House conservatives moved on Tuesday to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen over allegations that he misled investigators over the agency's inappropriate targeting of Tea Party groups.
Rep. John Fleming, R-La., introduced the resolution to impeach Koskinen on Tuesday afternoon. "[Koskinen] engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with his duties as an officer of the United States," Fleming said on the floor.
The filing of the resolution is the culmination of years of investigation into how and why the IRS applied extra scrutiny of Tea Party groups that filed for tax-exempt status. His impeachment is chiefly favored by members of the House Freedom Caucus, who forced John Boehner into retirement last year, but it has spread beyond the caucus to include House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and others who believe Koskinen oversaw the destruction of evidence that lawmakers were seeking as they investigated the targeting scandal.
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Obama is the head of the snake but basically he's untouchable at this point, you'd just make a martyr out of him.
I'd like to get the folks who carried out the unconstitutional tasks, give them serious jail time if possible, take their pensions otherwise, to send the message to the next two-bit lackey who thinks they're protected and above the law.
[The Hill] The former State Department employee who set up Hillary Clinton's private email server did not appear before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday morning, despite a subpoena to testify on the deletion of some of Clinton's emails.
Bryan Pagliano exercised his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in 2015. He was also reportedly awarded an immunity deal during the FBI’s now-closed investigation into Clinton’s server.
"It's a serious matter. Mr. Pagliano has chosen to evade a subpoena duly issued by the committee. I will consult with counsel and my colleagues to consider a full range of options available to address Mr. Pagliano’s failure to appear," Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said.
"He should be here. When you are served a subpoena by the United States Congress, that is not optional," he said.
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) suggested that contempt of Congress could be an option for the Committee.
A former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and two IT specialists associated with Hillary Clinton’s email server on Tuesday morning did appear before the panel.
Those three individuals were Justin Cooper, the Clinton advisor who set up the email address, and two employees of Platte River Networks, the Colorado company that maintained the server.
Platte River Networks’ Bill Thornton and Paul Combetta were also subpoenaed to appear before the panel. Both exercised their Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer questions.
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"I will consult with counsel and my colleagues to consider a full range of options available to address Mr. Pagliano’s failure to appear," Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said.
But you won't actually, you know, do anything will you?
Contempt of Congress? Doesn't everyone have contempt for Congress nowdays? Its become a laughingstock.
A better use for the state house would be as a swine farm - it isn't as if anyone would be able to tell the difference.
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I have contempt for congress, not of congress. They do nothing to carry out their responsibilities under the constitution.
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Cooper talked and seemed to be forthcoming but he didn't know much as Pagliano was the guy who set up the Pagliano server as it's come to be called. Pagliano didn't show up. He's seems to be a lynchpin (no pun intended). Has anyone checked on the health of Mr. Pagliano. Is he wearing concrete shoes somewhere?
[Daily Caller] French President Francois Hollande commemorated 9/11 by blaming the U.S. for France's terrorism problem on Facebook.
Hollande prefaced his admonishment by parroting the now famous, "We Are All Americans Today," headline from French newspaper Le Monde, dated September 12, 2001. Hollande then blamed the U.S. response to 9/11, particularly the 2003 invasion of Iraq, for fanning the flames of terrorism.
"Even though France, through (ex-President) Jacques Chirac, rightly refused to join the intervention which it even condemned, it has still been a victim of the consequences of the chaos it caused," Hollande continued.
France may have opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq but it also aggressively supported the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya. France and Britain pursued a United Nations (U.N.) Security Council resolution supporting a no-fly zone in Libya, and heavily pressured President Obama to sign on to the plan.
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[Imitating a Frenchman] F*** you, Americans! Uncultured, crass Americans! We hate all of you! Fu—the Germans are here! Hello, Americans! We love you!
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" . . . you know frankly, going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless noisy baggage behind." - Jed Babbin
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We blow our noses in your general direction, Hollande.
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Well, the Obama/Hillary administration did fan the flames of the Arab Spring which resulted in a huge outflow of refugees to Europe--another failed policy with a great deal of fallout.
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"Even though France, through (ex-President) Jacques Chirac, rightly refused to join the intervention which it even condemned, it has still been a victim of the consequences of the chaos it caused," Hollande continued.
The war killed the kickbacks Saddam was funneling through French bank Societe General through the UN Oil-for-Food program set up to get around sanctions. Accountability bites.
[Daily Caller] FBI officials have asked House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (HOGR) members to return 27 emails they gave the committee in a document dump from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s investigative file.
The FBI asked HOGR Chairman and Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz’ committee to return the emails after including them in an Aug. 17 document dump that was supposed to be identical to an Aug. 16 document -- but wasn’t, according to Chaffetz.
"The problem is the second set had 27 emails more than the other one, which we were grateful for ... only to have the FBI try to come back and recover those," Chaffetz said in a Monday hearing with intelligence community officials over classifications and redactions from the FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server at the Department of State.
"Not because it was SAP (Special Access Programs) material -- because it was embarrassing. That’s why. It was embarrassing. But we should have had it in the first round," Chaffetz said.
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The problem is the second set had 27 emails more than the other one
Reminds me of a story my wife told me about a LEO who was talking at her school back in the late '60s who was acquainting students with what a joint looked like. This police officer passed a few joints around for the students to examine. He said he'd better get them all back. When they were returned, he ended up with several more than he passed around.
[Bizpac Review] After Hillary Clinton collapsed Sunday in New York City and reemerged about an hour and a half later from her daughter's apartment, conspiracy theorists began to circulate a rumor that they weren't the same person.
It was hard for some to marry the two images of Clinton, one of her limp body being dragged into an SUV and whisked away from the ceremony and the second of a chipper, spry woman posing for pictures with a child and telling reporters she was "feeling great."
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Saline IV to rehydrate, oxygen mask, cough suppressant, possibly a double espresso or half a Ritalin... she'd be fine to stride between the door of the building and the van. After that she could put the passenger seat back, close her eyes, and breathe O2 between coughing fits until they arrived wherever they were going.
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I don't believe it was a body double (I suspect she ditched her Kevlar and got a shot of adrenaline or something) but the secret service certainly kept their distance when she came out of Chelsea's apartment. That seems unusual.
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Slightly different angle of the body to the camera can make lots of thing seem slightly different. I don't see anything in the pictures at the link that I find convincing.
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Ok so was it her body double this time or not? Who care, the truth is that she has one. Everyone is scrapping over if it was her or not, but the mere fact she has and uses one causes alarm.
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[Fox] Long before Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) became a prominent NeverTurmper, he appears to have been a favorite Republican among the Clinton camp.
According to emails obtained by Citizens United through a Freedom of Information Act request and first given to LifeZette, Clinton Foundation executive Doug Band referred to Graham as the "bff" of longtime Hillary Clinton confidante Huma Abedin in November 2009.
At the time, Band was traveling with former president Bill Clinton to a conference in Israel and mentioned in an email to Abedin, then the deputy chief of staff at the State Department, that Graham was at the event.
"So funny! Tell him hi," Abedin replied.
"Lindsey said with all due respect I don't measure up to Huma," Band wrote.
"After talking with the Muslim Brotherhood, I was struck with their commitment to change the law because they believe it's unfair," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who was traveling with Mr. McCain. Mr. Graham and other lawmakers praised the Brotherhood, whose Freedom and Justice Party won a plurality of nearly 50% of the seats in Parliament, as a strong potential partner for the future of U.S. relations with Egypt.
That marks a dramatic change from several months ago, when some Republican politicians reacted warily to the Brotherhood's rising clout. In April 2011, Mr. Graham said he was suspicious of the Brotherhood's "agenda," and that "their motives are very much in question."
[LI] By most accounts, Danny Lewin was the first victim of 9/11. Seated in seat 9B aboard American Airlines flight 11, he saw Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari, sitting just in front of him, rise and make their way to the cockpit. According to calls from flight attendants to air traffic officials, later documented in the 9/11 Commission’s report, Lewin wasted no time in acting. Having served as an officer in Sayeret Matkal, the Israel Defense Forces’ top unit, he moved to tackle the terrorists. The man in 10B, Satam al-Suqami, moved, too, producing a knife and slitting Lewin’s throat. Less than 30 minutes later, at 8:46 a.m., the plane crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
Elsewhere, in America and all over the world, people desperate for accurate information turned to the Internet for news. Straining under the overwhelming demand of tens of millions of simultaneous requests, the web’s biggest news sites threatened to collapse. Very few did, thanks in large part to the technology that Lewin himself had developed years earlier: Although only 31 at the time of his murder, he was the co-founder of Akamai, a pioneering technology company whose content routing solutions enable the seamless flow of nearly 20 percent of the web’s traffic.
h/t Instapundit
Has anyone ever had a worse 72 hours on the campaign trail than Hillary? I’m sure people can come up with some nominees, and in a separate post I’ll go over the Clintons’ amazing political survival skills. But some of the memes and images pouring forth can’t wait until Saturday, so herewith a special Monday edition of the Week in Pictures:
[Daily Caller] Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm thinks that Hillary Clinton’s religion played a key part in the campaign's decision not to disclose her pneumonia diagnosis.
MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson had just asked Granholm why Clinton waited to tell the public about her illness, when "the campaign has already struggled with trust issues?"
"You've got to admit that -- and you probably do this, too -- we in my house say when you get a cold, power through, power through. Don’t give it any power," Granholm responded. "I am certain that Hillary Clinton, being the stoic Methodist that she is, didn't want to give it power."
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I've been powering through sickness all week and now I know it's pneumonia and my doctors say to take some time off and I still have two months to go so I'll do just that and catch up on some reading and visit my granddaughter" or something like that.
Instead her instinct was to lie, lie to cover up the lie, and then lie again. Just because Obama and Bill do it doesn't mean lying is Presidential.
[Daily Caller] Hillary Clinton's fainting episode at a 9/11 memorial Sunday morning was preceded by months of Matt Drudge, the proprietor of the Drudge Report, claiming that Hillary’s health is worse than she lets on to the public.
Video of the incident shows Clinton going limp before being carried into a van by Secret Service agents. The Clinton campaign first downplayed the incident as "overheating," before later blasting out a note from Clinton’s doctor saying she had been diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday.
Drudge again called attention to Clinton's health last week after she had a severe coughing fit last Monday that lasted almost two minutes. (RELATED: Hillary Has A Nearly 2 Minute Long Coughing Fit [VIDEO])
On Tuesday, Drudge tweeted out a picture of the Clinton press pool that had been photoshopped to portray the reporters wearing surgical masks. The Drudge Report prominently featured stories on Clinton’s coughing episode the same day, earning criticism from the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza.
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If there's something strange in you neighborhood
Who you gonna call? (drudgebuster)
If there's something weird
And it don't look good
Who you gonna call? (drudgebuster)
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Odd that, I have been reading British newspaper articles on her health since the campaign started. And yes, many were run on the Drudgereport. Wonder where 'our' media was all this time?
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IIRC the Hillary! campaign spent some time making the press do stupid human tricks, and after the fawners were separated from the reporters, and the reporters sent home, the message was clear.
[Jewish Press] The famed Great Synagogue of Pilsen is returning to Jewish hands and hearts after 20 years as a Czech concert hall and art museum.
After more than a decade of intense lobbying, the city fathers of the Czech Republic’s Pilsen municipality have made a decision to return the majestic synagogue in their care to its rightful owners, the city’s Jews.
Seized by the Communists in 1973, the synagogue ‐ originally completed in 1893 -- had been shut down and then woefully neglected, ultimately falling into disrepair.
The city fathers reclaimed it and began restoration in 1995, working slowly to rehabilitate the beautifully sculpted architecture until it shined again in 1998.
But then, instead of returning the synagogue to Pilsen’s Jewish community, inexplicably, authorities reopened the building as an art museum and concert hall.
The Great Synagogue of Pilsen is justifiably renowned throughout the world, in continuous use from the time it was built in 1893 until its seizure by the Communists, except for the years of the horror of the Holocaust. It is the second-largest Jewish house of worship in Europe and is known to be the third-largest synagogue that exists in the world.
