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-Land of the Free
Village Idiot Victimized (Again) BY Joo Cabal
In late breaking news, Frazier Glenn Miller (aka Glenn Cross) , who failed to properly “(b)e certain of his target, and what lies beyond it.” * has been convicted of of Murder, Attempted Murder, and various other charges, stemming from the Kansas City Jewish Center shootings last year.

The trial now moves into the “Penalty Phase”, where Mr. Miller may receive the death penalty.

Miller was most disappointed in the results of his trial, especially being effectively denied the venerable and effective ” Shape-Shifting Reptiloid, International Bankster, Talmudist, Christ-Killers had it coming” defense.

He punctuated his displeasure at the verdict with a Nazi salute.

* Miller's hapless victims; William Corporon, 69, Corporon’s 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood, and Terri LaManno, 53, were all … gentiles.
Posted by: badanov || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
Is the Bundeswehr dying?
Posted by: ryuge || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Once all the Germans were warlike and mean"
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/02/2015 0:48 Comments || Top||

#2  German was not so much 'unified' in the 19th Century as much as annexed by Prussia. Prussia had a long history of feudalism and militarism. The German states to the west, were by and large, small states of princes and bishops with limited powers and reach, but very little centralization. At the end of WWII, Prussia was dissolved and its remnants sat on by the other historical autocratic eastern state, Russia. West Germany was basically the Rhineland states, which while German and having some martial history was one that was generally subservient to bigger players (more for hiring out). A lot of Prussian culture was pounded out of many Germans by the RAF, the 8th Army Air Force, and Soviet artillery. There's not the 'will' that used to be within the culture to 'serve' in the old Junkers style and capacity. So, when the opportunity presented itself for a 'peace dividend', the whole thing was pushed aside for 'other priorities'. Besides, the Americans would always be there to die and pay for NATO.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/02/2015 7:50 Comments || Top||

#3  They've been neutered since the reunification, so yeah, as a combat force, they are not viable.
Posted by: OldSpook || 09/02/2015 10:53 Comments || Top||

#4  By neutered, I mean like a steer - still have the horns but not the ... Will to use them.
Posted by: OldSpook || 09/02/2015 11:23 Comments || Top||

#5  Nothing is forever.
Posted by: Iblis || 09/02/2015 14:40 Comments || Top||

#6  The Cold War saying was that NATO was in serious trouble iff anything = Soviet Bloc/PACT forces ever broke through the Fulda Gap + the then-West German Army.

I see no reason for NATO-EU to stop arguing that roughly 10% of these Muslim Migrants-Refugees are likely dedicated, disguised Hard Boy elements = Fifth Columnists, etc. using the legit sufferring of these same Migrants-Refugees as cover.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 09/02/2015 20:39 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Talk of war
[DAWN] THE emotions against India find ever more powerful expressions at all kinds of forums with the passage of time. Many Paks angered at the reports of Indian aggression on the borders are keen on letting their neighbour know that they are not overawed by the persistent firing from the other side that has led to the loss of precious lives here. In fact, the instinct is to outdo the other in issuing menacing threats. Understandable as the ire against India's aggressive tactics is, it has a very intimidating effect on those who have taken upon them the arduous and very risky job of warning people against the dangers inherent in war, war-mongering or even pure brinkmanship. It is difficult to advise restraint to a media person who is bent upon mocking the enemy in the crudest of manners. If this task puts one's own patriotism to the severest of tests, provocative remarks by responsible appointees of the state cast a gloom from which there is no escape.

Take Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who has reacted with much sound and fury to the Indian provocation along the Working Boundary in recent days -- with some pointing out that his anti-India, 'pro-war' outpourings are an attempt to wipe off the residue of any unacceptable remarks he might have mistakenly made in the past. Whatever the case, one hopes that the realisation will dawn that the minister's portfolio is a sensitive one and that he should be a little more circumspect in his choice of words without, in any way, betraying a defensive mindset. The defence minister has every right to be outraged by the Indian aggression and attitude. But his allusions to the possible use of nuclear weapons time and again, and especially when tensions are so high, are not needed and must be avoided. The message was already conveyed when the trust was reposed in the Pakistain military's ability to teach any adventurer a lesson that would be hard to forget.
Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  Pakistan has LOST all its wars with India. Go look it up.

Pakis are stupid and they don't learn . They are ( words fail me ) some of the worst soldiers in the Universe. They are Baghdad Bob with his fly open in combat.

Monkeys could do better than Paks. If you are allowed to go for a drive up along the LOC you are never out of visual contact with Indian troops. Indian troops are all over the place up there. Ever fought Gurkhas ? Ever fought Sikhs ? Ever faced Indian Armor and been on the business end?

