Many Hillary supporters may be outraged at the reach around being carried out on Bernie supporters by the Democratic Party.

I expect this humid and somewhat glutinous embrace to continue well into November; so Hillary Supporters better get used to it, but don't worry, if things go as planned it will end sometime in January 2017 when positions in the administration are doled out.

The socialist government of French President François Hollande has decided to play hardball with both the student and trade union movements, setting up a showdown with a very uncertain outcome. The government threatens to completely outlaw protests against the recently passed labor reform bill that would dismantle the social safety net currently enjoyed by French workers.

On Friday, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the case of Gavin Grimm v Gloucester County School Board to proceed in district court.

GCSB had asked that the case be put on hold while they prepare a writ of certiorari...an appeal to the Supreme Court.

There are the 4 major components to economic growth.

1) Energy

2) Resources

3) Workforce growth

4) Productivity increases.

We’ve hit peak oil, peak fish, peak iron. Workforce growth peaked at around 1970 in the US. Of these 4 components only productivity has been increasing during the last 30 years. This is why 6% to 12% economic growth hasn’t been seen in decades.

This story, the video, Finding Freedom Amid Ruins: The Free Runners of Gaza fills me with such sadness... too much to contain alone in my room in front of my screen. It all seems so sci-fi-dystopia but it's real. Haunting.

Clara sat in an aisle seat at the performance hall of the Hochstein School of Music and Dance, smiling at us, holding her sheet music, because she would lead off the evening's program. Relaxed, she happily chatted with her mother, brother, sister-in-law, one niece and our adult children. Clara was about to walk onto a stage for the first time in decades and perform, but looked as if she had not a care in the world. I, on the other hand, was terrified.

I had an epiphany this morning. Well, not really an epiphany, more like an affirmation. It's certainly not something I've not known for a very long time. But it was kind of an epiphany in that my experience had a certain sudden clearness to it and an "insight into reality caused by a commonplace occurrence".

Or maybe I just want to say something.

First I wanted to add this Sanders campaign video from New York. This is how I expect Bernie would fulfill his promise to defeat Trump. That is by using the progressive agenda to destroy his bigotry. No mention of Clinton. Just our message against bigotry and racism.