theduran--2020-02-20--Mike Bloomberg is paying & paving the way for Hillary Clinton (Video)

The Duran ’ s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the obvious theater of Mike Bloomberg ’ s Democratic presidential campaign , and how his massive spend is meant to pave the way for another screwing of Bernie Sanders , and a second Hillary Clinton run against Trump during a brokered convention in Milwaukee .
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It ’ s been obvious to me since he declared that Mike Bloomberg is not a serious candidate for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democratic base doesn ’ t want — white , billionaire , oligarch , Wall St. 0.000001 % ’ er .
Oh , and until just a couple of years ago , he was a Republican .
Billionaires like Bloomberg change parties to where ever they see their money will go the farthest .
Right now , that is the quickly fracturing Democrats , who are staring at a revolt to Bernie Sanders that doesn ’ t sit with Wall St. at all .
It ’ s also obvious that Bloomberg is animated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I suspect is as much about Mike ’ s ego as it is his desire to protect Wall St. from having any of its dirty laundry aired during a Trump 2nd term .
Because with the failure to convict Trump in the Senate those that were behind that coup attempt are now uniquely exposed to his retribution .
And that trail of tears for all involved leads right back up to Hillary Clinton ’ s poisoned garden of a 2016 presidential bid .
With the Democratic presidential field a uniquely inept mix of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advertising to buy himself wins in delegate-rich red states with weak Democratic parties like North Carolina , Florida and Texas is a good strategy , if he was interested in winning .
But he ’ s not .
He ’ s running to clear the field for Hillary .
Because the fight over these early states are as much about splitting the delegate count as possible , to strip Bernie Sanders of his chance at the nomination .
Hillary is still angry at Bernie for challenging her in 2016 .
She still wants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s ambition and if she can screw over all the men that she feels denied her that then it will be all the sweeter when it happens .
Because , honestly , Bloomberg isn ’ t interested in being president anymore than I am .
He ’ s 78 .
He ’ s not campaigning .
What he ’ s doing is a pantomime of a campaign covering for a very sophisticated form of campaign finance evasion .
And he ’ s doing it to figure out what is necessary for a ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and where ) to steal electoral college votes from Donald Trump in November .
Bloomberg is spending this money today knowing that a targeted campaign which can figure out how to undermine Trump where he is strong can shift the map enough to sneak out a victory .
So Mike will spend more than $ 1 billion as an in-kind contribution to the DNC in the form of campaign advertising to get this done .
Because , let ’ s get serious here for a second .
None of the candidates , including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hell of beating Trump this fall .
Any mistakes Trump ’ s made dwarf the basic message that he believes in the U.S. in a way that is genuine , even that vision of America is flawed .
The wizards at the DNC know this .
Impeachment was their last real hope .
That ’ s why it was rushed through and so shoddily done , they didn ’ t have anything substantive .
And all it did was cement Trump ’ s base to him more thoroughly than it was before .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ who can out-Trump Trump on the issues and raise a ton of money along the way for 2024 while retaining some control over the party proper .
The intention is to hoover up delegates , confound the map and throw up roadblocks to Bernie .
This paves the way for Hillary ’ s emergence at a brokered convention to hand her the rematch she , Wall St. and the DNC want .
The messaging has already begun .
Drudge ‘ broke ’ the story the other day about Bloomberg being open to Hillary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
It ’ s the other way around .
And I ’ ve been running that story since October .
Tulsi Gabbard unmasked Hillary ’ s manipulating events no-to-subtlety .
It ’ s clear the DNC want Hillary and another beta-male , Pete Buttigieg , as her running mate .
So , less than 48 hours after Drudge ‘ breaks ’ this story , video of Bloomberg just happens to show up and go viral showing him saying disparaging things about farmers and metalworkers .
To top it off , he wants to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We all know Mike hates poor people .
He ’ s a geezer auditioning for the top job in the U.S. who hates old people .
He ’ s a thorough authoritarian and corporatist whose disdain for the plebiscite is palpable .
Nothing says U.S. Presidential material like the blatant disregard for human suffering .
On second thought , maybe Mike is the perfect candidate ?
All of this was known before , so why these things now ?
These videos and quotes are out there to undermine him , casting him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is designed to outrage the Deplorables .
It ’ s designed to put a cap on Mike ’ s likability .
It gives Hillary a wedge to drive in and say , “ No , Mike you can be MY running mate !
” This way , he can have his turn as the front-runner , rising far enough on his money to earn some delegates and ensure a brokered convention .
Then hand them to Hillary as a gracious peace offering .
This is about manufacturing Hillary as the unity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sidelining Bernie in the process .
That ’ s the game plan folks .
If it wasn ’ t all so painfully obvious it would almost be clever .
But it ’ s not because these people simply don ’ t understand why no one likes them .
Bloomberg , Hillary , Biden , Warren , Buttigieg , Booker , Harris and the rest of the crazies , including Bernie , they all suck .
Bernie may be honest that he ’ s a Commie , but that ’ s what makes him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And for 2020 , the DNC would rather roll the dice with two-time loser Hillary , ensuring a candidate acceptable to Wall St. wins , than put Bernie up as the nominee .
Because no matter what happens the Democrats become the Commie and Crazy-Cat Lady party with Bernie as the nominee .
And that creates a clear delineation between them and the Republicans .
But , that ’ s the worst possible result .
Because , the most important thing to Bloomberg , Hillary and those they represent is that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in place .
This is the true face of Democracy in the U.S. That ’ s the key to understanding the game he and Hillary are playing .
And once you see that for what it is there ’ s no unseeing it .
If Bernie sees it clearly , then he will take his Bros , extend his hand to Gabbard and run an independent campaign to split the Blue Wall and destroy these people for real .
If he doesn ’ t then he ’ s the same feckless schmuck I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Either way , this is now Hillary ’ s nomination and Bloomberg is the latest goat on its way to her altar .
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It’s been obvious to me since he declared that Mike Bloomberg is not a serious candidate for the Democratic nomination. He is everything the Democratic base doesn’t want — white, billionaire, oligarch, Wall St. 0.000001%’er.
Oh, and until just a couple of years ago, he was a Republican. Billionaires like Bloomberg change parties to where ever they see their money will go the farthest.
Right now, that is the quickly fracturing Democrats, who are staring at a revolt to Bernie Sanders that doesn’t sit with Wall St. at all.
It’s also obvious that Bloomberg is animated by personal animus towards Donald Trump that I suspect is as much about Mike’s ego as it is his desire to protect Wall St. from having any of its dirty laundry aired during a Trump 2nd term.
Because with the failure to convict Trump in the Senate those that were behind that coup attempt are now uniquely exposed to his retribution. And that trail of tears for all involved leads right back up to Hillary Clinton’s poisoned garden of a 2016 presidential bid.
With the Democratic presidential field a uniquely inept mix of the hopeless and insane Bloomberg using saturation advertising to buy himself wins in delegate-rich red states with weak Democratic parties like North Carolina, Florida and Texas is a good strategy, if he was interested in winning.
But he’s not. He’s running to clear the field for Hillary.
Because the fight over these early states are as much about splitting the delegate count as possible, to strip Bernie Sanders of his chance at the nomination. Hillary is still angry at Bernie for challenging her in 2016.
She still wants another chance to fulfill her life’s ambition and if she can screw over all the men that she feels denied her that then it will be all the sweeter when it happens.
Because, honestly, Bloomberg isn’t interested in being president anymore than I am. He’s 78. He’s not campaigning. What he’s doing is a pantomime of a campaign covering for a very sophisticated form of campaign finance evasion.
And he’s doing it to figure out what is necessary for a ‘centrist’ Democratic candidate to say (and where) to steal electoral college votes from Donald Trump in November.
Bloomberg is spending this money today knowing that a targeted campaign which can figure out how to undermine Trump where he is strong can shift the map enough to sneak out a victory.
So Mike will spend more than $1 billion as an in-kind contribution to the DNC in the form of campaign advertising to get this done.
Because, let’s get serious here for a second. None of the candidates, including Bernie Sanders, has a hope in hell of beating Trump this fall. Any mistakes Trump’s made dwarf the basic message that he believes in the U.S. in a way that is genuine, even that vision of America is flawed.
