politics

  1. H

    POL “COME AND GET THEM”: PRYING OPEN THE BLACK BOX OF EUROPE’S POWER POLITICS

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://warontherocks.com/2017/05/come-and-get-them-prying-open-the-black-box-of-europes-power-politics/ “COME AND GET THEM”: PRYING OPEN THE BLACK BOX OF EUROPE’S POWER POLITICS GEORGE VLACHONIKOLIS MAY 15, 2017 Yanis Varoufakis...
  2. Doomer Doug

    POL FRANCES LE PEN MAY ACTUALLY WIN!

    I am starting to revise my earlier predictions that Marcon would crush Le Pen next week. She needs to get the voters who voted for other people to vote for her. This seems to be what she is now doing with this story. It is also true Macron, the globalist stooge is running a campaign at least as...
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    OT/MISC Book Review: Machiavelli's Legacy: The Prince After Five Hundred Years - Strategy Page

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://strategypage.com/bookreviews/1406.asp Book Reviews Return to Book Review Index Machiavelli's Legacy: The Prince After Five Hundred Years, by Timothy Fuller, editor Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Pp. vi...
  4. Scarletbreasted

    REL GENRL From a Canadian friend who received it from another friend!

    HI TO ALL OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS THIS EMAIL WAS SENT TO US FROM AN AMERICAN FRIEND, AND I THOUGHT IT INTERESTING......BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WHAT HAPPENS IN USA.....ALSO AFFECTS WE CANADIANS. I HOPE I HAVEN'T OFFENDED ANY ONE, BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL OF YOU......AS I AM LOOKING IN FROM THE OTHER...
  5. MinnesotaSmith

    POL The Truth: Donald Trump Is A Great Man (maybe worth dying for)

    https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/the-truth-donald-j-trump-is-a-great-man/ The Truth: Donald J. Trump Is A Great Man October 3, 2016 by CH "Trump is the emblem of the shiv-right revolution, a reification of genuine hope and change. But the man himself is more than a talisman or...
  6. Doomer Doug

    OP-ED THE USA VERSUS AMERICA 2002

    :dstrs: UNITED STATES VERSUS AMERICA by Doug McIntosh I am reposting this essay from over 14 years ago since it compliments the two threads here on why we can't get along. I think Civil War Two is now inevitable. The only real issue is whether it is a relatively peaceful separation, or a...
  7. H

    OP-ED Nationalism Is Rising, Not Fascism - George Friedman

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://geopoliticalfutures.com/nationalism-is-rising-not-fascism/ Nationalism Is Rising, Not Fascism May 31, 2016 The claims of an increase in fascism in Europe and the U.S. derive from a misunderstanding of the term. reality...
  8. H

    OP-ED Hiroshima as Gun Control -Belmont Club/PJ Meda

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2016/05/27/hiroshima-as-gun-control/?singlepage=true Belmont Club Hiroshima as Gun Control By Richard Fernandez May 27, 2016 184 comments President Obama's speech at Hiroshima, widely...
  9. H

    INTL Migrants' High Crime In Germany While Media And Govt Focus on Right Wing "Thought Crimes"

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/23/germany-registers-surge-crimes-right-wing-radicals/ REPORT: Migrants Committing Disproportionately High Crime In Germany While Media And Govt Focus on ‘Far Right’ Thought Crimes by Raheem...
  10. H

    GOV/MIL So much corruption, stuffed into one Chicago tour

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.yahoo.com/news/much-corruption-stuffed-one-chicago-tour-123029157.html?ref=gs So much corruption, stuffed into one Chicago tour By Fiona Ortiz Reuters May 3, 2016 CHICAGO (Reuters) - While designing a walking tour of...
  11. Doomer Doug

    THE TRUMP LANDSLIDE 4-26-2016

    :ld: The link to the Bing election page is here. http://www.bing.com/search?q=election+coverage&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBLH&pc=U374&pq=election+cover&sc=8-14&sp=-1&sk=&ghc=2&cvid=F69512725D94450EA9A69CF0048E3D53 They are predicting Donald Trump will win all five primaries today. Connecticut...
  12. H

