Thursday, July 19, 2018

Who brags about being stupid?

The Democrats in Congress are becoming a joke, a self-told joke.  Isaac Finn (WSWW) reports:
 

On July 12, three liberal Democrats—Representatives Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Parmila Jayapal of Washington and Adriano Espaillat of New York—introduced a bill to formally abolish the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Within 48 hours, the bill was exposed as a cynical maneuver when Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy called the Democrats’ bluff by announcing that he would bring their legislation to a vote later this month.
The response of the Democrats was to declare that they would vote “no” on their own bill. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which had previously refused to take a position on the bill, joined in declaring that its members would vote against the legislation.
In a joint statement, the three lawmakers who had introduced the bill attempted to explain their about-face, writing, “We know Speaker [of the House Paul] Ryan is not serious about passing our ‘Establishing a Humane Immigration Enforcement System Act,’ so Members of Congress advocacy groups and impacted communities will not engage in this political stunt.” Instead, they declared, they would use the House vote on the bill to “force an urgently needed and long-overdue conversation on the House floor.”
This explanation is absurd on its face. If the Democrats were serious about the ostensible purpose of their bill, there would be nothing to prevent them from marshalling their caucus in the House to obtain the biggest possible vote in its favor while at the same time denouncing the Republicans for carrying out a dishonest maneuver and continuing to support the immigration Gestapo known officially as ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
But, in fact, the Democrats never had any intention of abolishing ICE, even though their so-called “abolition” would amount to little more than rebranding the agency while allowing it to continue brutally persecuting, jailing, deporting and killing immigrant workers and youth.



They're just making fools out of themselves.

Why?

Do they not have a brain at all?

Are they so used to lying that they just expect to be believed or maybe don't care if they get caught.

They're not just incompetent, they're actively advertising that they are incompetent.

This is C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot" for Thursday:


Thursday, July 19, 2018.  Protests continue in Iraq.  As the US media remains uninterested, let's remember what happened last time the US media ignored attacks on protesters in Iraq.


In Iraq, the protests continue.  The protesters are still greeted with violence from the government that claims to represent them.  This despite the support for the protesters from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Shi'ite cleric and movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr.


The government of using armored vehicles and guns to stop the protests and the people who are asking for their simple human rights!



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Protesting over the lack of jobs, lack of water, lack of electricity and so much more means they are targeted with violence.




Iraqi people are protesting against the corruption of the government, there is no electricity in most of the cities no public service and over 40% of the young people are unemployed .





That's an interesting photo above.  It is even more interesting if you pull back a little.



This picture speaks volumes






The bravery of the two protesters is even more evident if you pull back just a little.


It's again interesting how the protests in Iraq just do not matter to the United States.





Dear
I hope you’ve seen what’s happening in nowadays..
There is No Rights, Humanity, and no one is watching..




The US media largely ignores them.  Whether it's corporate media or beggar media, they find something else to feign interest in.  They are the reason so many have died.  Not just in these protests going on now but in all the earlier protests since 2010.




Protests in Basra city today.









Why is Hayder al-Abadi, prime minister of Iraq, deciding to attack the Iraqi people a surprise?

When Barack Obama installed Hayder al-Abadi in 2014 -- a fact even NPR acknowledged on air (it's MORNING EDITION earlier this year, if you need to look that up) -- it was known that he was Dawa -- Nouri al-Maliki's political party -- and that he was State Of Law (Nouri's political slate).  Barack was removing Nouri (finally) because his persecution had led to the rise of ISIS.  Why did anyone think that Hayder would be any different from thug Nouri?

He's not.

For all the people late to the party on ISIS this year, let's note something that they apparently do not know or else forgot.

Hayder is attacking the protesters.

Do we remember when Nouri started attacking the protesters?

Those of us with functioning brains do remember.  What happened was ISIS showed up.  In public.  They showed up on the long highway into Baghdad where Anbar citizens were protesting and being targeted by Nouri.  They showed up and protected the persecuted.

Nouri's War Crimes made a terrorist group (ISIS) look better by comparison.




We have the worst government in the world
We're living in a country where there are no human rights, no water , no electricity, no jobs ..etc
We are suffering poverty in a time we have lots of sources but only the government people and their families are getting it





Those valid statements above by Hanaa should be heard and responded to.  Instead, Hayder's attacking the people.

Hayder's traveling down that same road Nouri did.  He needs to stop or be stopped.  (I'm not referring to murder, I'm referring to the international community speaking frankly and, if he continues this, they cut off aid.)  It's bad right now.




GRAPHIC: one of the protesters killed by security forces in Basra (I post merely to document them):

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But if it continues, it's going to get worse just as it did under Nouri.





the government's action to this situation is:
- cutting of the internet service.
- shutting down the electricity power in a lot of cities
-arresting and killing random people  !!

 





That main photo above we've noted before.  It's huge on Arabic social media.  Strange that the US media seems unconcerned and doesn't rush to inform Americans what is become a rallying point in the Arabic world.



Hello world! people are getting shot for demanding water, electricity & other basic human needs in
If you wanna show your support please use hashtag






Look, over here, I'm waiving my hand and saying "Pay attention!"


I was doing that when ISIS was rising in Iraq, before terms like "ISIS" were being used.

I'm not a prophet.  I'm someone with common sense (at least a little).  Anyone with common sense can tell you that things are going to get worse if Hayder's attacks on the protesters continue.That's basic analysis.  I see that, as usual, whenever anything takes place in Iraq, 'analyst' Joel Wing just posts links.  That's because he requires months and months to form any sot of opinion -- and when he does, he's generally wrong.  Like he was about Barzani.  Over and over, Joel stalls and stalls and the events pass him by.  But because he offers conventional wisdom, he's treated as a seer.  He can't see beyond his own toes.





Night protests begin in Najaf



leaked videotape showing the protesters from Al-Shula city being held in disgrace at the Kadhimiya police station




protest in the Alshula -baghdad and security forces used live ammunition





ISIS never left.  It was not defeated.  People are starting to notice that and insisting it's creeping back (again, it never left and it never was defeated).

AL BAWABA reports, "At least 10 people were injured in four bombings in Iraq’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk, police sources said on Wednesday. A spokesman of Kirkuk Police, Afsaryav Kamil, told Anadolu Agency that roadside bombs were planted by unknown persons."  THE NEW ARAB adds, "Anadolu news agency reported that four explosives were detonated, including one on the Baghdad road, but made no mention of mortar rounds."

Because earlier this week, Liz Sly and Mustafa Salim (WASHINGTON POST) noted of Hayder al-Abadi's claims that ISIS has been defeated, "The government declared the Baghdad-Kirkuk road is now safe, and drivers and passengers who take the route say there are new checkpoints every kilometer."














The following community sites -- plus Jody Watley and Cindy Sheehan -- updated: