That's Hillary's problem, in a nutshell...

The vast majority of Americans (upwards of 70%) are demanding change..

Hillary is the candidate who is promising 4 more years of the same...

Michale

If he did, so what???

That just proves the islamic hatred towards gay people...

But I fail to understand the relevance in preventing further terrorist attacks...

Michale

Islam wants to KILL gay people..

Yet you support bringing MORE supporters of islam into this country...

Again... Non sequitor...

Michale

You are saying that the Orlando scumbag CHOOSE the gay club specifically because it was gay..

Cite your factual and relevant evidence to support the claim..

He could have choose another target is NOT valid evidence..

Michale

And Democrat supporters are rabidly anti-successful American..

What's the difference???

Let me put it to you this way...

Hillary takes TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS from countries whose governments EXECUTE gay people...

Does that mean that Hillary is going to start executing gay people???

Of course not...

Donald Trump meets with people who are rabidly anti-gay...

Does that mean TRUMP is now going to be rabidly anti-gay??

Of course not..

You can't demonize Trump for meeting with people who are anti-gay, yet give Hillary a pass for taking TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS from people who EXECUTE gay people...

In the grand scheme of things, what Trump is doing is HEADS AND SHOULDERS less bad than what Hillary is doing..

Yet, you refuse to condemn Hillary at all and actually ACTIVELY SUPPORT Hillary...

Non sequitor...

Michale

Uprising in the Rust Belt
They used to be Democrats. Now they really could hand Donald Trump the White House.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/coal-country-democrats-donald-trump-2016-213988

Shurley, you jest... :D

Michale

"Donald Trump this past Tuesday met behind closed doors with 400 of America's Christian conservatives"

Once again Michale, you MISSED the point entirely!!! What was important was NOT that either Trump or Clinton met with supporters in private or not. What WAS important was how many of those supporters were rabidly anti-gay!

"He CHOSE an LGBT nightclub on purpose because it was LGBT.

Despite all the facts to the contrary..."

What facts to the contrary Michale??? You have NO Facts to the contrary, as has been repeatedly pointed out to you over and over again. Or did you forget my post about Paul Ryan said also??? Not to mention what both the shooter himself has said, as well as his own father and others who knew him. Sheesh!!!

THIS is ya'all's candidate??? :^/

Michale

AP: CLINTON CALENDAR HIDES 75 MEETINGS WITH DONORS...
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article85708367.html

You were saying???

"Transparency is for thee, but not for me."
-Hillary Clinton

Michale

Can we ALL agree that governments that execute gay people SOLELY because they are gay is bad...

Can we agree on that???

Michale

If Donald Trump's campaign has been bankrolled by governments that EXECUTE gay people, if a Donald Trump slush fund had been enriched to the tune of TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS by governments that EXECUTE gay people....

Ya'all would be screaming it from the highest rooftops...

But because it's HILLARY CLINTON we're talking about, it doesn't even rate a mention...

Why is that???

Because Party Loyalty is more important than innocent gay lives...

Michale

Despite all the facts to the contrary...

And Donald Trump won't????

Donald Trump DOESN'T have the blood of thousands of innocent gay people on his hands......

Hillary Clinton cannot make the same claim....

That's my point, yer not-so-artful dodge notwithstanding..

Michale

"The choice of targets is NOT relevant.."

It was COMPLETELY relevant! He CHOSE an LGBT nightclub on purpose because it was LGBT. If he wanted to make a big political splash in the terrorism world, why didn't he chose a much higher profile target like Disney??? The theme park might have security but any number of clubs, restaurants, etc, at Downtown Disney does not!

"Again, a not-so-artful dodge, so you don't have to explain why you support Hillary when she has the blood of THOUSANDS of gay people on her hands..."

And Donald Trump won't????

Donald Trump this past Tuesday met behind closed doors with 400 of America's Christian conservatives who have devoted their lives to Jesus Christ and their professional careers to demonizing LGBT people. Among those who follow the culture wars, the names are foundational. Every person invited has had an intentionally negative, often dangerous and extremely harmful impact on LGBT people and the LGBT community.

Among them, James Dobson, who founded both Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council. Tony Perkins, who turned Dobson's Family Research Council into a certified anti-gay hate group. Tim Wildmon, head of the anti-gay hate group American Family Association. Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America. Televangelist Pat Robertson, who blamed 9/11 on gay people. Ralph Reed, who headed Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, and now runs the Faith & Freedom Coalition. Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Family Leader president Bob Vander Plaats. American Values president Gary Bauer. Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

I was referring to the fact that upwards of 70% of Americans think this country is heading in the wrong direction..

