[AccordingToHoyt] ...The good news is that the idiots are self idenfying. From the NFL taking a knee in response to.... G-d knows what. Apparently "I’m black, and even though I’m a millionaire, you’re mean to me." or perhaps "I liked how much attention the idiot who took a knee got and I want that attention." to Star Trek STD cast members taking a knee in solidarity with the NFL because "well, we have no clue why, but it has something to do with being anti-Trump and stuff. Besides, a lot of players are black, so they’re obviously right, and we denounce ourselves." "Besides our show sucks, and if we’re uber left we can convince the rest of Hollywood it was great but no one watched it because we spoke truth to power." (Aka Rolling left and dying.)
And then there’s this. No seriously, a guy with a high school education, probably with "athlete’s breaks" is calling half the nation uneducated. This is the old, old bullshit of "if only you were educated, you’d be progressive" leading to all the idiot-flakes saying "educate yourself" when you disagree with them.
Some gems from that one:
"At the end of the day, I don’t think a lot of people was educated," he said.
"I’ve done things for my daughter and realized I shouldn’t have gave my daughter that many damn Skittles."
"And am I saying that the people of Ohio wasn’t educated?"
""Am I saying that some of the other states that voted for him was uneducated?"
Actually what LeBron James is proving is that you can get a High School diploma in America while being a complete moron.
So, the good news is that they hear their own echo chamber ad nauseum, they’ve lost track of any opposing opinion, the media has lost all integrity and the left thinks they’re winning without realizing they’re just disgusting the normal people out there.
As Ace of Spades put it, they used to try to appear "just like you" and that led us to think they couldn’t be bad people even though they advocated appalling things. Now they’ve lost track of what "normal" is.
I can’t find the link, but I’m sure one of you will. (I linked it at instapundit, I think.) The thing is they’ve lost track of what the average person thinks, and so they think pushing brightly hair colored gender-indeterminate super heroes (for instance) will cause us to accept weird-hair-gender-indeterminate-feminists, instead of turning away from comics. Or they think that having barely literate sport stars and unhinged singers/actors lecture us on how bad Trump is will make us side with them instead of going "Oh, good Lord, I don’t like him that much, but if you hate him..."
The bad news? The bad news is how far the long march through the institutions has got before they thought they were safe to come out of the commie-closet.
I don’t know how one deals with a communist like Rapone. I’ve been told being a communist is not an objection to being an officer in the United States Army. Well, if it’s not, it ought to be. Anyone who believes in the communist manifesto and also that communism will win (briefly, before everyone dies screaming?) cannot in good faith take the oath of allegiance to protect and defend the Constitution. This is the same reason convinced communists shouldn’t be able to become US citizens.
The good news? The good news is that the more they think they already won, the more they crawl out of the closet, the easier it is to isolate them and counter their years and years of undercover work to undermine the republic.
They are only effective while they’re buried and hidden.
[Daily Caller] TIME Magazine left out one major ‐ or rather, minor ‐ detail of Anthony Weiner’s sentencing in a tweet Monday morning.
"Anthony Weiner is being sentenced for sexting," TIME wrote. "He faces up to 27 months in prison."
Of course, as many Twitter users pointed out, Weiner isn’t being sentenced for "sexting," but rather for sexting a minor. Weiner pleaded guilty to one charge of transferring obscene material to a minor ‐ the girl he sexted with was 15 years old. He also asked the girl to "sexually perform" for him on video chats.
[Daily Caller] News aggregator Matt Drudge tweeted Wednesday that recent GOP legislative failures have shattered the "illusion there is a difference between parties."
Drudge said that the GOP’s failure to repeal and replace Obamacare and now the possibility they raise taxes on the wealthy proves that they aren’t any different than Democrats.
"First keep Obamacare, now raise taxes on top earners?" he tweeted. "At least illusion there is difference between parties is finished once and for all!"
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Contributors at the Burg have often mentioned this aspect of Washington politics for many years. Yes, the Pubs and Dems have melded into one party, The Beltway Party. The Beltway Party spends much of its time trying to get re-elected and protecting its turf, The Swamp.
[American News from a month ago] Hillary Clinton is still whining about her humiliating loss to President Donald Trump in last year’s election. She plans to take him down and her plan involves some powerful Republicans.
Wikileaks named Paul Ryan, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain as Republicans who were paid off by Clinton to ensure that Donald Trump lost the election, or undermine him if he won as reported by Conservative Daily Post. Her evil plot was revealed in an email sent last July from Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta to top aide Huma Abedin.
Podesta detailed how the funds were being redirected from Clinton’s campaign to the Super PACs of Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Jeb Bush.
"JB, CF, and JK PACS will be noticeably silent for the rest of the campaign." The email continued, "Each will receive a significant allowance from advertising budget. HRC is in the loop and has talked to all three personally. Eyes only."
As revealed in other emails, several members of the Republican Party were bought off in order to push the Clinton agenda forward.
Only one day before Speaker of the House Paul Ryan retracted Donald Trump’s invitation to speak at an event in Wisconsin, an email was sent out that could be to blame. It read, "He is on board, will retract the invitation to speak. Eyes only."
Other Clinton emails imply that money is being moved to Republican elected officials in the House and Senate. For example, right after John McCain attacked President Trump by publicly criticizing him, FEC records show that two large donations from PACS and private sources went to the senator immediately after.
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Her [Clinton] evil plot was revealed in an email sent last July from Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta to top aide Huma Abedin.
This womyn is not only evil but she is dangerous and crazier than a bedbug on steroids. Trump needs to try find a way to prosecute her for her many crimes or she will keep coming back to cause him trouble like Freddy Kruger. He needs a knockout blow that takes her out of politics--something like a felony conviction. Charity fraud is a good place to start. Election rigging and fraud is another area. Espionage? That shouldn't be too hard to pull off. There are most likely some far darker areas to take a look at as well.
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I'd believe that Hildabeest's allies/PACs/Campaign paid the firm for that dossier and gave it to McCain to damage Trump. Outright cash seems ....not so credible
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Outright cash seems ....not so credible
On the other hand, Obama's NSA spied on everyone and there, probably, were things to find
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I may not know what I'm doing, but the phrase: “JB, CF, and JK PACS will be noticeably silent for the rest of the campaign. Each will receive a significant allowance from advertising budget. HRC is in the loop and has talked to all three personally. Eyes only.” is not found by the Wikileak search engine.
Document 1078645 references fighting Houthis in Yemen.
When the verification is done bye a prostitute, it's a pretty good bet that Snopes is no longer a viable source of "true or false". Right now if anybody try to use Snopes a story is true or false, I automatically discredit that person.
Is itt true, or is it false? I'll believe Wikileaks before I believe Snopes.
[National Review] The regime continues to violate international norms, and it remains hostile to America. The Obama policy has failed.
We should not have been surprised by the reports that the United States may close its embassy in Havana after the State Department confirmed that 25 U.S. diplomats and relatives stationed in the Cuban capital have suffered mysterious sonic assaults. The consequences of the hits include permanent loss of hearing, concussions, light brain trauma, headaches, and constant whistling sounds, all possibly the result of sound waves directed at them. The injuries suffered by the U.S. diplomats and their families in Havana are clear and grave.
"As soon as some of the victims left Cuba, they stopped hearing noises," the Daily Mail reported, and "some of the victims are still struggling to concentrate or even recall common words, evidence of long-term mental damage."
Raúl Castro has denied that he had foreknowledge of any aggression, but he cannot evade responsibility without implying that his regime is incapable of honoring international treaties that require it to protect foreign diplomats. Some in Washington have been urging the U.S.
government to give Castro the benefit of the doubt.
The Cold War is over, they say, and the recent events are nothing but an "inexplicable" lapse in the "constructive" bilateral relations initiated by former president Barack Obama. But the constant internal repression and the international conduct of the Castro regime do not justify a positive evaluation.
[Reuters] Our sleep patterns inherited from hunter-gatherers, says study Monday, September 25, 2017 - 02:07
A study of a remote Africa tribe wearing actigraphs suggests for the first time that a 50-year-old theory on animal sleep patterns applies to humans, as Jim Drury reports.
[WeeklyStandard] If you were in the NFL, would you take a knee? Or stand up and sing?
Colin K.
Glad somebody finally asked. For I’ve long suspected racism from NFL owners, since I’m a middle-aged white guy who has a 25 percent BMI, can still run a sub-two minute 40, and yet here I remain, unsigned.
Whether I took a knee would depend on a lot of factors, like whether we were playing on artificial turf or natural grass. (If the latter, I’m for solidarity and all, I just don’t want to stain my pants.) Also, it would depend on how many cameras are on hand and how many other kneelers there were. It’s hard work these days, being a virtue-signaler when everyone is also being "brave" by simultaneously signaling their virtue. Back during simpler times, like say, Tommie Smith’s and John Carlos’s Black Power salute on the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics, it was literally just two guys on a pedestal. Nowadays, it’s like being an extra in a crowd shot in Spartacus. You might even have to trip over creeps like Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones if you want to broadcast to the world that you’re a Person of Conscience™.
I don’t wish to relitigate the NFL’s whole #TakeAKnee saga. Everything that could be said about it pretty much has been. Twice. You have to get out of the blocks pretty fast if you want to say something novel and/or stake out your moral high ground in these here Divided States of America, where it’s clear that our national sport is no longer baseball or football, but rather ripping each other to shreds on the airwaves and Internet.
To that end, I will admit something unpleasant about myself: When all this business started, the only knee I wanted to take was to Colin Kaepernick’s solar plexus. He reflexively got on my nerves, spitting on a symbol so many of us hold dear, with his new-fangled faux-radical Angela Davis hair and his cops-as-pigs socks (and I don’t even particularly care for cops, who in my neck of the woods spend a lot more time bleeding revenue out of law-abiding citizens with speeding tickets than they do fighting real crime). If Kaepernick truly cared about abuses of authority and Oppressed Peoples of the Land on his Blame America First tour, he’d be a lot easier to take seriously if he didn’t show up in Fidel Castro t-shirts, as the late dictator held an entire island of slaves for the better part of a half-century.
And yet, I flash back to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s maxim that the test of a first-rate intelligence is to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time, while still detesting both of them. (I paraphrase.) For Donald Trump once again has taken a worthy idea (serving as a custodian of our patriotic sacred symbols) and sullied it with his boorish behavior, his total lack of judiciousness, his Twitter buffoonery, and his injurious choice of words. ("Get that son of a bitch off the field.")
As a first amendment absolutist who just returned from Berkeley where innocent profile subjects of mine were beaten with sticks right in front of me by creepy fascists in ISIS pajamas who didn’t like what they had to say, I would defend to the death both Colin Kaepernick’s and Donald Trump’s respective rights to be assholes. But just because we have the constitutionally-enshrined right to be assholes doesn’t mean we should be.
