CN VIDEO—Jill Stein Talks to Consortium News: ‘We Are Being Robbed Blind by the War ...

genessa comments on Oct 25, 2018:

you won't find a positive comment from me in support of that faker, that russian tool, that nobody, jill stein. g

William_Mary replies on Oct 25, 2018:

@genessa nice managed perception you have there. Do you ever think for yourself? Or do you always allow the fake media to do it for you? Do the world a favor and step out of the illusion!

“Putin’s Puppet” Advances Nuclear Missile Escalations Against Putin [caitlinjohnstone.

rogerbenham comments on Oct 21, 2018:

I'm assuming that this is yet another case of follow the money. Arms manufacturers wanting more money.

William_Mary replies on Oct 21, 2018:

@rogerbenham some have argued even worse. She was strongly supporting a no fly zone over Syria. So, what, she wanted to shoot down Russian and Syrian planes defending a sovereign nation? Against what would be her terrorist groups. That could get ugly real fast!

“Putin’s Puppet” Advances Nuclear Missile Escalations Against Putin [caitlinjohnstone.

rogerbenham comments on Oct 21, 2018:

I'm assuming that this is yet another case of follow the money. Arms manufacturers wanting more money.

William_Mary replies on Oct 21, 2018:

Basically that's what it could lead to. I think the more important statement Caitlin is trying to make is that those of the left who have been towing the cow line that Trump is a puppet of Putin, they are now as much responsible for an arms race as the right is. While the shrills on the left have been trapped in the managed perception that Trump and the Russian government colluded to get Trump his victory, they either ignored or are ignorant to the information that Trump hasn't been so good to the Russians in many ways. We expelled many of their diplomats, if not all of them, from the country. We in a coalition effort bombed a airbase with Russian planes on it in Syria over a false chemical weapons claim, possibly killing some Russians, places sanctions on Russia, which keep expanding, allowed Israel to shoot down a plane of theirs killing more Russians, who's knows how many more are dead in battle with our terrorist funded groups, yet they have spent 2 years saying Trump isn't tough enough on the Russians. Oh yea. And we have moved missiles closer to the Russian border against set past treaties. I guess they want a full blown nuclear war!?! Go figure.

Are Media Matters and George Soros Behind the Social Purge?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 21, 2018:

As if George Soros had to get to Central America someway in giving the people there money to make them leave. Why would I want to believe this? It must be a really large operation so explain how it works and what it costs. Fake Russian collusion? Explain that one too. Since the 1950's the United...

William_Mary replies on Oct 21, 2018:

Yea, Deno, you're always so difficult to deal with. What the hell does Central America have to do with this issue? Believe? What are you addressing with that statement? It's within the confines of a paragraph about Central America that is off topic to this post. So I have no clue how to address you're questions on Central America, an operation, or cost. I have explained that to you on more than one occasion. How about you explain yourself. Feel free to explain to us how there was any Russian collusion to the nature of the claims provided by the DNC and Clinton, any news organization or journalist, or any politician! After 2 years of investigating this matter no one has been indicted or been brought to court on any type of collusion between Trump and the Russian government. Or having hacked the DNC data base. Involved with our affairs? That's a whole different issue to the case of collusion of the Russian government with Trump to win the election or hacking the DNC data base. Please separate the 2! Why would anyone even begin to fathom that the Russians don't get involved with our affairs! Of course they are involved with our affairs! That's what governments do. Politicians from other countries are always involved in a vast number of aspects of affairs with each other. That's doesn't mean they collaborate to win positions on an illegal basis. This reality is often called a diplomatic relationship conducted by diplomats and any number of politicians. So feel free to explain where any of this process lead to an example of misuse of that process leading to a Trump victory or the hacking of the DNC. There is something we can do about it. You just seem to refuse to see that. As I have stated many times a way to do so. Supporting a party outside the 2 party establishment just doesn't seem to resonate with you. So like to many others in this country you continue to play in the same corruption you bitch about, or to scared to step out of the illusion they have so many trapped in. I can only stab at what your about being you never really give me any real substance to work on. As far as cost? Are you talking about the cost of David Brock's army? I posted 2 other links in the initial post at the bottom. The last,bottom link goes into the cost of what that effort cost. Although it doesn't go into a total break down of everything, it gives cost. Reports were that people within the army on social media were getting 50 cents a post. Yes, both sides are one in the same. You get that I take it. Apathy? Only if you allow it. If you take what Ben Swann is doing as apathy, I feel for you. Ben Swann was shut down by all social media for a year and fired from his job for doing a piece on Pizza Gate. Where he raised some dam good questions about Podesta and other ...

When Black Panthers Aligned with Confederate-Flag-Wielding, Working-Class Whites ...

rogerbenham comments on Oct 20, 2018:

You USA are trapped with voting for two wrongs and a concentrated media prtopaganda persuading you that Nader is too left wing. The crazy part is that you're all stuck with McCarthyism believing that any sort of socialism equates to communism. I doubt if 1 in 50 can actually tell you what communism ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 20, 2018:

I try to explain to people who have fallen victim to the false narrative waged against socialism here, or even communism, to refer back to what words they were derived from. Which I'm fairly certain those words would be society and community. Yet when you explain to them that they already live within a socialized society, they still fail to grasp that fact as they attempt to explain it as something else. A number of them who struggle to survive while using a social safety net system that benefits them while also claiming certain types of people should not. The self absorb ignorance is astounding. I've known many who falsely apply to these programs while in another breath would support the politicians who would do away with these programs and also blame others for hoarding from them. Hypocrisy!

The Fascists Are Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare [commondreams.

Science-guy comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Well if they want to take it away, they should give back all of the monies that have been paid into over they years.

William_Mary replies on Oct 20, 2018:

I highly agree! I've been paying into that system since I was 18. I want my fucking money back! I'll take interest with that. But what about the nearly 3 trillion they've taken from it and never put back!?! And riddle me this Batman. If we are supporting that system with deductions from our pay, how does it have an effect on the deficit? When did it become entangled with other aspects of governing? And why?

Freedom Rider: Jamal Khashoggi and U.S. Hypocrisy [blackagendareport.com]

rogerbenham comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Trump no doubt owes heaps of money to the Saudis.

William_Mary replies on Oct 19, 2018:

I'm fairly certain he has hotels there. The family has a number of businesses throughout the middle east in the elite areas.

Jobs Are No Excuse for Arming a Murderous Regime [commondreams.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Yes, jobs are no excuse and so many Americans think we have to walk softly here or we could mess up a mega buck weapons sale deal. OK, explain to me how armament sales are creating other jobs in your area. Chances are that is not happening. Now I will give you another fact. The stock market is not ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 19, 2018:

We actually had a Lockheed Martin in our area shut down. The stock market does manipulate the economy though. What it does or doesn't do is a tool against us.

What is your take on the Democratic Socialist movement as a legitimate liberal alternative to the ...

William_Mary comments on Oct 14, 2018:

It depends on what and who you're referring to as democratic socialist. If you look at the recent DSA (Democratic Socialist of America) movement, you're going to find people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who quickly fell inline with the establishment talking points and supporting establishment ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@Seeker3CO the Green Party has almost the same exact platform Bernie Sanders had. Off hand, the only difference is that the Green Party advocates for a major turn towards job creation via green alternatives. Moving the country to wind and solar energy would highly rescue the country from the real employment crisis they don't tell you about when they spew out the false 3.9 unemployment rate. Along with infrastructure rebuilding also. Another newish agenda would probably entail rebuilding the corrupt EPA which Trump has taken to its worse levels. And it wasn't all that great before being its been riddled with corruption for decades. I would argue that the Green Party is about as socialist as we can get without the word socialist in its title or spoken agenda. But then today many of these groups and people spewing out the work socialist are fakes with no real concern for the working class.

Why Is the Radical Right Still Winning?

Lucy_Fehr comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Getting big money out of politics is the only hope. Sure there are a few honest ones but they never get high enough up to have any real impact. The dems are no more willing to get rid of that money than the repubs are.

William_Mary replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Lucy_Fehr I didn't advocate for you to do that. There's this other party called the Green Party. They don't take money from corporations, PAC's, or the likes of off shoot groups that funnel money into PAC's. They operate on grass roots support.

Why Is the Radical Right Still Winning?

Lucy_Fehr comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Getting big money out of politics is the only hope. Sure there are a few honest ones but they never get high enough up to have any real impact. The dems are no more willing to get rid of that money than the repubs are.

William_Mary replies on Oct 14, 2018:

There's only one way to take money out of politics. And that's to quit voting in that system. Voting outside of that system leads to a waste of their time and money. How do you get those that continue to support that system to leave it, and support a party that refuses to take that support system?

Why Is the Radical Right Still Winning?

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 14, 2018:

I'm beginning to think that all politicians are basically the same. Just different agendas.... But all morally corrupt ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty the oligarchy will not allow a strong class of people to exists. Politicians are used to control the class statuses. The main stream media is essentially today's Jester to the historical kings messenger.

Goodbye, Columbus [artplusmarketing.com] &unempire

NoMagicCookie comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Thanks. A good read. Ran This for a few teachers today to try to get them to modify their "Columbus Day" activities but had not takers. . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8PQXiJiLOY

William_Mary replies on Oct 13, 2018:

That was cool! Thank you.

"Stunning": State Court Silences Climate Experts Set to Testify in Valve Turners' Necessity Defense ...

rogerbenham comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Quite so. I've received Common Dreams for many years now. My only complaint is that it is so USA centric.

William_Mary replies on Oct 13, 2018:

I've been following CD for several years. Yes, a very diverse group of writers and journalist. You have to know your politics well to filter out the bullshit. But I find the comment section to actually be the best group of people and possibly the best part of CD. I don't think you can find another internet news source with such an abundant comment section. I've also learned a lot from the people there over the years also.

Syria war: Why I fight alongside Assad's forces near Idlib [bbc.com]

phxbillcee comments on Oct 12, 2018:

I honestly don't think I support many, if any of the factions operating in Syria, especially not Assad.

William_Mary replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Support the people. They have no guilt on them for the relationships of past history that they have been paying the price for. While I'll agree Assad has a fault from playing the game with the devils of the westernized world, he doesn't deserve the illegal atrocities being committed on him and his people that are being waged on them. When their only fault is that as Iraq and Iran, being placed over large reserves of oil. This game has been played over the course of decades by outside interference in which each of these countries have been befriended, used, abused, then befriended again, leading to demonized as an end game. What makes Saudi Arabia so special? Another country of that region in this very game. When there is considerable evidence they financially supported the 9/11 attacks, are well known to be one of the most horrific human rights abusers, that we would and do crucify other countries on, often on a false narrative we make up, yet as with those countries we once worked with when it was in our interest, Saudi Arabia is getting a pass. As in Trump's own admittance just the other day, we should give them a pass for supporting the murder of nearly 3000 people in our country because they spend a few hundred billion buying our weapons. You now have a price on what your life is worth. You've just became a measure of worth to the westernized global agenda, and can be sacrificed at anytime for it with no fault to anyone for allowing this relationship to continue. For what Assad is worth, we should be thanking him for playing a part in showing the world what our westernized governments and the main stream media are, then handle the past history accordingly where necessary. But we can't get to that point when we are being managed to think a world leader somewhere is something they managed to make us think he or she is. We have a much larger problem to solve first to get there.

Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism ...

GreatNani comments on Oct 10, 2018:

As neither China or Soviet Russia were socialist. So this does not make sense.

William_Mary replies on Oct 11, 2018:

I would also argue that today in those terms,we could easily be title, The United Socialist States.

Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 10, 2018:

You're right. . I dont understand most of this... .

William_Mary replies on Oct 11, 2018:

Ill be glad to help you understand anything within the article if you can be more direct. The presenter is basically laying out the false narratives of socialism in the past in reference to Trotskys and Marx's views. In which they referred to as imperialism. He also goes into a couple other countries on how the misuse of socialism was applied. But feel free to direct me towards any parts you might like an opinion on!

Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism ...

GreatNani comments on Oct 10, 2018:

As neither China or Soviet Russia were socialist. So this does not make sense.

William_Mary replies on Oct 11, 2018:

The writer is making that very point. This is one of my main arguments of the managed perception in the US of those so against socialism. As they are trained to turn their attention to mainly those 2 countries as a reference. The writer gives a good example of how he sees Russia and China both used their false version of socialism to benefit imperial building. Not for the good of the workers and nation as a whole. The Russian revolution of 1917 never really had time to advance. It was quickly over taken with the help of outside influence. So you're right, Russia was never really a socialist country as it was so titled. Or China being both countries falsely use title towards imperialism.

True Revolution [caitlinjohnstone.

Captain_Feelgood comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Obviously you have some link to evidence the rest of the world wasn't privy to. Please, call the FBI and let them know you have what they were looking for in order to put Bret away. Thanks ?

William_Mary replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@Captain_Feelgood the only thing I'm assuming is that a thorough investigation was warranted for the better of the position and the commons. You keep putting developed thoughts in me that aren't there.

Goodbye, Columbus [artplusmarketing.com] &unempire

ashley44 comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Why is Columbus Day a Federal Holiday in the U.S.? First of all, Columbus did not discover America. The first people to come here were the indigenous people from Asia (Native Americans, American Indians, or whatever you want to call them). Second, it has been proven that the Vikings came to North...

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

That is the golden question. The US also had a population of Latino's that spanned from Mexico well into the western states up into the Colorado area, long before any European's came.There is also evidence that the Aztec civilization spanned into as far north as Colorado also. Ancient maps indicate this from documentaries attempting to track their movements as they suspiciously left their homelands from the south. Names on the maps to mark places most likely only used by the Aztec civilization. I can only offer the opinion of it being to glorify our existence here. Much of our history is of a false narrative that goes hand in hand with the managed perception of what we are told today on what is happening around the globe. Much is not what it seems!

Five Reasons Why the GOP Rushed to Confirm Kavanaugh [consortiumnews.

rogerbenham comments on Oct 7, 2018:

I've been a Green for over 20 years and wonder why it has so little effect in the USA. What ever is the attraction of the Democrats who are lead by such conservative people. Whilst the Republicans could care a fig about 95% of the electorate.

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@rogerbenham Sanders was offered the Green Party ticket by Jill Stein. Not only did he refuse, word is he never even contacted Stein to discuss it. Warren held out on supporting anyone almost right up to the primary convention. One would think Warren would have supported Sanders especially having been burned by Clinton in the past over the bankruptcy bill. And how loud she howls against the machine. The Clinton's definitely owned the DNC leading up to the 2016 election cycle. She managed to take full control of all operations, including donations. She created a Hillary Victory Fund that is thought to have laundered 84 million from state donations directly to her campaign. Law suits are pending but we're getting little information about them. Actually no information has been put out now for months. Some of these transaction were done on the same day even before state officials had even known they came in. https://www.redstate.com/slee/2018/08/28/hillary-clintons-campaign-implicated-84-million-campaign-finance-scandal/

True Revolution [caitlinjohnstone.

brentan comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Tolle offers a calm place in a storm. I enjoy his teachings. The question is how to get the balance right in a world demanding you fit in so as get your basic human needs. It's an even tougher question when you have a family. The Christian proposal to solve that problem was to 'seek God's Kingdom ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Beowulfsfriend I hear you loud and clear! The thing about this internet is that we can rebel right here without a physical confrontation. The question really is how to get the 26% of democratic voters, the 46% of independent voters, who for the most part agree to a platform of a party and unite. I would argue that party is the Green Party. Which has strength in many places outside the US. I would also argue it can be done by simply referring back to the 2016 primary and consider how Bernie Sanders was taken to the top on grass roots support and only grass roots donations. The same can be applied to the Green Party. I also believe if the people in this country would stand up it would draw in the many millionaires and billionaires who disagree with the current capital system that create a huge inequality gap in our society. Drawing in more intellect and understanding power source. The real challenge is to draw everyone stuck in the managed perception that a 3rd party can't win illusion the establishment politicians and media have them trapped in.

True Revolution [caitlinjohnstone.

Captain_Feelgood comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Obviously you have some link to evidence the rest of the world wasn't privy to. Please, call the FBI and let them know you have what they were looking for in order to put Bret away. Thanks ?

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Captain_Feelgood that would be the senators, especially those supporting Kavanaugh. And a host of other people of all ranks within politics and society.

Five Reasons Why the GOP Rushed to Confirm Kavanaugh [consortiumnews.

rogerbenham comments on Oct 7, 2018:

I've been a Green for over 20 years and wonder why it has so little effect in the USA. What ever is the attraction of the Democrats who are lead by such conservative people. Whilst the Republicans could care a fig about 95% of the electorate.

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@rogerbenham he ask us supporters of his to support the very entities he was to be fighting against, for one. As the primary cycle came to a close, it was discovered he made a back room deal with the Clinton campaign to go light on her. Then it was also disclosed via leaked emails given to Wiki Leaks that the entire DNC worked with the media to limit debates, work against Sanders, also limit his exposure, leak debate questions to Clinton, have the media propel Trump to the front of the republican party. This eventually lead to DW Shultz to resign bringing in Donna Brazil. Who communicated these things to Sanders before the primary election, who said nothing publicly and went on as nothing had happened. He has the balls to then ask us to support a rigged election against his own movement!?! When we Sanders supporters filed a law suit against the DNC, their lawyers argued in court they were not bound to hold a fair and unbiased primary cycle. And fucking won. And all money we donated to Sanders went to the DNC and Clinton in the end. If that wasn't bad enough, Sanders then climbed of the Russian false narrative of them hacking the DNC. While more tangible evidence indicates the DNC information that came out was a leak from inside the DNC, not a hack. The information from the DNC was received to fast to be a hack from an outside source. It was downloaded onto a device like a thumb drive from a DNC data base. If Sanders chooses to run again, he has lost a vast majority of his real supporters. He became part of the corruption in many of our eyes with his silence of everything that went down during the primary cycle. The above isn't even going into all the shenanigans that went on during the election nights during the primary from day one in Iowa! Voter purging, Sander delegates being locked out of back room talks during caucuses, chaos at caucuses, running out of applications at caucuses then providing voters with false information turning them away. He never stood and voiced his concerns at any point during the entire primary cycle for his supporters. Then joined the machine at the end.

Five Reasons Why the GOP Rushed to Confirm Kavanaugh [consortiumnews.

rogerbenham comments on Oct 7, 2018:

I've been a Green for over 20 years and wonder why it has so little effect in the USA. What ever is the attraction of the Democrats who are lead by such conservative people. Whilst the Republicans could care a fig about 95% of the electorate.

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@rogerbenham yea, I no longer trust either one of them today. Or will I in the future. Sanders sold us out badly!

Teamsters union defies “no” vote, declares UPS contract ratified [wsws.

phxbillcee comments on Oct 8, 2018:

The Teamsters have been corrupt for decades.

