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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Judge Jeanine: ‘The Military Needs to Be Deployed to Our Southern Border Immediately'
[Breitbart] Saturday on Fox News Channel’s "Justice," host Jeanine Pirro opened her show with an "Opening Statement" aimed at the so-called caravan originating in Central America attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pirro laid out her criteria for allowing anyone within the caravan into the country, which included public safety, what the crosser would have to offer the country and their willingness to pledge their allegiances to the U.S. flag and not the flag of where they had originated.

"The military needs to be deployed our southern border immediately to stop the caravan of thousands of illegals pouring into our nation," she said. "Right now is a very dangerous time for Americans. Border control is essential to your safety and the safety of your family. The military, the National Guard, ICE, Border Patrol and DHS needs to block this caravan from entering our nation. Now, I’m not saying they are all criminals. What I am asking is, who are they? What I am saying is I want to vet them, screen them. I want to find out hop among them is a criminal, who among them is a gang member like the notorious MS-13 gang members who arrogantly rode into our country during the Obama years and they are in New York and elsewhere brutally and savagely murdering innocent American citizens."

"I want to know who is a pedophile, who is a sex offender, who thinks they are entitled to beat their wives?" Pirro continued. "I want to know who has an alcohol problem, who has a drug problem, who likes to drive drunk and who has no problem hauling drugs for the cartel? And if you can prove you are not a criminal, I want to know what you have to offer us. What do you bring to this great nation? What are you going contribute? Why should we be proud to count as an America, other than adding to the Democrats voting bloc and continuing the mob mentality that you already exhibited you are proficient at. Now, if you are not a criminal I want you to get to the back of the line behind everyone else who waited for a visa, came here legally, hired a lawyer, learned American history and sworn allegiance to this great nation. And only then am I interested in even talking to you about entering. I, for one, am sick and tired of the sense of entitlement that illegals have to enter this country then immediately claim their constitutional rights as they carry the flags, not of America, but the flags of their country. And God forbid if we try to deport them to the flag of the country they so proudly wave.

"They break our laws to come here," she added. "They are not entitled to be here. The break our laws to come here. This is not a left or right issue ‐ this is a security issue. A safety issue. We simply cannot have people about whom we know nothing living next door to us, working next to us or driving next to us."
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2018 00:41 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A few will die, the rest will turn back. The problem will be resolved.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2018 0:48 Comments || Top||

#2  This is an invasion. And, it should be treated that way. Declare martial law within 20 miles of the border. Pull the military out of Germany, and redeploy to the border until we get the wall built.
Posted by: anymouse || 10/21/2018 1:06 Comments || Top||

#3  No shit. The amount of heroin pouring up 35 into Minnesota and Chicago alone makes it necessary.
Posted by: Woodrow || 10/21/2018 5:13 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/21/2018 14:35 Comments || Top||

#5  The political calculus will be interesting.

The Progs are betting that U.S. Citizens and "Citizens" would be horrified at what comes over the TeeVee, etc. Dead/injured/needy females and kids will be the topic du-jour while the army of young, and many dangerous, men will remain in the "Journalistic" shadows.

And I question whether the Messican, etc, Govts. are helping the U.S. follow the $. This is where the rubber meets the road.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 10/21/2018 15:07 Comments || Top||

#6  If the Mexican govt supports or allows this caravan to transit their country then shut down the border. There is a price to pay for this behavior. Also expose the financiers and enablers of the caravan. And go after them.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 10/21/2018 22:22 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
James Madison's Solution to Tribalism
A taste:
[AmericanThinker] Political tribalism has been a very popular topic in 2018. A great divide has been created in our society as a result of identity politics. Many have retreated into groups with only like-minded individuals creating mini echo-chambers all over the country. These groups push their agenda without any regard of the effects on the rest of society. Do these disparate groups undermine American society? Is it inevitable these groups will continue to grow apart until the country becomes ungovernable? Will Americans be able to find any middle ground on which they agree? While some argue drastic change in the structure of government is needed to address this problem, the correct course would be a return to the original design of the Republic. James Madison provided much insight into the problems that arise from such "factions" in the Federalist Papers.
Posted by: 746 || 10/21/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Can't legislate it.
See school desegregation.
Hallway clusters emulate neighborhoods.
Neighborhood clusters invite 'like' discourage 'unlike' and bear the economic burden of similarity.

So we end up with 'no go' zones where the enforcers fear to tread.

the correct course would be a return to the original design of the Republic
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/21/2018 14:49 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Taliban are nearing victory in Afghanistan
[WeeklyStandard] America has lost the war in Afghanistan. Washington may not want to admit it, and the U.S. military insists the conflict is a "stalemate." But make no mistake: The original 9/11 war has been lost.

