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So you Do know of what you POSTED = this "I shall not consent to be tried under a law in which my sex had no voice in making.” (Pearl Heart)
Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart: Toting guns, these women of the Wild West shot down the view that life as a female pioneer was about cooking, sewing, cleaning, and caring for children was the sole provence of pioneer women. Women of the American wild west had to be a resourceful lot to cope with the elements that surrounded them: the harsh conditions, lawlessness and living in an age where there were few amenities. Some women took to the gun as readily as any man and others made lives for themselves apart from dignified society." - RESOURCE FOR THE QUOTE - NOW - R D-S & T-P - we will await the response of the good readers of your platform -- The readers are out, their minds sharp, so in this small portion today - we can await their view - with this I smile 🙂
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07/17/2024 7:03 Comments ||
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The cuffs are very impractical.
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If somebody points a gun at me I think I must assume he/she/they can and will pull the trigger. Then I'd be dead no matter what sex or sexual persuasion the shooter was. The gun doesn't care. Didn't care in the Old Wild West and doesn't care today.
But regardless of the hat, sleeves or rough and ready appearance, this girl is not unattractive.
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07/17/2024 12:37 Comments ||
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Flintlock pistol or a rifle with very short butt-stock, and a very long barrel?
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My great great grandmother crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1950 with five children in tow. Tucked into her belt was a pistol her husband who waited for her in San Francisco taught her to shoot. When she arrived she soon met the wife of John C. Fremont, who founded the Republican Party in San Francisco, and his wife could shoot as accurately as any man.
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Should read 1850. Although to go unarmed in the Panama today is foolish.
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Linen shirt with a broad collar and flipped up cuffs, short jacket with shoulder detail, closed with lacing rather than buttons, probably beeches tucked into high boots — both dirty — oooold felted wool hat… she’s wearing what looks like clothes outgrown by a brother in the 17th century, which would match the pistol she’s polishing. Except it’s a photo, so perhaps an actress?
Duh, time travel!
Somewhat more seriously... you have a good eye, tw. I would have guessed some kind of historical re-enactment, but looking closer, she appears a bit too scruffy for that. My compliments to the costumers who, judging by the results, obviously don't work for a government agency.
To call it what is was, the SSL (Secured Socket layer (Port 443)) certificate had expired.
I went through the process of updating it through the Electronic Freedom Foundation's certbot program which provides free ssl for websites. Fortunately, Fred already had the executable installed, so the outage was only for about 90 mins or so.
And technically, the web server wasn't out, most of ya'll's browsers refused to connect to a non-ssl website.
The outage from 10 days or so ago, wasn't an outage: Fred lost his comms, but it was restored.
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An SSL certificate (also known as a TLS or SSL/TLS certificate) is a digital document that binds the identity of a website to a cryptographic key pair consisting of a public key and a private key. The public key, included in the certificate, allows a web browser to initiate an encrypted communication session with a web server via the TLS and HTTPS protocols. The private key is kept secure on the server, and is used to digitally sign web pages and other documents (such as images and JavaScript files).
An SSL certificate also includes identifying information about a website, including its domain name and, optionally, identifying information about the site’s owner. If the web server’s SSL certificate is signed by a publicly trusted certificate authority (CA), like SSL.com, digitally signed content from the server will be trusted by end users’ web browsers and operating systems as authentic.
An SSL certificate is a type of X.509 certificate. Digicert.com
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We have multimillion dollar vendors that forget to update their certs. Really, really frustrating when we approve software to run based on that. Brings everything to a halt.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The al-Dinder Emergency Room in Sennar State, southeast Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... , reported Sunday that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized agricultural equipment, seeds, and fertilizers from villages in the region, raising concerns about the potential failure of the upcoming agricultural season.
The RSF took control of al-Dinder on July 1st but was briefly ousted by the Sudanese army. However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... the RSF swiftly recaptured the city on July 5th, forcing the army and its allies to retreat to Gedaref State.
In a statement to Sudan Tribune, the Room accused the RSF of using "intimidation, beatings, and killings" to confiscate tractors and equipment from farmers across al-Dinder locality. An estimated 200 tractors have been seized and are reportedly being stored in the villages of al-Farish and Kamrab, west of al-Dinder. These villages are primarily inhabited by members of the Rizeigat tribe, the same tribe from which many RSF leaders and soldiers hail.
