Tulsi is kinda creepy.

.[.. that a "thinner and thinner slice" of the country is getting ahead and that this needs to change. That's a home run for what she's trying to do with her candidacy ]
In contrast to vicious and effete DNC based " identity politics " Senator Elizabeth Warren is at least tuned in to the IRREPRESSIBLE CLASS CONFLICT in the USA :The divide between the ONE PERCENT and the smug conservative UPPER CLASS and the rest of the country is the inevitable outcome of the logic of capitalist wealth creation .
The ruthless exploitation and oppression of the American working class and the yes. " hard working " American middle class will never find recognition in the present two party system . Ralph Nader has been right about this for years now. You can't take the devil out of capitalism !
Nor will any of the " progressive " Democrats line up against an imminent war in the Middle East . They are ALL in the pocket of the belligerent Israel lobby awaiting marching orders from Netanyahu and " Greater Israel ".
How can a major party go from the reign of " Corrupt Hillary " , " Hawk Hillary ", " Wall St. Hillary " ( " listen to my PRIVATE self not my PUBLIC self " ) to militant progressivism of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders ?
I expect the Democratic Party to implode and self-destruct from its inner contradictions .. with TRUMP re-elected by a landslide in 2020 .

Babbling. . . r u ok?

Wild Irish Rose wine in the morning clarifies the mind and sharpens the wits .

Well that explains your bizarre posts here at WBUR.
Please don't drink and drive!

Mean girl strikes again

I find her fascinating.

Takeaway #6:

From the World Socialist Web Site, "The particular event was an expression of a more general reality. Whatever the rhetoric of the candidates, employed with varying degrees of skill or lack thereof, the Democratic Party is a right-wing party of Wall Street and the military. Genuine opposition to the Trump administration, social inequality, authoritarianism and war, will not come through this organization, but in irreconcilable opposition to it."

Indeed, the only social force capable of exacting the sweeping and systemic changes that are needed to ensure the well-being and survival of the human race is the international working class. As well, it is not enough to simply oppose the two capitalist parties, but to oppose the system they represent--capitalism, the main cause of poverty, exploitation, violence and suffering in the modern word.

As a democratic socialist I am pleased that SOCIALISM as an idea and ideal is in the air and on the air. But ironically the MASSES can expect no real practical guidance from these various " Trotskyist " sects that have ALL evolved into weird, degenerate personality cults . For example , the once respectable on the left American Socialist Workers Party . Their GREAT LEADER Jack Barnes has made his party into something worthy of North Korea . The equally obscure Socialist Equality Party - which runs the World Socialist Web Site - is led by one two face enigma named David North and David Green. David North is the socialist revolutionary . David Green is the CEO of a NON-UNION capitalist printing company . I can guess that his stable of Marxist writers are on his company pay roll . So much for revolutionary honor !
If you think the World Socialist Web Site is an open forum for ALL honest socialists , you are in for a rude awakening. The SEP goons police the web site for hints of non-conformity.
A while back I was smeared by one SEP hyena, " Joe Williams ", as the " resident Catholic , anti-Semite, fascist ". Then quickly BANNED from the WSWS . On You Tube I was able to ask if they could produce ONE comment that would easily categorize me as neo-Nazi anti-Semite. Like the dissidents in the Church of Scientology I was called a " loon .
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I must warn the youth interested in SOCIALISM to avoid these Trotskyist cults which already contain the evil seeds of totalitarianism.
I note that they are all absolutely beside themselves with hatred for the Roman Catholic Church ( which triumphed over Stalinist communism in Poland shortly after a friendly visit from Paul John Paul II ) .
The original sin of 20th century socialism was Bolshevik Russia - long before the rise of Stalinism - declaring its STATE to be " officially atheist ".
I am sure that THE MASSES will again just say no to " The Society of the Godless ". SOCIALISM will remain democratic and not make the world's religious majority second class , persecuted citizens . The era of socialist sects is over .

