Showing posts with label David Cameron. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Conservative Outrage Over Obama's Call To Iranian President!

No maybe about it.
A reason he obtained that Nobel Peace Prize. He tries to reach out.

American diplomacy with the country may ease tension over their nuclear program. But to the racist right, it's another failure created by President Barack Obama.

Since 1979, the United States has cut ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The two nations were feuding over the nuclear weapons that the country possibly has.

It was dubbed the one of the nations in the "AXIS OF EVIL" speech (I meant State of The Union) by then president George W. Bush.

It was announced on Friday, that President Barack Obama had talked to the nation's leader, Hassan Rouhani. A sign that the two are willing to work together for the better.

The ice is slowly melting with the two nations. But to the racist right here in the United States and over in Israel, it's appeasement. It's supporting a terrorist nation. It's the Muslim Obama supporting the Muslim dictatorship.

Israel's hardline prime minister Benjamin Netanyuhu has been the most skeptical of the Iranian government.

He allied with Republican and conservative agitators to slam the decision by Obama to talk to Rouhani.

The prime minster had drew out a cartoonish bomb detailing the possibility of the nation being closer to the nuclear bomb. So I would expect that our usual agitators would word vomit about the situation.

But what about the you can't fix stupid crowd and their word vomits.

flyinjohn24



flyinjohn24
Lets a see....You gotta one monkey with a gr enade....now you gotta two monkeys with a gr enades,,,,Lets a see,,,,, a one  money witha gr enade and two monkeys with a gr enades...Hey...Ats a three monkeys with a gr enades...Ats a nota good folks!

rosiethree



rosiethree
He hates Americans and loves others who think he's a dictator.

imspartacus



imspartacus
Shows that this clown is more afraid of Republicans (his perceived enemies?) than to real enemies of our country. What a sad, sad little man.

canyon12



canyon12
Obama makes one phone call to Rouhani, and the Libs and Dems want to proclaim that Obama has created everlasting peace on Earth. Meanwhile, Rouhani is rolling on the floor in laughter because he found out that Obama is just as  s  t  u  p  i  d  as people said he was.

expat1995



expat1995
Embarrassing  to watch a grown man with so much power, first  act like a teenage girl with a crush ,as stated on special report .and then whine like a child .Besides all the threats and lies he was spewing out ,he is far far past the point of anyone listening to his bs .Everyone except all the sad low information fools that stand behind him during his speeches .If they have time to attend his rallies or step on stage and act like the props they are ,they should have time to read up on the facts ,not the lies that the white house is turning out .I thought by now he would have learned how to act like a President with grace,decorum and respect ,maybe not able to do the job but at least acquire a little class .But nope still acts like his buddies back in Chi Town .Doesn't matter how much power and money you have ,if you have no class and respect for others you are a loser 

polly3



polly3
Why is Obama such a f  ool? Assad and the Iranians are playing him like a second hand fiddle.

brnfream



brnfream
Oba~ma, nobody is going to work for anything if you keep giving them other peoples money, no matter what class you have put them into.

The armchair warriors had their say.

So I guess my thoughts on the matter are simple: If the way to diplomacy is one phone call, then President Barack Obama done the right thing. The racist right will always criticize the move. They have nothing more than utter disrespect for the first Black president.

The call came after U.S. officials said earlier this week that the two would not meet at the U.N. General Assembly. The officials said that a meeting would be too "complicated" for the Iranians given the country's internal politics.

"The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over Iran's nuclear program," said Obama. "I reiterated to President Rouhani what I said in New York: while there were surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, I believe we can reach a comprehensive solution."

"Resolving this issue could serve as a major step forward in a new relationship between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect," he said.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

The White Widow On The Run!

Authorities seek the arrest of British born woman who has ties to terrorist groups.

Interpol, Kenyan authorities, the U.S. Justice Department and New Scotland Yard want this woman.

Samantha Lewthwaite, the UK born woman who is White has alleged ties to Somali-based extremists al-Shabaab. The group is linked to the mass shooting at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

Law enforcement figured that she has the knowledge of "westernized culture" and the know how to plot an attack on "soft targets".

