May 28, 2016


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/protesters-and-police-clash-outside-donald-trump-rallies-in-california/

Protesters and police clash outside California Trump rallies
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May 27, 2016, 7:08 PM
Last Updated May 28, 2016 12:45 AM EDT

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told California voters Friday that he can solve their water crisis, declaring, "there is no drought."

Speaking at a rally in Fresno, Calif., Trump accused state officials of denying water to Central Valley farmers so they can send it out to sea "to protect a certain kind of three-inch fish."

"We're going to solve your water problem. You have a water problem that is so insane. It is so ridiculous where they're taking the water and shoving it out to sea," Trump said to cheers at a rally that drew thousands.

Trump's rallies Friday in Fresno and San Diego drew vocal crowds of protesters under heavy police presence.

More than a thousand Trump opponents demonstrated outside San Diego's convention center, some engaging in shouting matches with the candidate's supporters.

Many protesters carried signs critical of his plan to wall off the U.S. border with Mexico, which runs just south of the city. Some waved Mexican flags and one man broke apart a Trump piñata with a pole.

Numerous opposition groups, from organized labor to immigration advocates, marched to the center and demonstrated outside, CBS affiliate KFMB reported. Protests turned violent Tuesday in Albuquerque, leading to concerns about security in San Diego.

Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman told reporters earlier Friday that law enforcement would not tolerate violence, disruptive behavior or unlawful acts at the Trump event.

"The safety of our public is paramount," Zimmerman said. "The whole goal is to provide a safe environment for everyone."

The department had a "significant presence" of uniformed and plainclothes officers at the bayside gathering and has coordinated with state, local and federal agencies to promptly put a stop to any combative or destructive protesters or counter-protesters, the chief said.

The city designated demonstration zones -- one for Trump supporters and another for those who oppose the 69-year-old billionaire's presidential bid -- on the northwest and southeast sides of the Harbor Drive center and will strictly monitor attendees' behavior while ensuring their constitutional free-speech rights, Zimmerman said.

San Diego police said a total of 35 people were arrested, according to KFMB. Officers were seen beating a man with batons after he attempted to scale a security barricade, CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reported.

Some people in the crowd eventually started throwing things, prompting police to declare an unlawful assembly and begin moving people out of the area. Police in riot gear maintained a huge presence as the crowd moved into the city's Gaslamp Quarter, KFMB reported.

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In the protest area, Martha McPhail of La Mesa held a "Dump Trump" sign.

"I am opposed to the hateful, bigoted, racist language of Donald Trump and his arrogance and intolerance," McPhail told City News Service. "I'm for all of our people -- all races, sexes, genders, military veterans -- and he's divisive."

Bryan Sanders, a Tucson resident, said he came to San Diego because Trump needs to be stopped.

"Donald Trump is a fascist," said Sanders, 33. "He has no business being in American politics. He's un-American. His march toward power needs to stop, and it's gonna."

Sanders said he was injured at a previous Trump rally in his hometown.

Riley Hansen, a 19-year-old supporter, was selling pro-Trump T-shirts and said he likes the candidate's business knowledge.

"My dad always told me you need a businessman as president," the Orange County resident said. "I like his policies. We need the border wall built."

Tami Eshelman of Lake San Marcos said she came to hear Trump speak and to show her support. She said she wants to find out who would serve on his team, such as cabinet members, if he's elected.

Trump has reached the required number of delegates to officially clinch the Republican nomination, according to a CBS News estimate.

Earlier Friday in Fresno, Trump said he spent 30 minutes before the rally meeting with more than 50 farmers who complained to him about their struggles.

"They don't understand -- nobody understands it," he said, adding that, "There is no drought."

Trump appeared to be referring to water that runs naturally from the Sacramento River to the San Francisco Bay and then to the ocean. Some farmers want more of that flow captured and diverted to them. The three-inch Delta smelt is a native California fish on the brink of extinction. The smelt has become an emblem in the state's battles over environmental laws and water distribution.

Politically influential rural water districts and well-off corporate farmers in and around California's Central Valley have been pushing back against longstanding federal laws protecting endangered fish and other species, saying federal efforts to make sure endangered native fish have enough water is short-changing farmers of the water they want and need for crops.

Water authorities say they can't do it because of the water rights of those upstream of the farmers, and because of the minimum-water allowances needed by endangered species in the bay and by wildlife in general.

