I have never been much of a conspiracy theorist. For me it was always Oswald by himself from the Texas School Book Depository and nothing in the intervening fifty years has disabused me of this notion. For the most part, Im an Occams Razor kind of guy the most obvious explanation is likely to be true.
Moreover, conspiracy theorists from Mark Lane to Jerome Corsi (more of him in a moment) have always seemed to me a little bit, well, off.
...Nevertheless, in the wake of the serial lies about Obamacare, Benghazi, the IRS, Fast and Furious, media surveillance, the NSA, Syria, Iran, etc., etc., Im now prepared to believe many things of which I might initially have been at least somewhat skeptical.
To put it bluntly, Occams Razor has moved. Things that were once possibilities now seem almost certainties to me.
Principal among those is that Obamas academic records are perpetually unavailable for a reason and that reason is most likely that they reveal he received financial preferences, scholarships and/or loans, as a foreign student. They probably also reveal academic mediocrity, but thats par for the course for many of our politicians (except it becomes embarrassing in Obamas case where he has the reputation of being brilliant).
But thats only one area of accusation. What if they were all true or, if not all, say thirty, forty or even fifty percent? What if this were actually demonstrated while he was still in office to the degree that the standard spin that all politician lie no longer applied? What if we could prove that it had gone well beyond that, beyond Nixon and Clinton far into the realm of an invented man?
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Obama is a hybrid of the bowtie boys in Massachusetts and California..... and the ass cracks at Walmart. One wants to "distribute the wealth" and the other wants that free ride.
Ever notice that Obama never gives cheering speeches to rooms full of Colonels? There is a reason for that.
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Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Obama has honed this concept to a fine art--Lying to justify stealing. "Social justice" is the means. Once a liar has lied, you cannot believe anything he or she tells you in the future. "O" has many accomplices around him supporting this artifice.
#4
O may have learned much during his early childhood in Indonesia:
Muslim scholars teach that Muslims should generally be truthful to each other, unless the purpose of lying is to "smooth over differences."
There are two forms of lying to non-believers that are permitted under certain circumstances, taqiyya and kitman. These circumstances are typically those that advance the cause Islam - in some cases by gaining the trust of non-believers in order to draw out their vulnerability and defeat them.
From the Hadith:
Bukhari (49:857) - "He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar." Lying is permitted when the end justifies the means.
From Islamic Law:
Reliance of the Traveler (p. 746 - 8.2) - "Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible and obligatory.."
#6
Spereting Tingle4064, maybe my Walmart is unusual being so close to a Marine base but the majority of customers do not seeem the type looking for a handout.
#9
Nobody hides praise, academic or otherwise, especially when trying to develop a cult of personality. Must not be much praise out there on the the old "permanent record".
[Pak Daily Times] LAHORE: Incessant political intervention and hooliganism of student organizations at educational institutions, University of Punjab in particular, have drawn clamours from almost every segment of the society with a call to depoliticise alma maters in larger interest of the nation.
All political parties including the ruling PML-N should announce that they would not allow their student wings to operate in educational institutions. Universities and college should be allowed to work on education and research in complete apolitical atmosphere.
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, Education Minister Rana Mashood Ahmed and chairman Higher Education Commission Engineer Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gillani also stand by this social consensus. They also fully supported the daring stance of PU Vice-Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran against violent Islami Jamaat Tulaba ...the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami... workers.
This is a very welcoming gesture and right support at the right time for saving educational institutions from political parties and other interest groups. The students and teachers of the university have welcomed this gesture from education stakeholders. Despite complete ban on political students wings, some political parties including Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... 's student wing IJT has held hostage students and teachers of Punjab University, Islamia College Civil Lines and Govt Science College Wahdat Road Lahore. The arm twisting by IJT activists for their and their parent party's political and economic interests has become an order of the day. This has affected the performance of these institutions very badly.
The administrations of these institutions put their all-out energy to tackle these political elements instead of focusing on academic and research excellence.
Higher Education Commission Chairman Engineer Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gillani on Thursday aid that torture on teachers will not be tolerated at all at the institutions of higher learning.
Higher Education Commission Chairman Engineer Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gillani on Thursday aid that torture on teachers will not be tolerated at all at the institutions of higher learning. He said Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif and PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran were taking right steps for protecting the respect of the teachers. He was presiding over a meeting of all PU deans and principals and chairmen at committee room of Undergraduate Study Centre on Thursday. Dr Mujahid Kamran and President Federation of All Pakistain Universities Academic Staff Association Dr Ehsan Sharif were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, Provincial Education Minister Rana Mashood said PU hostel were for students, not for terrorists. This a statement which carries weight and speak volumes about the clear cut policy of the provincial management to deal with iron hand with student wings who often create law and order problems in and outside the campus. Torching a private bus crammed with passengers is not less than a terrorist activity and should not be tolerated at all. The problems need to be addressed once for all and the Punjab government and the HEC should come up with a permanent solution to the issue.
