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ISIS propaganda video celebrating Brussels attacks uses Trump’s voice and photo

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/isis-propaganda-video-celebrating-brussels-attacks-180634666.html

A pro-Islamic State media group has released a video that celebrates the Brussels terror attacks and features Donald Trump’s voice and picture.

The video, which runs just over nine minutes, opens with images of the bombings and quickly cuts to a photo of Trump next to footage of a fiery scene from the aftermath of the attacks.

“Brussels was one of the great cities — one of the most beautiful cities of the world 20 years ago — and safe,” the voice of Trump can be heard saying in audio lifted from a phone interview he gave this week. “And now it’s a horror show — an absolute horror show.”

The video, titled “The Exile of Islam and Brussels Attacks,” features scenes from both the attack on Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station. It also shows imagery of Belgian ISIS fighter Abul Qa’Qa al-Baljiki, who participated in the Jan. 7, 2015, attack on the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 11 people, according to MEMRI, a group that tracks jihadist propaganda and provided the video to Yahoo News on Thursday.

“They’re smart and shrewd, and they knew this would get a lot of attention,” said MEMRI executive director Steve Stalinsky.

The video, by the pro-ISIS group Al-Battar Media Foundation, cuts from images in Belgium to shots of destruction in Iraq and Syria, contending that the Brussels attacks were in retaliation for U.S. and Western bombing raids on ISIS territory.

“The Crusade jets — including the Belgian — are still bombing the Muslims in Iraq and Levant day and night, killing children, women, old, and destroying mosques and schools,” a narrator on the video says.

Lindsey Graham's assessment of the Republican Party on 'The Daily Show' is jaw-dropping

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/03/lindsey-graham-daily-show-republican-party

In one of the more startling and eye-opening interviews I’ve seen in this election cycle, South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham offers up an explanation on The Daily Show to why he is endorsing Ted Cruz over Donald Trump. With some prodding from host Trevor Noah, Graham then opens up on the bigger issues facing the Republican Party.


His endorsement of Cruz? Tepid.

“He’s not completely crazy,” Graham said of Cruz. “Partially crazy?” Noah asked. Graham fired back: “That works in Washington.”

Noah later plays a clip for Graham in which he’s asked if he’d prefer Cruz or Trump. Graham’s response: “It’s like being shot or being poisoned. What does it really matter?”

He finishes: “I’m saying my party is completely screwed up … if it were up to me, we wouldn’t nominate anyone. We’d start all over again.”

Ted Cruz had a message to Donald J. Trump: "I don't get angry often. But when you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that will do it every time. Donald, you're a sniveling coward. Leave Heidi the hell alone."

fox business video.

They are acting brave in the face of the guy they know is coming to get them. The guy who will not be making excuses for them as they act like terrorists. The guy who is not afraid to call them what they are, Muslim extremists.

Do I really need to read the rest of the bitter rantings of the Primaries biggest and first Loser?

They don't even know if trump is coming cause he flips his stance on ISIS more than a cook in IHOP.

And graham is still in congress. His opinion matters to other republicans.

I am an Other Republican and I think Graham is a Dink.

I've got a LOT more faith in Cruz than Trump, but I unfortunately get what he's saying. I'm not anti-Cruz as much as being "Pro Kasich." I'm very anti-Trump.

I am glad that your head is at least in the right place.

You guys are always crying about your treatment at the hands of "The Man" and here comes a man, Trump, who is owned by no one, beholden to no one, and is telling us all "The Man" and the establishment is full of Crap, yet you guys are offended and cry about him like a bunch of "Side of your Neck" talkers!

I mean really!

Well, actually that was my point but...whatever.

Students terrified by 'Trump 2016' chalk drawings

Emory University in Atlanta is under siege at this hour from a chalk-wielding Donald Trump supporter who caused a massive outbreak of micro-aggressions among frightened students.

Terrified collegians are hunkered down in their safe spaces – traumatized by whoever wrote “Trump 2016” and “Accept the Inevitable: Trump 2016” on campus sidewalks.

“That was a bit alarming,” one panicked student told The Emory Wheel. “What exactly is inevitable? Why does it have to be accepted?”

Another student whimpered that she did not feel safe.

“I’m supposed to feel comfortable and safe [here],” she told the campus paper. “But this man is being supported by students on our campus and our administration shows that they, by their silence, support it as well…I don’t deserve to feel afraid at my school.”

The Emory Latino Student Organization posted a Facebook message calling the drawing “an act of cowardice.”

“They did not do this merely to support the presidential candidate, but to promote the hate and discrimination that goes along with him,” they wrote.

Oh, the humanity!

Dozens of students protested the chalk drawings in the university’s quad – demanding the administration take action against the pro-Trump supporter.

“You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain,” students shouted as reported by the campus newspaper. “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

I’m not a clinical psychologist, but those kids are freaking nuts, folks.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/03/2...ml?intcmp=hpbt3

Murica?

