Senior officials in North Korea's Workers Party and military are increasingly objecting to policies or ignoring orders from leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un, leading to rumors that his grip on the country is weakening, sources said Tuesday.
A source said Suet Face Kim Jong-un recently presided over a meeting on bolstering North Korea's power supply and called for more hydro-electric power plants, but senior officials claimed that the North's chronic power shortage can be resolved only by building nuclear plants.
"Kim was furious and fired them on the spot, stripping them of their ranks," the source added.
He didn't kill the messengers .. yet...
As North Korea forfeited international support to build a light-water reactor after its nuclear test, Pudgy Kim has been focusing on constructing large-scale hydro-electric projects like the Heecheon and Chongchon river dams.
But officials insist that will not be enough to solve the chronic electricity shortage.
On another recent occasion Kim watched a football match at a military base, and after he left the players beat up the referee to vent their anger at his decision while lower-ranking soldiers in the football squad assaulted senior officers, suggesting that discipline is fraying everywhere.
A growing number of soldiers are disgruntled over being roped into labor in construction projects like a ski resort in Masikryong which is one of Kim's pet projects.
Another source said, "One high-ranking military officer was caught complaining about several new construction projects el Grande Kim Jong-un proposed in his New Year's address and was punished."
North Koreans are apparently disaffected because Kim was spotted flashing broad grins in public after a high-rise apartment collapsed in Pyongyang in May, killing around 400 members of the elite.
One foreign businessman who visited Pyongyang early this month said, "When Kim Jong-il was in power, North Koreans of all ranks parroted the same opinions, but this time it was different. There were quite a lot of North Koreans who complained about Kim Jong-un and senior party and military officials."
The change will come suddenly, it will seem, and everyone will be just so surprised...
Posted by: Steve White ||
07/26/2014 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[5 views]
Top|| File under:
#1
But officials insist that will not be enough to solve the chronic electricity shortage.
We could double their supply by sending them a case of 9V batteries once a month or so . . .
[BusinessInsider] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "feels he has been let down by the Americans and that's why he sought Iranian help," said Watheq al-Hashemi, an Iraqi analyst known to be close to the prime minister.
As per DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS + TOPIX, the Taliban once again repor attacked + killed over 30 Shiite pilgrims today.
* FYI BHARAT RAKSHAK > [National Interest] SAUDI ARABIA'S NEW [Anti-Iran = Nuclear?] STRATEGIC GAME IN SOUTH ASIA. A NEW GAME WID NEW DELHI.
ARTIC = denotes that iff SHIA IRAN ever went de facto Nuclear, as in NucWeapons, its Sunni rival the KSA may quickly retaliate-n-escalate by acquiring NucWeaps from Pakistan.
#6
If the top line Iranians are fighting the top line Sunni wackos, I suggest we hire Ollie North back from Fox and put him to work arming whichever side is losing.
[IsraelTimes] In the Gazoo war now in its third bloody week, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,' battle isn't only with Israel, even though that's the country it is firing rockets at. The terrorist group that rules Gazoo is demanding Egypt open its border with the tiny, blockaded strip of territory.
Even as it presents itself as a mediator in the conflict, Egypt is taking a hard line, refusing any opening that would strengthen Hamas, a group it correctly accuses of fueling militancy on its soil.
And so far, the Egyptian public has largely gone along.
Because they see what Sisi sees: Hamas is just an off-shore subsidiary of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. The MB never -- never -- had majority support in Egypt. The public there isn't going to be favorable to them now given what the MB did while in power (and while Sisi is holding the police baton)...
But as civilian casualties rise in Gazoo, Egypt's government runs the risk that Egyptians will blame it for not making concessions that could stop the bloodshed.
Still, authorities in Cairo have insisted they won't bend. Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri called Rafah a "red line," warning against pressuring Egypt on the issue.
