tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post3654605803751524692..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Edward Snowden, The Robin Hood of The National Security Agency applies to Russia for asylum but hold on, the French want him to be given asylum in France.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4653437320365564192013-07-02T05:57:33.741-04:002013-07-02T05:57:33.741-04:00Ballsaside:
PHILADELPHIA — A 41-year-old man is b...Ballsaside:<br /><br />PHILADELPHIA — A 41-year-old man is being held on $5 million bail after police say he castrated a paraplegic during a dispute at an assisted living facility in Philadelphia.<br /> <br />Authorities say Edgar Bonilla is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other counts in Monday night’s attack inside the Inglis Apartments at Elmwood. Lt. John Walker says Bonilla was visiting a female friend at the facility and that she apparently had some sort of dispute with the victim.<br /> <br />Walker says Bonilla was apparently trying to settle that dispute. The victim, Bonilla and the woman were all apparently friends.<br /> <br />Bonilla is in custody and it couldn’t immediately be determined if he had an attorney. The name of the victim wasn’t released, but he remains in critical condition at a hospital.<br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87011869744389953612013-07-02T05:27:58.864-04:002013-07-02T05:27:58.864-04:00Hey! Breaking News from Fox:
One of these beautif...Hey! Breaking News from Fox:<br /><br />One of these beautiful women that read the news there, and they are beautiful, was reporting on an incident where some Asian looking gal offed her boyfriend for some reason or other -- probably emotional and --<br /><br />the term she used was:<br /><br />"Sexicide"<br /><br />I like it.<br /><br />Though I will have to get used to it, being an old fart.<br /><br />The old term term we used was homicide which means the killing of any human being.<br /><br />What happens if a woman kills a woman, what is that?<br /><br />confused <br />bpos<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47993325370233895632013-07-02T05:12:38.478-04:002013-07-02T05:12:38.478-04:00And if you survive an abortion you get 'the co...And if you survive an abortion you get 'the comfort room'.<br /><br />bposAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26437758227984405542013-07-02T03:54:22.176-04:002013-07-02T03:54:22.176-04:00Not to worry, Anon, relax, it's all about the ...Not to worry, Anon, relax, it's all about the new Uncle Rufian/Obama Security State where your rights are protected for you.<br /><br />bposAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89175437877606367582013-07-02T01:58:19.862-04:002013-07-02T01:58:19.862-04:00Notice that we are always hearing MSN claiming to ...Notice that we are always hearing MSN claiming to be the “free press”as in the investigative reporters who will fear for their lives because every phone conversation is recorded in violation of the US Constitution. Or maybe the whistle blowing government workers who will be afraid to inform on secret criminal activity also fearing their conversations being recorded?<br /><br />P.S. who exposed the NSA's lies to Congress about the illegal activities of the NSA?...... times up, a whistle blower. Where will the left find info about behind the scenes political lies? …... whistle blowers, oops, there aren't any anymore because they're all in hiding in fear of their lives that if they say anything in exercise of their Constitutional rights, they'll be recorded and subsequently punished with indefinite interment in secret prisons.<br /><br />Rather than a free press, we have one that supports the power elite . Just like what you see now with attempts to vilify Snowden for telling the world about illegal activity. Incidentally, that includes telling American people about a violation of their Constitutional rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3097171936169692142013-07-02T01:54:45.104-04:002013-07-02T01:54:45.104-04:00Afghan insurgents stormed a camp of foreign milita...<i>Afghan insurgents stormed a camp of foreign military contractors in Kabul on Tuesday morning, killing six people in the latest sign that violence in Afghanistan isn't abating despite efforts to move ahead with peace talks.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68509735858536308922013-07-02T01:49:37.996-04:002013-07-02T01:49:37.996-04:00On this day in 1867, Canada celebrated its birth a...On this day in 1867, Canada celebrated its birth as a nation in what is now known as “Canada Day.”samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38688485074458452552013-07-02T01:38:45.949-04:002013-07-02T01:38:45.949-04:00Edward Snowden presents Moscow with an intriguing ...<b>Edward Snowden presents Moscow with an intriguing dilemma. </b><br /><br />On the one hand, his subversion of surveillance techniques and his role as a whistleblower go against everything that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the clique of former KGB officers around him stand for. On the other hand, of course, his leaks are aimed against the US, and thus a chorus of Russian officials who would find a Russian whistleblower doing the same thing repulsive has been lining up to praise Mr Snowden.