Showing posts with label saudi arabia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saudi arabia. Show all posts

Friday, May 31, 2024

October 7 narrative contradicted by history.

This is the BEST analysis of October 7, 2023 and the history of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.

It's not a lengthy read, but it is detailed and footnoted. 

It's excellent, you should read it and bookmark it.

VoltaireNet: The October 7 narrative contradicted by history

By 8:00, news agencies around the world were broadcasting images of the attack [8]. However, the Israeli security forces did not intervene until 9.45 am.
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[...] Israel enables the most extensive money-laundering operations and serves as a haven for some of the world’s greatest criminals.

An official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) told me that he was a waiter in the bar of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. One day, he witnessed the arrival of a group of diamond dealers, who had arrived without passing through customs and were being escorted by the military. These men and a few customers exchanged diamonds and cash, then left incognito. This kind of deal could not take place in any other state.

Diamond dealers? Well they must be those White Christian Nationalists that run the world. Who else could it be?

Thursday, April 13, 2023

News Round Up

RT: China is ‘ghosting’ the US because normal diplomacy has proven useless.

No countries are returning Biden's call. The only one is Zelensky, begging for ... 

Breitbart: Zelensky DEMANDING another $14B.

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Rolling Out: Rapper EGYPXN shoots mother, sister, brother. Drops music video. Then is killed in a police shootout.

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Forbes: OPEC Back in the Driver's Seat.

Why OPEC in the Driver's Seat? Because they can't stand Biden, he alienated them and China will buy all they have. Happy Summer Gas Prices!

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Not The Bee: Arnold Schwarzenegger went viral for filling in a pothole ... turns out it was an active service trench.

Arnold "Screw your freedoms" Schwarzenegger. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving Dick.

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Daily Mail: Elon Musk calls to 'defund' NPR after it quit Twitter over spat with CEO, who branded the public broadcasting.

Taxpayer $ to NPR should have ceased decades ago.

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Breitbart: Former NHL Player Raymond Sawada Dies of a Heart Attack at 38.

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RT: Musk claims Twitter HQ landlord rejected homeless shelter plan.

Twitter owner Elon Musk has blamed his landlord for shooting down a proposal to use vacant office space at the social media company’s headquarters in San Francisco to help ease the city’s homeless crisis.

We tried to turn it into a homeless shelter,” Musk said on Tuesday night in a BBC News interview. “They (the owners) won’t let us.” He added, “We’re only using one of the buildings, so the other building could be a homeless shelter.

Elon provides a partial solution.

Liberal Reaction: "We didn't think of this so we don't like the idea. What? Elon suggested it? Double-Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww."

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ForbesBTC staying above $30K.

"Some say" ... it might be a time to consider buying.

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207-year old Dianne Feinstein (D) asks for temporary fill-in. She'll claw to that Senator Seat until the first shovel of dirt hits her casket. FFS, Retire. 

Breitbart: Dianne Feinstein’s Request for Temporary Replacement on Committee ‘Unprecedented’.

No Republican would be afforded the same political leniency.

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MSN: Kitty gets head stuck in iron grate drain.

Kitty extracted, doing fine and probably back to knocking everything off shelves and countertops.

Sunday, July 31, 2022

Prince Charles's charity accepted 1 million pounds from Osama bin Laden's family.

ANI News (Archived): Prince Charles's charity accepted 1 million pounds from Osama bin Laden's family.

UK's Prince Charles, the longest-serving heir apparent to the throne in British history, accepted a donation of 1 million pounds (USD 1.21 million) from the family of Osama bin Laden IN 2013.

As first reported by The Sunday Times of London, The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund received the donation in 2013 from the brothers Bakr and Shafiq bin Laden, half-brothers of Osama bin Laden, the founder of Al Qaeda and architect of the September 11 attacks, quoted The New York Times (NYT).

Clarence House confirmed that the terrorist's brothers donated money to the royal charity, but denied reports that the prince had personally brokered the deal or made the decision to accept it.

"The Prince of Wales' Charitable Fund has assured us that thorough due diligence was undertaken in accepting this donation," read a statement released by Clarence House. ( Oh, yes, rigorous "due diligence" was undertaken and the unanimous conclusion was, "Take The Money!" - DD)
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The UK paper reported that Prince Charles had brokered the payment after a private meeting with Bakr bin Laden at Clarence House in London on October 30, 2013, two years after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan.

