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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Joseph Farah: 9 facts you should know about these 'Russian hacks'
[WND] May I be so bold as to present some key, undisputed facts with regard to the kerfuffle over allegations ‐ including some by the CIA ‐ the Russian government hacked into the computers of the Democratic National Committee to find embarrassing emails in hopes of swaying the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump?

1. No one is alleging that the Russians hacked into election computers to change votes. Nevertheless, some of the hysterical rhetoric from Democrats seems determined to give that impression to their low-information voters.


2. If the Russians did hack into the computers of the DNC, released documents embarrassing to Democrats and it impacted the election (something that could never be proved, of course) this would be exposing the truth of something the Democrats were trying to hide. Isn’t more information always better than less for those earnestly trying to make the right decision on how to vote?

3. Hasn’t Russia since the Cold War days always used disinformation techniques to promote its interests and impact U.S. elections, American opinion, etc.? And, at the end of the day, isn’t this simply another form of propaganda? Usually, propaganda is one-sided information or even flat-out lies that are used to sway opinion. In this case, it would appear the information supposedly disseminated was accurate and truthful, just kept secret by the Democrats. Again, Russia isn’t being accused of changing votes through hacking of election systems. It is being accused to trying to persuade Americans by giving them accurate information they were previously denied.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 08:52 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Even if Russia did hack and did influence the election (unproven), why would that Trump's fault? Would not the responsible parties be those who had inadequate IT security? That would be the DNC and various agencies in the Executive branch of the government?
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/15/2016 9:28 Comments || Top||

#2  The first point in the 9 facts is the only relevant one. The liberals are trying to make it appear voting machines were hacked.

My own points, beyond that one.

(1) Podesta was hacked because he was stupid and careless with secrets.
(2) Emails were released and not a single one has even been denied as untrue.
(3) Hacks were 'once removed' from Russia whatever that means. Painting of the security services as being in lock-step about the hacking is a fiction created by the NY Times.
(4) British Ambassador to Uzbekistan says he was handed a thumb drive of info from a disgruntled Democrat sick of the way the party was treating Bernie and he gave it to Assange.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 12/15/2016 11:44 Comments || Top||

#3  One very pertinent fact was left off of this list: We know the Democrats lie. They all lie about everything and in all likelihood they are lying about this too.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/15/2016 11:56 Comments || Top||

#4  But I thought communism is cool?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/15/2016 12:00 Comments || Top||

#5  If the CIA ever does agree to a hearing with the House, and I were to be a congress-critter, here's question #1 to the Klingon at the microphone:

"Based on your agency's review, are there any emails in this group that are not genuine -- that is, were not written by the people who are listed as the authors of the emails?"

Boy wouldn't that be a fun answer, as the CIA then would have to testify that yes, all these emails came from Hillary, Podesta, Huma, Ms. Cheryl, etc.
Posted by: Steve White || 12/15/2016 18:09 Comments || Top||

#6  Reset
Posted by: P2Kontheroad || 12/15/2016 19:07 Comments || Top||


WikiLeaks figure says ‘disgusted (ing)' Democrat leaked Clinton campaign emails
[Wash Times] A WikiLeaks figure is claiming that he received leaked Clinton campaign emails from a "disgusted" Democratic whistleblower, while the White House continued to blame Russian hackers Wednesday for meddling in the presidential election and asserted that Donald Trump was "obviously aware" of Moscow’s efforts on his behalf.

Craig Murray, a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and a close associate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, said in the report by the Daily Mail that he flew to Washington for a clandestine handoff with one of the email sources in September.

He said he received a package in a wooded area near American University.

"Neither of [the leaks] came from the Russians," Mr. Murray told the British newspaper. "The source had legal access to the information. The documents came from inside leaks, not hacks."

WikiLeaks published thousands of emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, providing a steady stream of negative news coverage of the Democratic presidential nominee during the final weeks of the campaign. Mr. Murray said the leakers were motivated by "disgust at the corruption of the Clinton Foundation and the tilting of the primary election playing field against Bernie Sanders."

The Daily Mail report noted that Mr. Murray was removed from his diplomatic post amid allegations of misconduct.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 07:57 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  But the leaker was a Russian spy, right?
Posted by: Bobby || 12/15/2016 8:13 Comments || Top||

#2  The leaker eats Russian dressing. There's the connection!