[Daily Caller] More than $9 million of Department of State money has been funneled through the Peace Corps to a nonprofit foundation started and run by Secretary of State John Kerry’s daughter, documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation show.
The Department of State funded a Peace Corps program created by Dr. Vanessa Kerry and officials from both agencies, records show. The Peace Corps then awarded the money without competition to a nonprofit Kerry created for the program.
Initially, the Peace Corps awarded Kerry’s group ‐ now called Seed Global Health ‐ with a three-year contract worth $2 million of State Department money on Sept. 10, 2012, documents show. Her father was then the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which oversees both the Department of State and the Peace Corps.
Seed secured a four-year extension in September 2015, again without competition. This time, the Peace Corps gave the nonprofit $6.4 million provided by the Department of State while John Kerry was secretary of state.
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First Manchin's daughter now Kerry's kid.
I'd like to see one of Bernie's old staff create a list of the children of the Washington Elite who have been enriched since BO has been president.
[Gateway] Dr. Zuhdi Jasser M.D. joined Steve Malzberg on Newsmax TV to discuss Hillary Clinton’s health concerns. Dr. Jasser was a physician for the Navy and and physician for Congress told Steve Hilary’s medical emergency was not caused by dehydration.
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser: What she had was a syncopal episode. She passed out. That’s either cardiovascular or neurologic. Now, her team wants us to believe it is dehydration. She didn’t appear to be dehydrated and that doesn’t get fixed in 90 minutes. So I can tell you that it really appears and if I let a patient with the condition of syncope leave my office, and not get admitted, and get evaluated immediately, that would be malpractice. So there’s something going on.
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Or something like one of these Collie clips might explain the sound of whatever it was that fell on the ground out from under her clothing by her right cankle between the 12s and 13s mark in this video. I noticed that an ad was strategically placed to pop up at the 10s mark that covered it up, but you can cancel it and replay to your heart's content and see what happened.
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frequent involuntary coughing is a symptom of pneumonia and if you have pneumonia you will have a mild fever, and if you don't drink water when you have a fever you will eventually be unable to sweat as well and if you don't sweat you will overheat and pass out
so at least some things seem to make some sense
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they lied told you it was pneumonia because the truth is worth. Bank on it. That's how they roll
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Anxiety cough, something in gut making dysentery.
[Telegraph] Humans across the globe may be actually speaking the same language after scientists found that the sounds used to make the words of common objects and ideas are strikingly similar.
The discovery challenges the fundamental principles of linguistics, which state that languages grow up independently of each other, with no intrinsic meaning in the noises which form words.
But research which looked into several thousand languages showed that for basic concepts, such as body parts, family relationships or aspects of the natural world, there are common sounds - as if concepts that are important to the human experience somehow trigger universal verbalisations.
"These sound symbolic patterns show up again and again across the world, independent of the geographical dispersal of humans and independent of language lineage," said Dr Morten Christiansen, professor of psychology and director of Cornell's Cognitive Neuroscience Lab in the US where the study was carried out.
"There does seem to be something about the human condition that leads to these patterns. We don't know what it is, but we know it's there."
The study found, that in most languages, the word for ’nose’ is likely to include the sounds ’neh’ or the ’oo’ sound, as in ’ooze.’
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"There does seem to be something about the human condition that leads to these patterns. We don't know what it is, but we know it's there."
You know Sherlock, if you walk to the next building or across the commons, there's an office with title like anthropology department. They have this theory about an African diaspora in where hunter gathers migrated (before a wall could be built) out of the continent to populate the world. That would imply all the basics and knowledge needed by hunter gathers and a language to communicate them. Given the population wasn't yet even near millions*, we can speculate that their vocabulary wasn't either.
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Does Director Christiansen include languages outside the major lingustic families, languages like Piraha, spoken only by an isolated tribe in the Amazonian jungle, described as:
Unrelated to any other extant tongue, and based on just eight consonants and three vowels, Pirahã has one of the simplest sound systems known. Yet it possesses such a complex array of tones, stresses, and syllable lengths that its speakers can dispense with their vowels and consonants altogether and sing, hum, or whistle conversations.
...The Pirahã, Everett wrote, have no numbers, no fixed color terms, no perfect tense, no deep memory, no tradition of art or drawing, and no words for “all,” “each,” “every,” “most,” or “few”—terms of quantification believed by some linguists to be among the common building blocks of human cognition. Everett’s most explosive claim, however, was that Pirahã displays no evidence of recursion, a linguistic operation that consists of inserting one phrase inside another of the same type, as when a speaker combines discrete thoughts (“the man is walking down the street,” “the man is wearing a top hat”) into a single sentence (“The man who is wearing a top hat is walking down the street”). Noam Chomsky, the influential linguistic theorist, has recently revised his theory of universal grammar, arguing that recursion is the cornerstone of all languages, and is possible because of a uniquely human cognitive ability.
[Breitbart] Singer Wayne Newton had a message for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and other athletes who are protesting the oppression of black people in America by not standing for the national anthem.
"I think every American has the right to say and do whatever it is that freedom offers us," Newton said. "However, during the national anthem, is not the time or the place to show that kind of thing. I have no tolerance at all for it. I support the right to say what they believe and how they believe it, but that’s the wrong place and time."
Newton then added they could "get the hell out" if they do not like it.
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Colin says he's protesting social injustice. I guess he has a gripe about the inequities of income distribution. He and the other protesters should donate some of the millions they are paid from football and redistribute these millions to others who are less fortunate.
[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... has officially rejected a nationalwide ceasefire proposal pushed by the United States and Russia.
Ahrar al-Sham is one of the largest Syrian krazed killer groups. Despite the radical views, the group is often called the "moderate opposition" by the Western Media and is supported by the United States.
On September 12, Deputy Leader of Ahrar al-Sham ’Abo Ammar al-Omar’ publicly rejected the ceasefire proposal in the Eid message. According to al-Omar, the problem is that the ceasefire will exclude from the agrreemennt some Syrian "opposition" groups... for example the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly Jabhat Al-Nusra) terrorist group and other Al Qaeda affilates in Syria.
The proposed ceasefire is set to be started today at 16:45 local time. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... there are serious doubts that it will be de-facto implemented on the ground.
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Is this the group of moderates we are backing that is fighting another group of moderates we are backing, or is it the other way around?
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A local source in Nineveh province revealed that ISIS on Monday drowned eight civilians in central Mosul.
Sharing details with Iraqi News, the source informed, “Today, ISIS members executed eight civilians by drowning them after putting them inside a metal cage. The execution was carried out in central Mosul. The dead civilians were charged of collaborating with the Iraqi government and Peshmerga forces. The eight men were drowned in a local pool.”
“ISIS filmed the entire execution process after the civilians were sentenced to death by the Sharia Court in Nineveh Province,” the source added.
ISIS detains 60 in Mosul
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A security source in Nineveh province informed that ISIS is imposing strict procedures in Mosul, and deploying its members near the mosques of the city to check the national identities of people after the prayer of Eid al-Adha.
Captain Amir Watheq said, “ISIS deployed dozens of al-Hisba members, also known as the ‘Islamic Police’, in the streets and entrances of Mosul and prevented the residents from visiting the graves of their relatives on the first day of Eid al-Adha.”
“ISIS militants have also been deployed in front of graveyards’ gates and forced the residents to return to their houses. They also arrested nearly 60 civilians who refused to follow the ISIS instructions,” Watheq added.
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[Inquirer] The communist National Democratic Front (NDF) praised President Duterte’s anti-US statement. A statement signed by NDF spokesperson Rubi del Mundo said, "The National Democratic Front in Southern Mindanao commends President Duterte for his unprecedented statement. No other Philippine president has ever publicly censured and taken US imperialism to task for its atrocious crimes against sovereign nations and peoples of the world."
"Now at this critical time of its decisive hegemonic pivot to Asia and China's challenge to its regional dominance, US imperialism's sham concern for human rights is being challenged with open hostility by a government it considers its reliable lackey," the statement said.
The statement said the US is worried about present developments in the Philippines, and the prospect of peace based on social justice.
The statement said, "It can lose its control of the country if the peace negotiations with the NDF, and its armed wing the New People’s Army (NPA) should translate to the socio-economic and sovereign interest of the Filipino people. Hence, it is in its best interest to exploit anti-Duterte forces to sabotage the peace negotiations with the NDFP and preempt any substantial talks with Moro revolutionary groups by fomenting anti-Moro sentiments with US-backed bombings and other terrorist attacks."
The NDF said calling US imperialism a "two-faced terrorist" is a "fundamental step," but not enough.
“It must also translate to junking colonial agreements for the benefit of the Filipino people. President Duterte and his government must abrogate the Mutual Defense Treaty and junk the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement," explaining that these policies only continue to "position the Philippines as a willing pawn for US imperialism's wars of aggression."
[TRIBUNE.PK] Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada ...Deputy to Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour... has asked his followers to "enforce Sharia and good governance" in areas under their control.
"During the initial years of occupation, our obligation was to combat against the enemy but now as we have control over many areas of the country, it is time we should reap the fruit of the 15 year-long jihad and implement objectives of jihad," the Taliban leader said in his Eidul Azha message.
The Eid festival will be celebrated across Afghanistan today (Monday).
Explaining the group’s objectives, the Taliban chief listed implementation of the "Divine Sharia on the land of Allah; to establish justice; maintain stability and security; to protect frontiers and defend life, property, honour and all other God-given rights of the countrymen."
He urged Taliban officials of the military commission, governors, courts and commanders of the armed units to maintain security and justice, implementation of Sharia and efficient governance.
The Taliban chief talked about diplomatic efforts for a political process but at the same time pushed his fighters to continue what he called ’Jihad’.
"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has been continuing to make diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the issue of Afghanistan apart from its military approach; We have nominated the Political Office for this purpose as well as for maintenance of relations with the world and pertinent entities (for peaceful and diplomatic efforts)," he said.
Despite claims by the Taliban leaders’ to push for political process, the group has not yet shown willingness to join peace negotiations.
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[CNSNEWS] Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he "just recently" asked the Border Patrol "to focus" on illegal immigrants coming from "other hemispheres," including the Middle East.
"In terms of the Southwest border, I just recently asked for them to focus on immigrants coming illegally from other hemispheres, from the Middle East and so forth, to detect them and block them before they even get to the homeland, working with governments in South America, Central America to prevent that from happening," Johnson told "Fox News Sunday."
"You're correct that we're seeing illegal migrants coming from Africa, coming from the Middle East," Johnson told host Chris Wallace. "And we're doubling down on preventing that happening before they even reach the Southwest border."
Useful statistics can be seen at the link.
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Its only *15* YEARS after 9/11.
Why in the hell do we pretend these kind of remarks are "ok"? Why in the hell isn't there a firestorm when it comes to *Dereliction of duty*?
[ALMASDARNEWS] Loud kabooms were heard at the occupied Shebaa Farms region of Leb on Monday, Leb's National News Agency reported today.
According to local reports, the loud kabooms were believed to have come from the Golan Heights, where the jihadist rebels and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) are currently clashing.
The kabooms were heard as far south as the Lebanese city of Marjeyoun in the Nabatiyeh District.
The Lebanese Army is currently on high alert after mortar shells reported fell into the Shebaa Farms.
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If they were to go back to farming, things would probably be calmer.
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Probably just cattle flatulence.
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(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Nineveh Operations Command announced repelling an ISIS attack at Qayyarah area.
The commander of Anbar Operations, Major General Najim al-Jabouri, said, “Forces from Iraqi army, police and tribal fighters today repelled an ISIS attack, launched from various directions, targeting Qayyarah vicinity.”
“16 ISIS members were killed and 8 others were arrested during the attack, and they were transferred to Nineveh Operations Command for interrogation,” Jabouri added.
“Iraqi forces also managed, with the help of Qayyarah people, to foil three suicide attacks on the area which was launched from al-Houd village. Two two snipers were also killed,” Jabouri added.
Cleaning the gene pool is a good thing for the entire Ummah.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Nineveh Police Command announced that 100 ISIS members were killed after the security forces repulsed their attack in southern Mosul, and also added that five booby-trapped vehicles were destroyed during the attack.
