Sunday, October 30, 2016

Talk about War Crimes in Iraq and Twitter will silence you

Hillary Clinton -- she can never escape Iraq.


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In her memoir, Hard Choices, Hillary said she'd learned from her mistaken Iraq War vote and wouldn't be so reckless again. Then came .

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And then came Libya.

HARD CHOICES -- I always felt Bill suggested the title to her.

I don't know what suggested to Kenneth Roth that he was sober enough to Tweet.



 4 hours ago
If Iraq must deploy sectarian militia, in the middle of the desert is a good place--harder to persecute civilians.

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The link goes to a report by Tim Arango (NEW YORK TIMES):




As the two-week-old campaign to reclaim Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, from the Islamic State grinds on in outlying villages, the role of the Shiite militias, controversial because of their history of abuse toward the Sunni population, was part of a delicate set of negotiations involving the Iraqi government and the American-led coalition. Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, agreed to allow the militias a secondary role of sealing off the desert areas west of Mosul, but not entering the city itself.
That seemed to placate the Americans as well as Sunni leaders, especially because the militias, known as the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units, could prove useful in catching Islamic State fighters trying to flee Mosul, as well as any reinforcements the terrorist group might try to send in from Raqqa, its de facto capital in Syria.



How is this good, Roth?

How?

Because they'll be in the desert around Mosul and not in it?

I'm sorry where are the civilians going to be fleeing?

Mosul.

On what?

A flying carpet?

No, on foot.

So who will they bump into?

The militias.

Grab a clue, Kenneth Roth, there are plenty lying around on the floor.

Equally true, he doesn't seem at all concerned that of the 'military' leading the offensive, it includes a group under War Crimes investigation.



 Oct 23
AP's feel-good piece on Iraqi unit leading the Mosul offensive forgot to mention it's under war crimes investigation
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It's cute the way that got silenced, right?

And speaking of silences, where's the objection to the silencing of an Iraqi woman by Twitter?


https://twitter.com/moonnor27


The account has been suspended by Twitter.

Her crime?

Sticking up for Sunnis.

Calling out War Crimes.

This will get you suspended on Twitter.

Offering useless crap?

Never.

An important voice has been silenced.


Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Hillary and the FBI" and Kat's "Kat's Korner: Chris Brown's all mixed up on his mixed tape" went up earlier today. Another comic by Isaiah will be going up after this and new content's going up at THIRD.  Also Stan updated with "INFERNO."





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Kat's Korner: Chris Brown's all mixed up on his mixed tape

Kat:  Friday, ATTACK THE BLOCK dropped.  It's the new mixtape from Chris Brown -- his OHB Crew and Section Boyz.


 Oct 28
[WORLD PREMIERE!] New project from , OHB x - OUT NOW!! via

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Brown's 2009 felony assault sentence remains his strongest identifier.  On the plus side, that was seven years ago and his mix ups with the law since have not involved assaulting women.

And his music has certainly given us more to focus on.

With this release, Brown continues giving us something else to talk about as well as shake our asses to.

Of the 16 tracks, "Cherry Red" is the strongest (Ray J and TJ Luva Boy throw some assistance to Chris on this track).  It's so great it really makes you groan over the tension headache that is the opener:



I got too many felonies, my PO keep tellin' me
To piss in a cup, don't give a f**k, I'm 'bout to smoke my weed
Plottin' in the club, man I wish a ni**a plot on me
Thinkin' you gon' ball, I'mma slide, you gon' rest in peace
I got a couple fans in my hand right now
Me and all my homies, know these bitches only f**k with Gs
Now I can see why you hatin' me
All these bitches in the back of VIP, made that pu**y leak
I can't give that hoe a place to sleep, but that pu**y free


That bragging temper tantrum is dubbed "Don't F**k With Us" and it's groove doesn't redeem the fact that Chris is too old and too talented to be back in his terrible threes.

I get it.

I do.

He thinks he's got to protect the rep.

But at some point, he's going to have to decide if he's singing to change the world he's so obviously ticked off with or if he's just wallowing.

Let's be clear that the track I praised earlier, "Cherry Red," it's not Stevie Wonder doing "I Just Called To Say I Love You" or Roberta Flack offering up "Feel Like Making Love."

It's raunchy as hell.

The lyrics are, at best, questionable.

So when I'm complaining about "Don't F**k With Us," I'm not talking about taking a bar of soap to Chris Brown's mouth.

I'm talking about the difference between his capturing a narrative and using it to uplift -- or he could use it to object even.  I'm talking about him doing something that offers a vision.

As opposed to the trite.

You can grind to "I Already Love Her" but the lyrics are something else.
It's a battle in this love war
Through the fire, I'm your dragon slayer
Yeah, oh I
It feels like I'm drowning in water
Needed more air, all alone
You don't remember all the love we shared
And you pretend not to care
Girl it tears me
You've been fallin' in and out of love
All of your friends they keep tellin' me I'm a hoe
I keep f**kin' up, it's really hard to trust me
Going crazy off that codeine in that car, baby help me


If this is the choice between him writing 'street' or not, then, please, keep writing 'street.'

A dragon slayer?

Why would anyone say that unless they were either going to provide a laundry list of everything else they are or develop the dragon slayer reference into a motif?

Bad lyric writing also includes the whole virgin/whore duality trap he's entered into when he tries to talk about women.


There's a lot of life in the music.

But his lyrics harm him more than any squad car ever could -- with or without blaring sirens.

I made comparisons to Roberta Flack and Stevie Wonder earlier and it's because he has the raw talent to hang with the heavy hitters, the real artists.  But if he wants to belong with that crowd of artists and not merely visit, he's going to have to work a lot harder.  He's also going to need to sport some maturity, he's not 21 anymore.























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Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Hillary and the FBI"

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Isaiah's latest THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Hillary and the FBI."  Hillary explains, "The FBI cannot keep secrets from the FBI. Only I can do that."   Isaiah archives his comics at The World Today Just Nuts.




 


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