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The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement The ink is dry.  But perhaps the inkwell is also dry. It did not take Ansarullah long to respond. Last night they attacked ARAMCO in Jazan, and two additional sites belonging to Saudi Arabia using suicide drones. The Saudi army mobilization sites in al-Mukha have also been attacked. The usual smoke plumes, and people scurrying about. This image was also offered up: Political will is not the same thing as a military will to act. So we will have to see if what essentially is a deterrence agreement is robust or something which shatters as easily as a crystal goblet.  It seems more theoretical that an attack on one is an attack on all. So while the messaging was good; the photo ops were great; and good will prevailed -regarding the art of war - actions count for everything.  Words - for very little. Iran states they will soon release (proof of life) images of Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei meeting with the Iranian president,  Masoud Pezeshkian...

The Lords of Xibalba Located below the surface of the earth, Xibalba is known as the habitation of death;  associated with the twelve powerful rulers known as the Lords of Xibalba. The Quiche name somewhat translates to "place of fright".  This story is one of many related in Popol Vuh, the sacred text of the Maya. My childhood was spent in a vast valley in Oaxaca, Mexico.  I am well acquainted with the stories which are carried by mother's milk to the next generation of Zapotec... Mixtec... those of Mayan descent.  My hands have touched the stones... the idols... the hieroglyphics and the faces of these people.  And the story of the tribes is carried along in my frame.    And whilst the story of Xibalba is part of the Mayan mythology,  it sounds a bit like the current Iranian saga.    Eighty-five percent of Shi'a belong to a complex belief system, known as Ja'fari Shi'ism.  They are the "Twelver Shi'a".  The history is colorfu...

Ceuta It only took 24 hours.  And Ceuta will never completely recover from the predatory and criminal illegal migration which hit their shores on July 30th.   The citizen-corpus now have the symptoms of chronic wasting disease. They are shut up in their homes.  There is a loss of income.  Languishing without hope.  They have been hit with the well-diagnosed  wasting disease which continues to destroy Europe.  And now, a new epicenter:  Ceuta.  She is the latest patient zero.  The thousands of prions now planted into the soil of Spain will cause the nation to gradually become even more  thin and weak.  The diagnosis is debilitating.   But the diagnosis was inflicted because of national political malpractice. (Please read the complete link.) https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16037265/Cueta-crisis-Politicians-Andy-Burnham-claim-migrants-invaded-left-SUE-REID.html Wasting diseases overwhelm the host.  It is...

  Iran Does Show-and-Tell Iran, feeling a bit left out because of what is transpiring between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, does a bit of show and tell today.  Their museum of our damaged assets. Saudia Arabia - needs what Pakistan has to offer.  Pakistan may have less of a budget, but they do have ... ahem... nuclear depth.  The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement was signed today.

The University of Canned Spam Canned spam is a product with a lot of fat and enough salt to kill you.   DEI has given to us the gift of Spam. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16035821/Professor-Jason-Arday-academics-demand-Cambridge-inquiry.html How many parents are emptying their wallets into places like Jesus College (an unusual name, since Jesus never told a lie) -  to support a narrative of black scholarship which may be ten percent accurate and ninety percent Spam ?   The lies continue among the academic community, even as the U of S  has  a can opener taken to their inferior product line. We must never confuse logic and process with grotesque racism.  But there are grotesque aspects to a narrative which has been peddled to the detriment of academics. 'Whatever the results of any investigation, the university bears no little responsibility for the grotesque racism which this whole business has unleashed, and for the harm done both to th...

The World Shifts by Increments As it is rumored that refueling tankers are leaving Ben Gurion airport and heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, the ground war widens - not in Iran - but along the strategic Bab el Mandeb Strait. Riyad is said to have moved to mobilize and equip loyal tribes, but a broad ground offensive has failed against areas controlled by Ansar Allah.   The Houthi state that a pre-emptive strike which caused severe human and structural losses for Riyadh caused the offensive to be aborted in its infancy. The Houthi lay claim to "intelligence superiority" and "High combat readiness." The broad offensive operation was aborted in its infancy by missiles and drone forc There are reports of the death of a Saudi delegate to the Wadiea Camp in the Hadramout Governate following airstrikes which are being launched by the Houthi. This news, released from the Yemeni Emergency Forces. My favorite media whore (I call him the guy with the red cap),  states that S...