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Just over half an hour until Bernie gives his (Original Post) MineralMan Apr 2016 OP
"Mr. Sanders. Welcome to Vatican City. You have ten minutes." Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1
Well, his normal campaign speech lasts longer than that. MineralMan Apr 2016 #4
thank you for a positive thread on this topic. nt restorefreedom Apr 2016 #37
hillary, you were not invited and get zero minutes restorefreedom Apr 2016 #35
"Enjoy campaigning in NY while Mr. Sanders picks up his conference gift bag." Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #40
Enjoy campaigning in CA while your bagman grabs the cash in Hong Kong. frylock Apr 2016 #44
hope there isn't a line at coat check geek tragedy Apr 2016 #2
Ooooo.... it's so freakin' exciting! NurseJackie Apr 2016 #3
And I'm excited for you to see all your friends... ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2016 #6
Nobody but you can see your Ignore list. MineralMan Apr 2016 #9
No shit? Nobody can see my iggy list but me? Really??? Well fuck... ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2016 #15
I'm always happy to share information. MineralMan Apr 2016 #20
Some here think they are cute. Beacool Apr 2016 #23
I've been getting a kick and a giggle out of that poster. cwydro Apr 2016 #30
No, sweet jeebus! Not the ignore list!!!!11one Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #16
How devastated they must be CorkySt.Clair Apr 2016 #22
Just make sure... quickesst Apr 2016 #36
Out of all the flavors in the world y'all choosing salty... GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #5
Well, that makes absolutely no sense at all. MineralMan Apr 2016 #7
Yes it does... GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #10
Very hep, daddy-o. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #13
Well, I guess I don't speak millennial. MineralMan Apr 2016 #17
If you truly are serious about this - Mother Of Four Apr 2016 #27
I imagine that Bernie will release his prepared remarks MineralMan Apr 2016 #29
Thankee :) Mother Of Four Apr 2016 #32
GET OFF HIS LAWN!!! n/t QC Apr 2016 #34
When does Hillary talk? Octafish Apr 2016 #8
She's in New York with her constituents. There's a big vote on Tuesday. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #11
After getting $250,000 per speech, I didn't think she'd talk for free. Octafish Apr 2016 #14
Lather, rinse, repeat. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #18
That is so profound. Octafish Apr 2016 #21
You endlessly repeat the same complaints about HRC. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #26
What complaints are those? Octafish Apr 2016 #33
BOOM! The neocon comparison at the top of the list! Nicely played! Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #41
I don't need the last word. Octafish Apr 2016 #43
I'm sure she'll be making some appearances today. MineralMan Apr 2016 #12
Like a news blackout? Octafish Apr 2016 #19
Here's a link for you... IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #24
Thanks. I read it. MineralMan Apr 2016 #25
Geez, he must be exhausted mainer Apr 2016 #28
It's a tough schedule he's keeping. MineralMan Apr 2016 #31
Man, I couldn't do a full two hour debate,get to the airport, fly to Rome,and give a speech same day EndElectoral Apr 2016 #38
ah . . . the highly-anticipated lead-in to the coffee break DrDan Apr 2016 #39
"Some of my best friends are birds." randome Apr 2016 #42

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
4. Well, his normal campaign speech lasts longer than that.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:39 AM
Apr 2016

I would be interested, though, in hearing what he says at this Vatican conference. It's possible there will be a transcript available, or maybe Senator Sanders will release his prepared comments after the conference.

Either way, I'd like to read what he had to say there.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
35. hillary, you were not invited and get zero minutes
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:43 AM
Apr 2016

because your economic policies hurt the poor and you only work for the oligarchy. you, madame, are part of the problem.

have a blessed day.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
2. hope there isn't a line at coat check
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:39 AM
Apr 2016

though I'm sure "coffee break" would be gracious if he went over his allotted time.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
9. Nobody but you can see your Ignore list.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:46 AM
Apr 2016

Just thought I'd let you know that. Of course, you can publicly post that you're ignoring someone. That's cool...

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
15. No shit? Nobody can see my iggy list but me? Really??? Well fuck...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:49 AM
Apr 2016

...I knew that already.

But thanks for the tutorial...

Beacool

(30,251 posts)
23. Some here think they are cute.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:52 AM
Apr 2016

This one put me, and others, on ignore last night. The funny part is that I don't even know this poster.





 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
30. I've been getting a kick and a giggle out of that poster.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:03 AM
Apr 2016

He seems to post nothing but additions to his ignore list.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
7. Well, that makes absolutely no sense at all.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:44 AM
Apr 2016

Neither your post title nor the odd video clip have anything whatever to do with my post. Maybe you posted in the wrong thread. I don't know.

 

GeorgiaPeanuts

(2,353 posts)
10. Yes it does...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:46 AM
Apr 2016

Shade = coming for Sanders over his Vatican trip.
Salty = being extra envious/jealous of Sanders for going to the Vatican; and stewing in that reality. Throwing salt on a wound just makes it hurt more dear

It's Millenial talk, okurrrrr

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
17. Well, I guess I don't speak millennial.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:50 AM
Apr 2016

I'm an old fart. If you want to communicate with me, you'll have to use Standard English, I suppose.

Actually, though, I will be watching for a transcript of Bernie's remarks today. I hope they are released soon.

Mother Of Four

(1,716 posts)
27. If you truly are serious about this -
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:00 AM
Apr 2016

I wanted to add, I really want to see it too. I want to see him in his element and what ideas he might share on how to combat poverty world wide. Even if he's simply standing up to support another's ideas it's something that I really would like to see. (I actually want to see the entire set of speakers - but would settle for just Bernie)

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
29. I imagine that Bernie will release his prepared remarks
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:03 AM
Apr 2016

to the media soon. So we'll all be able to read what he said at the Vatican. It's a closed conference, so there probably won't be any video available of his remarks to the attendees.

I'll keep an eye out for the transcript and will post a link to it if I find it.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
14. After getting $250,000 per speech, I didn't think she'd talk for free.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:49 AM
Apr 2016

Do you think there's anybody worth talking to at the Vatican?

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
26. You endlessly repeat the same complaints about HRC.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:59 AM
Apr 2016

That's your definition of profundity?

I responded to you in kind. If you want depth and wisdom in the responses to your comments, avoid saying something shallow and pedestrian.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
33. What complaints are those?
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:37 AM
Apr 2016
Supporting warmongers like Bush and Cheney?

Doing the bidding of Big Oil in Kuwait, Ukraine, Libya and wherever else a buck can be made by "extraction"?

Protecting the Banksters of Wall Street and Switzerland and then getting money out of mind from them?

Feel free to argue my shallowness.
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
41. BOOM! The neocon comparison at the top of the list! Nicely played!
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:48 AM
Apr 2016

As far as doing the bidding of big oil: how do you think they're enjoying their self-inflicted crash in oil prices? And what made that happen? Fracking, which you folks also whine about endlessly. Hm. So, do you think that Hillary's "doing the bidding of big oil" also included tanking their economies? Hell no.

Thanks for playing "How to Stymie a Socialist."

have the last word. We're done here.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
43. I don't need the last word.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:02 PM
Apr 2016

What I posted are facts that anyone can check and see for themselves. That's why I use links and name sources so much. It makes it easy to see where I got my information. It also makes it easy to correct if wrong.

So, where's the mistake? PNAC?



Ms. Clinton kept Ms. Nuland gainfully employed at State. As our woman in Ukraine, Victoria Nuland, is married to PNAC co-founder Robert Kagan

Robert Kagan's brother is Frederick Kagan

Frederick Kagan's spouse is Kimberly Kagan

Brilliant people, big ideas, etc. The thing is, that's a lot of PNAC. And the PNAC approach to international relations means more wars without end for profits without cease, among other things detrimental to democracy, peace and justice.





Neocon Kagan Endorses Hillary Clinton

Exclusive: Hillary Clinton’s cozy ties to Washington’s powerful neocons have paid off with the endorsement of Robert Kagan, one of the most influential neocons. But it also should raise questions among Democrats about what kind of foreign policy a President Hillary Clinton would pursue, writes Robert Parry.


By Robert Parry
ConsortiumNews, February 25, 2016

Prominent neocon Robert Kagan has endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, saying she represents the best hope for saving the United States from populist billionaire Donald Trump, who has repudiated the neoconservative cause of U.S. military interventions in line with Israel’s interests.

In a Washington Post op-ed published on Thursday, Kagan excoriated the Republican Party for creating the conditions for Trump’s rise and then asked, “So what to do now? The Republicans’ creation will soon be let loose on the land, leaving to others the job the party failed to carry out.”

Then referring to himself, he added, “For this former Republican, and perhaps for others, the only choice will be to vote for Hillary Clinton. The [Republican] party cannot be saved, but the country still can be.”

While many of Kagan’s observations about the Republican tolerance and even encouragement of bigotry are correct, the fact that a leading neocon, a co-founder of the infamous Project for the New American Century, has endorsed Clinton raises questions for Democrats who have so far given the former New York senator and Secretary of State mostly a pass on her pro-interventionist policies.

The fact is that Clinton has generally marched in lock step with the neocons as they have implemented an aggressive “regime change” strategy against governments and political movements that don’t toe Washington’s line or that deviate from Israel’s goals in the Middle East. So she has backed coups, such as in Honduras (2009) and Ukraine (2014); invasions, such as Iraq (2003) and Libya (2011); and subversions such as Syria (from 2011 to the present) all with various degrees of disastrous results.

CONTINUED...

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/02/25/neocon-kagan-endorses-hillary-clinton/



So, feel free to show where I'm wrong. I'll be happy to apologize and correct the error.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
12. I'm sure she'll be making some appearances today.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 09:48 AM
Apr 2016

Those will probably be on the news later on.

I didn't hear anything about Bernie's trip on this morning's CBS news, though.

Again, I hope that a transcript of Bernie's remarks at the Vatican will be released later today. I will read them if they are.

mainer

(12,029 posts)
28. Geez, he must be exhausted
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:01 AM
Apr 2016

I can't imagine jumping on a plane after last night's debate and then presenting at the Vatican half a day later.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
31. It's a tough schedule he's keeping.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:04 AM
Apr 2016

I couldn't keep that pace at all, and I'm four years younger than he is.

EndElectoral

(4,213 posts)
38. Man, I couldn't do a full two hour debate,get to the airport, fly to Rome,and give a speech same day
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:46 AM
Apr 2016

Regardless of whether you are for him or not, the guy has some kind of energy. I'm 63 and couldn't do it.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
42. "Some of my best friends are birds."
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:48 AM
Apr 2016

"Wait, let me finish! I wanted to say something about the Pope! Nooo! Put me back on stage! I need to save the world!!!!"

The Pope's bodyguards descend en masse on him and Sanders wakes up the next morning in a coffee shop without knowing how he got there.
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