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Pre Goth, dead, but the photo is smoking hot! Thanks Fred.
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The results of this election are starting to take hold. The socialists have begun their purge of the useful idiots, starting with Schumer.
The freak show has begun with one state advertising for Muslim only staff members. Another is announcing the installation of trans and some alphabet soups into cabinet positions. The lie, affordability, is dead, now its all about revenge, a purge, of what they consider undesirables, conservatives. The next two years will be telling. Will America embrace what the socialists are going to throw at us and go quietly into exile, or will America put an end to the communist model and stop the purge.
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💥 Le JNIM revendique la prise de contrôle de deux positions appartenant aux milices alliées à l’armée malienne à Bandiougou et Doudabougou (région de Mopti), cet après-midi.
ℹ️ Ces faits restent à confirmer. Nous communiquerons toute information complémentaire si de nouveaux éléments sont disponibles.
💥 JNIM claims to have taken control of two positions held by militias allied with the Malian army in Bandiougou and Doudabougou (Mopti region) this afternoon.
ℹ️ These events remain to be confirmed. We will share any further information if new details become available.
[Jpost] The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis said later on Thursday it had intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by the group.
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... 's Iran-aligned Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s said on Thursday they had attacked a pumping station on the Saudi East-West oil pipeline, an oil facility in the Saudi Red Sea city of Yanbu, and an Aramco building in the capital Riyadh.
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis said later on Thursday it had intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by the group, one in the Riyadh region and another in the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province.
Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Houthis did not specify which day they had carried out the attacks.
The group has been firing ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi airports, ports, and oil installations, turning US ally Saudi Arabia into a pressure point in a war that began with the US and Israel attacking Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... in February.
With the conflict in the Middle East disrupting oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, Riyadh has rerouted about 4 million barrels per day of crude via the East-West Pipeline to Yanbu, equivalent to about 4% of global supply.
The pipeline has spared Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest exporter, from the brunt of the impact of the wartime shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz that has crippled exports from its neighbors.
HOUTHIS DENY TARGETING MECCA WITH BALLISTIC MISSILES
Separately, the Houthi military spokesperson on Thursday denied that the group had targeted Mecca with two ballistic missiles that Saudi Arabia's civil defense said had been intercepted and destroyed on Wednesday, with debris falling in the Mecca region, including in Sabuhah village.
The Houthis have repeatedly denied targeting Mecca and Medina, Islam's two holiest cities, rejecting previous Saudi-led coalition accusations that they had launched drones toward the cities.
The Houthis seized Yemen's capital Sanaa in 2014, prompting Saudi Arabia to intervene militarily the following year in support of the internationally recognized government.
A UN-brokered truce in 2022 largely froze the conflict, but hostilities resumed earlier this year, with the Houthis launching missile and drone attacks on Saudi territory and Riyadh carrying out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Yemen.
[Jpost] A reliquary containing bone fragments of Saint Nicholas of Myra, the historical inspiration for Santa Claus, was stolen from a basilica in Lorraine, La Belle France, and destroyed last week.
Originally reported on Thursday by French outlet L’Est Républicain, the Saint Nicholas Gay Pareeh in Lorraine confirmed the matter in a Saturday statement shared to social media.
"It is with profound sadness that the Saint Nicholas parish in Lorraine has learned of the events reported in the press regarding the theft and destruction of the relic of Saint Nicholas, which was kept on the patronal altar within the basilica," the parish wrote in its statement.
While the theft reportedly took place on October 28, the discovery of the crime and subsequent filing of a police complaint took place on November 2.
Police were able to identify and arrest the thief, who confessed to breaking the display before reportedly burning and crushing the relic.
THIEF DRIVEN TO DESTORY RELIC BY 'FORM OF FETISHISM'
According to L’Est Républicain, the thief told police he had "acted impulsively," driven by a desire to destroy the relic, in what he claimed to be a "form of fetishism."
The fetish being the sheer joy of destroying something precious to non-Moslems. This is why so much of the Ummah is in tatters and so much of their physical history has disappeared.
After being held in police custody, L’Est Républicain reported that he was brought before a French court, where a psychiatric evaluation concluded that he was legally responsible for the crime.
