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Unlike the Media, Mollie Hemingway Bothered to Read the House Select Committee on Intelligence's Report on Benghazi, and Here's What It Says

I have to read it myself one of these days.

Until then, here are MZ Hemingway's top twenty take-aways.

Here are points 15 and 16.

15. Did we mention that there was nothing good about the talking points?

Yeah, so, late in the report we learn that "the Administration's initial public narrative on the causes and motivations for the attacks were not fully accurate." You don’t say! Also that "The process and edits made to these talking points was flawed."

And for this, the GOP should be ashamed? Really? It’s almost like a less obsequious press might think something else might be amiss.

Much of the report wishy-washily explains that there is a fog in intel gathering that makes things difficult to assess and that this kind of sort of excuses all the horse manure that was shoveled by the administration during the campaign-season terrorist attack.

Now, earlier in the report we’re told that "[Ansar al Sharia] posted a video on YouTube on September 12, 2012, claiming participation in the attacks" and we know that the head of al Qaeda called for attacks on the U.S. in Libya the day before the attack. We know that the attack took place on September 11, what even the most casual observer might note is a significant date. We're told that the Defense Intelligence Agency said the attacks were pre-planned on September 12.

But you see, man, like a few weeks later the CIA totally thought it just happened to fall on September 11.

Let me be clear, as President Obama might say, if you're a reporter reading this and think this sounds even remotely plausible and you think that this section is anything other than a great explanation of how idiotic the CIA can be, you are an idiot.

Everything about this section is groan-inducing. Such as that when a cable came from Tripoli to the CIA on September 14 that was the "first indication that there may not have been a protest," according to deputy director Mike Morell, he wasn't sure if he'd read it. Nevermind that we later learn that folks in Libya had within hours assessed that there was a lack of protests that day. I just have a hard time believing that the deputy director wouldn't care if a Tripoli intelligence cable came around. Either way, by September 15, he'd gotten an email specifically saying there'd been no protest.

And when did Susan Rice go on television blaming a YouTube video for sparking a protest that somehow magically transformed into this super-effective double-location onslaught that took four American lives including an American Ambassador's? That would be September 16.

That was when she said the actions in Benghazi were a "direct result of a heinous and offensive video that was widely disseminated."

This report that supposedly makes Republicans look bad notes that Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes wrote on September 14 that "one of the goals of Administration public statements should be 'To underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy.'"

Exactly the opposite, Ben.

Anyway, this report then claims, more or less completely implausibly, that Rice couldn’t have really known until afterwards that her assessments were incorrect. Um, OK. But maybe when you're, I don’t know, trying to "underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy" because you're focusing on campaigning more than truth-telling, you end up underscoring something that isn't true. I don’t care if we have some difficult-to-swallow bureaucratic BS explanation that avoids tough questions and instead pats Susan Rice on the head as if she couldn't be expected to do better. Or, rather, I don’t see why we let certain administrations get away with this type of explanatory defense while nailing other people to the wall for the smallest slight.

16. Wait, what's this about Mike Morell again?

So the same Morell who accidentally didn’t read a memo related to a horrific terror attack and forgot to tell anyone about the cables from Tripoli also was this guy:

"Finding 12: Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell made significant changes to the talking points"

Wait, what? Are you kidding me?

But, the report says, it's OK because, um, well, you see, he didn’t know Susan Rice or anyone else in the Administration would use talking points he made. And then the report says something about excellent beachfront property for sale cheap. No, actually it says he "made a large number of edits after a September 15 White House Deputies Committee meeting." Oh dear.

Earlier drafts of the talking points mentioned al Qaeda but by the time Morell was done with them, he didn’t even include "Islamist" in them. Because our CIA is full of people who do not commit intelligence failures but can’t figure out that an al Qaeda attack on September 11 might be related to Islamism.

By the way, the CIA's office of public affairs also stripped language about attacks and changed it to "demonstrations" and I am sure that had nothing whatsoever to do with it being an election year or their bosses allowing a major attack on the anniversary of September 11.

By the way, the report only examined failures by the intelligence agencies -- that is, the CIA -- in Benghazi. It did not examine the White House or State Department or Department of Defense.

Posted by: Ace at 07:27 PM




Comments

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1 Yeah, there's already some trolls pushing the line that "ZOMG, this is the 7th Republican Report that said the same thing!!!"


Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2014 07:29 PM (xSCb6)

2 You guys realize the longer Benghazi stays in the news the more ridiculous Republicans/Conservatives look, yes?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 24, 2014 07:29 PM (0LHZx)

3 Aaaaand, second.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2014 07:29 PM (xSCb6)

4 That was like two years ago Dude!

Posted by: Dickhead Vietor, the Van Driver at November 24, 2014 07:29 PM (J7NUM)

5 Oh sweet, MooMoo wants to stink up two in a row.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2014 07:30 PM (xSCb6)

6 Whoo, that was quick.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 24, 2014 07:30 PM (1Y+hH)

7 It doesn't matter if the report said Obama hearts Islamists. It's over. The narrative is "Republican Report Says Benghazi is Bullshit". The more you talk about it, the worse it is.

Something about a hole and stop digging.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 24, 2014 07:31 PM (0LHZx)

8 The foxes have thoroughly investigated themselves and found there was no wrongdoing in or near the henhouse.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 24, 2014 07:32 PM (mx5oN)

9 These people couldn't be from Chicago by any chance?

Posted by: Bob from table9 at November 24, 2014 07:32 PM (WNERA)

10 Mistakes were made?

Posted by: huerfano at November 24, 2014 07:32 PM (bAGA/)

11 "...the report only examined failures by the intelligence agencies -- that
is, the CIA -- in Benghazi. It did not examine the White House or State
Department or Department of Defense."


WTF? It wasn't the CIA's job to respond once the attack started, and it certainly wasn't their doing for Obama and Hillary to give speeches after (in front of their coffins!!) claiming it was a video, and gee, America really needs to stop inflaming Muslims.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2014 07:32 PM (ABcz/)

12 My favorite line from the article: "But remember, there were no intelligence failures, just inaccurate or insufficient intelligence that turned out to be disastrous."

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 24, 2014 07:33 PM (J0IP0)

13 Mistakes were made?

Guess which page of the report this appears on

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 24, 2014 07:33 PM (J0IP0)

14 Yes, the comments section on this article at The Federalist have @2 trolls saying this report, like 7 other reports "exonerates" Obolio & his cabal.
Very repetitive and knocked down nicely.

Posted by: Taqyia2Me at November 24, 2014 07:34 PM (PiGvm)

15 I guess I shouldn't be too hard on MooMoo.


He's truly concerned.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2014 07:34 PM (xSCb6)

16 OT, but for those of you playing the "Riot in My Town" game at home, here's the current lists:



http://fergusonresponse.tumblr.com/



-and-



The Rev Al's Shakedown Tour: http://tinyurl.com/nr5pd36

Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2014 07:34 PM (nL0sw)

17 Nothing to see here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNOrp_83RU

Posted by: huerfano at November 24, 2014 07:34 PM (bAGA/)

18 The cover up here was for the same one the IRS cover up was about. Keeping stupid mistakes (his favorite saying is don't make stupid mistakes) from affecting the coming election.

Posted by: Bob from table9 at November 24, 2014 07:35 PM (WNERA)

19 Also, I'm hearing the shitbags in NYC decided "We ain't waitin' fo' nuffin'" and have already started protesting. Additionally, LAPD has issued a city-wide tactical alert.

Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2014 07:36 PM (nL0sw)

20
Near as I can tell, it looks like there are more news people than protestors so far on the streets.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 24, 2014 07:36 PM (NtzGn)

21
*rubs hands together*

Posted by: guy who yells en fuego all the time at November 24, 2014 07:37 PM (1Y+hH)

22 Pretty sure they're all free range protesters though.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at November 24, 2014 07:37 PM (gA96L)

23 I saw a tweet that said the report basically said Repubs are Stupid and Benghazi was all just made up Repub bullshit to excite the wingerz so that's what I'm gonna report.

