@ADL straight-up equating antisemitism with anti-zionism: We’re witnessing a surge of antisemitism and anti-Zionism across the US following the Oct 7 massacre – all while Hamas continues to hold more than 240 people hostage. Now is the time to act. Join ADL on Nov. 14th in DC as we #MarchForIsrael. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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She undoubtedly danced to music, but I don't know the tune. And, she danced to have John the Baptist killed. So, she wasn't anyone we were supposed to consider a role model.

David, on the other hand, was supposedly an ancestor of Jesus, beloved of God and author of the psalms. Quite the cv for a shepherd, even if you don't include Goliath and the reign as King of Israel. (Who taught shepherds to read and write back then, I wonder.)

David wrote of music and dancing, but that never got mentioned in my Sunday School. And, given that Bathsheba business, I don't think we were supposed to model on him, either.

@ADL straight-up equating antisemitism with anti-zionism: We’re witnessing a surge of antisemitism and anti-Zionism across the US following the Oct 7 massacre – all while Hamas continues to hold more than 240 people hostage. Now is the time to act. Join ADL on Nov. 14th in DC as we #MarchForIsrael. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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You mean like Southern Baptists saying that dancing is sinful?

We were not supposed to listen to secular music. What would we have danced to?

At one point, a group of churches got together to try to figure out what the could do to stop losing so many kids when kids neared or the teen years. One of the things they came up with was jointly renting a roller rink.

I knew a young man from another church, maybe 16 or 17, I expected to see there, but didn't. I asked someone who knew him if he was sick. Nope. His father had not allowed him to attend this brightly lit, extremely well-chaperoned, multi-church event lest there be couple skating, which would involve hand holding!

Somewhere, I have an email with some religious humor. I'll try to unearth it.

@ADL straight-up equating antisemitism with anti-zionism: We’re witnessing a surge of antisemitism and anti-Zionism across the US following the Oct 7 massacre – all while Hamas continues to hold more than 240 people hostage. Now is the time to act. Join ADL on Nov. 14th in DC as we #MarchForIsrael. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Many decades ago I concluded that the purpose of an organized religion is to make its adherents feel superior to other people.

Until a couple of years before I stopped attending church, I believed the purpose of religion was to spare me from burning eternally and to help me behave more like Jesus (as very distinct from Paul). The adults seemed to me to be lovely, caring people, concerned with my well-being.

The more I got old enough to engage in behaviors that my very fundamentalist sect considered unacceptable--listening to secular music, to name one of the more strict views--the more I experienced judgment.

That violates violates the teaching of Jesus as presented in the New Testament. So, my initial disappointment was a gap between the NT and the behavior. Although I stopped attending church, I continued to believe in God--my own version, I suppose--for a number of years after that.

On November 5, 2024, I will vote my conscience. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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You're most welcome. I did see your edit, but Susan's post had additional info.

On November 5, 2024, I will vote my conscience. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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I had no idea they were still around!

DRINK! (even camels do)

Also had no idea

The Prohibition Party has nominated a candidate for president in every election since 1872 ...

On November 5, 2024, I will vote my conscience. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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I don't see a 3rd party or indie offering

Did you see Susan's post at reddit?

On November 5, 2024, I will vote my conscience. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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My last Presidential vote for a Dem in a general was 2008--and I still regret it. Likely always will, mostly because I also donated and volunteered--a lot.

I voted happily for Sanders on Super Tuesday 2016 and for Stein in the general. I did the same, but with a WTF attitude in the 2020 primary, but did not vote for Hawkins in the general.

Were my votes counted as I cast them? No idea. I can only do what I can do. But I will not vote for anyone just because it's election day.

On November 5, 2024, I will vote my conscience. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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Seems conscience-driven to me!

On November 5, 2024, I will vote my conscience. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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Best wishes sorting through!

On November 5, 2024, I will vote my conscience. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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Nice.