<br /><br />For a week, as Mr Snowden has sat in the transit zone at Sheremetyevo Airport, Mr Putin and other officials have smiled sweetly and told us that the FSB are not bothering him, and that he is a free man who can fly wherever he likes. Other reports, however, have suggested that the Russians have blocked him flying to Ecuador.<br /><br />Mr Putin’s words on Monday that Mr Snowden could have asylum in Russia if he stops leaking US secrets is a masterstroke – cloaking a gesture that Washington is bound to find outrageous with a veneer of cordial partnership. At the same time we heard that the heads of the FBI and FSB have been ordered by Mr Putin and Barack Obama to keep in constant touch, suggesting a bargain may not be impossible.<br /><br />It is possible that the FSB have indeed been kept away from Mr Snowden, as the Kremlin may have made a calculation that the whistleblower landing on Russia’s doorstep is more of a political than an intelligence boon. Or perhaps he has spent the last week being carefully debriefed by friendly FSB officers playing good cop-bad cop, slowly wearing him down, making him amenable.<br /><br />Where Mr Snowden eventually ends up is still an open question, but the skill with which he has been hidden, and the careful management of information about his case that we have seen so far both suggest that the Kremlin is taking an extremely keen interest in the unexpected gift they received when the former NSA contractor stepped off his plane from Hong Kong. Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74981221907773688342013-07-02T01:17:38.615-04:002013-07-02T01:17:38.615-04:00No, you were right the first time. The driving is ...No, you were right the first time. The driving is not all that much. I am in no particular hurry and will fly from Dubrovnik to Athens. Spend a few days at The Congo Palace (because I promised and for sentimental reasons) and then home.<br /><br />They have a music festival here. Another promise. <br /><br />http://www.summer-festival.com<br /><br />Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58839980504203413142013-07-02T01:08:53.641-04:002013-07-02T01:08:53.641-04:00I was thinking "Lucca, Italy."
There...I was thinking "Lucca, Italy."<br /><br />There's a "Lucca, Greece?"Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48077632220826088112013-07-02T00:59:46.886-04:002013-07-02T00:59:46.886-04:00Drive to Padua and on to Trieste. Spend a few days...Drive to Padua and on to Trieste. Spend a few days, then go down the coast to Dubrovnik, after that, fly to Athens.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77832401505695796422013-07-01T23:37:11.371-04:002013-07-01T23:37:11.371-04:00Meanwhile the politico/racial/show trial farce con...Meanwhile the politico/racial/show trial farce continues and another prosecution witness has basically testified for the defense saying Zimmerman was on the ground getting the crap beat out of him.<br /><br /><br />bposAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51706846576157012152013-07-01T23:05:57.299-04:002013-07-01T23:05:57.299-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61843142967792203942013-07-01T22:53:17.664-04:002013-07-01T22:53:17.664-04:00Lucca is a fascinating place, Deuce; but it's ...Lucca is a fascinating place, Deuce; but it's a fer step from Slovenia.<br /><br />How do you travel from Slovenia to Lucca?Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29295802149152934902013-07-01T22:47:37.777-04:002013-07-01T22:47:37.777-04:00>>>>Putin acknowledged the oddity of i...>>>>Putin acknowledged the oddity of insisting on protection of U.S. secrets, saying he was sincere about muzzling Snowden "no matter how strange it may sound on my lips." Putin added, though, that Snowden appears to have no intention of stopping his leaks, "so he must choose for himself a country to stay in and move there."<<<<<br /><br /><br />:):)<br /><br />It is truly bizarre.<br /><br />bposAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61098453808751186812013-07-01T22:19:57.220-04:002013-07-01T22:19:57.220-04:00We will have to wait upon Rufus for 'the solut...We will have to wait upon Rufus for 'the solution' to a misidentified problem, but meanwhile watch your wallet and de-bug your bedroom<br /><br />bposAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69580813391562053662013-07-01T22:15:56.047-04:002013-07-01T22:15:56.047-04:00>>>>Rufus IIMon Jul 01, 03:56:00 PM ED...>>>>Rufus IIMon Jul 01, 03:56:00 PM EDT<br /><br />The older I get, the more I think that, although his solution was flawed (deeply,) Karl Marx correctly identified the problem.<<<<<br /><br /><br />bwahahahahaha<br /><br /><br />Yes, yes, in his great work "The Proletariate, Industrial Relations of Production and Consumption, And Nitwittery" old Karl spoke directly to the problem of human stupidity but offered no solution at all.<br /><br />bpos<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62045097492653885462013-07-01T22:08:21.302-04:002013-07-01T22:08:21.302-04:00ALL nations spy on one another.
