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Congrats - Marine Le Pen is

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:12:03 +0000

Congrats - Marine Le Pen is on your side. Everything that rises must converge, eh?

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is no longer needed now that Julian Assange has adopted his anger and his core followers, even as Hillary's adopted much of his platform.

Holy Sacramento...

oldenGoldenDecoy — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 08:08:12 +0000

In reply to Just for a start: "Hillary,

Holy Sacramento...

That author appears to have a brain of a gusano drenched in tequila (sorry to worms everywhere).

This is a real hoot...

"...since Russia is not going to invade anybody unprovoked, Washington would have to attack. See above, the three forms of military stupidity."

And those three forms are?

"Ordinarily stupid; really, really, really stupid; and fighting Russia. Think Charles XII at Poltava, Napoleon after Borodino, Adolf and Kursk."

Where's the Boxer Rebellion? That's always good for an eye opening hoot.

I recall reading a few years back that Reed is like a parody of stupid reactionary conservatives.

I'm not sure about that, although throwing crap against the wall and seeing what sticks is NOT the highest form of intelligent journalism.

But what does one expect from a writer with the brain of a very drunk worm?

Bottom's up ...

~OGD~

"comparing Putin to HItler"

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 04:58:41 +0000

In reply to You have not "noted" the

"comparing Putin to HItler" was actually comparing the occupation of Crimea to the occupation of Sudetenland.

I know details confuse...

Yeah, I've enjoyed a couple

A Guy Called LULU — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 04:23:27 +0000

In reply to Thank you for this lead.

Yeah, I've enjoyed a couple of his books too as well as his insights on living in Mexico and on the gringos living there. I think he is probably a guy I'd like having a beer with.

Correct. I think you could

NCD — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 03:53:42 +0000

In reply to Just to clarify, technically,

Correct. I think you could probably get a pro bono .org with that attitude...!

Just to clarify, technically,

MrSmith1 — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 02:59:15 +0000

In reply to You should publish this stuff

Just to clarify, technically, isn't a POS also FOS? I'd hate to discover, down the road, that my description of the Republican nominee was FOS, when I called him a POS.

I shall continue to think POS-itive and FOS-ter a POS-itive attitude.

You have not "noted" the

A Guy Called LULU — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 01:17:56 +0000

In reply to From your link:

You have not "noted" the onslaught of demonizing propaganda aimed at Putin for the last couple years? Was Hillary's comparing Putin to Hitler intended as a diplomatic gesture? The article by Reed, like every article published short of a doctoral thesis, assumes some common knowledge.

Policies and/or actions can bring about war even if actually going to war was not the intent. That is the threat of aggressive policies such as putting military forces right on the border of a country whose leader you are demonizing daily. Reed did not say that Hillary promotes war but that she will risk it and that is the threat I see him referring to and it is a threat to everyone on the planet.

All your linked articles simply assume it as a premise.

Absolutely wrong. Most of the articles I link to suggest that Hillary is more of a Hawk than Obama and that her expected policies can be expected to increase the likelihood of war, not that she hopes to start one. I don't think Hillary is promoting war, she wants to win without war while using our military as a constant threat and thinks she can do so and so she risks war, but I also think she is not afraid of war and if that is actually the case she will take chances she doesn't understand and that makes her a person I believe is not mentally qualified to pick up when the red phone rings at three in the morning.

It's a premise I find ridiculous and unsupported by any of the articles I read.

You must read an exceptionally narrow range of articles but his would be a good place to link to one of them.

Kind of guy you'd like to

NCD — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:08:44 +0000

In reply to Thank you for this lead.

Kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with.....discuss race wars, war with Russia, guillotines and how America is like 18th century France....delightful?

You should publish this stuff

NCD — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 22:56:25 +0000

In reply to People are saying that she

You should publish this stuff with Zackheims Penguin line , it has been called an 'incredibly profitable business of binding and selling wingnut hatespeech to bigots and morons'.

And for $8.99 a year you could rant about it in your own .org website at GoDaddy, a la Fred Reed, as GoDaddy says .org:

What can a .ORG do?

Build trust. .ORG conveys credibility. It's the domain people most commonly associate with charities and other non-profit institutions.

Provide valuable, well-intended information. .ORG websites are known for containing valuable, unbiased information.

But funny thing is the .org didn't do any of that for me at Fredreedoneverything.org....maybe because he is FOS...

Thank you for this lead.

Lurker — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 22:54:50 +0000

In reply to Just for a start: "Hillary,

Thank you for this lead. Reed is a wonderful curmudgeon and a delight to read.