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Prime Minister to Chief of Imperial General Staff:
I was very pleased last week when you told me you proposed to give an armored division to General Hobart. I think very highly of this officer, and I am not at all impressed by the prejudices against him in certain quarters. Such prejudices attach frequently to persons of strong personality and original view. In this case, General Hobarts views have been only too tragically borne out. The neglect by the General Staff even to devise proper patterns of tanks before the war has robbed us of all the fruits of this invention. These fruits have been reaped by the enemy, with terrible consequences. We should, therefore, remember that this was an officer who had the root of the matter in him, and also vision. I have carefully read your note to me, and the summary of the case for and against General Hobart. We are now at war, fighting for our lives, and we cannot afford to confine Army appointments to officers who have excited no hostile comment in their career. The catalogue of General Hobarts qualities and defects might almost exactly be attributed to any of the great commanders of British history.
This is a time to try men of force and vision, and not be confined exclusively to those who are judged thoroughly safe by conventional standards.
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#2 That's generally Paris. The people of Normandy do remember.
Then again, since the Left took over the imposition of 'studies' over history in our schools, how many Americans know let alone remember that Yorktown was made possible by the French Navy turning back the British relief fleet in Battle of the Chesapeake and that the French provided nearly half the forces under the command of the Comte de Rochambeau the in the siege. The ruinous cost of supporting the war help precipitate the fall of the French government and the loss of lives of the royals who supported it. How grateful are we?
Saudi authorities on Wednesday freed writer Turki al-Hamad who has been held with no trial since December over comments deemed insulting to Islam posted on Twitter. Lawyer Walid Abulkhair said that Hamad, a novelist and a political commentator, "returned home this morning." He said the writer "has not been put on trial, and has not faced any charges."
Which is why he was held for six months in a Saoodi prison...
Hamad was arrested at the behest of Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdel Aziz,
...there's the problem right there: you can be jugged when a prince wants you jugged...
who was tipped off by a religious organization about his alleged insults to Islam, his family said on December 24.
The remarks he posted had criticized radical Islamists he said were twisting the Prophet Mohammed's "message of love," and what he described as "a neo-Nazism which is on the rise in the Arab world -- Islamic extremism". His posts sparked fierce debate on social networking sites in Saudi Arabia between his supporters and detractors.
In January, some 500 people, including Saudi intellectuals, signed a petition urging Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, to order the release of Hamad.
RIYADH A Saudi man who slapped his wife has earned himself a flogging and jail sentence, in a rare ruling in the Gulf kingdom, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.
A court in the town of Safwa, in the eastern Qatif district, sentenced the man to 10 days in jail and 30 lashes, Al Sharq daily newspaper reported. The judge also allowed the woman to attend the flogging and ordered her husband to enrol in a course on dealing with partners.
The woman, in her twenties, had lodged a complaint against her husband after he slapped her during an argument. The man admitted hitting her, saying his wife was rude to his parents.
She'll be dead in a week...
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Lets hope these guys are in charge of caring out the punishment.
[Bangla Daily Star] BNP-led opposition politicians staged two walk-outs of the House yesterday protesting the remarks by two ministers on late president Ziaur Rahman and his elder son Tarique Rahman ...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
They walked out first during the question hour session protesting Jute and Textiles Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui's abusive remarks about Ziaur Rahman's "destroying jute mills."
The opposition politicians returned to the House after an hour. They staged the second walk-out around 9:00pm protesting the Speaker's refusal to give them the floor again to counter Foreign Minister Dipu Moni's remarks on BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman. The foreign minister on Tuesday said Tarique is "not a politician, but a runaway."
The opposition members did not return to the House after the second walk-out yesterday.
In response to a question on jute industries, Siddiqui said: "The way military autocrat Ziaur Rahman destroyed the country's politics by grabbing the state power, the same way he had destroyed the jute mills by de-nationalising them."
