In a grotesque display of utter disdain for America and its citizens, MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos wrote an article entitled "Laken Riley's Killer Never Stood a Chance," in which he argues that Jose Ibarra, the violent, remorseless thug who took Laken Riley's life, "apparently had no chance with the judge" who found Ibarra guilty and sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
It's the sentencing that seems to have gotten under Cevallos's skin and led to that headline. The judge decided that Ibarra should serve his numerous convictions consecutively and not concurrently, meaning Ibarra will never again be a free man. Deservedly so. Based off that hideous headline, however, it's easy to conclude that Cavallos, and, indeed, MSNBC, think Jose Ibarra should get out of prison someday and live a life of freedom, something that has been denied Laken Riley. //
It's not the merits of the case that's the point here; it's the sentiment of the media as embodied by MSNBC and that sick headline that's the true story. Illegal alien Jose Ibarra, though undeserving, got the very best of the American judicial system, and he received the verdict he so richly deserved. But MSNBC's takeaway is that the U.S. is not doing nearly enough for the illegals who are wreaking havoc on our society.
As this article's own headline says, the media hates you far more than you hate them. //
This crime should never have happened. Jose Ibarra should have never been here, and Laken Riley should be, at this very moment, getting ready to spend Thanksgiving with her loving family. Shame on MSNBC for their terribly bad take.
Deputy Defense Press Secretary Sabrina Singh, speaking at the daily Pentagon press briefing, identified the missile as " an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile" based on an existing ICBM design. She also confirmed that Russia had alerted the Pentagon to the launch in accordance with nuclear risk reduction protocols. //
The fact that this was not an ICBM indicates that the strike was not Putin signaling an increase in escalation. Russia has used missiles in the same class since the early days of the war, particularly the Iskander IRBM. //
Russia's use of the existing nuclear risk reduction channels to warn the US of the launch indicates that Putin is concerned about how the United States and NATO perceive his actions. //
Now that we know what the missile was, we still aren't sure what we saw in the video.
The video shows the same attack twice, probably to make it longer. The first problem is that there are no explosions at impact. A MIRV has a lot of kinetic energy; what is missing from the video is evidence of chemical energy. There seem to be about 17 individual warheads. If we use the Iskander as a proxy, this would reduce the throw-weight of each to about 100 pounds.
Compare this video with that of US MIRV tests at Kwajalein Atoll.
https://youtu.be/3ZM3y5qpMgY
https://youtu.be/Eh96NdcgE2Y
The lack of damage and casualties reported from Dnipro also hints that the warheads were purely kinetic, which begs the question of their guidance system.
Stomach-churning emails show Planned Parenthood negotiating terms regarding the donation of aborted fetuses for medical research.
The emails discuss fetal tissue like any other commodity such as sugar or rice, nonchalantly negotiating for fetuses up to 23 weeks old from elective abortions.
A heavily-redacted so-called “Research Plan” submitted to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Institutional Review Board and approved in 2018 states scientists wanted 2,500 fetuses from up to almost the sixth month of gestation for experimentation.
The emails were shared with The Post by controversial pro-life activist David Daleiden and his organization, the Center for Medical Progress, who obtained them through a California state public records request.
The majority of healthy infants born at 23 weeks can survive with modern medical care.
The youngest surviving premature baby, Curtis Means, was born at 21 weeks and two days in April 2021 in Alabama.
We understand that some increase in CO2 levels is good for plants, and can increase crop yields. We understand that too little CO2 can result in a catastrophic collapse of the food web. And we do not understand the global climate well enough to interfere with it, as the results could be bad - very bad indeed.
