Displaying 361 To 390 Of 663 Comments Ted Cruz Claims That Arithmetic is a Hoax EXACTLY…. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 15, 2014 @ 12:05 pm LOL……the “thang” that irritated her the most was – I happened to be rather good in physics and always LOVED science.Go figure….:) » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 15, 2014 @ 12:03 pm Laughed my self silly here….Bwahahahahahahaha » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 15, 2014 @ 11:55 am hey Ad Lib…IF you and I were going to talk about math…I am afraid I could imitate Ted Cruzes answers…..As a former ballerina and a classical pianist, I can’t be bothered wiith math….:)My mother had a PhD in math and was a college Professor, which, I believe, gave her overwhelmed menstrual cramps when she learned the fact I could not deal with numbers……they were so cold…all I could ask was: (AND I AM BEING TOTALLY HONEST HERE:she would say: ” 2 + 2 equals 4…Period” And I would argue WHY???????LOLOLOLOL Missing her so much.She has passed not even three years ago, sharp and alert….But fast…..Peace to all.XX » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 13, 2014 @ 4:11 pm There you go…. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 13, 2014 @ 4:01 pm I got it on my email inbox, from the DSCC..No tech nerd here…:) » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 13, 2014 @ 4:00 pm TED CRUZ’S FATHER FOUGHT WITH FIDEL. WAIT, WHAT? I agree that wingnut demigod Ted Cruz is being hypocritical in this defense of his hard-line immigration stance, but the thing that really sticks out for me is the fact that his father fought with Fidel Castro. Um, isn’t being the fruit of a lefty revolutionary’s loins supposed to put a politician under a permanent cloud of suspicion, according to wingnuts? Or is that true only if the pol is named Obama? Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that comprehensive immigration reform is “incredibly unfair to those who follow the rules,” even though his father admits that he was forced to use bribes to immigrate from Cuba. In an interview aired by NPR on Thursday, Cruz held up his father, 74-year-old Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, as an example of why it was wrong to offer a path to citizenship to the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States illegally. “I came to this country legally,” Rafael Cruz told NPR….. The older Cruz explained that he had once fought with Fidel Castro’s forces in Cuba to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, a U.S.-backed dictator. He later fled to the United States after receiving a four-year student visa to study at the University of Texas. “Then the only other thing that I needed was an exit permit from the Batista government,” Rafael Cruz said. “A friend of the family, a lawyer friend of my father, basically bribed a Batista official to stamp my passport with an exit permit.” … So Rafael Cruz fought with Castro and bribed the anti-communist government that opposed Castro. Anything else? After his student visa expired, Rafael Cruz obtained political asylum in the U.S. He then found work with the oil industry in Canada, where Ted Cruz was born. Rafael Cruz became a Canadian citizen while in Canada. While his son was serving as solicitor general of Texas in 2005, Rafael Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship and became and American citizen. So Ted Cruz wasn’t born here and his father — who, unlike Obama’s father, was an actual presence in his son’s life — fought with a commie, bribed his way to America, and has pledged loyalty to three countries in his lifetime. I know Canada ain’t Kenya or Indonesia, but can you imagine if this were Obama’s origin story? http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2013/06/ted-cruzs-father-fought-with-fidel.html » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 13, 2014 @ 3:51 pm Ted Cruz’s Father Suggested His Son Is ‘Anointed’ to Bring About ‘End Time Transfer of Wealth’ “The pastor [Huch] referred to Proverbs 13:22, a little while ago, which says that the wealth of the wicked is stored for the righteous. And it is through the kings, anointed to take dominion, that that transfer of wealth is going to occur.” – Rafael Cruz, August 26, 2012 In a sermon last year at an Irving, Texas, megachurch that helped elect Ted Cruz to the United States Senate, Cruz’ father Rafael Cruz indicated that his son was among the evangelical Christians who are anointed as “kings” to take control of all sectors of society, an agenda commonly referred to as the “Seven Mountains” mandate, and “bring the spoils of war to the priests”, thus helping to bring about a prophesied “great transfer of wealth”, from the “wicked” to righteous gentile believers. link to video of Rafael Cruz describing the “great transfer of wealth” and the role of anointed “kings” in various sectors of society, including government, who are to “bring the spoils of war to the priests”. Rafael Cruz’ dominionist sermon given August 26, 2012, at the New Beginnings Church of pastor Larry Huch, in Irving, Texas has already received