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Turkish strike kills Iraqi border guards, Iraqi military says
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Page 6: Politix
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6 18:57 Marilyn Tojo7566 [3] 
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2 01:25 M. Murcek [5] 
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Minsk, police go nuts start shooting everybody
[Twitter] Minsk tonight. Police shooting everybody
Posted by: 3dc || 08/12/2020 05:39 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Judging by the video, these are local Antifa/BLM - not everybody.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/12/2020 6:48 Comments || Top||

#2  police go nuts start shooting everybody

Why is that a bad thing, in Minsk?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2020 13:31 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Ilhan Omar wins, will go back to Congress
[Twitter] ~57% to 40%
Posted by: lord garth || 08/12/2020 09:33 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Minnesota deserves everything that's coming to them...unfortunately, it's also inflicted on the rest of us because the Feds to too chicken-$hit to bring her up on immigration charges -among other things.
Posted by: Warthog || 08/12/2020 13:06 Comments || Top||

#2  So wait, I don't get it. She won the democrat primary. This does not mean she gets another two years as I understand it. She still has to win the general in Nov. The crazy left like her. As I understand our elections this only giver her the right to go to the election as a democrat.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 08/12/2020 13:51 Comments || Top||

#3  That district votes 70-80% Democrat. The Dem primary effectively is the election.
Posted by: Glavinter Greretle1225 || 08/12/2020 14:56 Comments || Top||

#4  17% more voters either aren't paying attention, or support her lunacy.

Posted by: DarthVader || 08/12/2020 16:09 Comments || Top||

#5  Her district will not go to a Republican. Period.
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/12/2020 18:40 Comments || Top||

#6  Of course mine won't go to a Democrat...
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/12/2020 18:41 Comments || Top||


Congratulations to our future Vice President from Alex Soros
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/12/2020 07:43 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In other Soros news, today's George's birthday.
Posted by: Angereling Glose6939 || 08/12/2020 8:47 Comments || Top||

#2  I hope the Orange Man exploits that hand shake foto to the maximum extent possible.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/12/2020 9:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Obviously help her up off her knees..
Posted by: Warthog || 08/12/2020 9:09 Comments || Top||

#4  I suppose adding a "follow the money" comment would be redundant.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/12/2020 9:13 Comments || Top||

#5  follow the Skank
Posted by: Thraiger Barnsmell4228 || 08/12/2020 12:30 Comments || Top||

#6  Is there any place on the left that the Soros family tentacles do not reach?
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 || 08/12/2020 18:57 Comments || Top||


U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar wins Democratic primary
[Ynet] U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar held off a well-funded challenger Tuesday and won the Democratic primary in her congressional district, putting her on track for re-election in November along with other members of the "Squad" of four liberal freshmen.

Omar defeated attorney Antone Melton-Meaux, who had accused her of prioritizing her celebrity over her constituents, and several other challengers, the New York Times said.

One of the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress in 2018, Omar won 57.2% of the vote Tuesday compared with 39.4% for Melton-Meaux in Minnesota's 5th district, the Times said. She is likely to win again in November in the solidly Democratic district.
Clearly her district wants her despite her many negatives — or the Democratic Party machine does — so no sympathy when they get exactly what they voted for.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/12/2020 06:45 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  People need to vote with their feet before that is outlawed too.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/12/2020 9:25 Comments || Top||

#2  But not like this (or like this?).
Posted by: Clem || 08/12/2020 10:36 Comments || Top||

#3  This bites - I want to see at least one or two of these Squad clowns lose. Unfortunately Ayanna Pressley (D - MA 7th) is running without a opponent for the Sept. 1st primary here in MA (Tlaib and AOC already won their primaries), so it's 0 for 4 in the first round of voting.
Posted by: Raj || 08/12/2020 10:46 Comments || Top||

#4  Meanwhile, Chris Kobach lost his primary in Kansas.

The Dems are going all in, and the GOP (including many in the rank and file) are curling up into whimpering surrender balls.

And Trump's backing of Ben Sasse really paid off, didn't it?
Posted by: charger || 08/12/2020 10:53 Comments || Top||

#5  ^^ Sasse is an asse!
Posted by: H-T-A || 08/12/2020 11:59 Comments || Top||

#6  Won at least until November.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 08/12/2020 15:28 Comments || Top||


Pro-cop groups sue Mayor de Blasio for denying Blue Lives Matter mural
[NYPOST] A pair of pro-cop groups are suing Mayor Comrade Bill de Blasio
...cryptocommie mayor of New York and for some reason a Dem candidate for president in 2020. Corrupt and incompetent, his qualifications for office seem to consist of being married to a black woman, with whom he honeymooned in Cuba. He has a preppy-looking son named Dante, whose Divine Comedy involved getting his back hair up when a police car drove past him slowly. New Yorkers voted for him, so they deserve him...
after being denied a Blue Lives Matter mural akin to the one Black Lives Matter had splashed across Fifth Avenue, The Post has learned.The lawsuit, filed late Monday by Blue Lives Matter NYC and Standing up for NYC in the Southern District of New York, accuses de Blasio and Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg of violating the groups’ First Amendment rights by allowing "city property to be used by private speakers" — yet forbidding a similar mural supportive of cops.

"The ’Black Lives Matter’ message is highly political and is generally understood by the public to be and support a general anti-police message, include some extreme measures as defunding the police and ending police activity," the suit reads.

