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Strikes kill Qaeda spokesman, militants in Syria
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Kim Philby: I got away with treachery 'because I was upper class'
[Guardian] Kim Philby, Britain's most notorious cold war traitor, told an audience of East German spies after his defection that he was able to avoid being rumbled for so long because he had been "born into the British governing class".
The chutzpah, the bold imperiousness, providing classified documents to unauthorized sources. Sound like anyone we know ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2016 05:35 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If ever there was a case for the death penalty, Mr. Philby was it.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 04/04/2016 11:36 Comments || Top||

#2  ZOOOOOOMG, PHILBY STILL ALIVE!?

This brings back memories.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 04/04/2016 21:46 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Hildebeest: 'The Unborn Person Has no Human Rights.'
[Wash Times] Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton ran afoul of both the pro-life and pro-choice sides of the abortion debate Sunday when she said constitutional rights do not apply to an "unborn person" or "child."

"The unborn person doesn't have constitutional rights," Mrs. Clinton said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "Now that doesn't mean that we don't do everything we possibly can in the vast majority of instances to, you know, help a mother who is carrying a child and wants to make sure that child will be healthy, to have appropriate medical support."

Mrs. Clinton also said "there is room for reasonable kinds of restrictions" on abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2016 02:15 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A human? A person? No, no, nothing like that. We're nearly certain it's a chicken.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2016 2:27 Comments || Top||

#2  What about the 4th trimester?
Posted by: Unusomp Bucket3292 || 04/04/2016 3:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Pools show Hillary loosing the "female vote" to Sanders?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/04/2016 4:01 Comments || Top||

#4  280th trimester?
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/04/2016 9:28 Comments || Top||

#5  So says the ambling couch monster:



Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 04/04/2016 9:39 Comments || Top||

#6  You can use whatever PC terminology you want but we're still talking about human life.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 04/04/2016 11:38 Comments || Top||

#7  And you can say whatever you want about Bernie Sander but he's keeping pressure on the Beest which, it would seem, is beginning to make her very uncomfortable.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 04/04/2016 11:39 Comments || Top||

#8  The way to answer this is to say "Right, cause it's your property." When they agree, point out that slaves are property too and as the party of slavery, the moral alignment is the same. Slaves and property are theirs to destroy.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 04/04/2016 20:51 Comments || Top||


Sanders leads Clinton in Wisconsin ahead of crucial vote: Poll
[Iran Press TV]
Posted by: Fred || 04/04/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Again, the MSM-Net is all gaga or hyped on the threat of a GOP brokered convention, but you can hear the crickets = silence when it comes to the Dem Convention facing the same threat.

D *** NG IT, PEOPLE - BE QUIET, QUIET NOW, I SAID QUIET - I'M TRYING TO HEAR THE CRICKETS!

[YANKEE DOODLE GRASSHOPPER here].

lol.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 04/04/2016 0:29 Comments || Top||

#2  That's because they know the fix is in vis SuperDeligates.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 04/04/2016 1:05 Comments || Top||

#3  The Sanders run isn't a run, it's a kabuki dance.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2016 1:11 Comments || Top||

#4  As I believe Trump's run is in the tank for Hil/Bil, Mr. B.

All the world is a stage.......
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/04/2016 11:23 Comments || Top||


Trump urges Kasich to quit presidential race
[Iran Press TV]
Posted by: Fred || 04/04/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "You're fired!"
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/04/2016 4:06 Comments || Top||

#2  ..I think the voters did that already. However, the 'cool kids' who run the place have other ideas.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/04/2016 9:55 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 04/04/2016 10:32 Comments || Top||


‘I did not compare Trump to Hitler,’ Sanders says
[Iran Press TV]
Posted by: Fred || 04/04/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Maybe not, but I may compare you to Stalin.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/04/2016 0:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Trotsky, surely.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/04/2016 3:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Or Pol Pot, IMO Trotsky didn't get an opportunity.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/04/2016 4:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Trump's a socialist?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 04/04/2016 8:47 Comments || Top||

#5  Gee, Bernie, the only candidate I've heard use nationalism and socialism together was you.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/04/2016 12:43 Comments || Top||

#6  Sanders is clearly closer to Hitler, with his desire to control everything and his Brown Shirts trying to shut down opposing (Trump) political rallies.
Posted by: BigJonC || 04/04/2016 17:03 Comments || Top||


Let ultra-liberal business owners in ultra-expensive San Francisco tell you about minimum wage
Not enough 'pro' between the 'quid' and the 'quo'...
The same day they voted to raise the minimum wage, five Democratic lawmakers received big campaign checks from a local union of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the group that pressured lawmakers for the wage bill, according to documents filed with the state.

The SEIU Local 1000 Candidate PAC made election contributions of $8,500 each to Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount), former Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Alameda) and Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose). The local also gave a $4,200 campaign contribution to Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento).

All of those Democrats voted for the measure.

All of the contributions were made Thursday, the same day the Assembly and Senate approved a bill that would raise the minimum wage in California to $15 an hour over the next six years, according to the campaign finance report.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 04/04/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That $15 an hour PLUS unemployment insurance, workers comp, and the employer's portion of social security costs to the employer.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/04/2016 9:53 Comments || Top||

#2  So add another ~14.5% PLUS medical insurance (if provided), retirement packages (if provided), education (if provided), mileage (if required, etc.

Don't forget that union dues and 'market recovery' programs are based on the area's minimum wage. That means that the union folks already making the perceived 'big bucks' will see increases in their contributions to the local/national 'brotherhoods'. The rank-and-file probably weren't told this during the run-up by their local union leaders, however.

The list goes on.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/04/2016 11:21 Comments || Top||

#3  How many hamburgers will an $8500 campaign contribution buy after the price hikes take place?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 04/04/2016 11:44 Comments || Top||

#4  EU6305, probably about 2 or 3.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 04/04/2016 15:32 Comments || Top||

#5  They sold out cheap.
Posted by: Iblis || 04/04/2016 17:52 Comments || Top||

#6  They sold out cheap.

They always do. It's really amazing.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 04/04/2016 18:33 Comments || Top||



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