And in keeping with the a-hole motif, another maxim I wouldn’t mind seeing carved in granite at the anti-A-holes monument I support erecting on the mall in Washington is that if you side with the asshole you like against the asshole you don’t like, in order to punish the latter, soon enough, you will become an asshole, too.
Make no mistake: That is what we are becoming. It now aptly describes large swaths of both the pro-Trump and #Resist Trump movements. It’s the reason why this seemingly trivial NFL story has legs, even as the world collapses around us. The current dialogue, such as it is, is so polarized and rancid, that the extremists of both sides have not only become more extreme, but many good old-fashioned moderates‐now on the Endangered Species List‐are becoming extremists, too. This is not going to end well.
We are losing it. "Losing what?" you might ask. Everything. We are losing the ability to track in specifics instead of generalities‐the latter being the rocket fuel of the identity politics conservatives profess to hate. We are losing the ability to see people as individuals as opposed to blocs or cartoon characters or pawns upon whom we work out our pre-fab political positions. We are losing the ability, on both sides, to follow Atticus Finch’s advice about understanding our own lack of understanding: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
We are perpetually feeding on a binge-diet of hatred and distrust and mutual suspicion, often unable to even recall, like the Bloods and the Crips with their endless cycle of gang warfare, who fired the first shot or why it was ever fired. We’re losing the ability, as a people, to be a people, collectively. After a period of relative calm in our history, we’re coming to resemble that apocalyptic passage in Walker Percy’s Love in the Ruins: "Even now, late as it is, nobody can really believe that it didn’t work after all. The U.S.A. didn’t work! Is it even possible that from the beginning it never did work? That the thing always had a flaw in it, a place where it would shear, and that all this time we were not really different from Ecuador and Bosnia-Herzegovina, just richer."
So while I’m not yet quite ready to don my Colin Kaepernick skin suit, I did let my kneejerk anger over his disciples’ demonstration this past weekend recede a bit, even as I acknowledge their right to demonstrate away in the middle of a song I love, but don’t particularly like melodically. (Many of the protesters have shifted emphasis, and are instead protesting Trump’s demagoguery, as our president seems incapable of walking past a hot stove without pouring lighter fluid on the burner.) Instead, I did something I try to do with some regularity. Something we should all do. To read someone I disagree with, and not for the purposes of saying what an idiot they are on Twitter, but to actually subject my thinking to challenge. Sometimes, I go far afield while doing this, and sometimes, I stay closer to home. In this case, I didn’t have to go far at all, as I read my colleague Jonathan V. Last’s riveting, sober, and thoughtful reflection on the beef many of the NFL kneelers might have, and why, once we turn the volume down, we should give it an honest hearing.
As JVL wrote of police excesses: "Now, you might ask if this sample is a handful of isolated incidents, or the tip of the iceberg. That’s an important question and one about which every American ought to be curious, because the answer is not obvious. What is obvious is that if this sort of thing happens to middle-class white people, then there’s every reason to believe that it happens to poor black people, too. Probably more often. And possibly, much, much more often."
I was recently struck by another couple passages as well, written by Marilynne Robinson, a good liberal. (Yes, there’s still plenty of them. Despite reports to the contrary, they haven’t all become Antifa supporters or intersectionality bloggers.) In her epistolary novel Gilead, written in the form of a letter from a dying Congregationalist pastor, John Ames, to his young son, Ames addresses the importance of real tolerance, not the kind paid lip service to by social justice warriors, who often find true tolerance intolerable. Ames writes about the essentialness of what is now a dying art‐the art of not taking offense:
In every important way we are such secrets from one another, and I do believe that there is a separate language in each of us, also a separate aesthetics and a separate jurisprudence. Every single one of us is a little civilization built on the ruins of any number of preceding civilizations, but with our own variant notions of what is beautiful and what is acceptable - which, I hasten to add, we generally do not satisfy and by which we struggle to live. We take fortuitous resemblances among us to be actual likeness, because those around us have also fallen heir to the same customs, trade in the same coin, acknowledge, more or less, the same notions of decency and sanity. But all that really just allows us to coexist with the inviolable, intraversable, and utterly vast spaces between us ... When you encounter another person, when you have dealings with anyone at all, it is as if a question is being put to you. So you must think, What is the Lord asking of me in this moment, in this situation? If you confront insult or antagonism, your first impulse will be to respond in kind. But if you think, as it were, This is an emissary sent from the Lord, and some benefit is intended for me, first of all the occasion to demonstrate my faithfulness, the chance to show that I do in some small degree participate in the grace that saved me, you are free to act otherwise than as circumstances would seem to dictate. You are free to act by your own lights. You are freed at the same time of the impulse to hate or resent that person.
The cock-eyed optimist in me hopes that it’s not too late to turn this American experiment of ours around, to follow the Reverend Ames’s advice. The realist in me fears that it might be later than we think.
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Yet another commentator writing a history-free and context-free screed, stretching to grasp the role of impartial observer.
Tea Party anyone?
I recall the efforts to remain civil in the 1970's when the techniques being practiced today were first developed to stop the pro-life movement. Patience and courtesy totally wasted on the unworthy, like tossing pearls to swine.
I made a very interesting observation a few days ago: the Aramaic word for "Enemy" entirely incorporates, as the base word, the Aramaic word for "Enmity": Thus, when Jesus said to love your enemy, He was actually objecting to the enmity you would have to have, to qualify to have an enemy. There is a difference between HAVING an enemy and BEING an enemy: If they hate you without a cause, then you are THEIR enemy, but they are not YOUR enemy if you don't first have enmity toward them.
The upshot is that Jesus was forbidding enmity, but did not forbid the observation that someone has enmity toward you, and thus is dangerous in the same way a hungry bear or Lion would be dangerous (He did that all the time, and modified his behavior to avoid danger). You can sympathize with a hungry bear, but you don't give it what it wants if what it wants is YOU for dinner.
I got this while reading the Book of Esther: Mordecai did not have any enmity toward Haman, just no respect, probably because Haman was the kind of guy who, when disrespected, embraced and welcomed enmity.
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That was lovely, Ptah, and a very useful way of approaching the subject. I have missed you thinking aloud, but presumably you have other, more urgent projects nowadays.
- Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue shared a message on her Facebook page belittling athletes who kneel during the national anthem as 'anti-American degenerates'
- Her post drew criticism and outrage, as some have called for her to be fired
- Etue apologized and said it 'was a mistake to share this message on Facebook'
- Gov. Rick Snyder's office has not commented on the situation That "Freedom of Expression" thingie appears to have some qualifying conditions.
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See what happens when you don't use the right verbiage? You should have said "Basket of Deplorables" - Which we know is perfectly acceptable.. /sarc off
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Wait a minute! She says something that made someone upset while not in an official capacity and get screams of firing her. Football kneelers do something on the job and they're praised.
I'm shocked, shocked at the double standard.
[KausFiles] Alabama Mad: Before Tuesday’s Alaabama Republican senatorial primary, Chamber of Commerce strategist Scott Reed said his organization had gone "all in" for incumbent Luther Strange in order to "remind [populist ex-Trump aide Stephen] Bannon who’s in charge,"
Mission Accomplished! The Chamber’s candidate lost in a 55-45 rout to Bannon’s candidate, Roy Moore, a former judge once regarded as too much of a religious zealot to make it all the way to the U.S. Senate.
Here are 5 reasons why this outcome is significant, not counting the obvious one (GOP primary voters were PO’d at what Reed boasted was the "governing wing of the party"‐ i.e. the GOP Establishment). Thence the 5 reasons.
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The Palestinian Authority was admitted into the world policing organization Interpol as a member state Wednesday, frustrating efforts by Israel and the US to pressure the organization's Executive Committees to block the move before it reached the general assembly.
Palestinians claimed a decisive victory after the general assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of acceding to their application by 75 state out of the 133 states who participated in the secret ballot. Only 24 states voted against the Palestinian accession while 34 states abstained.
[PJMedia] At Asia Times today, I explain why the entire world (excepting Israel) have lined up against the Kurds:
...I just want to add that our foreign policy elite is a pack of hypocritical, yellow-bellied, two-faced, fork-tongued, lying polecats who wouldn't acknowledge the truth if it were tattooed on their ophidian foreheads.
Since September 11, 2001, we've been told that America has to ally with moderate Muslims against "extremism." There are in fact moderate Muslims in the world. The Kurds are "moderate Muslims."
...The Kurds are everything that George W. Bush and Barack Obama told us we should find in the Islamic world, and more. They want nothing but friendship with the United States of America. And we have thrown them under the bus. There isn't an Appalachian outhouse that stinks worse than our foreign policy Establishment.
Why have we thrown them under the bus? Because we're afraid of unsettling "extremists," that is, the radical jihadists who have been killing Americans for decades. Kurdish independence would below up the artificial state of Iraq, which turned into an Iranian satrapy under majority Shi'ite rule as arranged by George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice and the nation-builders of the Republican Establishment. It would destabilize Turkey, where Kurds of military age will outnumber Turks a generation from now. Turkish President Erdogan wants to restore Ottoman glory and the prospect of losing the Kurdish-majority Southeast drives him crazy. Turkey, notionally the Southeast flank of NATO, has already turned its back on the West, and lined up with Russia and China.
... why are we so beholden to the doomed and destructive regimes of Iran, Syria, Turkey and Iraq that we cannot extend a hand of friendship to the Kurds? Their path to statehood may be tortuous and prolonged, but America should offer our counsel and support. If we do not, the rest of the Muslim world will smile grimly and exploit our moral cowardice. Mike Flynn's dismissal is a tragedy the extent of which we are just begining to grasp.
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Why have we thrown them under the bus? Because we're afraid of unsettling "extremists," that is, the radical jihadists who have been killing Americans for decades.
Emmanuel talks about his experience joining the military, as well as, his experience coming home from war. The stories of so many veterans demand our attention. Our veterans deserve better.
Russia on Wednesday warned Iraq and the Kurds against taking any steps that might destabilize the Middle East after a Kurdish independence referendum, encouraging both sides to hold talks to find a solution within the framework of a single Iraqi state.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, in the same statement, also said that while Moscow respected the Kurds' national ambitions it favored preserving the territorial integrity of Iraq.
[Townhall] I'm calling foul on all the leftists rushing to protect the NFL's protest crusaders from President Donald Trump's criticism of their national anthem antics.
Their shabby line of defense? The NFL is a "private enterprise" whose "rights" are being violated by those who dare to challenge the league's political radicalization. The anti-Trump Democratic Coalition has even filed an ethics complaint alleging that the president's comments constitute a criminal violation against using government offices "to influence the employment decisions and practices" of a private entity.
Funny. These fair-weather friends of corporate free speech and the First Amendment were nowhere to be found when Boston Mayor Tom Menino and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were vowing to shut down Chick-Fil-A in their towns as government retaliation against the founders' private religious beliefs.
