Hi there, !
Today Tue 07/09/2019 Mon 07/08/2019 Sun 07/07/2019 Sat 07/06/2019 Fri 07/05/2019 Thu 07/04/2019 Wed 07/03/2019 Archives
Rantburg
533219 articles and 1860444 comments are archived on Rantburg.

Today: 54 articles and 136 comments as of 6:24.
Post a news link    Post your own article   
Area: WoT Operations    WoT Background    Non-WoT        Politix   
Deal between protest leaders and Sudan’s ruling generals
Today's Headlines
Headline Comments [Views]
Page 4: Opinion
4 21:19 anymouse [10] 
2 12:10 magpie [2] 
4 22:20 trailing wife [10] 
3 21:25 anymouse [6] 
1 14:05 JohnQC [2] 
4 21:21 anymouse [6] 
Page 1: WoT Operations
0 [5]
0 [3]
0 [10]
0 [3]
2 14:14 Bright Pebbles [7]
1 21:13 anymouse [8]
0 [10]
0 [3]
0 [1]
Page 2: WoT Background
7 12:52 Glusomble the Tiny4117 [6]
3 16:34 trailing wife [9]
0 [3]
0 [5]
0 [10]
8 12:52 Dron66046 [3]
0 [6]
0 [4]
0 [3]
0 [9]
4 20:00 gorb [7]
1 10:18 SteveS [5]
0 [3]
3 16:37 trailing wife [6]
0 [8]
0 [7]
Page 3: Non-WoT
0 [4]
4 14:16 Bright Pebbles [6]
8 19:19 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [6]
2 10:49 M. Murcek [6]
3 18:14 Skidmark [5]
0 [4]
10 11:31 Abu Uluque [4]
1 07:48 Besoeker [4]
3 10:36 JohnQC [3]
0 [2]
7 14:02 Dron66046 [9]
9 21:04 magpie [10]
3 11:06 crazyhorse [3]
3 16:49 Vernal Hatrick [2]
3 04:05 Dron66046 [4]
0 [2]
0 [4]
0 [8]
Page 6: Politix
13 21:26 anymouse [10]
0 [8]
4 15:46 Dron66046 [6]
5 13:43 Glusomble the Tiny4117 [4]
11 20:35 Procopius2k [9]
-Land of the Free
US Women's Soccer Team - "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"
Posted by: DooDahMan || 07/06/2019 09:43 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  WHO CARES?
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 07/06/2019 10:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Sports is big money. Lots of polling is being done. Half of all sports fans are like half of the electorate. They love anything the other half hates. If the owners and boosters thought any of the Anti-America crap was really hurting them, it's be over in a New York minute. Whether they are getting good data from their polls is anyone's guess.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/06/2019 10:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Go away, especially that guy with the purple hair
Posted by: Frank G || 07/06/2019 16:46 Comments || Top||

#4  I so don't care about US women's soccer. I hope they all turn down the invitation to the WH...should they win.

Then I hope the U15 boys team that beat them a couple of years declare themselves to be female and take over the team.
Posted by: anymouse || 07/06/2019 21:19 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
The Amazing Super Power Of Donald Trump
[Daily Wire] Donald Trump’s super power is now on full display. As I’ve mentioned before, the president has an uncanny ability to make other people destroy themselves. And what he has done to countless individuals, he is now doing to the Left en masse.

I first noticed this super ability of Trump’s way back during the 2016 Republican primaries. Reacting to Trump, Marco Rubio descended to Trump’s level of grotesque personal insult ‐ and basically ended his campaign. Reacting to Trump, Jeb! Bush tried to appear forceful and dynamic and rendered himself ridiculous ‐ and he was done. Even the brilliant Ted Cruz, reacting to Trump, was lured into an attempt to out-strategize "my friend Donald," and only managed to get himself devoured last. Trump didn’t beat them, he simply magicked them into beating themselves. It really is a remarkable kind of Jedi mind trick.

And now, after two and a half years of the Left trying to strike Trump down, he has only become more powerful than they could possibly have imagined!

