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1kiki - "If Trump was president, he'd have congressional opposition from BOTH the democrats AND the republicans.

He would literally not be able to get anything done. The idea of how dysfunctional his term would be is funny! "

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Originally posted by THGRRI:

The Tea Party has come home to root. Since day one they have called themselves the Tea Party and not the Republican party.

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The Tea Party has come home to root. Since day one they have called themselves the Tea Party and not the Republican party.

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Roost, not root.

The tea party iz almost like an experiment conducted by the GoP to test and expand the limits uv stoopid. Claiming they are an independent party iz like saying Pontiac iz not part uv GM.

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Originally posted by JO753:
wuz, not was. And nobody sez 'is' besidez German ESL speakerz.

I gess thats a fair interpretation. Do you think Mr. Turtle, Mitch McConnel, woudnt be such an assclown if the tea partyerz didnt exist?

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Originally posted by kpo:

1kiki - "If Trump was president, he'd have congressional opposition from BOTH the democrats AND the republicans.

He would literally not be able to get anything done. The idea of how dysfunctional his term would be is funny! "

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JSF - "I keep hearing that Hilliary will be DONE when Bernie wins New York. Anybody here think so?"

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Signy, from back in March:


"Yanno what they say, KPO - "the proof of the pudding". Since peace has broken out in Syria and all of the enemies are holding hands in Geneva and singing kumbayah (except the Kurds, who really need to be included) ... what are you bitching about THIS time?"

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It's almost un-uncanny.

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Originally posted by kpo:
Signy, from back in March:
"Yanno what they say, KPO - "the proof of the pudding". Since peace has broken out in Syria and all of the enemies are holding hands in Geneva and singing kumbayah (except the Kurds, who really need to be included) ... what are you bitching about THIS time?"


It's almost un-uncanny.

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Signy, from back in March:


"Yanno what they say, KPO - "the proof of the pudding". Since peace has broken out in Syria and all of the enemies are holding hands in Geneva and singing kumbayah (except the Kurds, who really need to be included) ... what are you bitching about THIS time?"

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It's almost un-uncanny.

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I'm not even sure why this is in the "predictions" thread. It's an ironic description of a state of affairs at the moment ("holding hands ... and singing kumbayah") and what SHOULD happen (not what WILL happen) next.

So, why is this included?

The Predictions Thread was a great idea. It's too bad that the person who's running it is irrational.
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Its here because you where saying, I told you so.

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Its here because you where saying, I told you so.

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WHAT did I supposedly tell you? Where is that prediction that I supposedly told you so? Find me the prediction and quote it here, please.

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'll let you know when the thanks become appropriate. At that point, you probably should, because it will be no thanks to the USA, France, or NATO when that day comes."

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I'll let you know when the thanks become appropriate. At that point, you probably should, because it will be no thanks to the USA, France, or NATO when that day comes."

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"Yanno what they say, KPO - "the proof of the pudding". Since peace has broken out in Syria and all of the enemies are holding hands in Geneva and singing kumbayah (except the Kurds, who really need to be included) ... what are you bitching about THIS time?"

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Since the peace process has broken down with the withdrawal of the Saudi-chosen side, I expect that this has gone back to "victory on the ground" as the only way out for either side, with the USA promising MANPADS and other advanced weapons to the so-called moderate rebels by August, if the political process is stalled.

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It's an ironic description of a state of affairs at the moment ("holding hands ... and singing kumbayah") and what SHOULD happen (not what WILL happen) next.

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So, why is this included? Maybe there was a prediction that this relates to? An explanation is in order.

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
I know this might seem kind of 'offensive' for some here but I also predict the Ramadan Death Toll is going to be very high this year
In 2013 it was over 1,600 people

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Can you define Ramadan Death Toll? What numbers are included, which are excluded?
How many in 2014?
In 2015?

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Jongstraw believes (outside of chemically induced highs) that Obama will win in November, due to the fact that 'More than half the country gets a Govt. check'.

Hero believes if Zimmerman is convicted the case will likely be overturned on appeal.


It's not personal. It's just war.