The command said in a statement, “Today, ISIS launched an offensive on the axis of Nineveh police’s 8th regiment near the wilderness area on the road linking between Baghdad and Mosul.”
The statement revealed, “Personnel from army and police killed 100 ISIS men, apart from wounding dozens during the attack.”
“Also, five booby-trapped vehicles were destroyed during the attack. No human or material casualties were inflicted on the security forces,” the statement added.
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[IsraelTimes] Soldiers also uncover 2 pipe bombs, 2 Molotov cocktails; in separate raids, four Paleostinians
Israeli security forces uncovered over 200 pounds (about 100 kilograms) of bomb-making supplies in a Paleostinian village in the northern West Bank early Monday morning, the army said.
The discovery was made in a home in el-Far’a, northeast of Nablus, by troops during a joint operation between police, the Israel Defense Forces and the Border Police gendarmerie.
The army did not detail what the explosive precursor was, calling it "materials used to manufacture explosives."
Troops also uncovered 1.6 quarts (1.5 liters) of prepared kaboom, the IDF said in a statement.
The materiel was found in the home of a man who had already been incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! by IDF troops, an army official told The Times of Israel.
In a separate raid, the army uncovered two pipe bombs and two Molotov cocktails in a home in Bayt Awa, a Paleostinian village in the southern West Bank. The owner of the home was detained by Israeli troops and taken for questioning, the official said. The explosives and bomb-making materials were confiscated by security forces, the army said.
Four other Paleostinians were arrested in unrelated raids for allegedly taking part in "popular terror and violent riots against civilians and security forces," the army said. One was arrested in Bayt Rima, one in Bita and two were picked up in Sa’ir. Upon their arrest they were handed over to the police and Shin Bet security service for questioning.
While the 49ers have been in the news a lot recently, it hasn't been for their rosy 2016 season prospects. Indeed, as the Chronicle reports, with sports pundits predicting a difficult year for the Santa Clara-based team, tonight's opening game against the Los Angeles Rams (yes, they moved back to LA) is notable for another reason: With season ticket holders desperately trying to sell their tickets and fans bailing in droves, it literally costs more to park at tonight's game than it does to watch it from the stands.
According to the Chron, opening night tickets were for sale on Ticketmaster this morning for the price of $40. Levi's Stadium parking passes were selling for $50.
With tonight the regular season debut for the team's new coach, The Lion King-loving Chip Kelly, one would perhaps expect healthy ticket sales. However, as fans continue to be less than enthused about the troubled franchise, the numbers don't exactly bear that postulation out.
In fact, with ABC 7 reporting that Blaine Gabbert is starting at quarterback tonight, it seems the best selling thing about the Niners is back-up QB Colin Kaepernick's jersey. According to SB Nation, his jersey sales jumped to number 1 in the NFL following his national anthem protest.
And yes, at $100, those too cost more than a 49ers opening night ticket.
Have any of these "protesters" ever said exactly what they want? Other than those MSU loonies I've not see what the oppression is. Is it having a certifiable black for president? Having black AGs and mayors? Getting paid millions for playing games? What is so bad for them that they aren't doing to themselves?
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Not just '9er fans. Managed to get this life-long Chiefs fan to quit. Didn't put on the game last night. Think I'll watch Range 15 on Thursday.
Pretty stoked about my new found free-time. No scheduled Sunday. Don't have to keep facts in my back pocket for the water cooler. No more flippy talking heads trying to talk sports with actual athletes. No more athletes being brow beat by beta media males.
Not that I won't have a passive interest, probably always will, but I can improve my cistern system instead. Play catch with the kids while the weather is still good. You know, real life.
I did this last year - in one week, audit the time spent on a NFL game. Pre-game, watching the game, post-game, highlights both looked for and presented, time talking about it with people. Came to about six hours. That is, about a full day of work, not including any adult beverage issues (cost, health, lack of productivity).
It was the same wow moment when I realized how much time was lost during the work day by taking smoke breaks - ten minutes to smoke, getting dressed, getting to the smoke pile, getting back, getting back into mindset, 20 minutes every break, break every 90 minutes or so. Ridiculous.
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Right there with ya swksvolFF. We were raised on football. Dad took us to those early Niner games at Kezar. Given the current state of the NFL- walking away is a piece of cake.
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Listened to a report on the most expensive NFL ticket and least expensive ticket, to include costs (parking, food, et al). Cheapest was Cincinnati and most expensive was the 49ers. Making it easier to save several hundred a weekend.
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As an American, I support Kaepernick's right to convince us he is a total douche by engaging in cheap look-at-me theatrics instead of taking his 10 million and doing something that might actually help, like founding a charter school.
But my inner Tom Landry says if you are part of a team, you act like a team. Otherwise, go sit in the locker room.
Rights group Amnesty International called on Monday for the release of a Yazidi woman detained by Iraqi Kurdish authorities for nearly two years following her escape from ISIS enslavement.
Bassema Darwish, a 34-year-old mother, has been held without trial since October 2014 on charges of cooperating with ISIS in the killing of three Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who stormed a house in northern Iraq where she was being held captive, Amnesty said in a report.
Kurdish forces backed by US air strikes seized the nearby town of Sinjar, home to the Yazidi minority, from ISIS about a year later. They have rolled back the ultra-hardline insurgents across the north, effectively annexing territory claimed by Baghdad to their autonomous region.
The Kurds have advocated on behalf of Yazidis, a religious sect that has faced killings, sexual slavery and other crimes at the hands of the extremist group since 2014.
UN investigators said in June those actions amounted to acts of genocide against the Kurdish-speaking Yazidis, whose beliefs combine elements of several ancient Middle Eastern religions. The Sunni Arab militants of ISIS view them as infidels.
“It is shocking that the Kurdistan Regional Government, which has consistently condemned ISIS atrocities against the Yazidi community, is holding a survivor of these abuses on terrorism charges and denying her basic legal rights,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa director.
Darwish, who is being detained at the Erbil Women and Juvenile Prison, gave birth to her daughter while in custody.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The secretary General of Iraq’s al-Nujaba Movement, a major Shiite resistance group, slammed 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... for its hostile policies against some Moslem nations, saying that the Riyadh and Tel Aviv regimes are "two sides of the same of coin".
"Unfortunately, Kaaba (most sacred Moslem site in the world) is now occupied by the Wahhabi and ignorant Saudi regime, as the holy Quds (Jerusalem) is under the occupation of the Zionist regime of Israel," Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi said, addressing worshippers at the Eid al-Adha prayers in Tehran on Monday.
"These two regimes are two sides of the same coin", the holy man said, adding, "The Saudi Wahhabi regime was founded with the direct support of British occupiers and built its principles on the foundations of killing, oppression and desecration of Islamic sanctities, especially (holy sites of) al-Baqi’ and Karbala."
He further denounced a move by Riyadh to prevent Iranians from participating Hajj rituals this year, saying that now the Saudi regime has made such a move, it is upon Moslem nations to liberate the Kaaba from the Wahhabi regime and let all Islamic countries manage Hajj rituals as it is a duty for Moslems’ to liberate Paleostine from Israel.
He made the remarks on the occasion of the first anniversary of the deadly crush of people during the last year’s Hajj rituals in Mina, near the Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, which claimed the lives of over 7,000 pilgrims, including 465 Iranians.
The incident marked the worst ever tragedy during Hajj.
In a message on the occasion earlier last week, Fearless Leader of the Islamic Revolution ...Iran's doddering head theocrat... Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei strongly slammed "murderous" Saudi rulers for refusing to allow an international probe into last year’s deadly Mina crush, urging Moslems to "correctly understand their (Saudis’) blasphemous, faithless, dependent and materialistic nature".
"Several thousand families from different countries lost their loved ones and their nations were bereaved. From the Islamic Theocratic Republic, close to five hundred people were among the deaders. The hearts of their families are still broken and bereaved and our people remain grief-stricken and angry," the Leader said.
"Instead of apology and remorse and judicial prosecution of those who were directly at fault in that horrifying event, Saudi rulers- with utmost shamelessness and insolence- refused to allow the formation of an international Islamic fact-finding committee."
Ayatollah Khamenei further stressed, "The world of Islam, including Moslem governments and peoples, must familiarize themselves with the Saudi rulers and correctly understand their blasphemous, faithless, dependent and materialistic nature. They must not let those rulers escape responsibility for the crimes they have caused throughout the world of Islam."
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Need JooooS from 47th St with the black hats, to cut up the black rock so every muzz entity gets a chunk of the haj.
[HINDUSTANTIMES] Saudi-led Arclight airstrikes on a water well in northern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... have reportedly killed 30 people and maimed 17, a UN official said Monday, making it one of the deadliest attacks since peace talks collapsed a month ago.
The UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, said in a statement that the casualties in the village of Beit Saadan included first responders and children. The strikes took place on Saturday, on the eve of the Moslem holiday of Eid al-Adha.
McGoldrick said he is "deeply disturbed by the unrelenting attacks on civilians and on civilian infrastructure", and urges rival parties to resume a ceasefire declared by the UN in April.
Yemen’s official news agency SABA, which is controlled by Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... rebels, has reported that 100 people were killed or maimed in the Arclight airstrikes. Witnesses said an initial Arclight airstrike killed 13 people, but then a number of rescuers were killed in subsequent Arclight airstrikes. They spoke to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.
The UN statement said it based its findings on its own sources and media reports. The News Agency that Dare Not be Named was unable to independently verify the corpse count. The Saudi-led coalition made no statement regarding the Arclight airstrikes, but its spokesperson, Brig. General Ahmed al-Asir ...Leb Salafist holy man with the usual grouch against Shiites. Currently on the run, he seems intent on reigniting the Leb civil war... i, has said before that relief and rights groups are biased and give misleading reports.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] A group of soldiers from Hezbollah and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) carried out a successful attack against an Islamic 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.... of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in the Jaroud Jarajeer region of the Qalamoun Mountains on Monday morning.
According to Hezbollah's media wing, their forces, alongside the Syrian Arab Army, destroyed a building filled with Islamic State Lions of Islam inside the Jaroud Jarajeer village of Ma'ber Abu Jadeej.
Hezbollah's media wing added that the attack resulted in the death of at least five Islamic State Lions of Islam on Monday morning.
The village of Ma'ber Abu Jadeej is under the control of the Islamic State; however, the Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah have recently increased their presence in this area to combat the terrorist groups traveling back-and-forth across the Lebanese-Syrian border.
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[WASHINGTONTIMES] Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said Sunday that she would not have ordered the liquidation of al Qaeda founder and 9/11 criminal mastermindthe late Osama bin Laden ... who is now neither a strong horse nor a weak horse, but a dead horse... "I think liquidations ... they’re against international law to start with and to that effect, I think I would not have assassinated Osama bin Laden but would have captured him and brought him to trial," Mrs. Steintold The Des Moines Register before her first campaign appearance in Iowa marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
During her speech, she said the attacks "provided a pretext for the wrong wars, which have only gotten us into more trouble."
"What we should have done is declare a crime against humanity and pursued it, pursued the attackers and gotten the intelligence about who was behind this," Mrs. Stein said.
She also criticized U.S. foreign policy following the 9/11 attacks and called both Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as America's Blond Eminence and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Frederick T. Frelinghuysen ... and Donald Trump "warmongers."
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Bring in Binny, ya say, Jill? You and whose army?
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Saudi Air Force carried out another vicious cycle of Arclight airstrikes over the northern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... countryside on Monday, killing and wounding several civilians in the process.
According to al-Jabhah News Agency, the Saudi warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the Saada Governorate on Monday, killing a total of 14 civilians in their homes.
In addition to the Arclight airstrikes over Saada, the Saudi Air Force also targeted the densely populated provinces of Sanaa and Hajja.
On Sunday, the Saudi Air Force killed 30+ civilians in the Sanaa Governorate after they attacked the Arhab Region.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The jihadist rebels of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... and Harakat Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... launched a large-scale offensive in the northern Daraa countryside on Sunday, targeting the hilltops near key town of Deir al-'Adas.
