Chuckling at Twitter, Just for Fun
In the wake of the huge success of Jeremy Corbyn, the neoliberals on Twitter have been having a meltdown. In response to their complaints, many Berniecrats started posting responses with the hashtag #BernieWouldHaveWon. Joan Walsh seemed particularly annoyed by this meme which only inspired more responses with the Bernie hashtag. For some reason, I cannot find her tweets. Maybe she deleted them.
I thought I would share some with you here just for laughs. The meme #BernieWouldHaveWon seems to have begun in late May and here are a few from back then. Some of these were tweeted to Clinton herself and to Trump.
No difference....the point everyone is missing is #BernieWOULDhavewon and none of the circus would b happening...HRC would b just as bad as https://t.co/gZnQF4KVX8
— Embarrassed American (@johndub530) June 1, 2017
Hell has frozen over... up is down, left is right, marijuana is now an energy drink... and BILL KRISTOL is now a #BernieWouldHaveWon https://t.co/tnauUhfBMw
— Magnificent (@Ironyisfunny8) June 1, 2017
Had it not been for #Hillary--a corrupt empty-suit--then #BernieWouldHaveWon. #DemExit #NeverHillary #OnwardTogether https://t.co/hdHZetrMaB
— Gadfly M (@GadflyMorse) June 1, 2017
Can there be a clearer contrast between #NotMeUs and #MeMeMe? #BernieWouldHaveWon #Bernie2020 #StillSanders pic.twitter.com/pGp099QPV3
— curiousofmind (@curiousofmind) June 1, 2017
The the unexpected success of Jeremy Corbyn spawned a whole new series of tweets bearing this hashtag in the last three days.
Imagine if Comey did his job & recommended Clinton indictment. We'd have had Democratic nominee @SenSanders. As we know, #BernieWouldHaveWon
— Yusuf Naqvi (@yusuf_naqvi1) June 8, 2017
Oh and Clinton owned slaves https://t.co/OkYpNPt3vG
— Beth Lynch (@BethLynch2020) June 9, 2017
Watching the establishment Dem types lose their shit over Corbyn is fucking hilarious. #BernieWouldHaveWon
— Tainted Bill (@taintedbill) June 9, 2017
#GE2017's just more proof that #BernieWouldHaveWon #PPLSummit pic.twitter.com/CFKR5AQt0s
— Rafael Shimunov (@rafaelshimunov) June 9, 2017
Look everyone! It's a pink fluffy unicorn dancing on rainbows! A Hillary supporter who admits #BernieWouldHaveWon. Thanks Mike! https://t.co/KI4FqZRzEg
— #deMOCKracy (@BernieUpstateNY) June 9, 2017
Canada gets Trudeau.
UK gets Corbyn.
We get a war mongering Miss No Integrity who loses to a walking Frito.#BernieWouldHaveWon!
— Leftward Swing (@GeeOhPees2) June 9, 2017
I was a lifelong democrat until they rigged an election for a corporate war hawk. #DNCFraudLawsuit #BernieWouldHaveWon #GE2017 #DemExit pic.twitter.com/kjKaVrqjD6
— Travis Ruger (@TravisRuger) June 9, 2017
And finally David Sirota sums it all up.
It’s pretty clear elite Dems hate the “Bernie woulda won” meme because they know that, well…Bernie woulda won.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) June 9, 2017
Comments
Well
He would have.
"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott
Still asking
Hell, my right-wing co-workers still ask me questions about Bernie. Mostly, they now ask, "Where's Bernie?" The tone of voice in these hints strongly of desperation.
Yep. Bernie woudda won. Not a doubt about it.
Bernie come back
A few days ago, I embedded this song from the 1970s in a Comment here:
[video:https://youtu.be/DnfSoaJxe3Y width:500 height:350]
One of the YouTube Comments on the video began with the words "Bernie come back..."
There is much general discontent afoot! Thank Cat!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
@thanatokephaloides ROTFLMAO!
ROTFLMAO!
Problem is, Bernie can't come back. Not unless he finds a way to take the leash off.