On Thursday, the Taliban attacked a meeting between Afghan officials and the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Austin S. Miller. Americans in attendance were wounded, but Miller was unhurt. At least three Afghan officials, though, were killed, including Gen. Abdul Raziq, a key American ally and powerbroker in southern Afghanistan. The U.S. military's initial statement on the attack was a good example of its cognitive dissonance. Instead of a full condemnation, Col. Dave Butler, the spokesman for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, claimed it was merely an "Afghan-on-Afghan incident."
Posted by: lord garth || 10/21/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  (2)Pakistan continues to harbor the Taliban’s senior leadership. The Trump administration has withheld military aid to Pakistan in an attempt to get tough on the putative ally’s duplicity. For years, Pakistan’s military and intelligence establishment has harbored the Taliban’s senior leaders, including members of the so-called Haqqani Network.

Herein lies the problem.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2018 0:40 Comments || Top||

#2  The original 9/11 war has been lost.

Keeping in mind that the US' territory is a war theater and that the enemy doesn't observe any limits or red lines this is a non-limited war that US could not and cannot afford to not win decisively.

Adversaries of the US, especially the rational ones, will learn lessons. And this will have dire consequences for the US & allies.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 10/21/2018 9:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Some things are simply beyond restoration. Afghanistan appears to be one of those things.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2018 11:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Maybe, and maybe not. But the article has the tone and feel of the kind of crap being written after Tet.
Posted by: Iblis || 10/21/2018 12:07 Comments || Top||

#5  You don't have to destroy the Taliban. Just weaken them enough that some other SOB makes their lives miserable. However, you do have to destroy their enablers - see Pakistan
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/21/2018 12:37 Comments || Top||

#6  Should have just smacked the crap out of them and left with the comment "If it happens again we will do it again."
Posted by: gorb || 10/21/2018 13:55 Comments || Top||

#7  Still time for that Gorb.
See Bolton and Putin next week.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/21/2018 14:42 Comments || Top||

#8  I'll take #6.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2018 19:12 Comments || Top||

#9  #6 - I'm good with that: "Don't make me come back here"
Posted by: Frank G || 10/21/2018 21:29 Comments || Top||

#10  Regarding the 911 war, after 17 years of war are the Taliban leaders likely to provoke the USA again?
Posted by: rjschwarz || 10/21/2018 22:29 Comments || Top||

#11  Calling Mr. R. Kipling...calling Mr. Kipling....
Posted by: DooDahMan || 10/21/2018 23:16 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
If the Left Had Their Way What Would It Be Like
[Canada Free Press] With all that is going on today in our social and political culture, especially the audacious unmasking of what liberals and the Democrat Party are now demanding, it would not be difficult to imagine an America ruled by the Left, the modern liberal, the modern Democrat Party. I say modern liberal because it is a far cry from the classic liberal of the forgotten past.

The classic liberal would advocate Constitutional Republicanism, a limited government with basic inalienable rights entrusted upon its people, shared equally by all its citizens, of all races, bestowed by God. It was envisioned by our founders that all were created equal in the law and then allowed to be let loose to become all you can be with limited government and few limits. It was what many of us fought to reestablish in the 60s and 70s.

LIBERALISM AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAVE MORPHED
Liberalism and the Democrat Party have morphed. They have contorted into a shape that is no longer recognizable. More likely they were stolen by nefarious groups who waited for their opportunity to affect a docile and pliable generation more concerned with getting high.

Liberals have achieved much power over the decades. They have almost completely taken over the media, the entertainment industry and the education system. The internet has proven difficult for liberals. They fear the totally free exchange of ideas...people thinking for themselves. Facebook, Google and others are trying desperately to control what we all read. Nevertheless, Hillary Clinton’s candidacy represented a culmination of many years of indoctrination, misinformation, and brainwashing. They were close, real close. How else could they have responded to a Trump presidency?
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2018 07:36 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Look to Venezuela for the answers.
Posted by: gorb || 10/21/2018 13:53 Comments || Top||

#2  More good stuff @ the link!

Great post...!
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 10/21/2018 14:56 Comments || Top||

#3  How many failed states have been socialst. How many have been liberal in terms of rights and economically free. I'll leave out the clyptocracy's of the third world.
If the Left has its way there will be no rich, no middle class. There will only be the great mass of the poor and the intelligencia claiming to be their intellectual and moral superiors to rule over them
Posted by: Cheaderhead || 10/21/2018 18:19 Comments || Top||


Hillary Clinton Releases DNA Test Results Proving She's Only Half Lizard Person
[Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C.‐Shortly after Elizabeth Warren released a DNA test that may or may not show that she is 1/1024th Native American, failed presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed the results of a recent DNA test that conclusively proved she is only 50% Reptilian.