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and their allies began the offensive by storming the large hilltop of Tal Qareen; this resulted in a series of intense firefights with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and National Defense Forces (NDF) that lasted for hours on Sunday and Monday.
Despite their best efforts, the jihadist rebels were unable to breach the first line of defense for the Syrian Armed Forces.
As a result of their offensive failures, the jihadist rebels were forced to retreat after a 48 hour long battle with the Syrian Armed Forces.
According to local field reportJihadist offensive in northern Daraa fails to yield any gains
s, the Syrian Armed Forces managed to kill two jihadist field commanders and 23 of their combatants during the short battle.
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[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] The Iraqi Armed Forces and the Peshmerga Forces have agreed a plan of the liberation of the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , located in the north of the country, from the Islamic 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.... terrorist group, the La Belle France24 TV-channel reported, citing head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani.
"Commanders of the Peshmerga and the Iraqi Army have conducted a series of meetings. They agreed on a military plan and the role of each of the side," the TV-channel quoted the words of Barzani. According to the politician, the city can be liberated by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, the gondola was dangling by a single thread of rope.
Jack! Cynthia cried. I just realized I'm afraid of heights! I don't even like high heels!... an understanding between Shiite and Sunni military units, the al-Hashd al-Shaabi and the al-Hashd al-Watani, which also participate in battles against IS terrorists, still has not been reached. Barzani stressed that this understanding is necessary.
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"Commanders of the Peshmerga and the Iraqi Army have conducted a series of meetings. They agreed on a military plan and the role of each of the side"
Hopefully it involves the Shiite militias taking point and mine-clearance.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A top Iranian diplomat based in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... has rejected the detained migrants colonists exhibited in cages by Shiraz city police were Afghan nationals.
The Iranian Chargé d’affaires Ali Reza Hajizada clarified the issue during a meeting with the second deputy foreign minister for political affairs of Afghanistan Syed Javid Hashemi.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) in a statement said Mr. Hashemi met with Hajizada today to sought clarification regarding the viral photos which purportedly shows some migrants colonists put on display inside the cages.
Hailing Iran for hosting millions of Afghan refugees in the past three and half decades, Hashemi said the publication of such photographs would have a negative impact on the minds of the citizens of the two countries.
However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... the Iranian Chargé d’affaires said the selective publication of images have had a false impression among the Afghan people despite the photographs did not belong to the Afghan citizens.
Defending the steps taken by Shiraz police to detain the individuals in a bid to ensure stability of Shiraz city, Hajizada said the behaviors of the government and people of Iran have always been based on respect to human dignity.
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[The Federalist] Hillary Clinton’s campaign has a problem. A truth problem, to be specific. No, not the problem of being completely incapable of ever telling the truth, although that is a problem. The truth problem I’m talking about is the Clinton campaign’s inability to tell believable lies.
"But why not just ask the Clinton campaign to tell the truth?" you might ask. "Wouldn’t that be easier?"
Maybe. But these are the Clintons. If you’re a Clinton, you lie. It’s what you do. Expecting them to not lie is a fool’s errand. But given the amount of time the Clintons have spent in politics lying to the public‐somewhere in the neighborhood of three decades‐they really ought to be better at it by now.
For those who’ve been living under a rock, people have been asking questions about the aging Democratic nominee’s health ever since a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain was discovered after the former Secretary of State suffered a serious concussion that sidelined her for several weeks. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Clinton blamed that concussion for her alleged inability to recall details about her lawless e-mail server scheme.
Here are a few headlines that captured the rough tenor of coverage of Hillary’s health woes over the past few weeks:
CNN (Aug. 24, 2016): Clinton’s health is fine, but what about Trump?
New York Post (Sept. 4, 2016): Dr. Drew loses show after discussing Hillary’s health
Washington Post (Sept. 6, 2016): Can we just stop talking about Hillary Clinton’s health now?
Sarah Silverman (Sept. 8, 2016): "I think anyone bringing up her health is a f***ing a**hole"
The wheels officially came off the bus on Sunday when Hillary Clinton seized up and passed out on camera. Suddenly, asking questions about her health no longer indicted you as an un-person who should be sent off to the re-education camps.
She could kill a puppy, a kitten, and a newborn on live television. Immediately after doing so at least 90 percent of the "professional media" would scramble to explain what "provoked" her to do so (and why we should be ok with it). And 45% of the voters would immediately write it off as "At least she didn't insult anyone like Trump likes to do".
People who actually believe in right and wrong have to step up. Conversations that are "uncomfortable" have to take place. Hillary isn't "a woman who might be the first woman president". Instead, she's a sack of evil shit that has to be denounced at every turn.
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Nah. They are about as skilled as you get. Hillary's lied so much that we have lost all ability to know whether or not she is telling the truth about anything. I've taken the approach that whenever she or her apparatchiks open their mouths, I assume they are lying. What about Slick Willy (What's the meaning of "Is.") and Obama (If you like your insurance and your doctor, you can keep them)? They've got this down pretty damn good.
If she had pneumonia and they claimed the flu instead of deny, deny, deny they would have gotten sympathy and a free pass for a weekend or more of rest.
If she has something worse than pneumonia you claim pneumonia because people know it is serious when you are old but goes away (or the patient does) so if she survives it wouldn't effect her Presidency.
I think the quality of her lies is so poor because the sycophants in the media copy/paste even the most insane lies with a smile. They have done her a disservice by letting her natural Clinton lying muscles go flabby.
ERBIL – The UK Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon on Monday said in the House of Commons that the United Kingdom backs the Kurdish Peshmerga forces with heavy weapons to fight militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Iraq.
UK MP Jack Lopresti asked the Secretary of State why it took a year for the UK to supply ammunition and heavy weapons to the Peshmerga forces in Iraqi Kurdistan.
“Can he assure the House that such delays will never happen again, and that we are doing everything that we possibly can to help the Peshmerga in their fight against Daesh?” he asked, using another acronym for ISIS.
“We have supplied… not only heavy machine guns to the Peshmerga but ammunition for those heavy machine guns,” UK Defence Minister Fallon said.
“I announced earlier in the summer a fresh gift from us of ammunition for those heavy machine guns, and that ammunition has now arrived and is being used,” he added.
Moreover, the UK Defence Secretary said the fight against ISIS is making progress in both Syria and Iraq.
“With coalition support, Iraqi forces have freed Fallujah and, as part of preparatory operations for retaking Mosul, have liberated Qayyarah town,” he said.
“The Syrian Democratic Forces have taken Manbij and Turkish-backed opposition forces have taken Jarabulus and al-Rai, effectively denying Daesh its last border crossings into Turkey,” Fallon added.
The UK minister further said that Russia is “not a partner” in the fight against ISIS.
“The Russian military activity in Syria has supported the Assad regime, a regime that bombs, tortures and starves its own people,” Fallon said.
“While we welcome the latest ceasefire from tonight, it is Russia that must make it work by stopping Assad attacking Syrian civilians and moderate opposition groups, and by helping to get humanitarian aid into Aleppo and other cities that have been starved of food,” he concluded.
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REYHANLI – Turkey’s military forces have captured 845 km² of territory in northern Syria after starting military operations against the Islamic State (ISIS) and the Kurdish forces in Syria’s Aleppo province, officials said.
On August 24, 2016, the Turkish army and allied Syrian rebels launched a military campaign in northern Syria under the banner of “Euphrates Shield”.
Turkey and allies first captured the city of Jarablus from ISIS without a fight, according to local sources. Then the Turkish army and allied rebels headed to other areas of Aleppo’s northern countryside and took over the town of al-Rae and a number of nearby villages. Backed by the US coalition, Turkey has also forced the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to withdraw to the eastern bank of the Euphrates river, after the SDF expelled ISIS militants from the jihadi border pocket of Manbij.
The Turkish central command said on Monday that their forces have captured 845 square kilometres of territory in northern Syria.
“The progress comes within the framework of our anti-terrorism campaign to secure Turkey’s southern border,” it said, adding that the Turkish army and Turkey-backed rebels have destroyed 516 ISIS positions within 20 days.
However, activists said that the Turkish forces have captured areas from ISIS without a fight.
“Turkey took over Jarablus city within hours, and we’ve seen no resistance from ISIS fighters there,” local media activist Sadoun Hamdan told ARA News.
“When the Turkish forces advanced towards al-Rae town north of Aleppo, sporadic clashes took place for a couple of hours and then Turkey announced the liberation of the area from ‘terrorists’,” Hamdan said. “Whereas the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by coalition airstrikes, needed more than two months to liberate Manbij from ISIS. This has raised suspicions over what exactly Turkey means by ‘terrorists’.”
In the meantime, the Kurdish military leadership in northern Syria accused Turkey of bombing SDF positions instead of fighting ISIS.
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Taiz- The Saudi-led Arab Coalition air campaign to save Yemen launched a series of tactical raids on Sunday against reinforcement and artillery warehouses belonging to Houthi and allied coup militias.
The operation was staged in Taiz -Yemen’s third largest city- and cost grave losses to Houthi insurgents and allies found in fighters supporting ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Eye witnesses told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the coalition’s airplanes zeroed in on militant strongholds located in the Hayfan District, south of Taiz, in addition to Houthi set ups and centers in al-Akbosh village.
Clashes pitting pro-legitimacy forces (the national army and the popular resistance) and coup militias composed largely of Houthis and pro-Saleh fighters renewed across the western front, as militia forces attempt to retake lost land gained by pro-government forces.
In a desperate move to restore lost stations, insurgency militias continue to send in for military reinforcements to arrive at points still under insurgency hold, bolstering their stance.
As they fear losing further influence, most locations coup militias attempt to preserve hold over are situated around Taiz.
Popular Resistance sources located in Taiz told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that fierce clashes being launched by Houthi militants are chiefly inspired by vengeance, and have resorted to violence in which coup fighters attack and shell civilian locations when rendered incapacitated.
In compensation to insurgency violence, official National Army Spokesperson in Taiz Col. Mansour al Hassani announced that a YER 100,000 reimbursement for each family who had lost a martyr in Taiz. The endowment will be dispensed by the Yemeni National Army– all relatives can cash in the donation at the closest accredited agency.
Humanitarian aid and relief coalition in Taiz announced delivering medical supplies donated by Kuwait to hospitals in Taiz.
Attending physician Dr. Imad al-Mojahed said that the aid delivered to Taiz’ Al-Suweidi Hospital for children is worth YER 7.5 million in medical aid, which comes at a time that Taiz hospitals suffer dire humanitarian conditions caused by the ongoing war and the over a year old Houthi-imposed siege.
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad vowed on Monday that his government would take back land from "terrorists" and rebuild the country in remarks made just hours before the start of a cease-fire brokered by the US and Russia.
Assad spoke during a rare public appearance that included attending prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid Al Adha in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, which had surrendered last month and reverted to government control after a four-year siege.
But in the build-up to the start of the truce at sunset, government forces and their allies bombed opposition areas in the country's north, while Al Qaeda-linked militants pushed on with an offensive in southern Syria.
In Geneva, the UN envoy for Syria said his office would monitor the start of the cease-fire "carefully, before making any hurried comments." Staffan de Mistura said in a text message to The Associated Press on Monday that no statement from his office about the truce was expected before the following afternoon.
The cease-fire deal, hammered out between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva on Saturday, was backed by Assad's government. But it has received mixed messages of commitment from various rebel factions.
It allows the Syrian government to continue to strike at Daesh and Al Qaeda-linked militants with the Jabhat Fatah Al Sham group, earlier known as the Nusra Front, until the US and Russia take over the task in one week's time.
Under the terms of the agreement, the rebels and the Syrian government are expected to stop attacking one another. Assad's key allies have also endorsed the deal.
But that scenario is complicated by the fact that Jabhat Fatah Al Sham remains intertwined with several other groups fighting on the ground.
One of the more immediate goals of the Kerry-Lavrov agreement is to allow the UN to establish aid corridors into Aleppo, the contested northern Syrian city. Over 2,000 people have been killed in fighting over the past 40 days in the city, including 700 civilians and 160 children, according to a Syrian human rights group.