"Beyond the heritage value of this object, this act represents a deep affront to our history, our faith, and the devotion of generations of pilgrims, a loss that weighs heavily upon us today," said the parish, adding that it is "deeply pained by this act."
Then the act accomplished its purpose.
"The relic of Saint Nicholas serves as a precious link to our patron saint, whose memory we celebrate each year and whose spiritual influence extends far beyond the borders of our region of Lorraine," it said. "In the face of this trial, we wish to remain united in prayer and entrust all those affected by this event to the care of Saint Nicholas."
WHO WAS SAINT NICHOLAS OF MYRA? Saint Nicholas, also known as "Nikolaos of Myra" and "Nicholas of Bari" was a fourth-century saint and Greek bishop of Myra.
He was born to Christian parents in the city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ) during the time of the Roman Empire. A list of attendees confirms that he was present at the First Council of Nicaea, though accounts of others present do not mention him.
Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people, and European students.
According to legend, Saint Nicholas had a habit of secretly giving gifts to those in need, leading to the later rise of the traditional figure of Santa Claus.
After his death, he was buried in Myra, and the St. Nicholas Church was built there less than two centuries later.
In 1807, merchants from Bari illegally removed the major bones of Nicholas's skeleton and smuggled them back to Italia, where they are now enshrined in the Basilica di San Nicola.
Assuming, of course, that all of the bones were really the saint’s and not fraud or wishful thinking.
The remaining bone fragments from the Myra sarcophagus were later removed by Venetian sailors and taken to Venice during the First Crusade.
[Dawn] Security forces killed three turbans on the N-25 highway in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... ’s Mastung district while repelling an attack on Kandawa Post, state broadcaster Radio Pakistain reported on Thursday, citing police.
According to a spokesperson for Balochistan Police, turbans belonging to Fitna al Hindustan attempted a "cowardly attack at Kandawa Post on National Highway N-25 using an explosives-laden vehicle".
The state has designated Balochistan-based terrorist groups as Fitna al-Hindustan to highlight India’s alleged role in terrorism and destabilisation across Pakistain.
Security forces repulsed the attack through timely and effective action, the police statement said.
However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... two civilians bit the dust in the incident, while at least 13 others were maimed, according to a list of names in the police statement.
Three Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations.... personnel were also injured in the incident, the statement added. "The explosion caused damage to nearby houses and a mosque."
In the ensuing retaliatory operation, three bad boyz were potted, the police said.
The injured people were taken to medical centres for treatment.
"The attack demonstrates that these turbans have no connection with the people of Balochistan," the police stressed.
"Operations against elements seeking to undermine peace, development, and prosperity in Balochistan will continue, and the protection of the lives and property of the people will be ensured under all circumstances," it affirmed.
Balochistan has witnessed an increase in terrorist activities in recent years, prompting security forces to intensify counter-terrorism operations.
Earlier this month, a soldier was martyred and 17 bad boyz were potted in two intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Balochistan’s Kachhi and Kharan districts, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
In early October, security forces killed five turbans belonging to Fitna al-Hindustan in Mastung, Pakistain TV reported.
Pakistain witnessed a significant improvement in several key security indicators during October, with terrorist attacks declining by 37 per cent compared with September, according to the Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).
Balochistan recorded one of the most significant improvements, with terrorist attacks declining by 46pc, from 132 in September to 71 in October.
🔹استكملت قوات جيش الدفاع وحرس الحدود خلال الساعات الأربع والعشرين الماضية عمليات إنفاذ القانون المتكررة في موقعي إقامة غير قانونيين بالقرب من قريتي عطارة ووادي الرخيم. وقد انطلقت من هذين الموقعين بشكل متكرر أعمال عنف وأنشطة غير قانونية.
🔹في إطار هذه العمليات، اتُّخذت إجراءات إنفاذ القانون بحق مكوّنات بناء غير قانونية ومركبات وخيام ومبانٍ مؤقتة.
🔹خلال عمليات إنفاذ القانون الليلة الماضية (الخميس)، بالقرب من قرية عطارة، تحصّن مثيرو شغب إسرائيليون مخالفون للقانون على أسطح المباني، فيما حاول آخرون الوصول إلى المنطقة. واستخدمت القوات وسائل تفريق المظاهرات واستكملت عمليات إنفاذ القانون.
