tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post1037588619464622733..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Russian intimidation of Ukraine and Abkhazia continues.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72718916171607401262009-08-15T22:15:05.147-04:002009-08-15T22:15:05.147-04:00As for, Ukraine:
Has my memory gone bad?
Did we ...As for, <i>Ukraine:</i><br /><br />Has my memory gone bad?<br /><br />Did we lose something, there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58609263636753915492009-08-15T21:42:44.972-04:002009-08-15T21:42:44.972-04:00Vast tracts of Israeli agricultural land in north ...<i>Vast tracts of Israeli agricultural land in north Israel's Galilee area have been bought up by Arabs with financial backing from the Gulf, Israeli public radio reported on Saturday. <br />It said dozens of hectares (acres) have been bought and that a local farmers' association had tried in vain to warn the Israeli authorities about the sale. <br /><br />The radio station quoted Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon as saying the affair was not a matter for his department since "it concerns private land.</i>" <br /><br /><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.75f0d79cd80a18d60eddc98495e7cff7.621&show_article=1" rel="nofollow"> <br />Gulf Arab money 'behind purchases of Israeli land' <br /></a>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73200133064728188222009-08-15T20:37:13.939-04:002009-08-15T20:37:13.939-04:00Truther Denial
Posted by David Paul Kuhn.
I don&...<a href="http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/08/14/truther-denial/" rel="nofollow">Truther Denial<br />Posted by David Paul Kuhn</a>.<br /> <br /><i>I don't know which political camp has more nuts. But Vega's reaction to the Scripps poll reminds me of the concluding paragraph in my initial column:<br /><br />"A few years ago, an Emory psychologist scanned the brains of self-described partisans. Partisans were able to notice the hypocritical statements of the opposing candidate but not the inconsistencies of their preferred candidate. <b>Ideology, it was determined, showed effects similar to drug addiction</b></i>."desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51915708966960687042009-08-15T20:36:43.495-04:002009-08-15T20:36:43.495-04:00Experts: when buying Astroturf, remember to look f...Experts: when buying Astroturf, remember to look for the Union LabelDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89318897536293425112009-08-15T20:35:19.247-04:002009-08-15T20:35:19.247-04:00Israel Dismantles; World's Problems End<a href="http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=307" rel="nofollow">Israel Dismantles; World's Problems End</a>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44149409227048829512009-08-15T20:23:51.329-04:002009-08-15T20:23:51.329-04:00Yes sir, it's gettin' fiestyYes sir, it's gettin' fiestydesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35670511012125886212009-08-15T20:04:57.281-04:002009-08-15T20:04:57.281-04:00Gateway Pundit Dems Continue Listening Tour-- Fist...<a href="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/08/dems-listening-tour-continues-fists.html" rel="nofollow"> Gateway Pundit Dems Continue Listening Tour-- Fists, Boots, Bullhorns, Stomping Heads, Smashing Faces, Assaults Included</a>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57697893616581025612009-08-15T19:30:32.095-04:002009-08-15T19:30:32.095-04:00Handicapped Woman Cries After Assault By Union Thu...<a href="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/08/handicapped-woman-cries-after-assault.html" rel="nofollow">Handicapped Woman Cries After Assault By Union Thugs at Town Hall (Video) ... Update: Woman Speaks Out on Being Stomped On</a><br />A handicapped woman with a walker cries as she tells how union members pushed her out her seat at a town hall:(At 2:20 mark)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14604555939506001042009-08-15T18:26:19.850-04:002009-08-15T18:26:19.850-04:00Don't trust anyone over 30 except for those ol...<strong>Don't trust anyone over 30 except for those older guys who invented the rule 40 years ago!</strong><br /><a href="http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=3886" rel="nofollow"> Woodstock's 40th Anniversary Official Chants and Slogans</a><br /><br />The victory of the battle of Woodstock gave hope to all people of the world who were braving the assault of the reactionary culture. <em>It drove a stake at the heart of imperialism by removing the need for personal hygiene and selective sex among large swathes of the young masses, replacing harmful bourgeois alcohol with beneficial, consciousness-expanding drugs</em>.<br /><br />40 years later, the epic Woodstock Revolution continues to guide us in our glorious march towards the future through the destruction of the past.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45859352882821695172009-08-15T15:40:31.863-04:002009-08-15T15:40:31.863-04:00Tiny Kim and his NorK nuke are a threat to his reg...Tiny Kim and his NorK nuke are a threat to his region, but not to US. Excepting the 25,000 US troops there.