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

Yes, but just like in our political realm, they are now publicly willing to show it and take it to extremes with no fear of retribution. We are basically being told by both entities that we will submit at all cost or pay the consequences of suppression.

True Revolution [caitlinjohnstone.

brentan comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Tolle offers a calm place in a storm. I enjoy his teachings. The question is how to get the balance right in a world demanding you fit in so as get your basic human needs. It's an even tougher question when you have a family. The Christian proposal to solve that problem was to 'seek God's Kingdom ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

I agree. Any real attempt to change the power structure in our country will lead to a vast collision of ideology. The establishment politicians and the oligarchs they serve will surely fight for the survival of their controlling system.

True Revolution [caitlinjohnstone.

Captain_Feelgood comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Obviously you have some link to evidence the rest of the world wasn't privy to. Please, call the FBI and let them know you have what they were looking for in order to put Bret away. Thanks ?

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

Who said anything about putting him away? The statutory limits to prosecute have well passed. Why be so seemingly stupid about this? Evidence is what we're seeking. And there we're more people willing to give interviews to the FBI outside the controlled management scope. Hey, if you just want to support the guy blissfully, feel free to just put that out there. I'd rather have a bad honest opinion than someone trying to force the narrative rhetoric on me.

Five Reasons Why the GOP Rushed to Confirm Kavanaugh [consortiumnews.

rogerbenham comments on Oct 7, 2018:

I've been a Green for over 20 years and wonder why it has so little effect in the USA. What ever is the attraction of the Democrats who are lead by such conservative people. Whilst the Republicans could care a fig about 95% of the electorate.

William_Mary replies on Oct 8, 2018:

We have a systematic agenda here by our politicians and media to deny any 3rd party coverage. And with what little coverage they do get, it's relatively short with an agenda to humiliate and degrade a candidate. Using false narratives or distorted facts the media and establishment politicians purposely spread to reduce any potential interest in a 3rd party. These especially apply to the Green Party. Here's the big catch though. Everyone in the US understands that the 2 establishment parties have created an electoral system that only serves those 2 parties. So the next and last part in that agenda is to manage a perception that a 3rd party can't win. And the people who support that corrupt system by continuing to participate in it vastly fall in line with that false narrative. Often also using that as a reason they will not switch from their corrupt party. On the other side, my side, I give you Bernie Sanders, as an example that theory is indeed false. As a 2016 candidate he took no money from corporations, pacs, etc. His campaign was solely supported by the commons. I witness republicans and independents switch party affiliation to vote for this guy. I will argue the same support for the Green Party can and would change the political corruption in our country. A party with a platform that almost mirrors, closely resembles or comes relatively close to what 26% of our democratic registered voters and 46% of independents voters claim to support. Yet they are stuck in that illusion to bravely take our country a different direction.

Dems in ‘Toss-up’ Races Turn to Wall Street for Campaign Funds [readsludge.com]

Happyonearth comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Yes, democrats are desperately seeking money. i cant sanction it, but I do understand it. the tepublicans have a lot because they are receiving money from the corporations that received billions, so for those corporate entities, its a good tax break. if the election system was reformed, the ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 7, 2018:

Beholden to the elite or beholden to my constituents? Will never be a good thing when they choose the elite.

You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad?

Rob1948 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Considering Sanders is not really a Democrat...

William_Mary replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@Rob1948 your attention span is quite disturbing. It's beginning to lead me towards understanding your lack of ability to relate other aspects of politics, in this case, a politician, to more than just the the subject at hand. Being political issues are so diverse. Which is why you refuse to see the right leaning tendencies of Sanders to be a measure to evaluate. jorj brought into the discussion of right leading when he claimed "Bernie doesn't stand for right wing policy." That is merely an opening for me to announce that Sanders does display right wing tendencies. Whether you want to agree with that is your choice, whether be it to reflect on as a possible conclusion, or debate its semantics. As far as the thread goes, you might want to scroll up and take a look at the original posters name and then compare it to mine. You might find they are the same. I had no problem with your reply that lacks any real substance to the threads intended inquiry towards the DNC actions. Being I find your reply to be simple democratic partisan rhetoric that was used during the primary to degrade Sanders run in 2016. Yet you want to attempt to belittle me for simply adding another opinion as I follow through on the path the discussion was leaning us towards. Parameters!?! For one to set parameters within such a diverse topic as politics as you would seem to want placed, open discussion and opinions are therefore voided in many cases. In which my intended goal for this group would be useless and could be seen as a mere attempt to a type of dictatorship. Yes, not only did I start this thread, I am also the group owner. I am also the original thread starter of probably over 99% of the post here. If I was to set any standards of parameters here, my goal to share independent news sources to draw people out of the illusion of the main stream medias biased fake news would be contradictory. I would then be guilty of attempting to provide the same manage perception leading to a controlled attention span you now have me thinking you may be trapped in. I have no intentions to control what people here can say while sharing their opinions, or while redeveloping their opinions, which is my main cause here. As I attempt to draw people away from the empire building the westernized coalition is conducting and using us for.

President Trump Exposes Truth of US Relationship with Saudi Arabia – Kevork Almassian Analysis ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Is it just brass nuts or is it rocks in the head? Is there anything Trump can do or say right?

William_Mary replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@DenoPenno Bannon has taken his part to Europe. Make no mistake about it, Bannon is still a major player in this movement to the right. I'm quite serious when I try to relate what's going on here in the US to what's is going on across the Atlantic.

Scientists Sound Alarm Over Mysterious Gov’t Plan to Spread Viruses Using Bugs ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 6, 2018:

I do not take your words lightly and this is all within current possibility. My question involves how would crop destruction topple a regime without firing a single shot? We have to go on from that point into who will feed these people and how will they feed them. I don't see the situation as a ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 6, 2018:

It's an old strategy from centuries ago Deno. Surround the occupiers and starve them out, into surrender or until they are forced to fight. This makes it quite easy. Releasing the bugs on farmlands with the actions of sanctions in the beginning. Look at Venezuela for an example. We, the westernized coalition, and main stream media, have falsely created a narrative that the democratic elected government there are the sole reason that country is in hardship, and that the people there want a change. When the truth is that a vast majority of the people there support their government. And it's hardships are the effects of actions taken by the westernized coalition have been the leading cause of their problems. From getting the Saudis to flood the market with oil, monetarily supporting their aristocrat opposition to the government, purposely creating rioting for the media to falsely create a narrative of public discord, add a coalition of sanctions, which leads to the corporate sector that the aristocrats still control to manipulate the production of products within the country also leading to currency manipulation. I have posted Abby Martins video on this a number of times here that details about every aspect I just mentioned. The people of Venezuela are purposely being staved in many aspects of an economic valued system. Despite that the government is still able to provide for its people against these odds. All that would be left to do is to cripple their farming! And the westernized coalition would have little empathy towards the people there by having the opposition fulfill that action by spreading this virus to get back control of their country. The world wants their oil! It doesn't give a rats ass if the people are fed!

President Trump Exposes Truth of US Relationship with Saudi Arabia – Kevork Almassian Analysis ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Is it just brass nuts or is it rocks in the head? Is there anything Trump can do or say right?

William_Mary replies on Oct 6, 2018:

Depends on who you ask Deno. Say what you will about the guy, but he and his team have put together a brilliant strategy towards their agenda. And when I say their, I'm talking about the entire political DC entity. And they are using the truth in many ways to deceive a nation. I have spelled that out a few times here. But identity party supporters miss what I'm preaching while his fall deeper into the trap.

THE DEVIL WE KNOW [thedevilweknow.com]

rogerbenham comments on Oct 5, 2018:

It will be a long time before it works its way up into the sticks where I live. The intro didn't say much about what it was about. So I did a search and it appears to be yet another Erin Brocovitch expose of just how uncaring and ruthless big corporations can be. To the ruination of lives, the ...

William_Mary replies on Oct 6, 2018:

I can only suggest going to the facebook page to keep up. You might find this to be of interest. https://thedevilweknow.com/get-the-facts/ There's a couple articles at the bottom and a link for your email address for tips and getting updates.

You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad?

Rob1948 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Considering Sanders is not really a Democrat...

William_Mary replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@Rob1948 that's exactly what I'm talking about. Maybe you just want to avoid talking about it?

You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad?

Rob1948 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Considering Sanders is not really a Democrat...

William_Mary replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@Rob1948 which way is the country moving? He's helping that movement with compliance to the establishment. Who does the establishment serve? In what direction do the oligarchs seem to be taking us? Whether it's Trump or the republican party before Trump came along, we have been moving to the right. Under people like Ryan, towards nationalism with the signs of fascism. I give you Steve Bannon. Who has taken his movement to Europe which has also been moving this direction. This isn't just a coincidence, it's by design. Take the labels out and you might get a completely different view! https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2017/12/16/dems-and-gop-work-together-like-a-boxers-1-2-punch-to-knock-you-out/

You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad?

Rob1948 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Considering Sanders is not really a Democrat...

William_Mary replies on Oct 4, 2018:

@Rob1948, @jorj I think you just made my case. Why can't you see that? Please see above. His voting record overrides his rhetoric! His actions override his rhetoric. He spent decades providing us a false imagine of what he stood for. When it mattered most, he supported the establishment who serve the oligarchy. Still working with them. Case closed. Duck! His lame excuses of voting for bad bills, "because it has some good things in it" went to the pond with him. Now he can drown with them.

You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad?

Rob1948 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Considering Sanders is not really a Democrat...

