What are a few human rights violations between such good pals? On the sidelines of an ASEAN meeting on security in Manila Monday, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte met with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, catching him between naps and assuring him Duterte thinks the USA is the bee's knees. Duterte has had some mean things to say about the USA in the past, especially Barack Obama, whom he
They are for real. When I was stationed at Clark AFB in the early 1980's, I asked my neighbors if they wanted to visit Mindinao - they thought it was hilarious that anybody would take the risk.
That's changing. Laws are starting to restrict the amount of days someone can be prescribed opioids. Doctors are going to jail when they operate pain mills. This crisis, which was started by the big pharmaceutical companies, has killed people exponentially over the last decade or so.
“We are providing [the Philippines] some training and some guidance in terms of how to deal with an enemy that fights in ways that is not like most people have ever had to deal with so it’s a tragic situation down there,” Tillerson said[.]"
What pearls of wisdom can this random billionaire drop on Duterte?
because Obama had condemned Duterte’s murderous campaign of extrajudicial killings of drug dealers and addicts.This is actually worse than it sounds, because in practice, 'extrajudicial' actually translates to armed death squads who aren't all that fussy about determining whether someone is a drug addict or dealer, & maybe sometimes they think that somebody they don't like for whatever reason, like because they wanted to be paid for things, or didn't want to have sex with them, has a certain drug-dealer/addict look about them, & probably needs to be gunned down on the street.
Did you know that the US took Malaysia off their their human-trafficking shame list, so that they could include them in the TPP? That should tell you how much of a fuck Obama & the Dem Party give about human rights.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration outraged human rights advocates on Monday by removing Malaysia from its list of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders — a move that the activists said damages U.S. credibility — simply to boost the president’s trade agenda. “The Administration has turned its back on the victims of trafficking,” Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a written statement. “They have elevated politics over the most basic principles of human rights.”Hundreds of Democrats and a handful of Republicans had previously urged the State Department to maintain Malaysia’s ranking as a “Tier 3” human trafficking violator. For years, the Malaysian government has largely turned a blind eye to sex slavery involving men, women and children. Forced labor is rampant in several sectors of the country’s economy, particularly the electronics industry. In April, mass graves holding more than 130 human trafficking victims were discovered near the country’s northern border with Thailand. That same month, the U.S. ambassador to Malaysia said the government needed to take human trafficking prosecution more seriously.Nevertheless, the State Department officially upgraded Malaysia’s status to Tier 2 on Monday.“Malaysia’s record on curbing human trafficking is just not sufficient to justify an upgrade,” said Sarah Margon, Washington director at Human Rights Watch. “And I think it’s damaging to the integrity of the report.”The country’s new status effectively makes it eligible for inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major trade deal between the U.S. and 11 other nations. Obama considers the pact a top priority for his second term. But a law that Obama signed in June bars Congress from voting on trade pacts with Tier 3 countries using fast-track procedures, which prevent lawmakers from amending or filibustering the deal. The TPP almost certainly cannot pass Congress without fast-track aid.http://www.huffingtonpost.c...
Are you kidding? All the same reasons the USA ginned up a big War on Drugs. "Isn't Islamic rebellion enough of an excuse for him to brutalize anyone he wants?"Not his own citizens. This way, he gets to send death squads to any town that sounds like they have a problem with his regime.
I'm glad. Even in our little farm-service-and-old-people town, there's a thriving trade in the stuff. (One guy wanted to buy one of my oxycontin (from when I chewed up my fingers on the table saw) and pay with a whole DAY of landscaping work.) They're a little harder to get Up Here, but sadly not by much.
President Gin Blossoms!
Hmm, we should probably stick to over-prescribing opioids, then.- a number of surprisingly well-off doctors
I heard they had Jeff Sesssions over for a threesome. Let the Killings Begin!
They are for real. When I was stationed at Clark AFB in the early 1980's, I asked my neighbors if they wanted to visit Mindinao - they thought it was hilarious that anybody would take the risk.
Admittedly guys named Doug pose a threat, but the top priority must be the eradication of Kevins.
Or almost 200-year old military theory: the “strategy of attrition," noted by Clausewitz, as the alternative to the “strategy of annihilation”
But at least we used to pay lip service to it. Now we're (they're) not even bothering anymore.
So why the fuck does this bastard need to gin up a big War on Drugs? Isn't Islamic rebellion enough of an excuse for him to brutalize anyone he wants?
That's changing. Laws are starting to restrict the amount of days someone can be prescribed opioids. Doctors are going to jail when they operate pain mills. This crisis, which was started by the big pharmaceutical companies, has killed people exponentially over the last decade or so.
You must see his Trump impression on the Youtube. Will google later.
“We are providing [the Philippines] some training and some guidance in terms of how to deal with an enemy that fights in ways that is not like most people have ever had to deal with so it’s a tragic situation down there,” Tillerson said[.]"
What pearls of wisdom can this random billionaire drop on Duterte?
because Obama had condemned Duterte’s murderous campaign of extrajudicial killings of drug dealers and addicts.This is actually worse than it sounds, because in practice, 'extrajudicial' actually translates to armed death squads who aren't all that fussy about determining whether someone is a drug addict or dealer, & maybe sometimes they think that somebody they don't like for whatever reason, like because they wanted to be paid for things, or didn't want to have sex with them, has a certain drug-dealer/addict look about them, & probably needs to be gunned down on the street.
Did you know that the US took Malaysia off their their human-trafficking shame list, so that they could include them in the TPP? That should tell you how much of a fuck Obama & the Dem Party give about human rights.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration outraged human rights advocates on Monday by removing Malaysia from its list of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders — a move that the activists said damages U.S. credibility — simply to boost the president’s trade agenda. “The Administration has turned its back on the victims of trafficking,” Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a written statement. “They have elevated politics over the most basic principles of human rights.”Hundreds of Democrats and a handful of Republicans had previously urged the State Department to maintain Malaysia’s ranking as a “Tier 3” human trafficking violator. For years, the Malaysian government has largely turned a blind eye to sex slavery involving men, women and children. Forced labor is rampant in several sectors of the country’s economy, particularly the electronics industry. In April, mass graves holding more than 130 human trafficking victims were discovered near the country’s northern border with Thailand. That same month, the U.S. ambassador to Malaysia said the government needed to take human trafficking prosecution more seriously.Nevertheless, the State Department officially upgraded Malaysia’s status to Tier 2 on Monday.“Malaysia’s record on curbing human trafficking is just not sufficient to justify an upgrade,” said Sarah Margon, Washington director at Human Rights Watch. “And I think it’s damaging to the integrity of the report.”The country’s new status effectively makes it eligible for inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major trade deal between the U.S. and 11 other nations. Obama considers the pact a top priority for his second term. But a law that Obama signed in June bars Congress from voting on trade pacts with Tier 3 countries using fast-track procedures, which prevent lawmakers from amending or filibustering the deal. The TPP almost certainly cannot pass Congress without fast-track aid.http://www.huffingtonpost.c...
Are you kidding? All the same reasons the USA ginned up a big War on Drugs. "Isn't Islamic rebellion enough of an excuse for him to brutalize anyone he wants?"Not his own citizens. This way, he gets to send death squads to any town that sounds like they have a problem with his regime.
No 71-yr-old man has any business sporting a hairdo like that. IMHO.
I'm glad. Even in our little farm-service-and-old-people town, there's a thriving trade in the stuff. (One guy wanted to buy one of my oxycontin (from when I chewed up my fingers on the table saw) and pay with a whole DAY of landscaping work.) They're a little harder to get Up Here, but sadly not by much.