"what exactly is the strategy for bringing our no-name war to a successful conclusion?"
It seems to me that any conclusion would be considered a failure from the perspective of the Military Industrial Complex and it's employees in Congress and the White House.
"the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina in June 2015 was a hate crime but was not judged by the federal government to be a terrorist act." That was a determination by James Comey that was belied by the fact that Dylann Roof DIDN'T kill one person so that she could tell other people that he specifically killed black people. How is that NOT terrorism?!?
Also, here is evidence of much bigger mass killings in the US that were labeled 'race riots,' but were strictly white people slaughtering African Americans.
Samuel Sinyangwe @samswe
The deadliest mass shootings were acts of white supremacist terrorism. (1/x)
1919: Elaine "race riot" in Arkansas where a mob of white men shot and killed 100-800 black people "on sight."
"the stand Barack Obama once took against lobbyists" was an utter lie.
He voted, on 7/9/2008, in favor of the FISA Amendments Act, which gave immunity to the telecommunications companies that helped GW Bush spy on the entire country without warrants.
That was BEFORE the '08 election and after he promised to filibuster it.
The only thing Obama promised that wasn't a lie was to expand the war in Afghanistan.
"It’s women in these places who will suffer the worst from the far right’s no-holds-barred push to defund Planned Parenthood." That's a feature, not a bug.
The problem with declaring the theme of the "bible" is that many Christian denominations have their own "bibles" and they are all allegedly based on the Tanakh, the Hebrew bible, although the Christians refer to their source as the "old testament," as though their "new testament" replaces it or, at least, amends it.
What a bible says only matters to its believers and none of it matters to a non-theocratic government or the citizens of that government.
In other words, why should I give a hoot what bizarre rants spew from the mouths of Huckabee, Cruz, Santorum, or their acolytes?
According Mark 12:19, guys, if your brother kicks the bucket, you have to marry your sister-in-law and knock her up.
Actually, this is from Genesis 38:8, the story of Onan:
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death also.
This also puts the lie to the problem being masturbation.
Minor detail: "a military machine that was out of control."
The military machine was in complete control of the US government,
as it still is. Let's not give the SOBs any excuses.
"what exactly is the strategy for bringing our no-name war to a successful conclusion?"
It seems to me that any conclusion would be considered a failure from the perspective of the Military Industrial Complex and it's employees in Congress and the White House.
"the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina in June 2015 was a hate crime but was not judged by the federal government to be a terrorist act." That was a determination by James Comey that was belied by the fact that Dylann Roof DIDN'T kill one person so that she could tell other people that he specifically killed black people. How is that NOT terrorism?!?
Also, here is evidence of much bigger mass killings in the US that were labeled 'race riots,' but were strictly white people slaughtering African Americans.
Samuel Sinyangwe @samswe
The deadliest mass shootings were acts of white supremacist terrorism. (1/x)
1919: Elaine "race riot" in Arkansas where a mob of white men shot and killed 100-800 black people "on sight."
Read the rest:
https://twitter.com/samswey/status/914963280501858304
"the stand Barack Obama once took against lobbyists" was an utter lie.
He voted, on 7/9/2008, in favor of the FISA Amendments Act, which gave immunity to the telecommunications companies that helped GW Bush spy on the entire country without warrants.
That was BEFORE the '08 election and after he promised to filibuster it.
The only thing Obama promised that wasn't a lie was to expand the war in Afghanistan.
And speaking of oxymorons ... 'GOP intelligentsia'? Really?
"Republican thought leaders"
Is that like 'military intelligence'--a classic oxymoron?
If the US keeps giving Israel billions, it's supporting settlements. Who are they kidding?
"It’s women in these places who will suffer the worst from the far right’s no-holds-barred push to defund Planned Parenthood." That's a feature, not a bug.
See Katha Pollitts's "If Abortion Were About Equality, Would Americans Like It Better? It is—and that’s the problem."
http://www.thenation.com/article/if-abortion-were-about-equality-would-americans-like-it-better/
You left out his vote for telecom company immunity in summer '08--before the election. He didn't compromise. He's a corporate tool. Always has been.
The problem with declaring the theme of the "bible" is that many Christian denominations have their own "bibles" and they are all allegedly based on the Tanakh, the Hebrew bible, although the Christians refer to their source as the "old testament," as though their "new testament" replaces it or, at least, amends it.
What a bible says only matters to its believers and none of it matters to a non-theocratic government or the citizens of that government.
In other words, why should I give a hoot what bizarre rants spew from the mouths of Huckabee, Cruz, Santorum, or their acolytes?
According Mark 12:19, guys, if your brother kicks the bucket, you have to marry your sister-in-law and knock her up.
Actually, this is from Genesis 38:8, the story of Onan:
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. 10 What he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death also.
This also puts the lie to the problem being masturbation.
Which probably had a lot to do with black turnout.
Makes it "look like"?!?!
That's exactly why it's there.
Top two reasons: it's a symbol of slavery and treason. End. Of. Story.
This SOB was approved by a voice vote. Once again, it is the Dems who allowed the destruction of our judiciary.
Almost as if .... ? Almost?!?!?
Minor detail: "a military machine that was out of control."
The military machine was in complete control of the US government,
as it still is. Let's not give the SOBs any excuses.
Republicans will use anything to win. If we look at what they did to Bill Clinton, it is clear that being able to appeal to racists is gravy for them.
Are they racists? Functionally, of course, but it doesn't matter because they are totally immoral.