William_Mary replies on Oct 4, 2018:

@Rob1948 He supported right wing war agendas for 8 years and Israel during the Bush administration. If it quacks like a duck, it's a god dam duck. He can say all he wants, it's his actions that tell the truth. If Trump tells you he doesn't lie, do you believe him?

You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad?

Rob1948 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Considering Sanders is not really a Democrat...

William_Mary replies on Oct 3, 2018:

Can you tell me just what Sander is? Look at his voting record for war, Israel, drone attacks, etc. I can't tell. Support for Clinton after complaining she's part of wall street and our problem. Then supporting the false Russian narrative for her. Establishment is establishment. That's all I see in Sanders now. A con artist.

The Kavanaugh Case: Sex, Lies, Privilege (and Plenty of Beer) [consortiumnews.

rogerbenham comments on Oct 3, 2018:

And I understand he was never a lawyer in court but merely a clerk who was promoted directly to being a judge. How he is qualified to be on the supreme court is a mystery other than his extreme right wing views will prevent any sane judgments for decades.

William_Mary replies on Oct 3, 2018:

Totally prepped for this position. The question is how did he managed to get in this position. There's absolutely nothing in his back ground to make him special. But he's getting a major stamp of special from all the support he's getting. That's quite scary.

Unhinged?

MizJ comments on Sep 30, 2018:

What I find especially disturbing is the message this is sending to children in our society. Are girls to believe that they should just accept this? Do boys believe that they can get away with it?

William_Mary replies on Sep 30, 2018:

That seems to be the message we are sending out. And certain aspects of religion are siding with this ancient ideology that are helping to support these very people. It's down right frightening!

With Nation Transfixed By Kavanaugh Monstrosity, House GOP Votes to Give Rich Another $3 Trillion in...

Bakunin comments on Sep 29, 2018:

You will only see a difference if you're extremely rich. Plutocracy.

William_Mary replies on Sep 30, 2018:

Yes, even if the calculations are right, it's a months payment on my Indian, where theirs buys the whole bike.

America’s industrial slaughterhouse [wsws.org]

OldGoat43 comments on Sep 25, 2018:

Are these statistics any improvement over the past hundred years?

William_Mary replies on Sep 25, 2018:

The article didn't go back that far. Percentages are going up since 2015. We're going backwards towards a hundred years ago.

Trump’s “Opposition” Supports All His Evil Agendas While Attacking Fake Nonsense ...

powder comments on Sep 21, 2018:

What justifies this spending? Russia. Be very skeptical what you are fed about Russia as this paranoia is needed to justify big military spending. An enemy is needed, real or imagined. WTF would Russia invade Europe? It's not to spread communism, the USSR is dead.

William_Mary replies on Sep 25, 2018:

@Paul4747 your a fool if you don't recognize the way oligarchs play a role in Russia as they do here. In this part of a 12 part series Paul and Prof Buzgalin discuss that very issue. https://therealnews.com/stories/is-putins-rule-a-dictatorship-rai-with-a-buzgalin-8-12 And thank you for the compliment. I love when someone calls me a conspiracy theorist in that manor. I guess you haven't learned yet how the CIA promoted that action through use of the main stream media.

The Kavanaugh hearing: Sexual allegations fuel the Democratic Party’s right-wing politics ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

I disagree. You have too many things in the fire here right now for Dems to worry with. The idea would be to delay until after the election with hopes that you gain some control again so as to prevent a man form getting into a lifetime Supreme Court position. Kavanaugh says Roe v. Wade is "settled ...

William_Mary replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@DenoPenno they don't have to claim. They have a platform to intelligently raise the concerns with proper questioning. They are driving voters away via dereliction of duty. A number of articles have been written of supporters leaving the party and polls to provide it's happening. There has been a substantial gain in independent and progressive candidates running for office across the nation this primary cycle to indicate this is a fact. The democrats have no one to blame but themselves for this movement. One of my many of main gripes here have been those progressives trying to do so within the same corrupt party. Because they aren't going to be allowed to interrupt that parties agenda which is serving the oligarchs.

The Kavanaugh hearing: Sexual allegations fuel the Democratic Party’s right-wing politics ...

Renickulous comments on Sep 23, 2018:

hillary tried this on trump but instead of rape it was collusion

William_Mary replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@DenoPenno without the false claim of Russian interference in our elections, there's no investigation! I will not waste my time going through this with you again. We've been here on at least 2 occasions now. I have provided you with reasonable evidence and articles that debunk this accusation while after 2 years of witch hunting has provided absolutely no proof of Russian interference or collaboration that any other politician can't have put on themselves. The whole god dam political system is surrounded by crooks. And all you want to do is concentrate on the one's they've managed for you to concentrate on. While you miss all the other actions that happened during that election cycle. Actions that Clinton and Obama were involved in along with the entire DNC.

The CIA Democrats: A balance sheet of the primaries [wsws.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

So the answer is?

William_Mary replies on Sep 23, 2018:

The same as always here Deno. I named this group, "Out Of The Illusion" for a reason. One, for those with the same ideology as myself to learn and read actual truth seeking news sources. Two, for those I can draw in that are trapped in that illusion due to the main stream medias compliance to the 2 party establishments managed perception over them to begin learning that the world is not what those entities having them believing. That we are an Empire building nation out of control moving towards a fascist nature. You can also add Europe to that! Three, with the agenda to finally ban together and support a party that supports the people, peace, and planet. Which I highly promote the Green Party as being the only party with the roots and platform to do so. Step out of the illusion. Unempire.

The Kavanaugh hearing: Sexual allegations fuel the Democratic Party’s right-wing politics ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 23, 2018:

I disagree. You have too many things in the fire here right now for Dems to worry with. The idea would be to delay until after the election with hopes that you gain some control again so as to prevent a man form getting into a lifetime Supreme Court position. Kavanaugh says Roe v. Wade is "settled ...

William_Mary replies on Sep 23, 2018:

Then why aren't the democrats pursuing the real issues of his past? While spending a majority of their time only on a selected few managed issues in which they are actually avoiding any real attempt to even raise a substantial forum on those issues. Out with this claim of sexual abuse there has also been brought to light other issues about his behavior in school and groups he has been a part of. Painting a strong leaning towards a hard right almost fascist nature. Why isn't any of that being brought up?

The Kavanaugh hearing: Sexual allegations fuel the Democratic Party’s right-wing politics ...

Renickulous comments on Sep 23, 2018:

hillary tried this on trump but instead of rape it was collusion

William_Mary replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@DenoPenno no, but they should be.

Trump’s “Opposition” Supports All His Evil Agendas While Attacking Fake Nonsense ...

OldGoat43 comments on Sep 21, 2018:

Are there any concrete plans to elect Bernie to the throne?

William_Mary replies on Sep 22, 2018:

I have read he's might be planning a run. Concrete? hmmmmmm I highly doubt Sanders can pull together a run anywhere near what we gave him in 2016. Unless he is the democrats primary choice. And that's not going to happen.

Trump’s “Opposition” Supports All His Evil Agendas While Attacking Fake Nonsense ...

powder comments on Sep 21, 2018:

What justifies this spending? Russia. Be very skeptical what you are fed about Russia as this paranoia is needed to justify big military spending. An enemy is needed, real or imagined. WTF would Russia invade Europe? It's not to spread communism, the USSR is dead.

William_Mary replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@Paul4747, @powder While military spending is an aspect in the article, it also covers a few other topics. Which all lead back to the seemingly compliance of the democratic party to Trumps agenda. In which all these topics could provide legitimate arguments to denounce this administrations agenda and actions she mentioned. Along with the medias involvement, I should say, lack of involvement. For example,while the left leaning media is constantly waging a war on Trump for them, they have spent relatively no time on the Yemen issue. It's basically been forced on them recently to even get any air time on it.

Trump’s “Opposition” Supports All His Evil Agendas While Attacking Fake Nonsense ...

powder comments on Sep 21, 2018:

What justifies this spending? Russia. Be very skeptical what you are fed about Russia as this paranoia is needed to justify big military spending. An enemy is needed, real or imagined. WTF would Russia invade Europe? It's not to spread communism, the USSR is dead.

William_Mary replies on Sep 22, 2018:

@Paul4747 Putin has the same problem we have, an oligarchy with tons of power. He serves his masters just as Trump is serving ours. The only real question being these 2 are as wealthy as they are and how they got there, is whether they are in the same club with the oligarchs.

Thought for the day

Dangrenade comments on Sep 22, 2018:

Run by Oligarchs

William_Mary replies on Sep 22, 2018:

Took the words right off my finger tips. Good thing I scrolled down first.

Trump’s “Opposition” Supports All His Evil Agendas While Attacking Fake Nonsense ...

powder comments on Sep 21, 2018:

What justifies this spending? Russia. Be very skeptical what you are fed about Russia as this paranoia is needed to justify big military spending. An enemy is needed, real or imagined. WTF would Russia invade Europe? It's not to spread communism, the USSR is dead.

William_Mary replies on Sep 21, 2018:

Russia? While I'll agree with some of your enlightenment, nothing in these articles are about Russia. If you would be so inclined to open your mind for us to relate what you found in either of these 2 articles to pertain to Russia, we'd welcome that. I for one can't read minds through this screen. Or read minds at all, at that.

Monday, September 17, 2018 The Company He Keeps: Kavanaugh Bro Mark Judge Is A Scummy Piece of Work...

Renickulous comments on Sep 20, 2018:

Getting smeared by your opponent is normal, quiting office because of an unsubstantiated claim seems unfair.