Snark of the day.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 12/15/2016 8:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Occam's razor
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/15/2016 8:24 Comments || Top||

#4  A bit more from Mr. Murray found at this link.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 8:32 Comments || Top||

#5  Murray separated from his first wife, Fiona, with whom he has two children,[11] in 2004[49] after beginning a relationship with Nadira Alieva, an Uzbek woman whom he met while she was working as a belly dancer in a nightclub in Tashkent.

No mystery about his politics. The man certainly does have class.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 8:38 Comments || Top||

#6  ...Nadira Alieva, an Uzbek woman whom he met while she was working as a belly dancer in a nightclub in Tashkent.

I would have voted for a Uzbek belly dancer before I would have ever considered voting for Hillary Clinton!

Snark of the day with a Brillo pad to the eyeballs thereafter.
Posted by: Crusader || 12/15/2016 11:09 Comments || Top||

#7  Nadira Alieva, an Uzbek woman whom he met while she was working as a belly dancer in a nightclub in Tashkent.

Visited many a "nightclub" in Tashkent. They was a dancin' but it wasn't belly dancin'. Late 2001/early 2002 and the only way into Kabul was w/Klingon Air outta Tashkent. Good times were had by all and local GDP increased as well.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy || 12/15/2016 12:02 Comments || Top||

#8  But the leaker was a Russian spy, right?

No reason he couldn't be a Russian spy and a disgusted Democratic whistleblower.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/15/2016 12:54 Comments || Top||

#9  One wonders if there's a potential corollary between the 'informant' and the list of HRC campaign and DNC employees who died during the election season.
Posted by: Pappy || 12/15/2016 12:56 Comments || Top||

#10  "Neither of [the leaks] came from the Russians," Mr. Murray told the British newspaper. "The source had legal access to the information. The documents came from inside leaks, not hacks."

It's no surprise that the most successful hacks are executed with the help of people who have physical access to the servers.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/15/2016 12:58 Comments || Top||

#11  One wonders if there's a potential corollary between the 'informant' and the list of HRC campaign and DNC employees who died during the election season. Posted by Pappy

If it helps narrow the narrow the field of suspects and arrive at a potential motive, none of the victims were....belly dancers.

Just say'n.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 13:01 Comments || Top||

#12  I would have voted for a Uzbek belly dancer before I would have ever considered voting for Hillary Clinton! Posted by: Crusader

Same with me Crusader. I wouldn't have cared how many times he winked and smiled at me.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 13:06 Comments || Top||


Judge Nap: Election Fraud in Detroit Looks 'Organized, and Government Involved'
BLUF: [PJ] On Fox Business' Varney and Company Wednesday, Napolitano said that the the over-counting of Democrat votes is an example of the "government defrauding itself."

Host Stuart Varney described the type of"human error" that caused the discrepancies. "The poll worker takes the ballot, and puts it into a scanning machine, and says, 'oh good gosh, it jammed.'" The poll worker then proceeds to rescan the ballot "again, and again, and again."

"That is a different kind of fraud," Napolitano said. "Because that is the government defrauding itself. "The poll worker is an employee of, or a volunteer in behalf of the government. You're talking about a crime now. ... The law guarantees fair elections -- not perfect ones. If this had changed the outcome, it would be unfair and it would warrant a serious inquiry."

"But it happened in 248 precincts!" Varney exclaimed. "More votes were cast than voters!"
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 06:41 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Organized crime involving the government in urban America? Judge Napolitano really has gone crackers.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 6:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Next time the criminals will have to inform the Green party which states they probably shouldn't do a recount in.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 12/15/2016 14:28 Comments || Top||

#3  "oops"

--- DNC
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/15/2016 21:32 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Russian hackers more numerous than previously thought
In the meantime, president-elect Donald Trump continued his post-election thank-you tour throughout the country, expressing gratitude to Russian hackers everywhere who helped him get to the White House. After making a stop in Cincinnati, Ohio, known for its thriving Russian hacking community, Trump went to Iowa, Michigan, and other predominantly Russian states whose hackers were vital to his win.

At every leg of his tour, the president-elect's speeches attracted large crowds of enthusiastic Russian hackers, whose numbers turned out to be much greater than any Democratic strategist within the intelligence community had anticipated.

