Monday morning links

If I were to approach a person on the street and list off traits like "doesn’t drive," "needs food prepared," "needs help with the remote control," "needs people to bring her beverages," "has trouble remembering things,” and "doesn't pay her own bills" about someone anonymously, he wouldn’t think I was referring to a current presidential front-runner in the year 2015. He would think I was referring to his poor nana, whom he had to place in a home because she wouldn’t stop yelling at the lamp and was at risk of accidentally microwaving her dentures.

‘Hillary’ replaces ‘Jesus’ in campaign rally song

Nine Signs of the Impending American Collapse - The unmistakable signs of a disaster from which we would all suffer, the fall of the once-greatest nation on earth, have left me “shaken.”

Western Civilization: The Final Frontier?

The refugee crisis Europe helped bring on itself

Remember This Guy’ Pic: Last Year With ISIS, This Year A ‘Refugee’…

THOUSANDS of Jihadists Have Infiltrated Europe

US Policy Towards The Middle East - The Old Potomac Two Step

Obama’s Syria achievement

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What were you, a scarecrow?

#1 Mike M on 2015-09-07 07:06 (Reply)

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Remember This Guy’ Pic: Last Year With ISIS, This Year A ‘Refugee’…

No. That's Laith Al Saleh, a commander in the "Free Syrian Army, the moderate, Western-backed forces opposing President Bashar Assad — but also fighting the Islamic State group and the Al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front."
http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebel-leader-seeks-europe-fleeing-govt-jihadis-163636165.html

But it does go to show how the right wing echo chamber works.

#2 Zachriel on 2015-09-07 09:34 (Reply)

At least we welcome corrections

#2.1 Bird Dog on 2015-09-07 10:07 (Reply)

Yes. Maggie's Farm is more open to discussion than many "conservative" blogs, and we welcome the opportunity to post. We especially enjoy the free ads for Dylan, which is what drew us to the blog in the first place.

It's understandable that you can't vet every link in detail, especially when posting a large number of items for discussion. However, in many such cases, it's pretty obvious there's something missing from the linked story. In other words, how do we know to look further? Lucky guess? We're not trying to discourage the linkfest, but just making an observation.

#2.1.1 Zachriel on 2015-09-07 10:32 (Reply)

Maggie's Farm was quote out of context.

#2.1.1.1 Texan99 on 2015-09-07 13:28 (Reply)

Oh yeah! "Laith Al Saleh" The 2nd "grand Poobah" of the "good guys". But... why is he running away? Besides now that he has been outed will Hugh Hewitt still be able to ask Trump if he knows him at the next debate/show trial?

I am not worried about the many "immigrants/refugees/spies/freedom fighters" infiltrating into Europe. I feel confident that the European leaders are getting mug shots, finger prints, DNA and background data on all of them. They wouldn't be so stupid to just let them in without being able to know who they are and to track them, right?

#2.2 GoneWithTheWind on 2015-09-07 11:01 (Reply)

Yes, the Free Syrian Army is perhaps the most egregious example of Western failure regarding Syria.

If we had any bloody-minded determination at all, we'd be backing the FRA (since we've decided that supporting Assad would be unpalatable and the Islamists out of the question).

Back when the revolt broke out, we all thought Assad would soon be gone and the newly liberated Syrians would be sipping low-fat lattes at the Damascus Starbucks in no time while checking their Twitter accounts.

Of course, actively supporting the overthrow of Assad would demand the expenditure of real blood and treasure - and some sabre-rattling diplomacy against the Russians et al. Forget that.

Far better to engage in sanctimonious pieties rather than actually do something about anything.

Too difficult and unpredictable.

See you at Starbucks!

#2.3 JJM on 2015-09-07 11:58 (Reply)

Oops!

"FRA" should have been "FSA".

Mea culpa!

#2.3.1 JJM on 2015-09-07 12:00 (Reply)

In regards to divorce, same-sex marriage and relationships, this is from a prescient author in 1886:

QUOTE:

Therefore, without prejudice against any one proposed reform, it is impossible not to end, if not with the deduction, at least with the suggestion - that (for some reason which we will not now attempt to fathom) the three institutions - of private property, of marriage, and of personal liberty from State control - are so inseparably bound together that neither one may fall without the other two.

#3 JK Brown on 2015-09-07 10:14 (Reply)

RE Photo is a recent one of your Editor laboring on the farm

Please come home, all is forgiven.

#4 The Seventh Seal on 2015-09-07 12:13 (Reply)

RE: Why I quit teaching

work longer hours, you lazy asshat.

#5 Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz on 2015-09-07 12:18 (Reply)

Going off on a tangent, your "work longer hours, you lazy asshat" suddenly made me think of a French Army officer I worked with in the Balkans.

At the time, the French government was apparently in the process of introducing a 35-hour [!] work week for the civil service.

My French Army friend said there was a joke making the rounds of the barracks:

Q: Why are all the civil servants so upset about the new 35-hour working week?

A: They don't think it's fair they have to work an extra five hours a week.

#5.1 JJM on 2015-09-07 15:12 (Reply)

The quip on Hilary reminds me of my wife, who is slowly but inexorably slipping into dementia.
Easy to laugh at Hils but not so funny when it's across the breakfast table.

Well, to counter-balance all the woe I can report that my uncle Louie, we all called him "Letsgo" Lozko was inducted posthumously into the Bantam Chicken Hall of Fame and I was fortunate enough to accept on his behalf in Blue Island Illinois. I was not allowed to mention his work with the OSS involving the Chicken Talkers.

#6 chasmatic (Link) on 2015-09-07 16:56 (Reply)

RE, Europe and Muslims: There are a LOT of muslims there, likely knowing a guy who knows a guy who can supply pistols, rifles, and ammo, while the law-abiding citizens don't. So while the Euros may well be incensed, inflamed and ready to take them on, I ask "With what?"

#7 Sam L. on 2015-09-07 19:04 (Reply)

Sam, we have the same problem down around my place, thirty miles from the border.
To mangle an aphorism, they are terrorists in refugees' clothing. they blend in with the crowd, crummy clothes, one boot and one shoe, but rest assured they know where they're going. They disappear quickly and make their way to pre-arranged locations where they lose the aliens look and study the maps. Cells are in place.

#7.1 chasmatic (Link) on 2015-09-08 14:13 (Reply)

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