🔹إن إقامة مواقع إقامة غير قانونية تصرف انتباه قوات الأمن عن مهام الدفاع وإحباط الإرهاب، وتمسّ بأمن المنطقة.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) November 12, 2026
Translated Text:
🔹Over the past 24 hours, IDF and Border Police forces completed repeated law enforcement operations at two illegal settlement sites near the villages of Atara and Wadi al-Rakim. These sites have repeatedly been the source of violence and illegal activity.
🔹As part of these operations, law enforcement measures were taken against illegal construction components, vehicles, tents, and temporary structures.
🔹During last night’s (Thursday) law enforcement operations near the village of Atara, Israeli rioters acting unlawfully barricaded themselves on rooftops, while others attempted to reach the area. The forces used crowd-dispersal measures and completed the law enforcement operations.
🔹The establishment of illegal settlement sites diverts security forces’ attention from defense and counterterrorism missions and undermines the region’s security.
בתקיפה ממוקדת במהלך הלילה, חיל-האוויר בהכוונת שב״כ תקף את המחבל מחמד אבו איסמעיל ששימש כמפקד חטיבת חאן יונס ומחבלים נוספים שהסתתרו בבית החולים "נאצר" בח'אן יונס שבדרום רצועת עזה.
במסגרת תפקידו, מחמד אבו איסמעיל היה אחראי על ניהול פעילותם של מחבלי החטיבה והכוונתם לקידום ולהוצאה לפועל של מתווי טרור נגד כוחות צה"ל ואזרחי מדינת ישראל.
כמו כן, היה אחראי על החזקתם בשבי של חטופים רבים לאורך המלחמה.
המחבלים הותקפו להסרת האיום לאחר שהפכו את המתחם בבית החולים 'נאצר' למפקדה ופעלו ממנה לקידום עשרות מתווי טרור נגד כוחותינו ולשיקום בניין הכוח של החטיבה שספגה פגיעה קשה לאורך המלחמה.
טרם התקיפה פורסמו אזהרות מקדימות לאוכלוסייה, בנוסף לשימוש בחימוש מדוייק ותצפיות מהאוויר על מנת לצמצם את הסיכוי לפגיעה באזרחים.
In a targeted strike overnight, the Air Force, directed by the Shin Bet, attacked the terrorist Muhammad Abu Ismail, who served as commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade, and other terrorists who were hiding in Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
In his role, Muhammad Abu Ismail was responsible for managing the brigade’s terrorists’ activities and directing them to plan and carry out terrorist plots against IDF forces and Israeli civilians.
He was also responsible for holding many hostages captive throughout the war.
The terrorists were attacked to eliminate the threat after they had turned the compound at Nasser Hospital into a headquarters and used it to advance dozens of terrorist plots against our forces and rebuild the brigade’s capabilities after it had suffered severe damage throughout the war.
Before the strike, advance warnings were issued to the population, and precision munitions and aerial surveillance were used to minimize the risk of harming civilians.
جيش الدفاع حذّر خلال الأيام الأخيرة جهات في مستشفيات قطاع غزة من مواصلة استخدامها لأغراض إرهابية
ية لتنفيذ أنشطة إرهابية ضد قوات جيش الدفاع ودولة إسرائيل.
⭕️وفي إطار هذه المكالمات، طالب جيش الدفاع بوقف فوري لأي نشاط عسكري أو إرهابي من داخل المستشفيات أو في محيطها أو من خلال استغلال البنى التحتية الطبية، وأوضح أنه في حال عدم وقف هذه الأنشطة، سيضطر جيش الدفاع إلى التحرك لإزالة التهديدات الناجمة عنها.
