tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post3520598534995956097..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: ISIS plays US - Almost no news organization covers the killing of American troops in Afghanistan - The Taliban can kill US troops without our headlining the fact - But the slaughter of an innocent captive by ISIS is front page news Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59815041544796813582014-09-15T01:08:11.407-04:002014-09-15T01:08:11.407-04:00I am almost always wrong.
Of course you are.<i>I am almost always wrong.</i><br /><br />Of course you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86871520429263021422014-09-15T00:06:00.055-04:002014-09-15T00:06:00.055-04:00I am betting Scotland will vote to go its own way....I am betting Scotland will vote to go its own way.<br /><br />I am almost always wrong.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24823116275561388612014-09-15T00:03:54.004-04:002014-09-15T00:03:54.004-04:00You need to relax and go to a bag pipe concert.
You need to relax and go to a bag pipe concert.<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32087108989232745242014-09-14T23:58:07.246-04:002014-09-14T23:58:07.246-04:00Sordid.Sordid.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80592588174562435072014-09-14T23:56:07.124-04:002014-09-14T23:56:07.124-04:00
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Notice the exploitation of gays and those ...<br />{...}<br /><br />Notice the exploitation of gays and those needing life-or-death medical care:<br /><br />The period during which I collected information on people who were accused of attacking Israelis, trying to attack Israelis, the desire to harm Israelis, thinking of attacking Israelis, in addition to collecting information on completely innocent people, whose only crime was that they interested the Israeli defence establishment for various reasons. Reasons they have no way of knowing. If you’re homosexual and know someone who knows a wanted person – and we need to know about it – Israel will make your life miserable. If you need emergency medical treatment in Israel, the West Bank or abroad – we searched for you. The state of Israel will allow you to die before we let you leave for treatment without giving information on your wanted cousin.<br /><br />Any such case, in which you “fish out” an innocent person from whom information might be squeezed, or who could be recruited as a collaborator, was like striking gold for us and for Israel’s entire intelligence community. As such, Palestinians who are not related to or involved in fighting Israel are objectives…<br /><br />We also talked about what is done with information on a target’s sexual preferences. Here, too, there was some would-be deliberation, but the message was that there is no problem with this issue. As an instructor I said that one should apply one’s own judgment and not always pass on such information.<br /><br />Americans for Peace Now sent out the story today, and included translated statements from Hebrew media. One reservist makes a direct connection to the eastern European experience:<br /><br />For D., [the decision to refuse] happened after he was released from the military when he saw the movie, “The Lives of Others,” about Stasi agents from communist East Germany, who eavesdrop on people and invade their personal lives. “I was horrified,” he said. “On the one hand, I identified with the victims, with the oppressed side, whose basic rights were denied. On the other hand, I suddenly understood that in my military service, I was on the side of the oppressor, that we are doing the exact same thing, only in a much more efficient manner.”…<br /><br />For N. it happened during her military service, when she was present during a targeted killing operation, during which there was a mistake in the identification of the target. “I remember the picture on the screen. The suspect inside an orchard, an explosion, smoke and a mother running. The body was a small, of a child. We understood we screwed up. It was uncomfortable, but we needed to continue in our work.”<br /><br />“The pilots are not responsible for the killing, because they are carrying out orders, and also those in Unit 8200 are not responsible, because they are only transferring information. So who is supposed to not sleep at night?”