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Sanders Campaign Raises $6 million in Final Fundraising Blitz

March 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders: $42 million raised in February
By Tom LoBianco, CNN

Washington (Mar. 1, 2016 07:29 am ET) — Bernie Sanders’ campaign announced early Tuesday morning it had raised more than $42 million in February and raised $6 million alone in a final fundraising blitz Monday.

The Sanders campaign announced Monday morning it had raised $36 million in February and set a goal of $40 million. But the coordinated push from the campaign and its supporters, including Democracy For America, helped Sanders beat that goal.

$45 Million New Goal for Sanders After Original Surpassed

February 29, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders raises more than $40 million in February
By Fredreka Schouten, USA Today

(Feb. 29, 2016 21:30 ET) — Despite his recent losses in Nevada and South Carolina, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders remains a fund raising powerhouse, raising $40 million and counting in February for his bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination.

Sanders had set a goal of collecting $40 million for the month before the fundraising deadline ended Monday. That’s nearly two times the $21 million the Vermont senator raised in January.

He started his last-minute fundraising drive Monday morning, having already collected $36 million. By 7:58 p.m. Monday night, he had raised $40.7 million — meaning donors had showered him with more than $4 million in a single day.

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Double Standard: Clinton Emails Released on Eve of Super Tuesday

February 29, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Double Standard: Clinton Emails Released on Eve of Super Tuesday

The timing couldn’t be any more perfect. At the end of the day, and right before the primary elections Super Tuesday. What a scam. Soldiers serving in the military would have been subjected to an Article 15 for mishandling any government information, classified, secrete, confidential or top secret.

State Dept. releases final haul of Clinton emails
With the last batch, released on the eve of Super Tuesday, the number of classified emails rises past 2,100.

By Josh Gerstein and Rachael Bade, Politico.com

(Feb. 29, 2016 16:22 PM EST) — Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is escaping the State Department’s final release of her emails — on the eve of Super Tuesday — without any more of the messages from her private account being designated “Top Secret.”

However, the total number of messages deemed classified by the State Department surged past 2,100 in the last document dump, adding to Clinton’s headaches about her judgment in using a private server for all her email traffic while secretary.

Filed Under: Hillary Clinton, News, Politics Tagged With: Classified Information, EmailGate, Hillary Clinton, Private Email Server

Bernie Sanders Lucky 27

February 29, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders’ Lucky 27
by Daryl Parsons

(Feb. 29, 2016 14:45 ET) — Not sure if anyone has noticed, but the magic number “27” has made its way into Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign, and thus into American history. It started off as a statistical number read off during campaign rallies to illustrate how Sanders’ campaign took donations from regular working class people in America averaging a humble “$27 Bucks.” It is now a stable number during his campaign rallies.

The Luck 27 doesn’t only appear in crusty book-keeping accountings of donations. It has appeared in other ways as well. For instance, when Sanders mentions how long he and his wife have been married. The answer, 27-years. Any cosmic correlation going on here?

The symbolism peppered throughout the Sanders campaign pops up in other ways.

Another numerical coincidence was during the very first primary election in Iowa when Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton within 1% of her 49.9 to 49.6 victory. There, the magic number was 1%.

Historically, the 1% designation has been used to refer to how “99%” of the population in American have been subject to the economic and political system imbalance. That is, the majority of the wealth is focused in the top 1% of the population. This leaves the rest of the population, or 99%, having to fend for themselves while fighting over the scraps of society that are left to scrap over.

The 99%/1% symbolism made its debut during Sanders’ first campaign election results in Iowa where he lost within 1%. Quite symbolic given that Sanders’ issue based campaign has advocated against the economic and social inequality existing in America, or for 99% of the population.

His opponent Hillary Clinton, in contrast, won the Iowa election within the 1% range. That is, she benefits from only a %1 margin, the margin which the wealthy class of citizens in American exist over the rest of the population. Clinton has been viewed, and given how she has taken Wall Street money for her campaign, as an establishment candidate beholden to Wall Street money.

It will be interesting to see what other magic numbers appear for Sanders throughout the rest of his campaign.

For now, it looks like the Lucky 27 number will be sticking around for a while.

Already, ActBlue, the Sanders’ campaign online donation service provider, has included a special $27 button in the optional amounts to click-on when making a donation on the site. This makes it easier and fun for people to join the symbolic $27 donation revolution.

One thing is also certain. The ability of Sanders to summon his Lucky 27 donors has been unflinching.