The wizards at the DNC know this. Impeachment was their last real hope. That’s why it was rushed through and so shoddily done, they didn’t have anything substantive. And all it did was cement Trump’s base to him more thoroughly than it was before.
Their best shot is running a moderate who can out-Trump Trump on the issues and raise a ton of money along the way for 2024 while retaining some control over the party proper.
The intention is to hoover up delegates, confound the map and throw up roadblocks to Bernie. This paves the way for Hillary’s emergence at a brokered convention to hand her the rematch she, Wall St. and the DNC want.
The messaging has already begun. Drudge ‘broke’ the story the other day about Bloomberg being open to Hillary as his running mate. Oh please! It’s the other way around.
And I’ve been running that story since October. Tulsi Gabbard unmasked Hillary’s manipulating events no-to-subtlety.
It’s clear the DNC want Hillary and another beta-male, Pete Buttigieg, as her running mate.
So, less than 48 hours after Drudge ‘breaks’ this story, video of Bloomberg just happens to show up and go viral showing him saying disparaging things about farmers and metalworkers.
To top it off, he wants to save healthcare by letting old people die.
We all know Mike hates poor people. He’s a geezer auditioning for the top job in the U.S. who hates old people. He’s a thorough authoritarian and corporatist whose disdain for the plebiscite is palpable.
Nothing says U.S. Presidential material like the blatant disregard for human suffering. On second thought, maybe Mike is the perfect candidate?
All of this was known before, so why these things now?
These videos and quotes are out there to undermine him, casting him in the role of the out-of-touch oligarch.
This is designed to outrage the Deplorables. It’s designed to put a cap on Mike’s likability. It gives Hillary a wedge to drive in and say, “No, Mike you can be MY running mate!”
Mike Bloomberg: billionaire, entrepreneur, media mogul, three-time Mayor of New York, bond vigilante… beta-cuck.
So thoroughly Hillary.
This way, he can have his turn as the front-runner, rising far enough on his money to earn some delegates and ensure a brokered convention. Then hand them to Hillary as a gracious peace offering.
This is about manufacturing Hillary as the unity candidate of a failing Democratic Party while sidelining Bernie in the process. That’s the game plan folks.
It’s not tough, honestly.
If it wasn’t all so painfully obvious it would almost be clever. But it’s not because these people simply don’t understand why no one likes them.
Because they suck.
Bloomberg, Hillary, Biden, Warren, Buttigieg, Booker, Harris and the rest of the crazies, including Bernie, they all suck. Bernie may be honest that he’s a Commie, but that’s what makes him un-electable, if a little more likable.
And for 2020, the DNC would rather roll the dice with two-time loser Hillary, ensuring a candidate acceptable to Wall St. wins, than put Bernie up as the nominee.
Because no matter what happens the Democrats become the Commie and Crazy-Cat Lady party with Bernie as the nominee. And that creates a clear delineation between them and the Republicans.
But, that’s the worst possible result. Because, the most important thing to Bloomberg, Hillary and those they represent is that the illusion of choice between globalist dirtbags remains in place. This is the true face of Democracy in the U.S.
That’s the key to understanding the game he and Hillary are playing.
And once you see that for what it is there’s no unseeing it.
If Bernie sees it clearly, then he will take his Bros, extend his hand to Gabbard and run an independent campaign to split the Blue Wall and destroy these people for real.
If he doesn’t then he’s the same feckless schmuck I pegged him to be in 2016.
Either way, this is now Hillary’s nomination and Bloomberg is the latest goat on its way to her altar.
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theduran--2020-02-20--Is the US ready for ‘saint’ Pete to be president? This is the wrong question. [Video]

It seems that for at least a year , the newsies were afraid to say anything about this .
Now some prominent people are beginning to , and any reasonable Christian person can only say , “ thank God ” for even the weak level of questioning that is going on .
The topic concerns one Mayor Pete Buttigieg , the former mayor of South Bend , Indiana , who is at present a leader in the primary contests for the Democrat Party nomination for their candidate for President of the United States .
Most of the time the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right-wingers , have remained almost mum on the subject that in Buttigieg ’ s “ family ” there is NO “ mum ” .
Just two men .
A man and his “ husband.
” This issue has even affected conservatives , such as Jesse Watters on Fox News ’ program The Five , where he asked “ am I ready for a gay president ?
Sure , I am open minded .
But is America ?
That is a different question.
” To be sure , he is correct so far as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rest of the cowed media in the US are not asking the real question .
What would happen to America with a gay president at the helm ?
Were it the case that the President was unaccompanied by anyone this would be bad enough , but Mayor Pete regularly kisses his “ husband ” on the national stage , and these images get broadcast all over the world .
To some people , this is progress , though one wonders what it is progress from and where is it leading .
Mayor Pete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and indeed , according to a piece by Rolling Stone , he makes “ his Christian faith a cornerstone.
” Didn ’ t the apostle Paul give a complete run down on homosexuality , calling it both an abomination and a sin against one ’ s own body ?
He had to address the Roman Christians in his day , who were doubtlessly confused as to why this new faith of theirs was against homosexuality , which had been largely normalized in the Roman Empire of that time .
His explanation is so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignored by those of Buttigieg ’ s ilk , but not only by liberal Protestant believers but by Roman Catholic and even Orthodox believers as well .
Here is what Paul actually said about this .
For those of you who feel biblically inclined , this didactic is in chapter one of Romans .
We removed the verse numbers so the text reads as a unified message , which is how it was meant to be .
“ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : for it is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one that believeth ; to the Jew first , and also to the Greek .
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith : as it is written , The just shall live by faith .
“ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men , who hold the truth in unrighteousness ; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them .
“ For the invisible things of him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clearly seen , being understood by the things that are made , even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without excuse : Because that , when they knew God , they glorified him not as God , neither were thankful ; but became vain in their imaginations , and their foolish heart was darkened .
“ Professing themselves to be wise , they became fools , And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man , and to birds , and fourfooted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts , to dishonour their own bodies between themselves : Who changed the truth of God into a lie , and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator , who is blessed for ever .
Amen .
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections : for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature : And likewise also the men , leaving the natural use of the woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another ; men with men working that which is unseemly , and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet .
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge , God gave them over to a reprobate mind , to do those things which are not convenient ; being filled with all unrighteousness , fornication , wickedness , covetousness , maliciousness ; full of envy , murder , debate , deceit , malignity ; whisperers , backbiters , haters of God , despiteful , proud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , disobedient to parents , without understanding , covenantbreakers , without natural affection , implacable , unmerciful : Who knowing the judgment of God , that they which commit such things are worthy of death , not only do the same , but have pleasure in them that do them .
There it is , with the results in bold type .
Pete Buttigieg is involved in that “ men with men working that which is unseemly ” thing , and in the reaction of the American press and some of the political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it : they “ have pleasure in them that do them.
” Whatever Mayor Pete may think his faith is , it is not Christianity .
It is something else , something way off course .
Of late this story has surfaced on two fronts .
The rise of Pete Buttigieg stands in opposition to a recent piece of news from Russia .
Yahoo !
News even carried this .
In Russia there is some question about normalizing gay marriage , and President Putin on Feb 13th , was absolutely clear on this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders was clearly favorable .
Look at this video clip in Russian ( auto translate does work reasonably well here . )
The most telling aspect of this piece though , are the reader comments for this news piece on LIBERAL Yahoo !
News .
Here is a sample .
In other words , a lot of people even from liberal corners of the internet ( after all , who reads Yahoo !
News ?
! )
are easily – and gratefully recognizing that Russia is not taking the course of the liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ further , and to quote President Trump , a YUGE matter regarding the possibility of American having such a president as Pete Buttigieg : It would spell utter disaster for the United States in terms of geopolitics .
Imagine , for example , the image problem it creates for the United States , already known for its debauchery in the world , if it presents “ its best ” to the world in the form of a gay man who kisses his “ husband ” in public in the White House .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Consider what we think of Russia with Putin as its President .
Consider what we think of the USA now , with Trump at the helm .
Think about Ayotollah Khameini of Iran and Hassan Rouhani and the images the portray to the world about their Iran .
Or what Netanyahu makes the Israeli nation look like to the world .
All these men project character traits we automatically associate with their respective nations .