⭕️الرسالة واضحة: تواصل حركة حماس الإرهابية استغلال المستشفيات والبنى التحتية المدنية في ق⭕️متابعةً للغارة التي نُفذت خلال الليلة الماضية على مستشفى "ناصر"، يكشف جيش الدفاع أنه خلال الأيام الأخيرة، أجرى ضباط في مديرية التنسيق والارتباط غزة التابعة لوحدة تنسيق أعمال الحكومة في المناطق، مكالمات تحذيرية مع جهات في المستشفيات والمنظومة الصحية في قطاع غزة، وأوضحوا خلالها أن المنظمات الإرهابية تواصل استخدام المستشفيات والمراكز الط
بطاع غزة لأغراض إرهابية، وبذلك تعرّض السكان المدنيين والمرضى للخطر مرة تلو الأخرى، وتمسّ بالمرافق التي يُفترض أن تُستخدم للأغراض الطبية.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) November 12, 2026
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The IDF warned parties at hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past few days against continuing to use them for terrorist purposes
⭕️Following the strike carried out last night on Nasser Hospital, the IDF reveals that over the past few days, officers from the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Directorate of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories made warning calls to parties at hospitals and within the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip. During these calls, they explained that terrorist organizations continue to use hospitals and medical centers to carry out terrorist activities against IDF forces and the State of Israel.
⭕️As part of these calls, the IDF demanded an immediate halt to any military or terrorist activity from within hospitals, in their vicinity, or through the exploitation of medical infrastructure. It explained that if these activities were not stopped, the IDF would be forced to take action to eliminate the threats they pose.
⭕️The message is clear: the terrorist Hamas movement continues to exploit hospitals and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip for terrorist purposes, repeatedly endangering civilians and patients and compromising facilities that are supposed to be used for medical purposes.
احتجاز مختطفين واستخدام المستشفى مقرًا للقيادة الإرهابية: قائد لواء خانيونس الذي استُهدف كان ضالعًا في احتجاز مختطفين في قبضة حركة حماس الإرهابية خلال الحرب، بما في ذلك داخل المس
تشفى الذي استُهدف فيه
⭕️يُعدّ المخرب أبو إسماعيل حاليًا شخصية محورية في إدارة لواء خانيونس وقيادته، ولا سيما بعد تصفية قائد لواء خانيونس، محمد اليازوري، في مطلع شهر سبتمبر.
⭕️على غرار مستشفيات أخرى في قطاع غزة، تستخدم حركة حماس الإرهابية مستشفى “ناصر” في خانيونس. فعلى سبيل المثال، يُستخدم الطابق الثاني من المستشفى مقرًا عسكريًا للقيادة التابعة لحماس، حيث يُمنع المدنيون من دخوله ويخضع لحراسة مشددة، نظرًا لاستخدامه من قبل قادة المنظمة، بمن فيهم محمد أبو إسماعيل. وطوال فترة الحرب، احتُجز داخل مستشفى “ناصر” عشرات عديدة من المختطفين، كان الكثير منهم من كيبوتس ناحال عوز، بمن فيهم نساء وأطفال ومسنون ومواطنون أجانب.
⭕️كما كان أبو إسماعيل مسؤولًا عن احتجاز العديد من المختطفين في قبضة حركة حماس الإرهابية طوال فترة الحرب، ومن بينهم: نمرود كوهين، متان تسانغاوكر، عيدان ألكسندر، أفيرا منغيستو، العقيد أساف حمامي رحمه الله، الرقيب أول عوز دانيئيل، والنقيب عومر ناؤترا رحمه الله.
⭕️إلى جانب استهداف أبو إسماعيل، تم استهداف مخربين آخرين تواجدوا داخل المبنى في مجمع المستشفى، ومن بينهم مراد توفيق محمود أبو ظريفة، رئيس فريق في قسم الهندسة التابع لسرية الدعم القتالي والإداري، وخالد أسامة أبو عنزة، رئيس قسم الاتصالات في دائرة العمليات بمقر استخبارات حركة حماس الإرهابية.
⭕️تمت مهاجمة المخربين من الجو لإزالة التهديد، بعدما حوّلوا مجمع مستشفى "ناصر" إلى مقر قيادة، وعملوا انطلاقًا منه على دفع عشرات المخططات الإرهابية ضد قواتنا، وعلى إعادة بناء القوة العسكرية للواء الذي تلقى ضربة قاسية طوال فترة الحرب..
