[Washington Times] The astonishing widespread massive corruption of some of the biggest names in American politics that Peter Schweizer reveals in his new blockbuster expose is shocking, startling, stunning ‐ and sickening.
"Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends" is an insightful and extraordinarily consequential book that should ignite a national uproar.
Don’t hold your breath. Our national media can be expected to do all in its power to suppress the possibility of any uproar ‐ even when the corruption is this vast. It’s what they’re best at ‐ covering up their own malfeasance and protecting politicians with whose ideology they’ve allied themselves.
One of the biggest scandals in American history was swirling around us. Leading U.S. government figures were embracing corruption. Foreign governments were colluding with American sleazes to hurt our country. Family and friends of these key political figures conspired as middlemen between foreign interests seeking influence and these enormously influential U.S. government officials.
Yet not one of the country’s best-known, most-acclaimed, highest-paid members of the major media noticed the corruption occurring right in front of them or else didn’t consider it important. America’s entire news business ‐ the combined resources of major television and radio networks, major newspapers, magazines and wire services ‐ didn’t see it or didn’t care.
Aided only by his small team of researchers, this independent investigative journalist with a reputation for fair and honest reporting has provided the American people with clear and compelling proof of widespread corruption at the highest levels of our government involving leading Democrats and leading Republicans alike.
It smells. How bad? Take a few good whiffs:
• While Joe Biden and John Kerry were negotiating sensitive diplomatic deals with the Chinese government, on the sidelines stood two new business partners with little expertise in China or even their new field ‐ Vice President Biden’s son and Secretary Kerry’s step-son. The Chinese were delighted with the deals and for the U.S. making no real issue of China’s illegal, brazen creation of a new military base in international waters.
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Most corrupt generation since the Robber Baron era.
Clintons, Gore, Obama: every one of them gained $60+million fortunes within a year or two of leaving office.
Dozens of their DC cronies grabbed millions from companies they previously were responsible for overseeing or regulating.
All of it in plain sight and unremarked upon by our Shitshow Media Clowns.
[American Thinker] Down in Argentina, they have a new president, a former president who is now the vice president, and lots of economic promises that won't be kept. "Bad Luck™"
Why won't President Alberto Fernández and V.P. Cristina 'Ol Spackleface'
Kirchner succeed? The answer is that "Peronismo" does not work. It did not work before, and it won't work now, as we see in this analysis by Marcelo Duclos, a reporter for PanAm Post in Buenos Aires:
Argentina will not have an "economic plan," but it has something similar called an "emergency economic plan," which is nothing more than a first step in the wrong direction.
After the presentation by the cabinet of Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Kirchner, the primary guidelines of an initial program to solve the problems of the legacy of Kirchnerism (2003‐2015) and Macrism (2015‐2019) were made public.
As expected, this is the firefighter who comes to put out a fire with gasoline.
We have seen this movie before, and the ending is predictable: an economic quagmire!
One of Argentina's biggest problems is the cost of firing an employee, or one of the main reasons for unemployment, especially the young who graduate and can't find work.
The new administration will now force employers to pay double the salary as compensation for laying off anyone. Not surprisingly, employers won't fire, or, more importantly, hire anyone.
It's a mess, and it will get messier. At the same time, the people of Argentina need to look at the culprit in the mirror. They voted for this. They fell for the demagoguery again!
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'They' keep the Donks in power here in CA and IL even as the deficit bomb keeps growing. They have now resigned themselves that one day the music will stop, but not today. Not much different in Washington with the Uniparty.
[Spectator via Lucianne] Here is how the American government might pull this off. Step 1: Formally notify the government of Alberta that if it would like to secede from Canada and join this federation of 50 states, its application would be fast tracked and special regulatory consideration would be given to the province’s energy sector. Step 2: Make popcorn.
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Interesting, in a number of ways. Our lefties would blow another gasket, lefties in Canada would join in, Trudeau would be especially pissed, because Alberta might even give it some serious consideration. Trump's got absolutely nothing to lose here.
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Here is how the American government might pull this off [Alberta becoming a part of the U.S.]. Step 1: Formally notify the government of Alberta that if it would like to secede from Canada and join this federation of 50 states, its application would be fast tracked and special regulatory consideration would be given to the province’s energy sector. Step 2: Make popcorn.
The U.S. could sweeten the deal by offering up Kalifornia to Canada. But it probably won't be necessary to offer up Kalifornia to sweeten the deal because with all the Dem voting corruption clean up in Kalifornia, it will become a Red State soon.
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The impression I get from reading Small Dead Animals blog is that the western provinces are rather disappointed with the rest of Canada and might go for the deal.
