Douglas Caddy Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 27 minutes ago, Douglas Caddy said: Yes, it is. Expect all of Trump's sycophants and 99% of the Republicans who defended and enabled Trump these last 6 years to start claiming they "weren't really" Trump supporters. Cowards all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 U.S. House overwhelmingly approves bill backing record military spending By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday paving the way for the defense budget to hit a record $858 billion next year, $45 billion more than proposed by President Joe Biden. ---30--- The VA budget is $314.1 billion. The "black budget" is an estimated $100 billion. Interest on federal debt is $580 billion. At 0.33, that is $191 billion. That is $1.46 trillion for national "defense." This year only. That is $4,404 seized from every man, woman and child resident of the US. Or $17,616 seized from a typical family of four. This year, and more next year, and more and more and more.... And rising every year. There is no expectation your children or future taxpayers will ever be free of this. This is not a topic in the M$M or neo-lib social media, it is never a topic. The figures seen here are never expressed to the American public. There is a one-party system when it comes to "defense" outlays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Nice, objective non-partisan review of the twitter situation The Breaking Points people do a good job.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Koch Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 34 minutes ago, Benjamin Cole said: Nice, objective non-partisan review of the twitter situation The Breaking Points people do a good job.... Bari Weiss made bulletin points on tonights release which is about censorship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Koch Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Matthew Koch said: I don't think Douglas would say that about Britney Griner.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11516861/WNBA-star-Brittney-Griner-RELEASED-Russia-1-1-prisoner-swap.html REVEALED: Saudi Crown Prince MBS led talks to help Biden free Brittney Griner in prisoner swap with 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout - that left Paul Whelan behind: WNBA star and arms dealer WALKED PAST each other on UAE airport tarmac WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from a Russian penal colony The Biden Administration struck a deal for a prisoner swap with the Kremlin The United States is returning arms dealer Viktor Bout back to Russia President Joe Biden said Griner was 'in good spirits' while on a plane home during remarks at the White House on Thursday morning American military veteran Paul Whelan remains in detention, which Biden noted GOP Rep. Mike Waltz accused White House of putting 'celebrities over veterans' Meanwhile in Clown World.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Niederhut Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Roger Stone Thanks Elon Musk for Reinstating His Twitter Account – Rolling Stone December 8, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 31 minutes ago, W. Niederhut said: Roger Stone Thanks Elon Musk for Reinstating His Twitter Account – Rolling Stone December 8, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Ron Bulman said: Note, Jones is pointing to the mole on Stones's back around one of the lower thoracic vertebrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Gallaway Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 On 12/7/2022 at 3:26 PM, Cliff Varnell said: Hello! You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Twitter And Hunter Biden’s Laptop https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/07/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-twitter-and-hunter-bidens-laptop/ As Jim Di would say when his assertions are being questioned and he's circling the wagons. Nice one, Cliff! heh heh heh It's absolutely no surprise to me nobody here who thinks Hunter Biden's laptop is a huge story was ever going to respond to this article from Cliff as they simply wouldn't have the patience to go into the detail and read this through. I would expect about the same level of response I just got from Ben about the value to us of his posting of a TV Guide like fluff review of Twitter's new up coming season in"Twitter comes of age!" heh heh But this by far the most comprehensive no BS distillation I've read here. Up to now, it's been nothing but a lot of youtube and twitter snippets and huge font headlines. I will say this about Taibbi, of all the 3 pro Putin writers Greenwald, Taibbi and Mate that Ben emulates. Taibbi was the only one to admit he made a mistake scoffing at the idea that Putin would invade Ukraine. Taibbi was at first talking about all the conditions that he had to agree to take on this job from Musk.Yet even though this is supposed to be about First Amendment freedom ( and I'll take others word that it's not legally about revenge porn!) Taibbi doesn't tell us what those conditions he had to agree to are and how much he's getting compensated for it. I personally don't see the need for Taibbi. They could just release the files to everyone but I'm smart enough to know I don't really know if that's smart. Both the Trump government and Biden campaign weighed in at the time. He won't say what Trump urged, though we can probably surmise that Biden or the DNC doesn't want October Surprise "genitalia pix"* of his son, but as any private citizen's have the right to flag twitter material. Both political parties are aware that public confidence in government depends on some sort of tit for tat accommodation that the last few weeks of a campaign don't degenerate into a big scandalous food fight! The bottom line:The Democrats didn't demand that twitter censor the NY Post! Taibbi: there's no evidence that I've seen of any government involvement in the laptop story. One thing that's dealt with is the Joe Rogan interview with Zuckerberg. It is worth posting here, but it's totally misinterpreted. Zuckerberg was never informed of any specific threat involving Biden or his son. Of course,up to right now the most suspicious allegation is the fact that Twitter's Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker originally worked in the FBI, and of course that doesn't look great. But somehow even though it's been a matter of public record, Musk apparently didn't know this until Sunday?, and he's one of the last employees to be fired. Baker was a witness at the Michael Sussman trial which was connected to the Alfa Bank case, but contrary to Jonathan Turley's allegation that he was protecting an old friend in Sussman, Baker's testimony was against Sussman, and asserted he lied and that supported John Durham case that ended up in Sussman's conviction! How could Turley get it so wrong!! Curiously after Turley tarnishes Baker in his