Those images are very powerful and they stand as the “ first faces ” of these nations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A gay man and his sexual partner in the American White House : What image does this portray to the world ?
And while we are at it , what is the world ’ s reaction to that image ?
For the Islamic nations who hold something over a billion people , the reaction will definitely NOT be politically correct in any way .
At best , Muslim countries will never take such a leader seriously .
President Putin is definitely understood as an Alpha male , a true “ man ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masculinity , even at his somewhat advanced age .
Since he is Christian , he would be civil to such a leader , but since he is Christian and Russian , ( where there is no political correctness ) , there is no reason to believe he would feel comfortable dealing with a President Pete unless he could completely dominate the dialogue , which he probably would do .
Some readers will be understandably quick to point out that these attitudes are “ provincial ” and that they reflect “ primitive thinking ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nasty little bit of reality that such liberal progressives never face is that the rest of the world does not and will not see it the way they do .
More accurately , of course , the way they try to convince themselves that they do .
Such extreme levels of denial that allow people to think that homosexuality is normative , or even blessed by Jesus Christ ( when absolutely nothing in Christianity agrees with such a view ) , is exactly as St Paul wrote .
In very plain English , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ text above in this way : • They start to drift into pseudo , “ new ” religious ideas .
• The more they do this , the more their minds become warped .
• They begin to rebel more and more against their very natures , sexually and otherwise .
• The more they do this , the more they justify themselves • The more they justify themselves , the more difficult it becomes for them to bear the actual truth .
This is what has happened with Mayor Pete and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to support this travesty , and everyone who tries to assuage people to not worry about it because it is “ progress ” , and “ tolerance ” and even “ being loving ” to abet such things .
It is very important to understand that St Paul wrote a didactic that , while it certainly is tied to the abandonment of obedience to God , the sequence and results are absolutely real and practical .
They were in fact , the reality that made the newly-minted Roman Christians of that time probably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such a case about homosexuality ?
” – and Paul answered their question , as well as our own .
There does not have to be any “ religious hocus locus ” involved to see that the effects of such a presidency would be utterly disastrous for the American nation and her people .
It would probably mark the end of American dominance in the world .
Some people will jump to thinking that is a good thing , but that evaluation is unclear .
Maybe it would allow Russia to take its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world back to sanity .
But it would also mean tragedy for hundreds of millions of people , maybe even more , in the United States and around the world .
who find themselves persecuted ever the more for their faith , as their lives are ground out of existence by the sheer political force of the militant activists who would champion people like Pete Buttigieg .
St Paul noted their characteristics : being filled with all unrighteousness , fornication , wickedness , covetousness , maliciousness ; full of envy , murder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whisperers , backbiters , haters of God , despiteful , proud , boasters , inventors of evil things , disobedient to parents , without understanding , covenantbreakers , without natural affection , implacable , unmerciful… Don ’ t we see this now ?
“ What began in Russia will end in America ” – St Ignatius of Harbin Maybe this is what he meant .

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It seems that for at least a year, the newsies were afraid to say anything about this. Now some prominent people are beginning to, and any reasonable Christian person can only say, “thank God” for even the weak level of questioning that is going on. The topic concerns one Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who is at present a leader in the primary contests for the Democrat Party nomination for their candidate for President of the United States. Most of the time the media in the US, left-leaning or cowardly right-wingers, have remained almost mum on the subject that in Buttigieg’s “family” there is NO “mum”. Just two men. A man and his “husband.” This issue has even affected conservatives, such as Jesse Watters on Fox News’ program The Five, where he asked “am I ready for a gay president? Sure, I am open minded. But is America? That is a different question.” To be sure, he is correct so far as he goes. But he and the rest of the cowed media in the US are not asking the real question.
What would happen to America with a gay president at the helm?
Were it the case that the President was unaccompanied by anyone this would be bad enough, but Mayor Pete regularly kisses his “husband” on the national stage, and these images get broadcast all over the world.
To some people, this is progress, though one wonders what it is progress from and where is it leading. Mayor Pete maintains that he is a Christian, and indeed, according to a piece by Rolling Stone, he makes “his Christian faith a cornerstone.”
But, wait.
Didn’t the apostle Paul give a complete run down on homosexuality, calling it both an abomination and a sin against one’s own body? He had to address the Roman Christians in his day, who were doubtlessly confused as to why this new faith of theirs was against homosexuality, which had been largely normalized in the Roman Empire of that time.
His explanation is so clear and simple that it is summarily ignored by those of Buttigieg’s ilk, but not only by liberal Protestant believers but by Roman Catholic and even Orthodox believers as well. Here is what Paul actually said about this. For those of you who feel biblically inclined, this didactic is in chapter one of Romans. We removed the verse numbers so the text reads as a unified message, which is how it was meant to be.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. “Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
There it is, with the results in bold type. Pete Buttigieg is involved in that “men with men working that which is unseemly” thing, and in the reaction of the American press and some of the political class, the last bold-typed statement says it: they “have pleasure in them that do them.”
Whatever Mayor Pete may think his faith is, it is not Christianity. It is something else, something way off course.
Of late this story has surfaced on two fronts. The rise of Pete Buttigieg stands in opposition to a recent piece of news from Russia. Yahoo! News even carried this. In Russia there is some question about normalizing gay marriage, and President Putin on Feb 13th, was absolutely clear on this manner:
[Mr. Putin] made clear he would not allow the traditional notion of mother and father to be subverted by what he called “parent number 1” and “parent number 2”. “As far as ‘parent number 1’ and ‘parent number 2’ goes, I’ve already spoken publicly about this and I’ll repeat it again: as long as I’m president this will not happen. There will be dad and mum,” Putin said. During his two decades in power, Putin has closely aligned himself with the Orthodox Church and sought to distance Russia from liberal Western values, including attitudes toward homosexuality and gender fluidity.
The response from the assembled leaders was clearly favorable. Look at this video clip in Russian (auto translate does work reasonably well here.)
The most telling aspect of this piece though, are the reader comments for this news piece on LIBERAL Yahoo! News. Here is a sample.
In other words, a lot of people even from liberal corners of the internet (after all, who reads Yahoo! News?!) are easily – and gratefully recognizing that Russia is not taking the course of the liberal secularized West.
This points to a further, and to quote President Trump, a YUGE matter regarding the possibility of American having such a president as Pete Buttigieg: It would spell utter disaster for the United States in terms of geopolitics.
Imagine, for example, the image problem it creates for the United States, already known for its debauchery in the world, if it presents “its best” to the world in the form of a gay man who kisses his “husband” in public in the White House.
The leader of any nation characterizes that nation.
Consider what we think of Russia with Putin as its President. Consider what we think of the USA now, with Trump at the helm. Think about Ayotollah Khameini of Iran and Hassan Rouhani and the images the portray to the world about their Iran. Or what Netanyahu makes the Israeli nation look like to the world.
All these men project character traits we automatically associate with their respective nations. Those images are very powerful and they stand as the “first faces” of these nations. So, think about it: A gay man and his sexual partner in the American White House: What image does this portray to the world?
And while we are at it, what is the world’s reaction to that image?
For the Islamic nations who hold something over a billion people, the reaction will definitely NOT be politically correct in any way. At best, Muslim countries will never take such a leader seriously. President Putin is definitely understood as an Alpha male, a true “man’s man” in every sense of maximum masculinity, even at his somewhat advanced age. Since he is Christian, he would be civil to such a leader, but since he is Christian and Russian, (where there is no political correctness), there is no reason to believe he would feel comfortable dealing with a President Pete unless he could completely dominate the dialogue, which he probably would do.
Some readers will be understandably quick to point out that these attitudes are “provincial” and that they reflect “primitive thinking” and “lack of progress.”
Yes.
So?
The nasty little bit of reality that such liberal progressives never face is that the rest of the world does not and will not see it the way they do. More accurately, of course, the way they try to convince themselves that they do. Such extreme levels of denial that allow people to think that homosexuality is normative, or even blessed by Jesus Christ (when absolutely nothing in Christianity agrees with such a view), is exactly as St Paul wrote.
In very plain English, we can distill St Paul’s text above in this way:
People forget God. They start to drift into pseudo, “new” religious ideas. The more they do this, the more their minds become warped. They begin to rebel more and more against their very natures, sexually and otherwise. The more they do this, the more they justify themselves The more they justify themselves, the more difficult it becomes for them to bear the actual truth.