William_Mary replies on Sep 20, 2018:

It's not so unsubstantiated according to news coming out today. Did you bother to read the article and or follow any of the links within. People are beginning to talk, which usually happens when someone brave enough steps out and leads the way. Dominoes.

OPINION: CAMPAIGN FINANCE ‘REFORMERS’ IGNORE LARGEST CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCANDAL EVER ...

EdEarl comments on Sep 20, 2018:

Yep, many in politics take legal bribes from the super rich. It's why the country is using global warming to wipe out most of humanity, and they expect to come out on top and rule like a tzar. We need an amendment to remove big money from politics.

William_Mary replies on Sep 20, 2018:

Removing the politicians with those who refuse to take big money is the only way to remove the big money. Those 2 entities will never allow you to just remove the money.

“Obama handed Trump a ‘loaded gun’” [usatoday.com]

Science-guy comments on Sep 16, 2018:

There is truth in the article. I tend to vote for the lesser of the political evils. It’s the new reality.

William_Mary replies on Sep 16, 2018:

There is no lesser of evil. Both parties serve the same people with an evil agenda. They are supported by the same billionaire class who dictate the US policies and global agenda. Whether democrat or republican from Reagan to Trump, the global agenda has been the same foreign policy. The country has been moving right from Reagan to Trump with no resistance. And policies from the democrat presidents have only helped that cause.

A Tale of Two 9/11s and the Lessons America Chooses Never to Learn [mintpressnews.com]

Lucignolo comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Thanks for sharing man

William_Mary replies on Sep 13, 2018:

Thanks for your interest!

Plutocracy Now! [consortiumnews.

Novelty comments on Sep 7, 2018:

The real point is most of the country DOES get it. The electoral college keeps giving the republicans the presidency even when they don't win the election. What do you expect when in a country where CEOs are the new nobility?

William_Mary replies on Sep 8, 2018:

You say that like it's just a republican thing? If that is the case, then you don't get it. The democrats are just as compliant to the scheme also. There is another choice. Change the people in the system.

Published on Tuesday, September 04, 2018 byCommon Dreams 'Walk Out!': Progressives Disgusted as ...

Christiep77 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

What do you think they are going to do?

William_Mary replies on Sep 4, 2018:

They?

Published on Tuesday, September 04, 2018 byCommon Dreams 'Walk Out!': Progressives Disgusted as ...

Bakunin comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Fuckin' weak.

William_Mary replies on Sep 4, 2018:

I wish it was a matter of being weak! I however do not think that is the case. History has been showing us a constant move to the right since the Reagan era. It's only been picking up more and more steam with the end to each collaborating democratic power loss. They do nothing and the voters go to the right for change. It goes further right then they vote democrats back in. Then back to the republicans for another jump. In 2016 many voters made it quite clear throughout both parties, and with the help of independents, that they want change. For the most part it is democratic voters and independent libertarians switching party votes for change. It's delusional! And insanity! It never works! Never going to work! Corporate democrats control the party and they aren't going to let their owners down. And as long as the country keeps moving right and the democrats stay in line, the republicans could careless about how they rig their side of the system. They all keep winning!The only job the democrats have right now and care about right now is keeping progressives from taking over the party. If I haven't said it a hundred times I've said it a thousand times. You can't change that large of a party when it in all aspects is corrupt. Nationally, state, and local. Corruption in both parties is almost a weekly news story within all 3 divisions. And the new progressive movement within the democratic party will turn out just like the tea party movement. It will be bought out by a group of billionaires making the party more corrupt.

The Hate Report: The story behind Trump’s South Africa tweet [revealnews.org]

OldGoat43 comments on Sep 2, 2018:

If we don't turn over the control of congress to people with some sense soon, this country could roll right into a dictatorship with an uncontrollable racist government more dangerous than has been seen since 1938 in Germany.

William_Mary replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@OldGoat43 I hope you're right. But if the reactions, ummm, none reactions of the 2016 election cycle are an indication to your thought, it isn't showing me that. Those of us that spoke against both those candidates, Trump and Clinton, throughout the primaries was like us speaking to a brick wall. The circus of 21 republican candidates was our first warning that that primary was rigged. As the media constantly gave free air time to Trump we spoke out loudly about a fix being in. And the actions of the democratic party and the DNC later acknowledging they used the media to propel him to the front proved our concerns. That play book was planed well before the primaries even began. You can't convince me the national party of the republicans is so out of whack that they would allow 21 candidates to openly create a circus like that without an agenda at hand. We also warned that the republican show of discontent for Trump was a charade. He was the perfect opportunity to advance exactly what is going on today. Sanders was merely an opponent they thought Clinton could easily beat with the socialist tag on him. Assuring a win over the blunder she went through with Obama. Little did they realize there were hoards of progressives waiting in the back ground for their chance to make a difference. Or republicans lost in a party they no longer relate to. So they had to rig that part of the primaries also. They didn't care who won actually in the end. As long as it wasn't Sanders who would put a speed bump on the agenda. Clinton's policies would have moved the country to the right again also. Maybe not so hard, but still the same, as did Obama. More so under Clinton though. Follow the money of the most wealthy. That money made an interesting presidential campaign. All for show with virtually the same results for those wealthy no matter who came out on top. And the show which is an illusion, today keeps the 2 party sheep divided and fighting.

The Hate Report: The story behind Trump’s South Africa tweet [revealnews.org]

OldGoat43 comments on Sep 2, 2018:

If we don't turn over the control of congress to people with some sense soon, this country could roll right into a dictatorship with an uncontrollable racist government more dangerous than has been seen since 1938 in Germany.

William_Mary replies on Sep 2, 2018:

I would argue we're already there. There are no longer any real sense of checks and balance within our government system. We have a country that is essentially moving to the right unopposed due to a compliant democratic party with the help of the forth estate. With the introduction of the next extreme right leaning supreme court justice they will become virtually unstoppable to start turning back laws to protect us. With slightly over half the country still divided in party biased division mindlessly and blissfully stuck in another sense of complacency. Which is holding back the independents and more progressive population from achieving their sense of checks and balance. We as a nation are virtually in the same realm of that in which our climate is in. A point to except what will come due to no change suffering the consequences. We are simply mere years away from being like another 3rd world country where a people are gunned down and slaughtered for protesting for rights and equality.

The Hate Report: The story behind Trump’s South Africa tweet [revealnews.org]

rcandlish comments on Sep 2, 2018:

We can only hope that the Secretary of State's report accurately reports the facts and sets the record straight.

William_Mary replies on Sep 2, 2018:

I personally wouldn't trust that report being they share the same agenda.

Colombia: Chiquita Brands Charged With Financing, Supporting Paramilitaries [telesurtv.net]

Bakunin comments on Sep 2, 2018:

So, boycott bananas. They represent fascism now.

William_Mary replies on Sep 2, 2018:

Chiquita has a very long history of horrific actions in the Latin Countries. Unfortunately they keep managing to be a multi billion company. :-(

VA’s mental health care crisis draws private firms pitching dubious PTSD treatments ...

xazlen comments on Sep 2, 2018:

No money to be made treating PTSD with pot so of course our media which is fundamentally an advertising media doesn't mention it

William_Mary replies on Sep 2, 2018:

Right. I actually found this article on one of my more reliable sites, Truthout. I'm going through a feel out process on the site it came from. But that was also my first thought. If you're going to do a story like this why not cover all potential possibilities. I'm wondering if they had any access to those within the article at all to even accomplish bringing that aspect up.

Cuba's 'Sonic Attacks' vs Edinburgh University: The 40% Mystery [telesurtv.net]

DenoPenno comments on Sep 2, 2018:

With both U.S. citizens and Cubans on the island, the Trump administration has significantly rolled back the Obama-initiated diplomatic relations and consular services thaw. That's about what I make of it. Any other ideas?

William_Mary replies on Sep 2, 2018:

You're right on that issue. But the study in the article is debunking the claim of sonic sound waves having been used as a weapon against American diplomats in Cuba. Or maybe I should say, they are actually debunking the test done. Stating the test done at the University of Pennsylvania were done at a threshold in which anyone doing the test would have been found as impaired. They used a threshold measure outside the normal range experts would normally use. So it basically gives me the thought that the test were done with an agenda to create a false report that our government wanted towards an effort to use against the Cuban government. I personally wouldn't put it past the CIA to have been the one's to use the sonic sound waves to create a false flag attack to blame on the Cuban government.

JOIN THE GREEN UPRISING FOR PEOPLE, PLANET & PEACE OVER PROFIT! [greenuprising.org]

OldGoat43 comments on Sep 1, 2018:

It would be nice...

William_Mary replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@rcandlish what other options do we have? Stay with the status quo? Vote for the proverbial left tea party in the Libertarian party as they falsely attempt to portray themselves? Which is basically another strong arm of the republican party when it comes down to their essential policies. We're fighting for the lives of our children and grand children here. Those that come after them. For it will be a matter of time to wash away over 4 decades of what brought us to this point in time. I think we have room and time for a few candidates that may struggle to answer the call to serve while more prominent candidates over time fill in the cracks. Their advisers will lessen the blows, where today we are at a free fall towards austerity and fascism of nationalism that is only necessary to keep the present agenda of killing the middle class in support of inequality. I personally can live with that trade off for a while. Once the pillars of main street business, millionaires who have voiced concern towards inequality, and they are out there, and companies that are geared towards employee profit sharing, see a strong movement taking forth they will introduce their savvy to the party, filling in those cracks. We only need to give them a reason to come out of the shadows.

UK: Syrian Terrorists Can’t Possibly Be Planning Chemical Weapons False Flag, Because Russia Said ...