Yes, a slight increase in CO2 can have some warming effects. So can the sun, so can volcanoes, and so can many other factors. But everything comes with tradeoffs, and if you ask people around the world who depend on plant crops for survival if they would prefer a couple of degrees cooler summers or having plenty to eat, I'm pretty sure I know which option they will choose.' //
ibt
2 hours ago
Next time your "climate change" relative starts bloviating, ask them "What is the ideal Global Surface Mean temperature in Celsius degrees?" or "What is the ideal PPM for CO2 in the atmosphere?". And ask them to show their work. //
anon-lsnr
3 hours ago
Every acre of corn produces enough oxygen for 131 people per year. 90 million acres of corn in US =enough air for 1.1 billion people per year.Jul 19, 2023. //
Bertrand du Guesclin
an hour ago
With a more CO2-rich atmosphere, plants don't have to open their pores as much to ingest the compound. That means such ingestion allows less water evaporation from the plant. Such water conservation is important in dry regions, which is why such regions (like Africa's Sahel) are getting greener. //
stripmallgrackle
an hour ago edited
Two years ago I watched and interview with a physicist (can't remember his name). He was discussing the saturation point of CO2. He mocked climate science for predicting all hell breaking loose due to runaway atmospheric heating. He stated that physics supports no such hypothesis and presented a curve that is familiar to any electronics student: the saturation curve for the transistor (tubes for us old farts). This, he pointed out, shows the limit on the conversion of UV to IR by CO2 by density in a gas mixture. For those not familiar, at the top the curve flattens to horizontal and any additional input voltage (for transistors) or UV energy (for CO2) will not increase the output of the transistor or the CO2 mixture. Saturation. His point was that arguing client sensitivity is absurd, as CO2 is self limiting on how much heat it can trap no matter how many PPM.
Almost as an aside, he mentioned at one point that all the plant species on Earth, except corn, evolved in a much richer CO2 atmosphere, and today the plant kingdom is living in a CO2 desert. //
anon-73eu mopani 2 days ago
https://skepticalscience.com/pics/fosteretal2017fromexcel-1600px.jpg
stripmallgrackle mopani 2 days ago
Wish I could help. I found these two YouTubes from Dr. William Happer. It may have been him, but I remember a man with somewhat longer hair. Searching for CO2 saturation/physicist puts Happer at the top of hits. The short 2 min video is specifically his statement about plants and a CO2 famine. I will be watching the longer lecture video tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKcBM5gaFEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8iEEO2UIbA
Loudermilk’s letter refutes the report’s claims that the Defense Department’s actions were “appropriate” and “reasonable” despite its failure to deploy the National Guard in time to prevent violence.
“The DoD IG knowingly concealed the extent of the delay in constructing a narrative that is favorable to DoD and Pentagon leadership,” the letter reads. //
The inability of the DoD IG to adequately review these and other DoD actions on January 6 has informed the Subcommittee’s finding that DoD IG is complicit in intentionally concealing DoD actions to delay the DCNG’s response.” //
The Inspector General also falsely accused Major General Walker of providing false testimony while speaking before Congress, referring to comments made by unnamed junior Army staff members who claimed Walker’s testimony was inaccurate. However, Colonel Craig Hunter, DCNG Task Force Commander, confirmed under oath that Walker’s statements were correct. //
The DoD IG’s report allegedly fabricated a phone call between McCarthy and Walker, according to the letter. Both parties testified under oath that the call never happened. “Inventing a critical phone call between Secretary McCarthy and Major General William Walker in the absence of any evidence violates all investigative standards,” the letter reads.
"i am a peoples who wants to make money from binary foxes"
This is pure comedy gold. //
That Ken is giving "Grant" the FBI's phone number to call is almost as funny as the FBI having reviews on Yelp.
Neither House Speaker Mike Johnson nor soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader John Thune had the power to call a recess and force through a nomination. While they both indicated they would allow that to happen, that was never the question because it wasn't up to them.
Instead, it would have taken a full vote by both chambers to recess. In the House, that can happen with a simple majority. In the Senate, a recess vote can be filibustered, making 60 votes the threshold. What that means is that Democrats and the Republicans who opposed Gaetz could easily block any attempt at a recess appointment.
