Must read. Chris Hedges. Fascism rises out of failed democracies where elites mouth the feel-your-pain language of liberalism while selling out the public. This was true in 1917 Russia, in Weimar Germany and in the former Yugoslavia. Article

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/behind-mask-moderates/

###. It is horribly as though the Myriad of token Humane window-dressing actions of Obama these eight years have been a setup for the TPP. So far I can't think of another explanation.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/07/prominent-scholars-decry-tpps-frontal-attack-law-and-democracy

***** Chris Hedges, the politics of Terror. ### I'm realizing this morning that things are probably decades more advanced than I had realized. For the poor and folks of color the cities are already mini police States. I just hadn't seen it that clearly. Chris Hedges today. The mega wealthy have been building their Elysiums for a long time.

http://m.truthdig.com/report/item/legalized_murder_and_the_politics_of_terror_20160710

How the World Fell Out of Love with ObamaIn countries key to the president’s legacy, people express profound disappointment in a man from whom they expected great things.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/barack-obama-world-popularity-cuba-egypt-ukraine-bbc-documentary-214032http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/barack-obama-world-popularity-cuba-egypt-ukraine-bbc-documentary-214032

### must read Washington Post article on President Obama as consoler in Chief.....### He has lost my respect as a great historical leader. Too many Horrors executed at his hand, too many Horrors left unblocked by his voice and or body. But I continue to Revere aspects of his Humanity such as described in this article here. There is greatness in his soul. And yes, although very unlikely, it is possible that he is faced with circumstances that explain and make impossible to avoid the horrible crimes that I hold him responsible for. I may never know.

### He has lost my respect as a great historical leader. Too many Horrors executed at his hand, too many Horrors left unblocked by his voice and or body. But I continue to Revere aspects of his Humanity such as described in this article here. There is greatness in his soul. And yes, although very unlikely, it is possible that he is faced with circumstances that explain and make impossible to avoid the horrible crimes that I hold him responsible for. I may never know.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/us/politics/long-and-genuine-hugs-shooting-victims-relatives-recall-obamas-empathy.html?referer=https://news.google.com

***** Gallup poll. Americans most dissatisfied with state of the country since Carter

http://www.gallup.com/poll/192374/americans-satisfaction-direction-remains-low.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles

Silencing America as It Prepares for War by John Pilger

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/27/silencing-america-as-it-prepares-for-war/

***** Ilan Pappe: Israel Is the Last Remaining, Active Settler-Colonialist Project Ilan Pappe discusses Noam Chomsky, Bernie Sanders and the post-Zionist movement. BY Eli Massey

http://inthesetimes.com/article/19107/ilan-pappe-Bernie-Sanders-Noam-Chomsky-BDS-Israel-Palestine/

***** '' The Cuba visit and the president’s pointed refusal to abort it for European problems is a hint of the president’s truest inclinations. He would rather be working in concert with people he respects than struggling against entitled opposition. He would rather be having fun. And he is a man of the left. He has heard the voices of Black Lives Matter and Bernie Sanders. He cares about racial justice. Expect to see more of this Barack Obama after his emancipation, next January 20. ''......

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/03/obama-said-in-cuba-what-he-couldnt-say-in-palestine/

***** Israeli soldier says it is his job to frighten 5-year-old Palestinians

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/03/israeli-soldier-says-it-is-his-job-to-frighten-5-year-old-palestinians/

Purveyors of Global Violence, US Continues to Lead World Arms Trade Topping the list of those on the receiving end of these deals are Middle East allies, including Saudi Arabia

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/22/purveyors-global-violence-us-continues-lead-world-arms-trade

Regarding Obama: For 6 years I would gladly have taken a bullet to save his life. Now I don't know that I would try and stop his bleeding. Palestine, TPP, backing.....

Regarding Obama:  For 6 years I would gladly have taken a bullet to save his life. Now I don't know that I would try and stop his bleeding. Palestine, TPP, backing Hillary, drone assassinations/murders on steroids, night raids on South American immigrants, persecution of Snowden and other heroic whistle blowers, Syrian and Yemen mass murder, increasing armaments to Israel, increasing armaments to Saudi Arabia and Egypt.....

***** Prominent American professor proposes that Israel “flatten Beirut” — a 1 million-person city it previously decimated

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/18/prominent_american_professor_proposes_that_israel_flatten_beirut_a_1_million_person_city_it_previously_decimated/

Congress draws a red line on the Green Line

Congress draws a red line on the Green Line http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2016/2/15/congress-draws-a-red-line-on-the-green-line#.VsM5fUlOk0M=

***** Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett just back from Syria. The media is lying to you.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bUyJV6YaSWY&time_continue=7

Israeli court refuses to let dying hunger striker go

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/israeli-court-refuses-let-dying-hunger-striker-go

***** By no stretch of the imagination did Obama save America. He may have turned the Titanic a tiny bit. He may have slowed the Titanic a tiny bit. Would anyone in history......

By no stretch of the imagination did Obama save America. He may have turned the Titanic a tiny bit. He may have slowed the Titanic a tiny bit. Would anyone in history have done a better job? I can't think of anyone, particularly if their skin was turned black before they took office in 2008. Was he ever the well intended man I thought he was? I don't know anymore. I don't know if I ever will. My best theory is that there is a small circle that controls the government machine. They keep themselves hidden until the President is elected. And then they reveal themselves and literally scare the s*** out of him. I can't see any other way to explain Obama.  http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2016/02/james-sanders-supporters-are-fraud-if.html

***** NY’s Public Theater cancels Palestinian production, ‘The Siege,’ it agreed to stage in May

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/02/nys-public-theater-cancels-palestinian-production-the-siege-it-was-to-stage-for-may/

Video. Watch. Israel's policy of breaking the bones of Palestinians. Watch. You are funding this with your taxes. You are supporting this with your silence.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153536055956925&id=655846924

Netanyahu Goes Full Trump: Surround Israel With Barrier ‘To Defend Ourselves Against Wild Beasts’ GettyImages-51037982

http://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2016/02/09/netanyahu-goes-full-trump-surround-israel-with-barrier-to-to-defend-ourselves-against-wild-beasts/