I picked this up from the Naked Capitalism "links" section.

Someone apparently got Proof that @BernieSanders "Hillary endorsement" started by mis-information. #SeeYouInPhilly

https://mobile.twitter.com/Kelticca/status/751242388136341504

to Rake In Cash. Because, you know, it's not enough that Hellery is Owned By Wall Street. Gotta make sure that favors are owed to foreigners as well.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clinton-campaign-seeks-donations-...

Favors Are Owed! I wonder what these $100K IOUs have written on the back side.

In a four-day period last week, Clinton held 10 fundraisers, sprinting from New York to California. Attendees were asked to give $100,000 apiece for two of the events: a reception at the Chicago home of M.K. and J.B. Pritzker and a breakfast at a Mediterranean restaurant facing the San Francisco Bay.

The Clinton twins - both impeached for perjury.

Gowdy has the goods. She lied to Congress. Comey agreed with him.

Perjury.

Some people really don't learn.

Al Capone cudda told'em!

It's a galloping and engaging round up.

I feel the steam-roller effect, too, which has been rolling on like Mr. Magoo, since March 15. This desperate attempt to put this baby to bed prematurely has been the author of its own doom.

I'm bemused that the Establishment has yet to notice that their world has changed completely, and there is no going back. They think they are ticking right along, according to plan.

Heh. Good times.

convention. I can see them deciding on a corporatist platform because "we already have Bernie's support". He won't be able to deliver our support to the Dems, though. Hang tough, Bernie!

the 2008 election cycle. All too clear this could happen again, plus war with Russia on the horizon. If all else fails, the duopoly will drive us to a candidate based in fear. There is real talk of replacing Trump at the Republican convention, and I believe the Democrats are watching closely to see the fallout with these latest Hillary revelations. I understand her approval ratings have taken a hit, since it has become clear she lied her ass off to Congress. Chavetz will work this angle to death between now and the election. I believe the Democrats are prepared to replace Hillary if the heat gets to her, but they have to get passed the nomination to exclude Bernie Sanders.

It should be an interesting couple weeks, and even more interesting if the duopoly thinks the presidency is in danger of an upset from outside their system. Crashing the economy and/or starting a shooting war are not at all outside the realm of possibility.

Regardless of whether this particular story is true or not, it is obvious that at the very least, Bernie's people and Hillary's people are talking and negotiating about where they go from here. And that is absolutely the right thing for them to be doing. Because as long as there is any chance for anything good to come out of the convention, they should keep right on trying to make that happen. And that remains true even if the outcome of that negotiation is a formal endorsement from Bernie. Because if that's what he feels he has to do in order to advance his goals, then that's what he has to do.

From the beginning, we have kept pointing out that Bernie has a 30 year record. And while most of the focus has been on the fact that it is a record of 30 years of integrity and consistency, the other side of the coin is that it is also a record of 30 years of working with the opposition to get things done. Long before the integrity issue became the top priority because of the contrast with Hillary, most of the buzz about Bernie had been his remarkable ability to work across the aisle to negotiate compromises that advanced the causes he believed in. Yeah, that's right - the dreaded "B" word - bipartisanship. While everyone else has been using it as a meaningless buzzword (or worse), Bernie has been living it - successfully.

So if - IF - he does come out and endorse Hillary at some point, I'm not going to clutch my pearls and faint, shrieking "Oh my god, he sold out". I'm going to look at that 30 year record and assume that he saw an opportunity to trade that endorsement for some significant concessions that he honestly believes will advance our cause.

I supported Bernie to the fullest extent I could possibly have supported him. I still support his efforts to take the Democratic Party left of Third Way. I believe he is a basically good person. Does that mean I think everything he says and does is correct? NO.

I believe that I have good principles and a good mind. I decide what I will do, just as Bernie decides what he will do. If his conscience leads him to endorse Hillary and urge party unity, that's his prerogative and, also, that's on him. My conscience tells me to stop voting for the alleged lesser of two evils.

Question: Who was the greater danger to the Trojans, members of the Greek army who fought them openly, as an army, or the Greeks inside the "Trojan" horse? Republicans fight the bad fight openly. Center right Democrats fight the bad fight by climbing inside the Trojan horse and taking over Troy from inside its gates. The same companies, including the Koch brothers, who back Republicans backed center right Democrats.

In my analogy, I guess they would they would be the wealthy "deciders" of Greece. The deciders, members of the Greek army fighting openly and members of the Greek army inside the Trojan horse all had the same objective: kill and defeat the Trojans. I am not voting for the objectives of the Koch brothers. Without strong pushback, the right rules this country and, to me, that is a bad thing. Center right Democrats do not push back--and don't let kabuki fool you. Democrats can appear as liberal as they think is good for their re-election while Republicans control both houses of Congress.

For any liberal living in a strong red state or a strong blue state, voting Green should be a no brainer, IMO. Others may need to wrestle with their consciences more. However, if we do not make a strong statement in this election, positive change will take a long, long time, if ever it happens at all.

As an aside how much will our votes matter, anyway? The Unfairness Doctrine now guides media, instead of the Fairness Doctrine, and only an ostrich or a denier still has 100% confidence in totally clean elections.

Loved your essay and your detached comment:

We need the planet to put down its fists and pick up the construction tools.

Your thesis is that Bernie will endorse Clinton, if she is the nominee, is, as you indicate, truly unimportant. mMy thinking, which might not be any different than yours is: Bernie will not surrender (i.e., endorse) $hillary until she goes from presumptive nominee to actual nominee. He has mentioned several times about this endorsement-in-waiting, that despite what he says, Hillary is going to have to make her case to us, the Berners. In other words, I expect (worst case scenario) if he does "endorse" $hillary, it be no louder than a whisper. As several commenters above in this thread have noted, Bernie's promise was explicitly to defeat Donald Trump. What happens if Orangeman is not the nominee?