There was a successful lawsuit claiming $billions from Iraq because of its supposed responsibility for 9/11. It seems that was somehow quietly cancelled after Bush installed the US backed regime.
Could this fund be the Saudi Royals' "mad money" in case their subjects get restless? According to the Panama Papers, the king has an offshore account.
WSJ is asking some who-knew-what-when questions. Ukraine Knew of Separatists' Air-Defense Capabilities, Say Officials Claims Raise Questions of Why Ukraine Failed to Close Airspace
KIEV—Ukraine intelligence officials said they knew three days before the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that rebels in the east of the country possessed sophisticated air-defense systems capable of felling a jetliner at altitudes in excess of where the Boeing 777 was flying.
The disclosure deepens the mystery of why Ukrainian aviation officials failed to entirely close off the airspace in the Donetsk region, where the jet was flying went it was shot down, killing all 298 people on board.
"... we know how this ends. It ends with a new ceasefire."
To be followed by another Israeli assault in three years? The last ceasefire didn't get Hamas or Gazans anywhere. No ceasefire would at least inflict some costs on Israel.
Years ago they claimed that the WB settlements had nothing to do with Israel (and so were not in violation of international law). They seem to have changed their tune on that.
And the Apartheid Wall was not a boundary, just a "security" thing.
Is anyone keeping a list of all these "no longer operative" Zionisms?
Also an issue in Harperland (formerly known as Canada):
"If you can’t afford the wounded, you can’t afford the war"
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Among other things, the Commons committee recommended that the controversial new veterans charter be amended to include exact wording from its predecessor: that the law should be “liberally construed” in favour of veterans.
The protesters, however, say that rather fuzzy distinction is at the root of complaints about both the old and the new systems, because it has long given bureaucrats wiggle room to throw up roadblocks and deny benefits.
They say the only remedy is clear legislation or a military covenant similar to one in Britain which spells out that the nation has a “duty of care” to its soldiers.
“If they put it in legislation, we wouldn’t have people fighting the (class-action) lawsuit right now, where the government is saying they owe us nothing,” said Magill."
--------------------------- link to ottawacitizen.com
"We must realize, once and for all, that the gap between the national narratives of the Israelis and Palestinians and the declarative positions of their governments are too wide to bridge ..."
Where does this notion of "narratives" come from? It seems to mean that there is no such thing as objective historical fact. Instead, both "narratives" have equal validity. Would we speak in this way of the "black" and "white" "narratives" of American slavery?
"Libya’s parliamentary politics may be no-holds-barred, but the members were freely elected from local constituencies "
Most of the candidates were disqualified by ad-hoc revolutionary committees before the election.
It is unfortunate that this topic is usually framed in terms of surface atmospheric temperatures. The measured excess heat in recent decades is much too large to be explained by any natural (earthly or solar) causes that have been proposed (at least in the serious scientific literature).
The heat capacity of the upper ocean is several hundred times that of the atmosphere. If all those ZJs were going into the atmosphere only, it would be warming at about 0.5C per year (or about 1F).
"a wealthy nation with a per-head gross domestic product on par with the European Union average, and higher than that of Italy, Spain, or South Korea."
And some US states, I think.
"... and of course the idea of paying is unacceptable."
I have seen this elsewhere in the Israeli media. They are assuming that any peace deal will involve the US taxpayer providing much cash to buy off the Palestinians (or at least pay off compliant "leaders" who will sign on the dotted line).
For years I have been trying to find out whether those million "Israelis living abroad" (emigrants?) are included in the official "population of Israel".
BTW, the first three pdf links in the article did not work for me.
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The business “preyed upon the elderly and uneducated,”
Trump loves the poorly educated.
There was a successful lawsuit claiming $billions from Iraq because of its supposed responsibility for 9/11. It seems that was somehow quietly cancelled after Bush installed the US backed regime.
The recent anti-corruption marches in Baghdad were much larger than than the Maidan in Ukraine, but were ignored by most MSM.
link to theguardian.com
Could this fund be the Saudi Royals' "mad money" in case their subjects get restless? According to the Panama Papers, the king has an offshore account.