On Saturday, presumed Russian or government airstrikes on rebel-held Idlib and Aleppo provinces killed over 90 civilians, including 13 children in an attack on a marketplace in Idlib, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
In the aftermath, rebels and opposition activists were asking on Sunday whether the government's side could be trusted.
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[RUDAW.NET] The Kurdish forces in northern Syria accept the ceasefire negotiated by the US and Russia and view it as a "positive step," their command confirmed in a statement on Monday.
"We are optimistic with this deal we will be able to cooperate in the fight against the terror of ISIS (ISIS), also hoping it will prepare the base for political transition to start according to the Security Council resolution 2254," reads a statement published by the General Command of the People’s Defense Units (YPG), also known as the People’s Protection Units.
They called on all parties involved in the conflict to join the ceasefire and take steps towards a political transition to end the conflict.
"As the People’s Defense Units, we shall endure and strengthen our struggle against terrorist groups, to help bring an end to the continued suffering of all Syrians, to protect the people of areas that have been freed and those that will be liberated. We believe protecting civilians will establish peace in the region and end The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s occupation of Syrian soil."
A ceasefire negotiated by Russia and the US comes into effect on Monday. It has been welcomed by Damascus, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) of a coalition of Syrian opposition groups, Turkey, and the UN.
Many, however, have expressed doubt that the agreement will hold, citing violations of previous truces.
Bassma Kodmani, an HNC spokesperson, expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... that the Syrian army would comply with the truce, saying that Russia’s influence over Damascus "was the only way to get the regime to comply."
Rebel groups have accused Damascus of violating previous ceasefires.
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My Russian is a bit rusty, but I think Armata means "Missile Bait"
[DefenceBlog] Russia’s Defense Ministry will receive the first batch of 70 Armata main battle tanks in 2019, that was reported by TASS. Earlier it was reported that the Russian Defense Ministry has signed an order for a pilot batch of more than 100 state of the art T-14 “Armata” tanks.
The first production batch should go on the 1st Guards Tank Army, which is stationed in western Russia.
“State tests will be completed next year, they will be put into service afterward,” Alexander Shevchenko, head of the ministry’s main vehicles and armor department, told RIA Novosti.
The program to supply the Russian army with T-14s was initially planned to last until 2020, but, according to Uralvagonzavod chief Oleg Sienko, it is now due to be extended until 2025.
The Russian military estimates that it will need 2,300 of the state of the art tanks.
The T-14 was revealed for the first time on April 29th of 2015 at a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Moscow, but its turret was masked then. The official presentation was made on May 9th during the actual V-Day parade.
[Free Beacon] New admissions by the Obama administration that American officials physically handed some $1.7 billion in cash to the Iranian government are fueling a congressional investigation into still-hidden details surrounding the deal, according to congressional sources and previously unreported-on letters seen by the Washington Free Beacon.
Lawmakers now suspect the Obama administration may have dealt with members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and officials from its intelligence ministry when carrying out the cash exchange, which coincided with the release by Iran of several U.S. hostages.
The Obama administration recently disclosed to Congress that U.S. officials participated in the handoff of at least $400 million to Iranian officials, but has withheld key details about which parts of the Iranian government assumed control of the cash, according to discussions with multiple sources familiar with ongoing congressional investigation.
Multiple sources familiar with the matter told the Free Beacon it is possible IRGC members participated in the exchange, raising new questions about the Obama administration’s dealings with an organization directly responsible for facilitating terrorism and killing U.S. citizens.
"On January 17, Treasury disbursed the payment to an official from the Central Bank of Iran, for transfer to Tehran," according to a letter from the Treasury Department to Congress. "The funds were under U.S. Government control until their disbursement pursuant to the settlement."
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Worthless, and gutless.
The current Republicans have no balls. They should be challenged at every turn as to "When are you going to do *anything* about it?".
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Sounds good Crusader. Call them and tell them what you want done. Sunday I left messages for two Republican Senators and two Republican House members demanding an investigation of our Commander in Chief for being on the golf course and refusing calls for two days when Special Forces needed his approval for a hostage rescue. A lost opportunity to save two American lives.
CALL THEM...
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ValJar wants to get her country all the money she can before she leaves office!
[THEWEEK] Wells Fargo is in hot water. U.S. regulators announced Thursday that the bank has to pay $2.5 million in customer refunds and $185 million in legal fees. It's comeuppance for some truly breathtaking stupidity on the bank's part.
The problem began with what's called "cross-selling." Your average big corporation has a lot of customers, but also a lot of different products and services. Wells Fargo, for instance, is one of the biggest banks in the country, and its offerings run the gamut from credit and debit cards, to online banking, to savings and checking accounts and more. Usually, most of a company's customers only use one or two of those products and services. But since it's already gone to the trouble to acquire those customers, it presumably behooves Wells Fargo and other big firms to get their employees to hawk the rest of their products and services to those customers as well.
That's cross-selling. Which seems straightforward enough. But it turns out, as a business model, cross-selling can be tricky. Doing it properly requires the right strategy, metrics, and so forth. Wells Fargo did not do cross-selling properly.
First off, the bank used a crude metric -- simply the average number of products sold to each customer. Then it imposed strict cross-selling quotas on employees that arguably went way beyond what was reasonably possible.
Next, as the L.A. Times' E. Scott Reckard found in 2013, Wells Fargo reportedly treated its employees horribly. "Managers constantly hound, berate, demean, and threaten employees to meet these unreachable quotas," said a Los Angeles city attorney investigation sparked by the Times' report. Welcome to banking and retail.
Managers themselves were reportedly berated in front of coworkers if they fell short. Plenty of people put in extra hours, and then had to sue Wells Fargo when they weren't paid overtime.
"When I worked at Wells Fargo, I faced the threat of being fired if I didn’t meet their unreasonable sales quotes every day," one former employee said in a statement. "We were constantly told we would end up working for McDonald's" revealed another.
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I've never participated in these bullshit schemes. I've bought cars two different times when the dealership rep said "The company will send a survey out in a few days--I have to have 5 stars on that survey to keep my job."
I said nothing, and never returned any survey. People have to stand up to this bullshit. Bad behavior is bad behavior, whether its disguised as capitalism or totalitarianism.
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Leadership sets the tone of the unit. In the uniform services, it usually means the commander and staff are fired as well.
I'm sure the CEO and board are above accountability and make the big money (and bonuses).
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It's only stupid if either of two things happened: (1) The $185M fine caused them to lose money or (2) someone significant does significant jail time.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Minutes after the commencement of the nationwide ceasefire, the Salafist tough guys launched a new offensive in the Golan Heights region of the al-Quneitra.
Led by Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... and Harakat Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... , the Salafist tough guys stormed the 4th Battalion Base (Tal Taranjeh) and Tuloul al-Hamr in the Golan Heights; this resulted in an intense confrontation with the Syrian Arab Army's 90th Brigade.
The Syrian Arab Army repelled the first large-scale offensive by the Salafist tough guys in the Golan Heights this past weekend; however, this attack is much larger than the previous one.
While no gains have been reported thus far, the Salafist tough guys have made it clear that they are disregarding the ceasefire agreement.
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[USATODAY] The Syrian army announced Monday it began implementing a brokered cease-fire that remained clouded in doubt, with one rebel group not committing to the plan and Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... vowing to "retake every area from the terrorists."
Assad spoke after prayers marking the Moslem holiday Eid al-Adha in the battered city of Daraya, which the government recently retook from rebel forces, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported. The once-bustling city outside Damascus is now virtually abandoned, with rebel fighters allowed to retreat and civilians evacuated by the government.
"By coming to this area, (we) send a message that the Syrian state is determined to retake every area from the terrorists," Assad said, adding that his government is committed to "freedom that starts with restoring security and safety, goes through reconstruction and ends with the independent national decision."
Assad and his allies Russia and Iran have endorsed the cease-fire, which began at sundown in Damascus, or around noon ET.
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This is the fourth or fifth try -- does anyone beyond the participants even notice anymore?
[Jpost] The small fleet of 2 vessels is slated to carry thirty women from various nations, including Israel, with the aim of breaching Israel's naval blockade of the Strip.
Despite the recent reconciliation of ties between Israel and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , it appears that the controversial Gazoo-bound flotilla movement has yet to subside.
An activist flotilla sailing under the banner "Mujeres Rumbo a Gazoo" (Women's Boat to Gazoo) was set to anchor off from Barcelona on Wednesday evening toward the Gazoo Strip.
The small fleet of two vessels was slated to carry thirty women from various nations, including Israel, with the aim of breaching and boycotting Israel's naval blockade of the coastal Paleostinian enclave.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard... Israel was prepared to thwart the flotilla from illegally infringing on the maritime blockade of Gazoo, which was established in 2007 following the terrorist group Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,'s takeover of the Strip.
A diplomatic source on Sunday told The Jerusalem Post's Hebrew sister publication Ma'ariv that the Foreign Ministry was doing its utmost to deal with the matter. The source added that the ministry's efforts sought to minimize possible diplomatic and media harm caused by the flotilla.
Israel and Egypt have also implemented a ground and aerial blockade of Gazoo to thwart weapons and rocket materials from reaching the hands of terrorist entities.
With the capacity to haul 15 passengers each, the Amal (Hope) and the Zaytouna (Olive) sail boats were expected to dock at various ports on their journey across the Mediterranean. After setting sail from Barcelona following two days of anti-Israel events and lectures, the boats were slated to first stop in Corsica.
Among the pro-Paleostinian activists due to board the vessels were European Parliament member Malin Bjork from Sweden, retired US army colonel Ann Wright and doctor Fouzia Hassan from Malaysia.
Among the Israeli nationals expected to take part in the flotilla was the media spokeswoman for controversial Arab-Israeli MK Haneen Zoabi (Joint List), who was on the 2010 Turkish Mavi Marmara flotilla.
In June, Israel and Turkey mended a six-year rift sparked by the Mavi Marmara incident, in which 10 Turkish citizens were killed attacking Israeli commandos.
Israel fears such flotillas could be used to transport materials to Gazoo that could be used by forces of Evil to manufacture weapons and murderous Moslem infrastructure.
Last June, the Israeli Navy intercepted a Swedish flotilla boat off the coast of Gazoo without incident and towed the vessel into the Ashdod Port.
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Historically, as Gaza Flotilla ships have stopped at various ports, things have happened to prevent them continuing the journey. And this time they're starting with only two, each with only fifteen passengers -- what odds they're in tip-top condition?
A sharpshooter killed a top ISIS executioner and three other jihadists with a single bullet from nearly a mile away -- just seconds before the fiend was set to burn 12 hostages alive with a flamethrower, according to a new report. Good timing can made the difference between a horrible tragedy and great comedy.
The British Special Air Service marksman turned one of the most hated terrorists in Syria into a fireball by using a Barett .50-caliber rifle to strike a fuel tank affixed to the jihadi’s back, the UK’s Daily Star reported Sunday. Great job saving money on ammo. Took out three bad guys and their equipment. And probably scored some major psych-ops points as well.
The pack exploded, killing the sadistic terrorist and three of his flunkies, who were supposed to film the execution, last month, the paper said. Here, film this instead.
The ISIS butcher -- who reportedly delighted in burning hostages alive -- had been on a US "kill list" for several months, sources told the paper, which did not identify the sniper or the executioner. Wow. 0bean is really speeding up his decision-making cycle towards the end of his reign.
He and his band of wicked men had been traveling around ISIS-held compounds in Syria slaughtering civilians labeled as spies.
Their prisoners were tied to stakes or thrown in cages before being torched by the executioner, according to the report.
ISIS started using flamethrowers after the torture method was popularized in North Korea.
The ISIS killer was so feared that his victims would beg to be shot rather than be set on fire.
Just before the sniper rescue operation outside of Raqqa, Syria, "the SAS team moved into an overwatch position above a village where they were told the execution was going to take place," a source told the Star.
"Up to 12 civilians were going to be murdered -- eight men and four women.
"The executioner gave some sort of rambling speech . . . then when he finished, the SAS sniper opened fire," the source said.
The captives were then rescued by British and US special forces.