But if you WANT to talk about gun control and background checks, background checks are already being done on gun owners..

Of course, you might be thinking of the Gun Show loophole.. That's a myth...

Because Trump only nailed down about 50% of his own party in the primaries, and polls indicate that his views have NO support among Democrats

Really???

Upwards of 30% of Democrats polled support Trump..
shoebat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/trump-poll.jpg

Unions are moving en masse to support Trump...
washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/17/donald-trumps-union-support-scares-democrats/

Me thinks your claim is more wishful thinking than anything else...

Michale

What, sleepy? In favor of better background checks? (that number is actually in the high eighties percentile, even among Republicans.)

Because Trump only nailed down about 50% of his own party in the primaries, and polls indicate that his views have NO support among Democrats, so this 70% percent number of which you speak - it has the lingering odor of Hereford excrement.

Well said...

As I am reading all the media reports, I am struck by one fact..

Immigration seemed to be the catalyst that started and fed the BREXIT crowd...

This mirrors the same mood here in the US towards illegal immigration...

A victory for the LEAVE crowd in the UK does not portend good things for the Democrats here in the US, since the mood of the LEAVE crowd is very similar to the mood of over 70% of Americans here in the US...

On a lighter note, Cameron really screwed the pooch on this one. It's so bad that, in the future, an act of political self-immolation by referendum could be called "a Cameron".

heh :D

Michale

Finally, the Long War in the middle east and the long lines of refugees coming out of that war and into the West, combined with the effort to combat the the now-constant threat of terroristic harrassment by home-grown and imported extremists (otherwise known as whack-a-mole), is taking a toll on the golden age of pan-Europeanism. It seems that nativism and nationalism are popping up everywhere in Europe except for Germany, and maybe I'm not looking hard enough for it there.

Not entirely coincidentally, there is more than a little nationalism and nativism in Trump's appeals to his voters.

So anyone who thinks that Hillary is going to cruise to victory this fall ought to look very, very hard at Brexit and note how much those vote percentages mirror recent polls in the US election.

On a lighter note, Cameron really screwed the pooch on this one. It's so bad that, in the future, an act of political self-immolation by referendum could be called "a Cameron".

Leave dismissed warnings from economists and international bodies about the economic impact of Brexit as "scaremongering" by a self-serving elite.

Troo dat...

Michale

BREXIT!!!! :D

What IS it about Obama that, whenever he goes to the mat for something, it always goes the OPPOSITE!?? :D

Michale

I don't think that's the "common ground" that you were looking for....

Michale

The cop was not ready to patrol the streets of New York...

But a crime???

No, no crime here...

Michale

A tragic error from a rookie cop...

But no malice aforethought, no intent to do anything but be a good cop and protect and serve...

The results.... Justice served...

Michale

You seem to be my go-to guy :D for issues such as those raised in #233... What can I say.. I am a sucker for common ground.. :D

Your thoughts???

Michale

And ANOTHER cop whose ONLY 'crime' is doing their duty is exonerated...

How many of these politically correct kangaroo trials are we going to have to endure before Democrats get it thru their heads that cops doing their duty is NOT racist...

Michale

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Michale

Hillary is toast...

Michale

Yep... Democrat Candidate Hillary Clinton...

How ya'all support her is beyond me...

Michale

It wasn't a mass shooting, ya fraking moron!!!!

It was a terrorist attack!!!!

I can just picture these utter morons on the afternoon of Dec 7th 1941...

"AFTER the worst airplane catastrophe in US history, it's time for the Speaker to bring this transportation legislation to the floor!!!"
-Moronic Democrats

I said it before and I'll say it again..

ANYONE who thinks that Gun Control will prevent or help prevent terrorist attacks is an ignorant MORON who gives up ALL rights to speak intelligently on the subject...

Michale..

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-22/something-strange-emerges-when-looking-behind-brexit-bookie-odds

This is why I don't hold much faith in the betting markets when determining what will and will not happen..

Like polls, there are factors that can influence the outcomes that have nothing to do with the event in question..

Michale

No one here can make that same claim...

Myself included...

Michale

I get it..

