{"id":19615,"date":"2016-11-05T14:17:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T22:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=19615"},"modified":"2016-11-05T21:58:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T05:58:54","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-electoral-nausea-its-capital-and-empire-dont-be-silly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-electoral-nausea-its-capital-and-empire-dont-be-silly\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Electoral Nausea: It&#8217;s Capital and Empire! Don&#8217;t Be Silly!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>We Say Fight Back!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Parsons-Wealth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Parsons-Wealth.jpg\" alt=\"parsons-wealth\" width=\"764\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Parsons-Wealth.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Parsons-Wealth-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/richgibson.com\/Sun-Tzu.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Above, Image of Sun Tzu<\/p>\n<h1 align=\"CENTER\">Whoever Wins&#8211;It\u2019s Perpetual War and your side is losing&#8211; Here\u2019s Why<\/h1>\n<h2 align=\"CENTER\">by Rich Gibson<\/h2>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">When guerrillas fight you to a standstill; you lose.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Americans, whose founding history is deeply rooted in that reality, should understand. But neither the citizenry nor the Command grasps that debilitating piece of reality.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Perhaps it\u2019s because, as Chalmers Johnson said in his \u201cNemesis\u201d trilogy, \u201cAmericans know so little history, they cannot connect cause and effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">So far, on the 15th October anniversary of the Afghan war, the Taliban controls about one-third of the country while the puppet Afghan military ranks disintegrate.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In Libya (\u201cwe came, we saw, we killed him\u201d), Iraq (\u201cThey\u2019ll welcome us as liberators; we were right to invade\u201d), Syria, and even Saudi Arabia, what has morphed out of US mass imprisonment, torture, and murder into ISIS, the black flagged Hydra, is undeterred, now operating in an estimated 32 countries. ISIS is a state, a guerrilla movement, and a cancerous ideology.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">US leadership in the decaying empire, bloated with stagnated finance and industry, flails about, unable to settle conclusively friend and enemy&#8211;funding jihadists here, a dictator there, the Muslim Brotherhood&#8211;oops&#8212;not the Muslim Bros!&#8211;good mujahadeen, Saudi Wahhabi pals&#8211;the US is encircling Russia and China, whose militaries are motivated and rested, while spying on everyone, but able to sort out so little.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The counterfeit election, where Americans choose who will oppress them best out of the executive committee and armed weapon of the rich, is a nauseating spectacle of sleaze on all sides. The derangement descends through the sparkling capitalist media lens into the citizenry, leading the unhinged muckle of hysterics desperately witnessing the countdown to&#8211;what?<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">More war: guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Will \u201cThey\u201d risk WWIII? This looks so much like the run-up to WWI, with proxies and practice wars&#8211;covert and overt&#8211;all over the planet, that is reasonable to suggest that sides will, sooner or later, be chosen&#8212;unless&#8230;and that is below. <a href=\"http:\/\/richgibson.com\/suntzu.htm\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">richgibson.com\/suntzu.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imgBlkFront\" class=\"a-dynamic-image image-stretch-vertical frontImage bookFrontTransition\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51mqPxF6SnL._SX326_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-a-dynamic-image=\"{&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51mqPxF6SnL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg&quot;:[228,346],&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51mqPxF6SnL._SX326_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg&quot;:[328,499]}\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>They&#8217;re Lying! Johnson&#8217;s &#8220;peace candidacy&#8221; led to the deaths of up to 3 million Vietnamese, 60,000 US Troops, untold numbers in Laos and Cambodia.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daisy Girl: Lyndon Johnson 1964\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/STXz6Ukkl4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations on the publication of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover-image\" src=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/content\/images\/frontcover\/PBbBDAAAQBAJ?fife=w300\" alt=\"Cover art\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>see especially the last chapter on education, innovation and the battle between industrial and slave based capitalism.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2016.11\/original\/581aafb2c4618820788b4649.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2016.11\/original\/581aafb2c4618820788b4649.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Julian Assange in conversation with John Pilger\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/johnpilger.com\/videos\/julian-assange-in-conversation-with-john-pilger\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">johnpilger.com\/videos\/julian-assange-in-conversation-with-john-pilger<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_sbT3_9dJY4\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_sbT3_9dJY4<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>TICK TOCK ON LIBYA (WIKI)<\/h2>\n<header id=\"header\">From: <span title=\"Original: Hillary Clinton\">Hillary Clinton<\/span> To: <span title=\"Original: Flores, Oscar\">Oscar Flores<\/span> Date: 2011-09-02 15:28 Subject: TICK TOCK ON LIBYA<\/header>\n<div id=\"uniquer\" class=\"email-content\"><span class=\"unclassified\">UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05788648 Date: 10\/30\/2015<\/span> <span class=\"unclassified\">RELEASE IN PART<\/span> B5,B6 <span class=\"inlinemeta\">From: \u2022 H &lt;<a href=\"mailto:hrod17@clintonemail.