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Kakistocracy says

The Quds Force, a unit within the IRGC that specializes in operations outside Iran, has long been viewed as a terrorist organization by the United States. The IRGC as an entity, however, operates as an integral part of the Iranian government. As such, the U.S. has deliberately avoided classifying it as a terrorist organization out of concerns that doing so would hobble diplomatic efforts with Iran and even destabilize the greater Middle East.

You can't designate the IRGC as a terrorist group because Quds Force openly operates well outside of Iran meddling in the affairs of other countries and conducting terrorist and military operations!

HAVE YOU NO DECENCY, SIR?

Kaki, how's things there in Kremlin, Beijng or Tehran ?

" The Tibetan pie incident (at Google's cafeteria) is trivial compared with the implications of Dragonfly. But the basic issue is the same: Chinese citizens are subjects of a totalitarian government. This does not mean that every Chinese national at Google is a spy or a plant. It does mean that Chinese Googlers are more likely to face pressure from their government than Googlers who come from more open societies."

Read more at: https://www.bloombergquint.com/view/google-in-china-does-it-need-dragonfly
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Meh, ending wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria leaves the Military Industrial Complex with a powerful hunger for another target.
I doubt it can even be reasoned with.

jazz_music says

People have lost their connection to one another

Beginning with the Baby Boomers, many people in their 60's and early 70's today abandoned when they were in their late teens or early 20's the Protestant, Catholic or Jewish faiths in which they had been reared. Also, the nuclear family began falling apart. It was through children that these faiths were propagated from generation from generation, but with so many people remaining single or not having children at all, church attendance dried up. If I heard it one time from a Boomer, I heard it a million times as almost a rite of passage: I was raised in fill-in-the-blank church, but as soon as I reached my late teens or entered college I abandoned all that stuff. Such was the template of a lady in her early 60's several years ago who died of an overdose. Her fame was that when she was young she was the first to do whatever it was she did in the pornographic movie industry that had never been done before, I forget what it was. She was lovely, then, and it was mentioned that she had been raised in a religious atmosphere but abandoned it soon after arriving at young adulthood. It also went on to explain how through her life she had struggled with depression and addiction. I think the chickens are coming home to roost for all these older boomers who abandoned the communities of faith that kept older generations sane and secure during life's inevitable losses and heartbreaks. These same people abandoned spouses or significant others and children right and left upon the advent of No Fault Divorce and probably wonder today why they aren't surrounded by a loving extended family who dotes on them. The 70's were filled with false prophets of est, Rolfing, Scientology, primal scream, sweat lodges to attract these lost souls.

Quigley says

Meh, ending wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria leaves the Military Industrial Complex with a powerful hunger for another target.
I doubt it can even be reasoned with.

The target should be Saudi Arabia, the source of almost all terrorism on earth.

Cheers! I give a toast to much fun! (proper use of "to")

The target should be Israel, the source of almost all terrorist attacks on earth, including but not limited to:

King David Hotel bombing, 1948 (Israeli terrorist groups dressed as Arabs/Muslims and planted bombs around the hotel - sound like 9/11 much?)
USS Liberty 1960s - Israeli navy/air force bombed/napalmed/torpedoed this US navy recon ship near Egypt to cover up their treatment of Egyptian POWs
NYC, 2001 - planned attack on WTC1/2/7 and Pentagon since at least the 1980s
Fukushima, 2011 - Israeli "security firm" Magna BSP "secures" Fukushima nuclear plants (with stuxnet and 2,000 pound "camera" mini nukes - notice nuclear cloud over at least one of the plants on NHK TV)

It's not the "US" declaring war across the Middle East. It's Israel declaring it, and using the NATO armies to do its dirty work.

Various other incidents together with other Western government "intelligence" (dirty tricks, clowns, and assassination) agencies.

Quigley says

Meh, ending wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria leaves the Military Industrial Complex with a powerful hunger for another target.
I doubt it can even be reasoned with.

Kennedy tried to get us out of Vietnam. He wasn't reasoned with.

Ww2 just level them.

barrister says

It's not the "US" declaring war across the Middle East. It's Israel declaring it, and using the NATO armies to do its dirty work.

