September 05, 2013

Kerry: Syrian Opposition Mostly Moderates.
Reality: No They Aren't
— DrewM

I guess it depends on the meaning of "moderate".

At congressional hearings this week, while making the case for President Barack Obama's plan for limited military action in Syria, Kerry asserted that the armed opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "has increasingly become more defined by its moderation, more defined by the breadth of its membership, and more defined by its adherence to some, you know, democratic process and to an all-inclusive, minority-protecting constitution.

"And the opposition is getting stronger by the day," Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.

...

A European security official with experience in the region said that extremist rebel factions were so strong and well-organized in the north and west of Syria that they were setting up their own public services and trying to create an Islamic ministate along the Iraqi border.

By contrast, the official said, more moderate rebel factions predominate in the east of Syria and along its southern border with Jordan but have largely devolved into "gangs" whose leaders are more interested in operating local rackets and enriching themselves than in forming a larger alliance that could more effectively oppose Assad's government.

"I've heard that there are moderate groups out there we could, in theory, support," said Joshua Foust, a former U.S. intelligence analyst who now writes about foreign policy.

"But I've heard from those same people and my own contacts within (U.S. intelligence) that the scary people are displacing more and more moderate groups. Basically, the jihadists are setting up governance and community councils while the moderates exhaust themselves doing the heavy fighting," Foust said.

I just hope whoever in the US government is vetting the opposition aren't the same people who vetted the local Benghazi militias that were supposed to be providing security on the night of September 11, 2012.

Meanwhile, the two whip counts as they stand today.

Posted by: DrewM at 08:21 AM | Comments (328)
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1 Moderation is best done in moderation.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 05, 2013 08:21 AM (pUGYz)

2 Wait, Kerry is lying?

Posted by: Countrysquire at September 05, 2013 08:22 AM (LSJmV)

3 Kerry is just as big a liar as Obama and has been doing it longer.  But he still can not come up with a credible lie.

Posted by: Vic at September 05, 2013 08:22 AM (zZbNF)

4 Kerry lies?Amazing.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 08:22 AM (9XBK2)

5 I can't currently imagine any plausible scenario where this passes the House, given those whip counts.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 05, 2013 08:22 AM (pUGYz)

6 Must be a new meaning of "moderate."  You know, the kind of moderation where executing your enemies with bullets to the back of the head and/or beheading with a kitchen knife is considered de rigeur.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at September 05, 2013 08:23 AM (4df7R)

7 Chaffetz and Lee seem to be voting NO. I'd be shocked if Orrin *didn't* vote for the action.

Posted by: Y-not at September 05, 2013 08:24 AM (5H6zj)

8 A sane media and a sane nation would be calling for impeachment. A sane nation's military would have already removed the lawbreaker.

Posted by: Dan at September 05, 2013 08:24 AM (m3gf3)

9 It's Jihadis Gone Wild over there.

Fuck McCain and his moderates. 

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:24 AM (GQ8sn)

10 They moderately behead people, moderately gas them, and will be moderate and sober in their ethnic cleansing....

Posted by: Juan McCain Moderate Major Asshole at September 05, 2013 08:24 AM (9jfyN)

11 What Would Jinghis Khan do?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:24 AM (ZPrif)

12 I consider myself moderate.

Posted by: Jenjis Khan at September 05, 2013 08:25 AM (DrC22)

13 I can not currently imagine any plausible scenario where this passes the House, given those whip counts. Indeed. Once again, we will have failed Him.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at September 05, 2013 08:25 AM (evdj2)

14

I know it's way too early for an OT, but y'all ahve got to check out Obama's Historic    Death Stare (tm) when he greeted Putin this morning.  It's the stuff of hilarity.  

 

TWITCHY: http://tiny.cc/374x2w

 

Even when he's trying to look tough he     looks like a douche.     ESPECIALLY when he's trying to look tough.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at September 05, 2013 08:25 AM (4df7R)

15 Both sides are scum.Mat they continue to kill each other for as long as possible.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 08:25 AM (9XBK2)

16 Lying? Neigh!  

Putin is such a nag.

Posted by: John Kerry at September 05, 2013 08:26 AM (EZl54)

17 What Would Jinghis Khan do?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 12:24 PM (ZPrif)
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*GolfClap*

Posted by: Nighthawk at September 05, 2013 08:26 AM (OtQXp)

18 What Would Jinghis Khan do?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 12:24 PM (ZPrif)

 

Massacre, rape, pillage and destroy   until any and all survivors paid him tribute?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at September 05, 2013 08:26 AM (4df7R)

19 15 Steevy,

Hey you need a job buddy?

Posted by: common sense and arms sales at September 05, 2013 08:27 AM (9jfyN)

20 And if the resolution fails in either house he will just go ahead and do it.

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:27 AM (RD7QR)

21 8 A sane media and a sane nation would be calling for impeachment. A sane nation's military would have already removed the lawbreaker.
*
*
In a sane nation, Boama would be running commercials for his ambulance-chaser law practice on late-night TV during reruns of "The King of Queens."  (At the best.  He might very well be chooming it up and dreaming of someday making a big score.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 05, 2013 08:27 AM (BDU/a)

22 Of course Al Qaeda are moderates. What do you think they are, Republicans?

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 05, 2013 08:28 AM (Zswg6)

23 Hillary isn't stupid. She's staying far away from this mess.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 05, 2013 08:28 AM (p7ogc)

24 HAH!

Twitchy.com

"Obama calls Kerry a liar usat.ly/1a9c9XR—
USA TODAY's The Oval (@TheOval) September 05, 2013"

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 05, 2013 08:29 AM (WLpmE)

25 I was surprised to hear Brit Hume on Greta last night adamantly insist we need to take action.  I think the action we need to take is pop some popcorn, sit back, and watch them kill each other. 

Posted by: kathysaysso at September 05, 2013 08:29 AM (6H6o8)

26 Lemme guess: in the Syrian opposition- or the Democratic party, for that matter- it is the moderate members who are muscling out the extremists from the leadership roles.

Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:29 AM (FcR7P)

27 Islamic moderates: they only eat what they kill.

Posted by: GuyfromNH at September 05, 2013 08:29 AM (kbOju)

28 And of course the media is protecting Hillary; not even asking where she is or hunting her down for a comment.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 05, 2013 08:30 AM (p7ogc)

29 By moderate, I mean they shoot their victims instead of behead them.

Posted by: Secretary of State Kerry at September 05, 2013 08:30 AM (659DL)

30 According to Drudge, Putin is calling Kerry a liar in so many words.  He is, of course, but the language is not very diplomatic.  Maybe Barky needs to hit that reset button again.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 08:30 AM (XUKZU)

31 Kerry speaks French.

Posted by: kathysaysso at September 05, 2013 08:30 AM (6H6o8)

32 Great. Now Susan "Forest Gump" Collins is speaking up...saying nothing.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 05, 2013 08:31 AM (p7ogc)

33 28 soothsayer,

Hey wingnut we don't cover local crime stories

Posted by: Your Friends at Al-WaPo at September 05, 2013 08:31 AM (9jfyN)

34 for people like John Kerry, a complete government take over of the health care system is pretty much "moderate"

Posted by: Mallfly at September 05, 2013 08:31 AM (bJm7W)

35 I believe that in this clip, Vivica A. Fox qualifies as moderate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mk_f75TS1A NSFW: L, V Note the presence of Kaboom.

Posted by: blaster at September 05, 2013 08:31 AM (W6bkf)

36 Kerry and O distilled.


http://youtu.be/IgoB2JMEowc

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 05, 2013 08:32 AM (MnSla)

37 I'll bet the half brain dead Tim Johnson sounds more articulate than Susan Collins.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 05, 2013 08:32 AM (p7ogc)

38 Moderate Muslim - They want to kill eachother first before going after the infidels.

Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 08:32 AM (LI48c)

39 Syria action brought to you by the team that couldn't even get FEST spun up during the Benghazi attacks. ****** Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST) The Foreign Emergency Support Team is the United States Government's only interagency, on-call, short-notice team poised to respond to terrorist incidents worldwide. Led and trained by the Operations Directorate of the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, it assists U.S. missions and host governments in responding quickly and effectively to terrorist attacks. The FEST, which has deployed to over 20 countries since its inception in 1986, leaves for an incident site within four hours of notification, providing the fastest assistance possible. The FEST provides round-the-clock advice and assistance to Ambassadors and foreign governments facing crisis. The Team is comprised of seasoned experts from the Department of State, FBI, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and the Intelligence Community. Once on the scene, FEST members help Ambassadors assess the emergency, advise on how best to respond, and assist in managing consequent operations. FEST provides: Seasoned crisis management expertise Time-sensitive information and intelligence Planning for contingency operations Hostage negotiating expertise Reach-back to Washington agencies FEST Assists in the Aftermath of East Africa Bombings Two Foreign Emergency Support Teams were deployed to Kenya and Tanzania immediately following the August 1998 al-Qaeda terrorist bombings of US Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. The FESTs helped assess both emergencies and aided US Ambassadors as they managed the aftermath of the attacks, which killed some 300 (including 12 Americans) and injured more than 5000. FEST Responds to USS Cole Bombing A Foreign Emergency Support Team was deployed to Aden, Yemen following a terrorist attack against the USS Cole, which killed 17 American sailors in October 2000. The FEST advised the US ambassador and helped her direct America's response to the attack. FEST's secure mobile communications capability was especially valuable, since the Port of Aden is some 200 miles from the American Embassy in Sanaa. http://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/about/c16664.htm

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 08:33 AM (r2PLg)

40 27 Islamic moderates: they only eat what they kill. --- You keep what you kill.

Posted by: Necromonger Emperor Zhylaw at September 05, 2013 08:33 AM (/Crba)

41 31 Kerry speaks French....

Posted by: kathysaysso at September 05, 2013 12:30 PM (6H6o


...like a retarded stoner on ludes.


(Completed for accuracy.)

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:33 AM (RD7QR)

42 What a dumbass.  We are screwed.

Posted by: Starboardhelm at September 05, 2013 08:34 AM (1I4sj)

43 I know it's way too early for an OT, but y'all ahve got to check out Obama's Historic Death Stare (tm) when he greeted Putin this morning. It's the stuff of hilarity.

