tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4358001940712717817..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Delusion has become the first requirement of citizenship, either to buy into our “values” or live with consequences - or as has been said here many times, “Raise the flag higher, assholes.”Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39184493716296261802016-01-31T00:08:18.500-05:002016-01-31T00:08:18.500-05:00An interesting read, to say the least
An interesting read, to say the least<br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82114084036488537162016-01-30T23:24:16.980-05:002016-01-30T23:24:16.980-05:00.
Official Secrets is a new movie coming out that....<br /><br /><i>Official Secrets</i> is a new movie coming out that talks of Katherine Gun.<br /><br /><i>...Gun was a young Mandarin specialist at the British government’s eavesdropping agency in Cheltenham. In early 2003 she received an email asking her and her colleagues to help the US government spy on UN security council delegations in New York. It was a critical moment, as Washington was seeking UN backing for its invasion of Iraq.<br />Sign up to our Film Today email<br />Read more<br /><br />Gun decided the world had to know, whatever the cost to her life and career. She leaked the memo to the Observer and was arrested, lost her job and faced trial under the Official Secrets Act...</i><br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/31/katharine-gun-observer-iraq-war-whistleblower-hollywood-film-official-secrets<br /><br /><br />It's always good to go back and remember some of the bs that occurred in the lead-up to the Iraq war.<br /><br />Just as bad is what happened during the war. In checking on the surge for a recent post, I went to Google to verify when it started (January, 2007). I found it at this site...<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/report/iraq-timeline/#2007<br /><br />Deuce you might want to look through the <i>Think Progress</i> site in the link above and go to 2007.<br /><br />The site lists key events during the Iraq War. 2007 is an especially interesting year because of the things going on at that time. One of the bloodiest years in the war, 2007 included the surge, the beginning of the Anbar Awakening, negotiations on the SOFA, pressures on Bush at home from Congress and the American people. <br /><br />. Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24682584977818855802016-01-30T23:20:52.507-05:002016-01-30T23:20:52.507-05:00Without an indictment or mass resignation the e-ma...Without an indictment or mass resignation the e-mail story will play like Benghazi, few folks care what went on there.<br />To illustrate the lack of interest, even with all the hype, the movie "13 Hours" has only grossed $36 million. This is not bad for a "B" movie, but far below Michael Bay's best work.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67505072114294182002016-01-30T23:09:09.988-05:002016-01-30T23:09:09.988-05:00It only becomes an issue if she is indicted, or th...It only becomes an issue if she is indicted, or the Director of the FBI and many of his staff resign over the lack of an indictment.<br /><br />If neither of those things occur, the issue will be a dead horse that no amount of whipping will bring to life.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19985871824265503132016-01-30T23:01:36.637-05:002016-01-30T23:01:36.637-05:00According to some folks, the very fact that the Se...According to some folks, the very fact that the Secretary of State used a personal server was a violation of the law.<br />That whether or not she knew the contents of the documents were classified matters not.<br />That through her negligence, not using the .gov servers, she violated the Espionage Act.<br /><br />As I said, the FBI is investigating and very few folks know what the outcome of that investigation may be. Regardless of what Tom DeLay or Mr Issa may say.<br /><br />Time will tell, but it is certainly no knock on Bernie that he does not speak out his ass about it.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49285910090686741382016-01-30T22:50:01.922-05:002016-01-30T22:50:01.922-05:00Those 22 emails were not classified when they hit ...Those 22 emails were not classified when they hit Hillary's server. Only when they were ready to be released did someone at, probably, CIA decide that they should be made classified, and ask that they not be made public.<br /><br />Same ol', same ol'. <br /><br />Ann Selzer, the Iowa Polling 'Gold Standard', just released a poll that was in the field on Friday Night, and found that none of the Iowa voters were much interested in it.<br /><br />In fact, Hillary appears to have picked up a point, or two, in the last couple of days (it's still much to close to call - the Iowa caucus system is the hardest vote to count, anywhere.)galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1431012483875540932016-01-30T22:18:31.630-05:002016-01-30T22:18:31.630-05:00Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson made his ...Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson made his 'security' remark while I was formulating my response to his cut and paste.<br />After I saw it, well, that is what prompted the post concerning the GOP front runners negative rating, more than double Bernie's.<br /><br />Once again Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson is an outlier.<br /><br />To bad, Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson is so out of step with the US citizenry, must be his continual reliance upon the "American Stinker" for his talking pointsJack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57313165596149267242016-01-30T22:09:42.483-05:002016-01-30T22:09:42.483-05:00Nice try but no cigar, Dead Beat Dad.
"Berni...Nice try but no cigar, Dead Beat Dad.<br /><br /><b>"Bernie is a threat to the security of us all."</b><br /><br />Now, go back to your basement, DBD.<br />********<br /><br /><br />January 30, 2016<br /><br />Josh Earnest may have gotten himself in a whole heap of trouble with comments on Hillary email scandal<br /><br />By Thomas Lifson<br /><br /><br />The oleaginous White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, was trying to dampen down any concern over the news that 22 emails on Hillary Clinton’s server were so sensitive that nothing at all could be released. But instead, he opened a can of worms that will make things worse and could even lead to a subpoena (and no doubt a claim of executive privilege. Boy, I am starting to get a severe case of Watergate déjà vu.).<br /><br />First, the question and statement, via the Weekly Standard:<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />A [Fox News] reporter [Kevin Corke] asked, "Can you say with certainty and confidence that Secretary Clinton will not be indicted because of this email scandal?"<br /><br />"That will be a decision made by the Department of Justice and prosecutors over there," said Earnest. "What I know that some officials over there have said is that she is not a target of the investigation. So that does not seem to be the direction that it's trending. But I'm certainly not going to weigh in on a decision or in that process in any way. That is a decision to be made solely by independent prosecutors but again, based on what we know from the Department of Justice, it does not seem to be headed in that direction."<br /><br /><br /><br />There are two very big dangers here.<br /><br />It would be entirely improper for the White House to be in communication with the Justice Department over an ongoing criminal investigation. This would constitute political interference. A congressional committee could well issue a subpoena for Earnest, which would raise the Watergate flag when executive privilege likely would be claimed.<br /><br />Second, this claim is likely to infuriate the FBI and those DoJ prosecutors with integrity. The normally staid ace reporter Catherine Herridge used the expression “super pissed off” to describe it to Greta Van Susteren. Via Gateway Pundit:<br /><br /><br />That statement by Josh Earnest has got the back up of our contacts at the FBI and Justice Department for two reasons… They are SUPER PISSED OFF to use a technical term. Number one, Josh Earnest has absolutely no clearance or visibility in the FBI investigation. Number two, they say it really seems part of a troubling pattern from the White House because the president earlier said he did not see any national security implications to the Clinton emails and then we found out he had never been briefed.<br /><br /><br /><br />Herridge’s series of scoops indicates she has good sources. If she is calling them pissed off, they are livid.<br /><br /><br /> http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/01/josh_earnest_may_have_gotten_himself_in_a_whole_heap_of_trouble_with_comments_on_hillary_email_scandal.html#ixzz3ymrxwdb6 <br /><br /><b>Oleaginous</b> is the perfect word to describe that sleezeoid Josh Ernest. I can imagine Quirk describing him thus.<br /><br /><br /><br />BIG EVENT DRAWING FOR 10 GRAND IN TWO HOURS.....<br /><br />tata<br /><br />Cheers !Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15406615921399923152016-01-30T22:07:38.305-05:002016-01-30T22:07:38.305-05:00I still think Gary Johnson would make the best Pre...I still think Gary Johnson would make the best President.<br />Hope he gets the nomination.<br /><br />He'd be a real "Game Changer"<br />https://www.garyjohnson2016.com/Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55780256570141073592016-01-30T22:04:14.642-05:002016-01-30T22:04:14.642-05:00As For Bernie not wanting to discuss the FBI inves...As For Bernie not wanting to discuss the FBI investigation, well, he does not talk out his ass about things he has no special knowledge of<br /><br />He may well be waiting, as are we all, for the results of the investigation.<br />He has no need to jump to conclusions, as Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson seems to have.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90561943694927705092016-01-30T22:00:20.467-05:002016-01-30T22:00:20.467-05:00Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson did not w...Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson did not write, oay a single thing.<br />All he did was cut and paste someone elses work.<br /><br />That was what was being commented upon, not anything Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson did not say, or write.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21106807645069512012016-01-30T21:57:29.994-05:002016-01-30T21:57:29.994-05:00The Billionaire v the Common Man
Trump has real ...The Billionaire v the Common Man<br /><br />Trump has real high negatives according to Gallop, currently a 60% unfavorable rating <br />Bernie not so much, 62% see him favorably to 30% with a negative opinion.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2092784875814063342016-01-30T21:54:55.028-05:002016-01-30T21:54:55.028-05:00What the fuck are you talking about, Dead Beat Dad...What the fuck are you talking about, Dead Beat Dad ?<br /><br />Bob was talking about Bernie, and how he doesn't know shit, or give a shit for anything other than his 19th Century economic fantasies.<br /><br />In many ways Bernie is just like you....always dealing in fantasies.<br /><br />How is the project off the coasts of Panama going, DBD ?<br /><br />You know, the one you are partnering on with the NSA, CIA, Defense ?<br /><br />‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18554110497777219672016-01-30T21:48:43.792-05:002016-01-30T21:48:43.792-05:00Could be they bring John Kerry back
The battle of...Could be they bring John Kerry back<br /><br />The battle of the oligarchy, Trump vs Kerry.<br />Billions of private money in both families.<br /><br />Better for the Dems if it be Bernie, he'd likely win over Trump.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14583764419321616022016-01-30T21:48:01.926-05:002016-01-30T21:48:01.926-05:00There, dumbshit.
You cain't spel gud.There, dumbshit.<br /><br />You cain't spel gud.‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20065268869426794872016-01-30T21:45:11.510-05:002016-01-30T21:45:11.510-05:00Yes, Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson, we ...Yes, Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson, we all know the story.<br /><br />Either the FBI will recommend an indictment, or it will not.<br /><br />If the FBI does so, then the Justice Dept will either indict, or it will not.<br /><br />Then, if Justice does not indict, the Director of the FBI and other will resign ...<br />Or they will not.<br /><br />If The FBI does not recommend an indictment, the story ends.<br />If the do, and Justice does not indict and there are no FBI resignation, the story ends. <br /><br />If she is indicted, then either Bernie or Joe Biden or Jerry Brown will match up against Trump, in November...<br /><br />As of now, the story is "old news"Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59566793147927525092016-01-30T21:44:59.778-05:002016-01-30T21:44:59.778-05:00O'bozo should be forced to get in their and re...O'bozo should be forced to get in their and retake it personally.<br /><br />He was the one that threw it away.<br /><br />He can certainly do it.<br /><br />After all, he claimed "I got Osama".<br /><br />Our President, Mr I I I I I I I I I I,I,I,I,I<br /><br />Sometimes that asshole even slips into the Royal "WE"<br /><br />Only one more year.....Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64003269848599740982016-01-30T21:40:22.425-05:002016-01-30T21:40:22.425-05:00Bernie is a threat to the security of us all.Bernie is a threat to the security of us all.Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58383651924690185562016-01-30T21:39:38.882-05:002016-01-30T21:39:38.882-05:00... it certainly becomes disheartening to see US f...<i>... it certainly becomes disheartening to see US follow ourselves down that rabbit hole, one more time.</i><br /><br /><br />[;-)Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36558020060929467332016-01-30T21:38:41.548-05:002016-01-30T21:38:41.548-05:00I think Obomb'em would really like to retake M...I think Obomb'em would really like to retake Mosul on or about, say, . . . . October. :)galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77901372317390443602016-01-30T21:38:34.972-05:002016-01-30T21:38:34.972-05:00Bernie Sanders, in a effort to be above the fray, ...Bernie Sanders, in a effort to be above the fray, to be the shining knight in a mud-slinging contest, has gone so far in an attempt to be “correct” that he completely misses the issue. We see this often from liberals. It is their trademark.<br /><br />In a video (1:35 mark) and in numerous subsequent instances, Bernie has referred to the State Department emails, and even the Benghazi issues, as being “personal” in nature and thus off limits to his “high road” approach.<br /><br /><br /><br />Bernie, if you want to attack Hillary for her pantsuits or her husband’s behavior, that might be “personal.” But when email security involving the nation’s State Department, emails that contain classified and top-secret information is slovenly channeled through an unsecured server for that person’s convenience, it becomes a “national” issue. The personal portion is removed.<br /><br />There is a reason for classifications such as “top secret.” Why can’t the importance of that be recognized by the left?<br /><br />Wake up, Bernie. Decisions like this disqualify you from any further decision-making involving national security. You just don’t get it. But that seems symptomatic of your ilk. Emotion governs; pragmatism and reality take a seat.<br /><br />The then secretary of state, for her convenience, established official communication not by the normal channels, but through her personal server. The bad guys – and yes, there are bad guys – could read classified and top-secret communications as easily as a man picking up a magazine in a barbershop.<br /><br />Bernie, you attempt to distinguish yourself by running a campaign that stays away from personal attacks. But in so doing, you have distinguished yourself as one who can’t tell the difference between a personal issue and one of national security. By attempting to be correct, you have become glaringly incorrect and displayed your low regard for national security. But when you don’t like the nation, why bother with its security? Right.<br /><br /><br /> http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/01/no_bernie_the_state_department_emails_are_not_personal_they_are_national.html#ixzz3ymkzkaRb <br /><br />Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91545494095411829762016-01-30T21:36:57.948-05:002016-01-30T21:36:57.948-05:00Deuce's guy -'enough with the damn emails ...Deuce's guy -'enough with the damn emails already'- just doesn't 'get' it --<br /><br />January 30, 2016<br /><br />No, Bernie: The State Department emails are not 'personal'; they are 'national'<br /><br />By James Longstreet<br /><br /><br />Sometimes I just don’t understand how the liberal mind works. What side of the brain are they using? Either?<br /><br />Bernie Sanders, in a effort to be above the fray, to be the shining knight in a mud-slinging contest, has gone so far in an attempt to be “correct” that he completely misses the issue. We see this often from liberals. It is their trademark.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />In a video (1:35 mark) and in numerous subsequent instances, Bernie has referred to the State Department emails, and even the Benghazi issues, as being “personal” in nature and thus off limits to his “high road” approach.<br /><br /><br /><br />Bernie, if you want to attack Hillary for her pantsuits or her husband’s behavior, that might be “personal.” But when email security involving the nation’s State Department, emails that contain classified and top-secret information is slovenly channeled through an unsecured server for that person’s convenience, it becomes a “national” issue. The personal portion is removed.<br /><br />There is a reason for classifications such as “top secret.” Why can’t the importance of that be recognized by the left?<br /><br />Wake up, Bernie. Decisions like this disqualify you from any further decision-making involving national security. You just don’t get it. But that seems symptomatic of your ilk. Emotion governs; pragmatism and reality take a seat.<br /><br />The then secretary of state, for her convenience, established official communication not by the normal channels, but through her personal server. The bad guys – and yes, there are bad guys – could read classified and top-secret communications as easily as a man picking up a magazine in a barbershop.<br /><br />Bernie, you attempt to distinguish yourself by running a campaign that stays away from personal attacks. But in so doing, you have distinguished yourself as one who can’t tell the difference between a personal issue and one of national security. By attempting to be correct, you have become glaringly incorrect and displayed your low regard for national security. But when you don’t like the nation, why bother with its security? Right.<br /><br /><br />Sometimes I just don’t understand how the liberal mind works. What side of the brain are they using? Either?<br /><br />Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6558803691894401622016-01-30T21:35:05.664-05:002016-01-30T21:35:05.664-05:00Eh, they're just advisors/trainers. :)Eh, they're just advisors/trainers. :)galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53367298537316808722016-01-30T21:25:11.467-05:002016-01-30T21:25:11.467-05:00"For most of my adult life (at least the part..."For most of my adult life (at least the part where I actually thought about such things)"<br /><br />How many months was that ?‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25548170745988059362016-01-30T21:23:02.078-05:002016-01-30T21:23:02.078-05:00A social corporatist is a fascist
See:
Mussolini...A social corporatist is a <b>fascist</b><br /><br />See:<br /><br />Mussolini ‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›noreply@blogger.com