Holy crap, this guy used to be considered one of the leading 'lights' of Conservative, Inc. And he thinks the Barbary Pirate war was about the US becoming the world's policeman.

The Barbary Pirate War happened because the Barbary pirates were attacking US ships, holding hostages and extorting ransoms.

The US actually did pay the ransoms...for awhile. But then we got a new President who decided, after the Mufti of Tripoli demanded higher tribute, to send the US Marines to Tripoli to kick his ass. Which they did. And then nobody bothered our ships. It was just a nice secondary feature that our allies benefitted also.

We project power to protect AMERICAN interests. We weren't volunteering to be the policeman of the world when the US Marines went to the shores of Tripoli. NeoCon warmongers like Kristol are at least where they really belong at this point: solidly on the Left and backing Biden's attempt to kick start a war with Russia.

Y'all, the fact checkers dismissed Trump's assertion that he was spied on so it obviously never happened.....until it was just revealed that it did, in fact, happen.

That being said, remember how we were all mocked and dismissed as 'conspiracy theorists' and guilty of spreading 'misinformation'? Turns out we were right the whole damn time.

That's happening a lot lately. Weird, right?

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/24/fact-check-did-obama-spy-on-trumprsquos-campaign-get-caught/42457379/

Obama left the White House boobytrapped.

Trump made Obama look like an amateur. He boobytrapped the Presidency.

Another morning thought - I’m sitting back reading all of the Durham documents and reminiscing to a time four years ago when a little group of researchers and journalists on twitter told everyone this already . . .

@TracyBeanzOfficial

Good morning! Seems like big Pharma knows there’s some bad news coming down the pike. Everyone keeps forgetting that March 1 brings the first traunch of FOIA data from their safety trials.

@TracyBeanzOfficial

If you've been disgusted by the Fauci-induced Coof hysteria and tyranny, listen to this interview that explains how what we've just lived through is simply a tamer version of the same disgusting playbook written & inacted by Fauci to push AIDS hysteria.

Blacklisting acclaimed scientists & journalists who dared ask questions, ham fisted drug trials that murdered, maimed and swept the injured under the rug and, of course, tons & tons of money and acclaim for Fauci:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t036e8QxZC3Ed2WsHbWr0?si=lKDupaovRuiGY6uaDWjCtg&utm_source=copy-link

#reciprocity = accountability.

Jeff Carlson .@themarketswork He's attempting to use governmental over-reach as a means to quell a protest over government over-reach.

👆"This is a very important ethical matter. The death rate in children e.g. under 12, is as close to zero as we can get. None of the lockdown and school closure policies worked and all have failed with crushing harms on populations. "

NEW - #Pfizer recommends contacting your doctor if you experiencing symptoms of a blood clot in a deep vein.

https://twitter.com/pfizer/status/1493238623633870850

@disclosetv