This is what has happened with Mayor Pete and his “husband”, everyone who tries to support this travesty, and everyone who tries to assuage people to not worry about it because it is “progress”, and “tolerance” and even “being loving” to abet such things.
It is very important to understand that St Paul wrote a didactic that, while it certainly is tied to the abandonment of obedience to God, the sequence and results are absolutely real and practical. They were in fact, the reality that made the newly-minted Roman Christians of that time probably ask Paul “why are we making such a case about homosexuality?” – and Paul answered their question, as well as our own.
There does not have to be any “religious hocus locus” involved to see that the effects of such a presidency would be utterly disastrous for the American nation and her people. It would probably mark the end of American dominance in the world. Some people will jump to thinking that is a good thing, but that evaluation is unclear. Maybe it would allow Russia to take its place as the Christian nation that leads the world back to sanity.
But it would also mean tragedy for hundreds of millions of people, maybe even more, in the United States and around the world. who find themselves persecuted ever the more for their faith, as their lives are ground out of existence by the sheer political force of the militant activists who would champion people like Pete Buttigieg.
St Paul noted their characteristics: being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful…
Don’t we see this now?
“What began in Russia will end in America” – St Ignatius of Harbin
Maybe this is what he meant.
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theduran--2020-02-21--Security forces leaders fired at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for fostering toxic work environment

The commander and chief master sergeant heading security forces at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam were removed from their positions Tuesday for fostering a toxic work environment .
Lt. Col. Christopher Robinson and Chief Master Sgt .
Justin Crockett of the 647th Security Forces Squadron were “ relieved following an investigation which revealed failures in leadership that led to a toxic work environment , ” Staff Sgt .
Nicholas Brown , a 15th Wing spokesman , said in a statement provided to Stars and Stripes on Thursday .
The wing has oversight of the security forces .
Both men have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris , the 647th Air Base Group commander , relieved Robinson , who took command in July 2018 , “ for lack of confidence in his ability to effectively command , ” while Crocket was removed “ for his role in creating a toxic work environment , ” Brown said .
“ Harris determined the command team did not take appropriate actions to enable and grow the appropriate organizational culture across all levels within the squadron , ” he said .
“ The investigation will not be released at this time to protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the airmen involved.
” Another base official , who had knowledge of the matter but was not authorized to speak publicly , said Crockett had created “ issues with morale or disrespecting personnel — either superiors or those under his supervision.
” Lt. Col. Melissa Hull was designated acting commander of the 647th , Brown said .
She was previously the Security Forces Division deputy at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces .
The 647th is composed of Navy and Air Force service members , civilians and contractors , but the base does not publicly @ @ @ @

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The commander and chief master sergeant heading security forces at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam were removed from their positions Tuesday for fostering a toxic work environment.
Lt. Col. Christopher Robinson and Chief Master Sgt. Justin Crockett of the 647th Security Forces Squadron were “relieved following an investigation which revealed failures in leadership that led to a toxic work environment,” Staff Sgt. Nicholas Brown, a 15th Wing spokesman, said in a statement provided to Stars and Stripes on Thursday. The wing has oversight of the security forces.
Both men have been reassigned, he said.
Col. Tammie Harris, the 647th Air Base Group commander, relieved Robinson, who took command in July 2018, “for lack of confidence in his ability to effectively command,” while Crocket was removed “for his role in creating a toxic work environment,” Brown said.
“Harris determined the command team did not take appropriate actions to enable and grow the appropriate organizational culture across all levels within the squadron,” he said. “The investigation will not be released at this time to protect the privacy and due process rights of the airmen involved.”
Another base official, who had knowledge of the matter but was not authorized to speak publicly, said Crockett had created “issues with morale or disrespecting personnel — either superiors or those under his supervision.”
Lt. Col. Melissa Hull was designated acting commander of the 647th, Brown said. She was previously the Security Forces Division deputy at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces.
The 647th is composed of Navy and Air Force service members, civilians and contractors, but the base does not publicly release their number.
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theduran--2020-02-21--One Monster Is Sentenced To Die, Another To Life

Capital punishment is a subject for which both proponents and opponents argue mostly with their stomachs rather than with their heads .
On the pro side there is the eye for an eye , life for a life brigade , while on the other side there are those who argue it is inhumane , the state has no right to commit murder ( except abortion ) , and what if we execute the wrong person ?
There are though cases in which an accused is convicted of truly abominable crimes on absolutely overwhelming evidence for which execution is surely warranted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a capital punishment option , and of those which do , only Texas uses it with any enthusiasm , hence the expression “ texecute ” and declensions thereof .
Last year there was a grand total of 22 judicial executions in the entire country : 9 of them in Texas ; 3 each in Alabama , Georgia and Tennessee .
One of the most high profile murder trials last year was that of Timothy Jones Junior of South Carolina .
Jones was a father of five : the eldest of his three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one year old .
His eldest son was six .
In August 2014 , he murdered all of them in what was effectively one transaction .
Why ?
He blamed the slaughter on drugs and schizophrenia , as if that somehow mitigated this terrible crime .
Jones is the man in the above photograph without a jacket sitting with two members of his legal team .
He had apparently put on a lot of weight in nearly four years of sitting in a cell .
There was never any doubt about who committed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was mens rea , which the jury didn ’ t buy , nor did they buy the pleas for mercy from his family , including Amber Kyzer , the woman who gave birth to all five young victims .
Jones was convicted in May and sentenced to death the following month .
The last judicial execution carried out in South Carolina was that of Jeffrey Motts , on May 6 , 2011 .
Motts was the only person it executed that year .
He was serving a life sentence for murdering two elderly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years later , in December 2005 , he murdered his cellmate .
It will probably take a decade or more for Jones to be executed , a sorry state of affairs , but all US death penalty convictions are subject to an automatic appeal , and there are some people who have been on death row for more than three decades , which kind of gives the lie to the name .
If Jones is a monster , so is Anthony Pardon for entirely different reasons .
Pardon is a sexual predator of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his life in prison .
His conviction was discussed here last week .
In January 2018 , Pardon murdered Rachael Anderson on her twenty-fourth birthday after she was hogtied and raped .
Although he pleaded not guilty , the evidence against him was every bit as overwhelming as that against Jones .
His attorney elected not to call a single witness , and Pardon was convicted on all counts .
Then we heard the pathetic mitigation , principally from Bob Stinson , a so-called forensic psychiatrist who treated the jury and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Pardon ’ s childhood and his progression through the criminal justice system .
The prosecution was able to show that Stinson had been taken in by Pardon ’ s lies , and Pardon himself took the stand , something he clearly could not do during the first phase of the trial .
He may well have had a very bad childhood and lack of support on release , but although such factors can be mitigation for theft or robbery , what mitigation can there ever be for an unambiguous violent rape followed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In spite of all this , the jurors were deadlocked on the death penalty , which resulted in Pardon being sentenced to life without parole .
The talking heads were of the opinion that this was due to the ideological opposition of probably one juror to the death penalty .
We can only hope that Pardon does not emulate Jeffrey Motts and murder his cellmate , or even worse a prison staff member .

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
Capital punishment is a subject for which both proponents and opponents argue mostly with their stomachs rather than with their heads. On the pro side there is the eye for an eye, life for a life brigade, while on the other side there are those who argue it is inhumane, the state has no right to commit murder (except abortion), and what if we execute the wrong person? There are though cases in which an accused is convicted of truly abominable crimes on absolutely overwhelming evidence for which execution is surely warranted.
Not every state in the US has a capital punishment option, and of those which do, only Texas uses it with any enthusiasm, hence the expression “texecute” and declensions thereof. Last year there was a grand total of 22 judicial executions in the entire country: 9 of them in Texas; 3 each in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.
One of the most high profile murder trials last year was that of Timothy Jones Junior of South Carolina. Jones was a father of five: the eldest of his three daughters was eight, the youngest was one year old. His eldest son was six. In August 2014, he murdered all of them in what was effectively one transaction. Why? He blamed the slaughter on drugs and schizophrenia, as if that somehow mitigated this terrible crime.