The farm lobby, a heavyweight player in California's water wars, also is seeking federal and state approval for billions of dollars in new water tunnels, dams, water distribution plans, and other projects.

Trump said, "If I win, believe me, we're going to start opening up the water so that you can have your farmers survive."

California is the country's No. 1 agriculture producer. The state's five-year drought is raising the stakes in water disputes among farmers, cities and towns, and environmental interests. California last year marked the driest four-year period in its history, with record low rainfall and snow.



“Earlier Friday in Fresno, Trump said he spent 30 minutes before the rally meeting with more than 50 farmers who complained to him about their struggles. "They don't understand -- nobody understands it," he said, adding that, "There is no drought." Trump appeared to be referring to water that runs naturally from the Sacramento River to the San Francisco Bay and then to the ocean. …. California is the country's No. 1 agriculture producer. The state's five-year drought is raising the stakes in water disputes among farmers, cities and towns, and environmental interests. California last year marked the driest four-year period in its history, with record low rainfall and snow.” There is no drought." “The state's five-year drought is raising the stakes in water disputes…”

I truly don’t understand where Trump is getting the impression that there “is no drought.” Pictures of the dried up reservoirs, the mud bottom so dry that it is cracked have been in the news for at least a year. California is and always has been a dry state, and it will get worse because of “climate change,” or as the scientists and politicians used to call it more honestly, “global warming.” Due to clamor from the Republicans who don’t want to stop the extreme emissions of CO2, methane and other pollutants which are a byproduct of the burning of the ever so lucrative carbon fuels; our government obediently stopped using the term “global warming” a few years ago, and replaced it with “climate change.” That leaves the issue nice and vague, so you can’t point the finger at anyone.

"The Republicans have also blocked the passage of bills that will promote research, production and improvements of solar, wind and the 8 or 10 other types of renewable energy. The “leave it in the ground” movement is anathema to the GOP, for obvious reasons. If they weren’t so silly they would switch over to renewables as well, and thus keep making money. They even deny that certain molecules are causing the earth to become less able to get rid of the heat by trapping it around the earth’s surface. We need the sun’s heat, of course, but after it strikes the earth and does its’ magic, it needs to float back up to the layers above our atmosphere and make room for more. At this point it moves upward and hits our CO2 and methane concentrations in the upper atmosphere, from which it is reflected back toward the earth again and thus trapped as heat. One article explained it as the passage of sunlight down into the atmosphere happens fairly easily, but the passage of heat – due to the fact that heat has “longer waves” than light has. We need heat, but too much is a disaster in the making. Republicans tend to call that “pseudoscience,” and just another screwy liberal idea.

Our dear Governor Rick Scott, in answer to a question about it from a reporter said “I’m no scientist.” That’s because he’s bright enough to know better, but he didn’t want to buck the party line. Some of those folks have denied stridently that there is any such thing as global warming and others say that mankind is not capable of changing the climate by their activities.

In this case, it is the farmers who are complaining that they don’t want any restrictions on how they use water, and that the “little three-inch fish” is not important enough to try to save. When people say things like that they clearly are not thinking about the fact that those big, yummy fish have to have small fish to eat, or they will die. It’s called the chain of life, and it’s being violated over and over again in our mechanized and industrial age. We just don’t need the food chain anymore, apparently.

The farming industry is a large part of CA’s economy which is, indeed, not an unimportant issue, and the farmers do need water, of course; but they need to reuse it in my opinion and use the most up to date techniques which can save water. An article was in the news this last couple of years about a new watering method that injects the water underneath the top layer down where the roots are growing. When those big spraying machine roll up and down the rows of plants that water doesn’t sink down to where it is needed, and that water on the top simply evaporates. Talk about waste! Likewise, cities are beginning to recycle water after home use. Yuck, you say! It can be stripped of chemicals and bacteria and, if that isn’t clean enough, we add chlorine. One mayor, Flint, MI, I think, was on the news personally drinking some of the Flint River water to show it’s okay and isn’t harming the mental and physical health of the citizens there. (No, it isn’t now because after the damning government report, they “got on the stick,” and started treating the water as they should have all along. Whether we like it or not, recycling is the pattern of the future. All of that is the case not because “there is no drought” but because we have to get used to having to use our vital resources much more carefully from now on.