    Pol: Why Americans Want a Military General in the White House - Time Magazine

    Is this coming from the same bunch that ran Petraeus up the flag pole to be shot full of holes or is it something else considering where this is being published?... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use...
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    Op-Ed: Why Getting More Veterans On The Hill Is A Bipartisan Issue

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://taskandpurpose.com/getting-veterans-hill-bipartisan-issue/ Why Getting More Veterans On The Hill Is A Bipartisan Issue By James Clark on March 24, 2016 Comments 3 An event honoring influential veterans, military members...
  14. H

    INTL Sexist Italian Pols Fail to Intimidate Pregnant Candidate

    Man talk about stepping in it....:lol: For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/16/sexist-italian-pols-fail-to-intimidate-pregnant-candidate.html SHE-WOLF 03.16.16 10:36 AM ET Sexist Italian Pols Fail to Intimidate Pregnant...
  15. H

    OP-ED Third Republic: Germany Enters a Dangerous New Political Era

    :dot5::dot5::dot5::siren::siren::siren::dot5::dot5::dot5: For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/how-the-refugee-crisis-has-change-german-politics-a-1081023.html Third Republic: Germany Enters a Dangerous New Political Era An...
  16. H

    CRIME Malaysian Prime Minister found to have $1 Billion US in bank account; "donations"

    Talk about not doing things in half measures...If you're going to be corrupt go "real big"...... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.smh.com.au/world/14-billion-reportedly-deposited-in-malaysia-pm-najib-razaks-account-20160301-gn7836.html $1.4 billion...
  17. H

    OP-ED Business Insider interview with Stratfor and Geopolitical Futures founder George Friedman

    I'm putting this article into it's own thread due to the comments and insight of the interview...Housecarl ___ For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.businessinsider.com/stratfor-george-friedman-predictions-for-the-future-2016-2 STRATFOR founder George Friedman...
  18. H

    INTL How four National Voters’ Days added the equivalent of 20 Finlands to India's voter rolls

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-festival-of-democracy/ A Festival Of Democracy How four National Voters’ Days added the equivalent of 20 Finlands to voter rolls Written by S Y Quraishi | Published:January 25, 2016...
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    POL Pol/Crime: Guilty Verdict Is a Spur to Would-Be Reformers of Albany’s Political Culture

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/nyregion/guilty-verdict-is-a-spur-to-would-be-reformers-of-albanys-political-culture.html?_r=0 N.Y. / Region Guilty Verdict Is a Spur to Would-Be Reformers of Albany’s Political Culture By ALEXANDER...
  20. H

    OP-ED Beyond the Draft: Rethinking National Service

    Hummm.......... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2015/11/beyond-draft-rethinking-national-service/124022/ Beyond the Draft: Rethinking National Service November 29, 2015 By Stan McChrystal Four reasons the defense community ought...
  21. Doomer Doug

    POL FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS: HELLARY CLINTON IS TRASHED11-23-2015

    :eleph: This story in England's Daily Mail shows what I have long said: Hellary Clinton is not going to be elected in November of 2016. Her negatives are astoundingly high for a candidate trying to win the general election. For one thing, a staggering 62 percent of American voters think...
  22. F

    GOV/MIL Welcome To The Former United States Of America

    I have no idea how we allowed this to happen. But happen it did. Law has vanished like a dream. Politics, the process we use to avert armed combat among competing groups, has become pointless. Government, in the Constitutional sense, no longer exists. Perhaps I'm telling you what you already...
  23. kittyluvr

    ENVR California: Counties say too much water goes to environmental supply

    Although water consumption has been on the decline in the state of California, county officials believe these rates can be lowered by cutting supplies to the environment and fisheries. Back in 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a statewide emergency in the midst of the “driest year...
  24. H

    POL Bernie Sanders Calls for 'Political Revolution'