Samantha Louise Lewthwaite, (born December 5 1983), also known as Sherafiyah Lewthwaite or the White Widow, is the widow of 7/7 suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay and one of the world's most wanted terrorism suspects.

Her in 2004.
She was a westernized girl from Northern Ireland who had married Germaine Lindsay the Boston transit bomber who launch multiple attacks on the buses and subways on July 7, 2005.

Then Prime Minister Gordon Brown and then President George W. Bush express outrage and warned that extremism in the United Kingdom and the United States will merit swift justice.

She is an alleged member of the Somali radical Islamic militant group, Al-Shabaab.

She has been accused of orchestrating grenade attacks at non-Muslim places of worship, and is believed to have been behind an attack on those watching football in a bar in Mombasa during Euro 2012.

In September 2013, the Kenyan government said there was a strong possibility of her being involved in the Nairobi mall attack, although other reports cast doubt on this.

Lewthwaite was named as a possible suspect involved in a September 2013 attack claimed by Al-Shabaab on a Nairobi mall.

As of September 24, there was media speculation that she was one of the dead.

These reports were viewed with caution by UK government officials, and there was no confirmation of Lewthwaite's involvement as an attacker, organiser or fundraiser.

Al-Shabaab issued a statement on September 24 saying no women were involved in the attack.

Early reports suggested that witnesses had claimed a white woman shouted orders in Arabic; however Kim Sengupta of The Independent questioned why she would be speaking Arabic to Somalians, some of whom spoke English.

There were reports that American born teens and young adults were orchestrating an attack on the mall. '
Germaine Lindsay and Samantha Lewthwaite with child. Before Lindsay went on his suicide attack, Lewthwaite was pregnant with his second child. She took up the cause for al-Shabaab. Her whereabouts are somewhere in Northern Africa. Interpol wants this woman. The U.S. Justice Department seeks information on this woman because of involvement in failed attacks on the United States by American born cleric turned terrorist. Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in 2011. 
Kenyan authorities have singled out Muslim teens who lived in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Some have left their families to join the fight in Somalia.

This was a trial run for much bigger attacks on malls in the Western nations (i.e. United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, France, Germany, and Canada). The extremists are hoping to make moves on "soft targets".

Stadiums, casinos, malls, annual events, schools, hospitals, transit stations and museums are soft targets for terrorism.

CNN reports that she condemned the attacks but then vanished. Now, Kenyan authorities say, she is the infamous "White Widow," alleged to be a supporter and financier of people linked to the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab.
FBI photos of the Samantha Lewthwaite.
Reports that a white woman was among the terrorists who stormed Nairobi, Kenya's, upscale Westgate Shopping Mall on Saturday -- an operation for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility -- have prompted a slew of media speculation that she might have been involved.

After the London attacks, she denied having knowledge of the plans. Later, Kenyan authorities said, she emerged in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa and became part of a terror cell linked to Al-Shabaab.

In December 2011, Kenyan authorities raided three homes in Mombasa, including one allegedly used by Lewthwaite, and arrested some people on suspicion of planning to destroy a bridge, a ferry and hotels frequented by Western tourists.

At Lewthwaite's residence, investigators found the kind of bomb-making materials that were used in the London attacks, Kenyan counterterror police said. But Lewthwaite was not found.

A security guard who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity in 2012 said he saw a white woman leave the residence hours before the raid. Authorities have yet to catch up to her.

Kenyan authorities also suspect Lewthwaite of hatching a plot to break fellow Briton Jermaine Grant out of jail after he was arrested in connection with the alleged Mombasa plot.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Tragedy In Nairobi!

Westgate Mall in nearby Nairobi, Kenya dealing with a tragedy.

There was a horrible tragedy in the country of Kenya. Militant extremists took hostage of hundreds of innocent shoppers at a Nairobi mall. They've ended up killing 59 people.

Even in foreign nations, gun crimes happens. This type of incident is considered terrorism. Muslim extremists who have ties to al-Shabab, a North African terrorist group confirms they're involved. They came they are to kill the Westerners and Kenyans who support them.