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Ukraine-Russia War Imminent
Of course, we know that a "Ukraine-Russia" war - if it occurs- will not remain Ukraine V Russia, but rather NATO v Russia.

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I predict guys like Adam Baldwin will become an even more rightwing conservative crazyass loon who would make John friggin Wayne seem like a liberal hippie

https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin

To be honest this ain't much of a prediction if you seen Adam's posts on the days of forums.prospero.com/foxfirefly/

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So far it doesn't look as though the Ukraine needs much help against Russia.

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So far it doesn't look as though the Ukraine needs much help against Russia.

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Maybe it's because "Russia" isn't there. Because if Russia was attacking Ukraine in a determined fashion (yanno, an actual invasion) Ukraine (like the Baltic states) would last about a week. Maybe.

Or, do you really believe that Ukrainian forces are holding off the might of the Russian military? 'Cause if you do, you're more delusional than the norm.

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Careful SIG, your infatuation with Russia is showing. Can't post as objective if every time you come up on the side of Russia. Especially when all the evidence points to you being wrong.

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Careful SIG, your infatuation with Russia is showing. Can't post as objective if every time you come up on the side of Russia. Especially when all the evidence points to you being wrong.

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Wrong? Evidence? That in a head-to-head fight between Ukraine and Russia, you're saying Ukraine would win?

Wow. Careful THIRDSTOOGE. Can't post as objective when all of your posts lack evidence and are delusional.

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True to form SIG. Looks like someone says something negative about Russia and you can't contain yourself. You start posting replies to what your imagination is saying was written and not to what was actually posted.

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Show me any post of mine, or anyone else's here, claiming the Ukraine could take on Russia in a head to head war.

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Can you define Ramadan Death Toll? What numbers are included, which are excluded?
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It doesn't count people dying off say of old age or random people dying say of a forest fire or flood. It's basically a count of jihadist attacks or muslim extremists killing other people, which sometimes goes off the charts during Ramadan as muslims are supposed to jihad more, pray more, fast more at this time...some of them crazy extremist muslims get even more crazy. In 2010 for example the name of the religion of peace
They had Terror attacks 192 - People Deaths / Dead bodies 916
In the name of all other religions (Buddhism, Mormonism, Wicca/Witchcraft, Catholics, Shinto, Hindus)
Terror attacks 1 - Dead bodies 1


Some peace in 2010! Yet this year it may number in the thousands. Lots of alt news & blogs touch this subject like Atheist forums, rebelmedia, islamversuseurope.blogspot.com, ibloga.blogspot.com, pamella geller twitter, drudge etc

Was bad after Bush invaded Iraq, then it went down a bit, now after 2010 it seems to be going up every year
Ramadan Death Toll might be very high this year

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Jongstraw believes (outside of chemically induced highs) that Obama will win in November, due to the fact that 'More than half the country gets a Govt. check'.

Hero believes if Zimmerman is convicted the case will likely be overturned on appeal.

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Well, he did win but that was not why.

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No, you maroon. You said Ukraine already did. Defeat a Russian "invasion", that is.

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THGRRI: "You think what I said is the same thing as saying that the Ukraine could defeat Russia in an all out war."

SIGNYM: "No, you maroon. You said Ukraine already did."

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Signy: "I would not be surprised to find the USA State Department accepting and even touting Al Nusra as a peace partner."

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Russia's foreign minister said Washington has asked Moscow not to target the al-Qaida's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, but the U.S. insisted Friday that it only wants Russia to carefully select it targets to avoid hitting civilians and legitimate opposition groups.

Sergey Lavrov said that Russia has long insisted that the moderate, U.S.-backed opposition groups should leave the areas occupied by Nusra. He said in televised remarks that Russia and the U.S. have engaged in close dialogue on how to secure a cease-fire in Syria, but added that fighting the Islamic State group and Nusra should be a top priority.

"They are telling us not to hit it (Nusra), because there is 'normal' opposition next .. to it," Lavrov said. "But that opposition must leave terrorists' positions, we long have agreed on that."

