Saturday, January 30, 2016

THIS JUST IN! TOP SECRET AFTER ALL!

BULLY BOY PRESS &  CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL AID TABLE


IN A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S LEFT BITCH-BOIS BOB SOMERBY AND DAVID BROCK IN TEARS, IT TURNS OUT THERE'S NO MORE DENYING THAT CRANKY CLINTON'S E-MAILS CONTAINED STATE SECRETS.  THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS:


The State Department acknowledged for the first time Friday that “top secret” information has been found in emails that passed through the private email server Hillary Clinton used while leading the agency, elevating the issue in the presidential campaign three days before the hotly contested Iowa caucuses.


REACHED FOR COMMENT, CRANKY CLINTON INSISTED THAT THIS WAS PART OF "A VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY."

WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE STATE DEPT. BEING RIGHT WING, CRANKY SNARLED, "YOUR JOB IS TO JOT DOWN WHAT I SAY AND REPEAT IT -- NOT TO QUESTION ME! WHEN I'M PRESIDENT, ANYONE WHO QUESTIONS ME WILL BE SENT TO GITMO!"

FEARING THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE COME OFF TOO HARSH, CRANKY FOLLOWED THAT THREAT WITH A COY AND GIRLISH GIGGLE.




Turning to the US political scene, Academy Award winning actress Susan Sarandon is in the news.

She's supporting US Senator Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.





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    • Bernie's chief rival for the nomination appears to be War Monger Hillary Clinton.  Jessica Chasmar (WASHINGTON TIMES) reports:



    Ms. Sarandon said Mrs. Clinton lost her support after voting for the Iraq War in 2002 as a New York senator.
    “The biggest foreign decision that had to be made in terms of foreign policy was whether or not to go into Iraq and go into war, and she failed that test,” she told the Daily Mail.
    Mrs. Clinton went on to be secretary of state, “but what has she done that we’re bragging about? How has she led?” Ms. Sarandon asked.



    She didn't lead on equality.

    Until 2013, she was a foe of marriage equality.  Long after others in elected office -- including US Vice President Joe Biden -- had taken a leadership role arguing for equality, Hillary was still opposing equality.

    Susan noted Hillary's cowardice on the issue of equality.  Matthew Clark (SUN TIMES) notes:

    “It is one thing to be for gay rights and gay marriage once everybody else is for it,” Sarandon said. “That’s not difficult.”
    After her speech, Sarandon spoke with the Daily Mail, expounding on the idea that Clinton hasn’t been a leader in the LGBT rights movement, despite receiving an endorsement from the Human Rights Campaign.
    “There’s a number of issues where she has come around but she very clearly equivocated or was not there in the beginning.

    “She was not, and that’s a matter of record, and yes she has come around. But my point is, it’s great that she came around, but wouldn’t it be great to be a leader instead of a follower, especially if you’re going to hold the highest office in the land?”


    Let's close with Trina's "3 reasons we need to vote for Hillary Clinton"

    1) Overpopulation.

    The earth is small, the population is growing.

    A President Hillary Clinton would mean many, many wars and many, many, many deaths.

    Hillary is the cure.

    2) Lying will be accepted.

    Hillary will not just popularize lying, she'll make it socially acceptable.

    We'll no longer have to get on to our children for lying.

    If we do, they'll just tell us that they're acting "presidential."


    3) Equality is scary to some.

    Hillary will ensure that vast poverty continues in the United States -- if only to assist her Wall Street friends.


    Those are three reasons to vote for Hillary -- for some people.

    They are among the three reasons I will not vote for Hillary.



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    Thursday, January 28, 2016

    THIS IN! BECAUSE SHE HAD FAITH! FAITH! FAITH!

    BULLY BOY PRESS &  CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL AID TABLE



    AND SHE DID HAVE FAITH . . .

    IN THE BIG DAWG.

    HOW'S THAT WORK OUT FOR HER?

    FLOWERS, JONES, LEWINSKY . . .

    AND THOSE ARE JUST THE CONFIRMED NAMES.

    CRANKY CLINTON, THE CANDIDATE WHO WILL GET FOOLED . . .

    REPEATEDLY.





    Oh, how the whores lie.

    I don't just mean the Bully Boy Bush whores.

    But I do remember a woman practically wetting herself while he was speaking on television and basically declaring him god.  I thought those Bush zombies were the worst the United States would ever see.

    But they had nothing on the Cult of St. Barack.

    And today I just don't have the stomach for either of these camps and their never ending lies and endless squabbles as they insist the other one is responsible for what's wrong in Iraq.

    There's more than enough blame to go around.

    NEWSHOUNDS was always a partisan front pretending to be about ethics and issues. The last eight years have not been easy on them.

    Because War Criminal _____ has returned to the public eye in a desperate bid for sordid coin, NEWSHOUNDS is suddenly interested in Iraq.

    Or 'interested' in Iraq.

    They don't give a damn about Iraq.

    Partisan whores on either side never gave a damn about Iraq.


    NEWSHOUNDS slams the ridiculous Sean Hannity (he's as ridiculous as NEWSHOUNDS itself) for blaming Iraq's problems on Barack Obama:





    Whatever that job was supposed to be after more than eight years of war. 



    More than 8 years?

    They're ending the Iraq War in 2011.

    How nice for them.

    In the real world, of course, the Iraq War has not ended.


    In the real world, of course, Barack's drawdown (there was no withdrawal) was followed by publicly sending US troops into Iraq.

    A process that continues.



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    The Iraq War has not ended.


    The US positioned one portion of the Shi'ites in charge.  They remain in Iraq to prop up that government.

    That's the reality.


    More reality, things are getting worse.


    Today, Kristina Wong (THE HILL) reports:


    The U.S. is headed toward deeper military involvement in Iraq, Syria and Libya to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to President Obama's former national security adviser Tom Donilon.  
    "My own judgment is ... we're going to become more deeply involved in both Iraq and Syria going forward here to address the challenge," Donilon said at a Politico event Monday evening. 
    Donilon, who served as national security adviser between 2010 and 2013, said U.S. forces are "going to have to become deeply involved" in helping Iraqi security forces retake Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq.


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    Tuesday, January 26, 2016

    THIS JUST IN! SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS OFFERING A CHARM OFFENSIVE!

    BULLY BOY PRESS &  CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

    FADED CELEBRITY IN CHIEF BARRY O ONCE INFAMOUSLY TOLD CRANKY CLINTON "YOU'RE LIKABLE ENOUGH."

    APPARENTLY, HE WAS BEING OVERLY GENEROUS.

    IN IOWA LAST NIGHT, CRANKY CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE SCORN AND HATRED THAT'S ALWAYS LURKED AROUND EVERY CORNER.

    REACHED FOR COMMENT, CRANKY TOLD THESE REPORTERS, "BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASSES, BOYS.  I'M DONE BEING NICE.  FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, CRANKY PLAYS BY HER RULES.  YOU HEAR ME?  MY RULES!  IF MY CHARM OFFENSIVE DIDN'T WORK, I'M LETTING THE BEAST OUT!"


    FROM THE TCI WIRE:

    Nothing changes.

    And Barack Obama's 'strategy' is not working.

    Which is why he's calling for even more of the same: More US troops in Iraq.


    Former US Ambassador John Bolton Tweets:







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    • There are over 3,5000 US troops in Iraq.  The 3,500 figure does not cover the US Special Forces.



    And even more US troops are being considered for Iraq.

    The US Defense Dept noted over the weekend:


     The United States potentially will make recommendations to position U.S. troops with Iraqi security forces in northern Iraq to support the next phase of isolating the key city of Mosul, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
    Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., who met here with his French counterpart for talks focusing on the multinational effort against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, told reporters traveling with him that the U.S. troops would be placed where they can best support the Iraqi forces in the fight.
    "We're about winning. ... We want to have the Iraqis win," he said.

    The details are still being worked out, noted Dunford, who said he will make the recommendations to President Barack Obama based on what U.S. commanders and Iraqi security forces identify as the type of support the United States can provide in a plan to retake Mosul.



    Richard Sisk (MILITARY TIMES) reports:

    Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has again addressed the controversial issue of U.S. "boots on the ground" in Iraq and Syria, saying that more American troops would be deployed in an "enabling" role.
    "Boots on the ground? We have 3,500 boots on the ground" in Iraq and "we're looking for opportunities to do more," Carter told CNN's Fareed Zakaria in an interview last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
    Carter acknowledged there are about 50 U.S. Special Forces troops serving as advisers in Syria to local forces opposed to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in addition to the 3,500-3,600 American troops serving as trainers and advisors to the Iraqi Security Forces.



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    "THIS JUST IN! CRANKY SAYS SHE'S GOT GAME!"
    "She'll say anything"







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    Monday, January 25, 2016

    THIS JUST IN! CRANKY SAYS SHE'S GOT GAME!

    BULLY BOY PRESS &  CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL AID TABLE



    ASKED ABOUT THAT BY THESE REPORTERS, CRANKY INSISTED, "OH, YEAH, I GOT GAME.  I'M A BALLER.  ABSOLUTELY.  I AM WHATEVER THE KIDS NEED ME TO BE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO VOTE FOR ME."


    News?  Mustafa Habib (NIQASH) addresses news in Iraq:

    This kind of “news” is common on Iraqi social media. And it’s dangerous because for many Iraqis, social media websites, like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram to a lesser degree, have become a major source of political and security-related news. They do not trust mainstream media in Iraq, which is mostly considered to be partisan with much of it funded by political parties, religious bodies or other organizations pushing their own agenda. Many Iraqis say their most trusted source is word-of-mouth – relatives, friends, neighbours – so it makes sense that they would turn to social media, basically an expanded network of the latter, to get information they believe they can trust.



    The media is highly partisan in Iraq -- and elsewhere -- but on Iraq, if this is news to you, refer to Deborah Amos' paper "Confusion, Contradiction and Irony: The Iraqi Media in 2010" which documented the way so much of the media is controlled in Iraq.

    Mustafa Habib examines several stories that became popular on social media and influenced events in Iraq.

    We'll note one:

    Once a certain story gets picked up on Iraqi social media it is often rapidly disseminated further. The story about Sheikh Nimr’s execution was a prime example of this. It’s hard to know who posted the videos originally but it seems clear that the original user had an agenda.
    Under the guidance of advisors from open source verification experts at the investigative network, Bellingcat, a team of bloggers from the Iraqi Network for Social Media who are also the founders of a Facebook page called Fake Posts, as well as journalists from NIQASH, took a closer look at some of these falsified reports on social media.
    Using open source verification techniques like geolocation and reverse image search, the team quickly found that the first video, the one allegedly showing al-Nimr’s execution, had nothing to do with the Saudi cleric. The clip, watched by thousands of Iraqis, was actually the video of the execution of an Indonesian maid in Saudi Arabia and it was four years old.
    The other video that supposedly showed al-Nimr’s body being thrown out of a helicopter after his execution was also something else: It was a video showing a member of Saudi police force falling out of a helicopter, most likely to his death, in 2013.


    The original user had an agenda?

    True.

    But let's not confine coverage to Iraq.

    FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS and other ridiculous outlets -- front groups posing as news outlets -- certainly had an agenda as they suddenly discovered executions.

    As was noted on Arabic media, FPIF was silent when the Iraqi government was killing the LGBT community members, when the Interior Ministry went into schools calling for violence against LGBTs, but suddenly it was interested in fairness.

    It was noted that FPIF was silent when Sunni women and girls were wrongly imprisoned in Iraq and then beaten and/or raped in prison.

    It was silent as Iraqi forces terrorized and killed Sunnis.

    But FPIF and others were wetting their panties in public and beating themselves with chains over the execution of one Shi'ite cleric -- while ignoring the others executed in the same batch of executions.

    Let's never pretend that some elements of the Iraqi media are the only ones with an agenda.


    Tuesday, the United Nations issued a report on violence in Iraq. As we documented in that day's snapshot, many news outlets and 'news' outlets were pushing an agenda and not actually reporting.  As we pointed out:



    The Islamic State is a terrorist organization.
    Documenting their abuses should be easy and something anyone can do without any great ethical challenge.
    The United Nations report notes consistent patterns of abuse by the Iraqi government.
    That needs to be spotlighted, it needs to be front and center.
    You do not excuse away a government committing crimes against its own civilians.
    You do not act as though that's nothing or that it's a sidebar.
    It is the prime story.
    Again, the Islamic State is a terrorist organization.
    As such it commits crimes against people -- that's what makes it a terrorist organization.
    The Iraqi government is supposed to serve (and protect) all the Iraqi people.
    When it instead targets its own people, that is news.
    The failure to properly report this goes a long way towards the growing divide between Arabs and others.  Arabs watched from 2010 on forward as the Iraqi government openly targeted Sunnis.  They saw little to no objection to this persecution.
    The United Nations puts out a report that documents crimes by a terrorist organization (ISIS) and crimes against Sunnis by the Iraqi government and the western media again ignores the crimes of the Iraqi government or offers a brief sotto voice aside.
    This is not acceptable.
    It is silencing those suffering at the hands of the Iraqi government.
    It is saying that Arabs are disposable and crimes against them can be ignored.



    Friday, Aisha Maniar covered the report at TRUTHOUT:


    The assault on the Iraqi people comes from all sides: ISIS, the Iraqi government and its security forces and related militias, coalition airstrikes and armed gangs cashing in on the prevailing state of anarchy. The UN report concedes that "The violence suffered by civilians in Iraq remains staggering," but with more than half of the report dedicated to atrocities carried out by ISIS, the Iraqi government gets off lightly.
    A number of the human rights abuses ascribed to ISIS could equally be attributed to government security forces or related militias. For example, both ISIS and the government's popular mobilization units - mainly Shiite militias drafted into the fight against ISIS - have been open about their recruitment and use of child soldiers. In the latter case, not mentioned in the report, the use of child combatants could have serious implications for the United States, as these militias fall under the umbrella of an army that is trained and supported by the US. UNICEF expressed its concerns in June 2015, and called for "urgent measures" to be taken by the Iraqi government to protect children, including criminalizing the recruitment of children, and "the association of children with the Popular Mobilization Forces."

    The report states that "systematic and widespread violations and abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law" committed by ISIS could amount to "war crimes, crimes against humanity, and possibly genocide." Others, including Human Rights Watch, have suggested that Iraqi government-backed militias in the fight against ISIS may have also committed war crimes. Kurds too have been accused of potential war crimes. Indeed, all parties to the conflict have committed crimes against humanity against the Iraqi people, and there must be no impunity for any of them. A report focused on human rights and the protection of civilians should not be politically biased toward any party.


    Good for TRUTHOUT but let's not pretend that this is the dominant view the press is taking.  Even now, the UN reports is covered as 'agenda reporting' with outlets using it for war propaganda.




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