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Afghan forces have reportedly suffered heavy casualties in Kunduz attack
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Caribbean-Latin America
Nicaragua unrest death toll rises before new protests
[AL JAZEERA] The toll from a crackdown on anti-government protests has risen to 264, as activists plan new rallies.
Posted by: 3dc || 07/13/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  The "Shot and killed" in Chicago to-date this year is 237.
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/13/2018 8:55 Comments || Top||

#2  ..yet they cross the border illegally for a better life. Someone should tell them. Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/13/2018 10:00 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm so old I remember when Daniel Ortega and his merry band were heroes of the revolution. They must have missed a turn somewhere.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/13/2018 17:44 Comments || Top||


Europe
EC Pres Juncker Gets Legless During NATO Ceremony
I haven't seen this since the last time Hillary did a town hall - dude was shitfaced!
[UK Express] - WORLD leaders were forced to step in and help on Wednesday when European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was seen stumbling and losing his balance ahead of a Nato dinner.

The European Union leader was stumbling so much that world leaders including the presidents of Finland and Ukraine, and the Dutch Prime Minister, were forced to hold him up.

Footage from the summit shows the 63-year-old being held up as he makes his way down the stairs.

But as Mr Juncker attempts to walk he stumbles backwards and loses his balance once again.

The European Commission President then had to be held at the arm in an effort to steady himself.

Prime Minister Theresa May walked past Mr Juncker and grinned, seemingly unaware that the European Commission President was struggling to stand unaided.
Posted by: Raj || 07/13/2018 02:02 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Weak-kneed: a perfect metaphor for Europe.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 07/13/2018 3:11 Comments || Top||

#2  A George Bush sushi moment.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/13/2018 3:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Nickname is Drunker.

Champers for Breakfast for this EUSSR politburo member.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/13/2018 6:42 Comments || Top||

#4  Get some food in his belly. He'll be alright.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/13/2018 10:49 Comments || Top||


#6  Alcohol is not to blame for Juncker’s stumbling at NATO summit, EU comission says

Right. Going by his ideology, it has to be hashish or something heavier.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/13/2018 11:48 Comments || Top||

#7  Maybe Junker has been hanging around with Illary then.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/13/2018 12:07 Comments || Top||

#8  Prime Minister Theresa May walked past Mr Juncker and grinned, seemingly unaware

Par for the course.
Posted by: charger || 07/13/2018 12:14 Comments || Top||

#9  He was swaying standing up. I know a drunk man when I see one.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 07/13/2018 13:02 Comments || Top||

#10  A cry to increase the viatica
Of Eurocrats walking erratic!
Another kerplunk.
"Quick, more junk in his trunk,
For Trump's kicks aggravate our sciatica!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 07/13/2018 13:16 Comments || Top||

#11  He had what Hillary was having.
Posted by: Elmurt Bumble3536 || 07/13/2018 18:37 Comments || Top||

#12  Will strike your Enemies with blindness and poralisis. They will be consumed by fear and be unable to move or tweet.
Posted by: newc || 07/13/2018 21:50 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Lindsey Grahamnesty Lies About Putin, Syria & the Alawite Alliance
[Umz Review] On just about every issue, in 2016, candidate Trump ran in opposition to Sen. Lindsey Graham. Donald Trump won the presidency; Lindsey Graham quit the race with a near-zero popularity, as reflected in the polls.

The People certainly loathe the senator from South Carolina. A poll conducted subsequently found that Graham was among least popular senators.

No wonder. Graham is reliably wrong about most things.

But being both misguided and despised have done nothing to diminish Sen. Graham’s popularity with Big Media, left and right. Thus were his pronouncements accorded the customary reverence, during a July 10 segment, on Fox News’ "The Story."

Which is when he told anchor Martha MacCallum that, "Putin is not doing anything good in Syria."

Then again, Lindsey is being consistent. The revival of "one of the world’s oldest Christian communities," in Syria, is not something the senator we’ve come to know and loathe would celebrate.

It’s true. "A new Syria is emerging from the rubble of war," reports The Economist, a magazine which is every bit as liberal and Russophobic as Graham and his political soul mate, John McCain, but whose correspondents on the ground‐in Aleppo, Damascus and Homs‐have a far greater fidelity to the truth than the terrible two.

