News manipulation by the press

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hanelyp
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Libya was a problem we were probably better off letting Kadaffy resolve. Taking the side of the rebels against him was a colossal error.

Syria, again, the regime fecklessly helped the worse guys gain the upper hand. Back in 2012 I didn't know who the rebels there were, but I at least knew enough to ask the question.

Egypt may have gone better if Mubarak was allowed time to conduct elections properly instead of the rush that resulted in the worst party gaining power for a time.

One thread I see again and again is the Barrycade regime opposing governments that are relatively friendly in favor of forces that threaten regional stability.

As for Bernie, his socialism would be as much a disaster as any. You can not build a viable economy on theft, and socialism is based on theft by another name.
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This is why the Founding Fathers included the Second Amendment in
the Bill of Rights... so the American people can protect themselves from the
tyranny of our own government. The EPA, IRS, Food & Drug Administration,
Health and Human Services armed with AR's and body armor... ? If you don't
have it already, time to get your AR with ACOG and ammo... and learn how to
use it. Vr Snake





There Are Now More Bureaucrats With Guns Than U.S. Marines


Report: Non-military federal agencies spend $1.48 billion on guns and ammo
since 2006


BY: Elizabeth Harrington
<http://freebeacon.com/author/elizabeth-harrington/> Follow @LizWFB
<https://twitter.com/LizWFB>
June 22, 2016 3:20 pm

There are now more non-military government employees who carry guns than
there are U.S. Marines, according to a new report.

Open the Books, a taxpayer watchdog group, released a study Wednesday that
finds domestic government agencies continue to grow their stockpiles of
military-style weapons, as Democrats sat on the House floor calling for
more restrictions on what guns American citizens can buy.

The "Militarization of America report found civilian agencies spent $1.48
billion on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment between 2006 and
2014. Examples include IRS agents with AR-15s, and EPA bureaucrats wearing
camouflage.

"Regulatory enforcement within administrative agencies now carries the might
of military-style equipment and weapons," Open the Books said. "For example,
the Food and Drug Administration includes 183 armed 'special agents,' a 50
percent increase over the ten years from 1998-2008. At Health and Human
Services (HHS), 'Special Office of Inspector General Agents' are now trained
with sophisticated weaponry by the same contractors who train our military
special forces troops."

Open the Books found there are now over 200,000 non-military federal
officers with arrest and firearm authority, surpassing the 182,100 personnel
who are actively serving in the U.S. Marines Corps .

The IRS spent nearly $11 million on guns, ammunition, and military-style
equipment for its 2,316 special agents. The tax collecting agency has billed
taxpayers for pump-action and semi-automatic shotguns, semi-automatic Smith
& Wesson M&P15s, and Heckler & Koch H&K 416 rifles, which can be loaded with
30-round magazines .

The EPA spent $3.1 million on guns, ammo, and equipment, including drones,
night vision, "camouflage and other deceptive equipment," and body armor.

When asked about the spending, and EPA spokesman said the report "cherry
picks information and falsely misrepresents the work of two administrations
whose job is to protect public health."

"Many purchases were mischaracterized or blown out of proportion in the
report," said spokesman Nick Conger. "EPA's criminal enforcement program has
not purchased unmanned aircraft, and the assertions that military-grade
weapons are part of its work are false."

"EPA's criminal enforcement program investigates and prosecutes the most
egregious violators of our nation's environmental laws, and EPA criminal
enforcement agents are law enforcement professionals who have undergone the
same rigorous training as other federal agents," Conger continued.

Other administration agencies that have purchased guns and ammo include the
Small Business Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the Department of Education, and the National Institute of
Standards and Technology.

The report also highlighted that the Department of Health and Human Services
has "special agents" with "sophisticated military-style weapons." Open the
Books also found $42 million in gun and ammunition purchases that were
incorrectly coded.

"Some purchases were actually for ping-pong balls, gym equipment, bread,
copiers, cotton balls, or cable television including a line item from the
Coast Guard entered as 'Cable Dude,'" the report said.

Open the Books appealed to both liberals like Bernie Sanders-who has called
for demilitarizing local police departments-and conservatives in its report.

"Conservatives argue that it is hypocritical for political leaders to
undermine the Second Amendment while simultaneously equipping non-military
agencies with hollow-point bullets and military style equipment," Open the
Books said. "One could argue the federal government itself has become a gun
show that never adjourns with dozens of agencies continually shopping for
new firearms."

_

Update June 23, 10:15 a.m.: Following publication of this article, Adam
Andrzejewski, the CEO of Open the Books who wrote the report, pushed back
against the EPA's statement, and provided contract data to back up his
claims.

"How can the EPA spokesperson deny hard facts from their own checkbook?" he
said. "Alongside our oversight report, OpenTheBooks.com also released a PDF
of all raw data. This line-by-line transactional record from the EPA's own
checkbook on page 113 clearly shows that in 2013 and 2014 the EPA purchased
tens of thousands of dollars of 'Unmanned Aircraft' from Bergen RC
Helicopters Inc which on a net basis amounted to approximately $34,000."

"All of the assertions in our oversight report are the quantification of
actual spending records produced and reported to us by the federal agencies
themselves," Andrzejewski said.
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FBI 'revolt of Watergate proportions' if Hillary skates
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hanelyp
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One major complication in Emailgate is the number of regime officials that appear complicit.
The daylight is uncomfortably bright for eyes so long in the dark.

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China is dictating terms to Hollywood

China, with its 1.4 billion people , is projected to become the largest movie market in the world as early as next year. The Chinese box office grew by almost 50% in 2015 and is on pace to surpass $9 billion in revenue by year’s end — a lucrative market for U.S. moviemakers.

But in order for American filmmakers to penetrate it, they first have to comply with Chinese censors. China currently allows only 34 non-Chinese movies into the mainland, all of them heavily edited by a state agency called the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television. SAPPRFT’s mission is to portray Chinese culture favorably — and in line with the Communist Party’s agenda.

Makers of The Martian, for example, made sure the China National Space Administration played a prominent role in the film “as a way to crack into the country's huge and lucrative market.” Leading up to Iron Man 3’s China release, filmmakers inserted a scene of doctors discussing surgery on the superhero, all of whom were played by major Chinese movie stars.



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Diogenes
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hanelyp wrote:One major complication in Emailgate is the number of regime officials that appear complicit.


It is my opinion that in a subsequent Administration properly applying the law, the bulk of the Obama administration and it's donors will end up in Prison.
‘What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.’
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hanelyp
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Diogenes wrote:
hanelyp wrote:One major complication in Emailgate is the number of regime officials that appear complicit.
It is my opinion that in a subsequent Administration properly applying the law, the bulk of the Obama administration and it's donors will end up in Prison.
UNPRECEDENTED!
Sometimes you need to establish a new precedent.
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Diogenes
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hanelyp wrote:
Diogenes wrote:
hanelyp wrote:One major complication in Emailgate is the number of regime officials that appear complicit.
It is my opinion that in a subsequent Administration properly applying the law, the bulk of the Obama administration and it's donors will end up in Prison.
UNPRECEDENTED!
Sometimes you need to establish a new precedent.


I think the absolute most important duty of the next President will be to put as many people from the current administration in prison as is possible.


The rule of law needs to be reinforced, and the only way this can be accomplished is by applying the 11th commandment.


"Thou shalt not get away with it."
‘What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.’
— Lord Melbourne —

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