[Mercer at American Greatness] The FBI, which Americans are meant to trust with matters of life and death, is unable‐or unwilling‐to confirm whether U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) perpetrated fraud by marrying her brother, Ahmed Elmi, to let him obtain a coveted green card, thus granting him permanent-resident status in the United States, and a path to citizenship. But the bureau is reportedly "investigating."
Conversely, the Daily Mail, a British tabloid, had little difficulty gathering a critical mass of facts, enough to conclude that, in 2009, Omar did indeed secretly wed said sibling. The newspaper, and anyone else suggesting the same, has yet to be sued by Omar. Could the story be true?
As it happens, a Somali community leader has also outed Ilhan Omar as an outlaw. Abdihaikm Osman Nur contends that the Somali-born freshman congresswoman "had indeed married her brother." So reported Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
Despite "a lack of paperwork in war-torn Somalia," which complicates an investigation and a definitive determination, the British tabloid dug up the requisite information that the FBI has yet to release. The young man whom Omar is alleged to have married certainly bears a remarkable resemblance to the congresswoman. They’re both . . . pretty (although Elmi looks happier and a lot more festive).
It was in August 2016 that Nur, aforementioned, seconded the story first published by Scott Johnson of the Power Line blog: Omar had married her sibling, ostensibly to allow him to remain in America. As the Daily Mail had relayed, Nur took issue with Omar’s alleged marriage-cum-immigration fraud. It would appear that the British tabloid was more invested in the truth, as this patriotic Somali told it, than was the FBI.
To date, these are the facts on the fraud alleged to have been committed by a member of the U.S. Congress. Yet nobody is likely to do more than mutter at the striking absence of scruples in Ilhan Omar. For not only does she appear to flout the law, but she also offends sensibilities: Omar had first married Ahmed Hirsi, father of her children, in 2002. Bigamy and incest (even if the relationship is unconsummated) are cultural taboos.
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In the old days con men and I suppose con women would work their trade and leave for new unsuspecting area. They were called slickers by the old timers I have met. Today most seem to hold political office and can work unfettered. Obama and Hillery are perfect examples. They can con over and over unfettered.
A is a singular. We're dealing with a plural. The more accurate statement would be 'America doesn't have an honest member in Congress' in the singular. They all get there by a confidence game one way or another.
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I'm told she already has an army of thugs and hitmen, people never in the frame but their presence is felt suddenly by reporters, constituents and critics who dare to cross her.
Her own somalis in her district are shit-scared of her vindictiveness, reach and unaccountability.
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Ilhan Omar in Service of Islamist Agendas While serving as a Minnesota state legislator in September 2017, Omar met Erdoğan in a closed-door meeting. She gleefully tweeted about her experience in her native Somali, and it was covered in official Turkish media. The only U.S.-based coverage of the exchange came from a Somali-language newspaper article that explained how Erdoğan concluded the meeting by asking Omar to pledge support for Turkey, before inexplicably being deleted.
In October, Omar voted in favor of two controversial bills that happened to coincide with Turkish foreign policy interests. First, she was the only House Democrat to vote against a bill threatening to impose fresh sanctions on Turkey for its military action in northern Syria.
Second, affirming her allegiance with Erdoğan's regime, Omar abstained on a resolution to condemn the historical Armenian Genocide, which Turkey continues to deny. Omar deflected criticism by arguing that any true acknowledgment of genocide should include the transatlantic slave trade and American Indian genocide.
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The author is correct: Elmi does look a lot more easy-going and fun-loving in the family pictures. Like that drinking buddy that's always "getting one over" and never seems to get in trouble for it.
[Denver Post] Coronavirus, a recent flu-like disease spreading worldwide, has absolutely nothing to do with Corona beer.
Do we really need to say this out loud? Apparently we do, according to a new survey that claims a substantial number of Americans won’t buy the Mexican lager out of fear of the disease.
The survey, conducted by public relations firm 5WPR, polled 737 adults over 21 on their opinions of Corona beer and found 38% would not buy the beer "under any circumstances" following the coronavirus outbreak. Of those who regularly drink Corona, 14% said they wouldn’t order it at a public venue, while 4% said they’d stop drinking it altogether.
Beverage giant Constellation Brands, which brews and distributes Corona, said in a statement to CNN that its customers "understand there is no link between the virus and our business." However, Google Trends shows a spike in searches for "corona beer virus" on Jan. 30 ‐ the day the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the disease was reported.
Constellation Brands’ stock has also taken a hit, falling nearly 11% on Feb. 28 to $169.74 per share, in tandem with what CNBC called the worst week for the Dow since the financial crisis.
"There is no question that Corona beer is suffering because of the coronavirus," Ronn Torossian, CEO of 5WPR, said in a statement. (The company represents several beverage brands, including Soda Stream and Santa Margherita wines.)
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you can lay this at the feet of the media, they took the term 'Corona virus' and ran with it, when the term actually describes a whole host of viruses.
I guess COVID-19 doesn't sound as sexy though
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^ True. It sounds like a name for some Democrat bill to ban all hobbyist videography by anyone under 19.
Seen on Facebook. Ruth Johnston is a historian specializing in the Middle Ages, about which she blogs here. She wrote the following in response to the current coronavirus panic.
Medieval plague notes: what was "plague" like? Trigger warning: content will be disgusting.
In case you're interested further, here's a medical paper on the Plague of Athens. They did find one clearly identifiable grave for plague victims, so they're testing the bones. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19787658
What was Plague like, generally? Thucydides described a violent disease that nearly always killed its victims (he himself survived). It began suddenly, with violent pain and high fever. Within hours, victims broke out in sores. They coughed and retched; they had diarrhea and bled. They had spasms of pain or seizure. In some plagues, skin died, becoming black. The Plague of Athens took up to a week to kill someone, while some later plagues, including the Black Death of 1347, killed in as little as 8 hours.
Plague was simply the most frightening thing in the world. It’s no accident that Plague is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelation. Diseases that rise to the label of Plague attack nearly all body systems at once. They mutate even as they spread, becoming airborne and sometimes defying logic as to how they are transmitted. The amazing thing is that plagues never kill everyone, although there appears to be no reason why they shouldn’t. When we contemplate the horrors of a 60% death rate, which is about the maximum ever suffered in a plague, we must remember that this means 2 out of 5 people never got sick, or were mildly sick and recovered. Their natural resistance to the disease is what eventually ends the plague, since after it returns several times, a majority of survivors have immunity.
This coronavirus may be sneaky, with its long, symptom-free period of virus shedding and ability to reinfect or re-emerge in some of those who had recovered from the first infection, but we aren’t seeing multiple body systems collapsing in short order, nor are a large percentage of those exposed becoming sick and dying. It’s not even as awful as Ebola.
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The normal human body's immune system is constantly killing off various diseases . In China they have been weakened with long term exposure to coal dust, animal dung/dust in the air and etc. To stay healthy avoid China, Seattle, and Los Angeles.
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Y’all are very welcome. I share her perspectives here from time to time. She also is the lady I’ve mentioned with an undiagnosed form of chronic fatigue and the schizophrenic son who had to kill his grandmother and be imprisoned before he could be forced to get treatment. Altogether one of my heroes, in her own quiet way — if I had half her accomplishments or her strength, I’d have reason indeed to be proud of myself.
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It's just an old Trump speech set to some video. I guess it's good? I wouldn't say it was incredible. It looks like a fan job.
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Update: Evidently the video is from 2016. Armstrong is still hearing things "from behind the curtain" that it will probably be Hillary vs. Trump again.
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Don't bet against Hillary running again. Mini Mike is a train wreck. Plugz is going senile. No way the DNC will allow the only viable candidate to win the no joke action: Bernie will not happen.
[Washington Examiner] HOUSTON ‐ Elizabeth Warren was bracing for a South Carolina beating.
Like many of her rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination not named Joe Biden, the Massachusetts senator, 70, juggled campaign stops in the first-in-the-South state with events in Super Tuesday states ahead of next week, including Texas, where she held an election night town hall.
"I’ll be the first to say that the first four contests haven’t gone exactly as I’d hoped," Warren said in Houston Saturday night. "Super Tuesday is three days away, and we’re looking forward to gaining as many delegates to the convention as we can ‐ from California to right here in Texas."
Echoing a campaign memo circulated before New Hampshire that predicted she was "poised to finish in the top two in over half of Super Tuesday states," she added, "Our campaign is built for the long haul ‐ and we’re looking forward to these big contests."
Even the star power of John Legend couldn’t lift Warren in South Carolina on Saturday, a result foreshadowed by a yearlong struggle to gain traction with minority Democrats and a polling average of 6% heading into the last of the first four early-voting contests, according to RealClearPolitics averages.
But as she eyes Super Tuesday, her pitch that she’s the "woman who’s going to beat Donald Trump" will be tested again after finishing third in Iowa, as well as fourth in New Hampshire and Nevada, a mix of both mostly white and diverse states.
She’s polling well in California, with an average of 17% support, following only Bernie Sanders in the state that provides candidates with the opportunity to pick up some of its 416 pledged delegates. Despite investing in Texas, boosted by San Antonio native Julian Castro, she’s further behind in fourth place with 13%, falling short of the 15% threshold generally required to scoop up some of the state’s 228 available delegates. She faces a similar challenge in North Carolina and Virginia, with 11% in each of the general election battlegrounds.
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The good news is that is out of the running. The bad news is she will go back to the Senate with a big chip on her shoulder, and terrorize big business with more gusto than before.
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Hope she stays. She will take more donations from her true believers. She will antagonize the Bernie bros. She will be Pursued by real Cherokee. All good.
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[Understanding the Threat] Since the death of American hero and fearless warrior Philip Haney, I have read many stories about Phil that capture his personality, grit, patriotism, faith, and determination to crush America’s enemies.
Several colleagues sent me the Townhall.com article by Judicial Watch’s Bill Marshall which references a few of us who experienced many of the same hardships and conflicts as Phil Haney over the years.
Encouraged to share some of these experiences by friends and colleagues, this article attempts to elaborate upon my time inside the FBI, and my work to share the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood and the broader Islamic Movement in the United States with those who could make a difference. Through the telling of this story, I also hope to share my personal friendship and professional journey with Philip Haney to highlight what an amazing man he was.
[The Print] President Donald Trump’s visit to India marks the culmination of the process of transforming India’s relations with the United States into what then-President Barack Obama described as ‘the defining partnership of the twenty-first century.’
The process began two decades ago, but it needed the latest ‘love fest’, as some described the Trump trip, to overcome several psychological barriers created by earlier encounters.
India’s adulation for Trump in February 2020 was in stark contrast with the reservations encountered during the December 1959 journey of Dwight Eisenhower, the first US president to visit the subcontinent officially.
THE EISENHOWER VISIT
Although hundreds of thousands of Indians turned out for Eisenhower’s public address in the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, India was less than enthused by then-burgeoning US alliance with Pakistan.
Eisenhower travelled to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India though he wrote in his memoirs that India was the magnet that drew him to the region.
At that time, India’s ties with China had begun to deteriorate, and nonalignment notwithstanding, India had worked with the Americans to support the Tibetan revolt led by the Dalai Lama’s supporters.
By visiting both countries on the same trip, Eisenhower sought to build bridges between India and Pakistan. He hoped that he could persuade both countries to become America’s partners in containing communism.
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Ike?!
Really??
How pathetic.
Clue for youze: Stop playing both sides, and then maybe we'll have something to talk about. Until then, f--- off
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Article by Hussain Haqqani, former Ambassador of Islamic Republic of the 'Stain. Tragically, the magazine 'ThePrint' is based in India itself. A purely islamo-commie propaganda factory.
The Indian military brass is conveniently dormant. Our foreign & war policy is captive to fearful little men who worship little dolls of valiant wargods, but shudder at having to make the actual fucking call. The adulation in the common Indian for an anti-muslim Trump arises from the much publicized bromance with their deified Prime Minister. The Indian government will only protect its own very narrow interests, they don't even have to be the Indian peoples' interests !
I wouldn't advise Trump betting on actual Indian support in any major endeavour in Asia; simply because the leaders don't amount to much beyond PR and posturing.
But what he can bet on is that every dollar spent in Pakistain, every gesture shown to them will be ultimately used to the detriment of America and your allies. Although it's shown great initiative toward fulfilling America's immediate objectives, because it didn't hurt themselves much, the 'Stain is ultimately pure evil. It gives the impression of being an unstable, weak State but the foreign policy, the military and clandestine capabilities of the 'Stain are insidiously far-reaching. And they've been able to proliferate agencies of control and manipulation in almost every western legislature and constituency, thanks only to the largesse of the suicidal west. Even Qatar doesn't send as much aid as the world bank, the IMF, the US. It never reaches the common people, nor is a single tango put down by Paki forces. Just where do the billions go ? This resource pool gathered in the name of aid is used to buy influence, infiltrate authorities and judiciaries, recruit and finance sleeper cells - the business of international terrorism.
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Ref #2: But what he can bet on is that every dollar spent in Pakistain, every gesture shown to them will be ultimately used to the detriment of America and your allies.
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Huh.
I thought Herb wanted us to withdraw home behind high walls, turn swords into ploughshares, and no foreign entanglements? I can't keep up on the preferred troll meme of the day.
Fuck the duplicitous Pakis who can't stop polio, jihadi bombings, but pretend to play The Great Game™
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Unlike some of the posters here, I don't have a one-track mind and just because I post an article doesn't mean I am 100% on board with the author's arguments. I know this may be hard to understand, but people can expose themselves to a variety of viewpoints. It's educational to see what others are saying.
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but people can expose themselves to a variety of viewpoints
You misunderstand. It's not that we're shy of exposing ourselves. Here ►
It's just that we already know what the 'variety of viewpoints' is. And a writer like Hussain Haqqani is an especially known quantity. You're totally not Haqqani. You're our beloved basement strategist; so what's wrong with a little critique ?
I'm all for having an open mind, but so open that the wind blows through with a desolate, mournful sound.
Maybe YOU know. The rest of us don't. I have no freaking idea who Hussie Habloopo is and I'm not in the habit of doing biographies of the authors of every article I share. Who does that?
Maybe you do, but that's because you're a subject matter expert. And experts are supposed to know enough to understand that they are experts, and that everyone else isn't. It's like a professional baseball player: he knows every AAA farm team and which pro team they connect to, but he's aware that nobody else does and doesn't expect his audience to know.
Seriously, you think everyone keeps track of writers and the publications they write for? Hey, quick question: did you think we all knew the information you wrote down in comment #2?
If so, why did you even write it?
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Recent US sanctions on Hezbollah in Leb ‐ and the prospect of more to come ‐ are only piling on problems for Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s Hezbollah-backed government. It has becoming increasingly clear early elections are needed for Leb to start down a legitimate path to reform.
The March 8 electoral alliance that backs Diab, which includes Hezbollah and its fellow Shia party Amal, has so far done little to tick the boxes that would lead Leb to stability. They have insufficient support from the protest movement. Being Iran-affiliated, they have no foreign allies willing or able to provide new economic lifelines ‐ and they are now incurring the increasing sanctions wrath of the United States in its anti-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... regional campaign, with the most recent sanctions coming on February 26. And Hezbollah has proved an obstacle to much-needed International Monetary Fund management of the economic crisis. The Shia group said it does not oppose Leb seeking the IMF’s advice, but it is against the fund managing Leb’s financial crisis.
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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.
[Understanding the Threat] Since the death of American hero and fearless warrior Philip Haney, I have read many stories about Phil that capture his personality, grit, patriotism, faith, and determination to crush America’s enemies.
You misunderstand. It's not that we're shy of exposing ourselves. Here ►
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
