Key Take-Away: ISIS is setting conditions for its annual Ramadan campaign, anticipated to begin on May 26 with intent to exploit security vulnerabilities across the country...

Iraq Situation Report:  April 21 - May 5, 2017

By: Jessa Rose Dury-Agri and the ISW Iraq Team Key Take-Away: ISIS is setting conditions for its annual Ramadan campaign, anticipated to begin on May 26 with intent to exploit security vulnerabilities across the country. ISIS tested security in and around Baghdad by conducting a successful Suicide Vehicle-Borne IED (SVBIED) attack in central Baghdad and attempting additional attacks in Balad, Tarmiyah, and Jurf al-Sakhr. ISIS strained Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) resources by increasing the tempo of attacks in Ramadi and far west Anbar Province. ISIS attempted numerous attacks in Salah al-Din province, which the ISF foiled. The attacks indicate ISIS's continued attack capabilities in this zone. ISIS attacked Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) near Mosul in a potential bid to incite sectarian violence and detract from Mosul operations. Security forces must complete the campaign for Mosul while protecting Baghdad and repelling ISIS attacks across Anbar, Salah al-Din, Diyala, and Ninewa Provinces. ISF resources are further strained in Maysan and Basra Provinces, which mobilized two operations commands to address tribal violence. ISIS will continue to create and exploit weaknesses in Iraqi security prior to its Ramadan offensive.

Emmanuel Macron, a "Useful Infidel," is not a supporter of terrorism or Islamism. It is worse: he does not even see the threat...

France: Emmanuel Macron, Useful Idiot of Islamism by Yves Mamou  •  May 7, 2017 at 1:30 am Emmanuel Macron, a "Useful Infidel," is not a supporter of terrorism or Islamism. It is worse: he does not even see the threat. Louizi's article gave names and dates, explaining how Macron's political movement has largely been infiltrated by Muslim Brotherhood militants. Is Macron an open promoter of Islamism in France? It is more politically correct to say that he is a "globalist" and an "open promoter of multiculturalism". As such, he does not consider Islamism a national threat because the French nation, or, as he has said, French culture, does not really exist.   Emmanuel Macron (Image source: European External Action Service) During the cold war with the Soviet Union, they were called "Useful Idiots". These people were not members of the Communist Party, but they worked for, spoke in favor of and supported the ideas of Lenin and Stalin. In the 21st century, Communism is finally dead but Islamism has grown and is replacing it as a global threat. Like Communism, Islamism -- or Islamic totalitarianism -- has been collecting its "Useful Infidels" the same way Communism collected its Useful Idiots. There is, however, an important difference: under the Soviet Union, Useful Idiots were intellectuals. Now, Useful Infidels are politicians, and one of them may be elected president of France today. Continue Reading Article

Fear and Loathing in North Korea The riddle of North Korea is easier to understand if you study not just the country’s missiles, but its history. Intercept columnist Mehdi Hasan writes that the oft-forgotten fact of massive U.S. bombing of North Korean civilians in the Korean War helps explain its hostility toward the United States. North Korea is led by Kim Jong-un, whose propaganda uses the specter of American menace to bolster his dictatorship. Reporter Mattathias Schwartz reports that Kim’s aim of instilling global fear gets an unexpected helping hand from President Donald Trump, whose political standing is also bolstered by exaggerating the threat of a nuclear attack from Pyongyang. Peter Maass Senior Editor

Why Do North Koreans Hate Us? One Reason — They Remember the Korean War. Mehdi Hasan Americans may not remember the devastating impact of U.S. bombing raids on civilian targets, but North Koreans cannot forget it.                           North Korea Wants to Convince the World It Can Nuke Hawaii. Donald Trump Is Happy to Oblige. Mattathias Schwartz The Trump administration’s rhetoric suggests North Korea is on the verge of striking the United States. In fact, its long-range missile tests keep failing

