So now Bernie is a Russian agent too!
The things you learn on the interwebs.
Hillary fans continue to have bizarre emotional meltdowns all these months later, as a writer for The Nation discovered.
On Thursday afternoon, Senator Bernie Sanders voted against legislation to put new sanctions on both Russia and Iran. He voted for a Russia-only sanctions bill, but opposed the final bill’s inclusion of new sanctions on Iran because, like John Kerry, he feared it would endanger the 2015 nuclear deal.
I tweeted out a screengrab of Sanders’ statement saying as much, and noted that he was one of only two senators to vote no. Then I went about my business. When I checked Twitter an hour later, all hell had broken loose.
BERNIE
SANDERS
IS
A
RUSSIAN
ASSET. https://t.co/BIvkNv93z7— Sir James The Second (@JKH2) June 15, 2017
Bernie Sanders also doesn't want to upset his buddy Putin. https://t.co/xC5lL51oY2
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) June 15, 2017
it's time to start wondering if Bernie isn't working with trump/russia too... seriously.
— JP (@JermePhilip) June 15, 2017
sanders took $$$ from the russian PAC, he needs to be investigated for his role in russiagate, like his spreading fake news & proaganda
— mark john junor (@markjunor3) June 15, 2017
@gzornick BECAUSE SANDERS WORKED WITH RUSSIA PLUS MORE.
— Vikkie Suie (@suievikkie) June 15, 2017
So how did people jump to this conclusion that Bernie Sanders, by opposing Democrats, must ipso facto be working at the behest of Russia? It wasn’t entirely organic. And it points to how fake news can infect some of our brethren on the left.
Blame starts with the people with megaphones that peddle this nonsense. Eric Garland, who became a Twitter celebrity with his bizarre “game theory” thread, has explicitly tied Sanders to Russia in his threads. So has Melissa McEwan on her Shakesville blog. “Bernie Sanders, who has visited Russia, has not been, to my knowledge, suspected of being vulnerable by Russian kompromat cultivated on his visits, unlike Donald Trump. But, as I said above, if I intend to say something, I will state it plainly, and here I am plainly stating that I do believe these connections warrant more scrutiny,” she wrote. The Palmer Report, which churns out Russia-related fake news by the pixel load, wrote a post in April: “Bernie Sanders must disclose what he knows about his campaign adviser Tad Devine and Russia.” And of course, uber-grifter Louise Mensch has joined the conspiracy theorists.
The "if you don't hate Russia you are a Russian agent" hysteria has become absolutely pathological for Democrats.
One day in the future these people will look back and be embarrassed, like seeing old pictures of yourself with a mullet.
The attack and smear Bernie campaign starts far, far above the level of tweets.
The NY Times, for example, has been busy smearing Bernie this week.
Of course the source of this campaign is predictable.
On the simplest level, for Sanders to have defied the anti-Russia hysteria constantly pushed by the Democratic party is tantamount to treason. How dare he take a cautious, de-escalating stance on such a major issue! Mainline Democrats are already eager to blame Sanders for everything else, so why not turn this small political action into a major snafu?
One of the biggest critics of Sanders’ vote was Peter Daou, the definition of a centrist extremist if there ever was one. Daou served as an adviser for Clinton in 2008 and is known online for his extreme loyalty to the Democratic establishment. As such, he was eager to tear Sanders for standing against the party line.
Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul were the ONLY TWO VOTES **AGAINST** the Russia sanctions bill. Bernie was out of sync with every Dem senator. https://t.co/3DnLWiOtav
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) June 15, 2017
As Shaun King pointed out this week, real progressives like Bernie aren't welcome in today's Democratic Party.
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Bernie intended to vote for the damn
sanctions. He just changed his vote because Iran was added.
Have these people lost all reading comprehension?
I believe he is being punished for running against Her.
He is not otherwise distinguishable from Democrats.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I wouldn't say that
His economic policies are VERY different.
Plus, I doubt he would have endorse bombing Russian forces in Syria, unlike Hillary.
@gjohnsit It is rare when he
edit: He says Russia interfered with the elections.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Bernie and the sanctions
Yes. Ages ago.
You omitted "Majesty".
I know why. Queen Elizabeth II does not deserve to be likened to or lumped in with Clintons.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Re: You omitted "Majesty".
She no longer goes by "Her Majesty"
After she lost the election to a clown, she's now known as "Blunder Woman."
One should never Honeymoon in Moscow
No good will ever come of it.
You can't unsee it. You can't undo it.
Actually, Moscow is a pretty cool city (been there) as long as one minds and keeps ones white US Privileged shit in their suitcase. Yes, they will open it and look. But they just did the same to me in Burlington, VT.
Bernie. Commie Rat Bastard.