Pakis are not bright. You almost feel sorry for them. India can and will kill you up there. The stupid do not live to be old.
I repeat Moslem Pakistan is Baghdad Bob with his fly open.
Posted by: Beldar Pelosi9647 || 09/02/2015 3:41 Comments || Top||

#2  They've nukes now.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/02/2015 8:39 Comments || Top||

#3  g(r)om, nukes just mean that the loss will be much more tragic and potentially disastrous for the entire world.
Posted by: AlanC || 09/02/2015 10:26 Comments || Top||

#4  g(r)om, nukes just mean that the loss will be much more tragic and potentially disastrous for the entire world

They are psychos, AC---hoping, since Indians are sane, to buffalo India.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/02/2015 10:30 Comments || Top||

#5  First Indian targets are those nukes. Counterforce. You can bet money on that - and the huge casualties involved. If Pakistain starts a fight, India will ensure that no country called "Pakistan" exists.
Posted by: OldSpook || 09/02/2015 10:51 Comments || Top||

#6  If India waits until winter, the prevailing winds will be from the north instead of the west.
Posted by: Pappy || 09/02/2015 11:58 Comments || Top||

#7  Friend of mine served with Pakistani soldiers in Haiti. They were abysmal peacekeepers more interested in chasing down young boys than doing the barest minimum required for their job.

When it came out that North Korea had assisted Pakistan with their nuke plan India should have let it be known that if a nuke were ever launched at India that North Korea would also be targeted. Might have convinced a few North Korean technicians to tie off a fuel line or something during a service call.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/02/2015 15:43 Comments || Top||

#8  The new ISIS/ISIL presence in Afghanistan + OWG Co-Supepower Iran expansion of influence into West, Central Asiais is seemingly upsetting the post-9-11, Bush 43 + Bammer-led "status quo" as per AFPAK + Jimmu-Kashmir-Arunuchal Pradesh issues.

IMO ALL SIDES - INDIA, PAK, + CHINA etaL. - ARE NOW LOOKING OR WANTING THESE ON-GOING ISSUES TO BE FINALLY + PERMANENTLY RESOLVED ASAP.

This may not end well, as the next INDO-PAK war will likely be NUCLEAR + ALSO INVOLVE CHINA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 09/02/2015 20:59 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Ominous silence among Thai insurgents about Erawan bombing
Posted by: ryuge || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
The Truth About Congressional Pro-Israel Theater
...The pro-Israel politics of Republican presidents, like the rest of their conservative ideological commitments, is more talk than reality. You can get a Republican president to say nice things about Israel, small government, the value of life, religious freedom and all that, but you can't get him to do anything about it, like moving the embassy, ending the funding of terrorism or ending the pressure on Israel to comply with assorted PLO demands. That and 5 bucks might get you a cup of coffee on Capitol Hill.

When I encourage Jews to go Republican, it's not because it will usher in a glorious pro-Israel era. It's because being associated with a Democratic Party dancing to the fiddle of the left is deeply corrosive. Being around the left is damaging. It's a destructive movement that poisons everything it touches.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/02/2015 16:20 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "The Republican Party tells conservatives what they want to hear while taking its marching orders from an infrastructure of advisers, experts and consultants who urge it to implement the same old bad ideas while lying to the public."

The Congressional GOP must like what Obama has done since they have done nothing to stop him.
Posted by: Javise Greath3056 || 09/02/2015 17:05 Comments || Top||

#2  The Congressional GOP actively supported Obama by passing the failure theater bill.

This amounted to a de facto ratification with not really plausible deniability.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 09/02/2015 17:50 Comments || Top||

#3  what do you propose that they should have done?
Obama has the power of the veto, and can prevent any action, as long as his robots go along with him. The present deal at least allows the republicans to blame the democrats for supporting it.
Could they have done better? they feared that Obama would go ahead with the deal without congress at all, and the press would protect him.
And what have you done to stop it? Well, you are doing your best to put the Republicans down and so insure that the left wing democrats stay in power. Unless you are a democrat troll, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Posted by: Grins Snese4215 || 09/02/2015 21:17 Comments || Top||

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Wed 2015-09-02
  Egypt seizes 5 Muslim Brotherhood affiliated publishing houses
Tue 2015-09-01
  150 Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Military Operation
Mon 2015-08-31
  ISIS destroys part of another ancient temple in Syria's Palmyra
Sun 2015-08-30
  Local Syrian ceasefires break down as shelling resumes
Sat 2015-08-29
  Chad Sentences 10 Suspected Boko Haram Members to Death
Fri 2015-08-28
  Drone Strike in Nangarhar Kills 4 Taliban Commanders
Thu 2015-08-27
  IS Suicide Bombing Kills 2 Iraqi Army Generals in Anbar
Wed 2015-08-26
  Over 60 Taliban Insurgents Killed In Musa Qala Clashes
Tue 2015-08-25
  31 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Foreign Troops Air Strikes in Helmand
Mon 2015-08-24
  Four Qaeda suspects killed by 'US drone' in Yemen
Sun 2015-08-23
  Israel hits Syrian targets following rocket fire it says was ordered by Iran
Sat 2015-08-22
  IS No. 2 killed in Mosul
Fri 2015-08-21
  Two Americans overpower gunman (of Moroccan origin) in France train shooting
Thu 2015-08-20
  Foreign suspect sought in Bangkok bombing
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  ISIS Beheads Elderly Archeologist In Palmyra, Syrian Official Says


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