But what about the theory that Trump could force a recess with executive power? That would have also been precarious because the Constitutional language specifically applies to a disagreement between the chambers on when to recess. To trigger that, you would first need both chambers to vote to recess on different days. That wasn't going to happen. It's also worth noting that three of the five conservative justices on the Supreme Court have already made it clear they believe recess appointments are unconstitutional, which means any challenge would have likely succeeded given the makeup of the court.
On one level, I don't blame the Dynamic Duo for not wanting to show up. The trial of Laken Riley's murderer just wound up (Laken Riley's Family and Friends Give Heartbreaking Impact Statements; Judge Sentences Jose Ibarra), and I can understand why they don't want to talk about immigration. I can also understand that both of these guys know they are leaving office in the next couple of months, and they don't see any use in taking the public beating this hearing would entail.
Paradoxically, this move could boost Trump's upcoming showdown with the Department of Justice, DHS, and the FBI. They are showing themselves to be a pampered, privileged group that doesn't think they have to answer to even a senior senator in the ruling party. I predict this will not work out well when the hammer falls, and they come running to guys like Peters to make the pain go away.
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A Soros DA dropped charges, that's what this case was about. Jussie Smollett is innocent as a matter of law, guilty as a matter of fact.
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JUST IN: The Illinois Supreme Court has undone Jussie Smollett's conviction for orchestrating and reporting a phony hate crime.
Background:
https://chicagotribune.com/2021/12/09/jussie-smolletts-conviction-for-orchestrating-and-reporting-a-phony-hate-crime-punctuates-actors-sudden-downfall/
11:28 AM · Nov 21, 2024
The ruling does not mean that the court is saying Smollett is innocent of the crime; they’re saying that Kim Foxx’s original deal with him should have protected him from being charged a second time. //
Watt
12 minutes ago
The rule in the opinion (text at link at the end of the second block quote in this post) appears to be that, although a unilateral nolle prosqui by the State allows the state to re-bring the charges, that is not the case when the State and defendant (as here) enter a bilateral agreement to nolle pros that by its terms indicates that the parties intend to bring finality to the case. Oh well...
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Democrats get emotional over the criminal illegal aliens.
Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan gets emotional over their victims (and their families) of their crimes.
That's how you know the right man for the job is coming.
6:15 AM · Nov 21, 2024
“You know, Laura, a lot of people ask me why I get so emotional when I do Fox News and why I scream at members of Congress. Because I have seen so much tragedy," elucidated Homan. "I have talked to hundreds of angel moms and dads who bury their children because they’re killed by illegal aliens. This is the latest."
"I have talked to little girls as young as 9 years old that were raped multiple times by members of the cartel," he said, eyes looking off to the side to fight off tears. "When you look in their eyes, and everything innocent and pure has been ripped from their soul, and their life will never be the same, I’m just — I’m tired of it." //
Homan told Ingraham that the "government failed" the family of Laken Riley, adding her death "could have been prevented."
He suggested Democrat politicians listen to the tapes to understand the pain of the victim and her family.
"This young lady is dead," he condemned. "And I want every mayor, every governor of a sanctuary jurisdiction to listen to that tape, listen to this young girl fight for her life, fight for her breath, trying to survive, terrified. I want you to understand what she went through."
He just awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards.
Richards, of course, is the staunch pro-abort who was the longtime president of Planned Parenthood. //
Joe Biden, a supposed devout Catholic, chose Cecile Richards, who is as anti-Catholic as it gets, to receive one of our nation's highest honors. //
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Today, I had the honor of awarding Cecile Richards the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
With absolute courage, she fearlessly leads us forward to be the America we say we are – a nation of freedom.
Through her work to lift up the dignity of workers, defend and advance women’s… Show more
5:16 PM · Nov 20, 2024. //
The wonderful Lila Rose, as always, put things in perspective: Supposed Catholic Joe Biden just awarded a "freedom" medal to a woman whose life's mission was to make sure that nearly four million future Americans were denied the freedom of being born.
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Cecile Richards presided over the abortions of 3.9 million babies as president of Planned Parenthood.
She belongs in jail.