Incensed at the statement, BNP politicians started shouting. Some of them stood on their feet and threw files from their desks.
At one point, Moudud Ahmed took the floor and said the minister should not speak irrelevant.
While answering another question, Siddiqui blasted Moudud saying that he (Moudud) would not be a politician had there been no military takeover in the country.
As the minister continued the assault on Moudud, the opposition MPs walked out of parliament.
SECOND WALK-OUT
Taking the floor on point of order, BNP politician Asifa Ashrafi Papia started speaking on Foreign Minister Dipu Moni's comment on Tarique Rahman. But the Speaker switched off her microphone on the ground that the issue can not be discussed on a point of order.
Protesting the incident, opposition politicians walked out of the House again.
BNP TO BOYCOTT BUDGET SPEECH
The BNP-led opposition politicians will boycott the parliamentary sitting as Finance Minister AMA Muhith will be placing the budget for the next fiscal year today.
Seeking anonymity, a senior BNP politician said, "We will boycott the House tomorrow [today] to maintain the culture of boycott."
In the last parliament, he noted, the opposition Awami League MPs had boycotted almost all the budget speeches of the BNP-led government's finance minister. "So, we are following them."
The BNP Parliamentary Party at a meeting on Monday reached the decision, he mentioned.
Another BNP politician Abdul Momin Talukder, however, said they will boycott the House today as part of their strategy.
Several opposition MPs said they would return to the House to discuss the proposed budget.
The opposition politicians returned to parliament on Monday after a year-long boycott. They have already set a record by boycotting four consecutive budget sessions of the current parliament. Since the restoration of the parliamentary democracy in 1991, none of the previous parliaments had such an unpleasant instance.
The eighth parliament, constituted in October 2001, had passed all but the last budget with the then AL-led opposition politicians in the House. The politicians, though, had discussed the proposed budgets in the House, said officials in parliament secretariat.
The fifth parliament, constituted in 1991 following the ouster of military ruler HM Ershad, had passed three of five budgets with the opposition AL-led MPs in the House. The opposition politicians had boycotted parliament during the last two budget sessions of that parliament demanding introduction of the caretaker government system.
The seventh parliament, constituted through elections in June 1996, had passed four national budgets between 1996 and 1999 with the BNP-led opposition politicians in the House. However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... the seventh parliament had to pass its two last budgets in absence of the opposition.
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[VOA News] Anti-government protesters in Turkey have given the deputy prime minister a list of demands, including firing officials responsible for using force against the marchers.
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc met Wednesday with demonstrators who are demanding freedom for all tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! protesters. They also insist the government give up plans to tear down a public park in Istanbul.
Thousands of striking Turkish workers erupted into the streets of Istanbul Wednesday, joining in mass protests calling for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to step down.
Members of Turkey's major trade unions banged drums and carried banners as they made their way to Taksim Square, the site of demonstrations that began last Friday.
Similar protests were held in the capital, Ankara, and other Turkish cities. At least two people have been killed in the unrest and and thousands injured.
Police used tear gas and water cannons overnight to disperse protesters in Ankara and Istanbul. In the port city of Ismir, police enjugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... 25 people for allegedly "stirring insurrection" by posting comments about the protests on social media.
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc met with leaders of a civil group whose initial protest to stop authorities from ripping up trees in Taksim Square sparked the nationwide demonstrations. The activists urged the government to release arrested demonstrators, ban police from gassing protesters and fire police chiefs in cities where excessive force was used.
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[USATODAY] Outrage grew Wednesday over a series of sexual assaults that have rocked India with protests since last year after an American tourist was gang-raped and robbed Tuesday by three men while on her way back to her hotel.
"What kind of a message are we trying to send -- that we are hostile to women?" said Kavita Krishnan, secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association, a woman's rights group. "The government has to buck up and ensure safety for female tourists."