As for the NFL's status as a "private" enterprise? That's some Super Bowl-sized audacity right there. I first started tracking publicly subsidized sports boondoggles with my very first watchdog website, Porkwatch, back in 1999. Since then, taxpayers at all levels of government have foot the bill for football stadiums to the tune of an estimated $1 billion every year.
Over the past decade, new tax-supported NFL stadiums rose up for the Indianapolis Colts (the $720 million Lucas Oil Stadium), the Dallas Cowboys (the $1.15 billion AT&T Stadium) the New York Jets and Giants (the $1.6 billion MetLife Stadium, the Minnesota Vikings (the $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium), the Atlanta Falcons (the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium), and the San Francisco 49ers (the $1.3 billion Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara).
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Nice job of tracking VRWC. The results are a bit frightening, but a nice job nonetheless. I take it you've read.... 'We're just too clever to find a boyfriend!'
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#3 Nice job of tracking VRWC. The results are a bit frightening, but a nice job nonetheless. I take it you've read.... 'We're just too clever to find a boyfriend!'
Oh, yes.
Btw, I used the Chick-Fil-A analogy this morning. The "hearer" (they don't listen) quickly changed the subject.
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[Hot Air] With that complete lack of engagement in professional football, why would Jonathan and so many of his progressive colleagues be so completely driven to support and gin up protests taking place on the gridiron? Why did they suddenly care so much about the intersection of racial identity politics and football?
The answer is that they don’t. This has little or nothing to do with police shootings, racial profiling or any of the rest of it. What we’re seeing is an almost brilliant and concerted effort to damage, if not eliminate, the National Football League.
Why? Because the activist Left has despised the NFL for years. They hate everything about it. It’s a game filled with big, tough, manly men engaging in the closest thing to warfare you can manage without guns. It’s a game rife with symbolism and, yes... nationalism. Even people who would never buy an album from a country singer could feel their blood heating up when Hank Williams used to sing, Are you Ready for Some Football. The military loves football and they fly jets over the stadiums in formation and send our nation’s finest out to pay tribute. And it’s not just the military. Our police and other first responders are frequently called out for honors at the games. Everything about it screams of apple pie, fireworks and patriotism. (Or, if you prefer, God, guns and flags.) And the activist Left hates it. Probably the only sporting event they despise more is NASCAR.
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The NFL is its own creation and its own fault. It quite being sports competition for personality driven entertainment some time back, birthing fantasy football as a way to interest fans in games they would normally not watch or care about other than rankings. Sports entertainment coverage pushed this as well, and not just ESPN.
The talking heads did not help as their coverage of an event strayed further and further from the event they were supposed to be covering and into politics and culture, but the NFL opened that door with the identity themes such as breast cancer month.
They also let themselves be pushed around by the players' union which is why the NFL won't and can't do anything about this except ride the tiger.
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As a Lifelong San Diego Chargers fan, I really now understand it's a business. FUCK the NFL. You run it like a business, then remember sometimes businesses fail.
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I'm glad San Diego didn't pony up the money for a stadium for a team that will circle the drain like the rest of the NFL as this continues and fear of microconcussions start to starve the system of young players.
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[American Spectator] And the NFL has the audacity to suggest that the current politicization in football was created by Donald Trump? Though I don't agree with him using his platform as president to call for the firing of kneeling players or for a boycott of the NFL, these are certainly not circumstances of his design.
On Monday Night Football this week, the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals both locked arms and knelt before the National Anthem, acknowledging the protesters' position. Then they stood and locked arms during the National Anthem. It was a charade all too obviously meant to placate fans, while still giving a platform to espouse the dangerous and entirely untrue Black Lives Matter narrative. "Unity" was the theme. More "division" is what you can expect.
The most troubling thought crossing my mind? That somewhere, Colin Kaepernick is smiling, quite pleased with himself.
[The Hill] President Trump and the GOP establishment took a hit on Tuesday, as former judge Roy Moore defeated incumbent Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) to become the GOP’s nominee for December’s general election in the Yellowhammer State.
Moore won a comfortable victory, despite Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) backing Strange.
What were the main takeaways? [Bulletized from article]
- Trump backed the wrong man.
- A serious defeat for McConnell
- Bragging rights for Bannon and Breitbart
- Could more GOP senators eye the exit? [Besides the rhino Bob Corker]
- Moore could give GOP heartburn [Takeaway without a downside]
Alabama conservatives rallied to Moore’s banner, but he is a deeply controversial figure renowned for his incendiary statements.
Among his past pronouncements, he has argued that "homosexual conduct should be illegal"; has falsely suggested that former President Obama was not born in the United States; and has asserted incorrectly that parts of Indiana and Illinois are under Islamic "Sharia law." Many share the opinions listed above.
Moore was suspended from his state’s Supreme Court twice: Once for defying a court order to remove a statue of Christianity’s Ten Commandments from the state’s judicial building; and, more recently, for instructing the state’s judges, in defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court, to refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
He will be a magnet for media attention, especially if he wins in December. There are plenty of his would-be colleagues in the Senate GOP who will not relish the idea of being forced to answer for some of his positions. No problem, leave NOW and avoid the rush.
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Congress has brought this on itself. People are sending this do nothing parasite body a message that they have had enough of business as usual. Time for a big shakeup.
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Judge Roy Bean Moore is a lighting rod. The people voted for him. What are the chances Moore will beat Dem. Doug Jones? Mitch McConnell is the biggest loser? It seemed self evident prior to this election. The people seem to be getting fed up with "inevitable" elections, i.e. being told who their candidate and who the winner will be.
[Breitbart} San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich had plenty to say in response to President Donald Trump denouncing national anthem protests while speaking Monday at his team’s media day.
Popovich called the United States of America "an embarrassment" and followed that up by saying white people "especially" need to be made "uncomfortable" for any change to be made.
"There has to be an uncomfortable element in the discourse for anything to change," Popovich explained. "Whether it’s the LGBT movement, women’s suffrage, race, it doesn’t matter. People have to be made to feel uncomfortable, and especially white people because we’re comfortable. We still have no clue of what being born white means."
"If you read some of the recent literature, you’ll realize there really is no such thing as whiteness, but we kind of made that up. That’s not my original thought, but it’s true," he continued.
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A Polack who dropped outta college,
Prefering kielbasa to knowledge:
"Piss off! Do I trigger? This ignorant Danziger
Can't tell Shinola from "polish"!
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I tend to avoid things that make me uncomfortable so I guess I'll be avoiding San Antonio Spurs basketball games. That doesn't hurt nearly as much as missing the Raiders but they made me so uncomfortable last Sunday evening that I'll be avoiding them too.
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Last Sunday morning the minister at our church talked about forgiveness. I guess I can forgive these people if they'd just get back to playing basketball or football instead of calling me a racist and disrespecting my country.
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I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what "white privilege" is so that I can sit back and enjoy it.
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That preaching apple hasn't fallen far from the tree. Pity for him preaching is death for entertainment (and as stated above not his f***ing job!).
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Abu Uluque #9: ...Raiders but they made me so uncomfortable last Sunday evening...
Watching the Raiders players uniformed thugs slouching on the benches awoke a visceral anger. I wished for all of their adversaries to give them the full Conan treatment for enemies.
[Breitbart] The construction of President Donald Trump’s promised prototype border wall began on Tuesday. Six companies that won the competitive bidding process will begin testing various types of walls. The companies will begin building eight test sections of wall on Tuesday, Fox News Insider reported.
"Today is the day the dirt actually moves," Fox’s Adam Housley reported from the area. He said it will take about a week or two before anything significant is constructed. Not a problem. Take your time, do it correctly.
Just a few weeks ago, the finalists were announced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Breitbart News’ Michelle Moons reported in August.
The companies selected to build the eight prototypes were:
Caddell Construction Co. (DE), LLC of Montgomery, AL
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., DBA Fisher Industries of Tempe, AZ
Texas Sterling Construction Co. of Houston, TX
W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company of Philadelphia, MS
"The concrete border wall prototypes will allow CBP to evaluate the potential for new wall and barrier designs that could complement the wall and barrier designs we have used along the border over the last several years," CBP officials stated. "As the border security environment continues to evolve, CBP will continually refresh its own inventory of tools to meet that evolution."
In June, one contractor produced a video showing a prototype of the wall, Breitbart Texas reported.
[Iran Press TV] The North Korean government has been secretly attempting to reach out to analysts close to the United States’ Republican Party in an effort to understand President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... .
The president and North Korean leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... have recently stepped up threats against one another; however, Pyongyang’s outreach program for Asia experts with GOP connections in Washington even precedes that, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
"Their number one concern is Trump. They can’t figure him out," a person with direct knowledge of the move was cited as saying.
With tensions escalating between the two nuclear-armed states, such an approach would become more urgent as misunderstanding could serve as catastrophic.
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...and knowing they're also called the Stupid Party, someone's gonna bite. The obvious money's on Bill Kristol - who you got?
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Sure, ask the idiots who never had a clue. The ones advising the other GOP candidates as they went down like bowling pins. Jeb! would be an especially good source.
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The North Korean government has been secretly attempting to reach out to analysts close to the United States’ Republican Party in an effort to understand President Donald Trump
[Iran Press TV] Venezuela’s opposition has announced that it will not attend planned talks with a government delegation in the Dominican Republic, saying the other side has failed to meet its promises regarding human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... and elections.
"There won’t be anyone traveling to Dominican Republic," read a Tweet from the opposition Democratic Unity coalition on Tuesday, adding, "We hope that in coming days they meet requirements, our desire is that this comes to fruition."
The Venezuelan opposition sent a delegation to meet the Dominican Republic’s president this month to seek a solution to the country’s deep political crisis. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... it boycotted the talks planned for Wednesday, saying the government could use the talks as a time-wasting "show" to protect itself amid a worsening economic situation.
At least 125 people were killed in months of festivities and protests in Venezuela earlier this year. President Nicolas Maduro has repeatedly accused the opposition and its Western backers of capitalizing on the country’s economic woes, which has been exacerbated by a global slump in oil prices, to undermine his Socialist government.
Amid the demands put forward by the opposition for attending talks are a date for the next presidential election, freedom for hundreds of locked away Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! activists, a foreign humanitarian aid corridor, and respect for the opposition-led congress.
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[Iran Press TV] Calling Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... slow, weak and ineffective, French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said the EU should embrace a joint budget, shared military force and harmonized taxes to stay globally relevant.
With Brexit looming, Macron warned the rest of Europe against the dangers of anti-immigrant nationalism and fragmentation, saying that goes against the principles of a shared Europe born from the tragedy of world wars.
"We thought the past would not come back ... we thought we had learned the lessons," Macron told a crowd of European students at the Sorbonne university Tuesday as he seeks to make La Belle France's mark on Europe's future.
After a far-right party entered the German parliament for the first time in 60 years, Macron said this isolationist attitude has resurfaced "because of blindness ... because we forgot to defend Europe."