There were Americans injured. Some Canadian, French and Chinese nationals were killed in this incident.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to those lost in this senseless tragedy.

The Associated Press reports that multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from inside the building where hostages are being held by militants. The radicals attacked the mall Saturday and remained inside throughout the night.
The look of fear.
"The priority is to save as many lives as possible," Joseph Lenku said, reassuring the families of the hostages in the upscale Westgate mall. Kenyan forces have already rescued about 1,000 people, he said.

Ten to 15 attackers remain in the mall and Kenyan forces control the security cameras inside the shopping center, Lenku said. Combined military and police forces surrounded the mall in the Westlands neighborhood of Nairobi, which is frequented by foreigners and wealthy Kenyans.

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told reporters at the mall that he has been told officials couldn't determine the exact number of hostages inside the mall.

"There are quite a number of people still being held hostage on the third floor and the basement area where the terrorists are still in charge," Odinga said.

Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack in which they used grenades and assault rifles and specifically targeted non-Muslims.

Kenyans and foreigners were among those confirmed dead, including French, Canadians and Chinese.
Americans were among the injured and killed.
A 38-year-old Chinese woman was killed in the shopping mall "terror attack," the Chinese Embassy in Kenya said in a statement Sunday. Her son was injured in the attack and in a stable condition in hospital, according to the statement posted on the embassy's website.

Nineteen people, including at least four children, died after being admitted to Nairobi's MP Shah hospital, said Manoj Shah, the hospital's chairman. "We have at least two critical patients currently, one with bullets lodged near the spine," he said.

The hospital continued to receive patients Sunday, he said.

Ghanain poet Kofi Awoonor died after being injured in the attack, Ghana's presidential office confirmed.

Kenya's presidential office said that one of the attackers was arrested on Saturday and died after suffering from bullet wounds.

Trucks brought in a fresh contingent of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces early Sunday.

"Violent extremists continue to occupy Westgate Mall. Security services are there in full force," said the United States embassy in an emergency text message issued Sunday morning.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said late Saturday that his government had sent a rapid deployment team to Kenya to help. Britons had undoubtedly been caught up in the "callous and cowardly and brutal" assault at the Westgate mall, said Hague.

The United Nations Security Council condemned the attacks and "expressed their solidarity with the people and Government of Kenya" in a statement.

There was some good news on Sunday, as Kenyan media reported that several people in hiding in the mall escaped to safety, suggesting that not everyone who is still inside is being held by al-Shabab.

Cecile Ndwiga said she had been hiding under a car in the basement parking garage.

"I called my husband to ask the soldiers to come and rescue me. Because I couldn't just walk out anyhow. The shootout was all over here – left, right_ just gun shots," she said.

Nairobi resident Paolo Abenavoli said he is holed up in his apartment only 100 meters from the mall with a direct view of the entrance. He said he could see a dozen or more security forces inside a first floor restaurant.
Gunman have taking hostage of innocent shoppers.
"The battle is on now," Abenavoli told The Associated Press by telephone as the fresh gunfire broke out Sunday.

Security forces had pushed curious crowds far back from the mall. Hundreds of residents gathered on a high ridge above the mall to watch for any activity.

This is an ongoing event and we will continue to follow this.

Again, we're back on the issue of guns.

The arm chair warriors and agitators in the media have the "would of", "should of", "could of" and the "If I was..." nonsense.

Let's make this clear, you never know what happens until you're in an event where a mass shooting has occurred. Yeah, those who are lucky to "take out the threat" are bold to say at least.

Law enforcement know the rules of "life and death". They have a limited time span when it comes to an event where it requires special operations. This situation merits the notion that what could happen if we done this or that?

Why would you think that you could do something when a gunman is shooting at you?

If I was in a mass shooting event, I would high tail it out of there! I don't want to be a hero.

I rather be a living coward than a dead hero! If I had the opportunity to shoot a threat, I would!

But if the threat is gunning for me and I have no escape, either I fight or flee!