    Hummm..... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-03/bernie-sanders-calls-for-political-revolution- To the Left Bernie Sanders Calls for 'Political Revolution' May 3, 2015 8:55 AM PDT By David Knowles The Vermont senator...
  25. Suzieq

    BRKG Father of American Accused of Plotting ISIS Attack Claims Son Was Set Up By FBI

    Father Speaks Out after Son Arrested for U.S. Capitol Plot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKvwhwXDg8U *Video by: CNN - *(Fair Use) By: Barry Donegan Jan 15, 2015 *On Wednesday, 20-year-old Green Township, OH man Christopher Lee Cornell, described by his father as a “mommy’s boy,” was arrested...
  26. T

    OT/MISC Take A Stand And Resist!

    TAKE A STAND AND RESIST! These last four years have truly been disastrous for our nation. We have found ourselves in the grip and under the leadership of avowed socialists, communists, and appeasers as well as embracers the teachings of radical Islam. Our land races towards an economic...
  27. dstraito

    POL The Movie 2016: Obama’s America seems to be pretty well ignored by the Media

    Seems like the Media and the Obama campaign has covered this up pretty well. I'd recommend EVERYONE see this movie if they can. Filmmakers call it "the movie the White House doesn't want you to see." Apparently, they're right. Perhaps the president was hoping...
  28. Mudkip

    POL Doc/Vid going Viral on Obama: "In His Own Words"

    Through his own words, a short un-narrated documentary that looks at Obama's first term with regards to transparency, healthcare, taxes, fairness, energy and the national debt - guaranteed to contain information of interest. link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o8R5GvwUFU8
  29. Mudkip

    REL GENRL Atheists: Which Party Represents Me?

    This is Religion and Political but given the context of the article, I chose [REL.] link: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/06/conventions-leave-atheists-asking-what-political-party-represents-me/ _____________ Conventions leave atheists asking: What political party represents me? By Dan...
  30. K

    USA Gov. Bev Perdue, @GovernorOMalley, and @villaraigosa discuss #DNC2012

    CNN's Candy Crowley interviewed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-LA), Gov. Bev Perdue (D-NC), and Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-MD) in Charlotte, N.C. today about the message that Democrats will deliver at the 2012 DNC this week: CROWLEY: I'll go to you, Mr. Mayor. What do you hope after three days...
  31. S

    BRKG Obama Embraces Marriage Equality

    http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/09/481147/obama-marriage-2/ "I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married."
  32. Con-tractor

    ECON Left wing dingbats has made unemployment higher (no suprise)

    I just wanted to rant a little here and I have no other place to do it. Recently I have gotten a promotion at work, my old management team had been pushed out and a new team was created with me involved. I don't have people reporting to me (thank god) but I am now more involved. My...
  33. Magdalen

    POL Not only was Putin boo'ed, but some put the lie to state denials via YouTube and Facebook

    With a hat tip to truthseeker who pointed out on another thread that the Russians are annoyed with their politicians too. (See this link for the video truthseeker posted) http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?394312-Russian-Newscaster-Gives-Obama-the-Finger-(!-!) From the BBC...
  34. pops88

    ALERT Cain Contribution Causes Credit Card Hold

    I just posted this on FreeRepublic and am posting it here for TB2K's benefit, too: I tried to make a couple online purchases today and had my credit card denied. Living in a dead zone, I had to drive down the road and sit in a hot car to call Chase Bank. I was asked if yesterday I made a...
  35. J

    ILL IMM Anchor Babies: Debate May Not Stop With SB 1070

    While I would like to see the 14th Amendment challenged regarding anchor babies of both illegal alien parents, it open a can of worms, giving the comrades in office opportunity to equally challenge the Constitution at their discretion (I know, like they don't already)...
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    POL Frank Rich on Sarah Palin

    The Pit Bull in the China Shop By FRANK RICH Published: November 21, 2009 AT last the American right and left have one issue they unequivocally agree on: You don’t actually have to read Sarah Palin’s book to have an opinion about it. Last Sunday Liz Cheney praised “Going Rogue” as...
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