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So they need a Europe with an army to enforce its will on member states. And fuck what the people of Europe need. So frightening, I can't even imagine.
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He thinks the EU is the way to avoid another world war like they experienced in the 20th century. Good luck with that. What happens when the EU clashes with Eurasia or East Asia? Are they gonna unite with the Chinese too? Instead of fighting they will bow down to the Chinese Communist Party? I wouldn't put it past them. A one-world government would be a fine idea if it was free, fair and democratic. But I think we all know that isn't going to happen.
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The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. ---Voltaire
The European Union Un-eleccted Kleptocracy is batting .500 at least...
[Iran Press TV] Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has given the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) three days to hand over control of its airports if it seeks to avoid an international air embargo, a retaliatory move the Iraqi government says will take against the independence-seeking region in the wake of a highly controversial referendum.
The Iraqi premier made the remarks in a weekly presser in the capital Baghdad on Tuesday. He said international flights to and from the Kurdish region would be suspended in three days.
Last week, Baghdad called on all countries to stop direct flights to the international airports of Erbil, the capital city of the KRG, and Sulaymaniyah, another city in the Iraqi Kurdistan, but so far only Iran has put in place such an air embargo, halting direct flights to the region on Sunday.
Abadi added that Baghdad would not negotiate with the Kurdish authorities the results of the provocative plebiscite on the independence of the KRG, which is led by Massoud Barzani ... hereditary head of the Kurdish Democratic Party, maybe a little too close to the Medes and the Persians for most people's tastes... . The Iraqi prime minister said the whole nation would suffer from the repercussions of the "unconstitutional" move.
The contentious non-binding Monday vote, which had been announced by the KRG earlier in the year, was held in the region in open defiance of Baghdad and much to the consternation of the international community that warned it could most likely create more trouble in the already violence-weary Arab country, which is trying to emerge from years of a campaign of death and destruction by ISISTakfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorists.
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Quite some time ago, I recall a discussion at the Burg about splitting Iraq into three independent countries: Suni, Shite and Kurd. Iraq's modern borders were made-up in 1920 when the Ottoman Empire was divided by treaty and Iraq was placed under the authority of the Brits. Maybe splitting Iraq into three countries is an idea to revisit again.
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This will lead to the partition of Syria, Turkey, and Iran. Of course Iran would immediately join in an air embargo. Watch for incursions by the Turks, and unrest North of that border.
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Newest member of NATO? Kurdistan
Watch Yippy's head pop like a pimple
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The honorable thing to do is to support the Kurds. The klingons and state dept mandarins however will stab them in the back.
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Or we'll deliver to you, some used American military equipment. Lightly used and boot tracks running away from it.
[Iran Press TV] Russian Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers have fired a barrage of cruise missiles at the positions of ISISTakfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorist group in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib and the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, inflicting heavy losses on the terrorists.
Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Tuesday that the warplanes took off from Engels airbase, located 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) east of Russia’s major port city of Saratov, flew over territory of Iran and Iraq and launched Kh-101 air-to-surface cruise missiles at designated targets.
"The sudden strikes destroyed a number of terrorist command posts, fortifications, military hardware as well as ammunition depots," Konashenkov said in a statement.
The senior Russian military official went on to say that all destroyed targets were far away from residential areas, the positions of the US-backed gunnies from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces, and US troops.
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Is this a technology escalation by the Russians?
[Iran Press TV] Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base has deployed new missile batteries to the western parts of the country to increase Iranian forces' preparedness to give a firm response to any possible act of aggression, a senior Iranian commander says.
"The Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base has taken this step to strengthen its air defense shield in the western areas and enhance its preparedness to give a decisive response to any act of aggression by dispatching new missile batteries," deputy commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base for operations, Alireza Elhami, said on Tuesday.
He added that Iran’s air defense system continuously safeguarded security in the western parts of the country, particularly in border areas, by using different types of radar, missile, intelligence, communication and artillery equipment.
He noted that Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, in line with its responsibilities, had provided an air defense umbrella over different maneuvers and exercises held by Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in western part of the country.
Elhami’s remarks came few days after the IRGC ground forces held heavy artillery fire drills, codenamed Moharram, in the country’s northwestern area.
The Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohadah Base of the IRGC ground forces played the central part in the maneuvers.
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[DAWN] Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday urged global cooperation in the fight against terrorism and international crime at the 86th General Assembly of Interpol in Beijing, according to China.org, an authorised Chinese government portal.
"The growing challenge of globalisation at all levels requires a collaborative approach to tackle terrorism, cybercrime, narcotics trade and human smuggling," China.org quoted the minister saying at the assembly.
"Today hard boyz and criminals are forming global networks which require strong global collaboration between crime-fighting organizations," Iqbal said, adding that Pakistain is working on modernising its police force in order to meet the challenges presented by international crime rings and terrorism.
Highlighting Pakistain's successes in the fight against terrorism, the minister said that the country is willing to share its experiences with the global community in an effort to increase cooperation, China.org said.
"Pakistain is strongly committed to the charter of Interpol and looks forward to working with the international community for promoting peace and security," Iqbal was quoted as saying.
During his speech, Iqbal said that the China-Pakistain Economic Corridor would open economic opportunities to the region and therefore, facilitate the promotion of regional stability.
The minister also endorsed Chinese President Xi Jinping's vision of global security governance, saying that it was the need of the hour. He also welcomed Xi's announcement that China is committed to helping developing countries fight crime.
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[DAWN] Attacks in two neighbouring provinces in Afghanistan killed at least five coppers, Afghan officials said on Tuesday, while a sixth policeman died in a gunbattle with the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... in another province.
In western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province, two coppers died in a roadside kabooming while in neighbouring Farah province, three were killed when a bombing targeted their checkpoint.
No one immediately grabbed credit for the attacks but officials in both provinces blamed the Taliban.
Insurgents have been active in both Herat and Farah as the Taliban stepped up their attacks against Afghan cops across the country this year.
Jelani Farhad, front man for the provincial governor in Herat, said that along with the two who died in the attack there, three other officers were maimed. The police were on a routine patrol in Ghoryan district when the bomb went kaboom! on Tuesday, he added.
In Farah province, where the three officers were killed, Mohammad Naser Mehri, front man for the provincial governor, said turbans attacked the checkpoint and triggered a gunbattle that lasted for two hours.
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[Daily Excelsior] Army today killed most wanted holy warrior commander Qayoom Najjar and foiled a major infiltration attempt in Lacchipora area of Uri in North Kashmire’s Baramulla district while they also repulsed a BAT strike on an army post in Keran sector.
Sources said that a group of Jaish-e-Muhammad Lions of Islam attempted infiltration from Zorawar Post of Lacchipora in Uri sector during the night and alert troops spotted them at around 3 a.m.
The troops challenged the infiltrating group of Lions of Islam leading to an encounter in which one holy warrior who was later identified as Qayoom Najjar was killed. The other Lions of Islam of the group including his long time associate, Imtiaz Kandu fled away taking advantage of terrain and darkness.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... ’s King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... has issued a historic royal decree granting driving licenses for women in the kingdom as of next June.
The royal decree issued on Tuesday also ordered the establishment of a high-level committee of involving the ministries of internal affairs, finance, labor and social development. They will be tasked with studying the arrangements of the edict within 30 days and to ensure the full implementation of the order by June 2018.
"The royal decree will implement the provisions of traffic regulations, including the issuance of driving licenses for men and women alike," the Saudi Press Agency said.
RELATED: Senior scholars see no impediment to women driving in Saudi Arabia
"This is a great victory for many Saudi women. This was the one file and issue which Saudi women have fought not just years, but decades for. Every time we asked, we were told the time was not right. When we asked those previous from this men and women who said we didn’t need to drive, King Salman," Latifa Shaalan, a Saudi female member of Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council, told Al Arabiya.
In a Tweet United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the decision as well as the US State Department commended the Kingdom on the move, calling it a positive step.
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This might be an opportunity for a wife to get rid of a bad and abusive husband. Accidents do happen--She just has to be careful she doesn't back over him repeatedly.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least eight snuffies of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot, ISIS Khorsan, were killed in an Arclight airstrike by the US forces in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan.
The provincial police commandment in a statement said the Arclight airstrike was carried out in Nazian district of Nangarhar.
The statement further added that the snuffies were targeted in Spin Zhai area of Nazian late on Monday night.
Several weapons, ammunition, and explosives belonging to the terror group were also destroyed, the police commandment added.
The anti-government armed turban groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in eastern Afghanistan but the anti-government armed turban groups have recently increased their insurgency activities in some parts of the province during the recent years.
Operations led by the Afghan forces in coordination with the US forces based in Afghanistan are underway against the ISIS loyalists in this province.
The US forces stepped up Arclight airstrikes and operations against the terror group after they were granted a broader role by the former US administration.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil... has said the incident involving a prayer participant attempting to attack with him shoe in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... mosque is not the work of the Afghans.
In a statement issued in the aftermath of the incident, Hekmatyar said the attempted desecration was hatched by those who are carrying out attacks in Shi’ite and Sunni mosques.
Hekmatyar further added that such individuals are hirelings of the outsiders who have in the past desecrated and insulted the president outside the country and their aim is to spark tensions and hatred among the people.
The leader of Hezb-e-Islami also added that those who were thinking that Herat and its residents would remain their hostage forever are now fearing to lose control specifically after his visit to the province.
According to Hekmatyar, the attempted shoe attack was apparently hatched by those to show a reaction to their defeat.
The incident took place last Friday during the Friday prayers after a man stood up from among the gathering and attempted to hit Hekmatyar with a shoe.
The main motive behind the attempted attack has not been ascertained so far but earlier unconfirmed reports suggested the man was trying to hit Hekmatyar to avenge the miserable condition his father is suffering from due to the tortures he faced from the members of the party in the past.
Hekmatyar arrived in Herat province last week as he is attempting to lobby among his supporters in support of the grinding of the peace processor.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The ambassador of Pakistain to the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... Maleeha Lodhi has claimed that the ongoing instability in Afghanistan has internal links, a claim which comes in contrast to the US and Afghan officials statement regarding the sanctuaries being used by the terrorist groups to stage attacks in Afghanistan.
Speaking to a UN Security Council Debate, Lodhi claimed that the sources of insecurity in Afghanistan lie within Afghanistan.
She claimed that the twenty terrorist groups are operating in Afghanistan and said "The Afghan government would be better advised to focus more seriously
on its persisting challenges and embark on a course correction."
The Afghan officials are saying that the leadership councils and sanctuaries of the two groups have remained intact despite Pakistain launched major offensives against the terror groups.
The US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... also strongly criticized Pakistain regarding the terror sanctuaries as he was announcing the new US strategy for South Asia.
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Prominent anti-fascist leader Yvonne Felarca was arrested Tuesday following a rowdy Antifa "Victory March" in Berkeley, California.
