Trump administration looking to merging VA and Tricare. The goal is to privatize both and give retirees and vets a "voucher" good for one X-ray and one cup of coffee at McDonald's. Here's to Donald Trump contracting the most incurable form of fast-acting cancer known to mankind.
Steve Bannon foresees a future independent California. Says it will go from a sanctuary state to an independent state under Democratic Party rule. Good, a California Republic passport would be more valuable an asset than a U.S. passport.
Las Vegas shooter Paddock planned to survive and he had help. Las Vegas sheriff has new evidence. The Guardian, a gatekeeper paper for MI-6, calls Sheriff Joseph Lombardo's additional evidence "speculation." That's a low standard of journalism even for The Guardian.
Jake LaMotta, the "Raging Bull," dead at 95. WMR editor had some quality drinking time with Mr. LaMotta back in 1988 at the Fountainbleau in Miami Beach. Great jokes and a great guy. RIP.
Colorado city on lookout for shitting jogger. Woman jogger craps on sidewalk and even leaves toilet paper behind. There must be a job for this woman in the Trump White House, since they dish out a lot of shit on a daily basis.
Pentagon masking troop levels in war zones. This report comes two days after WMR reported troops destined for Afghanistan are being shifted to aid India on border with China.
Old friend Dick Gregory died at 84 in Washington, DC. Dick was a civil rights and comedy pioneer and will be sorely missed. He once honored me by saying that my jokes were "pretty good." Dick's were and will always be much, much better. RIP to a valiant fighter for the truth.
Former Nebraska state senator John DeCamp dies. DeCamp vigorously pursued the perpetrators of the "Franklin scandal" involving top GOP officials involved in trafficking child sex victims. The Omaha World-Herald, which was involved in the scandal itself, chose to omit the pedophile scandal from its obituary of DeCamp.
Trump visits Paris as political scandal swirls around him and his family. Trump going to Paris is reminiscent of Nixon going to Damascus, Cairo, and Israel just before he resigned in 1974, except Nixon was received by cheering crowds while Trump's visit to Paris is underscored by street protests.
Another Trumper politician commits a sex crime in Oklahoma. Sen. Bryce Marlatt (R.) sexually assaulted a female Uber driver. In March, Trumper state senator Ralph Shortey (R.) was charged with having sex with an underage boy in a motel room. Lock 'em up!
Prosecutors begin piling on charges and innuendo against Reality Winner. Says she planned more leaks. Of course, they wouldn't know that to be true but just conjure it up. Prosecutors also leak that she had names ofseveral Taliban and al Qaeda leaders, including Osama Bin Laden, in a notebook. Winner is fluent in Dari, Pashto, and Urdu and her job was to track terrorist leaders in south Asia. WMR's editor has notebooks with names of Bin Laden, al-Baghdadi, and Mullah Omar in them. That's apparently now a crime in Trumpelstiltskin's America.
Greenwald and Intercept fail to protect identity of their NSA Georgia source on Russian hacking intelligence analysis report. Reality Winner -- that's her name, believe it or not -- arrested for divulging classified material. Document traced to Winner by Gmail account, printing dots, and folding creases on printout. WMR has either physically been passed sensitive material or had it sent by mail from remote locations. That's how you protect your sources Intercept. Perhaps, Pierre Omidyar sweetened Intercept's pot with a few more million to out an NSA source.
Trump on the attack against President Carter. Trump doesn't want Carter engaging with North Korea tavoid war. Trump pressures Macri to rescind San Martin Award to Carter. Trump is a stupid, vicious, ignorant asshole.
Trump on the attack against President Carter. Trump doesn't want Carter engaging with North Korea tavoid war. Trump pressures Macri to rescind San Marin Award to Carter. Trump is a stupid, vicious, ignorant asshole.
The newest neocon hero: Ben Sasse. He wants a military confrontation with Russia but, like most neocons, never spent a day of his life in the military. Former Alexandria, VA deputy police chief detained by CPB at JFK airport. Hassan Aden is a U.S. citizen, the son of an Italian mother and Somali father. Good, let's see how he likes it. This guy was in charge of Alexandria PD when WMR editor was falsely arrested while reporting on the Allen Stanford case.