The paper also reported that the heir to the throne had agreed to accept the donation despite the vocal objections of his own advisers, reported NYT.

Some of the prince's aides had warned Charles of the inevitable blowback should it become known that his charity had accepted money from the family of the man who orchestrated the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, including 67 Britons.
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Founded in 1979, The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund says that its mission is "to transform lives and build sustainable communities by awarding grants to a wide range of good causes within our core funding themes: heritage and conservation, education, health and well-being, social inclusion, environment and countryside."

The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund says that its mission is "to transform lives and build sustainable communities by awarding grants to a wide range of good causes within our core funding themes: heritage and conservation, education, health and well-being, social inclusion, environment and countryside." Oh, so that's the same mission the bin Laden brothers and Al Qaeda have, then? Their interest align with those of Price Chuck? Thanks a lot, Chuck.

I wonder how many Al Qaeda members live with the Royal Family in the countryside? They have that in common, right?

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Biden burns bridge, then wonders why he can't cross.

The Independent: ‘Very bad sign’ that Joe Biden ‘won’t be welcomed by Saudi senior royal’.

A Saudi-based expert said the rank of the royal greeting the US president on the tarmac doesn’t matter.

Reports that Joe Biden will be welcomed in Saudi Arabia by a lesser-ranked member of the royal family have fuelled [sic] theories that his meetings in the Middle East will not go as well as he plans.

The US president is expected to be met on the tarmac by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the deputy governor of Mecca, before attending the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit where a number of issues are to be discussed.

In contrast, Mr Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump was welcomed by King Salman Bin Abdulaziz when he landed in Saudi Arabia in 2017.

“This is a very bad sign,” European Council on Foreign Relations research fellow Dr Cinzia Bianco tweeted.
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Mr Biden has said, in an op-ed in The Washington Post, that he aims to “reorient – but not rupture – relations” with Saudi Arabia, an assertion that has garnered criticism after he pledged during his presidential campaign to make the country “the pariah that they are” for the murder.

But China isn't a pariah because it's a gravy train for the Biden family. Detractors and Chinese who are critical of the CCP are never killed or go "missing" and never seen again. Is that how it works, Joe?

Friday, January 25, 2019

Calling all Trump-hating women...Ilhan Omar, Alyssa Milano, Joy Behar, Rashida Tlaib, Maxine Waters, Rosie O'Moo and others...take your protests to Saudi Arabia.

The Independent: Women detainees being 'sexually assaulted and flogged' in secret Saudi prisons.
Female rights activists in Saudi Arabia have been sexually assaulted, tortured with electric shocks and flogged so hard they cannot stand, Amnesty has reported, as British MPs ratcheted up pressure on Riyadh to grant them access to the detainees.

At least 10 rights defenders have been tortured, including being made to kiss each other while interrogators watched, Amnesty said in a report released on Friday.
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Others held in the secret prisons were tortured with electric shocks, flogged so hard they could not stand, or waterboarded[.]
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None have been officially charged or referred to trial, most have no legal representation.
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The Saudi government has repeatedly denied the claims of mistreatment of the detainees.
Will the women (and others) mentioned in the title of the post be lighting up their social media accounts expressing their same screeching outrage that they express over the  "deplorable" treatment of women in the U.S. by President Donald Trump?

Let us know, ladies. Let us know. Because something tells me these loud-mouthed women will be notably silent on this story. After all, who cares about abused women in Saudi Arabia?

Thursday, January 10, 2019

World News

SMH: Girl sneaks 394 MDMA pills into music festival.
Tina Phan, 18, plead guilty on Thursday at Burwood Local Court to internally secreting hundreds of pills to sneak into the Knockout Games of Destiny Festival in Homebush in December.
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Phan was attending the all-night dance party when a friend of a friend offered her money to internally secrete the hundreds of MDMA pills into the festival[.]
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ABC NetSaudi teen girl hoping for asylum in Australia.
The United Nations refugee agency has referred Rahaf Alqunun's case to Australia for consideration.

