The Fix is In and the Masks are Off

The corporate oligarchs that run the dimocrap party made it plain this week. They have pulled back the curtain and have revealed themselves to anyone who bothers to look. They want Joe as the nominee, and they will use every lever of power and propaganda at their disposal. I think their hope is that progressives will be demoralized and roll over and take it. But all is not lost (yet). Bernie still has a chance, and we need to redouble our efforts to help him help us. Don't listen to the MSM naysayers reading their teleprompters. There are other events happening that are less hopeful... Julian and Chelsea are still being tortured, war rages in Syria and the ME, Palestinians continue to be shot every Friday for protesting their open air prison, the planet warms as more drilling and pipelines are promoted, a pandemic is spreading across the country and world, and we sit on the brink of economic collapse... compared to those items the fact that Bernie is still in the running is good news.

I often suggest the corporate coup is complete. It isn't just in the political sphere but across so many areas of our lives. The corporate octopus has its tentacles in almost every aspect of our existence...they control social interactions through FB, Twitter, and so on even throttling what you may chose to watch on YouTube and other platforms. Media outlets are more beholden to the CIA and Wall Street than their readers, listeners, and watchers filling them with misinformation and propaganda. The oligarchs influence our health in numerous ways from poor dietary advice and resulting over medication (to the delight of big pharma) to big Ag and the food industry pushing for GMO crops, CAFO meat, and processed foods (tainted with chemical cocktails)... all the while denying medical care unless you have the do-re-mi. Then you have the fossil fuel octopus maintaining the individual car, highways, fracking and pipeline model. All of this is financed and overseen by the big banks on Wall Street and around the world. I know you can add to this list of ways we are managed and controlled by the corporate oligarch state. This morning the idea of changing time twice yearly in order to encourage you to buy a few more items you don't really want or need in the evening hours comes to mind.

Chris has a nice piece in Truthdig this week on this topic.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/class-the-little-word-the-elites-want-...

The interests of the rich are not our interests. The truths of the rich are not our truths. The lives of the rich are not our lives. Great wealth not only breeds contempt for those who do not have it but it empowers oligarchs to pay armies of lawyers, publicists, politicians, judges, academics and journalists to censure and control public debate and stifle dissent. Neoliberalism, deindustrialization, the destruction of labor unions, slashing and even eliminating the taxes of the rich and corporations, free trade, globalization, the surveillance state, endless war and austerity — the ideologies or tools used by the oligarchs to further their own interests — are presented to the public as natural law, the mechanisms for social and economic progress, even as the oligarchs dynamite the foundations of a liberal democracy and exacerbate a climate crisis that threatens to extinguish human life.

So they let us vote so we feel like we do have some control over this run away oligarchy. Color me suspicious, but I'm doubtful of the super Tuesday results....and it may be that the reason MSM is already saying Joe has the nomination sown up is because the rig is in and they are making sure he wins. All it takes is a zip drive disc or thumb drive. (5 min)

It ain't Russia, it is the DNC.
GA got new voting machines last month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck04y5hy2Hs

You think they are not taking advantage of this? I wonder about MA, ME, and MN vote totals giving the primary to Biden. Personally, I'm doubtful.

Lee does a nice job describing other techniques used by the demoncraps to limit votes for Bernie in his intro this week...(1st 10 min or so)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7_II5SHwLs

Lee and Jimmy got together this week for a conversation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXq0fVSNJEA (30 min)

So like it or not TPTB are shoving Biden down our throats. As many of us have said again and again they would rather lose to Trump than win with Bernie. Jimmy put together a clip of Jojo's lies and gaffes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSUPfnYdXFU (10 min)

Kyle has a good one too (3 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXvwumYE7_s

I mean you've got to be kidding running this demented man against Trump. The "Donald" will eat him alive and spit him out. Norman Soloman has a good article about Biden this week
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/joe-biden-is-a-phony-plain-and-simple/

Biden is the most reliable alternative for corporate America. He has what Sanders completely lacks—vast experience as an elected official serving the interests of credit-card companies, big banks, insurance firms and other parts of the financial services industry. His alignment with corporate interests has been comprehensive. It was a fulcrum of his entire political career when, in 1993, Sen. Biden voted yes while most Democrats in Congress voted against NAFTA.

Welcome to the New Legitimation Crisis: Bernie Sanders vs. the Plutocrats
In these dangerous times, we might be pardoned for finding comic relief in the spectacles that are constantly playing out, as our uncomprehending ruling class stages displays of its own rank incompetence, its unfitness to govern. We might be excused for mocking the emperor's new clothes.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/07/welcome-new-legitimation-c...

Hat tip to Daenerys for the graphics

Common Dreams offered Bernie some good advice going forward...

After Super Tuesday, Bernie Must Go All Out to Make the Case for Biden's Unelectability
The gloves must immediately come off when it comes to treating Joe Biden.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/04/after-super-tuesday-bernie...

The young folks in the Sunrise movement are trying to regroup and are having a phone conference tonight...