@scotthortonshow: Last Friday RFK's entire field team, led by Rep. Dana Rorabacher's wife, all quit. Maybe he should stop taking bad advice from foreign powers about restricting the sacred right of Americans to say whatever we want. Like for example: Go fuck yourself Mr. Kennedy, ya disgrace. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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As among RFK, Jr., who can still support and the Israeli government and doesn't get the First Amendment; West, who is stuck in the Sixties, wanting better Democrats, and who takes money from Greens after he's secretly decided to run indie; Biden and Trump, I'm not planning to vote for President in 2024.

Americans are following the news less closely than they used to by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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There was a time that the news was so depressing, day in and day out, that I decided to take a time out.

Poster's Pious Plea: Bless the Hearts of the Binary. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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I posted all I found, except that Tennessee Ernie Ford used it in a catch phrase. I didn't attempt a deepp dive, though.

Sometimes, mild expletives are used fondly. Example: If a toddler is being especially adorable someone wanting to hug him might say, "Get over here, you little so and so."

Even harder core swear words are sometimes used fondly. Example: A guy's crew throws him the best bachelor party. He responds with, "I love you sons of bitches; I really do."

IOW, most likely, your Aunt used pea pickin' fondly.

Poster's Pious Plea: Bless the Hearts of the Binary. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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I looked up "pea pickin'", which I'd heard before, but never parsed. People think it's a variation of cotton pickin', which is used as a {very} mild swear word!

What Paul Krugman gets wrong about the military industrial complex ¦ The NYT columnist uses irrelevant metrics to argue for giving more money to the Pentagon. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Dunno what his portfolio contains, but $5 million net worth isn't stunning for a sharp economist who has done so much writing. (Assuming $5mil is is about right, of course.) https://www.covemarkets.com/paul-krugman-net-worth/

What Paul Krugman gets wrong about the military industrial complex ¦ The NYT columnist uses irrelevant metrics to argue for giving more money to the Pentagon. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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https://saidit.net/s/WayOfTheBern/comments/bngc/ny_times_paul_krugman_says_inflation_is_over_if/14drv

I mean, he supports the Clintons in every way. They were founding members of the DLC, which supported the Iraq invasion, for which Hillary advocated at length on the floor of the Senate. (Yes, sports fans, she didn't "merely" vote for it.)

And if you supported that invasion, what military action would you not support?

Poster's Pious Plea: Bless the Hearts of the Binary. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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So iconic!

Poster's Pious Plea: Bless the Hearts of the Binary. by risi in WayOfTheBern

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And you were nowhere near a pea patch!

karlof1: Resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism by penelopepnortney in WayOfTheBern

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You're most welcome. Glad it's of interest

Biden Endorses the “Indispensable Nation” by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It is the threat of the use of force that is going to put force behind diplomacy. But if we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable nation We stand tall and we see further than other countries into the future….

Rarely have the expressions "Get real" and "Get the fuck over yourself, you fucking criminal asshole" been more needed from establishment media. But don't hold your breath.

Who Would Ally with the West: ‘It’s Boring – The Real Excitement is in Asia’ ¦ The stark reality is that even if Ukraine gets this quarterly tranche, ‘the ask’ for the next will almost certainly be even more problematic. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The prospect of a NATO vs BRIC world war, whether violent or "merely" economic, has begun penetrating my consciousness.

Hezbollah takes to the high ground by chakokat in WayOfTheBern

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I wonder if the US inadvertently armed Hamas (see Isis), as well as purposefully arming Israel.

karlof1: Resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism by penelopepnortney in WayOfTheBern

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A fresh resolution seems necessary, lest we forget. Because many do seem to have forgotten.

https://www.wordnik.com/words/lest%20we%20forget

https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/norman-krasna-lest-we-forget

(Contrary to any impression some of my WOTB posts may have given, I don't love all irony. Some ironies suck scissors.)

And in other news: Call to fight ‘snow penises’ issued in Russia by penelopepnortney in WayOfTheBern

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Nah. After all, they were only dicking around.

The American Conservative: The American Origins of the Russo–Ukrainian War by penelopepnortney in WayOfTheBern

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Narrative control is most effective when Republicans disregard or avoid non-Republican sources and Democrats disregard or avoid non-Democrat sources.