Not in the White House receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. //
St. Joseph, Terror of Demons David Raineri
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David, I must respectfully disagree.
The Catholic Church excommunicates people to make them aware of how grave their sin is and that they are destined to go to hell unless they repent of that sin.
Not saying anything publicly to Biden or any other politicians involved with grave sin leads them to believe that their actions are acceptable. That isn’t charitable as the greatest act of charity is to get people into Heaven. //
Kieran1974 St. Joseph, Terror of Demons
an hour ago
Precisely. The purpose of church discipline is restorative, not punitive. If lesser methods fail to get the attention of the stubborn wayward soul, an ecclesiastical two-by-four upside the head is necessary. Excommunication is not permanent unless there is no repetance.
As for analyzing the traffic, here’s a useful oneliner that works on Rocky Linux 9. Other operating systems / versions may vary. Adjust the “10000” packet count limit as you see fit.
tcpdump -n -c 10000 inbound and ip and udp and dst port 123 | cut -d" " -f3 | cut -d. -f1-4 | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head
The Liberty ship Robert E. Peary was built in four days, 15 hours, and 29 minutes — entire ship built in under a week. If government wanted to get things "done" in North Carolina, things would get done. Government in western North Carolina isn’t solving problems; it is doing what it does best: It’s putting up roadblocks. Literal roadblocks. //
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We had the same game going on 321 in East TN (Poga and Elk Mills area) with TDOT and the Tennessee Highway Patrol putting up barricades then gates then concrete blocks to try to stop us from accessing our own road 4 weeks after storm. The game went on for 2 weeks of them putting… Show more
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Is government helping to house people who lost everything?
While federal employees are mostly working from home, people in western North Carolina don’t have homes. FEMA people are cutting videos and claiming they are doing their best. Are they? //
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🚨#BREAKING: Officials at FEMA have just posted a new video touring brand housing units they say are available to #WNC.
What they fail to mention in the video is that in the 2 months since in the hurricane... only FOUR UNITS have been delivered.
You read that right.
Four. Show more
5:40 PM · Nov 20, 2024 //
Random US Citizen
7 minutes ago
Every tiny slice of power you give to the federal government is an opportunity for them to abuse it. Which is why the Founders attempted to restrain it. It’s human nature to reward friends and punish opponents, and that’s exactly what FEMA is doing.
Emergency relief is not among the federal governments enumerated powers.
To paraphrase some guy: if ye love convenience better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the federal hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.
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I’m still boggled by the contrast of approaches to engineering. How long have the Orion team been wringing hands over heat shield tiles after some anomalous but not disastrous effects? SpaceX - “let’s rip off a couple thousand tiles and see how the steel holds up, next year we want to try some new hardware somewhere around there” //
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Super3DPC said:
3 things that surprise me on this flight:
- How routine it feels. I no longer hurry to catch the launch live. I wait until the whole thing is over and skip the video forward a few times. 6 launches this and it's almost boring already. I'm just too spoiled.
- After re-entry we can see parts of Starship stainless steel change color to have rainbow tint. Can those skin be reuse without changing them? Rainbow tint on stainless means excessive oxidation IIRC.
- I thought they'd use RCS to reorient Starship before engine relight. I mean the whole point of relight test is to make sure Starship can re-enter the atmosphere right? Can't do re-enter atmosphere without RCS reorienting Starship before re-entry burn right?
Rainbow discoloration on stainless just means a (thin) oxidation film has happened (and the color can be a nice indicator of what temperature was reached (for the dark purple to dark blue observed on the ship it would be between 450 to 600 degrees centigrade respectively, with bright blue being reached around 540) If it didn't deform I see no reason why it would have to be replaced, unless excessive tempering would occur in the likely cold-rolled skin material and ultimate strength was impacted.
Edit to add: heat range given is accurate for AISI304, since Starship uses (iirc) AISI 301 it might be slightly off. Source: https://bssa.org.uk/bssa_articles/heat-tint-temper-colours-on-stainless-steel-surface-heated-in-air/. //
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jeremyp66 said:
Reusable spacecraft have been done before.