"In Homs, ... the Christian quarter is reviving. Churches have been lavishly restored; a large crucifix hangs over the main street." ’Groom of Heaven,’ proclaims a billboard featuring a photo of a Christian soldier killed in the seven-year conflict. And, in their sermons, Orthodox patriarchs praise Mr. Assad for saving ... the Christian communities."

Don’t tell the ailing McCain. It’ll only make him miserable, but thanks to Putin, Assad "now controls Syria’s spine, from Aleppo in the north to Damascus in the south‐what French colonists once called la Syrie utile (useful Syria). The rebels are confined to pockets along the southern and northern borders."
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/13/2018 07:06 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  and we are funding the islamists in those pockets.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/13/2018 9:39 Comments || Top||


Ocasio-Cortez vs. Crowley feud erupts on Twitter
h/t Instapundit
The battle between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Joe Crowley isn't quite over ‐ and it’s taking a bitter turn.

Just two weeks after the 28-year-old shocked the Democratic establishment with a stunning primary upset of the 10-term incumbent, she engaged in an extraordinary public fight with Crowley on Twitter Thursday, accusing him of planning to mount a third party run against her in November’s general election, despite his public pledge to back her candidacy after his loss. And Crowley's camp pushed back hard, accusing Ocasio-Cortez of deliberately distorting events.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/13/2018 04:15 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


House Democrats introduce ‘Abolish ICE’ bill
A losing issue for the Democrats, but if they feel they must, who are we to stop them?
[RT] The far left’s calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took one step closer to reality, as progressive House Democrats introduced a bill that would disband the agency and shift its duties to other agencies.

The bill, sponsored by Democrat Representatives Mark Pocan (Wisconsin), Pramila Jayapal (Washington) and Adriano Espaillat (New York) is the first effort by liberal Democrats to legislate the controversial agency out of existence, and was introduced on Thursday.

Its sponsors argue that ICE has become a "militarized" deportation force, used by the Trump administration to "terrorize our communities" with "unchecked power," according to Pocan.

The bill, called the Humane Immigration Enforcement System Act, would see a commission established to review ICE’s responsibilities and recommend transferring them to other agencies. After one year, Congress would implement the commission’s proposed recommendations and disband ICE.

"The agency has a very broad jurisdiction and was created to combat terrorism, human trafficking, and drugs. Yet, ICE now spends the majority of its time detaining and separating mothers and fathers seeking safety for themselves and their children," said Espaillat.
Posted by: Fred || 07/13/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Trump 2020 needs only document the dems and work around the MSM censorship.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/13/2018 9:26 Comments || Top||

#2  After it was introduced all of the Democrats involved in drafting the bill said they would vote against it...and blamed their decision to vote against their own bill on the Republicans.

Seems like grandstanding to me.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 07/13/2018 14:41 Comments || Top||

#3  The left loves bureaucracy and big government; it seems unlikely they will or can abolish ICE. The only way they might would be to take over both houses and the Executive Branch. Meanwhile, they will continue to make noise. Must be they think ICE is cutting into one of their voter bases.
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/13/2018 19:44 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Fri 2018-07-13
  Afghan forces have reportedly suffered heavy casualties in Kunduz attack
Thu 2018-07-12
  Germany arrests Iran ‘spy’ on bomb plot charges
Wed 2018-07-11
  Gazan kites burn 150 acres in Israel’s south
Tue 2018-07-10
   All the boys and their coach are out of the Tham Luang cave. Navy Seals and the doctor still yet to exit.-Twitter news from Sydney
Mon 2018-07-09
  1 US soldier killed, 2 wounded in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
Sun 2018-07-08
  Live updates: Thailand cave rescue: navy Seals confirm four boys have been rescued – live
Sat 2018-07-07
  Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail
Fri 2018-07-06
  600 airstrikes by Russian, Syrian jets against Daraa: Observatory
Thu 2018-07-05
  Scott Pruitt driven to resign effective July 6
Wed 2018-07-04
  Happy 4th of July! Rare US independence declaration found in UK archive
Tue 2018-07-03
  An Iranian diplomat was arrested in a plot to blow up a massive 'freedom' event attended by Rudy Giuliani
Mon 2018-07-02
  Cleveland FBI says it thwarted downtown Fourth of July terrorist attack
Sun 2018-07-01
  Islamist militants attack African military base in Mali, at least six dead
Sat 2018-06-30
  South Korea to tighten asylum laws as hundreds of Yemenis arrive
Fri 2018-06-29
  Haftar's forces say they have captured Libyan city of Derna


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