Both Israel and Egypt have enforced a crippling, years-long blockade of Gazoo. Israel also faces demands to open its crossings, which are vital to reviving the strip's economy, but it is likely to resist doing so.
For its part, Egypt has made it clear it won't open the border unless the Gazoo side is run by Hamas' rival, President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... ' Paleostinian Authority.
The Paleostinian Authority was ejected from Gazoo when the krazed killer group took over the territory in 2007. Hamas has been reluctant to let Abbas loyalists back in control.
For the moment, Egypt's government is insulated from a backlash at home by the fierce anti-Islamist sentiment in the country since last year's ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi by the then-military chief, now Egypt's president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. Over the past year, authorities have fanned public anger not only against the Moslem Brüderbund but also against its ally, Hamas, depicting it as a threat.
Egyptians' fears have been increased by a wave of Islamic krazed killer bombings and shootings in the past year, which the government accuses Hamas of helping by sending weapons through tunnels under the border. Hamas denies that.
For months, the Egyptian military has been working to destroy the tunnels.
Egypt and Israel should talk about building a large trench between Egypt and Gazoo and filling it with sea water...
The vilification of Hamas in Egypt has only increased since the Gazoo war erupted.
Egyptian TV stations and newspapers — which are overwhelmingly pro-government — have issued a stream of commentary that sounds a lot like what is coming out of Israel: Hamas is to blame for the fighting and is exploiting Paleostinian civilian deaths for its own gain.
The vehemence has at times been startling.
"Let Gazoo burn with those in it," proclaimed Tawfik Okasha, a pro-military TV presenter known for his rabid anti-Islamist rhetoric. He praised Israel's leadership — "You are men," he said — for striking back against Hamas after the kidnapping and killing of three Israelis last month.
Another presenter, Amany el-Khayat, accused Hamas of trying to promote its "resistance" image by letting Gazook civilians die, saying the group seeks to "wash its face â"" with Paleostinians' blood."
On Wednesday, in his first public comments on the Gazoo crisis, Egypt's president did not even issue the usual Egyptian condemnation of Israeli "aggression."
In past Israel-Hamas violence, Egypt's government faced embarrassing public calls to open its Rafah crossing with Gazoo, with critics accusing it of helping Israel.
This time, however, criticism has been muted, and there have hardly been any street rallies in support of Gazooks. Anti-Islamist sentiment may not be the only reason; Egypt imposed a draconian anti-protest law last year.
One attempt by Egyptian activists to go in a convoy to Gazoo to deliver humanitarian aid was blocked by Egyptian security. But a second activist convoy was allowed in on Friday.
Egypt has stepped in as a mediator in the conflict, presenting a proposal that called for an unconditional cease-fire, followed by Egypt-mediated talks. Israel accepted the proposal, but Hamas rejected it, insisting on guarantees up front that its demands will be met.
Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal, in a speech Wednesday, demanded the immediate opening of Gazoo borders "held by Arabs" — a clear reference to Egypt.
For Egyptian authorities, an unconditional opening of Rafah would only serve to strengthen Hamas' rule.
"The whole issue here is that Hamas wants to be recognized as the legitimate ruler of Gazoo Strip," Samir Ghattas, head of the Maqdis Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo. "Egypt will not agree on this and will not permit the establishment of a Brotherhood state on its eastern borders."
#1
For the moment, Egypt's government is insulated from a backlash at home by the fierce anti-Islamist sentiment in the country since last year's ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi by the then-military chief, now Egypt's president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
In contrast, note how our current regime cares very little about.... "backlash at home."
#2
It is not only the 'regime.' Support for the Muslim Brotherhood, especially support for a MB takeover of Egypt is consensus policy in the Western political class.
We give in to the islamofascists' political demands and in turn they won't try to coerce us by means of terrorism.
#5
Thought many (thousands) Paleos lived in Jordan but got booted out because they stirred up too much trouble and Jordanians couldn't get along with them.