Just this month for February 2016, Sanders campaign reported having received $36 Million in donations.

Contributing to this amount is the surge of donations Sanders received after his win in New Hampshire which crippled ActBlue’s website to a slow crawl. Nonetheless, the Sanders campaign reported receiving $5 Million within 24-hours after his New Hampshire win.

The Lucky 27 is also a routine ad-lib by Sanders supporters during rallies. During the campaign, Sanders would engage his supporters with the question, , “. . and do you know what the average donation was?” The supporters then in cadence sound-off with, “Twenty-seven dollars!”

Bernie Sanders Collects $36 Million in February as Fund-Raising Successes Continue
by By Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times

(Feb. 29, 2016 10:11 AM ET) — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised more than $36 million in February and was hoping to hit the $40 million mark by the end of the day on Monday, his campaign announced.

Mutiny on the DNC! Vice Chair resigns, endorses Bernie Sanders

February 28, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Tulsi Gabbard resigns from DNC, endorses Bernie Sanders
by by Alana Wise, Reuters

(Feb. 28, 2016 10:07 ET) Democratic National Committee vice-chair Tulsi Gabbard resigned from her post on Sunday to endorse Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.

“I think it’s most important for us, as we look at our choices as to who our next commander in chief will be, is to recognize the necessity to have a commander in chief who has foresight, who exercises good judgment,” Gabbard, a U.S. representative for Hawaii, said on MSNBC show “Meet the Press”.

Where Sanders could win, and other things to watch for on Super Tuesday

February 27, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Where Sanders could win, and other things to watch for on Super Tuesday
By Ted Mellnik, John Muyskens and Samuel Granados, Washington Post

(Feb. 27, 2016) — Super Tuesday is Hillary Clinton’s chance for an armload of victories that would give her full claim to front-runner status in the Democratic primary race. But Bernie Sanders could spoil it with big wins somewhere outside his native Northeast. Here’s how the Super Tuesday states break down.

Robert Reich, Former Clinton Official, Endorses Bernie Sanders

February 27, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Former Clinton Official, Endorses Bernie Sanders
By Kerry Picket, The Daily Caller

(Feb. 27, 2016 01:07) Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday received an endorsement from former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

“I endorse Bernie Sanders for president of the United States,” Reich wrote in a Facebook post. “He’s leading a movement to reclaim America for the many, not the few. And such a political mobilization – a ‘political revolution,’ as he puts it – is the only means by which we can get the nation back from the moneyed interests that now control so much of our economy and democracy.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Campaign 2016, Clinton Official, endorsement, Labor Secretary, presidential race 2016, Robert Reich

The Talking Points: Sanders Campaign ‘Needs to Know’ Moving Forward

February 25, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders for President 2016 SC Aftermath Talking Points

(Feb. 25, 2016 14:15 pm) Long time social democrat, Bernie supporter, organizers with the grassroots campaign on Slack, Reddit, etc., takes a moment to explain that things are better than they may appear. Stressing supporters need to volunteer all over.

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Bernie Sanders For President 2016

(Feb. 25, 2016 14:15) — Hello everyone! New admin here, long time social democrat, Bernie supporter, organizer with the grassroots campaign on Slack, Reddit, etc. Please take a moment to read my post on the status of the campaign; things are better than they may appear but we need volunteers all over! Even if you can make some phone calls from home, every ounce of effort counts!

Lets clear the air:

I have seen way too many posts and articles foolishly suggesting a NV or SC loss is “nearing the end” or people gaslighting and “offering thanks” to Bernie and his supporters but remember this primary doesnt end till June! Bernie already showed the world he was electable with a virtual tie in Iowa and a record-setting landslide in the first primary state. The loss in Nevada was 15-20 points smaller than the last poll in that state and South Carolina polls show she will not win by the margins projected even a few weeks ago. The race is on!

