tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5701067005402906152..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: What is next in Syria now that the Turkish game is being shut down by Russia?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81326742257864431942015-12-02T06:36:56.588-05:002015-12-02T06:36:56.588-05:00Alice Kramden<a href="https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11012474_1207738222588217_4420570271940274388_n.jpg?oh=aa28afff9a548ab9f68f4d76eda85ddd&oe=56E48600" rel="nofollow"> Alice Kramden </a>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51824715381183739742015-12-02T06:35:08.715-05:002015-12-02T06:35:08.715-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64452577832001892072015-12-02T05:12:32.566-05:002015-12-02T05:12:32.566-05:00"5 of the ten deadliest counties in the natio..."5 of the ten deadliest counties in the nation are in CA."<br /><br />Correction: 6 out of ten.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52471198952815415792015-12-02T04:43:12.454-05:002015-12-02T04:43:12.454-05:00"worst"
(referring to our host's mi..."worst"<br /><br />(referring to our host's misuse way back up there)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87685662244784610102015-12-02T04:39:29.918-05:002015-12-02T04:39:29.918-05:00Almost everybody I knew from those counties (exclu...Almost everybody I knew from those counties (excluding my k-12 classmates) as old as me is dead.<br />...without the assistance of Law Enforcement.<br />Sometimes life sucks.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89129229231318120012015-12-02T04:34:08.384-05:002015-12-02T04:34:08.384-05:00“I love playing with dead bodies,” said Stringer.
...“I love playing with dead bodies,” said Stringer.<br /><br />Gotta love it.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50380042217182566262015-12-02T04:32:15.198-05:002015-12-02T04:32:15.198-05:00If my last name had been Wimbish, I probly woulda ...If my last name had been Wimbish, I probly woulda had to take it out on somebody.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61974399786860940512015-12-02T04:27:16.421-05:002015-12-02T04:27:16.421-05:00Carson could not compare to Pryor when it came to ...Carson could not compare to Pryor when it came to self-medication.<br /><br />...or immolation.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33039619607851926782015-12-02T04:24:44.351-05:002015-12-02T04:24:44.351-05:00$200,000 a year to snuff Mexicans.
Nice work if y...$200,000 a year to snuff Mexicans.<br /><br />Nice work if you can get it.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76875085405462692952015-12-02T04:23:35.212-05:002015-12-02T04:23:35.212-05:00Wimbish, who receives a total pay and benefits pac...Wimbish, who receives a total pay and benefits package of almost $200,000 a year, instructs other officers and leads educational classes with young children in the county on the role of a police officer in the community.<br /><br />Studies have found that most American police officers make it through entire careers without firing their service weapons. But Wimbish, 54, has been involved in at least four fatal shootings in two years, including that of De La Rosa, during which Wimbish deployed his Taser. None of the four men killed in these confrontations were armed with a deadly firearm themselves. One, a violent criminal, had a BB gun; another was holding a tire iron.<br />===<br />5 of the ten deadliest counties in the nation are in CA.<br />Majority of victims Hispanic.<br />California will get even more interesting in a few years when over 50% are Hispanic.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15380740168596703532015-12-02T04:13:29.074-05:002015-12-02T04:13:29.074-05:00Richard Pryor wasn't such a good surgeon.