Blue Lives founder Sgt. Joe Imperatrice told The Post on Tuesday that he simply wanted "to be granted the same privilege to bring to light a cause that we so believe in would change the trajectory of equality for all those with the same interest.

"Certain politicians have gotten away from equality and fairness for all and have given the privilege to certain groups," he added.

The co-founders of Standing up for NYC, Jason Cohen and Tatiana Davidoff, said the mural is meant to honor cops and boost morale.
Posted by: Fred || 08/12/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "We'll tell you who's speech is free..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/12/2020 1:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Freedom of speech is not a "privilege."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/12/2020 1:25 Comments || Top||


Chicago politician calls mayor ‘unprepared,’ wants to call in the feds
[NYPOST] If "unprepared" reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot
...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway...
can’t get crime under control, the feds must be called in to help, a Windy City politician is urging in the aftermath of a chaotic night of riots and looting.Brian Hopkins, an alderman who represents parts of the downtown area, blasted Lightfoot in a statement to CWBChicago Monday night.

"Our city was devastated by widespread looting and rioting for which our mayor seemed totally unprepared," he said.

He also accused Lightfoot of offering "nothing but rhetoric and blame," just like she did after similar riots in May.

He demanded she come up with a "safety plan that will protect all neighborhoods and small business owners."

Anything short of that and "I am strongly in favor of asking for federal assistance," Hopkins said.

"Our city cannot afford even one more night of rampant and uncontrolled criminal activity," he said. "This has to stop. And it has to stop now."
Posted by: Fred || 08/12/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Somebody's private phone was ringing a lot last night and this morning.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/12/2020 17:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Who's got better shoulders, Lori the Loon or Michael Michelle?
Posted by: Clem || 08/12/2020 17:47 Comments || Top||

#3  phuque em, let them stew in their own excrement
Posted by: 746 || 08/12/2020 18:59 Comments || Top||


Democratic National Convention unveils list of speakers
[NYPOST] The Democratic National Convention on Tuesday unveiled a schedule of speakers including NY Gov. Andrew Sonny Cuomo, firebrand
...firebrands are noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments...
Rep. Alexandria Boom Boom Ocasio-Cortez
Dem Congressgirl from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details. She was the inventor of the Green New Deal, though she doesn't talk about it much anymore...
, Crooked Hillary Clinton
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Posted by: Fred || 08/12/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:


Summary of 8-11 Hearing on the Flynn Case
[Federalist] For nearly four hours Tuesday morning, the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals drilled attorneys for Michael Flynn, the Department of Justice, and Judge Emmet Sullivan on a wide range of issues, from the scope of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedures 48(a), which provides that "the government may, with leave of court, dismiss an indictment, information, or complaint," to the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers, the propriety of mandamus, and the need for Sullivan to recuse from the Flynn case
Seems the Circuit Court wants to prevent Sullivan from further obvious judicial abuse and looks for a quiet and subtle way to get this done without acknowledging the abuse.
Posted by: lord garth || 08/12/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Our junior high shop teacher used to give us a dope slap if we were doing something stupid. It was a quiet and subtle way of saying "Don't be a dumbass!"
Posted by: SteveS || 08/12/2020 0:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Imagine the drawing of straws for which jurist had to take Emmet aside and say "Uh, you're making us all look bad..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/12/2020 0:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems the Circuit Court wants to prevent Sullivan from further obvious judicial abuse and looks for a quiet and subtle way to get this done without acknowledging the abuse.

It's either that or have to go through his case history and retry everything.
Posted by: gorb || 08/12/2020 1:49 Comments || Top||

#4  The circuit court is buying time before the elections.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/12/2020 4:41 Comments || Top||

#5  It seemed that the Appeals Court's main concern was whether or not the proper process was followed by Flynn's team. They did not like dealing with a mandamus claim regarding one of their own. The judicial jury was stacked in favor of Obama and Clinton appointees. IMO the Bushes’ appointees were probably not too thrilled either with having to deal with the proceeding.

As far as lying goes, if you love your family, it is likely that you might admit to lying to the FBI—particularly if there were an implied threat to send the son to prison. However, there is a question of whether lying even happened. Jensen’s probe uncovered substantial exculpatory evidence withheld from Flynn and his attorneys that established that the FBI agents did not believe Flynn had lied during the interview.

Out here in the peanut gallery and cheap seats, it appears that little concern was given to a flawed and illegal counter-intelligence probe led by Peter Strozk. The Mueller investigation was largely based on made-up information provided by Trump’s political opponent—this appears to have been known a priori. The FISA problems were document by Horowitz.
There has been discussion in some of the media about the disappearance of the “original” FD-302 form required by the FBI when they perform an interview. Some of this is discussed: Here and here.

It seems to matter little that it is O.K. to commit felonies to go after fabricated felonies (or process crimes). It seems to me that something is terribly wrong with our established legal and judicial systems where this has been allowed to occur. There has been a corruption and weaponization of these systems largely under previous administrations.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/12/2020 9:16 Comments || Top||

#6  They will have it both ways - strike down the mandamus order by saying there are "other remedies still available" to Flynn and the court, but also force the case from Sullivan because he has made himself a party to the case thereby disqualifying him from being the judge.

the case gets assigned to a different judge, the DOJ applies for dismissal, and the whole thing goes away quietly.
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 || 08/12/2020 19:01 Comments || Top||



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