Trump should make the offer. Alberta might go for it. At the very least, they could use it as leverage dealing with leftist greenies in Ottawa.
[TheWorldNews] More than any other American military operation since the invasion of Iraq, the assassination yesterday of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the head of Iran’s Qods Force of its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, is a seismic event. The killings of Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leaders of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, were certainly meaningful, but they were also largely symbolic, because their organizations had been mostly destroyed. Taking out the architect of the Islamic Republic’s decades-long active campaign of violence against the United States and its allies, especially Israel, represents a tectonic shift in Middle Eastern politics.
To see just how significant Mr. Suleimani’s death truly is, it helps to understand the geopolitical game he’d devoted his life to playing. In Lebanon, Mr. Soleimani built Lebanese Hezbollah into the powerful state within a state that we know today. A terrorist organization receiving its funds, arms and marching orders from Tehran, Hezbollah has a missile arsenal larger than that of most countries in the region. The group’s success has been astounding, helping to cement Iran’s influence not just in Lebanon but farther around the Arab world.
And so forth.
Michael Doran (@Doranimated), a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, is the author of “Ike’s Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East.”
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This is very troubling. The NYT doesn't praise Trump except when he's looking like he's going to start a war. :(
Remember during the fake chlorine gas attack at Douma, he launched the cruise missiles in "retaliation", and suddenly got a 90% approval rating from the media?
Everyone knows by now the Douma incident was staged and fake, and designed to stop Trump from getting us out of Syria. The evidence is overwhelming.
Posted by: Herb McCoy ||
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I was pissed that Shrub jr. refused his extermination during Gulf II. Buy you lost me Herb. So why is finally putting Salami in meat tube a bad thing? Your saying killing a mudslum terrorist leader who has started wars during a war might start a war?
Herb I love you brother, feel free to change the topic again.
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When Trump gets rare approval from tbe media, it means their goal of starting a war is being accomplished.
America doesn't benefit from a war with Iran. End of story. They aren't worth a single American's life. We have all the oil we need right here in West Texas. Let those camel fuckers choke on their dirty unsellable oil.
Posted by: Herb McCoy ||
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So much happens in our world that people believe is caused by their own decisions, after all they press the buttons and say the words. What people have forgotten in the 21st century is that God is still the avenger of His people, that mighty one of Israel.
'Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: "Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes and avenge myself on my enemies...'
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And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
You may call me a simpleton, but it's like this : Suleimani signed his death warrant when he threatened to destroy Israel some months ago and kept at it. Trump is the leader for the American people, but not all of them. For only those love him who are rooted to God in some way. He is a servant of God, like Nebuchadnezzar and Darius were. In my view he serves at the pleasure of the real King. And the King wanted fire to rain on these dogs because they had dared to threaten Israel.
I believe the destinies of nations, their political ambitions and theories, all the pettiness and hubris we rally around; all our strategic wisdom mean nothing to the Ancient of Days, whom we all serve.
From the morale perspective, the critics of violent action haven't understood the muslim mind yet. Firstly, this war is not your doing because they started it. It is not going to end because the Herbs feel so, deal with that. Secondly, it's with an enemy who is superstitious, rooted in historic angst and derives morale from scripture. His scripture is wrong, but yours is the right one ! Your christian roots give you all the justification for these actions. When thousands of innocents die at muslim hands, islamic ummat achieves a morale victory. When you brutally reduce to shit and gristle their 'revered leaders', their fucking world shatters. What's important is to keep them mourning their leaders and commanders and keep demonstrating the futility of going up against your countries.
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And the King wanted fire to rain on these dogs because they had dared to threaten Israel.
What.
Uh, Iran and most of the Arab world regularly calls for death to Israel. What happened to inspire this bizarre rant?
Your christian roots give you all the justification for these actions
You just went off spouting Jewish supremacy, now Christians need to rise up? How does that compute?
What's important is to keep them mourning their leaders and commanders and keep demonstrating the futility of going up against your countries.
Endless war. What a gem you are. Let me say this clearly and succinctly so that everyone understands.
The entire Middle East is not worth a single American's life.
You want war with Iran, you go do it yourself and let your own people do the dying.
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It's worth yours. Go make peace, Herb. Do it.
Posted by: Frank G ||
01/04/2020 17:36 Comments ||
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'Erb, a few sawbucks says that Trump's gambit will actually result in Iran being brought to heel AND US troops exiting Iraq within the next 24 months - at the express orders of the Iraqi government.