So what about that drought? Debunking global warming theory is an ongoing and highly cynical attack from big industry, especially concerning the burning of coal and oil products by power plants and motor vehicles. The fascinating article below is one of those “scientific” studies, that Republicans use to back up their activities. Their “source,” PSI, is roundly excoriated by another called “desmogblog” which is also found “below.” It states that PSI has been linked to the creation and dispersal of more than one fringe theory, including of course the idea that CO2 actually COOLS the atmosphere. Well, as Scott said, “I’m no scientist,” but I tend to think that this “naturalnews” article is pure propaganda. (There’s that word “natural,” again, also.)

Whenever I see the word “natural” used to promote a medicine, food, or anything else, I am convinced that it is very likely worthless. Everything is “natural” if it is not specifically manmade, just as anything that can be eaten and digested is also “organic.” The use of that word to imply high quality and very high prices (note the recent scandalous case of Whole Foods being caught drastically inflating their prices for their precious “organic” food), is nothing but a common way to sell so many products to very gullible and status conscious people (if it’s costly, then it’s super cool). False sales practices should be against the law.

In a business law course I took years ago I was introduced to the fascinating word, “puffery.” That refers to many types of exaggerated claims made by manufacturers simply to make more and more money on them, and which lie within a fuzzy delineation that escapes being sheer fraud by a hairs’ breadth, being therefore “legal.” It may be legal, but it’s not moral or ethical. I would get rid of the laws that protect those scam artists if I were President. It’s like Trump University. Go to the Internet and look that up to find yet another reason NOT to vote for the scumbag.


http://www.naturalnews.com/040448_solar_radiation_global_warming_debunked.html

Global warming debunked: NASA report verifies carbon dioxide actually cools atmosphere
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 by Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Practically everything you have been told by the mainstream scientific community and the media about the alleged detriments of greenhouse gases, and particularly carbon dioxide, appears to be false, according to new data compiled by NASA's Langley Research Center. As it turns out, all those atmospheric greenhouse gases that Al Gore and all the other global warming hoaxers have long claimed are overheating and destroying our planet are actually cooling it, based on the latest evidence.

As reported by Principia Scientific International (PSI), Martin Mlynczak and his colleagues over at NASA tracked infrared emissions from the earth's upper atmosphere during and following a recent solar storm that took place between March 8-10. What they found was that the vast majority of energy released from the sun during this immense coronal mass ejection (CME) was reflected back up into space rather than deposited into earth's lower atmosphere.

The result was an overall cooling effect that completely contradicts claims made by NASA's own climatology division that greenhouse gases are a cause of global warming. As illustrated by data collected using Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER), both carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitric oxide (NO), which are abundant in the earth's upper atmosphere, greenhouse gases reflect heating energy rather than absorb it.
. . . .


WHO IS Principia Scientific International (PSI)? This is a very good and informational article, and I like it especially because its’ name, if broken down in syllables, looks to be “de smog blog!” Somebody’s having a little fun here!

http://www.desmogblog.com/principia-scientific-international

Principia Scientific International
Background

Principia Scientific International (PSI) is an organization based in the United Kingdom which promotes fringe views and material to claim that carbon dioxide is not a greenhouse gas. PSI was formed in 2010 around the time they published their first book, titled Slaying the Sky Dragon: Death of the Greenhouse Gas Theory. [1]

PSI claims it provides its members with a “reliable port of call to ascertain the facts behind the news stories to better judge whether information being presented by third parties is accurate information and reflects a balanced view of all facets of the subject.” [2]

The PSI website says the organization is “for everyone who supports the traditions [sic] scientific method against the rise of sinister and secretive government funded 'post normal science'.”

The group claims on its website to be a “not-for-profit community interest subsidiary of PSI Acumen Ltd.” [2]

PSI Acumen was registered with Companies House in the UK in March 2013 (see PDF) as a private company, with an address in Battersea Park Road, London. In July 2013, the business address of PSI Acumen was changed (PDF) to an address in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, which is the same as the home address of John O'Sullivan, the organization's founder and chief executive officer. PSI Acument LTD was dissolved (PDF) on October 15, 2014. [3], [4], [5]

The two named directors were John O'Sullivan, of the UK, and a Walter James O'Brien, with a US address listed in Fargo, North Dakota. Emails published by climate skeptic blogger Pete Ridley suggest that Walter James O'Brien no longer has any connection to the PSI Acument company. [3], [6]

