I speculated in an article yesterday that from here on out all the way through the primaries, the general, Nov 8, and potentially beyond, we would se Occupy Trump every day. It's happening. The day after his Chicago Surprise, Herr Drumpf saw peace warriors protesting his rally in Kansas, MO. Opposing groups, cops gone wild, pepper spray, etc. More below.
Good Morning to all, on today's Open Thread.
First off I want to thank JTC for the opportunity to have one of the Open Threads here at C99. I know that I'm one of the Junior Members here, at least as far as sheer chronology goes, so the chance to write on a regular basis for a site I love is a real treat.
but I am having too many "sads" recently, therefore I feel I should not feel bad or hesitate to point you to this essay.
Blowing the Biggest Political Story of the Last 50 Years - Posted on Mar 12, 2016 - By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company
This is the most touching and loving diary I have ever read... I am still pretty emotional about it. I have read pretty much every comment...and the stories that have been told will all go down in history as one of the finest pieces of writing ever on the DKOS...
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Could 1968 replay in 2016? On the GOP side this time.
Update: It's happening as my article indicated: Drumpf's Kansas rally got disrupted by peace warriors protesting his racism and threat to democracy. Go Occupy Trump!
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/12/donald-trump-cancels-cinc...
Herr Drumpf has a rally scheduled for Cincinnati, OH, tomorrow, Sunday afternoon. Media speculation is swirling on the Cinci rally. Is it still on? Would it be cancelled? Would the security arrangement be complete? Or suffice? Here's the Guardian saying it is still on/off/on/off:
The big question is whether the young peace warriors of Chicago have inspire the compatriots in Cincinnatti to try the same tomorrow? Circumstances differ, of course. I have no insight into the state of play among peace warriors there, but it wouldn't surprise, eh? And then the question becomes, what thereafter? Could the following scenario unfold?
Where does this maniac draw the line?
[cross-posted to Kossacks_for_Sanders]
So I've been seeing a lot of Hillary apologists try and pass off her words supporting Nancy Reagan's "support" for AIDS research as a simple misspeak, that when she said, "The other point that I wanted to make too," she was still talking about Alzheimer's, so everyone needs to chill.
The full quote:
I understand some of the rhetoric. I've been there. Heck, I'll be 68 in 22 days. How could I not have been where you feel you are now.
When I was 18, I was a McCarthy supporter, but was deemed too young to vote. One might think that would be enough to put me off the whole concept of voting right there.
I backed McGovern in 1972. We know how that worked out.
If you have the chance, please watch this weekend's Rainbow PUSH Coalition town hall with Bernie and Rev'd Jesse Jackson, Sr, held today. It is special: watch these two old friends and the town hall interact. It is marvellous, like an old barbershop quartet singing in harmony. 
I think I've managed the link. Let me know if I screwed it up. Bernie's intro is around 45 mins in, then follows 10 mins or so of celebration and the two get into it around 60 mins.
