I watch The Walking Dead and The Preacher.  I know those AMC shows are from comic books.  I am unable to 

make sense of. Trump states they are going to get the water back.  From Who?  Is he going to get out there

with diving rods.  California has been sniping water from the Colorado and Truckee rivers for years, and taking

water from Imperial Valley.  Bet he doesn't know anything about that.  I was a desert dweller for ten

years and I have family and friends currently in Southern California.  Private wells have been 

What Drought? Trump Tells Californians "We're Going To Solve Your Water Problem"

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Forget the wall along the southern border, Donald Trump recently made what may be his boldest claim yet. During a rally in Fresno, California, Trump said that there isn't really a drought, and that if he wins the presidency, he's going to solve the water problem.

Trump gathered intel from his friends in California who alerted him to the fact that there is water, but it's being pumped into the sea allegedly in order to protect "a certain kind of 3-inch fish."

"We're going to solve your water problem. You have a water problem that is so insane, it is so ridiculous, where they're taking the water and shoving it out to sea. I just met with a lot of the farmers who are great people, and they're saying we don't even understand it. I've heard this from other friends of mine, in California where they have farms up here and they don't get water. I said oh that's too bad is it a drought, they said no we have plenty of water. I said what's wrong, 'well we shove it out to sea'."

"Now they're trying to protect a certain kind of 3-inch fish. Think of it, nobody even knows why, and by the way the environmentalists don't know why."

After explaining the the senators are playing both sides of the fence, The Donald promised that once he's president, he'll remedy the situation.

"So we're going to be back up here, if I win believe me we're gonna start opening up the water so that you can have your farmers survive, so that your job market will get better."

"I'm asking everybody why, and nobody can really explain why they do this. When your with the senators they want you, and then they go over to the environmental side and they want them, and then you say gee that's strange, they're for me, we want the water, but the environmentalists just endorsed them. So they play both sides of it, but they're actually not for you. But we're gonna get it done, and we're gonna get it done quick. Don't even think about it, that's an easy one."

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As a reminder, California really is experiencing a significant drought as we've covered many times over the last few years (here, here, & here), so The Donald may have just bitten off a bit more than he can chew on with this promise.

As for the 3-inch fish theory, that may help in some small way (quartz has a nice follow up to that here), but there remains a real issue in the state.

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TRUMP. I am self funding my campaign. Well, that was a suggestion.

The Trump campaign committee and the RNC came to money terms yesterday. He is going to be getting a financial boost.  Also Trump has been discussing PACs and fund raising with others.  Sheldon Adelson said he is willing to write The Donald a check for one million dollars.  Mr. Trump stated that he would not ask the RNC for money to repay himself for the personal loan he gave his campaign to date.  As Rachel says "Watch this space."  He will flip on that also, as soon as he can figure out how to get away with it.  Or maybe he will have the pollster he hired, remember he gives no credence to polls, to see if he can get it past his base.  Remember Trumps mantra, I am self funded, I do not have to answer to any organizations or corporations.  This is now going to be a former mantra.  I do hope his base is really really paying attention to this news.  The number one thing they loved about this candidate was that he was self funded and didn't answer to anyone.  Now they are left with the promises against immigrants, Muslims, and suing the news reporter you didn't agree with. Seems like an empty suit to me as he does not have the more important foreign policy experience.  You can't hire someone at the drop of a hat to teach you 30 years of the ups and downs of the US foreign policy. And Donald, please check your translation of what Vladimir Putin called you.  He was not calling you smart or bright.  He was calling you COLORFUL.  In easier language a clown.  You have way more money than me and your translator needs to be replaced.

Model Wife Mistress, Model Wife Mistress, Repeat.

First it was a foreign model named Ivana.  And a wedding.

There were the kids, Ivanka, Donald Jr and Eric.  Then there was the mistress. The divorce. The Wedding to model Marla Maples.

There was the daughter Tiffany.  The mistress. The divorce. The Wedding to model Melania.

There was the son Baron. And rumors.

All this from a man who criticizes a woman for activities committed by her husband. Like this is a reason she shouldn't not be President. Hillary and Bill stayed together.  Hillary held her head up high and maintained as much class as she could while serving as first lady.  The world watch it all in real time.  Any woman who was treated this way would strike out at any woman who interfered with her marriage.  Why be nice?  The Clintons have built an international foundation that supports the poor and under educated around the world.  They pay their taxes. They give generously to charities. The raised a daughter with great success.  And all this going on during the days of the Ken Starr investigations.  Which cleared the Clintons of any wrong doings from White Water to Troopergate.
That information was never on the front page of even the New York Times.  I think it was on page 46.  Ken Starr has apologized for the aggressive investigations.  There was no There There.

