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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Caitlyn Jenner: The ‘Country Is Over’ If Hillary Clinton Is Elected President
[GOSSIPCOP] Caitlyn Jenner goes on a tirade against Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as For a good time at 3 a.m. call Hillary and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Edward Stettinius, Jr. ...
on this Sunday’s episode of "I Am Cait," insisting that the Democratic presidential candidate is a "f***ing liar" and the "country is over," if she’s elected. Watch the video below!

As Gossip Cop reported, Season 2 of Jenner’s reality show sees her embarking on a bus tour with her transgender friends. During their trip, the women begin to argue politics after Chandi Moore asks Caitlyn her opinion of Donald Trump. "I think he would have a hard time with women," says Jenner, who further offers, "It doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be good for women’s issues. I think he would be very good for women’s issues."

The rest of the women groan at the lifelong Republican’s statement, but Jenner explains in a confessional, "Just because I’m a woman now doesn’t make me all of a sudden liberal." The debate escalates when the women bring up Clinton, to which Jenner says, "I would never, ever, ever vote for Hillary... If Hillary becomes president, the country is over."
Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I belive it was over when they gave woman of the year to a guy dressed as a woman.
Posted by: chris || 03/12/2016 5:07 Comments || Top||

#2  It was long over well before that. The facade just lasted longer cause the audience didn't want to believe. That and too many toys to occupy themselves with.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2016 7:37 Comments || Top||

#3  And Jenner seems completely oblivious to the irony of his/her being the source of such a statement.
Posted by: Hupeatch B. Hayes9048 || 03/12/2016 13:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Has Bradley/Chelsea Manning chimed in yet?
Posted by: || 03/12/2016 18:25 Comments || Top||

#5  Somehow my name went missing...
Posted by: European Conservative || 03/12/2016 18:26 Comments || Top||


Hollywood Mountain Lion Kills Koala
Posted by: Grunter || 03/12/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And they say there'e nothing new under the sun.
Posted by: Grunter || 03/12/2016 9:12 Comments || Top||

#2  From the same Leftyland that ignores Islamic killing of gays. It's so symbolic. Which protected/victim group to support?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2016 9:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Another episode of When Memes Collide.

Not surprising about the partially eaten carcass. Koalas taste like cough drops.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/12/2016 14:45 Comments || Top||

#4  "Koalas taste like cough drops."

I really don't want to know how you know that, Steve.
Posted by: Barbara || 03/12/2016 16:47 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
US general: Russian return to South America 'concerning'
Russia is trying to reach out to former Soviet allies in South and Central America in an attempt to compete against U.S. influence, the head of U.S. Southern Command said Thursday. Noting that U.S. global competitors are trying to influence countries in the Western hemisphere, Adm. Kurt W. Tidd said "the most concerning of them is Russia".

"As part of their global strategy, Russia attempts to discredit our reliability as a trustworthy partner here in our own region," Tidd said.

He said Russia portrays the U.S. as "unreliable" and "withdrawing from this pivotal region", adding that Moscow’s resurgence in the region is "extremely competitive".

The Russians are trying to trade off military technology at competitive prices to reinstate Moscow’s influence and its role in the defense market in the region, he said.

"Russia is very, very present there, and we need to be worried about that," he added.

The former Soviet Union had a significant influence in the region, particularly on Venezuela and Cuba. After the Soviet Union's collapse, domestic political and economic problems forced Russia to pull back from from South American theatre.

Russia’s new attempt to gain a foothold in the Americas comes amid Washington's initiative to reconcile with Cuba and the rest of the region.
Posted by: Steve White || 03/12/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That's because you malicious retards decided to not notice they never left.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/12/2016 8:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Cause they couldn't even swallow the Ukraine just next door. Maybe you need to take a sedative and have a good night's sleep General. BTW, let them pick up all the economic basket cases and once again stretch their limited resources even further.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2016 9:20 Comments || Top||

#3  I doubt that Barry's concerned.
Posted by: charger || 03/12/2016 11:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Procupius: they provided much support to the current Venezuelan government because it was a way of taking their oil production off the market. It would pay for itself in addition to all the strategic concerns.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/12/2016 12:42 Comments || Top||

#5  Just because they were enemies does not mean they have to be now. Just because some were our allies, doesn't mean they actually are now.