"It's really terrifying that these tens of thousands of embedded Russian hackers look no different than everyday working class Americans," admitted John Podesta, a CIA insider responsible for the recent leak concerning RussiaGate to the Washington Post.
Much more at the link.

Vintage The People's Cube


Posted by: badanov || 12/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I am Spartacus!
Posted by: SteveS || 12/15/2016 14:10 Comments || Top||

#2  The Peoples' Cube rocks.

If you are still looking for a little something present, I recommend Shakedown Socialism as a gift.

*I have not read the updated version, but am confident in its quality.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/15/2016 15:26 Comments || Top||


How To Violently Prevent Trump From Taking Power

Oh the stupid is strong with this one
[Medium.com] For the dense, let me just state unequivocally up front that I do not support this plan, and I do not advocate that violent measures be used to stop Trump. That said, there are innumerable high-profile pundits and political figures who have characterized the threat Trump poses as unprecedented. Many have thrown around the word "fascist." If that's your view of Trump, that he's not just a garden variety-level threat ‐ the kind we should be accustomed to by dint of living in a rapidly declining hegemonic imperial prison state ‐ but something exponentially more destructive and terrifying, then certain previously-unthinkable preventive tactics would be warranted.
Assuming the average cock splash of a liberal is trained in anything more than yelling and waving signs
If I took this view of Trump, and was able-bodied, here's what I'd do to prove that I actually believe my own rhetoric, rather than just spout alarmist nonsense for political effect.

I'd assemble armed resistance brigades in and around states that voted for Trump. I'd make sure the participants are well-trained in urban combat. I'd do drills. I'd ensure that secure communications have been established to enable inter-state coordination. I'd impart to participants that they should be prepared to face severe state punishment for their rebellious acts‐ perhaps even death.
These are called "militias". Currently, people you call "right wing" are involved in such organizations. Also another flaw in the plan is to assume your gun controlling spunk wastes would actually have guns and be trained in their use.
Another stupid assumption is that "urban warfare" thingy. What happens when you storm the Winter Palace and there's nobody there? Your heroic urban guerrilleros could find themselves without water, light, and a few other things, since they're supplied from the 'burbs. You know that lefty saying about "what if they gave a war and nobody came?" How about what if they gave a war and somebody turned the power off. It's not hard to reinvent siege warfare if you get good and pissed.
The plan would be as such. The brigades would position at Republican state capitals (Harrisburg PA, Lansing MI, Raleigh NC, etc.) where the Electoral College is due to meet on December 19. I'd make sure every Elector expected to vote for Trump is identified. The night of December 18, the brigades would forge a blockade at the various state capitol buildings. Electors identified as Republican and/or Trump supporters would be physically prevented from entering, if necessary by lethal force. It's possible that Electors would scramble to meet someplace other than the state capitol building; the resistance must take precautions to ensure this does not happen, possibly by physically restraining the Electors, imprisoning them, or worse.
News flash... the "militias" and common gun toting citizen would shoot your asses down faster than you can say "Not my president".
"Active shooters" also tend to get bumped off by responding police. Preventing the electors from gathering would put the election into the House.
If this is carried out successfully in enough Republican state capitals, Trump will fail to receive the requisite 270 electoral votes, and the election would be decided in the House of Representatives. Who the hell knows what would happen at that point.
Full scale civil war and the slaughter of your gun control loving idiots. Next question.
Again: I don't support the enactment of this plan. In fact, I vigorously oppose it. However, if I took the extreme view of Trump that so many in our media class do, I'd see it as morally obligatory.
I see you as intellectually wanting and not in this realm called "reality", but go ahead. Try it. I dare you.
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  $50 says this pansy has never got into a real fight in his life. I bet I could drop him with a side thrust kick with my bad leg.
Posted by: Raj || 12/15/2016 0:43 Comments || Top||

#2  This genius is making "plans" working on the assumption that no one's going to resist them. Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
Posted by: Fred || 12/15/2016 2:11 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm not gonna lie. This got me, too. But that second paragraph... you hardly ever see anyone that stupid, that ignorant, and that confident all at the same time. Sniff sniff dig dig. Too sleepy now to figure the intended target(s). Tentatively filed under "mad genius."
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 12/15/2016 4:46 Comments || Top||

#4  working on the assumption that no one's going to resist them

Consequence of experience.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/15/2016 4:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Three days supply.