The rescue comes just months after another SAS sniper killed two ISIS car bombers as they drove toward Libya. The sniper’s bullet went through the driver’s skull and into the passenger’s neck, taking both out. Musta used a Barett for that as well seeing as no other sniper's rifle could go through that much bone.
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I'm very confused. The NY Post article gorb had so much fun with reports a hostage rescue in Raqqa, Syria, and is dated September 11, 2016. The original UK Daily Star article it references and links to reports an attack on an ISIS compound in Ramadi, Iraq, and is dated January 3, 2016. Both were long distance SAS sniper shots...
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Politico touted as "HOT AUDIO" HBO star Bill Maher making jokes about Donald Trump being assassinated. Well, it was sort of a joke. It had that Maher edge ‐ as in, "seriously, shouldn’t we shoot Trump before he gets elected?" Judging from the giddy reaction from Maher-loving liberals, could we call it "bloodlust"?
Maher was doing a standup comedy set at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, and he admitted, "I’m nervous. And I saw the headline today -- "Race tightening. Trump ahead in Ohio and Florida." If this race is even the week before the election, somebody is going to have to go out there..."
He paused for effect, then said in a low, growly voice: "Why do you think they let Hinckley out?"
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Very funny, Bill. Turnabout is fair play, what about Hinkley assassinating you? Pretty good joke, eh? Watch your six. Frigging moron.
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Assassination ? Where does it stop? Once it begins then its a game anyone and everybody can play.
Everybody has a List. And there are professionals available.
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When you're the ones without the 300 million (+) guns, you might not want to joke about something along the lines of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. That didn't turn out so well for most of the 20th Century for the inhabitants of Europe.
[BLOGS.WSJ] The past three days have been tough ones for Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as America's Blond Eminence and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John Quincy Adams ... . They also may have produced the best we’ve seen from Donald Trump.
After it was reported that Mrs. Clinton had criticized "half" of Trump supporters as "the basket of deplorables," Mr. Trump did not lash out with the sort of fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... name-calling to which voters have become accustomed from him. Instead, he tweeted that "Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard working people" and that "While Hillary said horrible things about my supporters, and while many of her supporters will never vote for me, I still respect them all."
Typically, Mr. Trump’s words and actions reflect his go-for-the-jugular mentality. But in recent days he has shown what is for him remarkable restraint. After Hillary Clinton left a Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony in Lower Manhattan early on Sunday, a bystander’s video showing her needing assistance to get into her vehicle went viral. Her campaign did not speak about what had happened for more than an hour and initially said only that she had become overheated and dehydrated. Later, it disclosed that Mrs. Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday. It would have been easy for Mr. Trump to lash out, raising the conspiracy theories about Mrs. Clinton’s health that had taken on new life this summer.
Instead, Mr. Trump has taken the high road. Asked about Mrs. Clinton’s health Monday morning, Mr. Trump said, "I hope she gets well, and gets back on the trail, and we’ll be seeing her at the debate."
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He knows he does not want to run against anyone else for sure, but he did do good with this.
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Typically, Mr. Trump’s words and actions reflect his go-for-the-jugular mentality. But in recent days he has shown what is for him remarkable restraint.
No need to go for the jugular. Just hang back and wait for her to bleed out.
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Trump's restraint is not "unusual" if one recognizes that his behavior is classically Jacksonian. Per Walter Russel Mead, Jacksonians religiously follow a "Tit for Tat" strategy: fight honorably in response to honorable fighting, and you will be rewarded with honorable behavior, fight despicably, and expect to pay dearly.
What happened to Shrillary was unfortunate, but it was NOT an attack on Trump, so he did not "attack". Shrillary's "Deplorable" comment was not directed at Trump, but at his followers, so he responds in a way different than if he would be attacked personally.
We desperately need a Jacksonian president at this time, and I see this as proof that, once sworn in, he'll live up to the responsibilities inherent in the Office and do what it takes to defend us, and allow our military to respond to any and all aggressions against us in a manner that would deter others in a satisfying way.
[REUTERS] Taliban advances and a shootout between gunnies from rival ethnic groups in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... that carried echoes of Afghanistan's 1990s civil war have underlined the threats facing President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. two years after he came to power.
The skirmish earlier this month in the capital, sparked by a row over plans to re-bury a former Tajik king, was relatively minor by Afghan standards, but also a rare open display of hostility between ethnic groups that often simmers under the surface yet defines decades of conflict.
At the same time, the Taliban have stepped up operations only weeks before a major conference of international donors to Afghanistan in Brussels.
Last Thursday, the bully boy movement's fighters appeared to walk right into the center of Tarin Kot, capital of the central province of Uruzgan, and though the faceless myrmidons were pushed back, residents say it is now a ghost town of empty roads and shuttered shops.
The fighting in Uruzgan and other provinces including Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... in the south and Kunduz in the north, plus a string of attacks in Kabul in the last few months, provide stark evidence of the Western-backed government's inability to guarantee security, 15 years after the fall of the Taliban.
NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... and Afghan security officials are on alert for more attacks after the Eid holiday this week.
So far, opposition groups have avoided calling openly for Ghani to go, wary of creating a power vacuum at a time when the Taliban insurgency is gaining in intensity.
But this month is the deadline by which the government was to have introduced a new structure following the disputed election of 2014, which forced Ghani to divide power with his rival, Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... , in an awkward "unity" administration.
The deadline is set to expire with none of those changes in place, which experts say undermines Ghani's legitimacy at a time when the Afghan public is far from happy with his performance.
"It's a manageable situation, but the risk of it getting out of hand becomes acute around September," said Scott Worden, director of Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington.
Ghani has the support of the United States, Afghanistan's key ally; Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said in April that Washington does not consider the deadline binding and expects the government to serve a full five-year term.
Whether it lasts that long may depend on how Ghani gets on with his chief executive Abdullah, who recently accused the president of being unwilling to listen to his ministers and unfit to hold office.
Senior aides say they have ironed out their differences after a series of meetings, and government unity is undamaged.
"There's an environment of better understanding and agreement," said government spoEthnic tensions, Taliban attacks pose traps for Afghan leaderkesman Shahhussain Murtazawi. "What you see in the media doesn't reflect reality."
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At least he's not a smack addict like Karzai
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You could call it tit-for-tat with a dash of Mexican drama.
Mexico is to consider a proposal to revoke its treaties with the US, including the 1848 agreement that transferred half its territory to Washington if Donald Trump is elected and tries to make the US's southern neighbour pay for a border wall.
A Mexican senator is due on Tuesday to propose legislation that would empower the government to retaliate of Mr Trump inflicts expropriations or economic losses on his country to make it pay for a wall along the 2,000 mile border.
Reuters said that Armando Rios Piter, an opposition senator for the centre-left Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), hoped his initiative would protect Mexicans, and highlight the risks of targeting them economically.
"In cases where the property/assets of (our) fellow citizens or companies are affected by a foreign government, as Donald Trump has threatened, the Mexican government should proportionally expropriate assets and properties of foreigners from that countryon our territory," says his proposal.
Total remittances to Mexico from abroad ‐ most of which come from the United States ‐ were worth nearly $25bn (£18.6bn) last year, according to the central bank. Bilateral trade between the two nations is worth about half a trillion dollars a year.
Mr Trump stormed to victory in the Republican primary with strident and frequently offensive comments about migrants from Mexico and other Central American countries. He vowed to build a wall, force Mexico to pay for it, and deport up to 11 million undocumented migrants.
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To pay for the wall, just charge everyone entering the United States from Mexico ten dollars an entry. If you have ever witnessed the parade of Mexicans who daily enter the US -- from bordertowns stretching from San Diego to the Gulf of Mexico -- it is certain that millions would be collected each day.
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They can't take down the cartel today anymore than they could take down the Apache or Navajo when they occupied those lands before. However, we did take Mexico City before. Given the population you've literally dumped on us, maybe we should get the resources and the land to cover expenses and keep it this time.
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I suggest we give them California (minus the military bases) - and all the residents of California. Make them Mexican citizens and build a wall around the state.
[TRIBUNE.PK] A much-talked-about peace deal between the Afghan administration and the Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil... -led Hizb-e-Islami krazed killer group is likely to be announced on the eve of Eidul Azha.
Hizb leaders earlier hoped the announcement would be made on Saturday evening, but it couldn’t materialise owing to differences between PresidAfghan govt, Hizb-e-Islami peace deal nearsent Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. and Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... Hekmatyar, a veteran of the Afghan jihad against the Soviet military, has been accused by rights campaigners of widespread abuses, particularly during the civil war of the early 1990s, when he briefly served as prime minister.
"On our part, we have already finalised work," a Hizb spokesperson told The Express Tribune on Sunday. "We were expecting an announcement regarding the reconciliation agreement on Saturday evening."
Some reports suggest that opposition from Dr Abdullah is causing the delay, the front man added. "Talks between President Ghani and Dr Abdullah are in progress. And we hope the differences will be sorted out."
There are reports that President Ghani would declare truce with Hizb-e-Islami on the eve of Eidul Azha. The Hizb spokesperson, however, denied rumours that Hekmatyar was present in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... for the announcement of the peace deal.
Under the draft, members of Hizb-e-Islami would be offered a general amnesty, similar to the one offered in 2007 to warlords accused of war crimes. The government would also work to have the group removed from a UN blacklist. The group would not join the government but would be recognised as a political party and be involved in major political decisions.
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[LATIMES] With little fanfare or signing message, Gov. Jerry Governor Moonbeam Brown ... those who ignore history are bound to repeat it ... on Monday signed historic legislation that will expand overtime pay for Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, farmworkers.
"We are letting the signature speak for itself," said a spokesperson for Brown.
AB 1066, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), calls for a phase-in of new overtime rules over four years, beginning in 2019.
It will lower the current 10-hour-day threshold for overtime by half an hour each year until it reaches the standard eight-hour day by 2022. It also will phase in a 40-hour standard workweek for the first time. The governor will be able to suspend any part of the process for a year depending on economic conditions.
The measure comes after intense showdowns on the floor of the Assembly, where a similar proposal died in June, a few votes short of the majority it needed to pass.
The United Farm Workers of America, which sponsored the bill, says it addresses an injustice first inflicted on farmworkers nearly eight decades ago. In a critique similar to those used by opponents of increasing the minimum wage, opponents argued it could backfire on farmworkers, saddling farmers and growers with higher costs and forcing them to limit work hours and hire more employees.
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This is not the 1930s mom and pop farms anymore. The theory of the mom and pop farms is that some wages are taken in your own product of food. Not necessarily the situation today. Why is a farm worker's labor worth less than any other worker?
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Cheaper to send inspectors to Mexico than employing or importing illegals and paying the social/education welfare costs of them here. The farming industry has simply been covering the cost of farm labor by shifting it on to the taxpayer for generations to make up for low wages. At least slave holders had to cover the cost of housing, clothing and food to keep their 'property' alive.
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When I was in Portland, Oregon in 1990 I lived in a motel outside Portland. There were a lot of Mishtex living there as migrant farm workers. They didn't consider themselves Mexicans. Wonderful people and every Saturday after work they brought out the grills and propane cookers and had a fiesta. There was beer but no one got drunk. All the children had a great time. I was invited to participate. Most could speak English but their Spanish was not high school Spanish and was difficult to understand. They also spoke a native language that was probably close to Aztec.
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Since most farm laborers are being paid under the table all this will do is drive legal farm workers out of business in favor of illegals and machines.
The editors of The Oklahoma Daily finally got their wish: policing and punishing students for what they say and think.
Less than two days after an editorial griped that the University of Oklahoma’s promised “bias hotline” was months behind its scheduled implementation, the university confirmed the system is going live Friday afternoon. "text of complaint" >> /dev/null
The Daily reports that the school switched third-party vendors in the middle of the planned implementation.
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Well, once you toss out academic freedom, you don't mind being micro-managed by the legislative branch? Got to give the pols something to do between legislative sessions. We have a match.
Seven PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes Monday in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari, the military said, AA reported. Three targets in Yuksekova district were destroyed between 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. local time (0930 and 1000GMT), the Turkish General Staff said in a statement.