Posted by: ProgMedia at November 24, 2014 07:37 PM (zwdxl)

24 <<The Rev Al's Shakedown Tour: http://tinyurl.com/nr5pd36

Phew, my city is not on the list.


Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2014 07:37 PM (ABcz/)

25 At least they got that Nakoula guy off the streets.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at November 24, 2014 07:38 PM (+lsX1)

26 Washington DC -> Ctrl-Atl-Del long overdue.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 24, 2014 07:38 PM (41ijT)

27 22 Pretty sure they're all free range protesters though.
Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at November 24, 2014 07:37 PM (gA96L)

Organic and sustainable, not necessarily locally grown. Definitely not fair trade.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 24, 2014 07:39 PM (mx5oN)

28 This looks like a gigantic game of Telephone.

Your government atwerk.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at November 24, 2014 07:39 PM (0HooB)

29 Whatever.
How many free-range, organic chickens died in Benghazi?

Posted by: RioBravo at November 24, 2014 07:39 PM (z27Ny)

30 So...is The Purge gonna start in 15 minutes? Sounds like some protesters are armed to the teeth and looking to settle the score on institutional racism or something.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2014 07:39 PM (ABcz/)

31 If a DoS Ambassador is trapped in Fergadishu, will he be rescued?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American, Tesseract Tycoon at November 24, 2014 07:39 PM (ojfYH)

32 and this affects free range chickens how?

Posted by: Viv Savage at November 24, 2014 07:39 PM (HRo7B)

33 I am so ate to these comments...damn.

Posted by: Viv Savage at November 24, 2014 07:40 PM (HRo7B)

34 Hey, who's the hot Oralental chick on FNC?

Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2014 07:40 PM (nL0sw)

35 No free range chickens died at Benghazi,

However the free range goats are walking funny.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 24, 2014 07:40 PM (41ijT)

36 The Rev Al's Shakedown Tour: http://tinyurl.com/nr5pd36

.....................

F'ing bobblehead.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 24, 2014 07:40 PM (Dmaod)

37 late

Posted by: Viv Savage at November 24, 2014 07:40 PM (HRo7B)

38 Posted by: Insomniac at November 24, 2014 07:39 PM (mx5oN)

Pretty sure a lot have previously been in cages. I denounce myself.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at November 24, 2014 07:40 PM (gA96L)

39 Your government atwerk.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at November 24, 2014 07:39 PM (0HooB)
**********
YOUR GOVERNMENT ATWERK?

Posted by: Al Sharpton at November 24, 2014 07:40 PM (jucos)

40 15 I guess I shouldn't be too hard on MooMoo.


He's truly concerned.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2014 07:34 PM (xSCb6)

___________

Of course. Anyone who doesn't believe Obama was using Beghazi to smuggle cocaine and weapons to Syria is a Mobdy. Or something.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 24, 2014 07:41 PM (0LHZx)

41 I think I'll wait to hear what Gowdy's committee has to say.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2014 07:41 PM (g1DWB)

42 Don't worry.

I got this.

Posted by: Trey Gowdy at November 24, 2014 07:41 PM (H/9vm)

43 That such a ridiculous public performance by senior officials in offering up obviously absurd explanations for a hugely significant event could lead to anything but a firestorm of media and congressional investigation and criticism, backed by public revulsion, leading to resignations etc, pretty much marks the degree of degradation this country has suffered. Esp. in foreign policy and media.

.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 24, 2014 07:41 PM (afQnV)

44 What's about to be forgotten forever is that Benghazi was a State Dept front for a CIA operation, most likely an effort to collect weapons in the chaos that followed Qaddafi's fall. There are credible reports that these weapons were illegally sent to the Syrian rebels which included what became ISIS. That would be a Holy Shit Headline that Hillary won't want to see

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (UO74m)

45 "Near as I can tell, it looks like there are more news people than protestors so far on the streets."