We could take your sorry ass out by shutting off the roads and railroads into your city, and/or shutting off the EBT cards, and/or firing every do-nothing government employees around those state capitals.

After three days, most American cities will run out of food. The thugs five blocks away will come to Mr. Medium's adolescent playground urban neighborhood. They will demand all your food and likely rape your daughters and wife and kill you as a bonus. There aren't enough cops to protect you when this happens.

And the part that Mr. Medium doesn't get is that when they burst into his house and are raping his women while ransacking his food stores, he'll stammer, "B-b-but I was against the Iraq War, and I voted for Obama and Clinton, and I hate Christians, and I'm diverse, n'stuff, don't do this to me, do it to right-wingers in Kansas!", thinking the thugs will say, "Oh, OK, sorry".

The reality is that they won't even spare the breath to laugh at him while pulling the trigger of the 9 MM that blows his brains all over his expensive wall art.

Perpetual adolescents, living in their urban playgrounds, listening to NPR, and telling themselves they've got it all figured out and are always the smartest person in the room self-identify as idiots when they do not realize the truth of the three days supply scenario.

Posted by: no mo uro || 12/15/2016 6:26 Comments || Top||

#6  'I'd make sure the participants were well trained in urban combat.' Leaving aside the whole entire time table issue and all, that is pure comedy gold. A mere suggestion sweet heart, don't forget adequate supplies of papier mache and Laurie Anderson albums to keep your motivation going.
Posted by: Cesare || 12/15/2016 9:45 Comments || Top||

#7  Solution.

Make sure .40 G22 is clean and fully loaded with 500-rounds reserved. (Should probably get more now)

Take 'upland gamebird plug' out of older Browning 12-guage auto (plus change barrel to 'modified' or 'improved' - have both + full) and load five + chamber with 00 (100 rounds reserved). Don't use slugs, 00 through 2 have the required patterns and outcomes in an urban environment.

Get more ammo for both, then go hunting.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/15/2016 9:46 Comments || Top||

#8  It's funny how quiet the lefties get when you point out killing the power grid to the cities, shutting down the highways bringing in food and turning off the water pipelines coming into the city will end any 'civil' war in two weeks.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/15/2016 9:49 Comments || Top||

#9  There are not many democrats that understand urban warfare. This would be nothing more that a gathering in a park, a blocked highway, and a bunch of yelling and crying because someone turned off the cel towers. But what this guy is explaining IS the next step from liberal/progressivism to fascism. They are describing a version of crystal night. This is upsetting and should be met with violence. The same way the Hitler brown shirts should have been met with violence.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 12/15/2016 9:51 Comments || Top||

#10  "I'd assemble armed resistance brigades in and around states that voted for Trump (the states with well armed citizenry). I'd make sure the participants are well-trained in urban combat (which would mean mostly veterans who tend to vote overwhelmingly for Trump)."

I think this guy just wants to get lefties killed.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 12/15/2016 11:39 Comments || Top||

#11  Oh no, by all means take your brigade of special snowflakes to downtown Topeka. Urban combat is tough, so I suggest light clothing and lots and lots of 3.1415 assault rounds.

If I may, I would also suggest activating 30 person brigades out in territorial capitals such as Dodge City because there is a lot of land in flyover country. Available are the 48th 'groundhogs' and the 14th 'coyotes'. Locally to Topeka is the 18th 'bed knobs and broomsticks'. They could urban assault perimeter patrol from Topeka to Leavenworth and back twice daily.

Just....let me watch.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/15/2016 11:45 Comments || Top||

#12  I hope they do not figure out the best way to preserve covert operational security tactical is a white uniform with randomly arranged reflective circles. With the veganball-z shoes, one does not have to even be initially physically fit. Nightmare scenario.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/15/2016 11:53 Comments || Top||

#13  How will you do all this from your safe space?
Posted by: newc || 12/15/2016 15:40 Comments || Top||

#14  Violent measures were used against Trump through out the Presidential campaign. Many supporters were chased down in the streets and bludgeoned. The left has plenty of trained assassins. 12 cops were cut down in a few seconds in Dallas.

Almost 40 troops cut down in Ft Hood.

