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Pak Taliban claims suicide blast near Afghan border that killed 4
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-Short Attention Span Theater-
'Biden is not a Gold Star father and should stop playing one on TV': George W. Bush speechwriter pens scathing Op-Ed criticizing President for repeatedly invoking son Beau's death
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 'He has variously denied making any mistakes, claimed he anticipated the entire mess, and wherever possible blamed Donald Trump.

'He also dodges the hard question by constantly insisting the issue in contention is his decision to leave rather than the deadly hash he’s made of it.

'And he bizarrely keeps invoking his son, the late Maj. Beau Biden, a Delaware Army National Guard lawyer who served honorably in Baghdad and whose early death from brain cancer was tragic but has nothing to do with Afghanistan, much less the 11 Marines, Navy corpsman and Army soldier killed in Thursday’s suicide bombing.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/06/2021 06:34 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  As much of backstabbers to the conservative cause as every Boosh operative has been, McGurn gets this right.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/06/2021 8:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Are we sure he died of brain cancer? Drugs better fit the family profile better than brains do.
Posted by: Gluter Mussolini5141 || 09/06/2021 21:28 Comments || Top||

#3  How President Joe Biden’s Son, Beau Biden, Died of Brain Cancer

"Despite speculation by Dr. Fried and others, it remains unclear exactly what took Beau’s life. "
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/06/2021 22:05 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Former FBI agent who worked on 9/11 investigation says two Saudi hijackers had help in the US
[MAIL] A former FBI agent who worked on an investigation into the 9/11 attacks says two of the hijackers likely had help in the US.
FBI handlers possibly? Asking for a friend.
Danny Gonzalez was involved in the still-classified FBI investigation 'Operation Encore,' which looked into two of the hijackers living in San Diego before the attacks, and whether they had help.

He says he believes the attackers had relied on a US-based support network.
Drip, drip, drip, drip.....
The revelation comes on the heels of an executive order signed Friday by President Joe Biden, directing the Department of Justice to declassify some documents related to the attacks at the behest of families and survivors affected by the tragedy on the eve of its 20th anniversary.
So now it's "some documents".....? Everything else remains in the memory hole.
The families are suing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for what they believe was the country's official involvement in the attacks, and say the documents could provide evidence in the suit.

The kingdom has denied it had anything to do with the attacks. Fifteen of the 19 September 11 hijackers were Saudi citizens.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/06/2021 06:38 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda

#1  I seem to remember Prince Bandar's wife was implicated. She and her entourage as you may recall, flew out of the US when all aircraft were grounded. The good Prince was later to become the Magic Kingdom's Chief of Intelligence.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/06/2021 8:52 Comments || Top||

#2  After 9/11: the Saudis Who Slipped Away

It began with a chartered flight from Tampa, Fla., to Lexington, Ky., on Sept. 13.

For the horse people of course.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/06/2021 9:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Lengthy ProPublica article found here.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/06/2021 9:34 Comments || Top||

#4  There are box wine aunties and retired old professors who make Boiney Sandahs look well groomed who would sell America down the river with their last dime. And then there's a bunch of people inside the beltway who do that every day...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/06/2021 10:06 Comments || Top||

#5  I am sure Sandy Berger ditched all that evidence years ago.
Posted by: Airandee || 09/06/2021 12:01 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia and Taliban unlikely to revive old alliances
[DW] Once allies, Saudi Arabia and the Taliban have been divided by war, betrayal, and 9/11. As Afghanistan changes and Middle East relations shift, the two won't rekindle ties, but another nation is looking closely at Kabul.

In the past, they worked together. But today, Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
and the Taliban
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/06/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  Somebody figured out what Vir Kotto said: "Some bargains come at too high a price."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/06/2021 9:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Well duh. The Saudi guy bin Laden is dead, so's the deal.
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/06/2021 12:17 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Autocrat in St Petersburg: Bloody Sunday
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
By Oleg Airapetov

[REGNUM] After the famous "Zubatov" demonstration in Moscow in 1902, Moskovskie vedomosti, describing the workers' faith in the emperor, considered it necessary to note:

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Posted by: badanov || 09/06/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
Peter Weyland at TED 2023: I will change the world
A bit of silliness

Peter Weyland

Posted by: badanov || 09/06/2021 06:50 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I think that's from the viral marketing for Prometheus. In a way, I think it's a nice bit of worldbuilding. "Why do we have starships all of a sudden? Well, those assholes who do TED talks went ahead and..."
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 09/06/2021 8:41 Comments || Top||

#2  "But give me a place to stand and I will move the world".

Here. Perch on this.
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/06/2021 8:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Change the world? How about improvement instead?
Posted by: Raj || 09/06/2021 9:08 Comments || Top||



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1Govt of Iran
1Govt of Pakistan
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1Govt of Sudan
1Govt of Syria
1Moslem Colonists
1Muslim Brotherhood

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