Forget the "T" word -- treason -- against Trump. Treason only applies during a declared state of war, according to the U.S. Constitution. Too bad some Harvard Law professors don't understand the law!
Alan Colmes dies at 66. WMR editor appeared on Alan's Fox News show "Hannity & Colmes" and on his radio program. An all-around nice guy and a gentleman. RIP, Alan. And unlike what that fat and unfunny Al Franken did to Colmes in his lousy book, this reference to Alan Colmes is in a large type font.
Pizza shop Peepergate in Pennsylvania. Ladies room "peeping Tom" caught at Luigi's. And the perp never worked for the Clinton campaign, but soon, some crazed Trump humpers will claim that he did.
Three federal judges "trump" Trump on visa/green card holder entry ban. Certain websites call this a partisan Democrat attack on Trump by judiciary. That is an "alternative fact." Judge Donnelly (NY) appointed by Obama. Judge Brinkema (VA) by Clinton, Judge Zilly (WA) by Reagan. If you can't get your basic facts straight, you have no damned business in journalism or in the White House.
Global protests against Trump administration. Sample of some of the protest banners and signs: "Queer Solidarity Smashes Borders," "Unite against Islamophobia," "United States extermination camp against Latinos." Yawn.
Don Siegelman denied a pardon by Obama. Perhaps if Siegelman changed his name to "Donna" and wore a dress and produced a crack pipe, he would've been pardoned by Bathhouse Barry.
Jewish country club in Maryland wants to ban Obama as member. They cite his stance on Israel. We almost never hear about this sort of blatant and very commonplace Jewish racism in Israel, Palestine, or even in the DC suburbs. It's that "chosen people" shtick they get from that old book of fairy tales. The chirping crickets sounds are from the ADL and the SPLC.
Another CIA link to a mass shooting gunman. Ft. Lauderdale airport shooter Esteban Santiago told FBI in Alaska that CIA was forcing him to join ISIL. There are also CIA links, via family members, to the Tsarnaev brothers and Omar Mateen.
U.S. imposes more tariffs on Canadian lumber. U.S. exempts Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island in what may be a Trump administration move to drive a wedge between some provinces and the Ottawa government.
Girl Guides of Canada cancel all trips to U.S. It's just too dangerous for Canadian girls to be subjected to the whims of drooling U.S. border guards and customs officers who want to emulate their commander-in-chief.
Nicaragua didn't sign Paris climate accord. But, Nicaragua felt the accord didn't go far enough in combating climate change. Syria failed to sign because of its raging civil war. Which, makes the U.S. a complete outlier on the environment after Trump pulls out of Paris. Twitter reports that President Daniel Ortega will be asked to sign accord so that Nicaragua is not in the same embarrassing group as Trump.
Manuel Noriega dead at 83. He was imprisoned by the U.S. and its allies to ensure that he would never spill the beans publicly about the Bush family, the CIA, cocaine, and murder.
Home of former Curacao prime minister raided.Gerrit Schotte irritated the Dutch by calling for Curacao's independence. European neo-colonialists are as bad as their colonialist forebearers, as also seen with the British in Turks and Caicos and French in Guiana.
Leftist Obrador favored as next Mexican president. That will set the stage for a potential military conflict with Trumpist America. Let's see how many Texas Trumpers will be willing to die for the moron-in-chief.
Trump threatens Mexican president with U.S. troops. Of course, there are denials about it because such an act would violate the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 and invalidate the Rio Grande river as the U.S. Mexican border. Hey Mango Mussolini, your wall will have to be on the Texas-Oklahoma border!
ISIL terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils. Trump calls vehicle mowing down pedestrians in Spain a terrorist attack but fails to call a similar vehicular attack in Charlottesville an act of terrorism.
