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You can't help but notice the news black out. Give the FBI credit for pulling this off when the media is focused on the primary.
I wonder if we will ever see a video from a LEO vehicle.
As far as a snitch, it was well known they were concerned about informants.
All this smells fishy. I seriously doubt that a lot of the good old boys out west will forget about this anytime soon.
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In the upcomming YouTube sensation 'The Legend of LaVoy", Finnicum will no doubt be portrayed as a heroic martyr for the cause. Reality suggests it was just another example of God chlorinating the gene pool.
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Depot guy, a lot of these ranchers do have legitimate complaints and their land rights, especially along the Red River in Texas, are being taken by the BLM. In the Red River area this land has been owned for generations.
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I agree that the US Gov't has been highhanded in its treatment of many of the ranchers, but on the specific subject of this man's death, the video is pretty clear. He was trying to pull a handgun from his jacket pocket with his right hand, while holding the jacket with his left. This action wasn't a surprise, since his previous statements were that he would fight rather than submit to arrest. You can make a case that he died for something important to him, but to suggest that the authorities murdered him without cause is just foolish and lessens the credibility of anything else you might say. If the cops confront an armed subject -doing their job - and the man pulls a gun, then the consequences are predictable and entirely the fault of the person being arrested. He could have gone to court, stayed back at the preserve, lots of things. Trying to shoot a cop is a non-started as far as I'm concerned.
From the executive summary:
• Across multiple games using a wide range of expert
participants playing both sides, the longest it has taken
Russian forces to reach the outskirts of Tallinn and Riga
is 60 hours.
• Such a rapid defeat would leave NATO with a limited
number of options, all bad.
• Having a force of about seven brigades, including three
heavy armored brigades—adequately supported by
airpower, land-based fires, and other enablers on the
ground and ready to fight at the onset of hostilities—
might prevent such an outcome.
• While not sufficient for a sustained defense of the
region or to restore NATO members’ territorial integrity,
such a posture would fundamentally change the
strategic picture from Moscow. I think the contention that the Russian Army could take the Baltics in 60 hours or less is optimistic. I think it would take them at least a week, if the breaks all went their way.
Going for a country drive atop a T-72 tank, they could possibly arrive in Vilnius inside of 60 hours, but with Russian army logistics stuck in the 1940s, plenty of reasons exist why they won't. Just three crippled tanks from mechanical failure alone would be enough to affect the combat readiness of a tank battalion, or to stop it cold.
A recent study by western militaries concluded that they were wrong about the Russians continuing with their air campaign in Syria; that their rust bucket navy was a better than they thought. If you saw all the money and effort being poured into surface combatants and the Russian navy, you well would understand why they have performed so well to date.
The Russians should have learned after WWII and from observing our recent military attacks in Iraq, it is one thing to drive armored forces into an area, and moved your rifles there and establish order, but it is another matter altogether to hold your gains.
[Breitbart] Citing new data just received today, long time pollster Pat Caddell called this year's primary, "A pre-revolutionary moment and I think we've passed into something bigger," he added.
Caddell made the comments today to Breitbart News Daily host Stephen K. Bannon.
Citing the data, said Caddell, "It's unbelievable. This country has left the building if you will on the political establishment, on America in trouble and in decline." Caddell also noted that, just as with the last debate minus front runner Donald Trump, none of those themes really get "hammered" without him.
"This is what it would have looked like without the insurgents having arrived," said Caddell, meaning a 2016 Republican primary without candidates like Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ben Carson. Caddell predicted a big turnout in Iowa.
He also cited Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as proof of an insurgency of sorts on the Democrat side. The entire interview can be heard below.
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Pat Caddell is one rare bird: probably one of the last Scoop Jackson-class Democrats extant. I recall a youtube video where he denounced the Obama AG as more corrupt than John Mitchell of the Nixon administration.
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I call it a soft revolution. The great thing about a democracy is the people can revolt without guns and death.
