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Roger Stone found guilty by D.C. jury.
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Ukraine and the fine hand of George Soros
By Thomas Lifson
[AmericanThinker] There was a missing person in yesterday's testimony in the "impeachment inquiry": George Soros. One person who noticed was Joe DiGenova, who brought up the involvement of the Hungarian-born billionaire yesterday on Lou Dobbs's Fox Business Network show, only to be attacked viciously for daring to mention Him Who Must Not Be Named, on Mediaite by Reed Richardson, who called it a "bonkers conspiracy."

The husband-and-wife Trump defense team of Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing appeared on Fox Business' Lou Dobbs Tonight to push an outlandish conspiracy theory about Ukraine, baselessly alleging that left-wing billionaire George Soros "controls a large part of the foreign service part of the State Department and the activities of FBI agents overseas."

Transcript via Grabien:

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
Lou: Let's go to Ukraine. Rudy Giuliani, I love the fact he's defending the president in an op-ed. All the work he has done. I hear all the testimony today at least from those who want to quiet him and quiet the president, and try to state that they think this is outrageous that people should have truth and justice in far away places like sue crane. Crane ‐ places like Ukraine. What do you think, Victoria?

That what Rudy Giuliani has been doing since he has begun representing the president. He called me earlier this year to tell me what he discovered about Ukraine. He was told that these people in Ukraine were working to frame the president. You. Our sweet Ambassador told everyone not to talk to us, and so did George kernt. Kernt ‐ George Kent. He flew into Kiev to do that.

Lou: As I watch and I'm thinking, I am going to give them credit for being well intentioned public servants. But for all the world it was because they weren't in the special super duper irregular chain and no one patted them on the back or had a sip of tea with them. That's what they seemed upset about. It was outrageous to me that they have this sort of petty reaction to not being in the regular chain as well as the irregular chain. And it didn't seem either were too disturbed by it. George Kent is a separate issue. His motives seem peculiar to me. John Solomon reported in March that George Kent pressured Ukrainian investigators to back off an investigation from the anti-corruption center that George Soros group sponsored. This is a complicated deal here. And it seems he wanted to keep an investigation of Ukrainian corruption with limits on it, even as he answered questions today.

There is no doubt that George Soros controls a large part of the foreign service part of the State Department and the activities of FBI agents overseas who work with ngos. That was very effort in Ukraine. Kent was part of that. He was a big protector of Soros. His testimony today shows his stern kind of discomfort with not being included in certain discussions. But George Soros had a daily opportunity to tell the State Department through Victoria Newland what to do in the Ukraine. Soros ran it. He corrupted FBI officials and foreign service officers. George Soros wants to run Ukraine and he's doing everything he can to use every lever of the United States government for business purposes.

His organization is anti-competitive. It goes after people who compete with George Soros in the name of anticorruption.

Lou: It was quite a moment in which he walked right up to the boundary but wouldn't say this should be a comprehensive investigation of these activities that of course is precisely what the president of the United States made clear to president zelensky that he wanted, bringing in the U.S. Justice Department to work with the Ukrainian authorities and government.
It seems we find George Soros involved in all manner of nefarious activities these days. Excuse while I go look under my bed.

But seriously, this is an interesting article and it has all kinds of links to all kinds of other interesting articles on the same subject. Most interesting is the following:

The real Ukraine controversy: an activist U.S. embassy and its adherence to the Geneva Convention
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/15/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Marie Yovanovitch just testified at the impeachment hearing that she did not give the top Ukrainian prosecutor a "do not prosecute list". However, at this link, there is a video in which the prosecutor says she did.

I dunno. Who is the most credible, a bitter former ambassador who is obviously out to get Trump or the Ukrainian prosecutor? But I know one thing; that video will never air on CBS.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/15/2019 10:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Stay the fook out of Ukraine. We have no major interest there that yang already served by our alliances with Poland and Romania.

Make Ukraine a neutral zone the way Finland and Austria were during the Cold War. Stop playing with fire and needlessly provoking the Russians in their backyard, which is the cradle of Russian Orthodix Christian civilization. Let them have Crimea, radi bogu.