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">hrod17@clintonemail.com<\/a> &gt; Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 10:28 PM To: Oscar Flores Subject: Fw: tick tock on libya <\/span> PIs print for me. <span class=\"inlinemeta\">From: Mills, Cheryl D [mailto:<a href=\"mailto:MiIIsCD@state.gov\" class=\"autohyperlink\">MiIIsCD@state.gov<\/a>] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 12:37 PM <\/span> <span class=\"inlinemeta\">To: H Subject: FW: tick tock on libya <\/span> Here is Draft <span class=\"inlinemeta\">From: Jake Sullivan [mailtc Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 7:40 PM <\/span> <span class=\"inlinemeta\">To: Mills, Cheryl D; Nuland, Victoria Subject: tick tock on libya <\/span> this is basically off the top of my head, with a few consultations of my notes. but it shows S&#8217; leadership\/ownership\/stewardship of this country&#8217;s libya policy from start to finish. let me know what you think. toria, who else might be able to add to this?\u00a0<strong> Secretary Clinton&#8217;s leadership on Libya&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"js__link__to__article type text-size--small background-color--white text-color--black font--default\" data-post-id=\"4811\" data-has-video=\"false\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/clinton-emails\/emailid\/23898\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">wikileaks.org\/clinton-emails\/emailid\/23898<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"js__link__to__article type text-size--small background-color--white text-color--black font--default\" data-post-id=\"4811\" data-has-video=\"false\">Students rise up<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi iEzE2e2EDuWs-pQOPx8XEepE\" src=\"http:\/\/socialistappeal.org\/images\/South-Africa-Student-Protests.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for south africa students demonstrate\" width=\"304\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><em><strong>Protests in South Africa over student fees and inequality\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchlive.co.za\/news\/2016\/10\/29\/831-arrests-mar-2016-fees-must-fall-protests\/\">830 arrests<\/a>, a student leader <a href=\"http:\/\/mg.co.za\/article\/2016-10-20-cops-who-shot-shaeera-kalla-to-be-subject-of-investigation\">shot 13 times<\/a> with rubber bullets, and a priest shot with<a href=\"http:\/\/mg.co.za\/article\/2016-10-10-feesmustfall2016-holy-trinity-catholic-church-priest-shot-in-face-sparking-clashes\"> live ammunition<\/a>. These are some of the consequences of the ongoing battle between the South African government and the student-driven #Feesmustfall campaign against tuition increases set to begin in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state and the universities are trying to break us,\u201d student leader Shaeera Kalla told VICE News in her first statement since she was hospitalized after being shot 13 times in the back with rubber bullets during a demonstration at Wits University two weeks ago in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>The recent\u00a0uprising is Round 2\u00a0in a battle that\u00a0started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/oct\/23\/south-african-students-protest-pretoria-tuition-fees-rise\">in 2015<\/a>, when the government first announced a rise in tuition fees. The students won that fight and increases were annulled, but this war is far from over.<\/p>\n<p>In September this year, the South African Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/politics\/2016\/09\/19\/IN-FULL-Higher-Education-Minister-Blade-Nzimande-on-2017-university-fees\">announced<\/a> that the state could not afford to provide the funds needed for South African universities. To make up for that, he said that the universities would determine a rise in tuition fees, while recommending a cap of 8\u00a0percent.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement spurred student protests, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2016-09-20-feesmustfall-south-african-students-reject-nzimandes-subsidy-call-for-free-education\/\">demonstrations<\/a>, and the suspension of lectures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tV6q9LOubfc\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tV6q9LOubfc<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Hillary Clinton: Wall Street\u2019s Losing Horse? Constitutional Crisis? What\u2019s the End Game?<\/h2>\n<p><em>Since the release of FBI Director Comey\u2019s Second letter to the US Congress, the presidential elections process has gone haywire, out of control. The bipartisan political apparatus is in crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI FBI director [James Comey] am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two important questions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO IS BEHIND WIKILEAKS WHICH RELEASED THE EMAILS?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO IS BEHIND FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/hillary-clinton-wall-streets-loosing-horse-constitutional-crisis-whats-the-end-game\/5553922\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.globalresearch.ca\/hillary-clinton-wall-streets-loosing-horse-constitutional-crisis-whats-the-end-game\/5553922<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Hillary_Kissinger_AP_img.jpg?scale=896\" alt=\"Hillary_Kissinger_AP_img\" \/><\/p>\n<p>above, war criminal Kissinger on CSPAN 10\/30\/16: &#8220;This does look like the run-up to WWIII.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/WWIV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/WWIV.jpg\" alt=\"wwiv\" width=\"960\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/WWIV.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/WWIV-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/WWIV-768x705.