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Apr 13, 2018 13:43:38 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Apr 13, 2018 13:43:38 GMT -5
Update: nothing like a war to distract from Trump's attorney being criminally investigated, probably for setting up the poor, homely RNC Trump fundraiser and a Playboy playmate for a million dollar fraud, among many tricks quickly learned... Or to counter the release of FBI's James Comey's damning tell-all book or just delay impeachment at whatever the cost. When the UK realizes Putin wouldn't rehearse a poisoning on door handles, that he would probably test it on his own men and when its known who had knowledge the Russians kept track of Skripal for 5 years (Mossad) in what Skripal himself could have told you would be a lifetime consequence anyway... we will realize how flawed this march to war was. As a Sunni Muslim, I would trust no one in all this. Russia didn't reply to Israel two weeks ago. And Kushner went to the Seychelles to bypass Iran to speak to Russia. I don't envy Syrians that are under siege from every angle by criminals. Hasbiya Allahu Wa Ni'mal Wakil. Even the strikes were illegal: www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/politics/aumf-syria-congress/index.htmlSomeone should just publish the coordinates of Maralago... . . . I only have this to add. You can't underestimate Putin. In my opinion, in light of the Skirpal poisoning, I highly doubt he would follow that with a chemical incident in Syria. Its too obvious. I do however believe there were victims of a chemical attack. But the likelihood of ramping up the drama seems unlikely by such a cold head. Another unusual thing is Iran's interest in Syria, who was as liberal as pre-Revolution Iran, and even more than America was, probably due to the influence of the French, as was Lebanon. In light of the survival of the Skirpals and the majority of the chemical victims, it would be useful to study other avenues than causing more deaths IMO. If I were a powerful person, I would summon al-Assad to come explain himself. There is no upside to using chemical warfare as was used, for one, to score any points. And to revert to a father's methods is also so unusual for a second generation. I could be wrong, of course. But it all stinks. Maybe I'll show my ignorance of matters Syria-related, but if Syrians were my people, and in light of Israel refusing to go back to its lines, I would with Russia repeal Sykes Picot and form a union with Palestine, to shift the heat a little. Then I would reassure my neighbours and sign non-aggression treaties (since expansionism is less the motivation, than protecting the rear in this case). Let Israel decloak itself in Britain or in the US, and let those populations handle being bossed around by bullies. Some background : www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35806229I simply had not heard of issues with Syria only in recent past. If the Arab Spring is to blame, shall we examine the solutions employed by other countries? It's a Pandora's box any which way. I had never heard of the Sykes Picot agreement. Will read this, hope on weekend. |
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Post by agentf on Apr 27, 2018 7:47:06 GMT -5
I couldn't help feeling emotional this morning. One thing that warmed the heart, among a few as simple as someone's choice of headwear...  was the sight of the two Korean leaders bridging the gap and declaring war is over. Never mind that Communism is bourgeois now or that Capitalism can't survive without Arab money, but I felt for Koreans. I wish, in all this wave of goodwill, that now that Korea can be whole again, that they won't be greedy and will let Japan be whole as well. This was so forward-looking. Koreans are great from everyone I've met from there. The North has its specialty, and the South has its heart. Together they can really be a good force for change. Bravo. |
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Post by agentf on May 3, 2018 12:05:03 GMT -5
In an attempt at balancing comments... m.france24.com/fr/20180502-condamnation-mahmoud-abbas-propos-antisemites-israel-netanyahou-etats-unis-ueMahmoud, Mahmoud, Mahmoud... only Trump is allowed to say outrageous things at his rallies, don't you know? And if someone other than you made the statement that Jews are the kings of banking - whether an official Rothschild biographer or Kissinger - it would have been met by silent assent or boastful chuckle..in New York maybe. You were making a great point that resentment of Jews was not about religious dichotomy. Had you segued into a literate definition of the word Semitism (Semites being inclusively Arabs and Jews), you would still have come out ahead. Soundbites is a politician's art form. It's worth looking into. To borrow a page from the Economist, and assert that the Israel project in Palestine was the outcome of white religious-based nationalism in exile, would fall flatter (for a change, because it's probably true...).  No one is interested in long explanations, Mahmoud. |
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Post by agentf on May 15, 2018 13:27:01 GMT -5
I would be remiss not to comment, but Diana Buttu makes the most eloquent case. God bless her.