It’s important to stay focused on the facts. The media is pushing a story that Biden’s victory is all-encompassing. In reality, he and Bernie are only ~91 delegates apart. To clinch the nomination, Biden needs to win ~53% of remaining delegates. Bernie needs ~56%. And each needs 1,991 delegates total. It’s possible that neither of them will end up with a majority — and this election will be decided at the Democratic National Convention in July.

I’ll be honest, our movement’s successes making the climate crisis and the Green New Deal a top political priority this past year has left me sometimes taking victory for granted. And after we helped Bernie win Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada…I started to take this election for granted, too. Tuesday was a rude reminder of the Democratic establishment’s power, and the media’s power to shape a narrative around who is and isn’t electable. Going forward, I’m not taking anything for granted and the stakes are even more clear — we need to build a political revolution not just to make the Green New Deal victorious in this election, but to upend the balance of power in this country for a generation.

As an aside they don't inform us of the actions in Europe...

Thousands of people, including Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg, marched through downtown Brussels Friday for the youth-led European Climate Strike just a day after scientists released new data revealing that the past few months represented Europe's warmest winter ever recorded.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/06/europe-wraps-warmest-winter...

The People's Party is going to the convention in MN...

The Movement for a People’s Party is going to Milwaukee! Join us at the People’s Convention July 13 – 16th.

While the Democrats break their own rules to nominate an establishment candidate at the DNC Convention, we’ll bring people from all walks of life together next door to launch America’s next major party, the People’s Party!

Join progressives and independent thinkers from across the country for events, workshops, breakout groups, speakers, social activities, celebrations, performances, and a momentous convention vote on forming a genuinely progressive party free of corporate money.

We’ve been building this movement since 2017. Now’s the time to scale up. MPP invites you to join us in Milwaukee July 13 – 16 as we build the future that works for the people and the planet.

Staying Healthy...
So here we are watching political disaster unfold as a pandemic sits on our doorstep promoting an economic disaster too. The coronavirus makes it clear that we need medicare for all and many people are pointing this out.

Jimmy has been sitting in for Jessie frequently here he is making the case for M4A.

Jimmy Dore fills in for Jesse Ventura. Jimmy and Brigida Santos discuss updates from the World Health Organization about the global Coronavirus outbreak. They also reveal the results of Super Tuesday. Army veteran turned war critic Danny Sjursen talks about the consequences of America’s forever wars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUVdSSOQHbQ (25 min)

There was a round table discussion on DN on the need for M4A
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/5/coronavirus (video or text)

More from Amy...https://www.truthdig.com/articles/its-medicare-or-coronavirus-for-all/

One thing remains certain: The coronavirus doesn’t care how wealthy you are or what political party you are in. The best way to be sure the person next to you isn’t sick is to make health care available to everyone. The best way to achieve that is through “Medicare for All.”

As President Donald Trump drew harsh rebukes Friday for downplaying the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., accounts from people on the frontlines of the outbreak that's affected more than 100,000 people worldwide so far revealed a "chilling" lack of urgency from the U.S. government regarding the need to contain the spread of the respiratory illness.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/06/absolutely-chilling-reports...

Coronavirus Matters, the Stock Market Doesn’t, and Thinking It Does May Literally Kill Us
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/06/coronavirus-covid-19-stock-market-ec...

Here's the latest from Dr. John Campbell
Edit to add today's clip ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5_yExFZFYw (21 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDSq3cgWaAg (22 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVTyl7Y4IMo (17 min)

...and from a comment in the clip-

As someone who lives in one of the red zones in Italy, locked down today, the high case fatality rate is probably because a Lot of older people and teens keep ignoring the rules the govt has distributed. Some museums, bars and small art galleries refused to close down as they might suffer strong financial problems and people assumed everything was okay and kept going everywhere, overcrowding public areas and spreading the virus. Only in the past week people started realising things were kind of serious when hospitals and health centres reinforced stricter prevention rules.
I had to pass through the centre today for chores and as it is Saturday and schools are closed and no one was studying, thousands and thousands of people were crowded in shops and in the entire centre you could not step anywhere more than a 50cm further from people in any direction. It looked like a can of sardines. Lots of people just don't take it seriously enough.

For the latest stats...
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200124/coronavirus-2020-outbreak-lates...

Common Symptoms of Coronavirus
The symptoms of most coronaviruses are similar to any other upper respiratory infection, including runny nose, coughing, sore throat, and sometimes a fever. In most cases, you won't know whether you have a coronavirus or a different cold-causing virus, such as rhinovirus.

People can have the virus,yet not exhibit symptoms. What can you do if you get it?

3 min

Injected or IV Vitamin C appears to help infected people fight off the virus.

I expect continuing spread over the next few weeks. Be careful and aware, my friends.

There is so much more important news from around the world. Next week we'll try to look beyond US politics and at the larger system. So to wrap things up this week let's try for a little sanity and go out to the garden. You may think it is too early, but think again. Here's some things to plant right now...(9 min)

Have a good day, good health, and a bit of sanity! I look forward to your comments...