Worried? Phonebank! Bernie is on a path to vtctory!
http://berniesanders.com/phonebank

The folks who write these articles are likely doing so in support of Clinton, not the facts. Individuals who post statements to this effect are either reading these stories and mistakenly repeating erroneous information or just weren’t around in 2008 when Obama ran against the ‘inevitable’ Clinton and won.
(hint: Bernie is still doing better than Obama – see The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/14/hillary-clintons-national-lead-is-slipping-faster-in-2016-than-it-did-in-2008/)

Please make sure you have this information in case someone tries to convince you its over! Be polite – if Bernie wouldnt say it, you shouldnt say it – ultimately the truth will win out:

1. The big scare – Superdelegates – do not vote until June and comprise only 15% of the total delegates. They switched from Hillary to Obama in 08 proportional to Obama’s numbers and it will happen again if Bernie wins the majority of the elections as Obama did. There have already been defectors. Truthfully, the DNC knows they will lose more than the White House if they try to go against the will of the voters. Sure, some will stay with Clinton till the bitter end but ultimately we can expect the primaries and caucuses to determine the winner.
See Bloomberg:
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-28/clinton-s-superdelegate-tipping-point
“In the event, the “supers” have never tilted the nomination; they always line up with the candidate who won the most delegates in the caucuses and primaries. That’s essentially what happened in 2008: Clinton had an early lead in superdelegates, but as Barack Obama started winning caucuses and primaries, he wound up picking up almost all the undecided supers and even some defectors from Clinton.”
See CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/10/dems.wrap/
“Obama closed to within one superdelegate of Clinton, picking up the support of four party leaders after a flurry of new endorsements over the past two days. Clinton, meanwhile, picked up the votes of two superdelegates but lost one to Obama.”

2. Did you know that in 2008 Hillary won lots of huge states? California, Texas, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona, New Jersey, and Massachusetts among others. Remember, Obama, like Bernie, got delegates in every state he lost. This is not a winner-take-all event, its nothing like the electoral college, state “wins” are symbolic as compared to the delegates assigned. Bernie and Hillary are still TIED in pledged delegates – the delegates we vote for. We are neck and neck with the Clinton Dynasty! WOW!!!!
See Wikipedia – 2008 was a very long road for Obama!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2008

3. Oh the polls….did you know Hillary lead the polls nationally for a few months after New Hampshire in 2008? Bernie seems to be closing the gap faster than Obama did, but dont ever let these polls get you down! Phonebank! Knock on doors! Help us help Bernie at http://berniesanders.com/phonebank! You can do it from home.
See Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/14/hillary-clintons-national-lead-is-slipping-faster-in-2016-than-it-did-in-2008/

4. Ok, so, polls….Nate Silver says if Bernie keeps national polling above 50-50, Bernie will win 30 states!
The last Reuters and fox polls have Bernie leading – NBC shows 11 points for Clinton but put in the perspective of the trend over the last 500 polls she has plummeted from 50,60 point margins just months ago. Bernie stays even or better and he clinches the nomination in May or so…
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bernie-sanderss-path-to-the-nomination/

Remember the Nate Silver 538 product takes poll averages and then forecasts based on other things – Silver’s weighted averages and forecasts take favorability ratings into account and Bernie leads all candidates:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/18/1471588/-Nate-Bernie-Sanders-is-the-only-candidate-in-either-party-with-a-net-positive-favorability-rating

5. The “electability” dialogue has been flipped! The nation now understands that if Hillary not only has her usual baggage but that an increasing number of Democrats will write Bernie in or support an independent run should he lose. We also know that INDEPENDENTS are the LARGEST voting bloc of 2016, hands down. They are kingmaker this cycle, no doubt about that. Believe it or not, Trump has helped Bernie frame the argument that the political parties are corrupt, beholden to others, and not subjecting themselves to the will of the voters as they probably should. If we dont nominate Bernie the independents will go with Trump over the establishment 2:1. This number is an estimate;
See Glen Greenwald:
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/24/with-trump-looming-should-dems-take-a-huge-electability-gamble-by-nominating-hillary-clinton/
Another very well sourced article:
http://static.currentaffairs.org/2016/02/unless-the-democrats-nominate-sanders-a-trump-nomination-means-a-trump-presidency

6. Endorsements – Dont let these get you down. Hillary Clinton has been getting endorsements for years, decades now. Please remember not all endorsements were created equal – some come from the will of the workers, others from the will of their execs. She had plenty of the same endorsements in 2008 as well….
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/22/bernie-sanders-gets-group-endorsements-when-members-decide-hillary-clinton-when-leaders-decide/

Please make no mistakes about this – we need people beating the streets every day to topple the Clinton machine but we are on track!

It took time for voters to meet and grow to love Barack Hussein Obama, and Bernie the Democratic Socialist is making his case to the people. One thing I have noticed over the past few months is that not only are his numbers rising, but he never seems to lose support once he has it. When people get to know Bernie, they love him, they stay with him. This trend should be easily visible to anyone watching.