Turkish jets have been carrying out strikes on PKK positions in Turkey and northern Iraq since the group -- considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its 30-year armed campaign in July last year.
Since then, more than 600 security personnel and many civilians, including women and children, have been martyred and around 7,000 PKK terrorists killed.
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[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] The nationwide ceasefire in Syria concluded by Russia and the United States [SF editor: If there is no war between Russia and the United States in Syria, why are they main sides of the deal?] began at 16:00 GMT.
Chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy:
"In line with the [Russia-US] agreements, the ceasefire regime on the whole territory of the Syrian Arab Republic comes into force on Monday at 19:00 pm Moscow time [16:00 GMT]."RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES TO CONTINUE STRIKE TERRORIST TARGETS IN SYRIA DESPITE CEASEFIRE
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Moscow and Washington are setting up a joint center to designate terrorist targets in Syria and the Russian Aerospace Forces will continue to strike terrorist targets.
"The Russian Aerospace Forces will continue Arclight airstrikes against terrorist targets in Syria. The Russian and US sides create a joint center that will help coordinate strikes by Russian and US-led coalition’s aircraft to designate targets,"Rudskoy said.
Rudskoy said that the fight against Lions of Islam (ISIS, Jabhat Al-Nusra, etc) "will continue regardless of any changes of names."
The Syrian government has also agreed to support the ceasefire and halt military operations against the so-called "opposition."
The Russian Defense Ministry expects all US-backed myrmidon groups to abide by the ceasefire deal. It also called Turkish-backed myrmidon groups to halt military operations against the Kurdish YPG in northern Syria.
However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... the de-facto implication of the deal looks like significant problem. Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... , one of the biggest US-backed "moderate" groups, has already rejected the ceasefire. Its allies will likely follow the decision.
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There is no longer a sovereign state called Syria. That government has no real control any longer.
We need to decide how we would like the realignment to play out.
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g(r)omgoru || , don't forget the sliver in his rear while saving Cambodia as well. Is that the same as a back shot while running away? Believe me, he was, and still is, a REMF!
Gulf Cooperation Council countries expressed "deep concern" on Monday over a bill passed by the US Congress that would allow families of September 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia over the attacks.
Okay, you expressed your concerns. Now shaddup or we'll turn you over to the Iranians...
The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdullatif Al Zayani, said in a statement that the legislation runs against the principles of international law and sets a dangerous precedent for foreign relations.
The US House of Representatives approved the legislation last Friday, following earlier passage by the Senate. The White House has signaled President Barack Obama would veto the proposed law over concerns that it could open the US up to similar lawsuits from other countries.
The United Arab Emirates issued its own statement echoing the Gulf bloc's concerns on Monday.
"This law is not equal with the foundations and principles of relations among states, and represents a clear violation given its negative repercussions and dangerous precedents," said Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
In its own statement, Qatar said the 9/11 legislation "violates international law, particularly the principle of sovereign equality between states."
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It does seem to be short thinking. If we open up the world to lawsuits against governments the West will be deluged with real and harassment lawsuits.
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If these lawsuits do go forward, who knows what might be turned up in discovery. Might be interesting to see some of the interlocking relationships.
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It would solve a lot of problems if the 9/11 funders, activists, field supervisors, and Princelings all took a verifiable deadly desert picnic
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g(r)omgoru, assuming you mean the international criminal court (came up on the second page of the Google search which is odd).
The ICC is ineffective, this lawsuit against SA would also be ineffective, and the shitstorm it would begin of other potential grudge lawsuits would also be ineffective as the leaders of various countries are unlikely to turn their own people over lest they be next. And it'll cost us all money and time.
I hate the Saudi's as much as the next guy but reminding the executive order against assassinations seems a better plan.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Yemeni Army's "Rocket Battalion" scored a direct hit on a Saudi Army camp on Monday, causing severe damage to the military installation.
According to the Yemeni Republican Guard, the Rocket Battalion fired a Qahir-1 ballistic missile at the Khaled bin 'Abdel-'Aziz Army Base in 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... , killing several members of the Saudi Armed Forces in the process.
This ballistic missile strike was conducted by the Yemeni Army in response to the Saudi Air Force's merciless Arclight airstrikes over the Arhab Region of the Sanaa Governorate on Sunday.
As many as 30 non-combatants were killed as a result of the Saudi Arclight airstrikes over the Sanaa Governorate on Sunday.
[AlArabiya] The Saudi-led coalition battling militias in Yemen said Monday it shot down a missile fired by the insurgents towards an airbase in southern Saudi Arabia.
The missile was the latest aimed at the kingdom since the coalition began air raids to support Yemen's internationally-backed government in March last year. Khamis Mushait air base, in Saudi Arabia's southwest, has been at the forefront of the coalition bombing campaign against Houthi militias and their allies.
Saudi Arabia has deployed Patriot missile batteries to counter tactical ballistic missiles fired occasionally from Yemen during the war.
Fighting in Yemen has intensified since the collapse of UN-backed peace talks in Kuwait on August 6. Rebels have also fired harder-to-detect Katyusha rockets, particularly into the Saudi border city of Najran.
More than 100 civilians and soldiers have died in strikes and skirmishes along the frontier.
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[IsraelTimes] Officials blame PKK for blast outside of Justice and Development Party headquarters in Van, on first day of Eid
Of course they do. They might even be right.
A boom-mobilewent kaboom! Monday outside the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in the eastern Turkish city of Van, wounding 48 people including two coppers, local authorities said.
Turkish officials blamed the attack on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state and is considered a terrorist group by Ankara and its Western allies.
The attack took place near a police checkpoint outside the AKP offices in the heart of the bustling city, the local governor’s office said in a statement.
"Forty-six civilians and two copperswere maimed after a bomb-laden car... was blown up by members of the separatist terror organization," it added, using a term to describe Kurdish Lion of Islams.
No group has yet grabbed credit for the bombing, which came on the first day of the Moslem holiday of Eid al-Adha. But Besir Atalay, an AKP politician from Van, pointed the finger of blame at the PKK.
"The terrorist organization has targeted our party building and the AKP’s presence in the past. This is one of their attacks," he added, in live comments on the private NTV television.
Witnesses said the force of the blast shattered the windows in the surrounding vicinity and the AKP’s provincial offices sustained severe damage.
Several ambulances rushed to the scene and television images showed water cannon being used to put out a fire caused by the kaboom.
Van, a city with a mixed Kurdish and Turkish population on the shores of the lake of the same name, has generally been spared the worst of attacks like those seen in the nearby city of Diyarbakir. The city is a popular tourist destination, particularly with Iranians who arrive from across the border in huge numbers to enjoy shopping and the relaxed atmosphere.
The blast came a day after the government announced the removal of 28 mayors, mainly over alleged links to the PKK in a move strongly denounced by pro-Kurdish parties.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... defended the suspension of 28 mayors, saying it was a long-overdue.
"You, as mayors and municipal councils, cannot stand up and support terrorist organizations," he told news hounds after prayers outside an Istanbul mosque, shortly before the attack.
The government has also stepped up its military campaign in the restive southeast to eradicate PKK Lion of Islams, who have launched almost daily attacks since the rupture of a fragile ceasefire last year.
In a message relayed by his brother, locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan said the Kurdish conflict could end if the state was ready.
"He said if the state is ready for the projects we can implement them in six months," Mehmet Ocalan told supporters in Diyarbakir, without offering further details.
Mehmet Ocalan also said his brother was in "good health" amid concerns over the locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! leader’s welfare after months cut off from the outside world on the Imrali prison island near Istanbul.
A group of 50 Kurdish activists including MPs announced on Monday they were ending their hunger strike on the eighth day, after receiving news on Ocalan’s health through his brother, a spokeswoman for the group said.
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uncofirmed reports are that it was a 1932 3 window Ford, driven by those that want to unseat the government:
in other words, a little deuce coup....
[Aawsat] Cairo- Forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, the general commander of Libya’s pro-parliament National Army, achieved a key military victory on Sunday, as they gained control over the country’s “oil crescent” that was under the authority of militias supporting the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA).
“Oil crescent” is home to two major Mediterranean ports and is seen as a vital source of income for the GNA which is struggling to assert its authority.
Previously controlled by guards allied to the GNA, the ports of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf were seized by forces loyal to Haftar, who is one of the most powerful military figures in Libya.
Colonel Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman for Haftar’s forces, told a press conference that another oil terminal at Zueitina was not yet under their control.
“Clashes are now ongoing near the Zueitina port,” Mismari said.
He also confirmed that Haftar’s fighters were in control of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf.
Hatem El-Ouraybi, a spokesman for the eastern authority, told AFP the attack was aimed at “regaining full control of the oil crescent.”
“The government calls on all the people of the oil crescent area — including those who were in the oil installations guards — to join the army or return to their homes,” he said.
U.N. special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler said on Twitter he was worried about the fighting.
“Oil belongs to all Libyans,” he tweeted. “Conflicts can only be solved through dialogue, not violence,” he added, urging all parties to sit together.
Ras Lanuf and Es Sider are together capable of handling 700,000 barrels of oil per day but had been closed for months after jihadist attacks.
The Libyan oil sector has been controlled by armed groups since 2013, which led to a sharp decrease in production levels that reached only 250,000 barrels per day, compared to one and a half million barrels per day before that year.
From Sunday: More from Asharq Al-Awsat
The attacks on Libya’s major oil ports by Haftar, who opposes the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), pushes the North African state towards a broader battle over its oil resources and disrupts attempts to restart production.
Armed conflict, political disputes and militant attacks have reduced Libya’s oil production to about 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 1.6 million bpd it was producing before an uprising toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Haftar, a former army general who has been a divisive figure in Libya since Gaddafi was toppled, has resisted attempts to integrate him into unified armed forces and overcome divisions between the east and west regions.
Many in western Libya and Tripoli criticize Haftar as a former Gaddafi ally bent on establishing a military dictatorship, but he has become a political figurehead for many in the east who feel abandoned by the capital.
The state-run National Oil Corporation confirmed Ras Lanuf and Es Sider were under full control of Haftar forces while Zueitina was still contested.
The attacks complicate Western attempts to bring together Libya’s rival armed factions under the GNA and stabilise a country where chaos allowed extremist militants and migrant smugglers to operate across swathes of territory.
The ports targeted by the LNA were previously under the control of the Petrol Facilities Guard (PFG), whose leader, Ibrahim Jathran, struck a deal with the GNA in July to end its blockade of Ras Lanuf, Es Sider and Zueitina.
But there had been little sign of any rapid resumption of exports in recent weeks, and control by Haftar’s brigades could make the deal irrelevant.
A government and parliament based in the east still resist the GNA’s authority in Tripoli and they have in the past threatened to try to sell crude themselves.
Mismari said the LNA had been able to seize Ras Lanuf and Es Sider quickly because it had won over local tribes before staging a rapid advance. “This force was being prepared for a long time, and it entered without any resistance from Jathran’s forces,” he told Reuters.
One eyewitness said there had been a heavy deployment of LNA armoured vehicles around Ras Lanuf and Es Sider.
Akram Buhaliqa, a second LNA spokesman, said there had been no casualties among LNA forces in the early morning operation, though Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said a small fuel tank for power generation had been set ablaze in Es Sider.
On Sunday afternoon, the LNA and residents said clashes were continuing in a residential district of Ajdabiya that is home to Jathran’s family.
Ras Lanuf and Es Sider were badly damaged earlier this year in attacks by ISIS militants based in Sirte, where they are currently on the verge of defeat by forces aligned with the GNA backed by U.S. air strikes.
[AlAhram] A rival force seized the Libyan oil port of Zuwaytina from guards loyal to the UN-backed unity government early on Monday in a new blow to its authority, a spokesman for the force said.
"Our armed forces were able to take control of Zuwaytina port and secure it completely," Mohammad al-Azumi said, after the force loyal to a rival administration based in east seized two other oil ports on Sunday.