Felarca, a 47-year-old middle school teacher who leads the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary (BAMN), was arrested following a scuffle with demonstrators who had turned out for a Patriot Prayer rally.
Images and video obtained by Campus Reform appear to show Felarca being surrounded by numerous police officers in riot gear in the middle of the street. According to an eyewitness on the ground, the activist was then taken to the back of a police car that promptly left the scene.
Felarca, an organizer of many anti-fascist demonstrations in Berkeley, has a history of publically advocating for violence against her political opponents.
Earlier in the summer, Felarca was arrested and charged with inciting a riot after she openly punched a member of a white nationalist organization who was peacefully protesting in the street.
According to numerous reports, the video of the incident showed Felarca punching the man in the stomach while shouting "get the fuck off our streets."
The political organizer has also frequently clashed with the Republican students at Berkeley, accusing them, without evidence, of "stalking women" and targeting minorities.
UPDATE, 7:45 p.m. Eastern: Berkeley Police has released Felarca's mugshot via Twitter, confirming that she was arrested for "battery and resisting arrest." Mug shot of this mentor to Middle School (that's "Junior High School" to some of the crowd) kids is at link. You'll probably recognize the sweetheart.
For Natasha Hooper, the most important part of pre-date preparation isn’t getting her hair done, waxing her legs or buying a new dress.
Instead, she is more preoccupied with composing a list of conversational topics which she hopes will bridge the gap between her highbrow preoccupations, and the more mainstream interests of her dates. As an accidental indicator of how she views relationships.
Waiting in a bar for a young man a few weeks ago, she ran through possible options, before settling on the subject of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. A surefire way, the 22-year-old undergraduate reasoned, to guarantee an interesting debate. Just a guess on my part. The unidentified young man wasn't interested in debate.
Yet while the 30-year-old office worker who sat down in front of her was handsome, polite and smartly-dressed, the minute Natasha brought up the Labour leader’s policies, any spark of attraction was extinguished. ‘When I mentioned Jeremy Corbyn he said: “Who’s that?” I couldn’t believe it,’ says Natasha.
After 90 minutes discussing what she describes as ‘benign’ subjects, such as reality TV and football, Natasha made her excuses and left, no closer to finding Mr Right. A quote from M*A*S*H is helpful: She is trying to find a custom fit in an off the rack world.
With long dark hair, big brown eyes and a stunning Size 8 figure, Natasha — entering her final year at Goldsmiths, University of London — has no problem attracting male attention.
The issue, she explains, is the calibre of men she attracts. ‘I’m not claiming to be Albert Einstein, but I can’t seem to meet a man I find intellectually stimulating,’ she says. Nor is she the only well-educated young woman who says she is too clever to find love. Taking herself a whole lot less seriously would be a good place to start.
Indeed, she is one of a growing breed of women who fear — perhaps with good reason — they will be left on the proverbial shelf because of a shortage of educated men.
Recent figures from the university admissions service UCAS showed that 30,000 more women than men are starting degree courses in the UK. On A-level results day last month, 133,280 British women aged 18 secured a university place compared with 103,800 men of the same age.
The effects of this carry over into the workplace, where women aged from 22 to 29 typically now earn £1,111 more a year than their male peers. Read the rest at the link
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It is better to punch yourself in the balls as hard as you can or shoot yourself in the face than date a democrat.
Because none of it will ever make any sense.
See, You were given opposable thumbs which could save you a lifetime of hate, hurt, and cat 6 idiocy in your bedroom. I suggest you masturbate instead of breeding with hateful, disgusting democrats.
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He could of fixed her car or house or plumbing or power or computer or many even in bed - but no she only worried about politics. What a worthless shrew.
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1) She's not that attractive...
2) ...who confuses (intentionally or otherwise) smug leftwing politics with 'high intellect'. I'd only date this broad to see if I could cause her to faint when I'd tell her what I thought of Corbin.
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This is the MGTOW movement. "Men going their own way". They've seen what an awful deal marriage is for men, and know the women out there are toxic and will never be happy with a mere human. They've checked out of the race and are relaxing poolside. Meanwhile crazy ladies like this are going to screech while they find that they drove off all the men.
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30,000 more women than men are starting degree courses in the UK.
Leaving aside the whole cat-lady thing for a moment... we keep seeing stats about more women getting college degrees than men, but no one ever mentions what these degrees are.
Dollars to donuts, they are not in STEM fields but rather MFAs in Pottery, Ancient Etruscan Women's Poetry, and various Grievance Studies - fields which pretty much guarantee the they won't be able to pay off their student loans. "Do you want fries with that?"
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#7 you are correct. A fellow in England has written a book on the subject. Industrialized world is in population decline hence the immigration efforts. The poor will have children. The Moslem promote large families. The role of man has been attacked for many years in the western world. Look how people now avoid NFL. Same thing. The women protest. The men pay. Life is so much calmer single. So much less drama. The women are so critical of their men. Never support or praise. When the women have money their biggest fear is a man will steal it from them. These are the well educated women who have paid off their school bills and have purchased their homes in their twenties. Talking to them is like talking to a calculator. Young and old women are turning to drugs to escape. The life expectancy for women is now the same as for men. So many women strung out and warn out who are also impossible to communicate with.
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I would like to add I have recently seen people from Nepal. Large families traveling here. Seems a large population in Baltimore and I believe Indiana. One group with grandparents their children and their children with a newborn as well. I'd guess about fifteen. Smiling happy people. Then a little girl asked if the picture of a young girl was lost. No she was not old enough to purchase alcohol or tobacco products. Her dad asked her what is alcohol?. Her response was beer?. They left but she came back and waved goodbye. Very nice smiling people.
"Like many arts degrees, her media and communications course is dominated by female students, and Natasha claims the few male undergraduates ‘lack the intellectual maturity to handle conversations’."
Yep
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I could write a best seller, if I could demand research papers from 1 through 17. And to think, it's only just 0845.
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If she was truly intellectual or intelligent or well-read, whe wouldn't need to prepare a script of topics to discuss with a date. If you can't talk off the top of your head about macroeconomics or monetary policy, don't script it.
A true phony in all of its manifestations.
Maybe she should read a book or two, go to a museum or attend a concert instead of complaining on Facebook or twitter.
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This is the slow paced version of the Darwin awards. Not as flashy as the lit farts, dumping gasoline on fire-pits or any other "hold my beer" activities, but just as effective. In 20 years Natasha will be moaning and kvetching about how men denied her the biological need to make another clone of herself.
She obviously makes herself pretty for a date and takes time to think about what to talk about. That's good not bad. Furthermore, if you live in Britain, you really should know who Jeremy Corbyn is.
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She may be considered a nine in UK, but stateside she's a lardy, smug four.
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>30,000 more women than men are starting degree courses in the UK
and they're doing it in useless wage destroying areas. Yet they have the nerve to call themselves clever.
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It would probably help our undergraduate to read Re-Modeling the Mind: Personality in Balance, written by a friend of mine, to figure out what kind of man she really would be happiest married to, and how to communicate with him, instead of assuming that she is a high status female who deserves a particular kind of trophy husband. I strongly suspect the polite, dapper office gentleman knows exactly who Mr. Corbin is, and pegged Ms Hooper as an undesirable lefty pseudo-intellectual as soon as she brought up the topic.
As for finding gentlemen who share her "highbrow interests", she would be wise to volunteer for political campaigns and otherwise actively pursue her activities connected to those interests, looking to the gentlemen there for her matirmonial targets -- the location and activity would presort for conversational topics, and she would be able to see how they function in their natural environment.
And by the way: a truly intelligent young woman -- much like a truly intelligent young man -- can find ways to connect commonplace subjects like footie and reality TV to more esoteric subjects. But such conversations don't happen when one party goes in assuming the other will have nothing to say worth listening to. Our girl has what used to be called a false class consciousness, a dreadful handicap.
[Christian Science Monitor] The strongman Russia installed to run a pacified Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, increasingly poses a challenge to Russia's secular constitutional order. Kadyrov is imposing sharia on his population – and lately, even defying the Kremlin's foreign policy – with an apparent eye on an international Islamic stage.
Alexei Malashenko, an Islam expert with the Moscow Carnegie Center says, “Kadyrov wants to be considered a leader among world Muslims. His ambitions are very high. He has introduced politicized Islam in Chechnya, and this is definitely a problem for the Kremlin. Putin clearly does not like it.”
Kadyrov has always been one of the most unusual of Russia's regional leaders. Often his antics are baffling to outsiders, as when he recently ordered almost 1,000 divorced Chechen couples to reunite “for the sake of the children,” his ongoing efforts to force Chechen women to adhere to a “Muslim dress code,” or his endorsement of polygamy in Chechnya – which is strictly against Russian law.
At other times, even Russian social conservatives look on with horror, as when scores of gay Chechen men were rounded up earlier this year, beaten, tortured and an unknown number murdered. The frustration of Russian security services with Kadyrov over his consistent refusal to permit Moscow-based police to operate in the republic, sometimes punctuated by death threats, is an open secret.
The Chechen leader launched an open challenge to the Kremlin by staging a demonstration of at least half a million people in downtown Grozny earlier this month to express solidarity with the persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and demand the Kremlin take action to protect them.
Asked about it later, a visibly annoyed Vladimir Putin merely said that “each person is entitled to having one’s own attitude regardless of rank or position.” But subsequently, police in Moscow violently suppressed a pro-Rohingya rally by local Muslims in front of the Myanmar embassy, arresting 17 people – all reportedly Chechens.
The conundrum for the Kremlin is that Kadyrov has pacified Chechnya and sidelined the internationally backed Islamist forces that in past years carried out dozens of terrorist attacks in major Russian cities. And Kadyrov seldom misses an opportunity to express his total loyalty to Putin personally.
Malashenko said, “Putin considers Kadyrov to be a pillar of Russian control in the Caucasus. Kadyrov has made so many enemies in Chechnya that, without Putin's backing, he probably would not last. So, they need each other."
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This is interesting. My impression was Kadyrov was Putin's pet Chechen and was given a free hand as long as he kept a lid on things. If memory serves, there have been a number of bombings in Russia which have been attributed to Islamists (could just be business disputes, tho). Disappointing Mr. Putin doesn't seem like a career-enhancing move.
The Syrian Army units foiled a terrorist attack with a vehicle rigged with explosives on one of the military posts in Hwaijet Saqr, inflicting heavy losses upon ISIL terrorists in different areas in Deir Ezzor City and its countryside.
SANA reporter said that army units engaged in violent clashes with ISIL terrorists in the area of Hwaijet Saqr to the east of Deir Ezzor City, killing scores of terrorists and destroying a car rigged with explosives before reaching on of the military posts, in addition to seizing another vehicle rigged with explosives.