@bonnyaye: What’s ironic is that the Zionists signed the Haavara agreement in 1933 with the Nazis and fled Germany leaving their brethren to suffer the Holocaust and now they play the Holocaust card. Bitch, you left. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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No matter what, I am unable to fault anyone, Jewish or not, for choosing non-violent departure from Nazis. Especially if it was the only realistic way they and their children could survive. I don't have enough keyboard bravado, I guess.

@MaxBlumenthal: Today DC witnessed the largest Palestine solidarity protest in US history and it’s not even over yet. The terrorists in Washington and Tel Aviv have awakened a sleeping giant! by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Whether or not they order cracking of heads, they are not going to modify their policies because a relatively tiny percentage of the entire population demonstrates. Probably not even if a majority of the population demonstrates.

I so wish that my nature would not keep compelling me to distribute reality checks. Even more, I wish that more political authors would tell the whole truth more often.

All that sincerely said, the demonstrations give me a rush anyway. Good on the demonstrators. I hope no establishment thugs hurt anyone.

U.S. Coast Guard Reduces Active Cutter Fleet Due to Personnel Shortage by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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For better or worse, American youth rushed to enlist after 911. Apparently, they are not similarly motivated by proxy wars.

@caitoz: The new dumbest thing we're being asked to believe about this war is that Washington is powerless to stop the genocidal massacre that it is directly funding and supplying the weapons for. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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yup. Every theater production has a road show. DC Kabuki Theater is no exception.

DC gets push back about sending billions of American taxpayer dollars--many of them borrowed, I'm guessing-- to Ukraine while Americans do without. Complicit US media feeds us stories about Biden threatening Zelensky with cutting off funds. Zelensky doubles down, recklessly, unafraid of further angering his main benefactor.

Suuuure.

DC gets push back about its client state committing war crimes on our dime "in retaliation" for Hamas's "unprovoked" "attack." Complicit US media feeds us stories about Biden and other professional neoliberalcon Dems expressing varying degrees of disapproval of Israel's actions. War criminal Benny and assorted members of Israel's professional political class double down recklessly, unafraid of Uncle Sam, aka Daddy Warbucks,

Suuuure.

@SocialistMMA: Now that Washington is considering negotiating for peace in Ukraine, every single NATO leftist needs to be held accountable and explain why they waited until the United States government said they should be ok with peace [...] by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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the Likud member of the Israeli government who threatened Putin

Smells like Kabuki Theater. At least, I hope so, in this case. However, is this an admission the Israel considers all Arabs to be its enemies?

@richimedhurst: Israel bombed al Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza. At least 30 Palestinians killed. 100 people still under the rubble. This is the THIRD refugee camp Israel have bombed in three days, killing 200 peope at Jaballia and Bureij refugee camps. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Is it soup war crimes yet?

One of the many reasons that there is supposedly not enough money for Americans to have have nice things, like the health care access Israelis have, is your desire and mine to prop up the concentration camp-making, war crime-ing, Israeli government. You (American taxpayers) and I have truly despicable and self-destructive priorities. Just stop this kind of foreign policy. Just stop voting to fund it.

Oh, wait. Despite all the many bullshit references to American democracy, the US is not a democracy at all, but a republic. So now, we must address another layer of pervasive bullshit, namely that the self-serving psychopaths in the unbelievably bloated, costly federal government are (1) representing you, (2) doing these things at your expense, (3) making enemies for you in your name and on your behalf. Was Meatloaf correct? Two out of three ain't bad? Or in this case, is two out of three heinous?

Is it soup yet?

@SocialistMMA: Now that Washington is considering negotiating for peace in Ukraine, every single NATO leftist needs to be held accountable and explain why they waited until the United States government said they should be ok with peace [...] by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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I had a similar guess. I'm just tired of having "left" associated in any way with war mongering and other negative things--and, to boot, by those who consider themselves left, economically or otherwise.