Which US Division or Tactical Fighter Squadron was deployed to Israel in 47, 56, 67, or 73? Thanks.

I do seem to remember massive US Forces in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

barrister says

NYC, 2001 - planned attack on WTC1/2/7 and Pentagon since at least the 1980s

When it comes to tax day, many big American corporations have a powerful message: We’ll pass.

Of the Fortune 500 companies that have already filed their 2018 taxes, 60 were profitable and yet avoided all federal income tax, according to an ITEP analysis released on Thursday.

The total U.S. income of the 60—which ITEP reports included such names as Amazon, Chevron, General Motors, Delta, Halliburton, and IBM—was more than $79 billion and the effective tax rate was -5%. On the average, they got tax refunds.

In a previous ITEF study of 258 Fortune 500 companies that were profitable in every year from 2008 to 2015, 18 of them paid no federal income in any of those years. According to ITEP, 2018 saw the second-largest corporate income tax reduction, with only 2009 showing a bigger fall.

The current public face of this issue has been Amazon, which has taken heat of late for not paying Federal income tax in 2017 or 2018. That’s despite an analysis of public financial data by Fortune which showed that since going public, the company has amassed a total net income over 22 years of $57.8 billion. A company statement sent to Fortune said in part, “Amazon pays all the taxes we are required to pay in the U.S. and every country where we operate.”

But Amazon and the other 59 on the no-taxes list are certainly not alone. Even with top corporate rate down from 35% to 21%, companies are still throwing massive sums at tax experts who help them find ways—often creative and convoluted—to pay as little as possible. That has meant a dramatically widening gap between what corporations pay and what individuals pay. Below, we looked at the three main ways corporations are skirting Uncle Sam.

More: http://fortune.com/2019/04/11/amazon-starbucks-corporate-tax-avoidance/

Remember the reception the author of Bell Curve received while on the college lecture circuit ?

Yes, stagflation

Euthanize everyone but Japanese, Taiwanese, and Singaporeans. Seriously, though, IQ appears to track with inverse of fertility.

What most of humanity has known for hundreds of years.

Look at the devastating effect Islam has. Most European nations in green except those with strong Muslim influence.

CovfefeButDeadly says

Look at the devastating effect Islam has. Most European nations in green except those with strong Muslim influence.

Yeah, you can directly track these results by racial breakdowns of the are.

I believe there is a criticism of this flawed model in that same breath, but I dont care enough to go find the method error.

If world IQ continues to slide downwards, it will be because we have given the stupid people everything they need to reproduce while making it harder and less beneficial for smart people to have kids.
I say cut off all welfare now. And stop aid to africa. That just helps them have more kids they can’t afford to feed.

This is what happens when you eliminate Darwinism from the species. The weak, entitled and retarded keep having kids and perpetuating weakness.

porkchopexpress says

This is what happens when you eliminate Darwinism from the species. The weak, entitled and retarded keep having kids and perpetuating weakness.

This is what I was about to write. We are reversing tens of thousands of years of evolution and destroying the planet at the same time.

This a great investment opportunity in gold stars and hall pass futures.

I'd bet every single cent I have that leftists/democrats occupy the majority of the lower half of the bell curve.

Goran_K says

the lower half of the bell curve.

It's not called the racist 'bell curve' anymore. It's called the 'flat tire curve'.

ThreeBays says

High birthrate is associated with low IQ and poor economic stability, so it seems like education plus encouraging world prosperity will improve this - exactly the opposite of what rightists support.

One world government is a good idea?

It’s whats required to achieve what you propose.

d6rB says

Euthanize everyone but Japanese, Taiwanese, and Singaporeans. Seriously, though, IQ appears to track with inverse of fertility.

It used to be generally the opposite before the welfare state. High achievers, more kids.

porkchopexpress says

This is what happens when you eliminate Darwinism from the species. The weak, entitled and retarded keep having kids and perpetuating weakness.

We try to defy Darwinism, but it can only go so far before hitting a hard reset.

Wealth gap doesn’t tell the whole story.

In an expanding pie....which we had under Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and now Trump, if everyone is seeing increased incomes and standards of living, it matters little how much the wealthiest make

Democrats want to decrease the value of labor with importing massive numbers of immigrants and H1/2B visa holders. This works as a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to the rich.

