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Incredibly idiotic Nikki Haley: We need to acknowledge Donald Trump 'let us down'

Charlie Spiering
Breitbart
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
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© AP/Evan Fucci
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Republicans needed to acknowledge former President Donald Trump failed the party by contesting the 2020 presidential election that ended in a riot on Capitol Hill.

Because of the chaotic ending to his presidency, Haley said Trump would not be politically relevant in the future.

"I don't think he's going to be in the picture. I don't think he can. He's fallen so far," she said. "We need to acknowledge he let us down. He went down a path he shouldn't have, and we shouldn't have followed him."


Comment: Trump practically put Haley's incompetent self into a major political position which she has parlayed into all kinds of other opportunities, and so she has now decided where her bread can be buttered easy peasy. She can now throw Trump right under the proverbial bus.


The former diplomat spoke about Trump in an interview with Politico's Tim Alberta for a magazine cover story on her political future.

In the exchange, Haley specifically criticized Trump's attempt to blame his loss on Vice President Mike Pence for certifying the 2020 election in Congress.

Comment: Haley is nothing less than a political animal - and exemplifies all that is cowardly and horrible about the US political system.

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Rocket

The big problem with US Space Force

Ulson Gunnar
New Eastern Outlook
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
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The US Space Force (USSF) is the newest branch of the US Armed Forces. Its personnel are referred to officially as "Guardians" versus "soldiers," "sailors," "airmen," and "Marines" of other branches.

Regarding the USSF's stated mission, its official website claims:
The USSF is a military service that organizes, trains, and equips space forces in order to protect US and allied interests in space and to provide space capabilities to the joint force. USSF responsibilities include developing Guardians, acquiring military space systems, maturing the military doctrine for space power, and organizing space forces to present to our Combatant Commands.
Organized into various "Deltas," the USSF is tasked with developing space doctrine, monitoring the space domain, overseeing space electronic warfare, manning missile warning systems, overseeing cyberspace operations, controlling intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and conducting orbital warfare

Comment: The author is quite probably correct: the new US Space Force (if it is indeed new) is likely to be another tool in the goal for global hegemony - and little if nothing else.

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NPC

The American establishment has lost its mind in its obsession with trying to discredit Trumpism

Michael Rectenwald
RT
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:10 UTC
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© Getty Images / Stephanie KeithPeople participate in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump on Veterans Day on November 11, 2019 in New York City.
An appallingly biased new article on Trumpism in Foreign Affairs shows that if the American establishment was an individual, it would be diagnosed as clinically insane, likely suffering from delusions of persecution and paranoia.

Yet this same establishment calls half the population of the US conspiratorial, delusional, and terroristic, even as it parades a lunatic's version of events during a second unfounded, evidence-free impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump, and as it continues lamentations over the supposed malignancy of his presidency, weeks after it has ended.

At this point, it would be a misdiagnosis to call this illness Trump Derangement Syndrome. The idée fixe persists unabated, even in the absence of its favorite bogey, and extends well beyond any reasonable obsession with Trump himself. This syndrome, whatever it is, appears to be resistant to treatment. The ministrations of political outsiders have only left the patient with a firmer ideational conviction. Electoral engineering and repeated political exorcisms have apparently been to no avail.

This illness has affected every element of the broad political left, the political and corporate establishment, and the mainstream media. Unsurprisingly, the nation's foreign policy "experts" remain in its thrall. Like Jonathan Kirshner, political science and international professor at Boston College, they display its symptomology without remission.
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Take 2

The Trump impeachment trial is a bad drama

Cal Thomas
The Washington Times
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
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© AP/Alex BrandonRep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md) the lead Democratic House impeachment manager in the Rotunda
If the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump were a play it would close after one performance. The plot is known, the outcome is certain and the drama is contrived. If it were a film, it might be called Fifty Angry Senate Democrats (apologies to 12 Angry Men), or the 2003 film with a title that seems to fit this current dud, Runaway Jury.

What's the point? The point is to allow Democratic senators to make speeches that seem high-minded, but in reality are low political posturing.

Constitutional attorney John Whitehead is correct when he writes:
"Impeaching Trump will accomplish very little, and it will not in any way improve the plight of the average American. It will only reinforce the spectacle and farce that have come to be synonymous with politics today."
Mr. Trump's lawyers used the phrase "unconstitutional political theater" in their filing requests that the Senate dismiss the one charge that the former president incited rioters who invaded the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. Democrats fired back that Mr. Trump committed "the most grievous constitutional crime" ever committed by a U.S. president.

Somewhere Richard Nixon is smiling.

