tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5888903959374585192..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: “the CIA regards the effort as doomed to failure”...”CIA thinks that it is impossible to train and equip a force of pro-Western Syrian nationals that can fight and defeat Assad, al-Nusra and ISIS, regardless of whatever air support that force may receive”Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56292171133844367742014-09-18T20:36:04.031-04:002014-09-18T20:36:04.031-04:00.
Mosul can't be Iraq's second largest ci....<br /><br />Mosul can't be Iraq's second largest city. Rufus put up the numbers.<br /><br />:o(<br /><br />.<br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86530181021832591702014-09-18T18:27:23.484-04:002014-09-18T18:27:23.484-04:00The good Lord opens a door in Iowa, and takes away...The good Lord opens a door in Iowa, and takes away Kansas. :)<br /><br />Democrat allowed to get out of the way in Kansas.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/18/kansas-senate-ballot_n_5845856.html" rel="nofollow">See ya</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31190380115640035282014-09-18T18:12:11.038-04:002014-09-18T18:12:11.038-04:00WASHINGTON - A U.S. air strike near Mosul on Thurs...WASHINGTON - <b>A U.S. air strike near Mosul on Thursday killed 40 Islamic State militants near a terrorist training camp,</b> according to a senior Defense Department official.<br /><br />A B-1 bomber was involved in the attack, said the official who was not authorized to discuss the details of the operation publicly. Mosul is Iraq's second-largest city and fell to militants in June.<br /><br />The air strike is part of the widened campaign against the militant group that President Obama ordered last week. The first round of the new attacks began Monday, and Thursday's was the most deadly against the group, which is also known as ISIL or ISIS. It is apparently the second time the B-1 bomber has been involved in the 176 air strikes that began in August to protect U.S. personnel in Iraq, critical infrastructure such as dams and to prevent . . . . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://archive.courierpostonline.com/usatoday/article/15844883" rel="nofollow">Lesse, 40 X 72 . . . . that's a lot of virgins gettin' busy, t'day</a><br />Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88133682729277600562014-09-18T16:48:12.725-04:002014-09-18T16:48:12.725-04:00So you are a cartoon watcher.
Explains a lot.
So you are a cartoon watcher.<br /><br />Explains a lot.<br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38191780449689962712014-09-18T15:15:07.073-04:002014-09-18T15:15:07.073-04:00.
Just saw an interview with Rep. Barbara Lee. I....<br /><br />Just saw an interview with Rep. Barbara Lee. I don't know what her general policy views or voting record are but on one issue she has been spot on. She was the only person in Congress that voted against the 2001 Authorization to use Force Against Terrorists Resolution citing her reasons as; the resolution was a blank check with no time limit to it that granted pretty much limitless powers to the presidency and which was not encumbered by any checks and balances, a perfect vehicle for promoting endless war and unintended consequences. It has been used 30 times since it was passed. Ms. Lee seems to have been the only member of Congress that wasn't driven hysterical by the 9/11 events.<br /><br />She also voted no on the 2002 Iraq Resolution.<br /><br />Her view on the $500 million authorization passed by the House and pending in the Senate is that it is not the type of legislation that should be bundled as an amendment to a finance bill that is needed to keep the government running. When you are talking about sending US servicemen into harms way, the matter is too important and should be debated on its own.<br /><br />Her view on the current 'non-time-bound extended counterinsurgency operation' or 'war', depending on which administration official you are talking to, with IS in Iraq is that the entire strategy, scope, costs, and alternatives should be fully debated in Congress before authorizing funds, preferably now but if that is impossible then when the time limits set by the War Powers Act have been reached. We have seen this same thing and its inevitable mission creep play out before.<br /><br />On this issue, Ms. Lee appears to be one smart cookie.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43220274340068054302014-09-18T15:03:29.975-04:002014-09-18T15:03:29.975-04:00Ah-hah! So the problem in his eyes is "all th...Ah-hah! So the problem in his eyes is "all these" new minority voters. Got it.<br /><br /><br />[investigator] Harvey outlined 25 cases of what he called “confirmed” forgery in 13 counties, plus another 26 “suspicious” cases yet to be investigated. That’s out of an estimated 85,000 registration forms collected so far by the New Georgia Project. <br />As election board member David Worley [the sole Democrat] asked Harvey, “Have you done the math on that?”<br /><br />[snip]<br /><br />NGP leadership has said it is cooperating fully with attempts to find the identity of any canvasser who tried to game the system, and in his comments Harvery confirmed that cooperation. In fact, the Election Board and NGP have jointly agreed to extend the deadline for documentation sought by investigators by another week.<br /><br />That’s a very different picture from that being painted by some just a few days ago.<br /><br />Source: AJC blog. "Major ‘vote fraud scandal’ goes ‘poof!’, just as predicted"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/18/1330565/-GA-SOS-suppressing-51-000-voter-registrations-because" rel="nofollow">Desperation</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17440910645280416222014-09-18T15:00:15.003-04:002014-09-18T15:00:15.003-04:00Speaking at the state Capitol ahead of the 3 p.m. ...Speaking at the state Capitol ahead of the 3 p.m. special meeting of the Georgia Election Board, the leaders stood before 13 plastic bins filled with copies of applications they said have not been processed despite being turned in, in some cases, months ago. <br />“You don’t have to wear a hood or be a member of the Ku Klux Klan to be engaged in voter suppression,” said the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. “Mr. Secretary of State, stop this dog and pony show, all these accusations and fear campaigning, and do the job you were [elected] to do.”<br />Though it should surprise no one if Kemp enjoys the occasional laser light show over at Stone Mountain, watching large carvings of Southern Generals reanimated to the tune of Dixie. Yes, that happens here in GA at the exact place where the KKK was revived following Reconstruction. From his own mouth: <br />Democrats are working hard...registering all these minority voters that are out there and others that are sitting on the sidelines, if they can do that, they can win these elections in November. Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62289960324038462412014-09-18T14:59:15.541-04:002014-09-18T14:59:15.541-04:00Ah, Republicans; you never learn.
Early voting st...Ah, Republicans; you never learn.<br /><br />Early voting starts in less than two weeks, and the Georgia Secretary of State's office is apparently sitting on over 51,000 voter registration forms.<br /><br />What?<br /><br />At a hearing in front of the Georgia Elections Board, the Secretary of State’s office revealed their reasoning for their voter fraud-claiming media deluge last week. It was 25 voter registration applications out of 85,000 submitted that were giving it pause. These applications had already been flagged by Stacey Abrams’s group, The New Georgia Project, but they were required to submit them anyway. Also revealed in this meeting was that 51,000 of the 85,000 hadn’t been processed even though most were submitted months ago.<br />http://www.peachpundit.com/...<br /><br /> 51,000 > 25 Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45392002548327199252014-09-18T14:28:02.514-04:002014-09-18T14:28:02.514-04:00But the 7.3 million enrollment figure doesn't ...But the 7.3 million enrollment figure doesn't tell the whole story. The Department of Health and Human Services can't provide the total enrollment tally, including paid and unpaid, since April because the computer system that would process those records isn't fully operational, a department official said. A manual evaluation would be required to find that number, the official said.<br /><br />Compared to the enrollment total of 8 million detailed in a May report about the sign-up period that began last October, the retention rate for private Obamacare coverage would be more than 90 percent. <br /><br />However, because people have been allowed to buy health insurance on the exchanges since then under special circumstances, such as marriage or the birth of a child, the count of people who were enrolled at any given time this year likely rose higher than 8 million.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the confirmed 7.3 million paid sign-ups appears to repudiate the predictions of doomsayers that huge numbers of Obamacare enrollees would . . . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/18/obamacare-enrollment_n_5843402.html" rel="nofollow">Yes, they is payin'</a><br />Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88878340946216328312014-09-18T14:25:29.512-04:002014-09-18T14:25:29.512-04:00The Obama administration on Thursday finally revea...The Obama administration on Thursday finally revealed how many people paid for Obamacare on the national and state health insurance exchanges: 7.3 million.<br /><br />Since President Barack Obama announced in April that sign-ups on the Obamacare exchange marketplaces had surpassed 8 million, skeptics have demanded to know what portion of health insurance enrollees had actually paid for their coverage. At a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner offered a partial answer at last.<br /><br /><b>"As of Aug. 15 this year, we have 7.3 million Americans enrolled in health insurance marketplace coverage and these are individuals who paid their premiums.</b> We are encouraged by the number of consumers who paid their premiums and continue to enroll in the marketplace coverage every day through special enrollment periods," Tavenner said.<br />Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22935069135402886822014-09-18T14:19:09.822-04:002014-09-18T14:19:09.822-04:00From the "that's not bad news; that's...From the "that's not bad news; that's Good news" file:<br /><br />1/2 of the Iraqi Army can't fight - <b><i>Means, Half of the Iraqi Army Can Fight.</i></b><br /><br /><b>And, that's way more than our strategy needs. :) </b>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68653176368769198052014-09-18T14:15:32.148-04:002014-09-18T14:15:32.148-04:00But, only if the electricity to the genitals, and ...But, only if the electricity to the genitals, and waterboarding fails, I hear. :) :) :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79563528636026666732014-09-18T14:14:31.116-04:002014-09-18T14:14:31.116-04:00Unless, they've been captured, and are undergo...Unless, they've been captured, and are undergoing Torture. :) :) :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46604170601169084922014-09-18T14:12:14.864-04:002014-09-18T14:12:14.864-04:00As long as the troops are Iraqis ...
Doubt if many...As long as the troops are Iraqis ...<br />Doubt if many of them read John Kerry quotes.Farmer Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758671613961287976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66120696244392373112014-09-18T14:10:16.286-04:002014-09-18T14:10:16.286-04:00.
And if that is not enough to buck you up,
JOHN....<br /><br />And if that is not enough to buck you up,<br /><br /><i>JOHN KERRY: We've been following that very, very closely and our folks who have been involved in this in all levels and they're in the classified session for various reasons, but what we have been doing is providing various kinds of of support to them, non-lethal, as I think you know, and we're vetting people very, very carefully and our folks who do that, because this is something we really watch very carefully, the president has been very concerned about this question of downstream and impact, and with the exception that there are a couple of instances of overrun of a warehouse in Aleppo and another instance, but by and large we found the vetting to be pretty effective. Our guys have been doing it for about 20 years now for better or worse and they've gotten pretty good at it it.</i><br /><br /><br />Yes, there are only two sentences there but the first was 117 words long. Pretty good, John.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24126228737958857672014-09-18T13:39:39.167-04:002014-09-18T13:39:39.167-04:00.
Rufus implied the US must be in Iraq because of....<br /><br />Rufus implied the US must be in Iraq because of oil. I suggested the risk implied by that statement might be overstated. The fact that you were unable to discern the relationship between the two posts is...well...expected.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27574481358823782372014-09-18T13:33:04.583-04:002014-09-18T13:33:04.583-04:00.
There are those who as yet haven't fully em....<br /><br />There are those who as yet haven't fully embraced the current strategy as laid out by the administration, and the following is unlikely to buck them up.<br /><br />The Senate will probably vote on the bill tomorrow and during questioning John Kerry was asked what happens if US reliance on Iraqi government forces and unnamed rebels in Syria fails to defeat ISIS.<br /><br />Kerry offered this alternative,<br /><br /><i>“I am not going to get into hypotheticals but you are assuming that Iran and Syria aren’t going to take on Isis. <b>If we are failing miserably, who knows what decisions they might make?”</b></i><br /><br />Way to buck up the troops, John. A real barn burner.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91169548893355196852014-09-18T13:20:36.333-04:002014-09-18T13:20:36.333-04:00.
House passes Obama's plan to arm Syrian reb....<br /><br />House passes Obama's plan to arm Syrian rebels, 273 to 156.<br /><br />The vote was tied as an amendment to a funding bill needed to prevent another government shutdown. It was supported by leaders of both parties but obviously there was significant resistance.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-493732647581785422014-09-18T13:02:02.209-04:002014-09-18T13:02:02.209-04:00.
Oh, I am fully aware that his particular Anon h....<br /><br />Oh, I am fully aware that his particular Anon hasn't the ability to form even the most rudimentary logical argument. He couches his bigotry in nonsense verse and then says he has a 'plan'. <br /><br />There is really nothing there with the exception of the pleasure one can take in pointing it out.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10930385489945372772014-09-18T13:01:51.425-04:002014-09-18T13:01:51.425-04:00"O"rdure is playing the role of the &quo..."O"rdure is playing the role of the "Coyote", chasing after the "Roadrunner".<br />Much like Farmer Fudd chased after Bugs, the bunny.<br /><br />It is more entertaining watching "O"rdure though, it is like Looney Tunes but in real time.Farmer Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758671613961287976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48173332829930951072014-09-18T12:44:15.729-04:002014-09-18T12:44:15.729-04:00Because it is "O"rdure who keeps falling...Because it is "O"rdure who keeps falling into the traps.<br /><br />{;-)Farmer Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758671613961287976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62225746171505271492014-09-18T12:42:57.872-04:002014-09-18T12:42:57.872-04:00Time ...
"O"rdure has lots on his hands,...Time ...<br />"O"rdure has lots on his hands, chasing "The Rat", who "O"rdure can never catch ...<br />Try as he might.Farmer Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758671613961287976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9549937988906739512014-09-18T12:30:00.580-04:002014-09-18T12:30:00.580-04:00wiggle wiggle wiggle, like a puppet you respond…
...wiggle wiggle wiggle, like a puppet you respond…<br /><br />your time is worthless, as you are.<br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76060312776051144672014-09-18T12:29:47.354-04:002014-09-18T12:29:47.354-04:00The Israeli Zionists go for "Long Range"...The Israeli Zionists go for "Long Range" planning, they do not operate in 90 day segments, looking for immediate results.<br />Which is why their "Yinon Plan" is so pertinent, it has taken them a full thirty years to get it in gear, but there you have it.<br />Persistence is often referred to as a virtue, except when the "'virtuous" want to hide the truth, because the underlying program is not virtuous, at all.Farmer Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758671613961287976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71543192967946286912014-09-18T12:24:35.613-04:002014-09-18T12:24:35.613-04:00As to reposting the same pertinent information, ti...As to reposting the same pertinent information, time and again ...<br />That is done because it is so pertinent, and the facts have not changed.<br />allen and "O"rdure keep posting the same lies, reworded, time and again.<br />There is no reason to change the rebuttals.<br /><br />As long as Israel prefers al-Qeada, they prefer al-Qeada.<br />"O"rdure cannot find a single quote that would lead us to think that Israel's policy has changed, since September 2013.<br /><br />He dislikes reality, our little "O"rdure. Farmer Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758671613961287976noreply@blogger.com