tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5474661609951956690..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: You Can't Lie To A Liar - Inside The CIA - Don't be Naive Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65428613944113128152017-01-12T23:21:15.920-05:002017-01-12T23:21:15.920-05:00.
Our allies in Syria are the great moderate Sunn....<br /><br /><i>Our allies in Syria are the great moderate Sunni working middle class, the forgotten and unheralded men and women of that great nation.</i><br /><br />Well, that goes to show the value of being a US ally these days.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64832488319023848622017-01-12T22:44:18.620-05:002017-01-12T22:44:18.620-05:00The Bar, hell, the entire Middle East will soon be...The Bar, hell, the entire Middle East will soon be vacant and at ease.<br /><br />It's the only solution I can think of for a problem without a solution.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77988705529905979642017-01-12T22:41:33.327-05:002017-01-12T22:41:33.327-05:00There's also DulcoEase and DulcoGas Chewables....There's also DulcoEase and DulcoGas Chewables.<br /><br />Take all three.<br /><br />Everyone in the Bar will evacuate.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37259947214140054022017-01-12T22:31:48.578-05:002017-01-12T22:31:48.578-05:00https://www.dulcolax.com/index.html?sc=DLXACQWEBSE...https://www.dulcolax.com/index.html?sc=DLXACQWEBSEMGGL1112033&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=dulcolax&utm_campaign=Decision_-_Branded&gclid=CNGQiLSWvtECFU4JfwodtSsP4A&gclsrc=dsCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34845001400296797442017-01-12T22:30:27.660-05:002017-01-12T22:30:27.660-05:00My prescription for the Middle East.My prescription for the Middle East.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56174850817694112612017-01-12T22:29:41.709-05:002017-01-12T22:29:41.709-05:00One can overcome Opioid Induced Constipation by th...One can overcome Opioid Induced Constipation by the use of Dulcolax.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55418816783110343432017-01-12T22:25:12.195-05:002017-01-12T22:25:12.195-05:00
Our allies in Syria are the great moderate Sunni ...<br />Our allies in Syria are the great moderate Sunni working middle class, the forgotten and unheralded men and women of that great nation.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65066255573446881872017-01-12T22:08:29.715-05:002017-01-12T22:08:29.715-05:00.
I assume the term 'US allies in Syria'....<br /><br /><br />I assume the term 'US allies in Syria' is used rather loosely.<br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49562982689973977222017-01-12T21:51:50.921-05:002017-01-12T21:51:50.921-05:00The House of Representatives also must vote on the...<i>The House of Representatives also must vote on the measure, which could make it to the House floor as early as Friday. If the bill passes in both chambers, the president must sign it into law for it to take effect.<br /><br />...<br /><br />The exemption doesn’t abrogate the seven-year stipulation on the books. “I strongly support retaining the law,” Mr. McCain said Thursday.<br /><br />“I also believe our nation needs Gen. Mattis’s service now more than ever.”</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60323257713175293182017-01-12T19:31:40.419-05:002017-01-12T19:31:40.419-05:00Meanwhile, Taiwan’s top policymaker for Chinese af...<i>Meanwhile, Taiwan’s top policymaker for Chinese affairs Chang Hsiao-yueh has urged Beijing to resume dialogue with Taipei, after it halted official communication channels in June.<br /><br />...<br /><br />In a statement on Wednesday, the Chinese government said it is “committed to promoting peace and stability” in Asia.<br /><br />But China’s state-run Global Times newspaper has not been quite as amicable.<br /><br />In an editorial published on Christmas Day, the press agency called on Beijing to build up its fleet of aircraft carriers, make them combat-ready and sail them to the eastern Pacific.</i><br /><br />samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35992730998012411892017-01-12T19:01:23.965-05:002017-01-12T19:01:23.965-05:00http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/killin...http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/killing_cnn.htmlCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19972077117320222042017-01-12T19:00:51.072-05:002017-01-12T19:00:51.072-05:00CNN is a dead duck.