No worries, those cats are experts at cropping photos. Hell they used to make it look like Cindy Sheehan had followers.

Posted by: guy who yells en fuego all the time at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (1Y+hH)

46 Everything this criminal administration does is a felony and they should all be in chains. And that is only to start.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (M0mf2)

47 What the fuck? I gots me a big bag and a hoodie. I be looting in about an hour.


Need some beer?

Posted by: LeRoy, the LIV at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (0FSuD)

48 >>>Hey, who's the hot Oralental chick on FNC?


Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2014 07:40 PM (nL0sw)<<<

Don't know. All those Chinamen look alike.



Posted by: Bob Beckel at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (H/9vm)

49
Remember this: obama was a community organizer


Or, a rabble rouse for communism.

Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (1K6n1)

50
Remember this: obama was a community organizer


Or, a rabble rouse for communism.

Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (1K6n1)

51 It was manpads, and it actually happened.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 24, 2014 07:43 PM (N2tYd)

52 45
"Near as I can tell, it looks like there are more news people than protestors so far on the streets."





No worries, those cats are experts at cropping photos. Hell they used to make it look like Cindy Sheehan had followers.

Posted by: guy who yells en fuego all the time at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (1Y+hH)

Look in the shadows people...THAT is where they are all hiding

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 24, 2014 07:43 PM (Dth0i)

53 "5 Oh sweet, MooMoo wants to stink up two in a row."

That 1% he's milking spoils fast.

Posted by: Fringe at November 24, 2014 07:44 PM (oWl4T)

54 51 It was manpads, and it actually happened.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Jill said that if I don't stop drinking right before bed, I'll have to wear manpads.

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 24, 2014 07:44 PM (V70Ne)

55 "Of course. Anyone who doesn't believe Obama was using Beghazi to smuggle cocaine and weapons to Syria is a Mobdy. Or something."



No no no, MooMoo, I totally get where you're coming from. It's imperative not only to let the media drive the narrative, but to give them the final say.


On to the next hill right?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2014 07:44 PM (xSCb6)

56 The perpetually afflicted in Minneapolis are going to be busy tomorrow. Protests are scheduled at:
3pm at the U of MN
4:30pm at Minneapolis City Hall
7pm at the State Capitol.

Posted by: rd at November 24, 2014 07:44 PM (J7NUM)

57 You are in the wrong place dumbass. Don't you leftist homosexuals have your own website yet?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 24, 2014 07:45 PM (N2tYd)

58 Hell, I just covered up a break in and no one died. My friends across the isle busted my ass. Too bad this president didn't precede me so I would know how to break any law even the constitution and pull it off. Of course getting the press to help me would be problematic.

Tell America to kiss my ass they buried me face down.

Posted by: Nixon at November 24, 2014 07:45 PM (WNERA)

59 All those Chinamen look alike.



Posted by: Bob Beckel at November 24, 2014 07:42 PM (H/9vm)
************
ALL THOSE CHINAMEN LOOK ALIKE?

Posted by: Al Sharpton at November 24, 2014 07:45 PM (jucos)

60
What about other cities? Anything? I thought the 'protests' were supposed to happen nationwide.

Posted by: Meremmortal at November 24, 2014 07:45 PM (1Y+hH)

61 "Point 1. Many journalists obviously didn't read the report."

Almost assuredly true.

I'd love to have an Amazon-like Kindle app bound to these Federal reports where one can observe the point at which readers stopped reading/quoting content.

Make it public knowledge: e.g. 95% of credentialed media didn't read past the 5th page of the 269 page Executive Summary much less peruse the raw report.