Principia Scientific reports that one of their “proudest endeavors is the ongoing support given to world-leading independent climatologist, Dr Tim Ball,” who is also a founding member and former chairman of PCI. [7]

Stance on Climate Change

PSI regularly publishes commentary which claims that carbon dioxide is not a greenhouse gas and that it could actually cool the planet. For example, in an article published in November 2013, “PSI Staff” wrote: [8]

Scientists at Principia Scientific International (PSI), who peer-reviewed Nahle's paper, are currently advising colleagues that the most reliable data available now confirms that CO2 is shown to act as a coolant in earth's climate. As such, the notion of a so-called 'greenhouse gas' warming effect may be regarded as refuted, while environmental measures by governments and individuals to reduce “carbon emissions” to combat climate change are, in turn, rendered pointless.

In 2013, PSI also began to promote unfounded claims that wind turbines make people sick and that childhood vaccines were “one of the largest most evil lies in history.” [9]



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-normal_science

Post-normal science
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Post-normal science is a concept developed by Silvio Funtowicz and Jerome Ravetz, attempting to characterise a methodology of inquiry that is appropriate for cases where "facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent" (Funtowicz and Ravetz, 1991). It is primarily applied in the context of long-term issues where there is less available information than is desired by stakeholders.

According to its advocates,[who?] post-normal science is simply an extension of situations routinely faced by experts such as surgeons or senior engineers on unusual projects, where the decisions being made are of great importance but where not all the factors are necessarily knowable. Although their work is based on science, such individuals must always cope with uncertainties, and their mistakes can be costly or lethal.

Because of this, advocates of post-normal science suggest that there must be an "extended peer community" consisting of all those affected by an issue who are prepared to enter into dialogue on it. These parties bring their "extended facts", that will include local knowledge and materials not originally intended for publication, such as leaked official information. A political case exists[citation needed] for this extension of the franchise of science, but Funtowicz and Ravetz also argue that this extension is necessary for assuring the quality of the process and of the product.

Context[edit]

In 1962, Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions introduced the concept of normal science as part of his theory that scientific knowledge progresses through socially constructed paradigm shifts, where normal science is what most scientists do all the time and what all scientists do most of the time. The process of a paradigm shift is essentially as follows:

from normal science (the rules are agreed upon or disagreed upon in debates that cannot be concluded; science is puzzle solving, but some contradictions in theory cannot be resolved)
to revolutionary science (important rules are called into question; contradictions may be resolved; paradigms shift)
to new normal science (new rules are accepted, science returns to puzzle solving under new rules). . . . .

Another example is the question of whether light is a particle or a wave. For a long time there was debate on this point. Advocates on both sides had many valid arguments based on scientific evidence but were lacking a theory that would resolve the conflict. After a revolution in thinking, it was realized that both perspectives could be true.

Physicist and policy adviser James J. Kay described post-normal science as a process that recognizes the potential for gaps in knowledge and understanding that cannot be resolved in ways other than revolutionary science. He argued that (between revolutions) one should not necessarily attempt to resolve or dismiss contradictory perspectives of the world, whether they are based on science or not, but instead incorporate multiple viewpoints into the same problem-solving process. Post-normal science is discussed by Carrozza (2015) [1] in relation to the concept of democratization of expertise. For this scholar two important sources in the development of Post-normal science are Jerome Ravetz's Scientific knowledge and its social problems and Silvio Funtowicz and Jerome Ravetz's Uncertainty and quality in science for policy.



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-carolina-transgender-bathroom-law-unc-margaret-spellings/

UNC system takes a stance on controversial bathroom law
AP May 28, 2016, 10:13 AM

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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina system told a federal court Friday that it won't enforce a law requiring transgender students to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates.

The declaration came in a motion asking a federal court to halt civil legal proceedings against the university system while a higher court decides a separate case on transgender rights from Virginia.

University system President Margaret Spellings wrote in an affidavit that, pending the outcome of the North Carolina case: "I have no intent to exercise my authority to promulgate any guidelines or regulations that require transgender students to use the restrooms consistent with their biological sex."

The university system's lawyers went further, noting in a filing that the state law contains no enforcement mechanism and the university system also hasn't "changed any of its policies or practices regarding transgender students or employees."

"There is nothing in the Act that prevents any transgender person from using the restroom consistent with his or her gender identity," the lawyers wrote.

They ask the federal judge to halt proceedings against the university system pending the outcome of a case on transgender rights being heard by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia as well as a separate case by the federal Department of Justice against North Carolina.

