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The limits of 'Nuts and Sluts': The conservative moral disgust circuit just gets unleashed after the Dem's treatment of Kavanaugh

Tom Luongo
Gold, Goats 'n Guns
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
The Ragin' Cajun, I believe, coined the phrase "Nuts and Sluts" to succinctly describe the tactic used by the elites I call The Davos Crowd to smear and destroy someone they've targeted.

Brett Kavanaugh is the latest victim of this technique. But, there have been dozens of victims I can list from Gary Hart in the 1980's to former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Donald Trump.

"Nuts and Sluts" is easy to understand. Simply accuse the person you want to destroy of being either crazy (the definition of which shifts with whatever is the political trigger issue of the day) or a sexual deviant.

This technique works because it triggers most people's Disgust Circuit, a term created by Mark Schaller as part of what he calls the Behavioral Immune System and popularized by Johnathan Haidt.


Comment: For more on this, listen in to: The Truth Perspective: Morality in Politics: Why We All Don't Just Get Along


The disgust circuit is also easy to understand.

It is the limit at which behavior in others triggers our gut-level outrage and we recoil with disgust.

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Bomb

Pictionary diplomacy: Netanyahu's passion for propaganda presentations


RT
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:06 UTC
Netanyahu printouts
© REUTERS/CaitlinIt was not the first, and probably won't be the last time Netanyahu resorts to printouts to prove a point.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu has once displayed his passion for presentations, showcasing some funky flashcards at the United Nations to (yet again) drive home his fears of Iran's nuclear ambitions.

The Israeli leader simultaneously lambasted Iran for its alleged disregard for the nuclear deal and its regional aggression across various proxy wars, using his preferred weapon of choice - cardboard printouts. To ward off any negative feedback to said printouts, he also stated that any criticism or skepticism aimed at Israel is simply anti-Semitic.


Comment: And let's not forget about Netanyahu's infamous death stare:



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Gear

House Intelligence Committee votes to release 'Russiagate' transcripts


RT
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:21 UTC
Anti-Trump protesters
© Jonathan Ernst / ReutersAnti-Trump protesters gather outside the White House earlier this year
The House Intelligence Committee has voted to release transcripts from its own investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The transcripts include testimony from key Trump campaign figures.

The committee voted Friday to release the 53 documents, which will first go to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) for review and classification. Among the documents are testimonies from Steve Bannon, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Roger Stone.

In addition, the documents include transcripts of interviews with a host of Obama administration officials, such as former DNI James Clapper and former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. Certain transcripts, like those of interviews conducted with former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan, will not be released.
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USA

Flashback Best of the Web: James Steele: America's director of death squads in Iraq


UK Guardian
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:27 UTC
james steele
James Steele, CIA butcher of Latin America and Iraq
The following 50 minute documentary provides clear evidence that, in the aftermath of the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003, the US government, military and CIA organised death squads of up to 10,000 men for the purpose of sowing terror among the Iraqi population, in an effort to defeat the Iraqi resistance. Did they leave when most US troops left in 2011? Not likely...

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Rocket

Jordanian FM unaware of US plans to pull Patriot systems from the country


Sputnik
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safad and Lavrov
© Sputnik / Ekaterina Chesnokova
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi told Sputnik on Thursday that he was unaware of the reported plans by the United States to withdraw Patriot missile systems from the country.

On Wednesday, US media, citing American defense officials, reported that the Pentagon plans to remove four Patriot missile systems from the Middle East next month.

"I am not aware of that, so I can't speak on this," Safadi said when asked to confirm the reports.

Comment: See: US Missile systems to be pulled out of the ME, says WSJ report

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Eye 1

Facebook admits to using phone numbers submitted for security purposes to target ads


RT
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:43 UTC
facebook
© Regis Duvignau / Reuters
Facebook has confirmed it uses phone numbers, provided to them by security-conscious users for two-factor authentication on their accounts, to target the same individuals with advertising.

The tech giant's confession follows a report in Gizmodo based on research carried out at Northeastern and Princeton universities which uncovered the deceptive practice.

"We use the information people provide to offer a better, more personalised experience on Facebook, including ads," a Facebook spokesperson explained, adding that users can opt out of this by not using phone-number-based two-factor authentication.
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Star of David

Trump 'channels' Netanyahu at the UN, meanwhile his advisors meet with Iran-war-mongers

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC
Trump speech
© UnknownUS President Donald Trump at the podium.
As you surely know, Donald Trump channeled Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. He mentioned Iran 14 times (compared to 0 for Russia and 4 for Israel) and all but called for regime change. Iran's "brutal regime" was financing the destruction of Syria, its leaders "sow chaos, death and destruction," its "corrupt dictatorship" should be isolated by the world.

