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Prime Minister Designate of Iraq: Ali al-Zaidi   * Here is a dossier for the incoming Prime Minister of Iraq.  It is cross-pollinated from an X account that I look at every couple of days.   Shi'a Muslims are the majority population in the nation of Iraq.  Today, the Coordination Framework officially announced the name of its candidate for Iraqi Prime Minister. The name: Ali Faleh Kazim Al-Zaidi. For those who know him well — the decision is not surprising. For those who don't — the picture is much deeper than it appears. Who is the man? Born in Dhi Qar Governorate. He holds a bachelor's in law, a bachelor's in finance and banking, and a master's in the same field. He served as chairman of the board of Al-Janoub Bank, and currently heads the Holding National Company, Al-Shaab University, and the Ishtar Medical Institute. On paper: A businessman and academic. In reality: A network of interests extending into the deepest intersections of money and politics. Th...
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Jimmy Kimmel The man is a bore. Not even remotely clever or funny.  But to call our FLOTUS  "an expectant widow" exposes Mr. Kimmel as an individual who lacks compassion;  someone who has spent his life minus the gift of empathy. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15769137/Melania-Trump-breaks-Jimmy-Kimmel-hateful-violent-skit-calls-ABC-fire-him.html Should he be fired for his remarks?  Nope.  Merely allow his ratings to slide,  future sponsors decline contracts for ad time and allow his stature to diminish in a gradual manner which reflects the smallness of his soul.  If he is fired, he will go out with a roar.  Let him be reduced to a pathetic whimper. There are an estimated 11.6 million widows in the United States.  https://modernwidowsclub.substack.com/p/who-is-serving-widows-in-the-united Sixty thousand children are being raised by widowed mothers in the United States.   Last month three small children from a military famil...
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Additional Thoughts: White House Correspondent's Dinner First - a brief look back.  But only if you have the time and inclination to review the Curtis Culwell Center (Garland, Texas) attack.  Your time is a commodity. I try to keep my posts concise, readable, and enjoyable. I chose to attend the Draw Muhammad Exhibit in honor of the staff at Charlie Hebdo and to honor Samuel Paty for his courage. https://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/prophet-muhammad-decapitates-samuel-paty-on-the-streets-of-paris-part-ii/ A handful of posts regarding the attack in Garland https://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/drawing-muhammad-and-ptsd/ https://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/draw-muhammad-event-attack-2015/ https://ibloga.blogspot.com/2015/05/urgent-breaking.html https://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/attack-on-a-first-amendment-event-the-draw-muhammad-exhibition/ An image which denotes lack of situational awareness: https://www.nyt...
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Iran: Law of Unintended Consequences The festering cluck (wink) started much earlier, of course.  President Donald J Trump decided to rename the Gulf of Mexico as "The Gulf of America".  The whole thing was silly, of course, because it was totally unnecessary.    UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea) allows for territorial control of 12 nautical miles from a coastal baseline with a sovereign right for regulation and use of resources.  The remainder? It is a vast network of sea lanes traversed from day to day by the global commerce necessary to sustain the world's population.  The English Channel alone, supports traffic from five hundred ships per day transiting between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Fast forward. Today, dominating by restriction along the Strait of Hormuz - we have this: United States Fleet assets. It actually is a beautiful image, isn't it? But because Iran first seized the Strait of Hormuz demanding tolls for pa...
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The Wife of Shooter Cole Tomas Allen Let me make it very clear that I do not have the tools to vet any of this information. It is in the category of "interesting but perhaps fake". The name "Thomas" is spelled differently. Conspiracy theorists will love this image.  But remember that an image does not denote fact.  Facts must be carefully independently verified.  And what is a possible moment in time does not denote friendship.  I have an image of me with President George W. Bush.  I assisted with a book-signing. Most likely, I was forgotten within one nano-second of leaving the building.  smile This one is probably valid. But again - it is a strange dystopian world in an age of AI and the general gullibility of the public.
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Attack on the White House Correspondent's Dinner   I was watching a movie when the texts started coming in regarding the attack.  A flash of memory.  The Garland, Texas attack.  We were kept safe.  And when I arrived home after midnight, having ride-shared in a taxi with the official photographer for the event,  I thanked God for his goodness.   Everything had been done properly.  Our press credentials were vetted before we entered the parking lot.  I placed my items in a bowl and passed through a magnetometer.  Everything was great... until it wasn't great anymore. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15766553/White-House-shooter-Cole-Allen-suspect-motive-revealed.html I remain grateful that only one member of the Secret Service team was injured.  It could have been a murderous rampage.   But this statement is incorrect: 'He failed,' Blanche said. 'Law enforcement did their jobs.'    He didn't fail. He br...
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Terrorist Adaptation to Affordable Asymmetrical Weaponry I am following what is happening in Mali tonight.  Two Islamist terror groups are involved in coordinated attacks and there are reports  that hundreds have been killed. Of greatest concern, is something which I have never seen within the asymmetrical battlespace until now. I am used to seeing technicals (or NSTV) in places like Sudan, etc.   But this is the first time that I am viewing images of machine guns mounted on motorcycles.  It is an unbelievably frightening view. Mali ground forces have been assisted by Wagner Group in repelling the assault.  But again - many deaths. And I stop and shudder a bit - thinking of October 7th.  Thank God,  members of HAMAS which I saw leaving their compound on motorcycles to begin their reign of terror had not traveled with mounted automatic weapons.  The carnage would have been much worse.  And it was bad enough, what I viewed that day coming...
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