I don't fear death. But in no way I'm a law enforcement officer, a military officer or a trained security guard.

For every crime committed by a Black person (even overseas), the racial extremists will always figure that "it's one of Obama's sons".

Friday, September 13, 2013

Ann Coulter: Putin Gave A Banana To That "Monkey" Obama!

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Yeah, it's desperation from the right wing.
The potential for a crisis is adverted. And the same ankle bitters for war are now bitching about the Russian president's diplomatic options to end the conflict between the United States and Syria.

The "America First" crowd can't get it through their heads that America's influence was ruined after we went to war on the notion that Afghanistan was harboring a terrorist and Iraq was harboring weapons of mass destruction.

The "America First" crowd can't see no right with the Black president. Every move whether going to strike or taking a diplomatic solution by allowing the United Nations take hold of the chemical weapons is a sign of "weakness".

This is what drove that blonde moronic woman to say that Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin is "monkeying" around with President Barack Obama.

So in other words, this blonde moronic horseface woman called the president a "monkey".

That's not what the conservative agitator said, but she's damn close to saying what most people on the racist right think. To have the first Black president disrespected by the likes of that shrew ignorance, it's unbelievable.

To think that last year, she would dare call the president a "retard" because he lost in the debate against that perennial loser Mitt Romney.

Horseface Ann Coulter flapping her jaws over at Loserville with That Guy Who Helped Obama Win.

She dare has the nerve to attack the president's handling of the crisis in Syria.

It's almost like the racist right is gleeful that Putin is "standing up" to President Barack Obama.

It's amazing that if you look at past presidents, Ronald Reagan was probably the "weakest" when it came to dealing with Russia (then the Soviet Union).


Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Rapist Blames Victim For Contracting HIV!

May have HIV: Richard Thomas will not find out until later this week if he is infected with the virus as a direct result of a sex attack he carried out on a woman
British rapist got slapped with even worse news!

A British man was convicted of raping a woman. He was sentenced to the iron college for his crime. But the real shocker was the man didn't know that his victim was HIV positive.

Now he's devastated over the news and of course our junk food media is pointing the finger and saying "That's what you get!"

I clicked on the Newser story and it linked me to a story straight out of The Daily Mail.

Richard Thomas of Manchester collapsed when police informed him about the woman's medical status and is still waiting to hear if he has contracted the incurable virus.

The court heard he was shocked when he was told and asked to be taken to hospital, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

He had let himself into her home in the middle of the night and she awoke to find him raping her.

'She froze and no words were exchanged. He pulled up his shorts and left,' said Harry Pepper, prosecuting.

'He was arrested and interviewed and said he had been drinking heavily, taken cocaine and ecstasy and could not recall the incident,' he added.

His barrister, Virginia Hayton, said that he still cannot recall the attack but when told about it he said that the woman 'would not lie, she tells the truth. If she says I have done it, I have done it'.

Jailing Thomas for five years and four months Judge Mark Brown said that he had committed 'this dreadful offence' while she lay asleep, having taken a sleeping tablet, and it had left her distressed and anxious.

She said that he started using cannabis at the age of nine, drinking heavily at the age of 11, became addicted to ecstasy and cocaine at 13 and was put in care the following year.

He has been trying to contact his family but they want nothing to do with him and he will now be away from his partner and their young daughter and his two other older daughters from previous relationships.

Miss Hayton told the court that Thomas will not find out the result of his HIV test until Friday and has had the worry of the outcome hanging over him.

'It is his own fault, if he had not committed this offense he would not have placed himself in this position.'

UNDERSTAND THIS: RAPE IS RAPE!

THERE'S NOTHING IS FUNNY ABOUT IT! THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN A HORRIBLE CRIME!

Monday, July 22, 2013

Royalty Baby!

British royal couple will announce their baby in coming days.

Prince William (Duke of Cambridge) and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton) are parents.

Confirmed by the Associated Press, Middleton has delivered her child. The news broke around 2:30am (EST) confirming that she was heading to the hospital.

The announcement of the child will be written down by the doctor. It will be sent in a paper envelop or seal and sent to Buckingham Palace.

