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Wasn't this supposed to be over by June/July. Okay soon it is.
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5 minutes ago, Theseus said:
which is happening with this stupid LGBTABDC supercalifragilistic magic Hari Krishna bs stuff going on
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On 11/6/2017 at 3:01 PM, 8th ID said:
Theseus, I agree with what you said. Anyways, I want to know how they got into the military in the first place. Doctors have said repeatedly that this is a mental disorder. So how did they get in?
While most psychiatrists and psychologists agree this is a mental condition, there are those who do not. All we have to do is thank the Clintonistas for this one and the Bummer administration for making a mental condition a normality through rule of law. It's like someone had a cold and were allowed to walk through a hospital without a face mask on. People do it. When caught they get thrown out of the hospital. Now think if the Bummer with his lame pen and phone created an executive order saying all people with colds never have to wear a face mask in a hospital because it hides their ugly mugs. The majority of people would cry out this is wrong but Bummer won't listen. Now think of those liberal judges who upon the next president rescinding this and the liberal judge blocks him from doing so. A majority of people again cry out and its still wrong. The judges don't listen and continues blocking Trump at every turn. The sole reason for blocking Trump is not because the President is Trump but because the President wants to rescind his predecessor's decision who just happened to be the opposite party. If Hitlary had gained office and Hitlary had rescinded this, not a peep would be uttered by the Lamestream media or those with a D (stands for douchebag) behind their names. This is politics plain and simple. For those who haven't read the book, need to read Naked Communism. A real eye opener. Let's just say this, people will be people however those who find out (too late) that they were being used for another agenda, which is happening with this stupid LGBTABDC supercalifragilistic magic Hari Krishna bs stuff going on, it is their own fault for being blind.
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On 10/31/2017 at 8:39 AM, Shabibilicious said:
Those imbeciles pick up a weapon and stand a post to protect your right to call them imbeciles......in case you forgot. For what it's worth, I thought you were making a really good case, except for that body shaming part.
GO RV, then BV
Whatcha talkin bout Willis? I body shamed no one. I pointed to the fact that most transgenders have entered into the miltary to ... wait for it....wait for it... to get a sex change operation. This is a choice on the individual's part in which the Federal Government nor any other level of government should be involed in. It is a choice like a person would choose to get veneers instead of bleaching their teeth. It's a body modification and mutilation procedure. Or lets just say castration if you be a man and want the modification done. I did not body shame a single person. In fact those who want the surgery done already feel their bodies have shamed them. Don't put blame on me where none exists. Remember the idjit traitor that went to Leavenworth then had the Federal Government pay for it? You say you are all about equality, where is our money that was spent on that dumb behind's surgery? When do I get a fair share when does Bernie get his money? Or is everything in life for free? Ain't nothing in life free, even walking to the park and the park wasn't free either. Body shaming, shame on you. Next you will be saying that I am body shaming someone who wants to cut their perfectly good leg off. Think about that one.
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The heart wants what the heart wants. And if your heart just grew 3 sizes today, that's a lot of friggin wants!
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The region welcomes the initiative to pay the region's salaries and calls for amending the budget law
Arbil, November 2 (AKnews) - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has welcomed the readiness of the federal government to pay the salaries of the provincial and Peshmerga forces, announcing its "Constitution" protest over news of reducing the region's share of the fiscal budget for 2018 from 17% to 12.6%.
A statement issued by the Kurdistan Regional Government said that "Erbil welcomes the initiative of Abadi to secure the financial dues of employees and employees of the Kurdistan region, estimated at (1,249,481) employees and equal their dues (eight hundred and ninety-five billion five hundred million dinars) under the real registration of all employees and employees of the region Kurdistan according to the biometric system in force in the region.
The statement added that "the Kurdistan Regional Government expresses its readiness to prepare the details of this information to the federal government, as explained below:
108 billion dinars for salaries of 244,656 retired employees.
38.5 billion dinars for salaries of 96.053 families of martyrs and anfal.
30 billion dinars for salaries of 159.000 for people with special needs and beneficiaries of social welfare.
455 billion dinars for the salaries of 483.307 employees, including (police personnel).
266 billion dinars for the salaries of 266.465 Peshmerga and the forces of Asayish.
On the budget called the statement the Federal Council of Ministers not to ratify the draft law, which was prepared by the Federal Ministry of Finance without the participation of the Kurdistan region, and according to the following:
1. For the first time since 2003, the term "Kurdistan Region - Iraq" was changed from the draft of the law. Instead, the term "provinces belonging to the Kurdistan region" was used. This is a clear violation of Article (117) ) Of Article (121) of the Constitution which was adopted upon its entry into the Kurdistan region and its existing authorities federal territory and granted the provincial authorities the right to exercise legislative, executive and judicial powers as a province, not as a province.