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clinton denies FBI investigation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3xP162Bqnlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The FBI Agent McCabe Funnel\u00a0 <\/strong>It sounds as if McCabe was caught between DOJ higher-ups who wanted the Clinton Foundation probe jettisoned or significantly defanged, and line agents who were angry and suspicious that their work was being undermined by a political agenda. Did agents on the case hallucinate the effective &#8220;stand down&#8221; order they received? \u00a0Was the decision to back off wrongly attributed to Mr. McCabe? He is an interesting figure, as it was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2016\/10\/24\/mcauliffe-fbi-story-n2236207\">recently revealed<\/a> that Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe &#8212; a very close Clinton ally, and the subject of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2016\/05\/26\/mcauliffes-story-keeps-changing-and-now-involves-hillary-n2169283\">yet another<\/a> FBI probe &#8212; funneled $675,000 to the the State Senate campaign of McCabe&#8217;s wife, a liberal Democrat. \u00a0Even if Mr. McCabe did his best to abide by ethical guidelines, his central involvement in all of these politically-charged matters at least <em>looks<\/em> questionable, given his family&#8217;s very recent\u00a0partisan alliance with Clintonworld. \u00a0And then there&#8217;s this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In September, agents on the foundation case asked to see the emails contained on nongovernment laptops that had been searched as part of the Clinton email case, but that request was rejected by prosecutors at the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn. <strong>Those emails were given to the FBI based on grants of partial immunity and limited-use agreements, meaning agents could only use them for the purpose of investigating possible mishandling of classified information. <\/strong>Some FBI agents were dissatisfied with that answer, and asked for permission to make a similar request to federal prosecutors in Manhattan, according to people familiar with the matter.<strong> Mr. McCabe, these people said, told them no and added that they couldn\u2019t \u201cgo prosecutor-shopping.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>McCabe apparently\u00a0denied agents&#8217; September request to seek non-government laptops seized from Clinton aides during the (then dormant) email scandal investigation. Relevant FBI\/DOJ-granted immunity deals, described by ex-federal officials as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2016\/10\/05\/former-us-prosecutor-please-tell-me-the-fbicheryl-mills-side-deal-is-a-joke-n2228103\">highly irregular<\/a>, stipulated that the evidence in question could <em>only<\/em> be used by officials looking into the mishandling of classified data &#8212; <em>not<\/em> other potential crimes related to the Clinton Foundation. \u00a0<em>Hmmm<\/em>.\u00a0 Layer all of this new information atop the facts that Attorney General Loretta Lynch improperly huddled with Bill Clinton while the email probe was still active and then broke her word by inserting herself into the case,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2016\/10\/29\/disgrace-ag-lynch-pressured-comey-not-to-disclose-reactivated-hillary-probe-n2238410\">pressuring Comey<\/a> not to update Congress on new developments that impact his previous testimony. \u00a0http:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2016\/10\/31\/wsj-clinton-foundation-investigation-killed-by-doj-n2238884<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LaPsefdmXi0\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LaPsefdmXi0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt and illustrated by Tony Diterlizzi\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XOjXlIqoCyo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alas, alas! how very soon this silly little fly,<br \/>\nHearing his wily flattering words, came slowly flitting by.<br \/>\nWith buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew<br \/>\nThinking only of her brilliant eyes, and green and purple hue;<br \/>\nThinking only of her crested head \u2014 <i>poor foolish thing!<\/i> At last,<br \/>\nUp jumped the cunning spider, and fiercely held her fast.<br \/>\nHe dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den,<br \/>\nWithin his little parlor; but she ne\u2019er came out again!<\/p>\n<p>And now, dear little children, who may this story read,<br \/>\nTo idle, silly, flattering words, I pray you ne\u2019er give heed;<br \/>\nUnto an evil counselor close heart, and ear, and eye,<br \/>\nAnd take a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stackingbooks.com\/temp\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Spider-and-the-fly-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.stackingbooks.com\/temp\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Spider-and-the-fly-Cover.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Little Red Schoolhouse<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Education building named for war criminal<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Department of Education building is pictured. | John Shinkle\/POLITICO\" src=\"http:\/\/static2.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/6350744\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x%3E\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F54%2Fdb%2F00f158e546fbbcfacde9fe8f5416%2F20161028-dept-education-004.jpg\" alt=\"The Department of Education building is pictured. | John Shinkle\/POLITICO\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\" \">Education Department fines Penn State $2.4M for Sandusky cover-up<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>The Education Department Thursday announced a $2.4 million fine against Penn State University for its handling of assistant coach and convicted sexual abuser Jerry Sandusky \u2014 the largest fine ever assessed under the Clery Act.<\/p>\n<p>The penalty follows 11 &#8220;serious&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicopro.com\/f\/?id=00000158-2b72-d429-a5ff-6bf2a9ec0001\" target=\"_blank\">findings<\/a> of noncompliance related to the handling of Sandusky&#8217;s crimes and the university&#8217;s &#8220;longstanding failure to comply with federal requirements on campus safety and substance abuse,&#8221; the department said. The announcement comes five years after the Education Department announced in 2011 that it was launching the review&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>According to the findings, Penn State \u201cdid not issue an emergency notification to its students and employees after Penn State\u2019s senior officials learned of the forthcoming forcible sex offense and child sex abuse charges against Sandusky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter said that the department\u2019s review team determined that \u201ceven prior to the Sandusky indictment, the University had significant evidence that Sandusky posed a danger to the campus community but continued to provide him unfettered access to the campus buildings and facilities.\u201dmore: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/11\/penn-state-sandusky-penalty-230707#ixzz4PBFECned\">www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/11\/penn-state-sandusky-penalty-230707#ixzz4PBFECned<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>The International Hot War of the Rich on the Poor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jiEv3FUVgNo#t=212.097395\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jiEv3FUVgNo#t=212.097395<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hillary Clinton on Gaddafi: We came, we saw, he died\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fgcd1ghag5Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">The Current Situation in Libya<\/h1>\n<article id=\"node-24581\" class=\"node node-article-publication clearfix\">\n<header><\/header>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-subtitle field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>A USIP Fact Sheet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Published:<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">May 16, 2016<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-short-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Five years after Libya\u2019s dictator Moammar Gadhafi was deposed in a popular revolution, the country remains trapped in a spiral of deteriorating security, economic crisis, and political deadlock. Trust in the nation\u2019s weak government institutions has fallen to an all-time low as political elites, unable to agree on even a governmental structure, deploy armed militias to control territory and economic assets. An additional challenge comes from ISIS and other violent extremists exploiting the situation to expand operations in Libya. Still, civil society organizations remain active and committed to laying the foundation for a unity government capable of rebuilding the state. Meanwhile, a new, internationally recognized Government of National Accord\u2014the product of a two-year, United Nations-led process\u2014continues its struggle to establish legitimacy and a measure of control beyond the capital\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usip.org\/publications\/the-current-situation-in-libya\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.usip.org\/publications\/the-current-situation-in-libya<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<h1 class=\"heading-story\">Thank Hillary! ISIL counter-attacks in Mosul as fierce fighting rages<\/h1>\n<p>ISIL fighters launched ferocious counter-attacks on Saturday in territory Iraqi special forces captured in Mosul&#8217;s eastern edges, highlighting the tough battle ahead as troops push into densely populated neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Fighters from the armed group emerged from deeper in the city to target Iraqi soldiers with mortars and suicide car bombs. They also attacked the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2016\/11\/iraqi-forces-advance-eastern-edge-mosul-161101141248056.html\" target=\"_self\">southern edge of the Gogjali district<\/a>, which Iraqi forces declared &#8220;liberated&#8221; earlier this week, pushing back some gains.<\/p>\n<p>Street battles continued with both sides firing mortar rounds and automatic weapons at each other&#8217;s positions, while Iraqi troops also responded with artillery.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes were most intense in the al-Bakr neighbourhood. Sniper duels played out from rooftops in the mostly residential areas, where the majority of buildings are two stories high.<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant-Colonel Saad Alwan, from Iraq&#8217;s counter-terrorism unit, told Al Jazeera the street battles were ferocious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re facing fierce resistance, they&#8217;re digging trenches and using car bombs,&#8221; Alwan said.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2016\/11\/isil-counter-attacks-mosul-fierce-fighting-rages-161105194328137.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2016\/11\/isil-counter-attacks-mosul-fierce-fighting-rages-161105194328137.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Thank Hillary! Number of Refugees to Europe Surges to Record 1.3 Million in 2015<\/h1>\n<p>A record 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2015 \u2013 nearly double the previous high water mark of roughly 700,000 that was set in 1992 after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from Eurostat, the European Union\u2019s statistical agency.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-photo aligncenter size-full wp-image-36114\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/PGM_2016.08.02_Europe-Asylum-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"498\" data-attachid=\"36114\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The International Economic War of the Rich on the Poor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seven Plus Years of Obama and Detroit is Still Ruined<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.detroityes.com\/images\/indexMain_hudsonwallfall.jpg\" alt=\"The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit - Hudson's Department Store.