article , he does backpedal and say there might be nothing to his charges on Baker!??? Just to give you some idea how the corporate world works. There are people coming from government to private businesses all the time, (like politicians turned lobbyists for example, or maybe more appropriately in this case, like public Prosecutors to private Defenders ). Given Baker's experience, you could argue that he is uniquely qualified to navigate around uncertainties and allegations of obstruction.Though I know right now, some people will never get over Jim Baker's connections, even if it doesn't go anywhere, but that allegation of obstruction has to be proven first! But I'd think no one who thinks this is a huge story will have the patience to read what I've written. Anyway, on with the show. * It took me awhile to get clarity, but slang "D"word "C word" and clinical "P" word is out, but "G" word is in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 18 minutes ago, Kirk Gallaway said: As Jim Di would say when his assertions are being questioned and he's circling the wagons. Nice one, Cliff! heh heh heh It's absolutely no surprise to me nobody here who thinks Hunter Biden's laptop is a huge story was ever going to respond to this article from Cliff as they simply wouldn't have the patience to go into the detail and read this through. I would expect about the same level of response I just got from Ben about the value to us of his posting of a TV Guide like fluff review of Twitter's new up coming season in"Twitter comes of age!" heh heh But this by far the most comprehensive no BS distillation I've read here. Up to now, it's been nothing but a lot of youtube and twitter snippets and huge font headlines. I will say this about Taibbi, of all the 3 pro Putin writers Greenwald, Taibbi and Mate that Ben emulates. Taibbi was the only one to admit he made a mistake scoffing at the idea that Putin would invade Ukraine. Taibbi was at first talking about all the conditions that he had to agree to take on this job from Musk.Yet even though this is supposed to be about First Amendment freedom ( and I'll take others word that it's not legally about revenge porn!) Taibbi doesn't tell us what those conditions he had to agree to are and how much he's getting compensated for it. I personally don't see the need for Taibbi. They could just release the files to everyone but I'm smart enough to know I don't really know if that's smart. Both the Trump government and Biden campaign weighed in at the time. He won't say what Trump urged, though we can probably surmise that Biden or the DNC doesn't want October Surprise "genitalia pix"* of his son, but as any private citizen's have the right to flag twitter material. Both political parties are aware that public confidence in government depends on some sort of tit for tat accommodation that the last few weeks of a campaign don't degenerate into a big scandalous food fight! The bottom line:The Democrats didn't demand that twitter censor the NY Post! Taibbi: there's no evidence that I've seen of any government involvement in the laptop story. One thing that's dealt with is the Joe Rogan interview with Zuckerberg. It is worth posting here, but it's totally misinterpreted. Zuckerberg was never informed of any specific threat involving Biden or his son. Of course,up to right now the most suspicious allegation is the fact that Twitter's Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker originally worked in the FBI, and of course that doesn't look great. But somehow even though it's been a matter of public record, Musk apparently didn't know this until Sunday?, and he's one of the last employees to be fired. Baker was a witness at the Michael Sussman trial which was connected to the Alfa Bank case, but contrary to Jonathan Turley's allegation that he was protecting an old friend in Sussman, Baker's testimony was against Sussman, and asserted he lied and that supported John Durham case that ended up in Sussman's conviction! How could Turley get it so wrong!! Curiously after Turley tarnishes Baker in his article , he does backpedal and say there might be nothing to his charges on Baker!??? Just to give you some idea how the corporate world works. There are people coming from government to private businesses all the time, (like politicians turned lobbyists for example, or maybe more appropriately in this case, like public Prosecutors to private Defenders ). Given Baker's experience, you could argue that he is uniquely qualified to navigate around uncertainties and allegations of obstruction.Though I know right now, some people will never get over Jim Baker's connections, even if it doesn't go anywhere, but that allegation of obstruction has to be proven first! But I'd think no one who thinks this is a huge story will have the patience to read what I've written. Anyway, on with the show. * It took me awhile to get clarity, but slang "D"word "C word" and clinical "P" word is out, but "G" word is in! All well and good. The Hunter Biden laptop story was suppressed, whether by government prodding or not. In fact, one could not private message (DM) another on twitter about the HB laptop story for a while. Let's see if Musk can do a better job. Maybe any set of algorithms can be defined as unfair. Dorsey may not have been clued into what was happening inside Twitter...Dorsey is also CEO of another public company, Square. Maybe he is spread too thin. Musk sure looks like he is spread too thin, but I only know what I read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (Senator) Sinema leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent-CNN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cotter Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 17 hours ago, Matthew Koch said: Ray McGovern is the guest That's a good conversation between Jimmy Dore and Ray McGovern. They're basically saying what any reasonably intelligent un-brainwashed ordinary person would say about the madness of EU and US politics and foreign policy. The fact that McGovern, a former CIA analyst, speaks highly of James Douglass's book, JFK and the Unspeakable, is a great endorsement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Allison Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Putin wantonly killing innocent Ukrainian children and civilians and people are butthurt that Ukraine's President is Person of the Year lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cotter Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Matt Allison said: Putin wantonly killing innocent Ukrainian children and civilians and people are butthurt that Ukraine's President is Person of the Year lol I doubt that they are as butthurt as the civilians being killed and injured by the ongoing shelling of the city of Donetsk by the Ukrainian army. Edited December 9, 2022 by John Cotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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