Five dueling cases over the law are pending in federal courts in North Carolina.

The UNC System had been named as a defendant along with Gov. Pat McCrory in a case filed on behalf of plaintiffs including students and university employees. Plaintiffs say the law requiring them to use restrooms matching the sex on their birth certificate is discriminatory.

Separately, a three-judge panel of the Virginia appeals court gave a favorable ruling to a transgender student seeking to use high school restrooms in line with his gender identity. The Virginia school board he sued has asked for a new hearing before the full appeals court. That case hinges on a federal antidiscrimination law that's also central to the North Carolina cases.

The North Carolina law enacted in March requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding with the sex on their birth certificate in public schools, universities and many other public buildings. It also excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from statewide antidiscrimination protections.

In a recent letter, McCrory asked Congress to clarify U.S. Civil Rights Act protections. The May 18 letter to U.S. House and Senate leaders asks them to act in light of Justice Department and Education Department instructions stating the federal law's protections apply to sexual orientation and gender identity. McCrory disagrees.

Friday's filings go a step further than previous statements by Spellings, who had lamented in a May 9 letter to the Justice Department that the system was "in a difficult position" caught between state and federal laws.

"Spellings is just being whipsawed," said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond. "She's in a tough spot, as is the system. They're trying to do the best they can by their different constituencies."

He said the request for a stay was sensible considering that the outcome of the Virginia case will likely dictate how the federal judges decide the North Carolina lawsuits.

"The district judges in North Carolina are probably not going to do anything other than what the 4th Circuit says," he said.



“The University of North Carolina system told a federal court Friday that it won't enforce a law requiring transgender students to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. The declaration came in a motion asking a federal court to halt civil legal proceedings against the university system while a higher court decides a separate case on transgender rights from Virginia. …. The university system's lawyers went further, noting in a filing that the state law contains no enforcement mechanism and the university system also hasn't "changed any of its policies or practices regarding transgender students or employees." "There is nothing in the Act that prevents any transgender person from using the restroom consistent with his or her gender identity," the lawyers wrote. …. Plaintiffs say the law requiring them to use restrooms matching the sex on their birth certificate is discriminatory. …. . It also excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from statewide antidiscrimination protections. In a recent letter, McCrory asked Congress to clarify U.S. Civil Rights Act protections.


“Plaintiffs say the law requiring them to use restrooms matching the sex on their birth certificate is discriminatory.” It’s not only discriminatory, it will be somewhere between a nightmare and a Marx Brothers comedy to enforce. Are we all going to have to carry our birth certificates around with us now?? Seriously, though, if gender identity and sexual orientation are not protected, that will open up the doors to decriminalizing all manner of abuse, even physical. In the old days some 15 years ago, men especially were beaten up or even killed by drunken, rowdy rednecks setting things straight with “the American Way.” That rarely made the news, and it may not have been very common either, but some men who didn’t look masculine enough have been beaten to death, raped with objects, etc., so it shouldn’t be left up to the often prejudiced and corrupt local authorities to enforce the law. The Civil Rights law needs to cover it, and if it doesn’t yet, it should be amended to do so.



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-city-police-officer-gun-bystander-video/

Cop in hot water after pulling gun on bystander in video
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May 21, 2016, 3:32 PM

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NEW YORK -- A New York City police officer shown on video pointing his gun at a bystander who was filming a police encounter has been stripped of his gun and badge.

The incident happened Thursday at a public housing complex in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood.

A video posted on Facebook shows two officers struggling with a man on the floor when one of them orders bystanders to move back. The video shows the officer then pulling out his gun and shouting, "I'm not playing."

Ronnie Pinkerton Jr. was in the crowd that witnessed the incident. He told CBS New York the crowd believed the officer was using excessive force.

"He has him in a headlock between his legs, so his head is in between his legs, and he's kind of like squeezing, so as he's doing that, he's telling us to back up. But you're overreacting, you're using too much physical strength on him, so we're telling him ... 'You're bugging out,'" Pinkerton said. "So he pulled out his gun. He says, 'Back up! Back up! Back up!'"

Police said the man had been resisting arrest after riding an illegal dirt bike and fleeing from police.

Another video shows the same officer later punching another man in the face before arresting him.

Police said that man, 19-year-old Jahnico Harvey, was arrested for menacing and disorderly conduct, CBS New York reports.

