John Bolton - Neocon/Zionist Warmonger/Psychopath National Security Advisor to President Trump
I'm just going to post the title and say something like, um, wait, let me drink a beer.
I'm back.
I was going to say that um, Bolton is, um, what this means is um, wait, let me drink another beer.
I'm back.
So anyhoo, you gotta be shittin' me. Really? John Bolton, right after appointing Pompeo to SOS and that Torture Lady to head the Gestapo?
My God. I'm gonna drink another beer.
I'm back.
Those fuckers. I am so fucking sick of Trump apologists who keep insisting that the fucking deep state is keeping him from saving the fucking country. Make America Great Again. What bullshit. These latest moves culminating in John Fucking Bolton as National Security Advisor, a rabid psychopath who wants war with everyone except Israel, should be the end of the fucking conversation.
But Trump supporters are like Obama supporters, they never give up even when they're slapped in the fucking face.
A couple days ago, Paul Craig Roberts had this to say at the end of his daily rant:
"If Trump names John Bolton National Security Adviser, plan to die."
To all those Trump supporters and apologists out there I can only say,
Fuck You.
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No beers were harmed during the writing of this rant,
and for those averse to religion opposed "dirty" words (except the Church of Elvis), never mind.
Where the real harm occured
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/03/22/how-many-millions-of-people-have-b...
How Many Millions of People Have Been Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars? – Part One: Iraq
March 22, 2018
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The numbers of casualties of U.S. wars since Sept. 11, 2001 have largely gone uncounted, but coming to terms with the true scale of the crimes committed remains an urgent moral, political and legal imperative, argues Nicolas J.S. Davies.
By Nicolas J.S. Davies
How many people have been killed in America’s post-9/11 wars? I have been researching and writing about that question since soon after the U.S. launched these wars, which it has tried to justify as a response to terrorist crimes that killed 2,996 people in the U.S. on September 11th 2001.
Samar Hassan screamed after her parents were killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2005. Credit Chris Hondros/Getty Images
But no crime, however horrific, can justify wars on countries and people who were not responsible for the crime committed, as former Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz patiently explained to NPR at the time.
“The Iraq Death Toll 15 Years After the U.S. Invasion” which I co-wrote with Medea Benjamin, estimates the death toll in Iraq as accurately and as honestly as we can in March 2018. Our estimate is that about 2.4 million people have probably been killed in Iraq as a result of the historic act of aggression committed by the U.S. and U.K. in 2003. In this report, I will explain in greater detail how we arrived at that estimate and provide some historical context. In Part 2 of this report, I will make a similar up-to-date estimate of how many people have been killed in America’s other post-9/11 wars.
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
Some comparative numbers of recent genocides.
From the posting above.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide
Bolton is very bad news in a number of ways.
He not only signals a complete neocon shift in the illegal regime controlling the White House, he's a Zionist and a rabid warhawk against Iran and North Korea, advocating military solutions. Combine that with Pompeo who is the same way and it does appear Trump is getting what he campaigned for, as some Trump apologists and supporters are saying, although in a different way. He stated all along he was against the Iran nuclear agreement and now the moment of truth has come appointing these two psychos. There are leaks out of the WH that Trump will not recertify the agreement next time it comes up which I believe is May 12th. These moves had to have been made with that in mind.
Our country is truly controlled by psychopaths that have no concern for human life, only their whacked out agendas.
Bolton was the logical choice for Trump,
once he was told that Dick Cheney was too busy and Curtis LeMay died 30 years ago.
"Just call me Hillbilly Dem(exit)."
-H/T to Wavey Davey
I'm with you..
Except it took me a bowl of Purple Skywalker AND a bowl of ice cream!!
WTF???
This asshole again?
This shit is bananas.
Hey Al...
it's going to take a bit more that a few beers to make sense of this theater of the bizarre.
Doesn't the head of the NSA have to be confirmed by the Senate?
Heh, maybe Smokin' Joe Biden will kick his ass out behind the schoolyard after he mops up Trump.
Geesh, does this Can-O-Spam Empire come with an expiration date? The sooner the better.
Just keeps getting better doesn't it.
In reading tonight it struck me that things are just getting more fucked up, there are bad signs for the economy, the national debt is skyrocketing and the deficit, and these fuckers want more war. Some are saying perhaps the ruling elite may prefer a major war at this point in their empire evolution.
The MIC beast..
is being stuffed with money too. Something big is afoot.
Yeah, just read
that there is $500,000,000 in that budget for a wall in Jordan. WTF.
Why are we taxpayers paying for a wall in Jordan?