Jones is the man in the above photograph without a jacket sitting with two members of his legal team. He had apparently put on a lot of weight awaiting trial for years sitting in a cell. There was never any doubt about who committed all five murders, the only issue was mens rea, which the jury didn’t buy, nor did they buy the pleas for mercy from his family, including Amber Kyzer, the woman who gave birth to all five young victims. Jones was convicted in May and sentenced to death the following month.
The last judicial execution carried out in South Carolina was that of Jeffrey Motts, on May 6, 2011. Motts was the only person it executed that year. He was serving a life sentence for murdering two elderly people including his great aunt when ten years later, in December 2005, he murdered his cellmate. It will probably take a decade or more for Jones to be executed, a sorry state of affairs, but all US death penalty convictions are subject to an automatic appeal, and there are some people who have been on death row for more than three decades, which kind of gives the lie to the name.
If Jones is a monster, so is Anthony Pardon for entirely different reasons. Pardon is a sexual predator of the worst sort who has spent most of his life in prison. His conviction was discussed here last week. In January 2018, Pardon murdered Rachael Anderson in Columbus, Ohio on her twenty-fourth birthday after she was hogtied and raped. Although he pleaded not guilty, the evidence against him was every bit as overwhelming as that against Jones. His attorney elected not to call a single witness, and Pardon was convicted on all counts.
Then we heard the pathetic mitigation, principally from Bob Stinson, a so-called forensic psychiatrist who treated the jury and the live Internet audience to a sob story about Pardon’s childhood and his progression through the criminal justice system. The prosecution was able to show that Stinson had been taken in by Pardon’s lies, and Pardon himself took the stand, something he clearly could not do during the first phase of the trial. He may well have had a very bad childhood and lack of support on release, but although such factors can be mitigation for theft or robbery, what mitigation can there ever be for an unambiguous violent rape followed by the murder of the victim?
In spite of all this, the jurors were deadlocked on the death penalty, which resulted in Pardon being sentenced to life without parole. The talking heads were of the opinion that this was due to the ideological opposition of probably one juror to the death penalty. We can only hope that Pardon does not emulate Jeffrey Motts and murder his cellmate, or even worse a prison staff member.
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theduran--2020-02-21--Another Rigged Election for Ghani sends Kabul into Crisis

02/21/20 – The Ghani regime and their World Bank backers in league with Clintonista and Globalist diplomats have badly over reached and thrown Afghanistan into crisis by rigging yet another election .
To everyone ’ s disgust , the IEC ( International Election Commission ) has sanctioned the results .
After 5 months of waiting , Afghans have been told that Ashraf Ghani has won the elections .
Most Afghans are balking .
It can be seen as an indication of how seriously Globalists take the Doha talks with the Taliban .
The questionable election result also throws into ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talks that are supposed to take place after some form of American withdrawal .
The talks , which are being sold as “ peace talks ” between US officials and the Taliban began as prisoner swaps .
But there is some question as to whether the Taliban ever intended to leverage anything more than the release of prisoners through the Doha process .
Complicating the perception that the US is actually negotiating with the Taliban is the fact that the lead negotiator for the US , Zalmay Khalilzad , constantly shuttles to Pakistani @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swaps are still an issue with the Taliban claiming that they are holding some 1000 Kabul regime troops which they will trade for 5000 Taliban troops held by Kabul .
A sticking point for an Intra Afghan negotiation is whether or not the prisoner swap takes place before the talks .
Kabul is refusing to make a swap before talks as arranged by US negotiators .
The IEC ( International Election Committee ) that sanctioned the Ghani victory basically fled from Afghanistan before they could be held to account for such an obvious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a candidate and shared power with Ghani as a result of the previous rigged election called for the Interior Ministry to detain the IEC officials before they boarded a plane to leave Afghanistan .
In a surprise move , the current head of the Interior ministry refused .
A group of other electoral candidates have met and are threatening to form an alternative government .
Ghani is well known to be without any local constituency in spite of claims made by western press organs .
The other presidential candidates all have more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do have separate real constituencies .
In such a scenario , the question arises , what will the response from Islamabad be if the Kabul government breaks up ?
The only saving grace may be the total failure of the US – Afghan “ talks ” .
The US negotiating position has two sticking points that the Taliban will never agree to .
The first is to secure some kind of agreement for the rights of women to be written into the next Afghan constitution .
The Taliban will never agree to that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ service to it ) .
The second issue is the insistence by the US to keep some US counter terror presence in Afghanistan .
The Taliban will never agree to this .
At jezail.org , it believed that these two negotiating positions are designed to be poison pill tactics to prolong the war for those people who profit from the war .
Jezail.org also believes that the tactic is also meant to buy time for the Kabul electoral crisis to wind down or blow over .
It will not .
Unlike Mr. Ghani @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came up as combat hardened leaders who fought the Soviets .
Unlike Mr. Ghani , most have militias or armed government troops behind them .
There is a significant chance that this crisis will explode into violence among the Kabul regime leadership .
In as much as Mr. Ghani has no real constituency to defend him , he might have been wiser to get on the plane with the IEC officials .
The same might be said for some 13,000 US personnel still in Afghanistan .
With ever increasing clarity , jezail.org foresees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Elphinstone retreat .
Standing behind Mr. Ghani is the former head of the Afghan Interior Ministry ( NDS ) , Amrullah Saleh .
A highly competent man , Saleh has been a staunch fighter against the Taliban and Pakistan .
He came up from similar political and guerilla roots as Dr. Abdullah Abdullah from the days of the Soviet occupation .
However , he has strived to cut his own path and built his own political movement , called the “ Green Trend ” .
It is rumored that he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that he refused .
It is believed that he is aware of the fact that Afghanistan has not historically been kind to leaders who cooperate with the West .
Whatever happens in the coming weeks , he will be a major player .
Under any circumstances , it is highly unlikely that he will get on a plane to flee Afghanistan .
Ghani might but Saleh wont .
The ethnic demography of Afghanistan is likely to become more important again because of this crisis .
Afghanistan has always been dogged by its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They struggled to unify to defeat the Soviets .
The dominant ethnic group is the Pashtun tribe which make up an estimated 40 % of Afghans with more living in Pakistan .
They have traditionally ruled the country .
It was a rule that was beginning to be challenged in the days before the Soviet invasion and arguably triggered it .
Afghanistan ’ s civil wars have been fought between the Pashtun and the other 60 % of the Afghan population which is made up of a patchwork of other ethnic groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to maintain unity against the Pashtuns to reach a more broad based government .
After the Soviet defeat , the Pashtuns split away from the troubled alliance of the Mujahedin and , with some money and goading by an American diplomat , they began to organize as a Pashtun chauvinist army under an obscure cleric , Mullah Omar .
Tempted by Western money , Pakistani military aid and vowing to end “ corruption ” , they attacked the newly installed Mujahedin government which they are often mistaken for .
In fact , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taliban who didn ’ t exist until after the Soviets left have fought a long bloody civil war against each other for years .
That difference is the heart of the struggle that will continue long after the US finally leaves Afghanistan .
It may well end in genocide .
This discord is further complicated by the fact that the Pashtuns , under the banner of the Taliban , are financially , logistically and militarily supported by Pakistan .
Pakistan ’ s goals in Afghanistan are claimed to be defensive against Indian regional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story .
Pakistan has aspirations to annex and loot as much of Afghanistan as it can .
The same can be said of other countries on Afghanistan ’ s borders .
But Pakistan ’ s appetites and ambitions are clearly the largest .
They have been issuing Pakistani ID cards to Afghans living in provinces next to the Pakistani border .
They have set up schools in Afghanistan to teach Afghan school children the Pakistani language , Urdu .
They use the Taliban and allied Pashtun factions as a proxy force .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their multifaceted terrorist operations .
However , it is not at all clear that the Taliban will tolerate that again as they once did .
So it is in the ebbs and flows of these struggles and quicksand dynamics that the same people who rigged the first 2 Afghan national elections chose to do it again .
It was a fix that had to be known by every intelligence service , diplomatic corps and NGO in the region .
Claiming to not know about the first two fixes was a stretch .
Claiming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time is an insult .
This is the kind of vision that globalism inflicts on the world .
American foreign policy leadership has stubbornly fixed US power and dwindling prestige in the middle of all of this .
