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2026-06-02 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince's $12 trillion, desert-city dream in tatters as megaproject halted

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-02 09:47|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1900 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

1 Plans for ‘floating city’ that would carry 80,000 people dwarfing the finest cruise ships in the world

Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-02 09:50|| 2026-06-02 09:50|| Front Page Top

2 And, there would be a two-story food hall, satisfying the tastes of even the fussiest of eaters.

People tend to quit being fussy after three days of no food.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-06-02 10:13|| 2026-06-02 10:13|| Front Page Top

3 I speculated in the past that the purpose of NEOM was to give the government there an excuse to displacement the local Bedouin, so there are no locals to tell people that the local mountain was the real Mt. Sinai.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2026-06-02 18:15|| 2026-06-02 18:15|| Front Page Top

4 Displace. Autocucumber got me.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2026-06-02 18:16|| 2026-06-02 18:16|| Front Page Top

5 SArabia needs a lot of $ to increase capacity and extend their E-W pipeline

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-06-02 19:15|| 2026-06-02 19:15|| Front Page Top

6 ^ And smite the Houthis who would do Iran's bidding in disrupting the Red Sea routes. Smack their Shiite

Posted by Frank G 2026-06-02 19:18|| 2026-06-02 19:18|| Front Page Top

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