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. . . OMG! I'm gonna starve! How long is this line to the Philly Steak place?

Looong lines to the Ladies, especially. When you finally get in the stall, there is spatter, all the TP will be gone and someone pissed all over the seat too.

. . . weeps because she can't hold it any longer, squats down, and shits on the floor while everyone turns away, pretending not to see what's happening, holding their noses or retching.




That actually happened at a festival in Appalachia my sister-in-law & I attended years ago. We left without using the restroom, thinking it better to just pee in the weeds behind a Rhododendron. I wonder how many weeds, bushes or high grass is available in Philadelphia.

Young women, please remember, you may be pregnant or old some day, so let them go ahead. Gravity is a strong force and your bladder can be under a lot of pressure when your pregnant and get weak when you get old.

I am quite serious about this. It is rarely mentioned but a reality.

Where the tourists go. (Note: don't ask for Swiss cheese!)

A REAL Philly Cheesesteak HAS to be made with Cheez Whiz or something like that.

As I understand it, this goes back to the original recipe, as developed by Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, in their wilder days. (Cheez Whiz was a lot harder to get in 1774, which is why it's considered a specialty, even today.)

Talk about keeping a recipe secret! Dang!


Come to think of it--- ---beetcha that's

what's in those transcripts: Secret Family Recipes

And the local press made great light of his unfamiliarity with native cuisine.
You can get a cheesesteak with provolone, American or Whiz, most seem to prefer Whiz (I like American myself).

Might try the Provolone next time.

Now I've made myself hungry!

Thanks for the John Kerry tidbit, BTW.

Sleep in the park.

Nowadays that means acquainting yourself with a jail cell.

"The whole world's watching."

And I'm sure sofas would open up throughout the city.

...can't imaging where the protesters will be staying.

will be at the Econo-Lodge. See you there!

And you are as likely to see Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins at an Econo-Lodge as Carlos Slim.

there's a pretty good chance we're going to find out!

All of the Bernie supporters I have met since the campaign actually started in LA are very happy people.

We probably wouldn't demonstrate so much as laugh and sing and celebrate being the soul of the Democratic Party.

Hillary is the last of the oligarchs running the Party. And that is something to celebrate with lots of people, music and fun.

and perhaps get a good cheese steak.

Outside it would look like Chicago, circa 1968, except instead of teargas they'd use mace.

Remember, protesting equates to terrorism now.

They'll use pepper spray!

Democrats nominating their preferred candidate?

A reminder that Chicago was exacerbated by the fact the Humphrey never ran in a single Primary.

We would not demonstrate. We would celebrate the rebirth of the Democratic Party, a new focus on "we" and a surge of young voters away from the terrible dominance of corporate money in our Party.

Hillary is the last gasp of the oligarchs that have been running the Democratic Party for a generation and a half.

Bernie and those of us who support him are the future of the Democratic Party no matter what the outcome is of this 2016 election.

I have been working with Bernie volunteers in Los Angeles recently. It's a new day. I've worked on a lot of campaigns. Never seen one this organized, with the solid values of this one. Never seen one in which every single volunteer can explain the issues and where the candidate stands on each issue to the extent I see it in this one.

I remember my frustration watching young volunteers stumble and stutter when asked about Kerry's stances on the issues in 2004.

Not so this year. Every Bernie supporter I have met in the campaign thus far can clearly explain to you where Bernie stands on maybe not all but a very significant number of the issues. I am overwhelmed by this development.

This is the political revolution that Bernie is talking about. It's a huge shift from interest in personalities and gossip to issues.

Feel the Bern! Because the political revolution is here.

If you're not challenging the outcome of the nomination or the platform, there won't be much of a story. How much PR did Ron Paul's separate event at the Minneapolis GOP convention generate?

Carry on...

But that's a lot of unicorns ... I bet they could ride share.

PA already had its primary.

I'd be game for it...

They can absorb Sanders endorsement speech. It will be right after Warren gives hers.

Please do some good while you are out there. Tell the republican protestors next to you why the Democratic Party platform, the party Sanders calls home, is so superior to anything they are presenting.

"the party Sanders now calls home"

From his own words, he doesn't seem to be a visitor.

far from the convention site and the major media. (They'll cover protests if they feel like it.) It happened in NYC in 2004 with the anti-Bush protesters and in Denver in 2008 will the pro-Hillary protesters. Expect to be uncomfortable and marginalized.

I don't think it will reflect well on your message. Even a mob of 1,000,000 shouldn't be allowed to overturn the votes of 12,000,000+.

while the passion of the BS'ers is admirable, when people refuse to accept that they have lost according to a democratic process, and harass super delegates, threaten other voters, threaten the party, become obstructionist, threaten to derail the convention, etc... then at that point they are no longer participating in the electoral process and are instead trying to hijack it for their own ends.

It's just authoritarianism under a different label.