Gell-Mann effect, People. Forgetting what the report says (and there's plenty of whitewash there), the MFM adds its own tainted coat.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at November 24, 2014 07:46 PM (1CroS)

62 Let's toke up a joint for Mike. Then we'll steal some shit.

Posted by: LeRoy, the LIV at November 24, 2014 07:47 PM (0FSuD)

63
Don't you leftist homosexuals have your own website yet?

The Hostages?

Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at November 24, 2014 07:48 PM (1K6n1)

64 Washington DC -> Ctrl-Atl-Del long overdue.


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 24, 2014 07:38 PM (41ijT)


We're working on it. That Kerry guy has been very helpful.

Posted by: The Mullahs at November 24, 2014 07:48 PM (QIVJq)

65 Most insulting is that Hillary (and Jarret?) already had the video cover story (lie) prepared and told, before they even revealed it was Stevens. Indicates guilty knowledge.

"About 10 p.m., Mrs. Clinton issued a statement confirming that one State Department official had been killed in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi. Her statement made reference to the anti-Muslim video."

Posted by: Illiniwek at November 24, 2014 07:48 PM (QJ7KL)

66 A golden oldie from the blog

http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2009/09/runway-rejects.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 24, 2014 07:48 PM (41ijT)

67 Watching the Jet game. Let me know when the rioting and looting start

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2014 07:48 PM (M0mf2)

68 Do they make Organic Grape Drank?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 24, 2014 07:48 PM (N2tYd)

69 >>>Of course. Anyone who doesn't believe Obama was using Beghazi to smuggle cocaine and weapons to Syria is a Mobdy. Or something.





Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 24, 2014 07:41 PM (0LHZx)<<<

**holds up sign**

Fuk moar chikin!

Posted by: cow from Chik-fil-a commercial at November 24, 2014 07:48 PM (H/9vm)

70 Then we'll steal some shit.
Posted by: LeRoy, the LIV at November 24, 2014 07:47 PM (0FSuD)
*********
THEN WE'LL STEAL SOME SHIT?

Posted by: Al Sharpton at November 24, 2014 07:49 PM (jucos)

71 This is near the end of the report-


ODNI's submission of all IC intelligence reporting and analysis leading up to and in response to the Benghazi attacks was hastily organized.

The package was described to the Committee as comprehensive but critical documents were missing and the package was far from thorough.

The White House initially allowed ODNI to make a available the various versions of the talking points on a limited, read-only basis. After repeated Member inquiries and senior level engagements, the ODNI eventually released the documents.

Posted by: Your Friendly Danube River Guide at November 24, 2014 07:49 PM (RJMhd)

72 ALL THOSE CHINAMEN LOOK ALIKE?

Posted by: Al Sharpton at November 24, 2014 07:45 PM (jucos)

True dat, that's why we don't let' em in.

Posted by: Harvard Admission director at November 24, 2014 07:49 PM (0FSuD)

73 I hope the Ferguson/Mikey Brown Riots are the same as the Trayvon/George Zimmerman riots, or maybe as bad as the OJ Verdict riots.

Posted by: rd at November 24, 2014 07:49 PM (J7NUM)

74 What about other cities? Anything? I thought the 'protests' were supposed to happen nationwide.

Posted by: Meremmortal at November 24, 2014 07:45 PM (1Y+hH)


Most of them are scheduled to start spontaneously tomorrow:
http://fergusonresponse.tumblr.com/

Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2014 07:49 PM (nL0sw)

75 Watching the Jet game. Let me know when the rioting and looting start
Posted by: Nevergiveup

You do the same.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 24, 2014 07:49 PM (1Y+hH)

76 Sorry to go O/T but...protestors have blocked off the streets in Ferguson....with cars.

If you live there...you are trapped.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President of the Sheena Easton Fan Club at November 24, 2014 07:50 PM (OWjjx)

77 Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2014 07:49 PM (nL0sw)

Ah, thanks.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 24, 2014 07:50 PM (1Y+hH)

78 >>Watching the Jet game. Let me know when the rioting and looting start

I'm watching it too. I bet the rioters are more organized than the Jets offense.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2014 07:50 PM (g1DWB)

79 Is Moo Moo's last name Cloggenstein, by any chance? From Vermont?

Posted by: tsj017 at November 24, 2014 07:51 PM (YiIiy)

80 >>Most of them are scheduled to start spontaneously tomorrow

*snort* ISWYDT

Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2014 07:51 PM (ABcz/)

81 The key takeaway is that Congress knew all about the illegal gun running going on....

Thus is was not an unauthorized operation....