Kids today are so coddled that they are afraid of their own shadows.

We have raised a generation of total wimps, who are afraid of everything. (well. except Socialism, homosexuality, feminism, welfare, free college, and so on)

"We have nothing to lose but out chains". Please. I hope that they never have to experience real chains. Frankly, I hope that they never have to face the real world. They will get chewed up and spit out.

That's right. I wanna be like your generation, YTOWN!!

talking about dick sizes during a presidential debate and trashing people's wives on Twitter. That's the generation that we millennials should all inspire to be.

There's Swish, still obsessing about Trump's junk.

Maybe they should all aspire to be liars like Hillary. Maybe they can lie about American deaths like Hillary did.

And then there's Eve. Still obsessing over what Swish says.

Most of what you say is foolish. I just notice you talk about Trump's junk a lot.

And you keep my name in your mouth a lot. Practice what you preach.

You wish your name was in my mouth.

And people tell me Im the one who should lay off the drugs.

Hey YTown, between you and me, how do I get this chalk out from under my fingernails?

I felt from the beginning it would be Trump vs Cilnton. I think Cruz has a fighting chance still.

maybe he does after this "Real Housewives of the GOP" debacle.

This whole primary has been disappointing. It's gonna take an act of God at this point to fix it.

Yes, that's why I say...

Trump/Cruz
You Choose.

I just use a little brush with water. Comes right out.

One thing Trump needs to worry about is Social Security and SSDI. The SSDI fund is set to run out of money around November of this year which would cut people's benefits by 20 percent. I know almost anybody receiving SSDI can not survive a 20 percent paycut. The republican party does not seem to care about older americans or those with any type of disability, and this could make a difference as to who actually wins this election. As for me it's going to be my deciding factor on who I am forced to vote for.

Yo bro, I was looking at some news pages on FB, and they were talking about the poll numbers with Kasich.

And then I looked at the comment section on multiple pages.

Yo.... Kasich is a really hated dude. People were listing the same reasons you were on the board.

I didn't know he disliked this bad. A lot of older people were straight up clowning this dude.

I would vote for Hillary 7 days a week (twice on Sunday) before I voted for Kasich. Not only has he screwed people with MRDD, and their families, he has no problem screwing over people on Social Security. He is a former senior executive at Lehman Brothers. (Yes THAT Lehman Brothers) He was still working for them in 2008 when they collapsed. He raked in a 432,000 bonus for himself the year he lost hundreds of millions of dollars from the state pension fund to Wall St. profiteers. Was he incompetent or part of a planned fleecing of the public? Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, and Ohio citizens were left holding devalued pensions. He has rewarded wealthy privately owned schools while increasing the taxes of the middle class on public schools. AHHH my blood pressure is going up lol thats enough for now.

Palin Brings Much-Needed Intellectual Rigour To Trump Campaign

Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin came out in support of Donald Trump today, a move which some experts say is designed to give The Apprentice star’s campaign a more level-headed, articulate, and intelligent edge.

While Trump’s campaign has been impressive to date, it’s been built more on his celebrity profile than well-thought-out policy ideas. Enter Sarah Palin.

“Yippee, lefty, bing bong, swoop! You can’t gun down my religion, or my microwave” Palin said to cheers, as Mr Trump looked on, struggling to keep up.

Palin also took the time to go into more depth about some of Trump’s signature policies. “Trump stump the pump bump y’all. We’re gonna make Armenia great again!” she cried.

With her extensive foreign policy experience, particularly in Russia, Republican insiders say Palin could be a potential Vice Presidential running mate. “She really appeals to the more liberal-minded of the extreme right voters, so it’s a chance to sew up that part of the electorate,” one said.

After today’s speech, Palin said it was a refreshing change to be the most intelligent person on stage. “Trump brings the star power, I bring the brain powder” she Tweeted.

http://www.theshovel.com.au/2016/01/20/p...trump-campaign/

That's quite possibly the saddest headline I've read lately.

There are some other gems in that article. I better point out that it's a satirical piece before spiral "destroys" my credibility again.

lol, yo i was was watching some Palin highlights on youtube.

bro, you need to tell your girl to put down the bottle before she gets on stage.

this was freakkin' CHOICE!!!!

Might want to read a few other headlines from that "source"

http://www.theshovel.com.au/category/world/

Timely Swish, just saw this today.. fits with this discussion...

Millennials like socialism, until they get jobs
March 25, 2016

The Washington Post
Millennials are the only age group in America in which a majority views socialism favorably. A national Reason-Rupe survey found that 53 percent of Americans under 30 have a favorable view of socialism compared with less than a third of those over 30. Moreover, Gallup has found that an astounding 69 percent of millennials say they'd be willing to vote for a "socialist" candidate for president — among their parents' generation, only a third would do so. Indeed, national polls and exit polls reveal about 70 to 80 percent of young Democrats are casting their ballots for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who calls himself a "democratic socialist."

