[…] Jan Ruff was in her late teens when Java was surrendered to the Japanese invaders on 8 March 1942. The Dutch civilian population was rounded up by the Japanese and interned in camps where the living conditions were often as bad as in the prisoner of war camps.
The interned women were fed so little by the Japanese that they were forced to eat snails and rats to survive. They were arbitrarily beaten or forced to stand in the sun for hours by the Japanese guards whenever the whim took them.

Pictures and video from the Donald Trump rally in San Diego California show the various radical groups and violent agitators who are aligned with the Clinton and Sanders campaigns:

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With the release of the official State Department OIG report, the Associated Press fact-checks Hillary Clinton’s historical statements.  AP comes to the conclusion “Clinton misstates key facts in email episode” – which is parseltongue for SHE LIED:

CLINTON (Lie #1): “The system we used was set up for President Clinton’s office. And it had numerous safeguards. It was on property guarded by the Secret Service. And there were no security breaches.” — March 2015 press conference.

THE REPORT: Evidence emerged of hacking attempts, though it’s unclear whether they were successful.
On Jan. 9, 2011, an adviser to former President Bill Clinton notified the State Department’s deputy chief of staff for operations that he had to shut down the server because he suspected “someone was trying to hack us and while they did not get in i didnt (sic) want to let them have the chance to.” (more…)

The second Trump rally in California today takes place at the San Diego Convention Center and is scheduled for 2:00pm PDT / 5:00pm EDT start time:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

Update 4:00pm EDT:  The Donald Trump campaign has declined the Bernie Sanders invitation to debate.  “it would be inappropriate“:

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Unfortunately (because many of us wanted the alternate), the smart play argument won out.
By candidate Donald Trump initially entertaining the Sanders invite the media storm elevated Sanders California profile. As a consequence, by declining the debate Trump initiates a sympathetic energy release amid the electorate toward Bernie which will, most assuredly, ensure Sanders wins the California primary against Clinton.
The long game of Clinton’s nominee marginalization is better served with Sanders winning the CA primary.  A well played maneuver of strategic political chess.
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Candidate Donald Trump is holding two rallies in California today, one in Fresno 10:00am local, and one in San Diego 2:00pm local.    The first rally in Fresno, CA is at Selland Arena and begins at 10:00am PDT / 1:00pm EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1

Some of you may have missed the Trump energy policy speech yesterday in Montana. During an event at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, candidate Donald Trump outlined his vision and policy agenda regarding “complete energy independence“.
Candidate Trump drew a broad contrast in energy policy between himself and Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton.  Topics included: The Keystone Pipeline, Coal Industry etc.

Senator Bernie Sanders appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live one night after the possibility of a Trump -vs- Sanders debate was proposed and Trump being open to it.
Unfortunately, Democrat party rules forbid any Democrat candidate from participating in unsanctioned debates, so it would be challenging to pull it off. In addition the DNC is fully supporting Hillary Clinton to the diminishment of Sanders; so no help there.
However, that said, Bernie sees an opening to marginalize his opponent Hillary, and Trump is a rogue and happy wolverine – so perhaps anything is possible.
Also in the video, Bernie is none to happy with Clinton appointing herself the winner of the Democrat race.  As The Bern says: “there’s a little bit of arrogance there”.  Gee, ya think?:

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