The reporter added that the army’s operations coincided with firing rockets and carrying out intensive raids by the Syrian Air Force on the fortifications and positions of ISIL terrorists in Hatla, al-Husseiniyia and Hwaijet Saqr, and the neighborhoods of al-Hwaiqa, Kanamat, Khasarat, al-Rushdiyia, al-Ardi and al-Orfi, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their fortifications.
In the same context, prominent leaders of the ISIL terrorists continued to flee away from the province, according to civil sources.
[38 North] US President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 19 may well come to be viewed as "historic," but not in a good way. This article will leave for others the impact of Donald Trump’s and Kim Jong Un’s reality TV show rhetoric. But the substance of Trump’s speech‐including threats to both North Korea and the Iran deal‐may have closed any remaining doors to a diplomatic resolution to this crisis surrounding North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. Moreover, Trump’s speech and the North Korean reaction seem to have set us on a path that could very well end in a major war in Asia. The escalating threats and the closing off of diplomatic options by both sides makes it now more likely than ever that President Trump will have to make good on his threat to "utterly destroy" a nation of 25 million people. The strategic consequences of carrying out this threat, even if successful, will be felt for the remainder of this century, largely to the detriment of the United States and the Western World.
Echoes of the Past
Major wars are not created with a single action. They flow from a series of decisions that drive participants towards a sense that no other action but war can extricate them from their predicament. For example, many historians now credit Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany’s July 2, 1914 telegram to the Austrian government, which gave his ally a so-called blank check to do whatever it wished in the crisis with Serbia, as the fatal step that set the machinery inexorably in motion for the catastrophe of World War I. Trump shares one common and dangerous trait with the Kaiser: both were amateur militarists given to public bluster and adopting an ultra-nationalist bully-boy style of diplomacy, in part to cover up vast weaknesses in their own characters and their lack of understanding of their countries’ true strengths. But neither of these individuals intended to unleash catastrophe. Certainly, the Kaiser would never have sent his blank check if he had known it would result in the fall of his own dynasty, the disappearance of centuries-old empires, the death of millions, and the emergence of Nazism in his country. No doubt, Trump sees himself as a heroic figure standing up to a mad tyrant using rhetoric, economic pressure and, if necessary, military force to break him. He does not see because he does not understand the vast risks he is running for his own citizens, or millions of residents of East Asia.
Why the Alarm?
What could prompt the author to make such apocalyptic historical parallels from what, in the context of the never-ending stream of ill-considered words from this President, was a fairly average speech? First, it was uttered in an unstable, nuclear-armed strategic environment. Second, it confirmed in front of the entire global community that should conflict come, it would be total in nature with the survival of both the North Korean regime and its entire population at stake. Third, the US and North Korea are blind to alternative end states to the one they fear/desire. This is how leaders come to see war as the only choice. Finally, the speech undercut any possibility that North Korea would consider making any concession on its nuclear deterrent by underlining that the US will not keep its word even when it has negotiated an agreement with a hostile government.
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...may have closed any remaining doors to a diplomatic resolution to this crisis surrounding North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs
Which means exactly what? That we should ♫smile♫ and pay them to screw us again, and again, and again?
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the North doesn't want a bomb so much as they want big piles of cash in order to 'stop making a bomb' which they'll continue to make to keep the cash flowing.
[38North] China's support to the DPRK in "The War to Resist America and Aid Korea" is central to the legitimacy narrative of the Chinese Communist Party.
[National Post] [It is] my belief that Trump will destroy North Korea’s artillery batteries directed at Seoul, the immense capital of South Korea, and all aspects of its nuclear program, by a pre-emptive conventional strike of air, sea and ground-launched missiles and large precision bombs. He will probably certify Iranian compliance with Obama’s contemptible delayed nuclear enabling agreement, but advise Iran that the United States will not tolerate Iran’s continued intervention in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq and Yemen. And he will likely gradually turn up the heat on those infiltrations and threaten the military option against Iran’s nuclear program, with the support of almost all of the Arab world, and the quiescence of Russia and Turkey, which will be invited to replace Iran, with Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as the chief Muslim power in the Middle East.
If my expectations are mistaken, in 20 years there will be 30 or 40 nuclear military powers in the world, a diffusion of nuclear danger only partially mitigated by anti-missile defenses provided by the United States, the only country which is sophisticated enough to do so, protecting that country and its allies.
Canadians should rise above the obtuseness of most of the available media and hope that the U.S. government does just this. If it does not, the semi-manageable nuclear club we have known will before long become a nuclear-weaponized playpen infested by terminally dangerous psychopaths.
The nuclear genie can never be put back in the bottle, and the pledge of the nuclear powers to attempt to negotiate nuclear disarmament between themselves while discouraging other countries from becoming nuclear powers is essentially hypocrisy. They have not disarmed, can not, and it is not desirable that they do, because if they did the whole world would be subject to blackmail from any irresponsible despot who applied the well-known and accessible knowledge of how to assemble and deliver a nuclear weapon.
[DAWN] The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the counsel for Jamatud Dawa’s (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat... to file a fresh application against the latest order of the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... home department extending detention of his client for another 30 days, starting from Sept 25.
Earlier, an official of the home department presented the latest detention order of the petitioner before the court during hearing of a plea challenging previous detention orders issued for the JuD chief and his aides.
Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi turned down a home department request for holding in-camera proceedings of the petition as the matter was sensitive. The judge adjourned hearing for a day.
JuD leaders’ counsel Advocate A K Dogar had contended the government detained the petitioners on the basis of mere apprehension. He said under the law no presumption and assumption could give rise to any apprehension unless it was supported by some piece of evidence.
The counsel argued that an order of preventive detention had to satisfy the requirements laid down by the Supreme Court in many of its judgments but in the instant case blatant violation of laws had been committed by the government.
He said imprisonment without trial and conviction was prima facie unlawful and unconstitutional. Other petitioners include Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Hussain.
The home department previously told the court that activities of JuD leaders, if released, would pose a serious threat to the public safety and cause breach of public order.
It said a number of cases had been registered against Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), a sister organisatison of JuD, while the detainees also launched a campaign of their political party, which was still not registered with the Election Commission of Pakistain.
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[Daily Beast] Sen. Bob Corker announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2018. "After much thought, consideration and family discussion over the past year, Elizabeth and I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires at the end of 2018," the Republican senator said in a statement. "When I ran for the Senate in 2006, I told people that I couldn’t imagine serving for more than two terms.
Understandably, as we have gained influence, that decision has become more difficult. But I have always been drawn to the citizen legislator model, and while I realize it is not for everyone, I believe with the kind of service I provide, it is the right one for me." Corker, a two-term senator who currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been a vocal critic of President Trump and potentially faced an electoral threat from the right. Last month, Corker told reporters that the president has yet to show the "stability" or "competence" necessary to be a successful leader. "He also recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation," the senator added.
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I wail eternally remember you, A-Hole, for giving Iran a nuke with Fuck!ng 0bama. So have a fun time with your legacy, as shall he. And I will never see either of you again.
At least 15 Taliban insurgents were killed in ongoing operations in eastern Laghman province, local officials confirmed on Tuesday.
In addition, seven others were wounded and another was arrested.
The operation was launched in Alishing district of the province on Monday to clear the area of insurgents, a spokesman for 201 Selab Military Corps, Sherin Aqa Faqiri said.
“The troops are receiving air support during the operation and it will continue until the area is cleared of all insurgents,” Faqiri said.
However, he did not provide more details about the operation.
The Taliban has not yet commented about the operation.
[DAWN] A Paleostinian shot up Israeli security personnel at the entrance to a West Bank settlement on Tuesday, killing three and wounding another before being rubbed out, police said.
"A terrorist who arrived at the rear gate of Har Adar along with Paleostinian labourers entering the settlement.... pulled out a weapon and shot up the force at the site," police said.
"Three Israelis were killed in the attack, another was maimed and the terrorist was neutralised." Police later said the Paleostinian had died of his wounds.
The shooter was identified by police as a 37-year-old man from Beit Surik, a Paleostinian village near Har Adar, who carried a work permit for the settlement.
As he approached the checkpoint at the entrance to Har Adar, he aroused the suspicion of security forces, who ordered him to halt, police said.
He then pulled out a pistol and opened fire on border police and civilian security guards, before being shot. The maimed Israeli was admitted to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem at death's door, the hospital said.
The incident, at a settlement northwest of Jerusalem that lies near several Paleostinian villages, comes nearly two years after a wave of unrest broke out.
The violence had greatly subsided in recent months.
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[Wash Times] Photos of a West Point alumnus holding a pro-Colin Kaepernick "Communism Will Win" sign while in uniform is riling up the military community.
Images of U.S. infantry Officer Spenser Rapone reached a popular military news site on Tuesday and set off a robust debate on NFL national anthem protests, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback that started it all in 2016, and the shock of seeing an unapologetic communist from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
"I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure Colin Kaepernick wasn’t protesting in favor of communism. #ThatGuy," wrote "Doctrine Man," the moderator of a well-known Facebook page frequented by active military personnel and veterans.
Readers were shocked to see Mr. Rapone, whose Twitter handle is "Commie Bebop," raising a clenched fist in support of Mr. Kapernick; another photo featured the officer revealing a Che Guevara shirt under his uniform. Appears the West Point enlisted RACE (the Rapid Application Completion Exercise) program may have suffered a hiccup.
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TAH brought this up this morning. I felt no need to post it as he is in Ranger School and this will go over like a fart in church. But Screw him anyways.
Never, ever let commies lead your Children into battle.
No greater lack of Character or Courage can be faound than those that accept that bullshit as a "system".
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What the hell happened to this guy? This is more of the millennial, living on Xbox dreamland shit. Back to reality son.
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IIRC his photos evidence at least one UMCJ violation.
Reality hit him in the face during Afghan ops and he wanted out. But he took the oath and this is a lousy way to attempt it, if he had any honor or self-respect.
Gaming the system. And lovin' on Colin K. who not only adores Fidel but is a Muslim convert, one hears. Hoping for money, attention, and an easier job from someone on the left, especially if it gets him a lot more money and attention ....
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I'd say ship him off to Afghanistan but if he's gonna be an infantry officer responsible for the lives of good soldiers that won't do. There must be some other highly undesirable post where he can serve out his four year hitch.
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Abu, the Army got anything equivalent to the Navy's scraping of barnacles? ...how about keel hauling?
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He likes communism and silent messaging. Let him complete Ranger w/o graduation. Issue him a set of earplugs and assign him to the office of the Defense Attache, US Embassy Havana while his case is pending AR 15-6 investigation.
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CO Beach Clean-Up Detail at Diego Garcia?
IIRC, the US Army used to stash problem people in the Canal Zone and Gum (Sorry, Joe!) back in the Ye Olde Days.
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Apparently dad is not pleased. This, along with the NFL fiasco combined with the Hollywood meltdown has focused the silent majority in a way not seen in my lifetime.