TWITCHY: http://tiny.cc/374x2w

Even when he's trying to look tough he looks like a douche. ESPECIALLY when he's trying to look tough.

***

Any minute he will burst out in tears.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 08:34 AM (XUKZU)

44 30 According to Drudge, Putin is calling Kerry a liar in so many words. He is, of course, but the language is not very diplomatic. Maybe Barky needs to hit that reset button again. --- Maybe he'll lend us that "Overcharged" button for when we send the bill to the Sauids.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 05, 2013 08:34 AM (/Crba)

45

Of course they are moderates. All they want is affordable health care, a greener environment, and to behead those who disagree with them. Sheesh, it is almost impossible to believe that there are otherwise intelligent people who listen to this drivel and nod their heads in agreement. If it was not for the fact that my kids are going to have to grow up and either live with the huge mess these people are creating or try and work and clean it up, I would just sit back and munch popcorn and watch the Funniest Ending of a Civilization Ever.

Posted by: DaveinNC at September 05, 2013 08:35 AM (boNGU)

46 Whip counts are racist.

Posted by: The littl shyning man at September 05, 2013 08:35 AM (qHqfW)

47 Top. Men.

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme as usual at September 05, 2013 08:35 AM (r+7wo)

48 What's a Islamic Moderate? Are they the ones that shot and kill you before they behead you? Are they the ones that allow "infidels" to live if they convert? Are they the ones who letting gays into their Military? Oh wait that's us..nevermind

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 08:35 AM (jE38p)

49 Obama's Historic Death Stare ... http://tiny.cc/374x2w I got the Napoli Bike Festival with that one.

Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:36 AM (FcR7P)

50 So happy that this disgusting administration thinks it's a good idea to accept payment from the Saudis to fund a war.  They pay, we bleed.  Win-win for them.  Us?  Not so much.

Posted by: kathysaysso at September 05, 2013 08:36 AM (6H6o8)

51
"But I've heard from those same people and my own contacts within (U.S. intelligence) that the scary people are displacing more and more moderate groups."

So, if we had acted quickly, with arms and support, we might have given the moderate groups a leg up. But that train has left the station: I guess that's what passes for smart diplomacy these days.

But I shouldn't be surprised. After all, the JEF launched his political career in the home of an unrepentant terrorist. Draw your own conclusions.

Posted by: Brown Line at September 05, 2013 08:37 AM (VrNoa)

52 I know it's way too early for an OT, but y'all ahve got to check out
Obama's Historic Death Stare (tm) when he greeted Putin this morning.
It's the stuff of hilarity.


Putin is looking back at him, thinking, "I can kill him 27 different ways in this position."

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:37 AM (GQ8sn)

53 Yeah, I cut that guy's head off.

But only moderately...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 05, 2013 08:37 AM (wtvvX)

54

Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 12:36 PM (FcR7P)

 

so did I

 

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 08:37 AM (xZ8Ay)

55 Dem definitions Moderate - those who support enemies of the USA e.g. al qaeda Extremist - Tea Party types

Posted by: Fair Tax 4 evah at September 05, 2013 08:38 AM (KKFr2)

56  Islamic moderates, like Hillary is a teenage beauty queen.

Posted by: Bufalobob at September 05, 2013 08:38 AM (1szMf)

57 Hey yeah I kill all the Jooos, but only 1/2 of the Christians

Posted by: Islamic Moderate at September 05, 2013 08:38 AM (jE38p)

58 So happy that this disgusting administration thinks it's a good idea to accept payment from the Saudis to fund a war. Give me free gas and I'll believe they're funding it.

Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:39 AM (FcR7P)

59 Islamic moderates, like Hillary is a teenage beauty queen. Posted by: Bufalobob at September 05, 2013 12:38 PM (1szMf) Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 08:39 AM (jE38p)

60 Forget about the choices made in Benghazi, Drew.
A better comparison is who America thought they were backing in Egypt during the run up and fall of Mubarak.

Posted by: Nick Shaw at September 05, 2013 08:39 AM (9Xn+t)

61 MWR
Your link to Obama's steely stare seems to actually go to a bike ride by Castle Neuavo in Naples.


Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 05, 2013 08:39 AM (dEC8z)

62 Even if Obama backs down this time, which I'm skeptical he will, America will eventually bomb Syria. Assad is now the new face of Middle East evil. After Saddam, Q-Daffy, Bin Laden, etc, were all killed, I wondered how quickly a new face would pop up to become the face of the mideast enemy. Didn't take long for Assad to become that guy. This war build-up, even if Obama backs down, is a huge PR campaign cementing Assad as a super-villain. Nobody is arguing he isn't evil. Maybe Assad will be like Q-Daffy, and survive another decade or two. But once you officially get on America's shit list then eventually some President is probably gonna take you out.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:39 AM (ZPrif)

63 Oh, and muck F'Cain. He wore out his "thank you for your service" years ago.

Posted by: The littl shyning man at September 05, 2013 08:39 AM (qHqfW)

64 If they are so moderate, let PBHO go on a family vacation to rebel controlled Syria. Without the SS.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2013 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

65 Obama's friends are anyone who hates the West. Obama is not after Assad. He is trying for another Arab Spring.

Posted by: pat at September 05, 2013 08:39 AM (KCg4m)

66 Question for the lurking left: How do you feel about Obama destabilizing the world to save face? [rdbrewer]

Answer: Bush did it too.

Posted by: The Lurking Left at September 05, 2013 08:40 AM (YmPwQ)

67 Mao Zedong?



Hippie peacnik fer sure.


Posted by: dananjcon at September 05, 2013 08:40 AM (jvd3N)

68

 and more defined by its adherence to some, you know, democratic process and to an all-inclusive, minority-protecting constitution.

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Heck, i hear powdered wigs are even back in fashion.

Posted by: John Kerry at September 05, 2013 08:40 AM (SO2Q8)

69 Moderates say Allahu akbar, not Allahu akbar. See, easy to tell the difference.

Posted by: blaster at September 05, 2013 08:40 AM (W6bkf)

70 I got the Napoli Bike Festival with that one.

Same here, but if you just load up Twitchy it's titled "Senor Slouchy, I Presume".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 05, 2013 08:40 AM (B/VB5)

71 MWR Your link is taking me to the-- Napoli Bike Festival

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 08:41 AM (r2PLg)

72 America will eventually bomb Syria. Assad is now the new face of Middle East evil. Must be a White Arab.

Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:41 AM (FcR7P)

73 Is it bad if I trust the Russian intelligence more than Obama and Kerry?

Posted by: Brewer at September 05, 2013 08:41 AM (eV1I0)

74 I'm not sure it's so much that Lurch is lying, I think it's more that he "believes".
And believers never really see the whole picture or have a handle on simple human nature.

Posted by: Nick Shaw at September 05, 2013 08:41 AM (9Xn+t)

75 Our purported "Allies" are on Weasel Zippers applying street justice to Assad supporters.  With friends like these....... You really need to see the video.  Sit through it and make yourself watch it.  We DON'T have a side to support in Syria.  We have NO business there.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 08:41 AM (32Ze2)

76 Anyone else notice there are NO, as in none, women senators currently on record or leaning against bombing Syria? All those on the Foreign Relations Committee voted Yes.

In the House 3 Republican and 5 Democratic women are currently on record or leaning NO.


No prominent women politicians at all are on record as against this action.

What does the fact that an awful lot of women jumped on the Bomb Bandwagon as soon as Obama yelled "All aboard" have to say about the idea that the world would soon be a peaceful utopia if only women were put in charge of everything?


Posted by: Rocks at September 05, 2013 08:41 AM (qzWDd)

77 Also, Obama does not care about Syria. His enemies are in the House.

Posted by: blaster at September 05, 2013 08:42 AM (W6bkf)

78

You can tell Kerry wants to be anywhere but on Capitol Hill, lying to Congress and the American people.  Kerry signed up for Sec State because he saw the reports of what went on during Clinton's reign - sexual dalliances, etc.  He just wanted some of that action.  And to travel to exotic places and windsurf.  With his hooker, naturally.

 

Now, he's just got to lie to Congress and the American people for his boss.

 

Couldn't have happened to a better douchebag.

Posted by: MacGruber at September 05, 2013 08:42 AM (S+el1)

79 Massacre, rape, pillage and destroy until any and all survivors paid him tribute?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at September 05, 2013 12:26 PM (4df7R)

--

OK, so no gas attacks. The man has standards.

Posted by: John Kerry at September 05, 2013 08:42 AM (SO2Q8)

80 Well, at least they're pro-gay and abortion, right?

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 08:42 AM (9MLX+)

81 22Of course Al Qaeda are moderates. What do you think they are, Republicans?

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 05, 2013 12:28 PM (Zswg6)

---

We only stone the girls for rape-rape

 

Posted by: moderate Jihadi at September 05, 2013 08:43 AM (SO2Q8)

82 Out: War on Women In: War by Women

Posted by: Countrysquire at September 05, 2013 08:43 AM (LSJmV)

83 As soon as these votes get passed out of committees--and the votes are a win for Obama--that weakens any future court case about the action being unconstitutional.

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 08:43 AM (r2PLg)

84 In the House 3 Republican and 5 Democratic women are currently on record or leaning NO. You realize who you find when the names are named, of course...

Posted by: Brother Cavil misses Crow and Servo at September 05, 2013 08:43 AM (naUcP)

85 "Senor Slouchy, I Presume". I know that stare. Putin is lifting Obama by his balls.

Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:43 AM (FcR7P)

86 I'm not sure it's so much that Lurch is lying, I think it's more that he "believes".

As attractive as the bubble theory is, I'm gonna go with straight up lying this time.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 08:43 AM (9MLX+)

87 With Chavez dead and Castro a zombie, American also needs a new face of the Latin American Left. There are 4 categories of evil we usually want. 1) Mideast bad guy 2) Latin American bad guy 3) Russian/Eastern European bad guy 4) Asian bad guy We've had a lot of bad guys die on us in recent years. We still have Putin and Assad. Though I'm kinda starting to like Putin a bit since he's shitting on Obama so hard. There's also a slowly growing role for African warlord bad guy. But many Americans still have trouble saying mean things about black dudes, even if they are murderous warlords.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:44 AM (ZPrif)

88 I guess by moderate he means that they only shoot you in the head, they don't cut it off.

Posted by: redguy at September 05, 2013 08:44 AM (oqvI4)

89 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: shredded chi at September 05, 2013 08:44 AM (UnRK+)

90 29By moderate, I mean they shoot their victims instead of behead them.

