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China-Japan-Koreas
Abe on Fuji TV says it is time for the U.S. to ditch strategic ambiguity and make clear it will defend Taiwan.
[Twitter]

Posted by: 3dc || 02/27/2022 01:48 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  You need to be public and say 'we are going nuclear' because we can't count on anyone but ourselves.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/27/2022 7:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Even if Biden said that, would anyone believe him?

In fact that might even give China the green light.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/27/2022 8:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Cause, you know, if the US isn't going defend Taiwan, then we're sushi.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/27/2022 11:23 Comments || Top||


#5  And he should use the recent Sino-Russia pact and ChInese silence on Ukraine invasion as the reason. Let all those libs that are screaming defend Ukraine marinate in that a while.
Posted by: ruprecht || 02/27/2022 13:04 Comments || Top||

#6  USA at DEFCON 2…with the dementia man in power I really worry. Reminds me of the time false header was used in an MSRT.
Posted by: Gluper Snolurt7366 || 02/27/2022 13:43 Comments || Top||

#7  That's what I love about Russians. No sense of cause and effect.
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 || 02/27/2022 13:49 Comments || Top||

#8  war in Europe with Russia
war in Asia with China
every nation rushing to arm up and get nukes
world economy crashing
dollar replaced
this is how the American century ends
nice work lads
Posted by: Blackbeard Grundy6035 || 02/27/2022 13:57 Comments || Top||

#9  Europe, Russia, Asia, China. Can you guess which one just started war? Put down the vodka bottle. It is making you more stupid than normal.

Can we lose the name calling please ?
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 || 02/27/2022 14:06 Comments || Top||

#10  I always liked Abe.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/27/2022 16:33 Comments || Top||

#11  Biden will defend Taiwan the same way FDR defended the Phillipines.
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/27/2022 16:38 Comments || Top||


Cyber
French Presidential Race: Wikipedia Purges Pro-Zemmour Stance Editors
[Breitbart] Online encyclopedia-turned information giant Wikipedia banned seven of its editors over their sympathy for a French presidential hopeful.

Seven Wikipedia editors, including one of the site’s biggest French-language contributors, have been completely banned from the online encyclopedia over their pro-Zemmour stance.

The seven editors were "banished" by the site on Wednesday after it emerged that they tried to edit the page of the firebrand
...firebrands are noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments...
presidential candidate.

According to a report by Le Gay Pareeien, the editors were "banished" after they tried to change move a reference to Eric Zemmour’s classification as "far-right" further down the candidate’s online page, along with a host of other changes.

Banishment is a particularly rare and harsh penalty used by the site, being different from a regular ban in that it cannot be circumvented by a user opening up a new account.

Among those banned was an editor operating under the online handle "Cheep", who was at the time reportedly the 64th largest contributor to French Wikipedia.

Within the report, the publication notes the fact that political activists frequently try and change Wikipedia pages in relation to their preferred candidates.

"People don’t understand how Wikipedia works, which is a participatory encyclopedia," said Samuel Lafont, who serves as Eric Zemmour’s digital strategy manager, noting that the campaign is active everywhere on the internet.

Wikipedia’s banning of pro-Zemmour activists is possible the latest example of the online encyclopedia’s political bias, which has come under ever-increasing scrutiny in recent years.

Multiple studies into the online platform have found significant left-leaning bias, with right-leaning editors being six times more likely to face sanctions from the site.

One particularly notable example of bias on the site came in the form of the scheduled deletion of the entry for "mass killings under Communist regimes" over its "anti-Communist" bias.

While as of writing the page remain active, it is now noted to be undergoing "expansion" and/or a "major restructuring", and that the neutrality of the article is "disputed".

The site also falsely described allegations of Hunter Biden
...son of President Joe: cashiered from the Navy, a crackhead, wheeler dealer, leg humper, horn dog, and general all around ne'er do well. We're supposed to feel sorry for him...
having corrupt political dealings as "debunked conspiracy theories", heavily censoring the page of the now-first family member in the run-up to the 2020 US Presidential Election.

At the time, no reference to the bombshell reporting by the New York Post, which appeared to support such claims of corruption, could be found on Hunter Biden’s wiki page.

Site co-founder Larry Sanger has said that he is now embarrassed by the platform, saying that its previous commitment to political neutrality is now "long gone".

"Wikipedia’s ideological and religious bias is real and troubling, particularly in a resource that continues to be treated by many as an unbiased reference work," Sanger is reported as having said, also claiming that "the deck is too stacked on Wikipedia for it to ever be salvaged".
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/27/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Interesting how anyone running against a communist or leftist is “far-right”
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 02/27/2022 8:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Ah'm gonna vote for Marine.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/27/2022 9:21 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
37%: Biden job approval reaches new low
[ABC via HotAir]
Posted by: Frank G || 02/27/2022 09:54 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Did they only poll his administration?
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/27/2022 11:21 Comments || Top||

#2  ..Joe on the way to his Delaware retreat "here, hold my beer".
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/27/2022 12:15 Comments || Top||

#3  I can't understand why it's that high.
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/27/2022 16:39 Comments || Top||

#4  Historical Dem oversampling of 5% usually accounts for most of it, ed.
Posted by: Raj || 02/27/2022 16:47 Comments || Top||

#5  And that honey Kamala...gotta be even lower.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 02/27/2022 18:23 Comments || Top||

#6 
Response to #1 thru 5.
They must have polled CNN/MS-NBC Staff.
Then they added a 30% fudge factor.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/27/2022 18:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Stacey Abrams had her thumb on the scale.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 02/27/2022 20:05 Comments || Top||

#8  That's not her thumb.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: SteveS || 02/27/2022 20:16 Comments || Top||

#9  Biden thinks the effects of COVID 19 pandemic on voters is preventing us to realize how good we have it including the economy.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 02/27/2022 22:02 Comments || Top||

#10  Unfortunately for Biden, tomorrow's just a day away.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/27/2022 22:49 Comments || Top||


GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe announces retirement, sets stage for special election
Another one bites the dust.
[NYPost] Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), one of the most prominent conservative members of Congress, announced Friday that he would retire from politics effective Jan. 3 of next year.

"It is bittersweet, but with a clear heart, that Kay and I announce that at the end of the year, I will retire from the United States Senate," Inhofe, 87, said in a statement shared on social media.

"Going into public service was never in my plan. For years Kay and I were focused on our family and building our business together. Then, one day, I needed a dock permit. I had to visit 27 government offices to get a single dock permit, and realized if we wanted the government to work for the people, not against the people, it was up to us to make a change," he continued.

"Still, when our journey of service to Oklahoma started with my first political campaign in 1967, we never expected that the road the Lord would lead us down would take us from the Oklahoma legislature, to being Mayor of Tulsa, to the House of Representatives, and, finally, the United States Senate where I was privileged to lead the committees that best serve Oklahomans."

Inhofe is the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and is the former chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. He was up for re-election in 2026.

Under Oklahoma law, a special election will take place this fall to fill Inhofe’s seat, which is likely to remain in Republican hands.

Among those expected to consider entering the race are GOP Reps. Kevin Hern and Markwayne Mullin; former speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives T.W. Shannon, who ran for US Senate in 2014; and Tulsa attorney Gentner Drummond, who is currently running for attorney general.

In his interview with The Oklahoman newspaper, Inhofe endorsed his chief of staff, Luke Holland, to replace him.

"I didn’t make a solid decision until two or three weeks ago," Inhofe told the outlet. "There has to be one day where you say, ’All right, this is going to be it.’"

Inhofe is the sixth Senate Republican to announce his retirement ahead of this year’s midterm elections, joining Richard Burr of North Carolina, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Rob Portman of Ohio, Richard Shelby of Alabama and Roy Blunt
...A Missouri political oligarch. As a member of Congress he was reelected six times without significant opposition. He married Roseann Ray in May 1967 and had three children with her: Matt (the former Governor of Missouri), Amy Blunt Mosby and Andrew Blunt, both lawyers and lobbyists. Blunt and Ray divorced after 35 years of marriage. Afterward, he married Abigail Perlman, a lobbyist for Kraft Foods. In April 2006, he and his wife adopted an 18-month old boy from Russia, whom they renamed Alexander Charles Charlie Blunt. He will be either a politician or a lobbyist or both when he grows up.
of Missouri.

Posted by: trailing wife || 02/27/2022 00:36 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What was the reason?

Supposedly some GOPer was taking photos of his staff.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/27/2022 1:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Sometimes you just can't take it any longer. He is 87 for crying out loud...
Posted by: magpie || 02/27/2022 2:29 Comments || Top||

#3  At 87 and years with that crowd, I'd have gone with H.L Mencken's "meme" a long time ago.

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/27/2022 4:58 Comments || Top||

#4  Word is his wife is sick. If so, his priorities are straight, leaving the senate to be with her.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/27/2022 8:58 Comments || Top||


America! Palestinian activist Huwaida Arraf (D-BDS) wants a seat in US Congress for Michigan
Any citizen can run, but winning is a bit harder. Here’s hoping her beautiful face and and smooth talk don’t enable this very connected Palestinian “activist” — founding member of the International Solidarity Movement and the Free Gaza Movement — to win.
[IsraelTimes] Christian former resistance organizer has alarmed bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit
... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang...
-area Jewish and pro-Israel groups with her plans to enter a crowded Democratic field ahead in the August 2022 primary


Now running for Congress in Michigan: a Hebrew-speaking Paleostinian Christian who is married to a Jew and spent time living on an Israeli kibbutz before rejecting coexistence efforts in favor of advocating for Paleostinian resistance.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/27/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Only if she can pass the Hormel scratch and sniff test. At Gitmo.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/27/2022 1:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Now that's something the Mossad could really work on.
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh || 02/27/2022 4:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Beautiful face? She has a schnozz like Woodie Woodpecker.
Posted by: Ebboluper Thavimble8224 || 02/27/2022 19:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Confucius say, "Women with schnozzes
Who stand behind radical causes
Are beautiful, yes,
So among them, I guess,
Are a few who'd look best behind Gaza's."
Posted by: Cleling Panda1816 || 02/27/2022 20:58 Comments || Top||

#5  Which is to say... jeez, I miss ol' g(r)om, and wish I'd asked him how he came by his thing for Kipling.
Posted by: Cleling Panda1816 || 02/27/2022 21:04 Comments || Top||



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  Day 4: Operational information on the Russian invasion
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