2 - Reduction of the share of the Kurdistan region of the federal budget for the first time since 2005 from the ratio of (17%) to (12.6%) and on the basis of actual expenditure and not from the federal revenues and this is contrary to paragraph (III) of Article (121) Provides that the federal government to allocate a fair share of the revenues collected federally to the Kurdistan region, taking into account the proportion of the population of the region, and since the census has not been conducted in Iraq so far, the population was determined in the region by (17%) agreement of the parties, This basis has been approved this percentage in the law of the federal budget annual since 2006, without receiving the Kurdistan region full of this percentage actually in any year, because of the continuous increase of the sovereign expenses annually without the Kurdistan Region has a role in determining these expenses, or to have a share in it, the reduction of the share of the Kurdistan Region to 12 ,
3 - Granting direct powers to the governors of the Kurdistan region in the federal budget law and dealing with the provinces of Kurdistan as governorates not organized in a region and not as a federal province in violation of the provisions of paragraph (I) of Article (117) and paragraph (I) of Article (121) of the Constitution.
4 - Paragraph (IV) of Article (126) of the Constitution does not allow derogation of the constitutional powers of the Kurdistan region by the federal authorities, but the Constitution to prevent any constitutional amendment individual lead to a reduction of the powers of the Kurdistan Region.
5 - In addition to the existence of the same problems of previous years in the federal budget has been added to the core points contrary to the Constitution mentioned above in the draft federal budget law for the year 2018.
In light of the constitutional articles referred to above, especially that Abbadi constantly emphasizes in his speeches and words on the sovereignty of the Iraqi Constitution and the non-injury to the citizens of the Kurdistan region, we call on the Iraqi Council of Ministers of Iraq to provide an opportunity to negotiate with the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan region in order to reformulate the draft federal budget law for 2018 On the basis of the principles contained in the Constitution in a way that guarantees a fair share of the Kurdistan region.
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Kshama Sawant sued for defamation by 2 Seattle officers who fatally shot Che Taylor
Originally published August 22, 2017 at 12:51 pm Updated August 23, 2017 at 3:47 pm
1 of 3Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant speaks at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Officers Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding allege that the Seattle City Council member damaged their reputations by saying that they had carried out a “brutal murder.” The two later were officially cleared of wrongdoing in the 2016 shooting.
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The two Seattle police officers who fatally shot Che Taylor last year have filed a defamation lawsuit against City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, alleging she falsely declared they had committed a “brutal murder” before they were cleared of wrongdoing by an inquest jury.
The suit, filed Friday in King County Superior Court, was brought against Sawant as an individual.
Efforts to reach Sawant for comment Tuesday were not successful.The highly unusual suit does not name the city of Seattle or the Seattle City Council as defendants, pointedly stating that Officers Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding “do not want one red cent of public money.”
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“This is a complaint seeking damages against one individual who, acting in her own capacity and only on her own behalf, defamed two good men,” the suit says, without specifying a sum.
Miller and Spaulding “do a hard job for modest pay and little thanks — realities they accept,” the suit adds. “But what they do not accept, and what the law does not permit, is having their reputations ruined by an ambitious politician, doing so for personal gain.”
The lawsuit says that about five days after the shooting, Sawant appeared before a crowd and news media in front of the Police Department.
While her appearance was not official city business or a legislative function, Sawant “implied awareness of inside factual information,” the suit alleges.
“With gravitas established, she went on to pronounce Che Taylor’s death a ‘brutal murder’ and product of ‘racial profiling,’ ’’ the suit says.
Earlier this year, a King County inquest jury found that the officers believed Taylor, 46, posed a threat of death or serious injury when Miller and Spaulding shot him on Feb. 21, 2016, while trying to arrest him as a felon in unlawful possession of a firearm.
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If the rest of the world considers all Americans rich, shouldn't we tax ALL Americans???
Exactly.
Just noticed the organizer on the sign Kshama Sawant. Okay enough said about that islamic terrorist...
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In 1987:
Dad: Hey Bobby did you pull your sister's hair?
Bobby: Why no daddy I did not pull my sister's hair.
Bobby grows up and becomes an ice cream man.
In 2017:
Boss: Hey Bobby we have to fire you
Bobby's; Why dat bossman?
Boss: Because in 1987 you pulled your sister's hair. We can't have that. Oh that policeman did an audit on our books and is going to send you to jail for pulling your sisters hair.
Bobby: What the pulling of my sister's hair gots to doo with auditing of your books?
Boss: Exactly. Have fun doing 20 to life!
My point exactly with Manafort.
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23 hours ago, Shabibilicious said:
So the Clinton's were in cahoots with the Atlantic Ocean?
GO RV, then BV
Nah just the plane mechanic.
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How does one lead an investigation on the cover up one was an active participant at doing the cover up and part of the real collusion with Russia?
Ask Mueller he knows the answer to that because Mueller knows ALL of the answers to the real Russian collusion scandal doesn't lie in the Trump Admin but Barry Sotero;s admin, and his SoS and DWS and FBI and whomever the heck else aligning with the crapola called the dems.
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This is an overturning of a previous EO. Only the President can write an EO and either Congress or the President can reverse it. The US District Court is stepping into a crap storm. They are basically giving the President to literally create legislation from the Oval Office in which future Presidents cannot remove. This sets a dangerous precedent and remember what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Leftists only think about themselves, because what can happen now is that an EO signed by a former Republican President which a Democrat President tries to overturn can now be challenged in court and prevented from overturning. Not a good day in America when crap storms like this are created. The Immigration Ban was a different matter but if the Judicial branch of government is going to step in and try to create legislation by stopping the overturning of an EO, the Judicial Branch has over reached their power and now has decided they are the final determinants of what laws can or cannot be overturned. The President is given full authority to create Constitutional EOs. He also has the right to review his predecessors EOs and take appropriate action. Congress can overturn an EO within a certain time frame of it being signed or by creating a law. Civics 101. The Judicial Branch may only rule on the validity of the initial EO. Stopping the President from rescinding a previous EO is not in the jurisdiction of the Courts. THis will go to the Supreme Court and if the SCOTUS favors the lower court ruling, then the court has just grabbed power from the Executive Branch which is unconstitutional. SCOTUS is not the final say in matters of law as some believe. 0bummer put this into effect for government to pay for surgeries for this imbeciles. This is choice to mutilate their bodies, government should not pay for this.
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We just need a new Pope instead of a rope-a-dope Pope.
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11 hours ago, patrickgold said:
So you're one of those that think your crap is better than their crap....hmmm maybe so, maybe so. I would have to agree that this is definitely a toilet crap.
Didn't you know when he craps... there are already daisies that are in full blossom emanating from it. So no wonder why it smells like he is pushing up the daisies.
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On 10/1/2017 at 9:22 AM, Hikmah said:
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On 10/1/2017 at 9:22 AM, Hikmah said:
There are two versions of the HCL. The first was created and put together in 2007, the US helped craft legislation that allowed the provinces to choose who they worked with, where the oil was drilled for and full transparency including revenue sharing for all the citizens of Iraq. Then Maliki became PM. His team took the original HCL apart and centralized everything, the GOI worked with the oil companies, told them where to drill and offered no transparency. This is the version the Kurd's, Christians, Turkmen and Sunni don't want to pass, they want choices when oil is drilled in their backyards.
If the HCL gets passed anytime soon, it will be Maliki's Shia version that benefits very few people in Iraq, unless you're part of the government and the Shia religion.
More to it than "they want choices of where oil is drilled". The current Kurdistan government is corrupt to the very core, its an ancient chinese secret. Barzani doesn't want a centralized HCL passed because then there is an accounting for every drop of oil. Much easier to fight corruption when things are centralized than decentralized. This has to do more with the officials' wealth generating machinations than it does with the choice of drilling locations.
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Iraq conflict: Peshmerga 'deadline to leave Kirkuk' passes
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15 October 2017
- From the sectionMiddle East
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Image captionKurdish Peshmerga fighters have been ordered to defend Kirkuk "at any cost"
A deadline allegedly set by Iraq's central government for Kurdish fighters to withdraw from key sites in the disputed city of Kirkuk has passed.
Kurdish security officials said the deadline had been set for early on Sunday but Iraqi authorities denied it.
Some reports now suggest the deadline has been extended by 24 hours.
Both sides have sent troops to Kirkuk and brief clashes have already erupted between Kurds and Shia militia backing the government.
Peshmerga fighters say they are preparing to defend positions in the city against possible attack by Iraqi forces.
Tensions have been on the rise since Kurds held a referendum on independence last month, which Iraq called illegal.
The Iraqi parliament asked Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to send troops to Kirkuk and other disputed areas after the official referendum results - which overwhelmingly backed independence - were proclaimed.
The referendum was held in three autonomous provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan, but also in nearby Kurdish-held areas including Kirkuk.
The province, which bears the same name as the city, is thought to have a Kurdish majority, but Kirkuk has large Arab and Turkmen populations.
On Saturday, there was a brief outbreak of fighting near Kirkuk, with each side blaming the other, reports the BBC's Orla Guerin in Iraq.