You get SOME of what you support thru Hillary Clinton.. I understand that.. Better a half loaf then no loaf at all, right??

In other words, ideological loyalty trumps your support of gay people and the gay community..

I get that.. I really do...

But don't try to pass off that you "care" for gay people as some absolute virtue...

It's NOT absolute... It's variable depending on which way the political winds blow...

If you want to look at someone who IS absolute about their principles and their integrity, check out Glenn Greenwald...

He is wrong about practically everything he says, but NO ONE can ever doubt his integrity or that he stays true to his beliefs..

No one here can make that same claim...

Michale

I am not denying the gay nature of the attacks.. And I am certainly not trivalizing the deaths of almost 50 human beings..

I am saying that, as a TERRORIST attack, the fact that they were gay is NOT RELEVANT...

Why would you want to emphasis the gay aspect of the terrorist attack???

Why didn't you emphasize the CHRISTIAN nature of the San Bernardino attack..

It was a TERRORIST attack.. PERIOD..

The choice of targets is NOT relevant..

"At this point, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE!!!"
-Hillary Clinton

Because of what I just said above. It's not that their lives are more important, it is because of how some people, including you, are trying to spin the issue and characterize it, that makes it MORE important.

I am not trying to spin ANYTHING.. It's ya'all who are doing the spin... As if this is MORE than a terrorist attack because gay people were the target..

It's also a not-so-artful dodge so you don't have to explain why the gay people being EXECUTED by islam governments is less important...

We do care,

Despite ALL the facts to the contrary..

If you cared, you wouldn't support Hillary Clinton...

but the issue was domestic policy, not foreign policy.

And that matters to the dead gay people... how exactly???

Why single out Hillary Clinton only, when it has been a bipartisan official U.S. government position for many decades???

Because all those past government positions are not running for President in the here and now...

Again, a not-so-artful dodge, so you don't have to explain why you support Hillary when she has the blood of THOUSANDS of gay people on her hands...

Michale

"In as few words as possible, give me ONE good reason why Trump can't be POTUS??"

Because he will never get or be able to assemble, a winning electoral college vote majority combination, in any way shape or form, and it is impossible for him to do, in a free and fair election with a majority of the popular vote.

Truer words were never spoken....

Michale

"But when a terrorist strikes a GAY club, ALL OF THE SUDDEN, IT'S ALL ABOUT GAY PEOPLE!!!"

Once again, you miss the POINT entirely! It's not ALL about gay people. It's about certain DOMESTIC politicians and commentators, YOURSELF included, going to great lengths to completely deny the anti-gay nature of the attack, and by doing so, totally disrespecting those who were killed and injured by trivializing a defining aspect of their lives and identities as worthwhile human beings.

"Why are THOSE gay lives more important than the HUNDREDS of gay people that have been executed by Hillary's BFFs??"

Because of what I just said above. It's not that their lives are more important, it is because of how some people, including you, are trying to spin the issue and characterize it, that makes it MORE important.

"What does it matter if the Orlando scumbag targeted the club BECAUSE it was a gay club???""But does it REALLY matter??? What difference will it make???"

Again, because of what I just said above.

"Why doesn't the Left Wingery care when Hillary takes TENS OF MILLIONS from countries that EXECUTES gay people???"

Because, what should or should not be OFFICIAL American conduct and policy regarding INTERNATIONAL affairs and other nations is a totally SEPARATE discussion for another time and place.

"Prove it..
There are no facts to support that..""And as I have pointed out, there is absolutely NO factual relevant evidence to indicate that this scumbag targeted the Pulse BECAUSE it was a gay club.."

O.K. If you wont' believe me, maybe you WILL believe Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who said the following, and I QUOTE: "We know the shooter was a radical Islamist extremist inspired by ISIS. We also know he intentionally targeted the LGBT community. The administration should release the full, unredacted transcript, so the public is clear-eyed about who did this, and why."

"You owe the entire LGBT community an apology.

*I DO*???"

YES, YOU STILL DO

"Why doesn't the Left Wingery care when Hillary takes TENS OF MILLIONS from countries that EXECUTES gay people???"

We do care, but the issue was domestic policy, not foreign policy. And if you are going to condemn Hillary Clinton for supporting the type of relationship we have with nations like Saudi Arabia regarding their policies toward gays, then why aren't YOU Michael, also condemning all past Presidents and candidates from both parties, who have supported the same type of relationship with Saudi Arabia??? That would include; McCain, Romney, and both Bushes, as well as Hillary and Bill Clinton and Obama. Why single out Hillary Clinton only, when it has been a bipartisan official U.S. government position for many decades???

