He's a hate comic.
He's what a lot of Democrats say Trump supporters are.
But with him, they just loved it.
Ava and C.I. didn't love CK and they called him and Teri Gross out in 2010.
Now we know that Louis CK's ugly 'comedy' reflects his ugly ways.
He has a new movie, DADDY, I LOVE YOU, that he wrote and directed.
And it's been put on hold because of allegations.
THE DAILY BEAST writes about this and notes:
Over the years, I’ve asked a number of famous male comedians about the allegations against Louis C.K., which have been widely known since a 2012 Gawker story titled, “Which Beloved Comedian Likes to Force Female Comics to Watch Him Jerk Off?” They’ve all either declined to comment or, in the case of Jim Gaffigan, went off the record to share their thoughts on the matter. Only a handful of brave female comics were willing to shine a spotlight on C.K.’s alleged abuse, including Roseanne Barr and Tig Notaro in interviews with The Daily Beast.
The tentacles of Louis C.K., who stands accused of sexual misconduct by at least five women, spread throughout the comedy world. He worked as a staff writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Late Show with David Letterman, and The Chris Rock Show. As head writer on The Dana Carvey Show, he was boss to comedians Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell. He mentored the likes of Ansari and Amy Schumer, and counts Jerry Seinfeld and Ricky Gervais as personal friends. Many of these A-listers in the C.K. orbit surely knew about the widespread sexual misconduct allegations against the comedian, but chose to turn a blind eye to it. Instead, they welcomed C.K. on their programs, like The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, casually reminiscing about comedy days of old.
They all embraced him -- Jon Stewart too.
Going out with C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"
Thursday, November 9, 2017.
"You Keep Me Hanging On" by Diana Ross & the Supremes is one of the
19 number one pop songs (BILLBOARD US singles chart) that Diana Ross
has sang on. November 19th, she'll be on the live broadcast (ABC) of
The American Music Awards to perform and to receive the American Music
Award for Lifetime Achievement. Motown Classic is issuing DIAMOND DIANA: THE LEGACY COLLECTION November 17th to note this monumental achievement.
Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public
Affairs has just published its accounting of U.S. overseas conflicts
covering 2001 to present.
The figures include previous and new defence spending for combat operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Syria.
The actual wars are estimated to cost $4.3 trillion U.S. That overall figure also includes increased spending on veterans from those wars. In addition, the cost figure includes $783 billion in spending for the Department of Homeland Security for the prevention and response to terrorism.
The figures include previous and new defence spending for combat operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Syria.
The actual wars are estimated to cost $4.3 trillion U.S. That overall figure also includes increased spending on veterans from those wars. In addition, the cost figure includes $783 billion in spending for the Department of Homeland Security for the prevention and response to terrorism.
The price tag for endless war.
The hubris of leaders who think they can spend the United States into the poor house and the citizens we'll love them for it.
All the things that $4.3 trillion could have bought.
All the needs that go unmet.
The world is not safer because of that spending. It's more at risk.
Iraq's certainly no better for this.
Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed its concern
for the fate of innocents besieged inside Rawa, last ISIS' stronghold in
Iraq.
Military observers believe that the presence of civilians inside the city might force the security forces to change their military tactics in launching the liberation operation.
OHCHR added that “according to the detecting sources at the commission’s offices in Anbar, ISIS terrorists are still holding nearly 2500 families, equivalent to 10,000 individuals, to use them as human shields and hamper the advance of Iraqi forces”.
Military observers believe that the presence of civilians inside the city might force the security forces to change their military tactics in launching the liberation operation.
OHCHR added that “according to the detecting sources at the commission’s offices in Anbar, ISIS terrorists are still holding nearly 2500 families, equivalent to 10,000 individuals, to use them as human shields and hamper the advance of Iraqi forces”.
After all the victory laps Iraq's tiny prime minister Hayder al-Abadi's
taken while claiming ISIS has been defeated in Iraq (it hasn't), turns
out Rawa's still controlled by ISIS -- as has been the case since June
of 2014.
Private banks have until Tuesday to close down in Kurdistan. Thank you @HaiderAlAbadi every day you make me why I should never ever feel being "Iraqi". My kids don't know word "Iraq" nor I will ever let them do so. Are KDP & PUK corrupt yes, but normal Kurds dont deserve this.
Humiliation and persecution -- the two tools Hayder uses. They only fuel resistance.
A true leader grasps that.
A despot doesn't care.
Hayder's creating the resistance.
In more bad news for Hayder, RUDAW reports:
The United States Congress has taken the first steps to impose
"terrorist sanctions" on Iranian-proxy militias operating in Iraq.
Hezbollah al-Nujaba and As-Saib Ahl-Haq are alleged to have been "provided training, funding, and arms by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), IRGC-Quds Force, and mentored by Lebanese Hezbollah."
Rep. Ted Poe sponsored the bill on Friday which will first be referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The text also claims Ahl-Haq leader, Qais al-Khazali, "has pledged allegiance to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei."
Ahl-Haq “conducted numerous attacks” against US and Coalition forces since its inception in 2006, according to the bill.