None anywhere near this size and scale.
jeremyp66 said:
for perspective, the sixth launch of Saturn V put two men on the Moon.
At a cost of several percent of the nation's total GDP: roughly $290 billion in 2024 dollars. Musk is doing it for a little over 1% of this.
jeremyp66 said:
OK so let's stop pretending that SpaceX is doing this "privately". Starship is substantially funded by the US tax payers. Starship is part of Artemis.
No, more precisely, the preexisting Starship concept is being used in Artemis, among many other things. That's how Musk was able to underbid the competition. His original Artemis bid was ~$2.8B: competitors ranged from $4B to $10B, for proposals which were less competent and flexible as well. All the Artemis funds are only about a third of Starship's R&D costs alone, not even counting the operational costs of the moon mission itself. //
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MagicDot said:
Another very small step forward, almost matching the achievements of 1962.
Saturn V put 2 men on the moon -- by throwing away the vast majority of the hardware used to get there. Starship will place 100 on the moon, plus cargo, at a cost of ~1% of Saturn V ... and keep all that pricey hardware to boot.
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That definitely is an acid test...and Elon is clearly on acid to think he's pulling that off in his lifetime.
Interesting. I recall the exact thing said about Tesla's ability to compete against entrenched automakers, or their ability to manufacture their own batteries at scale, or SpaceX's ability to manufacture reusable rockets or launch a 6000+ satellite constellation.
the FAA indicated that it will grant SpaceX permission to increase the number of Starship launches in South Texas to 25 per year from the current limit of five. Additionally, the company will likely be allowed to continue increasing the size and power of the Super Heavy booster stage and Starship upper stage. //
For example, the number of large trucks that deliver water, liquid oxygen, methane, and other commodities will increase substantially. According to the FAA document, the vehicle presence will grow from an estimated 6,000 trucks a year to 23,771 trucks annually. This number could be reduced by running a water line along State Highway 4 to supply the launch site's water deluge system. //
During recent public meetings, SpaceX's general manager of Starbase, Kathy Lueders, has said the company aims to launch Starship 25 times next year from Texas. The new regulations would permit this.
Additionally, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said the company intends to move to a larger and more powerful version of the Starship and Super Heavy rocket about a year from now. This version, dubbed Starship 3, would double the thrust of the upper stage and increase the thrust of the booster stage from about 74 meganewtons to about 100 meganewtons. If that number seems a little abstract, another way to think about it is that Starship would have a thrust at liftoff three times as powerful as NASA's Saturn V rocket that launched humans to the Moon decades ago. The draft environmental assessment permits this as well.
Finally, the document also grants SpaceX permission to land all 25 of the first and second stages back at the Starbase facility.
Romance du concerto pour piano et orchestre en la mineur op. 17
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Under House rules, the Speaker has “general control” of facilities in the chamber, giving him the authority to issue the policy surrounding bathrooms.
“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Johnson said. “It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol.”
“Women deserve women’s only spaces,” he added. //
Johnson’s ruling, which occurred on the “Transgender Day of Remembrance,” is sure to make liberals’ heads explode. But he is the Speaker, and the Speaker has spoken. //
etba_ss
40 minutes ago
This is good for Johnson. I'm glad to see him step up to the plate and actually lead, using the power he has been given.
The second part is what happens when it is violated. That has to be known and ready to act on it. The left will violate it to see if Johnson is serious or if he is just blowing smoke to keep his spot as Speaker. He better have a plan for action.
The punishment should be the same as what would happen to me if I did it. These men should be treated like any other men who invade these spaces.
Stewart's comment about "institutional thinking" is spot-on. Hicks is looking at the audit as an annoyance that she can ignore. In reality, failing multiple audits in a row should mean that dozens of careers come to an abrupt halt.