"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
the leash
It may be removed for him, if the reports of crowds reacting with "Perez has slain his thousands, and Bernie his ten thousands" (cf. Jewish Scriptures, I Samuel 18:7) are truth....
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
About 3 months ago I rewrote the chorus to that tune
Bernie come back
Any kind of fool could see
You were truthful
And that's why voters liked you
Bernie come back
You can blame the DNC
They were wrong
And they just can't win without you.
you can blame the DNC
Love that!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
And Twitter imposes more and more censorship
whenever something important happens, if it threatens the establishment narrative, it's AMAZING how fast Twitter's "Completely Impartial Algorithm" determines that the hashtag should no longer show up on searches or trends.
It's a perfectly useless source of news. However, I do enjoy seeing a few sides to each story, since I follow folks all over the political spectrum.
My major takeaway recently is:
NOBODY TRUSTS THE MEDIA.
Even NPR has lost trust with their relentless stenographing of the RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA narrative.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Speaking of the Russian side show
CNN is saying that Comey's testimony shows Russia controversy is an anti Trump witch hunt.
When the media is throwing in the towel on this, it's over.
Comey's testimony
Chris Mathews said that this is coming apart after he watched Comey's testimony.
Remember that both Hillary and Barack laughed when Trump said that the election was rigged, but now they are blaming Russia
Hillary's supporters like to remind us that Bernie lost the primary by 4 million votes. But if she had to cheat in order for her to win, can't you just imagine how she would have reacted if she lost to Bernie if the primary had been fair?
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
My big takeaway
was that Loretta Lynch interfered with the investigation into Clinton's private server.
Just to be clear, I did not watch the testimony, so my takeaway was based upon what I read.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
There is no doubt that she interfered with the
Clinton investigation. Bill knew very well what meeting with her would do to the investigation and I think that was why he did it. Remember he used to be a lawyer before he was disbarred after he perjured himself.
She should have refused to meet with him, but after she did she should have recused herself and used a special investigator.
Comey's poor excuse for not charging her because he couldn't find intent is just crap.
You know more than I do about how one handles classified information, and the second she made the decision to use her private email server was when intent comes in. She did that to hide her emails from a FOIA and so that Chelsea could have access to it for her work at the Clinton foundation.
I too think that if Bernie had won, he would never live to be president. Too much money in play for that to happen.
ETA: The other way Lynch interfered with the investigation was when she told Comey to call it a matter, not an investigation.m
The investigation into Hillary's emails were just as rigged as the primary was. Even Bernie played his part when he said he was tired of hearing about her emails. Most of the information on them didn't become clear until they were discovered at the Benghazi hearings.
He didn't look into the many voting irregularities and now he has signed on to the Russian propaganda bullshit.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
I don't think that it would ever have been necessary, SD.
From all that I've heard and read, under no circumstances would Bernie have been allowed to win the Dem Party primary. IOW, if they (the corporatist MSM, and the bipartisan Elites) hadn't been able to interfere in the primary election process to ensure that he didn't get the nomination, he would simply have left the race 'for reasons relating to family matters,' or some such thing.
(Even Dr Stein and Dr Flowers said that he was a team player, when discussing his refusal to run third party.)
I listen to approximately 15 hours of talk radio (most weeks) featuring the nation's 'top reporters' (on XM Radio). Those reporters had absolutely no concerns about Bernie winning the primary, much less a general election. From time to time, when he had a few weeks that were particularly good, they would go so far as to tick off all the ways, and angles which the MSM (them) and the Republicans would go after him--if, by some fluke, it became necessary, in order to stop him. Remember, folks on satellite radio are much more frank that the typical Cable News talking head.
Bottom line, it was totally clear--by their own words--that the MSM was complicit in rigging our elections. Personally, I don't believe that we have any semblance of a democracy, today. (Not to sound alarmist.)
Have a good one!
Mollie
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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
that doesn't sound alarmist to me ...
Just an honest judgement based on facts.
"Bernie, too?
"Yes,dear."
No accident.
