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FishbellykanakaDude
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Guest wrote:... It's tragic.
Tragedy has little to do with the self-immolation exhibited by IDists.

..may all continue the burn, nā ʻuhaneʻino.
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utahbob wrote:...
When I went back after to County Tyrone right after the "Good Friday Agreement," my cousins told me that they were going to take me to an integrated pub. Dumb me the American, I thought "wow, Africans immigrated here?" Nope, it was a place for young Roman Catholics and Protestants could drink, dance and a meet somebody of the opposite sex to "snogg." ...
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FishbellykanakaDude wrote:
Guest wrote:... It's tragic.
Tragedy has little to do with the self-immolation exhibited by IDists.

..may all continue the burn, nā ʻuhaneʻino.
It has everything to do with enabling Baby Boomers who are more concerned with virtue signalling than saving their own people from destruction.

G Maxwell pedo

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Guest wrote:
FishbellykanakaDude wrote:
Guest wrote:... It's tragic.
Tragedy has little to do with the self-immolation exhibited by IDists.

..may all continue the burn, nā ʻuhaneʻino.
It has everything to do with enabling Baby Boomers who are more concerned with virtue signalling than saving their own people from destruction.
You'll have to forgive fishbellly. He plans on escaping the collapse of civilization by hiding out on an old barely seaworthy sailboat and eating raw squid and pieces of coconut. He hasn't a clue, but he has an escape plan...

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Speaking in the German parliament, Alice Weidel, the AfD leader, tore into Chancellor Merkel for her, and Brussel’s, botched handling of Brexit (for which “she, Merkel bears some responsibility”). Weidel pointed out that “the UK is the second biggest economy in Europe – as big as the 19 smallest EU members combined”. “From an economic perspective, the EU is shrinking from 27 member-states to 9. In the face of such an enormous event, the EU reaction verges on a pathological denial of reality … [they should recall] that German prosperity and jobs are at stake here. It is clearly in Germany’s interest that trade and investment continue unhindered. But, out of blind loyalty, you [Merkel], follow France, which wants to deny Britain access to the Single Market. Yes, you [Merkel] are considering not allowing Britain access to the European Economic Area, because France does not want it. [Sarcasm] that would be too much: Too much free trade; too much fresh air in the markets … France with its failed industrial policy serves as [the new] blueprint [for the EU]”.

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** 12-Aug-2019 World View: Hong Kong protesters shut down the airport

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  • Hong Kong airport on Monday
The Hong Kong protests have been going on for ten weeks, and have been
getting smaller and more violent.

A few weeks ago, there were as many as two million people in the Hong
Kong street protests, out of a Hong Kong population of about 7
million. However, the protests have been getting smaller, and only
thousands or tens of thousands of protesters participated over the
weekend.

The diminishing size of the protests has appaently motivated the
activists to encourage more violence. Over the weekend, demonstrators
put up barricades to block intersections and wore face masks for
protection from police tear gas. Protesters surrounded the police
station, and threw bricks at police.

On Monday, Hong Kong airport was forced to cancel all flights out of
the airport, as 5,000 anti-government protesters blocked the departure
area.

There have been reports that China's military (PLA) has been massing
troops on the mainland in Shenzhen just outside Hong Kong. Beijing
claims that just normal exercises.

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  • Dozens of army trucks line a street next to the entrance of
    the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre in Shenzhen on Monday (SCMP)


Forcing the airport to close is a very serious act on the part of
anti-government activists. It seems that as the size of the protests
has dwindled, the activists have been doing more and more to provoke a
military confrontation for their own self-interest.

It's now Tuesday morning in Hong Kong, and the number of protesters in
the airport has dwindled from thousands to hundreds. The airport is
trying to restore operations.

The Civil Human Rights Front, a group that has organized some of the
largest rallies, announced that it would hold another “mass march” on
Sunday, Aug. 18.

---- Sources:

-- Hong Kong airport cancels all flights for the remainder of the day
due to protests
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/hong-ko ... tests.html
(CNBC, 12-Aug-2019)

-- Hong Kong / Airport Looks to Reopen Early Tuesday Morning: Hong
Kong Update
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ong-update
(Bloomberg, 12-Aug-2019)

-- Chinese armed police truck convoy rolls into city near Hong Kong
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society ... -hong-kong
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 12-Aug-2019)

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** 12-Aug-2019 World View: US and Turkey to create a 'bufferf zone' in northeast Syria

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  • Map of Syria, showing Turkey's proposed buffer zone in
    northeast Syria (Telegraph)


A US delegation arrived in Turkey on Monday to discuss creation of a
"Joing Command Center" in Turkey to oversee the creation of a
"buffer zone" in northeastern Syria. The meeting will take place
in Sanliurfa, Turkey, near the border with Syria.