Rights agencies like the UNHCR and Human Rights Watch have alleged the two groups have carried out human rights abuses in Iraq and Syria during the war against ISIS and Syria’s internal conflict. Alleged abuses include execution of civilians during the 2016 siege of Aleppo and extrajudicial killings of Sunni and Kurdish civilians in areas liberated from ISIS.
The two Iraqi Shiite militias are part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which is officially under Iraqi government control.
Hezbollah al-Nujaba and As-Saib Ahl-Haq are alleged to have been "provided training, funding, and arms by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), IRGC-Quds Force, and mentored by Lebanese Hezbollah."
Rep. Ted Poe sponsored the bill on Friday which will first be referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The text also claims Ahl-Haq leader, Qais al-Khazali, "has pledged allegiance to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei."
Ahl-Haq “conducted numerous attacks” against US and Coalition forces since its inception in 2006, according to the bill.
Rights agencies like the UNHCR and Human Rights Watch have alleged the two groups have carried out human rights abuses in Iraq and Syria during the war against ISIS and Syria’s internal conflict. Alleged abuses include execution of civilians during the 2016 siege of Aleppo and extrajudicial killings of Sunni and Kurdish civilians in areas liberated from ISIS.
The two Iraqi Shiite militias are part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which is officially under Iraqi government control.
The Iraqi government must find a balance, dealing with the
increasingly important Shiite Muslim militias, who express their
allegiance to Iran, and the US. They must convince a large mainly Shiite
Muslim political bloc to accept the ongoing presence of US troops in
Iraq and appease and restrain some of the more extreme elements within
the Shiite Muslim militias.
Over the past fortnight some of those tensions have been expressed by commentators at the highest political levels.
US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, earned both applause and opprobrium when he called for Iranian-backed militias and Iranian advisers, who helped to defeat the extremist Islamic State, or IS, group, to “go back home”. US diplomats also caused an uproar when they described Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, one of the most senior commanders in the Shiite Muslim militias, with close contacts to Hezbollah in Iraq, as a “terrorist”; al-Mohandes had previously been designated a terrorist in 2009 but has played an integral part in the fight against the IS group.
Qais al-Khazali, who heads the League of the Righteous militia, one of the most extremist fighting groups in Iraq, was quick to respond. He wrote on Twitter, using his personal account, to tell Tillerson that, now defeat loomed for the extremists, the US forces in Iraq had no excuse to be there any longer and that they should get out.
Most of the Shiite Muslim political parties also condemned the US’ statements and al-Mohandes was defended on all sides, even though he has close ties to Iran (which some politicians disagree with).
Caught in between the diplomats, the fighters and the rhetoric is the Iraqi government.
US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, earned both applause and opprobrium when he called for Iranian-backed militias and Iranian advisers, who helped to defeat the extremist Islamic State, or IS, group, to “go back home”. US diplomats also caused an uproar when they described Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, one of the most senior commanders in the Shiite Muslim militias, with close contacts to Hezbollah in Iraq, as a “terrorist”; al-Mohandes had previously been designated a terrorist in 2009 but has played an integral part in the fight against the IS group.
Qais al-Khazali, who heads the League of the Righteous militia, one of the most extremist fighting groups in Iraq, was quick to respond. He wrote on Twitter, using his personal account, to tell Tillerson that, now defeat loomed for the extremists, the US forces in Iraq had no excuse to be there any longer and that they should get out.
Most of the Shiite Muslim political parties also condemned the US’ statements and al-Mohandes was defended on all sides, even though he has close ties to Iran (which some politicians disagree with).
Caught in between the diplomats, the fighters and the rhetoric is the Iraqi government.
The militias are supposed to be disbanded.
They are never to be made part of the Iraqi military -- per the
Constitution. But Hayder ignored the Constitution. Where's the
Baghdad-based court ruling on that?
Iraq's Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi has been in the US. In DC, he's been calling for the US to arm the Sunnis. Yara Bayoumy (REUTERS) reports,
"Iraq's top Sunni Muslim politician said on Wednesday he would back
Shi'ite Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi for a new term as long as
conditions such as bringing Shi'ite militias under state control and
balancing relations with other countries are fulfilled."
It's a rare bit of good news for Hayder. Of course, Osama does tell
REUTERS that there would be conditions for such support and that Hayder
would have to start ruling for all of Iraq and not just for the
sub-section of Shi'ites in the Dawa party.
And RUDAW quoted from a speech Osama gave this week:
“Disputed areas should be under the security of a confederated entity. This doesn't mean the Peshmerga and Iraqi armies should be deployed on the ground,” said the Sunni leader Nujaifi at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, D.C. “It should originate from the local populaces – in the hands of the people there.”
That's not an idea unique to Osama.
The US government has often argued that.
But they've never done much more than give lip service to it -- they
haven't set conditions on aid or training, they've just said, "Take
these trillions and do whatever you want!"
The following community sites -- plus Jody Watley and LATINO USA -- updated:
iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraqiraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq
iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraqiraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq
iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraqiraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq
iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq Iraq
No comments:
Post a Comment