<br /><br />- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/09/blackmails-palestinian-informants#sthash.o6dNDXLl.dpufDeuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51749828179984825852014-09-14T23:55:58.515-04:002014-09-14T23:55:58.515-04:00Israel has sold itself internationally as a gay Me...<b>Israel has sold itself internationally as a gay Mecca. This freedom is regularly cited by advocates for Israel in the west, making stark comparisons to Muslim societies that repress gays. Well here’s a new spin on that claim: reports that Israeli intelligence pried into Palestinians’ phone calls and internet activity so as to identify and blackmail Palestinian gays and turn them into informants against other Palestinians.</b><br /><br />Haaretz has a story up on 43 reservists in Israeli intelligence who are refusing to serve because of the “political persecution” of Palestinians. The reservists write that while surveillance of Israeli citizens is strictly limited, “the Palestinians are not afforded this protection.” They declare in a letter to the Israeli P.M.: “we refuse to take part in actions against Palestinians and refuse to continue serving as tools in deepening the military control over the Occupied Territories.”<br /><br />An unsigned piece in the Guardian details testimonies from intelligence veterans and exposes practices reminiscent of totalitarian countries: “Any Palestinian is exposed to monitoring by the Israeli Big Brother.” Here are selections where the recovering spooks describe using Palestinians’ sexual practices to turn them into informants, or exploit the Palestinians’ need for medical care in Israel.<br /><br />No boundaries were set for us, for both passive activities such as gathering intelligence, and for active initiatives that had an impact on people’s lives.<br /><br />If anyone interests us, we’d collect information on his or her economic situation and mental state. Then we would plan how we can perform an operation around this individual, in order to turn them into a collaborator or something of the sort….<br /><br />Any information that might enable extortion of an individual is considered relevant information. Whether said individual is of a certain sexual orientation, cheating on his wife, or in need of treatment in Israel or the West Bank – he is a target for blackmail.<br /><br />Throughout the duration of my service no one in my unit ever asked, at least not out loud, if there is anything wrong with this well-oiled system – whether the transformation of any individual into a target is a legitimate act.<br />{...}<br /><br />Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15325857127316019372014-09-14T23:26:43.830-04:002014-09-14T23:26:43.830-04:00>>Certainly, D'Souza has always had a he...>>Certainly, D'Souza has always had a hearty streak of American boosterism—derived, he says, from his own immigrant's story. He was born in Bombay to a middle-class Catholic family that hailed from the former Portuguese colony of Goa. Sans family, he immigrated in the late 1970s to Arizona, where he finished high school and earned a scholarship to Dartmouth. He quickly became disillusioned by the tendency of his fellow classmates to criticize the U.S. and romanticize South Asia. "I said, 'What do you find particularly liberating about India?' " he asked The Washington Post in 1991. "'Is it the caste system? Is it dowry? Is it arranged marriage?' " He tried to impress upon them what to him was an obvious insight: Life was far better here than it was there. Three decades later, that is the theme of America.<<<br /><br />One of my favorite guys, who may be doing some time soon. It is a political prosecution, though he did mess up.<br /><br /><br />Dinesh D'Souza Is Winning<br /><br />Conservatism's former enfant terrible has been cast out of polite society and may soon face jail time. But business has never been better.<br /><br /><br />By Simon van Zuylen-Wood <br /><br />http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/dinesh-d-souza-is-winning-20140912Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90109647863524026812014-09-14T23:20:06.712-04:002014-09-14T23:20:06.712-04:00As far as the United States is concerned it is ano...As far as the United States is concerned it is another example of basically hunter/gathering/fishing societies being displaced by agriculture.<br /><br />It has happened all over the earth.<br /><br />Tell it to the gods of history.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40130205691410092402014-09-14T23:07:43.246-04:002014-09-14T23:07:43.246-04:00Tell it to rat. He squats on rich American Indian ...Tell it to rat. He squats on rich American Indian bottom land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66993530204051272342014-09-14T23:06:09.052-04:002014-09-14T23:06:09.052-04:00You have permission to substitute the term anti-Ju...You have permission to substitute the term anti-Judaic if you wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44646303648850187752014-09-14T22:31:26.664-04:002014-09-14T22:31:26.664-04:00It is my understanding that most of the people con...It is my understanding that most of the people considered Palestinian were born in or to people born in Palestine and would be considered linguistically and perhaps culturally Semites. If this correct? So supporting Palestinians cannot be considered "anti-Semitic. At the same time most Israelis were born or born to people from Western and Central Europe, Russia, and the United States, i.e., people who heritage is not, or only marginally, Semitic. So if I am unhappy with them or the settler state they have created how does that make me anti-Semitic? They are not Semites but Russians or Poles or Americans. Does criticizing Israel for killing Palestinians therefore make me anti-American?<br />Many Americans have been supportive of a romanticized notion of a settler population carving out homes under difficult circumstances, a somewhat rosy view of our own past. But what we are seeing in Gaza and the West Bank are those aspects of our own history largely repressed or sanitized, the destruction of the original population so our ancestors could take land and resources for their own. The tunnels and rockets are the raids on homesteads and wagon trains, tragic for those killed but ineffective against the lethal juggernaut destroying villages, spreading smallpox, and killing the buffalo. It should not surprise that some observers have little affection for the promoters of the juggernaut.Jack Corbetthttp://www.juancole.com/profile/jackcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85359730998298156122014-09-14T22:22:43.582-04:002014-09-14T22:22:43.582-04:00Isn't that one major reason for the 'terro...Isn't that one major reason for the 'terrorist tunnels'?<br /><br />To get into Israel and kidnap Israelis, and shoot some up too in the process?Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79881470450253122522014-09-14T22:20:39.339-04:002014-09-14T22:20:39.339-04:00"The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they..."The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine."<br /><br />Ernest HemingwayThe Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15241906711402910182014-09-14T21:50:49.402-04:002014-09-14T21:50:49.402-04:00Hamas has long record of kidnapping to free Palest...Hamas has long record of kidnapping to free Palestinian prisoners<br />Israeli security forces have foiled at least 48 kidnapping attempts since January 2013, according to one anti-terrorism think tank.<br /><br />The group has never made a secret of its intent to abduct Israelis; it has increasingly touted kidnapping as a strategy to win the release of its people behind bars.<br /><br />In Gaza, Hamas has practiced kidnapping in public to cheering crowds. Last year, the organization even distributed an 18-page “Field Manual for Kidnapping” to its Qassam Brigades, providing detailed explanations on how to target Israeli soldiers, when to kidnap (rainy days are best) and how to avoid being caught (don’t use the Internet or phone).<br /><br />If Hamas has not abducted anyone in the past eight years, it’s not for lack of trying. According to a study published this week by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Israeli security forces have foiled at least 48 kidnapping attempts since January 2013, 14 of them this year alone.<br /><br />http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.599648What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36759462019940888162014-09-14T21:46:19.365-04:002014-09-14T21:46:19.365-04:00Portugal too is on the ISIS must have list -
http...Portugal too is on the ISIS must have list -<br /><br />http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4697/portugal-jihadistsCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31426018351201628092014-09-14T21:44:18.429-04:002014-09-14T21:44:18.429-04:00I think I shall start calling him Rat -o rooter.