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Well, Mexico
sure as hell wasn’t going to pay for it. We’re the only country stupid enough to pay for walls. Except for Israel.
"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"
Doesn't make any sense
But somehow it seems to make more sense to build a wall in an area where people are being killed and displaced in huge numbers than in the middle of nowhere in the Texas/Arizona/California desert. Or we could pay for healthcare for everybody.
Beware the bullshit factories.
New facility boosts Jordan’s status as ‘counter-terrorism hub’
New training facility boosts Jordan’s status as ‘counter-terrorism hub'
I read somewhere one of the demo walls in San Diego was a thiry by thirty foot block of concrete. Thirty feet tall and thirty feet wide every section, it could have bin His Heinous' Great Wall. If only it were see through gosh darn it.
Now Playing: All kinds of versions of Tobacco Road. So far the Jefferson Airplane blows all others away. Poof! Anyone else? Lay it on me. Here comes Lou Rawls ... "in Los Angeles they call it Watts". Right on brothers and sisters. Pitchforks or bust!
peace
And the other psychopathic leaders of allied regimes
are heavily loading up on arms. TPTB may be advancing that planned fascist global takeover to now-ish, with the aid of the Saudis, Israelis, and others, so that they can die with the most toys before the whole mess falls apart.
The US PTB have military bases all over the world from which to launch attacks on virtually everybody all at once, if/when desired, and I'm surprised that their currently useful allies can't see this. Unless they do and are quietly arming against the US PTB rather than, or in addition to, those the US PTB wishes attacked.
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
I kept thinking
So, you're 100% right, we're screwed.
Evening Johnny
It’s weird how real the absurd has become. We’d just as well make theatre of it …
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Hi Janis...
Yup, "No Exit", that about sums it up.
Nope
Somehow Bolton seems to get the job without having to answer for himself. Dubya made him United Nations ambassador, which usually does require a confirmation process, when the Congress was on recess. Looking like the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel vs Iran, Turkey and Russia with some huge profiteering opportunities.
Beware the bullshit factories.
I keep hoping
someone will bomb DC when everyone the place is in session. All this insanity and the media act like it is just another day on the beach.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
National Security Advisor ... not head of the NSA
You are correct, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA) does have to receive Senate confirmation. The NSA is under the Dept. of Defense, and the current director is Admiral Michael Rogers.
However, that is not the position to which Bolton was just appointed. He is the new National Security Advisor. His official title is "Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs", and he reports directly to POTUS. No Senate confirmation required.
(One of Bolton's predecessors was Condoleezza Rice, who served as Dubya's National Security Advisor during his first term. 9/11 happened on her watch.)
"Don't go back to sleep ... Don't go back to sleep ... Don't go back to sleep."
~Rumi
"If you want revolution, be it."
~Caitlin Johnstone
So far,
I could understand Pompeo because of all the cabinet members, he had forged a strong personal relationship with Trump, but the last two appts. are seriously frightening. I did not want to see Trump impeached because he would be better than Pence against the war machine. Sadly this shows the war machine is in complete and total charge. It is depressing and sickening.
We are in the end game of neoliberalism. Actually, I am starting to believe that the game is already over and humanity has lost. Most of us just do not realize it yet.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Good point.
Look out for falling objects with False Flags fluttering all over them.
After all, that sick but pathetic attempt at RUSSIA!!! POISONED!!! BRITAIN!!! thing failed miserably, why not stick an outdated hammer and sickle on some of those unfashionably old US nukes and fire them off at a few disposable North American and EU cities for an 'excuse' to fire 'back' at some target countries real quick, before any truth starts seeping out?
Besides, Obama fixed it so that the US President can shut down down internet in any emergency, so, yeah, survivors'll likely know but won't be able to prove it, so that'll fix them. Plus once officially 'at war', facts will be treasonous, and we'll all be too busy dying anyway, while TPTB figure they're safe in their luxury bunkers... anybody know where the buttons for the bunker busters are?
FSM, please do not let these these delusional psychopaths be as stupid and ignorant as I fear they are? And please save me some room for a splash-down in that beer pool atop the volcano - next to the male-production end of the stripper factory?
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
nope; the position isn't senate confirmable.
at least according to fox news, and i'd just looked it up. i think the hurry-up on this appointment is due to the conversations dumptsy drumpf had with clown prince bin salman, subject: iran.
does it ever occur to anyone else how terrible all these warmongers must smell? not just bolt-action bolton and his new boss, but bannon, clapper, mattis, brennan, name some more. but bad breath and body odor, all of them in need of high colonics and dental hygeine. ooooh, ish.