A police spokesman says internal affairs investigators are probing the incidents.



A video posted on Facebook shows two officers struggling with a man on the floor when one of them orders bystanders to move back. The video shows the officer then pulling out his gun and shouting, "I'm not playing." Another video shows Pinkerton hitting another man in the face. The CBSN video states that the officer has been stripped of his gun and badge and “placed on modified duty.” Why are people like that not fired??



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-democratic-primary-not-rigged-just-dumb/

Bernie Sanders: Democratic primary not "rigged," just "dumb"
By JAKE MILLER CBS NEWS
May 28, 2016, 5:06 PM

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After Donald Trump announced Friday that he would not debate Bernie Sanders, despite being the first one to float the idea, Sanders said Saturday that Trump's change of heart is exactly the kind of flip-flopping he's come to expect from the presumptive Republican nominee.

"Donald Trump said he wanted to go forward, then he changed his mind, said no, then he changed his mind and said yes, then he changed his mind and said no," Sanders told "Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson in an interview taped for Sunday's broadcast. "Maybe we'll get a call in five minutes and he'll say yes again. I think that is who Donald Trump is, and I think the American people should be very concerned about somebody who keeps changing his mind not only on this debate, but on virtually every issue he's been asked about."

In a press release declining the debate, Trump suggested the Democratic primary is "totally rigged" to prevent Sanders from winning, and that it would be "inappropriate" for him to debate a "second-place finisher."

Dickerson asked Sanders, who trails Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in pledged delegates as the end of primary season approaches, whether he agrees with Trump's characterization.

"Well, I've been very touched by Donald Trump's love for me," Sanders replied sarcastically. "But John, you know, with all due respect, I think there may be some aspect of this which he thinks will advantage himself. So I do appreciate his love and his compassion for me, but I don't really accept his words."

Turning to the underlying question, Sanders explained, "We knew when we were in this, that we were taking on the entire Democratic establishment. No great secret about that. And yet we have won twenty states, we're in California right now, I think we have a good chance to win here. I think we have an uphill fight, but there is just a possibility that we may end up at the end of this nominating process with more pledged delegates than Hillary Clinton. "

"What has upset me, and what I think is -- I wouldn't use the word 'rigged' because we knew what the rules were -- but what is really dumb, is that you have closed primaries, like in New York State, where three million people who were Democrats or Republicans could not participate," Sanders added. "You have a situation where over 400 super delegates came on board Clinton's campaign before anybody else was in the race, eight months before the first vote was cast. That's not rigged, I think it's just a dumb process which has certainly disadvantaged our campaign."

For more of the interview with Sanders, tune into "Face the Nation" tomorrow. Check your local listings for airtimes.



"Donald Trump said he wanted to go forward, then he changed his mind, said no, then he changed his mind and said yes, then he changed his mind and said no," Sanders told "Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson in an interview taped for Sunday's broadcast. "Maybe we'll get a call in five minutes and he'll say yes again. I think that is who Donald Trump is, and I think the American people should be very concerned about somebody who keeps changing his mind not only on this debate, but on virtually every issue he's been asked about." …. Turning to the underlying question, Sanders explained, "We knew when we were in this, that we were taking on the entire Democratic establishment. No great secret about that. And yet we have won twenty states, we're in California right now, I think we have a good chance to win here. I think we have an uphill fight, but there is just a possibility that we may end up at the end of this nominating process with more pledged delegates than Hillary Clinton. " …. "You have a situation where over 400 super delegates came on board Clinton's campaign before anybody else was in the race, eight months before the first vote was cast. That's not rigged, I think it's just a dumb process which has certainly disadvantaged our campaign."


The business with the Superdelegates lined up behind Hillary 8 months before all the contestants were in position, and certainly before the election, really is unfair to the max, and it does look “rigged” to me. Why are there superdelegates anyway? Could it be for any reason other than a mechanism for discounting the popular vote? I did hear a news commentator say sometimes within this last year, “It’s Hillary’s turn now.” It’s becoming, as we used to say, a “good old boys’ network” and that stinks. we don't need coronations. I just don’t trust the DNC anymore. They’re a country club and I need a political party which will conduct serious business. I do hope Sanders will take the lead in a party split after November, unless they do “open up their hearts and let the sun shine in” at this convention. Sanders should get more “planks” in the platform at the very least. $15.00 an hour should be the law. Rent, gasoline and groceries keep going up in price!