After Anti Terrorism Court's inaction against IJT workers, the case was taken to the Lahore High Court for fixing responsibility in this regard. Punjab University Academic Staff Association president Ehsan Sharif, Secretary Javed Sami and all teachers of the university have stood united support to the victimised teachers of law college NaeemUllah Niazi and Imran Aalam so that justice could be provided to them.
After the wave of violence in PU which triggered cancellation of contract of defaulter canteen operator at University Law College by two lecturers NaeemUllah Khan Niazi and Imran Aalam. In reaction to their sympathy for canteen men, the IJT activists attacked both the lecturers, who later narrated the entire story at a hurriedly-called presser. Lecturer Naeemullah even couldn't control his tears during the presser.
Since the matter seems to be slipping out of IJT's hands, many feel that IJT activists were now levelling baseless allegations on PU teachers and the administration to defame them. They are reportedly using various pressure tactics and propaganda techniques to balance the situation in their favour.
Punjab University front man has said that Jamaat's statement regarding summons of PU VC was baseless and fraudulent. The front man said IJT should have mentioned the name of the court which has summoned PU VC. The front man said the administration's determination could not be shaken up by levelling baseless allegations. He said that administration would deal with political elements in accordance with the law and no pressure would be accepted. He said that Punjab University was not a private property of a specific political group but all the students had equal right on it.
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From the title I thought we had another American 'education' institution banning another mascot or frat costume party theme.
[Pak Daily Times] It seems the overly jingoistic leader of the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five... is bent upon putting a strain on relations between Pakistain and the US. His band of PTI supporters and party members, who have now turned into rogue activists, have made the transfer of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... supplies from Torkham to Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... virtually impossible due to their blockades and protests. They have been threatening to, and have, roughed up the drivers of these trucks, leading the US to take some very drastic action indeed. The US and NATO have halted the transfer of their equipment from Afghanistan through Pakistain in the light of these roadblocks.
The US has specifically stated that it wants to ensure the safety of the drivers contracted to move the equipment.
As the 2014 US withdrawal date looms that much closer, the US must, no matter what the cost or condition, move NATO supplies out of Afghanistan, and the belligerence of Mr Khan will not stop that from happening. That is why the US, while optimistic about this situation being resolved soon, has hinted at using the Central Asian states, also known as the northern route, for the transfer of its supplies.
This route is a lot costlier and more time consuming than the route through Pakistain but this statement of halting the use of terrain speaks of one worrisome fact: the US, it seems, is no longer dependent on us for one of the most critical agreements that we, as allies, had come to with the US. While the US is being very gracious about the ruckus raised by the PTI hooligans for almost a week now, we should make no bones about the fact that the superpower will remember this turn of 'friendship'.
The US is no stranger to our tactics; in November 2011, when US fighter jets bumped off 24 of our soldiers at the Salala check post, we resorted to the complete shutdown of NATO supplies. This caused a stalemate in the relations between the two countries. The Salala incident was one in which the national consensus seemed to be to teach the US a lesson for it was our own on the receiving end of the firing line.
However, you can observe a lot just by watching... the fact that NATO supplies have forcibly been suspended due to the PTI's inisistence that drone strikes be halted does not strike a chord with public opinion. All those killed in the Hangu drone strike were, reportedly, bad turbans. Hakeemullah Mehsud, the dreaded TTP leader, was also killed in a drone strike recently. For the PTI activists to resort to manhandling drivers and making the transport of supplies impossible because forces of Evil and bad boyz were potted just does not add up to a united public opinion in support of Imran Khan's jiyalas.
This is increasingly looking like a case of the provincial government trying to vex the government at the Centre -- and the federal government should not take this lying down. While provincial law and order is the responsibility of the provincial government, the fact that these actions are hurting our foreign policy and relations with an ally matters at the national level.
Our shutting off NATO supplies after the Salala matter allowed the US to prepare for our yo-yo act and to lay down all possibilities for a route for supplies that does not have Pakistain in the picture. The northern route, while being a hard nut to crack, seems to have been made an option by the US.
Imran Khan is going on and on about how this halting of NATO supplies is a 'tactical success' but little does he seem to care about the consequences this 'victory' may have for the country. Once we pass the 2014 withdrawal date, we will not be an asset any longer. Do we really need to sour relations with the US after more than a decade of war and loss?
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Once we pass the 2014 withdrawal date, we will not be an asset any longer.
[Ynet] Analysis: Americans on historic mission to revive deadlocked talks by solving security issues
Another bright idea from The Smartest Men In The Room.
John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... 's meetings in Israel and the Paleostinian Authority in the coming days are historical. That can be said without fearing an overstatement as the security issue is the matter which has sent the current peace negotiations into a deadlock. It is also the matter that was most difficult to solve in the previous times when the negotiations were held in different compositions in a bid to reach a permanent agreement.