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"An America in trouble and in decline" > D *** NG IT, DON'T FERGIT AN AMERICA = AMERIKA THAT IS ALSO IN UNILATERAL OR SELF-IMPOSED STRATEGIC RETREAT = FALLBACK AROUND THE WORLD, FROM POST-COLD WAR/9-11 "SOLE" GLOBAL SUPERPOWER TO RESTRICT ITSELF INTO BEING JUST ONE OF SEVERAL OR MANY P-A-R JOINT OR "CO-SUPERPOWERS" IN THE WORLD = NWO.
Giving up 1/2 of the Pacific + 1/2 of the Atlantic, + limiting itself to CONUS-NORAM + OWG North American Union + Similar.
As the OWG Globies + aligned intended, so that "Co-Superpowers" Russia, China, + Iran, Other? can rise to lead or domiante the OWG Global Federal Union(s) being set up in their regions or continents.
The "American Dream" of our Parents + Grandparents, etc. is now the Pro-Socialist, Pro-OWG "Amerikan Dream" + "North American/Amerikan Dream" - WE ARE ALL MEXICANS + CANADIANS + GREENLANDERS NOW UNDER OWG + NAU.
OOOPPPPPSIES, my bad, I forgot that as Canadians + Greenlanders now, OWG NAU Amerika has to give up 1/2 or more of the ARCTIC SEAS = ARCTIC + NORTH POLE REGIONS???
BLUF: Unconventional warfare, whether conducted by the United States or Russia or any other state seeking to advance national interests through Gray Zone proxy warfare, has a rich history but continues to evolve to meet changing global conditions. One certainty in a world of continuing disorder, a world bereft of Cold War clarity and relative "stability," where globalization has enabled almost continuous change, is that the UW mission must continue to adapt and so must those responsible for executing it.
U.S. forces can likely have the greatest chance for success in Gray Zone UW operations when engaged early in a resistance movement's development and continuously thereafter. As demonstrated in the U.S. operation to support Afghanistan's Northern Alliance in 2001, however, it can also succeed with relatively mature and experienced resistance groups, when a benefactor state's support might be just enough to tip the scales in favor of a movement that has been largely stalemated.
One remaining requirement is that of determining what Gray Zone UW success looks like and establishing meaningful criteria for measuring the effectiveness of such operations. The very concept of "winning" must be fundamentally reexamined in the context of a future environment where we will likely not commit large military formations in decisive engagements against similarly armed foes.
A Gray Zone "win" is not a win in the classic warfare sense. Winning is perhaps better described as maintaining the U.S. Government's positional advantage, namely the ability to influence partners, populations, and threats toward achievement of our regional or strategic objectives. Specifically, this will mean retaining decision space, maximizing desirable strategic options, or simply denying an adversary a decisive positional advantage.
In these human-centric struggles, our successes cannot be solely our own in that they must be largely defined and accomplished by our indigenous friends and coalition partners as they realize respectively acceptable political outcomes. Successful culmination of Gray Zone conflicts will not be marked by pomp and ceremony, but rather should, ideally, pass with little or no fanfare or indication of our degree of involvement.
History has shown that no two UW situations or solutions are identical, thus rendering cookie-cutter responses not only meaningless but also often counterproductive. Planners and operators most in demand in this difficult task will be those capable of thinking critically and creatively, warriors unhindered by the need for continuous and detailed guidance. Such special operators will be most capable of performing critical UW tasks under politically sensitive conditions, ensuring that they can serve, in the tradition of their Jedburgh predecessors, as true warrior-diplomats.
[DAWN] CULTURAL and societal values, prejudices and customs tend to be accepted unquestioningly and reflected in all aspects of society. Often, they are also resistant to change. Society, during the course of its evolution, has treated women as inferior, with matriarchal societies a rare exception.
Despite the development of complex and sophisticated social structures, women have been consigned to the periphery. Even in the West, more specifically the US, which stands as the standard bearer for women's emancipation, the right to vote was pledged after decades of struggle in 1912 by the forerunners of modern-day feminists.
Hence, it is only to be expected that governance structures have been dominated by a patriarchal set-up and led by men with a vested interest in sustaining male hegemony. Indeed, the impact of this culturally sanctioned male dominance on the justice system can be so overwhelming that even the best of legislation remains open to distorted implementation.
The most important area of the present complex governance structure in Pakistain is the criminal justice system, with the front office being the cop shoppe, which is the locus of interaction between the institution and the common man across the country. Male chauvinism and hegemonic practices therefore have a strong influence on the biased behaviour of police towards women.
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[DAWN] THE bombings near the revered Syeda Zainab shrine outside Damascus on Sunday, in which at least 70 people have reportedly been killed, are a disturbing provocation clearly designed to sabotage the nascent peace talks under way in Geneva between the Syrian government and opposition, and widen sectarian fissures. While the shrine itself was not damaged, the area around it was devastated. The iconic structure has been targeted before. The bad boyIslamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group has claimed the attack; considering that the mosque serves as the locus for Hezbollah and other Shia militias active in Syria, as well as pilgrims, it is one of the most sensitive locations in the Syrian theatre. The threat of communal violence that targeting such a significant religious structure can unleash should not be underestimated. For example, the 2006 bombing of the Al Askari mosque in Samarra triggered a horrific wave of sectarian violence that ripped Iraqi society apart, and the repercussions of which are still being felt.
The Syrian quagmire has already acquired an ugly sectarian colour. Attacks such as these will only fuel the fires of communal violence now burning in many parts of the Middle East. That is why it is essential that the UN-sponsored peace talks being held in Geneva make progress. Of course, the Syrian conflict is an incredibly complex one, with internal and external actors pursuing varying agendas. However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... unless the negotiation teams of both the Syrian government and opposition display the intention to move the grinding of the peace processor forward and make compromises, little can be expected from the talks. One key issue is that the opposition seems divided and unsure of what to do. The Saudi-backed Higher Negotiating Committee only joined the talks at the last minute while for obvious reasons, the bad boy opposition, consisting of IS, Al-Nusra and others of their ilk, are not at the table. Expectedly, both the regime and the opposition have taken maximalist positions; these must be loosened for there to be progress.
It would help matters immensely if both sides announced an immediate ceasefire, which would bring relief to the hapless Syrian population. However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... as both sides argue over the details of how to permanently end the conflict and establish a government acceptable to all sides, they must agree on one point: there must be a united front against murderous Moslem groups -- thought this is difficult as some of the 'moderate' rebels have fought alongside the murderous Moslem fighters. The UN 'road map' for peace as envisaged in a recent Security Council resolution can only be implemented if Syria's warring factions -- as well as regional and international players -- agree to make it work. Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Iran and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... have a significant role in making this happen. Establishing peace in Syria is incredibly difficult, but not impossible if the principal domestic and foreign players choose to work towards it.
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are a disturbing provocation
As opposed to what? The chemical weapons use? The 15 terrorist groups civil war? The Russian/Iranian invasion?
Interesting article from the Daily Beast. If you wanted to make a study of hit pieces, this would probably be the lead piece in Hitting 101. It's one of the vilest pieces of greasy innuendo I've seen. Just for startsies...
While Trump may publicly reject their support, "He rejects their support but we know that in his heart he loves them true."
he is certainly helping them Since they eat, so's Dairy Queen helping them. Damn Dairy Queen anyway. Racists, that's what they are...
when he retweets messages from WhiteGenocideTM, a pro-Hitler Twitter user who has posted interviews with Holocaust deniers and is fervently behind the GOP’s frontrunner. What was the content of the messages?
Also on the coattails: Thom Robb’s Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Arkansas-based group that has recommended Trump’s opposition to brown-skinned immigrants and Muslim refugees as a great conversation-starter. It is. If you've got a malaria problem, start the conversation with mosquitoes.
The Occidental Quarterly, a journal of white-nationalist thought, has declared the real-estate mogul’s candidacy “a game-changer.” We think the same on Rantburg, which may throw us into seedy company, but we do have empirical data...