This video should put Pete Hegseth on notice that when he is confirmed, he will lead a morally broken Department of Defense that believes it is allowed to play by its own rules. He needs to take office in a way that makes Genghis Khan look like the Tooth Fairy. He needs to use the results of the last two audits to remove or reassign senior bureaucrats who can't be bothered to care what happens to the national wealth with which they are entrusted. //
Dan Hodges
2 hours ago
In order to solve a problem you first have to admit there is a problem. If you don't admit there is a problem than there is not a problem. This is how the brain of a bureaucrat works. Remember Catch-22. //
flyovercountry
2 hours ago
I would say the four star idiot, currently SECDEF, who left over a billion dollars of US military hardware in Afghanistan to the Taliban, is guilty of FWA.
FortCourage flyovercountry
2 hours ago
It was $80 BILLION left behind in Afghanistan……
It is becoming obvious that China is engaged in a hybrid conflict with the EU, either on its own behalf or in support of Russian adventurism. Every instance of Chinese attacks on critical infrastructure that goes unanswered will simply embolden and encourage the Chinese. Allowing this ship to go on its way is a sure ticket to another more significant attack. //
Bob Smalser
10 hours ago
You never know. A derelict WWII mine might break loose and do in that vessel.
Had this sort of attack been allowed since the early days of the war, there is a good chance the conflict would have concluded by now. The insanity of allowing Russia to use weapons made from US components to strike deep inside Ukraine while forbidding Ukraine to use American-made weapons to strike military targets supporting Russia's invasion did nothing to prevent escalation and simply ran up the body count on both sides. Even as late as it has started, it increases the chances of President Trump bringing this war to a close in a way that does not resemble the Afghanistan fiasco and further damage US credibility. //
DaleS anon-isiz
6 hours ago
Tell us how the life of Americans was affected by Italy's conquest of Abyssinia in 1935. It wasn't, really, was it. If the outraged nations had stuck together and forced an ignominious withdrawal, it would've cost some money, perhaps even some blood -- not from us of course, as we limited ourselves to mere words. But as it was, all it was some remote Ethiopians losing their lives and their freedom. Hardly worth worrying about for a freedom-loving patriot, don't you think?
But it didn't end there -- not because Italy started WW2, but because every other aggressive nation on the planet saw clearly that the West was weak, and victories could be won cheaply and with little interference. It is in the interest of the United States, and every other non-expansionist country in the world, for wars of conquest to fail, and the quicker they fail, the better. Millions died worldwide, and hundreds of thousands of our own soldiers were killed. All in a war that never should have happened.
If the West turns away and Russia prevails, aggressor nations will be doing the risk/reward calculations for their own shopping list.
It's also worth remembering that Ukraine is only in this mess because our President convinced them good relations with the US was more important than keeping a nuclear deterrent. If Britain and the United States had been willing to guarantee Ukraine's boundaries back then, there would be no war in Ukraine. //
Carey J anon-isiz
11 hours ago
Today, it's give me Kyiv or I nuke the world. Tomorrow it's give me Warsaw, or I nuke the world, Next week, it's give me Berlin or I nuke the world. You don't stop aggression by throwing its victims under the bus. You stop aggression by making it clear that the aggressor will die, if he persists. In this case, you make it clear that Vlad, personally will die, in the first hour, that the Russian-majority regions of Russia will be devastated, and that Kadyrov's Chechen Orcs will rape their way through the radioactive ruins of Moscow and St. Petersburg, if he goes nuclear. Mutual Assured Destruction kept the nukes in the silos, in the First Cold War. I see no reason it won't work, in this one.
We supported MUCH worse bästards than Zelenskyy, during the Cold War. Syngman Rhee, Ngo Dinh Diem (before we assassinated him), Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein (before we deposed him) Shah Reza Pahlavi (before we dumped him, and ended up with Khomeini). The enemy of my enemy is my friend (or at least my ally). "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." - Edmund Burke. //
Carey J Froge
7 hours ago
I'm not prepared to bet NYC that they don't. But I don't think Vlad the Defenestrator is willing to bet Moscow and St. Petersburg that they do.