Self-defeating, unnecessary and obfuscating. 0 for 3

And those who do it seem to see it as clever snark, despite it's over use, lack of originality or humor and other faults.

Someone, please, make it stop!

Tulsi Gabbard Goes FULL Nikki Haley! by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The bit where Gabbard says the LGBTQ people who support Hamas don't get Hamas reminded me of Hillary's saying the UN doesn't get Hamas.

And in other news: Call to fight ‘snow penises’ issued in Russia by penelopepnortney in WayOfTheBern

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Vice-Mayor Alexey Bubnov has instructed the public to smash the offensive organs on sight.

That would have to be his title.

Introducing Al-Azhar University in Gaza, where I had my first degree in English Literature. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Even if no one was killed (doubtful), I'd say #3 under this heading covers it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime#International_Criminal_Court_2002

Introducing Al-Azhar University in Gaza, where I had my first degree in English Literature. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Obviously, not a civilian target. In any event it was Hamas's fault. /s

Reminds me of a not so fun fact: Remember the dreaded, evil "madrassas" of the Bush-Obama years? (Funny how we don't hear about them anymore, given what a threat they supposedly are.) I think I finally figured out what the US propagandists were talking about. You'll have to bear with my transliteration attempt, though.

The Arabic word for school--religious, secular, public, private, whatever--is mederseh. The plural is not medersehs, as an American might guess. Rather, the plural is medahrres. I can imagine that an American unfamiliar with Arabic could easily mangle either medersehs or medahrres into madrasses.

Yes friends, I think those hotbeds of violent, Muslim extremist indoctrination--incubators of terrorists in training, if you will--are.....schools.

@SocialistMMA: Now that Washington is considering negotiating for peace in Ukraine, every single NATO leftist needs to be held accountable and explain why they waited until the United States government said they should be ok with peace [...] by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Very valid question.

I have a couple of questions of my own, albeit rhetorical:

What da fuck is "the NATO left?"

Why would anyone who self-describes as either socialist or left join the uniparty in abusing the term "the left?"

It doesn't matter if you put it in quotes or modify it with something like "fake." If people daily see and hear "the left" used in connection with the wrong side of every issue, it has an impact. And it's not only unnecessary, but obfuscating. (see the first question above)

If you mean Democrats, say Democrats. I prmise the DNC can't have you flogged for it. If you really mean NATO supporters worldwide (doubtful), say that. Same for neoliberals or whomever else you're really intending to sneer at. Leave us leftists aloooone.

@FreeWorldRemedy: I will remind you that Israel and the land of Judea was G-d's idea. This means that muslim raiders that stole the land of Judea were not acting on behalf of G-d but their own imagination, evil and to a lesser degree the roman empire. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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By the same authority, the entire universe was "God's idea," including the nation of Philistia and the Philstiine people, called "Palestinians" by Westerners.

This is not between Jews and Muslims, but between Israelis and Arabs and no Muslim stole Israel.

Even according to the Bible, the Middle East was occupied continuously before the birth and conversion of Abraham (Biblically, the first Jew), from Adam and Eve until after the resurrection of Christ. That occupancy , which was by Arabs and Persians, continued after Biblical times to the present.

The first converts from paganism or Judaism converted to Christianity, not to Islam, which was not to exist until centuries later.

Jews abandoned Israel due to Romans. Thus ended any claim to God's grant of land. None of the following are God: Balfour, The Brits, the US, the UN.

Elon Musk: The Ventilators, Not COVID, Destroyed Lungs | Hospitals murdered COVID patients. The more they killed, the more money they made. by stickdog in WayOfTheBern

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Years before COVID, I was trached and put on a ventilator for weeks. I'm alive. (Yeah, I know: "anecdotal").

Is Americans’ Love Affair With NATO Alliance Over? I&I/TIPP Poll by MeganDelacroix in WayOfTheBern

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“Too high” received 64%,

IOW, 36% of those polled suffer from having their respective heads up their respective asses. Too few charities address this condition.