\" width=\"315\" height=\"460\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Detroit-school-boyer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Detroit-school-boyer.jpg\" alt=\"detroit-school-boyer\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Detroit-school-boyer.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Detroit-school-boyer-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>above, Rouger Bill Boyer in Detroit School<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ponzi in Search of Another fool<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\">Wall St. Scion Gets 4 Years in Prison for Fraud<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-viewer-candidate\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/11\/05\/business\/05DB-WALL\/05DB-WALL-master768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mediaviewer-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/11\/05\/business\/05DB-WALL\/05DB-WALL-superJumbo.jpg\" data-mediaviewer-caption=\"Andrew Caspersen leaving court in March. Many of those he defrauded were relatives and friends. A doctor testified that Mr. Caspersen\u2019s need to trade stock options was no different from a mental illness.\" data-mediaviewer-credit=\"Lucas Jackson\/Reuters\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The United States attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara, said: \u201cUsing his Wall Street pedigree, Andrew Caspersen deceived and defrauded investors \u2014 including his own family and friends and a charity \u2014 out of tens of millions of dollars.\u201d Mr. Caspersen\u2019s deception involved \u201cmade-up <a class=\"meta-classifier\" title=\"More articles about private equity.\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/subjects\/p\/private_equity\/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier\">private equity<\/a> ventures, fake mail addresses and fictional financiers,\u201d Mr. Bharara said. \u201cCaspersen has admitted to his crimes and has now been sentenced to time in federal prison.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"327\" data-total-count=\"3186\">Over the years, Mr. Caspersen\u2019s trading in the stock market was characterized by big swings \u2014 sometimes he would lose millions and other times he would score big gains. In February, he made so much money trading stock options that he could have paid back everyone and still had as much as $60 million left over for himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"116\" data-total-count=\"3302\" data-node-uid=\"1\">Instead, he continued to trade, losing it all. About a month later he was arrested returning from a family vacation.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/05\/business\/dealbook\/andrew-caspersen-wall-st-4-years-in-prison-fraud.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/05\/business\/dealbook\/andrew-caspersen-wall-st-4-years-in-prison-fraud.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Emergence of Fascism as a Popular Mass Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>How did country music become so white? Blame Henry Ford&#8217;s war on jazz<\/h1>\n<p>Below, Ford accepts Nazi medal<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/files\/uploads\/2009\/02\/thumb_mediumFord%20and%20the%20Nazis_99e59.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/files\/uploads\/2009\/02\/thumb_mediumFord%20and%20the%20Nazis_99e59.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Why did Ford hate jazz music so much? Not only was he fearful of \u201curban, negro\u201d entertainment, he also blamed the Jews for it.<\/strong> <\/em>No doubt you\u2019ve heard of Ford\u2019s tome<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learntoquestion.com\/resources\/database\/archives\/000858.html\"> \u201cThe International Jew,\u201d <\/a>the anti-Semitic rants that sometimes get lost in history while we keep buying Mustangs. In Ford&#8217;s own words:<\/p>\n<p><em>Many people have wondered whence come the waves upon waves of musical slush that invade decent homes and set the young people of this generation imitating the drivel of morons. Popular music is a Jewish monopoly. Jazz is a Jewish creation. The mush, slush, the sly suggestion, the abandoned sensuousness of sliding notes, are of Jewish origin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Monkey talk, jungle squeals, grunts and squeaks and gasps suggestive of calf love are camouflaged by a few feverish notes and admitted in homes where the thing itself, unaided by scanned music,&#8221; would be stamped out in horror. The fluttering music sheets disclose expressions taken directly from the cesspools of modern capitals, to be made the daily slang, the thoughtlessly hummed remarks of school boys and girls.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solidarity for Never<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/treachery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/treachery.jpg\" alt=\"treachery\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/treachery.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/treachery-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/treachery-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/treachery-1024x640.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago Teachers Sell themselves out&#8211;instruments of their own oppression <\/strong>Completely exposing the sham claims that this is any kind of a victory for teachers or for public education, Claypool went on an offensive after the ratification to reassure the ruling class that the contract would end up ultimately cutting costs, and claimed that it would end up costing the district $400 million less than the previous contract. He even boasted that \u201cOur agreement with the CTU is the most cost-effective contract in the history of CPS mayoral control\u201d and that it will allow CPS to \u201cbend its cost curve,\u201d that is, to ultimately reduce the amount of money spent on public education.<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel and the CTU are preparing for more attacks on schools, not least of all through the early retirement program created in the new contract, which is designed to purge the district of higher paid senior teachers. The scheme will pay $1,500 per year of service, but only if 1,500 or more teachers agree to quit by the end of the year, raising the specter of mass layoff threats and other moves to push out more experienced teachers.