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If this Great Experiment called America has taught us anything it's that economic freedom and opportunity can only be derived from the government's largesse.

 

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Cindy Sheehan was banned from the Daily Kos. Starman says he's been banned from the Daily Kos.

Cindy Sheehan's been posting here?

 

Cool, man. Your party nominated DONALD TRUMP. Trump! That was a thing that y'all did!

Have you ever reconsidered your position on Obama Paperclipgate? Do you think now that it was a little bit silly?

DONALD TRUMP!

 

Look at where Wisconsin was and where it is as well. What Scott Walker is doing to one of the top research universities in the U.S. is a crime, let alone his other bad ideas.

 

Damn, EVERYONE
had to consolidate under Bush.

 

Well, let's face it. I'm not sure that Scott Walker would have reason to feel any kind of personal connection to our nation's university system.

 

Freudian slip? Trump's campaign chair says he's endorsing Paul Ryan for president next week

In a Thursday morning discussion about Paul Ryan on CBS This Morning, Manafort declared, "I support the speaker and I know after next week, I'm going to be supporting him as a candidate for president, too."

"So Donald Trump is getting out of the election and Paul Ryan is jumping in?" co-host Charlie Rose asks.

No, Manafort assures with a laugh. "I'm going to get in trouble on that one."

 

And for years the left told me that was all Al-Qaeda. Guess I should know better than to believe anything they say.

 

ISIS used to be al-Qaeda in Iraq

http://www.cfr.org/iraq/islamic-state/p14811
The self-proclaimed Islamic State is a militant movement that has conquered territory in western Iraq and eastern Syria, where it has made a bid to establish a state in territories that encompass some six and a half million residents. Though spawned by al-Qaeda’s Iraq franchise, it split with Osama bin Laden’s organization and evolved to not just employ terrorist and insurgent tactics, but the more conventional ones of an organized militia.

You're such a damn dope.

 

"During the almost nine years (2003 — 2011) the United States army was stationed in Iraq the Americans failed to establish effective Iraqi army and security forces to fill the newly-created security vacuum. While in Iraq, the Americans encouraged the establishment of what was supposed to be a democratic national Shi’ite regime headed by Nouri al-Maliki. However, the regime alienated the Sunni population, which had traditionally controlled the country, even though they were a minority (about 22% of the Iraqi population is Sunni Arabs — alongside the Kurds, who are also Sunnis — while about 60% of Iraqis are Shi’ites).

The branch of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, established in 2004, entered the security vacuum and took advantage of the increasing political-societal Sunni alienation: It became an important actor in the insurgent organizations fighting the American army, became stronger after the withdrawal of the American troops at the end of 2001, and spread to Syria after the civil war began in March 2011. The establishment of Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Iraq and Syria occurred in four stages:

1. Stage One (2004-2006) — The establishment of the branch of Al-Qaeda in Iraq led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and called “Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia:” It waged a terrorist-guerilla war against the American and coalition forces and against the Shi’ite population. The first stage ended when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in an American targeted attack in June 2006.
2. Stage Two (2006-2011) — Establishment of the Islamic State in Iraq (ISI): ISI served as an umbrella network for several jihadi organizations that continued waging a terrorist-guerilla campaign against the United States, its coalition allies and the Shi’ite population. ISI was weakened towards the end of the American presence in Iraq following successful American military moves and a wise foreign policy that supported the Sunni population and knew how to win their hearts and minds.
3. Stage Three (2012-June 2014) — The strengthening of ISI and the founding of ISIS: After the American army withdrew from Iraq ISI became stronger. Following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war ISI established a branch in Syria called the Al-Nusra Front (“support front”). Dissension broke out between ISI and its Syrian branch, leading to a rift between ISI and Al-Qaeda and the establishment of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).
4. Stage Four (as of June 2014) — Dramatic ISIS military achievements: The most prominent was the takeover of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq. At the same time ISIS established its control in eastern Syria where it set up a governmental center (its “capital city”) in Al-Raqqah. In the wake of its success, ISIS declared the establishment of an “Islamic State” (IS) (or “Islamic Caliphate”) headed by an ISIS leader named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In September 2014 the United States declared a comprehensive campaign against ISIS, which is currently waging a fierce struggle against its many enemies both at home and abroad."
   
   http://www.crethiplethi.com/the-historical-roots-and-stages-in-the-development-of-isis/islamic-countries/syria-islamic-countries/2015/
   
   
   That report was by this group: The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israeli Intelligence Heritage and Commeration Center.
   
   מל"מ - המרכז למורשת מודיעין | מרכז המידע למודיעין ולטרור על שם אלוף מאיר עמית

 

I'd love to know how they gerrymandered state lines on their way to 31 governors. I'd also love to know how they gerrymandered themselves into power when they would have needed a majority to begin with before they could "gerrymander."

 

The rise of ISIS came with the Obama/Clinton failures in Libya and Syria. It probably still was the JV team until Obama recruited a bunch of Michael Jordans and LeBron Jameses of terrorists for them.