It will be posted on the gates of the palace confirming the child is born.

Born in 1982, William, the son of Prince Charles (Senior Prince of Wales) and Princess Diana (Princess of Wales) has been the heartthrob of the royal family. He and his brother Prince Harry (Prince of Wales) are ambassadors of goodwill and members of the Royal Air Force.

William is the second in line of royal succession. The current head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, the grandmother of William and great-grandmother of the child.

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest serving monarch in modern history. Since she was 25, Elizabeth II served over the British monarchy for over 60 years. Prince Charles is the successor in waiting.

Big news over in the United Kingdom.

We wish the royal family well and hope the best.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

London Police: Beheading Of A Man Was An Act Of Terror! [NSFW]

One of the Men Who Killed the British Soldier in Woolwich
Man with a machete decapitates a British solider.

THIS IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC PLEASE TAKE DISCRETION WHEN READING AND/OR VIEWING THIS STORY. GRAPHIC PHOTOS COMES FROM USERS WHO UPLOADED TO BEST GORE! IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL WEBSITE THAT SHOWED THE MURDER OF THAT ASIAN MAN BY THAT NUTJOB PORN ACTOR LUKA MAGOTTA.

Conservatives are panicking over the beheading of a British solider at the hands of two Black men who were apparently Muslim extremists.

Great, now these nuts will check under their beds with loaded firearms looking for the scary Black Muslim who wants to machete their heads off. Seriously, this stuff happens in the world and yes in the western nations such as the United Kingdom and the United States.

I mean how many times has a White criminal murdered a person? 

Didn't we go through Sandy Hook, Aurora, and Tucson?

How many people were beheaded in the United States? Probably a whole lot. They just end up on the local news at times. Or if they're minorities, they'll be on The Guy Who Throws Shit To The Wall's website.

Didn't that New York man behead his mother a few months back?

I mean don't we all have a thrill in the kill? 

Seriously the conservative agitators and those in the White supremacist shithole will find some way to paint Muslims as scary and Blacks as "natural born criminals" again. Of course, since the criminals are Black males and their Muslims, insert President Barack Obama.

My question to those reading this, why wasn't anyone there to help the man? What the hell was the person filming doing? 

I mean you don't have to be a hero but damn, why film someone dying? Is it for the shock value on YouTube, Facebook or Twitter? 

Are you trying to win attention from the junk food media?

There were people present! When someone is making a blood curdling scream or an attempt to scream for help, why didn't someone react to the incident?

I know the men had a machete and all, but someone could of done a call or at least a bold attempt to disarm the person. Who am I to say, I don't like to put my life in danger. But if I had to, I would!

Prime Minister David Cameron was informed about this horrible tragedy. 

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the victim. The name wasn't mentioned upon the death.
Beheaded British Soldier Lays Dead on the Road in Woolwich,UK
Why wasn't anyone there to help the victim? Is a picture more important than a life?
Reuters report the soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack.

A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after the killing showed a man with hands covered in blood, brandishing a bloodied meat cleaver and a knife.

"We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you. The only reason we have done this is because Muslims are dying every day," the black man in his 20s or 30s, wearing a wool jacket and jeans and speaking with a local accent, shouted in the footage obtained by Britain's ITV news channel.

"This British soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

The attack was the first apparent Islamist killing in London since suicide bombers struck transport in July 2005. The capital was shocked by the bizarre scene of a killer covered in gore, declaring his motive to onlookers.

Police shot the two suspects while trying to arrest them, and the wounded men were taken into custody. No information was immediately released about the identity of the suspects, but two sources familiar with the investigation told Reuters authorities were investigating a possible link to Nigeria.

"I apologize that women had to witness that, but in our lands our women have to see the same thing. You people will never be safe. Remove your government. They don't care about you," the videotaped man said before crossing the street and speaking casually to the other attacker.

Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a visit to France to return to London and chair an emergency national security meeting.

"The police are urgently seeking the full facts about this case but there are strong indications that it is a terrorist incident," Cameron said before cutting short talks with French President Francois Hollande to return home.

