tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post1417886897609277136..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, on 9 August was shot at least six times, a medical examiner says.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51639283933971763942014-08-19T01:38:23.122-04:002014-08-19T01:38:23.122-04:00.
Interesting you have no issues about wiping out....<br /><br /><i>Interesting you have no issues about wiping out ISIS....<br /><br />Hamas is the palestinian version of ISIS...</i><br /><br /><br />Nonsense.<br /><br />Whenever, you run across a terrorist group you can be sure of one thing, there is already another group that exists or is forming that is more radical. It's how the new guy on the block makes his bones. At one time the PLO was the tough guy on the block and then along came Hamas. The PA is now seen as moderate. Hamas is radical but secular. There are plenty who would like to replace Hamas, IJ and IS being two of the players. Hamas realizes this and defends its position vis-a-vis these groups using means that equate to extreme prejudice.<br /><br />With regard to Bibi, he is a dick but he is not a risk taker. The reason Bibi does not heed the counsel of the more bellicose in his coalition (or of members of the Lobby here) is that he judges the risks are too high. He is concerned about the costs, unintended consequences, and the fact that it is very possible that if Hamas disappears they will be replaced by someone even worse.<br /><br />Israel can't actually defeat Hamas. All they can do is contain them. They can gut their military capability but the political leadership of Hamas isn't even in Gaza. It's in Qatar, living in five-star hotels. Bibi tried to kill Mashaal before by poisoning him but was forced to resurrect him and apologize when the Israeli agents were captured in Jordan and the King threatened to put them on trial if Mashaal died.<br /><br />In addition, just as Israel manipulates the PA in the West Bank to help keep the peace. They also use Hamas for the same thing in Gaza, <i>quiet for quiet</i>. Hamas leadership has recently been working to keep the peace between the Palestinians and Israel though our Lobby may scoff at this. They have been trying to control IJ and the more radical fringes of the Hamas organization. Hamas no longer uses suicide bombs. Instead since 2005 they have been using rockets, indiscriminate but also relatively ineffective rockets. Between 2009 and 2014, there have been around 10 Israeli deaths by rockets fired out of Gaza. In 2013, the number of rockets fired out of Gaza dropped by 98% from the number fired the previous year.<br /><br />The only way Israel can completely control Hamas and keep them down is by physically occupying Gaza, a costly proposition. It is much cheaper to maintain an open air prison than it would be to try to rebuild Gaza, replace the destroyed infrastructure,feed the people, and keep a large occupying force there to keep the peace. And then of course there is the political cost.<br /><br />Lastly, Bibi has to ask himself what happens when Hamas is gone? Who or what will replace it? Can the PA reassert authority there? Or will something more inimical to Israeli interests take over, some entity that might bring back the suicide bombs, the executions, the beheadings. Bibi can look around and see what is going on all around him. But as some here point out, he may not have that much longer to worry about it.<br /><br />It's tough being an occupying power. So many decisions.<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61679569768699878312014-08-19T00:48:54.564-04:002014-08-19T00:48:54.564-04:00Hmmph, far out. I am really out of touch. Thanks...Hmmph, far out. I am really out of touch. Thanks, Quirk.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60861215514639658972014-08-19T00:20:21.245-04:002014-08-19T00:20:21.245-04:00.
Johnny Manziel--God's Gift to Football
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While channel surfing, came across an interview....<br /><br />While channel surfing, came across an interview on FOX and just caught the end of it unfortunately. Eric Bolling was interviewing Medea Benjamin, one of the co-founders of Code Pink. Ol Medea was pontificating on how the US should stay out of the ME and ol Eric came up with every lame argument we see daily from the dogs of war, from the 'it's only a matter of time before they are hitting us over here' meme to Boko Harum, to we have to defend our 'reliable' allies in the ME. Ol Medea calmly and quietly proceeded to rip ol Eric a new asshole. Didn't raise her voice, remained calm, but met each of his arguments with a logical and reasonable response.<br /><br />At the end of the interview it was Eric that seemed a little hysterical.<br /><br />Quite enjoyable.<br /><br />[If Code Pink didn't do and say a lot of stupid, off-the-wall things (their demonstrations at VA hospitals and voiced opinions on Hugo Chavez come to mind) I would think about sending them some money. I agree with their views on a lot of subjects.]<br /><br />. Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49248910079486207092014-08-19T00:02:48.071-04:002014-08-19T00:02:48.071-04:00Who is Johnny Football?Who is Johnny Football?samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84932539634129122542014-08-18T23:57:11.093-04:002014-08-18T23:57:11.093-04:00.
Neither Johnny Football nor RGIII lived up to t....<br /><br />Neither Johnny Football nor RGIII lived up to their hype tonight. Ol Johnny looked a little rough last week also. But these are only exhibition games.<br /><br />We shall see.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2600189516038150022014-08-18T23:26:43.724-04:002014-08-18T23:26:43.724-04:00Any such deaths, or “takes,” of golden eagles woul...<i>Any such deaths, or “takes,” of golden eagles would be prohibited under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.<br /><br />In order to avoid prosecution, wind energy companies or other companies that could cause eagle deaths are supposed to apply for permits specifying how many birds they can lawfully kill, and what steps they will take to offset those fatalities with conservation measures.<br /><br />Since the permits were introduced by the government in 2009, few wind energy companies have stepped forward to apply. The first and only permit of the kind was approved in June for the Shiloh IV wind project in Northern California's Solano County.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2014/08/18/agency-corrects-number-eagle-deaths-wind-farms/14266669/" rel="nofollow">Wind Farms</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31963072789102505862014-08-18T23:22:09.041-04:002014-08-18T23:22:09.041-04:00They had a heat wave in Queensland last year. Que...They had a heat wave in Queensland last year. Queensland has a huge flying fox population. It was so hot that bats were dropping from the sky. I saw this one video clip where a bat fell from the sky and landed on some dude's deck. Let out a big screech and then fell over the side of the deck on to the ground, dead.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83261546597798238312014-08-18T23:19:40.799-04:002014-08-18T23:19:40.799-04:00maybe the "gentle giant" got shot 1st in...maybe the "gentle giant" got shot 1st in the lower extremities when confronting the cop for another round of whoop ass on the cop, this time the cop shoot the perp in the arm, then the gentle giant charged, the cop shot and the gentle giant went down for the count.<br /><br />no matter we we learn in time what happened and then? it will not mean anything to the looters and their supporters..<br /><br />Go Hamas Go...<br /><br />Oh, my bad, wrong social protest....<br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59254968428180127572014-08-18T23:16:33.553-04:002014-08-18T23:16:33.553-04:00In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, A truck drives throug...In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, A truck drives through an array of mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System near Primm, Nev. The site uses over 300,000 mirrors to focus sunlight on boilers' tubes atop 450 foot towers heating water into steam which in turn drives turbines to create electricity. New estimates for the plant near the California-Nevada border say thousands of birds are dying yearly, roasted by the concentrated sun rays from the mirrors. (AP Photo/John Locher)<br /><br />http://bigstory.ap.org/article/emerging-solar-plants-scorch-birds-mid-air<br /><br />Roasted Chickens in Flight....What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79033361652987365242014-08-18T23:13:55.107-04:002014-08-18T23:13:55.107-04:00The video taken five minutes earlier showed a very...The video taken five minutes earlier showed a very aggressive young man. It could have been a cultural thing.<br /><br />Why the looting? I am sure there must be some good excuse for that. allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49995144880564108422014-08-18T22:52:12.152-04:002014-08-18T22:52:12.152-04:00What our country needs are riots without Riot Pol...What our country needs are riots without Riot Police.<br /><br />But have we as a community advanced to that higher state?<br /><br />Can we handle it?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27948302380429031352014-08-18T22:39:57.368-04:002014-08-18T22:39:57.368-04:00Interesting you have no issues about wiping out IS...Interesting you have no issues about wiping out ISIS....<br /><br />Hamas is the palestinian version of ISIS... <br /><br />SO evil even the Egyptians hate them...<br /><br />SO rotten the most corrupt palestinians, the Fatah hate them...<br /><br />SO feared? Even the people of Gaza are more scared of them than the IDFWhat is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89001637248651165132014-08-18T22:35:37.139-04:002014-08-18T22:35:37.139-04:00“We’re doing everything we can, both Human Rights ...<i>“We’re doing everything we can, both Human Rights Watch and us, to do all the documentation we can, both on the ground in Gaza and remotely. But not being able to have researchers there does create difficulties,” said Amnesty worker Deborah Hyams.<br /><br />...<br /><br />The UN’s top human rights official last month said Israel appeared to be deliberately violating international law.<br /><br />Israel denies the allegations, pointing to warnings it sent to civilians to flee certain areas and countering that militants aimed rockets at Israeli civilians and operated from residential areas – something the UN says also may constitute a war crime.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5988457489653517332014-08-18T22:34:38.760-04:002014-08-18T22:34:38.760-04:00Deuce ☂Mon Aug 18, 04:46:00 PM EDT
Exactly, it is ...Deuce ☂Mon Aug 18, 04:46:00 PM EDT<br />Exactly, it is a totally unjustified use of military equipment and the photo demonstrates how inappropriate and disproportionate it is as well as the officer being untrained in the use and lethality of sniper equipment. It further demonstrates a paranoia brought on by the very properties inherent use of combat equipment.<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />Kent State anyone?What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23327704244068459572014-08-18T22:24:31.969-04:002014-08-18T22:24:31.969-04:00Aint the "final solution" did not call ...Aint the "final solution" did not call for the death of all arabs.. or even all moslems..<br /><br />Now Hamas? They do call for the death of all Jews.<br /><br />And at last check Hamas is an official terrorist organization as labeled by the USA, the UN, Europe and most of the Arab world.<br /><br />Advocating the complete destruction of a murderous death cult that seeks genocide is not the "final solution" but once again your usage of language shows the obscenity of your argument.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78974036381010952092014-08-18T22:00:53.731-04:002014-08-18T22:00:53.731-04:00Nothing quite as satisfying as a final solution.Nothing quite as satisfying as a final solution.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86385063444176732102014-08-18T21:37:16.975-04:002014-08-18T21:37:16.975-04:00How they explain the shot pattern will take some s...How they explain the shot pattern will take some serious word mongering.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87991485375338644942014-08-18T21:33:42.069-04:002014-08-18T21:33:42.069-04:00I didn’t bother to read beyond the headlines on Dr...I didn’t bother to read beyond the headlines on Drudge that the dead young man was all hopped up on merryjawanna and we all know how agressive that makes you. Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69047787322842363322014-08-18T21:31:57.477-04:002014-08-18T21:31:57.477-04:00Allen you are right. there is only one course to ...Allen you are right. there is only one course to take with Hamas.<br /><br />complete and total destruction.<br /><br />simple as that.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81708245603887241762014-08-18T21:30:53.290-04:002014-08-18T21:30:53.290-04:00Then Islam is shit.
And any islamic claims to pal...Then Islam is shit.<br /><br />And any islamic claims to palestine are shit..<br /><br />And all of christian claims to any christian nation is shit.<br /><br />So let's destroy god or g-d.<br /><br />Then it's simple the arabs are invented, the jews? invented. the american? invented.<br /><br />no one has any right to any land except for which they hold.<br /><br />then that being said?<br /><br />fuck the palestinians.<br /><br />fuck the greedy assed arabs who already squat and shit over 899/900th of the middle east...<br /><br />the jews? a fake people? fine, they are entitled to any land they can hold just like the savage russians, chinese, brits and americans...<br /><br />all invented all thieves. What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29386965171127773292014-08-18T21:25:40.674-04:002014-08-18T21:25:40.674-04:00{...}
Russia is far from an investor favorite. Eq...{...}<br /><br /><b>Russia is far from an investor favorite. Equity moves track foreign policy news.</b><br /><br />The U.S. and European Union still believe Russia is fomenting civil unrest in east Ukraine in order to make the new pro-Western government in Kiev look like imbeciles. Russia denies providing any logistical support to pro-Russia separatists in cities like Donetsk, but continues to supply “humanitarian” and other military aid to Ukraine’s ethnic Russians. Kiev sees this as a violation of national sovereignty. Washington and Brussels do, too.<br /><br />The tit-for-tat sanctions war has hurt Russia more than it has hurt Europe or the U.S., which conducts very little trade with Russian companies.<br /><br />Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s ex-president turned Prime Minister, tried to calm the locals on Monday by saying the embargo would not cause price growth or deficits in the domestic food market.<br /><br />“Naturally, this document should not be to the detriment of Russian consumers or seriously affect food markets. And, certainly, it should not lead to deficit or price growth,” RIA Novosti newswire reported him saying today. ”Naturally, Russia had to take reciprocal measures. I hope they will not last long,” Medvedev said.<br /><br />The prime minister added that he saw “certain positive aspects” in the current situation, which may “shake up the domestic market” and boost competition.<br /><br />Medvedev’s sidekick, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said the government was watching food inflation closely. His comments, made to the Russian media today, came with the standard positive spin that the government had suppliers waiting in line.<br /><br />New suppliers “will be resolved within two or three weeks,” Dvorkovich told the media there.<br /><br />Russian sanctions address imports of meats, seafood, vegetables, fruit, and dairy products from the the U.S., Canada, Australia and Norway as well.<br /><br />The sanctions have opened new trade opportunities for a number of countries, primarily the Latin American agribusiness powers. But while scale and price is not a problem, distance surely is. Russia may find that its new suitors are not Europe’s equals.<br /><br />Moreover, Russia could find itself in a bind if the E.U. or the U.S. demanded that trading partners like Brazil restrict access to its market or face its own punishment. That does not appear to be in the cards at this time.<br /><br />Russia currently imports around 16% of its food by value, and its domestic consumption of meat, fruit, vegetables and dairy outpaces its domestic capacity to produce it.<br /><br />According to the World Trade Organisation, Russia is the world’s fifth-largest importer of agricultural products after Europe, China, the U.S. and Japan.<br /><br />FORBESDeuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37539550962824690862014-08-18T21:25:33.755-04:002014-08-18T21:25:33.755-04:00{...}
On Monday, Chinese agribusiness firms said ...{...}<br /><br /><b>On Monday, Chinese agribusiness firms said that they too were interested in Russia.</b><br /><br />Last year, Chinese companies exported $2.1 billion in agricultural products to Russia. ”China is ready to further work with Russia to expand bilateral trade in agricultural products,” ministry spokesperson Shen Danyang was quoted saying by the Xinhua news agency on Monday. ”China…will continue to create the conditions for bilateral cooperation in the energy and agricultural sectors,” Danyang said.<br /><br />Just as Europe is looking to diversify away from Russia, Russia is looking to move on from Europe as well. It’s eastern neighbor isn’t as rich, but it has a lot of room to grow. And not just in agriculture, but also as a potential investor and customer for Russian natural gas.<br /><br />Europe and Russia have been in a political stand-off over the political crisis in Ukraine. The crisis, which began late last year over a trade deal rejected by then-president Viktor Yanukovych, led to his ousting on Feb. 22, and the annexation of Ukrainian territory on March 17 by the Russian Federation. Sanctions immediately followed by Brussels, with Washington in lockstep with its NATO allies.<br /><br />Europe upped the ante recently by banning E.U. firms from conducting business with a number of important Russian companies, including banning trade in components used for oil and gas drilling, financing energy projects in Crimea, and banning business with the VTB Group, one of the biggest banks in Russia.<br /><br />VTB Group’s subsidiary, VTB Capital, was not sanctioned by Brussels, a company press agent told FORBES recently. VTB Capital is one of the largest Russian investment banks operating in Europe. It also maintains an office in New York.<br /><br />Barclays Capital said in a note last week that Russia’s food ban was a bad move, citing price hikes waiting in the wings. Higher food prices would push up Russian inflation, already over 6%, and force the Central Bank to tighten monetary policy at a time when the economy is suffering. Russian GDP likely contracted in the second quarter as a result of poor business sentiment and capital flight.<br /><br />Sanctions have been taking their toll on the physical economy as much as it has on investor sentiment. The equity market, meanwhile, remains in the domain of foreign investors looking for deep value. The Market Vectors Russia (RSX) exchange traded fund is actually up over 14% since Crimea seceded from Ukraine. That’s not bad, but still around 200 basis points below the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index.<br />{...}<br /><br />Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21614111013300350552014-08-18T21:24:49.065-04:002014-08-18T21:24:49.065-04:00Oh Yummy, Russia to increase food imports from Chi...<b> Oh Yummy, Russia to increase food imports from China</b><br /><br />Following Food Ban, Russia Moving On From Europe<br /><br />Like a scorned lover who can’t wait to find a new romance to replace the old, Russia is quickly moving on from Europe.<br /><br />Following last week’s order from Moscow to sanction European food imports, Russia is now turning to Brazil, New Zealand and even China is courting them.<br /><br />“This (ban) could provide a major opportunity for Latin American economies, especially for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay,” said Robert Wood, an analyst for The Economist Intelligence Unit. Last week, Wood wrote for his subscribers that Russian companies have agreed to “generous business deals” with agribusiness power houses Argentina and Brazil.<br /><br />In Moscow this week Russian agriculture official Sergei Dankvert held meetings with diplomats from several Latin American countries, including Argentina and Brazil, to discuss replacing European imports of chicken, beef and other food items. Dankvert said the government would lift restrictions on importing meat, fish and produce effective immediately, which doubled the number of meat packing facilities permitted to sell to Russia. For their part, Brazilian officials were the most enthusiastic. The country is the world’s largest beef and chicken exporter, and the thought of replacing European companies on long term supply contracts is a positive in an economy that’s been full of negatives.<br /><br />Russia says it is moving on from European food suppliers following sanctions last week.<br /><br /><br />{...}<br />Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6833657374368868952014-08-18T21:16:19.162-04:002014-08-18T21:16:19.162-04:00Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq's big...<i>Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq's biggest dam from Islamist militants with the help of U.S. air strikes to secure a vital strategic objective in fighting that threatens to break up the country, Kurdish and U.S. officials said on Monday.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Hoshiyar Zebari, a top Kurdish official, said Iraqi Kurd forces had captured the dam - blighted by structural problems since it was built by West German engineers for Saddam Hussein in the 1980s - with help from U.S. air strikes nearby.<br /><br />...<br /><br />A 2006 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report obtained by the Washington Post said the dam, which blocks the Tigris and holds 12 billion cubic meters of water, could flood two cities killing tens of thousands of people if it were destroyed or collapsed. The report called it "the most dangerous dam in the world."</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.com