With all of the over confidence displayed here amidst years of left wing sanctioned militant attacks, the right has a long way to go.
Posted by: Nero White 3083 || 12/15/2016 15:52 Comments || Top||

#15  Survival Rule of 3:

  • 3 minutes without air

  • 3 days without water

  • 3 weeks without food


Cut off the water, electricity, comm, and transport and you have just reduced the ammo requirements down to minimal. No electricity and no refrigeration, light, sewage removal and treatment. It will get very nasty, like a city-sized petri dish for disease. 4 Horseman style. This will be horrific and devastating. Sun Tzu is smiling somewhere, realizing that someone read his book, and put it to good use.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 12/15/2016 15:53 Comments || Top||

#16  #13 How will you do all this from your safe space?

"With our bongs and our dildos, we will lead the People to a great Victory!"
"Wait. Victory is like winning, which is oppressive and patriarchal."
"Yah, OK. Howzabout to a great Triumph?"
"No, that sounds too much like Trump."
"Hmmm, we better appoint a committee to develop a slogan"

While I do appreciate the passive-aggressive, your-wife-is-ugly-haha-just-kidding nature of this fantasy, you realize the whole thing could be stopped cold by just giving everyone a t-shirt for participation and telling them to go home.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/15/2016 16:06 Comments || Top||

#17  Nero has a point; collectivists are among history's most prolific murderers.

However:

General Mills here, safe in his mother's bunker, knows as much about fighting and strife as I know about spiced coffee and man-buns. In no physical shape, admits that.

Yeah, I love the tone, "I'm not going to sit here and talk about how ugly your wife is, but if I would, it would include something about a horse's ass and your wife's beard."

So he cannot form The Devil's Food Brigade, asking others to do so - the true believers, BLM, MB. Really he is just diddling himself to Command and Conquer music before mother's cake is ready.

Anyone ready to fight and die for General Mills here?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/15/2016 18:47 Comments || Top||

#18  Nero White, the left has still not woken up the sleeping giant when it comes to conflict. The article and the responses here are all talking about that day.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 12/15/2016 20:32 Comments || Top||

#19  Someone else said: "Here's his suicide note"
Posted by: Frank G || 12/15/2016 20:48 Comments || Top||


Why Trump's Cabinet picks are so galling to Democrats, and why he doesn't care
Rings pretty true to me. This is a reasonable piece to present to your more moderate progressive friends -- the ones who might still listen.
Posted by: Steve White || 12/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Anyone connected to soros, believing in Keynnes, marx, or any democrat, I NO WANT.

Nothing from the idiot left. They can't run anything and they all suck.

But for sure, nothing soros - EVER.
Posted by: newc || 12/15/2016 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  The more he pisses them off, the more sure I am that Trump is the right man for President at this juncture. I was a Cruz guy, and as committed to small government and free market principles as Cruz is, he doesn't have the panache (for lack of a better word) of Trump to pull all of this off and tell the national media to GFY in the same breath. I think Trump just might be that rare character to stop a cruise ship on a dime.
Posted by: Raj || 12/15/2016 0:48 Comments || Top||

#3  He's tapped several appointees who are best known for their strong opposition to the agencies they're going to lead.

He did promise to drain the swamp.

Trump doesn't think the average American is scared or aggrieved about his cabinet picks. He's betting the people are only going to care about results.

It's like he cares about this "average American", or something?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/15/2016 1:35 Comments || Top||

#4  Ditto Raj.

I liked Ted too, but, you need a different skill set right now. First you need the exterminator to clean out the vermin, then you get a craftsman to seal up the leaks.
Posted by: AlanC || 12/15/2016 8:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Remember, Trump beat a bevvy of 16 ideologically conservative Republicans in a landslide GOP primary performance

Really? All sixteen were "ideologically conservative"?
Posted by: Pappy || 12/15/2016 9:25 Comments || Top||

#6  see: Jeb!

please clap
Posted by: Frank G || 12/15/2016 10:09 Comments || Top||

#7  Remember, Trump beat a bevvy of 16 ideologically conservative Republicans in a landslide GOP primary performance

Kasich's a conservative like I'm an F-22 pilot.
Posted by: Raj || 12/15/2016 12:53 Comments || Top||

#8  I've never really understood why the President couldn't have the exact staff he wants. It's not like the Executive branch has any say over who works for each Senator. The President is responsible for each choice and all of the policies so how does it make a difference?
Posted by: rjschwarz || 12/15/2016 14:29 Comments || Top||

#9  Trump will have to put on the charm hat to work with McConnell and Ryan. Then when that does not work, he will have to put on his A$$hole hat and deal with McConnell, who will sabotage Trump's reforms. After he gets done with McConnell, Ryan will fold.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 12/15/2016 15:22 Comments || Top||

#10  If McConnell messes with him Trump should start talking to other Republicans in Kentucky that might be Senate candidates. McConnell will get the message.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 12/15/2016 16:20 Comments || Top||

#11  If McConnell messes with him Trump should start talking to other Republicans in Kentucky that might be Senate candidates. McConnell will get the message.