The next admin need to do some realpolitik on just about everybody.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/12/2016 15:53 Comments || Top||

#6  our reliability as a trustworthy partner
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/12/2016 16:05 Comments || Top||

#7  As a Rhodesian, I say, fuck you all very much.
Posted by: Grealet Stalin3886 || 03/12/2016 18:44 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian forces continue pressure on Yasinovataya


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By Chris Covert
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Ukrainian forces continue pushing to take Yasinovataya using artillery and small arms fire. Meanwhile elsewhere along the line of contact, Ukrainian forces and rebel forces continue to exchange artillery and small arms fire according to Russian language news accounts.

Ukrainian military officials said on Friday rebel forces fired on Ukrainian positions all along the line of contact in both Lugansk and Donetsk on Friday, a total of 31 times. Rebel forces used tank gunfire, mortar fire and small arms fire.

Rebels fired on Ukrainian forces 47 times on Thursday, according to a news account in regnum.ru.

According to a news account posted on the tsensir.net.ua websites, Ukrainians reported shelling by 82mm and 120mm mortars and small arms fire in Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka, Opytnoye and Marinka near western Donetsk city. Gunfire from tanks and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles were recorded in Avdievka.

A separate tsensor.net.ua report reported one Ukrainian soldier dead and one wounded near Gorlovka, where the fighting for Yasinovataya was reported. The two were hit by gunfire from a rebel BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle.

Rebel military officials in Donetsk say that combat losses for the Ukrainian offensive around Yasinovataya have been heavy with 30 reported dead and more than 70 wounded since Monday.

Rebel officials also confirmed that seven of their effectives have been killed in recent fighting in Donetsk.

Fighting near Gorlovka

Overnight artillery shelling by Ukrainian forces hit targets in Zaiystevo, which if north of Gorlovka, damaging 20 residences, according to a news account in Gorlovka Pravda. The report notes rebel positions were struck with mortar, RPG and small arms fire emanating from Zhovanke.

Ukrainian militay officials say that their forces came under fire from snipers, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns.

Russian military analysts have said that Zaiystevo is almost completely surrounded by Ukrainian forces.

Chris Covert writes about foreign military issues for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com and on Twitter. You can read past articles about the 2014 war in southeastern Ukraine by clicking here.
Posted by: badanov || 03/12/2016 00:21 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
ROK on high alert against N. Korea's cyber threats
SEOUL -- The Defense Ministry convened an emergency meeting Friday of military officials in charge of cybersecurity amid growing threats from North Korea.

It was to discuss ways to deal with the North's possible cyber attacks anytime soon, ministry officials said. Vice Defense Minister Hwang In-moo presided over the session held at a video conference room in the ministry's building in central Seoul.

Recently, the secretive North has especially sought to hack the smartphones of South Korean military commanders and top government officials on national security, according to the South's state intelligence agency. The agency was quoted as telling lawmakers that some attempts were successful.

The military has already raised the stage of "INFOCON," which is an information-related defense alert system, by one notch.

"Establishing a firm cyber security posture in the national defense field is an important task at a time when North Korea, which has more than 6,800 in manpower for a cyber warfare, uses the asymmetrical means of cyberattack," said the ministry.
Posted by: Steve White || 03/12/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies


North Korea lost a submarine, defense officials say
[FOXNEWS] North Korea has a missing submarine, two defense officials told Fox News Friday.
"Good work, team. Nothing like a live fire exercise to keep up our skills."
"Yes sir! Thank you, sir!"
One official told Fox the submarine is a 70-foot Yono class "midget" submarine that is diesel powered and has a crew of two, with room for a squad of saboteurs. It was unclear who may have been onboard.