Doesn't anyone in our foreign-policy elite know how to play this game?
Posted by: Lex || 11/15/2019 11:09 Comments || Top||

#3  4 Scoops on George Soros
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/15/2019 12:09 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Play the Russia Card: "US should negotiate a non-aggression and partial-cooperation agreement with Russia to keep it out of China's embrace"
By Conrad Black

[NationalReview] A Post-Post-Cold-War NATO: The U.S.-led alliance has been very successful for most of a century. Now what?
Posted by: Lex || 11/15/2019 02:18 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  1. Demilitarize Ukraine and agree that it shall be perpetually neutral the way Finland and Austria were during the Cold War. Pledge of no NATO or EU membership in exchange for withdrawal of little green men from Eastern Ukraine.

2. Create a Far East Cooperation Agreement with joint US-Russian-Japanese training exercises off of Vladivostok.

3. Sign a new treaty to replace the INF we pulled out of.

4. Re-open consulates and relax sanctions in exchange for Russian cooperation & progress on points #1-3.
Posted by: Lex || 11/15/2019 11:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Giving them bases in Syria is a good start.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/15/2019 11:40 Comments || Top||

#3  The Chinese are still unhappy about the Treaty of Aigun(1858) because what was once part of the Middle Kingdom is always and forever property of the Middle Kingdom.
Posted by: magpie || 11/15/2019 13:17 Comments || Top||

#4  Intriguing:

With the break-up of the USSR and the collapse of international Communism, the principal strategic danger, which President Trump intuitively perceives but his opponents are too obtuse or malicious to grasp (and so they have muddied the domestic political waters), is that Russia, if faced down into the arms of China, could agree to rent a chunk of Siberia on a royalty arrangement to China to be exploited by surplus Chinese manpower.

The fusion of resource-rich Siberia with Chinese manpower and exploitive skills would make poor and overpopulated China a full-scale rival to the United States.

NATO (i.e. the U.S.) should negotiate a non-aggression and partial-cooperation agreement with Russia to keep it out of the embrace of China.

The West can certainly be a more attractive dancing partner for Russia than China, and it should reinforce relations with India and subtly encourage the commercial and strategic independence of the Far Eastern, South Asian, and Australasian neighbors of China, all while managing Sino-American relations carefully.
Posted by: Lex || 11/15/2019 14:34 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
How the Turks Handle Diversity
Via Lucianne
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/15/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  How do Turks handle diversity? The old fashioned way: Kill the others.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/15/2019 11:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Me, these days I'm more for Perversity, Seclusion and Inequity
Posted by: Lex || 11/15/2019 12:00 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Airport Revenues Soar After Allowing Travelers To Pay To Turn Off CNN
[Babylon Bee] WORLD‐Airports around the world are reporting record revenues after introducing a long-awaited feature: the ability to turn off CNN on television sets in their terminals.

For just one quarter, you can turn off CNN for a full fifteen minutes while you're waiting for your flight, leaving you with the "far superior" experience of just staring at a blank screen.

"At long last," said one man waiting for his flight at LaGuardia as he dropped a few dollars' worth of quarters into the "Turn CNN Off" slot. "Honestly, I might fly more now." He's not alone: airports expect a 426% uptick in traveling over the holidays as flyers no longer have to worry about having the droning words of CNN hosts pounded into their heads for hours on a layover.

The feature has been one of the most-requested by travelers along with the dismantling of the TSA and pretzel bags with more than 3 pretzels in them.

The money-making move has inspired moments of human compassion and unity as travelers lend each other money or leave quarters behind atop the television sets for future travelers to turn off CNN. One anonymous philanthropist at DFW prepaid for over a year of CNN-less travel throughout the terminal.

