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Steadfast and Goriest
02/10/2019 09:17 pmFAKE NEWS is the Enemy of the People!
So declares Racket Man at every opportunity he can get.
Contrary creature that I am, this was just the excuse I needed to go in search for my own fix of the stuff. So when the Washington Post were offering a whole year’s worth of Corruption and Lies for a mere $19 and further subscriptions at that bargain basement price, it was shall we say “an offer to good to refuse”
So here was a chance to get in at the ground floor and get the best seats in the house for the final season of Apprentice President
So I would usually find a bunch of tantalising emails in my inbox with links to assorted stories and since my tweet stone phone is my main Portkey to Cyberia, I very rarely bothered to visit the old fashioned full page version of the paper online
Life went on as usual. A year came and went and the subscription got renewed at the same low price but this time newbies were paying more than $100 for the same service with the odd half price flash sale here and there
I kept reading the stories delivered to my inbox including the dirty deeds of Dodgy Jared Kushner and the public relations charm offensive launched by a certain crown prince.
Then one day a big blank space appeared where the journalist Jamal’s regular column should have been. That was Thursday 4th October. This was followed every day by the question “Where is Jamal Khashoggi?" because apparently it was very unusual for him not to submit his regular column without an explanation.
Where is Jamal Khashoggi?
Jamal Kashoggi had been last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to sort out some paperwork. The ambassador claimed that JK had left the building shortly after arrival but the Turkish government had a different version of events helped in no small part by the fact that they had bugged the consulate.
By the weekend the truth was out in all its ghastliness
Time Line of Terror
But what followed was just as appalling. The current occupant of the White House refused to condemn this murder most foul for the usual pecuniary reasons
“Speaking of whether the crown prince knew about or ordered the killing by Saudi agents last month in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Trump said “maybe he did or maybe he didn’t!” But the president indicated that U.S. interests in Saudi oil production, weapons purchases and support for administration policies in the Middle East were more important than holding an ally to account, and he stressed the importance of staying in the kingdom’s good graces.
“They have been a great ally,” he said of the Saudis, and “the United States intends to remain a steadfast partner.” Speaking later to reporters as he left the White House for his Florida resort, Trump said, “I’m not going to destroy our economy by being foolish with Saudi Arabia,” he said.
Source
A missing voice
I am keeping my fingers crossed that there is a whistleblower out there who will leak the transcripts of creepy Kushner’s calls with Mr Marauding Bone Saw.
We all know that the whole freaky family have blood on their hands. The problem is proving it.
So declares Racket Man at every opportunity he can get.
Contrary creature that I am, this was just the excuse I needed to go in search for my own fix of the stuff. So when the Washington Post were offering a whole year’s worth of Corruption and Lies for a mere $19 and further subscriptions at that bargain basement price, it was shall we say “an offer to good to refuse”
So here was a chance to get in at the ground floor and get the best seats in the house for the final season of Apprentice President
So I would usually find a bunch of tantalising emails in my inbox with links to assorted stories and since my tweet stone phone is my main Portkey to Cyberia, I very rarely bothered to visit the old fashioned full page version of the paper online
Life went on as usual. A year came and went and the subscription got renewed at the same low price but this time newbies were paying more than $100 for the same service with the odd half price flash sale here and there
I kept reading the stories delivered to my inbox including the dirty deeds of Dodgy Jared Kushner and the public relations charm offensive launched by a certain crown prince.
Then one day a big blank space appeared where the journalist Jamal’s regular column should have been. That was Thursday 4th October. This was followed every day by the question “Where is Jamal Khashoggi?" because apparently it was very unusual for him not to submit his regular column without an explanation.
Where is Jamal Khashoggi?
Jamal Kashoggi had been last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to sort out some paperwork. The ambassador claimed that JK had left the building shortly after arrival but the Turkish government had a different version of events helped in no small part by the fact that they had bugged the consulate.
By the weekend the truth was out in all its ghastliness
Time Line of Terror
But what followed was just as appalling. The current occupant of the White House refused to condemn this murder most foul for the usual pecuniary reasons
“Speaking of whether the crown prince knew about or ordered the killing by Saudi agents last month in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Trump said “maybe he did or maybe he didn’t!” But the president indicated that U.S. interests in Saudi oil production, weapons purchases and support for administration policies in the Middle East were more important than holding an ally to account, and he stressed the importance of staying in the kingdom’s good graces.
“They have been a great ally,” he said of the Saudis, and “the United States intends to remain a steadfast partner.” Speaking later to reporters as he left the White House for his Florida resort, Trump said, “I’m not going to destroy our economy by being foolish with Saudi Arabia,” he said.
Source
A missing voice
I am keeping my fingers crossed that there is a whistleblower out there who will leak the transcripts of creepy Kushner’s calls with Mr Marauding Bone Saw.
We all know that the whole freaky family have blood on their hands. The problem is proving it.