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In the weeks leading up to the agreed upon cessation-of-hostilities (CoH) agreement between the US and Russia, it was John Kerry’s diplomacy that was instrumental in “downgrading” the truce from a more forceful and legally binding ‘ceasefire’ agreement to the less intensive ‘cessation-of-hostilities’ now taking effect.

... According to the 29-year career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service, India’s former ambassador to Uzbekistan and Turkey M. K. Bhadrakumar, it is plainly because “the Russian military operations have met with devastating success lately in strengthening the Syrian regime and scattering the Syrian rebel groups,” leading “the US and its regional allies” to “stare at defeat.” Therefore, they “forthwith need an end to the Russian operations so that they can think up a Plan B. The Geneva talks will not have the desired outcome of President Bashar Al-Assad’s ouster unless the tide of war is reversed.” Therefore, “a cessation of hostilities in Syria is urgently needed.”

Judging by the fact that top US officials began announcing that Russia would break the deal immediately after it was agreed upon while calling for further measures to “inflict real pain on the Russians”, Bhadrakumar’s assessment that a pause, and not a permanent halt, was sought in order to regroup and eventually reverse the tide of war seems to be quite apt. As well there has been an almost ubiquitous media campaign in the US to prime the public for accusations of a Russian infraction, from which a breakdown of the deal would follow; the narrative portrayed is filled with “doubts” and “worries” and “statements from US officials” about how Russia isn’t serious and will likely break the agreement.

Furthermore, outwardly Russia is much more optimistic and invested in the deal, President Putin hopefully promoting it while engaging in a blitz of diplomacy to support it, while on the other hand the US has been less vocal and much quicker to doubt its outcomes.

However, this downgrading from a ‘ceasefire’ to a ‘cessation of hostilities’ actually violates past agreements.

In UN Security Council Resolution 2254, in which it was articulated that member states be committed to the “sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic,” while calling on them to suppress ISIS, al-Nusra, and “all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al Qaeda or ISIL”, it was also agreed upon that the Security Council “expresses its support for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria.” (emphasis added)

Given the about-face, Lavrov was visibly agitated, stating that “Resolution 2254 talks about the ceasefire only. This term is not liked by some members of the International Syria Support Group. What I’m referring to is how something that has been agreed upon should be implemented rather than try to remake the consensus that has been achieved in order to get some unilateral advantages.”

The “unilateral advantages” likely are in reference to the pause-and-regroup strategy Bhadrakumar previously articulated.

Despite this Russia agreed to the downgraded CoH; however, in the week leading up to the agreement there was a major hurdle to overcome, namely whether al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, would be protected as a party to the truce.

It has long been a tenant of US propaganda that a sort of “third force” of “moderate opposition fighters” exists in Syria, separate and distinct from the extremists and al-Qaeda affiliates. Yet when push came to shove, the main stumbling-block in the way of the CoH was the opposition’s demand that any truce be “conditional on the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front no longer being targeted.” Sources close to the talks would tell Reuters that this insistence was the main “elephant in the room” preventing a settlement.

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A behind-the-scenes dispute between the United States and Russia broke into the open on June 3, with Moscow claiming Washington asked it not to target Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria with air strikes.

"They are telling us not to hit it [Nusra Front], because there is 'normal' opposition next...to it," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in televised remarks after speaking with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry by phone.

He said that the U.S. demand runs counter to an earlier agreement that the United States and its allies would press opposition groups which have associated with Nusra in the past to distance themselves from the group and not physically locate near Nusra positions, so the blacklisted group can continue to be targeted with air strikes.

"The opposition must leave terrorists' positions, we long have agreed on that," Lavrov said. "Terrorism is a common threat, and most of our Western partners admit in conversations that there should be no excuses to delay the defeat of Islamic State and Jabhat Al-Nusra, which is trying to merge with other groups." ...

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Russia's foreign minister said Washington has asked Moscow not to target the al-Qaida's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, but the U.S. insisted Friday that it only wants Russia to carefully select it targets to avoid hitting civilians and legitimate opposition groups.

Sergey Lavrov said that Russia has long insisted that the moderate, U.S.-backed opposition groups should leave the areas occupied by Nusra. He said in televised remarks that Russia and the U.S. have engaged in close dialogue on how to secure a cease-fire in Syria, but added that fighting the Islamic State group and Nusra should be a top priority.