Voters trust Trump more than Hillary to keep Americans safe...

Michale

Hillary doesn't stand a chance...

The vast majority of Americans... Republicans, Independents/NPAs and Democrats all agree with Trump about Hillary...

Michale

He said ALLAH... Allah is not "arabic" for god..

Allah is allah..

The mere fact that the DOJ had to backtrack and issue the ACTUAL transcript rather than the redacted/altered one PROVES that I am not being "melodramatic" about it..

You yourself said how ridiculous it was for Obama to try such a stunt...

Michale

Directly from the transcript:

"In the name of God the Merciful, the beneficent [said in Arabic]"

You see, the FBI didn't replace Allah with God. Rather, the FBI translated that entire phrase from Arabic into English.

And, contrary to the source you cited, the Islamic State does indeed appear in the transcript, more than once.

The transcript of the 911 call did not 'replace' or 'alter' what Mateen said. It TRANSLATED what he said in Arabic to English and it indicated "said in Arabic".

I think you are making too much of this. Having sais that, I think the released transcript should have read exactly like he said it - in English and Arabic.

But, any serious thinking person would not read this transcript as being any less 'Islamic' than it actually is.

Your original posts made it sound like the FBI was completely changing the transcript. Next time, don't be so melodramatic about it - especially when you could have made your point more seriously by questioning why the FBI would wish to translate into English what Mateen said in Arabic.

When Omar Mateen called 911 during his shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, the man pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) and repeated the common Islamic phrase "Allah the merciful," but those phrases did not appear in the transcript of the call published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday morning. On Sunday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the head of the Justice Department, explicitly said the FBI, which is under her jurisdiction, would doctor the text of the transcripts to remove the Islamic State. But more telling is what she did not say -- not only were the mentions of ISIS taken out, but the word "Allah" was altered to read "God" instead.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/80eda062-21c5-39a1-a5c9-a96425049bd2/ss_fbi-changes-'allah'-to-'god'.html?nhp=1

You can deny the facts all you want, Liz..

But it won't make the facts any less factual...

The DOJ altered the transcripts to make the scumbag shooter less islamic..

Just like NBC altered the audio in the Sanford shooting to make Zimmerman a racist..

Apparently, it's a Left Wingery thing....

"Just the fax, ma'am.. Just the fax.."
-John McClane, DIE HARD III, Die Harder

:D

Michale

Yes, it was, Liz...

Even doing the redacting is bad enough. ESPECIALLY for the reasons given..

But there were many instances where the DOJ changed 'allah' to 'god'...

This is fact. And the fact that you are reacting like you are proves it's a VERY serious issue..

Michale

I am talking about the Obama Administration via the DOJ, releasing an altered transcript of the Orlanda scumbag's calls.. A redacted transcript that replaced islamic jargon with christian jargon..

You simply cannot be allowed to get away with that sort of very recent revisionist history.

Even the source you cite from USAToday did not claim what you claim. The transcript was redacted to omit certain words and phrases. The transcript was not altered to replace anything with anything else. WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THIS MISINFORMATION FROM AND WHY DO YOU PERSIST IN REGURGITATING HERE, OF ALL PLACES!!!

I cannot take this seriously because it is decidedly NON-SERIOUS!!!

On a completely unrelated note..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYNLM47cnt0

You've seen this???

Michale

Another example of why the VAST majority of Americans are sick and tired of Political Correctness...

Another Trump voter is born...

Michale

It's what happened..

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/06/20/many-outraged-reference-isil-omitted-orlando-911-transcript/86139678/

Michale

I can't say that I've noticed anything of the kind.

Really?? Tony Stark announces he is Iron Man at the end of the first Iron Man...

Daredevil is telling people left and right who he really is...

Steve Rogers is outted blatantly as Captain America...

Peter Parker is exposed in Spiderman III...

I just remember when I was a kid watching these shows that people had to DIE to protect the secret identities..

It's not a big deal.. I just thought it noteworthy.. :D

Michale

It's what happened...

Michale

I can't say that I've noticed anything of the kind.

You expect me to take that seriously?

What do you think of comment #191??