The test, conducted by a renowned DNA expert, showed that only 50% of her blood comes from reptilian humanoids from space bent on destroying humanity. Many Washington insiders had claimed she was 100% reptile, but these claims are now known to be a hoax.

"I'm happy to announce that I'm only half reptile," she said on an interview Sunday evening. "I hope my critics will think twice before calling me a space reptile now, since that's only half true. I'm only part lizard person, thank you very much."

But she was quick to point out that whether or not she's an earth-conquering reptile is irrelevant, quipping, "What difference, at this point, does it make?"

At publishing time, Clinton had admitted the remainder of her DNA was that of a Cylon.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/21/2018 01:42 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Fake news. She's 100%.
Posted by: gorb || 10/21/2018 3:13 Comments || Top||

#2  "I'm happy to announce that I'm only half reptile satan"
Posted by: Woodrow || 10/21/2018 5:09 Comments || Top||

#3  in the mid 80s TV show V, the lizard women were really, really good looking when they were impersonating humans

Jane Badler and June Chadwick were gorgeous and when they tangled, wow

I loved this show particularly because it turned some templates upside down. The baddies were beautiful and nicely dressed; the goodies were ordinary looking and poorly dressed. Also the military commanders who always sought a military solution were women and the diplomatic leaders who always sought a sophisticated espionage or non military solution were always men.
Posted by: lord garth || 10/21/2018 7:58 Comments || Top||

#4  I would have thought she wasn't a DNA based lifeform, so a DNA test on her would show nothing at all. 2 actual recent DNA tests I have been involved in showed just that - no DNA in saliva available to be tested. Both tests were repeated with same results.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 10/21/2018 10:32 Comments || Top||

#5  ..and here I thought it was half hyena.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/21/2018 11:59 Comments || Top||

#6  To be more specific: Hila(ry) Monster.
Posted by: Kojo Oppressor of the Heathen Rus8056 || 10/21/2018 14:29 Comments || Top||


If Democrats Win, It Will Be The End Of America
[FloppingAces] "It is an invasion of people entirely dependent on financial support, except perhaps for the 100 ISIS members that have been apprehended in Guatemala

In a startling revelation, Guatemala’s president announced in the country’s largest newspaper that nearly 100 ISIS terrorists have been apprehended in the impoverished Central American nation. Why should Americans care about this? A caravan of Central American migrants is making its way north.

Let’s not forget that Guatemala is one of the countries that bombarded the U.S. with illegal immigrant minors under Barack Obama’s open border free-for-all. They came in droves from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala through the Mexican border and for years Uncle Sam rolled out the welcome mat offering housing, food, medical treatment and a free education."
Irrespective of the results of our next elections, I fear they will loose something terrible.

Mr. Trump has ripped away the soiled and fetid bandages placed there by years of succeeding "Progressives." We'll soon see if the words of Justice Louis Brandeis bear true.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 10/21/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Maybe not the end of America. But definitely the end of America as we know it. The sad part is the progressives are too stupid too realize the monster they are trying to create will eventually eat them.
Posted by: anymouse || 10/21/2018 0:58 Comments || Top||


#3  "Fix bayonets!"
Posted by: Frank G || 10/21/2018 10:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Give them a wiff of grapeshot.
Posted by: SR-71 || 10/21/2018 23:08 Comments || Top||



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Sun 2018-10-21
  US charges Chicago man with online recruiting for Islamic State
Sat 2018-10-20
  Anjem Choudary Released from Prison
Fri 2018-10-19
  ISIS Returns: Sick terrorists take 700 hostage - Putin issues warning
Thu 2018-10-18
  Afghan guards open fire at Afghan-NATO meeting in Kandahar, injuring 2 Americans - reports
Wed 2018-10-17
  Mastermind behind Ahvaz terrorist attack killed in Iraq’s Diyala, IRGC says
Tue 2018-10-16
  Trump says 'rogue killers' may be behind Khashoggi disappearance
Mon 2018-10-15
  Jihadist rebels reinforce front-lines near Idlib buffer zone, no withdrawal
Sun 2018-10-14
  4 ISIS militants blown up by own explosives in Kunar province
Sat 2018-10-13
  Indian troops kill key Kashmiri fighter in Handwara siege
Fri 2018-10-12
  Easing frayed ties, Turkish court allows US pastor to go free
Thu 2018-10-11
  Afghan officials get 20 years for handing secrets to Pakistan
Wed 2018-10-10
  Turkey to search Saudi Consulate for missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Tue 2018-10-09
  Nikki Haley Resigns As US Ambassador To The UN
Mon 2018-10-08
  IDF fires at Gazans launching incendiary balloons at Israel
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  Defying Israeli occupation, Golan Druze pledge loyalty to Syria’s Assad


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