The people who have lost and those that support them need a reality check and to understand that it is perfectly reasonable for other voters to disagree with them and that doesn't mean those other voters are stupid, corrupt, ill-informed, voting against their interests, or whatever else. It just means those other voters disagree and see things differently.

And that is what politics is all about - negotiation, compromise, majorities, taking 2 steps forward for each step back, etc. It seems like the vast majority of Sanders voters, if they had a button in front of them that would just make him the nominee regardless of the vote, would be pressing it furiously.

People just don't WANT him as their nominee or their leader. That's just how it works.

With all the crap that has occurred?

but totally worth it.
sadly, thats a wedding anniversary and we have tickets to the Hollywood Vampires
otherwise Id be there too.
Can only wonder what it was like to live through Chicago.
2004 RNC was something to see, but just a party in comparison to real confrontations.

Bob was an early champion of civil rights. He thinking about doing more for disenfranchised blacks than MLK ever did. And he almost decided to lead a march on Washington DC. And he once even thought about giving a rousing tear-jerking speech.

But he had other plans and couldn't make it.





Sorry, not trying to be a total jerk, but I just couldn't help chuckling about the supposed generational importance given to this event, contrasted with "...but we have tickets to the Vampires".

the important stuff will have happened long before that date, and the chaos that might ensue would only be
caused by the usual suspects. the forces of oppression.
it becomes amusing to watch the morph to hard right.

just hope things dont go too far.
I told you so's arent that useful.

That will not happen again, no matter how much you'd like it to.

Nor will Betnie's fearless keyboard warriors subject themselves to the heat and humidity of DC in the summer, much less the perfume of the necessary Port-a-Potties. How are you going to pay for those, by the way?

Yup, and you were out there on our peace vigils every Tuesday and Saturday for five years. Keyboard warriors, Hill folks can't be bothered to get out and attend a meet up with their leader. Imagine asking them to actually leave the house to do anything. Really, without projection there would be a lot fewer posts around here!

are you suffering from something that would explain that asinine leap?

This is truly high comedy.

Other than that, not much else would happen.

You beat me to mine.

Can't wait to see the crocodile tears when people wake up to the fact that she can't do it on her own. If you voted for Hill and talk about Bernie supporters like this then you are responsible for selling us all out. No joke!

... and the head shops sure would be selling out of patchouli.

Aaaaa....I don't think Sander's people shop at Walmart. If it can't be bought at another store for a reasonable price....it's just not necessary! Walmart, brought to us by the Clinton's, the first nail in the coffin.

... even me, and even though the place gives me hives just to be in there.

the question is will it be long enough to make a difference by changing the country...
though it will take many election cycles to accomplish it

Because voting is so establishment, third-way, corporate........and it's only rigged anyways.

sure they would all vote for Hillary in November if they had to.

Many people would be kettled far, far away from the actual convention so honestly I think its a bad idea.

Truthfully I think the PTB love to see us waste energy on futile exercises like this. We blow off steam and never . gather the energy for the literal and virtual pitchforks to really destroy them.

... this has only ever been about whining.

Look what happened to Occupy. Violently removed. I think there will need to be constant pressure from the streets. Politicians need to be afraid of us before they will do anything for us. Right now, they just aren't afraid of us, well, maybe a little bit, but if they can get Bernie's bunch tucked into bed without further delay, they'll go back to same old same old.

At their boyfriends. Lots of growling stomachs and needing to take a piss.

But you are right. A motel room would be a rare and expensive thing.

...and all run up the steps of the art museum.

It would be carnage!

Why didn't yours get hidden?

understanding with you making fun of those who care about the issues is that there may be an occurence of YUUUUGGGEEE proportions before the Convention and the DNC may be a little more humble by then. Just am watching what is being said all over the net.

who has won the most delegates and votes.

Did you not think that the electorate had made a very, very stupid choice?

Selecting Hillary as the nominee is a very stupid choice. It's entirely reasonable to let those who have foisted her on us how unhappy we are.

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which is why it won't happen. If it did, though, there would be a minor baby boom nine months later. Lots of kids named Bernie and Bernice, I suppose.

The universe might implode.

mass arrests, media blackout, internet disconnection.

¡Good idea!

They just kept posting on the internet about what would happen
if something besides what actually is going to happen happened.

It is well established that they drastically over count all things things Sanders.

Enough people to totally surround the Capitol Building on the street on all four sides. It was amazing and it can happen! People don't have to sleep in town. We came in on buses, arrived in the morning and loaded up at the end of the day. It was awesome!

Between now and then. Hillary Clinton will be the nominee, and she should be, based on the rules currently in play. The people are speaking, and the majority of them prefer Hillary.

Because Martin's followers were sick and tired of the status quo. Apparently, Americans are not.

would set police against them like they did to Occupy Wall Street.

The Oligarchy won't be denied.

... as soon as they find out it's not a keg party.