@JtC Bolton isn't being
Now Pompeo and Torture Lady have to be confirmed by the Senate, but since Israel owns that body it's a certainty.
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
I give up alcohol for Lent
Mary Bennett
Special circumstances.
Or have several for me, and I'll bear the blame?
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Sounds like a plan.
Mary Bennett
thank goodness
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Its NSC (Natl Security Council), not NSA
The NSC position is part of the president's staff and requires no confirmation.
Thanks and cheers Big Al
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Cheers janis.
As you say, Big Al, this is the end of the conversation,
but we have our thoughts and they are still free. Not here, not in print, but in our minds.
So, there is that. End of story.
https://www.euronews.com/live
danke dir
for your gedenken. Hi mimi.
gern geschehen, janis b
https://www.euronews.com/live
That asshole has been popping up during Jeopardy...
...for the past week or so.
Bolton PAC Launches New Ad to Benefit Nicholson for Senate
A second television ad to benefit Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson paid for by U.S. Ambassador John Bolton's political action committee is running in Milwaukee.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2018-03-19/bo...
Compensated Spokes Model for Big Poor.
From the link ...
Combatting terrorism is such a relative (and falsely conceptualised) concept, that sadly enforces misdirected fear.
The ad is pure fearmongering begining to end.
I looked for a vid of the ad to show everyone but couldn't find a copy of it.
Compensated Spokes Model for Big Poor.
And so goes the vicious circle.
We are told to be afraid of terrorism, which is the pursuit of political ends by putting a civilian populace in fear. They want us to be afraid of being fearful. FDR must be rolling over in his grave.
"Just call me Hillbilly Dem(exit)."
-H/T to Wavey Davey
Ha! No ad yet
that I've seen, but it's been rumored that Bolton's PAC has given Republicon congress critter "Beltway Elise" Stefanic $100,000 for her campaign here in NY-21.
Of course the KochBros, Karl Rove and a whole bunch more will kick in some of their hard earned to make sure Dylan Ratigan doesn't steal her seat.
the little things you can do are more valuable than the giant things you can't! - @thanatokephaloides. On Twitter @wink1radio. (-2.1) All about building progressive media.
A bad sign for sure.
Nothing like a war to deflect attention from presidential scandals. It does seem like those in power who generate profits for the MIC ("W", Hillary etc.) are immune to justice.
Trump is surrounding himself with warmongers for a reason. I would like to think this is a bluff to get North Korea to give up its nukes (good cop/bad cop schtick), but that would involve Trump having to be a lot smarter than everyone thinks (which is not likely). And even if it is a bluff, Trump would still act as insane as ever, which could in itself cause a war.
The simplest explanation is most likely the truth. Trump is gearing up for war, to please the MIC, and if the pattern holds immunize himself from justice.
Mike Taylor
Assemble a war cabinet for the next nine eleven why not
LIHOP again, an election's coming, good timing. This is what Rs do when they get hold of the US steering wheel. Ds love to talk about resistance and do nothing but "express fear". Talk talk talk, blah blah blah. No millionaire will ever change the economy for justice. "That's the system."
Trump replaces McMaster with Bolton as national security adviser
"everybody's shakin' 'cause the big one's 'bout to fall
i'm just tryin' to hold it steady while i piss on the wall
PISS ON THE WALL!" -- Peter Wolf 1981"
Fuck those guys. again. California is fifth largest economy in the world and can't even provide housing or sanitation for every one. not even close. Protests at the state capitol today because the system is so great! Fuck those guys with their fucked up inhumanities.
Big Al's reality check strikes again. Boom! "Trump is successfully lining up his war cabinet"
good luck granny in the ditch
die granny die
What the Democrats on
Mary Bennett
Thank you for mentioning
Rand Paul. Since exiting the Democratic Party I have wondered if it would make sense to register Republican and work to support Paul. I probably disagree with him about a lot of things, but he is such a strongly outspoken opponent of batshit wars, and since war with Russia means the end of everything else I care about, I am considering working to support him.
asdf
“. . . Democrats on Capitol Hill, who expressed fear that he could lead us into another overseas war. . . .”
What do they meananother overseas war? We are in so many already. No wonder things are so screwed up!
"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"
Geeze, they haven't even done the short list yet!
Lots of target countries to go!
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
I noticed in this article by the NY Times the following sentence
"The move, which was sudden but not unexpected, signals a more confrontational approach in American foreign policy at a time when Mr. Trump faces mounting challenges, including from Iran and North Korea."