Posted by: Frank G ||
07/26/2014 11:45 Comments ||
Top||
#7
Then the Arafish and his surviving followers went to Beruit, Lebanon, where they destabilized that country and caused the IAF to rain down destruction upon them. The Islamic paleos have worn out their welcome everywhere they go.
The lefty EUnichs support them but won't resettle them in the neighborhood. NIMBY yah know.
Posted by: Alaska Paul ||
07/26/2014 15:36 Comments ||
Top||
[Iran Press TV] The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has pledged full support for the Paleostinian people's resistance against the Israeli offensive on the besieged Gazoo Strip.
Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was addressing a crowd of Lebanese people on the occasion of the International Quds Day on Friday, said that Israel's massacres in the blockaded sliver meant to remove not only Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, but all Paleostinian resistance factions.
"We, in Hezbollah, stand beside the Paleostinian people and the Paleostinian resistance without an exception. We will not spare any means of support that we can and are able to provide," Nasrallah said, adding, "We feel that we are true partners with the Paleostinian resistance. ... Your victory is our own."
Nasrallah stated the Zionist regime's aggression against the coastal enclave will result in a defeat for Israel, similar to the 2006 war against Leb, citing Paleostinian missiles that can reach Tel Aviv today.
"To the Zionist I say: In Gazoo, you are moving in a circle of failure and do not go to the circle of suicide or a total collapse."
He also called on Arab and Islamic countries to pressure Israel in order to end the blockade of Gazoo.
In a telephone conversation with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal earlier this week, Nasrallah said the resistance movement would support "Paleostinian people's uprising and resistance in our heart, willpower, hope and destiny."
Israeli warplanes have been carrying out incessant Arclight airstrikes against the blockaded Gazoo Strip since July 8. On July 17, thousands of Israeli soldiers launched a ground invasion into the densely-populated strip.
So far, at least 866 people have been killed and thousands of others injured by the Israeli regime's offensive against the coastal sliver despite pressure from the international community.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Paleostinian resistance movement Hamas, has been launching retaliatory attacks against Israel.
Posted by: Fred ||
07/26/2014 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[8 views]
Top|| File under: Hezbollah
#1
Posted from under his bed, in the deepest room in his bunker?
[Breitbart] First reported by Ma'ariv, then in English by i24news, "thousands of murderous Moslems were meant to cross over to Israel from Gazoo through the tunnels and kill and kidnap as many Israelis as they could. The source added that the army learned about the huge planned attack during the interrogations of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, prisoners, captured during Operation Protective Edge in Gazoo."
Reports state that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed his cabinet about the foiled plot during a Thursday cabinet meeting. The leader of the Jewish State reportedly expressed to officials that if this attack was not stopped, the number of Israeli fatalities may have been higher than the over 2,200 deaths Israel suffered during 1973 Yom Kippur War.
No truce, no quarter. I could agree to gifting 2/3rds of the Gazan population to Qatar, the remaining third to Turkey. Let them support their Gazan pets at close quarters for a generation or several, see how they like it.
Hamas militants are attempting to negotiate a new arms deal with North Korea for missiles and communications equipment that will allow them to maintain their offensive against Israel, according to Western security sources. What's the matter: Iran won't sell them more Qassams?
Security officials say the deal between Hamas and North Korea is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and is being handled by a Lebanese-based trading company with close ties to the militant Palestinian organisation based in east Beirut.
Hamas officials are believed to have already made an initial cash down payment to secure the deal, and are now hoping that North Korea will soon begin shipping extra supplies of weapons to Gaza.
"Hamas is looking for ways to replenish its stocks of missiles because of the large numbers it has fired at Israel in recent weeks," explained a security official. "North Korea is an obvious place to seek supplies because Pyongyang already has close ties with a number of militant Islamist groups in the Middle East."
Using intermediaries based in Lebanon, Hamas officials are said to be intensifying their efforts to sign a new agreement with Pyongyang to provide hundreds of missiles together with communications equipment that will improve the ability of Hamas fighters to coordinate operations against Israeli forces. No indication as to how delivery is supposed to be done. By air...