Heraclitus comments on Aug 31, 2018:

Ouch. Such logic. The Russians don't lie all the time.

William_Mary replies on Sep 1, 2018:

@Heraclitus right. I should have went back and looked before commenting. I should no better than to jump to conclusions. My mind must have been in defense mode of some sort.

UK: Syrian Terrorists Can’t Possibly Be Planning Chemical Weapons False Flag, Because Russia Said ...

Heraclitus comments on Aug 31, 2018:

Ouch. Such logic. The Russians don't lie all the time.

William_Mary replies on Aug 31, 2018:

@Heraclitus I'm fairly certain that's Caitlin satire. Meaning that will be an excuse the western governments will likely use having they, the Russians, put out the warning.

UK: Syrian Terrorists Can’t Possibly Be Planning Chemical Weapons False Flag, Because Russia Said ...

Heraclitus comments on Aug 31, 2018:

Ouch. Such logic. The Russians don't lie all the time.

William_Mary replies on Aug 31, 2018:

I don't know where you're going with that? Or how you got that from the article.

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders praise McCain: An object lesson in the politics of the pseudo-left ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I'm sorry, OP. I'm not reading this. You post that Ocasio and Sanders ( "along with the corporate media and Republican Party establishment are seeking to use McCain's death as an opportunity to shift public opinion in favor of war and political reaction.") For this to be true both parties must ...

William_Mary replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@DenoPenno no, its been going to hell for decades. And it has been so within a collaboration of both parties. The article isn't from either of those sites. Although my agenda is also relative to manage or challenge perceptions of those here, I promise you I will never purposely post anything I know to be false towards an agenda as our establishment politicians and main stream media do. My hope is for sharing comments of how empire building has effected our lives from the members and views I don't always have time to make or don't think of. I believe I have posted quite a lot of articles from people like Robert Parry who were well ahead of the agenda I and many others work I post have spoke of for decades. Its not a fantasy or urban legend. And people have paid highly and been silenced in many ways for trying to get that knowledge out to us. I have followed these peoples work for decades, and in that time the end result was the clown you know in which they have been warning of.

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders praise McCain: An object lesson in the politics of the pseudo-left ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I'm sorry, OP. I'm not reading this. You post that Ocasio and Sanders ( "along with the corporate media and Republican Party establishment are seeking to use McCain's death as an opportunity to shift public opinion in favor of war and political reaction.") For this to be true both parties must ...

William_Mary replies on Aug 28, 2018:

With all due respect Deno, that is exactly why you will not understand. It also may answer why you and I have different opinions on other issues in the past. You refuse to examine other opinions even when evidence is provided to disprove or question what you believe. Which is why our country is where its at today and gave us a president like Trump. If that one paragraph from the article keeps you from expanding potential growth to knowledge, imagine what you may have been missing all these years. That one paragraph is merely the sum of all said within. Both parties have indeed been war bound and supporting war together. I give you Bill Clinton, Obama, and Hillary Clinton as prime examples. It's not just a republican thing. And Sanders support for wars, which you will not learn from from within the article leaves you with that managed perception they want you to have.

‘Too Big to Fail’: Russia-gate One Year After VIPS Showed a Leak, Not a Hack ...

rcandlish comments on Aug 26, 2018:

False statement in the report: "No evidence proving responsibility in the Skripal case has yet been produced." The truth is that the public have not been shown the intelligence, however the American Government and the Governments of the European Union States have been given enough of the ...

William_Mary replies on Aug 27, 2018:

If you're not shown, how does that make it fact? Iraq intelligence from your country and mine told us they had WMD's. Powell put on a good show for us. What did your country do to persuade you? It's also been said any manufacturer with the ingredients, which many do have, could have made that substance/poison. Intelligence given by who? Studies I've read in about 3 articles to this story have determined they don't know where it came from. And the story has gone dead since people started talking about keeping the daughter without any outside contact.

Report Reveals Social Media Giants Holding Secret Meeting to Discuss Upcoming Elections ...

silverotter11 comments on Aug 25, 2018:

We choose, turn the dial, don't buy. I think what bugs me most tho, Alex Jones, trump, many of the talking heads on fox do not offer a discussion so much as a denigrating of those with opposing views. Jones spouts vile stuff without offering any proof of his claims. He is marketing hate and ...

William_Mary replies on Aug 26, 2018:

Which is never addressed today. Forth estate accountability should be a must.

Extracting profit and resources from the African continent, and resistance.

rcandlish comments on Aug 26, 2018:

Capitalism was but a step towards the return to Feudalism. Accept your lot serfs, it is the will of the Zionist G-d!

William_Mary replies on Aug 26, 2018:

@rcandlish we follow plenty of our tax dollars going to Israel :-( And I don't like what it's being used for!

Russia warns US against ‘reckless steps’ in Syria amid reports of false flag plan ...

rcandlish comments on Aug 26, 2018:

Call me naive, but I am unwilling to accept moral guidance from Moscow. To me pre-emptive blame looks very much like guilty red hands. Sadly, Syria will remain the victim of this limited arena war.

William_Mary replies on Aug 26, 2018:

Yea, I'm not so convinced that Russia is there to be the proverbial good guy. I'm leaning more towards moderator with a purpose. Russia is just another aspect of global rule. Just my personal hypothesis. They have their own powerful elite I'm fairly certain that are in bed with the rest. And a long history of skeletons in the closet to be weary of just the same.

Extracting profit and resources from the African continent, and resistance.

rcandlish comments on Aug 26, 2018:

Capitalism was but a step towards the return to Feudalism. Accept your lot serfs, it is the will of the Zionist G-d!

William_Mary replies on Aug 26, 2018:

It does seem we are in a play book designed to benefit the Zionist. And our media is on an agenda to fight any means of dissent.

US Sanctions Against Venezuela Force Abby Martin’s “Empire Files” to Shut Down ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 24, 2018:

I find it particularly disturbing that media has suddenly become "fake" after Trump was elected. His supporters will try to correct me and claim we have always had fake media but what they cannot explain is how Trump and friends know what it is and where to find it. In short, this administration ...

William_Mary replies on Aug 24, 2018:

Part of the problem is the terminology use of fake. While a degree of it is fake when it comes to deceit and lies of purpose, most of the main stream media news is geared towards perception management. The news you hear about Venezuela from our main stream media is totally geared on managed perception. People have been brainwashed to believe the worst about Venezuela without the whole truth to why conditions are what they are there. They would have you believe that socialism there is the root and only cause of its economic downfall, without any interference of outside sources our main stream media doesn't mention. While our CIA has work with the opposition party there and used the oil market to strangle their ability to successfully run their country. Abby Martin who this article is about worked there making a documentary of their situation I strongly suggest you watch to get the full story and truth. I have posted it a number of times here. You can find it on the very first post in my welcome to the group post pinned at the opening of the group. Or I'll be glad to post it for you when I'm home and more able to access it.

TribalUSm: Colonization Unleashed with Ruthless Efficiency in America [ghionjournal.com]

Christiep77 comments on Aug 23, 2018:

So then what’s the answer?

William_Mary replies on Aug 24, 2018:

This is a history of a long line of empires as mentioned. "that there was a colonization playbook that is always used by nations France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom." I would argue he left Russia out. One only needs to look at their leaders and what they are doing around the world. It is a collateral effort by all of them. I would also argue it is a multi country effort by the worlds most wealthiest starting in the early 1900's. And my answer to combat it would be changing of the guard via the green party. Untouched politically by big money with a platform of peace planet people. Putting our government back into the hands of people for the people. I have stated many of times that once a particular group of people sense the seriousness of this movement that they will join. And those people are small business main street owners who will fill in the cracks who continually get screwed along with the commons. They aren't going to put their heads out there until the rest of us quit allowing ourselves to be trapped in a delusional managed perception being waged on us in this divide scheme we are stuck in.

Teamsters local meeting erupts in anger as union official calls UPS workers’ poverty wages ...

GreatNani comments on Aug 21, 2018:

I come from a union family. I do not get the vitriol against unions. If you have a 40 hour work week thank a labor union!

William_Mary replies on Aug 21, 2018:

Unions across the nation are beginning to work against their own members in collaboration with companies. Here we have a low tier employee base of workers, under hours under paid. Essentially creating another Wal Mart employee base. Within a multi billion dollar company!?! They couldn't manage personal without over hiring providing full time jobs with good pay? I will argue it's the start of the same agenda we had here in Warren Ohio at the Ford plant. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/03/lord-m03.html (The proposed agreement creates a new, lower-paid tier of “hybrid” driver and warehouse workers, aimed at cutting labor costs and extending part-time conditions to delivery. It maintains poverty wages for part-time warehouse workers, who make up the majority of the company’s 250,000 workers.) The union is setting the background of eat your own rather than a bases of membership as a whole using threats. In the Warren case>In fact, the UAW supports the decision by GM to axe hundreds of jobs and bring in low-wage replacement workers, insisting that workers bear whatever sacrifices are necessary to make GM and other US automakers “competitive,” i.e., profitable.> When is the time for the multi millionaires for these companies to take a sacrifice? Next it will be cuts in pay and slashing of pensions. In another Warren issue, there are corruption charges going forward. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/02/05/norw-f05.html Although Jewell has not yet been indicted, his name has repeatedly surfaced in the corruption scandal, which involved Fiat Chrysler executives paying more than $1.5 million in illegal money and gifts to senior UAW officials to obtain sweetheart deals stripping autoworkers of their wages and rights. On Tuesday, attorneys for Monica Morgan, the widow of late UAW Vice President General Holiefield—the central figure in the illegal conspiracy—will file a guilty plea agreement at a US District Court in Detroit. Her statement is expected to lead to further indictments, which might include one for Jewell. The UPS workers are not having it to turn on each other knowing what's coming down the line. If you read these 3 articles in full I think you might see the relationship they bare to each other. Unions are not what they use to be Nani. Our society is ripe with corruption today and everyone wants a piece of the pie. More and more people are getting away with it and feel they will when the opportunity comes their way. The more we stand silent the more they take from us. And we have way to many people unaware and standing silent.

Stop Asking “How will we pay for it?

Surfpirate comments on Aug 20, 2018:

People are either stupid or brainwashed or both if they can't see this.

William_Mary replies on Aug 20, 2018:

I would argue we have a serious problem within the population unwilling to think for themselves. I believe a large part of it is our life style here in the US. If you look at Europe where they spend less time working, they are able to spend more time on finding better news sources. Where most people here seem to be going only by headlines and catch phrases in the main stream media cycle. Protest, strikes, and walkouts are in a wide ongoing nature in Europe today on many fronts as austerity is being waged on many fronts over there. We aren't seeing that in our main stream media news cycle. And they don't want us to see it. It will not be said here, but we have been put on austerity measures since the collapse in 2008. We just keep rolling on as those around us keep falling into the cracks as our local and state governments keep getting closer to going under.

In defense of third-party candidates: Blame those who didn't vote, not those who chose to run.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 20, 2018:

We can't have change if we do not vote, and also if we vote for someone on a platform that we know cannot win it will sometimes give an advance to the party that we did not want to win.

William_Mary replies on Aug 20, 2018:

I strongly disagree. Any party can win with support. And I'll continue to argue that the Green Party can win, only doesn't because people are trapped under the narrative it can't win via managed percept. Sanders is living proof that idiotic catch phrase is bullshit. If I was wrong then the media would cover those candidates with equal time as they do the 2 party establishment. But instead what little you get from them is the same ridicules rhetoric I hear from voters. The same god dam rhetoric thrown at us Sanders supporters as we took him to the top of the primary on only grass roots support. The only difference between Sanders and Stein was the fucking word Green! You're only repeating what they want you to believe. Break the chains and think for yourself.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

William_Mary replies on Aug 19, 2018:

@DenoPenno you're right. I cross referenced to another issue. It was during a speech to her wall street backers where she made light to our importance in the political nature. I'm paraphrasing of course. Possibly our existence even. Which was as I take it, all of us common folk. I personally find the use of deplorable's as a means to describe Trump supporters as low as some of Trump's statements. Some of them are my family, friends, acquaintances, and co-workers. And I would have to stoop to the same level when referring to those that support the democratic party also. I even hate to use the word ignorant being some don't quite understand the use of it and take it as an insult. So I tend to use it as lightly as possible. Being I find those still supporting either of those parties uninformed and in compliance to their injustices in which the main stream media helps to keep them delusional.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

William_Mary replies on Aug 19, 2018:

@DenoPenno It's all scary Deno :-) I'd like to be able to pick your mind in person as far as what you mean by the parties have some splits. I don't see or feel splits. Each party has it's public agenda they voice while rarely upholding that voice. Unless there is a major outcry from the public do we seem able to create much of a check on their balance. The recent issue with the parade might be a good example. But at the end both parties seem to always come to a conclusion that again rarely goes well for the public. Trump's tweets are a distraction, and used to bolster support from his base. They are another means to keep us from knowing what is really going on outside of the few issues the main stream media works on with the establishment. While half the people are losing their minds over those tweets and the other half are defending them, we are helping to support 2 countries that are humans rights violators destroy and bomb innocent civilians in 2 other countries. Which most of them have little to no knowledge of it being done, why, and or how. Also have no to little understanding of why or how the Ukraine situation came into play, or of the CIA's actions in Venezuela and other Latin American countries are playing out. Because they only get a few moments of false propaganda lines from the main stream media and those tweets they use to manage their perception. I don't sell facebook short by any means. You think that there were trolls working only for Trumps benefit? News Flash! The democratic and republican parties both have their own troll sites. As a Sanders supporter who often visited his troll sites supporting him, we were often visited by trolls of the opposing parties. Some of those democratic party trolls even went as far as going onto 2 of Sanders facebook sites and post porn on them which lead to having them shut down for several hours before being reinstated 1 weekend. Corporations have their own click bait and troll sites for their support of a chosen candidate. We are bombarded by these sites each and every day outside of election periods. The last thing I'm worried about is the effects of a dozen Russian people of a couple of Russian corporations from a click bait shop in Russia who only spent a little more than 100k during that election cycle. Compared to all the other entities right here in the US who have an agenda to spread a false managed perception to benefit their candidate of choice. I personally have a grain of sand to offer our population as far as what I can provide to people on facebook to read compared to all those entities working against me! Believe me, many like me spent countless hours trying to get the truth out about both Trump, Clinton, and their history's to sway people from voting for more of the same from ...

Twitter Shut Down My Account For “Abusing” John McCain [caitlinjohnstone.

mrveggieman187 comments on Aug 18, 2018:

Did you tweet @ him or just made a general statement?

William_Mary replies on Aug 18, 2018:

The article is from a political writer, Caitlin Johnstone, who made a statement on twitter, in which the twit can be found in the article. I personally did not.

The MSM is not your friend.

PinkyandtheBrain comments on Aug 14, 2018:

Bernie Sanders. He is a socialist Communist he wants everything to be provided for free from the government that does not work very well. Nothing is free everything is in debt that's why conservatives say stop taxing me so much and get the h*** out of my life.

William_Mary replies on Aug 18, 2018:

@PinkyandtheBrain we would have to do away with more than 600 bases to get to your 300 as it is now. Let that sink in for a moment, if you need a moment.

'Complete Joke': Democrats Ripped for Totally Failing to Grill FCC Chair Ajit Pai Over Net ...

Christiep77 comments on Aug 18, 2018:

With all youve said here I still can’t get past how any member of the Democratic Party was ok with how the Primary went down. Then all the other stuff but frankly, Im not even there yet because Im still flabbergasted over that. I understand they are a private organization and can make the rules ...

William_Mary replies on Aug 18, 2018:

That is the question of the election! And I would argue narrative is the culprit. Along with identity politics and heroism/idolism politics as a close second. Which really can all lead right back to narrative. With that said, how many of those people were willing to over look all the Clinton atrocities from the past to get, the first woman president elected? I have a list of them that did absolutely little good during the primary cycle. But as you put that, I ask the same for those that support the republicans. Who are infamous for voter purging in their own right. In which Greg Palast has been covering for several years. And how they do it. The question we all should be asking is why neither establishment party is combating the other over their tactics of purging qualified voters and the shenanigans used to deny us a legal election. We've known that the republicans, thanks to Greg Palast, use a list of similar names to purge voters. Yet the democratic party has never challenged this. And with all the attempts of the republicans to bring a Clinton down haven't batted an eye at that primary cycle. Which I would argue hands them a perfect opportunity to want a legitimate inquiry. I would also argue the reason neither wants to rock this boat would be that it would lead to calls for a better election process. Such as the one in Venezuela where they received very high standard reports from the international election community. Our election process is one that servers the oligarchy, it's not meant to serve us a fair election. This process guarantees the reelection of establishment politicians serving them which controls the amount of those who will attempt to initiate any type of real change.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

William_Mary replies on Aug 18, 2018:

@DenoPenno with all due respect Deno, you seem to be locked in that hate Trump mode they want you in. I despise Trump as much as any other person can. I made my arguments against him during the primary voicing it was a charade to get him elected, and he was. You can thank the media, Clinton, and the DNC structured plan towards their supposed strategy for that. That's all on record and you can thank WIkiLeaks for that. But he's there now. First thing is to get over that and see what's going on around him. I'm sure they're scared to death to let him in a room alone with Mueller! You mentioned some of the obvious reasons. He has no control when his mouth opens. It seems to me you have forgotten what this special investigation was about. It wasn't about money laundering or off shoe accounts. Or how Gates pinched the till of Manafort's workings. Those are issues the DOJ and congressional courts should have been on top of as these people were brought into Trumps administration. It wasn't about Flynn's ability to make money in Russia doing speeches and so on. Although that might raise an eyebrow, that was also the responsibility of the DOJ and congressional hearings when he was added to the administration to look into. In which they did and he was then fired for leaving out some information. Late in the game, but done. None of which was tied to the original Russian interference. You, like myself, should be asking yourself, why isn't this investigation doing what it was suppose to be doing. For 2 years now all we have gotten is a dozen people or so who ran a click bait shop in St. Petersburg Russia that spent some where around $100,000 on adds at Facebook that had no influence on the election. And when Mueller took that in front of a congressional hearing got his ass handed to him. Because he didn't expect them to show up to answer the indictment. And when their lawyers ask for copies of the evidence Mueller went into panic mode. Bringing up the click bait shop on indictments was merely a way for him to add a false narrative to Russian collusion to spice up what he hasn't been able to put anything real on. And it backfired on him. The one thing Russian in this entire quagmire is no longer a story. That should be a grave concern and loudly questioned. Quite frankly, everything Mueller has at this point should be handed over to the DOJ and an end put to this special investigation and the waste of tax payer money going towards it! Let the DOJ do the job they should have been doing all along.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

William_Mary replies on Aug 17, 2018:

@DenoPenno what charges Deno? Give me one example of any charges in relationship to election tampering or of having hacked the DNC data base. Even the earliest indictments of the click bait shop was problematic when Mueller took it before a hearing. There have been no charges or indictments that are related to the issue that was first brought up. Mueller is essentially doing the DOJs job. Not the special investigation he was hired for. As for Clinton, they have been purposely pushing the truth of how they conducted the primary under a rug to avoid the damage of losing supporters. There's a long list of issues I don't have time right now to go into being I'm at work. And they are purposely keeping them out of the main stream media for the benefit of both parties.