"They are telling us not to hit it (Nusra), because there is 'normal' opposition next .. to it," Lavrov said. "But that opposition must leave terrorists' positions, we long have agreed on that."

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In the weeks leading up to the agreed upon cessation-of-hostilities (CoH) agreement between the US and Russia, it was John Kerry’s diplomacy that was instrumental in “downgrading” the truce from a more forceful and legally binding ‘ceasefire’ agreement to the less intensive ‘cessation-of-hostilities’ now taking effect.

... According to the 29-year career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service, India’s former ambassador to Uzbekistan and Turkey M. K. Bhadrakumar, it is plainly because “the Russian military operations have met with devastating success lately in strengthening the Syrian regime and scattering the Syrian rebel groups,” leading “the US and its regional allies” to “stare at defeat.” Therefore, they “forthwith need an end to the Russian operations so that they can think up a Plan B. The Geneva talks will not have the desired outcome of President Bashar Al-Assad’s ouster unless the tide of war is reversed.” Therefore, “a cessation of hostilities in Syria is urgently needed.”

Judging by the fact that top US officials began announcing that Russia would break the deal immediately after it was agreed upon while calling for further measures to “inflict real pain on the Russians”, Bhadrakumar’s assessment that a pause, and not a permanent halt, was sought in order to regroup and eventually reverse the tide of war seems to be quite apt. As well there has been an almost ubiquitous media campaign in the US to prime the public for accusations of a Russian infraction, from which a breakdown of the deal would follow; the narrative portrayed is filled with “doubts” and “worries” and “statements from US officials” about how Russia isn’t serious and will likely break the agreement.

Furthermore, outwardly Russia is much more optimistic and invested in the deal, President Putin hopefully promoting it while engaging in a blitz of diplomacy to support it, while on the other hand the US has been less vocal and much quicker to doubt its outcomes.

However, this downgrading from a ‘ceasefire’ to a ‘cessation of hostilities’ actually violates past agreements.

In UN Security Council Resolution 2254, in which it was articulated that member states be committed to the “sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic,” while calling on them to suppress ISIS, al-Nusra, and “all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al Qaeda or ISIL”, it was also agreed upon that the Security Council “expresses its support for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria.” (emphasis added)

Given the about-face, Lavrov was visibly agitated, stating that “Resolution 2254 talks about the ceasefire only. This term is not liked by some members of the International Syria Support Group. What I’m referring to is how something that has been agreed upon should be implemented rather than try to remake the consensus that has been achieved in order to get some unilateral advantages.”

The “unilateral advantages” likely are in reference to the pause-and-regroup strategy Bhadrakumar previously articulated.

Despite this Russia agreed to the downgraded CoH; however, in the week leading up to the agreement there was a major hurdle to overcome, namely whether al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, would be protected as a party to the truce.

It has long been a tenant of US propaganda that a sort of “third force” of “moderate opposition fighters” exists in Syria, separate and distinct from the extremists and al-Qaeda affiliates. Yet when push came to shove, the main stumbling-block in the way of the CoH was the opposition’s demand that any truce be “conditional on the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front no longer being targeted.” Sources close to the talks would tell Reuters that this insistence was the main “elephant in the room” preventing a settlement.

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https://off-guardian.org/2016/02/29/please-dont-attack-al-qaeda/


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"They are telling us not to hit it [Nusra Front], because there is 'normal' opposition next...to it," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in televised remarks after speaking with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry by phone.

He said that the U.S. demand runs counter to an earlier agreement that the United States and its allies would press opposition groups which have associated with Nusra in the past to distance themselves from the group and not physically locate near Nusra positions, so the blacklisted group can continue to be targeted with air strikes.

"The opposition must leave terrorists' positions, we long have agreed on that," Lavrov said. "Terrorism is a common threat, and most of our Western partners admit in conversations that there should be no excuses to delay the defeat of Islamic State and Jabhat Al-Nusra, which is trying to merge with other groups." ...

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http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/244651119

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