Who couldn’t see the extraordinary Trump Effect playing itself out in the Democrat debates, as candidate after candidate promised to destroy our borders, give free health care to millions of illegals, and immolate whole job sectors on the altar of climate hysteria? Even sympathetic left-wing commentators were covering their eyes at the self-engineered train wreck: the latest exercise of the Trump super power.

And it didn’t stop there. In the course of a single week, signs that Trump had amped his Jedi game to Melee Level were everywhere. Antifas fascists nearly murdered a journalist ‐ and leftists made excuses for them. The Fourth of July approached ‐ and leftists declared the American flag a symbol of white nationalism. Our border forces struggled valiantly to handle a crisis the Left had repeatedly claimed was imaginary ‐ and leftists condemned them as dangerous thugs running concentration camps.

Finally, Trump organized a delightfully Trumpian Fourth of July extravaganza on the National Mall ‐ and the leftist commentators flocked to cable to proclaim the celebration the act of an evil dictator.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/06/2019 07:04 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Victor Davis Hanson, The Case for Trump, pages 316-317.

The Very idea that Donald Trump could, even in a perverse way, be heroic may appalling to half the country. Nonetheless, one way of squaring both Trump's personal excesses and his accomplishments is that his traditionally non presidential behavior may have been valuable in bringing long-overdue changes in foreign and domestic policy. Tragic heroes, as they have been portrayed from Homer's Iliad and Sophocle's plan (e.g. Ajaz, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Philoctetes) to modern western fim, are not intrinsically noble. They can often be obnoxious and petty, if not dangerous, especially to those around them. The mercurial sorts rarely end up well, and on occasion neither to those in their vicinity. Oedipus was rudely narcissistic. In the film Hombre, antihero John Russel (Paul Newman) proved arrocant and off-putting.

Tragic heroes are often unstable loners. They are aloof by preference and due to society;s understandable unease with them. Sophocle's Ajax soliloquies about a rigged system and lack of recognition accorded his undeniable accomplishments is Trumpian to the core. They are akin to the sensational rumors sthat late at night Trump is hold up alone, brooding, eating fast food, apart from his wife, and watching Fox News shows.



Posted by: Besoeker || 07/06/2019 9:11 Comments || Top||

#2  "IT'A ALL TRUMP"S FAULT I ACT LIKE A HOMICIDAL MANIAC!!" ---screamed by Antifa rioters and MSM news presenters (one wears a face mask so you can tell them apart).
Posted by: magpie || 07/06/2019 12:10 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Dementia tied to hormone-blocking prostate cancer treatment
CHICAGO (AP) ‐ Alzheimer’s disease may be a risk for older prostate cancer patients given hormone-blocking treatment, a large, U.S. government-funded analysis found.

Previous evidence has been mixed on whether the treatment might be linked with mental decline. But experts say the new results stand out because they’re from a respected national cancer database and the men were tracked for a long time ‐ eight years on average.

Among 154,000 older patients, 13% who received hormone-blocking treatment developed Alzheimer’s, compared with 9% who had other treatment or chose no therapy, the study found.

The risk for dementia from strokes or other causes was higher: It was diagnosed in 22% of those who got hormone-blocking treatment, versus 16% of the other patients.

The results, using perhaps one of the largest and most reliable databases, suggests there truly may be a connection, said Dr. Sumanta Pal, a prostate cancer expert with the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Pal was not involved in the study.

The analysis from University of Pennsylvania researchers was published Friday in JAMA Network Open.

The results aren’t proof but experts say they underscore the importance of discussing potential risks and benefits when choosing cancer treatment.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/06/2019 06:35 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The risk for dementia from strokes or other causes was higher: It was diagnosed in 22% 90% of those who... watched MSNBC on a regular basis. -FIFY-
Posted by: magpie || 07/06/2019 11:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Now we just have to figure out if MSLSD is a cause or an indicator
Posted by: gorb || 07/06/2019 13:05 Comments || Top||

#3  You can't get prostate cancer related dementia from watching MSNBC but it doesn't do your brain any big favor.
Posted by: jpal || 07/06/2019 21:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Ok, but what causes female dementia then?
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/06/2019 22:20 Comments || Top||


DNA study reveals fate of Irish women taken by Vikings as slaves to Iceland
[Irish Times] The mapping of DNA from some of the settlers who colonised Iceland more than 1,000 years ago offers an insight into the fate of thousands of slaves ‐ mostly women ‐ who were taken by Norse Vikings from Ireland and Scotland before they put down roots on the North Atlantic island.

