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More distractions from the coming Congressional hearings this week, as Trump will apparently punt on going to the UK, and now screws with strategic military operations in the Gulf states.
Or is Trump diverting us from the news about his trying to...
by annieli
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on Tue Jun 06, 2017 at 12:21 PM PDT
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We are now getting even more worried about Lord Dampnut since his tweeting about the Mayor of London’s call for calm seems ever more baffling as a conservative thought crime of “political correctness”. This meme makes no sense and of course follows...
by annieli
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 12:05 AM PDT
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On Wednesday morning, a very large truck bomb killed more than a hundred people, on a crowded street at the edge of the Green Zone in Kabul.
A truck bomb devastated a central area of Kabul near the presidential palace and foreign embassies on...
by Garrett
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on Sat Jun 03, 2017 at 11:12 AM PDT
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Hi I’m Joshua Brown, I’m 13 years old. My corrupt Congressman is Republican Doug LaMalfa in (CA-01). His rude assistant, Brenda Lee Haynes was very rude to me on Facebook.
I was talking with my Democratic friend, Kendra Sills about how we both...
by joshuabrownforpresident2040
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on Fri Jun 02, 2017 at 01:49 PM PDT
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A very large truck bomb struck during yesterdays morning rush hour, near the Germany embassy in Wazir Akbar Khan, the diplomatic quarter of Kabul. Newspaper headlines have been using words like “huge” and “massive”. Current estimates are at least 80...
by Garrett
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on Wed May 31, 2017 at 08:06 AM PDT
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Organizers who worked on the Sanders campaign have mobilized to help counterparts in the UK organize and canvass for the snap elections called by Theresa May (the conservative PM) for June 8th. In the process, they’ve brought a new generation of tools...
by subir
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on Tue May 30, 2017 at 09:50 AM PDT
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The Trumpian premise is that North Korea is not a sovereign country, but rather a client state of China, insulting both nations, as well as the putative target, Japan.
Another Trump attempt to draw attention away from #TrumpRussia.
We’ll see more...
by annieli
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on Tue May 30, 2017 at 12:02 PM PDT
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Mrs Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as well as Russia but Europe now had to "fight for its own destiny". [...]
"The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I've experienced that in the...
by subir
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on Sun May 28, 2017 at 12:10 PM PDT
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IN DEFIANCE of the prevailing pessimism regarding the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, an estimated 15,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square yesterday for a pro-peace demonstration. The rally was jointly arranged by a...
by SandraLLAP
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on Sun May 28, 2017 at 12:05 PM PDT
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Or did he think it was a promotional opportunity because he is, after all, the Golfer-in-Chief … 700 yards for a guy who believes that exercise is bad for you.
by annieli
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on Sun May 28, 2017 at 12:26 AM PDT
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Zbigniew Brzezinski once told a story. It is about how, on July 3, 1979, Jimmy Carter signed a directive giving secret aid to opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Afghanistan.
There is an important distinction here. American aid to anti-communist...
by Garrett
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on Sat May 27, 2017 at 06:11 PM PDT
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On April 18, Theresa May called a general election in the UK, dissolving parliament three years before its term ended. Elections are scheduled for June 8. Back in April, Conservatives led Labour by 21% in opinion polls and looked headed for a landslide...
by subir
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on Fri May 26, 2017 at 10:58 AM PDT
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Today, the AFP is reporting that coalition airstrikes in the Syrian town of Meyadeen killed 80 people, 33 of whom were civilians. They’re being described as “relatives of ISIS fighters”.
A US-led coalition air strike on the eastern Syrian town of...
by subir
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on Fri May 26, 2017 at 08:21 AM PDT
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This year will mark 50 years since the Six-day war, which began with an Israeli surprise attack on Egyptian and Jordanian forces. When it ended on June 11, 1967, Israeli military forces had occupied the entire West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem. Israel...
by subir
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on Thu May 25, 2017 at 09:29 AM PDT
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Now that Donald Trump and his various advisers have had a few more months to make asses of themselves and generally terrify the planet, let's check back in with the U.S. tourism industry. Yep, it's ...
by Hunter
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on Sat May 27, 2017 at 06:30 AM PDT
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British officials furious over U.S. intelligence leaks; Israel changes intelligence-sharing policies On the heels of Donald Trump blurting out top-level classified information obtained from Israel during his meeting with Russian diplomats, Team Trump has done it again. "Anonymous officials" who were given the suspected Manchester bomber's identity...
by Hunter
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on Wed May 24, 2017 at 10:15 AM PDT
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Newspapers started reporting, about a month ago, that the Pentagon would soon be submitting a request for a troop increase in Afghanistan, to break what is called a stalemate there. In the Goldilocks and the Three Bears method used by American military...
by Garrett
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on Tue May 23, 2017 at 04:25 PM PDT
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YES- tomorrow, Our Fearless Leader/Demon-Child is scheduled to arrive in the nation of Israel… perhaps you’ve heard of it (small country on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean, that we give copious sums of financial assistance to, and has within land...
by SandraLLAP
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on Sun May 21, 2017 at 10:42 AM PDT
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Mandatory Fun might become the norm under a Pence administration
An American Taliban used to mandatory fun would love the Saudi General Authority for Entertainment, much like The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice...
by annieli
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on Sun May 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM PDT
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Because Trump curtsies to no one!
And princeling Kushner got the Saudis a discount from Lockheed...
More fun is seeing Steve Bannon feeling uncomfortable, wanting a drink
Remember When...
by annieli
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on Sat May 20, 2017 at 02:29 PM PDT
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