The Room further alleges that the RSF has looted agricultural seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides from villages and storage facilities, jeopardizing the upcoming harvest. They also claim that Kamrab and al-Farish have become operational bases for the RSF, used for launching raids and storing stolen goods from al-Dinder and its surrounding villages.
Al-Dinder is home to approximately 200 villages that rely on herding, trade, and agriculture. However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... many residents have fled due to RSF violence, including killings, looting, sexual violence, and forced displacement. The ongoing lack of electricity, water, and communication services, combined with soaring prices for essential goods, are exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the region.
Last Saturday, the Emergency Room warned of a rising corpse count among vulnerable populations, including those with chronic illnesses, the elderly, and children, due to the closure of hospitals and health centres damaged in the conflict.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army assistant commander-in-chief, Yasir al-Atta, declared on Tuesday that the armed forces will not negotiate with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) even if the conflict continues for a century.
This declaration comes amidst UN-sponsored indirect talks in Geneva between the Sudanese government and the RSF, focusing on the deteriorating humanitarian situation.
Speaking at a promotion ceremony for officers and soldiers of the Engineering Corps in Omdurman, al-Atta stated, "There will be no negotiation, no truce, even if the war lasts 100 years." He argued that negotiating with the RSF would merely postpone the conflict and exacerbate political, military, and security issues, hindering Sudan’s progress.
Al-Atta emphasized the army’s commitment to continuing what he termed the "war of dignity" until the surrender of RSF fighters and their collaborators. He dismissed claims of tribal support for the RSF, asserting that no tribe would endorse the "devil’s actions" of violence and abuse attributed to the paramilitary group.
"We stand with the will and decision of the Sudanese people, whose interest lies in the elimination of the RSF," al-Atta declared.
Since mid-April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating conflict between the army and the RSF, originating in the capital Khartoum and spreading to vast areas of Darfur, Kordofan, Al Jazirah, the White Nile, and Sennar regions.
The escalating conflict has resulted in countless deaths and displaced over ten million people, raising alarms about an impending famine due to the lack of humanitarian aid reaching those affected.
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"We stand with the will and decision of the Sudanese people, whose interest lies in the elimination of the RSF," al-Atta declared.
There is no such thing as a Sudanese person. There are Fur, Massalit, Hadendowa, Beja, Nuba, Lagu, and a score of other ethnic minorities. When al-Atta talks about the struggle he is talking about his Arab ethnicity which is being moved back into a smaller and smaller part of the Sudan. Without outside support soon, the Arabs will be done.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army and its allied forces have intensified military operations around the Jabal Moya area in northern Sennar state, aiming to regain control of this strategic area.
Jabal Moya, a series of hills located on a key national road linking the states of Sennar, Al Jazirah, and the White Nile, lies approximately 300 kilometres southeast of Khartoum and 30 kilometres west of Sennar city.
In June, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of Jabal Moya, which had served as the army’s main defence point for Sennar state. From this position, the RSF launched attacks and captured Singa, the state capital, as well as al-Dinder, Ad-Dali, and al-Mazmum, leaving the army with only the city of Sennar.
According to field sources speaking to Sudan Tribune, the army has advanced toward Jabal Moya from the White Nile state to the west to reclaim this vital area.
Recapturing Jabal Moya is crucial for the army to prevent an RSF siege of the White Nile and Blue Nile states, as well as the cities of Sennar and al-Manaqil in Al Jazirah state.
The RSF currently maintains a siege on the White Nile state, bordering South Sudan, with forces stationed in three locations: Um Rawaba in North Kordofan state to the west, al-Qattinah locality in the White Nile state to the north, and Jabal Moya in Sennar state to the east.
The same sources indicate that the army regained control of Jabal al-Dud within the Jabal Moya hill range last week and has since expanded eastward, capturing Jabal al-A’war, a location closer to Jabal Moya.
Reports suggest that on Monday, the army attacked Jabal Saqdi and areas surrounding Jabal Moya, west of Sennar city. They successfully combed the surrounding areas, inflicting losses on the RSF in terms of both personnel and combat vehicles.
The army has also cleared villages in the foothills of Jabal Qara, Sidi, and al-Tal’a, bringing them closer to Jabal Moya along the national road connecting Sennar and Rabak in the White Nile state.