Mounting challenges FROM Iran and North Korea? Another Orwellian 180 where the truth is the so called challenges are manufactured by the imperialist ruling class. Who believes this stuff? Do those journalists actually believe what they're writing?
Even the NY Times readily acknowledges Bolton's severe hawkishness. Actually, Bolton is clearly one of the most despicable humans on the planet.
Forgot the link.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/hr-mcmaster-trump-bolton....
Bolton
should be in a psychiatric unit.
Then again, the White House might be the right fit.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
How did a (nominal) Lutheran
Mary Bennett
Nixon was raised Quaker. Sometimes things just don’t take.
"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"
That'd be fine if they could be locked in there,
with no access to any missile controls.
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
The authors of the Orwellian NYT article
are Mark Landler and Maggie Haberman. And, yes, I do think it is past time we all need to be taking names.
Mary Bennett
Inner HRC cabal "teed up" stories for Haberman,
and were "never disappointed."
Practically on the payroll of the Clinton Foundation.
"EXCLUSIVE: New Email Leak Reveals Clinton Campaign’s Cozy Press Relationship"
They're all grotesque people, in gov't and media, feeding off the carcass of the dying imperialistic MIC, gobbling down the profits to enrich themselves. Dante didn't have a circle of hell hot and tormentful enough for these sick people.
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"
- Kurt Vonnegut
@Mark from Queens
Is that why they seem so intent on creating that hell on Earth?
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
"List Of Those Responsible"
In the event of a catastrophic collapse of civilisation due to war or climate change, we need to start an official list of all the people/monsters that were responsible for it.
The list must be comprehensive enough to capture not just politicians and their owners, but pundits, deep state operators, and celebrities who speak in support of policies that have led to man-made armegeddon.
They must be rooted out of their bunkers to face justice.
IMHO.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
^^^This!^^^ (nm)
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
I wonder who will administer the justice after the apocalypse
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Beware the bullshit factories.
Bad news Bolton.
I’m in San Diego with my brother and heard this while driving around. I flipped out.
Revolution must come.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Revolution? In 'Murica? Nope.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
Even some Republicans are appalled
I have been following a guy who calls himself Dr. Phrog and posts videos under the banner of Seething Frog. He is a Republican and was/is a Trump supporter. However, he has not been afraid to criticize Trump in the past and continues to be skeptical about the purpose of the Q posts even though he posts videos on them.
Here is what he has to say about John Bolton in a short video he posted last night. Hint: it is far, far from flattering.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpFUmIFSmgc]
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 anything that comes from Q/4chan
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
@The Aspie Corner This is why I rarely
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Wow!
How about those 3/24 kids! I'm optimistic. These kids are energized and smart. There is hope!!
Those kids will be punched down just like we were.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
So important that your assessments
of our unspeakable condition somehow continue. Your center holds.
Why throw out the Q/4chan?
"Keep him right here." His advice to Trump was put Bolton in his armpit and keep him there. That made me LOL. Thanks.
good luck
One point I must make
For me, that means that we should keep an open mind. If we are to learn, we cannot dismiss sites or people with which we think we may not agree with.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
99% inclusive
Anyway, all that blathering was to say if The Aspie Corner has Asperger's Syndrome then those comments are "just Aspie being Aspie" and not to stop any conversations from occurring on a blog. To me they are just harsh words, abruptly spoken. Thanks.
So I should just capitulate to the kind of crap 4chan spews?
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
No one said anything about capitulation
The Aspie Corner...
I understand the aspie thing and all you've been through and I've been very patient with you, but I'm going to have to ask you to back off the tone of your comments. I want you to have a space where you can voice your frustrations but it's beginning to affect other members of this board. Please consider and respect other folks opinions before you post.
Heh.That's funny eyo.
And it is true in the sense that we are all fragile in particular ways, shaped by our experiences.
But that same thing makes us strong, too. And stronger together, able to speak with less fear the truth of what we see.
People reading here are drawn by the uncompromised truth being spoken publicly.
After reading about the 2 & 1/2 million killed
in one country of the however many attacked/invaded/'destabilized/'sanctioned' etc. by the Psychopaths That Be, followed by Bolton, I wouldn't have thought I could have enjoyed anything ever again, but that video heartened me, even if the poor bugger believes that Trump could be a great President.
Thanks for posting it!
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Dear Al,
Thank you for making me laugh. Thank you for the straight talk. Thank you for moving us into the cold chill waters of truth.
My um, pleasure Linda.
Power to the People.
Good Post
This one has to be one of your best posts. I think we should all go have a beer or six.
-Greed is not a virtue.
-Socialism: the radical idea of sharing.
-Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962