Michale

I am talking about the Obama Administration via the DOJ, releasing an altered transcript of the Orlanda scumbag's calls.. A redacted transcript that replaced islamic jargon with christian jargon..

Once the Obama administration was caught at this, the White House bypassed the DOJ and had the FBI release the full unredacted and unaltered transcript..

What are YOU talking about???

Michale

Michale

He is trying to hide the terrorist islam connection... He is trying to divorce islam from terrorism...

Now, why is Obama trying to hide or mitigate this connection???

THAT is the $64,000 question...

Michale

He is trying to hide the terrorist islam connection... He is trying to divorce islam from terrorism...

Why don't you just come right out with what you think Obama is hiding?

OK... :D

If 95% of religion-based terrorists are of one religion and 5% of terrorists encompass all other religions...

Where is the logical place to put the enforcement and prevention assets???

Put another way... If we lived in Ireland during The Troubles, would it be logical for enforcement and prevent assets to concentrate on muslims??? Of course not...

As I have said time and time again... If you have a murder suspect who is chinese, you don't send your assets to Harlem...

Michale

You are getting closer to having a good discussion but still a long ways off with insinuations like that.

Why don't you just come right out with what you think Obama is hiding?

Exactly!!

Obama is so fired up to protect islam, he is making stoopid and bone head mistakes that just EMPHASIS what Obama is trying to hide...

It's ridonkulus!!

Michale

And replace them with what? That's just as ridiculous as the silly redactions which leave the administration open to a heap of criticism, unnecessarily.

Yea, that's the hysterical spin..

The FACTS though, are quite different..

All the ruling says is that if LEOs make an honest mistake, the evidence resulting from that honest mistake is still valid...

In this case, it took a scumbag meth-head off the streets..

I fail to see any problem...

Read a book called OUTRAGE.... That puts it all in perspective..

Michale

Do you want to discuss and debate the wisdom of the Obama administration trying to scrub all islamic references from the Orlando scumbag's words and replace them with christian references??

I think we might be able to find some common ground there...

Michale

Trump survived an assassination attempt!!! Just like Hitler!!!!

THAT'S conclusive proof!!!!!

{/sarc}

I apologize (blue moon!!!) if it appears I don't take ya'all's Trump/Hitler comparisons seriously..

The fact is.. I don't...

And if ya'all could actually LOOK at the Trump/Hitler crap seriously and objectively.... Ya'all would be appalled and embarrassed by how low ya'all have sunk...

Michale

Has anyone noticed that superhero "secret identities" are being pushed to the wayside??

Everyone knows that Tony Stark is Iron Man.. Everyone knows that Steve Rogers is Captain America... Everyone knows that his highness, King T'Challa of Wakanda is Black Panther.... Everyone knows that Peter Parker is Spiderman...

I wonder if there is a psychological explanation why this has gone in that direction..

Anyone??? Anyone???

Michale

Trump not only shot himself in the foot when he insulted Judge Curiel,

The fact that Trump merely stated EXACTLY what Sotomayer herself had stated is completely lost on you...

That's what's so... unique.. about those enslaved by ideology...

Ya'all hysterical rant and scream when someone on the Right says something and you totally miss the fact that it's EXACTLY what someone on the Left has said that YOU support!!! :D

It's a hoot..

"No, you know what?? It IS funny.. It's a hoot that you don't get why we need this."
-Tony Stark, AVENGERS, AGE OF ULTRON

:D

Michale

Regarding the scumbag Democrat that tried to assassinate Trump...

I condemn his actions. Period. Hopefully, he gets the book thrown at him and spends time in jail.

You notice how no one else (N.E.N.) condemns his actions??

I think that is very telling...

Imagine the outcry is some Right Wing scumbag had tried to grab a cops gun to kill Hillary???

The Hysterical rants around here would be long and as far as the eye could see...

Michale

Meanwhile, Hillary's campaign has won assurances that he will not be invited to spread 'lies' on any of the nation's broadcast networks.
http://drudgereport.com/flashss1.htm

Hillary is toast.. We're going to hear ALL about what Hillary is REALLY like...

Michale

Ahhhh.. OK.. My apologies..

And ANOTHER Blue Moon hits Weigantia..

That's what's so great about Weigantia.. We get the most awesomest phenoms!! :D

Michale

Not true.

IS true...