WSJ is asking some who-knew-what-when questions.
Ukraine Knew of Separatists' Air-Defense Capabilities, Say Officials
Claims Raise Questions of Why Ukraine Failed to Close Airspace
KIEV—Ukraine intelligence officials said they knew three days before the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that rebels in the east of the country possessed sophisticated air-defense systems capable of felling a jetliner at altitudes in excess of where the Boeing 777 was flying.
The disclosure deepens the mystery of why Ukrainian aviation officials failed to entirely close off the airspace in the Donetsk region, where the jet was flying went it was shot down, killing all 298 people on board.
Next question: what did the "West" know and when.
"... we know how this ends. It ends with a new ceasefire."
To be followed by another Israeli assault in three years? The last ceasefire didn't get Hamas or Gazans anywhere. No ceasefire would at least inflict some costs on Israel.
Years ago they claimed that the WB settlements had nothing to do with Israel (and so were not in violation of international law). They seem to have changed their tune on that.
And the Apartheid Wall was not a boundary, just a "security" thing.
Is anyone keeping a list of all these "no longer operative" Zionisms?
Also an issue in Harperland (formerly known as Canada):
"If you can’t afford the wounded, you can’t afford the war"
------------------------
Among other things, the Commons committee recommended that the controversial new veterans charter be amended to include exact wording from its predecessor: that the law should be “liberally construed” in favour of veterans.
The protesters, however, say that rather fuzzy distinction is at the root of complaints about both the old and the new systems, because it has long given bureaucrats wiggle room to throw up roadblocks and deny benefits.
They say the only remedy is clear legislation or a military covenant similar to one in Britain which spells out that the nation has a “duty of care” to its soldiers.
“If they put it in legislation, we wouldn’t have people fighting the (class-action) lawsuit right now, where the government is saying they owe us nothing,” said Magill."
---------------------------
link to ottawacitizen.com
"We must realize, once and for all, that the gap between the national narratives of the Israelis and Palestinians and the declarative positions of their governments are too wide to bridge ..."
Where does this notion of "narratives" come from? It seems to mean that there is no such thing as objective historical fact. Instead, both "narratives" have equal validity. Would we speak in this way of the "black" and "white" "narratives" of American slavery?
"In talks with King Abdullah late on Friday, Obama told his host their two countries remained in lockstep on their strategic interests despite policy differences over Iran and Syria. But despite appeals from US lawmakers, Obama did not raise the issue of human rights, a senior US official said, instead scheduling Saturday morning’s meeting with Maha Al-Muneef, a prominent campaigner against domestic violence in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom."
Quiet protest.
"Libya’s parliamentary politics may be no-holds-barred, but the members were freely elected from local constituencies "
Most of the candidates were disqualified by ad-hoc revolutionary committees before the election.
With increasing wealth disparity, there is a big difference between "median" and "mean" (or "average") wealth or income.
Using "median" statistics makes the disparity seem smaller.
"Solar doesn’t Poison Drinking Water"
Except maybe in China where the panel factories are.
It is unfortunate that this topic is usually framed in terms of surface atmospheric temperatures. The measured excess heat in recent decades is much too large to be explained by any natural (earthly or solar) causes that have been proposed (at least in the serious scientific literature).
The heat capacity of the upper ocean is several hundred times that of the atmosphere. If all those ZJs were going into the atmosphere only, it would be warming at about 0.5C per year (or about 1F).
"a wealthy nation with a per-head gross domestic product on par with the European Union average, and higher than that of Italy, Spain, or South Korea."
And some US states, I think.
"... and of course the idea of paying is unacceptable."
I have seen this elsewhere in the Israeli media. They are assuming that any peace deal will involve the US taxpayer providing much cash to buy off the Palestinians (or at least pay off compliant "leaders" who will sign on the dotted line).
For years I have been trying to find out whether those million "Israelis living abroad" (emigrants?) are included in the official "population of Israel".
BTW, the first three pdf links in the article did not work for me.