considerable scrutiny due to an excellent Huffington Post commentary by Methodist Associate Pastor Morgan Guyton, who noted the explicitly dominionist nature of pastor Cruz’ sermon, which concerned the divine mandate for believers, with anointing of “kings” in their respective spheres, to take control over all sectors of society. Cruz spoke of “Kings who are anointed to go to war, win the war, and bring the spoils of war to the priests.” Discussion of the now-notorious speech by Rafael Cruz has missed the fact that Ted Cruz was subsequently blessed and anointed by prominent dominionist pastors, in effect as a “king” in the political/governmental sphere, at a special blessing ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, at a July 19th-20th 2013 rally designed to draw pastors into politics. But in a very real, mundane sense Ted Cruz has already helped deliver hundreds of millions of dollars, or more, to the evangelical right. Cruz’ past service – as a “king” who brought “spoils to the priests” – is a matter of established record; as I revealed in a prior story, no less than a top adviser to President George W. Bush has stated that in 1999 Ted Cruz played a major role in helping the Bush for President campaign lock down the conservative evangelical vote in the 2000 election. One can interpret the “great transfer of wealth” — predicted by Ted Cruz’ father Rafael Cruz, and by Pastor Larry Huch, who threw his Texas megachurch’s considerable heft behind the 2012 Cruz for Senate campaign — in magical terms, sure. But Ted Cruz’ apparently notable role in getting George W. Bush into the presidency led in turn to Bush’s “Faith Based Initiative” – that continues to this day under two successive Obama administrations and which, during the Bush years, funneled billions of dollars to churches and institutions associated with the religious right. In other words, the “great transfer of wealth” is about more than wishful thinking. It’s about an ongoing effort, by leaders and institutions of the evangelical right, to gradually gobble up the secular sphere of government. Thus, for example, fast growing Christian schools such as the late Moral Majority co-founder Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, which now vacuums up hundreds of millions of dollars in federal student aid money each year. Or the hundreds of millions of diverted tax dollars now flowing, in a least 12 U.S. states, under so-called “neo-voucher” schemes, to private schools – many of which, as explored in a new Rolling Stone story, have virulently anti-LGBT policies. Under Bush, too, several billion dollars per year in USAID funding were shifted from secular aid nonprofits to religious ones, some them holding anti-gay and reactionary, even theocratic, underlying ideology. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 13, 2014 @ 3:44 pm Had to share it on my FB……YET…am I allowed to post it here? If not, please disregard.Hugs. AP: Pro-McConnell Super PAC unleashes “unrelenting barrage of negative ads” against Grimes Friend — The $522,000 onslaught described above is their largest attack blitz against Alison Grimes yet — not of the week, not of the month, but of the ENTIRE ELECTION. A new poll — Grimes (D) 45 – McConnell (R) 46 — shows their previous attacks have erased Grimes’ 4-point lead. But this new tidal wave of attacks aims to hand McConnell an unconquerable lead THIS WEEK and buy the Senate for the GOP. The choice is yours today: If we can match these attacks dollar-for-dollar, the New York Times reports that “Grimes could pull off a historic upset,” defeat Mitch ‘I’m a guardian of gridlock’ McConnell, and “offer a decisive vote in the fight for control of the Senate.” But if you let attacks like these go unanswered, we’ll lose any chance we had to defeat McConnell and stop a Republican Senate takeover. We still need 4,500 more anti-McConnell Democrats to step up before Friday. Will you be one of them? Supporter Record: VN96CBE1ZA3 If you’ve saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your contribution will automatically be processed when you click the links below: EXPRESS DONATE: $25 EXPRESS DONATE: $50 EXPRESS DONATE: $75 EXPRESS DONATE: $100 EXPRESS DONATE: $150 Or donate another amount. Thanks for your support, » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 13, 2014 @ 3:38 pm Lindsey Graham and his REAL Benghazi Scandal On the contrary my dear MTS…..Damn USAToday’s issue this morning is all about firing up at the democrats and spreading more lies…I had to stop reading because I felt vomit building up my stomach…. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 12, 2014 @ 1:10 pm Just did it….Thanks all for this wonderful blog!Hugs » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 12, 2014 @ 1:05 pm From the moment they have batshit crazy Michelle on the “intelligence” committee – pardon I have to puke now – anything goes……:) » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 10, 2014 @ 5:15 pm Ad…my dear…MTS is asking me to tell you I plan to donate 25 bucks/week to the blog…..:) Starting tomorrow because I’ve found I can only do online transfer from my saving account 5 times/month…LOLOLOL, It;s MY MONEY and since when do I have to submit to the FEDS to transfer TO saving -UNLIMITED – BUT NOT TO MY CHECKING??? Ill try again tomorrow…Wells Fargo can be a major PAIN…..BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL.BTW PROGRESSIVES SHOULD BE PITCHING IN……..I’ve come to HATE HP…she was just another W****, obviously she “founded” the paper with Andrew LIE-HARD Brait….whatever…..Hugs. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 10, 2014 @ 5:08 pm Can we please look into this? Time for an investigation… into Darrell Issa. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 10, 2014 @ 4:53 pm Transfer the money to checking now…hence I will be more than happy to donate monthly to support you guys.Been working overtime. My boss is THE ABSOLUTE best I’ve had and he needs my help now for his wife was taken very ill – with a brilliant health insurance (guess WHY they are keeping her at the ICU for 4 weeks, even after 16 doctors have seen and detected streptococcus A on her system…STILL CANNOT FIND WHY…. Yeah right. So I am averaging about 14 hours/day work.But he is a progressive guy and a fighter for our cause.Big hug……Tatiana » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 10, 2014 @ 4:04 pm Don’t credit me, my dear friend, credit the one who deserves it.http://thedailybanter.com/2013/05/13-benghazis-that-occurred-on-bushs-watch-without-a-peep-from-fox-news/ THANK YOU!Tatiana » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 8, 2014 @ 4:58 pm Graham is bipolar with the “plus” of not being courageous enough to come out …..Excellent as usual,MTS. 13 Benghazis That Occurred on Bush’s Watch Without a Peep from Fox News January 22, 2002. Calcutta, India. Gunmen associated with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami attack the U.S. Consulate. Five people are killed. June 14, 2002. Karachi, Pakistan. Suicide bomber connected with al-Qaida attacks the U.S. Consulate, killing 12 and injuring 51. October 12, 2002. Denpasar, Indonesia. U.S. diplomatic offices bombed as part of a string of “Bali Bombings.” No fatalities. February 28, 2003. Islamabad, Pakistan. Several gunmen fire upon the U.S. Embassy. Two people are killed. May 12, 2003. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Armed al-Qaida terrorists storm the diplomatic compound killing 36 people including nine Americans. The assailants committed suicide by detonating a truck bomb. July 30, 2004. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A suicide bomber from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan attacks the U.S. Embassy, killing two people. December 6, 2004. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al-Qaida terrorists storm the U.S. Consulate and occupy the perimeter wall. Nine people are killed. March 2, 2006. Karachi, Pakistan again. Suicide bomber attacks the U.S. Consulate killing four people, including U.S. diplomat David Foy who was directly targeted by the attackers. (I wonder if Lindsey Graham or Fox News would even recognize the name “David Foy.” This is the third Karachi terrorist attack in four years on what’s considered American soil.) September 12, 2006. Damascus, Syria. Four armed gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar” storm the U.S. Embassy using grenades, automatic weapons, a car bomb and a truck bomb. Four people are killed, 13 are wounded. January 12, 2007. Athens, Greece. Members of a Greek terrorist group called the Revolutionary Struggle fire a rocket-propelled grenade at the U.S. Embassy. No fatalities. March 18, 2008. Sana’a, Yemen. Members of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic Jihad of Yemen fire a mortar at the U.S. Embassy. The shot misses the embassy, but hits nearby school killing two. July 9, 2008. Istanbul, Turkey. Four armed terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate. Six people are killed. September 17, 2008. Sana’a, Yemen. Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs. Sixteen people are killed, including an American student and her husband (they had been married for three weeks when the attack occurred). This is the second attack on this embassy in seven months. A few observations about this timeline. My initial list was quoted from an article on the Daily Kos which actually contained several errors and only 11 attacks (the above timeline contains all 13 attacks). Also, my list above doesn’t include the numerous and fatal attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad during the Iraq war — a war that was vocally supported by Lindsey Graham, John McCain and Fox News Channel. Speaking of Graham, I ran a search on each attack along with the name “Lindsey Graham” in the hopes of discovering that Graham had perhaps commented about the attacks or raised some questions about why the administration didn’t prevent the attacks or respond accordingly to prevent additional embassy attacks. No results. Of course. Now, this could mean the search wasn’t exhaustive enough. But one thing’s for sure: neither Graham nor any of his cohorts launched a crusade against the Bush administration