Comment: Strategy is everything in this government 'game of thrones':
A group of GOP senators met with former President Trump's legal team on Thursday to discuss strategy as they prepare to present their opening arguments in the impeachment trial. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) were spotted entering the meeting, which took place in a room near the Senate chamber that Trump's team is using as a workspace. Cruz said:
"We were discussing their legal strategy and sharing our thoughts in terms of where the argument was and where to go. I think their job is to make clear how the house managers have not carried their burden of proof. They have not demonstrated that the president's conduct satisfies the legal standard of high crimes and misdemeanors."
Cruz also defended the meeting on Twitter, arguing that senators aren't jurors and that "Schumer repeatedly confers w/ House managers, as always & fully appropriate."
The meeting comes after Trump's team was panned by GOP senators Tuesday as the defense argued that the trial was unconstitutional because Trump is no longer president. David Schoen, a member of Trump's legal team, defended the decision:
"That's the practice here with impeachment. There's nothing about this thing that has any semblance of due process whatsoever. The senators were 'friendly guys,' and just talking about procedure, making sure we're familiar with the procedure. It was a very nice thing to make us feel welcome here."
Schoen also said the senators did not give any indication of what questions they would ask during a question-and-answer session that could start as soon as Friday, once opening arguments wrap up. He has said he thought the trial could wrap Saturday, days ahead of what was initially expected. He had spoken with Trump and described him as "very upbeat."
The dangling 14th Amendment...which way will it swing?
Several Senate Democrats have not ruled out trying to prevent former President Donald Trump from holding future office by using a constitutional amendment originally created to keep Confederates from serving in the post-Civil War government.

With an unlikely 67 votes needed to convict Trump in the ongoing Senate impeachment trial, some Democrats have discussed invoking the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to keep Trump from office.

Such legislation would require a simple-majority vote. If Democrats and Republicans vote along party lines in the current 50-50 Senate makeup, Vice President Kamala Harris could cast a tie-breaking vote.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday did not rule out the possibility, per Fox News: "We're first going to finish the impeachment trial and then Democrats will get together and discuss where we go next."

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said:
"What Sen. Kaine is talking about is a censure resolution that would also specifically include the elements of the 14th Amendment that lead to disqualification from future office. That's intriguing to me and something I'm willing to look at. The bottom line here is we have to deliver accountability for the events of Jan. 6."


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YouTube is now blocking US Senate hearings because they don't like what is being said

streiff
RedState
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 01:30 UTC
Trump/YouTube
© AP/Alex Brandon/KJNYouTube censors Senate Hearings
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson takes to the pages of the Wall Street Journal today to reveal that YouTube has actually started censoring video from US Senate hearings.

Since March of last year, the China virus — its origins, spread, therapies, and preventive measures — has become of intense concern to the tech platforms that can effectively control what is said and how it is said in this country. What should have been public debate on the subject of mask wearing, lockdowns, and potential therapies has been effectively shut down. Given that the public health establishment has demonstrated that it is singularly incompetent, if not actually malicious, in how it has reacted to the Wuhan virus, the decision to stomp on the public discussion is indefensible. It is all the more so when Big Tech decides that the American people cannot be allowed to see a government-produced video of a public hearing of a US Senate Committee.
They were from a Dec. 8 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on early treatment of Covid-19. One was a 30-minute summary; the other was the opening statement of critical-care specialist Pierre Kory.

Dr. Kory is part of a world-renowned group of physicians who developed a groundbreaking use of corticosteroids to treat hospitalized Covid patients. His testimony at a May Senate hearing helped doctors rethink treatment protocols and saved lives.

At the December hearing, he presented evidence regarding the use of ivermectin, a cheap and widely available drug that treats tropical diseases caused by parasites, for prevention and early treatment of Covid-19. He described a just-published study from Argentina in which about 800 health-care workers received ivermectin and 400 didn't. Not one of the 800 contracted Covid-19; 58% of the 400 did.

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Bizarro Earth

Bill Gates, who predicted the pandemic, names next two monster disasters that could shake our world

Joseph Guzman
The Hill
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Gates
© Calla Kesslker/The New York Times'Hey there Mr. Gates...Let's stop at two!'
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates famously predicted an infectious virus was likely to kill millions of people across the globe five years before COVID-19 did just that.

"If anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades, it's most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war," Gates said during a 2015 Ted Talk. "We've actually invested very little in a system to stop an epidemic. We're not ready for the next epidemic."