Poland buses crowds into Warsaw to greet Trump. Just like the days when the Communist government forced crowds into Warsaw to greet visiting Soviet leaders. Except, the Soviet leaders were at least in favor of universal health care and guaranteed social security.
Corbyn lambastes May's cutting of police numbers. Corbyn cites May's slashing of 19,000 police while she was Home Secretary. Labor leader calls on May to resign as PM as Tories become defensive on domestic security issue.
Macedonian president in Moscow. Trip comes after president authorizes Geirge Soros- and CIA-supported Social Democrats of EU stooge Zoran Zaev to form government.
"Experts" claim Manchester Arena was a "soft target" for a terrorist attack. It is also a major train hub since Victoria Station is next to it. What happened to enhanced security for transport stations after the 7/1/05 London transit attacks. Very convenient to have a terrorist attack as Theresa May's opinion polls prior to election were plummeting. At least Netanyahu had an alibi this time -- he was with Trump in Jerusalem -- but where was Giuliani?
Turkey vetoes NATO partnership with Austria. Ankara and Vienna have strained relations. This does put a hold on Austrian membership in NATO, which is a good thing as NATO, aka the "Fourth Reich," tries to also absorb Finland and Sweden..
British gym ad has fat people up in arms. The ad:"Advance health warning! When the aliens come, they will eat the fatties first." It's obvious some fat people have no sense of humor, which means they have nothing, at all, going on for them.
McCain meets with MEK terrorists in Albania. MEK was designated a terrorist organization by the US State Department. Now, the US has given Balkans Muslims another terrorist organization to join the Kosovo Liberation Army and the Islamic State.
St. Petersburg Metro bomber was Kyrgyz national who became Russian citizen. Kyrgyzstan, the one-time home of the CIA-connected Tsarnaev family. Smirky Mike Pompeo should turn his director's diary over to the intelligence oversight committees, pronto!
Islamist protesters attack Dutch consulate in Istanbul. Make Istanbul Great Again. Return it to Constantinople and restore the Holy See of Byzantium and rid the city of Sunnis unless they convert to Greek Orthodoxy. Two can play the Wahhabi game.
Belgium alarmed over spread of Wahhabism. And Trump just cleared the sale of advance missiles and fighters to two bastions of Wahhabism: Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Trump takes his orders from the same cabal, folks! You've been had.
The world's second-smallest nation annexes the world's smallest nation. Vatican takes over the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. SMOM has separate diplomatic relations with over a hundred nations, is a UN observer, and issues its own passports. It is nowa de facto part of the Vatican. Where are the sanctions, visa bans, and asset freezes for the Vatican's illegal takeover?
Portugal's Mario Soares dead at 92. The corporate media won't report that Soares was a long-time CIA asset who steered European social democracy right into the hands of the bare-fanged bankers.
ALEXANDER COCKBURN, JEFFREY ST CLAIR, BECKY GRANT AND THE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF JOURNALISTIC CLARITY, COUNTERPUNCH
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Although it was not our intention, counsel for Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi has advised us the Article suggests, or could be read as suggesting, that Mr Al Amoudi has funded, supported, or is in some way associated with, the terrorist activities of Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda terrorist network.
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Trump tweets support for Saudi internal coup, arrests of princes and ministers. This is what Trump has in mind for the United States, including arrests of members of Congress, Cabinet secretaries, and murder of those in line of presidential succession. Make no mistake about it, Trump is a dangerous fascist who wants to be a dictator.
U.S. troops in Yemen fighting "Al Qaeda." That, of course, is poppycock, They are fighting Houthis and South Yemeni independence forces on behalf of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Israel's dues is past due at the UN. May lose voting rights in General Assembly. So, what does the scofflaw Jewish state do? It wants a non-permanent seat on the Security Council. Now, that take a lot of gall.
Nikki Haley becomes an Israeli tool at the UN. Haley joins Israel in applying pressure to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. It's a fact: Sikhs and those who grew up Sikhs hate Muslims. Haley has no business at the UN representing the U.S. Let her represent her native Khalistan.