"It's great to see what humanity can accomplish when we unite," said one man at LAX as he rummaged through his pockets to lend a quarter to a woman who wanted to turn off the CNN screen near her. "Here you go, miss. Enjoy your flight!"
Posted by: Frank G || 11/15/2019 11:32 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Luckily I don't fly much anymore, but when I did, I always dreaded being forced to watch CNN.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/15/2019 11:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Earplugs. The only way to get through air travel and keep your sanity.
Maybe blinders too
Posted by: Lex || 11/15/2019 11:59 Comments || Top||

#3  The TV in the company break room was stuck on, *shudder*, MSNBC. Ironically the TV was installed to toady to the Walmart representative that idly wondered at the absence of a TV droning in the background... Things I don't miss after retiring.
Posted by: magpie || 11/15/2019 13:22 Comments || Top||

#4  Funny, cuz its true.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/15/2019 16:58 Comments || Top||

#5  I so wish it was true.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 11/15/2019 17:52 Comments || Top||

#6  CNN is already cratering (ie being 'consolidated' up north). Going to be interesting when graft ends at the airport.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2019 20:38 Comments || Top||


The Seven Deadly Sins of California's Political Establishment
[AMGreatness] California’s politicians are hardly alone in their quest to destroy America’s rights, freedoms, prosperity, culture, traditions, and pride. They just happen to be more advanced in their quest. But since what happens in California often ends up happening later in the rest of the country, it’s vital to highlight just how bad it’s gotten in the Golden State.

Just as a theologian might argue there are more than seven deadly sins fatal to spiritual progress, there are more than seven policy areas where California’s political leadership has fatally undermined the aspirations of ordinary Californians. But in the interests of brevity and clarity, here are what might be the most damning seven deadly sins of California’s political establishment.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/15/2019 02:06 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  When I think on this, maybe the biggest problem with Western Civilization is that we let a small - but very loud - minorities: sexually aberrant (includes feminism), eviro-concerned, etc...; dictate to us.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/15/2019 2:15 Comments || Top||



#4  ^ Exception: eating a CALIFORNIA SHIT SANDWICH at a subway station's still legal.
Posted by: Lex || 11/15/2019 2:24 Comments || Top||

#5  Have You Noticed That The Crazy People Are Starting To Take Over Our Society?

Try the far left lane of I-85.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/15/2019 5:28 Comments || Top||

#6  When you shut down political diversity, life is not a bag of M&Ms.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2019 7:38 Comments || Top||

#7  Those brown things are not M&Ms...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/15/2019 10:00 Comments || Top||

#8  I hereby propose (show of Jazz hands only) that the formerly toxic male M&M characters be recast as Fem & Ms or I'll be forced to run for my safe space.
Posted by: Warthog || 11/15/2019 10:28 Comments || Top||

#9  Pay attention, Herb...

Thanks to Proposition 47, the “Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative” which voters approved in 2014, it is nearly impossible to arrest and hold anyone for possession of hard drugs, so long as they claim the drugs are for personal use.

The consequence of these laws is public drug use and rampant theft to support these drug habits.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/15/2019 10:57 Comments || Top||

#10  Ref: M&Ms - multi-color on the outside, all the same stuff on the inside. The Left's definition of 'diversity'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/15/2019 12:43 Comments || Top||

#11  Blame the people who vote for them as well.

#DemographicsMatter
Posted by: charger || 11/15/2019 17:27 Comments || Top||

#12  Only seven?
Posted by: gorb || 11/15/2019 19:29 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
This side of the protest
[DAWN] THE past one month, actually the last three-week period beginning in late October, has had a transformative impact on some of the most prominent players in the country’s political arena. There have been events which have changed the complexion of the game, necessitating new strategy and fresh posturing. This could well mark the start of another phase in Pak politics.

On that side of his ’long march’ on Islamabad on Oct 27, Maulana Fazlur Rehman
...Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty...
was a less angry man. He was basking in all the praise he was getting for his magical ability to stitch up average material into stuff better than just being presentable. He had allies, not fully committed ones, but who had promise and the potential to be useful to the JUI-F chief’s advantage. True to the old wise words, it was only the journey itself which revealed the real face and worth of these supposed fellow travellers.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Our ‘hidden’ shame
[DAWN] THE recent arrest of a known paedophile, Sohail Ayaz, has raised serious questions about the government’s handling of child sexual abuse cases.