Bernie started out saying he wouldn't be a "spoiler" before the first vote was even cast. He ran on a platform of tearing down the corrupt establishment, while staying completely hands-off HRC, one of the biggest grifters in the game. When the primary was stolen from those who voted for him, he claimed she won fair and square and did more campaigning for Her than she did. He's ignored the fraud lawsuit and jumped on board with the Russia nonsense. And he's steadfastly refused to consider a third party run, even though the DNC has all but announced that they have no intention of taking his suggestions and if he runs again, to expect the same results.
So, he's either sheepdogging or he can only see the dust in other's eyes while ignoring the 2x4 in his.
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.
@Dr. John Carpenter
He wasn't sheepdogging--then.
How do I know he wasn't sheepdogging then? by the way the media reacted.
The media reacted to Bernie Sanders' campaign the same way they reacted to Occupy: 1)no coverage, 2)sneering coverage, 3)outright attacks (he's racist! he's a gun-toting maniac who supports child killers! he's sexist!).
You don't bring out the character assassinations against your sheepdog. You oppose your sheepdog, but calmly, and without trying to destroy them. Like HRC's campaign--and the press--reacted to Martin O'Malley, who was the actual left-flank sheepdog designed to lead the left to Hill.
Bernie wasn't supposed to make enough noise for them to use him for anything in particular. That's why they were so pissed beginning in April when the "That wasn't the deal!" remarks started coming out in the press, and the "Bernie had better watch himself" comments as well. Suddenly this old man without much photogenic glamor or charisma who called himself a socialist, for God's sakes, known only by 3% of the population, had started a sensation that they hadn't predicted. That really frosted them.
Then, once they had contained the threat, they recruited him as a sheepdog par excellence. That started in June.
"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
Valid points.
Especially regarding O'Malley, who I think dropped out before the first vote count was even over, didn't he? Maybe Bernie wasn't sheepdogging at the beginning, but I'd really love to know what the hell happened along the way, because it's impossible for me to see what's been going on especially since the election as much else.
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.
@Dr. John Carpenter
Sheepdogging IS what's been going on since last June. As for what's been happening since the election--well, I guess I'd call it "official sheepdogging" which is exactly what the position "outreach coordinator" is.
"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
"Recruited"
I think the word "recruited" may mean that they made him an offer that he would have been afraid to resist. However, since then, this Russia nonsense has turned me off on him. He IS compromised.
Remember, Tulsi Gabbard said that she was threatened. She did not say in what way, but the word "threatened" has an ominous meaning to me. These people are not playing soft ball.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
My 'take' is a tad different, in that I believe that O'Malley
was persuaded to run in order to have a "New Dem" candidate, in the event that FSC's campaign blew up--due to the email kerfuffle, or whatever. You might say that he was the Dem Party's 'backup' candidate. (I have a screenshot of him on the cover of a New Dem pub, with Kathleen Townsend Kennedy.)
I think that the Dem Party Leadership wanted both a ConservaDem candidate (Webb), and a progressive candidate (Bernie)--in order to keep the activist Base, and what was left of the Reagan Democrats before this election cycle, in the veal pen.
Obviously, FSC had long ago been coronated. A couple years ago, I posted the December 2012 transcript in which James Carville (on a Sunday political program) declared that FSC would be the presumptive Dem Party Presidential nominee, without so much as one vote cast! I thought that it was mind-boggling that anyone would have that much audacity.
(BTW, not sure where Chafee figured in--he may be the one unscripted Dem candidate in that election cycle.)
Granted, in the end, Bernie's popularity almost upset their applecart. The Dem PtB clearly never anticipated it, any more than it appears that Bernie did. IMO, the Dem Leadership probably convinced Warren to sit out the election, because they deemed her to be too much of a threat to FSC's candidacy. (Actually, I don't think that Warren has ever been particularly interested in the Office.)
I believe that this entire Russia ruse is intended to give FSC 'cover,' and/or help her 'save face,' so that she can make another run in 2020 without being a laughingstock.
And, if FSC does decide to sit it out, I believe that Kirsten Gillibrand will likely be her annointed successor.
If nothing else, I sincerely hope that 2016 illustrated why we shouldn't rely on politicians to lead a political revolution.
Like it or not, the onus is on us.
Mollie
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
there it is, just as you said it.
we could have won with a hero in front - we got Bernie.
the rest is history.