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The Arabs now understand that they are on the verge of a major defeat, the likes of which they have not suffered since the Mongols. I think there will be some desperate fighting from here on in.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] …after it was targeted by Huthi rebels
Chios Lion, a Liberia-flagged oil tanker was struck on its port side on Tuesday
Assault was part of a swarm of attacks by Houthis on ships in the Red Sea around 100 nautical miles northwest of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah
An unmanned watercraft is said to have carried out the attack, though only minor damage has been reported.
In the aftermath of the incident, officials are assessing the damage and investigating a potential oil spill, the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said on Tuesday.
'While originally headed south, following the attack the vessel turned around and back north out of the threat area to further assess damage and investigate potential oil spillage,' the JMIC said in a statement.
It added that the captain and crew were safe.
The manager of Chios Lion did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Yemen's Houthis said they targeted Chios Lion and Bentley I with ballistic missiles, drones and booby-trapped boats.
[EN.ROYANEWS.TV] At least 15 people were killed and more than 65 were maimed late on Sunday, in an attack carried out by jihadist organization Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... on two villages in Nigeria, The Washington Post reported.
According to Rooters, the gun attack took place near army barracks in Bale Shuwari.
On the other hand, 13 snuffies were pronounced dead by the Nigerian army.
Earlier last week, the government said that it was in talks with Boko Haram to agree to a ceasefire, however, it did not mention any factions or elements in particular.
In February, 20 people were killed and dozens injured in a crowded fish market in Nigeria, after three jacket wallahs attacked the market located in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
Boko Haram continues to carry out terrorist bombings in Borno State and other cities in Nigeria, in an attempt to establish an Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... . The group kidnaps women and often uses youth as suicide bombers.
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Update at 10:00 p.m. ET: ‘Twas ISIS getting feisty. See also here.
[GEO.TV] At least six people including four Paks and an Indian were killed by gunfire in the vicinity of a mosque in Oman's capital of Muscat, the Omani police said on Tuesday, a rare breach of security in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East.
Police say three button men behind attack were also killed as officers conclude "procedures for dealing with shooting".
A police officer was were among those killed in the gun attack, according to Omani officials.
Pakistain's Ambassador to Oman Imran Ali told The National that at least 50 Pak expatriate workers had been injured in the deadly attack, of which 20 were being "treated for bullet wounds in three hospitals in Muscat".
Others with minor injuries had been discharged, he added.
However,
ars longa, vita brevis... the Oman's police said that 28 people of "various nationalities" including a security personnel were also maimed.
"The Royal Oman Police have responded to a shooting incident that occurred in the vicinity of a mosque in the al-Wadi al-Kabir area," police said in a statement.
They have not said whether they have identified a motive for the attack or if they had made any arrests. The identity of the attackers has also not been released.
The law enforcement officials also said that all security measures have been taken to deal with the situation while procedures are underway for collecting evidence and probing the attack.
According to the Embassy of Pakistain, a terrorist attack took place on July 15 in the Wadi Kabir Muscat area by unknown assailants.
It said that the authorities have cordoned off the area with drone and the surveillance is underway, adding that the operation by the Omani authorities started at 2:30am Muscat time after evacuation.
"Government has put up high alert and emergency at state level as well as some injured are shifted to nearby hospitals," said the embassy, adding that it established an Emergency Response Centre and teams which are in contact with patients and their families.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A shootout with casualties occurred between unknown persons near a mosque in the city of Wadi Kabir in eastern Oman. Details were reported to Reuters by local police.
According to law enforcement, four people were killed and several others were injured in the shooting. They were taken to hospital.
There are no detailed information about the incident yet.
Family feud? Crime, of passion or otherwise? Jihadi or general issue assassin? So many possibilities, absolutely no information to guide the readers to any particular conclusion.
As reported by the Regnum news agency , a man in the village of Ugolsky in the Volgograd regionshot at children playing in the street. A 12-year-old boy died. The shooter was detained.
A conflict on Komendantsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg ended in gunfire. The incident occurred on the evening of July 13 near house No. 71. Three migrants born in 1990, 1995, and 2000 were taken to the police to check for involvement in the shooting.
Based on Skidmark’s links in comments, below, this is the same event.