Then they have the fucking GALL to complain about inequality and the wealth gap that THEY FUCKING CREATED?
Oh, and they call us RACIST and other ad hominems for not wanting this policy of labor devaluement to continue.

RC2006 says

Subtle.
LOL

Lightweight for Democrats

To be elected Democrat this day you have to scream "fuck white people, fuck men, it's all about gender choices and feminism inclusivity". Otherwise you are dead end candidate.

There is still hope for the smartest reproducing:

The Hague (AFP) - A Dutch doctor at the centre of an IVF scandal fathered at least 49 children, an organisation representing parents and children born through his now-closed clinic said Friday.

Jan Karbaat, who died in 2017, is the father of 49 children born after women visited his Rotterdam clinic where he used his own sperm instead of sperm from a chosen donor to inseminate them, Defence for Children said.

Results of DNA tests conducted Friday at a hospital in the southeastern city of Nijmegen "showed that 49 children in the case are direct descendants of the late Karbaat," the organisation said in a statement.

"The results confirm serious suspicions that Karbaat used his own sperm at his clinic," Defence for Children added.

The controversial case became public after a Dutch court ruled in February that the results of Karbaat's DNA test should be made available to parents and children to conduct their own comparisons.

Before his death, aged 89, Karbaat reportedly admitted to having fathered about 60 children in his time at the discredited clinic which closed in 2009 amid reports of irregularities.
https://news.yahoo.com/dutch-doctor-fathered-49-children-ivf-scandal-150354296.html

FOR Once we agree, however, the article you linked to is lame.

Here's another one that doesn't center on he said/she said bullshit. The question is: was 911 an inside job or not? For that, turn to the 911 truth movement, because these are the people who care the most that the truth gets out there

SEE: http://911truth.org/americans-do-not-believe-official-911-story/

The media has NEVER EXAMINED the evidence or explained the analysis provided by scientists, architects, engineers, pilots, and the first responders who experienced the explosions of the World Trade Center twin towers. The media has never asked for the release of the multiple videos that recorded whatever struck the Pentagon. The media has never investigated whether cell phones worked in 2001 from the altitudes at which the official story claims calls were made.

THE TOP 40 REASONS TO DOUBT THE OFFICIAL STORY OF SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001

FROM: http://911truth.org/top-40-reasons-doubt-offical-story/

one of the top reasons: What caused the collapse of a third skyscraper, WTC 7, which was not hit by a plane? Were the Twin Towers and WTC 7 brought down by explosives?

8) What did officials know? How did they know it?
a. Multiple allied foreign agencies informed the US government of a coming attack in detail, including the manner and likely targets of the attack, the name of the operation (the “Big Wedding”), and the names of certain men later identified as being among the perpetrators.

10) A group of FBI officials in New York systematically suppressed field investigations of potential terrorists that might have uncovered the alleged hijackers

19) “No one could have imagined planes into buildings” – a transparent falsehood upheld repeatedly by Rice, Rumsfeld and Bush.

30) The Need for a “New Pearl Harbor”

And more. These articles only scratch the surface. This is a complicated issue that most people can't understand.

But you see, I am not a partisan hack. I care about the truth, whether the left lies or the right lies, what I care about are the lies, where ever they come from. That is my fight, a fight for the truth.

That's OK. As soon as he has his pecker sawed off and starts wearing a saffron, purple and green wig with secretary glasses, all will be forgiven.

Kakistocracy says

Only 11 comments to turn this political and get those high fives in the form of "likes" rolling in !

Nothing to say - make it political and try to turn it into a shit storm

Quigley says

because we have given the stupid people everything they need to reproduce

Ban abortion, birth control shunned by the Catholic Church - These brilliant thoughts are from the supposed "smart people" ...

What's next ? Forced sterilization except for the chosen few?

Here's a start:
- Stop illegal immigration.
- Stop racist and sexist Affirmative Action.
- Minimize welfare to be a safety net, not a lifestyle.
- Allow citizens to opt out of Social Security
- Make Medicaid access only to cheap, 1970s-level medicine.

I know there's more, but this will get the fire lit.