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Future Massachusetts Senator? Late evening Snark O'The Day
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Send him to work on the staff of the US Embassy in Zimbabwe so he can endure the glories of communism (since we don't have an Embassy in North Korea).
Russian troops have established a temporary bridge through the Euphrates River near Deir Ezzor city, the Russian military’s TV channel Zvezda reported on Tuesday.
According to Zvezda, the bridge was established under a constant fire from ISIS terrorists within 2 days. The Russian task force suffered no casualties.
The length of the bridge is 200 m. It allows to transfer cars, armoured vehicles and battle tanks from the western to the eastern bank of the Euphrates.
Zvezda’s article argues that the birde is established for conducting humanitarian missions and delivering aid to civilians in Deir Ezzor.
However, it’s hard to believe that the 200-m long bridge is needed for this. Especially considering the fact, that a major part of the eastern bank is still in the hands of ISIS.
Most likely, this bridge will be an important supply line for governmnet troops operating against ISIS northeast of Deir Ezzor city.
At the same time, the Russian state-run Russia 1 channel clearly says that the bridge will be used as a supply line for government troops fighting ISIS.
Videos at the link, and it should be noted that not even Russian divisions and maneuver corps have bridging units at their disposal. Neither do Russian Naval Infantry units have them. Only armies and fronts have them. The only active front/army I am aware of is the Russian Transcaucus Front (Chechnya) and the Russian 58th Army.
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Regarding the general killed near there... Wikipedia:
In August 2017, according to the publicly released Russian information,[1] he was appointed commander of the 5th Red Banner Army and ″shortly thereafter″ left for Syria on tour of duty as a senior military adviser.
Two months after S&P downgraded the state capital of Connecticut, Hartford, to junk, when it cuts its bond rating from BB+ to BB- citing growing liquidity pressures and weaker market access, the city which has been rumored is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection and which has seen an exodus of corporations and businesses in recent months, just got more bad news when S&P downgraded it by a whopping 4 notches deeper into junk territory, from BB- to CC, stating that "a default, a distressed exchange, or redemption appears to be a virtual certainty."
"The downgrade to 'CC' reflects our opinion that a default, a distressed exchange, or redemption appears to be a virtual certainty," said S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Victor Medeiros.
The rating agency also warned that it could take additional action to lower the rating to 'Default' if the city executes a bond restructuring or distressed exchange, or files for bankruptcy.
In our view, the potential for a bond restructuring or distressed exchange offering has solidified with the news that both bond insurers are open to supporting such a measure in an effort to head off a bankruptcy filing. Under our criteria, we would consider any distressed offer where the investor receives less value than the promise of the original securities to be tantamount to a default.
In short: while Chicago has so far dodged the bullet, the capital of America's richest state (on a per capita basis), will - according to S&P - be also the first to default in the coming months.
Full S&P note below:
Hartford, CT GO Debt Rating Lowered Four Notches To 'CC' On Likely Default
S&P Global Ratings has lowered its rating four notches to 'CC' from 'B-' on Hartford, Conn.'s general obligation (GO) bonds and Hartford Stadium Authority's lease revenue bonds. The ratings remain on CreditWatch with negative implications, where they were placed on May 15, 2017. At this rating level and due to the characteristics of the city's appropriation-supported debt, we believe its appropriation and GO debt share similar risk and have therefore made no notching distinction. We could differentiate the GO and appropriation ratings again in the future based on our view of their relative vulnerability to nonpayment.
Hillary Clinton said Monday on Bloomberg News that President Donald Trump has "tendencies toward authoritarianism," adding that she hopes he has not "ordered the killing of people and journalists" as Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of doing.
During a conversation with Charlie Rose, she compared Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose relationship with Trump has particularly drawn scrutiny from Democrats and the media. Clinton discussed her ideas on Trump's view of democracy, saying she "hopes" the president is not exactly like Putin in every way.
"I don’t think he really values democracy, Charlie," Clinton said.
"He doesn’t value democracy? Rose asked. "So he’s not a ’democrat,’ little ’d?'"
Clinton replied, "No, he’s not, he’s a top-down guy."
"He’s an authoritarian?" Rose asked.
"He has tendencies toward authoritarianism," Clinton answered.
"So, he’s no different than Putin?" Rose asked.
Clinton did not say Trump was different from the Russian autocrat, instead saying he "hopefully" does not commit the same crimes as Putin.
"Well, hopefully he hasn’t ordered the killing of people and journalists and the like," Clinton replied.
Project much?
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The following is a list of dead people connected with Bill Clinton:
-James McDougal Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation.
Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.
-Vince Foster Former White House councelor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.
-Ron Brown Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investi-gation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.
-C. Victor Raiser II - & - Montgomery Raiser Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.
-Paul Tulley Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992. Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor".
-Ed Willey Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in Virginia of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.
-Jerry Parks Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.
-James Bunch Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people containing names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.
-James Wilson Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.
-Kathy Ferguson Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson died in May 1994 was found dead in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she was going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.
-Bill Shelton Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the gravesite of his fiancee.
-Gandy Baugh Attorney for Clinton friend Dan Lassater died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.
-Florence Martin Accountant sub-contractor for the CIA related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. Died of three gunshot wounds.
-Suzanne Coleman Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.
-Paula Grober Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.
-Danny Casolaro Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparent suicide in the middle of his investigation.
-Paul Wilcher Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.
-Jon Parnell Walker Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993 Was investigating Morgan Guarantee scandal.
-Barbara Wise Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.
-Charles Meissner Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.
-Dr. Stanley Heard Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and brother.
-Barry Seal Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, Death was no accident.
-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. Mechanic, found a check made out to Clinton in the trunk of a car left in his repair shop. Died when his car hit a utility pole.
-Stanley Huggins Suicide. Investigated Madison Guarantee. His report was never released.
-Hershell Friday Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded.
-Kevin Ives & Don Henry Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. Controversial case where initial report of death was due to falling asleep on railroad track. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.
THE FOLLOWING SIX PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:
- Keith Coney Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck July, 1988.
- Keith McMaskle Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988
- Gregory Collins Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.
-Jeff Rhodes He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.
-James Milan Found decapitated. Coroner ruled death due to natural causes.
-Jordan Kettleson Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.
-Richard Winters Was a suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. Was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989
THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD:
Major William S. Barkley Jr.
Captain Scott J. Reynolds
Sgt. Brian Hanley
Sgt. Tim Sabel
Major General William Robertson
Col. William Densberger
Col. Robert Kelly
Spec. Gary Rhodes
Steve Willis
Robert Williams
Conway LeBleu
Todd McKeehan
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Why would someone suspect that other people who she does not know well kill people?
Is she perhaps familiar with the idea from her own experience?
Do you often think of politicians and entertainers and others as murderers? Do you often charge political adversaries with killing?
Why does she do this?
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A separate category I suppose, but the list above does not include the four slain in Benghazi.
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Yep - weapons grade projection here. Leave it to Charlie Rose, hyper-partisan Democrat, to allow Clinton to say shit like this without any pushback whatsoever.
[Libya Herald] Sabratha hospital has issued an urgent call for trauma kits and blood as the fighting in the town continued for a tenth day, with at least 17 dead and 48 maimed since the violence began.
So pressed is the hospital that casualties are being sent elsewhere. A woman hit by shrapnel today in her kitchen was transferred to Zuwara for treatment
Thus far all mediation attempts by local elders have failed, with two uneasy truces quickly breaking down. The Libya Red Islamic Thingy has reportedly evacuated almost all the population from the old part of two where the fighting has become fiercest.
There are international concerns for the safety of the outstanding ruins of Sabratha’s ancient city. Pictures last week showed a shell hole in the monumental masonry of the theatre. Today UNESCO called for a ceasefire and appealed for this precious part of Libya’s archaeolgical heritage to be protected.
However a halt to the fighting has been rejected by the Anti-ISIS Operations Room (AIOR) which says it is battling jihadists in the form of the Amu Brigade, also known as the Brigade of the Martyr Anas al-Dabashi. This militia is effectively the same as the 48th Battalion, which the Presidency Council’ has said is part of its armed forces.
A normally reliable social media source said today that three migrant detention camps under the control of the Amu Brigade could not be reached. The source also said that while rivals fought in Sabratha, people-smugglers in Zuwara had stepped up their operations.
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[VictoryGirlsBlog] Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few days, you’ve likely heard of the guano crazy jogger in Colorado Springs, who has been defecating on people’s lawns. In public. In full view of children, pets, and other innocents. The Washington Post reported about a week ago that this daft bint has been squatting on one family’s property for the past several weeks, and even though the homeowner confronted her, she simply said "sorry," and trotted off.
The family kept finding the runner’s poop, [Cathy] Budde said, and the dirty paper napkins she leaves behind. The apparently remorseless runner has pooped on the sidewalk in front of the Budde family’s home at least once a week for the past seven weeks, according to Budde. Once, Budde was able to take a picture, which showed a brunette woman running in a gray tank top and shorts.
Well, it turns out the brunette woman is not exactly that.
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Whatever happened to flaming bags of dogshit on the concrete steps, and watching the neighbor you hate stomp it out only to realize what's really on his shoes when he starts to walk back into the house? I miss that stuff.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has stepped up efforts and pressures on President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. for the closure of the Taliban ...Arabic for students... office in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... , a move which is apparently aimed at increasing pressures on the group as part of the new US strategy to combat terrorism and eliminate their sanctuaries from the region.
Sources privy of the development have said President Trump has discussed the issue with Afghan counterpart President Ghani.
The sources have told The Guardian newspaper that a decision is expected from President Ghani soon as he may likely agree with the closure of the Taliban’s political office in Doha.
The decision was reportedly taken as several years have passed since the office was opened but no positive results were obtained.
On the other hand, reports regarding the closure of the Taliban office in Qatar emerge amid persistent tensions among the Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , United Arab Emirates and other key Gulf nations with Qatar.
In his speech at the UN General Assembly last week, President Trump said "It is time to expose and hold responsible those countries who support and finance terror groups like Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, the Taliban and others that slaughter innocent people."
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[The Nation] Thai security forces are seeking a man on the run after he was allegedly involved in an attack in Pattani's Sai Buri district that killed four soldiers and hurt several others on Friday.
Military spokesman Piyawat Nakwanich said that two suspects who worked as construction workers had already been detained over the attack. Piyawat did not reveal the identity of the third suspect but said the authorities had forensic evidence from the scene that could link the person to the attack.
The powerful bomb ripped apart the soldiers' pickup truck as they were on patrol in Tambon Taping. Four soldiers who were sitting in the cargo bed were killed, while five others who were on foot near the vehicle survived.
The explosives were hidden in water drainage pipes at a construction site, so workers were questioned for possible involvement.
[PhilStar] Philippine security forces have thwarted possible future attacks with the arrest of three suspected Abu Sayyaf bomb experts in Zamboanga City. One of those arrested, identified as Omar Askali, alias Ayub, is said to be a follower of Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama, according to Col. Leonel Nicolas, chief of Joint Task Force Zamboanga.