"We have had these sorts of attacks before in our country and we never buckle in the face of them," he said.

The attack happened on the edge of London's sprawling Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, a south London working class district which has long-standing historic links to the military.


In signs of a backlash after the attack, more than 100 angry supporters of the English Defense League, a far-right street protest group, took to the streets, some wearing balaclavas and carrying England's red and white flag. They were contained by riot police.

Separately, two men were arrested in connection with separate attacks on mosques outside London. No one was hurt.

HELP FOR HEROS

The authorities did not immediately confirm the identity of the slain man, but a source told Reuters the man may have been a member of the military. The British government normally withholds the identities of slain servicemembers until their families are informed.

The victim was wearing a T-shirt saying "Help for Heroes", the name of a charity formed to help wounded British veterans. Britain has had troops deployed in Afghanistan since 2001 and had troops in Iraq from 2003-2009.


Before he was stabbed to death, the victim was knocked over by a blue car which then rammed into a lamppost. The attackers pounced on him in broad daylight in a busy residential street.

Witnesses said they shouted "God is greatest" in Arabic while stabbing the victim and trying to behead him.

"I am afraid it is overwhelmingly likely now to be a terrorist attack, the kind the city has seen before," London mayor Boris Johnson said. Police said in a statement late on Wednesday that the murder investigation was led by the Counter Terrorism Command, a specialist branch within the London force.

Fred Oyat, a 44-year-old local resident, said he witnessed the attack on the soldier from the window of his high-rise apartment overlooking the scene.
Casualties of Massacre in Woolwich Are Being Tended to
British law enforcement tend to the wounded.
"The victim was white," he told Reuters. "I was in my house when four shots rung out. I went to the window I saw a man lying on the ground with a lot of blood."

London was last hit by a serious militant attack in July 2005, when four young Islamists set off suicide bombs on the public transport network, killing 52 people and wounding hundreds. A similar attempted attack 2 weeks later was thwarted.

British counter-terrorism chiefs have recently warned that radicalized individuals, so-called "lone wolves" who might have had no direct contact with al Qaeda, posed as great a risk as those who plotted attacks on the lines of the 2005 bombings.

The bombing attacks on the Boston Marathon last month, which U.S. authorities blame on two brothers, have raised the profile of the "lone wolf" threat in the West. A French-Algerian gunman killed three off-duty French soldiers and four Jewish civilians on a rampage in southern France last year.

Britain's involvement in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the past decade has often stirred anger among British Muslims and occasionally made soldiers a target at home. British police have foiled at least two major plots in which Islamist suspects were accused of planning to kill off-duty troops.

Ahmed Jama, a 26-year-old Woolwich resident, laid flowers down at the scene as a sign of respect to the families involved.

"This has nothing to do with Islam, this has nothing to do with our religion. This has nothing to do with Allah," he said "It has nothing to do with Islam. It's heartbreaking, it's heartbreaking."

I don't know if this is the aftermath or the beginning. Regardless this is not safe for work. This is considered extremely graphic and I stress discretion.



Monday, April 08, 2013

BREAKING: Margaret Thatcher Passes Away!

Great Britain and the United States mourn the lost of Margaret Thatcher.

The former prime minister of the United Kingdom had passed away at age 87. As with Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher was the icon of modern conservatism.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to Margaret Thatcher's family.

A lot of people agreed that the world needed an "Iron Lady".

She was the longest-serving (1979–1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century, and the only woman ever to have held the post. A Soviet journalist called her the "Iron Lady", a nickname which became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented Conservative policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism.

After entering 10 Downing Street, Thatcher introduced a series of political and economic initiatives to reverse what she perceived to be Britain's precipitous national decline.

Her political philosophy and economic policies emphasised deregulation (particularly of the financial sector), flexible labour markets, the privatisation of state-owned companies, and reducing the power and influence of trade unions. Thatcher's popularity during her first years in office waned amid recession and high unemployment, until economic recovery and the 1982 Falklands War brought a resurgence of support, resulting in her re-election in 1983.