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-judge-trump-university-case-election-2016/

Donald Trump rails against Hispanic judge in Trump University case
By REENA FLORES CBS NEWS
May 28, 2016, 12:44 PM

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Donald Trump went after the federal judge presiding over a civil case against the now-defunct Trump University Friday, calling out the judge's ethnicity in an attack spanning several minutes at a San Diego campaign rally while protests against Trump's anti-immigrant policies raged outside.

"I have a judge who is a hater of Donald Trump -- a hater. He's a hater. His name is Gonzalo Curiel. And he is not doing the right thing," Trump told supporters, kicking off a 12-minute rant in California, where he was campaigning ahead of the state's June 7 primary.

Curiel, who was first appointed by President Obama as a judge for the Southern District of California in 2011 (and later confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a voice vote), is overseeing a six-year-old lawsuit against Trump's education venture. The case -- one of many lawsuits against Trump University -- alleges that people who paid up to $35,000 for real estate were defrauded. The billionaire, according to his lawyer, is expected to testify in the class-action suit, which goes to trial in San Diego in November.

"We're in front of a very hostile judge," Trump went on. "The judge was appointed by Barack Obama, federal judge. Frankly, he should recuse himself because he's given us ruling after ruling after ruling, negative, negative, negative."

"What happens is the judge, who happens to be -- we believe -- Mexican. Which is great. I think that's fine," he said. "You know what? I think the Mexicans are going to end up loving Donald Trump when I give all these jobs, OK?"

Curiel was born in East Chicago, Indiana. Curiel's parents, however, are Mexican, according to a 2002 New York Times report of the judge's work in the Southern District of California's narcotics enforcement division.

Later, Trump called for an investigation into Curiel, who the presumptive presidential nominee said should "be ashamed of himself."

"I'm telling you, this court system, judges in this court system, federal court, they ought to look into Judge Curiel," Trump said. "Because what Judge Curiel is doing is a total disgrace, OK?"

This is far from the first time Trump has attacked the federal judge.

In February, Trump posited that Curiel was biased against him because of his policy positions on immigration and his proposals to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

"I think it has to do perhaps with the fact that I'm very, very strong on the border, very, very strong at the border," Trump told Fox News in an interview. "He has been extremely hostile to me."

The network's interview followed another of Trump's tirades, at a February rally in Arkansas, where the real estate mogul had trashed Curiel for overseeing a case that he believed should have been thrown out years ago.

"There's a hostility toward me by the judge -- tremendous hostility -- beyond belief," Trump said then. "I believe he happens to be Spanish, which is fine. He's Hispanic -- which is fine."



"I have a judge who is a hater of Donald Trump -- a hater. He's a hater. His name is Gonzalo Curiel. And he is not doing the right thing," Trump told supporters, kicking off a 12-minute rant in California, where he was campaigning ahead of the state's June 7 primary. Curiel, who was first appointed by President Obama as a judge for the Southern District of California in 2011 (and later confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a voice vote), is overseeing a six-year-old lawsuit against Trump's education venture. The case -- one of many lawsuits against Trump University -- alleges that people who paid up to $35,000 for real estate were defrauded. …. Curiel was born in East Chicago, Indiana. Curiel's parents, however, are Mexican, according to a 2002 New York Times report of the judge's work in the Southern District of California's narcotics enforcement division. Later, Trump called for an investigation into Curiel, who the presumptive presidential nominee said should "be ashamed of himself." "I'm telling you, this court system, judges in this court system, federal court, they ought to look into Judge Curiel," Trump said. "Because what Judge Curiel is doing is a total disgrace, OK?" …. The network's interview followed another of Trump's tirades, at a February rally in Arkansas, where the real estate mogul had trashed Curiel for overseeing a case that he believed should have been thrown out years ago. "There's a hostility toward me by the judge -- tremendous hostility -- beyond belief," Trump said then. "I believe he happens to be Spanish, which is fine. He's Hispanic -- which is fine."