[GEO.TV] Seven people including two security forces' personnel and five civilians including children were martyred in a terrorist attack on the Rural Health Center (RHC) in Kirri Shamozai area of Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday.
As per the military's media wing, the civilians who bit the dust in the gun attack were the staff of RHC, including two lady health workers and a watchman of the facility, besides the two children.
"On the night between July 15 and 16, the turbans carried out a cowardly attack on Rural Health Center (RHC), Kirri Shamozai in Dera Ismail Khan District and opened indiscriminate fire on RHC staff," the ISPR said in a statement after the incident.
"Security forces in vicinity were immediately mobilised for clearance operation in RHC and in ensuing fire exchange, own troops effectively engaged the turbans as a result of which three turbans were sent to hell."
Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Livia grabbed for Jane's hair to make her point. Jane elbowed her in the face in rebuttal... the security forces personnel who were martyred during the intense exchange of fire were identified as Naib Subedar Muhammad Farooq, 44, and Sepoy Muhammad Javed Iqbal, 23.
The military's media wing stated that sanitisation of the area was being carried out to eliminate any other turbans found in the area.
"The perpetrators of this heinous and cowardly act targeting innocent civilians, especially women and kiddies, will be brought to justice," it added.
This is the second terrorist attack in a period of 24 hours as eight soldiers were martyred while trying to foil a terrorist infiltration into Bannu Cantonment in the wee hours of July 15.
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“Whoops! Sorry ‘bout that, Sgt. Avi. I forgot to take my finger off the trigger-equivalent thingie. Guess I need more training.”
[GEO.TV] Authorities in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... said dozens of Paleostinians were killed Tuesday in three separate strikes, as Israel pounded the territory despite renewed US criticism of the high civilian toll.
Gaza civil defence front man Mahmud Bassal said the three air strikes killed at least 44 people and maimed dozens within an hour across the war-torn Paleostinian territory. Israel confirmed it carried out two of the strikes.
The health ministry said a strike on a fuel station in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza killed 17 people, and the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy said a separate strike at almost simultaneously hit the UN-run al-Razi School in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing five people.
The civil defence agency said the third strike was on a gathering of people near a roundabout in northern Gaza, but did not provide a breakdown of casualties.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm... earlier conveyed Washington’s "serious concern" to two senior Israeli officials regarding deadly Israeli strikes in Gaza, his front man said.
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there are real civilians and there are part time civilians who are also part time Hamas military adjuncts
The NYTimes (really) admitted this just a few days ago (behind a paywall not worth linking).
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[GEO.TV] At least 48 people were killed in three Israeli air strikes in less than one hour on Tuesday, Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... ’s civil defence agency said as Israel's military bombed another United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... -run school as well as an Israeli-designed "safe-zone" in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported.
The Israeli attacks on Tuesday hit the UN's al-Razi school in the central Nuseirat refugee camp and a main street lined with market stalls in the southern al-Mawasi area, where thousands of displaced Paleostinians had sought shelter.
At least 25 people were killed in al-Razi while 17 were killed in al-Mawasi, Gaza's Government Media Office said. More than 70 people were maimed in the attacks.
A third Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza also killed five more Paleostinians, officials said.
The bombing of al-Razi is the sixth Israeli attack on schools affiliated with the UN and its agencies in the past 10 days.
Video footage verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad showed a young man carrying what appear to be remnants of the rockets that targeted the school.
"I cannot describe the scene from the horror of the bombing," he said. "But I'll try..."
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[GEO.TV] Lebanese official media said separate Israeli strikes Tuesday in south Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... killed five people including three Syrian children, with Hezbollah announcing rocket fire at Israel in retaliation.
"Three Syrian children" were killed "in an enemy raid that targeted farmland in the village of Umm Toot", the National News Agency (NNA) said.
It also said an "enemy" dronezap had targeted a cycle of violence on the Kfar Tebnit road elsewhere in south Lebanon, killing two Syrians.
A Lebanese security source, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media, told AFP the two Syrians were "civilians" who worked nearby and had been swimming in the area.
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I wonder if the Lebanese Arabs understand that the world considers them a joke. In every report from the south there is a report that three or more Arab children were killed. The world comprehends that Arab reporting, like Arab civilization, is meaningless.
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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 Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm...
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