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain ||
07/26/2014 16:54 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[15 views]
Top|| File under:
#1
So when it the Lebanese-based trading company vaporized?
[Dhaka Tribune] he growing power of the ultra-hardline Islamic State means the Syrian army is now having to confront a group it has until now been reluctant to attack for political reasons.
The emergence of the al Qaeda offshoot, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has so far allowed Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... to present himself to the world as a bulwark against Sunni Islamist radicals.
At the same time, the group's tendency to fight more moderate rebel forces also helped to divide the opposition, making it easier for Assad's forces to recapture territory lost in earlier periods of Syria's civil war.
As a result, some analysts suspect army commanders pursued a twin-track strategy against ISIL — they have sought to reduce the group's threat to the state, while ensuring it remains strong enough to continue feuding with other rebels.
Now that Islamic State's fighters have gained momentum in Syria, boosted by equipment seized in a rapid offensive next door in Iraq, the army may need to become more confrontational with the group if it wants to avoid losing territory to it.
Last month Islamic State declared an "Islamic caliphate" in territory it controls in Iraq andSyria, and vowed to expand.
It has mainly advanced in Syria by capturing land from more moderate rebel fighters. But it is now clashing with the Syrian military more often, and the army has responded by stepping up aerial bombings on its positions.
In the short term, Damascus has not been too worried about ISIL, said a former Syrian diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"In the long-term though, it must be a matter of great concern because it makes it all the more difficult should ISIL establish itself semi-permanently, especially with its control of resources like the oil."
"There is a conflict of interests here between what is short-term and practical, and a long-term consideration," the former diplomat said.
Gas field attack
Last week, Islamic State killed 270 soldiers, guards and staff when it captured a gas field in central Syria, in the deadliest clash yet between the group and government forces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group based in Britannia which tracks the violence.
Syrian newspaper al-Watan, citing sources, said that around 60 members of the security forces were killed.
Syrian soldiers also fought Islamic State snuffies outside a government-controlled army airport in the east of the country last Friday, part of a major escalation of hostilities between the two groups.
The airport is one of the last major strategic locations in Deir al-Zor province which is not under the control of the Islamic State, and its capture would deny the Syrian army of its launch pad for air strikes on the east of the country.
If the Syrian government wants to take back control of territory in the north and east of the country, it will have to confront the Islamic State, observers say.
Made up of a few thousand fighters of various nationalities, the Islamic State lacks the firepower of the Syrian army. But it has been among the strongest of the gangs, despite having little presence in Syria until two years ago.
Its fighters have also used non-military methods to make gains, such as encouraging ad hoc alliances, exploiting local grievances and buying off opposition fighters.
Anti-Assad activists and Western officials say the government has allowed Islamic State forces to flourish while attacking less extreme rebels.
Assad has used the group's rise to back his argument that Syria faces a holy warrior Islamist threat, diplomats say.
"The government wants (Islamic State) to be strong enough for its propaganda purposes and is therefore hesitant to attack it," one Western diplomat said, adding that any government offensives were launched because Assad needed to be seen as acting against the group.
Although government forces have avoided attacking the group's convoys and confronting it on the ground unless it is necessary, that does not mean it has been ignored as an enemy, the Observatory's director Rami Abdurrahman said.
Posted by: Fred ||
07/26/2014 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[11 views]
Top|| File under: Islamic State
Three Americans, including a reporter for the Washington Post, appear to have been detained in Iran. The newspaper said on July 24 that the other two Americans, not yet identified, work as freelance photojournalists.
In a statement, the paper's foreign editor said, "We have received credible reports that Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post and his wife Yeganeh Salehi were detained on Tuesday evening in Tehran."
The newspaper said Rezaian holds both American and Iranian citizenship. His wife is an Iranian citizen who has applied for U.S. permanent residency and works as a correspondent for a United Arab Emirates-based newspaper.