Askali was nabbed by a joint police and military team on Saturday morning. Follow-up operations conducted by the same team resulted in the arrest of Mukaram Sapie, alias Mukram, and a certain Shayif, in Barangay Taluksangay. The two suspects were allegedly on a mission to carry out bombings on orders of Indama.
Nicolas said, “Intelligence reports showed the group would bomb public places in the city three days from now,” adding Askali is one of Indama's most trusted men. Nicolas said they are tracking down two improvised explosive devices set to be planted in the city, based on information provided by Askali.
Meanwhile, authorities prevented another attempt to bomb selected targets in North Cotabato with the arrest of a suspected leader of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Midsayap town yesterday.
Muslimin Ladtugan, alias Commander Mus, was arrested at his hideout in Barangay Nabalawag by police and military troopers. The military has received reports that Ladtugan’s group has been plotting to avenge the death of 27 BIFF militants killed in clashes with Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters.
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MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - With a grimace, Brigadier General Melquiades Ordiales of the Philippines 1st Marine Brigade recounted the painful gains made against Islamist militants in Marawi City.
“It took us one week from this point to that point, to cross that street,” he said, casting his eyes to the other side of a two-lane road in the heart of the southern Philippines city, lined by three-storey buildings shattered by air strikes and the remaining walls riddled with bullet holes.
“It was really very, very tough.”
The grinding urban warfare that has destroyed much of the grandly named Sultan Omar Dianalan Boulevard shows just how much of a threat Islamic State is to the Philippines and potentially other countries in the Southeast Asian region.
But when the fighting started, Philippine authorities were unfazed.
After the Islamic State-backed militants took over large parts of picturesque, lakeside Marawi in May, the country’s defense minister, Delfin Lorenzana, predicted the entire conflict would be over in one week.
Now, after four months of intense aerial bombardment and house-by-house battles, Philippine commanders believe they are in the final stages of the operation to oust the rebels from the city.
In the past two weeks, military officials say they have conquered three militant bastions, including a mosque, and restricted about 60 remaining guerrillas to about 10 devastated city blocks in the business district. Patrols have been increased on the lake to prevent the supply of armaments and recruits to the holed-up militants.
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[BBC] Three men who were arrested over the Parsons Green Tube attack have been released with no further action, the Metropolitan Police has said.
Of the seven men arrested in total over the bombing in London on 15 September, one has been charged with attempted murder and the remaining six released.
Ahmed Hassan, 18, of Sunbury, Surrey, was remanded in custody after appearing in court last week.
A bomb partially exploded on a Tube train in rush hour, injuring 30 people.
Two of the released men, aged 25 and 30, were arrested in Newport, south Wales, on 19 and 20 September respectively.
The third released man was arrested in Cardiff on Monday.
Officers are continuing to search one property in Cardiff as part of the investigation led by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, police said.
Mr Hassan, who was arrested in Dover, Kent, the day after the attack on 16 September, was also charged with causing an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury.
The head of Yemen’s supreme political council Saleh Al-Sammad said that the Saudi regime has failed to eradicate the Yemenis’ revolutionary spirit, warning the mercenaries that just exploits them to achieve its targets.
Al-Sammad noted that the Yemeni army and popular committees are going to carry out rocketry strikes against additional Saudi territories as well as UAE cities in response to their air raids against the Yemenis.
[DAWN] Finance Minister Ishaq Dar appeared before an accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday in connection with a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The minister will be indicted in the case today. The reference was filed against Dar for possessing assets beyond his known sources of income.
A situation of chaos was observed outside the accountability court when Dar arrived for the hearing. The doors to the court were shut for news hounds, and the finance minister had to wait at least 20 minutes outside before he was allowed to enter the court premises from the back door.
No media representative is therefore witnessing the court proceedings which are currently underway.
On Monday, Accountability Judge Mohammad Bashir handed over a copy of the reference filed by NAB to Dar’s counsel, along with copies of related documents, which comprise 23 volumes.
The court had rejected a request by Dar’s counsel, Amjad Pervez, to grant them seven days to peruse the voluminous record, saying that since the Supreme Court had set a six-month deadline, it could not adjourn proceedings for a week.
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[ConservativeDailyPost] Texas has won an important court ruling concerning illegal aliens. A unanimous ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned Clinton-appointed Judge Orlando Garcia’s decision on August 31. The state is able to demand that local law enforcement comply with detainer requests by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hailed it as a clear victory, which will permit the state to "enforce the core" of the law. This means that although the panel hasn’t considered the entire scope, the state is able to mandate cooperation between federal immigration agents and local jails under the "anti-sanctuary city" measure.
The state of Texas passed Senate Bill 4 months ago and Governor Greg Abbott signed the legislation back in February. However, Texas has not been allowed to implement the law that was legally instituted because a few immigrants’ rights activists in a couple of cities and outside interests like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) took the state to federal court and challenged the legality of the measure.
After Garcia issued a halt to the law taking effect last month, the state appealed the decision. The new ruling overturns Garcia’s halt that went into effect one day before the law was supposed to. Now, Texas can enforce the detainer provision, but the other issues will be thrashed out in November.
These include the ability to punish local law enforcement personnel who don’t abide by federal and state law concerning the detainment of illegal aliens. The ruling does provide the ability to pursue some penalties against officials who defy it, but at this point the extent is vague. The bill also includes sanctions on colleges and universities that ignore citizenship status and protect illegal students. These details will be ironed out later.
Charles Perry added the provision about colleges during the debate. He said, "The college campus aspect was needed because we’ve had a lot of rhetoric from some of the college campuses [saying] this is what we’re going to go out and do."
The bill was hotly debated in the state legislature. One lawmaker notified ICE when protesters who carried signs announcing their "undocumented" status were seen outside.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has praised the measure and the Department of Justice filed arguments supporting the state law. Other attorney generals did likewise, sending a clear picture that the majority of Americans don’t want the wanton destruction of citizenship to occur. Liberals promote the Open Boarders agenda that aims at reestablishing serfdom, conservatives want to protect individual liberty.
Originally, Houston, Dallas, and Austin had sued the state concerning the legality of Senate Bill 4. The main reason for opposition of the bill stems from a supposed Fourth Amendment violation and the fact that penalties are vague for law enforcement officials who won’t comply.
Many people feel that Texas should forget sanctions and just arrest the sheriffs and police chiefs who break the federal and state law.
Liberal news outlets are connecting the legislation with President Trump. Although the Texas congress has had the bill in the works since before Trump handily won the election, for some reason liberals want to connect him with what they see as a racist measure. The truth of the matter is that the bill has nothing to do with race and everything to do with sovereignty.
The three judges on the appeals court, one which was appointed by Clinton and the other by Barack Obama, obviously take their oath seriously. The law was passed and does not violate any supposed constitutional protections because these illegal aliens are not being deprived of life, liberty or property.
These people are lawbreakers, and as such, are subject to justice. It’s not a violation of constitutional rights to put someone in jail if they’ve broken the law.
Paxton said in a statement, "Enforcing immigration law helps prevent dangerous criminals from being released into Texas communities," and he’s absolutely correct. The number of illegal violent crimes is outrageous, but it would still be unacceptable if one single person was raped or murdered by an illegal alien.
Immigration must be held in respect. Allowing people to flood the nation without proper documentation is dangerous and wrong. Texas earned a victory yesterday when it was allowed to implement a law that was legally passed. By trying to stop the state from putting it into effect, liberal activists groups are essentially rebelling against the republic that provides all Americans’ freedoms. Fortunately, the haters of liberty have failed.
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Elmerert, we have thousands of homeless in San Diego. They need jobs! Put them to work cleaning toilets and at least they won't be pooping on our streets anymore.
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[DAWN] A Senate committee on Tuesday expressed annoyance over the Election Commission of Pakistain’s (ECP) act of allowing a banned outfit’s candidate to contest the recently held by-poll in NA-120 (Lahore) constituency.
The Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, which met here with Sherry Rehman in the chair, wondered how an election symbol had been allotted to the candidate of a banned ...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization.
An official of the ECP explained that Milli Moslem League (MML) was not registered with it and it had allotted a symbol to independent candidate Yaqoob Sheikh, who was apparently affiliated to the party.
An explanation on the issue had already been sought by the interior ministry.
The reply, however, did not satisfy the Senate body, with its chairperson Sherry Rehman and member Saifullah Khan Magsi pointing out that posters and banners of the candidate, who surprised many by bagging around 6,000 votes in the by-election, bore pictures of the banned group’s leaders, which brought a bad name to Pakistain.
The Senate body was of the view that the ECP should have taken strict notice of the matter. If the law required an amendment, a proposed amendment should be presented to parliament.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Caller] TIME Magazine left out one major ‐ or rather, minor ‐ detail of Anthony Weiner’s sentencing in a tweet Monday morning.
[Daily Caller] News aggregator Matt Drudge tweeted Wednesday that recent GOP legislative failures have shattered the "illusion there is a difference between parties."
[National Review] The regime continues to violate international norms, and it remains hostile to America. The Obama policy has failed.
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Emmanuel talks about his experience joining the military, as well as, his experience coming home from war. The stories of so many veterans demand our attention. Our veterans deserve better.
[Townhall] I'm calling foul on all the leftists rushing to protect the NFL's protest crusaders from President Donald Trump's criticism of their national anthem antics.
[Breitbart} San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich had plenty to say in response to President Donald Trump denouncing national anthem protests while speaking Monday at his team’s media day.
[Breitbart] The construction of President Donald Trump’s promised prototype border wall began on Tuesday. Six companies that won the competitive bidding process will begin testing various types of walls. The companies will begin building eight test sections of wall on Tuesday, Fox News Insider reported.
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Massoud Barzani
[Daily Excelsior] Army today killed most wanted
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
[Christian Science Monitor] The strongman Russia installed to run a pacified Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, increasingly poses a challenge to Russia's secular constitutional order. Kadyrov is imposing sharia on his population – and lately, even defying the Kremlin's foreign policy – with an apparent eye on an international Islamic stage.
Asked about it later, a visibly annoyed Vladimir Putin merely said that “each person is entitled to having one’s own attitude regardless of rank or position.” But subsequently, police in Moscow violently suppressed a pro-Rohingya rally by local Muslims in front of the Myanmar embassy, arresting 17 people – all reportedly Chechens.
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...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
[The Nation] Thai security forces are seeking a man on the run after he was allegedly involved in an attack in Pattani's Sai Buri district that killed four soldiers and hurt several others on Friday. 
[PhilStar] Philippine security forces have thwarted possible future attacks with the arrest of three suspected Abu Sayyaf bomb experts in Zamboanga City. One of those arrested, identified as Omar Askali, alias Ayub, is said to be a follower of Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama, according to Col. Leonel Nicolas, chief of Joint Task Force Zamboanga.