Trump's tweet justifies ISIL terrorist attack in Iran. Iran calls it repugnant. Well, Repugnant Trump is in full ISIL-support mode with his tweets on Iran attack, launching attack on pro-Assad forces in Syria, and Saudi pressure on Qatar.
Rouhani wins landslide re-election in Iran. Iran just sent the West a huge message, which Trump will ignore by continuing to side with the radical Sunnis is their war with the Shi'as.
Qatar opens mega-mosque in Malmo, Sweden. Where are the church steeples in Doha? Of course, it's a Wahhabist mosque, which will be training tomorrow's jihadists today.
NATO's outsourced eastern flank. NATO's eastern associate membership is dominated by the truly radical Islamist states of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain.
India expands influence in Kurdistan. Delhi-Erbil diplomatic contacts increasing. Turkey pressuring Trump administration to abandon Syrian Kurds. The typical American double-cross for the Kurds. First, it was Woodrow Wilson, then Richard Nixon, and soon, Donald Trump. Le Pen refused to wear head scarf in meeting with Lebanese Muslim leaders. Good for her. No religion has the right to impose its antiquated beliefs and rituals on others.
NATO extends influence in Mongolia. Wants Mongolian officers to speak English, a step toward Mongolian membership in the "North Atlantic" military pact.
Trump says he will cut off all trade with countries doing business with North Korea. That would include total trade sanctions against China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Germany, Portugal, France, Mozambique, Turkey, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Brazil, Chile, Taiwan, Zambia, and Burkina Faso. Trump's sanctions would lead to the closure of Wal-Mart, Aldi, Target, and other large retailers, as well as shortages in the U.S. of produce and meats.
Cambodia resists ASEAN statement on North Korea. Cambodia has enjoyed close relations with North Korea, as attested to by the amount of North Korean-made counterfeit U.S. cigarettes on sale on Cambodia streets.
Trump makes false claim about Xi Jinping. Claims Chinese president told him that Korea was once part of China. It was not and Xi would never claim such a thing. Advice for Trump: keep your dumb trap shut, you orange-faced shitgibbon.
Guess who's pushing jihadism in Malaysia? McDonald's. Restaurant chain forces McDonald's in peninsular Malaysia to serve only halal cakes. Halal certifications only line the pockets of jihadi imams. Nice going McTerrorist's.
Russian naval ships pull into Manila. It's the first naval-to-naval contact ever between Russia and the Philippines. Adm. Harry Harris, the American Nisei samurai warrior CINCPAC, won't like this.
UN eyeing peacekeeping base in South Sudan's Yei region. South Sudan independence was a pet project of Susan Rice and idiots like George Clooney and John Prendergast, who should all be sent to the country to do housekeeping and peacekeeping.
Israel looking for allies in Africa. Africans are no fools, they know Israeli supported apartheid regimes in South Africa and Rhodesia and bantustans in southern Africa and continues to enact apartheid in the West Bank.
Ivory Coast army mutiny spreads to Abidjan. Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara is illegal anyway. He was born in Burkina Faso and not eligible to be president of Ivory Coast. Also, his wife is a leading French Zionist.
Polynesian Leaders Group largest in South Pacific Forum. Includes Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, American Samoa and Tokelau, with Easter Island and Hawai'ias observers. A future independent Polynesian Union in the making?
Kuwaiti diplomat expelled from New Zealand. Assault incident involving Kuwaiti follows one in which a Malaysian diplomat broke into a New Zealand woman's home and shat outside her house.
Trump gives the finger to Palau and Solomon Islands. Both existentially threatened by climate change. The islanders' forebearers helped U.S. troops defeat the Japanese. But Trump's father supported the Axis in that war. Like father, like son.
Azores hosts Sargasso Sea conference. Delegates attend from Azores, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Monaco, U.K. and the U.S.
Aged fish thrive on shit from young fish. That explains why Henry Kissinger, George Soros, and Prince Philip are still alive and why David Rockefeller lived so long. They all eat baby shit.
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