North Korea does not operate large ballistic missile submarines, such as the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class fleet.
Though it would be interesting to see them try...
Fox News has learned North Korea has not asked the United States to assist in search and rescue efforts.
Posted by: Fred || 03/12/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Kim, you lost ANOTHER submarine?
Posted by: European Conservative || 03/12/2016 2:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Think Pudge swallowed it when he was eating his Corn Flakes
Posted by: Bov Flimbers || 03/12/2016 3:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Anything is submersible, once.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2016 7:36 Comments || Top||

#4  ...1) I have no fondness for the North Koreans, but I hope that the crew went fast. That's an awful way to go.

2) I am hoping that Fat Boy and the rest of the asylum don't decide that the US/ROK didn't whack the boat as revenge for (FILL IN NORK OFFENSE HERE). With the exercise season in full blast over there, this was a bad time for this to happen.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 03/12/2016 8:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Now a minor motion picture (not starring Sean Connery):
"The Hunt For Red Kimchee"
Somewhere under north Pacific, a submarine commander has decided to defect...
Posted by: ed in texas || 03/12/2016 8:19 Comments || Top||

#6  Darned screen doors!
Posted by: Sonny Bumble7713 || 03/12/2016 8:56 Comments || Top||

#7  Does missing also mean we don't know where it is ? Even a two man sub can carry a small device. Range to ROK or Japan ports?
Pudgy is nuts after all. Even just a nuke kaboom in open ocean does make a new threat credible.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/12/2016 12:04 Comments || Top||

#8  I'd vote for a defection.
Posted by: phil_b || 03/12/2016 15:02 Comments || Top||

#9  i would not be surprised if kimel pork used this as an excuse...
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 03/12/2016 17:01 Comments || Top||


Economy
Baltic Dry Index climbs to 388, up 4
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities continued to rise on Friday helped by higher rates for panamaxes and smaller vessels.

The overall index that factors in the rates for capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize shipping vessels, was up four points, or about one percent, to 388 points. The panamax index rose 11 points, or, 2.36 percent to 477 points. Average daily earnings for panamaxes, which usually carry coal or grain cargoes of about 60,000 to 70,000 tonnes, climbed $88 to $3,827. ...
Posted by: badanov || 03/12/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is this change significant, or within normal variation around the current mean?
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/12/2016 14:41 Comments || Top||

#2  @#1: Baltic Dry Index BDIY:IND

Up a "skootch," but not by much.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 03/12/2016 17:13 Comments || Top||

#3  rail traffic amso up a tick and many more trucks; at least here on the west coast
Posted by: Clomomble Ebboluger3716 || 03/12/2016 17:42 Comments || Top||

#4  Is this change significant, or within normal variation around the current mean?

Baby steps. The BDI went down to a record low 288 just four weeks ago and appears to be recovering. It peaked at 11,700 just before Obama took office.

No one knows what a normal recovery is when this kind of economic activity shells out, but I guess we will soon see.
Posted by: badanov || 03/12/2016 18:26 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Violence and Protesters Derail Trump Rallies
h/t Instapundit
Two rallies on behalf of Republican front-runner Donald Trump were derailed on Friday evening, after violence broke out in St. Louis, Missouri, and protesters took over a would-be rally in Chicago, Illinois. Ted Cruz hit The Donald on such violence, saying his campaign bears some responsibility for encouraging it.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/12/2016 07:23 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Violence is the last refuge of the weak minded."
So, was it RINO's or ShilliaryDems that co-ordinated this? Either way, the only answer they have to the Donald.
It is sad!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 03/12/2016 8:48 Comments || Top||

#2  The Ghost of Bull Connor is deep in the opposition. Can't allow 'them' to have a free and peaceful right to assemble and have free speech. Their hate is deep and Freudian Projection.

Dear Ted, if you really believe in the Constitution, those First Amendment rights apply all around. Watching the going on's at that Selma bridge and saying the peaceful demonstrators 'bear responsibility for encouraging it' doesn't wash.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2016 9:17 Comments || Top||

#3  ‘We shut Trump down!’ Admitted terrorist Bill Ayers cheers on anti-Trump protesters in Chicago. As Monica Crowley tweets, “MoveOn, BLM, Socialists, remnants of Occupy Wall Street, Bill Ayers…Getting the band back together for 2016.”
How long before the bombs start going off?
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 03/12/2016 9:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Need more popcorn for when the gunfire starts. I'd love to see say, BLM vs the Teamsters. Maybe it'll be on pay per view?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 03/12/2016 9:57 Comments || Top||

#5  Ted Cruz is the only republican alternative to Trump, isn't he?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/12/2016 10:43 Comments || Top||

#6  Ted Cruz hit The Donald on such violence, saying his campaign bears some responsibility for encouraging it.

So much for all that "I'm all about the Constitution!" stuff, eh Ted?
Posted by: charger || 03/12/2016 10:58 Comments || Top||

#7  Hitler and Mussolini used to disrupt their political’ opponents’ meetings and speeches, Hitler’s gangs with truncheons, Mussolini’s with castor oil which they forcibly fed to opposition leaders. These tactics had been honed by the Reds before the Revolution, and were exported for use by the Communists in various parts of Europe. To the best of my knowledge there have been no such operations by Trump’s followers, but apparently there are increasing numbers of protests at his meetings. While there have always been some roughhousing and scuffles in American politics, raiding each other’s gatherings has not been traditional, with some exceptions. More usual is getting yourself thrown out of someone else’s meetings, thus getting the publicity rather than the speaker. I expect to see a lot of that in the next few weeks, and a great deal more after the conventions.

And, of course, once Trump supporters retaliate---FBI, DHS, etc... will swing into action
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/12/2016 11:07 Comments || Top||

#8  Were going to see more and more of this. MoveOn, BLM, Occupy, etc... are all organizations of the DNC. Soros may be bankrolling it but you can bet the DNC is providing the direction and organizational support. and the DNC keeps moving more and more radically left. They don't even try very hard to hide it anymore.

You wont see BLM vs the Teamsters - just as you wouldn't see the KKK vs the Black Panthers nearly as often as you might expect. They are simply different arms of the same organization. Carefully kept somewhat seperate so they can concentrate on their real enemy.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/12/2016 12:09 Comments || Top||

#9  This is just bad for both sides. Trump invites it with his inflammatory rhetoric, but BLM and other left wing grievance mongers play right into it.

This is a dumpster fire, and as Trump gets closer to the nomination, its only going to get worse.

Wait until Hillary gets indicted and it become Bernie's Socialists running on the D side. Obama's mentor Ayers the Terrorist will be queuing them up.

There goes free speech. Goons on one side beat up Goons on the other side, and sooner or later nobody can speak.
Posted by: Tarzan Speaking for Boskone7102 || 03/12/2016 12:14 Comments || Top||

#10  Trump invites it with his inflammatory rhetoric

You mean like secure borders, Islam is not a friend of the West, the Chinese have manipulated the currency and trade market? Remember, acknowledging the concerns of the general population rather than the ruling caste is inflammatory. The minions might get excited and not remember their proper place.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2016 12:31 Comments || Top||

#11  BLM. Black Liberation Movement.
Posted by: Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 || 03/12/2016 12:36 Comments || Top||

#12  So your saying that Trump should 'go along to get along' and go along with open borders, Islamization, etc...

Just like the RNC establishment... After all it's worked so well so far....

/SARC
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/12/2016 12:42 Comments || Top||

#13  I don't like Trump. As far as I can tell he doesn't really stand for anything and I doubt he knows how to spell political philosophy.

HOWEVER, there comes a time when someone has to throw a hornets nest into the Hampton tea party and I think this is what he's doing.
I hoped Ted would do it first but, his last week or two have me worried.

I doubt that Trump, if elected, will be any worse than the Demonrats or Rinos and possibly a lot better. I'm holding out hope that Cruz wins and proves to be what he started out being. but who knows now.
Posted by: AlanC || 03/12/2016 13:13 Comments || Top||

#14  Protester rushed Trump today and grabbed him by the leg at Dayton, Ohio before the Secret Service could react.
Posted by: Grampaw Snurt4931 || 03/12/2016 13:23 Comments || Top||

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#18  Protester rushed Trump today and grabbed him by the leg at Dayton, Ohio
I watched the end of this event on live streaming. As Trump made his way to his plane he was ringed by 2 layers of security men, all looking outward. Somehow there was still a little interaction between Trump and the crowd.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/12/2016 14:05 Comments || Top||

#19  "Protester rushed Trump today and grabbed him by the leg at Dayton, Ohio before the Secret Service could react."