Illegal? yes.... unauthorized... no...

Secret and kept from the US Voter? Hell yes... because it was inconvenient for BOTH parties.

Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at November 24, 2014 07:51 PM (f0pWu)

82 The US government allocated $3 million in an attempt to buy up SA-7 and SA-14 MANPADs.

But in typical stupid, they started the program while the rebels were still trying to overthrow Gaddafi Duck. So what got sold to the US were the older less effective SA-7s. And then only a few of them because any MANPAD is better than none when the other guy has airpower.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 24, 2014 07:51 PM (41ijT)

83 Still recall my amazement (of the disgusted variety) over all this.

First, that the US had kissed the ass of an islamist lynch mob in Egypt, by a "tweet" from Embassy Cairo half-way apologizing for freedom of expression in America. Tweet? From an embassy? On something so big it's the ostensible cause of ongoing riots and attacks on mission property? WTFF? Not many noted or cared about this, but it's really quite telling, and horrifying.

Second, the obviously - obviously - ludicrous explanations/excuses for the Benghazi debacle.

Third, the truly unbelievable and deeply troubling spectacle of a US govt. wink-wink muscling American citizens to appease the global islamist lynch mob. The video guy, perp-walked with plenty of media present (don't think LA County sheriffs typically have cameras at their parole-violation collars). Astonishing. An American singled out and tossed to the screeching masses of Third World authoritarian zealots, in effect (don't give me any crap about his parole violation).

I still - still - can hardly process this. The damage, degradation, humiliation, and despicable abandonment of principles and sound policies is so widespread and diverse to catalogue it would require volumes. But having been all over the world working with foreigners who understood and admired many of our basic principles and policies, people who often took risks to try and bring their beknighted locales out of their misery, this caused the medically unprecedented phenomenon of simultaneous stomach sickness and boiling blood.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 24, 2014 07:51 PM (afQnV)

84 Sorry to go O/T but...protestors have blocked off the streets in Ferguson....with cars.

If you live there...you are trapped.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President of the Sheena Easton Fan Club at November 24, 2014 07:50 PM (OWjjx)

Where is the White Wimen

Posted by: Rioters/Looters at November 24, 2014 07:52 PM (M0mf2)

85 I just cracked up at all the promos for Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN in the last 5 minutes.

Because it ain't a real riot until Anderson instigates it!

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 24, 2014 07:52 PM (z1zPy)

86 >>>"Point 1. Many journalists obviously didn't read the report." <<<



Huh. Sounds like that book I wrote autobiography that talked about the President eating dog as a kid.

Posted by: Bill Ayers at November 24, 2014 07:52 PM (H/9vm)

87 how nice

that the people who demanded the operation are now covering it up and throwing the people stuck with executing said operation under the bus

Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2014 07:52 PM (zOTsN)

88 22 Pretty sure they're all free range protesters though.

But are they organic?

Posted by: Anachronda at November 24, 2014 07:53 PM (v3pYe)

89 @19 Additionally, LAPD has issued a city-wide tactical alert.
------------------------

I'm hoping it stays quiet here, but...

The last thing any city needs is rioting over the Thanksgiving Day weekend.

Posted by: junior at November 24, 2014 07:53 PM (UWFpX)

90 The key takeaway is that Congress knew all about the illegal gun running going on....

Thus is was not an unauthorized operation....

Illegal? yes.... unauthorized... no...