Posted by: Secretary of State Kerry at September 05, 2013 12:30 PM (659DL)

---

and rape them before they kill them

 

Posted by: moderate Jihadi at September 05, 2013 08:44 AM (SO2Q8)

91 The stare that launched a thousand drones.

http://tinyurl.com/lrmkgc2

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 08:44 AM (XUKZU)

92 he means that they only shoot you in the head, they don't cut it off

Baby steps.  The road to moderation begins with a single step.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 08:45 AM (9MLX+)

93 80 Well, at least they're pro-gay and abortion, right?

Posted by: Purp at September 05, 2013 12:42 PM (9MLX+)


Well, when it comes to gays I think they support retroactive abortion.

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:46 AM (RD7QR)

94 Muzzy Moderate = a Jihadi who is out of ammo.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at September 05, 2013 08:46 AM (5fSr7)

95 86 Vive Le Purp,

Yup you can tell by how Lurch stamps his hoof for emphasis...when he is just believing an error he brays.

Posted by: sven10077 at September 05, 2013 08:46 AM (9jfyN)

96 I haven see this much loose shit since we did Vegas in the summer of 77.


This relic McCain and his Nancy-boy-asshole buddy- Lindsey are making a fucking maniac out of me.

Posted by: Paul Anka at September 05, 2013 08:46 AM (jvd3N)

97 Moderates shoot their prisoners in the head after reading a poem to them? I thought that was something that only US service members ever did, in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan? One merely has to google "syrian rebels execute 7 soldiers" to find this. Perhaps your former colleague Albert Gore, Jr. can help you with that new fangled internet thingie. Unless he's too busy release another chakra?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at September 05, 2013 08:46 AM (1hM1d)

98 Alan Grayson (D-Kos) is actively against the resolution and is working up opposition

The Kos Kidz must be dead set against it

Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 08:47 AM (/9IC1)

99 John Kerry pillar of truth, honor and honesty since April 22, 1971.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 08:47 AM (kl3xJ)

100 OT:

Good news! We're not all completely f***** yet.

Posted by: RioBravo at September 05, 2013 08:47 AM (eEfYn)

101 87 Flatbush Joe,

find me an African Christian who will kill the Muzzy Wuzzy's and I'll find you central casting's next Bond Villain

Posted by: sven10077 at September 05, 2013 08:47 AM (9jfyN)

102 The Syrian Rebels are moderate in the same way Kaboom is a moderately good cereal.

Posted by: Rocks at September 05, 2013 08:47 AM (qzWDd)

103 Even when he's trying to look tough he looks like a douche. ESPECIALLY when he's trying to look tough.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at September 05, 2013 12:25 PM (4df7R)

Look like a pre-hit flinch to me.

Posted by: Heralder at September 05, 2013 08:48 AM (+xmn4)

104 100 OT:

Good news! We're not all completely f***** yet.

Posted by: RioBravo at September 05, 2013 12:47 PM (eEfYn)


Eh, I'd need some evidence to be certain.

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:48 AM (RD7QR)

105 And Mr. Kerry, if you want to say that was a fake video, then pardon me if I claim that the rebels are the one who unleashed sarin in Damascus, either deliberately or incidentally because they're clueless gits and simply fucked up.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at September 05, 2013 08:48 AM (1hM1d)

106 Ileana Ros Lehtinen (R) is the Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia and she so far leans no.

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 08:48 AM (r2PLg)

107 Putin is so under his skin. I bet Vlad is trying not to bust up laughing.  The only way Obumbles could have a chance of saving face would be to kick him in the nuts. Putin would probably kick his ass after that though

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 08:48 AM (nTgAI)

108
What does the fact that an awful lot of women jumped on the Bomb Bandwagon as soon as Obama yelled "All aboard" have to say about the idea that the world would soon be a peaceful utopia if only women were put in charge of everything?

***

It hasn't been many weeks ago that I read yet another feminist screed about how if chicks ruled the world there would be no war because they know how to talk things out instead of getting into dick measuring contests.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 08:49 AM (XUKZU)

109 98 KBDaBear,

a wedge dear man...a wedge and a ruthless GOP that gave three fucks about our economic liberty and politics would be hammering the cocksuckers...

instead we have Juan "Bombs of Monty Zuma" McQueeg and Johnny "shut the barn door trigger's gone" Boehner....

Posted by: sven10077 at September 05, 2013 08:49 AM (9jfyN)

110 and rape them before they kill them

Posted by: moderate Jihadi at September 05, 2013 12:44 PM (SO2Q



BEFORE!!! Nobody said we could do it before.

Posted by: Moderate moderate soldier of allah snackbar at September 05, 2013 08:49 AM (MnSla)

111

91The stare that launched a thousand drones.

----

You know i get to charge royalties for that look

Posted by: Clint Eastwood at September 05, 2013 08:50 AM (SO2Q8)

112 O/T: Simply in the interests of helping blood pressure levels, here's a turtle happily nomming on a strawberry: pic.twitter.com/Z46tlKtxhQ ...we now return you to your previously scheduled stroke-fest, already in progress.

Posted by: Brother Cavil misses Crow and Servo at September 05, 2013 08:50 AM (naUcP)

113 Putin has been inside Bambi's head since day one, because the FSB has their own psychologists and they know Bambi inside out. Bambi is a bumbling Affirmative Action hire and the Russians are acting on this knowledge.

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:50 AM (RD7QR)

114 Yeah, it's tough. For most of the past 60 years. The bad guys were mostly commie or muzzie. So Russian commies, Latin commies, Asian commies, and the MidEast muzzies. Problem for picking an African bad guy is one of the worst commies in recent decades was Nelson Mandela, who was declared a saint cause he defeated evil white racists. Same problem for South Asians. Gandhi is a saint to the West, and also a giant commie fucktard (and pervert) who impoverished a billion people with insane, backwards economic policies.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:50 AM (ZPrif)

115 Good news! We're not all completely f***** yet.

***

Let's not go jumping to any wild conclusions just yet.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 08:51 AM (XUKZU)

116 Good news! We're not all completely f***** yet.

***

Let's not go jumping to any wild conclusions just yet.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 08:51 AM (XUKZU)

117 The stare that launched a thousand drones. Blue Steel?

Posted by: Brother Cavil misses Crow and Servo at September 05, 2013 08:51 AM (naUcP)

118 The stare that launched a thousand drones. Blue Steel?

Posted by: Brother Cavil misses Crow and Servo at September 05, 2013 08:51 AM (naUcP)

119 Putin is so under his skin. I bet Vlad is trying not to bust up laughing. The only way Obumbles could have a chance of saving face would be to kick him in the nuts. Putin would probably kick his ass after that though


Putin ought to give TFG one of those Russian "dolls" that you can put inside one another, until you get to a tiny little doll on the most interior one.  The biggest, outside doll would be TFG and the tiniest one on the inside would be Valerie Jarrett.

"See, comrade!  I know who is really in charge!"

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:51 AM (GQ8sn)

120 Putin is so under his skin. I bet Vlad is trying not to bust up laughing. The only way Obumbles could have a chance of saving face would be to kick him in the nuts. Putin would probably kick his ass after that though


Putin ought to give TFG one of those Russian "dolls" that you can put inside one another, until you get to a tiny little doll on the most interior one.  The biggest, outside doll would be TFG and the tiniest one on the inside would be Valerie Jarrett.

"See, comrade!  I know who is really in charge!"

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:51 AM (GQ8sn)

121 Well, okay, more likely the SVR. But the idea is the same.

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:51 AM (RD7QR)

122 Well, okay, more likely the SVR. But the idea is the same.

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:51 AM (RD7QR)

123 Putin is totally enjoying this.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 08:52 AM (nTgAI)

124 Putin is totally enjoying this.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 08:52 AM (nTgAI)

125 Keith Ellison (D-MB) voting yes

"I'm not 100 percent a pacifist"

But he is 100 percent a radical muslim

Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 08:52 AM (/9IC1)

126 Keith Ellison (D-MB) voting yes

"I'm not 100 percent a pacifist"

But he is 100 percent a radical muslim

Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 08:52 AM (/9IC1)

127 Look at the maps some of the better strategic warfare assessment organizations have constructed.

Well before this incident they've predicted that extremists have control of large swaths of the country alleged to be under "rebel" control.

The terrorist organizations have very well seasoned fighter whose experience and brutality has helped with their gains. They also have significant influence over other indigenous fighters who adopt their methods and tactics.

Given that assessment, this was an easy "bull" call.

Ultimately, we have very little idea who these people are. See Libya or perhaps who this administration supported in Egypt. Hint on the latter- they are now mostly in prison.

Posted by: Marcus at September 05, 2013 08:52 AM (GGCsk)

128 Look at the maps some of the better strategic warfare assessment organizations have constructed.

Well before this incident they've predicted that extremists have control of large swaths of the country alleged to be under "rebel" control.

The terrorist organizations have very well seasoned fighter whose experience and brutality has helped with their gains. They also have significant influence over other indigenous fighters who adopt their methods and tactics.

Given that assessment, this was an easy "bull" call.

Ultimately, we have very little idea who these people are. See Libya or perhaps who this administration supported in Egypt. Hint on the latter- they are now mostly in prison.

Posted by: Marcus at September 05, 2013 08:52 AM (GGCsk)

129

Limbaugh said this but I've been thinking it this morning.

 

It's sad when I believe a former KGB officer over the US government. WTF happened to my country?

Posted by: Timon at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (kTI1S)

130

Limbaugh said this but I've been thinking it this morning.

 

It's sad when I believe a former KGB officer over the US government. WTF happened to my country?

Posted by: Timon at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (kTI1S)

131 I love how Kerry talks about turning the US military into mercenaries for hire like it's a good thing.

Posted by: BornLib at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (zpNwC)

132 I love how Kerry talks about turning the US military into mercenaries for hire like it's a good thing.

Posted by: BornLib at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (zpNwC)

133 Putin is so under his skin. I bet Vlad is trying not to bust up
laughing. The only way Obumbles could have a chance of saving face would
be to kick him in the nuts. Putin would probably kick his ass after
that though


Putin ought to give TFG one of those Russian "dolls" that you can put inside one another, until you get to a tiny little doll on the most interior one. The biggest, outside doll would be TFG and the tiniest one on the inside would be Valerie Jarrett.