January 12, 2017
Killing CNN...CNN is a dead duck.<br /><br />January 12, 2017<br /><br /><b><i>Killing CNN</i></b><br /><br />By Robert Arvay<br /><br />Someday, Bill O'Reilly may add to his list of historical books, which include Killing Kennedy and Killing the Rising Sun, the title Killing CNN. <br /><br />It portends to be the chronicle of a vital turning point in American history, the death of the propaganda machine in our politics, and the resurgence of genuine journalism.<br /><br /><br />I have for some time now eschewed referring to most American news institutions as "mainstream media" and instead termed them what they are: the Ministry of Propaganda (MoP).<br /><br />I know, I know – there comes a time when we are supposed to stop complaining about bias in the news. It is akin to complaining about the weather, about which we can do nothing. Donald Trump is proving otherwise. If liberals can claim that they can stop global warming, then we may justly claim that Trump can stop the global pollution the MoP spews out so continually that many of us have gotten used to it.<br /><br />In previous years, conservatives were ridiculed for "blaming the press." We were compared to the student who claimed that "the dog ate my homework." No more. This election cycle, the dog did its best and choked to death. While the Russians are blamed for "hacking Hillary," the MoP was hacking Trump, but not with facts – with fake news.<br /><br />This time, it did not succeed. Millions of frustrated Americans saw through the ruse and rebelled. Instead of their lies deceiving us, we disavowed the MoP. <br /><br />Today, Trump is taking the fight to CNN and, by extension, to all the other alphabet agencies that have mocked and vilified him, while they were openly siding with Hillary Clinton and her crooked cohorts. Instead of the New York Times informing us, it saw its duty as being to dis-inform us, to dissuade us from voting for Trump – but the more mud the MoP threw toward him, the muddier they themselves became.<br /><br />Yesterday, Trump made it crystal-clear to CNN that they have crossed the red line – you know, the one Obama dared the Russians to cross in Syria. They crossed it, and Obama whimpered. Trump is done with red lines. He is building a wall, and CNN is closed out of Trump's news conferences. He flatly refused to allow them to exercise the pretense of journalism by refusing to permit them to level questions at him during his presser.<br /><br />For those who may find themselves uneasy at the possibility of official censorship, remind yourselves that what CNN is being censored for is not reporting, but lying. <b><i>They actually accused Trump of hiring Russian prostitutes to urinate on a hotel bed where Obama had slept – and then, at the press conference, had the audacity to accuse him of being "improper" in his refusal to dignify their propaganda with a response.</i></b><br /><br />Your time is over, CNN. Let your liberal cohorts in other parts of the propaganda machine take note. When you strike at Trump with lies, he will avenge the insult with that most terrifying of all weapons: truth. To paraphrase a famous Democrat president (FDR), you have nothing to fear but Trump himself. Well should you.<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28378785229347892462017-01-12T18:37:44.357-05:002017-01-12T18:37:44.357-05:00Retired U.S. general James Mattis, poised to becom...<i>Retired U.S. general James Mattis, poised to become the first career military officer to lead the Pentagon since the 1950s, says he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to "break" the NATO alliance that has anchored American and European security for more than half a century.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mattis said the world order was under "the biggest attack since World War II," blaming Russia, China and international terrorist organizations for its destabilization.<br /><br />...<br /><br />The U.S. House of Representatives armed services committee narrowly backed a waiver on Thursday that would allow Mattis to serve as Trump's secretary of defence, despite having retired as a Marine general in 2013.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89756377736157103372017-01-12T18:19:14.350-05:002017-01-12T18:19:14.350-05:00It really is hard to contemplate the depth of stup...It really is hard to contemplate the depth of stupidity of our rulers and masters in DC.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31505970484087202252017-01-12T18:17:48.229-05:002017-01-12T18:17:48.229-05:00INSANITY
14:19 GMT
