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FlatBaroque
FlatBaroque's Journal
FlatBaroque's Journal
October 24, 2015
Remember, when the Empire speaks, the truth is the opposite of what is said
The Empire says, "Bernie is unelectable".
October 13, 2015
We have allowed our police department to get fetal and it is having a direct consequence, Emanuel told U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. They have pulled back from the ability to interdict . . . they dont want to be a news story themselves, they dont want their career ended early, and its having an impact.
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In Appalling Statement, Chicago Mayor Blames City's Soaring Murder Toll on Police Not Being Aggressi
In Appalling Statement, Chicago Mayor Blames City's Soaring Murder Toll on Police Not Being Aggressive EnoughWe have allowed our police department to get fetal and it is having a direct consequence, Emanuel told U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. They have pulled back from the ability to interdict . . . they dont want to be a news story themselves, they dont want their career ended early, and its having an impact.


October 13, 2015

https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/653711215374561280
Looking for Bernie's statement...
Incredible @HillaryClinton statement forgets Palestinians even exist

https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/653711215374561280
Looking for Bernie's statement...
October 7, 2015
Why is U.S. Refusing an Independent Investigation if it's So Clear its Hospital Airstrike was an "Ac
Why is U.S. Refusing an Independent Investigation if it's So Clear its Hospital Airstrike was an "Accident"? (The Intercept)...Liu emphasized that the need for an independent, impartial investigation is now particularly compelling given what she called the inconsistency in the U.S. and Afghan accounts of what happened over the recent days. On Monday, we documented the multiple conflicting accounts offered in the first three days by the U.S. military and its media allies, but the story continued to change even further after that. As The Guardians headline yesterday noted, the U.S. admission that its own personnel called in the airstrike not Afghan forces as it claimed the day before meant that US alters story for fourth time in four days. All of this led Liu to state the obvious today: We cannot rely on internal military investigations by the U.S., NATO and Afghan forces....
Many Americans, and especially a large percentage of the nations journalists, need no investigation to know that this was nothing more than a terrible, tragic mistake. They believe that Americans, and especially their military, are so inherently good and noble and well-intentioned that none would ever knowingly damage a hospital. John McCain expressed this common American view and the primary excuse now accompanying it stuff happens on NPR this morning:

Many Americans, and especially a large percentage of the nations journalists, need no investigation to know that this was nothing more than a terrible, tragic mistake. They believe that Americans, and especially their military, are so inherently good and noble and well-intentioned that none would ever knowingly damage a hospital. John McCain expressed this common American view and the primary excuse now accompanying it stuff happens on NPR this morning:

October 7, 2015
Prisoners in maximum-security jail undertaking college courses beat Ivy League students who had won a national title only months ago
Months after winning a national title, Harvards debate team has fallen to a group of New York prison inmates.
The showdown took place at the Eastern Correctional Facility in New York, a maximum-security prison where convicts can take courses taught by faculty from nearby Bard college, and where inmates have formed a popular debate club. Last month they invited the Ivy League undergraduates and this years national debate champions over for a friendly competition.
The Harvard debate team was crowned world champions in 2014. But the inmates are building a reputation of their own. In the two years since they started a debate club, the prisoners have beaten teams from the US military academy at West Point and the University of Vermont. The competition with West Point, which is now an annual affair, has grown into a rivalry.
At Bard, those who helped teach the inmates were not particularly surprised by their success.
Harvard's prestigious debate team loses to New York prison inmates
Harvard's prestigious debate team loses to New York prison inmatesPrisoners in maximum-security jail undertaking college courses beat Ivy League students who had won a national title only months ago
Months after winning a national title, Harvards debate team has fallen to a group of New York prison inmates.
The showdown took place at the Eastern Correctional Facility in New York, a maximum-security prison where convicts can take courses taught by faculty from nearby Bard college, and where inmates have formed a popular debate club. Last month they invited the Ivy League undergraduates and this years national debate champions over for a friendly competition.
The Harvard debate team was crowned world champions in 2014. But the inmates are building a reputation of their own. In the two years since they started a debate club, the prisoners have beaten teams from the US military academy at West Point and the University of Vermont. The competition with West Point, which is now an annual affair, has grown into a rivalry.
At Bard, those who helped teach the inmates were not particularly surprised by their success.
October 6, 2015
Epic White House Twitter FAIL on TPP
White House tries to promote TPP on Twitter, fails in EPIC fashion. I have not found one positive reply to their tweet. This thing is HATED.
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/651050606094749696
October 3, 2015
The Largest US Foreign Policy Blunder Since Vietnam Is Complete: Iran Readies Massive Syrian Ground
Tyler Durden - ZeroHedge
The Largest US Foreign Policy Blunder Since Vietnam Is Complete: Iran Readies Massive Syrian Ground Invasion
On Thursday, in Mid-East Coup: As Russia Pounds Militant Targets, Iran Readies Ground Invasions While Saudis Panic, we attempted to cut through all of the Western and Russian media propaganda on the way to describing what Moscows involvement in Syria actually portends for the global balance of power. Here are a few excerpts that summarize whats taking shape in the Middle East:Putin looks to have viewed this as the ultimate geopolitical win-win. That is, Russia gets to i) expand its influence in the Middle East in defiance of Washington and its allies, a move that also helps to protect Russian energy interests and preserves the Mediterranean port at Tartus, and ii) support its allies in Tehran and Damascus thus preserving the counterbalance to the US-Saudi-Qatar alliance.
Meanwhile, Iran gets to enjoy the support of the Russian military juggernaut on the way to protecting the delicate regional nexus that is the source of Tehrans Mid-East influence. It is absolutely critical for Iran to keep Assad in power, as the loss of Syria to the West would effectively cut the supply line between Iran and Hezbollah.
It would be difficult to overstate the significance of what appears to be going on here. This is nothing short of a Middle Eastern coup, as Iran looks to displace Saudi Arabia as the regional power broker and as Russia looks to supplant the US as the superpower puppet master.