It is a position that is clearly untenable .
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02/21/20 – The Ghani regime and their World Bank backers in league with Clintonista and Globalist diplomats have badly over reached and thrown Afghanistan into crisis by rigging yet another election. To everyone’s disgust, the IEC (International Election Commission) has sanctioned the results. After 5 months of waiting, Afghans have been told that Ashraf Ghani has won the elections. Most Afghans are balking. It can be seen as an indication of how seriously Globalists take the Doha talks with the Taliban. The questionable election result also throws into ever more question the viability of Intra Afghan talks that are supposed to take place after some form of American withdrawal. The talks, which are being sold as “peace talks” between US officials and the Taliban began as prisoner swaps. But there is some question as to whether the Taliban ever intended to leverage anything more than the release of prisoners through the Doha process. Complicating the perception that the US is actually negotiating with the Taliban is the fact that the lead negotiator for the US, Zalmay Khalilzad, constantly shuttles to Pakistani GHQ to have meetings. The prisoner swaps are still an issue with the Taliban claiming that they are holding some 1000 Kabul regime troops which they will trade for 5000 Taliban troops held by Kabul. A sticking point for an Intra Afghan negotiation is whether or not the prisoner swap takes place before the talks. Kabul is refusing to make a swap before talks as arranged by US negotiators.
The IEC (International Election Committee) that sanctioned the Ghani victory basically fled from Afghanistan before they could be held to account for such an obvious electoral fraud. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah who was a candidate and shared power with Ghani as a result of the previous rigged election called for the Interior Ministry to detain the IEC officials before they boarded a plane to leave Afghanistan. In a surprise move, the current head of the Interior ministry refused. A group of other electoral candidates have met and are threatening to form an alternative government. Ghani is well known to be without any local constituency in spite of claims made by western press organs. The other presidential candidates all have more credibility with the Taliban as they actually do have separate real constituencies. In such a scenario, the question arises, what will the response from Islamabad be if the Kabul government breaks up?
The only saving grace may be the total failure of the US – Afghan “talks”. The US negotiating position has two sticking points that the Taliban will never agree to. The first is to secure some kind of agreement for the rights of women to be written into the next Afghan constitution. The Taliban will never agree to that (although they may pay some lip service to it). The second issue is the insistence by the US to keep some US counter terror presence in Afghanistan. The Taliban will never agree to this. At jezail.org, it believed that these two negotiating positions are designed to be poison pill tactics to prolong the war for those people who profit from the war.
Jezail.org also believes that the tactic is also meant to buy time for the Kabul electoral crisis to wind down or blow over. It will not. Unlike Mr. Ghani, the people who feel most cheated came up as combat hardened leaders who fought the Soviets. Unlike Mr. Ghani, most have militias or armed government troops behind them. There is a significant chance that this crisis will explode into violence among the Kabul regime leadership. In as much as Mr. Ghani has no real constituency to defend him, he might have been wiser to get on the plane with the IEC officials. The same might be said for some 13,000 US personnel still in Afghanistan. With ever increasing clarity, jezail.org foresees a possible repeat of the 1842 massacre of the Elphinstone retreat.
Standing behind Mr. Ghani is the former head of the Afghan Interior Ministry (NDS), Amrullah Saleh. A highly competent man, Saleh has been a staunch fighter against the Taliban and Pakistan. He came up from similar political and guerilla roots as Dr. Abdullah Abdullah from the days of the Soviet occupation. However, he has strived to cut his own path and built his own political movement, called the “Green Trend”. It is rumored that he was offered the Afghan presidency by Western diplomats and that he refused. It is believed that he is aware of the fact that Afghanistan has not historically been kind to leaders who cooperate with the West. Whatever happens in the coming weeks, he will be a major player. Under any circumstances, it is highly unlikely that he will get on a plane to flee Afghanistan. Ghani might but Saleh wont.
The ethnic demography of Afghanistan is likely to become more important again because of this crisis. Afghanistan has always been dogged by its’ own deadly form of identity politics. They struggled to unify to defeat the Soviets. The dominant ethnic group is the Pashtun tribe which make up an estimated 40% of Afghans with more living in Pakistan. They have traditionally ruled the country. It was a rule that was beginning to be challenged in the days before the Soviet invasion and arguably triggered it. Afghanistan’s civil wars have been fought between the Pashtun and the other 60% of the Afghan population which is made up of a patchwork of other ethnic groups. The other ethnic groups have struggled to maintain unity against the Pashtuns to reach a more broad based government. After the Soviet defeat, the Pashtuns split away from the troubled alliance of the Mujahedin and, with some money and goading by an American diplomat, they began to organize as a Pashtun chauvinist army under an obscure cleric, Mullah Omar. Tempted by Western money, Pakistani military aid and vowing to end “corruption”, they attacked the newly installed Mujahedin government which they are often mistaken for. In fact, the Mujahedin who fought the Soviets and the Taliban who didn’t exist until after the Soviets left have fought a long bloody civil war against each other for years. That difference is the heart of the struggle that will continue long after the US finally leaves Afghanistan. It may well end in genocide.
This discord is further complicated by the fact that the Pashtuns, under the banner of the Taliban, are financially, logistically and militarily supported by Pakistan. Pakistan’s goals in Afghanistan are claimed to be defensive against Indian regional military competition. This is a cover story. Pakistan has aspirations to annex and loot as much of Afghanistan as it can. The same can be said of other countries on Afghanistan’s borders. But Pakistan’s appetites and ambitions are clearly the largest. They have been issuing Pakistani ID cards to Afghans living in provinces next to the Pakistani border. They have set up schools in Afghanistan to teach Afghan school children the Pakistani language, Urdu. They use the Taliban and allied Pashtun factions as a proxy force. They also envision Afghanistan as a home for their multifaceted terrorist operations. However, it is not at all clear that the Taliban will tolerate that again as they once did.
So it is in the ebbs and flows of these struggles and quicksand dynamics that the same people who rigged the first 2 Afghan national elections chose to do it again. It was a fix that had to be known by every intelligence service, diplomatic corps and NGO in the region. Claiming to not know about the first two fixes was a stretch. Claiming to not know about it a third time is an insult. This is the kind of vision that globalism inflicts on the world. American foreign policy leadership has stubbornly fixed US power and dwindling prestige in the middle of all of this. It is a position that is clearly untenable.
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theduran--2020-02-21--Elizabeth Warren Will Likely Win the Democratic Nomination

Bernie Sanders — the only Democratic Presidential candidate who is supported by no billionaire — is now clearly in a position where he has the support of more Democratic Party voters nationwide than does any other candidate .
Therefore , the Democratic National Committee will likely hand its nomination to Elizabeth Warren , who is the only other contender in the contest who even possibly might be sufficiently preferred by Democratic Party voters for those voters to accept their Party ’ s Presidential nomination being handed by its billionaires to someone else .
No other nominee than she would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the voters .
She would be the only compromise candidate ( compromise between the Party ’ s billionaires and its voters ) .
She — and she alone — has been competing against Sanders as being an opponent of control over the Government by America ’ s billionaires , and her statements in that regard have convinced a sufficient number of Democratic Party voters so that they will possibly be enough to defeat Donald Trump in the final election on November 3rd .
Trump , of course , is funded by Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2016 , it would be a contest between Democratic billionaires versus Republican billionaires .
Here is how it would be done this time : Approximately 15 % of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention are Superdelegates who were not elected in primaries or caucuses but who instead are basically chosen by the billionaires and centi-millionaires who fund the Democratic National Committee and financed those peoples ’ careers .
On 5 May 2016 , Pew Research headlined “ Who are the Democratic superdelegates ?
” and inquired into “ Just who are these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get delegate spots at July ’ s convention and can vote for whomever they want ?
” 432 of them were simply “ DNC members.
” 193 were “ U.S .
Representatives ” ( in the U.S. House ) .
47 were “ U.S .
Senators.
” 21 were “ Governors.
” And 20 were “ Distinguished party leaders.
” All of them were largely , or entirely , dependent upon billionaire and centi-millionaire donors .
These 700+ individuals — all of them dependent upon the Party ’ s billionaires — will determine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nominee will be if Sanders does not control over half of all delegates to the Democratic National Convention .
