Taibbi: We Know How Trump's War Game Ends

'We’ve destabilized the region to the point of abject chaos, inspired millions of Muslims to hate us, and torn up the Geneva Convention and half the Constitution in pursuit of policies like torture, kidnapping, assassination-by-robot and warrantless detention.'

Authored by Matt Taibbi: Nothing unites our political class like the threat of ending our never-ending war ...
So we’re withdrawing troops from the Middle East.
GOOD!
What’s the War on Terror death count by now, a half-million? How much have we spent, $5 trillion? Five-and-a-half?
For that cost, we’ve destabilized the region to the point of abject chaos, inspired millions of Muslims to hate us, and torn up the Geneva Convention and half the Constitution in pursuit of policies like torture, kidnapping, assassination-by-robot and warrantless detention.
It will be difficult for each of us to even begin to part with our share of honor in those achievements. This must be why all those talking heads on TV are going crazy.

Fairytales And Snowflakes

'None of us are any better than the Greek and Roman sculptors who carved their genius marbles of naked splendor. None of us are better people than Rembrandt or Michelangelo or the ancient Greek sculptors just because we live later in time then them.'

Rembrandt van Rijn Bathsheba at her bath 1654 (see video at the bottom)

By Raúl Ilargi Meijer: There are not many things that I’m allergic to. But there are some. Here’s a good example: bigotry. Behold, in the article quoted below, the danger of political correctness in all its glory. A 30-year old Christmas song, Fairytale of New York, it is claimed, must be censored or banned. For a reason I’ll explain, such things always make me think of Rembrandt’s painting “Bathsheba at her Bath” (the painting above), which hangs in the Louvre.

No doubt there are those who are offended by her nakedness.

What Goes Up...

Max and Stacy discuss
the need for many many losers.

Jewish Israel’s War Against A Widow

'The invading soldiers had modern weapons; the local youth had rocks and Molotov cocktails.'

By Budour Youssef Hassan: It was a few minutes past midnight when hundreds of Israeli soldiers stormed al-Amari refugee camp. They had come to demolish the house of Latifa Abu Humaid, a widow in her seventies.
Latifa was expecting the raid from Israel’s forces of occupation. The previous day, she had been instructed to evacuate her home within 24 hours.
She decided to stay put. Youth from the camp – situated south of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank – had joined her, determined to resist the invaders.

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Let Me Be Frank - Kevin Spacey Charged For Allegedly Groping An 18-Year-Old Man

Published the same day Kevin Spacey was charged for allegedly groping a feminist fake-newscaster's 18-year-old son whilst they were drinking together at a bar.

Kevin Spacey