Hi Ron, your diatribe is characterized by falsehoods, misrepresentations, and the substitution of objective analysis for your personal delusions. You refer to "Trotskyist sects" as if there are multiple Trotskyist organizations, when there is only one, the Fourth International, the world party of revolutionary socialism, founded by Trotsky in 1938. The fact that the organization persists 81 years later is proof of its "real practical guidance." As well, your assertion that "the masses" have nothing to gain from Trotskyism is belied by the fact that the WSWS recorded 1 million monthly visitors last month, and stand to repeat this month, despite the censorship of the tech giants.

The information you cite regarding David North is readily available on his Wikipedia entry, yet you are attempting to present as some scandal that "David North" is a penname, or that he was once the head of a printing company (which won "Best Places to Work" in 2003). By your logic, Marxists should abstain from having jobs.

The WSWS "invites readers to post comments, ask questions or reply to other readers' comments and questions" while observing some basic rules: be polite, no bullying or threats of violence, no obscenities, etc. The WSWS relishes oppositional viewpoints. Who is Joe Williams and how do you know he is a member of the SEP? Regardless, if you are banned, it means you have broken the basic discussion rules.

This is what I mean by a vicious stupid CULT . I received this threat in my e-mail this morning for comments read by WSWS readers similar to the above :
"I'm not a goon or even a SEP member, yet, but if Comrade North told me to smack you, I'd smack the dog shit out of you, no charge. I LOVE THE ICFI, SEP & WSWS! They made my life complete. "
I recall with a smile Eric Hoffer's classic " The True Believer ".
NOTE : Faith in God makes life " complete " for millions of the world's Catholics, Protestants, Muslims , and Orthodox Jews .

Ron, for all I know you wrote that yourself. Perhaps, if you are going to persist with this obsessive crusade against the ICFI and SEP, you should focus on the actual material that David North and the WSWS has published. The perspectives, analyses, commentary, etc.

I would end any imagined " obsessive crusade " against NOT WELL LIKED Socialist Equality Party if they just EXPLAIN - with relevant quotes IN CONTEXT - why I was banned from the World Socialist Web Site AFTER one " Joe Williams " smeared me as the " resident Catholic, anti-Semite , fascist ".
Very simple . After receiving this THREAT I am very tempted to file a HATE CRIMES police report on David North and his WSWS goons .
Test me ! My e mail address is radicalron72647@gmail.com
I have no criminal record and ALL my opinions can be found in my blog - radical ron's blog spot .
Your cult smears me and then calls me " obsessive " for demanding an EXPLANATION.
I understand the SEP likes to go to court . Well , see you in court .

The WSWS has a contact form. If you want an explanation, reach out. I cannot provide one.

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Could any SANE reader think he is dealing with socialist humanism here ? Or even Marxism with some measure of moral sanity and intellectual integrity ?
My DOUBLE comment was just a computer glitch .

[ "Could it be a case of multipule personality disorder? Not exactly. You see, David Green, alias David North, is a fraud. He is the biggest fraud to hit the socialist movement since James Robertson of the Sparticist Leauge or “Chairman” Bob Avakian of the Revolutionary Communist Party. He owns a multi-million dollar corporation, and the upper echelons of his political cult and members of their family occupy key executive positions. "]
Internet source - another socialist organization

[ " Anyway, one has to wonder why David North is somehow magically impervious to the same political, economic and historical forces that apparently everyone else is influenced by. Does he have some magic power we’re not aware of? Ah yes, the dialectic is his saving grace. He and he alone wields its power properly and of course his disciples (but watch out! Should you question anything the guru says, even out or ignorance or genuine curiosity, your “subjectivity” may just cast doubt on your loyalty). “Woe to the factionalists!” is the call of the day. Only Trotsky knows the way forward, and North is his living incarnation. But seriously, any group (cult) claiming to have all the answers to existence should always be viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism "]
Internet source - left wing blogger

[The gutter politics of David North - Permanent Revolution
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Jun 1, 2018 - In truth, they turned their back on those traditions decades ago to become the .... The SEP/WSWS have abandoned the transitional program.]