Now the billionaire philanthropist has spoken on what the next big crisis facing humanity could be. During an interview on Derek Muller's YouTube channel Veritasium, Gates pointed out two prominent threats facing the modern world: climate change and bioterrorism. Gates said during the interview:
"Every year that [climate change] would be a death toll even greater than we've had in this pandemic. Also, related to pandemics is something people don't like to talk about much, which is bioterrorism, that somebody who wants to cause damage could engineer a virus. So that means the chance of running into this is more than just the naturally caused epidemics like the current one."
While Gates said there will certainly be more pandemics in the future, he said humanity could increase its preparedness for one to the point where the world would never have a death toll anywhere near what is occurring today with the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 107 million people and killed more than 2.3 million around the globe.

Comment: Yowza! It's almost like he has an insider's track on these things!

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Eye 1

Ice Age Farmer Report: FDA wants GPS on crops - Spinach sends email - Cow registration mandates


Ice Age Farmer
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:21 UTC
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The FDA is considering requiring GPS coordinates of every crop harvested, and data on when it was planted/harvested/chilled/packed/shipped. Not only would this put small farms OUT of business, it effectively requires robotic automation. British Columbia has mandated livestock registration for your safety "in this age of dangerous pandemics." The technocratic takeover of farming continues, and the stage is now set for the introduction of the blockchain/AI beast system. Christian breaks it down in this Ice Age Farmer broadcast.


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Cow Skull

Best of the Web: Tucker: What we STILL don't know about the Capitol riot - and what we DO know

Tucker Carlson
Fox News
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
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Where was the necessary security? How did the riot start? How did Officer Brian Sicknick die?

It's funny how change happens. You thought the big change came on Election Day, when the incumbent president lost, but that turned out to be nothing compared to the change that came two months later.

On Jan. 6, supporters of Donald Trump swarmed the Capitol building. Some forced their way inside, and Washington has never been the same. It may never be the same. As a result of what happened on Jan. 6, your descendants will live in a very different country. Some in Congress have compared that day to 9/11. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has likened it to Pearl Harbor, which spurred America's entry into the Second World War.

Every day we hear new and more florid comparisons from Democratic partisans. But Tuesay night, CNN outdid all of them by comparing what happened Jan. 6 to the Rwandan genocide.


Comment: We have been watching a deceptive narrative and massive political power grab unfold in real time. And though harrowing to witness for all of its implications pointing to how pathological interests operate, it is nonetheless a fascinating chapter in US history - and even world history - that may be noted for its significance concerning the destruction of a whole nation of people.

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Eye 2

Why Victoria Nuland is dangerous and should not be confirmed as Biden's Under Secretary

Rick Sterling
The Duran
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:00 UTC
Nuland
Victoria Nuland
Victoria Nuland exemplifies the neocons who have led US foreign policy from one disaster to another for the past 30 years while evading accountability. It is a bad sign that President Joe Biden has nominated Victoria Nuland for the third highest position at the State Department, Under Secretary for Political Affairs.

As a top-level appointee, Victoria Nuland must be confirmed by the US Senate. There is a campaign to Stop her confirmation. The following review of her work shows why Victoria Nuland is incompetent, highly dangerous and should not be confirmed.

Afghanistan and Iraq

From 2000 to 2003, Nuland was US permanent representative to NATO as the Bush administration attacked then invaded Afghanistan. The Afghan government offered to work with the US remove Al Qaeda, but this was rejected. After Al Qaeda was defeated, the US could have left Afghanistan but instead stayed, established semi-permanent bases, split the country, and is still fighting there two decades later.
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Vader

America is back to 'spreading democracy' in the Middle East


Southfront
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
active democracy
The United States is returning to a level of activity in the Middle East unseen in nearly 4 years. This development has become obvious over the weeks since Joe Biden became US President, firstly with a large deployment into Syria, and subsequently with smaller ones.

On February 9th, the Pentagon said that it was no longer in Syria to protect and exploit oil fields.

It is now back to hunting ISIS. Back to the square one of 2014 and the Obama era. ISIS somehow obliged by ramping up their activities throughout Syria.

It is a mystery that they were able to make such a sharp and sudden resurgence. It should also be noted that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces allegedly have about 10,000 ISIS terrorists imprisoned.

This statement of intent denotes a massive shift in posture for the US. When defending the oil fields the US troops were mostly static, when hunting ISIS they can, once again, roam around and carry out various operations.


Comment: The neocon warhawks of Washington are sticking to the formula: impose more US military forces (uninvited and under any pretext) to address problems that they themselves created years ago - and then create even more chaos that will ultimately, they think, serve the interests of US and Israeli hegemony in the region.

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