a science!

didn't matter. Bernie wins states, gains a net of 5 or 6 and "it's no big deal and doesn't change the math", yet the Clintons are willing to drive us even further away over those few delegates in Nevada.

Anyway, reason #3,526 to never, ever vote for Hills.

Somebod(ies) never read it.

Almost every media outlet in America said Bernie supporters booed Nina. It was a complete lie. Never happened. https://t.co/eta5SmQ4zV

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 15, 2016

in order to nominate Hillary. If so, they're doing a good job of it.

And if this sort of thing gets enough publicity, a new party will be viewed in a neutral way, if not outright positive way.

So these characters are laying the foundations of a new party.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3094956/clinton-campaign-fights-for-but-loses-o...

There is some good delegate news.

Feelings were high & the Dem establishment tired to run rough shod over us. It was not a pleasant outcome.
I'm expecting to see a replay in Philly. They have the guns, but we have the numbers.

if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, or if she loses. For her and her family, and those who rely on their patronage, things will not be much different. The Clintons are sort of middle-layer patrons: they accept the patronage of the deep economy, and then distribute this patronage retail style.

What is the case is that the deep economy - the financial institutions, military industrial complex, etc., will have a known quantity and a reliable lever in power if she wins.

If Trump wins, then they are faced with a person who is more of an unknown to them. He does not need any patrons. He is in the very top of the top of the elite. Since he makes money the old-fashioned way, he is not in the retail patronage business. No one will get anything from him. He doesn't need anyone.

That may mean, and I stress this as a possibility, that those who depend on connections to make their little businesses soar can still shop with the Clintons. The problem is that the Clintons will not be able to grow their franchise. You see, elections take place in other countries. If you are not a president or top cabinet official, when the guard changes over at Germany GmbH or Britain Ltd., or Democratic Republic of the Congo Strip Mine, the new politicians no longer know you, and so access is much harder.

That is why the Clintons want to retain the presidency. Without it, in a few years, they will be in the weeds.

I dislike Mr. Trump's politics and many of his policies. Were I unprincipled, I would say that a vote for the Green Party is a vote for Clinton or Trump. However, I will vote for a third candidate in this presidential election.

I have nothing against business. The problem is, that no one can conduct any sort of global business in this world without harming others, directly or through environmental, political, social, or economic damage.

Sorry for those of you who have this line of work, as I suspect many who spend time on certain blogs do. Take a hard look at what you do and the consequences. I feel guilty using the time and energy to write here, but I cannot get what I have in my head out easily other ways.

If you are interested, please read my latest blog post here, Mediating Abstractions. It is an introduction to how I am starting to approach the metaphysics underlying everything we assume.

Thank you very much CFland for posting this report and thank you to everyone who made comments, especially to those who provided informative updates.

I do not wish to push a religion, but from a historical standpoint, the patronage system of the Greco-Roman world was a very important factor which led to the development of Christianity as a universal alternative, an anti-patronage religion. Say what you will about what happens in the world outside the narrative of the New Testament, and that is a truly obscene history, but the NT is full of anti-patronage messages. The biggest one is that if a transcendent being can trust us, then we can trust one another. Take the transcendent being away, and we are left with the need to figure out not what unifies us in terms of favorite ice cream flavor or sports team, but what is present when we interact, and to focus on that presence in the communicative/relational act. There is something there, and it is part of the concreteness of each one of us - see the essay to which I referred for more hints. Again, what I am thinking about is not spiritual or religious in any way, but is immediate, concrete, and has practical implications.

What we need is not another messiah, but another clear ideology that coopts the system of patronage into something that destroys any chance of patronage surviving. I am still not entirely sure what that might be.

Peace and love be with you, reader.

As one friend said, "you guys did everything you could to make things work for you in the US. If anyone should have a solid middle class life, it would be you."

Well, we found almost every institution in some ways broken or rigged against playing by the rules. After a lot of looking around the world for an affordable, safe, and comfortable way of life as retirees, we left. And yes we voted for Bernie in Democrats Abroad.

I have been crying since starting to read this thread, because everything I grew up believing in is broken and I am grieving. I love my country. But this is so bad, I just don't know what to do or say.

Some say you shouldn't leave, but stay and fight. Well, we would have gone under and possibly have had to choose early deaths (not hyperbole). At least we were able to find a way out. And we will do anything we can to put our oar in from abroad. But, as we talk to people from our adopted country, we have so many myths to dispel. The biggest one: the shining beacon on the hill. Not.

I'm going to go into my garden today; weed, plant a few more vegetables; wait for my house to sell so we can finally settle here; and pray to the goddess that somehow that bend toward righteousness comes mighty soon.

The only small consolation we have at the moment is that Europe doesn't seem lined up to support TTIP.

I need good news.

in cities.

64 Bernie Delegates Excluded From NV Convention

Clinton nets two delegates at raucous Nev. convention (The Hill)
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clinton-nets-two-delegates-at-rau...

Sexton reported that nearly 64 Bernie Sanders delegates to the state convention were excluded from the convention process. Sanders only had 33 fewer delegates than Clinton in attendance.

So they aren't even making an effort to hide the cheating anymore.
F__k the DWS. F__k the DNC. F__k the Dem Party.

I take it you literally used Google to search. In fact, a lot comes up if you use a legitimate search engine, not the skewed results of Google. Here are just the 1st page stories I got when using Ixquick Start Page to search "Nevada Democratic Convention":

Nevada Democratic Convention: Stories of Voter Suppression
Chaos At Nevada Democratic Convention; DNC Leaders Flee Building As Sanders Supporters Demand Recount
Chaos erupts at NV Democratic convention amid tensions between Clinton and Sanders supporters
Chaos At Nevada Democratic Convention As Bernie Fans Boo Barbara Boxer

Please people! If you don't want to be told by corporate powers what's going on out there, stop using Google!