On Tuesday night, the 30-year-old American, whose identity was withheld, was attacked in Manali in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, about 300 miles north of New Delhi. The BBC reported that authorities have issued an alert for three men and set up roadblocks in the popular tourist area.
"Because it happened at night, she couldn't read the truck number. At around 7a.m., we put up checkpoints everywhere and we've been looking for the suspects," senior local police official Vinod Dhawan told BBC Hindi.
The Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,n, who was traveling on her own through the country, had visited some acquaintances in a village almost four miles away from her hotel, according to a report filed with the Indian police. Three men in a truck offered her a ride to her hotel at 1 a.m. but instead took her to a secluded forest, raped her and stole her phone, camera and money, the report said.
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The last paragraph gives great insight w/r to the victims possible mindset to be hitch hiking in a foreign country at 1 am...
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californicate woman in India. Now I get a vision of Tofu and Yoga and guru hovering in the air. And she is hitch hiking at ONE IN THE MORNING on some Indian village road? And she accepts a ride with some friendly gurus?
I am trying not to laugh. I lived over there for ten years, I don't need a Visa because I have a POI card and I love India. But I still carry a Kirpan in my belt.
However, I am not as STUPID as this woman. I can't help it, I am going to laugh anyway. She is uproariously Collo-silly stupid.
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I was in India a little over a decade ago. Muslims had just finished rioting in the inner cities of most cities right before I arrived.
I'm a white guy. I was uncomfortable leaving the hotel alone as every eye in the street spotted me instantly (and hands were rapidly held out hoping for donations). Personally I think the lady was a bit nuts to be travelling alone at night with all the craziness that's happened.
[Dawn] Fauzia Kasuri, a central leader of Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems... 's Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaaf, announced Wednesday that she was quitting the party over claims of 'unjust' distribution of party tickets on reserved seats.
Fauzia Kasuri, who was once PTI's women wing president, claims to have been ignored by her party for its choices in reserved seats for women.
Announcing her decision at a presser in Islamabad on Wednesday, she alleged that the Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... has been "held hostage by a mafia".
She, along with thousands of other party members, have become victims of that mafia's injustices, she said.
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[IsraelTimes] The president of Maldives arrived for an "official" visit to "Paleostine" on Tuesday without planning a stopover in Israel, underlining the loss of one of Israel's few friends in the Moslem world.
President Mohammed Waheed Hassan's four-day visit includes trips to Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah, where he met with Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... and laid a wreath at the grave of late Paleostinian leader Yasser Arafat Tuesday. He is not scheduled to meet any Israeli officials.
Mohamed Nasheed -- the country's first democratically elected president, known for his pro-Israel stance -- was ousted and replaced by Islamist hardliners around Waheed Hassan.
The Republic of Maldives, a tiny island nation southwest of Sri Lanka, does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, yet until two years ago bilateral ties were growing increasingly cordial.
In February 2012, the government in Malé was deposed in what observers called a political coup. Mohamed Nasheed -- the country's first democratically elected president, known for his pro-Israel stance -- was ousted and replaced by Islamist hardliners around Waheed Hassan.
Less than 10 months before that, in May 2011, the Maldives' then-foreign minister, Ahmed Naseem, became the nation's first top official to visit Israel. During his four-day stay he met with President Shimon Peres and then-foreign minister Avigdor Liberman, laid a wreath at Yad Vashem and visited other sites throughout the country. Nasheed's government maintained "relations of appreciation and friendship with Israel," the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem stated at the time.
In 1965, Israel was third state to recognize Maldives, and the Israeli ambassador was the first to present his credentials to the Maldives' president, according to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... diplomatic relations were suspended in 1974. About 20 years ago, ties improved again; the two states have since signed three agreements in the fields of health, tourism and education. In 2010, Israeli ophthalmologists visited the country to perform eye operations; Islamists protested their arrival.
Located in the Indian Ocean, the archipelago republic of roughly 330,000 inhabitants, spread across hundreds of islands, does not allow the public practice of any religion other than Islam and does not grant non-Moslems citizenship.