President Barack Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron, Queen Elizabeth II and the United States Congress share their condolences. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard were informed of the passing.

Thatcher is popular among the conservative faithful here in the United States. The conservative media worships the legacies of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.
A leader during the war of the Falkland Islands and the Soviet Union.
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Matt Drudge, Michelle Malkin and numerous conservative agitators will talk about the death.

Margaret Thatcher was born Margaret Roberts in Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 13 October 1925. Her father was Alfred Roberts, originally from Northamptonshire, and her mother was Beatrice Ethel (née Stephenson) from Lincolnshire.

It was confirmed by the Associated Press that she died of a stroke.

Actress Meryl Streep recently portrayed the former prime minister in the 2011 movie The Iron Lady.

Friday, July 27, 2012

Special Olympics!

Mitt Romney fumbles overseas. 
Back in 2009, Republicans and their conservative allies were pleased that Chicago wasn't in the running for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Drudge Report and conservative talk radio were so gleeful they've splashed the internet trouncing on President Barack Obama claiming that "he was hated by the world" and the "rock star ego" was over!

Hence forth, four years later, one Republican nominee. The presumptive nominee, the perennial candidate for president, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney goes overseas.

Mitt Romney is going to show off his foreign relation skills. He is to go to Israel, the United Kingdom and Poland. Each holding a conservative leader.

His first trip to the United Kingdom as a nominee was bad. Really bad. He practically handed President Barack Obama another opening. As a vulnerable president, Obama is hoping that Romney will implode so badly, the Republicans will lose enthusiasm towards him. The Guardian has reported that many leaders in the United Kingdom were sort of disappointed with Mitt Romney.

Off the cuff, Romney complained the people of London weren't prepared for the 2012 Summer Olympics. That comment landed at the mayor's desk. Boris Johnson, the mayor of 8.3 million shot back at the Republican candidate. He spoke before a crowd of 60,000 in Hyde Park. "There is a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know if we are ready. Yes, we are," he declared.

He screwed up so bad, the United Kingdom's Conservative Party and the party's leader Prime Minister David Cameron were a bit unease with the nominee. Prime Minister David Cameron wasted no time in rebuking Romney hours after his remarks were broadcast. On a visit to the Olympic Park, the prime minister said: "We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities in the world. Of course it's easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere."

Mitt Romney with Prime Minister David Cameron, the UK Conservative Party's national leader.

Romney went off and blabbed about his visit at the Secret Foreign Intelligence Service (MI6) and apparently its against protocol and national security. The U.K. Secret Foreign Intelligence Service whose existence was only acknowledged by the British government in 1994 remained confidential until Mitt Romney told the press the meeting. Such conversations are not normally discussed publicly by government leaders.

"I can only say that I appreciated the insights and the perspectives of the leaders of the government here and opposition here as well as the head of MI6 as we discussed Syria and hoped for a more peaceful future for that country," he said.

Romney also seemed to make his political digs at President Barack Obama personal. According to the Huffington Post, Romney broke the longstanding rule for U.S. politicians not to criticize the president overseas. At a fundraiser for American expats, he reportedly said, "I'm looking forward to the bust of Winston Churchill being in the Oval Office again," referring to the White House returning the artwork to the British Embassy in early 2009. President Barack Obama replaced it with a bust of Abraham Lincoln.

London mayor Boris Johnson works the crowd attending the pre-ceremonial Olympic games.  Johnson jabs Romney over his remarks of London not being prepared for the Summer Games.


Romney also met Ed Miliband, the leader of the opposition Labour party. Miliband took questions from two reporters from what he called "my side", but Romney would not take questions from US journalists. At one point, Romney called Miliband "Mr Leader", which prompted suggestions he had forgotten Miliband's name.

There were also meetings with foreign secretary William Hague, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and former PM Tony Blair.

His campaign team claimed the event took $2 million in political donations, but there were reports earlier that ticket prices had been lowered, and that some people had been offered free passes.

I would say this isn't going to please his conservative allies. They'll hope the controversy will go away when the July job report numbers show little to no growth in the United States economy.


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