The RP can REQUEST FBI assistance... But the local agency still retains jurisdiction and the FBI is simply sub-contracted for forensics, etc etc etc..

Get your facts straight, FOS...

"Don't cross brains with Spock. He'll cut you to pieces every time."
-Ensign Sulu

:D

Michale

This is the source. I can see why Michale intentionally did not attribute it. It's an interesting read on how racism pushes someone like this shooter into the path he took and how Trump is wrong about American Muslims. The Hillary part is a minor detail and not the subject of the piece.

So???

What does that matter??

Jeezus, FOS, you are REALLY reaching...

The Orlando scumbag liked Hillary..

This is fact...

If the scumbag liked Trump, ya'all would be screaming it to the high heavens..

Michale

You can't be saying that the FBI cannot investigate cases unless they are terrorist related, are you!?

The FBI has a very specific charter and the rules are explicit as to what they can and cannot investigate...

If this wasn't an act of terrorism, then the FBI has absolutely no jurisdiction..

I'm talking about the FBI investigation into Omar Mateen years ago ... not the Pulse massacre.

Ahhhh.. OK.. My apologies..

Michale

Maybe it's the complete boondoggle of the horrible redesign over at HP, but your column was nowhere to be found over there.

Did they redesign you off the home page and politics section?

Was it the bit on BDS?

A

Yeah, well, every time I checked in the comments still weren't working.

It wasn't laziness... until the weekend that is.

I'll post to this thread to make it easy on ya.
A

Take your time, Al. :)

Indeed!

Flattened is the new liberated, Middle-Eastern style.

Sorry to laugh at you again, but Bernie said he was going to take it to the convention and, unlike the pols you are used to writing about, he is doing what he said he'd do.
Very nice of you to allow him an extra week as if that was some sort of an agreed upon deadline though.

BTW, what's the latest on those truckloads of provisional ballots in CA?
Are they even bothering to count them?

The "spoiler" language is absurd though.
Bernie isn't running a third party campaign, and waiting to endorse until the convention does not a "spoiler" make.

As for the "viable" argument, for someone who cranks out a column on Obama's job approval numbers monthly, I would think some discussion of the current presidential candidate's numbers would be in order.
Last I saw, Trump's approval number was down to 29, and Hillary's was a lofty 42.

In other words, a further drop in their approval numbers of a combined 6 points (and both are trending down) would amazingly make a third party candidate viable... as in able to win a plurality of the votes in November.

Obviously, voters would have to coalesce around a single third party candidate, which is unlikely, but it's not within the realm of the impossible when so many look at Hillary and Donald and decide "none of the above" is the correct choice.

Moving on, noting the "lighting fashion" of the intro, I saw a headline about Debbie W-S being replaced as the CEO of your party for a new corporatist chosen by Hillary... I couldn't be bothered to read the actual article, but unless the headline was mistaken, I would have thought that would merit some sort of mention.
Maybe it happened after you posted your column? I thought I saw it Thursday though.

Moving further on, funny that you mentioned Bush's inability to get a status of forces agreement with the Iraqi's and Bremer's decisions... but STARTING AN ILLEGAL WAR in Iraq is where the blame really belongs.

No war, no IS.

The illegal regime change effort in Syria where we are giving free guns to the gang who attacked us on 9/11 deserves an honorable mention of course.

And, Hillary was a gung ho supporter of both efforts.

So, back in the binary world of the two party system catering to our oligarchs, Trump trumps morality and legality and wisdom as considerations for making a choice in November... principles out the window.

No thank you.

And, before the SCOTUS argument gets whipped out again, I hope you noted the 5-3 ruling that allows illegal searches that came in today...
... yup... one of them "liberal" Supremes was the deciding vote.
Corporatist, Constitution trashing, NSA and FBI enabling, Wall Street coddling "liberal" justices just do not motivate me enough to vote against Trump.

As for Obama's speech about the "success" we are having in Iraq, I have to take issue with the repeated use of the word "liberated" in his description of the cities reclaimed from IS.

I saw some pictures, and I think the word "flattened" is more fitting. Gutted, destroyed, ruined... all would be better than "liberated".

I'm sure those freed Iraqis are going to be thanking us for generations (yes, sarcasm).

Thanks again Hillary!

A

PS- I was in the middle of replying to some comments to last Friday's column when the comments crashed.
Haven't had a chance to go back yet... my apologies to all... not that you'll like what I have to say.