Bernie knows more about that shark pit
of power players (some of those yahoos make the Mobs look like teenagers) than we on here ever will!! Give it a rest! He's not a sellout!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
@orlbucfan I don't think
I don't think he is a sellout orlbucfan. I think he is compromised.
There's a lot of ways to get compromised. Not all of them mean you're a shitty person.
I don't know why, if we believe the Wikileaks email leaks from Podesta and the DNC to be real, we don't take them at their word regarding Bernie.
I can't remember what Clintonite asshole said to Podesta that "we have leverage" on Bernie, because it's been a while since I looked at those emails and, interestingly, the names of the Clinton flunkies tend to drop out of my mind when I'm not looking at it daily. I think it's a mental defense mechanism. But I remember that statement was in the emails.
The word "leverage" is noteworthy. It's not how people talk about bribing someone. It's how people talk about bringing pressure.
The Clintons/DNC had a way of bringing pressure on Bernie. Enough to keep him in line. He may or may not be trying to get out from under that, but--with all sympathy to him--I can't wait around for that to happen. And I certainly can't follow him while he's spouting that Russia nonsense, which is dangerous.
"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
It was Robbie Mook.
he will not be pleased with you,CStMS
@irishking Fuck
Fuck Robbie Mook. Fuck him right in the ear.
"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
now that was unexpected. (++)
lol
@irishking Well,
Well, you see, that's why I tend to forget their names. And all about them. Except when I need to remember to address an issue, or when a kind compatriot here reminds me of them.
I despise Hillary. Her flunkies, well--that's even worse. Imagine being someone who willingly kisses her ass. What kind of person would that be?
I don't mean the ones who kiss her ass cause they're scared.
"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
It was Robby Mook - Clintons campaign manager
Mook wrote this email in late May, after Bernie had said this on TV:
I agree they didn't expect Bernie to be a real problem, and when he started to become one, they got very ... let's say, irritated. He had caught fire, and was putting real pressure on the campaign by not dropping out. They were pissed.
I too wonder what leverage they had/have. Hum...
FBI investigating Jane Sanders for possible fraud
Maybe it's this, maybe it's something else. But we know they exerted some kind of leverage to rein him in.
thx for producing the facts.
something fishy in the old Sanders tax returns is my favorite guess.
I don't think she profited personally in loan case. though that might not be necessary.
perhaps bernie was told the feds might ahead with the case. obama & hrc could make that a credible threat.
It doesn't matter. if he sold us out to protect his wife or himself,
shame on him.
For me let's stop talking about Sanders until he produces those tax returns he promised.
@CS in AZ Yep. It
Yep. It could be as simple as a skelly in the closet. Or it could be a simple threat--no skelly required. Anything is possible with that bunch of people.
"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
Ahh, I totally forgot about this.
And with this, you just gave a clue to a question I asked over here. I fully admit, I remember reading this when it came out and just blew it off as nothing, especially as it seemed the Hilbots were so desperate to come up with anything negative. Like you said, I can't accept part of that stuff as being true without giving the same weight to the parts that didn't please me.
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.
@snoopydawg If lack of intent
If lack of intent is a reason not to be prosecuted, they need to get that Navy guy who took pictures of his submarine and sent them to his family out of jail tout suite.
"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
Absolutely
I have said the same thing about the navy member who is sitting in prison because he took ONE picture of his submarine, Hillary and company did so much more, but got away with because of Comey saying that he couldn't prove intent. That is total bs. People who did less than they did by accident or by being naive received much more punishment.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
I expect if Bernie had won, we'd be talking about him
like we talk about Robert Kennedy.
Yes, I am stating flat out that if Bernie had won, he would have been assassinated.
I'm tired of dancing around it. I'm certain that he would have been killed by a "Lone Wolf" who would of course have NO ties to anything verifiable, but would have plenty of questionable ties that would allow the DHS to run roughshod over all civil rights under the "Sad but Determined" Hillary Clinton.
Because I fully would expect them to do what they did in the past.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
@detroitmechworks There would have been
There would have been a time when I would have called your opinion out as just a tidge crazy. Not about JFK, but Bernie.