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Lest we fergit, Paleo sovereignty is "illusory" because while the PA controls the physical buildings + Govt-Public authority, etc. EGYPT + JORDAN CLAIM DE FACTO SOVEREIGN CONTROL OVER ALLEGED PALEO "STATE TERRITORY".
AFAIK neither Egypt nor Jordan is willing to offer the Paleos formal "dual-citizenship" in their countries.
UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES, EVEN AFTER GETTING THEIR "STATE" THE PA WILL REMAIN A "NATION-IN-CONCEPT", NOT A REAL OR "NATION-IN-BEING".
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US policy *should* be to promote small safe nuclear reactors around the world. we would undercut the OPEC (and Israel-hating) states at the same time as being able to claim we are super-green and others are just posers when it comes to green house gases.
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Israel's safety? Hell, I don't trust this current bunch with America's safety. Hate to say it, y'all are on your own. Your best bet is probably becoming Best Friends Forever with a certain one of your neighbors, ever if the 'forever' is over in one brief flash. Flash of time, I mean. Yeah.
[AmericanThinker] Mohammedans groups around the world are crying Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... and playing the victim card as horrific Islamic-motivated crimes, such as grooming and rape-gangs, rage on with impunity throughout the Western world, especially in Europe. Rape or grooming gangs, which are almost entirely Mohammedan, are committing a crime that is religiously mandated in Islamic doctrine.
Mohammedan grooming gangs have been operating unchallenged in Europe for over 20 years, especially in the UK, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, and La Belle France. These widespread and highly organized gangs continue to rape and pimp non-Mohammedan underage schoolgirls who are used as sex slaves and sometimes tortured or killed. Just recently, in mid-2013, British police locked away ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... 45 mostly Mohammedan men (mainly Pak and Bangladeshi) in West Yorkshire belonging to the largest grooming gang uncovered in the UK.
No country with a Mohammedan population is immune to grooming gangs. America is on the same path as Europe and trailing not too far behind. In fact, Mohammedan grooming gangs (mainly Somali) have already found their way to the streets of America. These gangs have been operating for over 10 years in Minnesota, Tennessee, Michigan, and Ohio. The largest grooming case in U.S. history was from Somali immigrant communities in Minneapolis (MN) and Nashville (TN), in which 29 Somali Mohammedans were indicted in 2010 for kidnapping, raping, and selling underage girls between 2000 and 2010.
Sharia acts such as grooming are part of a wider strategy to subjugate and destroy western civilization from within, and to establish Islam as the dominant world power. This is referred to as a "civilization-jihadist process" in the Moslem Brüderbund's 1987 Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Brotherhood in North America. Subjugation of non-Mohammedans is what Mohammed intended when he ordered Mohammedans in Medina not to integrate into society after immigrating to their new place, but to form a separate body, to keep their own laws, and to make the host country comply with them. Immigration, too, is a religious obligation to expand Islam into new territories and establish its supremacy over all other religions through the enforcement of sharia acts on the host society.
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All these acts are religiously mandated in the Koran... All acts are instances of Islamic or sharia law in action. There is no revulsion, shame, or guilt involved on the part of the perpetrator, because these actions are entirely acceptable and encouraged in Islam. They run contrary to Western culture, and go beyond merely disrupting the society's public order and public peace that are essential for any civilized nation to survive.
And yet there are those on the left (the progressives) who in the name of "political correctness" accept Sharia Law. The greater fear for such naive groups is not Sharia Law itself but the fear of being seen as intolerant, not being liberal, and being unaccepting of this garbage despite the untold damage being done.
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Here's a guess. The questions are random. They use negation to provide additional detail with code words.
So I say send a tank.
Response is some random question - send it to the park on main st?
I answer no, to the church where you got married. Church or marriage would be a pre-arranged code word designating a location. We could continue playing this game to determinate what, when, how much, etc.
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[Pak Daily Times] LAHORE: Incessant political intervention and hooliganism of student organizations at educational institutions, University of Punjab in particular, have drawn clamours from almost every segment of the society with a call to depoliticise alma maters in larger interest of the nation.
This is a very welcoming gesture and right support at the right time for saving educational institutions from political parties and other interest groups. The students and teachers of the university have welcomed this gesture from education stakeholders. Despite complete ban on political students wings, some political parties including 
Earlier, Provincial Education Minister Rana Mashood said PU hostel were for students, not for terrorists. This a statement which carries weight and speak volumes about the clear cut policy of the provincial management to deal with iron hand with student wings who often create law and order problems in and outside the campus. Torching a private bus crammed with passengers is not less than a terrorist activity and should not be tolerated at all. The problems need to be addressed once for all and the Punjab government and the HEC should come up with a permanent solution to the issue. 
[Ynet] Analysis: Americans on historic mission to revive deadlocked talks by solving security issues