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Post by agentf on Jun 6, 2018 5:34:51 GMT -5
Bravo Argentina! The football team boycotted a World Cup event to protest the violence in Gaza and with posters saying Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine. Heroes! www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44378669It's like Trump. No athletes wants to associate with him and his policies. |
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Post by agentf on Jun 8, 2018 7:36:57 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Jun 8, 2018 7:43:32 GMT -5
CNN's Anthony Bourdain had the face of a sharpei and the voice of a thousand caverns, but never was he more lovely than when he set eyes on Nigella Lawson. The tough foodie and "Reality" Ambassador would blush, gush and simply pour love out of his eyes at his beautiful colleague on a TV show they judged. It was symphonic. On his Parts Unknown show, a video of which I posted here when he visited Oman, he got people to talk about what was really going on on the ground and had Obama on. They call his death a suicide by hanging....just like Maxima's sister. I have another definition for the twin deaths. Rest in Peace, Anthony Bourdain. It won't be in vain.
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Post by mrszinck on Jun 8, 2018 13:10:48 GMT -5
So sad. Hard to understand why.. the terrible pain he must have felt.
Please If necessary, seek help. Nothing to be ashamed of!
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Post by agentf on Jun 9, 2018 5:26:26 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Jun 12, 2018 13:35:53 GMT -5
On the topic of words.... White House officials are finally explaining the Trump Doctrine:
In my view, I think maybe Emmanuel Macron had cause for laughter during the Kim-Trump summit in Singapore; when Macron visited Trump in DC, everything down to the shovel for planting the tree was a petty effort to condescend literally and yet, Kim Jong Un punked Trump by seating him lower than him at the signing table such that Trump looked like he could barely reach the documents. That was funny. I love millenials that way.
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Post by agentf on Jun 15, 2018 8:09:22 GMT -5
After seeing Trump saluting a Korean admiral, I think what they meant to say by the Trump Doctrine is Trump is an American b*tch. Already the Commander in Chief is nowhere near above and beyond reproach on any given day for his actions and his larceny, but the image of a president who can't possibly know his place looks positively prostitutional. I'm sorry to say. It should be Canada that fosters national security concerns. Seriously. Wait! And he wouldn't even shake Angela Merkel's hand at the White House on her first visit!!! What a joke. mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-15/donald-trump-north-korea-military-general-salute-handshake/9873456The latest on piggy banking, Trump style: mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/nyregion/trump-foundation-lawsuit-attorney-general.htmlOn the topic of words.... White House officials are finally explaining the Trump Doctrine: In my view, I think maybe Emmanuel Macron had cause for laughter during the Kim-Trump summit in Singapore; when Macron visited Trump in DC, everything down to the shovel for planting the tree was a petty effort to condescend literally and yet, Kim Jong Un punked Trump by seating him lower than him at the signing table such that Trump looked like he could barely reach the documents. That was funny. I love millenials that way. |
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Post by agentf on Jun 26, 2018 9:46:10 GMT -5
Bravo to Italy for working in concert with Malta on the migrant issue. It's probably a good idea to shift the burden on the bureaucracy of the country of departure, so those countries curb the exploitive and dangerous smuggling but also have to offcially recognize the problem. Algeria has got to be the absolute worst offender for expelling tens of thousands in the Sahara Desert to die. It's contrary to Islam, no doubt. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/algeria-migrants-sahara-desert-denies-women-children-without-food-drink-a8415681.htmlDefinitely contrary to democratic principles of course is Trump's policy of Zero Tolerance, therefore before calling out other countries about respecting democratic values, Trump needs to set the example (as if..ever!?) Macron, who was received by the pope seems to be the counterweight to the abuses and many are placing their faith in him. Meanwhile, bravo to the Pentagon for considering military bases to host migrant families. I hate to comment, lest the equally contrarian Trump trolls decide to do more than steal big words... but people really have to remember their prime directives. No one wants a world dominated by a myopic ideology that abuses the defenseless. For Trump to now call refugees "invaders" is an effronterie the size of Texas! He has to make up his mind whether he's a scared little girl or a bully. The bottom line is that we live in an era where wars are not called off when they fail; where human rights lie at the bottom of the Mediterranean or fry in the desert or are kept motherless in cages or are apartheided at home. Kushner may want to fault Abbas in one area, but the common denominator since humanity took a very bad turn lately lays with one man, Trump. Is he more worthy than tens of thousands of lives? Just to uphold more lies, create chaos in as many countries as he comes in contact with and then what? What will be the 21st century civilization's excuse for appeasement of someone bent on breaking everything he hasn't bothered to ever learn about, before he judged they should be changed? He can't come up with solutions, alternative scenarios/frameworks or models. It's all destruction, until everyone will be traumatized. Wake up. #ChangeTheRegimeInAmerica |
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Post by agentf on Jun 28, 2018 13:27:12 GMT -5
I don't know why the UN doesn't charter two cruise ships paid for by the EU as a floating border agent platform in international waters, for triage purposes. They hold between 5000 and 6000 people each. Each country could supply a team, to help sort out migrants. I'm sure it would cost less financially but also politically. Just a thought.