To think otherwis...ALL nations spy on one another.<br /><br />To think otherwise is foolish.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30171468721379866502013-07-01T21:58:12.455-04:002013-07-01T21:58:12.455-04:00
E Pluribus Unum!<br />E Pluribus Unum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46337083686139874102013-07-01T21:53:40.535-04:002013-07-01T21:53:40.535-04:00Free Thoth Now!
bposFree Thoth Now!<br /><br />bposAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78997789672653080272013-07-01T21:48:17.556-04:002013-07-01T21:48:17.556-04:00Anyone heard from John McCain?Anyone heard from John McCain?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61870829173115149512013-07-01T21:47:15.235-04:002013-07-01T21:47:15.235-04:00:-)
:-)<br /><br />Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55322626792471746702013-07-01T21:45:08.298-04:002013-07-01T21:45:08.298-04:00My oh my, it just doesn’t get any better than this...<b> My oh my, it just doesn’t get any better than this. Obama is running around in Africa talking about electricity and Snowden is taking Obama’s current to ground. Read on.</b><br /><br />Putin acknowledged the oddity of insisting on protection of U.S. secrets, saying he was sincere about muzzling Snowden "no matter how strange it may sound on my lips." Putin added, though, that Snowden appears to have no intention of stopping his leaks, "so he must choose for himself a country to stay in and move there."<br /><br />There has been widespread speculation that any secret data Snowden is carrying has already been compromised by Chinese and Russian intelligence during his stays in Hong Kong and Moscow.<br /><br />Snowden met at the airport earlier Monday with Russian consular officials and handed them an appeal to 15 countries for political asylum, according to a Russian Foreign Ministry official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The official didn't name the countries, but Kim Shevchenko, a Russian consular official, told the Interfax news agency that Russia was among them.<br /><br />Igor Korotchenko, editor in chief of the monthly National Defense journal, said Putin was, in effect, offering a peace deal to the United States.<br /><br />"Putin publicly pledged that if Snowden stays in Russia, the Kremlin will do its best to prevent any public exposures in the Russian mass media of the CIA's and NSA's secret activities," Korotchenko said. "Washington should see this as a fair deal, a much better bargain than if Snowden goes on to Venezuela and continues to expose U.S. special services' operations."<br /><br />Russia has been hosting a meeting of the world's major gas-exporting countries. Among those attending was Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. There has been speculation that Snowden might fly to Caracas with Maduro to evade being arrested in transit.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4593745633687894402013-07-01T21:41:26.480-04:002013-07-01T21:41:26.480-04:00This keeps getting better and better.
Barack Oba...<b> This keeps getting better and better. </b><br /><br />Barack Obama has sought to limit the damage from the growing transatlantic espionage row after Germany and France denounced the major snooping activities of US agencies and warned of a possible delay in the launch next week of ambitious free-trade talks between Europe and the US.<br /><br />The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and French president, François Hollande, demanded quick explanations from Washington about disclosures by the Guardian and Der Spiegel that US agencies bugged European embassies and offices. Berlin stressed there had to be mutual trust if trade talks were to go ahead in Washington on Monday.<br /><br />Hollande went further, indicating the talks could be called off unless the alleged spying was stopped immediately and US guarantees were provided.<br /><br />The diplomatic row came as Edward Snowden – the fugitive National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower, who faces espionage charges in the US and is holed up in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport – applied for asylum in Russia. Snowdenhe used his first public statement to attack the US for revoking his passport and accused it of bullying countries that might grant him asylum.<br /><br />Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, said on Monday: "If he wants to go somewhere and someone will take him, go ahead. If he wants to stay here, there is one condition – he must stop his work aimed at bringing harm to our American partners, as strange as that sounds coming from my mouth.<br /><br />"Russia never gives anyone up and doesn't plan to give anyone up. And no one has ever given us anyone."<br /><br />As Washington desperately sought to contain the diplomatic fallout from the bugging controversy, Obama acknowledged the damage done by the revelations and said the NSA would evaluate the claims and inform allies about the allegations.<br /><br />After the Guardian's disclosure that US agencies were secretly bugging the French embassy in Washington and France's office at the UN in New York, Hollande called for an immediate halt to the alleged spying.<br /><br />"We cannot accept this kind of behaviour between partners and allies," he said. "We ask that this stop immediately … There can be no negotiations or transactions in all areas until we have obtained these guarantees, for France but also for all of the European Union … We know well that there are systems that have to be checked, especially to fight terrorism, but I don't think that it is in our embassies or in the European Union that this threat exists."<br /><br />Merkel delivered her severest warning yet on the NSA debacle. "We are no longer in the cold war," her spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said. "If it is confirmed that diplomatic representations of the European Union and individual European countries have been spied upon, we will clearly say that bugging friends is unacceptable."<br /><br />Seibert said Berlin was keen on the trade talks with Washington, but qualified that support: "Mutual trust is necessary in order to come to an agreement."Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40033560325957772012013-07-01T21:38:45.506-04:002013-07-01T21:38:45.506-04:00It is a French moment and believe it or not they ...It is a French moment and believe it or not they have an ample supply of cognac in Lucca.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com