Whatabout that Wife of his and their new Super Pac. Huh. Huh. Huh.
Shilary and Pervo Biden can have Super Pacs. But not that Democratic Socialist Rat Bastard.
A toast. To Rat Bastards!
Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!
Firesign Theater
Stop the War!
Anybody who's been to Russia,
Hell, EdMass and GJohn, you're suspects too!
If anybody needs me, I'll be having my lunch of black bread, borscht and caviar.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
A great comment on K4S
I cross-posted this on the subreddit.
Russian
OmiCat! Sarah Palin is a suspect!
How about me? I eat salad with Russian dressing!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Oddly, Trump is one of the few
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
Comrade
Don't you mean "freedom dressing"?
I don't like vodka or
There was an outhouse on top of a hill,
Give up?
The guy going up was Russian, but the guy coming down? He was Finnish.
Ba-dump.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
@Dopeman LMAO! You guys are
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
If you ever drank Vodka....
You might be a Russian agent...
(I just picture the "You might be a redneck." guy saying it and these things practically write themselves!)
(edited to fix a dumb mistake. )
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
If you've ever stood in line,
If you've ever eaten stroganoff, you might be a Russian agent. If you've ever read Dostoyevsky, you might be a Russian agent. If you've ever sold matches in front of a church, you might be a Russian agent.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
@dervish I once posted a
They say that there's a broken light for every heart on Broadway
They say that life's a game and then they take the board away
They give you masks and costumes and an outline of the story
And leave you all to improvise their vicious cabaret-- A. Moore
Do you even have to ask?
The guy who sang that was from the Caribbean, but he died giving a concert in Russia, so he was clearly a spy himself.
Don't even ask me about Mother Teresa.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
I drink black Russians. Does that make me a racist?
I'm sure
that my using Russian vodka to make Kahlua makes me a sympathizer.
Call me comrade.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
Russian vodka
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
Well, that's one drink that can be spiked
@dervish LMAO again! That
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
That & you're a BernieBro = racist, sexit, antisemite
And yes, I know Bernie is Jewish. I was referring to the morans OT who called the man himself antisemitic when he called out vulture woman, DWS. Such divisive idiots, and trigger happy to call people things based on nothing at all - literally nothing. That place reminds me of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Have a Cuban cigar with that,
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
I'd better dump my matryoshka dolls before it's too late!
"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"
Are you now,
or have you ever been, in the corps de ballet of the Nutcracker?
@dervish ROTFLMAO Da, tovarisch.
Da, tovarisch.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
I've been to Russia...
I want a Pony!
I have a trip to Russia
booked for next year.
I will buy a Putin tee shirt, as it would be a conversation starter.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Now we are all Vladimirs n/t
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
Borises and Natashas
Borises and Natashas. And although I see no Moose anywhere near Washington DC, our current crop of politicians are certainly squirrely as hell!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Moose and squirrel,
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
the DNC
Yeah, with the Moose providing all the brains!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Bullwinkle
tried to pull a rabbit out of his hat, the DNC is trying to pull an election out of it's ass.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Bingo! n/t
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
lmfao!
The real SparkyGump has passed. It was an honor being your human.
Front my perspective, it looks more like they were trying
to pull their asses out of the election. At least that's what it smells like.
Daou doesn't mention
that the sanctions are quite likely to back-fire, as the EU probably won't go along with them. Neither the media, our elected officials, or Nomenklatura like Daou breathes a single word about that.
What a bucket of slime.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
There's been credible reports that Bernie took some
golden showers when he went to the Soviet Union in 1988. It is obvious that there was something devious going on here. Who in their right mind spends their 'honeymoon' in the Soviet Union?
I'll bet that it was Putin himself who took video kompromat of Bernie cavorting with three Russian hookers while Jane was out sightseeing. We all know that when it comes to golden showers, Russian whores are second to none and very hard to resist.
"Honeymoon" was actually old KGB code
Most of DC has been compromised now by the sweet siren song of Russian urine. It must be true, I read it at TOP.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
He's an imperialist, not a russian agent. He did vote for the
Russian sanctions according to the article, but objected to the Iran sanctions because of the fake Iran nuclear deal which he's never admitted is fake.
@Big Al It might not be a good
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Great article at RT about Bomb Bomb McCain's
push for more Russian sanctions. That fuck-wit's dementia is getting worse by the day. I think he suffers from flashbacks to the time he vacationed at the Hanoi Hilton.
Few mention it
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
Thanks for the link to the article about Grandpa McCain
Russian propaganda has been swallowed whole by too many people. It doesn't matter how many times it has been debunked, people are still believing that Russia interfered with the election, changed votes by hacking into the voting machines, annexed Crimea and the many other lies that TPTB wants them to.