#1
I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. -
William Tecumseh Sherman
#2
Our family Marine tells of several correspondents that were attached at one time or another to his squad in the 2003 Iraq invasion.
They whined a lot, got in the way during firefights and were always mooching extra MRE's. The guys would give them their leftover "Pasta with Vegetables", "Beef Slices in Barbeque Sauce" or "Chicken Ala King". All were especially 'nasty'.
They did have a few good ones though, as they were ex-military or law enforcement types. Knew what and what-not to do.
Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
07/26/2014 11:28 Comments ||
Top||
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has acknowledged that international sanctions have failed to stop Iran's natural gas production growth, PressTV reported.
"Despite repeated delays in field development and the effects of sanctions, Iran's natural gas production is expected to increase in the coming years," EIA said in a recent report.
Since the sanctions were half-heartedly implemented and violated with a nod and wink, and gutted by Champ over the past year, yes they aren't working so well...
It said Iran contributed some five percent to the world's dry natural gas production in 2012, the year the United States and the European Union toughened sanctions against the country's energy sector. The report added that Iran's natural gas production reached 8.2 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in 2012, up three percent from 2011.
Despite the sanctions, it said, Iran's natural gas production has kept growing in recent years.
"Iran's gross natural gas production will increase to 10.6 tcf in 2020," the EIA report said.
The agency stated that development of the giant offshore South Pars gas field is the "most significant energy development project in Iran."
The gas field, shared with Qatar in the Persian Gulf, is estimated to contain 14 trillion cubic meters of gas and 18 billion barrels of gas condensate.
Posted by: Steve White ||
07/26/2014 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[11 views]
Top|| File under:
[IsraelTimes] The "Zionist regime" must be destroyed, Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. This should be achieved "by a referendum of the people living there," but until that happens, there should be "total armed resistance" against it. That resistance by the Paleostinians should be helped by the provision of arms, he added, condemning Israel's recent "savagery."
Khamenei was speaking Wednesday night and his speech was reported both by Iran's semi-official FARS news agency and the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
He said Israel, which he did not refer to by name, had always practiced and taken pride in using "overt violence."
"They perpetrated any violent act they could think of against the (Paleostinians)," he told a cheering crowd of Iranian university students in Tehran. "They stop at nothing. This is the reality of the Zionist regime. The only solution is to destroy this regime."
Khamenei clarified that "the destruction of the Zionist regime does not mean the annihilation of the Jewish people in that region. The logic used by Imam (the late Ayatollah Khomeini), when he said that Israel should be destroyed, is humane logic." We said that a referendum should be held among the people living there. The ruling regime there should be determined by a referendum. The people should decide this. This is the meaning of the destruction of the Zionist regime. This is the implication. This is the only solution for this barbaric and wolfish regime."
"Allah willing," the day of destruction would come soon, he said. But "so long as this false regime is on its feet--what is the solution?" he asked. "The solution is total armed resistance against this regime." Therefore, it is my belief that the West Bank should be armed just like Gazoo. Anyone who cares about the fate of Paleostine, and who is capable of doing something, should provide arms to the people (of the West Bank) too," said Khamenei.
#1
I have said that it more unlikely than not that a Jewish state will be accepted by any future majority-Muslim, let alone wholly-Muslim, OWG Islamic Union, ME Union, Persian Gulf Union, or similar no matter iff led by Shia Iran andor Sunni KSA + like.
No matter iff Secular or not.
I say again that the sooner Israel joins NATO-EU the better for its national survival.
In this Age of OWG-NWO Globalism + unilateral, intentional US fallback + strategic/geopol retreat around the World, "By Amerika for America", Israel should not count on Globalist Obama or any similar POTUS successor to guarantee its national security.
Besides what had occurred previously now commeths
... ...