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2016\/11\/03\/chic-n03.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2016\/11\/03\/chic-n03.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi iBolqjdHi2SU-pQOPx8XEepE\" src=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/slideshow\/public\/static-page\/img\/Politics%20of%20Obedience_Boetie.jpg?itok=fMCjrW4O\" alt=\"Image result for politics of obedience\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"teaser-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/library\/political-thought-%C3%A9tienne-de-la-bo%C3%A9tie-0\">The Political Thought of \u00c9tienne de La Bo\u00e9tie<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"group-date-author\"><span class=\"date\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">June 26, 2009<\/span><\/span><span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/profile\/murray-n-rothbard\" rel=\"author\">Murray N. Rothbard<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by \u00c9tienne de La Bo\u00e9tie. Pages 7-36 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/library\/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude-0\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">mises.org\/library\/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude-0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spy versus Spy<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-header__subchannel channel__color--color\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" img--orientation-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/chelsea-manning-800.jpg?w=800&amp;h=600&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h2>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\">Chelsea Manning Reportedly Tried to Commit Suicide in Prison for the Second\u00a0Time<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/crime\/chelsea-manning-must-be-referred-to-as-she-by-military-court-says\/\">Transgender army private<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/crime\/chelsea-manning-opens-up-in-interview-from-military-prison\/\">Chelsea Manning<\/a>\u00a0reportedly attempted suicide last month \u2014 her second attempt to take her life\u00a0since beginning her 35-year sentence at\u00a0Fort Leavenworth all-male military prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, for <a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/crime\/chelsea-manning-opens-up-in-interview-from-military-prison\/\">furnishing 700,000 classified documents<\/a> to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old prisoner said she first tried\u00a0to end her life in July.\u00a0A prison disciplinary board ruled in September to place\u00a0her into a 14-day solitary confinement for the attempt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseamanning.org\/featured\/prison-punishes-chelsea-with-14-days-of-solitary-for-suicide-attempt\">she told her supporters on her website<\/a>. She said the move is\u00a0known as \u201cdisciplinary segregation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second attempt reportedly occurred Oct. 4 \u2014 on the first day of\u00a0her solitary confinement. Chase Strangio, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer representing Manning, confirmed news of the attempt on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>It was first reported in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/05\/us\/chelsea-manning-tried-committing-suicide-a-second-time-in-october.html\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/em>in a\u00a0four-page statement from Manning herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChelsea has endured unimaginable abuses in government custody since her arrest in 2010,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chasestrangio\/status\/794650463580909568\">Strangio wrote in a statement on Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/politics\/chelsea-manning-second-suicide-attempt\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">people.com\/politics\/chelsea-manning-second-suicide-attempt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Magical Mystery Tour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HILLARY CLINTON REMIX\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vqYJRc0TJkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Republican nominee Donald Trump and Melania Trump, together at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on Oct. 20 in New York. (Washington Post photo by Melina Mara)<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_img\" title=\"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Republican nominee Donald Trump\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 750px, (min-width: 1060px) calc(100vw - 559px), (min-width: 840px) calc(100vw - 419px), (min-width: 800px) 800px, 100.1vw\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/350\/350x197 350w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/400\/400x225 400w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/450\/450x253 450w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/500\/500x281 500w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/550\/550x309 550w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/600\/600x338 600w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/650\/650x366 650w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/700\/700x394 700w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/750\/750x422 750w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/800\/800x450 800w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/850\/850x478 850w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/900\/900x506 900w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/950\/950x534 950w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/1000\/1000x563 1000w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/1050\/1050x591 1050w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/1100\/1100x619 1100w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/1150\/1150x647 1150w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/1200\/1200x675 1200w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/1400\/1400x788 1400w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/1600\/1600x900 1600w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/1800\/1800x1013 1800w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/2000\/2000x1125 2000w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\/2048\/2048x1152 2048w\" alt=\"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Republican nominee Donald Trump\" data-baseurl=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-581aa24d\/turbine\/sd-jostewart-1478140508-snap-photo\" data-c-nd=\"2048x1347\" data-role=\"imgsize_srcsetdisplayitem\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"trb_ar_hl_t\">Catholic parish&#8217;s bulletin says Democratic voters are doomed to hell, Clinton is satanic! God Knows!