[SOUTHFRONT.ORG] Syrian aircraft strikes killed two commanders of the Fatah al-Sham (previously known as the al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) terrorist group: Abu Ayesha, originally from Egypt, and Abu Faruq Homsi, in the eastern province of Homs. The commanders bit the dust during the attack on terrorist positions in al-Rastan and al-Za’afaraneh in northern Homs.
In addition, commander of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA), Ahmad Nahlawi aka Abu al-Zahar, and a field commander of Ajnad al-GHoghaz, Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, were also killed in attacks of the Syrian Army in Hama province.
Terrorists were pushed back from the towns of Zowar al-Jadideh and Zowar al-Masaeq in northwestern Hama by Syrian troops. At the same time, Syrian aircraft targeted and hit terrorist centers in Taybat al-Imam, Kafr Zita and Maardes.
On September 8, control of the village of Kharaba al-Hajama in the southwestern parts of Taybat al-Imam, as well as of al-Mazraa heights, adjacent to Maardes town in northern Hama, was regained by the Syrian Army. Reportedly, tens of bad boyz were potted and their weapons and ammunition were destroyed.
According to unconfirmed reports, Batish region near Khattab town, as well as al-Abadah heights and al-Iskandariya ... named after Alexander the Great, today it's a mostly Sunni-inhabited slum ... village in the countryside of Marradas town were also liberated by Syrian troops.
Also on September 8, the Syrian Army launched a new offensive in the surrounding areas of the village of Howeisis and the Palmyra (Tadmur) silos in the eastern part of Homs province. As result, Islamic 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.... (IS) forces of Evil suffered heavy losses. The attack killed and maimed scores of terrorists, including non-Syrian and imported muscle, in al-Bardeh and the Syriatel hilltop, as well as destroyed their military vehicles.
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[TRIBUNE.PK] Moslems must put an end to their internal differences and be united against their enemies, Senator Sirajul Haq ...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that... , head of the Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... , said in an Eid greetings message on Monday.
Imperialist powers have thrust Moslems into a war to grab and control their resources, he said. "Our rulers are incompetent and all too willing to be enslaved by these imperial powers." He said these leaders were the agents of the enemy rather than leaders of the Ummah. "They are responsible for the problems the Moslem Ummah face today."
Haq said enemy forces amassing under the banner of the USA had massacred millions of Moslems in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Now they have daggers pointing at Syria and Yemen." He said Moslems in Paleostine and Kashmire had sacrificed a lot in the last seven decades but the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... and other so-called human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... champions had turned a blind eye towards their plight.
The JI chief said India had enjoyed the full support of the US, which is why it had become a serious threat to world peace. He said that the US has been interfering in South Asia with the intent to make India a regional hegemon. The US-India collusion against the CPEC in Pakistain has already risen to the surface, he said.
"Modi’s statement on Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... is irrefutable proof of New Delhi’s nefarious designs against our country." Haq said that security agencies had solid evidence of India’s involvement in terrorist activities in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , Quetta, and Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Pakistain's rulers were aware of New Delhi’s designs yet they were keen to forge a friendship with India against the nation’s sentiments, he said.
Haq said corruption and plunder by the country’s rulers had badly shaken people’s confidence in them. "They have been blocking an investigation into Panama Leaks...their bank accounts abroad are fit to burst with trillions of rupees and foreign currency...yet they burden the masses with price hikes and heavy taxes and secure huge loans from the IMF and the World Bank."
The JI chief said the situation called for a strong and sustained movement, "like the Pakistain Movement", to pull the country out of the mess it was in and to bring confidence to the masses.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is on the march in Latakia after capturing a string of villages from Islamist insurgents in the northern countryside of the province. These advances not only serve to restore stability to Syria's western shore, but also provides government forces a much needed military path leading directly to the Jaish al-Fateh heartland in Idlib.
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According to police officials, on Monday two gunmen stormed Kandahar's Mirwais hospital and engaged in an armed confrontation with Afghan security forces deployed inside the compound.
The encounter continued for one hour until security forces killed the two attackers.
Officials said one civilian was killed in the attack and another one was wounded.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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A teeny bit off topic; I like the way the DD-1000 came out. Not sure the Navy likes it, but I've been watching it build up for a while now.
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USS Vesuvius (1888), the dynamite cruiser
Another bold, innovative breakthrough. The whole modular package concept is questionable --- the implementation so far is pathetic.
[INDIATIMES] Terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... (JeM) has released a video issuing threats against mainstream politicians and Kashmiri "informers" working for the security forces in the valley.
This came even as separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani praised Pakistain for extending support to the ongoing violent "movement" in the valley.
In a seven-minute video, a masked man, standing against a wall banner inscribed with Koranic verses in Arabic and an AK-47 hanging by his side, described Hizbul commander Burhan Wani - whose killing by the security forces two months ago triggered massive violence in the valley - as 'shaheed-e-millat' (martyr of the community).
The masked man threatened that the Death Eaters would take the violent "movement" to its logical conclusion.
"This is the last warning for pro-India politicians and youth who work for the police and Army. Don't think we don't know your names. We have your addresses as well," the bad boy threatened while reading out the names and addresses of the targeted people. He asked the identified people to seek forgiveness from Allah and join the bad boys' cause.
SSP Baramulla Imtiyaz Hussain Mir said the video was uploaded on a Facebook page and eventually shared through WhatsApp groups.
He said the J&K police had specific intelligence about the presence of Pak terrorists, including the one who had issued threats in the video. Mir identified the masked man as a Pak JeM terrorist.
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[Metro.co.uk] Emergency services were called to the blaze on the three-month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, where 49 people were shot dead by Omar Mateen, on June 12.
The fire started around 12.31am this morning at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce in Port St Lucie, Florida.
This occurred just hours after the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and falling on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
CCTV shows an individual walking up to the east side of the building prior to the fire breaking out.
At a press conference, Major David Thompson, of the Sheriff’s Office, said: ‘Right now I don’t want to speculate on a motive. We all know the implications of the date and the time of year, this is the 9/11 anniversary. Is that related? I would not want to speculate but it is in the back of our minds.
‘This is a horrible tragedy, not only for the Islamic Center, but also for our community.’
[SunSentinal] Authorities continued to hunt for a suspected arsonist who fled on a motorcycle Monday after fire erupted at a mosque where Orlando massacre shooter Omar Mateen worshipped.
A surveillance video from the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce showed a man with a bottle of liquid and what appeared to be a handful of paper touch off the blaze just after midnight, investigators said.
"Shortly after the individual approached the building, an immediate and very large flash was observed in the video footage," St. Lucie County Sheriff's Maj. David Thompson said. "The male was then seen leaving the mosque in a hurry."
As he was leaving, the man "was shaking his hand," Thompson said. "We're not sure, but it is possible he sustained burns on that hand."
In the video the suspected arsonist is seen riding a motorcycle described as "a Harley-Davidson-style motorcycle, with a low seat and higher handlebars," according to Thompson. He said the man wore jeans with distinctive embroidery on the rear pants pockets, a button-front shirt and a boonie-style fishing cap.
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False Flag?
Rob's thought?
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Over New Years or roughly then, a mosque in Houston was burned. The usual suspects starting carrying on about the usual suspects. Turns out it wasn't Billy Joe Bob, a veteran, Southern Baptist, member of the Tea Party, member of the NRA, supporter of Donald Trump and NASCAR fan. Was a Muslim member of the congregation. Down the memory hole.
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today is 'stone the devil' day in the Hajj
fwiw
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The number of false flag an insurance claims has to be running 100 to 1 against real attacks on Mosques. I think I'll just wait and see before passing judgement.
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In the video the suspected arsonist is seen riding a motorcycle described as "a Harley-Davidson-style motorcycle, with a low seat and higher handlebars," according to Thompson. He said the man wore jeans with distinctive embroidery on the rear pants pockets, a button-front shirt and a boonie-style fishing cap.
Good lord Peter Fonda is have a change of heart? And who is this Thompson?
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How's about somebody whose lover, son, or brother was whacked by Omar Mateen? He's been sitting at home alone, thinking about the funeral, thinking about his loved one, thinking about that mosque...
[Bangkok Post] A former border patrol police officer was killed in a gun attack in Narathiwat province on Monday morning. Police investigator Sithichok Piboonsaksophon said that the incident occurred at a shed by a canal in Chanae district. While Jirasak Wadeng, a former police officer who formerly taught at the border patrol police-run Ai Buetae School, was sitting under the shed, an attacker approached him and shot him twice with a handgun, killing him instantly. The killer then fled.
[Free Beacon] James Woolsey, who headed the CIA under former President Bill Clinton, will serve as a senior adviser to Donald Trump on national security, defense, and intelligence, the Republican nominee’s campaign announced on Monday.
Woolsey, a self-described life-long Democrat, told CNN soon after the announcement that he supports Trump’s defense budget proposal, which includes a commitment to lift the restraints on defense spending, the Hill reported.
He also said that Trump is "more willing" to protect the privacy of classified information, citing Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state.
"She demonstrated a complete lack of understanding and an inability to lead the agency she headed in such a way as to maintain its mission and security," Woolsey said in a statement.
"Based on the emails thus far released we know that Secretary Clinton also lacks the ability to lead her senior managers while complying with and maintaining the basic protocols designed to protect our government’s sensitive and classified information. Mr. Trump understands the magnitude of the threats we face and is holding his cards close to the vest," he continued.
[YNETNEWS] After almost two years of Arclight airstrikes and no coordination, the US and Russia have finally agreed to a military partnership which will see the two countries attack ISIS; Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of troops to Syria in support of President Assad, vows to repel any attack on its forces.
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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.
[Bizpac Review] After Hillary Clinton collapsed Sunday in New York City and reemerged about an hour and a half later from her daughter's apartment, conspiracy theorists began to circulate a rumor that they weren't the same person.
[Fox] Long before Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) became a prominent NeverTurmper, he appears to have been a favorite Republican among the Clinton camp.
[LI] By most accounts, Danny Lewin was the first victim of 9/11. Seated in seat 9B aboard American Airlines flight 11, he saw Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari, sitting just in front of him, rise and make their way to the cockpit. According to calls from flight attendants to air traffic officials, later documented in the 9/11 Commission’s report, Lewin wasted no time in acting. Having served as an officer in Sayeret Matkal, the Israel Defense Forces’ top unit, he moved to tackle the terrorists. The man in 10B, Satam al-Suqami, moved, too, producing a knife and slitting Lewin’s throat. Less than 30 minutes later, at 8:46 a.m., the plane crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
[Daily Caller] Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm thinks that Hillary Clinton’s religion played a key part in the campaign's decision not to disclose her pneumonia diagnosis.
[Jewish Press] The famed Great Synagogue of Pilsen is returning to Jewish hands and hearts after 20 years as a Czech concert hall and art museum.
[Daily Caller] More than $9 million of Department of State money has been funneled through the Peace Corps to a nonprofit foundation started and run by Secretary of State John Kerry’s daughter, documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation show.
[Inquirer] The communist National Democratic Front (NDF) praised President Duterte’s anti-US statement. A statement signed by NDF spokesperson Rubi del Mundo said, "The National Democratic Front in Southern Mindanao commends President Duterte for his unprecedented statement. No other Philippine president has ever publicly censured and taken US imperialism to task for its atrocious crimes against sovereign nations and peoples of the world."
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said Sunday that she would not have ordered the 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
A sharpshooter killed a top ISIS executioner and three other jihadists with a single bullet from nearly a mile away -- just seconds before the fiend was set to burn 12 hostages alive with a flamethrower, according to a new report.
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Politico touted as "HOT AUDIO" HBO star Bill Maher making jokes about Donald Trump being assassinated. Well, it was sort of a joke. It had that Maher edge ‐ as in, "seriously, shouldn’t we shoot Trump before he gets elected?" Judging from the giddy reaction from Maher-loving liberals, could we call it "bloodlust"?
[BLOGS.WSJ] The past three days have been tough ones for 
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Jerry 
Seven PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes Monday in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari, the military said, AA reported. Three targets in Yuksekova district were destroyed between 12.30 p.m. and 1.00 p.m. local time (0930 and 1000GMT), the Turkish General Staff said in a statement.
Learned that word while watching war movies, eh? 
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