when the 1st heather dies, her last words are ... corn nuts.
i saw that movie on video when it 1st came out.
i had never heard of corn nuts and decided to give them a try.
i'd love to tell you that they were wonderful.
i couldn't take them straight.
now with a few drinks, i could take them.
they go good with orange juice and vodka, for example.
i can take beef jerky.
most of the snack foods, i can handle and enjoy.
but not corn nuts for some reason.
and speaking of corn nuts: david corn.
where there is crazy, there is david corn.
- Note the blaring headline on Corn's screed. In one of the (supposedly) premier progressive publications in the United States.
- Oh please. Insinuations of "collusion" have been the central driver of this entire narrative from the beginning.
david corn and his hysterics.
you get the idea that ever since he stopped being able to get it up, he's decided screaming 'russia!' is the equivalent of 'get off my yard, you dang kids!'
poor david corn.
over a decade ago, he attacked gary webb.
because david's also a suck up to the c.i.a.
he's just a disgrace.
always and forever.
let's close with c.i.'s 'Iraq snapshot:'
Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Chaos and violence continue, The Mosul Slog
continues, barrier walls are returning in Baghdad, and much more.
ALSUMARIA reports this morning's claim that 50% of Old Mosul is liberated.
Glass half full types should remember that the glass is also half empty.
And it's day 248 of The Mosul Slog.
ALSUMARIA reports this morning's claim that 50% of Old Mosul is liberated.
Glass half full types should remember that the glass is also half empty.
And it's day 248 of The Mosul Slog.
Our delegate, Yara Khaweja is on Alsharqiya news speaking about the wounded civilians trapped in #Mosul
Notice, the International Red Cross is being interviewed by non-Western media.
The Mosul Slog continues.
And while it continues, the Islamic State is active in other areas -- like Anbar Province below.
Completely expected.
How bad are things?
Concrete barriers (once called "Bremer Walls") are going back up in Baghdad.
If only political solutions had been sought over the last three years instead of a focus solely on military.
Meanwhile, the United Nations lies to Iraqis. CBS NEWS reports:
U.N. equipment and supplies are not stamped with the instantly-recognizable blue globe insignia, and local Iraqi contractors are carrying out the work in the name of the Iraqi government, rather than foreign contractors. The U.N.’s new strategy is designed to minimize the promotion of its own work, and to instead quietly facilitate a “for the country, by the country” reconstruction.
“The Iraqis coming home don’t necessarily know that it is the U.N. that is helping them. They see that the government cares for them and the government is doing things for them,” Lise Grande, Deputy Special Representative of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, tells CBS News. “That helps to reinforce a sense of confidence in the government; as citizens, they need to know that the government is for them.”
Lying to the Iraqi people does not help them.
Pretending the Iraqi government is helping the people doesn't change anything.
The UN should be embarrassed that they are not proudly and openly carrying out their activities.
And the Iraqi people have every right to be insulted by this attempt to deceive them.
In other news, Zach D. Huff (HUFFINGTON POST) reports:
The
Kurds stand apart from their fellow Muslim-majority neighbors because
of their progress on women’s equality — boasting the only all-female
units taking on ISIS — but are there signs that the Kurdish areas could
someday be a relative sanctuary for LGBT people?
This Pride Month, the LGBT flag flutters once again at the U.S. consulate in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. The State Department allows
embassies to recognize Pride “as appropriate to their local context” —
perhaps why it was raised over the Iraqi Kurdish capital city, but not
in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital. The resulting condemnation
from a member of Iraq’s parliament about wishing he could attack the
Erbil consulate stands in stark contrast to the measured silence of
Kurdish authorities.
The
restraint shown by Iraqi Kurds on the taboo subject began to change
last year when Ayaz Shalal, a gender rights activist, became the first —
and lone — voice in Iraqi Kurdistan advocating for LGBT equality.
Ayaz
embarked on nationwide public engagement campaigns and public art
projects, introducing Kurds and Iraqis to the issue in a personal way.
In just one recent meeting, Ayaz hosted a town hall-style forum with 129
Muslim and Christian faith leaders.
“Obviously
not everyone is open to what I have to say, especially at first. When I
speak to the community, it is the first open conversation they’ve had
on LGBT issues, and some do walk away questioning the antiquated popular
opinions,” said Shalal, 25.
His organization, Rasan,
provides counseling support to struggling sexual minorities, and aims
to soon provide safe spaces and greater asylum support to victims who
currently have nowhere to turn.
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