I have a copy of " Joe Williams " smearing me as the " resident Catholic , anti-Semite, fascist " on the World Socialist Web Site. Then I was quickly banned from the World Socialist Web Site . I asked the GREAT OZ , the CAPITALIST David North, for an explanation. None of my comments ever REMOVED but then I am banned from a web site policed by David North 's lackeys. I said produce ONE comment of mine that would categorize me as a Neo-Nazi fascist ? ( Catholic = fascist ? ) . NADA !
There was no respect for intellectual honesty with these CULT members . Anybody can read my blog ( Radical Ron's blogsite ) going back to 1997 and judge for themselves if I am an " obsessed " Jew hater . I made numerous references to Jewish writers for whom I had the greatest respect : Irving Howe , Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Norman Finkelstein .
But it is like talking to the proverbial horse's ass .
The " Clears " of the Church of Scientology " routinely insult and humiliate non-conforming members . They use psycho-babble : " you don't know how crazy you are ". And my photo is " ugly " . And I am " pathetic " and "desperate for attention " . This is a CULT speaking, no doubt it.
And what kind of racist would quote Malcolm X ? My favorite Malcolm X quote : " Show me a capitalist and I'll show you a blood sucker " . Think about that David North, Green .
Any reader here can just GOOGLE David North SEP , World Socialist Web Site , Socialist Equality Party . The reader will find very consistent criticism of North and his self-appointed VANGUARD party of the working class. This from other socialists and ex-members of the SEP cult.
My point is that these socialist sects already contain the evil seeds of totalitarianism . Does that make me a " nut case " ?
Also I have observed this over -the-top hostility on the Left in general to Christianity and Catholicism in particular . What kind of ruling socialist VANGUARD party would make millions of Christians , millions of the world's RELIGIOUS people- Catholics , Protestants, Orthodox Jews, Muslims... second class PERSECUTED citizens of the New World Order ?
The Trotskyists worship the pre-Stalin Soviet Union as if Lenin and Trotsky never made a big mistake . Bertrand Russell thought Lenin was " cruel " . George Orwell thought that Trotsky was at least as responsible for the Russian totalitarianism as Stalin.
Soon after the triumph of the Russian Revolution the STATE was declared to be " officially atheist ". That certainly made Bolshevik revolution in Germany generally unwelcome and also unwelcome in still " Catholic " Europe - Italy , France, Spain, Portugal , Poland , Romania.
Also, has any honest socialist ever met any working class people - innocent of THE PARTY - languishing with a longing for the " Dictatorship of the Proletariat ? Thirsty for bloody revenge on all " class enemies " ?
The era of effete socialist " vanguard parties " actually ended 100 years ago .
I am more and more convinced that SOCIALISM as a GREAT IDEA ( going back to Plato and early Christianity ) can survive and finally triumph only as a quasi-religious movement - of a real MORAL MAJORITY .
If that makes me an ogre with the SEP so what ? They don't even like the term " democratic socialism ". They imagine they have a patent on socialism and the blessing of HISTORY . The fate of TRUE BELIEVERS in all the ages.

Bet Trump's happy the mainstream media is pushing unelectables like Tulsi and Julián instead of Tim Ryan, who could actually get elected.

Who was the most woke at the Woke Olympics? Hands down it had to be Julian Castro. If you're a man who thinks you're a woman, Julian Castro wants the government to pay for you to have an abortion.

Love how desperate you are! ❤️

6. There are a number of tomato cans who will shortly have their presidential primary fundraising faucet run dry.

Some took to speaking Spanish. What a turn off as an American voter.

Don't worry, most of them speak it so badly they'll turn off the faux-American voters they were pandering to even more.

My favorite tweet I saw was "Someone needs to tell the democrats that Mexico is not one of the United States."

My biggest takeaway was the pandering to the different groups of people that the Democratic Party likes to classify these people as.
Nothing brings people together more then busting them into groups and then pandering to each group individually.

Sort of like what Trump does with his racists, neo-nazis and white supremacists, right?

Mention of Trump's racism seems to upset you.

Trump is a flaming bigot. Even Republicans acknowledge that.

Check your Engrish. You "home skooled", liddle buddy?

No "deflection" – and I didn't realize I was conversing with a weak "incel" type. Good luck with that, liddle buddy.

Ha ha. Buh bye 💋