Secret and kept from the US Voter? Hell yes... because it was inconvenient for BOTH parties.
Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at November 24, 2014 07:51 PM (f0pWu)

Yup. I buy that. Not all of Congress but he Leadership- sure

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2014 07:53 PM (M0mf2)

91 Hey... speaking of Benghazi...

Didn't we illegally go in and kidnap one of Libya's citizens so we could blame this all on him???

I seem to remember that being in the news....

What happened to him?

Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at November 24, 2014 07:53 PM (f0pWu)

92 All are Carbon based life forms. So yes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 24, 2014 07:53 PM (N2tYd)

93 It is 40F in St Louis right now.

Posted by: rd at November 24, 2014 07:54 PM (J7NUM)

94 You know figuring out how to keep our stupid alumin's kids getting in is getting really hard. We can't not let in the Joos, now the Fucking Slant eyes are pissed off.



Why don't we just say it loud and clear. Yankee kids get in, the rest, wait.

Posted by: Harvard Admission director at November 24, 2014 07:54 PM (0FSuD)

95 "The package was described to the Committee as comprehensive but critical documents were missing and the package was far from thorough."

Don't look at me. I left my Extra Roomy(TM) slacks at Hillary's. I have no idea what's in them or how many volumes she took from them.

Posted by: Sandy Burgler at November 24, 2014 07:55 PM (1CroS)

96 Will Ace's post on the Ferguson Grand Jury verdict get a flaming 7-11?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at November 24, 2014 07:55 PM (V70Ne)

97 88 22 Pretty sure they're all free range protesters though.

But are they organic?


Posted by: Anachronda at November 24, 2014 07:53 PM (v3pYe)



Nope, Organic means Drug-Free.

Posted by: rd at November 24, 2014 07:55 PM (J7NUM)

98 There was no wrongdoing anywhere or by anyone in this administration, ever. This is the defensive mechanism of white supremacy in your mind.

Posted by: Michael Eric Dyson, the chicken not the vacuum cleaner at November 24, 2014 07:56 PM (BXkFh)

99 Hey... speaking of Benghazi...

Didn't we illegally go in and kidnap one of Libya's citizens so we could blame this all on him???

I seem to remember that being in the news....

What happened to him?
Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at November 24, 2014 07:53 PM (f0pWu)

he's living the life of riley in some swanking us prison on our dime

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2014 07:56 PM (M0mf2)

100 Ferguson? A cop for every protester? Stupid shit

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 24, 2014 07:56 PM (0FSuD)

101 Those geniuses looted a Taco Bell last time. That stuff tastes like chit when properly prepared.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 24, 2014 07:56 PM (N2tYd)

102 Will Ace's post on the Ferguson Grand Jury verdict get a flaming 7-11?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at November 24, 2014 07:55 PM



Flaming Hair Weave?

Posted by: rd at November 24, 2014 07:56 PM (J7NUM)

103
Everything that guy said is bullshit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 24, 2014 07:57 PM (TIIx5)

104 It's here. Black Monday!!!

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 24, 2014 07:58 PM (N2tYd)

105 "It is 40F in St Louis right now"

Good store burning weather.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 24, 2014 07:58 PM (BXkFh)

106 ThunderB: "...throwing the people stuck with executing said operation under the bus"

You expected more? That's the way they roll. Always has been.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at November 24, 2014 07:58 PM (1CroS)

107 these are violent anarchists controlling and agitating this

I fell badly for the people of Ferguson. We got morons near there. We got a morons son stuck doing National Guard duty down there. Wishing them the best and hope they are hunkered down

Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2014 07:58 PM (zOTsN)

108 104
It's here. Black Monday!!!


Posted by: Boss Moss at November 24, 2014 07:58 PM (N2tYd)

Fucking RACIST!

Posted by: Rev Al at November 24, 2014 07:59 PM (0FSuD)

109 97 Nope, Organic means Drug-Free.

Even if it's organic choom?