He needs to do that anyway, upfront. Didn't he give the Turtle's wife a spot on his Administration?
Posted by: Knuckles Glusomble8913 || 12/15/2016 16:29 Comments || Top||

#12  rjschwarz,
At the least, at the end of the day, even if the only thing John Kerry does in a negotiation is show up for the photo finish, he is still the foremost head of USA diplomacy and is second behind the Vice-President should something happen. This is at least a nod towards representation.

Also, could you imagine SoS Valerie Jarret? DoD Bill Ayers? They may have influence on the president, but then the president has to convey to those departments and there may be a series of hidden check/balance going on there.

Presidents have had their kitchen cabinets and czars, their phone and pen, so forth. Even if it is mostly for show, an official structure is endorsed by Congress.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/15/2016 19:07 Comments || Top||

#13  Didn't he give the Turtle's wife a spot on his Administration?

Yes. Trump purchased the Senate early in exchange for the Secretary of Transportation slot.
Posted by: Lionel Gonque2389 || 12/15/2016 21:41 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Chakwal coverage
[DAWN] IN this age of 24/7, wall-to-wall coverage, journalists are confronted with difficult ethical and professional questions when it comes to reporting incidents of a sensitive, communal nature. While censorship is out of the question, some degree of restraint must be exercised to ensure that violent images and footage from one location do not end up inflaming the situation on a larger scale. This dilemma surfaced on Monday during a communal riot in Dulmial, a village near Chakwal city. As reported, a mob descended on an Ahmadi place of worship and proceeded to ransack it. In the melee, two deaths occurred. The attack occurred on 12 Rabiul Awwal, a day when religious fervour is high and mass processions are taken out countrywide. Perhaps this fact -- along with the sensitivity of the incident -- led the electronic media to downplay its coverage. As mentioned in this paper, the reportage was limited to tickers; media professionals say this was done out of ’self-restraint’. Such restricted coverage has been witnessed before, most notably during the 2013 communal riot in Rawalpindi on Ashura. There is, of course, a thin line between self-restraint and self-censorship. Where attacks on minorities are concerned, there can be no room for self-censorship. Heads of media organizations, rather than any government body, need to formulate standard operating procedures where coverage of communally sensitive incidents is concerned. These guidelines must be adhered to by all channels, and coverage should not be selective regarding different incidents of a communal or sectarian violence.

However,
women are made to be loved, not understood...
while coverage of the attack may have been subdued, the state should under no circumstances brush this shameful incident under the carpet. Prima facie, there is evidence that the attack was pre-planned, as holy mans had apparently been riling up people along sectarian lines many days before the incident. A full investigation should be conducted and those responsible for instigating the violence, as well as those who participated in the attack, must face justice. In particular, the media needs to expose the culprits behind such communal violence in order to inform the public, as well as to put pressure on the state to take action against hate-mongers. The long-term battle against extremism and militancy will not be won until those involved in hate speech and instigating communal conflict are prosecuted and punished. All communities must be free in this country to follow their religious beliefs without being intimidated.

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Terror Networks
From Cairo to Istanbul, the devil is the same
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] At around the same time, terrorism has once again revealed its hideous face in Egypt and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
. A monstrous strike targeted women, children and worshippers at the famous Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya, Cairo. At least 25 were killed and 31 others injured.

The terror that struck Istanbul was another evil act of terrorism. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed the twin attacks ‐ a boom-mobile followed by a suicide kaboom less than a minute later ‐ that killed 38 people outside a sports stadium. This madness will unfortunately continue as there is a link between all that is happening and even if it does not appear to be the case.