US decision on MANPADS deliver...INSANITY<br /><br /><i>14:19 GMT<br />US decision on MANPADS delivery to Syria ‘insane’ – Russian Foreign Ministry<br />US President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel any obstacles to the delivery of MANPADS to Syria is “insane,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday. Obama signed in December 2016 a determination waiving legal restrictions on US provision of defense articles to US allies in Syria. The Kremlin had warned that man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) could fall into the hands of terrorists in the wake of that decision.</i>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8134630299020177082017-01-12T17:35:53.220-05:002017-01-12T17:35:53.220-05:00Pakistan’s Arabian Sea port of Gwadar is perched o...<i>Pakistan’s Arabian Sea port of Gwadar is perched on the world’s energy jugular. Sea lanes nearby carry most of China’s oil imports; any disruption could choke the world’s second-largest economy.<br /><br />...<br /><br />The Gwadar template, where Beijing used its commercial know-how and financial muscle to secure ownership over a strategic trading base, only to enlist it later into military service, has been replicated in other key locations.<br /><br />...<br /><br />For thousands of years, Chinese emperors focused on defending the middle kingdom against land-based invasions, usually from the north and west. But in 2015 an official white paper on military strategy decreed a big shift that offers a glimpse of the country’s changing maritime objectives.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63620646092784693482017-01-12T16:13:02.626-05:002017-01-12T16:13:02.626-05:00Archaeological Expedition in Honduras Uncovers Hid...<b><i>Archaeological Expedition in Honduras Uncovers Hidden City</i></b><br /><br />An aerial view of the Mosquitia region near the remote community of Ahuas, Honduras (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)<br /> <br />In his new book, The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story, Douglas Preston chronicles the discovery of an ancient, hidden city in Honduras’ Mosquitia mountains.<br /><br />Preston, who adapted a portion of his book for The New Yorker, took part in an expedition to a lost city in the Mosquitia region, near the Nicaraguan border. The target site had been found using light detection and ranging technology (or LIDAR), but the actual discovery required old-fashioned ground work, hacking through the dense jungle of one of Earth’s last unexplored regions.<br /><br />According to Preston’s account, the exploration party was a five-man team (himself included) accompanied by three British ex-S.A.S. jungle-warfare specialists. They cleared the path to the target site themselves with machetes, with no way to discern their location beyond GPS coordinates and the threat of jaguars and poisonous snakes surrounding them at all times. In an era ruled by technology, it’s surprising to hear that scientific work still requires that kind of brute effort.<br /><br />Douglas Preston (Mark Adams)<br /> <br />Their first encounter with the site was a mostly buried collection of 500 carved sculptures, many of which had been ritually smashed. The imposing statue of a half-human, half-vulture figure occupied the center of the find.<br />The team decided that these artifacts were a final spiritual offering prior to the city’s abandonment in the 1500s. Since no Europeans (or any other conquering force, for that matter) had visited the site since then, the team’s best hypothesis is that massive disease outbreaks—brought on by trade and slavery—hit this region in quick succession, causing a large enough population drop to spur abandonment of the city.<br /><br />This hypothesis is highly likely. Almost 90 percent of Honduras’ native population was wiped out by pandemics between 1518 and 1550, and the Mosquitia region in particular was plagued by slave raids. As people fled into the rainforest to escape European slavers, they would have brought diseases with them.<br /><br />To find out more about Preston’s exploration of the hidden city, pick up a copy of his book here.<br /><br />http://www.realclearlife.com/history/archaeological-expedition-uncovers-hidden-city/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12610292268655447702017-01-12T15:59:27.804-05:002017-01-12T15:59:27.804-05:00BREAKING NEWS JAN 12 2017, 3:15 PM ET
Clinton Em...<br />BREAKING NEWS JAN 12 2017, 3:15 PM ET<br /><b>Clinton Emails: DOJ Inspector General to Review FBI, Comey Actions</b><br />by PETE WILLIAMS and HALIMAH ABDULLAH<br /><br /><br />Play FBI probe launched into actions ahead of election Facebook Twitter Google Plus Embed<br /> FBI probe launched into actions ahead of election 5:06<br /><br />The Justice Department Inspector General says he will review how the FBI and Justice Department handled certain aspects of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.<br /><br />The probe by Michael E. Horowitz will include a review of FBI Director James Comey's news conference in July and his two letters to lawmakers in late October and early November.