Usa Thread

[Coss]

"The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies - easily checkable, blatant lies - and I'm not talking about the covert workings of the CIA.

When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men - 15 of them are Saudis - and five minutes later the whole country thinks they're from Iraq - how can you have faith in the public?

This is an easily checkable fact. The whole country is like the O.J. Simpson jurors."

Fran Lebowitz

[Coss]

Some military commanders are reportedly calling the war “biblically sanctioned” and a path to the end times.

...regardless of its legality, telling American troops that they’re fighting for a Christian god against a Muslim country is medieval madness. ...

LINK

Pete drinking lunch alone again.

 

[Old Hippie]

12 hours ago, Coss said:

"The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies - easily checkable, blatant lies - and I'm not talking about the covert workings of the CIA.

When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men - 15 of them are Saudis - and five minutes later the whole country thinks they're from Iraq - how can you have faith in the public?

This is an easily checkable fact. The whole country is like the O.J. Simpson jurors."

Fran Lebowitz

Funny thing is, regarding the OJ Jury, when they interviewed many of them years later, many stated they did think he was probably guilty, but they wanted pay pack /a fuck you to the LAPD because of the Rodney King beating years prior…so, there is that… Just wondering if years to come some magats will say “…the dump was fucked up but we just wanted to say “fuck off” to transgenders and other “woke” bullshit…we were wrong…”

[Coss]

You're Fired!  -  President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

President Trump announced Thursday that he was firing his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and wanted Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her. He announced it on his social media platform, Truth Social... NYT LINK

 

 

[Coss]

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 3.4.26

By Steve Benen

Today’s edition of quick hits.

* A widening crisis: “The U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran expanded into a wider international crisis on Wednesday after NATO air defenses shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed toward Turkey, the United States sank an Iranian navy ship in international waters and several European nations deployed military assets to the region to protect their interests.”

* I’m honestly not sure if a sitting attorney general has ever been subpoenaed to testify in a congressional investigation: “The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.”

* In related news: “The Justice Department has withheld thousands of documents from the Epstein files, including FBI documents that detailed a woman’s unverified allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, according to a review by The Wall Street Journal. After a Journal analysis identified more than 40,000 files that appeared to be missing from documents posted to the DOJ’s website, a Justice Department spokeswoman said that ‘47,635 files were offline for further review and should be ready for re-production by the end of the week.’”

* There are U.S. military operations in Ecuador, too? “U.S. forces have launched military operations with Ecuador against ‘designated terrorist organizations’ inside the South American country, Southern Command said Tuesday. The military released no details on the operations but suggested in a statement that it was an extension of strikes carried out by the Trump administration against suspected drug trafficking organizations in the region.”

* Witkoff has a credibility problem: “President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said Monday on Fox News that Iranian negotiators bragged to him that Iran had enough enriched uranium to make nearly a dozen nuclear bombs. … However, a Persian Gulf diplomat with direct knowledge of the talks told MS NOW that Witkoff’s description of the conversation was false.”

* How the war affects the oil market: “Every day, around 80 oil and gas tankers typically pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast that carries a fifth of the world’s oil and a significant amount of natural gas. On Monday, just two oil and gas tankers appear to have crossed the strait, according to a New York Times analysis of shipping activity from Kpler, an industry data firm. On Tuesday, one tanker passed through.”

* For all the talk about “government efficiency,” the administration sure does embrace inefficient approaches to governing: “Scrutiny by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, of large expenditures last year delayed disaster aid approval by three weeks, on average, and left hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency projects in limbo, according to a review by Senate Democrats of an internal government tracker.”

See you tomorrow.

[Coss]

In related news Britney Spears has been arrested for DUI-  LINK

Maybe the USA is starting to return to normal.

 

[bust]

Is Britney MAGA?

[bust]

10 hours ago, Coss said:

You're Fired!  -  President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

President Trump announced Thursday that he was firing his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and wanted Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her. He announced it on his social media platform, Truth Social... NYT LINK

 

 

I thought this was a nice touch 😉

[Coss]

55555 I want one   

 

for those who don't know, Cricket was the puppy she shot.

[Coss]

And we still don't know the name of J D Vance's couch ...