Orange County official asked doctor if the COVID vaccine has a tracking device, because Republicans
To be honest, I’m not all that concerned that the COVID vaccine I took last Friday might have a tracking device in it. For one...
Security guy closes door as woman is attacked in front of him
More NYC stories of anti-Asian hate. Because bullies and haters come in all shapes and sizes. TRIGGER WARNING https://twitter.com/CeFaanKim/status/1376698713582796804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/NYPDHateCrimes/status/1376681962086227969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw In case you’d like to...
Merrick Garland just left Josh Hawley in a smoldering heap
I never thought to hear such snark from someone as genteel as Merrick Garland. And maybe he wasn’t trolling the poster boy of domestic terror...
George Conway unspools *long* thread trashing Trump's geographical gormlessness
When Mike Pompeo instructed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly to point Ukraine out on a blank map, we all had some version of the same...
It begins, Iranian missile attack on Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq
Two US military bases confirmed hit by at least 10 Iranian short-range ballistic missiles at this time. Irbil and Al-Asad bases hit. No casualties reported...
Idiot first couple confuses New Year's resolutions with birthday wishes
Happy new year! These people are morons: https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1212376680850952192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw REPORTER: How about your new year’s resolutions? IDIOT NO. 1: Peace on the world. IDIOT NO. 2:...
Donald Trump as North Korean sunbird: Rocket-Man returns, maybe because his buddy got impeached
Regardless, the North Koreans continue the work on ICBMs with nuclear capacity unabated by the coddling of Individual-1. xWhat exactly constitutes a "source familiar with...
Trump just doesn't “get it,” does he?
* Sigh * Why, of why couldn’t the South Koreans have stopped His Lowness on his way back over that imaginary line for not having...
The Daily Bucket–The Dinosaur Tree
While rival armies swarmed over hapless China during and after WW II, dedicated scientists struggled to continue their own research. Despite the risks, intrepid researchers pursued...
Israel Appears To Be Launching A Major Operation In Syria
This evening — the same evening that Trump announced the termination of the Iran deal, and shortly after Netanyahu’s return from Moscow - Israel has started launching...
Preparations for a potential war in Korea continue: week in review
After having initially been delayed by technical problems, the USS Ronald Reagan has joined the Carl Vinson off the Korean peninsula for military drills, including drilling...
North Korean artillery and the concept of “flattening Seoul” – a breakdown
You hear it often: if war in Korea were to break out, Seoul would be flattened. Not because of a nuclear strike, but because of...
The Halliburton of the Left
Hey, why not DKOS ??? Take it to the bank! We got contacts at the White House. They want to elect their favorite presidential candidate....
War in Syria and Iraq: Check CENTCOM's event logs for May and the U.S. is roughly a No Show
Summary: According to U.S. Central Command logs, we are making fewer airstrikes during a whole month today than we did every day in 2003 during...
Is ISIS Disintegrating ???
Word out of Iraq from yesterday is quite different the what I see in the morning war coverage out of MSM/corporate media. -- Over in...
The Economist: “Caliphate Strikes Back.” The Coalition corrects Iraq map, surrounds Mosul
The Economist tries to get it right. The center of Ramadi is indeed under ISIS control. That's "ISIS" as an acronym for Islamic State Is...
The 2015 Ramadi Government Center attack. What is going on over there?
In Ramadi, Iraq, last week a force of some 200 ISIS fighters carried out a successful suicide-based attack on the Government Center building. A chain...
Wall St J: The Pentagon advises Iraq to adopt a ground strategy from '07/'08. AKA: Last War Syndrome
Welcome to Iraq. America's military experts advise Iraq to push ISIS back into Syria. Here's the conversation in Wall Street Journal: Iraqi security forces and...
M198 rules !! Coalition occupies Tikrit for a dozen casualties. 200 ISIS dead, no in-city prisoners
Of course the Department of Defense claimed this is "with American help." A handful of smart missiles hit targets, but the big help was the...
Tikrit artillery barrages augmented with U.S. air strikes
The southwest section of Tikrit is a burning ruin. After a week of artillery the residences have been leveled and bombs left by the ISIS...
Bad Week for the Black Flags in Syria and Iraq
All in all this looks to have been the worst week for the Islamists since May of 2011 when Osama bin Laden was killed and...
Alrighty, then. What is happening at Tikrit ??? ::UPDATE
Back in September we had a telephone conversation with two men in Tikrit related to observance of Eid al-Adha. This holiday involves obtaining a meat...
Michael Morrell (CIA, CBS) goes on Charlie Rose with severe anti-semitism claim against Iran
"The Supreme Leader, Ali Khameini, recently called Israelis 'animals.'"This is presented as an official statement. Is this real? Or not? The actual quote relates to...
Israel kills more anti-Islamists in Syria. Boehner: “Thanks, Bibi. Come by for drinks.”
This is crazy stuff. The United States and Israel are on opposite sides in the ISIS War. Same time Jordan sends its Air Force in...
Humanitarian Crisis Report to UN Security Council
Let me begin with this quote: Conditions are increasingly dire in the shelters; there is no water for hygiene, very few showers and latrines are...