If I were Hillary's campaign manager, I'd have two or three hugely insulting "revelations" about Trump ready for the FBI report release. Casino failures, how much the British hate him and his Golf courses, how his business empire is collapsing because of his campaign, some tasty ex-girlfriend that said he 'wasn't able to ... you know ... consummate the relationship', etc. Goad him into taking another bullet for Hillary because he starts firing off Tweets in the wrong direction.

Trump fires Lewandowski. This may have some significance. But only, as the Economist puts it:

"... if his former boss has finally been convinced by some brave soul or souls that the single person most likely to prevent the inauguration of President Donald Trump next January is Donald J. Trump, the ill-disciplined, thin-skinned narcissist-candidate." (Remember, this is The Economist for pete's sake.)

Trump fires Lewandowski. This may have some significance. But only, as the Economist puts it:

"... if his former boss has finally been convinced by some brave soul or souls that the single person most likely to prevent the inauguration of President Donald Trump next January is Donald J. Trump, the ill-disciplined, thin-skinned narcissist-candidate." (Remember, this is The Economist for pete's sake.)

Let's hope not. It is a lot of fun watching the more respectable elements of the Republican Party squirm as Trump shoots himself in the foot again and again.

Trump not only shot himself in the foot when he insulted Judge Curiel, he simultaneously threw himself in front of the bullet that was the email report from the IG about Hillary's emails. This level of political stupidity really is unique in my experience, and is a joy to watch.

If I were Hillary's campaign manager, I'd have two or three hugely insulting "revelations" about Trump ready for the FBI report release. Casino failures, how much the British hate him and his Golf courses, how his business empire is collapsing because of his campaign, some tasty ex-girlfriend that said he 'wasn't able to ... you know ... consummate the relationship', etc. Goad him into taking another bullet for Hillary because he starts firing off Tweets in the wrong direction.

This is the source. I can see why Michale intentionally did not attribute it. It's an interesting read on how racism pushes someone like this shooter into the path he took and how Trump is wrong about American Muslims. The Hillary part is a minor detail and not the subject of the piece.

Not true.

Ahhh yes... The peacefulness of the Left Wingery, in all it's glory.... :D
Ya'all simply CANNOT deny the facts, people...

But you can leave them out? Any reason you chose to leave out that this guy was a British citizen who had been in the US for a a year and a half?

No, no, no - that's not what I'm talking about. The FBI is not in the business of investigating JUST terrorism cases and related individuals.

You can't be saying that the FBI cannot investigate cases unless they are terrorist related, are you!?

Doesn't matter, ya'all say??

Not indicative of anything, ya'all say??

Yea???

What would ya'all say if the Orlando Scumbag was a Trump supporter..

No one has to answer.. It's obvious what ya'all would say....

Ni ni... :D

Michale

Ya'all just CAN'T catch a break, can ya'all!! :D

Michale

As a convicted felon, he will already be precluded from purchasing a weapon...

It's already law..

No new WOULDN'T IT BE NICE law required...

I condemn his actions. Period. Hopefully, he gets the book thrown at him and spends time in jail.

It just would be nice if these actions can be condemned by Weigantians WITHOUT any prompting or cajoling..

Like ya'all condemn every thing from the RIGHT Wingery without any prompting or cajoling???

You see where I am coming from???

Michale

My mistake.. Again... And.. My apologies.. :D

We got blue moons all over the place!! :D

Michale

Yes, my mistake..

My sincerest apologies..

WOW, look at that.. ANOTHER Blue Moon!! :D

Michale

https://guccifer2.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/memo-for-fundraising-staff.pdf

Yea... Democrats HATE Citizens United, eh?? :^/

Hypocrisy, thy name is Democrat...

Michale

EXACTLY!!!

And it was Obama's tone deafness!!!

I am glad we can agree...

Michale

When did the FBI start focusing on terrorism to the exclusion of everything else, some of which may be even more potentially destructive?

Because if it WASN'T terrorism, then the FBI has absolutely NO jurisdiction...

It would be either a county SO matter or an OPD matter, depending on what jurisdiction the PULSE is in...

Michale

Seriously...

This is just MORONIC...

Michale

Releasing incomplete information is a classic case of tone deafness, to put it mildly.

Just for the record, the first paragraph is what Michale said and should have been put in italics ...

Now, now.

heh :D

Michale