...I think I shall start calling him Rat -o rooter.<br /><br />He is always in the sewage lagoon stirring up muck from the bottom.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15735911754621533552014-09-14T21:42:26.350-04:002014-09-14T21:42:26.350-04:00Jack the Rat passes endless gas.Jack the Rat passes endless gas.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78011968711523828492014-09-14T21:41:24.557-04:002014-09-14T21:41:24.557-04:00I've read Obama is on a search for moderate Mo...I've read Obama is on a search for moderate Moslems in Syria. Is this really true?<br /><br />He should spend time searching for Sasquatch instead.<br /><br />If he were to find one of these critters he would be remembered forever.<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47985644004549874232014-09-14T21:33:23.826-04:002014-09-14T21:33:23.826-04:00The bag pipe concert turned out to be quite good.The bag pipe concert turned out to be quite good.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32365913693377676012014-09-14T21:32:22.722-04:002014-09-14T21:32:22.722-04:00>>>This slow unwinding has been the work ...>>>This slow unwinding has been the work of generations. For the most part, it has been understood — rightly in my view, and this is not really an argument I want to have right now — as a narrative of progress. A society that was exclusive and repressive is now freer and more open. But there may be other less unequivocally happy consequences. It seems that, in doing away with patriarchal authority, we have also, perhaps unwittingly, killed off all the grown-ups.<br /><br />A little over a week after the conclusion of the first half of the last “Mad Men” season, the journalist and critic Ruth Graham published a polemical essay in Slate lamenting the popularity of young-adult fiction among fully adult readers. Noting that nearly a third of Y.A. books were purchased by readers ages 30 to 44 (most of them presumably without teenage children of their own), Graham insisted that such grown-ups “should feel embarrassed about reading literature for children.” Instead, these readers were furious. The sentiment on Twitter could be summarized as “Don’t tell me what to do!” as if Graham were a bossy, uncomprehending parent warning the kids away from sugary snacks toward more nutritious, chewier stuff.<<<<br /><br />The Death of Adulthood in American Culture<br /><br /><br />By A. O. SCOTTSEPT. 11, 2014 <br /><br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/magazine/the-death-of-adulthood-in-american-culture.html<br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89445399229372387072014-09-14T21:28:00.668-04:002014-09-14T21:28:00.668-04:00When Jack rat can't add to the conversation, b...When Jack rat can't add to the conversation, bring up: Israeli/Jewish apartheid, abortion, gay sex, Lester Crown, history, fakeness and what not.<br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46692965487702519392014-09-14T21:27:22.945-04:002014-09-14T21:27:22.945-04:00Ah, wonderful.
Lester The Molester has returned.
...Ah, wonderful.<br /><br />Lester The Molester has returned.<br /><br />I am glad of this. I have missed the old boy.<br /><br />It is about time.<br /><br />Say, take a look at Drudge right now.<br /><br />Hillary has chicken claws all over her face.<br /><br />She looks to be nearly ready for the rest home, not the White House.<br /><br />You mean to tell me she really is broke, and can't afford a simple facelift?Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6809491218290281982014-09-14T21:26:36.894-04:002014-09-14T21:26:36.894-04:00Create a safe haven and let the shits and the suns...Create a safe haven and let the shits and the suns slug it out.<br /><br />Drill oil and natural gas and promise ukraine and europe stable supplies...<br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16258641567348420762014-09-14T21:24:42.996-04:002014-09-14T21:24:42.996-04:00The facts are clear to those who wish to see.
Tho...The facts are clear to those who wish to see.<br /><br />Those that are haters of Israel? FUCK EM.<br /><br />But to those that come here and profess integrity? The facts speak loudly and clearly.<br /><br />Hamas kidnapped those 3 jews, 2 Israelis and one American... Butchered by Hamas Jihadists...<br /><br />It should piss off every loyal red blooded American that an American teenager was kidnapped and executed in cold blood, executed with a bullet to the back of the brain. Cold blooded murder, no excuses, no fog of war, no war at all...<br /><br />Just bang bang, blowing out the American teenager's brain. Screw the 2 Israeli kids they have no value here. But an American teenager had his brains blow out by Hamas. And they admit it..<br /><br />Why reprint, PROVABLE lies that are nothing but slander?<br /><br />Hmmm intent speaks loudly...<br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6192990456743212392014-09-14T20:33:42.978-04:002014-09-14T20:33:42.978-04:00Whether the US is winning or losing ....
Depends u...Whether the US is winning or losing ....<br />Depends upon who is keeping score.<br /><br />Where the "Goals" are and how points are scored.<br /><br />There is a more than viable case to be made that US interests have been advanced quite handily during the past six years.<br />At a comparatively low cost in US blood and treasure. The perceived enemies of the US have not prospered, while the foreign allies of the US and its internal special interests have.<br /><br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.com