"Then the farting started."

Nightmare flight from Sydney to Qatar.

Daily Mail: BELINDA CLEARY was thrilled to be sitting in the A380's top section to Doha - until the male passenger next to her turned it into the flight from hell.

Every cough came with a lovely spray of saliva, and I promptly forgot my own hunger as I watched droplets - yes droplets, land on my meal.

Then the farting started.

As the flatulence continued, I felt like he would surely excuse himself and go to the toilet.

The smell filtered through the entire row, the 'sorry' woman from earlier looked like she was going to throw up.

Wave after wave of the toxic-smelling gas leaked out every 15 minutes or so for the 11 hours we were trapped on the plane.

Cleary is employed by the Daily Mail. The skeptic in me wonders why didn't she take any pictures of this? This would be the first airline incident where multiple people weren't taking pics or filming.

John Bolton in Doha, Qatar for personal business?

@Haya Al-Thani Twitter:

Confirming Bolton being in Qatar is @ Dan Lippman Twitter:

There are many business opportunities in Qatar. Maybe he's considering franchising Bolton's Laundry and Car Wash.

Ilhan Omar: Qatar Agent?

i24News: Ilhan Omar accused of being Qatari asset in sworn testimony.

Candadian [sic] businessman said Omar relayed sensitive information to Iran through Qatar

US Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar is a foreign agent on a Qatari payroll, a Florida court heard in a sworn testimony, according to Monday's report by the English edition of Al Arabiya.

The news agency says it got hold of an October 23 deposition by Alan Bender, a Kuwait-born businessman from Canada, testifying in a case against Qatari emir's brother, and verified it with the attorney for the plaintiffs.

According to Bender, he met with three top Qatari officials, including Emir for Security Affairs' secretary, and was told that Omar is "the crown jewel" among US politicians recruited by Qatar.

The three allegedly claimed that Ilhan owed her current position to the Qatari money bankrolling her campaign.

In his testimony, Al Arabiya reports, the businessman said that Omar made use of her position within the US House of Representatives to recruit other politicians.

She also supposedly shared sensitive information to Qatar, which relayed it to Iran.

No doubt the pious DEMS in the House of Reps, who, clutching at their pearls,  have repeatedly told us how concerned they are over our threatened democracy from foreign influences, will immediately begin an investigation into Omar. Right?
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