<br /><br />"In response to requests from numerous Chairmen and Ranking Members of Congressional oversight committees, various organizations, and members of the public, the Office of the Inspector General will initiate a review of allegations regarding certain actions by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in advance of the 2016 election," the Justice Department said in a statement.<br /><br />Image: FBI Director James Comey testifies to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on ?EURoeRussia?EUR(TM)s intelligence activities" on Capitol Hill in Washington<br />FBI Director James Comey (file photo) JOSHUA ROBERTS / Reuters<br />Just 11 days before the 2016 general election, Comey notified Congress that the FBI was reviewing a new batch of emails that appeared to be pertinent to their investigation. The emails, discovered during a probe, were found on a laptop that former New York congressman Anthony Weiner allegedly used to send lewd text messages and pictures to an underage girl.<br /><br />Investigators also discovered Weiner's estranged wife, Huma Abedin, had used the same laptop to send emails to Clinton....<br /><br />http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/clinton-emails-doj-inspector-general-investigate-fbi-comey-actions-n706186?cid=sm_twCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56264718110298582002017-01-12T15:26:20.601-05:002017-01-12T15:26:20.601-05:00.
I wish he wasn't the one who brought up the....<br /><br />I wish he wasn't the one who brought up the term Nazi. It spoiled the effect. For me.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60589220818500018502017-01-12T15:22:25.811-05:002017-01-12T15:22:25.811-05:00{...}
Here we enter into the kaleidoscopically ba...<br />{...}<br /><br /><i>Here we enter into the kaleidoscopically balkanizing world of intersectionality, which highlights multiple identities in an effort to single-out the nexus of ascriptive attributes that produces maximal oppression. The idea is that once these attributes have been identified, the "privilege" of those who undertake the oppression can be subverted. Yet in practice, the hierarchy of privilege isn't so much subverted as reproduced and inverted.<br /><br />Consider the world as viewed through the lens of intersectionality. At the very top of the pyramid of privilege stands a straight, able-bodied, white man — whether he was born rich, attended Harvard, and works on Wall Street, or is a laid off coal miner who struggles with opioid addiction in eastern Kentucky. Below him are straight, able-bodied white women, with straight "people of color" of either gender even less privileged, followed by gay, lesbian, transgendered, and disabled variations on each identity category — with a hypothetical disabled black lesbian perhaps least privileged of all. But of course, this is a matter of controversy, since a transgendered Latina who comes from a poorer neighborhood or a more broken family than her black lesbian rival might contest and take offense at this ranking, insisting that she's actually the one who deserves to be recognized as the least privileged.<br /><br />It should be obvious that this brand of politics is profoundly poisonous. Instead of seeking to level an unjust hierarchy, mitigate its worst abuses, and foster cross-group solidarity, intersectionality merely flips the hierarchy on its head, placing the least privileged in the most powerful position and requiring everyone else to clamor for relative advantage in the new upside-down ranking. Those who come out on top in the struggle win their own counter-status, earning the special privilege of getting to demand that those lower in the pecking order "check their privilege."<br /><br />This is a sure-fire spur to division, dissension, and resentment.<br /><br />Successful politics, especially in a nation with a winner-take-all electoral system, requires building bridges with as many people as possible to win as many votes as possible. But intersectionality moves in the diametrically opposite direction, breaking the electorate apart into ever-smaller groups and pitting them against each other in a competition to determine which of them suffers most pervasively from systemic discrimination, and so also which has the right to demand deference and expressions of repentance from everyone else.<br /><br />Can you imagine a style of politics more certain to end in bitter recriminations?</i><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78365314078990785612017-01-12T15:19:59.563-05:002017-01-12T15:19:59.563-05:00{...}
Intersectionality
January 11, 2017
In the...{...}<br /><br /><a href="http://theweek.com/articles/672265/liberals-are-drunk-political-poison-called-intersectionality" rel="nofollow">Intersectionality</a><br /><br />January 11, 2017<br /><br /><i>In the fierce post-election debate about how Democrats should respond to the party's astonishing electoral collapse at all levels of government, some have argued that identity politics is the problem, while many others (especially younger activists) have claimed it's the solution.<br /><br />Those inclined toward the latter position would be well advised to read a recent New York Times story very closely. An account of growing rancor surrounding the planned Women's March on Washington (scheduled for the day after Donald Trump's inauguration), the piece demonstrates with admirable clarity how doubling down on identity politics — and especially the left's embrace of the trendy postmodern ideology of "intersectionality" — is likely to shatter the Democratic Party into squabbling factions even more vulnerable to a resurgent right.<br />It would be one thing if Democrats had reason to hope or expect that they would be saved by demographics. Ever since the "emerging Democratic majority" thesis was first floated more than a decade ago, leading liberals have been convinced that their side is bound to prevail as the country becomes less white over time and minority groups eventually combine to form a left-leaning electoral majority. In such a situation, a politics based on racial, ethnic, gender, and other forms of identity might make sense as a mobilization strategy.<br /><br />But recent events and analysis have cast doubt on these hopes and expectations, raising the possibility that the electoral power of white Americans may well persist for a long time to come. In that case, the need for "normal" politics, which involves forming coalitions across racial, ethnic, and gender divides in the name of the common good, will continue indefinitely.<br />That's where the danger of identity politics — especially in the radical form highlighted in the Times — becomes obvious.<br /><br />From the start, the Women's March was an expression of identity politics — the coming together in protest of those appalled by the president-elect's attitude and proposed policies toward the female half of the electorate. But some organizers and participants have something else — something far narrower — in mind. For them, solidarity on the basis of gender alone isn't possible because black women have sometimes been oppressed by white women. For that reason, white women must begin "listening more and talking less," and above all learn to "check their privilege."</i><br /><br />(...)Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71642097864536685582017-01-12T15:16:14.332-05:002017-01-12T15:16:14.332-05:00.
Obama is merely the head of the snake.
Rufus u....<br /><br />Obama is merely the head of the snake.<br /><br />Rufus used to claim that conservatives (here I mean real conservatives rather than 'Conservatives') will soon be left in the dustbin of history due to changing demographics within the US. However...<br /><br />We have all seen and commented on the changing cultural mores in our country, the rising claims of victimhood, 'Black Lives Matter, terms like microagression and 'safe places' that have entered our vernacular, the push for sexual identity by choice, or even, the elimination of all sex designations altogether, the fact identifying as a man is unacceptable and the noun man must now be preceded by a distractive prefix designating what kind of man you are, and other such bullshit.<br /><br />I call it batshit crazy and blame on the cultural revolution in the 60'-70's that led to the rise of the progressive ideal, replacement of thought with emotion, the 'victimhood' industry, the widespread growth of the 'Little Emperor Syndrome' in our dealings with our children, and for the growth of a Eloi society where PC became the ideal and to deny that is in itself a microagression.<br /><br />But back to the point...<br /><br />The author in the following article points out that while these trends have worked to the political advantage of the Dems in the past, if they continue along the current trend line they could fracture any chance the Dems have of forming a unified coalition that could win elections in the future.<br /><br />{...}<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59756657225066702542017-01-12T14:48:01.839-05:002017-01-12T14:48:01.839-05:00Talk about fucked up -
DOJ, FBI officials to be i...Talk about fucked up -<br /><br /><i><b>DOJ, FBI officials to be investigated over Clinton probes...<br />Misconduct allegations....<br /><br />Comey letter review...<br />Ties to Hillary examined....DRUDGE</b></i><br /><br /><br />And our tax money goes to pay all these bozos....<br /><br />Secession is the only answer ! <br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81330558588216904572017-01-12T14:45:04.546-05:002017-01-12T14:45:04.546-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34005514927047946242017-01-12T14:22:00.404-05:002017-01-12T14:22:00.404-05:00http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/the_on...http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/the_one_act_that_defined_president_barack_obama.htmlCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.com