The US is insisting on this plan, rather than Turkey's plan for a
unilateral invasion of northeast Syria to push back the Kurdish
People's Protection Units (YPG), which were allies of the US in
defeating ISIS. Turkey's government considers the YPG to be
terrorists, allied with the terror group Turkistan Workers' Party
(PKK).

The YPG were the fighters who did the actual fighting that
destroyed the ISIS caliphate in northeast Syria. The US provided
air support and heavy weapons. Turkey particularly objects to
the YPG having possession of these heavy weapons which, they claim,
can now be turned on Turkey, since the fight with ISIS is over.

Turkey has for years been threatening to invade northern Syria to
establish a 20-25 mile buffer zone within Syria along its northern
border with Turkey. Turkey has never carried through with this
threat, but now seems determined to do so, now that the US has been
withdrawing its military.

If Turkey goes through with its threat to enter Syria and unilaterally
push back the YPG from Turkey's border, it could lead to a prolonged
war between Turkey and the YPG, and the United States military may be
forced to intervene.

The Joint Command Center could be online in a few days. The US,
Turkey and the Kurds have all agreed in principle to establish a
buffer zone. However, there are some serious disagreements. The
Kurds would like it to be 5 miles wide, while the Turks want it 25
miles wide. There are also disagreements about who will be in charge,
and what role the YPG will play.

The Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus is categorically rejecting the
establishment of a buffer zone under control of Turkey and the US,
calling it "a blatant aggression on Syria’s sovereignty and
territorial integrity."

---- Sources:

-- US, Turkey begin work to create Syria buffer zone
https://www.france24.com/en/20190812-us ... uffer-zone
(AFP, 12-Aug-2019)

-- US and Turkey start work on Syria border zone
https://thedefensepost.com/2019/08/12/s ... on-turkey/
(Defense Post, 12-Aug-2019)

-- Intel: Why a military confrontation between Turkey and the Kurds in
Syria might be good news for Russia
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/origin ... ussia.html
(Al Monitor, 12-Aug-2019)

-- Turkey can act on its own in northern Syria if US plan fails:
Defense Minister
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/other- ... ter-145726
(Hurriyet, 12-Aug-2019)

-- Syria strongly condemns continued destructive US interference in
its affairs and rejects US-Turkish understandings
https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=170065
(Sana, Damascus, 26-Jul-2019)


-- Turkey to 'rip apart terror corridor' in Syria regardless of US
talks: Erdogan
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/26072019
(Rudaw, Kurdistan 26-Jul-2019)

-- US warns Turkey on Syria amid last-ditch talks to resolve buffer
zone dispute
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/origin ... -zone.html
(Al Monitor, 6-Aug-2019)

-- Syria government ‘categorically rejects’ US-Turkey buffer zone
plans
https://thedefensepost.com/2019/08/08/s ... ffer-zone/
(Defense Post, 8-Aug-2019)

-- Turkey’s demand for a Syria buffer zone is about oil, not terror
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opin ... not-terror
(Washington Examiner, 31-Jul-2019)

-- Turkish assault on Kurdish-held Syria averted after agreement with
US on 'safezone'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/0 ... -safezone/
(Telegraph, London, 7-Aug-2019)

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G Maxwell pedo wrote:
Guest wrote:
FishbellykanakaDude wrote:
Tragedy has little to do with the self-immolation exhibited by IDists.

..may all continue the burn, nā ʻuhaneʻino.
It has everything to do with enabling Baby Boomers who are more concerned with virtue signalling than saving their own people from destruction.
You'll have to forgive fishbellly. He plans on escaping the collapse of civilization by hiding out on an old barely seaworthy sailboat and eating raw squid and pieces of coconut. He hasn't a clue, but he has an escape plan...
I'll find SOMETHING to burn underneath the squid, 'though squid "sashimi" is quite good, and I love coconut! :)

Hey, I can burn the coconut coir and shell. Yeah...

..and the boat will be quite new, as I'll have built it,.. but you may be quite right about the "barely seaworthy" part! <chuckle, chuckle, chuckle...!>

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“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

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** 13-Aug-2019 World View: Hong Kong police enter airport with force

With protesters shutting down the airport for another day, Hong Kong
police have entered the airport for the first time, and right at this
moment are using force to disperse the protesters.

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