Is Americans’ Love Affair With NATO Alliance Over? I&I/TIPP Poll by MeganDelacroix in WayOfTheBern

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I was born in the USA. I know nothing about this alleged love affair.

When did it supposedly occur? During the McCarthy era?

@aaronjmate: What "action" is @SenSanders calling for? A "humanitarian pause." Not a permanent ceasefire that ends the massacres and forces Israel to address its occupation/siege of the West Bank and Gaza, but a pause. Bernie is supposed to be a leader. His actions are cowardice. by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Let's have US taxpayers continue to aid and abet genocide with one hand, then pay for "humanitarianism" with the other. Meanwhile, Israelis have better access to health care than do Americans. And I'm not supposed to see any of it as insane.

Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA | GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data. by stickdog in WayOfTheBern

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For this info, $20 mil is chump change., whether or not the deal prohibits resale.

Maui Residents DESPERATE To Stay In Their Homes! | Craig Jardula on the Jimmy Dore show by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Maui needs to get that US tax dollars have bigger fish to fry. /s

Florida Moves to Ban Pro-Palestinian Student Group from Campuses by chakokat in WayOfTheBern

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So much for the Fourteenth Amendment's making the First Amendment applicable to US states.

The ACLU used to get involved when something like this happened. Will it now?

[Bolivia has more balls than the rest of the world, yes including Arab countries.] Bolivia becomes first country to sever ties with Israel over war with Hamas | Country’s leftwing government attributes decision to alleged war crimes and human rights abuses being committed in Gaza by therazorx in WayOfTheBern

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Bolivia just captured even more of the CIA's attention than other left-leaning nations. And that is indeed ballsy.

In fairness to Arabs nations, though, Hamas is the closest thing to a military that Palestine has and Yemen attacked and announced that it is at war with Israel. Given the relative power against Israel/US and allies, each of Hamas and Yemen made ballsier moves than breaking ties from afar.

None of that is meant to diss Bolivia's balls.

"I don’t understand how you don’t have the guts to condemn these massacres." Italian politician Alessandro di Battista on Israel’s actions in the besieged Gaza Strip. by therazorx in WayOfTheBern

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As I keep posting, politicians are psychopaths (at least all the politicians with whom I am familiar).

Please note: Battista's term expired in 2018 and he chose not to stand for re-election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Di_Battista

World Plummets into Eschatological Frenzy: Unraveling the Implications by ageingrockstar in WayOfTheBern

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No. As Israelis used to be fond of informing Christian pilgrims to inflame said pilgrims, Palestinians are "the Philistines."

https://old.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/174kdwi/free_palestine/k4dgild/

See also

https://old.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/17izwnl/been_israeled/k76wlf9/?context=3

and

https://old.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/17kh5sf/its_funny_hearing_people_say_that_palestine_does/k786u4y/?context=3

and when are we going to stop pretending that the Bible governs this anyway?

US and Israeli War Crimes--2021, But Relevant by risi in WayOfTheBern

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Biden Has a Youth-Vote Problem. His Israel Policy Is Making It Worse. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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in 2016, Sanders owned the Millennial demographic, by then the largest demographic, given deaths among boomers.

Also, tens of thousands turned out for single events of his, while Hillary could not fill a public school classroom, even with staffers and Secret Service.

Hillary somehow smashed the primary, though. Absentee ballots by the carload; elders don't show up at rallies, but they vote, while the young do the opposite; better organization. Pick a reason.

Prosecutor Livid After FBI Refused To Pursue 'Credible' Biden-Ukraine Corruption Allegations, Grassley Reveals 40 Informants by penelopepnortney in WayOfTheBern

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Please don't be so hard on yourself. Most of our younger lives are consumed with what passes for education in the US. Then, we spend most of the week earning a living so we don't starve or freeze to death or die from lack of medical care. Then elders struggle to stay alive. That's survival instinct, not self-absorption.

Even as to the most empathic, altruistic and aware among us--how the fuck do they change public priorities without outspending all "donors?"