[Breitbart] This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has touted the success of a new border fence that Israel built along its boundary with Egypt to stop illegal infiltrators. In a statement posted at his government website, Netanyahu reported that illegal crossings had declined 99.9%, from 2,000 per month to only two.
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Did the Israelis hire this young lady to install the fence ? I know I would. GolfUMSC should branch out into "DIY" -- At least this type... She admits to screwing the Pole ....
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On the other hand, the abject failure to secure the US southern border, long in demand for a decade, has hamstrung the smooth sailing of the Gang of 8's attempt to give the Donks the demographic electoral future they so want. The level of political resistance is much higher than if they had.
[An Nahar] Contestants at this year's Miss World beauty pageant will not wear bikinis in the parade in a bid to avoid causing offence in Mohammedan-majority Indonesia, organizers confirmed Wednesday.
The 137 women taking part in the September contest will swap bikinis for more conservative attire, such as traditional sarongs, for the beach fashion section.
The contest is being held on the resort island of Bali, where foreign tourists flock in their millions and the beaches are packed with women sunbathing in skimpy swimwear.
But Miss World Organization chairwoman Julia Morley insisted that none of the pageant's contestants would wear a bikini.
"I don't want to upset or get anyone in a situation where we are being disrespectful," she told Agence La Belle France Presse from London.
"We treasure respect for all the countries that take part in the pageant," she said, adding the final outfits had not yet been finalized.
Organizers are treading carefully after a number of music acts to recently visit Indonesia provoked controversy due to performers' outfits.
Last year pop sensation Lady Gaga was forced to cancel her concert in Indonesia after Mohammedan hardliners threatened to burn down the venue and criticized her for only wearing "a bra and panties".
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[Gateway Pundit] The Tea Party Patriots were planning a rally in Washington DC on Wednesday June 19th. But they ran into a wall. The IRS Capitol Police want to see their websites first. Your websites please, your websites.
Kevin Mooneyhan from the Tea Party Patriots described this latest Tea Party challenge: Mooneyhan, Mooneyhan....? Sounds like a Chinese cult, check it out Rico, then bring the car around.
Below is the timeline of events surrounding our June 19th rally at the Capitol. We havent done anything to publicize this event yet because we wanted to make sure we had the permit in hand. You know, follow the rules, do the right thing, etc. "Following the rules" only works where the rule of law exists.
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A meta-analysis of the what the Obama administration actually represents gives us insight into all ot these attacks, and the press blackouts of any information which might reflect negatively on the administration, and the public union cops' efforts to stop this demonstration.
Ultimately, the Obama administration is an outward manifestation of the desire by recipients of government moneys to keep the money flowing in an uninterrupted fashion regardless of the consequences to our country and civilization.
The Obama adminstration, and the actions it has taken like the IRS abuse of the tax code and the recent actions by the DC police, are actually desired outcomes for:
-nearly all non-military public workers at all levels of government
-public pensioners
-grant recipients, particularly (but not limited to) in the fields of ecology, fisheries management, and "climate change"
-recipients of the various welfare programs
-practicing lawyers, who are, after all, de facto public employees
-people who work in rent-seeking "private" businesses, things like OSHA compliance outfits and the like.
These people are not upset, and never will be, at actions like the IRS intimidation of limited government groups, or the capitol police refusing to allow the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of such individuals and groups to peaceably assemble. Quite the contrary, they view these actions as the reason why they voted for Obama in the first place - to keep limited government types from gaining the traction to have enough influence to threaten their magic government paychecks.
Obama is their hired thug, their protection-racket soldier who will save their beautiful guaranteed government income stream from ever being interrupted. There is literally no immoral act, no amount of thuggery, no abrogation of rights that will bother them, as long as the outcome is that the check shows up in perpetuity for them. And I mean just that - there is NO act - violence against conservatives is not far away, if the magic checks seem threatened enough.
Understand that and you understand the actions of these cops, of the IRS, and pretty much everything else this administration has done.
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Someone should apply for a permit for the same place and time under the name 'Occupy Washington' and see how quick it gets approved (and this existing Patriots application denied).
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At the same time, he's also accelerated and deepened the illegitimacy of national government. Like so many before him, he can't see beyond the nearby time line to anticipate black swan events that history has a habit of throwing out in front of 'leaders' who suddenly find themselves and their strap hangers very much alone when no one shows up to save their ass. There's a gulf of difference between tolerating the rule of crooks and the willingness to give that 'last full measure of devotion'.
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Besoeker, a commenter on one of the PJM blogs recently made the assertion that we now exist in a time when essentially every public sector worker (very rare exceptions) and every grant recipient and every rent-seeker at every level of government is a part of a criminal enterprise, a protection-racket extortion ring that will use any and all means to keep the racket going.
Like many commenters here and elsewhere, I long bought into the notion that there was primarily a philosophical drive for the rot we are experiencing, but I now understand that while important, the true believers are just a sideshow. It is the greed of the recipients of public largesse that are the main problem. Defang that and the others will return to being annoying twits.
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"Greed of the recipients" as you have referenced, or a entitlement mindset is a learned trait, acquired through generational welfare and public education. People are not born greedy or possessing an entitlement mentality. Over many decades they have been systematically indoctrinated. These people are not only the recipients of extortion, but the lieutenants and enforcers as well. Their political party is also their union and protector.
I have no idea where all of this will lead, but my suspicion is it will not end through the legitimate rule of law, or peacefully. Eventually the tent poles will snap and darkness will result. So-called "economic justice" was only the beginning. The end game is a total cultural reformation and the putting away of western civilization.
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-people who work in rent-seeking "private" businesses, things like OSHA compliance outfits and the like.
Don't forget CPA's like myself, who voted for McCain & Romney, who deal with the IRS on a near-daily basis, who enjoys fighting prick revenue agents every step of the way and who hate these SOB's at least as much as you.
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If I didn't have an accountant [CPA] doing my taxes, I would have been jailed long ago. I'm not just "bad at maths", the process is far beyond my knowledge and abilities. My tax lady is money well spent.
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-practicing lawyers, who are, after all, de facto public employees
I meant to include that as well - over the years the IRS has piled on 'preparer penalties', revised Circular 230 (guideline of CPA's & other tax professionals who practice before the IRS) once or twice in their favor (natch) and other changes (too many to mention) to the regulations and the like, slowly but surely making us de facto revenue agents.
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When the money stops flowing all of this stuff will be going. The Dem's want the poor, They want minorities. They will get nothing from them other than their vote. So cities and areas under their control will fail due to lack of funds. They have attracted takers not givers. Their schools will close. Medical will leave. Repairs will stop. Unions in these areas will lose big time. People will leave these areas and spread their poison elsewhere like a virus. UN-infected areas should have a firewall to restrict entry to prevent spreading the virus. To become a local citizen they must abide a agreement. Like a temporary visa to earn the right to join this healthy community. No political leadership positions for say five years. Just a thought. It won't happen. The money will run out first.
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What you're talking about Dale has already been attempted. It was called apartheid, and it was eventually defeated through sheer numbers and politics. The jobs, wealth, and property were systematically redistributed. You are correct, it won't happen here.
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The government in Washington is not the U.S.A. The current administration is perhaps the greatest threat our country has ever been exposed to. It assiduously rots away like a cancer at our freedoms and Constitution from within.
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
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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RIYADH A Saudi man who slapped his wife has earned himself a flogging and jail sentence, in a rare ruling in the Gulf kingdom, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.
[An Nahar] Contestants at this year's Miss World beauty pageant will not wear bikinis in the parade in a bid to avoid causing offence in 