* BIGNEWSNETWORK, FREEREPUBLIC > ISRAEL CALLS ON US TO HELP OUT IN ["Iron Dome" = ABM-BMD] BATTLE WID PALESTINIANS.
Israel + IDF running low on "Iron Dome" interceptors + parts???
POTUS NIXON FULLY BACKED ISRAEL DURING 1973's YOM KIPPUR WAR - WILL THE BAMMER DO THE SAME NOW, IN GAZA + IN FUTURE WAR???
AMERICA'S ALLIES, PRO-US NEUTRALS IN EAST, SOUTH ASIA + PACIFIC ARE WATCHING.
#4
Kerry is feigning trying to negotiate with Iran to halt their nuke program
Posted by: Frank G ||
07/26/2014 13:18 Comments ||
Top||
#5
and Israel will continue to bomb their weapons cashes no matter where Hammas hides them. Iran needs to understand the blood of these children are on their hands...
Posted by: 49 Pan ||
07/26/2014 13:36 Comments ||
Top||
#6
I say again that the sooner Israel joins NATO-EU the better for its national survival.
The EU will not accept Israel. Europe has already refused to accept Israel at the UN and several other international thingies that I can't remember.
Putin's lead rent-a-Chechen rants forth in RT
Ramzan Kadyrov has expressed condolences to the victims of Israeli attacks on Palestinians and emphasized that the USA and Europe were turning a blind eye on this policy of "state terrorism."
The head of the Chechen Republic published an extensive statement on latest political events on his social media of choice -- the Instagram. Kadyrov spoke out after Israel stepped up its 'Protective Edge' ground operation in Gaza Strip on Sunday.
According to Gaza Health Ministry's official release, a t least 425 Palestinians, including 111 children, have been killed and over 3,000 have been wounded since the beginning of the operation. The IDF lost at least 13 servicemen killed over the same period of time.
"We are expressing our deepest condolences to the family and friends of all those killed and call upon everyone to support the Palestinian people! Israel once again is demonstrating its completely unjustified cruelty. The missiles that had been launched from Palestine did Israel no harm. Nevertheless, the returned fire takes the lives of hundreds of Palestinians. Israel kills children, unprotected women and elderly people. Over 400 people died," the Chechen leader wrote.
Kadyrov added that the so-called Western world -- the United States and the EU nations -- were calmly observing the current situation in Palestine and took no measures, even though the Israeli actions could be only described as "state terrorism." At the same time, the United States and its allies keep blaming Russia for all Ukraine's problems and introduce economic sanctions against our country, he said.
"Tragic events are taking place in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, where Muslims are fighting each other and everyone claims that they are on the path of jihad. This is not the way to make jihad. We must make education, culture, science and spiritual life our Jihad," Kadyrov noted before asking all Muslims to pray for the restoration of peace in the Palestine and calling upon the Israeli authorities to stop the war against Palestinians and find ways for a peaceful solution to all disputes.
The official Russian position on the recent aggravation of Israeli-Palestine tensions was voiced by the Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin on Friday last week.
Shortly before the Sunday bloodshed the Russian envoy stated that there was every reason to fear a growth in the scale of violence and emphasized that Russian authorities were deeply concerned about such developments.
Churkin noted that the most important task at the moment was to stop the armed standoff.
"We understand Israel's concerns about the continuing shelling of its territory from the Gaza Strip, but it is most important not to allow endless spiraling of violence there, otherwise the situation will be completely out of control," Churkin told the UN Security Council.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain ||
07/26/2014 16:59 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[12 views]
Top|| File under:
#2
Yeah. Maybe the Israelis should do like the Russians did to the Chechens.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
07/26/2014 22:59 Comments ||
Top||
#3
My only fault with the Jew is he seems to treat the Palestinian problem like a sort of hobby. I suppose if you've only one other bloke in the village who plays chess, you shouldn't best him every match, else he'll quit coming around. Perhaps I'm being too cynical or stupid, or both.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