Bernie’s support in the digital world is second to none. The phone banking software and the team leading the outreach includes some of the people who helped Obama’s camp introduce him to voters and the numbers we have racked up are already well beyond some of the figures reached in 2008. Bernie has the best digital team in politics right now. Besides the grassroots deluge of Reddit, Tublr, Twitter and Facebook users supporting him, the apps and tools the Sanders campaign is using are by far the most comprehensive; any of his supporters can directly connect with the campaign, donate time to make phone calls from their homes, canvas with GPS enabled mobile apps, organize events and get notifications to followers in all 50 states at a moment’s notice to help draw the massive crowds we have seen at Bernie’s events. The revolution is just beginning – never give up!
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/bernie-sanders-army-of-coders-2016-213647
http://www.bernkit.com/#f=All

Filed Under: Bernie Sanders 2016 Tagged With: bernie sanders, Campaign 2016, phonebank, presidential race 2016, superdelegates, Talking Points

MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin Lectures on Rainbows (2002, 2012)

February 25, 2016 by PublicSkeleton 1 Comment

MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin Lectures on Rainbows

There are significant properties of physics going on when you see a double rainbow.

If you want to find out more about the physics properties, look up Professor Walter Lewin on Youtube. He was so popular for his lectures, they brought in a film crew for all versions of the physics course. Physics 1, 2 and 3 (801, 802, and 803). There are about 30 lectures in each level. I’ve watched them all!

There is one lecture during his course, and another one produced much later showing an older Lewin. Both lectures are just as scientifically correct.

In his Spring 2002, and the 10 years later in 2012, he focused his lectures on the discussion of the physics properties of rainbows.

He is known for one of his famous quotes from the series, “You’ve looked at rainbows, but you’ve really never seen them.”

Quick Overview

From what I recall, and after watching his lectures you will never look at a rainbow the same way, you will “see” them from now and forever forward.

First 1) See how the space inside the lower band is a bright white? 2) now notice the space between the lower and upper band is darker? 3) Notice the difference in the order of the colors of the lower band (top to bottom) red, to blue. and the upper band top to bottom is blue to red?

Then there are lots of things that need to be in place to actually see the rainbow 1) angle you view the water vapor/rain and 2) where the sun is in relation to the angle you look at the rainbow (behind ) and at a precise angle.

Anyway, I’ll end it here. I’ve looked up the links for both the 2002 and 2012 lectures and listed them below.

The 2002 lecture shows a younger, more peppy Walter Lewin but in a low quality video. The other lecture was recorded in 2012 and shows an older Lewin which has a higher, HD qualify recording. Both lectures are of course, scientifically precise.

Enjoy

(2002) https://youtu.be/6Hl7BLXq5vA
(2012) https://youtu.be/iKUSWJWMSk4

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: art of physics, physics, rainbows, Walter Lewin

The Art of the Lie: Hillary Clinton’s Artful Avoidance and Obfuscation (Draft 1)

February 23, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

This is a rough draft Ver. 1

(Feb. 23, 2016) — During tonight’s CNN Town Hall meeting between democratic nominee hopefuls Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, the moderator asked Clinton about why she hasn’t released her $200k paid speech transcripts made with Goldman Sachs, and whether the private email server classified information mishandling investigation has impacted her campaign.

Clinton’s response might as well have been from Donald Trump’s book, “The Art of the Deal.” However, Clinton’s book would be named, “The Art of the Lie.”

If anyone who has been following the democratic candidates over the past year, one would be very familiar with the issues that arrise for each of the candidates along the way. The first time Clinton was asked about her paid speeches with Goldman Sachs, where she received over $600K for three speeches, was around when Lee Fang, a reporter with “The Intercept” began asking her about them, and was subsequently brushed off and laughed at.

Since, the request for the transcripts has been popping up without giving way. Clinton’s first response, which was during a broadcast debate with Sanders, she said she would, “look into it.” Now, and as artfully as she could, she is conditioning her release of those transcripts on actions of the other candidates. Namely, the republicans as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Sanders, has since, released what little transcripts he had. But this wasn’t enought for Clinton. She moved the goal post and is now requiring all the republican candidates to also release transcripts of any speeches they every made as well. This scored Clinton points in creative dodging (i.e., lying), and as such, is playing a page out of the book, “The Art of the Lie.”

Both her responses were misleading.