But it comes as Thai immigration officials have spoken on behalf of the 18-year-old's father who says he wants his daughter back.
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World NewsDebris found of French Air Force fighter jet.
...local residents reported hearing a large explosion and reported that some debris, including a map and a parachute, have been found on a tree. The report is yet to be confirmed by French officials.
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News NY 1: Video of police officers beating man with batons in Manhattan.
"What the video doesn't show is that these perps — one of whom has been previously arrested for assaulting a police officer — threw a haymaker at the cops once they got above ground, necessitating the use of force to bring them into custody," said Pat Lynch, the president of the union, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
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NY Daily NewsAlmost 100,000 people watched Stormy Daniels fold laundry during Trump speech.
Stormy Daniels folded clothes on Instagram Live Tuesday night while President Trump went on live television[.]
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Daniels, who [streamed] the skit in her underwear, played Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall" while doing her chores. She said she attracted 100,000 viewers.
Well, from now on when I hear "Another Brick in The Wall" my visual imagery will be different from what it was.
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CanoeDeath threats to Canadian cop who ran over deer.
A Lethbridge police officer who allegedly used a truck to euthanize a deer has received death threats[.]
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“The police officer responded and killed the deer in an incident that was partially recorded by a bystander on cellphone video,” the news release states.

The video shows a police truck repeatedly running over a wounded deer on a city street.
I can't imagine anyone driving over an injured animal in order to euthanize it. I'll keep an eye out for future news on this story. The compassionate thing to do, as terrible as some may find this, is shooting the injured animal in its head.
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Courthouse News ServiceAppeals Court tosses climate change suit.
Oregon has no duty to protect natural resources as part of a public trust, according to a state appeals court Wednesday, tossing claims that the state hasn’t done enough to stop climate change.

Two teenage girls sued the state in 2011, in one of the first of flush of suits using a novel legal approach to challenge government inaction over climate change[.]
GOOD! Hope to see a lot more rulings like it.
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Red Orbit (...AHEM...): What to do, ladies, when you have an ingrown hair... (you know. There).
Ingrown pubic hair is among the most common problems a woman can experience. Usually, it is completely harmless, though it can be painful and hard to get rid of in some cases.
Okay, then.

Sunday, September 30, 2018

World News Links

India behind terror attacks in Pakistan, says Pakistan. The News PK:
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that India is actively involved in terrorism in Pakistan by funding miscreants.
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Iran blames Saudi Arabia for promoting and sponsoring terrorism.
MEHR News:
Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has rejected the anti-Iran comments made by the Saudi top diplomat, saying terrorism has its roots in the ideology promoted and sponsored by the regime in Saudi Arabia[.]
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Flawed (hackable) app leaks personal info of UK politicians.  The Times of Israel:
Phone numbers and other personal details of senior ministers from Britain’s Conservative party were made public by an app security flaw on Saturday, including those of top Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson.
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“They’ve essentially made every journalist, politician and attendee’s mobile number public. Fantastic.”
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Surely, I thought there would be three by now. FBI Contacts second woman regarding Brett Kavanaugh. BBC:
The] FBI had "reached out" to interview his client [ Deborah Ramirez ] and she has] agreed to co-operate with their investigation.
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Trump and Xi; Bromance over? South Morning China Post:
...four rounds of formal trade talks involving senior trade and finance officials. In addition, both sides have been in constant communication through other official and unofficial channels to find ways to end the trade dispute, but those efforts have failed to bear fruit.

As things go, any more talk is meaningless unless it involves Xi and Trump.
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Elon Musk Forced to Resign SMH:
Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive, under pressure from his lawyers, company officials and investors, reached a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission [whereby Musk] agrees to step aside as Telsa chairman for three years and pay a US $20 million fine. 
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Breaking News - Porsche Raspy Soundtrack is "glorious":
It’s safe to say Porsche took everyone by surprise earlier this week when all of the sudden, the company that gave the automotive world the 911 introduced a retro-tastic race car.
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The noise coming out of those 908-inspired exposed titanium exhaust tips is as glorious as you’d expect it to be and nicely complements the fantastic body of the race car.
The Porsche 935. Image: Breaking News
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Marty Balin, 76, dies.  TRTWorld
[Marty Balin], the guitarist and singer, who co-founded [Jefferson Airplane] 1965, died on Thursday and his wife, Susan Joy Balin, was by his side[.] The cause of death was not announced.
Rest In Peace, Marty.