Of course , Sanders will not control over half of the delegates in a convention in which there will be a considerable majority of delegates who come to that Convention committed to other candidates .
Therefore , this 15 % + of the delegates ( superdelegates ) , whose sole loyalty will be to the Party ’ s billionaires , will come together to an agreement to back only one of the non-Sanders candidates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party might then have a chance to beat Donald Trump with a Democratic Party billionaires-backed nominee , and thereby defeat the choice of the Republican Party ’ s billionaires ( except for , perhaps , Michael Bloomberg ) .
On February 20th , one of the Democratic Party ’ s two leading newspapers , the Washington Post , headlined “ The Democratic race is now Sanders against the field , and a contested convention possibly awaits the party ” , and reported But if there is agreement that Sanders will lead the delegate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is not likely to be able to win a majority .
If that turns out to be the case , Democrats could he headed for a chaotic national convention , one that could split the party and weaken Democrats in the general election , regardless of who ends up as the nominee .
The objective , in such a case , would be to appoint a nominee who would be acceptable to the Party ’ s billionaires while at the same time not disappoint so many of the Democratic Party ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last time with Hillary Clinton would not happen again — Clinton turned off so many of the Sanders voters so that lots of people who had voted for Barack Obama in 2012 did not vote for Clinton in 2016 — some voted for no one , while others voted instead for Trump .
( Though Hillary Clinton refuses to accept this fact , and blames Russia and Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump , it is a fact .
Whereas Republican voters were highly motivated to vote for Trump , Democratic voters were far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and this made all the difference . )
Normally , the DNC tries its best to appoint a nominee who not only is acceptable to its billionaires but is sufficiently acceptable to its voters so as to win against the Republican billionaires ’ choice .
That , then , makes the contest one which is between Democratic billionaires versus Republican billionaires , and yet which also satisfies enough of the Democratic Party ’ s voters in order for them to remain Democratic Party voters .
This was the problem in 2016 .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this time with Elizabeth Warren , instead of with Hillary Clinton .
On the Republican Party side , that problem does not exist , because for over a hundred years the Republican Party has represented the billionaires not only covertly but also overtly — its ideology is that richer people are superior to everybody else : that a person ’ s net worth is also a reflection of his moral worth , and that it may even be a reflection of God ’ s having blessed that individual — and thus a sign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Almighty ’ .
Consequently , Republicans have no problem with being ruled by an aristocracy .
For Republicans , aristocrats are superior people .
But the Democratic Party ideology has always been ambivalent about that belief , and , if anything , has opposed that view .
For the Democratic Party , in the present era , to embrace that pro-aristocracy view — even though only covertly , not overtly — would be for it to raise the question as to whether America , which has been a two-party dictatorship , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is the case , then the adjective “ democratic ” won ’ t apply at all , even though the adjective “ republican ” still will continue to apply ; and so a replacement of the Democratic Party would now be in order .
At this stage , the hypocrisy of that name , for one of the nation ’ s major political parties , would be not only obvious , but offensive to many even of its own voters , and so the clock would then be ticking till that Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new ‘ alternative ’ against the Republican option .
A re-election of Trump , if Elizabeth Warren is to be the ‘ compromise ’ nominee to run against him , would be just a continuation of what happened in 2016 ; but a re-election of Trump , if Bernie Sanders is to be the Democratic Party ’ s nominee to run against him , would be a clear and unambiguous indication that not only America ’ s billionaires but the American people favor fascism — dictatorial capitalism — and in that case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , on the part of America ’ s progressives , that they live under a dictatorship .
An election of Elizabeth Warren , if she is to be the ‘ compromise ’ nominee against Trump , would be a choice between two nominees both of whom are proven liars but both of whom are trusted by voters in their respective political Parties .
The existing American political ambiguity would therefore continue to exist , and democracy — even in the highly compromised form in which it currently exists — would be precarious , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which the leaders on all sides are lying to the public is no democracy at all , because , if the public can not reasonably trust any of the leaders , then there is no reasonable basis for electoral outcomes , and this means that only corruption — whomever spends the most money to fool the voters — will rule there .
Corruption and resulting dictatorship is the default .
By contrast , if some miracle were to happen , and the candidate who has won the most votes in the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party as its Presidential nominee , then all the billionaires ’ money in the world would likely be no more effective against him than Michael Bloomberg ’ s and Tom Steyers ’ s money now is , in the Democratic primaries ; and the result , of that , would be a realistic chance that authentic democracy might , in our lifetimes , come to be restored to America , in at least the partial sense in which it existed before 1945 .
( Maybe even better than that , because of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ etc .
after that time . )
Obviously , what exists today in America is nothing even close to that : American democracy does not exist , at all .
It doesn ’ t today , and it hasn ’ t for decades ( at least ) .
It is a myth that is propagated by America ’ s billionaires , via their ‘ news ’ -media and their hired scholars and other ‘ experts ’ , all of whom owe their careers to the decisions and dollars of billionaires , and are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example : Huffington Post .
It ’ s owned by Verizon Communications , which is controlled by the anonymous few individuals who control some of America ’ s largest institutional investment funds , so its controllers constitute a virtually impenetrable black box .
In any event , dollars are the ultimate controllers of it .
That ‘ news ’ site is intensely a propaganda-site pumping Elizabeth Warren ’ s candidacy , so as to split off enough progressives from Bernie Sanders so as to make seem okay a ‘ brokered convention ’ in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through their “ superdelegates ” ) will anoint Warren as the ‘ compromise candidate ’ of the ‘ Democratic ’ Party to win their nomination to go up against the Republican billionaires ’ choice , Trump .
Also : Jeff Bezos ’ s Washington Post is ( along with the New York Times ) the billionaires ’ main vehicle for transmitting from the billionaires-controlled agency the CIA ( which does coups etc . )
disinformation to the public ( such as it did regarding “ WMD in Iraq ” before we invaded and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now , they have published on the day before Nevada ’ s caucuses the smear , “ Bernie Sanders briefed by U.S. officials that Russia is trying to help his presidential campaign ” , so as to get suckered Democratic Party voters to transfer to Sanders some of the hate they already feel for Trump ( as if ‘ They ’ re both traitors !
’ ) .
Bezos ’ s rag also used an opinion column to pump Warren by deceiving Democratic Party voters to think that switching from Sanders to Warren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s campaign : “ On the other hand , as Dave Karpf points out , Warren doesn ’ t necessarily need to cut into Sanders ’ s base ( which is unshakably loyal ) to come back.
” Of course , that ’ s a flat-out lie directed only at fools , because if she won ’ t defeat Sanders in the primaries , then she won ’ t even possibly win the Democratic Party nomination , and thus won ’ t have any chance to become the U.S. President in 2021 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ tactics usually work , that billionaires Bloomberg and Steyer are in this race themselves : billionaires typically get a big ego-boost from deceiving others into doing what they want them to do .
It ’ s one of the ways they became as rich as they are .
All of the billionaires will lie , cheat , and/or steal , in order to prevent Sanders from winning — and , in order to block everything that he tries to do as the U.S. President .
And such deceptions , and whatever other coercions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ par for their course .
However , absolutely essential for them is to rule by means of deception , no matter what happens .
This is today ’ s American ‘ democracy ’ .
Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author , most recently , of They ’ re Not Even Close : The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records , 1910-2010 , and of CHRIST ’ S VENTRILOQUISTS : The Event that Created Christianity .

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Bernie Sanders — the only Democratic Presidential candidate who is supported by no billionaire — is now clearly in a position where he has the support of more Democratic Party voters nationwide than does any other candidate. Therefore, the Democratic National Committee will likely hand its nomination to Elizabeth Warren, who is the only other contender in the contest who even possibly might be sufficiently preferred by Democratic Party voters for those voters to accept their Party’s Presidential nomination being handed by its billionaires to someone else. No other nominee than she would be even possibly acceptable to both the billionaires and the voters. She would be the only compromise candidate (compromise between the Party’s billionaires and its voters). She — and she alone — has been competing against Sanders as being an opponent of control over the Government by America’s billionaires, and her statements in that regard have convinced a sufficient number of Democratic Party voters so that they will possibly be enough to defeat Donald Trump in the final election on November 3rd. Trump, of course, is funded by Republican Party billionaires. Therefore, as in 2016, it would be a contest between Democratic billionaires versus Republican billionaires. Here is how it would be done this time:
Approximately 15 % of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention are Superdelegates who were not elected in primaries or caucuses but who instead are basically chosen by the billionaires and centi-millionaires who fund the Democratic National Committee and financed those peoples’ careers.
