@RYP__'s Threads
Erik Prince's biography is #18 In White Collar Crime on Amazon USA. Someone at Amazon has a sense of humor. In China not so much. amazon.cn/dp/B00UKL38D0/…亚马逊网站&keywords=civilian+warriors&qid=1568320408&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Worst review: "There are too many blank pages, and the line spacing is too wide. If the typesetting is normal, the thickness of the book should be reduced by at least one third. CITIC Publishing House, can't make such a pit"
Best review: "The latter third began to feel that the translation was rough, many names were reversed, and obvious text errors were made. The content is still worth a time
Rather exceptional documents...If true. My interviews with Russians in Tripoli revealed that the team sent by Yevgeny Prigozhin never met with Saif Gaddafi (who has not existed or appeared on camera in two years) and were rolled shortly after arrival. interpretermag.com/report-on-the-…
Ahmad Qadhaf Al-Dam, Moamar Gaddafi’s uncle and Haftar supporter is active in Cairo. There are currently two arrest warrants (ICC and Lebanon) and rumors in May about Haftar wanting Saif dead. libyaobserver.ly/news/haftar-or…
15 Russians entered the country in March 14 including Maxim Shugalei and terp Samer Hassan Seifan were grabbed in Tripoli on May 17, two fled. They were trying to arrange a meeting with Saif. This was before the April 5 attack on Tripoli by Haftar. thenational.ae/world/europe/a…
"It highlighted that since the end of apartheid, about 500 000 South Africans have been murdered and about 1 million people have been raped." iol.co.za/capetimes/news…
"According to a 2018 Congressional Research Service report, "many sources indicate" that about 150,000 intentional homicides since 2006 were organized crime-related." cnn.com/2013/09/02/wor…
"With just 8% of the world’s population, Latin America accounts for roughly a third of global murders."wsj.com/articles/400-m…
It appears that a headless NSC is letting the professionals handle foreign policy now. Libya's Haftar is back in the dog house. theguardian.com/us-news/2019/j…
Elliott Abrams is another Reagan era neocon reach around hire that needs to be retired. Nothing substantial has happened with his attempts to oust Maduro in Venezuela. Empty belligerence and systemic failure as American foreign policy needs to stop. Trump is too easy to game. 
The United States has made zero gain in aggressive moves against Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Venezuela and China. Our alignment with the UAE and KSA and lack of movement with Russia has only undermined our credibility as leader since Trump cannot make or stick to a decision.
I predict: Trump Post-Tapeworm Foreign Policy 2.0 will be Nobel Optics. Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Afghanistan and other titty tweaked nations will be encouraged to attend photo ops in exchange for some sanctions dropped #TransactionalTrump bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The President as usual is consistent, gracious and kind when describing former colleagues. breitbart.com/politics/2019/…
Just remember, Melania shot first. latimes.com/politics/la-na…
A good watch and very well executed doc. Mads Brugger and his Cold Case Hammarskjöld is worth the time.
Brugger is the Sacha Baron Cohen of Denmark but far ballsier and much sharper
From rough beginnings....here he is putting the North Koreans on.
When yo' shit be onna street. Yes those are real phone numbers and emails. law.com/nationallawjou…
hurts to burn a cool 9000 number
Putin, like Trump, denies this. This is part of an overall trend in disatisfaction with leadership worldwide. Play with fired, get burned by fire. gallup.com/analytics/2136…
big fingers, tiny keyboard. "fire"
The U.S. had the highest lost of faith in leadership in 2018 among NATO and trade partners. news.gallup.com/reports/225587…
As predicted. John Bolton, The Neo-con Death Walrus has wagged his last finger at our Great Satans and now must take his spittle flinging nose duster Apocalpse Dance to think tank purgatory. cbsnews.com/news/trump-fir…
While Venezuela is gleefully doing the macarena on Bolton's tiny neocon nuts, its worth remembering that Robert Mercer sunk $15M into Cambridge Analytica and Bolton's PAC stroked him a check back for $5M. So Mercer told Trump: Make Tapeworm the SecState publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
Here's Bought and Sold Rudy spray painting the Meksters in 2018 with glowing descriptions of how Gepetto is going to yank some strings in DC. Thankfully once Trump realized Bolton and his crew are fucking looney RegimeChange become JobChange.