and the State Department in any of those cases — no one did, including the congressional Democrats, by the way. This leads us to the ultimate point here. Not only have numerous sources previously debunked the Benghazi information being peddled by the Republicans and Fox News (for example, contrary to what the Republicans are saying, yes, reinforcements did in fact arrive before the attack on the CIA compound), but none of these people raised a single word of protest when, for example, American embassies in Yemen and Pakistan were attacked numerous times. Why didn’t the Bush administration do something to secure the compounds after the first attacks? Why didn’t he provide additional security? Where was your inquest after the Karachi attacks, Mr. Graham? Where were you after the Sana’a attacks, Mr. Hannity? What about all of the embassy attacks in Iraq that I didn’t even list here, Mr. McCain? Do you realize how many people died in attacks on U.S. embassies and consulates when Bush was supposedly keeping us safe, Mr. Ailes? Just once I’d like to hear David Gregory or George Stephanopoulos or Wolf Blitzer ask a Republican member of Congress about the above timeline and why they said nothing at the time of each attack. Just once. Nearly every accusation being issued about Benghazi could’ve been raised about the Bush era attacks, and yet these self-proclaimed truth-seekers refused to, in their words, undermine the commander-in-chief while troops were in harm’s way (a line they repeated over and over again during those years). So we’re only left to conclude the obvious. The investigations and accusations and conspiracy theories are entirely motivated by politics and a strategy to escalate this to an impeachment trial. In doing so, the Republicans have the opportunity not only to crush the president’s second term, but also to sabotage the potential for a Hillary Clinton presidency. Even if they never arrive at that goal, they have in their possession a cudgel formed of horseshit — a means of flogging the current administration with the singularly effective Republican marketing/noise machine, including the conservative entertainment complex. Very seldom does this machine fail to revise history and distort the truth. Ultimately, they don’t even need a full-blown impeachment proceeding when they have a population of way too many truthers and automatons who take all of these lies at face value — not to mention dubiously sourced chunks of “truth” proffered by radio and cable news conspiracy theorists who, if nothing else, are masters at telling angry conservatives precisely what they want to hear: that the probably-Muslim president is weak on terrorism. And so they’ll keep repeating “Benghazi-Gate, Benghazi-Gate, Benghazi-Gate!” without any regard for history or reality. Like always. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 8, 2014 @ 3:39 pm Republicans Commit to Using New Language: Benghazian 🙂 » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 10, 2014 @ 4:10 pm Well…I’ve had 3 abortions and it never, for a moment, disturbed me.Nor am I “trombatized” for my choices.Hence it’s pretty much an analogy for your reply. I came across an article on AlterNet about a woman filming her abortion.Never had the desire for children BUT, still care an EFFING LOT about vets, homeless and animals….Will they give me a medal to sit by my piano and classical ballet achievements and statuettes calling me an effing whore? LOLOL.xx » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 8, 2014 @ 4:50 pm LMAO! » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 8, 2014 @ 2:31 pm More like SOCIOPATHS…….Sons of LUCIFER THEMSELVES…. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 8, 2014 @ 2:29 pm 41 senators voted to block a bill to benefit veterans » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 7, 2014 @ 6:10 pm Homeless Veterans, America’s Secret Disgrace I will check from now on.Just copy/pasted it on Crooks & Liars.Thank you so much,Nirek! » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 1, 2014 @ 2:32 pm On a daily basis, I feed 5 of them, living behind gas stations or close to the Post Office.I do support also, several organizations who help paralyzed vets.WWP too.But this week, my boss watched me right a check for the latter and told me to be careful, because many of those orgs, the CEO’s get the most of money whilst so little actually go to benefit those so deeply hurt by the fanatical right wingers hawks, so in love with ANY war – as long as it doesn’t involve sending THEIR KIDS..Thank you Nirek…I already posted it to my FB and G+ and will be spreading this one too on several blogs.Big hug and thanks so much! » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On May 1, 2014 @ 11:13 am My privilege, actually! » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On March 4, 2014 @ 12:00 pm Just put a copy of your comment on WAPO and your intake on it….. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On March 3, 2014 @ 4:32 pm Can’t stand to watch Lindsey -yet to come out of the closet Graham and MacInsane – who BTW was, the first one to fly to pose for pictures with “rebels” in Syria and, as we later found out – were ALL Al Qaeda terrorists.This putrid man has no shame….I know well about his “mission” in Nam, as Ad Lib posted above.Cheers. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On March 3, 2014 @ 4:03 pm Because CONS fail when it comes to HISTORY. Same with the Benghazi HYSTERIA …..Under that idiot Bush, foreign diplomatic posts have been attacked….how many times? » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On March 3, 2014 @ 4:00 pm Exceptional article as usual,Ad Lib.Shared on FB. A MUST READ.Meanwhile MacInsane is babbling again about how “weak” President Obama is.For these CONservatives, who dare not send their own children to foreign “invasions” – brings to mind Les Sang des Autres by the great Simone Beauvoir – they would have invaded Syria, Iran and now,Russia if their candidate for CEO of America, had won.Hugs and tks for this great piece. » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On March 3, 2014 @ 2:51 pm BREAKING: The Ground Beneath Chris Christie’s Feet Just Collapsed NOOOOOOOO..It’s all Obama’s fault……:) » Posted By EXFANOFARIANA On January 31, 2014 @ 3:11 pmComments Posted By EXFANOFARIANA
Deadline: 72 hours
Democratic Victory
I am half Italian and half French. With a Proficiency grad from Cambridge/UK…but my boiling Italian = OR, if you are a repig, you will pronounce it EYE-TALIAN, sorry about written mistakes….:)
Benghazi Summary:
Basically what we have here is the administration trying
very hard to not say the CIA was up to something – trying to protect sources and assets overseas in a very volatile area… and on the other hand, we have Darrell Issa, spilling state secrets on CSPAN, outing our assets in country and putting their lives in danger. Issa gets away with it… because??? Democrats are still trying to protect the ‘cover story/CIA Op’ or just have no balls?
Why isn’t there an investigation into why Issa is breaking the law vis a vis divulging national security secrets (not the first time) – and placing our agents and contacts in grave danger.
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OUTRAGE is way over due from the left.
Hugs. Tati
I am OUT of HP but always followed you and your brilliant posts.I CHERISH EVERY ARTICLE YOU’VE POSTED THERE AND ANYWHERE ELSE. A strong hug to you and..keep doing a wonderful job.As I have a rather abstracted mind – former ballerina and a classical pianist, just today did I notice we can donate to this site.First thing in the afternoon, after I transfer some saving to my checking account.
Where were theTEA Bagging history revisionists when Americans were being slaughtered during the Bush Administration?
June 14, 2002, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Suicide bomber kills 12 and injures 51.
February 20, 2003, international diplomatic compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Truck bomb kills 17.
February 28, 2003, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles kill
ed two consulate guards.
July 30, 2004, U.S. embassy in Taskkent, Uzbekistan
Suicide bomber kills two.
December 6, 2004, U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Militants stormed and occupied perimeter wall. Five killed, 10 wounded.
March 2, 2006, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Suicide car bomber killed four, including a U.S. diplomate directly targeted by the assailants.
September 12, 2006, U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria
Gunmen
attacked embassy with grenades, automatic weapons, and a car bomb
(though second truck bomb failed to detonate). One killed and 13
wounded.
January 12, 2007, U.S. embassy in Athens, Greece
A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the embassy building. No one was injured.
July 9, 2008, U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
Armed men attacked consulate with pistols and shotguns. Three policemen killed.
March 18, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana’a, Yemen
Mortar attack misses embassy, hits nearby girls’ school instead.
September 17, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana’a, Yemen
Militants
dressed as policemen attacked the embassy with RPGs, rifles, grenades
and car bombs. Six Yemeni soldiers and seven civilians were killed.
Sixteen more were injured.
Sorry, so many Americans are so gullible.Descartes said it perfectly:” It is good to know something of the customs of different people, in order to judge more soundly of your own, and so that we might NOT think that all that which is contrary to our own ways, be ridiculous and contrary to reason, as those who have seen nothing, have the habit of doing”.
President Obama believes in diplomacy.For these jerks, it means being weak. Ask me and they only have a hard-on when there is a next provocation ,which could lead to another yet illegal invasion meanwhile they start rubbing their hands and imagining how much money their cronies could be making.WHO WON THE BATTLE on WWII ? Russia or Germany ?Thanks for allowing me to vent here.Hugs.Tatiana
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