1) Transcripts – Basically, she has refused from the start to release claiming she will look into it. Now she has spouted how she wants everybody to release their transcripts 1st before she will follow.

2) Email – She tried to summarize this as another “attack” based issue.

1) Transcripts – My view – If she wants to be the leader of this country, and the leader of the Military (where soldiers have been sent to jail, subject to UCMJ actions for mishandling classified information.) why is she differing leadership to the other candidates to lead the releasing of transcripts for their paid speeches.

Its like, Clinton’s position is, “I won’t tell the truth (by releasing the transcripts) unless you tell the truth first.” Lastly, on this issue. First, the other candidates are not only asking, but the American people are asking her to release the transcripts. She doesn’t only have to come clean to the other candidates, but she has conditioned her coming clean on behalf of the interest of the American people on weather the other candidates will release their transcripts.

Does this sound familiar? Yes. It’s that tit for tat approach to dealing with a problem. This is what grid locks congress where Republicans and Democrats play this game back and forth in D.C. and nothing gets done. Thus, the same old tactics, gimmicks, and tricks. Meanwhile, while the game is afoot, the American people, as with the transcripts are marginalized because of how she wants to “play the game.” Because it is only a game for her. If she looses, she goes back to a cushy lifestyle.

2) Classified Email Breech:

Well, I sent an op-ed into the New York Times on this basically narrowing it down to how soldiers would face much more serious consequences for simply having a thumb drive used around official military equipment and computer in the course of communications. Here, she basically installed her own system, to intercept communications she needed to send, receive and store in the course of her work as a United States Secretary of State.

This is very serious. The idea that she setup this private system guarantees that she would be in control of distribution of its contents upon request. Therefore, she, once again, and with the intention of, developed a “buffer” between her and being accountable to the American people. As she is now doing above, with the speech transcripts as well.

She is enabling her ability to come clean with transcripts or email contents behind an action depending on a third party.

With respect to the Transcripts – she is hinging her actions on the Republican’s to first make a move (Bernie has already done it); and with respect to the emails, she hinged her ability to act on the limitations of the system she setup to begin with (third party device). The private server enabled her to “loose” thousands of emails, and then slowly seep out the information, in hard printout form (can’t be searched” on her terms. What is most disingenuous is how she designed this in advance, a premeditated act with the anticipation of being able to obstruct when needed.

Doesn’t the NSA Already have Clinton’s Email Communications?

You know, with all of the Edward Snowden revelations, and Glenn Greenwald’s reporting on the government surveillance systems, the hijacking of emails and voice transmissions, and the like, wouldn’t you think that the NSA, or the DHS, Google, Microsoft, as such would all have copies of Clinton’s private email server communications?

If then, then why haven’t they provided the investigation with same?

Or, why hasn’t the FBI gotten an order, like they did with Apple, to forensically pry any and all databases open to recover the information form all sources?

Who is the director of the FBI?

FBI Facts: (Wikipedia)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nation’s prime federal law enforcement organization. Operating under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI is concurrently a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.[2] A leading U.S. counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes.[3]

FBI Director Appointments:

Current FBI Director:

James Brien Comey, Jr. (born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer. He is the seventh and current Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Appointed by Barack Obama (Friends with Hillary Clinton):

In May 2013, it was reported, and in June 2013 it was made official, that President Barack Obama would nominate Comey to be the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, replacing outgoing director Robert Mueller.

Standards for Appointments:

FBI Directors are appointed by the President of the United States. They must be confirmed by the United States Senate and serve a term of office of five years, with a maximum of ten years, if reappointed, unless they resign or are fired by the President before their term ends.

Filed Under: Hillary Clinton, News, Politics Tagged With: Classified Information, CNN Town Hall, Election 2016, FBI, FBI appointments, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hillary Clinton, NSA, Presidential Race, Private Email Server, speech transcripts

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$45 Million New Goal for Sanders After Original Surpassed

Double Standard: Clinton Emails Released on Eve of Super Tuesday

Bernie Sanders Lucky 27

Mutiny on the DNC! Vice Chair resigns, endorses Bernie Sanders

Where Sanders could win, and other things to watch for on Super Tuesday

Robert Reich, Former Clinton Official, Endorses Bernie Sanders

The Talking Points: Sanders Campaign ‘Needs to Know’ Moving Forward

MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin Lectures on Rainbows (2002, 2012)

The Art of the Lie: Hillary Clinton’s Artful Avoidance and Obfuscation (Draft 1)

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