A Reflective Romney Emerges from Seclusion, Rips Obama

This is why Wet Willy lost… any questions? He refused to condemn the racism in the Republican Party (especially amongst white Southerners)… he paid the price. God sees and judges, doesn’t He?

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Four months after his bitter election defeat, a reflective Mitt Romney said it “kills” him not to be president and admitted that he made mistakes in his losing White House campaign… particularly, his failure to win over minority voters. In his first television interview since November’s loss to US President Barack Obama, Romney levelled a fresh blast of criticism at Obama for failing to lead and putting politics ahead of results in the confrontation with congressional Republicans over the budget and spending cuts. Romney said in an interview on Fox News Sunday, “It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done. Obama’s still campaigning rather than bringing people together to craft a deal. I don’t see that kind of leadership happening right now. The hardest thing about losing is watching this critical moment, this golden moment slip away with politics”.

Romney’s interview was the first step in a slow public re-entry for the former Massachusetts governor, who’s been largely secluded at his southern California home with his wife Ann since the November loss. In two weeks, Romney will make his first public speech since the election, to a conference of conservative activists in Washington DC (shall JP and Potapov and their drooling konvertsy pals going to be there? Perspirin’ minds wanna know: editor). In the Fox interview, taped last week and aired on Sunday, Romney mostly avoided questions about the heavy criticism he has received from his fellow Republicans for running a lacklustre and gaffe-prone campaign. He said, “I don’t spend my life looking back”, adding he wouldn’t run again, but he’d still be active in public life. He said that he should’ve done a better job in appealing to minority voters including blacks and Hispanics, calling his failure “a real mistake”. Romney, who called for “self-deportation” of illegal immigrants during the Republican primaries, lost the vote of more than 70 percent of Hispanics to Obama. Most of the illegal immigrants in the USA are Hispanics.

4 March 2013

Voice of Russia World Service

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_03_04/A-reflective-Romney-emerges-from-seclusion-rips-Obama/

Editor’s Note:

Note well that Willy doesn’t mention his cowardice in the Vietnam War… how he got his gazillionaire daddy to buy him a phony clergy deferment so that he wouldn’t have to serve in the forces. All of the Republipukes holler about their patriotism. If that’s so, I’d ask them, “Why did you vote for a shameless draft-dodger (Romney) and why do you take credence in two others (Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly)?” Yes… why do they lionise unpatriotic greedy SOBs who’ve done nothing but rip off this country? That’s what this perspirin’ patriotic leftist wants to know… and I’m NOT alone in wanting that. Russia put Khodorkovsky in jail for attempting to sneak money abroad to avoid taxation… bully for VVP! That’s what we need to do with Romney… he boasted about his millions in “tax haven” money, didn’t he? Tells you volumes about the Republiphonies and their duped supporters, doesn’t it? They LOVE a man who boasts of illegality… fancy that. I think that I’m going to hurl to clear my system of rot…

BMD

US Congress Backs Expanded Protections For Domestic Violence Victims

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On Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed a new version of the Violence Against Women Act that would expand federal protections to gays, lesbians, and other vulnerable groups; US President Barack Obama pledged that he’d promptly sign the bill into law. The bill, approved by the US Senate last year, passed in the Republican-controlled House on Thursday by a vote of 286-138 after months of delay over rightwing objections to extending federal protections based on sexual orientation and expanding jurisdiction of Indian courts in domestic violence cases. In a statement posted on the White House website, President Obama said, “Renewing this bill is an important step towards making sure no one in America is forced to live in fear, and I look forward to signing it into law as soon as it hits my desk”.

