Saturday, December 30, 2017
Victims of the red revolution: The haunting faces of prisoners worked to death in Stalin's slave camps emerge as 100th anniversary of 1917 Bolshevik takeover approaches
Via David
Trudging through mud in sub-zero temperatures, digging the earth with their bare hands and heaving huge rocks with the most primitive of tools, these horrifying photos have revealed life inside Joseph Stalin's gulag prisons, where people were worked to death in Soviet labour camps through the mid-1900s.
Trudging through mud in sub-zero temperatures, digging the earth with their bare hands and heaving huge rocks with the most primitive of tools, these horrifying photos have revealed life inside Joseph Stalin's gulag prisons, where people were worked to death in Soviet labour camps through the mid-1900s.
This year marks 100 years since the 1917 Russian Revolution,
which led to Vladimir Lenin taking control of the Soviet Union. When
Lenin died in 1924, Stalin rose to power and became the state's
authoritarian leader.
Between
1929 and the year of Stalin's death in 1953, 18million men and women
were transported to Soviet slave labour camps in Siberia and other
outposts of the Red empire - many of them never to return.
More @ Daily Mail
Trump: I use social media to 'fight a very dishonest and unfair press'
Via Billy
President Trump again accused the media of making up sources and fabricating stories and said he uses social media to combat the “very dishonest and unfair ‘press.’”
“I use Social Media not because I like to, but because it is the only way to fight a VERY dishonest and unfair ‘press,’ now often referred to as Fake News Media. Phony and non-existent ‘sources’ are being used more often than ever. Many stories & reports a pure fiction!” Trump tweeted Saturday.
President Trump again accused the media of making up sources and fabricating stories and said he uses social media to combat the “very dishonest and unfair ‘press.’”
“I use Social Media not because I like to, but because it is the only way to fight a VERY dishonest and unfair ‘press,’ now often referred to as Fake News Media. Phony and non-existent ‘sources’ are being used more often than ever. Many stories & reports a pure fiction!” Trump tweeted Saturday.
More @ Washington Examiner
A year later, an investigation in search of a crime
Via Billy
In all of the end-of-year reviews, the most surprising (and most disappointing) realization for many is what’s missing from the list: the charging of Donald Trump.
Indeed, much like Mark Twain, President Trump could claim reports of his impending indictment have been much exaggerated. Even before he took the oath of office, commentators predicted indictment or impeachment as the inevitable end for the 45th president. While 2018 (and special counsel Robert Mueller) could still bring new evidence or allegations, a review of the “clear” crimes articulated over the year have produced little in terms of actual charges.
Collusion
In November Steve Bannon told me Mueller would continue his witch hunt
and drop something big before the 2018 elections to help Democrats. It looks like Steve Bannon was right.
In all of the end-of-year reviews, the most surprising (and most disappointing) realization for many is what’s missing from the list: the charging of Donald Trump.
Indeed, much like Mark Twain, President Trump could claim reports of his impending indictment have been much exaggerated. Even before he took the oath of office, commentators predicted indictment or impeachment as the inevitable end for the 45th president. While 2018 (and special counsel Robert Mueller) could still bring new evidence or allegations, a review of the “clear” crimes articulated over the year have produced little in terms of actual charges.
Collusion
More @ The Hill
Iran's protests are powerful and real. Why are mainstream media outlets so hesitant to report on them?
Via Billy
The question that needs to be asked right now is why
traditional mainstream media outlets – grandstanding over their
importance in this new, bold era of fact-checking and truth-telling –
have largely ignored a blossoming revolution.
For all the squabbling that social media platforms
are notorious for, their relevance to the media landscape plays an
important role in times of protest.
This was evident with Black Lives
Matter, among other movements. It’s been evident for the past three days
in Iran, where thousands have taken to streets and public squares
calling for an end to the hardline conservative regime of Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei.
More @ Fox
Former Sheriff David Clarke: Make the media 'taste their own blood'
Via Billy
Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke took a swing at the media on Saturday in response to reports about a past FBI investigation that looked into his emails.
“BREAKING NEWS! When LYING LIB MEDIA makes up FAKE NEWS to smear me, the ANTIDOTE is go right at them,” the ex-Sheriff tweeted. “Punch them in the nose & MAKE THEM TASTE THEIR OWN BLOOD. Nothing gets a bully like LYING LIB MEDIA’S attention better than to give them a taste of their own blood #neverbackdown”
Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke took a swing at the media on Saturday in response to reports about a past FBI investigation that looked into his emails.
“BREAKING NEWS! When LYING LIB MEDIA makes up FAKE NEWS to smear me, the ANTIDOTE is go right at them,” the ex-Sheriff tweeted. “Punch them in the nose & MAKE THEM TASTE THEIR OWN BLOOD. Nothing gets a bully like LYING LIB MEDIA’S attention better than to give them a taste of their own blood #neverbackdown”
More @ The Gateway Pundit
RIP, Michel, My Good Friend
He is survived by his mother, Paulette Miklaszewski; siblings, Jeannette Seneca (Russell); Brigitte Miklaszewski; Etienne Miklaszewski (Sandra), and Jacqueline Whelan (Stephen); his daughter, Lisa Lopez; and granddaughter, Lilyan Taylor, both of Charlotte, NC; many nieces and nephews and an extended family in France.
He was predeceased by his wife, Joan Miklaszewski, and his father, Joseph Miklaszewski. Michel was a memorable man, the life of every gathering, always with a funny story to tell and passionate about sailing, jazz and traveling. He will be missed by his family and friends. Services are private. Donations may be made to Avow Hospice Care, 1095 Whippoorwill Lane, Naples, FL 34015. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/
Published in Charleston Post &Courier on Oct. 7, 2017
The Desire For Total Control
Via Billy
It goes way, way back. Check out the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. Man wanted to reach to Heaven by his own efforts, to be God, as it were. If you read the Genesis account you see that he didn't quite make it. However, that has not stopped his efforts in that direction for centuries and they continue to this day.
The Caesars controlled the Roman Empire, which was all of southern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean area, and much of North Africa; the known world at that time. Caesar (depending on which one) was a benevolent dictator. You could have whatever religious beliefs you wanted to--as long as you recognized Caesar as Lord. The Christians wouldn't, couldn't, do that, hence Caesar would not have total control--and that was where their problems began. For them, Jesus the Christ was Lord, not Caesar. When Caesar tried to force the issue, and a lot of Christians died, it was the beginning of the end for Rome.
For us in this country, it goes back to the British Empire.
They ruled Vietnam for 1,000 years.
It goes way, way back. Check out the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. Man wanted to reach to Heaven by his own efforts, to be God, as it were. If you read the Genesis account you see that he didn't quite make it. However, that has not stopped his efforts in that direction for centuries and they continue to this day.
The Caesars controlled the Roman Empire, which was all of southern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean area, and much of North Africa; the known world at that time. Caesar (depending on which one) was a benevolent dictator. You could have whatever religious beliefs you wanted to--as long as you recognized Caesar as Lord. The Christians wouldn't, couldn't, do that, hence Caesar would not have total control--and that was where their problems began. For them, Jesus the Christ was Lord, not Caesar. When Caesar tried to force the issue, and a lot of Christians died, it was the beginning of the end for Rome.
For us in this country, it goes back to the British Empire.
More @ The Copperhead Chronicle
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