And then I remember his secret service protection being pulled. Like, early, at some odd moment in the primaries.
He would have been assassinated, or maimed in an attempt.
I no longer have a nutso CT threshold.
I have confidence in the dead bodies of those who go up against Deep State.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Exactly. Why do you think they aren't going after 45?
They know Dipshit Trump is no threat to them whatsoever, despite the alt-right trolls constantly claiming the opposite.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
@The Aspie Corner Aspie, I think
Aspie, I think anybody bucking the system will be killed.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
@The Aspie Corner I don't think
I don't think Trump was as confident of that. Remember, he hired his own private security. That was a big red flag to me.
"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
According to the LA Times, they pulled his Secret
Service Protection the afternoon that he arrived back in D.C.--after he formally endorsed FSC.
The article says that it is unusual to retain protection once another candidate becomes the 'presumptive nominee.' I think that means that AP had declared the race over, due to the electoral college count, or something. (Which is not to say that I agreed with their logic, but that they claimed to be basing it 'on the numbers.')
BTW, hope your hound's doing well!
Mollie
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
George Moscone
thank you for saying it out loud about Bernie. I couldn't, but have felt the same since the beginning. Fear. San Francisco was progressing before Feinstein, the mayoral loser took office after George and Harvey Milk were murdered 1978.
Today, DiFi is oversight for Homeland Security and the dirty spy ops. What does it mean.
We Californians have a right to privacy. But what does it mean in the digital age?
RIP George Moscone.
Thanks
HyperNormalization.
HyperNormalization
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu
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It can only be viewed directly on YouTube.
(Another reason I register as Pirate.....)
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Fixed...
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu
NPR = neocon public relations.
Solidarity forever
The problem is Bernie never wanted to win and wasn't in
it to win it, that's been pretty much proven. He made an agreement and the democratic party did what it always does. So this narrative forming that if we simply correct the system, or the democratic party corrupt leadership, we will have democracy, is troubling because it diffuses the calls for changing this political system. In other words, election after election, we'll just keep doing the same thing in a system that cannot provide national democracy to 330 million people. It is impossible. We have to decide what we want nationally, it is out of control.
That's true, Big Al
However, look at how many people have demexitted because they now see that the democratic party is only phoning it in, not doing anything that would help the 99%.
I quit voting after Obama screwed us and agree that voting doesn't and hasn't any effect on who,wins or loses.
The other thing I have learned is how much control Israel has over our government, especially on our foreign policies. We have flushed trillions down the toilet doing their bidding in the Middle East and elsewhere.
We know that the Saudis are paying us to overthrow Assad. It's too bad that the troops can't do anything about that or if they know.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Israel “controls” Germany, too, via the historical guilt card.
Edited to add:
The “Anti-Germans”: the pro-Israel German left
(Dr. Simon Erlanger, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
That isn't surprising lizard
I wasn't aware of that, but now that you mentioned that, I can see how Israel would do that. After what their ancestors went through, I don't understand how they can treat the Palestinians the way they do.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
As a Jewish man,
I would say that it's because Zionists only care that something horrific happened to Jews, instead of missing the lesson that the horrific thing was that it happened to anyone.
@Dhyerwolf It was really
It was really distressing when I realized that.
When I found out that American cops were being sent to Israel to train in "counter-terrorism techniques" and that that had been happening since 9/11, and that the Jewish Anti-Defamation League was responsible for setting it up, I spent an hour in my kitchen, repeating "No. It's not them. It can't be them."
I'd admired the JADL for much of my life. Finding out that they were the ones to arrange for our cops to be trained to be racist neo-Stasi was horrific--even when I knew that cops in America had those tendencies anyway.
"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
(++)
@Big Al Not only did he not want
Not only did he not want to win, he clearly never thought it possible. I think as Henry Wallace does that the phenomenal response to his campaign took him completely by surprise. Took the rest of the establishment by surprise too. Sort of like Trump's win also took them by surprise. That's why their propaganda and endless whinging poor Hillary narratives are turned up to 11.
It's not like they can't manage Trump. What irritates them, I think, is that they weren't able to predict the people's behavior correctly. They don't like that.