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Post by agentf on Jun 29, 2018 9:25:38 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Jul 10, 2018 8:52:00 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Jul 11, 2018 7:50:16 GMT -5
Considering the only country to ever invoke Article 5 after 9/11, Trump (sounding ever more like a Netanyahoo in his logic) keeps punching out wildly at allies and can't make up his mind about whether Russia poses a risk or not. According to him, in Germany it does...why? Because he's not leading Germany as the great big man he thinks he is (figuratively)? Because if he led Germany he'd what? beat Russia over the head and face an energy crisis he would fail to resolve? Personally, I like Russia IN Russia. Simple. Trump's bromance is cringeworthy but he's been married to enough Russians to be blinded (and I'm starting to wonder about his co-destroyer in chief McConnell with China). Bedroom politics aside. There's no love lost between Merkel and Trump. He beats up on her, mostly because it's his thing to attack women and children, but most likely because she's the most competent leader around. Spite. Envy. Xenophobia. There's no great strategy behind the coiffe. Disrupt the world order because this cycle of capitalism has reached the point where it needs a shock to renew itself, and because it's leaving too many traces where the global robbers can get caught, because it's become stagnant. I personally am waiting for someone to investigate the major C Series grab in the airline industry by which taxpayers in my backyard were royally fleeced billions when Bombardier and Airbus played some game of shuffle too complicated for my poor brain. Airbus ended up not paying a dime for a foreign airplane series, after a government bailout by Bombardier's country. When it gets to such a level of supra-robbery, you know the world has reverted to a frontier mentality. We need more watchdogs, not fewer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44780489 |
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Post by agentf on Jul 23, 2018 8:43:40 GMT -5
After thousands of refugees have died trying to escape or managed to land in countries in Europe, we have a late entry in the humanitarian race who singled out specifically the Oscarized White Helmets, in a manner like Elon Musk showing up in Thailand, to get involved after the work has been well under way. Bravo for the late reflex, honestly, but like Trump trying to strike a humanitarian streak at the Helsinki press conference for justifying incursions into Syria, Jordan, Cisjordania et al, and after ranting against immigration, asylum seekers as well as imposing a travel ban from specific Muslim countries (exc. North Korea - and he wonders why KJU stands him up...) , this is what smacks to me of expansionism under the guise of fake altruism. Israel has had multiple genocides to aid in Africa namely, but have always demurred from empathy. Why now? www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44915099 |
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Post by agentf on Jul 26, 2018 12:03:08 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Aug 13, 2018 8:24:22 GMT -5
The grieving whale, "J35", seen off the coast of Vancouver who carried her dead baby girl for 17 days and 1600km has let go. During that time other whales brought her food in what is an incredible feat of endurance. Their habitat and their numbers have depleted since 1976 as a result of noise and toxic pollution as well as less salmon to feed on and competing animals for food. It's a cautionary tale and a metaphor wrapped into one, but more than anything it's incredibly sad. She's rejoined her pod now. www.islandssounder.com/news/is-southern-resident-killer-whale-j35-really-mourning-the-answer-is-yes/ |
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Post by agentf on Aug 21, 2018 8:06:55 GMT -5
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Maybe I'll show my ignorance of matters Syria-related, but if Syrians were my people, and in light of Israel refusing to go back to its lines, I would with Russia repeal Sykes Picot and form a union with Palestine, to shift the heat a little. Then I would reassure my neighbours and sign non-aggression treaties (since expansionism is less the motivation, than protecting the rear in this case). Let Israel decloak itself in Britain or in the US, and let those populations handle being bossed around by bullies. 
was the sight of the two Korean leaders bridging the gap and declaring war is over. Never mind that Communism is bourgeois now or that Capitalism can't survive without Arab money, but I felt for Koreans. I wish, in all this wave of goodwill, that now that Korea can be whole again, that they won't be greedy and will let Japan be whole as well. This was so forward-looking. Koreans are great from everyone I've met from there. The North has its specialty, and the South has its heart. Together they can really be a good force for change. Bravo.