The SEALs must enforce a 100% porn mustache, double x bandalero flair top, man panties/blue jean bottom, bandana, Ray Ban aviators, tiger strip camo dress code immediately if they are to survive. politico.com/story/2019/09/…
In the 80's 50% passed BUD/S, in the 90's one out of three passed. Today it is one out of five. The trick is to jam the pipeline since most bounce at Indoc. Only 15% ring the bell at Hell Week, 40% of those on their and an equal number for medical reasons.
Scientists can predict the top 10% and the bottom 10% with 80% accuracy. Some of the psych indicators are "emotional stability, objectivity, friendliness and masculinity" but in reality having scuba quals and pretaining is a 90% bump And not pissing off an instructor.
As we roll towards 2020 just take comfort that Donald Trump lied under oath and personally monitored the theft of data from political entities by multiple proxies, much in the manner of Watergate, except it was digital dirt he sought. emptywheel.net/2019/09/06/fou…
Imagine there's no consequences, it's easy if you try. medium.economist.com/would-donald-t…
Trump Kryptonite. Whip this photo out at next time you see Trump and see what happens.
Over the next few days try and read this 567 page report. It shows that a few good smart people desperately tried to get the nation's attention and trigger action to prevent attacks by a spoiled rich Saudi brat. 9-11commission.gov/report/911Repo…
America was obsessed with a false threat (Y2K) while real threats like an Algerian being arrested with explosives in his car and many others did not resonate. The evidence was there in plain sight. Numerous violent attacks were being planned against the U.S. Inside and outside.
Mullah Omar and Bin Laden and his thugs had a contentious relationship. Military commander Atef hoped the murder of Massoud would appease Omar and ensure that the Arabs would not be betrayed after 9/11
Re: that lost 9/11 Nobel Peace Prize Camp David Photo Op moment between the Taliban, Afghan Govt and President Trump. Now we know that The Donald was flying blind. Maybe the golden "go with his gut" one shouldn't have tweeted that he had screwed up badly.
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I guess America is now at war with @johnlegend and @chrissyteigen. Can they be invited to Camp David for peace talks?
@johnlegend @chrissyteigen "Reacting to just one attack, just before the signing of the agreement, shows neither patience nor experience. Doctor Khalilzad, gave us the invitation of Donald Trump in late August. We had delayed the mentioned travel to the US till after the signature of the agreement in Doha"
"Allred’s daughter, the lawyer Lisa Bloom, a prominent victims’ rights attorney, was working behind the scenes with Mr. Weinstein — at a rate of $895 an hour — to quash the journalists’ investigation and thwart his accusers." nytimes.com/2019/09/08/boo…
"during the time that Mr. Boies represented Mr. Weinstein, the two men discussed potential film roles for Mr. Boies’s daughter, an aspiring actress."
"Boies, helped Weinstein evade scrutiny for his treatment of women over 15 years, working to halt reporting on the producer by news outlets, blocking the board of Mr. Weinstein’s company from reviewing his personnel file, and helping ... execute a contract with Black Cube "
Riveting stuff. How many people on earth knew about Bin Laden, the Arabs, Afghanistan and the links to the previous Al Qaeda hits in Africa and New York on 9/10? I did. apple.news/AYYLHVzM5SgmBR…
I knew there were three, not two plots in East Africa. The Uganda embassy attack was foiled. I was down the road from bin Laden in Jallabad right before he moved there and I had been with and interviewed the Taliban and al Qaeda and knew the jihadi network in The US.
I knew nothing of the targets just that there were a number of Arab Afghans in the US that were unconnected to the Muslim Community. I knew that Bin Laden did a big PR campaign dragging four groups of journals to Jbad to drone about about his declaration of war.
While all the late night comedy monologues focus on the rodeo clown, Pence is doing God's Work by pissing off the Irish. huffpost.com/entry/mike-pen…
is "shat" the correct word? irishtimes.com/news/politics/…
He even dropped some coin and PR in his bosses pocket. You have to go out of your way to stay there. Trump paid almost $20 million for it as it headed to bankrupt and it sits empty when I visited.
I am going to guess that Haftar's time at two Moscow military colleges did not include learning "swarm" or "rapid assault" tactics. The tactics that were successfully used against him in Wadi Doum.. in the last war he fought and lost. #BestOutOfThree marsad.ly/en/2019/09/03/…
Haftar has had five months to take Tripoli. There is only one way to take down a major city and that is within 24 hours, at night, by air and with all the key areas locked down by dawn, the garrisons on your side. Some militias were paid off but they knew he would betray them.
It is time for the UN to do their thing; Sanction Haftar and his backers along with his enablers, the lenders, mercenaries, weaponizers and expose the deceit of the UAE, Egypt, KSA, Russia, France etc. There will never be perfect peace in Libya but "the strong man" is finished.