Of course after they overthrow the government they need someone to make sure the next president sticks to their plan, so they funded the same Nazi scourge that they fought against in WWII.
(this seems to be a pattern. Create Al Qaida to fight against the Russians then after abandoning them when it's done, they attack us in Iraq, and now we are arming and funding them again to help us overthrow Assad. Gee, what could go wrong?)
The reason why TPTB are pushing the propaganda so hard is because of two reasons.
They want a war with Russia and have to have an excuse for it. This war has been planned for over a year and NATO has been putting troops in the countries that surround Russia, including missile defense shields in case they throw a few nukes into Russia and want to block Russia from using theirs.
Trump committed the unspeakable sin of suggesting that rapprochement with the Russians and Putin makes more sense than the path to war and fiscal bankruptcy that is underway today. Therefore he has to either get on board or he has to be removed from office.
The spy agencies have been lying to us since they were created, but for some reason people are trusting them on this.
People's critical thinking skills have been eroded because Hillary didn't win the election and they need to hold on to any reason for that, and Russian interference with the election fits the bill. Even though Bernie did vote to put sanctions on Russia but then voted against it when the bill included Iran. SMDH!
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Russia has somewhere between
Predicting targets is a complex equation, but just as an example, if you make a list of the largest 200 metro areas in the US, the five smallest places on the list would be Charleston WV, Tyler TX, Prescott AZ, Chico CA, and Macon GA. Any place larger than those would be definitely included. Also include every dam, power plant and military base, of course.
Only an idiot would want to play games like these.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
Just the thought of our government thinking of using nukes
should have everyone out in the streets protesting. Then again, how many people are even aware of them thinking this?
Geebus! Where do people think this propaganda is going to take them? That Trump is going to be removed from office and Hillary is going to be put in the presidency? Hell no, Pence and his goon squad will be. He's even worse than Trump.
I agree with you on the missile defense won't stop all of the Russian nukes. What is going to stop Russia from using theirs first if they think that the US might use theirs?
Guess I should watch Dr. Strangelove again. Geeeeeeebbbbbuuuusss!
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
@dervish I've been using the
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Whoa!
The author:
Isn't it obvious?
All them Putin-lovin' America-haters like Bernie Sanders should play Russian Roulette. With a bullet in each chamber. That'll learn 'em.
I am ashamed for my country.
Trying to revive the Cold War over nothing.
I hate Putin for destroying Russian democracy, but sanctions over nothing? Bullshit. And bullshit to Bernie for saying he would vote yes if Russia was alone on the bill.
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
There was no Russian democracy before Putin.
American puppet Yeltsin did not bring democracy to Russia. He brought graft, corruption and the rise of the oligarchs and almost destroyed the country. The death rate skyrocketed, 90% of the wealth of the country was stolen and half the population lived in rank poverty.
In other words,
Bushworld.
Yeltsin was Bubba's fuck-up.
Bush the Elder would have probably handled it better. He was the last president that had any common sense and was more in control of foreign policy than any that have since followed.
CB.
It's finally happened: something I disagree with you about strongly. Bill Clinton is a flim-flam man. George Herbert Walker Bush is the son of a money launderer for Hitler, he is the namesake of CIA headquarters, he ran wars in Ethiopia and Angola that lasted nearly 30 years, he was Director of the CIA when one its assets bombed a Cuban airliner, he is a merchant of death.
@Linda Wood Linda's got a
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
I have to agree with you to a point.
I was thinking along the lines of the neocons who now infest the upper bedrooms in the WH. Back in Herbert's day they were called the basement crazies. He went into the ME, did the dirty then got the fuck out.
You can poke Angola and Ethiopia with relatively little backlash but poking Russia is a different matter.
All true.
But the saga of this man is the story of our country's descent into Hades. Not that it wasn't fascistic in its corruption before he became President, but he and his family just light up the board on what's wrong with this picture, from Saudi Carlyle ARAMCO Bandar terrorism to the collapse of the Balkans into an abyss. He's there. I will give you that. He's not a man of mystery like his grandfather, George Herbert Walker. Walker, as partner of Averell Harriman, is a key figure in the U.S. military industrial development of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Big stuff. Dark stuff. The worst.
Yup. n/t
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I'll just keep this book in front of us to read:
David Talbot really lays out how this all began. Interestingly, wives of presidents all said you should really get rid of Dulles. They had a nose for trouble and he was it.
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Yes!
@LeChienHarry Maybe we should
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Where's the C99 library?
The book belongs there.
@The Voice In the Wilderness It's not your country
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Ra Ra RasPutin
[video:https://youtu.be/LuNudwVv1T4]
with apologies to Boney M, may he RIP.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
Uh, I hope not
If there is justice they will look at the hangman… well, really, and probably think that they should have been celebrated with children spreading rose petals at their feet rather than hung as traitors.
