John McCain Has Died
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sat, 08/25/2018 - 10:02pm
Sen. John McCain of Arizona passed away at his home in Arizona on Saturday evening, putting an end to a nearly six-decade-long career in public service.
The 81-year-old senator ultimately succumbed to a battle with a highly malignant form of brain cancer, known as glioblastoma. Fewer than 5 percent of patients live beyond five years of the diagnosis, with a median survival rate of only 18 months. The same form of cancer claimed the lives of former Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and Beau Biden, the late son of former Vice President Joe Biden.
Condolences to his family.
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Indeed!
Six decades of
shaftingserving the public.May he
rustrest in peace.Our Glorious Captain is no more. I weep.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Yep. Let the tributes begin
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
A military man who often voted against the best interests
, of those in the military. A POW who was against measures beneficial to POW organizations. A pilot who voted against pilot issues. And a candidate daft enough to pick Sarah Palin as a running mate. Sigh.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Laura McGann from Vox blames him for Trump
People's responses to her tweet
Here's her article
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Sarah Palin was just the icing on the whole
sh*t cake that was John McCain. For me, the real John McCain was the war monger who never cared much about sending our military men and women into harm's way.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
And she is correct.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
A long week indeed!
Thank god for Netflix and computers.
Death doesn't erase legacy.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Which one?
Wasn't he the one that couldn't remember the number of homes he owned?
Compensated Spokes Model for Big Poor.
Chuckles
Thanks for the laugh.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Personally, I'm with C. Johnstone on this one.
Actions have consequences.
McCain's death foretold an outpouring of hypocrisy
I'm not at all sad to see J. No Name McCain slide beneath the veil of history. Yet it is no surprise that the elites, even those who loathed him, would sing his praises post-mortem. Dispute about the Senator's singing in the Hanoi Hilton are of wide dissemination, with contrary assertions given by former prison mates on the issue. But J.M. had no problem visiting Syrian rebels and Abu Baker Al-Baghdadi in Syria.
Was there ever a war Cowboy McCain didn't support?
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCe0TQEvTgU&frags=pl%2Cwn]
Here's Caitlin's piece for those who missed it
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2018/08/24/do-not-let-them-make-a-saint-of-...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Troubles ahead
when hitting the link, this
shows up.
EDIT: one hour later same result.
I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish
"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"
Heard from Margaret Kimberley
you have to do a run around...
and go through medium. Here's a link which should work -
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/do-not-let-them-make-a-saint-of-this-...
Thanks for the heads up. Wonder if they are choking down Caity's page on purpose?
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Most likely shutting her down
but the new link works, thanks.
I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish
"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"
Heard from Margaret Kimberley
Just a glitch, no doubt.
Still hours and hours later, and Johnstone's own site is still down.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that it goes down now that warmonger McCain has kicked the bucket...
No doubt
I was able to access it last night. DDoS I'm betting. I'm not surprised one bit by this.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Meet the new Democrats
Same as the old Democrats.
A tweet from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:
https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1033538876370046977?ref_src=twsrc%...
AOC
must not consider bombing Iran to be inhumane.
That's good to know.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Long week.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Quelle suprise! /s
Yet no less gross.
Bye,
FeliciaAOC.This is a nice song
it's about Margaret Thatcher, but could be about most politicians. Even John McCain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBCiEEMkrc
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
let me serenade you with one last song
you're back where you belong so long, so long,
good bye good bye...
you sing you lie
bye bye
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
let me serenade you with one last song
you're back where you belong so long, so long,
farewell, farewell
Read the epitaph, ring the bell,
you’ve got a one-way ticket to hell
my my, oh well
farewell, farewell
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
let me serenade you with one last song
you're back where you belong so long, so long.
So long, so long, you kept me waiting so long, so long,
let me serenade you with one last song
you're back where you belong so long, so long.
My Condolences Go Out to His Victims and His Victims Families.nt
(Hat tip to my friend's twitter feed.)
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu
Wasn't it just yesterday he "stopped treatment"?
The Maudlin Media were all full of it (in all possible senses). Blah de blah de blah. With more blah de blah on the way for sure.
Exit Pursued By A Bear. (note: this is an actual stage direction from Shakespeare)
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
The fact that a deranged warmonger could influence
US military policy for over 40 years in congress is a testament to the ingrained immorality of the 'power elite' How has his legacy improved Arizona, US, or the world? Helped shorten the life expectancy of the human species is about it.
McCain and POW
Two different articles about John McCain and POW that tell the truer story about his life and legacy that is going to be drowned now that he has died.
American Pravda: Was Rambo Right?
John McCain and the POW Cover-Up
Tweets that tell the truth about McCain
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Oh noes
Sticking the carcass in the pyramid of power, lying in state like some kind of political saint. Maybe do a world tour in Air Force One. Media's going to love this shit show. Lot's of close-ups of weeping poor, POC veterans. Odd sound bites of the purple majesty, etc.
Are you kidding about the AF one ride?
Trump would not let JC on his plane. The flag was lowered to half mast yesterday at the WH and today they are not. Trump is being lambasted for this.
edited
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
yeh, it's an ego problem
I'm taking my jet and it's mine, mine, mine!
This will be a week of the same mythology making crap
that we saw with Billy Graham.
I watched McCain in a senate hearing once and he was nothing but nasty to the witnesses. He was a self centered brat Navy boy propped up by dad and granddad who left his wife because she was disfigured in a car crash, married a drug addict with great wealth, hid the record of POW's and MIA's from Vietnam in an attempt to close a door on military secrets, never met a war or hypocrisy on torture that he didn't embrace.
The fawning over him will make me sick for sure. A week in the garden with my monarchs and the news blocked will certainly help.
"Without the right to offend, freedom of speech does not exist." Taslima Nasrin
(No subject)
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?