Prosecutor Livid After FBI Refused To Pursue 'Credible' Biden-Ukraine Corruption Allegations, Grassley Reveals 40 Informants by penelopepnortney in WayOfTheBern

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there's still wide swaths of the population that don't get it.

There always have been and probably always will be. Not necessarily that specific info, but info in general.

Institutions, like the DNC and RNC, are far better at gathering, maintaining and passing along information. We humans seem to need to invent the same wheels, generation after generation. At that, even among elders of each generation, many remain duped and in denial.

Like the rest of Oz, after only Toto, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion got to see the real "Wizard" in Oz's capital, Emerald City.

Books going the way of dinos and the 24 hour "news" cycle aren't helping.

Jimmy Dore Show: Jamaal Bowman CHARGED For Pulling Capitol Building Fire Alarm! by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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Upon the suggestion of a family friend who worked for the New York City Department of Education, Bowman began working as an educator. His first job was as a crisis management teacher in a South Bronx elementary school.[8] In 2009, he founded Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, a public middle school in the Bronx.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaal_Bowman

So he pulls an elementary school stunt, at the expense of taxpayers, without a thought to security cameras. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/30/democrat-jamaal-bowman-fire-alarm-house

Then, he tells unbelievable lies in an attempt to exonerate himself, much like a toddler. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/30/democrat-jamaal-bowman-fire-alarm-house

After he is cornered, with no other way out, he confesses, much like entitled folk.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the first male member of the publicity stunt known as the Squad, supposedly our hope for the future.

In the words that Charles Dickens wrote for Ebeneezer Scrooge, "I'll retire to Bedlam."

I am very sorry about the resignation of brother Peter @PeterDaou based on his health. I sincerely pray for him and his precious family and thank him for his service to my campaign: I have to say i have lost nearly all my respect to Cornell. Got to give it to Daou, work well done by yaiyen in WayOfTheBern

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Is there a doctor in the house?

Daou left Williamson's campaign because of the health of senior family members and West's campaign because of his own health. Along the way, he screwed the Green Party and both campaigns. Wonder if he gave free advice to RFK, Jr. and Kuch?

Anyway, it's all worked out rather well for the first Dem candidate for POTUS to say fuck primaries and debates entirely. Can't wait to see what happens during the general campaign.

New York Supreme Court reinstates all employees fired for being unvaccinated, orders backpay | State Supreme Court found that being vaccinated 'does not' stop the spread of COVID-19 by stickdog in WayOfTheBern

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POTUS can't catch a break, whether federal or state court.

Says a lot about POTUS.

@ChristianDrakes: "The story that was confirmed, then got unconfirmed, then reconfirmed, then unconfirmed a second time, only to be re-reconfirmed, is now unconfirmed." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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https://youtu.be/YYj0M19Ap34?t=53

I posted far too long on all Dem and predominately Dem boards to care any longer about what what Blue MAGA may or may not say. Nothing turns on it anyway.

Yellen Claims “America Can Afford Two Wars” by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Psychopath

Welcome back, 2016 by MeganDelacroix in WayOfTheBern

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Trump, DeSantis, Haley, Christie and Ramaswamy. No comedy????

Who the hell are you really and what have you done with Caelian?

NY Times’ Paul Krugman says ‘inflation is over’ — if you exclude food, gas and rent (I am rather alarmed that the political Conservative tabloids are the ones calling out Krugman, but it's ridiculous how he can say that inflation is over) by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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in all my years of posting--six at WOTB alone--i've used the word shitlibs one time before this post: Krugman is among the shittiest of shitlibs.

"Who in God's name needs a weapon with 100 rounds in the chamber?" - some guy who regularly tells people to commit felonies by MeganDelacroix in WayOfTheBern

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cough cluster weaponry cough

Israel told a million Gazans that they had to flee to the south within 24 or be bombed. Now Israel has bombed those fleeing. Corporate media is barely reporting this, so it is up to us to get the word out. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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conservatives who were against Ukraine war funding

Leftists were against it--and Democrats ain't "teh left," no matter how many times they get called that.