Europe's Childless Leaders Sleepwalking Us to Disaster by Giulio Meotti  •  May 6, 2017 at 5:00 am As Europe's leaders have no children, they seem have no reason to worry about the future of their continent. "Europe today has little desire to reproduce itself, fight for itself or even take its own side in an argument". — Douglas Murray, The Times. "'Finding ourselves' becomes more important than building a world." — Joshua Mitchell.   Living for today: Europe's most important leaders are all childless, among them German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Mark Rutte (right), Prime Minister of the Netherlands. (Image source: Minister-president Rutte/Flickr) There have never been so many childless politicians leading Europe as today. They are modern, open minded and multicultural and they know that "everything finishes with them". In the short term, being childless is a relief since it means no spending for families, no sacrifices and that no one complains about the future consequences. As in a research report financed by the European Union: "No kids, no problem!". Being a mother or a father, however, means that you have a very real stake in the future of the country you lead. Europe's most important leaders leave no children behind. Europe's most important leaders are all childless: British PM Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron. The list continues with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Continue Reading Article

Libtardian Attack on Fox News...

Sean Hannity Tweets About MASSIVE Story That Is Going To Bring FOX News Crumbling Down

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Thomas Robertson

Fox News went TOO FAR. Here’s what’s about to happen, and it’s NOT GOOD

Fox News has gone waaaay too far in its slide to the left. Something is about to happen to the beloved network and it is NOT GOOD.

Fox’s last big-name conservative, Sean Hannity, has revealed that the powers that be at Fox are trying to oust co-President Bill Shine.

Shine came up as a producer for Hannity’s show, and is today in charge of most programming on the network.

He’s also the last pusher of a conservative agenda among Fox executives, apparently.

In a series of tweets, Hannity confirmed that SOMEONE is trying to get Shine fired, and that if that happens, Fox is FINISHED.

No Workey no Jobey! DUH!

Immigrant Workers Stunned To Be Fired After Skipping Work For Protest

More than 20 immigrant workers in Michigan were stunned to find themselves out of a job after they skipped work to attend a "Day Without Immigrants" rally in February.

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Newt was right...

Newt Gingrich is absolutely right. "The seething resentment and unhinged attacks of what is rightly called "fake news" have reached unprecedented levels of irresponsibility and dishonesty against President Trump."

President Trump has made historic progress to fulfill his promises to drain the swamp and put America First. In his first 100 days, President Trump has:

Removed more job killing regulations than any other president in history
Instituted immigration policies that have brought illegal border crossings to a 17-year low
Appointed a new Supreme Court Justice
Initiated healthcare reform to dismantle the disastrous Obamacare

And yet, "the media will stop at nothing to sabotage the President at every turn, even if it means spreading propaganda instead of reporting the news."

Newt rightly stated that, "anybody who is willing to stand up for Trump is a target. Anybody who is willing to stand up for conservativism is a target."

That's why it is so important that we band together to support the President's America First agenda.

The media is quickly becoming the Establishment's largest and most powerful special interest group. Great America Alliance is committed to supporting the will of the American people, and the President's policy agenda, but the Alliance cannot do it alone.

William, the strength of our movement is only as strong as our supporters. Will you stand with the Alliance today to combat the "fake news" that has polluted our airways and contributed to the Establishment's obstructionist agenda?

Sincerely,


Eric Beach
Co-Chair, Great America Alliance

P.S. Great America Alliance's number one priority is to support the President's agenda, and we will use every tool available to counter the establishment media's propaganda– regardless which side of the aisle it comes from. Stand with us today!

The Night Watchman...

The Night Watchman 

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night."

So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?"

So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"

So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One was to do the studies and one was to write the reports.

Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?"

So they created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer then hired two people.

Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?"

So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cut back."

So they laid-off the night watchman.

NOW slowly, let it sink in.

Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter. Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY during the Carter administration?

Anybody?

Anything?

No?

Didn't think so!

Bottom line is, we've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of an agency, the reason for which very few people who read this can remember!

Ready??

It was very simple... and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.

The Department of Energy was instituted on 8/04/1977, TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.

Hey, pretty efficient, huh???

AND NOW IT'S 2017 -- 49 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!

THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?" 39 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 24% of our oil consumption is foreign imports – Just think of cost per gallon to reduce petroleum imports by just 6% in in 49 years.

Ah, yes -- good old Federal bureaucracy.

THEN, WE TURNED OVER THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND IMMIGRATION TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT?

Hello!! Anybody Home?  

Signed....The Night Watchman

Democratic Party: New Directions?

 

France: A Guide to the Presidential Elections by Soeren Kern  •  April 22, 2017 at 2:00 am "What poses a problem is not Islam, but certain behaviors that are said to be religious and then imposed on persons who practice that religion." — Emmanuel Macron "Those who come to France are to accept France, not to transform it to the image of their country of origin. If they want to live at home, they should have stayed at home." — Marine Le Pen "It [France] is one nation that has a right to choose who can join it and a right that foreigners accept its rules and customs. — François Fillon Jean-Luc Mélenchon has called for a massive increase in public spending, a 90% tax on anyone earning more than €400,000 ($425,000) a year, and an across-the-board increase in the minimum wage by 16% to €1,326 ($1,400) net a month, based on a 35-hour work week. Benoît Hamon has promised to establish a universal basic income: he wants to pay every French citizen over 18, regardless of whether or not they are employed, a government-guaranteed monthly income of €750 ($800). The annual cost to taxpayers would be €400 billion ($430 billion). By comparison, France's 2017 defense budget is €32.7 billion ($40 billion).   Voters in France will go to the polls on April 23 to choose the country's next president in a two-step process. The top two winners in the first round will compete in a run-off on May 7. The election is being closely followed in France and elsewhere as an indicator of popular discontent with mainstream parties and the European Union, as well as with multiculturalism and continued mass migration from the Muslim world. If the election were held today, independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, who has never held elected office, would become the next president of France, according to most opinion polls. An Ifop-Fiducial poll released on April 21 showed that Macron would win the first round with 24.5% of the votes, followed by Marine Le Pen, the leader of the anti-establishment National Front party, with 22.5%. Conservative François Fillon is third (19.5%), followed by Leftist firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon (18.5%) and radical Socialist Benoît Hamon (7%). Continue Reading Article

This is too true to be funny.......!

  

  

The next time you hear a politician use the    Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about Whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.   A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,    But one advertising agency did a good job of Putting that figure into some perspective in One of its releases.   A.       A billion seconds ago it was 1959.   B.       A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.   C.       A billion hours ago our ancestors were    Living in the Stone Age.   D.       A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.   E.    A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, At the rate our government Is spending it.   While this thought is still fresh in our brain...    let's take a look at New Orleans .... It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.   Louisiana Senator,    Mary Landrieu was asking Congress for       250 BILLION DOLLARS    To rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...    What does it mean?   A.       Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans    (every man, woman and child) You each get      $516,528   B.       Or... If you have one of the 188,251 homes in    New Orleans , your home gets   $1,329,787.   C.       Or... If you are a family of four..    Your family gets     $2,066,012.   Washington , D.C         HELLO!       Are all your calculators broken??   Building Permit Tax    CDL License Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog License Tax Federal Income Tax (Fed) Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax Gasoline Tax Hunting License Tax Inheritance Tax Inventory Tax IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax) IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Luxury Tax Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Property Tax Real Estate Tax Service charge Taxes Social Security Tax Road Usage Tax (Truckers) Sales Taxes Recreational Vehicle Tax School Tax   State Income Tax   State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Telephone Federal Excise Tax Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax   Telephone State and Local Tax Telephone Usage Charge Tax Utility Tax Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft Registration Tax Well Permit Tax Workers Compensation Tax (And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)   STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?   Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...    And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.   We had absolutely no national debt...    We had the largest middle class in the world... And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.   What happened?    Can you spell

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