Posted by: Anachronda at November 24, 2014 07:59 PM (sGtp+)

110 Flaming Hair Weave?
Posted by: rd at November 24, 2014 07:56 PM (J7NUM)
***********

Oh no you DI INT~!!!!
*snap* *snap*

Posted by: Lequintia Porsche Jones at November 24, 2014 07:59 PM (jucos)

111 I feel badly, not fell badly

Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2014 07:59 PM (zOTsN)

112 60
What about other cities? Anything? I thought the 'protests' were supposed to happen nationwide.
Posted by: Meremmortal


Oh they will...promise. Go to that tumbler website further up thread and find your local riot. Click on a few, all you see is groups who are ready to throw down. Half are tonight, the other half say "day after announcement" so they can, shall we say, get the community organized.

Posted by: Daisy Cutter at November 24, 2014 08:00 PM (WS+CW)

113 Fucking RACIST!
Posted by: Rev Al at November 24, 2014 07:59 PM (0FSuD)
**********
FUCKING RACIST?

Posted by: Al Sharpton at November 24, 2014 08:00 PM (jucos)

114 >>I fell badly for the people of Ferguson. We got morons near there. We
got a morons son stuck doing National Guard duty down there. Wishing
them the best and hope they are hunkered down.

Word.
Here's hoping the protesters are contained and the damage is minimal. Not liking all of the talk of racial or retribution and Palestinian agitators.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2014 08:01 PM (ABcz/)

115 these are violent anarchists controlling and agitating this




Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2014 07:58 PM (zOTsN)


They're running challenge and password in the LEO rear areas. Sounds like they either have intel on or have actually had infiltrators.

Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2014 08:01 PM (nL0sw)

116 from the tumbler is sounds like they have planned organized protests all over the united states tomorrow at 5 pm, as well as tonight

heres hoping people stay away

Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2014 08:03 PM (zOTsN)

117 And to think Ferguson is the result of a goddamn internet video.
Appalling. We must have the producer arrested.

Posted by: jwb7605 at November 24, 2014 08:07 PM (ZALPg)

118 So now the iron circle of disinformation and propaganda seems complete, a ring of steel.

The "press" has morphed into an arm of the least able and most extreme elements now dominating the Beltway.

The Congress - to include GOP chairmen - has not only not stood in the way or filled the gap, but is now, sometimes, becoming part of the machine itself.

Astonishing.

The 9/11 Commission was in many ways a ridiculous farce of this sort.

Your average, comfortably ignorant and misinformed urban coastal NPR listener not only never has to contend with upsetting contrary info - i.e., actual full-scope facts and intelligent context - but now has comfy white-wash "journalism" and even congressional "investigations" as well.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 24, 2014 08:10 PM (afQnV)

119 96 Will Ace's post on the Ferguson Grand Jury verdict get a flaming 7-11?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at November 24, 2014 07:55 PM (V70Ne)


A flaming Slurpee with Blago hair.

Go big.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 24, 2014 08:11 PM (oFCZn)

120 In an effort to make very city feel included when it comes to riots HUD has a plan for low income housing for your town/city. It won't need to be televised, you can see it live.

Posted by: Bob from table9 at November 24, 2014 08:15 PM (WNERA)

121 Anderson is ticked off that they're making him wait. Don't they know it's prime time dammit! These riots won't start themselves!

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 24, 2014 08:23 PM (z1zPy)

122 I hope that the retailers in Fergadishou left all their Christmas inventory in heavily guarded warehouses.
If they brought into their stores, they are screwed...

Posted by: ChrisP at November 24, 2014 09:29 PM (fG9rI)

123 If you couldn't help prevent it, you couldn't stop it, and you can't avenge it, it's going to happen again and again as often as they want to try it.

Some of us believe, despite what the Pentagon and the White House and the State Department and the CIA want to swear to, that NATO is capable of interdicting a terror attack in the Mediterranean within 12 hours. We won't accept the excuses that we can't react that fast, we have to have a flight plan filed, etc. etc. etc. We will condemn anybody of any party that accepts this failure as policy.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at November 25, 2014 12:40 PM (pYEaj)

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