Trump says he can get a Deal on our Debt.

For the past 11 months I have listened to Donald J Trumps rants and raves, knowing he was playing to his base.  A base that has their own issues living in a Land of the Free country.  His comments this past week to the talk shows is finally showing his ignorance in the ways of government.  He says he can go to China and other creditors and make a deal for pennies on the dollar on our National Debt.  Hmmm! What would that do to this country?  If the United States did not pay our bills as agreed we would take a dive to the dark side of  being the strongest country in the world.  Your T-Bills would crash and burn.  Your 401k's would be shaken to their core.  And so much more.  If you have a portfolio ask your broker where you would stand if he started this process.  Just talking about it is scary enough.  Mr. Trump runs a business and feels, like many people do that government can be run like a business.  No, not so much.  Arnold found that out when he became Governor of California.  He had his business degree and thought he could change the foundation of the California government.  They wanted to run him out on a rail before the end of his term.  The crash did hurt California, but, not to the extent that the rest of the country was hurt.  Arnold's ideas hurt the state.  He now knows the truth.  Maybe he can explain it to Mr.Trump. Below is a recent article from the Associated Press of the responsible and irresponsible.   

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2000 file photo, Bill and Hillary Clinton stand in the driveway of their new home in Chappaqua, N.Y. Hillary. Pick a president: New York multimillionaire or New York multibillionaire. The likely November rivals’, Clinton and Donald Trump, personal portfolios don’t exactly square with the populist wave defining 2016. AP Photo, File

BY JEFF HORWITZ AND STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press

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A look at the personal wealth portfolios of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump, how they earned their money over the years and the lifestyles they spend it on.

CLINTON:

Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, left the White House when George W. Bush was inaugurated president in January 2001, a period that Hillary Clinton later described as so financially perilous they were "dead broke." The Clintons cited legal bills and other liabilities between $2 million and nearly $11 million. But within just one year, according to tax and disclosure records, they had wiped out all that debt, earning nearly $12 million. It was the start of an infusion of wealth that enriched the couple by more than $200 million over 15 years — and nearly $140 million since 2007.

The Clintons leveraged public service, celebrity status, book-writing, consulting and a whirlwind of lucrative speeches that took them across the country and around the world on behalf of corporations, foundations, trade groups and even some foreign governments.

Bill Clinton blended private appearances and consulting with his work promoting the family's global charity, the Clinton Foundation. Hillary Clinton ran for the presidency in 2008, lost to Barack Obama, became his secretary of state for four years then joined her husband at the foundation and on the lecture circuit, earning $22 million by herself in three years.

Their largesse has provided the trappings of a glamorous life.

The Clintons own well-appointed houses in the suburbs of New York and in the nation's capital. They hold a sole mutual fund worth between $5 million and $25 million. They are regulars at Caribbean resorts and New York's exclusive Hamptons beachfront.

Hillary Clinton's three-year speaking tours often came with premium travel — flights on private jets, luxury "presidential" hotel suites and transportation and accommodations for the retinue of loyal aides who traveled with her, according to her contract demands.

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TRUMP:

Though Trump's $10 billion estimate of his own fortune is viewed skeptically by outside appraisers, he's a safe bet to be the wealthiest American ever to be the presumptive nominee from a major political party, richer even than Republican Mitt Romney. Just as surely: He won't let anyone forget it.

"I'm really rich," Trump said last June in announcing his presidency. Trump has also made the entirely plausible claim last year that, "I have a Gucci store that's worth more than Romney."

Trump has described himself as a largely self-made man who parlayed a $1 million loan from his father into an empire worth billions. Trump's eventual inheritance was far larger than that, however, and Trump relied on his father's loan guarantees for his formative real estate and casino deals.

He came close to losing it all in the early 1990s, when personal guarantees of a floundering casino and real estate empire put his fate in the hands of bankers who had loaned him money. Even then, however, Trump maintained a remarkable standard of living: The bankers gave him a $450,000-a-month allowance.

There's no such limit on Trump's spending these days. Living out of a three-story penthouse atop the Trump Tower, he also owns residences in California, Florida, Virginia and the Caribbean. Caviar, yachts, gold-plated faucets, private jets and mansions with 126 rooms: If there's a public signifier of wealth, it's a safe bet that Trump has associated himself with it.

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/business/article76482717.html#storylink=cpy