Mr Abadi said last week he would accept disputed areas being governed by a "joint administration" and that he did not want an armed confrontation.
On Thursday, the prime minister and the Iraqi military reiterated that they had no plans for a military operation in Kirkuk and were focused on recapturing the last IS foothold in Iraq near the border with Syria.
But since then there has been a major build up of Iraqi forces around the city and Kurdish officials say the Peshmerga have been ordered to defend their positions "at any cost".
The oil-rich Kirkuk province is claimed by both the Kurds and Baghdad, though the two sides were recently united in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.
Kurdish Peshmerga forces took control of much of the province in 2014, when IS militants swept across northern Iraq and the army collapsed.
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On 9/28/2017 at 2:22 PM, ChuckFinley said:
Still can not believe he and Hillarious are not being charged as war criminals.
Don't forget McLame or McPain however you want to label the traitor.
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17 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:
C-4 ____ Adult " Modeling Clay "
1 hour ago, ChuckFinley said:Makes for great animal figures.
I prefer to fashion my adult modleing clay after Snap, Crackle and Pop with an original Batman series sign attached that says Pow!
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Iraq's Economic Outlook - October 2017
The ISIS war and low oil prices since mid-2014 have severely impacted the economy. Contraction in oil production is resulting in negative overall growth in 2017, but owing to improved security the non-oil growth will turn positive after a three year decline, despite the ongoing fiscal consolidation. The government’s reform effort – but not reconstruction – is supported by a large international financing package. Growth will accelerate in 2018, sustained by higher oil production, despite persistent security risks.
Recent Developments
The ISIS insurgency and low oil prices have severely impacted Iraq’s growth, which decelerated in 2014-15, with government non-oil investment declining by two-thirds and rapid contraction of agriculture, manufacturing and construction. Strong oil production sustained economic growth in 2016, while the OPEC agreement to cut production until March 2018 is expected to lead to a contraction in growth in 2017. Non-oil growth has been negative since 2014, but a better security situation and the benefits of an initial reconstruction effort are expected to sustain non-oil growth at 1.5 percent in 2017. The drivers are construction and services on the supply side, and pick-up in government consumption and investments on the demand side. Owing to the pegged exchange rate and subdued aggregate demand, inflation has averaged 0.4 percent in 2016 and is estimated at 2 percent in 2017.
The low oil prices and higher security and humanitarian outlays rapidly deteriorated the fiscal and external balances since 2014 in the Federal Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government. GOI’s overall fiscal deficit increased to 14 percent of GDP in 2016 mainly because of a 22 percent fall in oil prices in the previous year; in response, GOI is implementing a fiscal consolidation program to reduce the non-oil primary deficit. In 2017, the fiscal deficit is estimated to reach 5.1 percent of GDP owing to a small recovery in oil prices and measures to increase non-oil revenues and to contain salaries and pensions. The GOI is prioritizing its limited investment expenditure for reconstruction in areas liberated from ISIS, and to increase electricity. KRG is also implementing measures to contain expenditure and improve non-oil revenue. KRG fiscal deficit decreased by 80 percent from 2014 to 2016. Spending pressures remain high to assist IDPs and refugees.
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When is the UK going to ban vehicles?
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Don't know why everyone is up in arms about this article. Yes it is a call for trading in local currency but the point of the article affirms there will be positive benefits but the expert is saying they can't do it right now because of a weak economy and no national industry at the moment. The expert is saying they cannot trade in local currency (unless the arabic to english translation is off). Just a reminder this is an economic expert. They do have a national industry beyond oil and gas but for another time and another thread.
CNN. Broadcasting From The Streets Of Baghdad While Kicking The Dollar To The Curb !
(by walkingstick)
Economic expert: Iraq can not trade in its local currency
Thursday 5 October 2017
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's agreement with other countries to trade through the local currency andabandonment of the dollar will have positive repercussions on the economic situation, the economic expert said on Thursday, pointing out that Iraq can not take such steps at the moment because of weakness Economy and the absence of national industry.
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6 hours ago, King Bean said:
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By the way the raw footage of the video shows this woman as no "Heroine" either. The video most people see has been cut. The entire footage shows her attacking the vehicle before it backs up then goes forward. She slips and rest is history. Had she not been so close the vehicle beating it with her stick she still might be alive today.She may have had a big stick but in the end she didn't have the wits to yield it. Heroine, think not. Darwin award, possibly so!
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Abadi: I Will Call For A Military End Soon, But The Security Challenge Will Remain !
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Are you sure you mean Abadi? Hmm... Abadi a tool for evil.. the one who is tearing the corruption out of Iraq is evil. Hmmmkay.