⭕️قبل تنفيذ الغارة، تم اتخاذ خطوات لتقليل احتمال إلحاق الضرر بمبنى المستشفى وإصابة غير المتورطين قدر الإمكان. كما نُفذت الغارة بشكل مركّز، واستهدفت الغرفة التي مارس منها قائد اللواء والمخربون أنشطتهم العسكرية.
⭕️بالإضافة إلى ذلك، وقبل تنفيذ الغارة، كرر جيش الدفاع في عدة مناسبات، بما في ذلك خلال الفترة الأخيرة، تحذيراته ومطالبته بوقف النشاط العسكري داخل المستشفى. ورغم هذه التحذيرات، لم يتوقف النشاط العسكري في المستشفى.
⭕️يعمل جيش الدفاع وفقًا للقانون الدولي، ويستهدف أهدافًا عسكرية فقط، ويحترم الحماية الخاصة الممنوحة للمؤسسات والطواقم الطبية، ولا يستهدفها بصفتها تلك. تنتشر قوات الأمن في المنطقة وفقًا للاتفاق، وستواصل العمل لإزالة أي تهديد.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) November 12, 2026
Translated Text:
Holding hostages and using the hospital as a terrorist command center: The Khan Younis Brigade commander who was targeted was involved in holding hostages captive in Hamas’s terrorist organization during the war, including inside the hospital where he was targeted.
⭕️The terrorist Abu Ismail is currently a key figure in managing and commanding the Khan Younis Brigade, particularly following the elimination of the brigade’s commander, Muhammad al-Yazouri, in early September.
⭕️Like other hospitals in the Gaza Strip, Hamas’s terrorist organization uses Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. For example, the hospital’s second floor is used as a military command center for Hamas. Civilians are barred from entering, and it is under heavy guard because it is used by the organization’s leaders, including Muhammad Abu Ismail. Throughout the war, dozens of hostages were held inside Nasser Hospital, many of them from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, including women, children, elderly people, and foreign nationals.
⭕️Abu Ismail was also responsible for holding many hostages captive in Hamas’s terrorist organization throughout the war, including Nimrod Cohen, Matan Zangauker, Idan Alexander, Avera Mengistu, Colonel Asaf Hamami, may God have mercy on him, First Sergeant Oz Daniel, and Captain Omer Neutra, may God have mercy on him.
⭕️In addition to Abu Ismail, other terrorists who were inside the building in the hospital complex were targeted, including Murad Tawfiq Mahmoud Abu Zarifa, a team leader in the engineering section of the combat and administrative support company, and Khaled Osama Abu Anza, head of the communications section in the operations department at Hamas’s terrorist organization’s intelligence headquarters.
⭕️The terrorists were attacked from the air to remove the threat after they turned the Nasser Hospital complex into a command center and used it to advance dozens of terrorist plots against our forces and rebuild the military strength of the brigade, which had suffered a severe blow throughout the war.
⭕️Before the strike was carried out, steps were taken to minimize, as much as possible, the likelihood of damage to the hospital building and harm to uninvolved people. The strike was also carried out in a focused manner, targeting the room from which the brigade commander and the terrorists conducted their military activities.
⭕️In addition, before the strike was carried out, the IDF repeated its warnings and demands to stop military activity inside the hospital on several occasions, including recently. Despite these warnings, military activity in the hospital did not stop.
⭕️The IDF operates in accordance with international law, targets only military objectives, and respects the
special protection afforded to medical institutions and personnel, without targeting them as such. Security forces are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue working to remove any threat.
[Jpost] Iranian state media claimed on Tuesday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had carried out strikes destroying "enemy navigation systems" on Didamar island.
Iranian official sources said Sirik in the southern province of Hormozgan was hit by "an enemy" strike, state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.
IRNA said the strike was military in nature, without giving further details on damage or casualties.
Iranian state media claimed on Tuesday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had carried out strikes destroying "enemy navigation systems" on Didamar island.
Three sources with knowledge of the matter later confirmed to Reuters that Iran had attacked ship navigation systems on Didamar.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
Saint Nicholas, also known as "Nikolaos of Myra" and "Nicholas of Bari" was a fourth-century saint and Greek bishop of Myra.