"See, comrade! I know who is really in charge!"

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 12:51 PM (GQ8sn)

 

Thats some funny shit.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (nTgAI)

134 Putin is so under his skin. I bet Vlad is trying not to bust up
laughing. The only way Obumbles could have a chance of saving face would
be to kick him in the nuts. Putin would probably kick his ass after
that though


Putin ought to give TFG one of those Russian "dolls" that you can put inside one another, until you get to a tiny little doll on the most interior one. The biggest, outside doll would be TFG and the tiniest one on the inside would be Valerie Jarrett.

"See, comrade! I know who is really in charge!"

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 12:51 PM (GQ8sn)

 

Thats some funny shit.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (nTgAI)

135

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 12:50 PM (RD7QR)

 

Yep, they have him pegged as a thin skin Narcissist.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (jShXB)

136

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 12:50 PM (RD7QR)

 

Yep, they have him pegged as a thin skin Narcissist.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (jShXB)

137 Blue Steel? Ooh, I like that. That should be the Twitchy caption.

Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (FcR7P)

138 Blue Steel? Ooh, I like that. That should be the Twitchy caption.

Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (FcR7P)

139 The ones getting Saudi money are identifying themselves. This is a lineup of who is owned and who isn't.

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (RD7QR)

140 The ones getting Saudi money are identifying themselves. This is a lineup of who is owned and who isn't.

Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (RD7QR)

141 Putin is so under his skin. I bet Vlad is trying not to bust up laughing. The only way Obumbles could have a chance of saving face would be to kick him in the nuts. Putin would probably kick his ass after that thoughPutin ought to give TFG one of those Russian "dolls" that you can put inside one another, until you get to a tiny little doll on the most interior one. The biggest, outside doll would be TFG and the tiniest one on the inside would be Valerie Jarrett."See, comrade! I know who is really in charge!"
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 12:51 PM (GQ8sn)

Thats some funny shit.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 12:53 PM (nTgAI)

 

Would Bo go inside Obama or Reggie

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (nTgAI)

142 Putin is so under his skin. I bet Vlad is trying not to bust up laughing. The only way Obumbles could have a chance of saving face would be to kick him in the nuts. Putin would probably kick his ass after that thoughPutin ought to give TFG one of those Russian "dolls" that you can put inside one another, until you get to a tiny little doll on the most interior one. The biggest, outside doll would be TFG and the tiniest one on the inside would be Valerie Jarrett."See, comrade! I know who is really in charge!"
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 12:51 PM (GQ8sn)

Thats some funny shit.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 12:53 PM (nTgAI)

 

Would Bo go inside Obama or Reggie

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 08:53 AM (nTgAI)

143 McRino, Horse Face kerry, Agent Orange. A connection? Inquiring minds want to know

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 08:54 AM (jE38p)

144 That must be the vaunted Community Organizer death stare. 

Posted by: Heralder at September 05, 2013 08:54 AM (+xmn4)

145 117 EC,

You need job tovarisch?


Posted by: Vlad Putin for Manpower of RUS at September 05, 2013 08:54 AM (9jfyN)

146

It hasn't been many weeks ago that I read yet another feminist screed about how if chicks ruled the world there would be no war because they know how to talk things out instead of getting into dick measuring contests.

---

Yeah, cause women are never bitter and petty. The UN would be just like Real Housewives.

 

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at September 05, 2013 08:54 AM (SO2Q8)

147 Yeah, sad, but I trust Putin more than I trust Obama. And I think Putin is actually less hostile to me and my family.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:54 AM (ZPrif)

148 Chunnel Nostrils Waxman isn't listed yes,no,or undecided

I guess Hollywood hasn't made its mind up either

Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 08:55 AM (/9IC1)

149 Yeah, cause women are never bitter and petty. The UN would be just like Real Housewives. Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at September 05, 2013 12:54 PM (SO2Q Great one, just great

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 08:55 AM (jE38p)

150 Free Syrian Army FSA "Moderates' Behead 24 Passengers on Bus, Including a Mother and Her 40-day old baby http://fb.me/16PMSN6P6

Posted by: BornLib at September 05, 2013 08:56 AM (zpNwC)

151 Michelle Bachman Tweeted that she's "adamantly opposed" to military action.

I look forward to glowing report in the NYT praising her for her stalwart stand against the war mongers. I wonder what kind of sneakers she wore?

Posted by: Rocks at September 05, 2013 08:56 AM (qzWDd)

152 Free Syrian Army FSA "Moderates' Behead 24 Passengers on Bus, Including a Mother and Her 40-day old baby


Are you effing kidding me???

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:56 AM (GQ8sn)

153 This could be the meltdown we have been expecting, especially if Putin keeps needling the boy king

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 08:56 AM (nTgAI)

154 And I think Putin is actually less hostile to me and my family. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 12:54 PM (ZPrif) Well Putin doesn't give a rat's ass about your family. On the other hand obama wants to hurt them, so yeah your right

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 08:56 AM (jE38p)

155 Brilliant point by Rush caller. We immediately know all the details about what happened in Syria with the gas, but a year later cannot seem to get much in the way of facts regarding Libya, the IRS, and Fast & Furious.

Posted by: Countrysquire at September 05, 2013 08:57 AM (LSJmV)

156 I actually do think Putin hates people like me less than Obama does. I'm fairly patriotic and generally want America to kick Russia's ass. And I think Putin actually respects that sort of nationalism. Putin would still try and defeat me for the glory of Russia if he could, of course. Difference is Putin wants to defeat me. Obama wants to destroy me.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:57 AM (ZPrif)

157 EPA security personnel are mostly moderates.

Posted by: fawkes at September 05, 2013 08:57 AM (Djwm9)

158 129McRino, Horse Face kerry, Agent Orange. A connection? Inquiring minds want to know

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 12:54 PM (jE38p)

---

As an expert, i can say no with high confidence.

Posted by: John Boehner at September 05, 2013 08:57 AM (SO2Q8)

159
Putin ought to give TFG one of those Russian "dolls" that you can put inside one another, until you get to a tiny little doll on the most interior one. The biggest, outside doll would be TFG and the tiniest one on the inside would be Valerie Jarrett.

"See, comrade! I know who is really in charge!"

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 12:51 PM (GQ8sn)

<p>That would be awesome!</p>

Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 08:57 AM (Tnlh/)

160

Yeah, sad, but I trust Putin more than I trust Obama.

And I think Putin is actually less hostile to me and my family.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 12:54 PM (ZPrif)

 

-- I agree and it really distresses me

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 05, 2013 08:58 AM (R8hU8)

161 When I put in that link from Twitchy I get something from a Napoli Bike Festival. ?????

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2013 08:58 AM (j+lCW)

162 Putin is so under his skin.

I got a post waiting in draft about this.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 08:58 AM (9MLX+)

163 The one guy enjoyed that heart and liver with some Fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Because, Moderate.

Posted by: Hannibal at September 05, 2013 08:58 AM (QM5S2)

164 I got a post waiting in draft about this.


Oooh!  Let me know before you drop so I can get in my "FIRST!!!".

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:59 AM (GQ8sn)

165 Well Putin doesn't give a rat's ass about your family. On the other hand obama wants to hurt them, so yeah your right

Putin probably is less hostile to the USA than Obama is, too.

Posted by: Methos at September 05, 2013 08:59 AM (hO9ad)

166 But I just checked Twitchy itself and yes, that death stare is funny!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2013 09:00 AM (j+lCW)

167 Maybe Kerry meant they were moderate in relation to the Dems and his own political beliefs.

Posted by: Penfold at September 05, 2013 09:00 AM (Fbt5B)

168 Dang it. Forgot that it's [ not <.

Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 09:00 AM (Tnlh/)

169 Obama is mad at Putin because Putin didn't respect him the morning.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 09:00 AM (XUKZU)

170 I wanted to post this from the dead thread on Hemingway, because he really was an ass and everyone should know. Life photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt went to Cuba in 1952 to photograph Hemingway. "Hemingway, Eisenstaedt wonderingly noted, drank from the moment he awoke until the time he went to bed, with a lackey constantly plying him with booze; obsessed over his virility (sometimes literally pounding his chest, “like King Kong,” to illustrate that, while perhaps diminished, he was still a man to whom attention must be paid); erupted into violent rages over minor slights, both real and imagined; rarely spoke a sentence, to anyone, that wasn’t peppered with obscenities; and generally behaved like a buffoon. Words and phrases that crop up repeatedly in Eisenstaedt’s reminiscences include “crazy,” “berserk,” “wild,” “insulting,” “drunk,” and “blue in the face” (as in, blue in the face with sudden, uncontrollable anger)." Link: http://preview.tinyurl.com/k2pru2e

Posted by: bonhomme at September 05, 2013 09:00 AM (yKTI2)

171 Talking to a friend this weekend who escaped The Soviet Union when he was a kid with his family.  His father said he is thinking of going back to St Petersburg because he thinks he would be better off there than here,  This is a guy who fought for 6 years to get his family OUT, and no he thinks going back is the answer.  Sad.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 09:01 AM (32Ze2)

172 Dang it. Forgot that it's [ not <.[/i]


What does the [ p ] do?

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 09:01 AM (GQ8sn)

173 148 Putin is so under his skin. I got a post waiting in draft about this. Posted by: Purp at September 05, 2013 12:58 PM (9MLX+) *********** Never go full Ruskie though. Yesterday the guys that watch Housewives thought Putin would--oh forget it. Kaboom has a half life and causes mood swings till you're dead.

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 09:01 AM (r2PLg)

174 >> more defined by its adherence to some, you know, democratic process and to an all-inclusive, minority-protecting constitution. Hahahahahaha Oh, Lurch. You're killin' me here.

Posted by: Andy at September 05, 2013 09:02 AM (qZRAa)

175 Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 12:57 PM (Tnlh/) That's a great idea. These dolls "(we used to call them "in-and- ins" are great.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2013 09:02 AM (j+lCW)

176 They're about as moderate as Barry is

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 05, 2013 09:03 AM (1Jaio)

177 What does the [ p ] do?

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 01:01 PM (GQ8sn)

Creates a new paragraph. That no longer happens automatically when I'm on my laptop.


Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 09:03 AM (Tnlh/)

178 151 Methos,

I am actually.  I want you humbled...and at worst want Alaska back assholes you don't use her effectively but I actually LIKE your people...mostly....


lose some weight, work out more and make better porn and we're golden....

TFG wants you "fundamentally transformed" whatever fuck that is and frankly not to be identifiable as nation of Georgi Washington within 20 years...

What the fuck did Wampum Thrower ever do to Comrade Soetoro?

Posted by: Vlad Putin for Manpower of RUS at September 05, 2013 09:03 AM (9jfyN)

179 Talking to a friend this weekend who escaped The Soviet Union when he was a kid with his family. His father said he is thinking of going back to St Petersburg because he thinks he would be better off there than here, This is a guy who fought for 6 years to get his family OUT, and no he thinks going back is the answer. Sad. Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 01:01 PM (32Ze2) yeah I have many many many friends and patients who are ex-patriot Russians. I have heard that sentiment, but it is just frustration like the rest of us. Nobody is actually going back except for visits. Let's not overly romanticize the FSU

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:03 AM (jE38p)

180 Talking to a friend this weekend who escaped The Soviet Union when he was a kid with his family. His father said he is thinking of going back to St Petersburg because he thinks he would be better off there than here, This is a guy who fought for 6 years to get his family OUT, and no he thinks going back is the answer. Sad.



We must have the same friends.


I have good buddy whose family came to the US as refugees from Russia.  Now, my friend works for (*gasp*) Halliburton and they needed someone at their Russian office so they set him up there.  Now he's bought a house and is trying to settle there with his family.

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 09:04 AM (GQ8sn)

181 Shit. I give up.

Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 09:04 AM (Tnlh/)

182 And I think Putin is actually less hostile to me and my family.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 12:54 PM (ZPrif)

 

Add me to those above who also feel this way...

Posted by: Timon at September 05, 2013 09:05 AM (kTI1S)

183 161 Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 12:57 PM (Tnlh/) That's a great idea. These dolls "(we used to call them "in-and- ins" are great. --- My version would be a twist on an old Don Martin cartoon from Mad. It would be a head with smaller and smaller heads within until you get to a slip of paper the size of a fortune cookie fortune reading "Inspected by the NSA".

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 05, 2013 09:05 AM (/Crba)

184 Talking to a friend this weekend who escaped The Soviet Union when he was a kid with his family. His father said he is thinking of going back to St Petersburg because he thinks he would be better off there than here, This is a guy who fought for 6 years to get his family OUT, and no he thinks going back is the answer. Sad. Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 01:01 PM (32Ze2) ***************** Call him on his --Bull shit. Two words might get him to snap out of it-- TOILET PAPER

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 09:05 AM (r2PLg)

185 Creates a new paragraph.

Thanks!

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 09:05 AM (GQ8sn)

186 161 Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 12:57 PM (Tnlh/)

That's a great idea. These dolls "(we used to call them "in-and- ins" are great.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2013 01:02 PM (j+lCW)


Have a set bought in East Berlin circa 1897.

Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 09:05 AM (Tnlh/)

187

Creates a new paragraph. That no longer happens automatically when I'm on my laptop.


Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 01:03 PM (Tnlh/) /i]

 

what's the browser you're using?

Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 09:05 AM (LI48c)

188 1987

Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 09:05 AM (Tnlh/)

189 yeah I have many many many friends and patients who are ex-patriot Russians. I have heard that sentiment, but it is just frustration like the rest of us. Nobody is actually going back except for visits. Let's not overly romanticize the FSU

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 01:03 PM (jE38p)

__________________

I agree.  I think his father never fully left the Soviet Union if you know what I mean. 

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 09:05 AM (32Ze2)

190 John Kerry, lying? Push me over with a feather... NSA Benghazi Border Fence/Immigration Cost of Obamacare Keep your own doctor IRS Red Line Obama, Kerry, H. Clinton, McCain, Shumer, etc. etc., etc. Lies fall from their lips like spit-up pours out of a baby. Why we would *ever* trust them to get us into a war that didn't have clear and smoking evidence that the USA was being directly threatened is beyond me. I don't trust liars. I don't commit US Servicemen into harm's way based on what liars are telling me. "Moderates..." yeah, just like in Libya or Egypt. Hell, Turkey is struggling with the "Arab Spring." Who in their right mind would ever believe that Syria would go anyway but Al Qaeda? Oppose these liars - let your congressman know that you are against this, big time.

Posted by: RobM1981 at September 05, 2013 09:06 AM (3DPvT)

191 I don't think any Riuussian jews want to be going back there.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:07 AM (9XBK2)

192 Dude. They got a website. Super syrious.

@eliselabottcnn: White House pulling out all stops w/ website to build case for action in #Syria: http://wh.gov/l4nqk

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 05, 2013 09:07 AM (WLpmE)

193 what's the browser you're using?

Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 01:05 PM (LI48c)

Firefox

Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 09:08 AM (Tnlh/)

194 I have heard that they don't have KABOOM in Russia....

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 09:08 AM (32Ze2)

195 It's a load of crap. Hell I know Canadians that won't move back there--on account of the weather. jeebus.

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 09:08 AM (r2PLg)

196 Burr is absolutely killing me lately.

Posted by: NCKate at September 05, 2013 09:08 AM (KKfVH)

197 A moderate is a terrorist with a sharp knife.

Posted by: ahem at September 05, 2013 09:08 AM (lKGzI)

198 Firefox

Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 01:08 PM (Tnlh/)

 

Ah I don't have a solution to get that to actually get paragraph breaks.

Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 09:09 AM (LI48c)

199 Dont suppose Dear Leader is anxious to blow up weapons caches that maybe could be traced? The moral indignation seems a little too convenient for a bunch of relativists. It is about Benghazi

Posted by: Butternut at September 05, 2013 09:09 AM (+8yte)

200 180 I have heard that they don't have KABOOM in Russia....

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 01:08 PM (32Ze2)

 

That's because they have standards.

Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 09:09 AM (LI48c)

201

Oppose these liars - let your congressman know that you are against this, big time.

 

My congresscritter is Jim Moron opps I mean Jim Moran. Stated this morning on radio that call and emails coming to his office is 100% percent against the attack but is voting for it anyways because it's the right thing to do. geez....

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 09:10 AM (jShXB)

202 Russia is not so bad if you are a Putin crony..wait,not too different from here.Except Obama will be out of power in a few years,Putin will be in power for life.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:10 AM (9XBK2)

203 I have heard that they don't have KABOOM in Russia....

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 01:08 PM (32Ze2)

 

Yes they do, but in Russia KABOOM eats you

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 09:10 AM (nTgAI)

204 McCain's Moderates
Lindsay's Liberals
Wasserman's Whigs
Cantor's Coptics
Boehner's Baptists
Durbin's Democrats
Pelosi's Peacniks



Nothing to worry about.





 



Posted by: dananjcon at September 05, 2013 09:10 AM (jvd3N)

205 185 Dont suppose Dear Leader is anxious to blow up weapons caches that maybe could be traced? The moral indignation seems a little too convenient for a bunch of relativists. It is about Benghazi --- I don't doubt that weapons from Benghazi ended up there, but I think this is about getting his MB buddies another foothold since Egypt looks ready to go scorched-earth on them.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 05, 2013 09:10 AM (/Crba)

206

Yeah, sad, but I trust Putin more than I trust Obama.

And I think Putin is actually less hostile to me and my family.Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 12:54 PM (ZPrif) -- I agree and it really distresses me

I agree and I really wish I spoke Russian and had a passport.

 

 

Posted by: Lynne at September 05, 2013 09:10 AM (+Uv5V)

207 180 Truck Monkey,

we do not....safety reasons comrade...

we are people who gave world Chernobyl...what the fuck does that tell you comrade?

Posted by: Vlad Putin for Manpower of RUS at September 05, 2013 09:11 AM (9jfyN)

208 I don't trust the American Taliban on whether Syrians are moderates or not.
/s/
Anti-war Leftists All Gung-ho for Obama's Second War.

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 05, 2013 09:11 AM (VjL9S)

209 I know Canadians that won't move back there--on account of the weather. There's a reason something like 80% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. Even Canadians don't want to be too Canadian.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 05, 2013 09:11 AM (yKTI2)

210 Hank Johnson (D-Ranged) voting no



Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 09:11 AM (/9IC1)

211 A little unexpected good news:  Remember that wackjob professor with his over-the-top about how rotten the GOP is from a few days ago?  He has been "relieved of his duties for this semester."  I imagine this is just paid time off until next semester but even so it is more than I expected.  That'll teach him to allow video cameras in the classroom.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 09:11 AM (XUKZU)

212 Burr is absolutely killing me lately.


I just looked up his statement.

*facepalm*


He needs to GTFO.

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 09:12 AM (GQ8sn)

213 196 Hank Johnson (D-Ranged) voting no --- I guess he thought it would make Syria tip over if we attacked them.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 05, 2013 09:12 AM (/Crba)

214 I don't think any Riuussian jews want to be going back there. Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 01:07 PM (9XBK2) I was very happy this week, one of my Navy DOCs. A LT in the Medical Corps was finally promoted to LCDR. She speaks Russian, Ukranian, and fluent Hebrew. Russia really suffered a huge brain drain when all these people left. And a Navy Dentist, another LT who is a close friend of mine, also got promoted to LCDR. I call him the commie, because he is cuban, but possibly even more right wing than me. Was a good week.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:12 AM (jE38p)

215 Shit. I give up.
Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 01:04 PM

One of the cob-loggers has assured us that new blog software is Two Weeks Away!

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 05, 2013 09:12 AM (kaGpp)

216 Where the hell is that Kaboom Kid --Ace? He wanted it. He saw there ad-- Eat Kaboom! It's like a vegetarian Donner Party in your BOWL!! He always had a taste for the macabre .

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 09:12 AM (r2PLg)

217 178 Weft-Cut Loop,

so there I am waiting on Jugeared Dumbass in St Pete...and this "webzone" goes up from Susan "by far the lesser" Rice...

what the fuck?

Is this International fucking Politics or damned Teen Beat comrade?

Posted by: Vlad Putin for Manpower of RUS at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (9jfyN)

218 Kratos was right: In the end, there is only chaos. Wonder how he's doing...

Posted by: Brother Cavil misses Crow and Servo at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (naUcP)

219 Kerry: Syrian Opposition Mostly Moderates Middle Class™

Posted by: jakeman at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (GXKTh)

220 The Russians are still working on dismantling some of the old labyrinthine Soviet bureaucracy.

Its still difficult to emigrate there for any extended period and setup a business.  Given their population trends, I'd expect they'll get around to liberalizing that eventually.

Their tax system reforms have been impressive so far. 

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (9MLX+)

221

Why does Brit Hume think it is so important to  do something in Syria?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (R8hU8)

222 So, Bush lied about going to war twice.......................

Posted by: LaQuisha Jeantell Largess' at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (90aTA)

223 Anti semitism in Russia is a tradition that goes back way before the communist takeover.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (9XBK2)

224 You've been misinformed. They have an Earth-shattering Kaboom in Russia.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (JNUY4)

225 *their* ad shit. Turns out the bowl they were talking about was--the toilet. (I'm out- catch you Putin lovers later)

Posted by: tasker at September 05, 2013 09:13 AM (r2PLg)

226 Marco Rubio leaning no

Means that McCain feels there's enough yes votes to let Rubio vote no to satisfy a FL electorate that doesn't want this war

Strangely, Schmuckie Schumer is on the fence on this one. Wall Street must be having doubts


Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 09:14 AM (/9IC1)

227

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 05, 2013 01:12 PM (/Crba)

 

He was afraid that the bombs would poke a whole and it would sink.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 09:14 AM (L9Mr/)

228 Where is AtC?  EoJ?

Posted by: sweet...ish at September 05, 2013 09:14 AM (bj+Nc)

229 Why does Brit Hume think it is so important to do something in Syria? ***** $$$$$$

Posted by: Beto at September 05, 2013 09:14 AM (VWfCN)

230 The kind of people who would summarily execute prisoners of war are just the kind of people we can trust with chemical and biological weapons.
/s/
Anti-war Leftists All Gung-ho for Obama's Second War.

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 05, 2013 09:14 AM (VjL9S)

231 Anti semitism in Russia is a tradition that goes back way before the communist takeover. Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 01:13 PM (9XBK2) Rabbi, is there a payer for the Czar? " G-D bless the Czar, and keep him far far away from us"!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:14 AM (jE38p)

232 You lie.

Posted by: Valdimir Joe Wilson Putin at September 05, 2013 09:15 AM (wAQA5)

233 A sane media and a sane nation would be calling for impeachment. A sane nation's military would have already removed the lawbreaker.

Posted by: Dan at September 05, 2013 12:24 PM (m3gf3)

 

You're talking about an ideal world, one based on reason, fact, evidence, and the rule of law. Unfortunately, we live in the real world, so let's stay in the real world and play it out, game the consequences and ramifications of that course of action--impeachment, I mean. Impeaching the first black President would tear the country apart to no good purpose, especially since the Senate would never vote to convict. President Obama is, for all intents and purposes, impervious to any constitutional remedy. He can overreach all he likes, do whatever he likes, and do it all without consequence. We've seen it.

 

My guess? The House will vote against Syrian intervention and a poison gas attack in Syria will immediately follow. Someone very badly wants us engaged there--who knows who?  and another gas attack will almost certainly sway the House to change its mind.

 

The whole thing is a mess. Recommended viewing:  http://tinyurl.com/lwztryo

Posted by: troyriser at September 05, 2013 09:15 AM (O66NZ)

234 President Obama should tell that big mouth to sit down and shut up. President Obama will make the Go-No Go decision not that Putin guy from England.

Posted by: LaQuisha Jeantell Largess' at September 05, 2013 09:15 AM (IkHXL)

235 Posted by: WalrusRex at September 05, 2013 01:11 PM (XUKZU)

Good. What always kills me about these things is that he's a Creative Writing Professor. Why doesn't anyone scream about the money being wasted paying these guys to discuss a subject unrelated to their subject IN class? Are there a bunch of Math professors spending hours bitching about the degradation of fashion trends in their classes?

Posted by: Rocks at September 05, 2013 09:15 AM (qzWDd)

236 Where is AtC? EoJ?

Posted by: sweet...ish at September 05, 2013 01:14 PM (bj+Nc)

 

 

-- Just don't say their name three times

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 05, 2013 09:15 AM (R8hU8)

237 Is there enough metal in a Nobel Peace Prize to re-cast into, say, a 20mm shell? We might as well get some use out of that damned thing...

Posted by: RobM1981 at September 05, 2013 09:16 AM (3DPvT)

238 Russia also has a large muslim poulation.Their problems are numerous and deep.I'll still take the USA over anywhere else.Obama will pass,like a bad case of constipation.We may need an enema.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:16 AM (9XBK2)

239 176 John Kerry, lying? Push me over with a feather... Posted by: RobM1981 at September 05, 2013 01:06 PM (3DPvT) John Kerry had me when he lied in his no longer published book when he talked about dead bodies floating down shit river in Olongapo. I was there 3 days after him. The shit he has seared in his memory is laughable.

Posted by: jwb7605 [i](L.I.B.)[/i][/u][/b] at September 05, 2013 09:16 AM (Qxe/p)

240 206 The Russians are still working on dismantling some of the old labyrinthine Soviet bureaucracy. Its still difficult to emigrate there for any extended period and setup a business. Given their population trends, I'd expect they'll get around to liberalizing that eventually. Their tax system reforms have been impressive so far. --- Do they still have the Department Of Chairs?

Posted by: Father Fyodor at September 05, 2013 09:16 AM (/Crba)

241 Did Sun Tsu say something about if your enemies are fighting each other let them?



Posted by: eleven at September 05, 2013 09:17 AM (KXm42)

242 My guess? The House will vote against Syrian intervention and a poison gas attack in Syria will immediately follow. Someone very badly wants us engaged there--who knows who? and another gas attack will almost certainly sway the House to change its mind.


Interesting theory and it sounds plausible.  We'll have to wait and see.

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 09:17 AM (GQ8sn)

243 @Purp
Yeah, I agree. He is lying but, his convictions convince him that he's not. ;-)

Posted by: Nick Shaw at September 05, 2013 09:17 AM (9Xn+t)

244 $$$$$$

Posted by: Beto at September 05, 2013 01:14 PM (VWfCN)

---  

 

Ok I admit that I am a little slow on the uptake

Please explain

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 05, 2013 09:17 AM (R8hU8)

245 Pressure mounts on Obama over Syria at G20 summit At G20 summit, world leaders pressure Obama not to launch military strikes in Syria. 'There is no military solution to the Syrian conflict,' EU leader states obama really screwed the pooch on this one: A) he never should have gone to Congress for "permission" or approval? B) he never should have gone to the G-20 in Russia with out having taken action. guy must be a shitty poker player

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:18 AM (jE38p)

246 Why does Brit Hume think it is so important to do something in Syria?

His basic argument that I've seen is that America's President has to be credible.

Which I get.

But that's not what the electorate chose, so here we are.

Posted by: Methos at September 05, 2013 09:18 AM (hO9ad)

247 Someone very badly wants us engaged there--who knows who?

Well, the Turks and Saudis would be against the planned pipline from Iran for obvious business reasons. 

Funny how all this shit started coming to a head a couple years ago about when that pipeline deal was announced, ain't it...just saying.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 09:18 AM (9MLX+)

248 Ginch Powers  speaking on FNC now.  She even looks like a shrill, shrieking leftist.  She looks like she just had a  hard  all-nighter with Code Pink.

Posted by: Soona at September 05, 2013 09:18 AM (3Mz5/)

249 By the way, can anyone here actually tell ignorant types like me -- whose churning stomach doesn't allow me to sit through all the posturing from Lurch and the other Prophets of Choom -- exactly what President Historic First expects to accomplish with his "limited military action" that won't bring regime change, kill any innocent civilians or damage so much as an aspirin factory?

Missiles tend to kill people and make Big Smoky Holes in the ground, you know. Presumably, anyone with military experience would aim them at an actual target, and Bad Things would happen to the enemy as a result.

I admit, I can see some benefit in making Syria into a big sheet of glass, but just causing loud noises and wasting a lot of taxpayer money (again) seems of limited value....

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 05, 2013 09:18 AM (kaGpp)

250 230 The media's opinions are for sale.

Posted by: Beto at September 05, 2013 09:18 AM (VWfCN)

251 In Syria, a moderate rebel is one who has stopped to re-load.

Posted by: Henry the K at September 05, 2013 09:19 AM (Xv7f/)

252 guy must be a shitty poker player

Yeah, I made like $250 on him during that hearing the other day.

Posted by: Juan McStain at September 05, 2013 09:19 AM (hO9ad)

253 >>Funny how all this shit started coming to a head a couple years ago about when that pipeline deal was announced, ain't it...just saying. Noticed that, did you?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 09:19 AM (g1DWB)

254 >>> You know i get to charge royalties for that look Posted by: Clint Eastwood I beleive that is one from my repertoire.

Posted by: Derek Zoolander at September 05, 2013 09:19 AM (z9HTb)

255 guy must be a shitty poker player --- Barack "Don't call my bluff, Eric!"Obama is a shitty poker player? Never!

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 05, 2013 09:20 AM (/Crba)

256 Pressure mounts on Obama over Syria at G20 summit
At G20 summit, world leaders pressure Obama not to launch military strikes in Syria. 'There is no military solution to the Syrian conflict,' EU leader states

obama really screwed the pooch on this one:

A) he never should have gone to Congress for "permission" or approval?

B) he never should have gone to the G-20 in Russia with out having taken action.

guy must be a shitty poker player

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 01:18 PM (jE38p)

 

Yeah, he is in a hole and keeps shoveling... people can smell blood in the water now

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 09:20 AM (nTgAI)

257 exactly what President Historic First expects to accomplish with his "limited military action" that won't bring regime change, kill any innocent civilians or damage so much as an aspirin factory?

Do. Something.

Posted by: Methos at September 05, 2013 09:21 AM (hO9ad)

258 admit, I can see some benefit in making Syria into a big sheet of glass, but just causing loud noises and wasting a lot of taxpayer money (again) seems of limited value.... Posted by: MrScribbler at September 05, 2013 01:18 PM (kaGpp) Well that's obvious to anyone with half a brain but these are radical liberals we're talking about so......