Anthropologist Sunna Ebenesersdóttir, of the University of Iceland and the company deCODE Genetics in Reykjavik, analysed the genomes of 25 ancient Icelanders whose skeletal remains were found in burial sites across the island.

Sequencing using samples from teeth revealed the settlers had a roughly even split of Norse (from what are today Norway and Sweden) and Gaelic ancestry. It is the first in-depth investigation of how a new population is formed through a genetic process known as "admixture".

When the researchers compared the ancient genomes to those of modern people in Iceland and other European countries, they found contemporary Icelanders, on average, draw about 70 per cent of their genes from Norse ancestry.

This suggests that in the 1,100 years between settlement and today, the population underwent a surprisingly quick genetic shift in favour of Norse genes, the researchers report in the journal Science.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/06/2019 05:33 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  “This is a fascinating example of how a population is shaped by its environment, in this case the harsh and marginal conditions of medieval Iceland.

Maybe Iceland wasn't so harsh, before climate change socked it to 'em. I'm thinking about the Medieval Warm Period. Chart
Posted by: Bobby || 07/06/2019 12:33 Comments || Top||

#2  This is all nonsense, obviously. Everyone knows that slavery was invented by Americans in the 1600s, where they went to Africa and stole people from their peaceful, noble villages. Before that, there 2as no slavery in the history of the world. /sarcasm
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 07/06/2019 20:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Not just 'Mericans, Rambler, but Republicans. Heard on MSNBC that those segregationists weren't democrats.
Posted by: anymouse || 07/06/2019 21:25 Comments || Top||


Government
America's Road to Socialism Has Been Cobbled by Taxation and Debt
[American Thinker] Every now and again, you’ll hear someone argue that a fundamental transformation of the American economy is necessary because we are in the throes of something called "late-stage capitalism." Wealth inequality has reached an unacceptable tipping point, they typically argue, so the only logical solution to this "problem" is to allow the government to disproportionately seize wealth and income from the wealthiest and highest-earning Americans, and then redistribute that wealth to other Americans who need it more. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," as the policy prescription popularized by Karl Marx goes.

But what I find most curious about this is that Karl Marx might not necessarily see it this way. Given what we’ve seen in America for the last hundred years or so, he might more aptly suggest that we are in "early-stage communism," simply waiting for a revolutionary event to secure "full communism" as America’s "mode of production."

In The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality (1956), Ludwig von Mises observes that:
When Marx and Engels advocated interventionist measures, they did not mean to suggest a compromise between socialism and capitalism. They considered these measures ‐ incidentally, the same measures which are the essence of the New Deal and Fair Deal policies ‐ as first steps on the way to full communism. They themselves described these measures as "economically insufficient and untenable," and they asked for them only because they "in the course of the movement outstrip themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the social order, and are unavoidable as a means of revolutionizing the mode of production."

Marx knew that the struggle between socialism and capitalism was a duel to the death, not a negotiation. An economic system where individuals have fundamental property rights cannot coexist with an economic system which is predicated upon perpetually infringing upon certain individuals’ right to property in order to provide for others. Only one of these systems could practically, morally, and politically exist in the end.

Related: Washington Examiner - Blamer FDR for our healthcare disaster.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/06/2019 01:37 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Socialists = bloodsuckers
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/06/2019 14:05 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Nike Execs Stop Breathing After Kaepernick Points Out Racists In 18th Century Also Breathed
[Babylon, yes, Bee] BEAVERTON, OR‐All upper management personnel and top executives at Nike's headquarters have, sadly, passed away after they voluntarily stopped breathing.

