 | Is the 'political revolution' of the 2016 US election - the resurrection of the Vision and Boldness of RFK?
Bernie is “uniquely principled.” We can see this in the way Bernie Sanders finances his campaign: through the people. Now, why is it unique to be principled? At the risk of using another religious comparison: Kennedy and Sanders saw the writing on the wall and, much like Belshazzar, they find themselves to be the only one’s that can actually read what the hand of destiny foretells.America’s days as a true Democratic republic may be over.
We, Bernie says, must get the money out of politics to save democracy. Both campaign in a time of great social unrest, divisiveness and inequities and each man respectively seek to eliminate those evils that threaten the democratic process by the will and votes of the people. Is it any wonder then, that both are known by nicknames? Bobby and Bernie. What else could be more endearing to a public hungry for honesty and truth.
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 | Why ISIS Exists: The Double Game
"The President and Prime Minister [Erdogan] discussed the danger of foreign extremists in Syria and agreed on the importance of supporting a unified and inclusive Syrian opposition."-White House website, August 7, 2013, "Readout of President Obama’s Call with Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey"Article contains extensive analysis of the US role in protecting and supporting terrorist groups in Syria and the Middle East.
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 | Is The Climate Crisis the Tip of the Trans-National Corporate Overreach Iceberg?
Bernie Sanders shines a spotlight on the GOP’s priority to pander to Trans-National Corporate Overreach by saying Tuesday: “Science-denying Republicans—intent on derailing local, national, and global attempts to avert a looming climate crisis—have their priorities all wrong. I find it unacceptable that many of my Republican colleagues are more worried about campaign contributions they're getting from the Koch brothers and others in the fossil fuel industry than they are about preserving the planet for our children and grandchildren." The Trans-National Corporate Overreach Iceberg, includes, but is not limited to: Climate Change A Domestic-Unfriendly Tax System Fact Track enabled NAFTA, TPP, TTIP and TiSA Citizens United and McCutcheon Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression Suppression of the Minimum Wage
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 | Utopianism is Not a Strategy
As the U.S. rose to global power, it imposed its utopianism upon the world, a development which meant that international politics, no longer governed by the constraints of realism, was dominated by an all-embracing and inherently expansionist ideology. Carr identified what he called “the doctrine of the harmony of interest” as “the essential postulate of the utopian creed,” and one that had “become endemic in the U.S.” Simply put, this was the conviction that the interests of the U.S. were the same as the interests of the rest of the world, and the maintenance of its supremacy was therefore a duty that America owed to mankind.
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin: Turkey Will Regret Shooting Down Bomber Jet
President Vladimir Putin said Turkey's shooting down of a Russian military jet was a war crime and that the Kremlin would punish Ankara with additional sanctions, signaling fallout from the incident would be long-lasting and serious. Minutes after Putin had finished speaking, his energy minister, Alexander Novak, said Russia was halting talks with Ankara on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, a symbolic move designed to emphasize the strength of Kremlin anger. Putin, who made the comments during his annual state of the nation speech to his country's political elite on Thursday, said Russia would not forget the Nov. 24 incident and that he continued to regard it as a terrible betrayal.
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 | After Paris and Beirut, It's Time to Rein in Saudi Arabia
After the carnage in Paris, Western governments turned immediately to debating the usual tactics for “bringing the terrorists to justice.” Should we employ drone strikes, they wonder? Boots on the ground? Police? The much more important matter, however, is identifying and stopping the source of the nihilism, misogyny, and sectarian animus that’s found fertile breeding grounds in the civil wars of the Middle East. Unless the source is addressed, there will be an endless supply of terrorists wreaking havoc. While virtually all Islamic scholars dispute the theological soundness of the ISIS ideology, the group’s roots lie in fundamentalist Sunni Islam, specifically the Wahhabi strain officially espoused by Saudi Arabia — our “ally” — which views Shiites as apostates and seeks to turn Islamic societies back to an intolerant (and imagined) medieval past.
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 | How Often Do Mass Shootings Occur? On Average, Every Day, Records Show
More than one a day. That is how often, on average, shootings that left four or more people wounded or dead occurred in the United States this year, according to compilations of episodes derived from news reports. Including the worst mass shooting of the year, which unfolded horrifically on Wednesday in San Bernardino, Calif., a total of 462 people have died and 1,314 have been wounded in such attacks this year, many of which occurred on streets or in public settings, the databases indicate. More than 60 percent of the attackers were not prohibited from possessing guns because of prior felonies or other reasons.
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 | TRUMP: "Take out" terrorists' families
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration would try to "take out" terrorists' families, in addition to the militants themselves. "With the terrorists, you have to take out their families," Trump said during a "Fox & Friends" interview. "When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families," he repeated. "They care about their lives, don't kid yourselves. But they say they don't care about their lives. You have to take out their families."
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 | Politicians' tweets on San Bernardino shooting mocked and NRA connections spotlighted
Clever. Creative. And more effective than anything our legislators have done lately: Igor Volsky, director of video and a contributing editor at ThinkProgress gave a clinic on Twitter. He was fed up with yet another massacre.His ingenuity should be replicated more often. Igor Volsky replied to the condolence tweets of every NRA owned politician. He responded with a tweet detailing their particular NRA linkage.
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