<\/h1>\n<p>Between\u00a0requests for prayers for the sick and a notice for an upcoming chastity luncheon, a newsletter from a Catholic church in Old Town that doubles as an election-day polling site included a flier that told parishioners they\u2019ll go to hell if they vote for <a id=\"ORGOV0000005\" title=\"Democratic Party\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/topic\/politics-government\/democratic-party-ORGOV0000005-topic.html\">Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi iPgaC0PeUzL8-pQOPx8XEepE\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/15kdTQWTch0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for hillary satan\" width=\"304\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Boss of Vatican Bank, Pope Francis, reiterates a strong &#8216;no&#8217; to women priests<\/h1>\n<p>After stating that the issue of female ordination is closed, the Pope added that women are very important to the Church, specifically from a \u201cMarian dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Catholic ecclesiology there are two dimensions to think about,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Petrine dimension, which is from the Apostle Peter, and the Apostolic College, which is the pastoral activity of the bishops, as well as the Marian dimension, which is the feminine dimension of the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pointing out that the Holy Mother Church \u201cis a woman,\u201d Francis said that the \u201cspousal mystery\u201d of the Church as the spouse of Christ can help us to understand these two dimensions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/pope-francis-reiterates-a-strong-no-to-women-priests-71133\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/pope-francis-reiterates-a-strong-no-to-women-priests-71133\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\">A New Vladimir Overlooking Moscow<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-viewer-candidate\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/11\/05\/world\/05russia-web3\/05russia-web3-master768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mediaviewer-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/11\/05\/world\/05russia-web3\/05russia-web3-superJumbo.jpg\" data-mediaviewer-caption=\"The monument to Vladimir, the patron saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, about 100 yards from the Kremlin walls in Moscow. Critics view it as a thinly disguised homage to President Vladimir V. Putin.\" data-mediaviewer-credit=\"Sergei Chirikov\/European Pressphoto Agency\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"339\" data-total-count=\"339\">With President <a class=\"meta-per\" title=\"More articles about Vladimir V. Putin.\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/p\/vladimir_v_putin\/index.html?inline=nyt-per\">Vladimir V. Putin<\/a> of <a class=\"meta-loc\" title=\"More news and information about Russia and the Post-Soviet Nations.\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/international\/countriesandterritories\/russiaandtheformersovietunion\/index.html?inline=nyt-geo\">Russia<\/a> relying on resurgent nationalism as the bedrock of his government, on Friday he inaugurated what many consider to be a symbol of that policy: a colossal, much-debated statue of St. Vladimir, the patron saint of the <a class=\"meta-classifier\" title=\"More articles about the Russian Orthodox Church.\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/subjects\/r\/russian_orthodox_church\/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier\">Russian Orthodox Church<\/a> who, of course, shares the president\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"150\" data-total-count=\"489\">Supporters hailed the statue as embodying Russia\u2019s core identity as a robust state built around Christian values and under a resolute father figure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"198\" data-total-count=\"687\">Critics disparaged the work, which rises nearly 60 feet at a main crossroads here about 100 yards from the Kremlin walls, calling it an eyesore and a thinly disguised monument to the other Vladimir.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/05\/world\/europe\/vladimir-statue-moscow-kremlin.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/05\/world\/europe\/vladimir-statue-moscow-kremlin.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\">Islamists March in Jakarta, Demanding Christian Governor Be Jailed<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Media-img is-delayedImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/imageserver\/image\/methode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fbc89f816-a266-11e6-aca7-d9d4fe48eef4.jpg?crop=3993,2246,0,208&amp;resize=600\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/imageserver\/image\/methode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fbc89f816-a266-11e6-aca7-d9d4fe48eef4.jpg?crop=3993,2246,0,208&amp;resize={width}\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/2epKwk7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">nyti.ms\/2epKwk7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> (video link)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"347\" data-total-count=\"347\">Tens of thousands of Indonesians marched in Jakarta on Friday, demanding that the city\u2019s