Ayaz had previously been convicted and sentenced to prison in the UK for child sexual offences, and then, reportedly, deported by Italia for his links to a child pornography ring. Unfortunately, this was not flagged by the authorities here, and he was able to secure a working contract with a KP government department under a foreign-funded project.

If it hadn’t been for the mother of his latest alleged victim, there would have been no stopping his sickening activities. She approached the police in Rawalpindi when her son disappeared for four days. Police said that Ayaz has admitted to raping at least 30 children in Pakistain alone.

The incident reflects the extent of the unspoken social embargo on the subject of child sexual abuse in the country. As many as 1,300 cases of child sexual abuse have been recorded only in the first six months of this year, according to the NGO Sahil. Yet, the reported cases are only the tip of the iceberg as countless parents shy away from registering police cases.

It is astonishing that Ayaz was caught after allegedly raping 30 children; had none of the parents of the victims come forward to report the crime to the authorities and demand stern action? This also shows the parents’ lack of trust in the law-enforcement authorities that have a track record of victim shaming and mishandling cases of this nature.

Who can forget the comment of a police officer in Shahzad Town, Islamabad, who told the family of a missing 10-year-old girl in May that she might have eloped? When the police did spring into action later, after widespread condemnation, it was discovered that the suspect had been booked in two similar cases.

Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, there was another explosion...
the Chunian case suspect was found to have been nearly arrested twice before. Then there was the notorious serial rapist and killer Imran Ali in Kasur city, who was caught only after protests erupted when the body of little Zainab was found in a garbage dump. Four years after the child pornography ring was busted, the victims ‐ almost 300 victims ‐ from Hussain Khanwala village in Kasur district still await justice.

We as a society continue to fail our children. We will keep doing so until we open up and acknowledge the depth of the malaise within.

Posted by: Fred || 11/15/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  PAK's have a sense of shame? Who knew?
Posted by: Cesare || 11/15/2019 8:51 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
By 'abandoning' PIJ, Hamas risks sparking crisis with Iran
[Jpost] Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,’s failure to join the round of fighting between Israel and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
(PIJ) was one of the main reasons why it agreed to the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, Paleostinians said on Thursday.

Moreover, they said, the heavy casualties PIJ suffered during the two days of fighting ‐ which began after Tuesday’s liquidation of PIJ commander Bahaa Abu al-Ata ‐ contributed to that terror group’s decision to accept Egypt’s mediation efforts.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/15/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Hamas



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Fri 2019-11-15
  Roger Stone found guilty by D.C. jury.
Thu 2019-11-14
  121 ISIS militants and relatives surrender to Afghan forces in Nangarhar, 300+ in past week
Wed 2019-11-13
  Live: the House’s Trump Impeachment hearings starting at 10 a.m. ET
Tue 2019-11-12
  Israel hit by rockets after killing Islamic Jihad leader Abu al-Ata in Gaza
Mon 2019-11-11
  Thanks to all the veterans on Veterans Day!
Sun 2019-11-10
  Bolivia's president announces his resignation
Sat 2019-11-09
  Will Julian Assange Die in Prison? Is that why a "dead man" data dump just took place?
Fri 2019-11-08
  WikiLeaks just dropped their databomb
Thu 2019-11-07
  Extremist outfit Allahr Dal banned in Bangladesh
Wed 2019-11-06
  Mexico Deploys Forces to Northern State After Nine US Mormons Killed
Tue 2019-11-05
  Three American Mormon mothers and six of their children are EXECUTED
Mon 2019-11-04
  Report: Turkey-backed militia attacks American troops in Syria
Sun 2019-11-03
  Three people detained in connection with Swedish explosion
Sat 2019-11-02
  Iraqis pour into streets for biggest protest day since Saddam
Fri 2019-11-01
  Iraqi President Salih says PM Abdul-Mahdi willing to resign, vows early polls

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