Trump is still around to run. He's starting to sound and act like someone who is itching to be thrown out of office, one way or the other. A good ploy for him; he can play the victim and spread the blame widely, a noble patriot undone by the evil media and corrupt members of the FBI.
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