The original US Violence Against Women law came into effect in 1994, backed by Vice President Joe Biden when he was a senator, and was credited with raising public awareness about domestic violence directed at women, assisting its victims, and prosecuting its perpetrators. The law expired in 2011; whilst politicians in both parties were in general agreement on the need to extend the measure, they were at odds on many details, including its expansion to protect homosexuals and bolstering the authority of Native American courts in prosecuting crimes on Indian reservations. Biden released a statement of his own, saying that domestic violence in the USA fell by 64 percent since the original law was passed, adding, “I’m pleased that this progress will continue, with new tools for cops and prosecutors to hold abusers and rapists accountable”. The Violence Against Women legislation authorises funding for a range of programmes that help victims of violence and support prosecution of people accused of domestic violence and sexual assault. The new law also contains provisions dealing with stalking as well as the improper use of spyware and video surveillance equipment.

28 February 2013

RIA-Novosti

http://en.rian.ru/crime/20130301/179742792/US-Congress-Backs-Expanded-Protections-From-Domestic-Violence—.html

Editor’s Note:

The crime that “may not be named” is clergy abuse. That is, it’s a sort of “domestic violence” that we often refuse to face, or we attack the victim, rather than the abuser. All too many of the konvertsy are hyperclerical, that is, they give clergy too much power over their lives (this is true of some fanatical semi-monastic sorts as well, but it’s not so marked in the cradle set). This is most patent amongst former cultists such as the HOOMies, for we had the stupidity to ordain their cult leaders as clergy. These jabronies control just about every facet of their flock’s lives… and the idiots just eat it up… reflect on this… they don’t want freedom. They reject it, even though Orthodoxy is the freest, most Zen-like, least juridical, and most tolerant part of Christendom. Why did they join us in the first place? Damned if I know… however, watch for them to criticise this new law. Bear in mind, part of it is due to the fact that they tolerate abusive clergy, and that they think that abusive situations in marriage are just as normal and moral. That’s nasty… they oppose people having recourse to the law… both in abusive marriages and in abusive church settings. That’s a meaty bone to gnaw upon, no? It takes all kinds… and some are beyond the pale… NEVER forget that.

BMD

US Congressman Denied Russian Visa, Cites Magnitsky Row: It was the Republican Slimer Invited to Mollard’s Installation!

THIS is what Chris Smith and his ilk support… any questions? Do you really want to associate the Church with such godless greed and grasping injustice? Think on it…

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On Wednesday, Foreign Policy reported on its website that the Russian government denied a senior US lawmaker a Russian visa, in what he said was likely a retaliatory move for the Magnitsky Act, an American law sanctioning Russian officials accused of human rights abuses. Foreign Policy quoted US Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) as saying, “I was shocked. During the worst days of the Soviet Union, I went there repeatedly. The Magnitsky bill is the reason I didn’t get the visa. This is the first time”. The report noted that Smith said that he was planning a trip to discuss the Magnitsky legislation, which he voted in favour of last year, as well as other issues with Russian officials. Smith’s office didn’t return calls for comment on Wednesday.

The law is named for Sergei Magnitsky, a whistle-blowing tax attorney who died in a Russian pre-trial detention facility in 2009. It allows the USA to deny visas to Russian officials deemed by the White House to be complicit in human rights abuses, as well as to freeze their US assets. US President Barack Obama signed the bill into law in December, angering officials in Moscow, who shortly thereafter banned US citizens from adopting Russian children.

Foreign Policy quoted Smith as saying, “I was going over to talk about adoption and human trafficking. They have legitimate concerns that we have to meet. I’m disappointed, but I’m determined to have it reversed. So, I’m going to reapply”. The Russian Embassy in Washington DC said that it didn’t comment on issues regarding visas. Foreign Policy noted that Smith said that he met with the Russian Ambassador to the USA, Sergei Kislyak, and that the diplomat informed him that Moscow had made the decision. Smith is a member of the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs, where he is the chairman of the subcommittee on human rights. He has travelled to Russia repeatedly since being elected to the US Congress in 1980 and has been a vocal critic of the Kremlin during his time in office.