What demands scrutiny is not whether or not Bernie or the orange fool or Susan Sarandon is a Russian asset, but the Democratic Party's plot to delegitimize democracy.
(excuse me while I try to figure out a clever way to insert V's "Gunpowder Treason" poem.
On to Biden since 1973
It's the United States of Amnesia
Within one generation everything will have been forgotten, just in time to repeat it all over again. 'Merkins don't do history nor geography.
My parents visited Russia in the 70's
On a cultural exchange tour and brought me back a balalaika. My Russian ties run deep Tvarisch.
"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott
@Steven D I knew it, Boris D.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
@on the cusp LMFAO!
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Purging the dem party of policies and people of left wing.
I always believed that if Hillary won the election, she would have purged the party of any leftists to prevent any more insurgencies. I think this is why she picked Kaine rather than a Hispanic or African American VP as he feared they could upstage her within the party and a threat to the Clintonistas.
But looks like the purge is still on and succeeding. The current power structure of the DNC does not have anybody who supported Sanders during the primaries. Neither does Congressional leadership. All the Obama/Clinton rich donors and left over organizational lackies are still in place.
And in the media you get people like Jennifer Palmieri, who seems to get access to major media anytime she wants, trying to de-legitimatize left policy positions such as $15/hr min. wage. NYTimes links Sander "bernie bros" to the shooter in DC, and on and on.
At this point, the left in the democratic party has no organization power at all. The only power is the popularity of its policies as articulated by Sanders. And that seems to be the last and probably most difficult to purge.
For the longest time, Bernie and supporters were not intertwined with "Russia-gate" accusations until really just recently. The first I saw was in Huffington in an article that basically accused Sander supporters of falling for Russian fake news. The article was a total smear of garbage journalism. BTW one of the writers of the article has joined TYT and off all places The Intercept (Ryan Grim).
So yah, expect the club of Russiagate McCarthyism to be used on Bernie and his supporters.
So the entire Right wing is in bed with Putin,
We are truly all Russians now.
Except possibly John McCain.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
And Hillary gave them our uranium -
At least control of a big chunk of it.
Hillary likely has never GIVEN anyone anything
Don't forget Crowdstrike
They were who the DNC allowed to look at their computers instead of letting the FBI look at them. The owner is a Russian, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Oops, let's not forget the Anwan brothers
LeakAwan Brothers Scandal Creates Fears About Scope Of Data Leak
How is this investigation going and will the msm ever cover this story or the DNC lawsuits?
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Crowdstrike is rumored to be
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
@dervish I wouldn't be
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Very true. Only Hillary is the patriot.
This is another reason why the Obamas stayed
in DC. Yes they are staying so their younger daughter can finish school, but the other reasons are to make sure that the DP doesn't move to far to the left and to protect his legacy. Such as it is. I frankly don't see anything he should be proud of, unless it's the Lily Ledbetter bill
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Not a peep about Dems willingness to tear-up the Iran treaty
So defending his legacy must not be a reason.
FWIW, Mr W--Ellison, Bernie, Jeff Weaver & Larry Cohen
(former Prez of CWA) are all involved with Tom Perez and Chuck Schumer in reorganizing the DNC. I have posted several pieces about this over the past couple months.
Also, Bernie is part of the Senate Dem Leadership--he's the 'Chair Of Outreach.'
Here's an excerpt about Perez demanding the resignations of the DNC staffers after his appointment.
Also, in spite of the Dem Party Charter not allowing for a Deputy Party Chair (according to this piece), both the DNC website and the DNC Wikipedia entry show Ellison as the 'Deputy Chair.'
Have a good one!
Mollie
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."--Lao Tzu
"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures--they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive."--Gilda Radner
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
I own a hardback copy of
Bulgakov's The Master (Satan) and Margarita. Does that qualify me to be a Putin groupie? Plus, I love music by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky! Oh, the HORRORS!!! The DNC is one crooked Demented Nutcase Camp! Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
My favorite novel.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
The first thing Bolsheviks did
after seizing power was eliminate the Left. Later, Stalin ordered no alliances with the Left in Germany, to form a unified front against Hitler.
Cults ostensibly promoting liberal agendas always get rid of the left.
Orwell: Where's the omelette?
I occasionally fly the Russian imperial standard,
so I guess I'm an agent of some sort.
Terrible me.
(Edited)
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Seriously, what will it take
to cure this Russian Derangement Syndrome? I thought a little time would likely take care of it, but the usual suspects keep throwing out dribs and drabs of hints and innuendo, dragging this thing out as long as possible.
The way it's going, this may go on for years.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
When they get to Sean Hannity
maybe. Or have they already? Probably they have.
Remember the first Cold War?
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