<br /><br />They should be withdrawn, the SouKs million man Army is more than capable of defending the South, without our tripwire presence.<br /><br />Germany and Italy, neither need US combat troops billeted there.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84207386273048835052009-08-15T15:35:55.746-04:002009-08-15T15:35:55.746-04:00"...neglecting to keep up [or squandering] ou...<i>"...neglecting to keep up [or squandering] our military strength</i>" <br /><br />The United States spends more on its' military than the rest of the whirled, combined. If we factor in the spending of US allies around the whirled, then there is no viable conventional military threat to the US.<br /><br />We could spend half as much as we do, and the strategic balances would not shift. The US and its' allies could still field a preponderance of force, anywhere on the globe they had the political will to venture.<br /><br />Perhaps our ability to extend humanitarian relief around the whirled would be more limited, but what the hey.<br /><br />We can leave them to their own devices.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5628225780980757502009-08-15T14:19:31.485-04:002009-08-15T14:19:31.485-04:002164th said:
"Please, let these assholes ha...2164th said:<br /> <br />"Please, let these assholes handle their own problems."<br /><br />In matters of foreign policy I am a fan of George F. Kennan, who wrote back in 1951 on <strong>The Perils of Idealism</strong><br /><br /><em>"The main trouble with U.S. foreign policy in the last half century is that it has too seldom been guided by self-interest, too often by "impractical idealism." <br /><br />Ever since the U.S. blundered into global responsibilities in the Spanish-American War, says Kennan, its tendency has been to <strong>live in a dreamy haze, preaching moral principles but neglecting to keep the military strength</strong> to make its voice important—until crisis was upon it.<br /><br />In the years just before World War II, had the West rearmed in time—and <strong>simultaneously encouraged the dictatorships to fight it out with each other</strong>—the losses of the democracies might have been cut. Instead, when war became inevitable, the West was so weak that it could do nothing but collaborate with Russia—and it paid the price.<br /><br />Can an idealistic democracy learn to operate its foreign policy on a cold, calculating, day-to-day basis? Can it break the cycle of military lethargy and emotional fist-shaking, learn to think in terms of "rational and restricted purposes" and withstand the shrill cries of press and politicians who demand extremes?</em><br /><br />I'm in agreement with Deuce. Why waste our military strength on, or concern ourselves with, these incorrigible barbarians? We should become involved only if their actions present "a clear and present danger."<br /><br />"Living in a dreamy haze, preaching moral principles but neglecting to keep up [or squandering] our military strength" is no way to practice foreign policy.Blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564593406229397540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88532180751315712602009-08-15T13:15:53.360-04:002009-08-15T13:15:53.360-04:00Whit, you usually take your grenade launcher to Su...Whit, you usually take your grenade launcher to Sunday service, don't you?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80792173888631531592009-08-15T10:44:03.092-04:002009-08-15T10:44:03.092-04:00Flares lit up the sky overnight
The UN should imm...<i>Flares lit up the sky overnight</i><br /><br />The UN should immediately investigate Hamas for possible use of white phosphorous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10112545254295893622009-08-15T10:35:10.821-04:002009-08-15T10:35:10.821-04:00Cash for Clunkers: Obamacare Edition<a href="http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=3817&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=b9c2063223a5347ecbf3b0daf36c86d1" rel="nofollow">Cash for Clunkers: Obamacare Edition</a>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2248142528913851902009-08-15T10:26:51.719-04:002009-08-15T10:26:51.719-04:00...and American marines at Guantanamo used gloves ......and American marines at Guantanamo used gloves to handle Qurans given to AQ prisoners. <br /><br />Please, let these assholes handle their own problems.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91227815124672717412009-08-15T09:54:11.179-04:002009-08-15T09:54:11.179-04:00File this away for future reference:
Hamas crushe...File this away for future reference:<br /><br /><i>Hamas crushes challenge by al-Qaida-inspired group<br />By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press Writer Ibrahim Barzak, Associated Press Writer 18 mins ago<br /><br />RAFAH, Gaza Strip – The leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group in the Gaza Strip blew himself up during a shootout Saturday with Hamas security forces.<br /><br />At least 24 people were killed in clashes with the shadowy group, which posed one of the biggest challenges to Hamas since the militant group seized power in Gaza two years ago.<br /><br />The fighting broke out Friday when <b>Hamas security men surrounded a mosque </b>in the southern Gaza town of Rafah on the Egyptian border where about 100 members of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions of God, were holed up.<br /><br />Flares lit up the sky overnight as <b>Hamas machine gun fire and rocket propelled grenades slammed into the mosque.</b> The militants inside returned fire with automatic weapons and grenades of their own.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45401921998974526452009-08-15T09:38:56.571-04:002009-08-15T09:38:56.571-04:00Great News! From Debka
Japanese intelligence ha...Great News! From Debka<br /><br />Japanese intelligence has learned that in late May, Iran, Syria and North Korea secretly test-launched in southern Syria a new short-range ballistic missile developed jointly by Pyongyang, Tehran and Damascus as a substitute for the outdated Scuds still in use in their armed forces, DEBKAfile's military sources report. In May, several new missiles were flown from North Korea and Iran to the Damascus military airfield and thence to Syria's southeastern missile-testing site at Jebel Druze near the small town of Salakhand.<br />After two weeks' preparation, two of the new projectiles had their first trial-launch - and failed with disastrous results.<br />DEBKAfile's sources report that they targeted an uninhabited desert area in the North, 500 kilometers away, just south of Ayn Diwar and east of Al Qamishli not far from the Syrian-Turkish-Iraqi border intersection.<br />(It was here that Syria and Iraq, with Russian help, interred Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction in 2001.)<br />However, one of the missiles strayed 350-400 km west of its projected course, indicating a problem with its guidance system. It exploded in the center of the small town of Manbij north of Aleppo near the Turkish border, killing at least 20 people, injuring 60 and badly damaging the market town.<br />The second missile exploded in mid-course in the South, over the north of the town of Abu Kamal and 200 kilometers from its launching site. Syrian military authorities closed the area around the stricken town of Manbij for more than a month, attributing the disaster to a gas explosion.<br />Japanese intelligence sources, who are anxiously tracking the growing missile collaboration between North Korea, Iran and Syria, do not name the failed new missile, but DEBKAfile's military sources suggest it was a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) propelled by solid fuel with a range of 800-1,000 kilometers and fitted with a warhead containing between 800 kilos and one ton of explosives. This would be an improvement on most of the three nations' short-range missiles which are powered with liquid fuel.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48656138560849319122009-08-15T09:10:59.069-04:002009-08-15T09:10:59.069-04:00Obama has changed the target, to one where the hor...Obama has changed the target, to one where the horror stories are legend and endless. From 45 million under insured to the folks manning the Death Panels, today.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57D47P20090815" rel="nofollow">By Jeff Mason</a>.<br /><br /><i>BIG SKY, Montana (Reuters) - ...<br /><br />"These are the stories that aren't being told - stories of a healthcare system that works better for the insurance industry than it does for the American people," Obama said in his weekly radio address, referring to people he has met who have struggled with the current system.<br /><br /><b>"And that's why we're going to pass health insurance reform that finally holds the insurance companies accountable."</b></i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12210691627442885182009-08-15T09:05:21.467-04:002009-08-15T09:05:21.467-04:00By VOA News
US Senator Jim Webb met with Burma&#...<i>By VOA News <br /><br />US Senator Jim Webb met with Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Saturday, shortly after holding talks with the country's military leader.</i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44444020638222326642009-08-15T09:04:02.669-04:002009-08-15T09:04:02.669-04:00WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American man who swam a...<i>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American man who swam across a lake to visit Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be released on Sunday, according to a statement issued by U.S. Senator Jim Webb.<br /><br />American John Yettaw had been sentenced to seven years hard labor by Myanmar's military government.<br /><br />"I am grateful to the Myanmar government for honoring these requests," said Webb who is visiting Myanmar and sought Yettaw's release</i>.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45940518288647784462009-08-15T08:56:49.401-04:002009-08-15T08:56:49.401-04:00Gus needs to sue the families of the robbers...
H...Gus needs to sue the families of the robbers...<br /><br />How dare they cause to his workers and all that damage...<br /><br />I hope he wins in civil court and gets to make the two surviving robbers slaves for life...What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88296319443412498912009-08-15T08:56:05.692-04:002009-08-15T08:56:05.692-04:00Confusion surrounds fate of Arctic Sea ship.
Miss...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/15/arctic-sea-bay-of-biscay" rel="nofollow">Confusion surrounds fate of Arctic Sea ship</a>.<br /><br /><i><b>Missing freighter broadcasts signals from the Bay of Biscay, despite being last seen in Africa</b>.<br /><br />The fate of a Russian-crewed cargo ship that disappeared two weeks ago after allegedly being attacked by pirates remained unclear today after apparently contradictory reports of its whereabouts.<br /><br />A Russian maritime website claimed that the tracking system of the missing freighter Arctic Sea was broadcasting signals from the Bay of Biscay off France, although the vessel was reportedly seen off the west coast of Africa yesterday.<br /><br />A posting on the Sovfrakht website said the signal appeared on a tracking service this morning, but added that it was unclear whether the automatic identifcation system equipment was still on board the ship.<br /></i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62029869994467294892009-08-15T08:52:56.124-04:002009-08-15T08:52:56.124-04:00Obama to put veteran group's outreach on cente...<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/08/15/20090815VFW0815.html" rel="nofollow">Obama to put veteran group's outreach on center stage</a>.<br /><br /><i>As many as 13,000 military veterans are heading for Phoenix beginning today to bring together the people who fought in old wars and new wars, elect new leaders and hear a speech from the president.<br /><br />The Veterans of Foreign Wars is hosting President Barack Obama for the group's annual meeting, but it's not the only reason members are getting together.<br /><br />VFW spokesman Jerry Newberry said communicating with members, both new and old, is on the agenda. He said a key message is that the group welcomes the new generation of veterans, including women. <br />"You have to give people a reason to join the organization," he said. "If you're a post, you have to make that a family-friendly place. A lot of these veterans have been deployed multiple times. They have been away from their families. The last thing they are interested in is being away from their families."<br /><br />That means communicating the message that the posts are not just places where people drink, smoke and tell war stories. Newberry said the organization is creating posts that are smoke-free and have game rooms or Internet cafes. He said some even have child care.<br /><br />"The old post of the past is going by the wayside," Newberry said</i>.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18748710961440883242009-08-15T08:52:54.134-04:002009-08-15T08:52:54.134-04:00B Hussein Obama has hit the re-set button on AMERI...B Hussein Obama has hit the re-set button on AMERICA<br /><br />WE shall not be MORE (In consumption, influence, power & wealth) than our 4% world wide foot print..<br /><br />Thus AMERICA is not a super power anymore..<br /><br />Within 8 months of the new administration taking over the controls of AMERICA, America is now nothing of what it was 9 months ago...<br /><br />Russia has in the last 8 months:<br /><br />Announced the building of a NEW military port in Syria..<br /><br />Completing the NUKE reactor in Iran & is finalizing the sale of s-300's<br /><br />Blocked sanctions with any teeth over Iran & North Korea<br /><br />Helped Iran and Syria re-arm Hamas and Hezbollah<br /><br />Used the Russia version of the CIA to bust up an Israeli spy ring in southern lebanon and turn the results over to hezbollah (hundreds arrested)<br /><br />Put two sub's on the east coast....<br /><br />TU-95 bombers flying over the Arctic towards Canada<br /><br />Claiming additional Arctic Lands....<br /><br />Yep that's JUST Russia...<br /><br />Then add in the other failed polices of Obama...<br /><br />Syrian sanctions lifted and Syria responds with a State visit to IRan...<br /><br />Increased funding of Palestinians, to which FATAH just released it's new peace proposal.<br /><br />All of Jerusalem, All refugees (and offspring) to return to Israel, right to use violence, israel back to 1948 borders, and the official naming of the Al-Aqsa Marytr's Brigade as the official organ of fatah<br /><br /><br />yep... what a re-set buttonWhat is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.com