Trump-Media Logrolling [consortiumnews.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Sometimes it seems as if the media that you do get back and forth is only something to catch your eyes and sell newspapers or make you read the stuff regardless of format. Reporting has turned into the selling of stories. One old saying is yet true. If you wanna know what is going on just follow the...

William_Mary replies on Aug 16, 2018:

Yes, catchy headlines for eye candy. That's part of our problem. To many people don't take the time to actually read much, if any, of an article. And then think they know the whole story from that headline. And the main stream media knows this now. They can condition people to a certain reaction pattern with repetitive coverage of the same issue. They just have to change a few words from day to day. The false Russian narrative is a prime example. I will argue most people don't even read much, if any, of an article on that issue today. And think they are updated to the reality of it by that headline alone. First they planted the seed after the election. If they went through a complete article then, most likely down to just the headlines now. So those of us trying to get the results of a real journalist' work out now, being time was needed for the whole truth, there's no interest in learning. Which is why it is so easy for the main stream media to still today claim it was a hack, when we have more evidence it was actually a leak from within the DNC. When it comes to TV, they just repeat and repeat each night drilling it in to form an illusion.

Please some one get me out of Tennessee.

William_Mary comments on Aug 15, 2018:

As an OTR driver a few years back, Tennessee was always quite entertaining on the CB. I feel for you!

William_Mary replies on Aug 16, 2018:

@KateZilla I never really had a handle. That seems to be mostly a thing for the past. Or what we always got from TV like on Smokey and the Bandit was mere urban legend folk lore. Now as a local driver we call each other by our names if we know them that well. Other than that it's what ever company name is on the truck. Believe me, the first thing I learned in trucking when I hit the road was that the brotherhood of truckers was just like any other brotherhood. None existent.

Is this not proof that our president is a Monster ?

Christiep77 comments on Aug 15, 2018:

Ummm Saudi Arabia And the US are allies. This arms deal actually was approved during the Obama Administration

William_Mary replies on Aug 15, 2018:

@Scottzillyun a man has to know his limits! And you reached yours long ago. She doesn't have the facts right and she obviously isn't willing to learn. Leaving her totally complacent within the main stream medias managed perceptual illusion. Based on the 2 establishment political party supporters, most are not willing to even except that their country is allied with a country as one of the most human rights abusers known. Trump supporters will justify this by any means. Labeling him as a monster was also a mistake. A political divide mistake. The whole approach to this issue was of a poor judgment error. We are 15 years from a war in Iraq that was based on lies in which nearly 5000 US soldiers lost their lives, and not one family has raised an eyebrow to their loss, demanding answers. Despite all the evidence from the likes of Wesley Clark and great independent journalism, like TRNN above, most of the population of the US has become numb to the actions of our CIA and the chaos abroad the military finishes for them. And that the media keeps them uninformed from. They can't even begin to fathom how we are being moved towards a fascist nationalized country as is also going on in Europe today. In which both our establishment parties are part of.

Sorry, mass shoot today.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2018:

I'm still amazed by the ones who claim it was Hillary who did the Russian meddling. They want you to somehow believe that she needed to get dirt on Donald Trump so badly that she ended up destroying her own campaign. I watched the debates. The buffoon really seemed like a threat didn't he?

William_Mary replies on Aug 13, 2018:

Every bit the same threat as Hillary herself. Trump being elected was merely the ability for our corrupt politicians to move the country to the right substantially. Towards a nationalist fascist state of being. Which has been the republicans goal for several decades in an effort to do away with any sense of FDR's sense of socialism. Any sense of accomplishments towards human rights, African American rights, women's rights, workers rights, the EPA, unions, and programs for the lower class and those in poverty, from a short list of presidents there after. This same agenda is being introduced in much of Europe today also.The introduction of neoliberial politics and free trade agreements by Bill Clinton has merely been an agenda to support them and the same corporate interest who want the country to go in that direction. With the country under the control of either party the corporate hoard and most wealthy always remain the winner. Just more so from under the republican mask. The slower bleeding while the democrats are of majority is merely a roost to the collaboration. The whole Russian narrative is a mask to cover the crimes of both parties. Neither will complain about the others involvement in various election tampering activities. In which 2016 was riddled with. Which should serve the public a overwhelming evidence of collaboration. Or the relationship between the Clinton's and the Trump's. In which Hillary and Donald are related and have been family friends for decades. The entire actions of the DNC have been swept under the rug and rarely talked about. If it is it's only within independent journalism that is mainly kept out of the main stream media. Same with the purging list the republicans use to quell votes that would most likely go towards democrats. Yet they(democrats) don't have a complaint? A tactic the democrats used in 2016 to quell votes they knew would go towards Sanders. Yet the republicans didn't complain? Not one word from either party during the 2016 election cycle on behave of the people and their fundamental right to a fair election process! We instead get a Russian Broom.

Ohio, near by?

Uncorrugated comments on Aug 11, 2018:

Not in Ohio, or even in the States, so please excuse my ignorance - what is a Poker run?

William_Mary replies on Aug 12, 2018:

A poker run is where bikers gather at a given place, sign in pay and join various drawings. You then leave at a assigned time, ride, to another assigned place according to a designed route. This can be done in your own group of friends that you're with or it can be done with the entire collective of participants, depending on the host preferences. When you reach stop 1 everyone draws a card. This goes 3 more stops through the day until you get back to the starting point or the last stop. Again according to the host preferences. Of course the one with the highest hand at the end of the day wins. At this point you're having a cheap dinner, usually hot dogs and or maybe burgers while the drawings are taking place. 50/50's, door prizes donated by sponsors, etc. This particular poker run, for $5 a ticket, gives away a bike at the end of the day. This year it's a road king. This particular poker run will donate proceeds to 12 charities. This particular poker run has a tendency to draw in a few to several hundred people. Some poker runs, usually quite smaller, are held for an individual someone knows that is going through hard times or a family that has had someone recently passed away. In which in that case, some are a yearly event in their name in which the proceeds and donations go to the cause of certain deaths like cancer that they may have died from. We have many through the year that are specifically for kids in various aspects. Certain types of illness they have or had, money donated to a foundation of that effect. Various Veterans causes is another popular one. Bikers giving back to our communities in a socialized effort to help others!

Can Maryland be at the forefront of Third Party Organizing? [therealnews.com]

GreatNani comments on Aug 11, 2018:

Are you thinking this because of the success of Hogan?

William_Mary replies on Aug 11, 2018:

No, just want people to see and hear reasons to consider why the Green Party can be and should be an alternative option to a 2 party platform that doesn't govern. His want to inject the public in decision making will not be tolerated by those 2 parties. How have the recent town hall meetings gone with our establishment politicians when confronted with real issues they didn't want to hear? Or tried to point talk their way through. Arrest and being dragged out by police doesn't cut it!

We are Not These Colors [ghionjournal.

GreatNani comments on Aug 10, 2018:

Would you elaborate on This? What makes you believe you are a racist?

William_Mary replies on Aug 10, 2018:

I believe it is a part of our nature to question what we see in others. You can't deny the cultural differences we observe in other races and not question or ponder the relativity it/ they defer from your own. I learned that in grade school. Also where I learned the N word. Which when I asked what a N is I walked away as confused as when I asked. I'm living evidence racism is taught. Having went to grade school on a dominantly African American side of town I could see and feel the difference in socializing between whites and African Americans. And the difference I got from them one on one compared to when they were together alone. Essentially 2 completely different worlds. I really can't explain any better than I did above. My opinion is that we all have some degree of racism in us. It's what we do with it that makes us good individuals. To a point we all can share life together without the hate I see being purposely bombarded on us.

Ten Things That Are More Selfish, Stupid And Privileged Than Voting Green Party ...

JanGarber comments on Aug 8, 2018:

In a two party nation, it is like not voting.

William_Mary replies on Aug 9, 2018:

Exactly! Because you're essentially not voting within that 2 party system. You're voting in a system both parties have rigged. In 2016 the republicans again used a list and purged as many same name participants that would tend to go towards the progressive side. And made laws that make it harder for that same leaning type of lower class and those in poverty trending people to vote at all. And the democrats did the same in Sanders leaning areas while also rigging the caucuses without enough applications and sending people out with improper information and provisional ballots that would never be counted. Also rejecting Sanders surrogates from backroom meetings and participation in other aspects. Also using the media to limit Sanders exposure and hype up Trump. We got just what they wanted us to get. A fake election to hide behind a fake economy fake unemployment numbers and fake market readings. A fake media that doesn't let you know what's really going on around the world ruining our reputation. I'm glad to see you get it! Enjoy your retirement. Be glad you will not be here long enough to live through the results of a failing capitalist neoliberial scam.

Have some fun with this one also. [msm.rt.com]

OldGoat43 comments on Aug 4, 2018:

There is a lot to learn on that website. Thanks.

William_Mary replies on Aug 4, 2018:

You're welcome. I also learned after I posted this, if you click on "all media" in the upper right hand corner you can by pass all the bubble crap and get all sources on the same page. Much easier!