On 5 May 2016, Pew Research headlined “Who are the Democratic superdelegates?” and inquired into “Just who are these 700-plus party officeholders and insiders who automatically get delegate spots at July’s convention and can vote for whomever they want?” 432 of them were simply “DNC members.” 193 were “U.S. Representatives” (in the U.S. House). 47 were “U.S. Senators.” 21 were “Governors.” And 20 were “Distinguished party leaders.” All of them were largely, or entirely, dependent upon billionaire and centi-millionaire donors. These 700+ individuals — all of them dependent upon the Party’s billionaires — will determine whom the Democratic Party’s Presidential nominee will be if Sanders does not control over half of all delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Of course, Sanders will not control over half of the delegates in a convention in which there will be a considerable majority of delegates who come to that Convention committed to other candidates. Therefore, this 15%+ of the delegates (superdelegates), whose sole loyalty will be to the Party’s billionaires, will come together to an agreement to back only one of the non-Sanders candidates, so that the ‘Democratic’ Party might then have a chance to beat Donald Trump with a Democratic Party billionaires-backed nominee, and thereby defeat the choice of the Republican Party’s billionaires (except for, perhaps, Michael Bloomberg).
On February 20th, one of the Democratic Party’s two leading newspapers, the Washington Post, headlined “The Democratic race is now Sanders against the field, and a contested convention possibly awaits the party”, and reported
But if there is agreement that Sanders will lead the delegate race, there is similar agreement that he is not likely to be able to win a majority. If that turns out to be the case, Democrats could he headed for a chaotic national convention, one that could split the party and weaken Democrats in the general election, regardless of who ends up as the nominee.
The objective, in such a case, would be to appoint a nominee who would be acceptable to the Party’s billionaires while at the same time not disappoint so many of the Democratic Party’s voters so that what had happened the last time with Hillary Clinton would not happen again — Clinton turned off so many of the Sanders voters so that lots of people who had voted for Barack Obama in 2012 did not vote for Clinton in 2016 — some voted for no one, while others voted instead for Trump. (Though Hillary Clinton refuses to accept this fact, and blames Russia and Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, it is a fact. Whereas Republican voters were highly motivated to vote for Trump, Democratic voters were far less motivated to vote for Clinton, and this made all the difference.)
Normally, the DNC tries its best to appoint a nominee who not only is acceptable to its billionaires but is sufficiently acceptable to its voters so as to win against the Republican billionaires’ choice. That, then, makes the contest one which is between Democratic billionaires versus Republican billionaires, and yet which also satisfies enough of the Democratic Party’s voters in order for them to remain Democratic Party voters. This was the problem in 2016. It seems likely to occur again, but this time with Elizabeth Warren, instead of with Hillary Clinton.
On the Republican Party side, that problem does not exist, because for over a hundred years the Republican Party has represented the billionaires not only covertly but also overtly — its ideology is that richer people are superior to everybody else: that a person’s net worth is also a reflection of his moral worth, and that it may even be a reflection of God’s having blessed that individual — and thus a sign of moral superiority: blessing by ‘The Almighty’. Consequently, Republicans have no problem with being ruled by an aristocracy. For Republicans, aristocrats are superior people. But the Democratic Party ideology has always been ambivalent about that belief, and, if anything, has opposed that view. For the Democratic Party, in the present era, to embrace that pro-aristocracy view — even though only covertly, not overtly — would be for it to raise the question as to whether America, which has been a two-party dictatorship, is now actually a one-party dictatorship. If that is the case, then the adjective “democratic” won’t apply at all, even though the adjective “republican” still will continue to apply; and so a replacement of the Democratic Party would now be in order. At this stage, the hypocrisy of that name, for one of the nation’s major political parties, would be not only obvious, but offensive to many even of its own voters, and so the clock would then be ticking till that Party’s ultimate demise and replacement by a new ‘alternative’ against the Republican option.
A re-election of Trump, if Elizabeth Warren is to be the ‘compromise’ nominee to run against him, would be just a continuation of what happened in 2016; but a re-election of Trump, if Bernie Sanders is to be the Democratic Party’s nominee to run against him, would be a clear and unambiguous indication that not only America’s billionaires but the American people favor fascism — dictatorial capitalism — and in that case, there will be a new realism, on the part of America’s progressives, that they live under a dictatorship.
An election of Elizabeth Warren, if she is to be the ‘compromise’ nominee against Trump, would be a choice between two nominees both of whom are proven liars but both of whom are trusted by voters in their respective political Parties. The existing American political ambiguity would therefore continue to exist, and democracy — even in the highly compromised form in which it currently exists — would be precarious, at best. A ‘democracy’ in which the leaders on all sides are lying to the public is no democracy at all, because, if the public cannot reasonably trust any of the leaders, then there is no reasonable basis for electoral outcomes, and this means that only corruption — whomever spends the most money to fool the voters — will rule there. Corruption and resulting dictatorship is the default.
By contrast, if some miracle were to happen, and the candidate who has won the most votes in the Democratic Party were finally allowed to represent that Party as its Presidential nominee, then all the billionaires’ money in the world would likely be no more effective against him than Michael Bloomberg’s and Tom Steyers’s money now is, in the Democratic primaries; and the result, of that, would be a realistic chance that authentic democracy might, in our lifetimes, come to be restored to America, in at least the partial sense in which it existed before 1945. (Maybe even better than that, because of the reduced groupist bigotries against women and Blacks etc. after that time.) Obviously, what exists today in America is nothing even close to that: American democracy does not exist, at all. It doesn’t today, and it hasn’t for decades (at least). It is a myth that is propagated by America’s billionaires, via their ‘news’-media and their hired scholars and other ‘experts’, all of whom owe their careers to the decisions and dollars of billionaires, and are loyal to them.
Here is an example: Huffington Post. It’s owned by Verizon Communications, which is controlled by the anonymous few individuals who control some of America’s largest institutional investment funds, so its controllers constitute a virtually impenetrable black box. In any event, dollars are the ultimate controllers of it. That ‘news’ site is intensely a propaganda-site pumping Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy, so as to split off enough progressives from Bernie Sanders so as to make seem okay a ‘brokered convention’ in which the Party’s billionaires (through their “superdelegates”) will anoint Warren as the ‘compromise candidate’ of the ‘Democratic’ Party to win their nomination to go up against the Republican billionaires’ choice, Trump. Also: Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post is (along with the New York Times) the billionaires’ main vehicle for transmitting from the billionaires-controlled agency the CIA (which does coups etc.) disinformation to the public (such as it did regarding “WMD in Iraq” before we invaded and destroyed that country); and, now, they have published on the day before Nevada’s caucuses the smear, “Bernie Sanders briefed by U.S. officials that Russia is trying to help his presidential campaign”, so as to get suckered Democratic Party voters to transfer to Sanders some of the hate they already feel for Trump (as if ‘They’re both traitors!’). Bezos’s rag also used an opinion column to pump Warren by deceiving Democratic Party voters to think that switching from Sanders to Warren won’t even hurt Sanders’s campaign: “On the other hand, as Dave Karpf points out, Warren doesn’t necessarily need to cut into Sanders’s base (which is unshakably loyal) to come back.” Of course, that’s a flat-out lie directed only at fools, because if she won’t defeat Sanders in the primaries, then she won’t even possibly win the Democratic Party nomination, and thus won’t have any chance to become the U.S. President in 2021. Perhaps it’s because such lying tactics usually work, that billionaires Bloomberg and Steyer are in this race themselves: billionaires typically get a big ego-boost from deceiving others into doing what they want them to do. It’s one of the ways they became as rich as they are.
All of the billionaires will lie, cheat, and/or steal, in order to prevent Sanders from winning — and, in order to block everything that he tries to do as the U.S. President. And such deceptions, and whatever other coercions might be needed, will be merely par for their course. However, absolutely essential for them is to rule by means of deception, no matter what happens. This is today’s American ‘democracy’.
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity.
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