The Turkish Invasion and the Israel-Kurdish Connection
By Edy Cohen
Israel Today
October 18, 2019
Hundreds of people protested Tuesday night in front of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv demanding that the Turkish military operations against the Kurdish people in northern Syria be stopped. Protesters carrying Israeli and Kurdistan flags marched from the Turkish embassy to the US embassy urging Erdogan to leave the Kurds alone. The protesters carried signs condemning the Turkish president as well as President Trump, who is “helping the genocide” against the Turkish people, which is resulting in hundreds of deaths among the Kurdish population.
This is not the first time a pro-Kurdish rally has taken place in Israel. Just a few days ago a demonstration was held in Jerusalem against the Kurdish genocide.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the first world leaders to publicly oppose the Turkish operation. “Israel strongly condemns Turkey’s military invasion of Kurdish provinces in Syria and warns against ethnic cleansing of Kurds by Turkey and its militants,” Netanyahu said. “Israel will make every effort to provide humanitarian assistance to the brave Kurdish people,” the Prime Minister insisted. Other Knesset members like Ayelet Shaked (former Minister of Justice) and Gideon Sa’ar (former Interior Minister) also condemned the Turkish aggression and expressed full support for the Kurdish people.
The people of Israel identify closely with the struggle of the Kurds. Close to 200,000 Kurdish Jews live in Israel, mainly in Jerusalem. These are mostly the descendants from nearly 50,000 Kurdish Jews who were rescued by Israel from Iraq during Operation Ezra and Nehemiah in the early 1950s. There is also a lot of common history that connects the Jewish people with the Kurds. Both peoples suffer from ongoing persecutions – the Kurds by Middle East Muslims, partly because they are not considered Arabs – and both Kurds and Jews are scattered throughout the world. The difference is that the Jewish people have a state, but until today the Kurdish people do not.
While the Palestinian “cause” continues to stir interest in the international media and gain European sympathy, the Kurdish issue does not receive nearly as much attention. Most people do not know that there are about 40 million Kurds living in the Middle East (Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran) and Europe. To this day they are fighting to have their own country because at the end of World War I the victorious powers gave assurances to the Kurds that they would be given an independent state, but that never materialized, due mainly to the violent resistance of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. A homeland for the Kurdish people has been a crucial matter as the Kurds have suffered terrible persecution and oppression in the Arab countries where they live.
The current Turkish offensive began with the withdrawal of US forces from the region. The Turks took advantage of the vacuum left by the US troops and launched a brutal campaign to end the autonomy gained by the Kurds in northern Syria. The second goal of Turkey’s operation is to occupy Kurdish territories in Syria, as well as impose its agenda on those parts of Turkey dominated by Kurdish refugees for many years. In other words, the Turks want an ethnic cleansing of the Kurds in order to “Arabize” the region and get the Kurds to join their Turkish national objectives. The Kurds are now losing their homes and becoming refugees moving around Kurdistan and Iraq for fear of their lives.
The Kurds are the largest national group in the world with no territory of their own. Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, they have achieved widespread autonomy in what is known as Kurdistan in northern Iraq, which has led to a rekindling of Kurdish aspirations for independence.
After joining the fight against ISIS in Syria in 2014, the Kurds were also granted autonomy in parts of northern Syria, but as mentioned, this dream is sinking with the withdrawal of US forces and the entry of the Syrian army into the Kurdish territories on the heels of the Turkish offensive.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
YOU GOTTA LOVE SUBARU ….. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A DOG
Subaru Announces National “Make A Dog’s Day”
By Jerry Reynolds
CarProUSA
October 18, 2019
I talked about this on the air last Saturday on the Car Pro radio show. As a dog lover, I applaud their actions!
Subaru of America is dedicating the month of October to its Subaru Loves Pets initiative that supports the well-being and protection of animals across the country. As in past years, Subaru says it will continue its partnership with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), working together to help the approximately 3.3 million dogs that enter shelters annually find a safe, loving home.
National Make a Dog’s Day
This year, Subaru is also establishing the first-ever National Make A Dog’s Day on October 22. On this day, Subaru and its retailers will sponsor a nationwide effort to help the hardest-to-adopt shelter dogs find loving homes. Working closely with the ASPCA, the automaker will champion special needs dogs, specifically senior dogs, amputees, visually and hearing-impaired dogs, and dogs with birth defects and physical challenges. The automaker invites dog lovers to do something special for their loving companions on this day.
“Pets play a big role in our lives and the lives of Subaru owners. While we support efforts all year dedicated to the betterment of animals’ lives, in October, we make a concerted effort to help shelter pets – particularly the hard-to-adopt ones – find loving homes,” said Alan Bethke, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Subaru of America, Inc. “We are proud to establish the official National Make a Dog’s Day on October 22 and shine a light on the hundreds of thousands of dogs that are often times passed over including those with special needs.”
Subaru is also rolling out new dog-focused commercials throughout the month of October across broadcast and digital platforms (you can check out some of their videos on YouTube by clicking here.) The campaign includes TV spots that feature the automaker’s beloved spokesdogs, The Barkleys, on their latest adventures, as well as introduces some new faces through a set of advertising spots, entitled “The Underdogs.” These spots feature the dogs needing the most help getting adopted and debunk the myths, as well as celebrate their unique charms.
#MakeADogsDay
Subaru is also encouraging pet owners to do something special to celebrate their dogs on October 22 and share their happy dog in social posts using the hashtag #MakeADogsDay. The automaker says consumers can join the effort to help hard-to-adopt dogs by considering adopting a shelter dog, volunteering at an animal shelter, or participating in a Subaru retailer collection drive.
Pet Shelter Donations
Throughout October, select Subaru retailers across the country will collect unused pet supplies crucial to maintaining the health and well-being of shelter animals. In addition to these collection efforts, Subaru and participating retailers will donate 5,500 shelter supply kits and 4,800 new pet parent kits to local shelters. Also, more than 100 participating Subaru retailers will work in conjunction with animal shelters in their communities to host pet adoption events.
For more information on Subaru Loves Pets visit www.subaru.com/pets.
By Jerry Reynolds
CarProUSA
October 18, 2019
I talked about this on the air last Saturday on the Car Pro radio show. As a dog lover, I applaud their actions!
Subaru of America is dedicating the month of October to its Subaru Loves Pets initiative that supports the well-being and protection of animals across the country. As in past years, Subaru says it will continue its partnership with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), working together to help the approximately 3.3 million dogs that enter shelters annually find a safe, loving home.
National Make a Dog’s Day
This year, Subaru is also establishing the first-ever National Make A Dog’s Day on October 22. On this day, Subaru and its retailers will sponsor a nationwide effort to help the hardest-to-adopt shelter dogs find loving homes. Working closely with the ASPCA, the automaker will champion special needs dogs, specifically senior dogs, amputees, visually and hearing-impaired dogs, and dogs with birth defects and physical challenges. The automaker invites dog lovers to do something special for their loving companions on this day.
“Pets play a big role in our lives and the lives of Subaru owners. While we support efforts all year dedicated to the betterment of animals’ lives, in October, we make a concerted effort to help shelter pets – particularly the hard-to-adopt ones – find loving homes,” said Alan Bethke, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Subaru of America, Inc. “We are proud to establish the official National Make a Dog’s Day on October 22 and shine a light on the hundreds of thousands of dogs that are often times passed over including those with special needs.”
Subaru is also rolling out new dog-focused commercials throughout the month of October across broadcast and digital platforms (you can check out some of their videos on YouTube by clicking here.) The campaign includes TV spots that feature the automaker’s beloved spokesdogs, The Barkleys, on their latest adventures, as well as introduces some new faces through a set of advertising spots, entitled “The Underdogs.” These spots feature the dogs needing the most help getting adopted and debunk the myths, as well as celebrate their unique charms.
#MakeADogsDay
Subaru is also encouraging pet owners to do something special to celebrate their dogs on October 22 and share their happy dog in social posts using the hashtag #MakeADogsDay. The automaker says consumers can join the effort to help hard-to-adopt dogs by considering adopting a shelter dog, volunteering at an animal shelter, or participating in a Subaru retailer collection drive.
Pet Shelter Donations
Throughout October, select Subaru retailers across the country will collect unused pet supplies crucial to maintaining the health and well-being of shelter animals. In addition to these collection efforts, Subaru and participating retailers will donate 5,500 shelter supply kits and 4,800 new pet parent kits to local shelters. Also, more than 100 participating Subaru retailers will work in conjunction with animal shelters in their communities to host pet adoption events.
For more information on Subaru Loves Pets visit www.subaru.com/pets.
553 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS TO LIFE … DAMN IT, HE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 470 YEARS
Man Sentenced To 5 Centuries In Prison For Shooting LAPD Swat Officer In Helmet, Wounding K-9 During Shootouts
LAPPL News Watch
October 18, 2019
A Los Angeles gang member received a prison sentence of more than five-and-a-half centuries Thursday for shooting a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officer, who was saved by his helmet, and wounding a police K-9 during a series of shootouts in 2017, authorities said.
Jose Afredo Rauda, 36, was convicted earlier this month of 12 counts of attempted murder on a peace officer, 19 counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer, four counts of assault with a firearm, one count of assault on a police animal, shooting at an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
He returned to Los Angeles County Superior Court for sentencing on Thursday, where he received a prison term of 553 years and 8 months to life, prosecutors said in a written statement.
LAPPL News Watch
October 18, 2019
A Los Angeles gang member received a prison sentence of more than five-and-a-half centuries Thursday for shooting a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officer, who was saved by his helmet, and wounding a police K-9 during a series of shootouts in 2017, authorities said.
Jose Afredo Rauda, 36, was convicted earlier this month of 12 counts of attempted murder on a peace officer, 19 counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer, four counts of assault with a firearm, one count of assault on a police animal, shooting at an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
He returned to Los Angeles County Superior Court for sentencing on Thursday, where he received a prison term of 553 years and 8 months to life, prosecutors said in a written statement.
Friday, October 18, 2019
THE BEST INDICATOR OF FUTURE BAD BEHAVIOR
Is Past Bad Behavior
by Bob Walsh
A bit over two years ago a young woman named Abdulia Sanchez was live-streaming herself driving drunk along Hwy 99 when she piled in, killing her 17-year old sister in the process.
She just got out of the slammer 3 weeks ago, on felony parole. The Stockton PD attempted to stop her for no registration. She boogied, blowing two stop signs and one red light before she crashed on the on-ramp to I-5 at March Lane. There was a .45 automatic in the car. A man who was a passenger in the car beat feet, leaving her holding the bag as it were.
So she is looking at violation of parole (driving without a license), running from the cops, maybe possession of the firearm, and conspicuous stupidity in public. Maybe she likes being in prison. She does, at the very least, habitually make really crappy decisions. At least she wasn't drunk.
by Bob Walsh
A bit over two years ago a young woman named Abdulia Sanchez was live-streaming herself driving drunk along Hwy 99 when she piled in, killing her 17-year old sister in the process.
She just got out of the slammer 3 weeks ago, on felony parole. The Stockton PD attempted to stop her for no registration. She boogied, blowing two stop signs and one red light before she crashed on the on-ramp to I-5 at March Lane. There was a .45 automatic in the car. A man who was a passenger in the car beat feet, leaving her holding the bag as it were.
So she is looking at violation of parole (driving without a license), running from the cops, maybe possession of the firearm, and conspicuous stupidity in public. Maybe she likes being in prison. She does, at the very least, habitually make really crappy decisions. At least she wasn't drunk.
SOMEBODY WASN'T DOING THEIR JOB
by Bob Walsh
The Northern Illinois Academy is a residential psychiatric treatment facility. It houses patients between the ages of 6 and 21. These patients have autism, mood disorders, developmental delays and other assorted psychiatric disorders.
Last April they went on a field trip to a public library. (They don't have their own library?) While on this trip Cody Pomrenke, 18, a resident patient of the facility lured another residential patient, a 13-year old female, into the men's bathroom and sexually assaulted her. The staff were aware that Pomrenke had taken an inappropriate interest in the girl and seemed to be 'grooming" her for sexual contact. They had directed him to stay away from the girl, but nevertheless took the two of them together on a field trip and clearly did not exercise adequate oversight.
The young girl's father is royally pissed. I expect he will sue. I don't blame him.
The Northern Illinois Academy is a residential psychiatric treatment facility. It houses patients between the ages of 6 and 21. These patients have autism, mood disorders, developmental delays and other assorted psychiatric disorders.
Last April they went on a field trip to a public library. (They don't have their own library?) While on this trip Cody Pomrenke, 18, a resident patient of the facility lured another residential patient, a 13-year old female, into the men's bathroom and sexually assaulted her. The staff were aware that Pomrenke had taken an inappropriate interest in the girl and seemed to be 'grooming" her for sexual contact. They had directed him to stay away from the girl, but nevertheless took the two of them together on a field trip and clearly did not exercise adequate oversight.
The young girl's father is royally pissed. I expect he will sue. I don't blame him.
BREXIT ACHIEVED
Yes No Maybe Kinda-Sorta
by Bob Walsh
Boris Johnson, P.M. of the United Kingdom and major Brexit proponent, announced yesterday that he has reached an accord with the E. U. to permit a more or less smooth exit of the U. K. from the E. U. on Halloween.
However.....the deal has to be approved by Parliament. By this Saturday. Or.......
The result would be another stall, or an no-deal Brexit, which everybody agrees would be an ungood thing.
Parliament has not held a Saturday session since the Falkland War. A nose count indicates that Boris will fall short by about five votes. You can bet that there is some major horse trading and arm twisting going on. A relatively small (ten seats) Irish labor party has announced that they are opposed to this particular deal, though in general they have been supportive of Brexit. It is hard to say if they are trying to get some freebies or if they really have a beef with the deal.
I wonder what John Oliver will say about it this coming Sunday on HBO. I will have to check it out.
by Bob Walsh
Boris Johnson, P.M. of the United Kingdom and major Brexit proponent, announced yesterday that he has reached an accord with the E. U. to permit a more or less smooth exit of the U. K. from the E. U. on Halloween.
However.....the deal has to be approved by Parliament. By this Saturday. Or.......
The result would be another stall, or an no-deal Brexit, which everybody agrees would be an ungood thing.
Parliament has not held a Saturday session since the Falkland War. A nose count indicates that Boris will fall short by about five votes. You can bet that there is some major horse trading and arm twisting going on. A relatively small (ten seats) Irish labor party has announced that they are opposed to this particular deal, though in general they have been supportive of Brexit. It is hard to say if they are trying to get some freebies or if they really have a beef with the deal.
I wonder what John Oliver will say about it this coming Sunday on HBO. I will have to check it out.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
by Bob Walsh
In 1931 Thomas Edison kicked the bucket.
In 1898 the United States formally took over the administration of Puerto Rico.
In 1469 Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain into arguably the major European power of the day.
In 1931 Thomas Edison kicked the bucket.
In 1898 the United States formally took over the administration of Puerto Rico.
In 1469 Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain into arguably the major European power of the day.
BOY MURDERS JANE AND IS KILLED BY COPS, TARZAN UNHURT
by Bob Walsh
Depending on how old you are Ron Ely, 81, is who you remember as being Tarzan.
On Tuesday night the local constabulary responded to the Ely house in Santa Barbara County to discover Valery Lundeen Ely, a former Miss Florida, dead of multiple stab wounds. One of the three Ely children, Cameron, 30, was shot to death by four deputies at the scene. Ely himself was taken to the hospital but was apparently uninjured.
It was not immediately clear if Cameron was a resident of the home or not.
Depending on how old you are Ron Ely, 81, is who you remember as being Tarzan.
On Tuesday night the local constabulary responded to the Ely house in Santa Barbara County to discover Valery Lundeen Ely, a former Miss Florida, dead of multiple stab wounds. One of the three Ely children, Cameron, 30, was shot to death by four deputies at the scene. Ely himself was taken to the hospital but was apparently uninjured.
It was not immediately clear if Cameron was a resident of the home or not.
AFTER ERDOGAN TRASHED TRUMP’S LETTER, TRUMP AGAIN TREATED THE KURDS LIKE TURDS
Turkey agrees with US to pause Syria assault while Kurds withdraw
Israel Hayom
October 17, 2019
Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a "safe zone" Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by Washington but which Turkish leaders cast as a complete victory.
The truce was announced by US Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdoğan, and was swiftly hailed by President Donald Trump, who said it would save "millions of lives"
But if implemented it would achieve all the main objectives Turkey announced when it launched the assault eight days ago: control of a strip of Syria more than 30 km (20 miles) deep, with the Kurdish YPG militia, formerly close US allies, obliged to pull out.
"The safe zone will be primarily enforced by the Turkish Armed Forces," a joint US-Turkish statement released after the talks said.
A Turkish official told Reuters Ankara got "exactly what we wanted" from the talks with the United States. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described it as a pause, solely to allow the Kurdish fighters to withdraw.
Kurdish fighters would be forced to give up their heavy weapons and their positions would be destroyed, Cavusoglu said. He declined to call the agreement a "ceasefire", saying ceasefires could be agreed only by legitimate sides, and not by the Kurds that Turkey considers terrorists.
Pence said Washington had already been in contact with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which had agreed to withdraw and were already pulling out.
Trump tweeted: "Great news out of Turkey".
"Thank you to Erdoğan," Trump said. "Millions of lives will be saved!"
"Today the United States and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria," Pence told a news conference after more than four hours of talks at the presidential palace in Ankara.
"The Turkish side will pause Operation Peace Spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of YPG forces from the safe zone for 120 hours," Pence said. "All military operations under Operation Peace Spring will be paused, and Operation Peace Spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal."
The deal struck with Erdoğan also provided for Turkey not to engage in military operations in the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobani, Pence said. Cavusoglu said Turkey had given no commitments about Kobani.
Pence added that he had spoken to Trump after the talks and that Trump had expressed his gratitude for the ceasefire accord. Washington's main goal had been to halt the violence, and it had succeeded, Pence said.
The Turkish assault has created a new humanitarian crisis in Syria with 200,000 civilians taking flight, a security alert over thousands of Islamic State fighters abandoned in Kurdish jails, and a political maelstrom at home for Trump.
Trump has been accused of abandoning Kurdish-led fighters, Washington's main partners in the battle to dismantle Islamic State's self-declared caliphate in Syria, by withdrawing troops from the border as Ankara launched its offensive on Oct. 9.
Trump had defended his move on Wednesday as "strategically brilliant". He said he thought Pence and Erdoğan would have a successful meeting, but warned of sanctions and tariffs that "will be devastating to Turkey's economy" otherwise.
EDITOR’S NOTE: In five days, the Turks will resume their offensive because no one negotiated or consulted with the Kurds who are not likely surrender and give up their land. Don’t believe that shit about the Kurds agreeing to withdraw and to give up their heavy weapons. This is another betrayal of the Kurds.
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Turkey's Erdogan threw Trump's 'don't be a fool' letter in the trash and considered it 'the final straw' before launching his offensive in Syria
Daily Mail
October 17, 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 'thoroughly rejected' Donald Trump's letter, dated October 9, and promptly threw it in the bin, officials have revealed.
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Donald Trump hails five-day ceasefire deal in Syria as 'a great day for civilization' and boasts of 'incredible outcome' claiming 'great leader' Erdogan and the Kurds are happy - but Turkey hits back that they have only agreed to a PAUSE
Daily Mail
October 17, 2019
Donald Trump hailed an agreement between the U.S. and Turkey for a five-day cease fire in Syria as a 'great day for civilization' as Turkish officials down played the outcome of the deal.
'A great day for the Kurds. It's really a great day for civilization. It's a great day for civilization,' Trump said.
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday announced the United States and Turkey reached a deal to suspend Ankara's operations in northern Syria for five days to allow Kurds time to withdraw to a 'safe zone' as part of a cease-fire agreement.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A great day for the Kurds? Trump must be out of his mind. It’s a great day for the Turks and an atrocious one for the Kurds. A great day for civilization? That one flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Israel Hayom
October 17, 2019
Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a "safe zone" Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by Washington but which Turkish leaders cast as a complete victory.
The truce was announced by US Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdoğan, and was swiftly hailed by President Donald Trump, who said it would save "millions of lives"
But if implemented it would achieve all the main objectives Turkey announced when it launched the assault eight days ago: control of a strip of Syria more than 30 km (20 miles) deep, with the Kurdish YPG militia, formerly close US allies, obliged to pull out.
"The safe zone will be primarily enforced by the Turkish Armed Forces," a joint US-Turkish statement released after the talks said.
A Turkish official told Reuters Ankara got "exactly what we wanted" from the talks with the United States. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described it as a pause, solely to allow the Kurdish fighters to withdraw.
Kurdish fighters would be forced to give up their heavy weapons and their positions would be destroyed, Cavusoglu said. He declined to call the agreement a "ceasefire", saying ceasefires could be agreed only by legitimate sides, and not by the Kurds that Turkey considers terrorists.
Pence said Washington had already been in contact with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which had agreed to withdraw and were already pulling out.
Trump tweeted: "Great news out of Turkey".
"Thank you to Erdoğan," Trump said. "Millions of lives will be saved!"
"Today the United States and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria," Pence told a news conference after more than four hours of talks at the presidential palace in Ankara.
"The Turkish side will pause Operation Peace Spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of YPG forces from the safe zone for 120 hours," Pence said. "All military operations under Operation Peace Spring will be paused, and Operation Peace Spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal."
The deal struck with Erdoğan also provided for Turkey not to engage in military operations in the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobani, Pence said. Cavusoglu said Turkey had given no commitments about Kobani.
Pence added that he had spoken to Trump after the talks and that Trump had expressed his gratitude for the ceasefire accord. Washington's main goal had been to halt the violence, and it had succeeded, Pence said.
The Turkish assault has created a new humanitarian crisis in Syria with 200,000 civilians taking flight, a security alert over thousands of Islamic State fighters abandoned in Kurdish jails, and a political maelstrom at home for Trump.
Trump has been accused of abandoning Kurdish-led fighters, Washington's main partners in the battle to dismantle Islamic State's self-declared caliphate in Syria, by withdrawing troops from the border as Ankara launched its offensive on Oct. 9.
Trump had defended his move on Wednesday as "strategically brilliant". He said he thought Pence and Erdoğan would have a successful meeting, but warned of sanctions and tariffs that "will be devastating to Turkey's economy" otherwise.
EDITOR’S NOTE: In five days, the Turks will resume their offensive because no one negotiated or consulted with the Kurds who are not likely surrender and give up their land. Don’t believe that shit about the Kurds agreeing to withdraw and to give up their heavy weapons. This is another betrayal of the Kurds.
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Turkey's Erdogan threw Trump's 'don't be a fool' letter in the trash and considered it 'the final straw' before launching his offensive in Syria
Daily Mail
October 17, 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 'thoroughly rejected' Donald Trump's letter, dated October 9, and promptly threw it in the bin, officials have revealed.
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Donald Trump hails five-day ceasefire deal in Syria as 'a great day for civilization' and boasts of 'incredible outcome' claiming 'great leader' Erdogan and the Kurds are happy - but Turkey hits back that they have only agreed to a PAUSE
Daily Mail
October 17, 2019
Donald Trump hailed an agreement between the U.S. and Turkey for a five-day cease fire in Syria as a 'great day for civilization' as Turkish officials down played the outcome of the deal.
'A great day for the Kurds. It's really a great day for civilization. It's a great day for civilization,' Trump said.
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday announced the United States and Turkey reached a deal to suspend Ankara's operations in northern Syria for five days to allow Kurds time to withdraw to a 'safe zone' as part of a cease-fire agreement.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A great day for the Kurds? Trump must be out of his mind. It’s a great day for the Turks and an atrocious one for the Kurds. A great day for civilization? That one flew over the cuckoo's nest.
VLAD STEPS INTO VOID CREATED BY TRUMP
Putin's growing Middle East influence is on display
Israel Hayom
October 16, 2019
President Vladimir Putin signaled Moscow's growing Middle East clout on Monday on his first visit to Saudi Arabia in over a decade, buoyed by Russian military gains in Syria, strong ties with Riyadh's regional rivals and energy cooperation.
Moscow accrued power in the Middle East in 2015 by sending troops to Syria, where it and Iran have been key backers of President Bashar Assad amid civil war, while the United States pulled back. Saudi Arabia sided with Syrian rebels.
On the eve of Putin's trip, US troops abruptly retreated from northern Syria as Russian-backed government forces deployed deep inside Kurdish-held territory under a deal to help fend off a Turkish cross-border offensive.
Russia has also strengthened ties with both Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran, which are locked in a decades-old contest for influence that veered toward open conflict after a recent spate of attacks on oil assets in the Gulf that Riyadh and Washington blame on Tehran. Iran denies the charges.
Tensions with Iran, which is locked in several proxy wars with Saudi Arabia, have risen to new highs after Washington last year quit a 2015 international nuclear accord with Tehran and reimposed sanctions.
The Russian president met King Salman and de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with whom Putin says he has friendly relations.
In televised remarks, Putin and the king said bilateral relations were important to regional security and stability.
After discussions that touched on joint investments as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen, Prince Mohammed said Saudi-Russian cooperation on energy would achieve stability.
Ahead of the visit, Putin, who offered to provide Russian defense systems to the kingdom after Sept. 14 attacks on its oil facilities, said he could also play a positive role in easing tensions with Tehran given good ties with both sides.
Any progress on long-mulled Saudi plans to purchase the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems would cause disquiet in Washington, which is sending 3,000 troops and additional air defense systems to Saudi Arabia.
US President Donald Trump has resisted pressure to sanction Riyadh over human rights abuses, including the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling that a "foolish" move that would only benefit competitors Russia and China.
Asked about concerns Riyadh was cozying up to Moscow, senior foreign ministry official Adel al-Jubeir said he saw no contradiction.
"We don’t believe that having close ties with Russia has any negative impact on our relationship with the United States," he told reporters on Sunday. "We believe that we can have strategic and strong ties with the United States while we develop our ties with Russia."
Israel Hayom
October 16, 2019
President Vladimir Putin signaled Moscow's growing Middle East clout on Monday on his first visit to Saudi Arabia in over a decade, buoyed by Russian military gains in Syria, strong ties with Riyadh's regional rivals and energy cooperation.
Moscow accrued power in the Middle East in 2015 by sending troops to Syria, where it and Iran have been key backers of President Bashar Assad amid civil war, while the United States pulled back. Saudi Arabia sided with Syrian rebels.
On the eve of Putin's trip, US troops abruptly retreated from northern Syria as Russian-backed government forces deployed deep inside Kurdish-held territory under a deal to help fend off a Turkish cross-border offensive.
Russia has also strengthened ties with both Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran, which are locked in a decades-old contest for influence that veered toward open conflict after a recent spate of attacks on oil assets in the Gulf that Riyadh and Washington blame on Tehran. Iran denies the charges.
Tensions with Iran, which is locked in several proxy wars with Saudi Arabia, have risen to new highs after Washington last year quit a 2015 international nuclear accord with Tehran and reimposed sanctions.
The Russian president met King Salman and de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with whom Putin says he has friendly relations.
In televised remarks, Putin and the king said bilateral relations were important to regional security and stability.
After discussions that touched on joint investments as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen, Prince Mohammed said Saudi-Russian cooperation on energy would achieve stability.
Ahead of the visit, Putin, who offered to provide Russian defense systems to the kingdom after Sept. 14 attacks on its oil facilities, said he could also play a positive role in easing tensions with Tehran given good ties with both sides.
Any progress on long-mulled Saudi plans to purchase the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems would cause disquiet in Washington, which is sending 3,000 troops and additional air defense systems to Saudi Arabia.
US President Donald Trump has resisted pressure to sanction Riyadh over human rights abuses, including the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling that a "foolish" move that would only benefit competitors Russia and China.
Asked about concerns Riyadh was cozying up to Moscow, senior foreign ministry official Adel al-Jubeir said he saw no contradiction.
"We don’t believe that having close ties with Russia has any negative impact on our relationship with the United States," he told reporters on Sunday. "We believe that we can have strategic and strong ties with the United States while we develop our ties with Russia."
TUNISIA’S PRESIDENT-ELECT NOT EXACTLY A FRIEND OF ISRAEL
Kais Saied says normalization with the Zionist entity is treachery
Kais Saied, won the election for Tunisian president with 73 percent of the vote. In a televised interview on Monday, he said:
“This is my view on the Zionist entity and it will not change. If one day I change my mind, remind me about the things I said now. We are in a situation of war with Zionism, and normalization is treachery.”
And on Friday he said:
“The Jews visit Tunisia; we protected them in the Second World War. But whomever normalizes relations with the Zionist entity that stole the land of the Palestinian people and exiled them from their land is a traitor.”
Kais Saied, won the election for Tunisian president with 73 percent of the vote. In a televised interview on Monday, he said:
“This is my view on the Zionist entity and it will not change. If one day I change my mind, remind me about the things I said now. We are in a situation of war with Zionism, and normalization is treachery.”
And on Friday he said:
“The Jews visit Tunisia; we protected them in the Second World War. But whomever normalizes relations with the Zionist entity that stole the land of the Palestinian people and exiled them from their land is a traitor.”
$92 MILLION WORTH OF COCAINE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO GO UP THE NOSES OF SNORTERS
Coast Guard Offloads $92 Million Worth Of Smuggled Cocaine In San Diego
LAPPL News Watch
October 17, 2019
The Coast Guard offloaded more than 6,800 pounds of cocaine — worth an estimated $92 million — in San Diego on Wednesday, contraband that the military branch seized in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Between late July and early October, crews from three Coast Guard cutters, a term used to describe a Coast Guard vessel at least 65 feet long, intercepted the drugs from four suspected smuggling vessels off Mexico and Central and South America.
The crew aboard the cutter Alert was responsible for two cases, seizing about 4,000 pounds of cocaine, according to the Coast Guard. Alert is a 210-foot medium-endurance cutter based in Astoria, Ore.
The crew on Robert Ward, a 154-foot fast-response cutter based in San Pedro, seized about 1,500 pounds of cocaine during one incident.
Seneca, a 270-foot medium-endurance cutter based in Boston, seized about 1,400 pounds of cocaine in one case.
LAPPL News Watch
October 17, 2019
The Coast Guard offloaded more than 6,800 pounds of cocaine — worth an estimated $92 million — in San Diego on Wednesday, contraband that the military branch seized in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Between late July and early October, crews from three Coast Guard cutters, a term used to describe a Coast Guard vessel at least 65 feet long, intercepted the drugs from four suspected smuggling vessels off Mexico and Central and South America.
The crew aboard the cutter Alert was responsible for two cases, seizing about 4,000 pounds of cocaine, according to the Coast Guard. Alert is a 210-foot medium-endurance cutter based in Astoria, Ore.
The crew on Robert Ward, a 154-foot fast-response cutter based in San Pedro, seized about 1,500 pounds of cocaine during one incident.
Seneca, a 270-foot medium-endurance cutter based in Boston, seized about 1,400 pounds of cocaine in one case.
SECOND FOUL UP WITH MOUNT SURIBACHI FLAG RAISING CORRECTED
Marines admit second hero is misidentified in Iwo Jima flag-raising photo
By Kenneth Garger
New York Post
October 16, 2019
A new hero has been named as one of the six Marines famously photographed raising the American flag over Iwo Jima during WWII — as the Marines Corps on Wednesday admitted it misidentified a second member of the group, according to a report.
An investigation by the Marines and the FBI’s Digital Evidence Laboratory confirmed what three historians already suspected — that Cpl. Harold “Pie” Keller, not Pfc. Rene Gagnon, was one of the jarheads captured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph, NBC News reports.
“Without the initiative and contributions of both private historians devoted to preservation of our history and the FBI’s Digital Evidence Laboratory, the Marine Corps would not have this opportunity to expand on the historical record of the second flag raising on Mount Suribachi,” the Marine Corps told the outlet in a statement.
“Regardless of who was in the photograph, each and every Marine who set foot on Iwo Jima, or supported the effort from the sea and air around the island is, and always will be, a part of our Corps’ cherished history,” the Marines’ statement continued.
The picture was taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on Feb. 23, 1945. It shows the Marines raising the American flag atop Japan’s Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
The mishap comes three years after the misidentification of a different flag-raiser was corrected by the Marine Corps.
Historians Stephen Foley, Dustin Spence and Brent Westemeyer concluded that Keller was among the Marines in the iconic photo by using film footage from atop Mount Suribachi and photos taken by other soldiers, the report said.
Keller, who died of a heart attack in 1979 at the age of 57, never revealed that part of his history to his family.
“We knew he fought in the war, we knew he was wounded in the shoulder at one point … But he didn’t tell us he helped raise the flag on Mount Suribachi,” Keller’s daughter, Kay Maurer, 70, told NBC News. “He never spoke about any of this when we were growing up.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2016 the Marine Corps acknowledged it had misidentified one of the six men in the Iwo Jima flag raising photo. Instead of Navy corpsman John Bradley, it was Pvt. 1st Class Harold Schultz who was actually in the photo. Schultz died in 1995 without publicly claiming he helped raise the flag.
There were two flag raisings on Mount Suribachi and Bradley was in a photo of the first raising. But the photo circulated by the Marine corps was the one of the second raising which was staged to be photographed.
Bradley’s son James Bradley and co-author Ron Powers wrote the best-selling book Flags of our Fathers which was made into the movie directed by Clint Eastwood.
By Kenneth Garger
New York Post
October 16, 2019
A new hero has been named as one of the six Marines famously photographed raising the American flag over Iwo Jima during WWII — as the Marines Corps on Wednesday admitted it misidentified a second member of the group, according to a report.
An investigation by the Marines and the FBI’s Digital Evidence Laboratory confirmed what three historians already suspected — that Cpl. Harold “Pie” Keller, not Pfc. Rene Gagnon, was one of the jarheads captured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph, NBC News reports.
“Without the initiative and contributions of both private historians devoted to preservation of our history and the FBI’s Digital Evidence Laboratory, the Marine Corps would not have this opportunity to expand on the historical record of the second flag raising on Mount Suribachi,” the Marine Corps told the outlet in a statement.
“Regardless of who was in the photograph, each and every Marine who set foot on Iwo Jima, or supported the effort from the sea and air around the island is, and always will be, a part of our Corps’ cherished history,” the Marines’ statement continued.
The picture was taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on Feb. 23, 1945. It shows the Marines raising the American flag atop Japan’s Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
The mishap comes three years after the misidentification of a different flag-raiser was corrected by the Marine Corps.
Historians Stephen Foley, Dustin Spence and Brent Westemeyer concluded that Keller was among the Marines in the iconic photo by using film footage from atop Mount Suribachi and photos taken by other soldiers, the report said.
Keller, who died of a heart attack in 1979 at the age of 57, never revealed that part of his history to his family.
“We knew he fought in the war, we knew he was wounded in the shoulder at one point … But he didn’t tell us he helped raise the flag on Mount Suribachi,” Keller’s daughter, Kay Maurer, 70, told NBC News. “He never spoke about any of this when we were growing up.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2016 the Marine Corps acknowledged it had misidentified one of the six men in the Iwo Jima flag raising photo. Instead of Navy corpsman John Bradley, it was Pvt. 1st Class Harold Schultz who was actually in the photo. Schultz died in 1995 without publicly claiming he helped raise the flag.
There were two flag raisings on Mount Suribachi and Bradley was in a photo of the first raising. But the photo circulated by the Marine corps was the one of the second raising which was staged to be photographed.
Bradley’s son James Bradley and co-author Ron Powers wrote the best-selling book Flags of our Fathers which was made into the movie directed by Clint Eastwood.
CARTEL PUNISHES RAPIST-MURDERER BY SHATTERING HIS HEAD, CUTTING OFF HIS DICK AND RAMMING A BROOMSTICK UP HIS ASS
Nuevo Cartel de Juárez aka La Línea avenge a woman's brutal murder
By Sol Prendido from La Polaka
Borderland Beat
October 16, 2019
Jiménez, Chihuahua - A criminal arrested by the State Prosecutor for cruelly killing a woman, was released to be slaughtered in the same way by La Linea Cartel. The man died with gunshots to the head and a broomstick embedded in his anus.
Octavio Rubio Rosselot, 34, aka El Guero, was arrested on suspicion of brutally killing Margarita Mendez, 34, two days ago. The woman was severely beaten and had a broomstick buried in her genitals in revenge for infidelity.
The body was left on a dirt road near the Torreón road.
Yesterday morning, the arrest of the murderer was known, who had been seen with the woman in recent hours.
Although evidence of the crime against the lady was found, authorities let him go and he later appeared brutally impaled, beheaded and tortured.
A video released by the Nuevo Cartel de Juárez shows the tortured and confessed individual of Margarita's crime. The gangsters in revenge killed him the same way he killed the woman, they shattered his head and cut off his genitals.
[A] Manta [left with his body] reads as follows: For being such a fuck up and a rapist. This will be the fate of every rapist. Sincerely, La Línea
EDITOR'S NOTE: I strongly suspect that in that area of Mexico, there won't be any rapes for some time to come.
By Sol Prendido from La Polaka
Borderland Beat
October 16, 2019
Jiménez, Chihuahua - A criminal arrested by the State Prosecutor for cruelly killing a woman, was released to be slaughtered in the same way by La Linea Cartel. The man died with gunshots to the head and a broomstick embedded in his anus.
Octavio Rubio Rosselot, 34, aka El Guero, was arrested on suspicion of brutally killing Margarita Mendez, 34, two days ago. The woman was severely beaten and had a broomstick buried in her genitals in revenge for infidelity.
The body was left on a dirt road near the Torreón road.
Yesterday morning, the arrest of the murderer was known, who had been seen with the woman in recent hours.
Although evidence of the crime against the lady was found, authorities let him go and he later appeared brutally impaled, beheaded and tortured.
A video released by the Nuevo Cartel de Juárez shows the tortured and confessed individual of Margarita's crime. The gangsters in revenge killed him the same way he killed the woman, they shattered his head and cut off his genitals.
[A] Manta [left with his body] reads as follows: For being such a fuck up and a rapist. This will be the fate of every rapist. Sincerely, La Línea
EDITOR'S NOTE: I strongly suspect that in that area of Mexico, there won't be any rapes for some time to come.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
WINNERS AND LOSERS IN DEMOCRATIC DEBATE
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard comes out on top in Drudge poll but pundits claim Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg are the winners of the 2020 Democratic debate where Joe Biden faded into the background
By Marlene Lenthang
Daily Mail
October 16, 2019
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard came out on top in the first online poll of the night following Tuesday's Democratic Debate.
The 38-year-old Congresswoman decided last minute to attend the debate despite earlier threats to boycott it and spoke on her veteran experience serving in the Middle East and called for Donald Trump's impeachment, winning 29,242 votes (39.44%), according to a Drudge poll.
In her time on the stage alongside 11 other Democratic candidates, she gave an impassioned speech on U.S. presence in Syria - calling it a 'regime change war' - and sparred with Mayor Pete Buttigieg over removing American troops there.
However, other political pundits claimed Bernie Sanders came out on top, securing the endorsements of Congress 'Squad' members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes and Ilhan Omar.
Sanders, who is usually criticized for his aggressive and angry front, appeared to be in good spirits on the stage, just weeks after suffering a heart attack. When Sen. Cory Booker joked' Senator Sanders is in favor of medical marijuana', he quipped, 'I'm not on it tonight.'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was also crowned a winner of the debate and deemed a frontrunner in the race after she fielded relentless attacks from her rivals on her healthcare plans and taxes throughout the three-hour joust.
And the attacks from her more moderate counterparts aren't unwarranted, as the Massachusetts senator continues to rise in the polls.
'Warren was the focal point, with the other candidates all but taking their focus completely off Biden. It wasn’t completely smooth sailing for Warren (which we’ll get to), but it was an affirmation that she is viewed as perhaps the frontrunner now,' the Washington Post's Aaron Blake said.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was praised as a winner for her surprisingly aggressive front in this debate where she repeatedly attacked Warren, calling her out for failing to answer if she'll raise taxes on the middle class for her Medicare-for-all healthcare proposal.
The moderate candidate called her out saying: 'I'm sorry Elizabeth. You are making Republican talking points in this room. Bernie is being honest. We owe it to the American people to tell them where we will send the invoice.'
Some criticized this very point - her healthcare plan - as Warren's loss of the night. Despite being asked four times if her Medicare-for-all proposal would increase taxes on the middle class, she failed to give a direct answer, leading Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke to push back against her.
Buttigieg was a surprise winner of the night, according to CNN's Chris Cillizza, for hitting Warren hard on her Medicare-for-all plan.
He also sparred with Rep. Gabbard's call to end U.S. wars in the Middle East, marking a tense moment between the two military veterans where he clapped back and said: 'Respectfully, congresswoman, I think that is dead wrong. The slaughter going on in Syria is not a consequence of American presence, it a consequence of a withdrawal and a betrayal by this president of American allies and American values'.
The South Bend, Indiana Mayor also dug into former Congressman Beto O'Rourke over his proposed mandatory buy-backs of assault-style rifles.
He said: 'I don't need lessons from you in courage - political or personal.'
All the while former vice president Joe Biden was named a loser by many. Despite leading in the polls, Biden performance didn't stand out compared to the aggressive tactics of his peers and and skirted around the issue of his son's business deals and the Ukraine scandal.
He boasted that the others candidates didn’t measure up to his accomplishments in office, which led Warren to snub him saying she was 'deeply grateful to president Obama' for passing a measure she helped work on during his presidency.
Tom Steyer was also slammed as a loser of the night. It was his first time on the debate stage but he failed to shine against his outspoken rivals, but did challenge Trump saying: 'I would love to take him on as a real businessman'.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I thought Warren was a loser who did poorly in responding to the attacks against her. And Biden babbled on as usual. Kamala got stuck on reproductive rights, Corey Booker, who has no chance of getting the nomination, Mayor Pete and Amy Klobuchar were three of the better debaters, but all 12 were full of shit.
There was lots of applause but the lousiest comment got the biggest applause when Julian Castro said, “Police violence is also gun violence.”
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MODERATOR? ... NOT HARDLY!
by Bob Walsh
The only thing that I found interesting (but hardly surprising) was the fact that Anderson Cooper completely exonerated both Hunter Biden and Joe Biden from ANY criminality or impropriety in regards to Hunter's business dealings in the Ukraine and China. He also slandered Trump in the same "question," but that was also to be expected.
By Marlene Lenthang
Daily Mail
October 16, 2019
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard came out on top in the first online poll of the night following Tuesday's Democratic Debate.
The 38-year-old Congresswoman decided last minute to attend the debate despite earlier threats to boycott it and spoke on her veteran experience serving in the Middle East and called for Donald Trump's impeachment, winning 29,242 votes (39.44%), according to a Drudge poll.
In her time on the stage alongside 11 other Democratic candidates, she gave an impassioned speech on U.S. presence in Syria - calling it a 'regime change war' - and sparred with Mayor Pete Buttigieg over removing American troops there.
However, other political pundits claimed Bernie Sanders came out on top, securing the endorsements of Congress 'Squad' members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes and Ilhan Omar.
Sanders, who is usually criticized for his aggressive and angry front, appeared to be in good spirits on the stage, just weeks after suffering a heart attack. When Sen. Cory Booker joked' Senator Sanders is in favor of medical marijuana', he quipped, 'I'm not on it tonight.'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was also crowned a winner of the debate and deemed a frontrunner in the race after she fielded relentless attacks from her rivals on her healthcare plans and taxes throughout the three-hour joust.
And the attacks from her more moderate counterparts aren't unwarranted, as the Massachusetts senator continues to rise in the polls.
'Warren was the focal point, with the other candidates all but taking their focus completely off Biden. It wasn’t completely smooth sailing for Warren (which we’ll get to), but it was an affirmation that she is viewed as perhaps the frontrunner now,' the Washington Post's Aaron Blake said.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was praised as a winner for her surprisingly aggressive front in this debate where she repeatedly attacked Warren, calling her out for failing to answer if she'll raise taxes on the middle class for her Medicare-for-all healthcare proposal.
The moderate candidate called her out saying: 'I'm sorry Elizabeth. You are making Republican talking points in this room. Bernie is being honest. We owe it to the American people to tell them where we will send the invoice.'
Some criticized this very point - her healthcare plan - as Warren's loss of the night. Despite being asked four times if her Medicare-for-all proposal would increase taxes on the middle class, she failed to give a direct answer, leading Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke to push back against her.
Buttigieg was a surprise winner of the night, according to CNN's Chris Cillizza, for hitting Warren hard on her Medicare-for-all plan.
He also sparred with Rep. Gabbard's call to end U.S. wars in the Middle East, marking a tense moment between the two military veterans where he clapped back and said: 'Respectfully, congresswoman, I think that is dead wrong. The slaughter going on in Syria is not a consequence of American presence, it a consequence of a withdrawal and a betrayal by this president of American allies and American values'.
The South Bend, Indiana Mayor also dug into former Congressman Beto O'Rourke over his proposed mandatory buy-backs of assault-style rifles.
He said: 'I don't need lessons from you in courage - political or personal.'
All the while former vice president Joe Biden was named a loser by many. Despite leading in the polls, Biden performance didn't stand out compared to the aggressive tactics of his peers and and skirted around the issue of his son's business deals and the Ukraine scandal.
He boasted that the others candidates didn’t measure up to his accomplishments in office, which led Warren to snub him saying she was 'deeply grateful to president Obama' for passing a measure she helped work on during his presidency.
Tom Steyer was also slammed as a loser of the night. It was his first time on the debate stage but he failed to shine against his outspoken rivals, but did challenge Trump saying: 'I would love to take him on as a real businessman'.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I thought Warren was a loser who did poorly in responding to the attacks against her. And Biden babbled on as usual. Kamala got stuck on reproductive rights, Corey Booker, who has no chance of getting the nomination, Mayor Pete and Amy Klobuchar were three of the better debaters, but all 12 were full of shit.
There was lots of applause but the lousiest comment got the biggest applause when Julian Castro said, “Police violence is also gun violence.”
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MODERATOR? ... NOT HARDLY!
by Bob Walsh
The only thing that I found interesting (but hardly surprising) was the fact that Anderson Cooper completely exonerated both Hunter Biden and Joe Biden from ANY criminality or impropriety in regards to Hunter's business dealings in the Ukraine and China. He also slandered Trump in the same "question," but that was also to be expected.
IS CREEPY JOE CIRCLING THE FINANCIAL DRAIN ?
by Bob Walsh
It was widely reported yesterday that the Biden campaign is now spending more money than they are taking in, which is NOT where you want to be at this stage of a serious campaign. About $1 million of those expenditures are for private jets for Creepy Joe as he is being flown hither and yon.
I am fully confident they are reduced emission private jet planes, kind of like low emission buses or cows that don't fart and belch.
It was widely reported yesterday that the Biden campaign is now spending more money than they are taking in, which is NOT where you want to be at this stage of a serious campaign. About $1 million of those expenditures are for private jets for Creepy Joe as he is being flown hither and yon.
I am fully confident they are reduced emission private jet planes, kind of like low emission buses or cows that don't fart and belch.
77806-112
by Bob Walsh
That is Felicity Huffman's prison I D number. She is now a denizen of F C I Dublin, CA. It is on the Forbes list of one of the ten cushiest federal prisons on the country. I have been there, it really is rather nice.
She will be sharing a four-bed cell. I suspect she isn't used to this, nor having other people watch (or at least potentially watching) while she is using the crapper. Prison is awkward if you are shy. I am sure her first prison strip search was probably more than a little demeaning for the 56-year old.
That being said two weeks of this won't kill her and will give her interesting material for her autobiography, plus some no doubt colorful new friends, or at least acquaintances.
EDITOR'S NOTE: But she's in one of the Club Feds where she won't be exposed to hardened criminals and tight security measures.
That is Felicity Huffman's prison I D number. She is now a denizen of F C I Dublin, CA. It is on the Forbes list of one of the ten cushiest federal prisons on the country. I have been there, it really is rather nice.
She will be sharing a four-bed cell. I suspect she isn't used to this, nor having other people watch (or at least potentially watching) while she is using the crapper. Prison is awkward if you are shy. I am sure her first prison strip search was probably more than a little demeaning for the 56-year old.
That being said two weeks of this won't kill her and will give her interesting material for her autobiography, plus some no doubt colorful new friends, or at least acquaintances.
EDITOR'S NOTE: But she's in one of the Club Feds where she won't be exposed to hardened criminals and tight security measures.
BRITISH PARENTS NIX WHITE HOUSE MEETING WITH THE KILLER OF THEIR SON
Harry Dunn's parents say Donald Trump asked them 'THREE times' to meet their son's 'killer' Anne Sacoolas in the White House to 'get some HEALING' - but they refused in hope she will face justice in UK
Daily Mail
October 16, 2019
Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn said the US President 'took their breath away' when he told them the woman who allegedly killed their son with her Volvo SUV outside an airbase in Britain was also in the White House.
Harry's mother told Gayle King on CBS in New York today: 'He [Donald Trump] offered his condolences, he seemed warm and he was welcoming but it didn't take long for him to drop into the conversation that Anne Sacoolas was in the building'. Mr Dunn added: 'It took your breath away when he mentioned it for the first time. He did ask two or three times. We said no, we didn't feel it was right and he said: "No she's here so let's get some healing" or something like that - but we stuck to our guns'.
Harry's parents believe they were 'ambushed' by the President who held Ms Charles' hand before revealing the American diplomat's wife was next door and ready to meet them. They then told the US President it was 'inappropriate' and they won't face Sacoolas until she returns to Britain and hands herself in to police telling him: 'If it was your son you'd be doing the same as us'.
Daily Mail
October 16, 2019
Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn said the US President 'took their breath away' when he told them the woman who allegedly killed their son with her Volvo SUV outside an airbase in Britain was also in the White House.
Harry's mother told Gayle King on CBS in New York today: 'He [Donald Trump] offered his condolences, he seemed warm and he was welcoming but it didn't take long for him to drop into the conversation that Anne Sacoolas was in the building'. Mr Dunn added: 'It took your breath away when he mentioned it for the first time. He did ask two or three times. We said no, we didn't feel it was right and he said: "No she's here so let's get some healing" or something like that - but we stuck to our guns'.
Harry's parents believe they were 'ambushed' by the President who held Ms Charles' hand before revealing the American diplomat's wife was next door and ready to meet them. They then told the US President it was 'inappropriate' and they won't face Sacoolas until she returns to Britain and hands herself in to police telling him: 'If it was your son you'd be doing the same as us'.
DEMOCRATIC CRAZIES ENDORSE CRAZY BERNIE
Omar, Tlaib, and Ocasio-Cortez Endorse Bernie Sanders for President
By Zachary Evans
National Review
October 16, 2019
Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) announced on Wednesday morning that she is endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) for president, and confirmed that Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) is also endorsing Sanders.
“Proud to endorse @SenSanders for President, glad that @AOC and @RashidaTlaib are on board too,” Omar posted on Twitter.
“Bernie is leading a working-class movement to defeat Donald Trump that transcends generation, ethnicity and geography,” she added in a longer statement. Sanders reciprocated, saying in his own statement that Omar is “a leader of strength and courage.”
The endorsements of Omar and Tlaib, along with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), gives Sanders the support of three out of four members of the “Squad.” Representative Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.), the fourth member, has not yet endorsed a candidate.
Ocasio-Cortez, whose decision to endorse Sanders was first reported by the Washington Post on Tuesday evening, will formally announce the endorsement at a campaign rally this Saturday in New York City.
Tuesday night’s Democratic-primary debate marked Sanders’s first campaign event since suffering a heart attack on the campaign trail. After undergoing surgery, Sanders returned to his home in Vermont to recover. Sanders insisted during the debate that he was ready for the campaign.
“We are going to be mounting a vigorous campaign all over this country,” he said, inviting viewers to attend his New York City rally this coming weekend.
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IGNORANT NUTTERS ARE BERNIE BROS
by Bob Walsh
Congressional Representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Talib and Alexandria Occasionally Correct have all decided to endorse Crazy Bernie is his run for President.
Personally I think that is a wonderful thing. FEEL THE BERN ladies.
By Zachary Evans
National Review
October 16, 2019
Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) announced on Wednesday morning that she is endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) for president, and confirmed that Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) is also endorsing Sanders.
“Proud to endorse @SenSanders for President, glad that @AOC and @RashidaTlaib are on board too,” Omar posted on Twitter.
“Bernie is leading a working-class movement to defeat Donald Trump that transcends generation, ethnicity and geography,” she added in a longer statement. Sanders reciprocated, saying in his own statement that Omar is “a leader of strength and courage.”
The endorsements of Omar and Tlaib, along with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), gives Sanders the support of three out of four members of the “Squad.” Representative Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.), the fourth member, has not yet endorsed a candidate.
Ocasio-Cortez, whose decision to endorse Sanders was first reported by the Washington Post on Tuesday evening, will formally announce the endorsement at a campaign rally this Saturday in New York City.
Tuesday night’s Democratic-primary debate marked Sanders’s first campaign event since suffering a heart attack on the campaign trail. After undergoing surgery, Sanders returned to his home in Vermont to recover. Sanders insisted during the debate that he was ready for the campaign.
“We are going to be mounting a vigorous campaign all over this country,” he said, inviting viewers to attend his New York City rally this coming weekend.
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IGNORANT NUTTERS ARE BERNIE BROS
by Bob Walsh
Congressional Representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Talib and Alexandria Occasionally Correct have all decided to endorse Crazy Bernie is his run for President.
Personally I think that is a wonderful thing. FEEL THE BERN ladies.
BOSTON MAN FLIPPED CHICAGO ROBBER OVER LIKE A HAMBUTGER
‘I don’t like bullies’: Rider from Boston disarms robber on Blue Line train
By Emmanuel Camarillo
Chicago Sun Times
October 15, 2019
Boston man Jean-Paul LaPierre, who caught a Blue Line train Sunday morning to the Chicago Marathon, said he didn’t hesitate to act when he heard someone was robbing people on the train.
“I don’t like people that strike fear in people like that,” he said. “I don’t like bullies.”
A man boarded the train about 5:50 a.m. and showed a handgun to passengers while demanding their money in the 5800 block of North Cumberland Avenue, Chicago police said.
“He was very quietly robbing people,” LaPierre said. “I went up front and said to him, give me the gun and we started fighting for the gun.”
With all of the adrenaline in his system, LaPierre said he wasn’t thinking about getting shot when he approached the armed robber. “Once I got a few feet from him I knew he wasn’t going to be able to react fast enough to shoot me.”
“I was going nuts,” he said. “When I see someone pull a gun it makes me angry, it makes me really, really angry.”
LaPierre said he managed to pry the gun away from the man and was holding onto it with his right hand while maintaining a firm grip on the robber with his left.
“The man in front of me said he could put the safety on, so I handed him the gun and he put the safety on and walked it out of the train,” LaPierre said. “At this point, I was alone on the train with this guy and I had no more weapon,” LaPierre said.
“I kept telling him if you move I’m going to knock you out. I’m going to hit you seven times in three seconds.”
After that, the man “calmed down and waited for the police,” LaPierre said.
Officers told the man to get on his stomach, but when he instead laid on his back, LaPierre ran to him and “flipped him over like a hamburger and then they cuffed him” LaPierre said.
Tremaine Anderson, 30, was arrested and charged with unauthorized use of a weapon, police said.
LaPierre, who said he was in town to run the marathon, said this isn’t the first time he’s stepped into the role of Good Samaritan. He said he helped rescue a boy from a vehicle crash in Boston a few years ago, and tracked down a missing python in Newton, Massachusetts.
“I’ve been involved in a lot of things,” LaPierre said. “I just seem to be at the right place at the right time, is what people tell me.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: But the cops did not get the gun because a ‘Slick Willie’ took off with it.
Anderson will probably go Scott-free because the cops have no gun and LaPierre will be returning to Boston. It would have been far better if LaPierre had hit him seven times in three seconds and beat the living shit out of him, then quickly beat feet before the cops arrived.
By Emmanuel Camarillo
Chicago Sun Times
October 15, 2019
Boston man Jean-Paul LaPierre, who caught a Blue Line train Sunday morning to the Chicago Marathon, said he didn’t hesitate to act when he heard someone was robbing people on the train.
“I don’t like people that strike fear in people like that,” he said. “I don’t like bullies.”
A man boarded the train about 5:50 a.m. and showed a handgun to passengers while demanding their money in the 5800 block of North Cumberland Avenue, Chicago police said.
“He was very quietly robbing people,” LaPierre said. “I went up front and said to him, give me the gun and we started fighting for the gun.”
With all of the adrenaline in his system, LaPierre said he wasn’t thinking about getting shot when he approached the armed robber. “Once I got a few feet from him I knew he wasn’t going to be able to react fast enough to shoot me.”
“I was going nuts,” he said. “When I see someone pull a gun it makes me angry, it makes me really, really angry.”
LaPierre said he managed to pry the gun away from the man and was holding onto it with his right hand while maintaining a firm grip on the robber with his left.
“The man in front of me said he could put the safety on, so I handed him the gun and he put the safety on and walked it out of the train,” LaPierre said. “At this point, I was alone on the train with this guy and I had no more weapon,” LaPierre said.
“I kept telling him if you move I’m going to knock you out. I’m going to hit you seven times in three seconds.”
After that, the man “calmed down and waited for the police,” LaPierre said.
Officers told the man to get on his stomach, but when he instead laid on his back, LaPierre ran to him and “flipped him over like a hamburger and then they cuffed him” LaPierre said.
Tremaine Anderson, 30, was arrested and charged with unauthorized use of a weapon, police said.
LaPierre, who said he was in town to run the marathon, said this isn’t the first time he’s stepped into the role of Good Samaritan. He said he helped rescue a boy from a vehicle crash in Boston a few years ago, and tracked down a missing python in Newton, Massachusetts.
“I’ve been involved in a lot of things,” LaPierre said. “I just seem to be at the right place at the right time, is what people tell me.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: But the cops did not get the gun because a ‘Slick Willie’ took off with it.
Anderson will probably go Scott-free because the cops have no gun and LaPierre will be returning to Boston. It would have been far better if LaPierre had hit him seven times in three seconds and beat the living shit out of him, then quickly beat feet before the cops arrived.
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