I&#...Richard Pryor wasn't such a good surgeon.<br /><br />I'd take Dr. Ben Carson if O'bumbleCare gave me the choice.<br /><br />;)Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41798220371931361022015-12-02T04:05:52.447-05:002015-12-02T04:05:52.447-05:00California County Map - CA Counties - Map of Calif...<a href="http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/county-map/california.shtml" rel="nofollow"><br />California County Map - CA Counties - Map of California</a>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16558639508289309782015-12-02T04:04:21.614-05:002015-12-02T04:04:21.614-05:00The police have taken it up more than a couple sin...The police have taken it up more than a couple since I grew up in Kings County, visited my cousin in Kern, went to college in Santa Barbara , and lived in San Luis.<br /><br />http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/county-map/california.shtml<br /><br />As Richard Pryor would have said: "<i>Those white fuckers are crazy!</i>"Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-92027749380937391452015-12-02T03:52:37.144-05:002015-12-02T03:52:37.144-05:00Putin will just blow the fuck out of the quicksand...Putin will just blow the fuck out of the quicksand.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89927184626364435872015-12-02T02:14:43.774-05:002015-12-02T02:14:43.774-05:00They've definitely taken it up a couple of not...They've definitely taken it up a couple of notches. :)galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56494598496652822742015-12-02T01:58:01.791-05:002015-12-02T01:58:01.791-05:00If you want to see a new slick look for an interne...If you want to see a new slick look for an internet news site, see this article in The Guardian about the worse police department in the US:<br /><br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/01/the-county-kern-county-deadliest-police-killingsDeuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63897765247480433692015-12-02T01:53:22.732-05:002015-12-02T01:53:22.732-05:00Well, that was a fuked up mess, if I've ever p...Well, that was a fuked up mess, if I've ever posted one. :)<br /><br />You can't even copy and paste an article about those people without it coming out fucked up.galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9904162882056419482015-12-02T01:52:44.744-05:002015-12-02T01:52:44.744-05:00TRIANGLE OF TRIUMPH?
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Advi...TRIANGLE OF TRIUMPH?<br /><br />TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution has told Seyed Hassan Nasrallah of Lebanon that Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah secured recent success in the region through valiant resistance.<br /><br />Ali Akbar Velayati who is visiting Lebanon during his tour of the region, was received by Seyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday. Both sides discussed regional developments especially on Syrian crisis and the prospect of positive change in the region in the near future.<br /><br />Velayati believed that recent changes in the architecture of frontlines which brought about victory for resistance were for the excellent performance by Iran, Russia, Syrian government and people, Hezbollah of Lebanon; “we hope to see even further success for this coalition; definitely, the dream of annihilation of conspiracies of Takfirist terrorists and their supporters will one day be fulfilled,” he told his host Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, who provided a report of the current situation on the field in Syria to the meeting along discussion of other regional issues.<br /><br /> <br /><br />SH/2988362Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17798710312879106332015-12-02T01:51:20.759-05:002015-12-02T01:51:20.759-05:00Who can blame them ? The US defeated the Iraqi arm...Who can blame them ? The US defeated the Iraqi army in weeks and have spend over a year farting around with ISIS. To the conspiratorial disposition of the Iraqi mind, what else would they conclude?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73819579230492327712015-12-02T01:50:46.162-05:002015-12-02T01:50:46.162-05:00Iraqi forces supported by U.S.-led coalition airst... <br />Iraqi forces supported by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes advance their position during clashes with the Islamic State near Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province. (Osama Sami/AP)<br />By Liz Sly December 1 at 9:24 PM <br />BAIJI, Iraq — On the front lines of the battle against the Islamic State, suspicion of the United States runs deep. Iraqi fighters say they have all seen the videos purportedly showing U.S. helicopters airdropping weapons to the militants, and many claim they have friends and relatives who have witnessed similar instances of collusion.<br /><br />Ordinary people also have seen the videos, heard the stories and reached the same conclusion — one that might seem absurd to Americans but is widely believed among Iraqis — that the United States is supporting the Islamic State for a variety of pernicious reasons that have to do with asserting U.S. control over Iraq, the wider Middle East and, perhaps, its oil.<br /><br />“It is not in doubt,” said Mustafa Saadi, who says his friend saw U.S. helicopters delivering bottled water to Islamic State positions. He is a commander in one of the Shiite militias that last month helped push the militants out of the oil refinery near Baiji in northern Iraq alongside the Iraqi army.<br /><br />The Islamic State is “almost finished,” he said. “They are weak. If only America would stop supporting them, we could defeat them in days.”<br /><br />[Is it too late to solve the mess in the Middle East?]<br /><br />Play Video1:53U.S. will deploy special force to fight Islamic State in Iraq<br /><br />While testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on Dec. 1, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that the United States is deploying a specialized expeditionary targeting force to help Iraq put additional pressure on Islamic State. (Reuters)<br />U.S. military officials say the charges are too far-fetched to merit a response. “It’s beyond ridiculous,” said Col. Steve Warren, the military’s Baghdad-based spokesman. “There’s clearly no one in the West who buys it, but unfortunately, this is something that a segment of the Iraqi population believes.”<br /><br />The perception among Iraqis that the United States is somehow in cahoots with the militants it claims to be fighting appears, however, to be widespread across the country’s Sunni-Shiite sectarian divide, and it speaks to more than just the troubling legacy of mistrust that has clouded the United States’ relationship with Iraq since the 2003 invasion and the subsequent withdrawal eight years later.<br /><br />At a time when attacks by the Islamic State in Paris and elsewhere have intensified calls for tougher action on the ground, such is the level of suspicion with which the United States is viewed in Iraq that it is unclear whether the Obama administration would be able to significantly escalate its involvement even if . . . <br /><br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqis-think-the-us-is-in-cahoots-with-isis-and-it-is-hurting-the-war/2015/12/01/d00968ec-9243-11e5-befa-99ceebcbb272_story.html" rel="nofollow">Fuck it; read it yourself</a><br /><br />“What influence can we have if they think we are supporting the terrorists?” asked Kirk Sowell, an analyst based in neighboring Jordan who publishes the newsletter Inside Iraqi Politics.<br /><br /><br />In one example of how little leverage the United States now has, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi pushed back swiftly against an announcement Tuesday by Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter that an expeditionary force of U.S. troops will be dispatched to Iraq to conduct raids, free hostages and capture Islamic State leaders.<br /><br />Iraq’s semiautonomous region of Kurdistan, where support for the United States remains strong, has said it would welcome more troops. But Abadi indicated they would not be needed.<br /><br />“There is no need for foreign ground combat troops,” he said in a statement. “Any such support and special operations anywhere in Iraq can only be deployed subject to the approval of the Iraqi Government and in coordination with the Iraqi forces and with full respect to Iraqi sovereignty.”galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53577011032655756662015-12-02T01:46:23.778-05:002015-12-02T01:46:23.778-05:00Middle East
Iraqis think the U.S. is in cahoots wi...<br />Middle East<br />Iraqis think the U.S. is in cahoots with the Islamic State, and it is hurting the war<br />Resize Text Print Article Comments 866<br /> <br /> <br />Iraqi forces supported by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes advance their position during clashes with the Islamic State near Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province. (Osama Sami/AP)<br />By Liz Sly December 1 at 9:24 PM <br />BAIJI, Iraq — On the front lines of the battle against the Islamic State, suspicion of the United States runs deep. Iraqi fighters say they have all seen the videos purportedly showing U.S. helicopters airdropping weapons to the militants, and many claim they have friends and relatives who have witnessed similar instances of collusion.<br /><br />Ordinary people also have seen the videos, heard the stories and reached the same conclusion — one that might seem absurd to Americans but is widely believed among Iraqis — that the United States is supporting the Islamic State for a variety of pernicious reasons that have to do with asserting U.S. control over Iraq, the wider Middle East and, perhaps, its oil.<br /><br />“It is not in doubt,” said Mustafa Saadi, who says his friend saw U.S. helicopters delivering bottled water to Islamic State positions. He is a commander in one of the Shiite militias that last month helped push the militants out of the oil refinery near Baiji in northern Iraq alongside the Iraqi army.<br /><br />The Islamic State is “almost finished,” he said. “They are weak. If only America would stop supporting them, we could defeat them in days.”<br /><br />[Is it too late to solve the mess in the Middle East?]<br /><br />Play Video1:53U.S. will deploy special force to fight Islamic State in Iraq<br /><br />While testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on Dec. 1, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that the United States is deploying a specialized expeditionary targeting force to help Iraq put additional pressure on Islamic State. (Reuters)<br />U.S. military officials say the charges are too far-fetched to merit a response. “It’s beyond ridiculous,” said Col. Steve Warren, the military’s Baghdad-based spokesman. “There’s clearly no one in the West who buys it, but unfortunately, this is something that a segment of the Iraqi population believes.”<br /><br />The perception among Iraqis that the United States is somehow in cahoots with the militants it claims to be fighting appears, however, to be widespread across the country’s Sunni-Shiite sectarian divide, and it speaks to more than just the troubling legacy of mistrust that has clouded the United States’ relationship with Iraq since the 2003 invasion and the subsequent withdrawal eight years later.<br /><br />At a time when attacks by the Islamic State in Paris and elsewhere have intensified calls for tougher action on the ground, such is the level of suspicion with which the United States is viewed in Iraq that it is unclear whether the Obama administration would be able to significantly escalate its involvement even if it wanted to.<br /><br />“What influence can we have if they think we are supporting the terrorists?” asked Kirk Sowell, an analyst based in neighboring Jordan who publishes the newsletter Inside Iraqi Politics.galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83573444925609345552015-12-02T01:44:57.185-05:002015-12-02T01:44:57.185-05:00Iraqis think the U.S. is in cahoots with the Islam...<b>Iraqis think the U.S. is in cahoots with the Islamic State, and it is hurting the war</b><br /><br /><br />Middle East<br />Iraqis think the U.S. is in cahoots with the Islamic State, and it is hurting the war<br />Resize Text Print Article Comments 866<br /> <br /> <br />Iraqi forces supported by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes advance their position during clashes with the Islamic State near Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province. (Osama Sami/AP)<br />By Liz Sly December 1 at 9:24 PM <br />BAIJI, Iraq — On the front lines of the battle against the Islamic State, suspicion of the United States runs deep. Iraqi fighters say they have all seen the videos purportedly showing U.S. helicopters airdropping weapons to the militants, and many claim they have friends and relatives who have witnessed similar instances of collusion.<br /><br />Ordinary people also have seen the videos, heard the stories and reached the same conclusion — one that might seem absurd to Americans but is widely believed among Iraqis — that the United States is supporting the Islamic State for a variety of pernicious reasons that have to do with asserting U.S. control over Iraq, the wider Middle East and, perhaps, its oil.<br /><br />“It is not in doubt,” said Mustafa Saadi, who says his friend saw U.S. helicopters delivering bottled water to Islamic State positions. He is a commander in one of the Shiite militias that last month helped push the militants out of the oil refinery near Baiji in northern Iraq alongside the Iraqi army.<br /><br />The Islamic State is “almost finished,” he said. “They are weak. If only America would stop supporting them, we could defeat them in days.”galopn2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10149969176825932175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88448685919254268422015-12-02T00:48:36.759-05:002015-12-02T00:48:36.759-05:00Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin
Hmm, ...<i>Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin</i><br /><br />Hmm, he's still working. I saw him speak and take questions long ago at the U of Idaho International Forum or whatever it is called.<br /><br />That was back in the days of Gorbachev, I think.<br /><br />It seems to me that ISIS has made too many enemies for its own long term survival.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84727429917754687352015-12-02T00:39:31.938-05:002015-12-02T00:39:31.938-05:00NO SHIT? ...YOU THINK?
Downing Street has concede...NO SHIT? ...YOU THINK?<br /><br /><b><i>Downing Street has conceded there could be elements of Islamist extremism among the 70,000 so-called “moderate” fighters David Cameron claims are ready to seize Isis-held territory as a result of British air strikes.</i></b><br /><br />On the eve of the House of Commons vote on military action, Mr Cameron’s official spokeswoman accepted that there were “a range of political views” among the forces ranged against Isis.<br /><br />She added that the situation on the ground was not “black and white” and said the Government defined “moderates” simply as groups who rejected terrorism and supported a “pluralistic” Syria.<br /><br />Mr Cameron’s assertion is due to come under intense scrutiny in the debate on 2 December amid signs that some Labour MPs who previously supported military action may be wavering. <br /><br />INDEPENDENTDeuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22834725538762254222015-12-02T00:35:05.406-05:002015-12-02T00:35:05.406-05:00...he author fails to mention Iran, for example, w......<i>he author fails to mention Iran, for example, who are also fighting ISIS. Would bombing Iran (which the Israeli PM keeps advocating) help or hinder that fight, do you think? How about Hezbollah, who are propping up Assad at the moment?<br /><br />If I were advising Israel, I would encourage her to redouble efforts to make peace with the Palestinians and make progress on negotiations. Moderate factions exist on both sides. Not all Arabs are the same.<br /><br />It is an obvious observation, but the region is awash with weapons and sectarian and religious hatred. I fear things could get even worse.</i> <br /><br />SCRAP: https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/1753098Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com