Are you sure it's not "would react," #14 GS? >:-(
Posted by: Barbara || 03/12/2016 14:10 Comments || Top||

#20  The idiots and ruling class (I know I'm being redundant, the Venn Diagram overlaps a lot) can't fathom that 'taking him out' might just be the match that lights the fire. Keep up the rhetoric calling him a fascist, a Hitler, et al. It's all rationalization in lying to oneself to signal your 'virtue' when such an event occurs.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2016 14:15 Comments || Top||

#21  Did somebody mention Bill Ayers?


Seems the old Bolshevik showed up at a protest against Trump yesterday in Chicago. You know that Trump is onto something when vermin like this come out of the wood work.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/12/2016 14:43 Comments || Top||

#22  I would not be torn if T gets elected and allows Chicago to be part of Canada.
Posted by: Beau || 03/12/2016 14:58 Comments || Top||

#23  Ah, well, I remember heckling Hubert Humphrey when he campaigned for president in San Diego back in 1968. He never would have made it to the general election if Bobby Kennedy hadn't been shot in June of '68 in LA and then he went down to defeat at the hands of Richard Nixon. Old Hubie, of course, was tainted by his association with Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War. The way I saw it, that mess had been going on way too long by then and I had no desire to participate. Apart from that, I took a rather dim view of the Great Society. Guns and butter, surtaxes and deficit spending...even in high school that didn't seem right. Hubie spoke at a rally outside the downtown Community Concourse and I stood with some pals at the fringe of a crowd that was gathered to hear him. I made a few snide remarks, might have even booed him, but threw no punches. Nobody paid me or organized me. I just didn't like the guy and Nixon promised peace. Fun times...not.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/12/2016 15:24 Comments || Top||

#24  PS

Hubie, that Happy Warrior, smiled and seem good natured about it. He made some remark about "those protesters". He did not call for us to be removed. I don't think there were enough of us to bother him. Not like earlier that summer in Chicago.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/12/2016 15:31 Comments || Top||

#25  In 1944, Humphrey was one of the key players in the merger of the Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties of Minnesota to form the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). The same year, he worked on incumbent President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's reelection campaign in the 1944 presidential election. When in 1945, Minnesota Communists tried to seize control of the new party, Humphrey became an engaged anti-Communist and led the successful fight to oust the Communists from the DFL. - wiki

Yep, they got their revenge in '68.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2016 16:09 Comments || Top||

#26  Some would approve:



Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 03/12/2016 17:29 Comments || Top||

#27  From LEO standpoint, Questions About Last Night
Posted by: newc || 03/12/2016 18:29 Comments || Top||

#28  @#27: Great, although a little depressing, link.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 03/12/2016 20:51 Comments || Top||

#29  Dayton protester who tried to grab Trump had ties to Islamic State.

Three protesters, young men, in the Chicago venue wore t-shirts with the words "I am Muslim".
Posted by: Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 || 03/12/2016 23:28 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Pentagon Mad Scientists Make F-16 Even More Lethal
How to train an F16 to release, using the standard chaff dispenser, a swarm of mini-drones that can link to each other and work in unison to defeat an opposing air defense system. Or other things...
Posted by: Steve White || 03/12/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...Lawn Darts rule....

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 03/12/2016 8:07 Comments || Top||

#2  The swarm cometh.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/12/2016 15:46 Comments || Top||

#3  back in the day the F-16 beat what would be ome the F-18 i every test the navy had. but they wanted 2 motors so even though the 16 was a good replacement for the A-7 the lawn dart got the job.

check out ghe book pentagon paradox if you dont believe me.0
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 03/12/2016 17:09 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Retaking America: Crushing Political Correctness
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/12/2016 15:37 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:



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