tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5673291577195341569..comments2024-03-19T05:29:47.524-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The Israel-firster’s Choice for US President: Marco RubioDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1963261628209304352016-02-26T17:04:14.205-05:002016-02-26T17:04:14.205-05:00.
What sailors?
I have never seen that reference....<br /><br />What sailors?<br /><br />I have never seen that reference and would love a link.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61213732619397444942016-02-26T13:41:22.752-05:002016-02-26T13:41:22.752-05:00.
Still?
..<br /><br />Still?<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19621489819058635672016-02-26T13:37:48.985-05:002016-02-26T13:37:48.985-05:00.
If you don't like it, you have alternatives....<br /><br />If you don't like it, you have alternatives.<br /><br />You can learn how to scroll. You can up with some interesting post on a different subject. You can leave.<br /><br />Or, you can continue to sit around and bitch about it.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43552143229263063552016-02-26T13:35:49.679-05:002016-02-26T13:35:49.679-05:00Dead US Citizens Jack, you cannot change the argum...Dead US Citizens Jack, you cannot change the argument in the middle to suit your fiction.<br /><br />Try again, Jack "the killer of children in Central America" Hawkins...<br /><br />But now that you raise it...<br /><br />American troops occupying foriegn lands...<br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82518611193530548812016-02-26T13:34:21.052-05:002016-02-26T13:34:21.052-05:00LOL Deuce you are a wimpLOL Deuce you are a wimpWhat is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73655347006399974312016-02-26T13:34:01.546-05:002016-02-26T13:34:01.546-05:00Jack, please tell us how many US navy boats has Is...Jack, please tell us how many US navy boats has Israel attacked since 1967?What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60414010387728083252016-02-26T13:33:12.984-05:002016-02-26T13:33:12.984-05:00Jack HawkinsFri Feb 26, 10:26:00 AM EST
The US Na...Jack HawkinsFri Feb 26, 10:26:00 AM EST<br /><br />The US Navy ship was in international waters, "O"rdure.<br />It was not in 'war zone'<br /><br /><br />Jack "The Jew Hater" Hawkins said....<br /><br /><br />Are they 2 mutually exclusive things?<br /><br />Better go back to war college jack..<br /><br />cause you don't know jack shit.<br /><br />Now if the Liberty was 10 miles of the coast of Gaza as the sailors have told us?<br /><br />They were NOT in international waters...<br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19160999667451006002016-02-26T13:31:29.770-05:002016-02-26T13:31:29.770-05:00I am but a foil against your jew hatred
No valida...I am but a foil against your jew hatred<br /><br />No validation implied.<br /><br />You seem to always have that problem, reading in to things that do not exist...What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57594494214174955922016-02-26T12:49:48.919-05:002016-02-26T12:49:48.919-05:00Taking Ground from ISIL
Iraqi and Syrian ground f...Taking Ground from ISIL<br /><br />Iraqi and Syrian ground forces, working with coalition special operations forces, are pushing back ISIL’s forces, he said. “After intense block-by-block fighting, Iraqi forces recently succeeded in pushing ISIL out of Ramadi,” Obama said. “ISIL has now lost a series of key Iraqi towns and cities -- more than 40 percent of the areas it once controlled in Iraq.”<br /><br />The next phase in the campaign will target ISIL-controlled Hit in Iraq’s Anbar province, he said, with the ultimate goal of retaking Mosul -- Iraq’s second-largest city.<br /><br />In Syria, local forces continue their gains against ISIL. The ultimate goal there is to squeeze the terror group into its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa and crush it, Obama said. “Raqqa is not the capital of a growing caliphate; it’s increasingly under stress as ISIL territory shrinks,” the president said.<br /><br />“This remains a difficult fight,” Obama said. “The situation in Syria and Iraq is one of the most complex the world has seen in recent times. ISIL is entrenched, including in urban areas, using innocent civilians as human shields. Even in places where ISIL has been driven out, it leaves behind utter devastation.”<br /><br />The president said the fight in Syria has become a proxy war between regional powers.<br /><br />“Beyond Syria and Iraq, I want to point out that we continue to go after ISIL wherever it tries to take root, working with partners from Nigeria to Afghanistan,” Obama said. “As we showed last week with our strike on an ISIL training camp in Libya, which targeted a senior ISIL operative, we will continue to use the full range of tools to eliminate ISIL threats wherever they are.”<br /><br />He noted that the United States will continue to work with Libya to establish a functioning government there.<br /><br />(Follow Jim Garamone on Twitter: @GaramoneDoDNews)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/673887/counter-isil-campaign-continues-president-says" rel="nofollow">DOD</a>galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67244924377041598832016-02-26T12:47:56.349-05:002016-02-26T12:47:56.349-05:00Counter-ISIL Campaign Continues, President Says
W...<b>Counter-ISIL Campaign Continues, President Says</b><br /><br />WASHINGTON, February 26, 2016 — Even if there is a cessation of hostilities to get food and medical aid to besieged civilians in Syria, there will be no letup against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, President Barack Obama said yesterday evening at the State Department following a meeting of the National Security Council.<br /><br />“If implemented -- and that’s a significant ‘if’ -- this cessation could reduce the violence and get more food and aid to Syrians who are suffering and desperately need it,” the president said. “It could save lives. Potentially, it could also lead to negotiations on a political settlement to end the civil war so that everybody can focus their attention on destroying ISIL.”<br /><br />The United States will do all in its power to ensure the success of the cessation, Obama said. “At the same time, I want to make totally clear that there will be absolutely no cease-fire with respect to ISIL,” he said. “We remain relentless in going after them.”<br /><br />Coalition Increases Strength<br /><br />The president directed the national security team to continue accelerating the campaign against ISIL on all fronts. The coalition against the terror group is stronger, he said. He praised Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s efforts to get more contributions from coalition partners. “Just about all of our military partners have agreed to increase their contributions, buying into our conception of how we ramp up the pressure on ISIL,” the president said.<br /><br />He noted that Dutch aircraft are now striking ISIL targets in Syria, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are expanding their roles in the air campaign. And the president thanked Canada for tripling its personnel dedicated to helping train and advise forces in Iraq.<br /><br />“Every day, our air campaign -- more than 10,000 strikes so far -- continues to destroy ISIL forces, infrastructure and heavy weapons,” Obama said. “ISIL fighters are learning that they’ve got no safe haven. We can hit them anywhere, anytime -- and we do.”galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49239660039337187002016-02-26T12:39:24.714-05:002016-02-26T12:39:24.714-05:00Barry Ritholtz article clarifying the Seattle situ...Barry Ritholtz article clarifying the Seattle situation:<br /><br /><a href="http://ritholtz.com/2016/02/157443/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Picture%29" rel="nofollow">Article</a> <br /> galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32394487388864378952016-02-26T12:34:22.517-05:002016-02-26T12:34:22.517-05:00Well, then, Buckeroos, let's go on to sumpin e...Well, then, Buckeroos, let's go on to sumpin else.<br /><br />Lookee, here; <br /><br />All those other cities right around Seattle (that Didn't Raise the minimum wage) have unemployment charts - replete with a small uptick in the unemployment rate - identical to Seattle's.<br /><br /><a href="http://ritholtz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WA-Unemployed-Level.png" rel="nofollow">A Chart even a hick can glom</a>galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63724039346057972162016-02-26T12:19:15.001-05:002016-02-26T12:19:15.001-05:00Ole Deuce doesn't have much of a sense of humo...Ole Deuce doesn't have much of a sense of humor today. I was merely pointing out that the same old tired USS Liberty argument keeps getting regurgitated month after month, year after year, and he got all pissy and tried to insult me by calling me a Patriot. That really stung. Ouch.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35487970251537581452016-02-26T12:15:44.001-05:002016-02-26T12:15:44.001-05:00BED down locations - bwahahaBED down locations - bwahahaIdaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-11287035730905311612016-02-26T12:14:23.740-05:002016-02-26T12:14:23.740-05:00The same treatment meted out to you !
You're ...The same treatment meted out to you !<br /><br />You're nothing if not repetitive.<br /><br />That phony war score you put up each day for instance.<br /><br />None of it amounts to anything, yet you seem to see it as progress being made.<br /><br />It's a Pentagon Joke.<br /><br />Deb down locations, inoperable vehicles and an occasional backhoe being blown up.<br /><br />Like Quirk says, at $25,000 + fuel a shot it's a waste of taxpayers money.<br /><br />Obama is just running out the clock.<br /><br />Meanwhile ISIS is gaining some real strength in Libya, and further south too.Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70199867839246433462016-02-26T11:48:38.788-05:002016-02-26T11:48:38.788-05:00Oh, and the G.O.P. establishment was also sure tha...Oh, and the G.O.P. establishment was also sure that Mr. Trump would pay a heavy price for asserting that we were misled into Iraq — evidently unaware just how widespread that (correct) belief is among Americans of all political persuasions.<br /><br />So what’s the source of this obliviousness? ... Most Republican officeholders hold safe seats, which they can count on keeping if they are sufficiently orthodox. Moreover, if they should stumble, they can fall back on “wingnut welfare,” the array of positions at right-wing media organizations, think tanks and so on that are always there for loyal spear carriers. ... They know that people outside their party disagree, but that doesn’t matter much for their careers.<br /><br />Now, however, they face the reality that most voters inside their party don’t agree with the orthodoxy, either. And all signs are that they still can’t wrap their minds around that fact. ... Even now, when it’s almost too late to stop the Trump Express, they still imagine that “But he’s not a true conservative!” is an effective attack.<br /><br />Things would be very different, obviously, if Mr. Trump were in fact to lock in the Republican nomination (which could happen in a few weeks). Would his raw appeal to white Americans’ baser instincts continue to work? I don’t think so. But given the ineffectuality of his party’s elite, my guess is that we will get a chance to find out.<br /><br /><a href="http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2016/02/paul-krugman-twilight-of-the-apparatchik.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EconomistsView+%28Economist%27s+View%29" rel="nofollow">Economist's View</a>galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1159749509630757912016-02-26T11:46:15.705-05:002016-02-26T11:46:15.705-05:00Paul Krugman: Twilight of the Apparatchik
Why is ...<b>Paul Krugman: Twilight of the Apparatchik</b><br /><br />Why is the Republican Party is such disarray?:<br /><br />Twilight of the Apparatchik, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: ... As many have noted, it’s remarkable how shocked — shocked! — that establishment has been at the success of Donald Trump’s racist, xenophobic campaign. Who knew that this kind of thing would appeal to the party’s base? ...<br /><br />Seriously, Republican political strategy has been exploiting racial antagonism, getting working-class whites to despise government because it dares to help Those People, for almost half a century. So it’s amazing to see the party’s elite utterly astonished by the success of a candidate who is just saying outright what they have consistently tried to convey with dog whistles.<br /><br />What I find even more amazing, however, are the Republican establishment’s delusions about what its own voters are for. ...<br /><br />Here’s an example: Last summer,... when Mr. Trump ... promised not to cut Social Security,... insiders like William Kristol gleefully declared that he was “willing to lose the primary to win the general.” In reality, however, Republican voters don’t at all share the elite’s enthusiasm for entitlement cuts...galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62619495134309353572016-02-26T11:33:48.616-05:002016-02-26T11:33:48.616-05:00Good God, it was just the same comment, repeated o...Good God, it was just the same comment, repeated over and over.<br /><br />Deuce left the original comment up.<br /><br />What the hell do you want?galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51933837506875154042016-02-26T11:26:06.553-05:002016-02-26T11:26:06.553-05:00Nice to have you around, MOME.
Three deletions in...Nice to have you around, MOME.<br /><br />Three deletions in a row......you've earned your 'keyboard award' as I think of it.<br /><br />You've joined the elite here......WiO, Idaho Bob, and, now, MOME<br /><br />Welcome aboard !<br /><br />************<br /><br />That was a feisty debate last night. I don't think it did the aggressors much good though.Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15601296418431799922016-02-26T11:24:57.279-05:002016-02-26T11:24:57.279-05:00It looks like the pubbies' longed-for recessio...It looks like the pubbies' longed-for recession isn't going to arrive in time to help them in this election. <br /><br />Poor babies. :)galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71137509248177248742016-02-26T10:56:19.837-05:002016-02-26T10:56:19.837-05:00NYTimes -
On Wednesday, Mr. Cameron, responding ...<br />NYTimes - <br /><i><br />On Wednesday, Mr. Cameron, responding to a question in the House of Commons, told British lawmakers:<b> “Yes, we are supporters of Israel, but we do not support illegal settlements, we do not support what is happening in East Jerusalem.”</b><br /><br />Israel conquered East Jerusalem, along with the West Bank, from Jordan in the Six Day War of 1967, then expanded the city limits and annexed the eastern part in a move that has never been internationally recognized.<br /><b><br />“I am well known as being a strong friend of Israel but I have to say the first time I visited Jerusalem and had a proper tour around that wonderful city and saw what has happened with the effective encirclement of East Jerusalem — occupied East Jerusalem — it is genuinely shocking,” </b>Mr. Cameron said in Parliament.</i>Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54699485391296508372016-02-26T10:53:47.395-05:002016-02-26T10:53:47.395-05:00Yes, MOME, they have gone over the USS Liberty inc...Yes, MOME, they have gone over the USS Liberty incident an number of times. You can always hang out at the Belmont Club and blame Obama for everything.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89896054672268757292016-02-26T10:42:04.432-05:002016-02-26T10:42:04.432-05:00Highlights
There's plenty of life in the cons...<b>Highlights</b><br /><br />There's plenty of life in the consumer. <b>Personal income jumped 0.5 percent in January as did consumer spending,</b> both readings higher than expected. Also higher than expected are the report's inflation readings especially the core PCE which rose 0.3 percent for a year-on-year plus 1.7 percent.<br /><br />Details are solidly positive with components on the income side led by <b>wages & salaries, up a very strong 0.6 percent</b> for the third large gain of the last four months. And consumers didn't draw from savings on their January shopping spree, with the <b>savings rate unchanged at a very solid 5.2 percent.</b><br /><br />Components on the spending side are led by durable goods which jumped 1.2 percent and reflect strong vehicle sales in the month. Spending on services rose 0.6 percent in the month.<br /><br />But the big story of the report is the core PCE, especially the year-on-year rate which is up from 1.4 percent to 1.7 percent and is pointing confidently toward the Fed's 2 percent line. Total prices, which include food and energy, rose only 1 percent but the year-on-year rate for this reading has been on a tear, moving from about zero late last year to plus 1.3 percent in January.<br /><br />Economic news outside of the consumer has been soft but today's report is a reminder that the nation's most important supporter is alert and in the driver's seat. A strong consumer, who is benefitting from a strong labor market, together with the upward pivot for inflation will not make policy makers comfortable at next month's FOMC where a rate hike, though long dismissed, may be a serious topic of discussion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/economic-calendar" rel="nofollow">Personal Income and Outlays</a>galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79740432301892668292016-02-26T10:36:57.342-05:002016-02-26T10:36:57.342-05:00.“What I expect is the Trump train, the juggernaut...<br /><i>.“What I expect is the Trump train, the juggernaut, is going to be unstoppable very quickly,” Collins said. “People are then going to say: ‘Of course I’m going to support Mr. Trump for president, he’s our presumptive nominee. He’s got it locked up.’”<br /><br />Though many may have thought Bush’s voters would defect to Marco Rubio, Collins isn’t the only former Bush backer who now wants to see Trump win. Interviews with voters who once supported the former Florida governor indicate that at least some have also switched to Team Trump. For certain Republican voters, it simply makes sense. Even if they don’t see Trump as the perfect candidate, and even if he wasn’t their first choice, they believe he may be the best hope to win back the White House.<br /><br />Patrick Digan, a 23-year old from Florida, was planning to vote for Bush until he dropped out of the race. It was hard for him to see Bush flail around so much. “He always seemed like he was the punching bag,”</i>Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34252919872397658042016-02-26T10:34:56.764-05:002016-02-26T10:34:56.764-05:00Reaching a milestone in his campaign, Donald Trump...<i><br />Reaching a milestone in his campaign, Donald Trump scored his first Capitol Hill endorsements on Wednesday from Republican Representatives Chris Collins of New York and Duncan Hunter of California. “I think he will unite our party much quicker than most people think,” Collins said in an interview, predicting that Republicans will quickly coalesce behind Trump. What’s more, Collins added that plenty of members of Congress are already in Trump’s corner, even if they haven’t made their admiration public. “A number of members are supporting Trump but have different unique reasons why they’re not ready to step out and endorse him,” he said. That’s a stark contrast from the prevailing notion that the Republican establishment is anti-Trump.<br /><br />The endorsement is especially notable since Collins previously endorsed Jeb Bush, a reminder of how quickly things have changed in a so far highly unpredictable presidential race. </i><br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/donald-trump-jeb-bush/471111/Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.com