Yet millennials tend to reject the actual definition of socialism — government ownership of the means of production, or government running businesses. Only 32 percent of millennials favor "an economy managed by the government," while, similar to older generations, 64 percent prefer a free-market economy. And as millennials age and begin to earn more, their socialistic ideals seem to slip away.

So what does socialism actually mean to millennials? Scandinavia. Even though countries such as Denmark aren't socialist states (as the Danish prime minster has taken great pains to emphasize) and Denmark itself outranks the United States on a number of economic freedom measures such as less business regulation and lower corporate tax rates, young people like that country's expanded social welfare programs.

Coming of age during the Great Recession, millennials aren't sure if free markets are sufficient to drive income mobility and thus many are comfortable with government helping to provide for people's needs. Indeed, a Reason-Rupe study found that 69 percent of millennials favor a government guarantee for health insurance and 54 percent support a guarantee for a college education. Perhaps most striking is that millennials favor a bigger government that provides more services — 52 percent of them do, compared with 38 percent of the nation overall.

So, will it last? Are millennials ushering in a sea change of public opinion? Do they signal the transformation of the United States into a Scandinavian social democracy?

It depends. There is some evidence that this generation's views on activist government will stick. However, there is more reason to expect that support for their Scandinavian version of socialism may wither as they age, make more money and pay more in taxes.

The expanded social welfare state Sanders thinks the United States should adopt requires everyday people to pay considerably more in taxes. Yet millennials become averse to social welfare spending if they foot the bill. As they reach the threshold of earning $40,000 to $60,000 a year, the majority of millennials come to oppose income redistribution, including raising taxes to increase financial assistance to the poor.

Similarly, a Reason-Rupe poll found that while millennials still on their parents' health insurance policies supported the idea of paying higher premiums to help cover the uninsured (57 percent), support flipped among millennials paying for their own health insurance with 59 percent opposed to higher premiums.

When tax rates are not explicit, millennials say they'd prefer larger government offering more services (54 percent) to smaller government offering fewer services (43 percent). However when larger government offering more services is described as requiring high taxes, support flips and 57 percent of millennials opt for smaller government with fewer services and low taxes, while 41 percent prefer large government.

Millennials wouldn't be the first generation to flip-flop. In the 1980s, the same share (52 percent) of baby boomers also supported bigger government, and so did Generation Xers (53 percent) in the 1990s. Yet, both baby boomers and Gen Xers grew more skeptical of government over time and by about the same magnitude. Today, only 25 percent of boomers and 37 percent of Gen Xers continue to favor larger government.

Many conservatives bemoan millennials' increased comfort with the idea of "socialism." But conservatives aren't recognizing that in the 20th-century battle between free enterprise and socialism, free enterprise already won. In contrast with the 1960s and '70s, college students today are not debating whether we should adopt the Soviet or Maoist command-and-control regimes that devastated economies and killed millions. Instead, the debate today is about whether the social welfare model in Scandinavia (which is essentially a "beta-test," because it hasn't been around long) is sustainable and transferable.

Millennials like free markets, and most already accept that free markets have done more to lift the world out of poverty than any other system. Instead, what this generation has to decide is whether higher education and health care innovation, access and high quality can be best achieved through opening these sectors to more free market reforms or though increased government control. This is a debate we should be glad to have.

Washington Post Emily Ekins is a research fellow and director of polling at the Cato Institute.

Chicago Tribune

thats funny.

i like aspects of socialism, and i've pretty much always had a job.

even 40 admits that there are tons of rich people who like it as well.

and one thing people aren't taking into account, which is why i make a big deal out of it, is that not once has people said anything about pure socialism.

we have socialist policies that even 40 likes.

so that's all i ask DC. don't confused us wanting the government to take a bigger part in what we consider human rights issues as us wanting full on socialism.

i don't think anybody on this board has advocated it, and most people my age, while not being able to articulate it properly, do not support full blown socialism, either.

what i am saying? don't make the mistake that people on this board do.

I don't think I am, which is why I posted the article.. the article makes it fairly clear the distinction between full blown socialism and the kind of "socialism" the Scandinavian countries have.

If nothing else, I posted the article to support what you are saying and help you show the distinction... I found that interesting. I also have to admit that I found it interesting that those on the right also have a point... the youth, in general, are wide-eyed idealists... once they get a job and start paying taxes, them move back toward the right... even though they remain left of center.

It's funny because the millennials basically want the same deal the banks got.. if we succeed, we want to keep most of it, if we fail we want the government there to protect us and bail us out...

my mistake bro.

hey look, maybe you're right. but then what about all the people that stay pretty far liberal throughout their lives?

you're probably right with the left leaning statement, but IMO, i think people swapping spectrums doesn't happen too often.

typically, you're either left leaning or right leaning. rarely do i hear about people fully crossing over either way.