They did this because Colin Kaepernick called their offices in a rage once he discovered they were breathing since racists in the 18th century also breathed.

"I thought we understood one another," Kaepernick said before quoting Frederick Douglass out of context in a passioned speech to the entire Nike board. "But then I heard you guys were still breathing. I thought you were better than that. You know who else breathed? Racists like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin Franklin."

"Honestly, if you want me to endorse your brand the next time I play a pickup game of football at the local park, you're gonna need to cancel your breathing." One exec attempted to protest, but Kaepernick wasn't having it. "I said your breathing is CANCELLED."

Realizing they had very little choice, the whole Nike leadership team saluted one another, held their noses, passed out, and died.

"Totally worth it," one exec said before the blackness took him.
Posted by: Frank G || 07/06/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Kaepernick will be back everytime he feels he's not getting enough attention. If the outrage engines like Hannity, Weasel Zippers, Breitbart and Malkin all just quit steam whistling every time Kaepernick opens his yap he'd be about as relevant as Rachel Dolezal right now.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/06/2019 9:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Kaepernick did pretty well by this country before he joined the "Hate America" crowd and decided to do a self-kneecap.
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/06/2019 14:03 Comments || Top||

#3  My family will never buy another NIKE product. I just purchased a HOKA at the Bolder Running Company...

“As the first running store in the country to offer video gait analysis, Boulder Running Company continues its tradition of raising the expectations of running stores nationwide. We have some of the best trained expert staff, who provide fitness enthusiasts with experiences designed to keep them comfortable and injury-free.”
Posted by: Zebulon McGurque8897 || 07/06/2019 14:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Totally concur. Done with Nike. How many millions do they make on the backs of Vietnamese children?
Posted by: anymouse || 07/06/2019 21:21 Comments || Top||



Who's in the News
33[untagged]
5Govt of Iran
3Islamic State
2Taliban
2Moslem Colonists
2Sublime Porte
1Govt of Syria
1Hamas
1Hezbollah
1Commies
1Arab Spring
1Govt of Iraq
1Govt of Sudan

Bookmark
E-Mail Me

The Classics
The O Club
Rantburg Store
The Bloids
The Never-ending Story
Thugburg
Gulf War I
The Way We Were
Bio

Merry-Go-Blog











On Sale now!


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.
Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...
Steve White
Seafarious
tu3031
badanov
sherry
ryuge
GolfBravoUSMC
Bright Pebbles
trailing wife
Gloria
Fred
Besoeker
Glenmore
Frank G
3dc
Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT
Sat 2019-07-06
  Deal between protest leaders and Sudan’s ruling generals
Fri 2019-07-05
  Second ‘son of Hamas’ leaves terror group, exposing corruption, Turkish spy ring
Thu 2019-07-04
  Wishing all Rantburgers a happy and safe Independence Day!
Wed 2019-07-03
  Airstrike hits migrant detention center in Libya, 40 killed
Tue 2019-07-02
  Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher found not guilty on murder and attempted murder charges
Mon 2019-07-01
  Seven Sudanese protesters killed, 181 wounded in Sunday demonstrations
Sun 2019-06-30
  Journalist Assaulted By Antifa/Portland - Face, Neck, Ear Injuries
Sat 2019-06-29
  Three Soldiers Killed in Philippines' Restive South, ISIS claims attack
Fri 2019-06-28
  57 Taliban militants including 10 Pakistanis killed in Ghazni clashes, airstrikes
Thu 2019-06-27
  Suicide bomber in Tunisia kills at least one, state TV reports
Wed 2019-06-26
  Saudi Special Forces capture emir of ISIS in Yemen
Tue 2019-06-25
  Ethiopia security forces kill alleged coup leader
Mon 2019-06-24
  Trump calls on China, and the world, to protect their own ships from Iran
Sun 2019-06-23
  Army chief shot dead in coup attempt in Ethiopia
Sat 2019-06-22
  Libyan army forces enter Tripoli Airport, seize major positions from Haftar's forces


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.
3.15.156.140
Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:
WoT Operations (9)    WoT Background (16)    Non-WoT (18)    (0)    Politix (5)