This sly appeal was right out of the Netanyahu script:
[W]e "ask all nations to support Iran's people as they struggle to reclaim their religious and righteous destiny."
The media made a lot of Trump's sovereignty doctrine - nationalism and "patriotism" over "globalism" and multilateralism - but even those remarks had a pro-Israel cast. Trump was talking about the US rejection of two Israel-bugaboos, the UN Human Rights Council and International Criminal Court.
"As far as America is concerned, the ICC has no jurisdiction, no legitimacy, and no authority..." "We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy..." "America is governed by Americans. We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism..."
There is an obvious reason Trump is parroting Netanyahu.

Comment: By not outlawing all private and group subsidies of political parties and candidates, what we hear is what they are paid to say.

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Star of David

Netanyahu lets loose from UNGA dais, bolstered by 'unwavering' US support


RT
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:17 UTC
Neti
© Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, September 27, 2018. Caitlin Ochs/ReutersIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, September 27, 2018.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delivered another fiery speech at the UN General Assembly, accusing Iran of nuclear ambitions and regional aggression and branding criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic.

Drawing a sharp contrast to last year, the Israeli PM exuded satisfaction that US President Donald Trump has since unilaterally torn up the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, which the previous US administration backed against Netanyahu's objections.

His message was clear: with Washington on Israel's side, his government doesn't care what the UN may think or say.

Netanyahu accused Iran of conducting a "campaign of carnage and conquest throughout the Middle East," while continuing to harbor nuclear ambitions. As proof of that, he cited his April presentation about a "nuclear archive" Israeli spies raided in Tehran. Then came the bombshell: Iran also had a "secret atomic warehouse," he claimed, holding up satellite and street photos of the facility, and naming its location: Maher Alley in Tehran's Turquzabad district.

Comment: ...and he probably sucked all the air out of the room with his tirade. The master manipulator is losing control and revealing his hand.
See also: Unbelievable! Netanyahu trots out yet another 'secret atomic warehouse in Tehran'

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Megaphone

Mega'phony'! US envoy Nikki Haley calls for ouster of Maduro in street protest


RT
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:19 UTC
NikkiHaley
© Jim Watson/AFPAmbassador Nikki Haley addresses Venezuelan protesters in New York.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley joined Venezuelan protesters outside UN headquarters in New York. Addressing the crowd with a megaphone, she called for regime change in the floundering socialist country.
"We are going to fight for Venezuela and we are going to continue doing it until Maduro is gone!" Haley shouted to the crowd, calling for an end to President Nicolas Maduro's rule. "We need your voices to be loud, and I will tell you, the U.S. voice is going to be loud," Haley told the dissident Venezuelans.
The ambassador recalled a visit last month to Venezuela's border with Colombia, where she announced a $9 million aid package for refugees fleeing Venezuela, and again called for Maduro's ouster.

"What we saw is what no one should live," she told the crowd on Thursday, "while Maduro is eating in nice restaurants." Maduro was slated online last week for eating a $275 steak at internet-famous 'salt bae' chef Nusret Gökçe's Istanbul restaurant, while the average Venezuelan lost 24 pounds in body weight last year due to food shortages.

Comment: Clearly, Haley exercises her megamouth more than her brain.
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Nuke

Unbelievable! Netanyahu trots out yet another 'secret atomic warehouse in Tehran'


RT
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:28 UTC
Netanyahu
© Carlo Allegri/ReutersIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Iran has a secret "atomic warehouse" in Tehran, which has contained as much as whopping 300 tons of "nuclear-related material."

Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, he said that Israel conducted a raid on Iran's "nuclear atomic archive" and referred to the report on the matter that was subsequently released. Netanyahu went on to reveal a new piece of information:
"What I am about to say has not been shared publicly before...I am disclosing for the first time that Iran has another secret facility in Tehran."
Netanyahu showed a photo of the "innocent looking compound" in Tehran, while naming the street that it is located on. Israeli leader claimed that that the Iranians have been trying to vacate the warehouse after Tel Aviv's raid on the "archive" and urged nations with satellite capabilities to keep close eye on the location, as such activity might grow after his statement.
"Since we raided the atomic archive, they've been busy cleaning out the atomic warehouse. Just last month they removed 15 kilograms of radioactive material. You know what they did with it? They took it out and they spread it around Tehran in an effort to hide the evidence."



Comment: An atomic warehouse located within the city of Tehran? Seriously? Seems more likely this is a Mossad set-up and if so, who then was it that allegedly spread radio active material around Tehran? Why would Iranians do that?

See also: Netanyahu lets loose from UNGA dais, bolstered by 'unwavering'US support


Comment: How timely the reveal of yet another 'alleged secret facility' and the precise contents within, given the recent and severe reprimand from Russia over the downing of its aircraft and ensuing bad publicity. This 'dog and pony' diversion is aimed at Trump and a fistful of mega-buck benefactors. Look here, not there.

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