first Christian governor in decades be jailed for blasphemy. The rally was a show of strength by conservative Islamic groups, who were offended by his earlier remarks about the Quran and want to weaken him as he runs for re-election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"209\" data-total-count=\"556\">The governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, is an ethnic Chinese Indonesian and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/11\/23\/world\/asia\/an-ethnic-chinese-christian-breaking-barriers-in-indonesia.html\">the first Christian in nearly 50 years to govern Jakarta<\/a>, capital of the world\u2019s most populous Muslim-majority nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"280\" data-total-count=\"836\">He has been a political target of some Islamic organizations since taking office in 2014. Some of those groups seized on comments he made in September to a group of fishermen, in which he lightheartedly cited a Quran verse that warns against taking Christians and Jews as friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best and Worst Things in the History of the World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"14958193_10155485935278289_620339328_o_1478293365216.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/static.lakana.com\/media.fox32chicago.com\/photo\/2016\/11\/04\/14958193_10155485935278289_620339328_o_1478293365216_2239047_ver1.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Cubs World Series celebration ranks as 7th largest gathering in human history (War? What War? Economic Collapse? Where?)<\/h1>\n<p>Officials estimate that 5 million people showed up to the Chicago Cubs parade and rally Friday, making it the 7th largest gathering in human history.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/local\/215601786-story\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/local\/215601786-story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"one-column-image\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/11\/06\/magazine\/06clintontrump1\/06clintontrump1-largeHorizontal375.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Melania Trump at the Trumps\u2019 wedding reception, in January 2005.\" width=\"285\" height=\"190\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald gropes Hillary! Who is the woman with Bill???<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So Long<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-viewer-candidate\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/11\/05\/us\/05LAROCQUE-OBIT\/05LAROCQUE-OBIT-blog427.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mediaviewer-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/11\/05\/us\/05LAROCQUE-OBIT\/05LAROCQUE-OBIT-superJumbo.jpg\" data-mediaviewer-caption=\"Gene La Rocque, pictured in 1982, when he was a retired rear admiral, spoke out on military issues well into his 90s.\" data-mediaviewer-credit=\"Baltimore Sun\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\">Gene La Rocque, Decorated Veteran Who Condemned Waste of War, Dies at 98<\/h1>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"163\" data-total-count=\"498\">Admiral La Rocque attracted particular attention when he gave an interview to Studs Terkel for his 1984 book, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/99\/09\/26\/specials\/terkel-goodwar.html\">The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"208\" data-total-count=\"706\">\u201cI hate it when they say, \u2018He gave his life for his country,\u2019 \u201d Admiral La Rocque told Mr. Terkel. \u201cNobody gives their life for anything. We steal the lives of these kids. We take it away from them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"78\" data-total-count=\"784\">\u201cThey don\u2019t die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"167\" data-total-count=\"951\">In the same conversation, Admiral La Rocque described the State Department as having become \u201cthe lackey of the Pentagon\u201d and lamented the loss of civilian control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"390\" data-total-count=\"1341\">After retiring from the Navy in the early 1970s, he founded the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pogo.org\/straus\/about\/cdi-at-pogo.html?referrer=http:\/\/pogo.org\/straus\/?referrer=http:\/\/cdi.org\/\">Center for Defense Information<\/a> with Rear Adm. Eugene Carroll (<a title=\"Times obituary.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/03\/03\/us\/ej-carroll-79-antinuclear-admiral-dies.html\">who died in 2003<\/a>). The new organization, positioned as an informed second opinion to the Pentagon, began with three primary goals: to avert a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, to end the Vietnam War and to monitor the influence of the military-industrial complex.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/05\/us\/gene-la-rocque-decorated-veteran-who-condemned-waste-of-war-dies-at-98.html?hpw&#038;rref=obituaries&#038;action=click&#038;pgtype=Homepage&#038;module=well-region&#038;region=bottom-well&#038;WT.nav=bottom-well&#038;_r=0\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/05\/us\/gene-la-rocque-decorated-veteran-who-condemned-waste-of-war-dies-at-98.html?hpw&#038;rref=obituaries&#038;action=click&#038;pgtype=Homepage&#038;module=well-region&#038;region=bottom-well&#038;WT.nav=bottom-well&#038;_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pogo.org\/straus\/resources\/defense-monitor.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.pogo.org\/straus\/resources\/defense-monitor.html<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Say Fight Back! Above, Image of Sun Tzu Whoever Wins&#8211;It\u2019s Perpetual War and your side is losing&#8211; Here\u2019s Why by Rich Gibson When guerrillas fight you to a standstill; you lose. Americans, whose founding history is deeply rooted in that reality, should understand. But neither the citizenry nor the Command grasps that debilitating piece [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19615"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19642,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19615\/revisions\/19642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}