October 29, 2022

JEFF GREENFIELD: America's Darkest Forces Are Being Unleashed

10/29/2022 10:41 AM EDT Politico

On the night Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, Sen. Robert Kennedy returned to his Indianapolis hotel after delivering a now-famous speech announcing the dreadful news to a crowd of Black supporters. I was an aide to the presidential hopeful at the time, and in the course of a brief chat, he paused and said, “You know, that fellow Oswald… he set something loose in this country.”

It was the only time I ever heard him mention the name of his brother’s assassin.

And his musing took on new force in the coming days as city after city exploded into deadly violence. Along with rapidly rising crime and violent political protests by the fringe left — followed by Kennedy’s own assassination — the sense of upheaval and social unrest dominated our politics and the 1968 campaign, where “law and order” rivaled even the War in Vietnam as a force.

Now we’ve witnessed what was almost certainly an assassination attempt on Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid a brutal attack on her husband in their San Francisco home. 2022 isn’t 1968, but the climate of violence can’t be ignored.

Back in 1996, during his acceptance speech for the GOP presidential nomination, Sen. Bob Dole, talking of President Bill Clinton, spoke of his “opponent” — and then paused to say pointedly: “and he is my opponent, not my enemy.” But even then, Dole was fighting a rearguard action. From the other side of the Capitol, Newt Gingrich had become speaker of the House after a years-long campaign to demonize his Democratic foes. With the help of pollster Frank Luntz, Gingrich convinced his Republican colleagues that it was necessary to define Democrats not as wrong, but as evil. Indeed, he and Luntz offered a list of words to be used, including “corrupt,” “devour,” “greed” “hypocrisy,” “sick,” and “traitors.” (In later years, Luntz appeared to regret his role.)

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/10/29/pelosi-attack-power-political-violence-00064105

October 29, 2022

Many Military UFO Reports Are Just Foreign Spying or Airborne Trash

Source: Yahoo News

Julian E. Barnes
Fri, October 28, 2022 at 3:44 PM

WASHINGTON -- Government officials believe that surveillance operations by foreign powers and weather balloons or other airborne clutter explain most recent incidents of unidentified aerial phenomenon -- government-speak for UFOs -- as well as many episodes in past years.

The sightings have puzzled the Pentagon and intelligence agencies for years, fueling theories about visiting space aliens and spying by a hostile nation using advanced technology. But government officials say many of the incidents have far more ordinary explanations.

Intelligence agencies are set to deliver a classified document to Congress by Monday updating a report made public last year that said nearly all of the incidents remain unexplained. The original document looked at 144 incidents between 2004 and 2021 that were reported by U.S. government sources, mostly American military personnel.

This article is based on interviews with American officials familiar with the findings of the Pentagon and intelligence agencies' examination of the incidents. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the classified work.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/many-military-ufo-reports-just-124417602.html

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October 28, 2022

Trump's Phone Call to Raffensperger in Georgia is All That's Needed to Nail Him

And yes, I'm aware that the Fultion County DA's office is investigating. But hey, we can walk and chew gum at the same time, can we not? We can make it a federal case, because one of the two principals was the President of the United States at the time! And his vote-stealing whine makes Nixon's "smoking gun" look like shy hinting about stolen apples from a grocery store!

October 28, 2022

NYT Opinion: The Presidential Election That Will Determine the Planet's Future

The planet isn't going anywhere, we are. What angers me is the number of species that will expire before our dumb, greedy asses reap what they've sown.

October 27, 2022

Climate crisis: Widening emissions gap threatens meltdown

Hats off to Guterres for taking a machete to the bullshit!

October 27, 2022

These are not normal times

On a personal note, brothers & sisters of the Democratic Party, I don't give a hoot how enthusiastic or unenthusiastic you are about voting Blue next month. Do it anyway, as a favor to your kids and their kids.

October 26, 2022

Gunmen Attack Major Shiite Holy Site In Iran, Killing At Least 15

Source: Huffington Post

Oct 26, 2022, 12:07 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Gunmen opened fire Wednesday at a major Shiite holy site in the southern city of Shiraz, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, according to state-run media.

The official website of the judiciary says two gunmen were arrested and a third is on the run after the attack on the Shah Cheragh mosque. The state-run IRNA news agency reported the death toll and state TV said 40 people were wounded.

The attack, which bore the hallmarks of Sunni extremists who have targeted the country’s Shiite majority in the past, comes as Iran has been convulsed by over a month of anti-government demonstrations, the biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic in over a decade.

Thousands of protesters poured into the streets of a northwestern city to mark the watershed 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked the protests.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-faces-severe-sanctions-if-it-installs-puppet-regime-ukraine-uk-minister-2022-01-23/

October 25, 2022

ALL WE NEED IS GEORGIA!

Forget January 6. Forget Maralago. Trump's phone call to Brad Raffensperger makes Nxon's "smoking gun" look like subtle hinting! We have Trump dead to rights in that one recording! President Biden needs to FIRE MERRICK DITHERS IMMEDATELY and appoint an AG who will actually do their fucking job!

October 23, 2022

THIS is why Rishi Sunak will NOT be Prime Minister of the UK

Notice that 'Jerry' is fixated on England. He says it repeatedly, as though it comprised the entirety of the United Kingdom.

Having spent two years as an exchange student in Birmingham and London, such is not surprising in the least, as far too many people have a deep-down sense of English supremacy. Not generally British, as the Scots and the Irish are barely human in these people's minds. Boris Johnson is their perfect representation!