US now sanctioning Indian sailors: “If you choose not to take this easy path, life will be much harder for you.” ...After the captain failed to respond, Mr Hook emailed him to say that the US Treasury had imposed sanctions on him." ft.com/content/201880…
OK here is the catch. The Rewards for Justice does NOT automatically pay out reward money. They decide IF they will pay an amount UP TO the listed amount. I guess Trump Zoo will have an Indian Captain petting zoo right next to the Hispanic Minors cage.
Sorry to belabor this but :A guy via Fax ...named "Hook" tells you to turn your giant oil tanker around and he will pay millions of dollars.....uh huh.
I know this is in Pashto, but this is Sohail Shaheen, the official spokesman of the Qatari Beach Talibs saying they will only accept the removal of "all" American troops. A very different message to southern Afghans vs what Khalizad is saying on Tolo. bbc.com/pashto/afghani…
The talib's putative leader Mullah Baradar is leading the talks. He was living openly in Pakistan, rolled up in February 2010 and released by the ISI in October of 2018 to attend these sham talks. The talks have had zero impact on the violence. aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/a…
Half a dozen other members were in Gitmo and swapped for Bowe Bergdahl. They haven't set foot in Afghanistan since 2002. These Obama talks have been going on and off for a decade with the leader lying about Mullah Omar's death for two years. aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/m…
Erik Prince's business partner Stuart Herd got zapped for tax evasion in Kenya on an unrelated business venture. 21 counts of tax evasion and possession of counterfeit excise duty stamps. That's going to leave a mark. nation.co.ke/news/Humphrey-…
Erik Prince used Alan Herd's (Father of Stuart Herd) dirt strip Kijipwa Airstrip to start his multi million grub stake in Frontier Services Group...and then bought it. Prince was going to use Greystone as his investment in FSG...but he had...ah..sold it.
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Herd is big in Kenya and South Sudan about.me/stuartherd and Erik needed his contacts to open doors and cut deals. It is not the first time Herd has bumped up against the Kenyan government but like all things in Africa, most problems can be solved. kenyalaw.org/caselaw/cases/…
"CIA won the war" is a mythology. No, overwhelming Air Force, Navy and Marine munitions SOFLAM'ed and killboxed by Air Force F JTACS and SF teams supporting Dostum's horse mounted Afghans coordinating with the CIA won the war in less than 6 weeks. nytimes.com/2019/09/02/us/…
Secondly the Taliban we are in talks with are demonstrably corrupt and incompetent at running anything. So the same people that helped us (Dostum, Atta, Karzai etc) along with ISIS and AQ will be cast in insurgent roles against the taliban. Creating a bizarro world of violence.
Atta, Dostum and other minorities have the support of Turkey, Iran, the Stans and India..and popular support. Pakistan will support the fake beach talibs and the real talibs and ISIS will begin to attack shia groups in Afghanistan and Kabul. Just as they are doing now.
You can't beat British politics for drama.
I mean Turkish politics are ok on a slow day but there is reason why they make the Brits sit on benches bolted to the floor.
In Uganda they have the British system but were too cheap to bolt the chairs down. See what happens?
Is there a theme in Paul Manafort, Donald Trump, Brittany Kaiser, George Nader, Erik Prince and Trumpish orb people who once lost their dream... feel something was stolen from them... and want revenge/redemption? The heroic journey in reverse? Or no? thecut.com/2015/12/robin-…
A villain is a hero who has not overcome their flaws and seeks to destroy or revenge himself against the just or virtuous. Has anyone overlaid this on the Trump White House to see if the pattern fits? mythcreants.com/blog/transform…
Villains are often identical to heroes based on judgement. The anti hero with ambiguous morality is popular, a dubious characterscan but with honorable intentions or may redeemed in death. Important point, Disney Villains never have yellow hair. blog.reedsy.com/anti-hero/
American industrial efficiency and longevity: Three dudes, two mike stands, one drum kit, one beat, one dance move. 50 million albums sold, Quarter of a million for each gig. ZZ Top is 50 this year.
69-year old Billy Gibbons has also commissioned a number of iconic American hot rods. My favorite is Cadzilla by Boyd Coddington. teamspeed.com/articles/hot-r…
Billy also collects African art. His hat is an Bamileke "ashente" a hat worn by the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family. Gibbon's gives tribute to boogie and rock and roll derived from AAB vocal structure and West African instruments. orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-20…