And then there’s the American National Super PAC, which is paying for the wave of robo-calls that are ringing in Iowans’ living rooms in support of Trump. Betcha the Iowans hate the robocalls more than they hate the originators, though they'd be happy to lynch the originators to stop the calls...
Phone solicitations likely won’t budge the needle much for the GOP caucuses in Iowa. ... since robocalls are a stench and an abomination...
Yet, they might mean more for the fortunes of these white nationalists. Tar and feathers, perhaps...
These are no ordinary racists and bigots. No, no!
They wail that the period of white supremacy and domination has ended in the United States—voting-rights laws and other civil-rights measures that enforced the 14th Amendment’s dictum to bring “equality before the law” sealed that deal for them. Suggested the 14th Amendment might be imperfect, did they?
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Makes slaves and Indians citizens. If you're here illegally, by the way, you're not legitimately subject to U.S. jurisdiction.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Extends equal protection of the law.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But including Injuns who pay taxes...
But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. Deals with active supporters of the Confederacy.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. Deals with officers of the Confederacy.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. Creditors of the Confederacy get squat.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Most say they believe “the Jews” disenfranchised whites. I have never in my life heard anyone say that, though I'm sure somebody, somewhere, has. I once had a fellow tell me that Catholics kept guns in their church basements, and that the Knights of Columbus were the officers for the army of insurrection that would impose Catholicism as the mandatory state religion.
Now, with immigration feeding a demographic transformation that will turn white people into a minority alongside other minorities, white-ists
White-ists? Oh dear.
fear that it will be near impossible for them to come back to power. Two of the Republican challengers have Hispanic names. Ben Carson is, if you look closely, black. There are three Dem contenders: one is an old white male, with an old, tired agenda. One is an old, tired female, with an old, tired agenda insofar as she has one. One is a younger white male who in his time as governor of Maryland, where I live, passed a tax on rain and another on toilet flushes. Trump buys politicians by the half dozen. If he gave enough money to the editorial board of the Daily Beast they'd take their pants off and roll over.
To survive, most of these movement groups say they require a whites-only nation state on a piece of the territory that once constituted the United States. I've never heard that argument from anyone white, though probably there are people who're dumb enough to come up with it. Like various black "liberation" movements here in the not so recent past.
Yet they are divided over a strategy to get there. The political-action types seek a grip on the mainstream of white American thought. The Noble Souls at the Daily Beast are holding out.
Others, like Dylann Roof, who is charged with killing nine black church attendees in Charleston, South Carolina, last June, are “vanguardists,” who prefer to just use guns in hope of starting a race war. (Roof has pleaded not guilty.) I'm not sure what a guy who can't even spell his first name correctly and has been in jug from before even this interminable campaign started, has anything to do with Donald Trump.
The remainder of the piece is similarly "ugh." If it's not taught in political science classrooms then the educational system has punched through bottom.
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To survive, most of these movement groups say they require a whites-only nation state on a piece of the territory that once constituted the United States.
The 1920's are calling. They want their white hood back.
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Rolling stone - quality sources. Too pitch perfect to actually exist outside of the author's mind.
These "White-ists" I suspect are the embodiment of the authors own unacceptable opinions projected on to "others" she doesn't like. (the lumpen proletariat that isn't able to afford the tuition at the high end school the author went to)
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Remember if you're not with them then you're all Nazis (not that they understand what National Socialists Workers Party really was). It's the Left's "N" word.
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Leonard Zeskind is an American human rights activist, and president of the Institute for Research & Education of Human Rights (IREHR).[1]
He worked in industry for thirteen years. Since 1982, he has been a community activist and human rights advocate. He is known for his research into extreme right, racist, and anti-Semitic organizations in the United States.
He is a lifetime member of the NAACP, and has served on the board of directors of the Petra Foundation, and the Kansas City Jewish Community Relations Bureau.
1998 MacArthur Fellows Program award
surprising, his head doesn't taper like most pieces of shit
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