The problem with the peace thing is that both sides have to want it. Unilaterally declaring peace with someone who wants to kill you doesn't work. Compare and contrast USA vs Japan in WWII with Israel vs Paleos today.
As for the drone-zap, I think Trump made a ballsy move that *will* make the future better. The Iranians will bloviate and fire up their proxies, but will not do anything themselves now that Trump has shown he will not hesitate to hit back.
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I'm just willing to sacrifice Herb to match his mouth
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Just to be clear.
Fuck you, Herb. I think you are a paid shit stirrer.
May you roast IN HELL along side these IRANIAN PRICKS.
Why is this turd even allowed to post?
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[The National Interest] Key point: War with Iran could require an intensive demining effort.
In the event of war with Iran, the U.S. Navy’s small, aging force of Persian Gulf-based minesweepers would struggle to locate and disarm Iran’s underwater mines.
The consequences for U.S. military operations, not to mention world trade, could be severe.
Four of the Navy’s 11 1980s-vintage Avenger-class minesweepers sail from Bahrain and, if war broke out, would be responsible for clearing the strategic Strait of Hormuz and other important waterways of mines.
But the Avengers suffer from obsolete equipment and a lack of spending. The minesweepers "routinely need repairs," one Navy officer told Pro Publica reporters Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller.
The Navy for years has diverted minesweeping funding into the development of multi-mission Littoral Combat Ships. The LCS were supposed to replace the Avengers, but the new ships have proved expensive, unreliable and unsuitable for many of the missions the Navy hoped they would handle.
The sailing branch in 2016 canceled development of a dedicated minehunting robot for the LCS. All the while, the Avengers slowly have rusted away.
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Destruction of Iran's ability to place mines seems like the sensible way to proceed.
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No doubt the Navy has serious problems (McCain, Fitzgerald, Zumwalt, Little Crappy Ship, etc.) and Pro Publica has been all over them. But why exactly is it our job to keep the Straits of Hormuz open?
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be a damn shame if oil shipments to ChiComs were sunk on Iranian mines
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What? Can't they just use multirole F-35s for this?
Question: why not use small tactical nukes for de-mining? Seems like the blast pressure + EMP would either detonate or disable a mine. Sure, you'd get some tidal surge, but like they say, you can't make an omelette without flooding some basements.
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Unfortunately not true. Iran has a very long coast line and mining operations are not that difficult to organize
Good you can read a basic map. Now organize the logistics of making that happen. Even though you have a long coast line doesn't mean you can operate over every inch, foot, or mile of it or have access to it for materials.
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long ago, in a Navy far, far away, before the onesizefitzall hornet an the usaf will provide tanker support to the tailhook navy, there was a sizeable force of H-53- based towable minesweepers. but they were davis- mothaned to provide $$$ for the lawn darts.
suspect they are still useable or at least the mine sweeping system could be pulled for use in another platform.
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IIUC, news of their passing is a bit premature. They've SLEPed the SLEP packages but they are still flying. But at a certain point they are going to stop flying, either because they fall out of the sky or are finally retired. There is only so much you can do to or for a 40 year-old heavy helicopter.
[Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C.‐According to sources close to the former national security adviser, a teary-eyed John Bolton wept in great pain and anguish that he left the Trump administration just before the war with Iran broke out.
"Wait -- what!?!" he had screamed as he saw that Trump had ordered a missile strike on Qasam Soleimani. "No... no... it can't be true... it just can't!"
"After all my years of service, we decide to go to war with Iran NOW!?!" Bolton flew into a rage, attempting to throw objects at the television. But not being strong enough to pick up the objects himself, and not wanting to get hurt, he ordered an aide to throw the objects on his behalf.
Finally, once the television was good and destroyed, Bolton moved on with the grieving process, going into bargaining ("God, I'll devote my life to you if you just let me attack Iran"), depression ("What's the point? World peace is inevitable"), and finally, acceptance.
"At least we're still gonna have a war, even if I missed out on my chance to partake," he said as an aide patted his back to comfort him.
and a real Bolton tweet
Congratulations to all involved in eliminating Qassem Soleimani. Long in the making, this was a decisive blow against Iran's malign Quds Force activities worldwide. Hope this is the first step to regime change in Tehran.
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[Washington Times] The astonishing widespread massive corruption of some of the biggest names in American politics that Peter Schweizer reveals in his new blockbuster expose is shocking, startling, stunning ‐ and sickening.
[The National Interest] Key point: War with Iran could require an intensive demining effort.
[Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C.‐According to sources close to the former national security adviser, a teary-eyed John Bolton wept in great pain and anguish that he left the Trump administration just before the war with Iran broke out.