The terror targeting Turkey is being nurtured through Syria and perhaps through Iraq as ISIS has categorized Turkey an enemy after it engaged in the war against it. There is also the war against the Kurdish militias in support of Russia and Iran and which aim to establish a Kurdish state that separates between Turkey, Syria and Iraq.

ISIS is the final form of armed fundamentalist outburst, which uses the concept of the "caliphate" and "jihad", and are fighting the "enemies of Islam" as a means to recruit and mobilize especially after the West let down the Syrian people and the Russian and the Iranian regimes conspired against Syria and Iraq.

Egypt has a different kind of terrorism even though there is a link to ISIS in all these places and to Syria and Iraq and to al-Qaeda. Ahmad Salama Mabruk, aka Abu al-Faraj al-Masri, sat next to Abu Mohammed al-Julani when the new alliance of Fateh al-Sham
...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant...
was announced. In other words, the source of chaos, destruction and incitement to terrorism, as these groups put it, is what is happening in Syria.

Syria’s volcano, and now Iraq’s, is spewing out its lava on everyone. Torrents of fire are spilling into neighboring countries or rather across the entire world. The US, the world’s major superpower, probably thinks that its "isolation" from the Middle East is the solution and that it can settle down to just fighting ISIS and al-Qaeda.

Major illusion
This is a major illusion because letting Iran and Russia commit crimes in Syria and Iraq clearly means more of ISIS and non-ISIS terrorism and more of international terrorism in the West and the US itself. It’s all crystal clear.

In his The National Interest article last week, Amitai Etzioni,
...Wikipedia says Mr. Etzioni, born Werner Falk, 4 January 1929 in Germany, is an Israeli-American sociologist, best known for his work on socioeconomics and communitarianism [whatever that is]. It is a sign of our changing times that Al Arabiya quotes a former Palmachnik...
Professor of International Relations at The George Washington University, wrote: "Such a Shiite-dominated Middle East is going to be ‐ and, in effect, already is ‐ a major breeding ground for transnational terrorism that is spreading into Europe and is threatening the US homeland."

The roads to terrorism lead to one another and the solution is to block all of their supply chains. Is 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 new leader of America, aware of that?
Posted by: Fred || 12/15/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


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WAPO cites 'battered agency' and questions new Director's ability to succeed
BLUF: [WAPO] There’s no question the White House worried, right up to Election Day, that Russian hackers might ignite what was already a toxic, combustible political environment. Trump’s bogus claims that the election was rigged and that he might not accept the outcome added to Obama’s concerns.

Obama has five weeks left to shape the transition and deter Russian actions. The administration doesn’t rule out the possibility of taking covert action in retaliation, which officials privately said hadn’t been done before the election. The rubric now is simply that the administration will respond at a time and place of its choosing.

Perhaps the trickiest task will fall to Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), Trump’s nominee to head the CIA. He must reassure a battered agency workforce that the next administration values its own intelligence officers and is vigilant against machinations by foreign spies.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 06:57 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He must reassure a battered agency workforce that the next administration values its own intelligence officers and is vigilant against machinations by foreign spies.

Somehow, besoeker, this strikes me as an odd statement.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/15/2016 7:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Somehow, besoeker, this strikes me as an odd statement. Posted by g(r)omgoru

Not odd at all if you're purpose is to sow the seeds of victimization, discord, failure and blame.

Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 7:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Wait until the WAPO gets the story on this one !

Photoshop of the day.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/15/2016 8:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Oh, that's priceless.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/15/2016 12:16 Comments || Top||

#5  If the new director can't succeed because the Agency's become too politicized then maybe it's time to shut it down and start a new one from scratch -- employees of the current agency ineligible to apply..
Posted by: Fred || 12/15/2016 14:15 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Anti-Israel Third Grade event a "microcosm of what's happening to our educational system"
[LI] I appeared on the Mark Levin radio show on Wednesday night, December 14, 2016, to talk about my post, VIDEO: Activists manipulate third-graders into hating Israel.

Video of the event is at the link above, which also has extensive background. The short version is that Ariel Gold from Code Pink and Jewish Voice for Peace arranged for Bassem Tamimi to appear before the third grade classes at an elementary school in Ithaca, NY. Tamimi is best known for using children, including his own, to confront Israeli soldiers in the hope of creating viral photos and videos. Tamimi urged the children to become activists and "freedom fighters for Palestine."
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