US politics and election

Oh no!  Bonny, you are not supposed to say those sorts of things.  Tut tut.... 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/bernie-sanders-democratic-presidential-candidate-kicked-off-the-stage-by-black-lives-matter-protesters-10447101.html


Bernie Sanders: Democratic presidential candidate kicked off the stage by Black Lives Matter protesters



Hilary will be cackling today - I would reckon that stunt has pretty much destroyed any realistic chance Sanders ever had. Just look at him - acting like a whipped dog at his own rally!

Mind you, Putin, China, the ayatollahs, etc., will be praying he somehow gets elected.

He probably went home and cried by the look of him.

 

He was my all time favorite.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/10/us-ferguson-anniversary-idUSKCN0QE0HI20150810

A man was gravely wounded in a gun battle with police in Ferguson, Missouri on Sunday night after a day of peaceful rallies to mark the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer one year ago.

Several volleys of gunshots rang out as police in riot gear tried to disperse demonstrators blocking traffic and smashing storefront windows along a street that was a flashpoint of last year's unrest in the St. Louis suburb after Michael Brown, 18, was slain.

Police later said the gunfire began with two groups of agitators apparently shooting at each other. When one gunman ran across a parking lot, four police detectives pulled up in an unmarked vehicle and confronted him.

The suspect opened fire on the police vehicle and was badly wounded in the ensuing foot chase and exchange of gunshots with the four officers, police said.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the unidentified man, believed to be in his mid-20s, was hospitalized in critical and unstable condition, and was undergoing surgery.

More madness at link.

Sigh and sigh again?

Nothing you can say, really.

http://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-marks-anniversary-notorious-us-police-shooting-102429039.html;_ylt=AwrC1C0yJMhVCy4AvEnQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--

A crowd of about 50 people looted a beauty store in the St. Louis suburb and protesters grew confrontational late in the evening. There was no immediate word of any arrests.

I am sure looting a wig shop will help with the Struggle enormously.

http://www.rt.com/usa/312028-tyrone-harris-shot-ferguson/


If you scroll down, you can see - and hear - the worst of the shooting breaking out ....

Andre Anderson, the acting head of Ferguson’s Police Department, added that several people were detained during the protests, but did not specify how many had been arrested.

The gunfire occurred as Anderson was speaking to CNN about how the police, “just wanted to be as patient as possible.” As he talked, some 20 shots could clearly be heard in the background. The clip of the incident showed the police chief was shocked, as he looked away in awe when the shooting began

I am not sure 'awe' is the correct word; despair is more like it.

Unbelievable.  (shaking head)....

http://www.newsweek.com/officials-issue-state-emergency-st-louis-county-361597

Updated | Officials issued a state of emergency in St. Louis County on Monday in the wake of violence that erupted the previous night as protesters gathered on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death.

Brown, an 18-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot by a white police officer last summer on August 9, in Ferguson, Missouri, and the suburb was forced into the national spotlight.

"The recent acts of violence will not be tolerated in a community that has worked so tirelessly over the last year to rebuild and become stronger," St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger wrote in a statement. He added that Ferguson "will not be destroyed by a few that wish to violate the rights of others."

As Stenger announced the state of emergency, police were arresting at least 50 protesters outside of the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They demanded the dissolution of the Ferguson Police Department, which has been highly criticized for routinely violating constitutional rights of African-Americans.

Dozens of demonstrators gathered in the square outside the building and chanted, "Black lives matter," "You can't stop the revolution" and "Which side are you on?" to the beat of drums.



and

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_7564c9cb-cc89-58cb-8787-4aaa91bcccaa.html#.Vcj1lSxeWdQ.twitter

50 arrested in Ferguson protests downtown; state of emergency declared in county

From the shrieks of outrage here:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/blacklivesmatter?f=tweets&vertical=default&lang=en

the cops seem to be rounding up the main sh*t-stirrers, I mean social justice warriors. No sign of Obama or Soros being arrested, though.

http://uk.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/08/cornel-west-deray-mckesson-johnetta-elzie-arrested?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

It's just like the sixties, only in colour HD instead of spotty black and white.

Correction, not quite like the sixties, the protesters weren't obese back then.

So what is it that the stirrers actually want?  I mean G.S & friends of course....

I am wondering if the puppeteers are concerned that these idiots may have got out of hand, Lily? I saw Loretta Lynch earlier, and she didn't sound in the least bit sympathetic to them - which must have been a pleasant change for normal Americans after Holder.

I confess, I didn't think the authorities were ever going to do anything about these pests, let alone arrest the ringleaders. Maybe last night's shootout was just too much for even the current Washington establishment to ignore?

I don't know, I am just speculating from a safe distance.

Speculating is all anyone can do at the moment, Bonny.   Why the need for all this, well.....unrest?

If enough mayhem is unleashed, the rest of the country will be begging for a clampdown?

....which is what they wanted to do from the start?

Obama needs a legacy......

I just realised who would benefit.

Just before all this kicked off last year, there was great concern and debate about the militarisation of the US police - all those Humvees, etc.

Now, most people wouldn't give a flying one if airstrikes were called in on Ferguson and similar trouble spots.....

Came across this:

https://youtu.be/_KenLv_qCik

O still wants his legacy and he has said that if he could run again he would be voted in........

I think there may be a problem with that...

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/08/10/donald-trump-wins-again-fox-news-channel-softens-criticism-after-chaotic-debate-roger-ailes-calls-him-for-ceasefire/

The Fox News Channel (FNC) appears to be backing down under criticism from 2016 GOP frontrunner billionaire Donald Trump and others, and is now asking the real estate magnate to appear on the network again.

Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, called Trump personally on Monday— according to Trump—assuring him that his network would be fair after what many saw as a questionable performance in last Thursday’s debate in Cleveland, Ohio, by anchors Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace and Bret Baier. Many observers believed that the Fox News trio ganged up on Trump, asking him some questions that many thought crossed the line.

Not like the Murdoch empire to back down, unless there is something in it for themselves.