Donald Trump has a habit of repeating every sentence twice before he thinks of another one to say. Annoying. He keeps railing against Curiel in this article, without actually saying what the man has done to him that was so unfair. Most of what’s in this article is repetitive from earlier times, also. “Build a wall, yadda yadda yadda!” I have to look to see what he's doing each day, but it isn't fascinating.



http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/bernie-sanders-warns-hillary-clinton-running-mate-pick-n582196

Bernie Sanders Warns Hillary Clinton on Running Mate Pick
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MAY 28 2016, 6:23 PM ET

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Senator Bernie Sanders doubled down on his warning to democratic rival Hillary Clinton that her pick for running mate will be critical to winning over his supporters going into the general election during an interview to air Sunday on "Meet the Press."

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"That means having a candidate who can excite working families, excite young people, bring them into the political process, create a large voter turnout," Sanders told Chuck Todd.

The Vermont senator was adamant that Clinton pick a hardline progressive for vice president if she successfully secures the Democratic nomination for president. This could help her appeal to the supporters who have flocked to Sanders' campaign during the primary.

Asked whether Virginia senator Tim Kaine, who's rumored to be on Clinton's short list, is the kind of running mate he's recommending, Sanders said, "I really like him very much," but declined any further speculation.

The full interview airs Sunday on "Meet the Press."

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"That means having a candidate who can excite working families, excite young people, bring them into the political process, create a large voter turnout," Sanders told Chuck Todd. The Vermont senator was adamant that Clinton pick a hardline progressive for vice president if she successfully secures the Democratic nomination for president. This could help her appeal to the supporters who have flocked to Sanders' campaign during the primary. Asked whether Virginia senator Tim Kaine, who's rumored to be on Clinton's short list, is the kind of running mate he's recommending, Sanders said, "I really like him very much," but declined any further speculation.”

Sounds like good advice to me! I do believe it is true that Clinton needs to do something significant to placate the dislike for her that is growing among Progressives. She could start by acting less arrogant and smug, seeing that Sanders’ issues are a part of the platform, and then choosing a good reliable running mate. I do very much want the party to be unified because a Trump presidency is unthinkable. I am delighted that Sanders has proven himself a tough candidate and a leader with a message, which is resounding with the voters all across the country. He has made a point – the Democrats have been on that old path of theirs for too long already, and the party needs a thorough change.


Virginia senator Tim Kaine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Kaine

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Tim Kaine
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United States Senator from Virginia Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Serving with Mark Warner
Preceded by Jim Webb
Chair of the Democratic National Committee
In office
January 21, 2009 – April 5, 2011
Preceded by Howard Dean
Succeeded by Donna Brazile (interim)
70th Governor of Virginia
In office
January 14, 2006 – January 16, 2010
Lieutenant Bill Bolling
Preceded by Mark Warner
Succeeded by Bob McDonnell
38th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
In office
January 12, 2002 – January 14, 2006
Governor Mark Warner
Preceded by John Hager
Succeeded by Bill Bolling
76th Mayor of Richmond
In office
July 1, 1998 – September 10, 2001
Preceded by Larry Chavis
Succeeded by Rudy McCollum
Personal details
Born Timothy Michael Kaine
February 26, 1958 (age 58)
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Anne Holton (1984–present)
Children Nat
Woody
Annella
Alma mater University of Missouri, Columbia
Harvard University
Religion Roman Catholicism
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Website Senate website

Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American politician currently serving as the junior United States Senator from Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Kaine was first elected to the Senate in 2012.

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kaine is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Kaine began his career as a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit before entering private practice and becoming a lecturer at the University of Richmond School of Law. Kaine was first elected to public office in 1995, when he won a seat on the Richmond, Virginia City Council. He was then elected Mayor of Richmond, Virginia in 1998, serving in that position until being elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2002.

As all Virginia governors are limited to one consecutive term,[1] Kaine declared his candidacy for Governor of Virginia in 2005, in a bid to replace Mark Warner. Kaine won in an uncontested Democratic primary, and faced Republican Attorney General Jerry Kilgore in the general election; Kaine won with 51% of the vote, to Kilgore's 46%. Kaine served as Governor from 2006 to 2010. Upon becoming Governor, Kaine gave the Democratic response to the 2006 State of the Union Address. He was considered a top contender for running mate in Senator Barack Obama's successful 2008 presidential campaign, but instead became the 51st Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, serving from 2009 to 2011.

In 2012, after incumbent Senator Jim Webb announced that he would retire, Kaine declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Kaine prevailed in the Democratic primary and faced former Senator and Virginia Governor George Allen in the general election. On November 6, 2012, Kaine won with 53% of the vote, to Allen's 47%. Kaine was sworn into office on January 3, 2013.