Too late, so instead of letting it go to waste I'll post it here.

Interesting article from Jon Rappaport about Trump and his comments on trade deals and their impact on American workers. The key part is Trump indicating he would raise taxes on imports to spur domestic production. The globalists won't have that, Trump may have stepped in deep doo doo.

"Taxes on imports. Also known as tariffs.
Every significant trade-treaty negotiated since 1945 has been aimed at lowering or eliminating tariffs, in order to establish Globalist “free trade.”
Treaties like GATT, NAFTA, CAFTA, for example; as well as the current TPP and its cousins.
Free trade is code for: mega-corporations and banks can roam the planet and set up shop anywhere they please. They can bankroll and build production facilities, produce cheap goods, and sell them anywhere in the world without paying tariffs.
Tariffs would make that whole operation useless. It would defeat mega-corporate greed and ambition internationally."

https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/trump-catches-attention-of...

Here's a video of a woman named Peggy Hubbard. She criticizes the BlackLivesMatter (BLM) movement for it's focus on police brutality and killings without commensurate focus on "black on black" crime. She's a black woman. This meme is coming up alot in discussions about the BLM movement and the police state, particularly from the right who use it to obfuscate the BLM focus on law enforcement. However there are obviously many in the black community who have strong opinions about where the focus should be relative to violence against blacks.

Here's an article from John Bolton at American Enterprise Institute, a noted Neocon/Zionist thinktank with many of the same cretins reponsible for Bush era crimes against humanity. In the article, Bolton argues that the only course of action relative to the Iran deal at this time is for Israel to go ahead and attack Iran, and for the U.S. Congress to pledge to have Ixrael's back.

"Accordingly, the spotlight falls on Israel, which twice before has struck nuclear-weapons programs in hostile states (Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007). Israel’s current options are hardly new or different. Jerusalem must choose between a world after a military strike and a world with a nuclear enemy whose objective is Israel’s destruction. It does not have the choice of preserving the world as it is today, because that world is rapidly becoming a world with a nuclear Iran (as before with Iraq or Syria).

Neither alternative is palatable, but in similar circumstances, Israel has not hesitated. In neither case, perhaps incomprehensibly to some, did the Middle East promptly descend into war and chaos. No other regional power wanted Saddam to have nuclear weapons (neither in 1981 nor thereafter), and, despite the flurry of anti-Israel activity at the United Nations, there were no sustained consequences following Israel’s attack. After Israel’s 2007 strike on Syria, Arab reaction was almost entirely muted, because the Arabs suspected that the al-Kibar reactor was a joint venture between Damascus and Tehran. The Sunni Arabs didn’t want a nuclear Iran in 2007, and they don’t want it now. Not only will the Arab monarchies quietly accept a preemptive Israeli military strike against Iran, some might even cooperate. This is how national interests actually work in international affairs."

"If Jerusalem strikes Iran, we will undoubtedly learn of it only after operations have commenced. Given the level of distrust between Israel and Obama, there is essentially no chance we will receive advance notice. Nonetheless, America should be immediately prepared to do two things to help Israel. First, politically and diplomatically, we should argue unhesitatingly that a preemptive Israeli strike is a legitimate exercise of Israel’s inherent right of self-defense. In an age of weapons of mass destruction and insignificant attack-warning times, this is basic common sense for us.

Second, Congress should immediately authorize and appropriate all necessary assistance for Israel to allow it to defend itself against Hamas and Hezbollah or direct Iranian retaliation. Israel’s military would probably expend significant resources and suffer heavy losses of men and matériel over Iran. To defend its civilians adequately, Israel could brook no delay in suppressing hostile activity from Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley or the Gaza Strip. Obama might procrastinate and equivocate, but Congress must do everything it can to force his hand."

https://www.aei.org/publication/facing-reality-on-iran/

Sanders supporters won't particularly like this one. It doesn't paint a promising picture for a Sanders win in the primary. However, most should be aware that it's still a long shot for Bernie to win and a guy named joe said we needed a Plan B. This is worth a read for the point of view it presents.
Can Bernie Sanders Win the Nomination?

"The evidence, in fact, points the other way: to the near impossibility of Sanders becoming the nominee. Consider that more Americans would vote for a lesbian or a Muslim than a socialist. Even if Clinton implodes, party leaders will unite behind a new neoliberal torchbearer. If Sanders miraculously wins the nomination, he will be buried in the general election by an avalanche of corporate money and a right wing that will make him out to be the second coming of Stalin, who will abolish private property, ban marriage, outlaw religion, destroy the economy, and ship you off to a forced labor camp to grow pot for brainwashing your kids in socialist indoctrination schools.

Simply put, you have a better chance of Jennifer Lawrence or Idris Elba calling you up and saying they want to be your friend with benefits than Bernie Sanders has of becoming the next president."

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/24/can-bernie-win-the-nomination/

So I was watching Chris Hayes on All In as they discussed Biden's reason's for entering the contest. The consensus seems to be that he doesn't think Clinton is ideally positioned to carry the dominant theme of this election cycle, income inequality. That mouthful of words could be shortened to, "Hillary can't win." Ironic.

With friends like these...

The kidnapping of a group of U.S.-trained moderate Syrians moments after they entered Syria last month to confront the Islamic State was orchestrated by Turkish intelligence, multiple rebel sources have told McClatchy.

The rebels say that the tipoff to al Qaida’s Nusra Front enabled Nusra to snatch many of the 54 graduates of the $500 million program on July 29 as soon as they entered Syria, dealing a humiliating blow to the Obama administration’s plans for confronting the Islamic State.

Rebels familiar with the events said they believe the arrival plans were leaked because Turkish officials were worried that while the group’s intended target was the Islamic State, the U.S.-trained Syrians would form a vanguard for attacking Islamist fighters that Turkey is close to, including Nusra and another major Islamist force, Ahrar al Sham.

I just checked in from work and noticed there wasn't an OT, sorry about that. I had communicated with Don midwest by Kosmail yesterday and was under the impression that he was going to do the Tues. OTs, but I guess not. Thanks gulfgal and Big Al for covering it, much appreciated. Now, back to work.

There are wars and conflicts going on across the planet. It's pretty sobering and sickening to read a list
of them. The below link is an article by Prof. James Petras summarizing the imperial wars and conflicts happening
in 2015.

I've been watching the Little League World Series. In a game between Uganda and Chinese Taipai, the players
were hugging, laughing, and exchanging souvenirs after the game. During the game there were similar displays of
good sportsmanship and interactions based on mutual respect. This has been a constant throughout the LL World
Series.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42699.htm

I can't even catch up with you in the morning. I just read through the whole thread. I think this is the best discussion so far I have read here. Very happy to read all of you.

I am going through my own personal stuff and ordeal and have little time to concentrate on anything else. I hope this will be over soon.
Thanks again to all of you for being here and contribute. It's a good place to be.