Ending Junk Fees, the Most Annoying Thing in American Commerce by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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And here I thought the most annoying things about American commerce were things like exploitation of labor, monopolies, price fixing, consumer fraud and other symptoms of massive greed plus puny morality.

Make sure you get the full cost when dealing with the phone company, a hotel, your internet service provider or whomever? Just ask a few questions.

Kucinich resigns as RFK, Jr. campaign manager by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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No one need wonder why this man was targeted for removal from Congress.

Trump Gagged By Judge: Barred From Making Statements About Witnesses, Special Counsel, Court Staff by MeganDelacroix in WayOfTheBern

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Smith argued that Trump's public remarks threatened to "undermine confidence in the criminal justice system and prejudice the jury pool."

And now, we have judges violating the First Amendment, not just Congress and the Executive Branch. Swe

It's Not The 'Israel-Hamas War', It's The Israel-Gaza Massacre by stickdog in WayOfTheBern

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She's always on the side of decency.

If only world "leaders" were.

Kucinich resigns as RFK, Jr. campaign manager by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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We do need one. Desperately. But we won't get one, whether we vote or not.

@ChristianDrakes: "The story that was confirmed, then got unconfirmed, then reconfirmed, then unconfirmed a second time, only to be re-reconfirmed, is now unconfirmed." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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The WH did a great job of clarifying. It was perfectly clear that he lied.

@realnikohouse: This point never gets brought up enough. Palestinians having been paying the price because EUROPE allowed Hitler to violate treaty after treaty and even ignored his human rights atrocities. Y should the Palestinian ppl have to foot Europe’s moral bill? by therazorx in WayOfTheBern

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Something in the Old Testament about Abraham's thigh and a burial site.

(Weirdly, guys grabbing thighs was the way they made agreements binding.)

Alternatively, God gave Israel to the Jews. That's according to the Jews who wrote the Old Testament, as they hear God tell it to them. I have no idea how we know what Israel consisted of at that time.

Fontes: Donald Trump can't be barred from the AZ ballot by the 14th Amendment by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Wasn't Trump's "role" in the insurrection (if any) giving a speech?

@carterforva: Israel is now visiting its crimes and brutality upon dissenting Jews - inside their synagogues, no less! When will the world put a stop to the actions of this rogue state and its genocidal leadership? by therazorx in WayOfTheBern

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When will the world put a stop to the actions of this rogue state and its genocidal leadership?

I think we all know the answer.

Liberal CIA" explained: controlled opposition aspect of the liberal Eastern Establishment by yaiyen in WayOfTheBern

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"Controlled opposition?"

When did the likes of Rockefeller and Ford oppose the CIA? The CIA acts to protect "US interests abroad." Meaning the interests of people like Rockefellers, Fords, etc. Oil interests. Anti-socialism interests. And so on. And before them, the precursors of the CIA protected the interests of companies like Dole (aloha, y'all)

Elites had every reason to support the CIA, directly or indirectly and less than zero reason to oppose it, controlled or not.

‘There is no alternative’: Cornel West, presidential hopeful, is not backing down by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Cornell who?

I got an email from some Democrat org. this morning asking me for a contribution because RFK, Jr was now "officially" running as an independent and might steal many votes from Biden. Didn't mention West, though.

I unsubscribed, as I have from the hundreds, maybe thousands, of emails I've received from Democrats since contributing to Sanders in 2014-16.

@sarahleah1: "Germany bans pro-Palestine protests. UK bans display of Palestine flag. NY law firm fires student promised job for pro-Palestine comments. And now @Columbia University bans reporters from covering protests. This isn’t even a US war." by Maniak in WayOfTheBern

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The only thing that surprised me, even a little: Columbia University bans reporters from covering protests.

That's what it's teaching students?

In the words of Resident Alien,"That's some bullshit."

Has US corporate media ghosted Zelensky? CNBC: Ukraine urges the West to remain united behind it as Israel distracts global attention by stickdog in WayOfTheBern

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Hamas took the heat off Ukraine. Just as we threatened to stop funding Ukraine.