Their reaction lately is rather childish, sort of like trying to pound the square peg into the round hole with a child's plastic mallet--the round hole being the "Of course we supported Hillary against that extremist! It was outside interference that prevented her rise to the White House!", and the square peg being the minds of the majority of Americans, and the plastic mallet being the press.
Blah blah blah blah fucking blah, they've been hammering at it constantly.
"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 wonder if Pres. Trump knows when he is lying
I think he will lie under oath without realizing it. So, if someone lies without knowing it, is it still a lie ... or is it showing the truth about his mental conditions as being 'unacceptable and unfit' for public consumption?
I wonder if James Comey remembers when
it was the last time he told the truth to the public?
I wonder for how long the world will have fun
or the slightest interest to spend its past time to wonder about who in America is lying and who is not.
I guess my interest is over.
What I noticed from this meme
is just how many of the establishment American neoliberals on Twitter are absolutely terrified of what happened in the UK. In effect, Jeremy Corbyn may be the most powerful politician in that country as Theresa May has been severely wounded politically by the election. So why would the neoliberals in this country be so aghast at Corbyn's new power? Perhaps this is a signal that neoliberalism is dying and the people have caught on to it. Maybe the establishment is seeing their grasp worldwide becoming loosened.
I saw the Bernie would have won meme as being mostly a taunt toward the establishment, especially the Democrats. There is something happening out there and people are waking up. We need to bury neoliberalism and with it the Democratic party forever. I am hoping that the Corbyn phenomenon in the UK may be a start of a social movement worldwide. Yes, I can dream.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
we need the space.
Me LOVES me that Bernie take on the Hollywood sign.
Way cool!! Rec'd!!
Good Sunday morning, gg98. 
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
#BernieDIDWin
"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
Many here have concluded that Bernie sold out.
I'm not so sure. When he said he was tired of Hillary's "damn emails" I worried that she would come out of the hearings smelling like a rose and for a while it seemed she would. The press made her testimony sound so brave, courageous and bold.
Yet Bernie continued to draw large crowds while Hillary met in small exclusive groups with large donors. At Netroots Nation Bernie was beset by members of Black Lives Matter, but Hillary had a member of that group thrown out of one of her intimate events even though the woman had paid the required donation to attend.
It is highly unusual that we are still hearing from someone who has lost a primary at least as often if not more so than Hillary who lost the general election. Bernie keeps the issues before the press that the 99% care about. TPTB may be trying to use him, but he is using the MSM as well as non-traditional media to keep real issues before the public. In the UK Corbyn has done the same with amazing success. This may be the chance for the 99% to regain our voice in government. Only time will tell.
"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"
I wonder why everybody seems to think Sanders
must lead a new party/movement/revolution or some such.
The masses must lead that movement, the electoral system must be changed, so that, if you elect people from that movement to be your representatives, they can be from any party or not.
All that is not given. If you just could focus on changing the system, before thinking of choosing a "leader".
Yes
I have been making this point all along. Real change will come from we the people in the form of a social movement. The political change comes as a result of the social movement.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Bernie made that point too.
"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"
I was saying this
back when Occupy was around. That is why Obama and Homeland Security had to declare Occupy as a terrorist group and shut them down as quick as possible. Most the shut downs occurred in cities with Democratic mayors too.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Sad but true. John Lewis was turned away by
Occupy Atlanta which I thought was sad at the time. Fast forward to 2016 when Lewis said Democrats don't want "free stuff" and that he didn't see Bernie during the civil rights movement, but he did see the Clintons. Now it all makes sense.
"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"
Yes, you always said this and I liked your comments
and essays about it. Here is an article, which I like very much that goes intelligently into the issue to Impeach the US Constitution. Spot on, imo, explaining why it's necessary to change the system first.
My connection is crawling and slow. I won't excerpt. But I would love to impeach the US constitution for sure ... in my dreams.
Have a look.
Thank you, Mimi
We are getting ready to eat dinner and I have a raging head cold, which makes me fuzzy in the brain, so it may be later when I get a chance to read it.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Deep down, even Hillary knew
Lone Star Mike!
You are always right there with the most appropriate graphic! Thank you!!!
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy