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February 26, 2014
This one agrees with that NYT piece you mentioned:
This is much like the one saw last night, which wasn't translated:
Anyway, she may or may not be the next president or PM or whatever they call it there. It seems partly right and partly wrong that she was put in prison by the man who beat her in an election. I just don't like anything about Svododa. Not saying she is part of that group either, but they give me the creeps. Really.
Thanks for your comment.
This is a better video than the one I saw last night:
This one agrees with that NYT piece you mentioned:
This is much like the one saw last night, which wasn't translated:
Anyway, she may or may not be the next president or PM or whatever they call it there. It seems partly right and partly wrong that she was put in prison by the man who beat her in an election. I just don't like anything about Svododa. Not saying she is part of that group either, but they give me the creeps. Really.
Thanks for your comment.
February 25, 2014
Clearly, Darth believed in the exact opposite meaning of that phrase than us humans did...
Most people go from the starting point that 'those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed,' is a bad thing for mankind to do. It's pretty clear Darth thinks that is an excellent outcome.
February 25, 2014
Dick Cheney rips Obama for defense cuts: “He would much rather spend the money on food stamps"
“Absolutely dangerous,” Cheney told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I, obviously, have not been a strong supporter of Barack Obama but this really is over the top. It does enormous long-term damage to our military.”
“They’re basically making the decision, the Obama administration, that they no longer want to be dominant on the seas and the skies and in space,” the former vice president added. “This notion that we no longer want to have a force that’s capable of any sustained occupation of a foreign territory, that’s a basic fundamental decision that drives — supposedly justifies this. But lots of times, you don’t get to make that choice. Circumstances will make that choice for you.”
Cheney said that his “old friends” in the Middle East had told him that they no longer trusted the United States to use military power when it was necessary.
“I think the whole thing is not driven by any change in world circumstances, it’s driven by budget considerations,” he insisted. “He would much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/25/dick-cheney-rips-obama-for-defense-cuts-spend-on-military-not-food-stamps/
to kpete!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024561725
OMG! The good news is that Darth Cheney is offended at Obama over this same thing!
Dick Cheney rips Obama for defense cuts: “He would much rather spend the money on food stamps"
“Absolutely dangerous,” Cheney told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I, obviously, have not been a strong supporter of Barack Obama but this really is over the top. It does enormous long-term damage to our military.”
“They’re basically making the decision, the Obama administration, that they no longer want to be dominant on the seas and the skies and in space,” the former vice president added. “This notion that we no longer want to have a force that’s capable of any sustained occupation of a foreign territory, that’s a basic fundamental decision that drives — supposedly justifies this. But lots of times, you don’t get to make that choice. Circumstances will make that choice for you.”
Cheney said that his “old friends” in the Middle East had told him that they no longer trusted the United States to use military power when it was necessary.
“I think the whole thing is not driven by any change in world circumstances, it’s driven by budget considerations,” he insisted. “He would much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/25/dick-cheney-rips-obama-for-defense-cuts-spend-on-military-not-food-stamps/
to kpete!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024561725
February 25, 2014
By Liberal Librarian
Well, we’ve certainly been treated to a meltdown in what passes for the Right in this country in the age of Obama.
The examples are legion. Obama’s election, a moment seen by many of us as a signal achievement, also brought out, well, the lunatics who saw their country falling away from them. From Joe “You Lie” Wilson to “Second Amendment solutions”, we’ve had almost six years of increasingly unhinged rhetoric, rhetoric which was once confined to the purview of Aryan Nations—or Ron Paul—newsletters.
Imagine, if you will, if Bruce Springsteen had called George W. Bush “a subhuman cowboy”. Even The Boss might not have been popular enough to withstand the torrent of opprobrium.
And yet, here we have belle of the right wing ball, Ted Nugent, calling President Obama a “subhuman mongrel,” with the man whom he was supporting, Republican candidate for governor of Texas Greg Abbott, not casting him aside with the morning’s recycling. Nugent “apologized”, not for the content of his remarks, but because it embarrassed his friend Abbott (who, again, showed no signs of being embarrassed).
It gets even better at the link. I don't know if TOD has a copyright restriction, so I'm keeping to 4 paragraphs. I suggest those who want more from Liberal Librarian (one of the best posters there) go to:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/02/25/of-subhuman-mongrels-and-keeping-away-the-gay/
It's near the top and may stay that way for most of today. After that, I always lose them.
I can't see the pictures, but I can read the text...
Of subhuman mongrels and keeping away the gayBy Liberal Librarian
Well, we’ve certainly been treated to a meltdown in what passes for the Right in this country in the age of Obama.
The examples are legion. Obama’s election, a moment seen by many of us as a signal achievement, also brought out, well, the lunatics who saw their country falling away from them. From Joe “You Lie” Wilson to “Second Amendment solutions”, we’ve had almost six years of increasingly unhinged rhetoric, rhetoric which was once confined to the purview of Aryan Nations—or Ron Paul—newsletters.
Imagine, if you will, if Bruce Springsteen had called George W. Bush “a subhuman cowboy”. Even The Boss might not have been popular enough to withstand the torrent of opprobrium.
And yet, here we have belle of the right wing ball, Ted Nugent, calling President Obama a “subhuman mongrel,” with the man whom he was supporting, Republican candidate for governor of Texas Greg Abbott, not casting him aside with the morning’s recycling. Nugent “apologized”, not for the content of his remarks, but because it embarrassed his friend Abbott (who, again, showed no signs of being embarrassed).
It gets even better at the link. I don't know if TOD has a copyright restriction, so I'm keeping to 4 paragraphs. I suggest those who want more from Liberal Librarian (one of the best posters there) go to:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/02/25/of-subhuman-mongrels-and-keeping-away-the-gay/
It's near the top and may stay that way for most of today. After that, I always lose them.
February 25, 2014
U.S. Senator John McCain, right, meets Ukrainian opposition leaders Arseniy Yatsenyuk, left, and Oleh Tyahnybok in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013.
photo and caption courtesy of Business Insider
Svoboda: The rise of Ukraine's ultra-nationalists
...Take Oleh Tyahnybok, the rather rugged leader of Svboda, which dominates the Western-most provinces of Ukraine. Western media has described him as one of the three most important opposition leaders and he's met foreign dignitaries like John McCain. He is also a potentially dangerous man. In one infamous speech in 2004, Tyahinybok lashed out at the "Moscow-Jewish mafia" and the "kikes". In 2005, he wrote an open letter to the President asking him to halt the "criminal activities" of "organised Jewry". It should be noted that he insists he is not anti-Semitic, simply "pro-Ukrainian" and that he has won prosecutions against him for ethnic hatred.
But Svboda has form. It is a member of the Alliance of European National Movements, along with France's National Front, the British National Party and Hungary's Jobbik. Its policies include taking farm land into national ownership and giving to people to hold on a "hereditry basis". No one who was not born in Ukraine can become a citizen; outsiders cannot adopt Ukrainian children. In 2005, one of the party's deputies founding the Joseph Goebbels Political Research Center. It was later renamed after a German conservative revolutionary. That particular deputy described the Holocaust as "a bright episode in European civilisation" which "strongly warms the hearts of the Palestinian population." The best defence against Jewish corruption is childbearing Ukrainians. Women carry the societal and racial morality … the 300 ovulations of every Ukrainian woman, as well as the 1,500 ejaculations of every Ukrainian man are the same national treasures as, say, energy resources or deposits of iron, coal or oil.
Some of Svboda supporters are people who believe that the German invasion of Ukraine in the 1940s was not an occupation but a liberation from "Jewish Bolshevism". Needless to say, they also don't like gay people.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100260665/ukraine-the-opposition-arent-all-angels-some-are-neo-nazis/
They sound worse than our own Tealiban! That's from the UK Telegraph, which I guess is a good source. There are links to follow in the article:
http://blogs.reuters.com/john-lloyd/2014/02/21/ukraines-important-next-move/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20824693
I'm not sure what is going on there, just still gatthering data without filtering it as much as possible to get a feel of it and sort out the facts separate from the confusion that emotions might arouse. I'm thinking of the people of this region, and not wanting a war to get going that is going to destabilize Europe and then keep going.
What do you think of that?
I read they also want a nuke. It all sounds damned scary to me.
John McCain met with the leaders of Svoboda:
U.S. Senator John McCain, right, meets Ukrainian opposition leaders Arseniy Yatsenyuk, left, and Oleh Tyahnybok in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013.
photo and caption courtesy of Business Insider
Svoboda: The rise of Ukraine's ultra-nationalists
...Take Oleh Tyahnybok, the rather rugged leader of Svboda, which dominates the Western-most provinces of Ukraine. Western media has described him as one of the three most important opposition leaders and he's met foreign dignitaries like John McCain. He is also a potentially dangerous man. In one infamous speech in 2004, Tyahinybok lashed out at the "Moscow-Jewish mafia" and the "kikes". In 2005, he wrote an open letter to the President asking him to halt the "criminal activities" of "organised Jewry". It should be noted that he insists he is not anti-Semitic, simply "pro-Ukrainian" and that he has won prosecutions against him for ethnic hatred.
But Svboda has form. It is a member of the Alliance of European National Movements, along with France's National Front, the British National Party and Hungary's Jobbik. Its policies include taking farm land into national ownership and giving to people to hold on a "hereditry basis". No one who was not born in Ukraine can become a citizen; outsiders cannot adopt Ukrainian children. In 2005, one of the party's deputies founding the Joseph Goebbels Political Research Center. It was later renamed after a German conservative revolutionary. That particular deputy described the Holocaust as "a bright episode in European civilisation" which "strongly warms the hearts of the Palestinian population." The best defence against Jewish corruption is childbearing Ukrainians. Women carry the societal and racial morality … the 300 ovulations of every Ukrainian woman, as well as the 1,500 ejaculations of every Ukrainian man are the same national treasures as, say, energy resources or deposits of iron, coal or oil.
Some of Svboda supporters are people who believe that the German invasion of Ukraine in the 1940s was not an occupation but a liberation from "Jewish Bolshevism". Needless to say, they also don't like gay people.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100260665/ukraine-the-opposition-arent-all-angels-some-are-neo-nazis/
They sound worse than our own Tealiban! That's from the UK Telegraph, which I guess is a good source. There are links to follow in the article:
http://blogs.reuters.com/john-lloyd/2014/02/21/ukraines-important-next-move/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20824693
I'm not sure what is going on there, just still gatthering data without filtering it as much as possible to get a feel of it and sort out the facts separate from the confusion that emotions might arouse. I'm thinking of the people of this region, and not wanting a war to get going that is going to destabilize Europe and then keep going.
What do you think of that?
I read they also want a nuke. It all sounds damned scary to me.
February 25, 2014
I'm always ready to mix neo-cons with neo-nazis and neo-feudalists like Rand. All the same to me.
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