While Senator Sanders is pro-choice, and indicated that Trump's position was "incomprehensible," he used the opportunity to take on the media: "any stupid, absurd remark made by Trump becomes the story of the week,  Maybe, just maybe, we might want to have a serious discussion about the serious issues facing America."

 Certainly, true. But, Sanders made it sound like Trump was bellowing just one of many stupid remarks, that would be part of the free media coverage.

Income inequality and Wall Street harked to the cadence of "millionaires and billionaires," is a critical message, but it is not the only message.  Trump's statement, like so many of his, pulled the mask off the masquerade, uncovering the logical, but unspoken consequences of the anti-abortion advocacy.

 Fiorina, while the only one, apparently, did see a kicking and screaming video of a "baby" for tissue harvest--was it just Planned Parenthood that was culpable?

 It was an opportunity to move from that laser focus and recognize the opportunity to challenge other serious issues.

A woman who is a millionaire or billionaire would face the same "punishment." under a Trumpian law.  Those men and women in Mississippi, straights and gays who have intimate relationships and are not married are seriously faced with discrimination by a "religious liberty" bill on the governor's desk. Rich and poor are affected by irrational drugs laws.

About 4-1/2 hours later at 7:00 a.m., the waters of Hilo Bay on the island of Hawaii receded to the point where it was practically emptied, which attracted curious onlookers to the waterfront. Then within a half-hour, the sea rolled back into the bay at an estimated 40 miles per hour and crashed onshore, sweeping inland in some places by as much as a half-mile, completely obliterating the town's Waiakea (aka Shinmachi) residential district. 96 people lost their lives in Hilo.

18 miles farther north along the Hamakua coast at the village of Laupahoehoe, 19 students and 3 teachers at the local public school, as well as a mother and her 3-mo. old infant son, were killed when the series of waves powered ashore and inundated their coastal campus just as the children were beginning to arrive for the day.

The steps leading up to the foundation of one of the school buildings are a haunting reminder of the tragedy which took place in Laupahoehoe. An archived 1997 story from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin offers first-person accounts of surviving students: "I saw kids getting hit. Like dominoes they were falling." After the disaster, the entire village was relocated upslope to much higher ground, southeast of its original coastal site.

42 other residents across the then-Territory of Hawaii also lost their lives in tsunami events that morning as well. The extent and magnitude of the destruction in the islands prompted the federal government to establish the Seismic Sea Wave Warning System in Honolulu, which three years later was renamed the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC).

Following the deadly tsunami spawned by and undersea quake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra in Dec. 2004, the PTWC has since expanded its coverage and area of operation to include the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

First, the Sanders campaign needs to stop feeding the right-wing disinformation machine. Engaging in innuendo suggesting, without evidence, that Clinton is corrupt is, at this point, basically campaigning on behalf of the RNC. If Sanders really believes, as he says, that it's all-important to keep the White House out of Republican hands, he should stop all that - and tell his staff to stop it too.

Second, it's time for Sanders to engage in some citizenship. The presidency isn't the only office on the line; down-ballot races for the Senate and even the House are going to be crucial. Clinton has been raising money for other races; Sanders hasn't, and is still being evasive on whether he will ever do so. Not acceptable....

Sanders doesn't need to drop out, but he needs to start acting responsibly.

The reasoning:  Four of Hillary's former staffers at State have all hired the same lawyer to represent them.  This means they believe there is no conflict of interest or that there is no case against them.  Long-time anti Clinton critic Joseph diGenova believes this means the DOJ recognizes this means there is no case:

"If it's a serious case, you don't run the risk of having all sorts of collusion between people -- it's just not done," said diGenova. "If the department has accepted that, that tells me they're walking down the line of not bringing a case, because they're not serious if they have accepted that arrangement ... They've thrown in the towel."

Once again Sanders is relying on huge numbers of small donations.

Clinton has not released March totals yet, but several news blurbs list small high donor groups.  Of course lots of Hillary's fund raising is for down ticket.

Not a source I know a lot about, but it does raise larger issues.

First just how far should the SS go in protecting pols.  We all saw the hard take down of the guy who rushed Trump.  What ROE does the SS use in escalating from asking twice to not touch someone to three big strong guys forcing someone to comply.

From the other side how far should pols be allowed to go in letting public/press get close to them.  For better or worse Trump seems to love to get in the mix of things with walk up crowds.  Hillary has been accused of staged public events that screen all those who come in contact with her.  Should Trump be allowed to make it harder on the SS while Hillary makes it easier.

Of course the press loves what Trump does because there is a chance of news while Hillary's events are more likely to be more of the same.

In a remarkable interview with Henein this week, CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge read several scathing Facebook postings: "Brave Marie Henein, you've just set women's rights and rights of assault victims back 70 years." "You are on the wrong side of history." And "feels like a betrayal from a sister."

After the accusers were shown to have lied on the stand and had colluded with each other, the judge found Ghomeshi not guilty. Apparently, one of the accusers is a victim's rights advocate.

On the stand they undercut their own credibility and the Crown's case to such an extent that Horkins could not find Ghomeshi guilty. It wasn't the result the complainants' supporters hoped for.

Why wasn't Henein praised for successfully defending her client? It's ridiculous to believe that a woman shouldn't defend a man accused of rape.

This is what Ghomeshi was accused of doing.  

For humor impaired:

That's an irrelevant point, by which you're attempting to infer that he somehow had undue influence over the stories that his former employer printed, without having to actually provide any evidence of such.

No, the Ryans' divorce proceedings were acrimonious, and Jeri Ryan was a TV star. It was news when they first split up. She disclosed his sexual proclivities to her friends, as well as her reasons for divorcing him and seeking sole custody of their then-7-year-old son. And those people talked. There are no secrets in either politics and Hollywood, especially when one is running for a high-profile office such as U.S. senator.

That's why Jack Ryan's own party leaders first questioned him about those stories when he first announced his candidacy. He chose to mislead them. Once he became the GOP nominee, the Tribune went looking for verification of his ex-wife's tale, and quickly tracked it down in L.A.

I'm done discussing this with you. Call me when you finally decide to have an honest discussion.