27 February 2013

RIA-Novosti

http://en.rian.ru/world/20130228/179725770/US-Official-Denied-Russian-Visa-Cites-Magnitsky-Row-Report——.html

Editor’s Note:

The OCA invited this POS slimmer to Mollard’s installation! No lie… it did. He’s a fanatical RC who supports papist proselytising in Russia. He’s also a foe of the Rodina and wants to export American consumerism and rightwing neoliberal madness to Russia. Of course, the Russian government denied such a nasty piece of work a visa. Thank God, for VVP… he’s got his head screwed on right! Oh… Smith is a “Pro-Lifer”… that shows us that we shouldn’t get mixed up with that vile movement. The rightwing politicians in it are enemies of our faith and of our homelands. That’s how Satan works… he baits his traps with objectively-good things. We should do good things such as support unwed mothers and support politicians who uphold the social safety net (not those who want to rip it up to benefit the rich), not do stupid things like parade in marches with placards and block the streets so that we can have “feel good” feelings about ourselves. God called us to do good, not to do things that make us feel good.

Reflect on this… Potapov, Paffhausen, Freddie M-G, and all the rest of the konvertsy support filth like Smith… it’s their politics, y’ know. They aren’t one with us, and it’s about time somebody said so. I’d like to know who invited Smith to the OCA shindig. Who wants to bet that it was Mollard himself? If so, that would tell you volumes about his (lack) of character. Whomever was responsible has the duty to apologise publicly for inviting such an enemy of Christ’s Church. It does take all kinds, but sometimes it’s too much of a muchness. This is one such case. We shouldn’t be inviting our sworn enemies to our affairs… that’s simply good sense, isn’t it? What a buncha maroons.

The Americans do howl when the shoe pinches their foot. Now, they know how others feel when the Americans make groundless and inane denunciations (except this case is well-founded and well-grounded). Smith doesn’t deserve a visa… he’s a troublemaker, a foe of Russian civilisation, and an enemy of Orthodoxy (I attend to his actions, not his statements). It’s about time such pigs paid for their activities… VVP’s not perfect, but he’s no Yeltsin. I hope that this is only the first in a long line of refusals to the Rodina’s enemies. As I said, it’s high time…

BMD 

Washington to Surprise Beijing

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Resources on the planet are being exhausted, consequently, the fight for them and markets is toughening. International Grandmaster Aleksei Kuzmin predicted that this means that the confrontation between the main players on the world chessboard will significantly escalate, saying, “This year will proceed under the sign of a heated economic duel between the USA and China. In economic diplomacy, the two rivals will stick to a strategy of position warfare accompanied by mutual tactical attacks. China won’t cease to make claims against the American government that is putting Chinese investors to the ‘test of political loyalty’. For its part, the USA will spread rumours concerning the forgery of American products by China and accuse it of infringing its property rights”.

International Grandmaster Vladislav Tkachiev said, “There wouldn’t be a break in the economic war between Washington and Beijing; the USA is losing it. The list of mutual accusations will only grow. However, the volume of trade will increase in all directions too. This shows a sharp growth in Chinese purchasing power, a sign that the Chinese market is growing. However, the situation is quite curious. The strength of the world’s largest economy is based largely on a belief in its financial system, whilst China has long been the world’s main creditor. China’s ascent to the world’s largest economy is inevitable”.

On the other hand, Aleksei Kuzmin noted, “The White House has no intention to change its habits and restrict itself by economic methods. All methods are good in the struggle for influence in the world and resources. Strategic risks linked to the situation in the Middle East pose a greater threat to China than positional attacks by diplomats. A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz might worsen the situation and skyrocket the price of oil. This would deal a heavy blow to China; it needs energy resources desperately”. On the other hand, Vladislav Tkachiev noted, “It’d be naïve to expect Washington to come to terms easily with the loss of its leading position”.

At present, Beijing, as an experienced Grandmaster does, is using the relative stability on the chessboard to strengthen the weak spots in its camp. At the same time, it continues its economic presence in Africa, its largest supplier of oil. What’ll be Washington’s response? The game is getting breath-taking like any game between such strong players.

9 January 2013

Igor Siletsky

Voice of Russia World Service

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_09/Washington-to-surprise-Beijing/