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:21 AM (jE38p)

259  Anti semitism in Russia is a tradition that goes back way before the communist takeover.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 01:13 PM (9XBK2)

__________________

THIS.  It is worse in Poland and there are only about 10 to 20 thousand left.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 09:21 AM (32Ze2)

260 Kirsten Powers has moments of lucidity but than she lapses back into moonbat leftism.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:21 AM (9XBK2)

261 Yeah, he is in a hole and keeps shoveling...people can smell blood in the water now Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 01:20 PM (nTgAI) That is the reason that Brit Hume's otherwise somewhat sensible explanation is simply wrong.

Posted by: jwb7605 [i](L.I.B.)[/i][/u][/b] at September 05, 2013 09:22 AM (Qxe/p)

262 Kirsten Powers has moments of lucidity but than she lapses back into moonbat leftism.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 01:21 PM (9XBK2)




Fact:  Kirsten Powers once dated Anthony Weiner.

Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 09:22 AM (GQ8sn)

263 >>Anti semitism in Russia is a tradition that goes back way before the communist takeover. And yet Israel just made a long term deal with Gazprom (that would be Putin) to help develop and ship their massive gas fields.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 09:23 AM (g1DWB)

264 233 Similar deal with Libya.... Qaddafi negotiates with Chinese... Asks for his gold reserves.... Suddenly he has to go...

Posted by: Beto at September 05, 2013 09:23 AM (VWfCN)

265 I wonder why Baghdad Jim McDermott is voting no

Seattle hipsters not moved by Lurch's "evidence" ?

Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 09:23 AM (/9IC1)

266 Obama's reaction will be "Eff you, Russia; you're not my boss." Question for the lurking left: How do you feel about Obama destabilizing the world to save face? [rdbrewer]

Obama saving face *will* stabilize the world. 

Posted by: There is no other Prophet but Obama at September 05, 2013 09:23 AM (KXm42)

267 249 Business is business.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:24 AM (9XBK2)

268 Moderate rebel: one who eats out the hearts of only really, really bad people.

Posted by: PJ at September 05, 2013 09:25 AM (ZWaLo)

269 And yet Israel just made a long term deal with Gazprom (that would be Putin) to help develop and ship their massive gas fields.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 01:23 PM (g1DWB)

___________________

I didn't hear this.  Really?  You are talking about Israel's Leviathin fields in the Med right?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 05, 2013 09:25 AM (32Ze2)

270 Putin should have got one of those electric hand buzzers to shake Obamas hand.. hilarity would ensue

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 09:25 AM (nTgAI)

271 Not that impressed by the Galaxy Gear smart watch. Wasn't expecting, too.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 09:25 AM (ZPrif)

272 Doesn't Israel do business with Germany?

Posted by: baldilocks at September 05, 2013 09:26 AM (Tnlh/)

273 Any Iranian troops fighting for Assad in Syria?Sweet bloodbath,we do need to make sure the opposition don't get wiped out.This needs to continue.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:26 AM (9XBK2)

274 249 JackStraw,

why it's almost as if Obama was hired by the world to fuck us out of the lead in shale and NG development...

NAH crazy talk...

fucking domestic communist cocksuckers

Posted by: Vlad Putin for Manpower of RUS at September 05, 2013 09:27 AM (9jfyN)

275 RussiaÂ’s Gazprom, Israeli Group Ink Gas Deal By The Economist Intelligence Unit - Fri 01 Mar 2013 15:12:33 CT Related Keywords: Energy Share on email Share on print Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Russian energy producer Gazprom OAO signed a letter of intent on February 26 to buy natural gas from the Tamar field, located off the coast of Israel, to export to Asia through a liquefied natural-gas terminal. Gazprom has said that it is in exclusive discussions with the operators of Israel's Tamar and Dalit fields (the smaller of the recently discovered gas fields off the coast of northern Israel) to purchase LNG for export to Asian markets. Tamar is operated by a consortium of U.S.-based Noble Energy and the Israeli firms Delek, Alon and Isramco. They have already signed an agreement with a South Korean firm, Daewoo, for the construction and operation of a floating LNG terminal. The gas would be exported from an floating LNG terminal that would store, process and ready for shipment the gas at a rate of 4.2 billion cubic meter a year, or 84 billion cubic meters over the 20-year span of the proposed contract. This would represent about 30% of Tamar's 274 billion cubic meters of proven reserves to date. Exports would begin from 2017, as it will be some time before the floating terminal will be ready (the fields will begin supplying domestic buyers in April). An Australian firm, Woodside, has already expressed interest in a 30% stake in the output of the larger Leviathan field. Leviathan (owned by Noble, Delek and Ratio), which has estimated reserves of 453 billion cubic meters, is not expected to begin production until 2016. The Israeli government has sought to strike a balance between trying to ensure security of domestic supply and allowing the private operators of these fields to sell the gas abroad at higher prices, and thus also generate higher royalty payments for the government. The private operators have fought restrictions on their export activities. With Israel lacking a government following its January elections, it is not known when the recommendations of the government's Tzemach committee, first published in August 2012, will be adopted. The Tzemach committee recommended letting at least 50% of production be exported as long as 450 billion cubic meters could be set aside over 25 years for domestic consumption. The new government may seek modest adjustments to the proposals but is unlikely to block the gas field developers from selling a significant proportion of their output abroad. It's just a business deal, let's not make to much out of it. It's good business for both parties

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:28 AM (jE38p)

276 And $300 for a smart watch? Expensive toy. And why do want to a camera on my watch? What am I gonna film with the side of my wrist?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 09:28 AM (ZPrif)

277 Any Iranian troops fighting for Assad in Syria?Sweet bloodbath,we do need to make sure the opposition don't get wiped out.This needs to continue. Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 01:26 PM (9XBK2) Yes they are and have been for a while

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:28 AM (jE38p)

278 >>I didn't hear this. Really? You are talking about Israel's Leviathin fields in the Med right? Correct. http://tinyurl.com/nlqyj9l

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 09:29 AM (g1DWB)

279

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 01:26 PM (9XBK2)

 

Yea, Qud Forces and some Republican Guard.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 09:29 AM (L9Mr/)

280 guy must be a shitty poker player

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 01:18 PM (jE38p)

 

Barack is a great poker....oh, never mind

Posted by: Reggie "Body Man" Love at September 05, 2013 09:29 AM (kTI1S)

281 And yet Israel just made a long term deal with Gazprom (that would be Putin) to help develop and ship their massive gas fields.

Of course.  If Europe becomes addicted to Israeli gas, they'll get more favorable political treatment.  If they got an leg breaking enforcer like Gazprom on their side, all the better.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 09:30 AM (9MLX+)

282 Business is business,meanwhile the Russians love to sell high tech weapons to Israels's enemiies.The Israeli's have no illusions.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:31 AM (9XBK2)

283

This is so easy. 

Normally we should entertain the thought of going after Assad because he's a Bad Man. 

BUT, his opposition is made up of Bad Men. 

BUT MOSTLY, Obama is a Bad Man.  He has done all the things Assad would do to his political opposition given the constraints he works under.  And if he had the power Assad has he would do as much - as a friend of someone who thought that 25 Million Americans would necessarily die in order to bring about their visionary utopian society.

The answer is NO INTERVENTION.

   

Posted by: Bill Gates without Glasses at September 05, 2013 09:31 AM (dSE0q)

284 >>It's just a business deal, let's not make to much out of it. It's good business for both parties Au contraire. It is a piece of the puzzle that helps explain exactly what is going on in the middle east these days. Hezbollah and al Qaeda get the headlines for obvious reasons but the real action is taking place out of sight. Out of sight of most Americans anyway.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 09:31 AM (g1DWB)

285 "[The Syrian opposition] has increasingly become more defined by its moderation, more defined by the breadth of its membership, and more defined by its adherence to some, you know, democratic process and to an all-inclusive, minority-protecting constitution."

And eating people's organs. Can't forget that.

No more certain sign of moderation than eating organs.

It's in the Big Book Of Moderate Secularist Opposition.

Posted by: torquewrench at September 05, 2013 09:31 AM (gqT4g)

286 Correct. http://tinyurl.com/nlqyj9l Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 01:29 PM (g1DWB) It's also good business since Lebanon and it's "Allies" have threatened action over these fields and Turkey has made noise about others Israel is involved in. Having Putin/Russia on your side in something like this is "Insurance"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:32 AM (jE38p)

287 Putin should have got one of those electric hand buzzers to shake Obamas hand.. hilarity would ensue

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 05, 2013 01:25 PM (nTgAI)

 

I wonder if Putin squeezed Barry's girl-like hand hard enough for him to wince.

Posted by: Reggie at September 05, 2013 09:32 AM (kTI1S)

288 I wonder if Putin squeezed Barry's girl-like hand hard enough for him to wince. I doubt it would take much.

Posted by: Brother Cavil misses Crow and Servo at September 05, 2013 09:33 AM (naUcP)

289 Quds force,Republican Guard and Hezbollah fighting Al Quaeda.Man that is sweet.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:33 AM (9XBK2)

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 05, 2013 09:33 AM (MnSla)

291

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 01:28 PM (jE38p)

 

 

--------------------------------------

 

 

Israel and,  I'm sure numerous other nations,  are aligning  with Russia  because Russia  is turning out to be more dependable than the US now.  You'll start seeing (actually, we are seeing)  numerous nations doing business with Putin now.  He's the strong horse.

 

Thanks and fuck you, 52%ers.

Posted by: Soona at September 05, 2013 09:34 AM (3Mz5/)

292 http://tinyurl.com/kxox5kj

'Rons! Caption this, will ya? Or is such a request Ray's sis?

So many people are mistaken for Ray's sis these days. Why?

Posted by: ktnxbai, now with tin foil lace wigs at September 05, 2013 09:34 AM (5aT64)

293 To me, and in this context, and I believe this is nearly universally accepted, "moderate" means understanding that Jews are descendants of both apes and pigs, but also understanding that not every problem in the world today can be directly traced to the Jews. Some problems, of course, can only be indirectly traced to the Jews.

Posted by: Mohammed Morsi, Prison Name "Eminem" or "Shady" at September 05, 2013 09:34 AM (kyAWi)

294 Business is business,meanwhile the Russians love to sell high tech weapons to Israels's enemiies.The Israeli's have no illusions. Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 01:31 PM (9XBK2) Yes they do, but don't "assume" that Russians aren't at the same time telling Israel how to avoid and deter some of those weapons. Things are not always how they seem. For example Russia can sell Syria "Missiles" and get paid for them. And they all they have to do is let it slip to Israel when those missiles will arrive and then that night things go boom in the night near Damascus.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:34 AM (jE38p)

295 And why do want to a camera on my watch? What am I gonna film with the side of my wrist?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe

Convenience really.

Posted by: Anthony Weiner [/i] [/b] at September 05, 2013 09:34 AM (WLpmE)

296


I wonder if Putin squeezed Barry's girl-like hand hard enough for him to wince.

 

 

My 16 yr old daughter could do that. Maybe even my 5 yr old niece.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 09:35 AM (kPeSM)

297 Israel and, I'm sure numerous other nations, are aligning with Russia because Russia is turning out to be more dependable than the US now. You'll start seeing (actually, we are seeing) numerous nations doing business with Putin now. He's the strong horse. Thanks and fuck you, 52%ers. Posted by: Soona at September 05, 2013 01:34 PM (3Mz5/) Yup

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:35 AM (jE38p)

298 278 Soona,

Gazprom will develop US shale fields...

I'd bet money on it...

say around 2025

Posted by: Vlad Putin for Manpower of RUS at September 05, 2013 09:35 AM (9jfyN)

299 Don't let your hatred of Obama cloud your judgement.Putin is not a friend of the US or Israel.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:36 AM (9XBK2)

300 278 Soona,

Your welcome....at least we get to keep tampons and professional women out of binders or something!

//L Dunham reporting

Posted by: 52%ers at September 05, 2013 09:36 AM (9jfyN)

301 Gazprom will develop US shale fields... I'd bet money on it... say around 2025 Posted by: Vlad Putin for Manpower of RUS at September 05, 2013 01:35 PM (9jfyN) Who, or what company, is developing those oil fields in "Cuban" waters? The ones we could be taking advantage of IF.....

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:37 AM (jE38p)

302

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 01:33 PM (9XBK2)

 

We should be arming both sides. Then bomb the side that starts winning till things are even again then arm both sides again. Repeat as needed.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 05, 2013 09:37 AM (L9Mr/)

303 >>It's also good business since Lebanon and it's "Allies" have threatened action over these fields and Turkey has made noise about others Israel is involved in. Having Putin/Russia on your side in something like this is "Insurance" Sure. From Israel's standpoint. I'd be a lot more concerned about the benevolent state of Russia and Putin in particular. Remember, Putin IS Gazprom.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 09:37 AM (g1DWB)

304 More coffee. 

Posted by: Soona at September 05, 2013 09:37 AM (3Mz5/)

305 For example Russia can sell Syria "Missiles" and get paid for them. And they all they have to do is let it slip to Israel when those missiles will arrive and then that night things go boom in the night near Damascus. --- It makes for a quicker re-order from Syria than it they'd shot all of them off.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 05, 2013 09:37 AM (/Crba)

306 286 Steevy,

Putin is a ruthless businessman....

I can trust and build my life around his psychological matrix easier than a guy who won't share his grades and is the "Colonial Avenger" no offense and considering TFG has about 15 million evangelicals in his cult HERE in his pocket I trust Putin more....

Posted by: 52%ers at September 05, 2013 09:38 AM (9jfyN)

307 I'd be a lot more concerned about the benevolent state of Russia and Putin in particular. Remember, Putin IS Gazprom. Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 01:37 PM (g1DWB) I know, but with America "withdrawing" from the Middle East and our Military shrinking, even our close's friends have to look out after themselves. That is the first duty of any Government, well except obama's which seems intend on fucking America

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 09:39 AM (jE38p)

308 Russia developed a serious hate for Israel when their client states,trained and equipped by them were humbled by the Israeli's.This in addition to the traditional antisemitism.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:39 AM (9XBK2)

309 Who, or what company, is developing those oil fields in "Cuban" waters? The ones we could be taking advantage of IF.....

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 05, 2013 01:37 PM (jE38p)

 

 

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The Chinese moved in as soon as Dear Leader stopped deep-water drilling.

Posted by: Soona at September 05, 2013 09:40 AM (3Mz5/)

310 288 NeverGiveUp,

PetroBas actually.....

Honk if you'd like to know how to get a 4 billion dollar kickstarter from a nation paying 3 plus bucks a gallon to develop Petrol capacity in Brazil!

Posted by: G Soros, Bond Villain at September 05, 2013 09:40 AM (9jfyN)

311

At this point the constant in the foreign policy failures is not Bush, it's Obama.

 

Having no forces in Iraq to lean on the Syrians:  OBAMA FAIL

 

Having Libya go to the Islamists along with the deaths of four persons:  OBAMA FAIL.

 

Having the UN and the UK nix action in Syria: OBAMA FAIL

 

Having Egypt turn into a confused state on the brink  of civil war:  OBAMA FAIL

 

The Russian Reset and the pullback of missile defense from the Czechs and the Poles:  OBAMA FAIL

 

On Deck for OBAMA FAIL in 2014:   OBAMA's announced withdrawal from "the place that Bush took his eye off the ball", Afghanistan.

 

Obama is a walking sack of feces and FAIL without the sack.  

Posted by: Bill Gates without Glasses at September 05, 2013 09:40 AM (dSE0q)

312 Despite Obama the USA stil has a brighter future than Russia or China.The seeds to renewed greatness are here.All we need is leadership.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:42 AM (9XBK2)

313 166 170 As long as they are now American citizens this seems reasonable. The key is -- would they be willing to give up that citizenship?

Posted by: gracepmc at September 05, 2013 09:43 AM (rznx3)

314 Anyone who hitches their wagon to China or Russia because of our temporary weakness will regret it.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:43 AM (9XBK2)

315 I know, but with America "withdrawing" from the Middle East and our Military shrinking, even our close's friends have to look out after themselves. That is the first duty of any Government, well except obama's which seems intend on fucking America Well that's not really what I meant. I don't blame Israel for looking out for their interests. But look closely at what Putin has been up to over the last 15 - 20 years. Not just in the middle east but all over. He doesn't give a crap about Syrians using gas. So what's he up to? A Ruskie doesn't take a dump without a plan, son.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2013 09:43 AM (g1DWB)

316 Moderate rebel: one who eats out the hearts of only really, really bad people. This is why Islam is evil. If you ask any Muslim about all the Middle East violence they'll say the same thing, "Islam forbids the killing of innocent people." The problem is, "innocent" is left up to the judgment of the local Imam. All they have to do is point their crowd at the "non-innocent" person of the day and viola, it's A-OK. That person may be a woman who was raped or a man who isn't Muslim enough. Evil.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 05, 2013 09:45 AM (yKTI2)

317 Steevy I don't believe that is true...

I think the new F$A America is actually fucked....voluntarily....

Look for the NEA union label

Posted by: G Soros, Bond Villain at September 05, 2013 09:45 AM (9jfyN)

318 Even with our military shrinking the Russians and even the Chinese are still well behind.Both have huge demographic and internal problems.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:46 AM (9XBK2)

319 Just got back from the store where the cover of The Globe magazine had an article claiming to have proof of a lesbian affair for Hillary! and asking if that hurt her chances at the presidency. It's The Globe, but last time it was the Enqirer, who could they be trying to help by kneecapping her? Or maybe the "evidence" is so laughable as to be used to undermine real evidence later?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at September 05, 2013 09:47 AM (d4igJ)

320 306 Yeah,saw that,the pictures on the cover looked fake as hell.Still,I'm pretty sure Hillary is a lesbian,or at least bi.

Posted by: steevy at September 05, 2013 09:51 AM (9XBK2)

321

185 Dont suppose Dear Leader is anxious to blow up weapons caches that maybe could be traced?

The moral indignation seems a little too convenient for a bunch of relativists.

It is about Benghazi

 

Spot On. I was wondering who has Kaddafi's shoulder fire ground to air missiles we don't hear any talk about. Are they in Sinai or Europe?

Posted by: Paul Krugman at September 05, 2013 09:53 AM (oDCMR)

322 31 Kerry speaks French.
Posted by: kathysaysso at September 05, 2013 12:30 PM (6H6o

Obama speaks French, too. Here's his favorite saying: "L'État, c'est moi."

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at September 05, 2013 09:53 AM (/lWM8)

323

OPERATION "AM I WRONG"

Walter Sobchak: What the fuck are you talking about? The Jihadis are not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, Dude, Jihadi is not the preferred nomenclature. Moderate Muslim, please.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at September 05, 2013 09:53 AM (qwK3S)

324

Imagine Joe the Plumber as President

Imagine a Rodeo Clown as Secretary of State

Its easy if you try

Imagine all the people

That could run circles around this putz

Posted by: Zombie John Lennon at September 05, 2013 09:57 AM (oDCMR)

325 Throw a [ br / ] in there.[br/]
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Sometimes that works (three of them preceed this).

Fingers are crossed...

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 05, 2013 10:03 AM (pUGYz)

326 Yeah, that was working last night.  Firefox here too, and this is actually the same browser session *from* last night (never closed it on laptop).

Something is behaving differently.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 05, 2013 10:03 AM (pUGYz)

327 People seem to be under the impression the choice is between doing nothing and full-scale invasion for regime change.

Either would be a huge mistake.  We want an ongoing war of attrition because most of the fighters on both sides are our enemies, the Iran-linked Shi'ites fighting with Assad's Alawite minority against the Sunni al Qaeda types.  But if we do nothing, Assad will gain the upper hand before long - using more WMD if he needs to.

We can hurt Assad and degrade his strength, and possibly also take out the main production and storage facilities for his WMD, without deposing him, without a major invasion (spotter teams may need to be on the ground to paint targets).  That's what we should do, and Obama doesn't need some major blank check AUMF to do it.

Hard to believe so many "conservatives" are ready to march with Code Pink.

Posted by: Adjoran at September 05, 2013 12:26 PM (473jB)

328 The Syrian Opposition came in like Ganghis Khan.

Posted by: Chelsea Kerry at September 05, 2013 01:00 PM (0axsw)

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